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VOLUME 57 - NUMBER 17
36 PAGES
DURHAM. NORTH CAROLINA - SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1979
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Nine South African Firttis Agree to End Job Bias
Sullivan's Principles
Gain Support
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
In what has been
described as a "significant
breakthrough", nine
South African corpora
tions have united in a plan
to begin working toward
compliance with the
"Sullivan Principles" to
promote racial equality in
employment practices in the
Republic of South Africa.
This finding was an
nounced by Rev. Leon
Sullivan along with the
release of the second
report of Arthur D. Little,
Inc., of Cambridge,
Massachusetts, in its
analysis of the implemen
tation of the six "Sullivan
Principles" designed to
end apartheid and give
economic parity to black
employees of major cor
porations doing business
in South Africa. Arthur
D. Little, Inc., is a highly
reputed managment
research firm.
The "Sullivan
Principles" are named
after the black, crusading
Baptist minister, Rev.
Leon Sullivan, who has
launched an aggressive,
well-organized campaign to
end what he calls "the in
human, debilitating, ex
ploitive system of racism
which contaminates, like a
cancer, the lives of black
South Africans."
Dr. Sullivan, who has
,been involved in the war
against apartheid In South
Africa, for more than four
years, said he was
gratified by "the signs of
progress" reflected in the
Arthur D. Little report.
"This is, indeed, a
significant
breakthrough", Dr.
Sullivan said. "The nine
South African corpora
tions affect 600,000
employees, 400,000 of
whom are black. The
significance and impact of
this far exceeds that of the
American corporations
whose total number of
employees is 100,000, with
50,000 being black."
Of equal significance,
Dr. Sullivan said, was the
fact that the nine corpora
tions are heavy in the min
ing industry, where the
most dehumanizing labor
practices are running ram
pant. Rev. Sullivan also an
nounced that: Trade
Unions (TUSCA) of
South Africa have begun
their own system to moni
tor compliance of com
panies with the Sullivan
Principles and have taken
the position that if the
principles are vigorously
enforced, will make a signi
ficant difference in the
struggle against apartheid. . .
.and the Black Zulu Organi
zation, INKATHA, along
with other anti-apartheid
groups in South Africa,
are cooperating with the
monitoring and enforce
ment plans, strengthening
black support for the
American business in
itiative. In his formal statement,
Dr. Sullivan said: "The
Second Arthur D. Little
Report on the compliance
and progress towards
compliance with the
"Sullivan principles"
represents another step
forward, but I am con
vinced more than ever that
it is necessary to get all 300
American Based Com
panies doing business in
South Africa involved.
The 116 Companies who
have made a commitment
must now be joined by the
184 who have not yet sign
ed up. A united effort
with the United States
Government and the U.S.
Companies supporting the
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Congressional Black
Inflationary and
Cau
cus:
Ineffective
After review and discus
sion of the Administra
tion's new energy policy
proposals, the Congres
sional Black Caucus
recently criticized the
President's planned
decontrol of crude oil
prices as "inflationary, in
equitable and ineffec
tive." The Caucus propos
ed linking any oil price
decontrol with passage of
a windfall profits tax,
guaranteeing that lower
income persons are fully
protected financially
against higher energy
costs, and called for ag
gressive development and
funding for solar power.
Leading the Caucus ef
forts in the energy are
Congressman Charles B.
Rangel (D-N.Y.), who
served on the Ad Hoc
Energy Subcommittee in
the 95th Congress, Con
gressman Julian Dixon
(D-Calif.), who serves on
the House appropriations
Committee's Subcommit
tee on Energy and Water
Development, and Con
gressman Micky Leland
(D-Tex.), who serves on
the Energy and Power
Subcommittee of the
House Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Com
mittee. The Caucus
previously made major
statements on energy
issues in August 1977 and
February 1978.
Congressman
M.C. Competency Test To De
1 and 2
Given
ay
The North Carolina
Competency Test will be
given on Tuesday and
Wednesday, May 1 and 2
to those students who fail
ed the initial test in
November. The makeup
test will be the same one
administered to over 81
thousand eleventh grade
student during the first
test.
Ninety per cent of the
students who took the
reading portion of the test
in November passed it,
which means over 8 thou
sand did not. Over 11
thousand students failed
the math portion of the
test. Since November,
those students have been
involved in remediation
programs in their schools.
The remediation efforts
are designed to aid the
students having problems
in some of the areas
covered by the test. Accor
ding to many teachers and
administrators, the tests
have already helped many
students identify trouble
areas, subjects in which
tlCCU To Honor Rotiring
Porsonnol, 25-Yr Employees
North Carolina Central
University will honor on
Sunday, April 29, four
teen members of its facul
ty and staff who are retir
ing at the end of the cur
rent school year or who
retired during the year.
A reception is scheduled
at 5 p.m. Sunday at the
North Carolina Central
University Museum of
Art.
Also to be honored are
six employees who have
completed 25 years of ser
vice with the university.
