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A Weekly Digest a'' Of African Affairs U.S. AFRICA (AN Last November 4, when Ronald Reagan and I other Republicans were making a sweep at the polls, first-term Democratic congressman Howard Wolpe was winn-, ing re-election in the tradi tionally Republican Third district in Michigan. A more senior Democrat, Bob Carr, went down to defeat in the 1 nominally more liberal district to 'the east, and Reaganite David Stockman (now White Mouse budget director) was winning to the west. But Wolpe, with a solid record of service to his constituents, overcame the conservative tide and beat a high-spending opponent by a larger margin than he won by in 1978. That victory positioned Wolpe for another cam paign, won earlier this month, that could have an important impact on U.S. Africa policy over the next ' few years. Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee chose him to chair the subcommittee on j Africa, after voting down: by 1 1-8 a bid by Dan Mica ; of Florida for the post. (The chairs of all commit tees and subcommittees are filled by the majority party Democrats in the House, Republicans in the Senate.) His election seems to in-. sure that the subcommit tee, which has a history of lively hearings during previous Democratic and. Republican administra tions, will, along with the ; Congressional Black Caucus, offer a forum for opposition to major rightward shifts in the U.S. stance toward. Africa. Wolpe is one of three new subcommittee Democrats, who are ap parently eager to have ac tive regional panels to! keep watch over the Reagan administration's Kow to qet the most from your bank By Frankie Perry "I won't think about that until I am at least 65 1 or 70 years old," many people might respond if they ! were asked whether or not they have a will. While a young adult may think there is no reason to draw up , a will, estate planners recommend that a will be set up once a person is out on his own. The primary purpose of a will is to ensure that after you die, your belongings are distributed accord ing to your wishes. Most wills are prepared by lawyers, but bank trust departments also can help you work through what you. wfent , in your wiU-before yourllawyer' writes it for you. When you set up yourwill, you can say who is to receive your property such as furniture, money, stocks, bonds or reaT estate. You can appoint your own executor usually someone you know well and trust in financiaHnatters to carry out the instruc tions in your will. However.ii you die without a will, your wishes may or may not be carried out. If you do not have a will when you die, the courts will name an adminis trator your estate. This administrator must follow general statutes and laws laid out by state of North Carolina stimpulating how property must be distrib-, uted if someone dies intestate (without a will). In your will, it is important that you name who is to serve as guardian for your children if both you and your spouse died at the same time. If you die intestate and no relatives or friends appear before the court reguesting custody of your children, then it would be the responsibility of the court to appoint a guardian. Once you make up your will, it should be held for safekeeping in the vault at your bank's trust depart ment, in your safe deposit box or among your valu able papers. You neea to update your will whenever something major occurs to your financial status, such as receiving a large inheritance or a large insurance benefit. Trust personnel can assist you in financial plan ning concerning your insurance policies, bank accounts, stocks, bonds, real estate and personal property, and tax planning. Only a lawyer or attorney can actually draw up a will for you. A hand-written or typed will that you write at home could be easily contested in court. So if you are on your own and have furniture, real estate or otner assets, you can De assured mat your desires will be carried out exactly as you want if you have a proper and legal will. Frankie Perry, a banker for seven years, is a trust assistant in the Personal Trust Department at Wachovia Bank and Trust Company in Durham. foreign policy. Stephen Solarz of New York, the energetic chair-' man of the Africa sub-i committee during the last Congress, who was re-' elected in November, is sure to continue his ac tivism as head of the Asia subcommittee. And Michael Barnes of Maryland, who won the Latin America post after f Pennsylvanian Gus Yatron was . rejected, of fered his long-time interest; in the area and his fluency; in Spanish as proof of his commitment to that sub committee's revitaliza tion. As a member of the Africa panel since his elec tion to Congress in 1978, Wolpe has supported Jhe Carter administration's southern Africa policy, advocated increased and better administered aid to Africa, endorsed recogni tion of Angola, and op posed the new military assistance to Somalia and Morocco. He has. a Ph.D. in political science from, the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology ; (MIT), for which his fieldwork was done in Nigeria. And he is the author of Urban Politics in Nigeria:. A Study of Port Harcourt (University