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mee:bDa also to be held at the
African American Museum
3:00pm.
"It i going to significantly
ter our perspective about the
Y vie ourselves during
the brief time e're here on
Earth, - Co ye said.
Co yer deemed it impor-
BI recognize e
�dbly time fetor invol'Yed in
bri.qing the subject up to a
. . mode. He said it
been talked bout for centuries
but ver been cted upon.
yer . d his staff d af-
filiat ve revised modem
proposal that suggests that the
govemment fund commi ion
of people who can bring to it
their experience and expertise
on the bjed.
"We had a workshop in the
Congression 1 Blac Caucus in
Washington D.C., there was so
much information conveyed
about thi . subject, Conyers
t ted, -there are many people
who re very 11 versed on this
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within the western orld. Well
over a hundred million dollars
worth of goods are shipped
through the canal weekly.
It is also suspected that
Manuel oriega has informa­
tion that could prove to be em­
barrassing for many prominent
w tern political leader , due
primarily to the many years tha
he spent on the CIA's payroll
whose former director was
George Bush.
Sav gc claim that all of
these factors combined are
ample re on for a. pecial con­
gre i nal se ion to inve tigate
the matter further.
be late Department had
aIr dy called oriega' decla­
ration of ar me ningless,"
Savage argues. If they didn't
consider the act dangerous
then, then hy are acting
now? It is no out right under in­
ternational law to intervene in
the oper tions of ano r inde­
pendent nation. If it were, our
troops should' be in Pretoria
. (South Afrie ) no , chasing
down ( outh African Presi­
dent) DeCler .•
ny of the countries
repr nseated in th U nited a­
tions pparently agree with
S e, if I t wee s condemna­
tion by Cuba, exico nd
Columbi is ny indication.
Even the general body of the
U . ued a general st tement
chasti ing the action of the
Unite States. I
"This i n t omething
\ 'i hout precedent .. claim
. v e. "In 1 1, .did th
me thing in Gren da under
very que on bl conditions.
Bill
Ameri . La for N ive
American ethilic grou (In­
. dians) have filed similar uc­
cessful claims for resentment of
land dlor payments.
Bu supporters of the don­
yers bill appear eptica1 about
the po ibility 0 its passage
during the legislative struggle
unl grass-roots political fol­
lowing develops. Rep. Barne .
Frank (D-Mass), the subcom
mittee chairman scheduled t
conduct hearings, now face
ethnics charges although he .
reportedly sympathetic to the
proposal.
The need for definitive
dy on the imp ct of salvery
o Amer�ca is obvio Con-
ICa.mma of the WIst CoD­
year.
E ph. izing that his
proposal fo the model of
the recently en c:ted Repara­
tions Act voted for Asian­
Americans who re interned
(in camps) during World War
Il, Conyers proposed appoint­
ment of a seven-member com-
• mission with three appointed by
the president, three named by
the House of Representatives
and one by the Senate.
The law establishing the
commission for the study of
Asian American reparations
passed in 1.9fI) and Coo­
gress eventually voted $20,000
paymen to eligible Japanese
yers,says,beca the 1
brutal histo
ry .
around us ... We see that legacy
in every American city with ...
statistics: in infant mortality,
ealth and employment ... Our
present r c:ial impasse cannot
be understood, unless we take a
serious look into our racist
past ...
Vmcent Godwin, chairman
of the National Coalition of
Blacks for Reparatio , based
in Washington, agrees that it
will be difficult for the Conyers
bill to become law witho mass
support. The NCBR has estab­
lished coalitions in San Francis­
co, Detroit, Miami, New
Orleans and Ne York.
circumstances, to see what the
optio are.'"
-nus JegisJat;o established
coDllDiss· to examine the
continuing discrimin tion
aa,am· Q African..Americans and
make recommendation to
Congress ether some remedy
ould be m de to descendants
of those ensla�" Conyers said
in introducing the bill; H.R.
3745, in the closi days of
Above all,
�
he stood
for love
and respect
for all
Americans.
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