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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19970325
Author:Lynn Sweet

WASHINGTON House Speaker Newt Gingrich recently told the Congressional Black Caucus it had conservative Rep. J. C. Watts Jr. to thank for persuading Republicans not to go after affirmative action.

For Watts, the lone black Republican in Congress, the advice was pragmatic.

The time was not right to pick a fight when there were other more important conservative battles at hand. Watts (R-Okla.), who visits Chicago tonight and Wednesday, believes poor minorities do not benefit from affirmative action programs. However, he balks at ending them. "I am not willing to conclude that it is a ...

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