BOYCOTT T

- .L.. - ~ SA Q5NEW

F o

N o Buying 0

"On Friday June 26 do not buy, do not go to any shops, do not drink at beerhalls, keep aw ayfrom cinemas, dances and places of ente rtainment.

H E 26th :

BOYCOTT T

PANIC

confusing the issue was thedistribu- tion of leaflets last Monday calling on the public to boycott mealies

Joh~~u~~~ \~~~~~ea~~m~~c~ f:~:~~ Mass Rallies Sunday

bas been issuedb~theANC. Sunday June28 is to be a day The leafletswhich purpor.tedtc ot mass rallies throughout the h.i:lvebeen Iss}led by the ANC na- countryas a demonstrationagainst

B I F k L II I Ne W

tlonal offices in Johannesburg,were thepasslaws anda protestagainst

e wore 0 0 e eo e s arns

^{found pasted on shop windows} the ban imposed onChiefLutuli.

, walls and otherplaces used bythe InBritainJune26 will be recog-

I

public,and calleduponAfricans, nisedand marked asSouth Africa's

\ .S the deadline drew near tc

I

"as plenty of evidence of the des'll' arliamentand therewereattempts Colouredj. andJuro peinsto dboy f-tecdom Dayhv a number of Afri-

~en::':~n;60rt~et~eOy~~t~ia~fc~~: f:~:~e

^by

t~Oo~:t~h~e::~r:~ing ~:i~ ~~eait~c~:;~:io~~e

^{people,anii to}

~~~~to~,eab~~sf ~~d ~~lt:·~.

^{pro ucts}

f:~nchb~djb~YC~~a~f ~~~ttge~fn~~~

tionallst productsthisweek therehit. Swart madenew threats ill Among the measures aimedat (Continuedon page 3) goods.

THEangry flare-upled by the African women of Cato Manor, Durban,last

w eek,

ⁱⁿ

which fourwerekilled and hun- (Continued onpage 2)

DU~~o~e(r;~~~o l~~ :~:

taining allthedetails required bythe City Counciltocarryout its programme fortheremoval of people from their homes.

The removal schemeiscertain tobe delayedconsiderabl y.

Thefiles went upin smoke with themunicipal buildingsduring the Cato Manor demonstrations.Of the 70,000files onlyonesolitary one was salvaged.

The informationwhichwas des- ttoyed hadtakenoverthree yean to collect.The Municipality,whicb B determinedtoevictthe people concerned, will now have to begin again.

Theprotestwentinto its second week witha boycottof the busses illClaremont Township.

VI CTION 8M K

A bus is completelvwrecked.

0 00BURB F I E8 GO U

Scheme Will Be Delayed

Angry women, whohave smashedtheir wayinto a beer hall, burlthe mugs at advanci~ police.

DEFIA NCE!

DON'T LET O UR SPUTNK CO PHUTNIK

EDITORIA·L BIG 'REPORT-BACK'

MEETING AT KIMBERLEY

FILES BURNT

T. S.SELLO

7 0,000 EVICTIO

Letter to Lutuli

D. T. SHABALALA Pinetown, Nat al

* *

Germisto n

'J'H~at~oo:~~~e;:ini~~s~~~~~r~

fromallthenations in the Union andabroad, andtheywerelosing their best men who could see and believethatthe Government ISleadingS.A.to greatdisasters.

Butthe Government is too late.

because theycannot lockthe light in a cage.

Afterfiveyears you willcome out as a man willing to give hrs thoughts andideas tothe world.

As Professor Kruger predicted.

youwillbethe firstPresident of Sou:h Africainthenexttwenty years. But if wedriveourcar fast,it will be within these five years.

ITH;p:~~~let~f t~~ir~oe~~~:~n a~~

theBoksburgTown Council that they must bury their dead at Vlakp la ats instead of at Dun- swart.which is nearesttothem.

When theAdvisor yBoard rejected the proposal two officialsfrom theNon-E ur opea nAffairsDepart- ment,accompanied by themunici- pal police,cameto addressa meeting at Stirtonville with the aimof convincingthe peoplethat

From Ronnie Joel

J U N 2 6 t

ON:enOfattbaen

b~:ncr':;:Jn;Vf~

WON'T BE LED B Y A CORPSE ~~~erl~u::~k~~~~~lyh~~~ i~e~:le~

^WHYhaveth.e CongressescholO:e." June 26thas the datefor theTown Councilwasconcerned report of the recent a!lti-pass rally thelaunch ingofthe economic boycott and the symbolic

~j:~e~~~.welfareofallBoksbu rg:~~conference held10 Johannes-one-day abstentionfrom shoppingandentertainment?

They offered abusat £1JOs.to The reportwasreadby Miss M. It is becaUSle, forall who strive fora free South Africa,

~I~:t~: altt~~u~~n~h~l~o~~tgf

aVba:s "

~~Ol~~nf~~e~c~o t~;~thaerd~ifhte~~

^{June 26th}is a historiclandmark inthe longand bitter

strug~

to Dunswart is£2. J.R.Mabe. to establish,against amerciless despotism, the people's rights th~tehe;e1g~;t;~~t t~h~e o~~k~IJ SPECIAL BRANCH to life, liberty andthepursuit of happiness.

bYl~~~ ~~l~Ytheff~rfficials

^thatthey

an~e~n~f~~m~~ t~~li~~ec~~reBr~~~~

^{• OnJune}26, 195.0, the peop!e

~f

^South

Afri~a

^observed

wouldnotbe ledfrom theirpre- takingnotes aseachspeakertookadayof prayer,mournmg and dedicati on. In the biggest towns

