CALL TO G.M.
' Work in S. Africa (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) NEW YORK, Feb. 3. The American Episcopalian Church has urged the General Motors Corporation to end all its ’ manufacturing operations in South Africa. The Church told the company—the world’s biggest car maker—that it would table a resolution supporting such a ban at G.M.’s annual meeting. The Church made the appeal in a letter to Mr James Roche, chairman of the board of G.M.
The letter was signed by the Rt Rev. John Hines, presiding bishop of the 3.5-mil-lion-member body. The letter called on the company to begin an “orderly winding ip of its present manufacturing operations in the Republic of South Africa.”
It added: “We believe that the apartheid policies being presently pursued by the Republic of South Africa in its own territories and in SouthWest Africa will lead inextricably to great instability and turmoil in South Africa.” The Church is reported to hold more than 12,500 of General Motors' 285.5 million shares.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19710206.2.50
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32524, 6 February 1971, Page 5
Word Count
161CALL TO G.M. Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32524, 6 February 1971, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.