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Speaking to a group of 75, Drinan said the Arabs' boycott of U.S. firms selling to Israel "erodes" U.S. support for Israel...
Drinan told the audience at the Law School that he has already proposed a bill to impose restrictions on firms submitting to the boycott. Drinan's bill would also protect employees against discrimination arising from the boycott...
Drinan criticized Commerce Secretary Rogers Morton and President Ford for their failure to take action against corporations that submit to the boycott...
Nearly 80 per cent of South African manufactured goods exported go to African nations, and if an African boycott was imposed the South African internal market could not absorb its own produce. If Vorster can persuade the southern African nations that the South African regime will respect them and that he will work for some kind of political autonomy in Namibia, however, and if he can persuade them that his regime is a friendly one, South Africa will be protected by other southern African nations from guerilla attacks from the outside...
...rate, and the government has done its best to attract investment. Although most American countries pulled out of Namibia last year when it seemed likely that the U.N. would expropriate all exports from Namibia, the government in South Africa seems to have enough international support to avoid a U.N. boycott. The U.S. government vetoed an attempt last year to exclude South Africa from the United Nations, claiming that such a move would cut down the U.N.'s power to effect change there...