I learned at the N.F.B. Merchant's Division conference of the Veteran's 
Administration and its efforts in Minnesota and Maryland to circumvent the 
Randolph-shepherd act which the courts have ruled does apply.  They have 
blatantly flaunted the court order especially in Maryland by building a new 
facility in downtown Baltimore, allowing huge space for their own vending and 
food service operations but only a small out of the way spot for a 
Randolph-shepherd location.  This action denies blind people jobs yet I heard 
no talk of picketing them.
Yet we were all set to picket another non-proffit entity which has provided 
blind people a valuable service for nearly 70 years just because they would 
not pay a networking breakfast fee had we not settled this dispute.  I think 
non-proffit agencies who have not done anything to hurt us should be exempt 
from this fee, but the point I am making is let's put our picketing efforts 
where they will do more good.  I will provide more details when I post my 
conference report 
Harvey 
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