of California Press, 1979), as well as several articles and book reviews. Because of his academic background and his stand on the issues, Wolpe was supported during last, fall's campaign by various' Michigan Africanists, and; his bid for the subcommit tee chairmanship attracted i letters of support from faculty members at a number of universities across the country. But far more signifi cant, in political terms, was the opposition he had mica, as inoicaieu vy a Rowland Evans nd Robert Novak column that appeared the. day before the committee caucus voted. The conservative com mentators labeled the push to get Wolpe elected "a power play of liberals versus conservatives in the committee's Democratic ranks" and "a quixotic at tempt to repeal the 1980 election and restore politics of the 60s and 70s. Specifically, they focus ed on Stephen Weissman, the number two member of Solarz's subcommittee staff. Weissman, they charged, was a part of the anti-CIA campaign because an article he had written on the CIA and Zaire for an academic publication had been reprinted in Dirty Work 2: The CIA in Africa, which also carried a listing of suspected CIA operatives on the continent. They also charged that Weissman is "so distrusted by the govern ment of Zaire that he is regarded as an enemy by that U.S. ally." "In infor mal remarks to the African Studies Associa tion in Philadelphia last October 16," Evans and. Novak report, "Weissman used his subcommittee position to attack Zaire in a way surpassing the latitude taken by members of Congress themselves." : Weissman, in a letter to the Washington Post, ac7 cused the columnists of "disregarding informa--tion I provided them" and of distorting his views. "It looks as though they're trying to make their way, back to the McCarthyist 1950s," he counter charged. In particular, Weissman said it was known he had complained to the editors of Dirty work (which he said also contains reprints from a Defense Depart ment consultant's writings . and from the New York Times) after he learned of the CIA listings. And he cited an Africa News tape recording of the ASA panel, saying it demonstrates "their quotation of my remarks is torn completely out of context and is partially inaccurate." Wolpe won anyway, and as Evans and Novak predicted, he has retained Weissman and staff direc tor John Carson. (Priscilla Newman, a Wolpe aide, and Mickey Harmon, make up the rest of the subcommittee staff.) But Evans and Novak got their message across to millions of readers their column, syndicated by Field Enterprises, is published in some 230. newspapers. And they demonstrated the conser vative interest in counter ing any potential critics of Reagan policies. In this camp, the Con gressional Black Caucus rates as one of the1 most important. In spite of the conservative triumphs in JhovejsreJieoi the Caucus emerged stronger than ever, with eighteen members in the House. The officers recently selected for this session include District of Columbia Delegate (non-voting House member) Walter Faun troy, chairman; William Gray from Philadelphia, vice chairman, Julian Dix on, California, treasurer; and Harold Washington from Illinois, secretary. This new leadership has re-iterated the Caucus' commitment to activism on African issues, and two newly-elected members have joined the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mer vyn Dymally (Calif.) and George Crockett (Mich.). Crockett, a lawyer with a long civil rights record, represents the Detroit district previously served by Charles Diggs, Jr., the first Caucus chairman and the former chairman of the Africa subcommittee who resigned in 1980 after conviction on misuse of office funds. Crockett has followed in Diggs' tradi , tion by joining the Africa subcommittee. Even though the Black Caucus and the Democratic membership on the Africa subcommit-' tee may find themselves on generally common ground on many issues, their positions are sure to face strong opposition. The four Republicans on the subcommittee are all conservatives, the general mood in the House is con servative, and the parallel; committee in the Senate is, like the Senate itself, now Republican-led. Africa Subcommittee Members In The 97th Congress SENATE Republicans Nancy Landon Kassebaum (Kansas) Chair Jesse Helms (NO 5.1. Hayakawa (Calif.) -naues Mathias (Md.) Democrats Paul Tsongas (Mass.) John Glenn (Ohiol Ihristopher Dodd (Conn.) HOUSE Democrats Howard Wolpe (Mich.) Chair Stephen Solarz (NY Gerry Studds (Mass.) George Crockett (Mich.) Dennis Eckart (Qhio) Republicans William Goodling (Pa.) Arlen Erdahl (Minn.) Olympia Snowe (Maine) Robert Dor nan (Calif.) Subscribe To The Carolina Times Call Today 682-2913 SAI FEBRUARY 28, 1S31 . THE CAR3UXAT11KEJ 9 Vu : :' ?"; f; .r Vn. k; -?.' I V.V Mr i j; Actinia Queen 1980-81 i is m: St. Augustine's recently held its 1980-81 Iwnfu$ as "?w"8? ''Mi?HPTSi"L' homecoming paegant in which Miss Priscilla Sweetheart of the Falcons. SGA Prasidint John Jolly, is doing the honors of crowning. The Time Is We'll Show You Just ask for our 'NOW Account' brochure at any convenient Mechanics and Farmers Bank location. 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