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EW YO - The AACP
will pon or Black business
opportunity minar, "Op ra-
tion 85," in tlanta on arch
21, 22 at the American Hotel
160 Spring Street. '
. i th first of a rie
o four errunar on bu iness
opportunitie the AACP i
planning for the year, following
the succe sful result of its
Operation Fair Share program
initiated in 1981.
enjamin L. Hoo AACP
executive director will be the
main pe er at a luncheon on
Frid y at 1:00 p.m. Hooks
ho initiated' the Fair Share
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SH GTO DC - U.S.
illiarn H. Gray, III
(D.-P. introduced the Anti
Apartheid Act of 1985 - an
omnibu bill to re trict U.S.
economic upport for South
fric .
Gray unveiled the legisla
tion t a joint Hou -Senate
ne s conference attended by
hi Democr itic and Republican
Ho e and Senate colleague
who joined him in co- ponsor
ing the bill - including U.S.
Senator Edward ennedy
(D.- .) and Lowell P. eicker
(R.-Conn.), and Congressmen
Stephen Solarz (D.- .Y.), Ho-
ard olpe (D.- ich.), Hamil-
ton F' h, Jr., (R.- .Y.), Jim
Le ch (R.-Iowa) and Walter
E. F untroy (D.-D.C.)
Gr y introduced the legi a
tion, H.R. 1460, in the Hou
ith more than 100 bipartisan
cosponsors.
Gray, ho uthored egis-
lation in th 98th Congre
to prohibit ne in e ments
by U.S. firms in South Africa,
said the ne legislation is a
ge of his and other sanct
lin t "the only nation in
orld to pr ctice legally
mand ted racism."
H.R. 1460 would:
-Prohibit new inve tm nts
by U.S. firms and individual
in South Afric ;
-Prohibit bank loan to the
public sector in South Africa;
-Prohibit the importation of
krugerrands into the United
Stat ; and,
-Prohibit the export of U.S.
computer good and technology
to the South African govern
ment.
"Our legislation is nece ary
be u four years of Reagan
Admini tration' policy of 'con-
tructive engagement' has left
the oppre ive partheid system
entrenched,' Gray told the
new conference.
'The parate and unequal
existence of South Africa's 20
or
e
a
concept in 1981 feels that
"one of the approaches which
is e ential to closing the in
come gap bet een Black and
whites i the trengthenin of
existing Black bu inesse and
the encouraging of other Blac
men and women to pursue
entrepreneurship as a way of
participating in the economic
growth of the nation. '
The AACP Operation Fair
Share is an economic develop
ment program who goal is to
achieve expansion of oppor
tunity for Blacks to entry
level jobs in major corporations
and promotion and hiring in
from
Congre
c
million Black persons remains
largely unchanged.
'Our legislation might not
be necessary if more than
150 Black per ons had not
been killed by the South Afri
can police since last August.
"It might not be neces
sary if another 3,500 BLacks
had not been detained in that
same time period.
"It might not be nece sary
if just last month 18 Blacks
had not been killed at Cro -
roads becau of- the South
African government's policy of
forced relocation.
'And it might not be neces
sary if the leadership of the
United Democratic Front, a
group dedicated to non
violence, had not been arrest
ed and charged with high treason
ju t 0 week ago."
Gr y said the violence of
recent months in South Africa
"sho s only that apartheid has
gotten or , and that govern
ment oppre 'on only ris So the
creation of even greater vio
lence!'
Gray added:
"A Americans we have a
mid-level and enior level em
ployment positions.
If further seeks to develop
procurement policies and pro
grams to increase corporate
purchases from Black-owned
busine es, appointment of
Blacks organization and in
stitution. Thus far the AACP
has signed 27 Fair Share agree
ments with major corporation .
Per ons intere ted in attend
ing the. seminar should contact
Randall E. Broc at 718)
858-0800 for dditional infor
mation.
dual imperative to peak out
against and deny upport to a
system which degrade and op
pre s people.
e have a moral imperative,
becau the United State should
tand for freedom and the
dignity of all people.
"And we also have a strate
gic imperative. Violence in
South Africa i not only tragic.
Clearly, it works against our
best interest in this part of
the world."
Gray hailed the early bi
parti an upport for the bill
demonstrated by the co
sponsorship by a range of
Republican as well as moderate
and conservative Democrats.
The companion bill to H.R.
1460 was introduced in the
Senate by Senator Kennedy.
Also joining Kennedy and, Gray
at the new conference were
Senators William Proxmire (D.-
isc.), Carl Levin (D.- ich.),
Paul Sarbanes (D.- d.), and
John Carey (D.- ass.), along
with Congressmen Buddy Roe
mer (D.-La.), Howard Berman
(D.-Cal.), and Steward B.
McKinney (R.-Conn.)
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Urban League presents
job t ips to youth
representatives of u kegon
Community College about grant
and other forms of financial
aids.
Various professionals and
busine people poke to the
youths in smaller group where
more ttention was given to
individual interests. Topi s
covered included, civil rvice
engineering, journalism, photo
graphy, cosmotology, techical
occupations and human poten
tial.
A lunch w served and th
afternoon ession continued the
. individual group rotation, along
with discussion on interview
techniques. Each youth filled
out a card stating individu
career choices which were u d
to award door prize music
and entertainment wrapped up
the "Eye on Opportunity Con
ference."
The Greater u egon Urban
League, spon ored a day-long
conference, under the theme of
immediate career opportunitie .
Held on Saturd y, arch 16
from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. at
the Mu egon Heights Christian
Community Center, the con
ference hosted some forty area
youths.
Keynote speaker Benjamin
Murray of the Ford Motor
Company addre d the con
ference with reference to the
ational Technical Association.
The association deals with pro
moting minorities in engineering
careers. urr y stre d the
importance of hard work, dedi
cation, and preparation for
careers, that pays off, not
necessarily in Immediate grati
fication, but in long term
security and satisfaction.
The youths also heard from