DaimlerChrysler protesters threaten to boycott Chicago Defender

Ministers are rallying behind the Chicago Defender in the wake of a threatened protest.

Last Tuesday, a group, nearly 100 by television reports, raised picket signs outside the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers where the 26th annual Rainbow/PUSH Conference was held from June 26-July 1

At issue was whether the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. received funding from the DaimlerChrysler Corporation for the Conference. That's because a banner on the special 'wraparounds' on last week's issues of the Chicago Defender read "sponsored by DaimlerChrysler Services." In reality, neither Jackson nor the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition received any compensation for DaimlerChrysler's support of the …