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t.lVJ�"J.".I:�B G, OUTH AFRI ) - White attackers
kill wo Blacks, hours befo thousand of mourne wear-
in whi ribbons pro ted a i th m ere of 11 whi
in a pe Town church. Police offered a 100,000·rand
( 30,000) re ard for information leading to two white men in
p truck involved in the drive-by shooting that killed a
Bla woman and th later stabbing death of a Black man.
Th attacks came amid heightened racial and political
t nsions due to the church massacre and ongoing negotiations
on a new constitution for post-apartheid South Africa.
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By JOHN DIAMOND
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group' closed-door meetings be
caus of his conservative views.
Rep. Gary Pranks of Con
necticut faces the prospect of
permanently limited status in
the 39-member group as the re
sult of a caucus vote Wednesday.
The vote followed Franks' criti
cism of majority Black districts
created under the Voting Rights
Act.
On 'I hursday, Franks said
h caucus was violating the law
by ying he may attend caucus
luncheons but must . leave the
room when the real business be
gins. He wouldn't rule out legal
action against his colleagues.
"R lly what they're saying to
me now i , 'Have your fried
chicken nd leave," Franks said
in n in rview at his Washing
ton office. As to how he plans to
respond to the caucus vote to
restrict his attendance, he said:
"W '11 k p our options open."
W SHI G (AP on-
gr s' only Black Republican is
accusing he Congr sional
lack Caucu . of illegally re
ricting his rticipation in the
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open letter to Franks urging him
to resign from the caucus be
cause of his views on a range of
issues from civil rights to aid for
the poor to the elevation of
Clarence Thomas to the Su
preme Court.
"The ,Congressional Black
Caucus should not quietly aoqui
esce to your bizarre notions of
equal rights for Black people,
which, in my opinion, would con
stitute gross dereliction of our
stated responsibility," Clay
wrote.
" ... Franks is sort of the
classic hypocrite, "
Reynolds said, " ... he's a
m�mber of the Black
caucus because he's
Black. "
Clay called it "contemptible"
and "idiotic" that Franks up
ported the r cent Supreme
Court decision against drawing
legislativ districts to allow for
the election of minority,
Franks is planning to propose
legislation that would codify the
high court ruling.
"To my way of thinking, Gary
Franks is· ort of the classic
hypocrite," Reynolds said. "On
the one h nd, he says he doesn't
want raee to playa role in any-
hing b use he's a purist. Yet
h) member of the Black cau-
cu b caus he's Black."
Reynolds rej cted the charge
that the caucus, contrary to the
philo ophy of openness it es-·
pou I is being exclusionary.
"WE'RE OT monolithic -
never have been," Reynolds
id. "It's a question of having
someone in the room disclose
your strategy."
The caucus last week rejected
, a proposal by Reynolds to xpel
Franks from the caucus.
Franks'says the issue ha
nothing to do with ecrecy.
'"I h ve never divulged wha
goes on in a Black caucus m t
ing," Fr nks said.
He aid the real issu is his
opposition to racial quotas, his
suppor for the Thomas nomina
tion nd his desire to exp nd the
ranks of Black co ervatism.
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