THE CITIZE
helps coordinate daily demon-
stration before the South
Afric Emb ssy, 'They' e
(Sullivan Principle) been in
effect 10 year and have been
nutter f: ilure, The i ue .
not howell you tre t your
slaves, but that your dealings
uPM a a e economy. It
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- The
Sullivan Principle are the main
thr of hat the current
dministr tion calls its "quiet
diplomacy" in I Africa. Th
Princip, itten by Phila-
delphi c1ergym n, tate that
rican companie that do
busine in South Africa shall
not dhere to the restriction
of parth id in th or place.
There are 13 Ichigan com­
panie ho do bu ine in
South frica. ine hav agreed
to comply with the Sullivan
principle. Of th four that
ha not, toe located in
rrien County: Leco in St.
Joseph, and ational-Standard
in il .
ccording to a recently
published ociated Pre tory ,
Leco emp oy 25 perso in
South Africa; ational-Stan-
d rd, 149. The In tor Re-
po 'bility Re arch Center
. d tional-Standard h only
minority interest in South
African affiliates, and no man-
ment control over the or­
ing conditions of it's employ­
ee .
A po person with the
public relations department t
Leco said "that 's our peroga­
ti tt, when ed hy Leco
did not comply with the Sulli­
van Principl :
ational-Stand rd did not
return any of th Citizen's
calls.
Rev. Lawrence Crockett for­
mer executive director of the
regional office of the tate
Civil Rights Commission, said
of the two companie decis­
ion, "That tells you just how
tho peop e feel about Blacks. It
en ked, in view of the
"quiet diplom cy" approach,
about w t . accomplished if
Am rican companies on't com­
ply, he responded, "That . the
point. What are e doing
there? Ho many yean do
e people have to suffer?"
Crockett compared th cur-
rent dmini tration' pproach
dr
late into Program of Service,
Organizational Impact and Col­
laboration, Worn n Involved in
Global Concern, Economic
D lopment and Renewal.
"Region ls provid a forum
here e c examine th
rvice w are providing in
e ch of the are ,revie our
methods of delivery and devi
trategies hich will help u
achieve even greater succe in
impacting the Ii es of tho
in our communities," said Faye
B. Bryant, national pre ident.
Another feature of the con-
ference ·11 b bu ine
·0 , here chapters may m e
recomm ndations for changes in
- In
pite of the fact that Rand
cally recently arne Berrien
County th . th WOIst com­
munity in the U.S., Rev. Bill
re belie s he orne
chan e on the horizon.
abitat for Humanity - a
h in impro ernent ministry
.that i initially bein ponsor d
by St. P ul' Epi co pal in St.
10 ph and the Berrien County
ci tion of Churche held
meting to Ute t th aters"
arch 3, t St. Paul's.
Pre ent t th meting ere
Rev. oar, Co-p or of First
Congregational Church in Ben­
ton Harbor, Rev. Jane Ann
oore, ministers and rvice
min try peopl from Benton
Harbor and St. Jo ph, includ­
ing Jame Turner, vice pre dent
of the Benton Harbor Housing
Co on d Frank Smith,
mayor of St. 10 ph.
A farmer from Berrien
came t t urging of
id ,he De the
the f 0
to South Africa to it policy
towards national economic
growth. "It's similar to all
this 'trickl down'... they
(the Blacks) get hat's left."
"If this as happening in
another country, and the people
there had skin of different
color, things ould be different
. . . we ould b outraged,"
La renee said. "People here
have no empathy or concern."
Crockett agreed that it i
the company's own perogative
to comply or not. But he added,
"In view of the f ct, of all th
unemployment in this area, Leco
h no record to be proud of a
far hiring minoritie is con-
cerned."
Crockett said ational-Stan­
dard h d to be cited with
Civil Rights complaint by a
Bl c in the early '70', be­
fore they would hire any
minoriti locally. "H got,
not even a thousand dollars,
and they hired him. But it
still c very 510 ly . "
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- the structure and governance
and adopt resolutions on
i ue. Public meetin s and
entertain nt will round out th
conferences.
Individuals interested in
attending public activiti hould
contact th local ch pter in
their area for details or write,
, 565'6 S. Stony I land
A enue, Chicago, IL, 60637.
, America's premier
Gree -lettered organization for
Blac omen, has 700 chapter
in the U.S. A., e Germany,
Bahamas, Virgin I land and
Africa.
a
hand, and therefore felt moti­
vated to help others.
eal oran, St. Paul s chair­
man of the Servan inistries
Committee ays Habitat would
receive sorn funding from the
national Episcopal church if it
get off the ground. o ran
said Habitat is still looking
for support to make it a succe .
Training Money for minority
contractors available
ASHINGTO ichigan
will receive 319 517 as part of
a n tionwide program of job
training and busine s develop­
ment for minority construction
wor er and di dvantaged high-
ay contractors.
Announcement of the 12.5
million program was made by
Sec. of Transportation Elizabeth
Dole.
Th FY 1985 funds ere
di tributed to the tates under
th Federal Highw y Admini-
ration's 'Supportiv Service"
program to . d state-run econo­
mically di dvantaged individ-
uals. The fund will help
d dvantaged to
p rticipate more fully in high­
way con truction project .
Approximately 233,.500 of
th 319 517 allocation for
1985 will be available for edu­
cating disadvantaged contractor
in busine m nagement techni­
que ,well isting firms
in becoming more competitive
in bidding for Federal-aid high-
y contract. The remaining
S86,OOO ill provide rvice
in support of on-the-job train­
ing for high y con truction
or en. The state-run programs
ill include training in highway
construction job and kills
improvement.
Many critics of the Sullivan
agreement y that many com­
panies who promi to comply,
don't - and that even full com­
pliance by all foreign com­
panie in South Africa would
make little difference. The
AP quoted David Scott of
Tran frica, lobby group that
CALL FO
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H bitat for Humanity, tarted
in & orgia in 1968 has expand­
ed from Africa to Grand Rapid.
Habitat provide funds and
volunteer help to rehabilitate
hou in' depr ed commun­
ities after which the hou s
are old on a no-profit no-
interest ba i . Th famili
monthly payment over a 15
20 or 25 year period are u d
to help finance mor reh bili­
tations.
Rev. Jim c ally of
Covenant Chri tain Church h
already b gun a similar pro-
gram of ort. Three years
ago, c ally decided hi
ministry in arcellu h d re ch­
ed it potential and rno d to
Benton Harbor. Hi congre­
gation folIo ed him.
His church ha ince refur­
bished 27 hou in Fairplain.
"Alot of these hou wer in
good ape though" he dded.
"Our ministry works for re-
oration of family life and
neighborhoods," cally id.
He C 3 deeper . gnific nee
to th current condition in
Benton Harbor. 'Alat of what
people thin are th problem
- are only ymptom to th
problem.
Habitat ha as its aims, the
improvement of the qualit f
life. By providin . better h u -
in , the Habitat pro ram be­
lieve the underpriviled ed ill
have reater in entive to im­
prove other peet of their
live.
Th ne t publi meeting
for Habitat is planned for
pril 16. 7 p.m .. at � thodist
Peae Ternpl n Pip ton
and Jeffer n in nton Harbor.
Th Citiz n ould like to
print your C
edding nnou m
and Runions. Brin
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