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...report released Thursday, the Corporation rejected student demands to divest its holdings in banks lending money to the apartheid government, and rejected demands that Harvard support all shareholder resolutions calling on corporations to withdraw operations from South Africa...
Members of the Stanford Committee for a Responsible Investment Policy (SCRIP) yesterday said they were opposing the board of trustees decision Tuesday night not to support a shareholder resolution urging that Caltex withdraw from South Africa...
...rightist persuasions. In its first cabinet, for instance, the P.Q. government had both a labor minister who fought for the highest minimum wage on the continent and for pro-union labor legislation, and a finance minister known for his conservatism. Until last year, the party was pledged to withdraw from NATO, but at its last convention, it reversed its policy so as not to antagonize...
...freshman, who wished to remain anonymous, said. "Even if the Corporation were to withdraw from South Africa, it wouldn't have any positive effect on the situation between the blacks and the whites," in the country...
...keeping with the United Front's minimum demands, Harvard should sell all stocks and bonds in U.S. banks which have kept the apartheid regime and its economy afloat through loans to the South African government. It must support, and where necessary sponsor, shareholder resolutions calling upon companies to withdraw from South Africa. Furthermore, Harvard must be prepared to employ divestiture as a subsequent action should companies refuse to respond to shareholder pressure. Finally, the University should issue a clear public statement of its policies regarding U.S. companies still operating in South Africa...