IS THE PRESIDENT SACRIFICING BLACKS FOR
v , p , , ISRAELIS?
President Carter's trip to Israel and Egypt is assailed us
a great, step toward peace and also a boost tor America's
waning worldjnfluence. While vewryonc should be for peace
and a standing of respect for just lice and right around the
world; appears that we purchased those virtues for a very
high monetary price. There has been an offer of $5 billion
in addition to the $12 billion we've given Israel since
1946, with SI billion given in 1978. Even with all of this
there have to be doubts about these treaties as bringing
peace in the Mid-East, since all Arab countries, except
Egypts were left-out of the negotiations. Mr. Carter pro
mised to support these countries monetarily and militarily.
Is this military power offer for each country to protect
itself against the other or from outsiders who were not a
part of the treaty making process? The President knew that
he could offer Israel just about limitless support with the
eternal blessing of Congress, because no member of
Congress would dare question Jewish support. The story is
entirely different in the Rhodesian and South African ques
tions. It is hard for blaclt Americans to see budget cuts that
vill afford them jobs, health, education and just a reason
Ten Most Powerful Blacks In DC
Selecting the ten most powerful blacks in Washington,
J.C., is not easy, because this is a citv of powerful blacks,
in these 100 square miles, there are more blacks with
real power or influence than in any area of comparable
uze on earth.
It has been said, all the way through British political
philosopher James Harrington to Aristotle, that real
political power rests on economic power. The ten
selected here have both. Here they are, according to
my poll, in alphabetical order:
Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., first black Secretary of the
Army and a $100,000-a-year Harvard-Yale educated law
yer, who took a cut when he accepted the Army job.
Mayor Marion Barry of Washington, a Lemoyne
Fisk educated chemist, who' understands the chemistry
Df human relations.
CongTesswoinen Cardiss Collins, Chair of the Congress
Former Judge Majorie M. Lawson, corporate lawyer and
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able living when we can without 'question give billions to
foreigners. Mr. Carter lias decided to relax preference
treatment for government contracts to blacks so the con
tracts can go to foreign businesses. He is also considering
increasing foreign emigration quota, with these emigrants
being given jobs, and loans for businesses. So blacks are
seemingly being sacrificed lor our foreign concerns.
In his Jerusalem speech the President said he brought
greetings from the American people who share with the p
people of Israel love, liberty, justice and Peace. Mr. Carter,
we blacks certainly cherish all of those attributes, too, so
how far are you willing to go to see that your black con-
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stituents who are denied real justice and noerty in this
country, become practical recipients of those rights.' The
President gave a quote in which he nd that peace is a
virtue, a disposition for Benevolence, lor confide.ice. for
justice and that nierica vill see that these are lulllilied
tor Israel. Surei blacks certainly would like to have the
confidence and peace of mind that the leaders of this
country will see that then long overdue desires for justice
and that the benevolence of job equality are fulliilied lor
; them, le staled that the United Stales is ready to place its
strength on the side lor Israel's security and well-being
wnat about placing strength on the side for black Ameri-
The BbcCi Side of Washiiictfoiii
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ional Black Caucus, and an economic and political power
of Chicago's Westside.
Delegate to Congress Walter Fauntroy, a Yale-educated,
highly successful minister, who is the moving force behind
the ratification of the Amendment that would give the
District of Columbia voting representation in Congress.
Theodore Hagans, Jr., the city's No. I black business
man, who is developing $350 million Ft. Lincoln New
Town and operating the highly profitable parking facil
ities at Dulles International Airport.
Secretary of HUD Patricia Roberts Harris, a SI 00.000-a-year
lawyer, who made a sacrifice to take the $65,000
Cabinet post.
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is still very meaningful, paused in Washington last
Wednesday evening to honor retired NAACP lobbyist
Clarence Mitchell on this 68th birthday with a dinner.
There is no question that he lias earned Ins place in
history.
Meeting Racism Head-on
I he Navy Department is investigating an alleged
. cross-burning on the Aircraft Carrier America.
"Mr. Dungan." a recist situation-comedy series on a
black Congressman that to begin on CHS on Sunday.
