o.
fri
ASHI GTO Rep.
Bill Gr y (D-PA) said today
th t h HI oppo the Hou !
en te onference Report re-
au orizin the E port dmin-
� i tration Act b c u it weak
uth Africa
. unprece ..
f f ith with the
trong economic
sanction gain t the apartheid
regim in uth Africa.
onday evening, in a tense
four hour sion, the Housel
Senate Conference Committee
to re olve differences
xport Admini tratio
voted to dopt a
offered by S nator
Heinz (R-PA which pro
new b nk I n to the
air mploym nt Principl .
Pri r to th vote on th
H inz p p I. th on eree
de fat d apr p . I by R pre
nrativc Bill -ray D-P ) t
f
rry
SHVILL . T
harry di al olleg official
today nnounced the re rpt of
a 1.5 milli n gr nt fr m the
.K. ell gg undation of
Battle reek, ichigan, to fund
th e t bli hment of W..
KelJ gg Di tinguished Profe or-
hip in Pediatric.
"Thi endowm nt repre-
nt tremendous opp rtunity
for us to m ke ignificant pro
gre in expanding our existing
pr gram and e tabli hing new
clinica1 re arch and rvice
pr ram in pedi t ri s," aid
eharry Pre ident, Dr. David
S tcher.
e are particul ry con
cerned about th continuing
high mortality rate mong BI ck
infant , from a re rch a well
a patient C3l' standpoint,' said
Dr. S tcher. Although infant
mort lity nationwide has de
clined harply in the p t 20
years, Blac infa t ged four
week to one year continu to
die t 1m t d ubi th rate
"It i appropriate that
ello ' name be a ciated
profe orship u h a this
bee u of hi deep concern for
th need of children, particul r
Iy di dvan taged ones' aid
Dr. Robert D. Sp r • pre i
dent f the .K. Kello Foun
dati n. " eh rry' mi ion and
hi to ric Ie acy rna e it an
important national re urce.
Th Found ti n ,i plea d to
help ur it future rowth :
•
anc on
limit new investment by Ameri
can companies in South Africa.
Gray's proposal, which w
modeled on current Swedish
law,. was le restrictive than
the original House version of the
EAA which prohibited all new
investment in South Africa.
"This so-called, 'Swdedish
varsion' of the ban on new
investment in South Africa
amounts to le than 50 per
cent of the oriiginal House
position, but has proven to be
an effective and enforcable tool
of Sweden' foreign policy! to
ward South Africa," Gray said.
"My proposal represented a
meaningful compromise on an
issue that demands the' atten
tion of all decent people. With
the Government of South Africa
murdering and terrorizing BI cks
who merely a pire to civil and
social justice the United States
ought to strongly expre its
unwillingne to provide further
supp rt f r apartheid."
Senat r Heinz before ub
mitting hi proposal, rejected a
c mpromi e offered by Senator
illi m Pr xmire (D-W{ in con-
ultati n with Rep. Gray and
the ther Hou Conferees.
Proxmire prop 1 included the
Swedish ver ion of the ban on
new inve tm nt, a well as two
d
ediatric
nd contribution to the medical
field. "
The endowment i only the
third such grant made by the
W.K. Kellogg Foundation in the
past 54 years. The two previous
similar grant were made to the
Michigan State University to
e tablish the John A. Hannah
Distinguished Profe or hip in
the Bioi gical Sciences and
John Hopkins University to
construct and endow the W.K.
Kellogg Research Laboratory of
the Wilm r Ophthalrnolo ical
In titute.
The W.K. ellogg Founda
tion, e tablished in 1930 to
"help people help themselve ,"
ha distrubuted more than $768
million in upport of programs
in agriculture. education, and
health.
Meharry edical College,
founded in 1876. has educated
nearly 40 percent of the Black
physicians and dentists currently
practicing in the U.S.
a
h
OCTOBER 17 - 23, 1984 THE CITIZE
PA ETH EE
of ex or
other sanction in the original
Hou -passed version of the Ex-
,
port dministration Act: a
ban on bank loans to-the South
African Government, and mand
atory compliance with the Sul
livan Code by American com
panie operating in South Africa.
The Gray compromi e was
offered after the Senate Con
ferees defeated the' Proxmire
compromi , and following a
Heinz-le . tabling of a second
Proxmire cornpromi . Gray's
proposal, made as "a motion
to recede to the Senate with an
amendment", was defeated by
the House. Conferees g, 7, with
Rep. Don Bonker Chair of he
Hou Conferees ca ting the
deciding vote. If Bonker had
not -cast a negative vote, the
Senate would have b en re
quired to re pond to yet
another attempt at meaningful
compromi e. Gray said, "It .
is unprecedented that the
Hou Chair broke faith with
the House position, and paved
the way " for the weak and
insufficient Heinz compromi .'