The retirees are
Lawrence W. Armstrong,
housekeeping assistant;
Miss Mary B. Baines, dor
mitory supervisor; Mrs.
Gertrude F. Bland,
Continued On Page 3
-they need special help;
Every public school irf
the state had students who
failed one or more of the
tests. Dare County had the
fewest number, only 2 of
139 who took the test.
The Competency
Testing program was
legislated by the 1977
General Assembly. The
tests are basic skills tests
of reading and
mathematics designed to
measure minimum com
petency, hot ideal achieve
ment. The law provides
that passing the tests is a
requirement for receiving
a high school diploma.
Students who are
unable to take the makeup
test during the first twp
days of May will be allow
ed to take it May 7-9.
Local school officials are
required to provide
remediation to students
who fail beyond their
junior year in high school
if that becomes necessary.
Every attempt is being
made to assure the student
ample opportunities to ob
tain what he or she has
worked for during 12
years of schooling, a high
school diploma.
'.Rangel said that "The
President's proposal for
decontrolling the price ot
crude oil is in the stark
contrast to the Ad
ministration's stated
priority of combatting in
flation. The American
public can now see vividly
that prices rise, not
because people are put
, back to work. We are told
that reducing unemploy
ment from present
astronomical levels is
inflationary, but the Presi
dent's policy further
points up the fact that in
flation primarily results
' from price increases for
energy, food, health and
housing."
Congresswoman Car
diss Collins (D-Ill.),
Chairwoman of the
Caucus, said that "The
American public also is
shocked that the oil com
panies are likely to receive
bilions of dollars in wind
. fall profits because the
'ident itjiected the op
! tion of requiring passage
of the profits tax before
decontrolling oil prices
when all signs are there the
Congress will reject the
tax proposed by the Presi
dent. "Congeresswoman
Collins called on the Presi
dent to guarantee,
whether through a wind
fall profits tax of from
other revenues, that
lower-income persons will
receive financial assistance
equal to the amounts of
increased energy costs. She
pointed out that the pro
posed windfall profits tax
Continued On Page 2
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NAACP STATE TASK FORCE Some members of the NAACP State Task
Force are shown following the luncheon Saturday. Pictured Geft to right) are:
George Frazier, president of the Durham Chapter of the NAACP; Mrs. Ada F.
Singleton, president of the Wadesboro Chapter; Charles McLean, Field Director
Emeritus, Winston-Salem; Mrs. Louisiana Robinson, secretary of the State Task
Force; Leslie Myrie, chairman of the Southport Branch and Eugene Gore, also of
the Southport Branch .(Photo by Lionell Parker)
Final- BegulGtiofiis
For tadicappel
Chicken
HEW has issued regula
tions under which it will
provide funds to states for
specific services to blind
and disabled children who
receive Supplemental
Security Income (SSI)
benefits.
Under 1976 amend
ments to the Social Securi
ty Act, states are required
to provide counseling,
referral and other services
to SSI blind and disabled
children under sixteen
years of age. In addition,
states must provide to
disabled children under
seven years old, or those
children who have never
attended public school, a
range of medical, social,
developmental and
rehabilitative services to
prepare them for subse
quent education or train-
ing. The entire program is
to be conducted under an
approved State plan ad-
"A. Phillip Randolph Week"
Declared In Michigan
"A Philip Randolph
Week in Michigan" has
been declared for June 4
through 10, by Governor
William G. Milliken in
recognition of the great
American labor leader's
contributions to social
justice.
William Stondghill,
president of the United
Black Trade Unionists
Chapter of the A. Philip
Randolph Institute, hailed
the governor's action as
"a fitting tribute to one of
our country's first and
greatest black labor
leaders."
"It is especially signifi
cant," Stodghill said,
"that the A. Philip Ran
dolph Week corresponds
with the date of our Na
tional Conference, to be
held in Detroit June 8-10
and with our honoree's
Continued On Page 23
'They won't get off
their rear ends it's in
their blood.' That's what
Ray White, the U.S. con
sul general in Cape Town,
South Africa, thinks
about Black South
Africans. In a 'Militant'
exclusive, staff writer
August Nimtz reveals the
flagrantly racist views of
this top representative of
the Carter Administration.
U.S. Official h Soutfh Africa
Peddles Racistf Poisooo
A top U.S. official in
South Africa who sup
posedly "urges"
American-owned corpora
tions to practice equality
for Black workers is an
unabashed racist. ,
"The outside world just
doesn't understand they
don't know these people
(Blacks)," says Ray
White, American consul
general in Cape Town.
What White thinks the
outside world should
know about Blacks is that
"you just can't bring these
people around to the
twentieth century. They
prefer to live in the past
with their tribal ways."
Elaborating, White
says, "Even if you sent
them to Oxford or Cam
bridge, they'd rather go to
a witch doctor for medical
help."