~~~~s~o~~~ ~YanV~f"~~aeatfun~~al~ ^{the stage. .} this took the f«;mn of a.general strike. Thepeopl~followed!he

;I~~tts~ g{h~he;ot;lem~h~r~o ~~~fd op~~/t~' ~~~li~~g,at~d ~~~;~:enci C::U::es~et~~=e~~~o,::~~~~:; t~:~~~e~l~hrg~~s~~~::

Courtesy andKindness

^{use that cemetery}but those of the people on thepotat oban . Theywereprotesting against theSuppress ionof Communism

~~:t~~v~~ens;~~~dB~t.e

^I

~~ s~~u~~ th:~~~t~ngfr~:sO;e~o'~ftaks~~I~:~

Aet':""thena Bill beforeParliament-andother oppressivelaws.

say, somepeople havenowgiven a~ewe! me,~ntng potatoesarenot inand are usingVlakplaats. beingeaten.

McCORM ICKP.NKAMBULE The meeting demanded theirnme-

Boks~urg * * ti::~li,lif~~:th~ t~:d~~:no~nc~~~~ ^{• •}~n^{June26, 1952,the}Co~gressmoveme~t13"?ehed the

We Don't Want Atom ~~t~dr f; fb~~S~ttTh~ofa~~~~e :~fil ~= := ~~t~:o~s~~~nc:r::'euv~;::~t~~WS~O~~~:~I;h:e~~mi:=

Tes ts

^{furthernotice.} imprisonmentin protest against passlaws and otherdiscrimi-

I

AM sure thatall the peoples GENERALWORKERS' natory legislation .

the

o~r~:~~~d ~~~ r~fe th~ S~~~:~ ~ONFERENCE

^{• OnJune 26,}

195~, th~

^three

~housand.

delegates at !he Desert as atesting-ground for the The regionalconference of the Congressof the People UlKhptown,In the midst of a massive

~~~~~h~~m~[\akn;o:u~lrrhewi~:~~~bu~i:n'i,~lda~t~h~er:im~~~~j ~I~I~: raid, adopted the historic Freedom Charter clause by describa bledangers to human liferecently was alsoagreatsuccess. •

and our future existence o,yh!ch Befo reelections took place,the Theystood withheads bared,to- pledge: "Th ese freedomswe

~~~se~reb~n~h~se bt~st:~e

^{rad iation}

~~ff~~~~d ~~Ii~~ ~~Ja~e~~:~ t~f

^{will fightfor, side}by side, throughoutour lh'es,until we have

pe~~list~ourl~ke tht~e{re~~eri~~~ th~~~;c~~lo~r::c~o~~ l:i~::'

^{of re-wonour}liberty."

~mi~~: ~fec~~~~~r~~~ d~f~rt~~~ lu:~ance.

the police le.ft.. • OnJune26, 1957,

respondill~

^{to theCongresscall.tens}

humans that theirmilitarymad- The peoplefindIt difficulttoof thousands throughout South Africademonstrated in favour

~::~e~il~~~scih~heYe~r~e~I~~o~~ ~~Ii~~~" I::i~er~r~n rJ~~at~~eTh~epr~~

^{of demandsfor}the abol' i!0n of pass .laws, anati_onal minimum show them that the~eopleare senceofarmedunifo rmedpolice atwage?f£~~day,and agamstapa~heidand baoomgs. J?haooC9- most concerned withthem and ANC meetings mKimberley hasburg mdustnescame toa standstill, andpeacefulmeetingsand th~~e~i~t~~;r~nalist^MPsaidin f~~~y~eotl~~ ^{condemned by the}processionswereheldinmany parts ofthe country.

Parliament recently th'at South Resolutions adoptedatt~i~con- Thedecisiontolaunch the econnmicboycott on June26th

~~~~n~~h~~~1e~/g;e~~~ns~~Pfr~ ~~~e~b:na~~~ cC~i~f fru~~ti I~~~gth~

^means

t~at

^!heyear 1959 can-if.

eve~ d~mo~rat

^stands

fi~

FaSCiStcansee this.then we who c0t,ltmuatton ofthe workers cam- and untlInchmg-be made to rank InhistOricalImpor tanceWith

~f~lls Il~~ed~:~~d ~~~~ooft~~.ndred pa~;n;~:e::e ad:~~ded

^betterlocalthe great years ofDefiance and the Congressof theP('()ple.

Peace concerns us. Africans! transport facilitiesforworkersand

Letusraiseourvoices in support theemployment ofAfrican bus i n - I - -- - - - -- - - - ofIt,and againstimperialist war- specters : expressed its dissatisfac·

mongersantJk~.lrJ~cM3~tLO ~~~si~~~~s.tha~ldr~~w~~ntfo~fs~~~~~~~

I

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Alexandr a,Johannesburg tialincreasesinpensions.

THISGovern mentis not even polite, because it doesnot try to help females, especially thoseoftheblack people.Instead of helping them it puts a big stone on their heads.Thestone is thepasslaws. Courtesy isgood- will.andgoodwillis prompted by aheartfull of love andkindness to everybody.TheANCpolicy is composed of courtesy and kind- ness to blacksaswell asWhites.

• J will alwaysliftmythumb and pray Godto stre ngthen the ANC forever.

That isall therei:;to it. We cannot continue to run without your support.

Don't wait until NewAge finally andirretrievablydisin- tegra tesintoa brightrnem o rv, Bright memories maybe plea- sant, but they are ofnopract i- caluse in the politica l strug- gle.

Keep New Age in circula- tion!

GIVE US YOUR DONA- TION IMMEDIATELY.

Last Week's Donations:

Cape Town:

Film £4.10,P.W.B.9s.,Mc·

Sweeney£1. B.H.£10, Cheque

£2,Chern, £1.1.Premier lOs., Joe£1, AllySisters£1, Harr y

£I, S.P. £25,Band £I,Aid 1O.6d.,Fru£2.Dr.K.£1,S.L.

£1, Bert lOs.,Ken £1,Cars £1, Unity £5.

Port Elizabetb:

G.M. £1. Doc £1, Babs 10.6d.,Zenzile Is.

Johannesburg:

P.C. £1.10. Doc£5, Boots lOs.. Friend £20, China lOs., Lewis £5.

TOTAL:£9512~.Od.

Not enough donations; no speed; nospeed, no New Age.

po~nl~~:iil:g,uPN::r

s::;

will simply stop circulating.

T~~i~~ :g~u~a~;u~~~~

^a;fii

know that.tokeep circlingthe earthintact, the sputnik hasto keep goingat a certain,con- stant speed . Once the speed slows down.thesatelliteenters the earth's atmos phereand is veryrapidlyburn t out.

New Ageisvery muchlike a sputnik.To'keep circulating we need a certa in, constant flow of money.Oncethat flow slows downwe enterthe thick, dangerous atmosphere ofdebt, debt andmoredebt. Without added impetusto lift usoutof that atmospher e.we shalljust burn up.

We getourspeed fromyour donations.Aswehave pointed out time andtime again during thelast few months,your do- nalions havenot been coming in fast enough .Our speedbas slowed down and theheatis on.

(Continuedfrom pageI) the NAD .informingthepeopletha i from thetow nship throughouttbt dreds injured,is part of tbe fightall their livestock wiII bedestroyed disturbanceswithoutinterference.

for survival of the Afrkan ~~~ft~n3e~t~sl~~ t~~so;~nt~h~I~~SJ ^{AFRI CANSHOP} townworkers. , beenallowedtobrew beeronper- Arncng those whoie shop w~s

un~':::tbe~~ Na~i~~ea~~r::~is~:'a~ ~Iitl ~~~eb~0~110~:J ~~ J~t~~e

^they

