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...cases, not only was the principle wrong, but the methods employed were sleazy and sneaky. Keyworth presented the center to Congress as a fait accompli, and the universities had congressmen--Charles Ruggle (D-N.Y.) and Norman Minuets (D-Ca.) respectively--slip an amendment into general authorization hearings just before the bill was sent to the president for signing...
...aide to Rep. Steven Solarz (D-N.Y), the congressman responsible for the Agency for International Development fund legislation, says Solarz supports Bok's scholarship initiatives. But he adds that Solarz, while opposing divestiture, has introduced a bill prohibiting any new investment in South Africa, an action the congressman believes would be an effective way of putting pressure on the government without harming Black workers now employed in U.S. factories...
...other actions in the House, the Banking Committee's subcommittee on financial institutions is currently considering legislation even more radical in its provisions on South Africa policy. House Resolution 1693, introduced by Rep. Steven Solarz (D-N.Y.) stipulates that the United States forbid all bank loans to South Africa from this country, ban all imports of Krugerrands to the United States, and require that all subsidiaries of U.S. companies operating in South Africa abide by the Sullivan Principles. Observers are confident about the future of the first bill, but less sure about the outcome of a vote...
...Senate Intelligence committee where he worked this year said they still retain the highest regard for Breindel's abilities as a writer and a capable member of the staff he served on for only eight weeks before his arrest At the time of his arrest, Sen Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) asked for Breindel's resignation...
Representative Steven Solarz (D-N.Y.), a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee said a change in policy by the Administration would make "a mockery of our pretensions to support the cause of human rights in Central America when we provide military assistance to a government like the one in Guatemala, whose security forces are responsible for the massacre of literally thousands of their own people." Unfortunately, Reagan can restore aid without Congressional approval, However, the Administration would have to periodically report to Congress on human rights conditions in Guatemala, as it currently does for El Salvador...