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Monday the Trustees' Executive Committee of Radcliffe College considered the Harvard Corporation's recently released report on South Africa, and decided informally to approve it, although the Committee has taken no formal action on the report, Radcliffe administrators said yesterday...
According to the June 1977 treasurer's report, Radcliffe owns $480,000 of stock in the Bank of America and about 140,000 of stocks and bonds in First National Bank of Boston, as well as holdings in other South African-related banks...
...highly unlikely we'll divest our stock in companies in South Africa," Gardiner said, adding that although the Corporation report recommended against divestiture except in extreme cases, "we reserve the right to make our own decisions...
Stevens said students have expressed "mixed reactions" to the Harvard Corporation's report on South African investments. He did not identify the students but said they were well-prepared for the discussion...
...central premise of the Corporation's report is that it is possible for U.S. companies remaining in South Africa to play a "progressive" role by improving working conditions for blacks. As the Corporation itself admits, this possibility is extremely uncertain. There is no reason to expect American companies to modify their labor policies in South Africa--even in this country, U.S. firms are not noted for their spontaneous improvement of working conditions. It seems highly unlikely that they will go out of their way to liberalize their labor policies in an environment hostile to these efforts. In fact, their past...