~~~P~~~~g~e;tr~r~~~ ~~ ~~a d

^S

~:~t~et:;,r::n;~I~c~uf:re~:S:: 3 ~~r.i ~11

^tt.hese

inci~enJ~

^{bled to a'deh"}

~~~~~~on~t ~~~dl[o:altl-~~~f:;:;

~ti~:~ r:~~s, f~~~hie~l~k

^I%t

:~ ~~:i~:t~~(gt~n~SCat: ~~~~~ b:e~ BOs~~mIng

^{up it}is clear that the effort to ston the latest move 01hall must beboycotted. timehascomeforthe CityCouncil the Durban City Council todestroy They marc~edon the beerhall and theauthorities to realise; that morehomes intheir area and to forcedalItheirmenfolk out ofit,the peoplecan.rot takeanymore

d~~: ~~e~he:hi~hest~~k.

^{for some}

~~~, ifit:i~~sP~~c:s~t~~::Is~yed

^furni-

~fent~eth~~uti~1 ~~tejn~~~~~ ~~:~

yearsbeen thehot-bed ofseething Bythe endof the first daythedaily.

disco ntent among the peoplewillanger had become so great that Pass and beer raids, bans on their never havepeaceuntiltheauthori-therewere crowdsout inthe streetsleaders, and tbe centinnous pin- ties realisethata livingwage must tryingtodestroyallthe beerhalls.pricks of apartheid muststop.

bepaid tothe African worker andand tostop Municipalbusesfrom DECENT PAY

that.basic civicamenities mustbe entering the .a!,ea. What is more,the people mustbe

provided.for the people. ,TwoMunlclpa} buses wereburnt paida livingwage ,for it is the

baJ~etodl~hu:b:~~~~ d~~~~~tr~ti~~~ ;n~ ~~~~ ~~~~~O~~da~~ ~h~uf:'l~~~ ~~i:a:~~sel~f th~a~i:tu:~:~c:~.

^the

that fol,Iowedthe demolitIOn of~O mgday. Women don'twant the men to

h9mesm the KwaMyanasanadiS' Forthe firsttwodays theanger P&'tronise thebeer hall., because it

~~~~Ieo~h~~~re~~~rbo~~f~s ~~~ ~i:'; g~~~tegutg~n~w!~: ~~n\~ie~: T~~e~~~:irtoalb~~:r ~~: ~e:~se~

se!g~dth.eoffices of the NattyeAd· vention~fthepolice. sectionsofthetheywant to supplement their in.

~~~~st~~~~~e~e~i:~m?~I~~r~a~~1 a~~; ~h~~dp~funed^{againsteverythingincome.}

mo:~tion.^{(See NewAge. Mar.}~..t ^Several'w~men interviewed b) toN~~cec;tn tt~: h~~~~gbec~~~i~i~~~

1\ RE HOMES DES~ROYED New~gec1aml~dthattheborn in!! thatexi~tin thisarea indefinitely.

Last week. once agam. home<of Indian sho psInthe areawasdm Decenthomes and hasic civic arne·

were destroyed b~ the Co.unci\'5to.n handful of racialil ts and nitiesmust heprovided for in order bul~-dozers:FollOWIng on thiSwa5pomted out the fact that Indiante.avoidarCCllr~f\ct;of sllchin~i·

a CircularIssuedbytheManagerofbuses had been runnin g to and dents. Il~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _--:N~E:..:.W:...:..:A~GE,THURSDAY,JUNE25, 1959

11' had a son by the name Cornelius Mokgoko ..." A heart-broken mother wrote 10 New Age. An d we then helped :to trace the story of how

HE IE T B

THE police stepped in lastMrs.,Johannes.Mokgokoof Vlak- told thatit would be betterto go hands as hewas not usedto the week in Bethalto exhumefontein,Pretona . tothe farm than tojail. work.He hadanopenwoundon the body of aPretoria African

M~~;o~~ah~dceJr~~c~f ~~i~s ~:~~ H ~~ ~~l~s.c~hs:db~is bh;YSb~~~~g~a~~

arrested

und~~

the pass laws monia but witnesses who had

~ Wa s Beaten

ing thathewaslazy and did not and shanghaied to a Bethal workedbesidehim on the farmun- According to Mr. ,Skosana , Mr. wantto work."Onthethirdday.

