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From: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics,net.legal
Subject: Re: New York Officials Act Against Northern Ireland Discrimination
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Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 12:12:25 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 18 12:12:25 1985
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Reply-To: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar)
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Summary: 

In article <375@bonnie.UUCP> jmm@bonnie.UUCP (Joe Mcghee) writes:
>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>	Recently, two New York City elected officials have proposed initiatives
>directed at discriminatory practices which have flourished under British rule
>in Northern Ireland. Comptroller Harrison Goldin proposes to attack
>discrimination by American-owned subsidiary companies through shareholder
>initiatives, public pressure, joint action with other municipalities and
>further sanctions.
>	City Councilman Salvatore Albanese proposes to legislate mandatory
>divestiture of funds for any American company which will not pledge to end
>discrimination in their Northern Ireland subsidiaries.

This is very interesting.  All along I thought that only the Federal
Government was allowed to make foreign policy.  Seriously, don't any of you
think like I do that these people are trying to usurp the federal
Government's right to set foreign policy?

Jon Biggar
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