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...Spokesmen of the Association have defined Afro-American to include Afro-Cubans, Afro-Mexicans, and Afro-Indians; they thus claim that no racial discrimination exists since Afro-Americans are often racially mixed. In actuality, this definition means that practically no American of any country can claim African heritage without at the same time claiming to be at least part Negro. An American without Negro ancestry can join the club, according to its spokesmen, only by taking up citizenship in a "free" African state; this, like all the definitions above, is clearly a criterion for membership which discriminates on the basis...
...possible, of course, that a boycott may solidify white support for apartheid; yet, the prognosis for South Africa without outside intervention is clear. Although harrassed, South Africa's liberals today still have talented spokesmen, wealth, and newspapers. In a few years, as government intimidation takes its toll, these assets will be gone. The non-whites, denied opportunities for gradual progress, will become increasingly attracted to revolution...
...Frontier, the faces of foreign-policy officials were grimmer, paler and wearier than at any time since the Cuba missile crisis last October. White House and State Department spokesmen talked somberly of a sudden shift from thaw to freeze in the cold...
...Spokesmen for the Government Department responded yesterday to the HCUA's recent charges by explaining that Gov. 1 bases its grading on a "broad flexible standard" and not a "rigid quota system...
Wheeling's new prices represent an across-the-board increase, Eckstein said, and not merely a "selected products" price increase, as some industry spokesmen have claimed. He pointed out that if the entire industry follows Wheeling's increase, the prices of more than half of all steel products will be affected...