[arm,where, according toevi-tilhisdeathtold anotherstory. Mokgoko arrived twodays afterCorneli~s'sbody was swollenand deneegiven at the

inqu~,st

^he

I~ .

^courtwerethe

~armer

^Mr.R.

~:li~~o~~~a)s~~~:I~o ~~:t~~r~yC:K~ ~~ewf~:~nfe~nb~~~ I S~ld~~~ ~~~kb

wasbrutally beaten by boss-Meiringand twoAfrican foremen. Africanforemen on the farm as he

I

kerries and an old hosepipe. Cor- boys" and the farmer. Mr. Johannes Joubert, Labour could not work fast. "Cornelius nelius was bleeding through the

The dead man is24-year-oldCor- official of theBantuAdministrationcomplained of c ramps in his ears,noseand mouth.

nelius Mokgoko son of Mr. and and Development at Pretoriasaid •

thatMr.Mokgokowasarr ested on

"Thefarmerarrived at the fields and the bossboysmade areport tc him about his laziness. Tbenom boss boy held him by the headand thr,other by the feetwhile thefar- mer was beating himwith a piece of hosepipe."

They Were "Sold"

Mr.Frans Leballo,said thathe was arrestedthe same dayas Cor- nelrus,and they were "sold" that d.aytothe farmer.When they ar- rivedatthe farmtheirclotheswere takenfrom them.and they were givengrainsacksto wear. They

~erelockedinevery day and night includ ingSundays. Beatingswere the orderofthe day on the farm said Mr. Leballo."Cornehuswas beaten more often than anyone else because he was slow. On the third day on thefields,Cornelius pleaded with the bossbovstosend

him home. .

"He pleaded to be put under shadeandgivenwater.Buttheboss boys refused todosoand said that he must firstcompletehisrow of beansbefore hecould getwater."

S AN D TIlDES

CAPETOWN.

The Robing Room of the CityHall waspacked toca- pacity and peoplestood in the passage outside, last week for themeeting called by the Con- gress of Democrats to protest againstthe banningof Chief Lutuli and the farm labour scandal.

An enthusiastic audience heard Mr. L.B.Lee-War den M.P.,speak on "Bantustanand Banning," Mr.Z.Malindion

"Passes and Farm Labour"

andMrs. S. Forman onthe

"Responsibilities of Euro- peans."

Several people joined the Congresses at theconclusion01 themeeting.

Two of the13 hadbeenbornin Alexandra Townshipbut thatdidn'l stop them being shipped out to farms,Two men hadworkedfora

T~n~nn:;I1~~~e~f~s~~rli~f be~g

^sent

t~

^thefanners

aga~. M~fs~e;~h~ul~e~~~~o~~y~oth:~rii~: ~e:~~gon~u~:~n~i:~a~~ ~~~~ ~~es~

Bantu Administration thatthesionseof

ar:qo~~~m~~~p~~edC~r;I~~ ~i~~ntsha~f wA~~fcui::ar~~~~~rsco~;

^break.

"Iarmlabour system"hasbeenpieinwhomtheAfricanshave no covered,in thesameway asthe So thestories went on. The ex·

suspended temporarily would

confid~nce

^{IS a}

r~ture

^of

contem~t

wage board.

