American Committee on Africa
Eileen Hanson
New York, New York, United States
Sometime after December 12, 1973
7 pages
Contents: 1. Minutes of the September 27, 1972 Board Meeting were accepted as distributed. 2. Staff Report • 3. Board Items • 4. Chicago-Report • 5. Financial and Budget Report • 7. Washington Office on Africa • 8. Angola Coffee Campaign • 9. Twentieth Anniversary Proposal • CHICAGO LITERATURE DISTRIBUTION, PROJECT OF ACOA Report to the ACOA Board by Eileen Hanson • INCOME REPORT/PROJECTION • 1973 Budget Personnel Wage Figures Breakdown • Frank Aikens and Henry Lieberg have had an ACOA literature table at the Port Authority bus station, netting almost $100 in two weeks. ACOA fact sheet on nickel and chrome imported into the U.S. in violation...
Contents: 1. Minutes of the September 27, 1972 Board Meeting were accepted as distributed. 2. Staff Report • 3. Board Items • 4. Chicago-Report • 5. Financial and Budget Report • 7. Washington Office on Africa • 8. Angola Coffee Campaign • 9. Twentieth Anniversary Proposal • CHICAGO LITERATURE DISTRIBUTION, PROJECT OF ACOA Report to the ACOA Board by Eileen Hanson • INCOME REPORT/PROJECTION • 1973 Budget Personnel Wage Figures Breakdown • Frank Aikens and Henry Lieberg have had an ACOA literature table at the Port Authority bus station, netting almost $100 in two weeks. ACOA fact sheet on nickel and chrome imported into the U.S. in violation of Rhodesian sanctions has attracted a lot of attention, including use in the British Parliament debates. The National Council of Churches (NCC) at its recent assembly in Dallas passed a resolution supporting the liberation movements, disengagement from South Africa, and strong governmental action against white minority regimes in southern Africa. Peter Weiss reported on Federal Circuit Court action on importation of chrome, working with the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for International Studies at New York University. The court found that Congress was violating international treaty agreements by passing the Byrd amendment and allowing chrome and nickel to come into the U.S., but that Congress has the right to do this. Assistance to the New York Frelimo office will come from the Africa Defense and Aid Fund in 1973. Edgar (Ted) Lockwood reported on issues the Washington Office on Africa is working on, including the effort to repeal the Byrd Amendment. The Office plans to build a constituency that can be organized for lobbying in 15 key districts, and support for Diggs' bill on fair employment practices for overseas U.S. corporations. Jennifer Davis and George Houser will meet with Professor Williard Johnson of M.I.T. and others to discuss ways of building a coalition to boycott coffee. The minutes mention the Supreme Court, Ben Peterson, Dana Klotzle, Bob Van Lierop, the Chicago New World Resource Center, the Africa Research Group, the Namibia project, and Africa Today. Other Board members present: William Booth, Janet Hooper, Jay Jacobson, George Daniels, David Robinson, Tilden LeMelle, Bill Johnston, Elizabeth Landis, Tim Smith, Winifred Courtney, Frederick Schwarz, and Dorothy Hibbert. Other staff present: Dick Leonard, Kay Anderson, and Chris Root.
Angola
Namibia
South Africa
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe
English
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Used by permission of Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).
Peter Weiss papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections
