Sen. Calvin Smith (PLP), speaking during the motion to adjourn yesterday, said comments he made during the e-commerce debate on July 28 were incorrectly reported, leaving out his preliminary question.

"I said something else than what was reported,'' Sen. Smith said. "I said given the common gene pool here, how could someone say that there were bright black women and dumb black males?'' Sen. Smith added: "What I said was it couldn't be brought down to genetics or how we raise girls and boys in the same families. That's what seems to have been left out.'' It was reported Sen. Smith said: "When we are in a country where 85 percent of the black population is born here. What kind of gene pool develops? Bright women, dumb males. The reality has been ignored.'' Yesterday, Sen. Smith again explained that often in black families boys were encouraged to join the construction and other trades, while girls pursued "academic fields''. "So the daughters were better prepared to join the international business sector,'' he added. Later, Sen. Walwyn Hughes (Ind.) supported Sen. Smith, saying: "Clearly he was saying it can't be. There was no Eugenics (biological determinism and euthanasia) involved.'' Royal Gazette Editor Bill Zuill said he was satisfied the notes of the reporter covering the Senate on July 28 were accurate.

"Sometimes people think they spoke more clearly than they did, and that appears to be the case with regard to Sen. Smith,'' he said. "However, it is also clear that in the overall context of the story, Sen. Smith was not talking about males and females having `dumb and smart' genes, but about people from the same gene pool receiving different types of training and education.'' Mr. Zuill added: "After Sen. Smith brought his complaint to my attention, we did a follow-up story in which he expanded on his remarks and put them into the context he intended.'' Calvin Smith