~overs

industn al wor-

~e~~~~Sg:~rth~fg~·~er~~ga~t:~n c~~~

have been welcomed-declared~~~a~e~p\~~suermgs of the Afri-~~~. d:wnmf~~mth~sew:~~ke~~s~o~: to Alexandra froma farm neal

t~e

^ANCYouth League, last The African National Congressviet labour mustbe abolishedper-

~~~oh~d ~~~:~~t~h~ i~~~~h~ff~~~

week- butfor the fact thattwoYouth League is astonished at the manently. NorthernNatal because. he said, he days after this announcementMinister'sstatement thatthe only Why should farmersbemore pri- had to earn moneyandtherewas wasmade, African prisonersthin.gwrong with thissystem.is that vileged than industrialists? the no work at hishome.

wer~

seen being l?aded on.to

~ t~~~~~~t h~~;or~ee~ei~~ac:adke~ f~lI~ ~~;~~tt L~~~te c~~:i·nueTh:ntliot~~

^{All13,askediftheywantedto}

I~rnesat the Native Commis-departmental officialto be placed pernicious system is completelydo farm work,shook theirheads lI~~~~~:a::::s~~~m[sinner'soffice. Thesemen wereinemployment. eradicated,itconcludes. vigorously."NO!" tbey said.

P PLY G O

RAND POSTER P ARADE

New Age sellers outsidePark Station in Johannesburgworesacks.

with potatoes round their necks, as they sold the issueofthe paper that gave news of the potato boycott and the boycottof Nationalis t

tea. coffeeand cigarettes.

The potato boycottis catching The workers' lunch time order on faston the Rand. for fish and chips is becoming "fish

Street demonstrators last week-no ChIpS, please."

~~rrriedpiood~~~~ sar~~~e"S~~~t;e~~'~ Johannesburg's. Market Mastel

"Don't Eat Potatoes ," "These Po-reportedaslumpinpotatosales last tatoes Are Blood Stained," "Passweek,

Laws Breakup our Homes." They Townships at first slowto boy- arc the talk of the trains,thebuses, cott potatoes are nowjoiningIn

thetownships, fast.

Liberal Party L utuli Protest

5,000 people gathered on the Johannesburg City Hall steps last week at a meeting called bythe Liberal party to protest against anddemand the withdrawal of tbe bans imposed on CbiefA.

JLutuli and Mr. O. R. Tambo,President-General and Deputy- Presidentof the African National Congress.

Help! Police! Potato Protest!

A

^EUROPEAN householder in Florida, Transvaal.

called tbepolice out to ques- tion. and. she hoped,arrest.

twoNewAl:e sellers carrying posters onthe potato boycott andCongress leaflets calling on people not to eat potatoesin protest against slave farm lab- ourcondi tions. The police read thecircular s carefully. confis- cated someleaflets and blank ANC membership cards, took thenamesof the two New Age agents,andlet them go.

Less lucky was ANC Na- tional Organiser, Mr. Tom Nkobi. He spent several nights in Marsball Square cells dressed inthe sacks he was wearing for the Congress demo onstration against forced farm labour.

Mr. Nkobi is being charged witha passoffence under the Urba n Areas Act. His pass book wasdemanded by Special Branch detectives at the dem- onstrationon the City Hall steps.Alsoarrested was Mr. E.

Nthlat leng.

Mrs. Susan Mbangela was detained for a while and then releasedbut not beforeonede- tectivehadsaid to her: "Why doyou allow yourselves to be misledbyIndians and Jews?"

NEWAGE, mURSDAY. JUNE25.

1959

,

~~el~;Y~:~~1 ~~~ ~:~~l ~~~m~~a~&~h aPt~i~os=e~~~ I:~:

done.It is complete.andanyattemptsby the authorities to break itare futile.

Round andround the townthe ties of potatoesto theiradrninistra- storygoes: the biggera potatois,tionoffices in thelocations. The thestronger the evidencethathu-municipal policeare instructedby man blood manuredthe soil in the local Superintendents to per' which itgrew.Although thismaysuade people to buy potatoeswhich be used in afigurativesense,the theyofferat 5/-perpocket.In addi- storiesof bad treatment of far mtion the municipal police offer to labour havebecomeso strongthat deliverthemIn vansat thebuyer's the eatingof apotatois becoming home.

