Action Alert provided to a meeting on June 13, 1985 of the New York State Catholic Conference in Long Island asking people to urge Senator D'Amato to support the provisions of S 635. The Action Alert says states and cities, including New York, have started acting against apartheid by withdrawing the investment of public funds in banks and corporations dealing with South Africa. Now the U.S. Congress has joined in imposing economic sanctions aimed at ending apartheid. H.R. 1460, the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985, passed the House of Representatives on June 5 by a vote of 295 to 127, with bipartisan support. This bill prohibits new corporate investment in South Africa, ends bank loans and computer...
Action Alert provided to a meeting on June 13, 1985 of the New York State Catholic Conference in Long Island asking people to urge Senator D'Amato to support the provisions of S 635. The Action Alert says states and cities, including New York, have started acting against apartheid by withdrawing the investment of public funds in banks and corporations dealing with South Africa. Now the U.S. Congress has joined in imposing economic sanctions aimed at ending apartheid. H.R. 1460, the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985, passed the House of Representatives on June 5 by a vote of 295 to 127, with bipartisan support. This bill prohibits new corporate investment in South Africa, ends bank loans and computer sales to the South African government, and bans imports into the U.S. of South Africa's gold coin, the Krugerrand. For further information, call Dumisani Kumalo, Jennifer Davis, or Sandy Boyer at the American Committee on Africa.