As head of the Cape Town
consulate, White is pro
bably the most important
u.b. official in South
Africa except for the am
bassador. He made these
racist remarks during an
interview with Patricia
Dillon, a student in the
Semester at Sea Program,
which visited South Africa
last November. I was an
instructor in that pro
gram. In an exclusive for the
Militant, Dijlon has made
public White's remarks
during the five-hour con
versation. One of White's tasks as
consul general is to pro
mote the Sullivan Code, a
set of guidelines for U.S.
corporations in South
Africa drawn up two years
ago by Rev. Leon
Sullivan. Sullivan is a
-By August Nimtz -
Black member of the
General Motors Board of
Directors. The code,
which has been adopted as
U.S. government policy,
allegedly aims to
guarantee equal treatment
and advancement oppor
tunities to Black South
African workers. White
plays a major role in
"urging" American com
panies to endorse the code
and monitoring their com
pliance. Blacks, in White's opi
nion, have only
themselves to blame for
their plight in South
Africa. Africans, for ex
ample, are not promoted
to supervisory positions in
corporations because
"they're unreliable," he
said.
VTheir biggest problem is
motivation. There's no
way to keep a fire under
these people.
"They won't get off
their rear ends," he com
plained. "It's in their
blood." "These people,"
White told Dillon, "don't
appreciate what the South
African government is do
ing for them." As an ex
ample of this
"ingratitude," White said
that the government pro
vides Africans with hous
ing, "but these people are
happy in warm mudsod
huts."
White felt that "Blacks
can't do without whites. If
whites pull out (of South
Africa), things will go to
hell like in Zambia,, where
Blacks get drunk and
crash the trains."
White who pays his
three Black servants 680
Rand (about S850) a year
in total said tht South
African Blacks "haven't
got it so bad. The U.S.
press paints a bad image
of South Africa."
That the U.S. official
who promotes the Sullivan
Code is a blatant racist
says a lot about
Washingtons concern
about South African
Blacks, and about its con
tempt for Blacks in this
country, too.
U.S. policy in South
Africa has nothing to do
with bring about real
change for Blacks. The
Sullivan Code, as South
African Blacks will tell
you, is simply cover for
ongoing U.S. support to
the apartheid regime.
American corporations
rake in millions each year
by superexploiting Blacks
in South Africa. They aim
to keep it that way. And
so does Washington.
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U.S. MAY HAVE SHARED
SPY DATA
The American covert
aerial picture-taking
which has sparked a major
crisis in relations with
South Africa took place
with South Africa's tacit
cooperation, an American
intelligence source says.
But, according to the
source, the South Africans
were not only aware of the
activities of the controver
sial plane, they also
benefitted from the data it
collected. Other American
officials have stated that
South Africans even
piloted the plane on occa
sion and that flight plans
were always filed with the
South African authorities.
While satellites could do
the job as well or better
than the small plane, they
are much more costly to
employ and are generally
concentrated on the Soviet
Union and other high
priority areas. Un
suspicious jaunts by the
embassy plane could pick
up useful information on
guerrilla movements and
on other military forces
located in neighboring
African states as well as
survey Rhodesian and
South African troops and
installations.
Negotiators such as
American ambassadors
Donald McHenry and
Steven Low and British
envoy John Graham M
used the plane in their
southern African forays,
officials have reported.
The U.S. reacted to the
South African action by
expelling two South
African defense attaches
from Washington.
Analysts here - see
Botha's action as an at
tempt to divert attention
from the current FBI in
vestigation into allega
tions of improper South
African activities in the
U.S. It is also seen as
another element in the
case being built to justify
rejection of the West's
two-vear effort toward
UN-supervised Namibian
indeoendence.
-Richard Walker at the
United Nation (AN1
ministered by the state
disabled children's agency
or another agency
designated by the Gover
nor. The final rules describe
procedures for developing
the state plan. To be ap
proved by the Secretary of
HEW, the state plan must
describe the working rela
tionship between the
Social Security Ad
ministration, which deter
mines SSI eligibility, and
the state agency ad
ministering this service
program. Cooperative
agreements also are to be
made with all principal
public and private agen
cies providing services to
disabled children to insure
continuation of existing
services and maintenance
of current levels of non
Federal support.
Since December 1977,
the program has been car
ried out under interim
Federal Regulations. In
response to comments on
the interim regulations,
the final rules have been
revised to assure greater
public participation in
development of the state
plan. Individuals may now
file objections to provi
sions in a state plan and
the state, if requested,
must provide a public
hearing on any
"reasonable objection."
Should HEW fail to ap
prove the state plan, the
state may request a hear
ing on the matter in which
the public must be allowed
to participate.
Under the interim
regulations, a disabled
child receiving services
under the plan and, as ap
propriate, his parent,
guardian or other
representative, could re
quest an administrative
review and redetermintion
of the supervisory staff of
the state agency regarding
unsatisfactory actions af
fecting these services. The
final regulations add the
requirement for a
grievance procedure
should there be
dissatisfaction with the
review and redetermina
tion. Continued On Page 3
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