European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Washington apr the amen can red Cross disputes a report that it improperly fail a to report on aids cases possibly transmitted through blood transfusions and Federal authorities acknowledge there is to such reporting requirement \ 1 red Cross spokesman Bud Good responded tuesday i a prepared statement to a report Thal the red Cross failed to notify Federal atrocities about 228 cases in which patient to May have gotten aids through contaminated blood transfusions. A Quot the red Cross has not failed to com report not r ply with Fra requirements to report transfusion associated aids cases for the simple reason that there Are no such requirements a Good said. A Low level 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 Quot As  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 no Federal requirement for the red Cross to report possible transfusion related aids cases to the Fra. 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 Quot 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 jets Siulc transfusion related aids and found that nearly All involved Transf Siwis before aids antibody test ing began in 1985. �?olit2 the course of the inspection there was no evidence that any blood that tested positive after 1985 was improperly released a the Fra 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 Asp panel says los Angeles a in comments sure to trigger con by the los Angeles times in Erc it Troverso in the entertainment Industry Antral up convention panel complained that the influence of jewish executives Over film and music distribution it As held Back Black entertainers and producers. But Black entertainers who have made it in Holly Wood 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 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 a 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. Quot 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 Quot the jewish system in Hollywood was not set up for us Quot she added. Gibbs suggested that Black entrepreneurs use other ways of financing their product by going to churches and other organizations or through local a act chapters to generate support outside the Industry. The comments came at a panel discussion on Quot 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 Quot 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 jew Idi immigrants today they Artimie to hot Nany important positions in the plus Tel by most of the studios Are owned by up both hew . Leading be is add Buck mires in the entertainment Industry we Dot if mediately available to comment tuesday on he be St Nants actor Promice Yim Brownl the Fanner nil player who at one time headed indigo productions an Independent film company owned by comedian Richard Pryor said that such stars As Pryor Michael Jackson Eddie Murphy and Bill Cosby would be invest in the development of Young Black film makers. Smith stars Quot control a lot of Power. You need to make 0ur stars come to the table and reinvest with you. Cd str brother is excluding you. If that is so is he still Black Brown said to a round of applause. Brown charged that Black audiences in general Are Quot supporting he very thing Industry that excludes you. Hollywood he told an audience of about 500, has five Quot isms a a nepotism sexism racism cronyism and Good op4>oy-ism.�?� some members it the panel urged the delegates to keep the pressure on. Quot As Long As Black Steep buying tickets the Industry should not be let off the Hook 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  Miller publisher of the Hollywood based publication Black radio exclusive urged the audience to Quot prepare our Young to not Only dance and sing but to be Able to count the money.�?�. Miller said that the disappearance of a mom and pop record stores and the dominance of major chains has limited the potential for Blacks tit profit from the Black music Market. V 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  new line of Quot 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 oils. Judge 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 reforming the Oft corrupted Union. The rules establish secret ballot elections of local delegates who in turn will nominate candidates for the teamsters International Board at the 1991 convention also by secret ballot. The Board will be elected by a rank and file vote again by secret ballot. If successful the election would be the first secret ballot vote in Quot the history of a Union which has been the historic Marionette of organized crime Quot . District judge David n. Edelstein said. The election rules Stem from the settlement in March 1989 of the governments civil racketeering lawsuit against the  settlement was intended to rid the Union of corruption. 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 Are Japan a unfair Trade practices. Pickens promised two weeks ago to visit the Houston economic Summit after angrily stalking out of a stockholders meeting in Tokyo. At that meeting he was heckled by japanese stockholders who feared that Pickens planned to acquire enough Stock to Force them to buy Back his shares at a higher Price. Pickens announced tuesday that come next june he would go Back to Tokyo in an Effort to secure four seats on the Board of directors of Koito manufacturing co., Japan a largest Auto parts maker. Pickens owns 26 percent of Koito More than any other stockholder but is no representation on the Board. Toyota which owns 19 percent of the company has three seats on the 20-Mwnber Board. While the 1990 economic Summit meeting Here has produced t Little disagreement Over Trade issues a Jyh Japan Pickens complaint reflects growing resentment among some . Investors Over the difficulty in penetrating it pan a thriving marketplace. 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 Pickens stockholders heckled Pickens and his american colleagues. Pickens said the insults included Quot Japan has already Defeated America in the economic War a a an american cannot manage a japanese company Quot and Quot remember Pearl Harbor Quot after the meeting Koito president Takao Matsuura profusely apologized for the heckling. However he Taler said Pickens sudden departure was a a staged events typical of his publicity seeking tactics. On tuesday Pickens said japanese corporate practices Are unfair and he called on Congress and the while 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 a decisions a he said