European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 12, 1990 the stars and stripes Cross says aids report not Washington apr the american red Cross disputes a report that it improperly failed to report on aids cases possibly transmitted through blood transfusions and Federal authorities acknowledge there is no such reporting requirement. Red Cross spokesman Bud Good responded tuesday in a prepared statement to a report that the red Cross failed to notify Federal authorities about 228 cases in which patients May have gotten aids through contaminated blood transfusions. A the red Cross has not failed to com ply with Fra requirements to report transfusion associated aids cases for the simple reason that there Are no such requirements Quot Good said. A Low Leye Fra report on an inspection of red Cross National Headquarters in Washington Between april 26 and May 25 found that none of the cases had been reported to the Agency a was  but top Fra officials acknowledged tuesday that the inspection report which was disclosed in tuesdays editions of the Philadelphia inquirer was incorrect and that there is to Federal requirement for the red Cross to report possible transfusion related aids cases to the Fra. A physicians Are supposed to report aids cases to the Federal centers for disease control. The lower level Fra inspection report that started the Flap said the red Cross lacks procedures for reviewing and tracking transfusion associated aids cases. Fra Headquarters said in a statement late in the Day that the Agency a will pursue these matters and work to remedy any problems raised by the inspection report. However the Fra said it had reviewed about 50 of the most recent 228 cases of possible transfusion Reia cd aids and found that nearly All involved transfusions before aids antibody testing began in 1985. V a in the course of the inspection there was no evidence that any blood that tested positive after 1985 was improperly released Quot  said. The Fra also said that past record keeping problems of the red Cross a do not show an imminent Hazard to the blood  jewish influence impedes Blacks in film world a act panel says by the los Angeles times los Angeles a in comments sure to trigger controversy in the entertainment Industry an a act convention panel complained that the influence of jewish executives Over film and music distribution has held Back Black entertainers and producers. But Black entertainers who have made it in Hollywood also have not done enough to bring african americans into the entertainment Industry some panellists charged at a convention session tuesday. Legrand Clegg chairman of the National coalition against Black exploitation and the Compton calif., City attorney urged Black leaders to a Call a Summit meeting with the Hollywood jewish Community in the same spirit that jews have called for summits Quot on controversial statements of such prominent Black figures As South african Leader Nelson Mandela and the Rev. Louis Farrakhan. A if jewish leaders can complain of Black anti semitism our leaders should certainly raise the Issue of the Century old problem of jewish racism in Hollywood Quot Clegg said. Marla Gibbs a producer and Star of the Abc sitcom �?o227,�?� said that african americans should concentrate on the Quality of the product. A criminal behaviour is being imitated by our children because it is being glorified on the screen a she said. It is time Blacks admit that a the jewish system in Hollywood was not set up for us a she added. Gibbs suggested that Black entrepreneurs use other ways of financing their product by going to churches and other organizations or throw Fri local a act chapters to generate support outside the Industry. The comments came at a panel discussion on a Blacks in the entertainment  in support of his comments Clegg cited the role of jews in the movie business documented in Neal gab Lerus 1988 Book a an Empire of their own How the jews invented  Gablere a Book chronicles the founding of the movie studios Early in this Century mainly by jewish immigrants. Today they continue to hold Many important positions in the ind stir but most of the studios Are owned by publicly held corporations. Leading jewish and Black figures in the entertainment Industry were not immediately available to comment tuesday on those statements. Actor producer Jim Brown the former nil player who at one time headed indigo productions an Independent film company owned by comedian Richard in or said that such stars As Pryor Michael Jackson Eddie Murphy and Bill Cosby should re invest in the development of Young Black film makers. Such stars a control a lot of Power. You need to make our stars come to the table and reinvest with you. Your brother is excluding you. If that is so is he still Black a Brown said to a round of applause. Brown charged that Black audiences in general Are a supporting the very thing Industry that excludes  Hollywood he told an audience of about 500, is five a a isms a a nepotism sexism racism cronyism and Good  some members of the panel urged the delegates to keep the pressure on. A was Long As Blacks keep buying tickets the Industry should not be let off the Hook a said Sandra Evers Manly president of the a acpt a Beverly Hills Holly Wood Branch and author of a report sharply critical of the entertainment Industry for not including Blacks in the decision making process. Sydney Miller publisher of the Hollywood based publication Black radio exclusive urged the audience to a prepare our Young to not Only dance and sing but to be Able to count the  Miller said that the disappearance of a mom and pop record stores and the dominance of major chains has limited the potential for Blacks to profit from the Black music Market. A this was a design by White manufacturers and distributors favouring the Large retailers a he  test chief flavor St Nick Terrence left and master Baker Walter Baumann Check the taste and texture of one of Entenmann a inc a new line of a fat free and cholesterol free Coffee cakes and baked goods during a control Check at the company a bakery Complex in Bay Shore . The company says the new products which Are not distributed in european commissaries contain no butter shortening or tropical  approves rules to Reform teamster voting new York. Apr a Federal judge on tuesday approved election rules for the teamsters that he said would be the key to re forming the Oft corrupted Union. The rules establish secret ballot elections of local delegates who in turn will nominate candidates Tor the teamsters International Board at the 1991 convention also by secret ballot. The Board will be elected by a rank and tiie vote again by secret ballot. If successful the election would be the first secret ballot vote in a the history of a Union \ been the historic Marionc. Gani Zed  a . Judge David n. De thu a v the election Rule Stem i settlement in March Lviv governments civil of lawsuit against the settlement was inter Union of corruption.  he a the Iii Boone Pickens seeks Summit hearing on japanese barriers to investment by Cox news service Houston a while leaders of the worlds richest nations worked in Harmony tuesday Texas oilman and corporate Raider t. Boone Pickens flew Here to protest what he says arc Japan a unfair Trade practices. Pickens promised two weeks ago to visit the Houston economic Summit after angrily stalking out of a stockholders i voting in Tokyo. At that meeting he heckled by japanese stockholders v. To feared that Pickens planned to ac-ig11e Emigh Stock to Force them to buy  us shares at a higher Price. 1 he kens announced tuesday that of e r est june he would go Back to i i k of m an Effort to secure four seats on Hoard of directors of Koito Man fac  o. Japan a largest Auto parts kens owns 26 percent of Koito a. Tiunis any other stockholder but has a  on the Board. Toyota h owns Cut percent of the company has three seats on the 20-Mcmber Board. While the 1990 economic Summit meeting Here has produced Little disagreement Over Trade issues with Japan Pickens complaint reflects growing resentment among some . Investors Over the difficulty in penetrating Japan a thriving  cultural barriers corporate policies and even japanese Laws inhibit american investment in the far East. Meanwhile japanese companies Are buying up american companies and real estate. During the Tokyo meeting some japanese stockholders heckled american cannot manage a japanese bet and Quot remember Pearl har Pickens Pickens and his american colleagues. Pickens said the insults included a Japan has already Defeated America in the economic War a a an company Bor Quot after the meeting Koito president Takao Matsuura profusely apologized for the heckling. However he later said Pickens sudden departure was a a staged event Quot typical of his publicity seeking tactics. On tuesday Pickens said japanese corporate a practices Are unfair and he called on Congress and the White House to negotiate a new Trade agreement. A we the american people a not Boone Pickens but we the american people a should have the same treatment in Japan As the japanese have in the United states a Pickens said. A a it a that  asked Why he came to Houston to complain Pickens said he has a a Good Story to  a a in be made a big investment in a japanese company and in a being denied the Opportunity to participate in the company s decisions Quot he said