I have no alternative but to
oppo the compromi accept
ed by the HoOse Conferees."
'The Hou Conferees
should have in isted on acorn:'
di
prorni
sanction. .
appointing 10 percent 0
sanction 0 rwlle . gly
approved by the of
Repre ntative at a time
the ap rtheid regime gr in-
creasingly brutal, rep
unre ponsi e to the f: iled poli
cies of con tructi
ment,' said Rep. Gr y.
Th Hou !Senate Con-
ference continues to 0 to
resolve m jor differences on the
export bill t t my t
the conference from conclUdin
work on the EAA durinl
Congre .
GREEMENT SIG ED - After five month of continuou negoti tion bet ee� represeataf
na ional Black Economic D elopm nt Coalition and Adolph Coors Company, a tio taceattlft
Covenant aimed at providin optimal economic opportunity between the n ion' fifth I
and the Black community igned recently in Den er, Colo. Chairing thi hi tone COllllllDssMl.a
economic development within the Black community ere head of economic de lop
nation� lug civil right org nizatio the tional A iation fo th dv ce ot of '-'UI�.;U
Peop e ( AACP) and Peopl United to Sa e Humanity PUSH. mb of th Comll1llS!DOII
tbe agreem nt are (I ft to right): Peter H. Coors, Di . ional Pr . ent of dolpb Coo
R eed, Director of Economic D velop nt, AACP; ni E. Lom ,geo cou
An les ACP; Ch . topher Benaett, Pre . ent of th ational e paper Pub)" e
nd Bill Robert , Denver City Councilman, Clem Danie a m mb r of the coalitio a replraeatw.�
of the California P kage Store Owne oci tion C LPAC ired h· endorsement of
from hi Oakland headquarters. •
Senator Levi n to visit Twin Cities
BE TO
HARBOR - A
pre-election rally here for u.s.
Senator Carl Levin October 17
beams the last weeks on stepped-
o
up election activity by area
Democrats. Levin will appear
from 7:00 to 8:30 at the UAW
Hall on Territorial Road.
The event is sponsored joint-
ly by the errien C unty Demo
cratic Party, the A' nd the
Benton Harb r-B nt n I'own-
hip Dem cratic lub. Levin
who is campaignin f r cond
term will speak on ' '.Vhy Michl
gan Must Go Dem ratic This
Year.' Refreshment will be
served and the rally is op n, to
the public.
Two additional Democratic
headquarter have b nod
for the convenience of voters.
Iection informati nand cam-
pai material re v ilab in
iles on S. 11 th Street ne t to
Hardee'. A campaign fo t
State legislature's 44th District.
Plan motorcade to Ferraro speech
BENTO HARBOR em-
ber of the Southwestern ichi
gan Democratic Women's Caucus
plan a motorcade to a Geral
dine Ferraro rally in Detroit's
Cob Hall Sunday, Oct. 21.
Lt. Gov.
Griffiths
to be
hosted
..
Niles
.. � .. .,.
B 1 '1 0 HARBOR - Lt.
G v, Martha Griffith will be the
gue t at a reception for new
members of the S uthwe tern
omen' Dem crati Caucu on
ov. 3, from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
at the iJe H liday Inn.
Invit tions are g in ut to
all Democrati w men in the
area this week according to
Virginia Tillv, Chair f thc
Car pool information is avail
able from Virginia Tilly, 429-
5149, and Virginia ivens 925-
6207.
'All Democratic women are
invited to go with us and ex
perience our Vice-Pre idential
candidate's campaign first
hand,' Tilly said.
She also t ted that
Caucus elected permanent _
officers at the Oct. meetin -
They are: Virginia Tilly, Chair
(St. Joseph); Sh ron Deja, Vice
Chair (Barado); nnie r t
Treasurer. B rrien Springs and
Geneva I m, Secretary, (Ben
ton Harbor.
c
from Page 1
deficit financial posit-
and it
in.'
Ace rding tv orrnan, B A
we B S 117, 24 datin back
t 19 O.
'What happened t the
m ney I don't kn w, The audi
tors c uld not varify where
the money went to. e want
the money back, orman said.
"It's a matter of accountability
nd not embezzelment of ..
fund .'
"Th final deci ion to defund
BCA will be finalized Tuesday
Oct. 23, after public comm nt
have been received." orman
aid. Conti ued on P e 18