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. e poorest campaign, the
richest message, the broadest
reach," is how Presidential can­
didate Jesse Jackson explained
his sweep of the South on Super
Tuesday, the 2O-state primary.
�e, the people can win!"
Jackson earned first place in
four states, second in the rest
and out polled ,every other can­
didate when all the votes from
all the states were tallied, Jack­
son workers told the press Wed­
nesday.
In a speech to his campaign
workers in Houston Tue day
night, J ack on listed the amount
of money spent by his opponents
in the Super Tuesday contest:
Massachusetts Gov. Mike
Dukakis, S 4 million; Tennessee
Sen. Al Gore, $2 million; Mis­
souri Rep, Dick Gephardt, $1
million; Jesse Jackson, $100,000.
Jackson reminded his lis­
teners that 23 years ago this
eek, Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. and the civil rights fighters
were trying to march, from
Selma, Alabama to that state's
capitol, 'Montgomery in an ef­
fort to win the right the right to
vote.
"They didn't have an adver­
tising budget, It Jackson told the
cheering crowd. "they marched
because they wanted to serve.
They marched because they
knew they were right."
Jackson said that now 23
years later, "because our cause is
right, we have won,"
Jackson has stressed com­
mon sense U.S. policies during
his campaign. He has stressed
the themes: reinvest in
America, stop the dope,
conomic justice. .
Black voters in the South \
went for Jackson at a rate of
93% according to ABC
television exit polls, compared
to a 71% backing in 1984.
J ackson continues to gather
white support. He I explained
during an NBC interview,
"When voters are allowed access
to our message, barriers fail,"
The campaign now focuses
on Illinoi in preparatidn for the
March 15 primary there, then
will switch to Michigan for the
March 26 caucuses.
J ackson was the only
presidential candidate to gath ..
'the required number of signa­
tures -13,000 - to place his name
on' the De��atic caucus bal­
lots in Michigan. The other can­
didates paid the $3,500 fee to be
. in contention.
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bill woul� reop
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PLO office I.
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ASHI GTON, DC (TJ
Chronicles) - A bill that would
allow the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) to maintain
its observer mission to the
United Nations in New York
and its information office has
State Department Authoriza­
tion Bill which. was passed by
Congre last December.
That legis ation mandated
that both the FLO mission and
information office be closed.
The State Dep ent � al-
been introduced in the U.S.
House of Representatives by
Congressman George V{.
Crockett Jr. (D-MI).
The bill, which already has 17
co-sponsors, would repeal the
anti-terrorism section of the
HPCC
pre ent
"PurlieU
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ready shut down the information
office, but is opposed to closing
the observer mission.
In introducing his bill last
week, Crockett, who recently
served as a Congressional mem-
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South Afriqan crackdown
renews boycott calls.
Condemning the sweeping
regulations under which the
South African government has
outlawed 17 organizations
which have taken a lead in the
struggle against apartheid, Jen­
nifer Davis, Executive Director
of th American Committee of
Africa has called (or the u.s. to
respond with the immediate im-
.. position of trong sanctions.
"There must be no more ships
unloading U. . computers, no
more trade in South African
goods, no more banks and
shareholder financing apart­
heid," she" said. "Anything less
will be a betrayal of the South
African people who are risking
their lives in the struggle for a
nonracial democracy."
The Minister of Law and
Order declared the leading or­
ganizations in the struggle are
prohibited "from carrying on' or
performing any activities or acts
hatsoever. "
The regime has simulaneous­
Iy imposed crippling restrictions
on South Africa's largest labor
federation, the Congress of
South African trade Unions
(COSATU).
The new restrictions on
COSA TV prevent the cou try's
800,000 strong trade union
federation from any political ac­
tion such as urging the release of
union members in detention, or
supporting divestment and
sanctions or promoting boycotts
of phony local Black elections.
ot one of the organizations
now outlawed has ever been
charged with violence, a point
. rhat the two million strong
United Democratic Front
(UDF) made strongly in its
statement responding to the
order.v'The government had
declared war against peaceful
opposition to apartheid."
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