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August 09, 1979 - Image 9

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Michigan Citizen, 1979-08-09

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VI G 0
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Continued from P 4
rica. ith your help,
e can top the tragedy
of unnecessary infant deaths
in Third World countries!
any groups and indiv­
idual have already joined
F ACT and the estle
Boycott - the ational
. Council of Churches, Dr.
Derric Jelliffe of UCLA's
School of Public Health,
Cesar Chavez and the
United Farm Wor ers of
America, Gloria Steinem
Ralph der several U.s�
Congressmen and other
government officials, the
Presbyterian Church of the
American edical Students
Association, American
Lutheran Church Woman,
Oxfam ' - me rica many
mational religious organiza­
tions political associations
and loe . civic groups.
A mo completelisting
of endorsers of boycott is
enclosed. There' probably
a group near you here
you live.
Dr Benjamin Spo ,
oen of the world' most
re p cted authorities on in­
fant care has written a
Caucus,-_.
In uthern
ongre . onal Atric. Salisbury's only ally.
Blac Cauc trongly sup- ction by either the White
ports the Pre id nt' deter- House or the congre on
mination of Jun 7 that that basis will be trongly
the recent Rhodesian elec- fought by caucus. h same
tio ere not free and oppo ition partie recogniz­
fair. ost importantly, the ed by the President to
Pr . dent determined that been banned in the
it . not in the national recent election, must, in
intere t to lift ctions me fair and realistic man-
. Rhodesi a. ner, be included in the
It � the caucus' belief political, social and econ-
t sanctions auld not omic life of the country.
be lifted prior to true The ar will not otherwise
d fair tran fer of pol- end.
itieal po er to the Blac The ucus is plea d
majority in Rhod ia. Ob- that th Pre 'dent will exert
viously this not yet his full leadership in the ·
happened. Congre and the nation
The President' deter- to maintain hi b . c decis-'
min tion confirmed the ion. e will work with
dangers hich exist to the him in th t endeavor.
U.s. national interest in In Congre , on pecific
cooperation with hitemon- _ legi I tion con rning con­
ority domination in South- ditions under which anc­
em Afri . It is strongly tion might be lifted, cau­
in the American interest cus member wilJ vote
that th war end in Rhod- according to how such legis­
esi on a just and urable �tion meets the considera-
b is. Am ri an policy on tions abo .
ction mu t be on Som people have
hich our consirerable openly regretted that the
everage to attai n such question of prematurely lif- ,
result. ere cosmetic re- tion sanctions has become
forms in Salisbury are also "political' and treated as
pushing for greater lee ay a "civil right" issue in
to be given to white South the Blac community. It

rica
could not be otherwise.
The deceptions and game
of racial injustice in South­
ern Africa are' quite fami­
liar to us. Over the years,
Black America has played
in disproportionately
·smaH role often non-exis­
tent, in the making of
American foreign policy.
ot only will a just, sound
foreign policy help deter­
mine the prospertiy and
curity of the entire coun­
try, and all its' citizens,
but it is directly related
in intricate ways to our
fundamental elfare and
struggle against racial dis­
crimination. B1ack America
has an in terest in the
policy no less in po rtant
than any other group of
citizen in this country.
The Con es ional
Blac Caucus therefore
urger Blac Americans to
continue to make clearly
known to the congressional
representatives and the
White House their vo al
upport for the. President'
determination and their
trong opposition to lif-
ting sanctions against
Rhodesia.

no
women.
r
AGE elESI
eETA TilL VI
SPECIAL P OJECT FU DS A V
strong endor mente
But our greate hope
for succe ests with you
and millions of concerned
Americans who commit­
ment ot FACT n d the
boycott will force estle
to listen and act at Ia t!
You can do three thing
- today:
1. BOYCOTI ST-
LE! Don't but Taster's
Choice, escafe, estea,
QUIK, CR CH,
Souptini . any Libby's, Stouf-
fer's Cro & Black ell
aggi or Deer Park pro­
duct. Don't but Swiss -
night cheese. or L'oreal
cosmetics. Tell your friends
why. Tell your grocer why!
OIS
WHERE ATTERS!
rite to r. David Guer­
rant, President, The e tle
Company, Inc., 100 Bloom­
ingdale road, White Plains
.Y. 10605, to let him
KnOW you've joined the
Boycott. It will cost only
31 cents postage to write
, to Mr. rthur Purer. man­
aging director estle S.A.
Vevey, Switzerland, to let

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AUGUST 9 - 1 S, 1979
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him kno you on't buy
estle products until the
exploitaiton of Third orId
babies halted.
e tie has expand d
its public relations depart­
ment to handle uch cor­
respondence, you can
expect to receive an ela­
vorate reply. Read carefully
keeping in mind the infor­
mation in my letter and
all those who have joined
the boycott. As est! dev­
elops new public relation
rna terial F T will re­
spond to them on our
ewsletter nt free to all
our su pporters.
rifice a little and nd 25.
If you can spare 50 try
to giv 100. E ry dollar
contributed will help
F T re ch mor peo-
p , monitor de elopments
in Third orId countri ,
and collect and testimony
here it can help.
A whole generation of
Third orld mothers is vir­
tually giving up brea t fe­
eding and turning to po -
dered mild formul becau
of th p er of ad rtisin
and the cra m r etin
practices of profit- hungry
companies like e tIe.
whol en rati n of their
children will if they li
gro up physi call e
and mentall retard d.
It may be t 1 te
; f them bu it's not t
. late for abies y
rite to yo
gre man and n­
ator a king for further
investigation of baby for­
mula sales practice that
might lead to ne regu­
lations.
3. J01 TH I
FORMULA CTIO
LlTIO
ontribute generously and
become an a tive partici­
pant! if you ha 10 or
15 to spare plea
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