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...during a political speech, blamed Chinese Maoists for the riots. While Chinese Communists did constitute a real problem until 1960, when they were finally rooted out after a twelve-year campaign, the racial disharmony was strictly homegrown. Until the riots started, Malaysia enjoyed a prosperous economy based on tin, rubber and palm oil. But the wealth was not spread equitably. Like the Tunku, many Malays have a leisurely lifestyle, a world apart from that of the bustling, aggressive Chinese. Consequently, the Chinese, and to a lesser extent Indians, outpaced the Malays in per capita income...
...Long? The current collision between auto labor and management in Detroit hurts much of the rest of the U.S. and Canada. G.M. uses 10% of the U.S.'s steel, 5% of its aluminum and large portions of its glass, rubber and textiles. Last week in Lexington, Ky., Irvin Industries laid off 375 workers who make seat belts. In Stratford, Ont., the auto strike put 100 workers out of their jobs at Standard Products, which manufactures rubber parts. The beleaguered Penn Central railroad began laying off workers who normally handle shipments of G.M. cars and trucks. In a month...
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They have been particularly critical of the DAS' involvement in Indonesia, a nation whose military government is friendly to American investors, and Liberia, whose economy is virtually dominated by Firestone Rubber and Bethlehem Steel...
...teams continued to tolerate the principle of exploitative American investment and the permissibility of American intervention. To take one striking example, as rendered by Lester E. Gordon,. the present director of the DAS, "We concluded early in the game that Liberia's decision to have foreign investors [Firestone Rubber and Bethlehem Steel] exploit their resources was their own business...