[Your representative in the Michigan Legislature will be called upon this month to take action that will shake the racist leaders of South Africa's apartheid regime]
[Your representative in the Michigan Legislature will be called upon this month to take action that will shake the racist leaders of South Africa's apartheid regime]
The mailing says Michigan legislators will decide this month whether to adopt bills (HB 4770 and HB 4771) introduced by Representatives Virgil Smith and Perry Bullard to require the State's major pension funds to rid themselves of investments in firms operating in South Africa. These bills follow laws adopted by the Michigan Legislature, in 1980 and 1982, respectively, that forbid the deposit of surplus state funds in banks making loans to South Africa and require state public educational institutions to divest from firms operating in South Africa. New Jersey Governor Kean recently signed legislation divesting that state's pension fund of $2 billion. The mailing says the House Civil Rights...
The mailing says Michigan legislators will decide this month whether to adopt bills (HB 4770 and HB 4771) introduced by Representatives Virgil Smith and Perry Bullard to require the State's major pension funds to rid themselves of investments in firms operating in South Africa. These bills follow laws adopted by the Michigan Legislature, in 1980 and 1982, respectively, that forbid the deposit of surplus state funds in banks making loans to South Africa and require state public educational institutions to divest from firms operating in South Africa. New Jersey Governor Kean recently signed legislation divesting that state's pension fund of $2 billion. The mailing says the House Civil Rights Committee will hold hearings on this legislation on September 24 in Lansing; people are urged to write and visit their legislators in support of the bill.
