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By John iIliam Jr.
hington, D.C. - Foreign
affair took the spotlight at the
Congressional Black Caucu '
16th Annual Legi lative
Wor shop held here from
October 1 t - 3rd.
While the majority of the 47
Legi lative Workshop con-
ow York, NY - Accord·
ing to the latest available
information, the enrollment
of the ion's
cone and unive .. I pe .
ed in 1976 and been
d cliDing ever since. uch
of the inform ion on BI
coD ge moDment is baaed
on a report flf released
1 year by the American
iation of State College
and U niver "tie. Th t report
found that although 30%
are graduating
from high hool the num­
ber of Blac ing on to
colle h dropped by 11%.
Bl educator have called
.
PUU.S
CWSE
Lo Angele, Calif. - Los
An Ie m yor Tom Br dley
appe to be improving his
ch es of becoming the
-nation's fll B governor.
r cently completed Lo
le Time poll 0 d
Bradley pullina within 9
point of repubUcan Gov.
Geoqe Deukmejian. Bradley
is a demoaat. La ch
trailed Deukmejian by 17
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"SERVING THE
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STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY"
OCTOBER 19 - 25, 19 6
But our jubilance is tem­
pered by the fact that e
understand this is to be the
beginning and the not the end.
It's going to be a great bile
before we can expect South
Africa to come to the table for
some erious negotiations,"
aid Robinson.
SANCTIONS VICTORY
Although the sanctions are
not as tough as those originally
drawn-up by U.S. Rep. Ronald
Dellum (D - California), the
CBC expressed satisfaction
with tho e passed by the
Senate. Most of the sanctions
( hich are li ted below) will go
into effect immediately. The
sanctions would be lifted if the
Pretoria government meets
certain conditions, including
freeing Nelson Mandela, head
of the African ational Con­
gre and other political
prisoners, allowing the forma­
tion of political parties and
lifting the tate of emer- ,
gency.
• Bans n U.S. loans to
South African busin ses, the
South African government
and entitie controlled by it,
and forbids new U.S. inve t­
men in South Africa. The
investment prohibition doe • Bars U.S. government
not apply to reinve tment of agencie from coop ration
profits earned in South - with the South African mill-
Africa. tary, from purcha ing items
• �alts �e import of South from South African govern-
Afn�an 1rO�, steel.. �oal, ment-owned companies and
uraruum, textile and agricul- from promoting trade or tour-
tural products. It also bans the ism in South Africa.
import of items produced by • Authorizes 40 million in aid
government-controlled firms to disadvantaged South Afri-
in Sou:th Afri�a except for cans regardle s of race. The
trategic matenals needed by bill al 0 authorizes 4 million a
the U.S. military. year in scholarship fund for
• Severs the U.S. landing victims of apartheid.
rights of South African Air- • Calls on the African
ways and prohibits U.S. air- National Congre s to suspend
line from entering South "terrorist activities" and com-
Africa mit itself 0 a free and democ-
• Prohibits U.S. banks from ratic po t-apartheid outh
acc�pting deposits from So�th Africa.
Afncan government agencle·. e a U. . policy that
except for one account for ddi . on c ions ill be
diplomatic purpo es. impo d if "su tantial pro-
• �ans the exp?rt to South gr " to d dismantling
Africa of crude oil, petroleum id i not made ithin
products, eapons and mun- ,
ition .
• Tran fers South Africa's Robin on, ho along with
U.S. ugar import quota to U.S. Commission on Civil
Philippine .
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centrated on domestic, civil
rights and health issues, the
two topics demanding the
most attention during the
three days of activities had a
decidedly foreign accent: The
Repu blican controlled Se­
nate' override of President
Ronald Reagan' - veto of
legislation impo ing new
. economic sanctions against
South Africa; and heated dis­
cussions centering around
Japan Prime Minister
Yasuhrio Nab one's recent
controversial comments that
"the presence of Black
Am · e Puerto R can
Am riCaDI and Mexican
Americans" has brought down
the intelligene level of the
United States.
Nakaaon b quently ret-
racted and apologiz d for his
statements, but many Black
leaders attendIng the Caucu
felt hi apologie ere not
enough.
G LOSES
"By it vote of 75-21, the
Senate dealt the Reagan
administration its most
eriou foreign policy
defeat on Capitol Hill
Sixty- even votes were
necessary for the veto over­
ride.
Taking particular delight
with the eet victory ere
U.S. Rep. Mic ey Leland (D -
Texas), chairman of the Con­
gre ional Black Caucus, and
�dall Rob�on, exeowtive
director of TransAfrica, one of
the more influential group on
Capitol Hill that has been
dedicated to bringing an end
to apartheid in South Africa.
"This is probably the
greatest victory we've ever
experienced," aid Leland.
"The American people have
po en and will be heard
around the world."
Robinson, bile b king in
the glow of victory and televi-
ion camer , talked of further
goals' ahead, 'It was a good
feeling that ,the 0 ofso
many people over a long
period of time has been to
some degree r arded.