The Michigan Doily-Wednesday, July 12, 1978-Page 3 RE-INVESTMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES RECOMMENDED NAACP urges corporations to leave S. Africa By RENE BECKER The National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People (NAACP) recommended last week that American corporations get out of South Africa. That pronouncement was one of the more than 40 concerning Africa endor- sed by delegates to NAACP's national convention in Oregon. Delegates also supported the "application of economic sanctions against the South African government and U.S. companies doing business in South Africa." THE NAACP suggested that American corporations should reinvest these African leaders, including Zam- in neighboring Botswana, Mesotho and bia President Kenneth Collender, and Swaziland. the presidents of Botswana, Senegal, The recommendations are the result and Sudan that American corporations of a NAACP Task Force on Africa pull their operations out of South Africa report written by 12 U.S. black leaders due to that country's racist policy of including Dr. Brodas Butler, a NAACP apartheid. board member, and Franklin Williams, Watson, said the major black leaders former U.S. ambassador to Ghana. in South Africa favor American with- According to NAACP spokesperson drawal from their country. The most Denton Watson, the Task Force met prominent South African black, with 15 African leaders during the mon- acknowedged by the Task Force in its ths of March and April last year. report, Robert Zubukwe, backed the American pull-out. WATSON SAID it was the opinion of Although the task force solicited the opinion of many South African black leaders, their names were not men- tioned in the report to save those in- dividuals from government per- secution, according to Watson. WHEN ASKED IF economic san- ctions against American corporations doing business in South Africa meant a boycott, Watson said the NAACP did not care to use that terminology. Rather, he said the task force is calling for the curtailment of Export-Import See NAACP, Page5 32-hour work week predicted By MICHAEL ARKUSH By 1990, many Americans will be working only 32 hours a week, accor- ding to a study conducted jointly by the Delphi Forecast and University resear- chers. The survey, released last week, predicts employees who are subjected to Congress' labor laws will work less so that they will be able to perform more efficiently. THE FORECAST is based on the opinions of the nation's most renowned industrial executives. A special questionnaire was issued to the executives concerning a list of topics ranging from pension benefits to the future role of computers. Donald Smith, University director of the industrial development division and one of the study's authors, said the sur- vey is intended to inform manufac- turers and industrial leaders about the nation's future work patterns. He said it will probably be used as a guideline for businesses to determine what actions to take to prepare for the upcoming change in the work system. Regarding the 32-hour work week, the See WORK, Page I1I Steel scapes Pocket the acrophobia, tiptoe across the beams, and forget comfortable coffee breaks on this job. r-today Happenings ... ... are limited to two noon-hour activities today. The Commission for Women meets in 4051 LSA ... the Wesley Foundation holds its weekly brown bag picnic on the lawn at 602 E. Huron. Spittin'rimage William Mobley is proud to share the secret of his success. "It's the way the pit is rolled off the tongue," Mobley confided after winning the world cherry pit spitting title with a record spit of 49 feet, 2 inches. Here's what the champ says: "You have to roll your tongue and let the pressure build. You have to havejust the right amount of saliva on the pit. That and a lot of luck." The 30-year-old Findlay, Ohio resident said he took up pit spitting "as a lark" but practiced for nearly two months in preparation for Saturday's fifth annual event in Eau Claire. He didn't say where he practiced. Mobley dethroned Richard Hahn of Benton Harbor, who sent a pit flying 47 feet, 71 inches last year. And, even that distance is nothing to spitat. Grand ideas Grand parents will have their own day this Sep- tember, but beyond that, the future remains clouded for grandmas, grandpas and, presumably, for those who might plan to sell cards, flowers or candy to affectionate grandchildren. The House of Representatives passed a resolution Monday establishing the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day but the measure was modified in committee to apply to this year only. The Senate has adopted a similar resolution which, however, would establish the day in perpetuity. Rep. John Burton (D-Calif.), told the House he hopes it will accept the Senate provision and spare him and others the work of lining up co-sponsors of annual resolutions to renew the day. Burton also pointed out that the measure's principal sponsor, Rep. John Flynt (D-Ga.), just happens to have two granddaughters. But lest the public cry conflict of interest, Flynt, chairman of the House Ethics Committee, conveniently ruled that grandparents could co-sponsor the amendment without being guilty of any wrongdoing. Three strikes, one out Three was the lucky number for a Santa Clara, Calif. bank robber Monday. The bandit entered a Crocker National Bank branch and handed a teller a note saying: "Robbery." Not to be intimidated, the teller wrote "No" on the note, and he fled. The per- sistent would'be robber then tried the same stunt at a nearby Wells Fargo branch. He got the same resp- ponse from the teller there. Not one to give up easily, the man headed for a third bank where - In and behold - the teller gave him money. Not bad for an honest - er, dishonest - day's work. On the outside ... The ecstasy: Perfect weather today. It will be sunny and mild with a high of 78. The agony: It won't last. The clouds will muscle their way through tomorrow bringing a chance of afternoon thunder- showers with a high of 83..