associatedin the mindswitheating But the determinationtoboycott humanfleshitself. the potatoes isso strongthatthey The Council hassuppliedquanti-I&=:~::::::;::::a~~=====~:::a::=ftl l

, ~~~eb~;~~.inedattheoffices with-~f::[~~ i~n~he ~~~~fe in~~d Nteh~

SPECIAL BRANCH smaller locations in the Eastern TheSpecialBranch ale frequent-Cape, butshops in the suburbs too ing the market andinformers arethat do some trade with the Afri- planted among thepeople, evidentlycan shave ceased buying potatoes.

f . .. . f . k ~~da~~efinJh~u~I~~e~~ I~h~obi~~i[:~

The division of Economicsand

Report

0

DIVISion

0

Economics & Mar ets

ment. But, while detectives mayMarket!>in its week-end Re90rt hll!i preventpeople from picketing, they summed upthe positionabout po.

~h~;~to ~o~P;~n~~em^{to buy}what tatoes thu.: Supply: Good; Dc.

Not only havethe potatoesdis- mand: Poor.

Letter Fro m Exiled Ben Ba artman o

BOY! WHATA SESSIONl THIS IS THE LIFEFORCOOLCATS!

NEW AGE, THURSDAY, JUNE 25,1959

LAND REFORM NEH RU'S STAND

Asaresult of discussionthe Kerala Government accepted a number ofamendments and theapproval of the Central Government.

Prime MinisterNehru virtually endorsed,in a statement madeat Coirnbatore,the tactics of disrup·

tion being used in Keralabythe Congress leaders.

HE DID THIS DESPITE THE FACT THAl THE MAIN ISSUE OF

rae

OPPOSITIONCAM·

PAIGN,THE EDUCATION ACf. HAD BEEN REFERRED TOTHE CENTRAL GOVERNMENl BY THE KERALA GOVERNMENT.

Hindus,ofSocialists and former landowners, and of Congressites whose notorious jealousies gave the Communists their opening inKerala,' writes Dunn.

"When Congress announced a Pressconference:

the Praja Socialistspromptlyannounced one oftheir own foranhourearlier, although the two parties are supposed to be one in thiscampaign."

As the crowds,instigatedby these variousforces.

moved ontheschools,Central Governmentforces moved intoKerala.

The pretextfor sending in Indian troops to protect Central Government property,but someCongress leaders haveopenlybeen working for CentralGov- ernment intervention on theside of theOpposition.

MU I S ARE OC RACY'

the constitution of the committee and to hear thereport of the out- going committee. The Distri,ct Commissioner,whowas the chair- man, told the audience that the committee usuallymade no report andthattherewasnoconstitution.

Itiscontrolledbyhimself.

The people then asked him to deferthemeetingto a later date when thereport should be made available for themeeting. But the DistrictCommissioner insisted that the newcommitteebeelected and

INS CURE AL LIANCE WORLD ~ -,-5,1 A'GE

v..

By Spect~tor

_~,

From a Special Correspondent Recen~lythe people of Mohales- hoekwereshockedby theattitude employed by the SeniorDistrict Commissioner of Mohaleshoek.

He convened a resident'smeetmg for the purpose of electing two membersof the Reserve Manage- ment Committee. (The other three arenominated by him.)

The meeting was attendedby about 400 residents and when called upon to nominatenames the people wantedtoknow about

The specificissue onwhich the anti-Communist agitationhasbeencarried on is the State'snewEdu- cation Act,but thatAct has really been usedasa rallying pointforall'the opposition elements.

Thiscampaign is directed towrecking the Communist·

ledGovernment,whosepro' gramme and conduct 01 affairsthreatenthe privilege andpatronageof the land- lords, industrialists andreac- tionary religiousforces.

The campaign, whichwas triggered offbythe burning of school buildings,hasre- sultedinfivedeathswhenthe police were compelled tofire ona crowd whichW'lSattackingstudentsintenton going to schoo l,and the arrest ofhundreds of

picketerswho triedtostop children fromgoing to schooland government workersfromgoing to work.

Who are the leadersofthis campaign?

