Daley picks activist to `recharge' city rights panel

A civil rights activist credited with channeling foundationmoney into community projects was picked Monday by Mayor Daley to"recharge and invigorate" the Human Relations Commission.

Clarence Wood, director of the Chicago Community Trust TaskForce on Race Relations, will assess the commission and its approachto racial issues, Daley said.

Daley said the commission, formerly headed by the Rev. B.Herbert Martin, was "adrift" and involved in politics and shouldaddress city race relations issues "more aggressively."

Daley denied Martin's contention that the city's racial tensionsare a "time bomb." Wood, long a race relations activist, also deniedthe city's …