M..r..l. I 1 I 1 III . . I I
mdicn i.i. hum ueen scraicneu necause ot me loud pro
test of t he Congressional Black Caucus and NAACP. It
was being produced by Norman Lear. John Amos
blew the whistle last fall.
cans to be able to enjoy well-being through providing means
so they can make a secure a living for themselves and their
families? While the President is determined to turn Israel's
dreams for peace into a reality, he should turn American"
blacks' dream of equality, justice and hopes of
making a decent living into reality, too. The Jerusalem
speech was great for the Israelis, and we have no quarrel
with it other than questions about our cry for a balanced
budget whi. h a;ts funds for necessary programs which
provide -.1 .i mere living for minorities and yet from that
same b. . ves billions to Israeal.
Recent figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics are as
follows:
White Unemployment: overall, 4.9; men, 3.4; women,
5 0; youth. 13.6. Black Unemployment: overall, 11.9;
men, 8.0: women. 10.6: youth. 35.5. The Urban League
report is that 23 per cent of American blacks are jobless so
this should be a grave concern to the President. This is en
cumbent upon him to step forward with the same strong
determination, zeal and intensified efforts jn providing
living opportunities, justice and equality for his black
American citizens as he is doing for the people of Israel.
The Jerusalem speech was a good one, so Mr. President
make it here for vour minority citizens.
Ms. Flaxie Pinkett, Chairman of the Board ot John
R. Pinkett. Inc.. one of the city's leading real estate
and investment firms. She is also a member of a half
dozen corporations, including the powerful Board of
Trade.
real estate development financing expert. She and her at
torney husband reside in a palatial home that cost them
$309,000 several years ago. It must now be worth close to
a million dollars.
Louis E. Martin. Special Assistant to the President and
longime power in the Democratic Party. He was born
into wealth, married into wealth, and earned wealth as
a Detroit-Chicago newspaper publisher.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Chair, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, and a Yale-educated lawyer
wh can command a six-figure income from private law
practice any time she wishes.
101st Senator Honored
Some 1200 black and white leaders from across
America, as well as some of us poor folks, to whom SI 00
WEEKLY DIGEST OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS
SAUDI ARABIA EXPELS
THOUSANDS OF NIGER
IANS; SOME HAD LIVED
THERE MORE THAN
THIRTY YEARS
Thousands of Nigerians
have again been expelled
from Saudi Arabia, accord
ing to a recent report in
the Daily Times, Nigeria's
largest newspaper. '
Correspondent Paul
Alade reported that
the "A'frfean exiles Krrived '
the Xan&airportnifl Nigeria '
"looking dejected," follow
ing the expulsion order
which affected some 10,000
Nigerians. The official list
of returnees are not avail
able. Some of the expelled
Nigerians, it was reported,
had lived in Saudi Arabia
for a generation. Their
spokesman, Alhaji Abba,
told the African corres
pondent that he had lived
in Saudi Arabia for 45
years, but that he and the
others were not allowed by
the Saudis to bring their
belongings home with
them.
The spokesman noted
that nationals from many
other African countries
were also expelled. Those
affected were from Chad,
Somalia, Cameroon, Ghana,
Libya, Iran and Turkey. '
Alhaji Abba said that
the clamp-down on them
was the climax of an effort
by the Saudi government to
"decongest the holy land"
by minimizing the number
of foreign residents. 1
The expulsion order
was given, the Nigerian
spokesman said, without
sufficient notice. '
The Nigerian paper
noted that a similar
mass deportation had taken
place in 1977 Portly
after the Moslem Hajj, or
time of pilgrimmage to
the holy city of Mecca,
which is located in Saudi
Arabia. This latest ex
pulsion also co4ncides with '
a Hajj.
UGANDA
AMING HANGS ON
AN As anti-government
forces continued their
slow advance on the cpaital
of Kampala last week
Ugandan leader Idi Amin
hosted an international con
ference, a meeting of the
Board of Governors of the
Islamic Development Bank.
The bankers came from
some twenty countries stret
ching froftt Morocco in
northwestern Africa to
Asian states such as
Bangladesh and Malaysia,
and in his opening address
Amin termed the gathering
a gesture of solidarity with
his government.
The Ugandan leader has
for years taken a pro
Palestinian, ' anti-Israeli
stance. He played the same
theme again in his appeal to
the bankers for increased
backing, charging that his
attackers are imperialists
and Zionists.
