NATION AND WORLD University Daily Kansan, November 30, 1983 Page 9 South African villagers get eviction reprieve By United Press International MOGOPA, South Africa — Defiant black villagers facing government eviction from their traditional lands yesterday got at least a day's reprieve from officials who agreed to discuss alternatives to the forced move. The villagers had said they would rather die than leave the settlement founded by their ancestors, the Bakwene tribe, in the early 1900s. Village leaders, faced with the deadline, yesterday said they might be willing to move to Bethani, home of Bakwena Paramount Chief in Lebanon, who would not be compensated for their land or given transportation unless they agreed to the relocation near Pachsandra, 60 miles away. NICHIOLA HAYSOM, THE tribespeople's lawyer, said senior government officials had agreed to put off forcing the people to leave until at least Thursday while alternate arrangements were severed, television, however, said the eviction had been postponed to Wednesday. The government is acting in terms of the Black Administration Act which allows relocation of blacks if "deemed in the public interest." The law makes no mention of compensation for evictions. Since Friday, when the tribe lost a court battle against the eviction order, a few families have already moved to Bethani at their own expense. The villagers vowed to stay in defiance of strict apartheid laws dictating removal of blacks from white rural areas, but most said they feared that the law would OVER THE PAST 30 years, 3.5 million South African blacks have been forcibly removed from areas declared for whites only to resettlement areas in so-called “homelands,” regions that are impoverished and often barren. Haysom said the discussions scheduled for Wednesday would include compensation and a possible move to Bethani. settlement without consulting the villagers. The residents are not only bitter about leaving their traditional home, but also about resettlement in the homeland. They claim a government-backed headman negotiated the re- "There is a lot of fear. We expect the authorities to come any time, village." The government did not publicly explain its failure to evict the 300 families in Mogopa, 84 miles west of Maracaibo. The government's 20 deadline announced ten days ago. In Washington, the State Department said it deplored the white-rules South African government's forcible removal of any blacks from their villages. "The United States has consistently made clear its view that South Africa's problems cannot be addressed constructively by the arbitrary relocation of immigrants or ethnic or racial basis within South Africa," spokesman John Hughes said. 1983 trade deficit is likely to exceed $70 billion By United Press International WASHINGTON — Rising oil imports and sagging soybean and coal exports helped boost the U.S. merchandise trade deficit to a record $8.9 billion in October, the Department of Commerce reported yesterday. The nation's trade shortfall, at $55.56 billion for the first 10 months of 1983, threatens to exceed $70 billion for the year. That would be nearly double the previous deficit of $48.7 million in 1962, posted in 1962. "It will probably go above the $70 billion range for sure now," department trade economist David Lund deporters after the figures were released. THE ENORMOUS SIZE OF October's red ink was a surprise for analysts, although the trend for the year has been upward. The U.S. economy ever since the U.S. economic recovery got a head start on the rest of the world. goN near a ship and build the appetite for imports, which climbed 11.7 percent from September, while exports still are hampered by a dollar considered to be overvalued in relation to other currencies. OCTOBER EXPORTS FELL 2.5% percent from September to $16.95 billion while imports jumped to $25.9 billion after seasonal adjustment. "I hope it's not a long-playing record." Lund said of the figures. The previous monthly record for the merchandise trade deficit was August's $7.2 billion. October was the sixth month to show more than $3 billion in red ink "It goes without saying imports were up strongly," Land said, "reflected particularly by non-Imports imports from $1.7 billion the previous month." "It's as across-the-board as I've ever seen." Land said of the deterio- Federal employees' unions hurt by high court decision By United Press International FEDERAL EMPLOYEE UNIONS, which cannot strike, had been hoping the court would rule in favor of continued payments in order to strengthen their hand in collective bargaining. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a financial blow yesterday to unions representing 1.2 million federal workers, ruling that the government may refuse to pay them their salaries or union-related travel and expenses. While the workers' salaries can be paid, the Supreme Court held civil service law does not require reimbursement for all allowances and travel expenses. The justices, 9.0, spared federal agencies from continuing to pay out an estimated $2 million a year in worker expenses to workers in union bureaus. Government subsidies had helped shore up the unions' financial base, which is fragile because U.S. taxes are not required to pay union dues. Writing for the court in a California case, Justice William Brennan held that Congress, in passing legislation, did not intend to "equalize the economic positions of union and management." Rather, the provisions of the law "certainly suggest that Congress contemplated that unions would ordinarily pay their own expenses." The case arose when an employee of the Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was denied travel exp. She was taken to Madera, Calif., to examine a proposed employee relocation site. DONALD PRUETT, representing the National Treasury Employees Union, negotiated on parking facilities for certain employer employees and other items. When the National Treasury union asked for reimbursement for the 300 miles he traveled and for his per diem, the federal agency refused. The 90th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a Federal Labor Relations Authority ruling that civil service law required the reimbursement. 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