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ASIll GTO - The Rev.
Jack n and an inter­
racial deleg tion of labor,
political and educational leader
heduled a meeting ith presi­
dents of six "frontline" nations
on the border of South Africa,
Augu 13-28, to help fo e
comprehensive and humane U.S.
policy for the uthern Africa
area, tional Rainbow Coalit­
ion official
J ac son d the dele tion
planned . its with heads of
ate in An la, Tan Zam-
b' ,Bot ana, ozambiqu .. , and
. well· .
meet r r bo, pre .
dent of South Africa' banned
Allie tional Congre , and
Sam ujoma, leader of the
So e (rica People's
Otpriiia" (APO), the
amibian lib r tion mo ement.
J son is barred from enter-
in South Africa.
The international journey of
personal diplomacy di -
closed during the PUSH con­
vention in Chicago as a Tran
Africa lobby of Black leader
condemmed the ow pace of the
U.S. Senate in voting sanction
. South Africa. Also,
the trip w announced on the
eve of another meeting of major
Bl organization leader on
the current primary and ovem­
ber e ections becau of con­
cern 0 er the need for more
p ressi e legi ation.
The J c son delegation ori­
ginally included illiam Whip­
pensinger, pre ident of the Inter­
n tional achini Union; il­
liam Trumka, United
orker pre ident; Profe r
Ron alter Howard University,
Gail Ganhardt, Columbia Uni-
er ity, and Tom Karl e
Yor Univer ity; Robert Farrell,
Los An ele City Co ncilman
d pre ident of the ation
A ciatior of Local Bl
lected Official 0 Die Griffey,
pre 0 ent, lar Record, and
E J son, pre ident,
BI Radio etwor.
trip i nece no
of U.S. move toward
ctions before the Congre
°onal recess, Jac n said.
The group ill e plore optio
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of the Frontline states affected
including improved trade re:
lations with the U.S. and reng­
thened defense against South
African military att c s which
have caused an estimated 10
billion in damages to the ne.ish­
boring Bl ck ruled nations, he
dded.
Despite the f ct that the
African leaders have endorsed
sanctions, President Re an has
st ted the action would hurt
countries, "The very same
month the President rejected
sanctions in the country where
police murder children . . .
he ed 13 million in 0 to
Zimbabwe simply because a
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a July fourth speech critical
of U.S. policy," Jackson said.
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ASHINGTO - The ven
fa leaders who gathered on
C pitol Hill recently, calling
South Africa a veritabl time
bomb and voicing their opposit­
ion to the "slo tt pace of
Senate action on sanctions,
urged political leaders to act
immediately by strengthening
existing legi ation and imposing
strict and stringent me res to
dismantle the system of apar­
theid.
"slow-walking" sanction legislat­
ion, trying to "delay and divert"
attempt to cut economic tie
with Pretoria.
Randall Robinson, the organi­
zer of the meeting and executive
director of TransAfrica, lobby­
in organization monitoring
South African and Carribean
concerns said, "South Africa
is a nation in disintegration,"
and a "society on the verge of
explosion. "
The press conference occurred
.• ime has run out for equi­
vocation," id the fiery Rev.
Leon Sullivan, uthor of the
Sullivan Principle, code of
ethic for U.S. corporations
doin busine in South Africa
and regulation that have en-
bled Blac Sou th African to
gain or pi rights and receive
job trainin in veral busine .
"Action must be taken. Black
p ople around the world ant
to partheid end."
Congressman illiam H. Gray
III (D. P .), °d the Republican
leader 0 p in the Sen te s
t the wake of election ye
maneuver and a South Afri­
can sanction tug-of-war with
Senate liberal caught in the
cro ire. Harsh e onomic mea- .
re passed. by the Hou and
favored by Senate Democrats,
have consistently failed in the
Senate.
Alan Cranston (D-Cali.) pro­
po d sanction legislation
similiar to Rep. Ronald Del-
lwns (D-Cali.) eeping Hou
Bill that calls for a near total
trade embargo ith South
Africa and requires all American -
firms to leave ithin
month Cranston's attempts
to strengthen Foreign Relations
Committee Chairman Sen °
Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.)
limited sanctions bill were un-
cce W.
Senate Majority Leader
Robert J: Dole (R-Kan.) and
other Senate Republican leader­
ship have tried to link the
South African i es with
overnment aid to for icara-
BI ck le der and polit 0 al
officials fear a har sanction
bill would not receive the two­
thirds vote needed for p e
by the Senate in the likelihood
that President Re an vetoes
the bill.
Also attending the press con­
ference were Coretta Scott Kin
of artin Luther Kin Jr:
Center for Social Change,
AACP board chairman u.
liam Gibson, ational Urgan
League vice-pre ident Douglas
Glow, and Rep. alter Faun­
troy (D- D.C.. Mary Frances
Berry of the Civil Rights Com­
mi ion, Reps. Ronald Dellums
(D-Calif.) and Mic ey Le)�d
(D'Tex. ere schedule but
were unable to ppear. E h
spo e briefly on the ' e -
ness" of Sen. Rich rd G. Lu r
R-Ind sanctions bill and on
the nece ity of th Senate to
v te before the ugust 15
congre ional rece 0 All
echoed Sullivan' sentiment for
forceful legislative en ctment.
guan contra
Robinson
called Dole's
position "inexcu ble."
"People are dying (in South
Africa) on a daily basi," he
said. ''We are not prepared to
trade one crisis for another."
Gray said attempt to join
South African issue and con­
tra aid were "inappropriate"
and accused the Senate of
holding sanction legislation host-
gee
"Their real motive i to delay
slow-walk and avoid a vote
before August IS," he said.
