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...CHARLES RANGEL...
...York Congressman Charles Rangel said such remarks were becoming a "national sport in Japan." For Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, preparing for a U.S. trip, Kajiyama's words were ill timed. Kaifu already has to take heat for Japan's reluctance to participate in the gulf, where, U.S. politicians point out, blacks are among those protecting Tokyo's oil interests. Kajiyama quickly apologized. Or did he? He retracted his statement, saying it was inappropriate for him to comment on U.S. race problems, but he never said he was sorry...
Reaction was immediate -- much of it indignant. Snapped New York Congressman Charles Rangel, a pro-choice Catholic: "I can't believe that such a meanspirited, threatening and intimidating statement could have possibly come from my Cardinal." New York Governor Mario Cuomo, a prominent target of O'Connor's threat, called the statement "profoundly disconcerting," adding judiciously that "those of us in public life take what he says very seriously and always have...
According to Tolis, who continues to maintainthat the members were never kicked off thecouncil, the representatives under question are:Timothy P. McCarthy '93, Rosemary B. Quigley '92,Jamie Rangel '90, Cathy L. Jamieson '91, KurtStrovink '92, and E. Adam Webb...
...word spread of Savage's outburst, Rangel stepped forward to condemn it. "If I had known that such foul statements would be made in my presence or out of it," he said, "I would not have gone to Chicago." Gray, the third- ranking Democrat in the House and a man who has been mentioned as the first black vice presidential nominee, waited to see a videotape of Savage's remarks before declaring them "unacceptable, divisive and bigoted." A private lunchtime meeting last week of the Congressional Black Caucus turned into what one member called "a knock-down, drag...