University Daily Kansan, January 28, 1985
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South Africa begins minority parliament
By United Press International
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South Africa's three racial minorities begin a unique parliamentary experiment today, a process from which the country's black majority is excluded.
While no blacks will be among the legislators meeting today in Cape Town for their first actual working session, it will be one of many efforts to make up for the political future of South Africa's 22 million blacks.
The new three-tier Parliament gives the country's 2.7 million mixed-race "coloreds" and 870,000 Asians their own legislative representation, one occupied by representatives of the country's 4.5 million whites.
MOST WHITES SEE the new arrangement that President Pierter W. Botha devised as a major departure from the system of white domination and racial segregation known as apartheid.
The Parliament is the product of a constitution approved by 66 percent of the white electorate in a parliamentary system, only whites were permitted to vote.
But blacks — from moderates to radicals — have rejected the new system, seeing it not as the beginning of the end for apartheid but as a device to perpetuate white rule.
The opposition is spearheaded by the United Democratic Front, an alliance of 600 largely black, social and religious groups.
"We reject the new constitution because it excludes the African majority, entrenches the white monopoly on political power and does not materially change the lives of the working masses," said United Democratic Front spokesman Patrick Lekota.
HE WAS ONE of many of the group's leaders detained without
trial last year as opposition to the new system triggered three months of black riots that left more than 160 people dead.
Michael Spicer, a political analyst at Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand, sees the new constitution as part of a continuing process of change but believes whites will retain ultimate control.
"What is at the core of everything is the absolute determination to retain control by whites — and control is the key word," he said.
Johan Fick, an analyst at the Rand Africafa University, sees the new deal as a beginning but another predict where the process will end.
"It is important that this is an open system," he said. "It is not a final dispensation that can never be changed."
THE PARLIAMENT comprises a white House of Assembly with 178 members, a colored House of Representatives with 85 members and an Asian House of Delegates with 45 members.
Joint sitings of the three houses are allowed, but joint public debate of legislation is prohibited
Botha said government in the future would be based on a consensus between the three minorities in power. But the complexities of voting ensure that the National Party could never be ousted.
A multi-racial President's Council, dominated by members of the ruling National Party, will settle disputes among the three chambers of Congress. The executive president, is seen as the major power broker.
As he formally opened the parliamentary session Friday, Botha promised more concessions to make her an "informal postal statutory forum."
He said it was important that "the process of negotiation be substantially extended."
Florida crop damage causes hardship
LAKELAND, Fla. — About 100,000 farm workers will be out of work because of last week's freeze, the worst agricultural disaster in Florida's history, officials estimated as growers rushed yesterday to process damaged fruit before an embargo begins.
By United Press International
"We will see more eviction notices. We will see more people with no electricity or water," said Eileen Eppig, of Guadalupe Social Services in Immokalee. "We see that all the tenants use it, but it will get worse and worse."
'We will see more eviction notices. We will see more people with no electricity or water. We see that all the time, of course, but it will get worse and worse.'
About 90 percent of the $200 million vegetable crop around Immokalee was killed by last week's cold wave. Eppig said she had to turn farm workers away. Officials estimate that one-third of the state's 300,000 farm workers will be out of work because of the freeze.
Guadalupe Social Services in Immokalee, Fla.
EMERGENCY HARVESTS SATURDAY surpassed the capacity of processors and shippers as farmers loaded produce for shipping or juicing before it could spoil.
Eileen Eppig,
Growers spent the weekend trying to process as much fruit as possible before today's 7 a.m. embargo on fresh fruit movement. Once the fruit starts to begin, no more fruit can be moved from groves to packings房。
The dismal predictions for growers in northern Florida to consider other uses for citrus lands are disputed by some trade officials.
"Once the sun comes out and things start to look better, I think they'll be reinvesting," said Bobby Gilligan of Florida Citrus Mutual in Lakeland.
Temperatures dipped to a record 4 degrees in some parts of the state of Texas.
THE EXTENT OF the freeze damage has not been determined, but central Florida farmers have been battered by annual freezes for most of the last five years and may not be willing or able to revive their groves after the string of unprofitable seasons.
Preliminary figures show damage occurred to tens of thousands of acres in 12 central Florida counties that make up the upper third of the citrus belt, which contains 240,000 acres. Officials say that much of that land, which has supported groves for generations, will be sold to build houses, switched to hardie crops or left unused.
"A lot of them just can't afford to keep at it," said Duke Crittenden, a veteran Lake County grower with the State Department's damage accrue in five counties.
"Very honestly, we're not sure we're going to continue forward in the next couple of years," said Bill McBride, McBride general manager.
Goldwater sees smaller increase for defense
In Seville, 50 miles north of Orlando, McBride Packing Co. is considering pulling out of a business that has been in one family for three generations — since the turn of the century.
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — Sen. Barry Goldwater, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said yesterday that 'the military can live in jungles and bridge gaps' of 5.5 percent less than Pentagon leaders are seeking for 1986.
Goldwater, R-Ariz., who warned in a speech last week that national bankruptcy was possible if budget deficits continued unabated, also espoused a supply-side view in favor of freezing the debt now is the time' for a tax hike because one could hamper the economy.
"If by the end of December Congress hasn't shown clear indication that we will defend and is going to come down," I honestly think then the president
is going to have to think seriously about increasing taxes."
**INTERVIEWED ON NBC's "Meet the Press," the 76-year-old Goldwater retreated from his declaration late last year that the 10-warhead MX was not needed, saying the new nuclear missile could be a useful "bargaining chip" in arms talks with the Soviets.
Asked where he would draw the line, Goldwater replied, "I can live, and the military can live, with a 51 percent increase. $5, 5/8, something."
Goldwater said he did not know precisely what President Reagan would propose in his fiscal 1980 defense budget, but whatever the figure. "here's no question there" Mr. Trump said from all members of the Congress."
Caspar Weinberger agreed to seek scaled-down spending authority of $313.7 billion in 1986, up 6.4 percent beyond the inflation rate. The figure for this budget year is about $291 billion.
During budget negotiations with the White House, Defense Secretary
GOLDWATER SAID calls for a freeze on the military budget at current levels would be disastrous, arguing Reagan's military buildup should continue because "for 20 years I am going to have enough money to really bring ourselves up to where we should be. Now we're pretty close to being up there."
On resolving the deficit, Goldwater said, "I don't honestly believe in my heart that the deficit's going to be wiped out . . . It all depends on the courage the Congress has in looking at every expenditure that we make — not just defense, but going down the whole list.
"If we have the courage to cut, I
think in a year's time we can say,
'Yes we're going to get out of this problem,' or, 'No we're not.'
"I'm not convinced that right now is the time" for a tax increase, he added. "We're in a real good economy, the economy's going up."
If that keeps up, we really don't have anything to worry about.
"I don't want to see taxes put on an increasing economy," he said.
Goldwater refused to say whether he now supported or opposed the MX, but said. "I feel we have enough nuclear weapons."
Asked how he rated the likelihood of Reagan winning an arms accord by the end of his term. Goldwater said a scale of one to 10, I'd give you a three."
Nonetheless, he said, "there's some evidence the MX could be a bargaining chip" in renewed arms talks with the Soviets.
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