Last week, Senator Glenn, the author of the original sanctions legislation, blocked the broader waiver authority from being attached to the exemption on grain sales.

We should turn the sanctions legislation upside down.

Congress had hardly passed sanctions legislation last year, over President Reagan's veto, when opponents began pronouncing it a failure.

FDD's bi-partisan approach to advocating sanctions legislation has earned praise from Congressmen in both parties.

In keeping with company policy, an I.B.M. spokesman declined to discuss those relationships, but said the computer giant was keeping a close watch on the sanctions legislation.

The sanctions legislation of last fall, which banned many imports from South Africa and was enacted by Congress over President Reagan's veto, exempts certain strategic minerals.

Both the House and the Senate have already approved sanctions legislation, but the Senate version is somewhat tougher.

By all credible accounts, including the State Department's annual human rights report, Myanmar's Government has met if not exceeded the conditions in the sanctions legislation.

But Congressional supporters of sanctions legislation rejected the Administration's arguments, saying that the United States needed to take a tougher stand against the spread of ballistic missiles.

Moreover, resentment over the sanctions legislation and the two years of increasing criticism of South Africa's policies have created broad resentment among South African whites.