As Amin's military posi
tion has worsened in recent
weeks he has issued repeat
ed calls for outside help. He
has asked both the UN
and the Organization of
African Unity (OAU) to
condemn the Tanzanian
, troop, presence in Uganda
arid to peKuacje Tanzania to .4
accept " mediation'. He haV
also appealed to neighboring
Sudan, Kenya, Zaire,
Rwanda and Burundi to use
all their leverage on Tan
zania a s well.
The Tanzanians have
stood firm, however, de
manding African condemi
nation of Amin's original
aggression in occupying a
portion of their land. They
also want Uganda to re
nounce all claims on Tan
zanian territory and to
give assurances that Uganda
will cease all acts of war
against its southern neigh
bor. Consequently, a recent
OAU effort at mediation be
tween the two nations
quickly reached an impasse.
Failing diplomatically to
relieve the pressure facing
him, Amin has deperately
sought economic and
military help, primarily
from Arab sources. A trip
by Amin himself to Saudi
Arabia early this year
apparently failed to yeild
substantial aid, but the
Ugandan leader may be
fairing better with the Lib
yans. Libya, which has
standing aid programs
in Uganda, according to di
plomatic sources, has main
tained several hundred mili
tary advisors in Uganda in
the past. Despite repeat
ed rumors that Libya has
recently sent additional
forces, however, only one
reporter, British journalist
David Martin, has claimed
to discover any confirma
tion of this. Martin told'the
BBC that "diplomatic sour
ces inside Uganda" inform
him that two Libyan
Boeing 707s landed at
Uganda's Entebbe airport
on February 20 and tat
"men in uniform dis
embarked." Even$$rJ
however, put : thfe?Triurn
ber of Libyans in USapda at
not more than 500j ! ;
Libya, for its con
tinues to say it is W nun
arily helping Amm 0ut ol
his current impasse nd in
stead stresses the'need for
a peaceful resolution of
the fighting between what
Libya considers two' sisterly
countries.
Through agreements
between the Ugandan
government and the Pales
tine Liberation Organiza
tion (PLO), Uganda
also hosts a PLO group
that runs a farm in the
country. The relationship
between Palestinians and
Uganda came to world
attention dramatically in
June, 1976, when an Air
France airbus was hijacked,
taken to Entebbe, and
subsequently attacked there
by Israeli commandos.
Palestinians have report
edly, assisted Amin with
Ugandan military training in
the past and Amin himself,
in the recent meeting with
the Islamic bankers, claimed
that Ugandans and Palestin
ians were fighting side by
side. No other sources, how
ever, have confirmed this to
mean that Palestinians are
actually involved in
front-line confrontations in
Uganda.
Tanzanian sources, not
ing the absence of Libyans
in actual fighting, have
speculated that the Lib
yans, like many Uganda
troops, are refusing to fight
against the advancing
anti-Amin forces.
Some political analysts,
meanwhile, have speculated
that the reports of Libyan
and Palestinian involvement
in defending Amin are exag
gerated and are aimed at
discrediting the Arabs in
the Mid Fast propaganda
war.
Much of Amin's equip
ment was purchased from
the USSR, but this source
has apparently dried up in
the current conflict. Both
Libya and the USSR were
openly irritated last Oct
when Amin invaded and
occupied a section of
Tanzania.
ZIMBABWE
THE RISING TIDE OF
WAR
IANI Faced with many
of the same tactical dilem
mas the United Slates en
countered in Vietnam,
Rhodesia's military has
employed and refined the
classic technique;, used
against an elusive guerrilla
foe.
One of the Salisbury go
vernment's most important
strategies has been the re
settlement of rural Africans
from war ones into what
are called 'protected vil
lages.' At the outset of the
war, the authorities offered
cash rewards for informa
tion on the activities of the
guerrillas; later, fines such
as the seizure of livestock
were imposed on those sus
pected of having harbored
or helped the insurgents.
When these measures
proved ineffective, how
ever, the government em
barked on a program of
massive resettlement-relocating
hundreds of thou
sands of rural Africans in
the confines of 'protected
villages.' By doing so
officials hoped to prevent
contact between the guerril
las and the rural popula
tion, thus limiting the
insurgents' ability to politi
cize villagers and reducing
the material support given
the nationalists by their
sympathizers. The "keeps,"
as they became known,
are surrounded with barbed
wire fences and undei
coonstant guard. Tight cur
few regulations are also
enforced, with violators
shot on sight in some war
zones.
The protected villages
were later augmented by
'consolidated villages.
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