First andforemost are theLANDLORDSof Kerala.Asa resultofthe most systematicland re- form yet carriedout in India(though byno means asdrastic asmighthave been) thelandlords have beenpreventedfrom evictingtenantsfrom theirland and a considerableamountof landhasbeengiven to the poor peasants.

THE two-year-old Communist Government of the Indian State of Keralaisfacingits most severe test as all the opposition forces in the State are making an all-out attemptto createa situation ofchaos.

• Next come the PLANTATIO NCOMPANIES whoseworkersare nowprotectedbythe Govern·

rnent which has assisted them in securing better wagesandimprovedconditionsof work.Thegovern- ment has also assisted the smallholdersin their struggleto break thegrip of theplanta tion mono-

polists. -

• Also inthe alliance are the leaders of the NAIR CASTE, whichwas formerly the dominant Jaycaste in Kerala andfromwhoseranksthe State's leadingindustr.ahstscame.Inordertopro tect their profitsthese peopleare unscrup ulouslytakingad- vantageofIndia's oldbugbear, communalism.

In addition the strong CATHOLIC HEIR·

ARCHYis throwing its weight behindtheagitation.

Writingin theLondon Observer,CyrilDunn ironic- allycharacterisestheirleaders in the following terms:

"Bits of boysand tottering old men join inshout- ing public abuse of tho Communists,against a back- ground of well-advertised Communist violence.

"No doubt partof the reason for thisunusual bravery is that the leaders of the anti-Communist campaign include the heavilybearded priesthood01 the Roman Catholic Church,serenely attachedto notions of martyrdom."

Then come the POLITICIANS.Mostofthe variousgroupingsinside the KeralaCon~ess party su ppor t the agitation,asdoes the Praja Socialisl party, tbeMoslem League.aswell as anumber01 smallerparties.

CAPETOWN.

AN ! BA B , N~~~te~~~o~h~~~ekle~~::~e:e:

Baartman,who was separa tedfrom

• • hi] wife and fourchildren in Wor·

Nehru's statement gave the green light to the rester andexiled to a remotespot

violencenow taking place in Kerala,altho ugh he in Zululand three weeks ago. He

knew that theChief Ministerof theKerala Govern-

F- ht d G t T- T S-I 0 iti

needs food, abed andamattress.

ment, Mr. E. M. S.Namboodiripad,had proposed

fig ene OV fleS 0 I e nce PPOSI Ion

thatthe Oppositionmeet him todiscuss differences. - !~~II,S ~~~:^h: ~~~~ ijo~~;;tt~~

W~kW~::~~~~FS!t1~~: ~~~;~kr~fuJ~':f£~;!:~:::;i:f.~~ - ''', ~;~:~~~~b~~:;:~~~'~ :~~:.::

fromall gatheringsfor the next five gatherings. c ~~~teh~~~ea~de t~l~r~~hth~ot~~~:

So great, however, was the public indignation yearstheGovernment has attacked

al~heti~~dbaf~rontw~\~~~;eafi~~

^feela.t

hOhf!1ed~nd.

^that_f^{I ama free}

.. . . ...-.

^-~-·_·fl· Chief Lutuli's 1954 banwas served man mt IS istnct0 Ingwavuma.

~~1: a~~~he~u:~:m~~~ ~o~~~~slO~arty

^{that Nehru .}

~nas~i~e~~~go~eth~a~ved~~ ~ola~~: ~~:e~~r~ug;or~~i~en~~r:~aiJb~nU;

In this second statementhe said he was entirely dress. timeIwant toseehim I mustdc

opposed to any kindof picketing of schoolsin so. Hepromised to help mewith

Keralaand said thathewasopposed to unconstitu-

Teacher, Convict,

mydifficulties.

~i~t~tr~~tionto overthrowa constitutionally elected !

Ad vocate

tw~I d~;~r::J°~~~~ o~:t isth:r~hf:;

Addressing a rallyof 50,000people inBombay on Apart from beingone of the ~~~ ~beiSp~o~l~a~a~is~~niseIU~~e~e~~

~~~~IJ ~:~:Ia~~e~hi:eft ~~is:~rthil:~~~:Il:f~~Ch~~~~ ~~~c~ti~~ p~~~io;oin hthl~ A~~i~~

^{bevisitedbyhis wives.}

sheet" which theOpposition its secretary-general,Mr. Nokwe is "Wellfriends, I am aman in a

is laying against hisGovern·

I

the first- and only-African bar- Piet Beyleveld. new house with nothing inside.

ment.

~i:~~e~f ~~se U~~dn~h:a~ro~rsio~o~f

^Mr.Beyleveld is the 46th rnern-

~~~:sease~e;h:~lo~a~~~~~ t~ ~~:fI

theOnKe~~I~heG~~S:n~~~t~S h~ ~~~ ~;g~P o~~~~in~ctc~~mbl~~~i~~ ~:rb~(b~~~e~~?I~~:s~h~fin~:;~c:a;~ ~r~~d~~ r;~su:nlil~~j~l~."MaYibuye!

s~~^wuthU~riq~ ~o ^{. llie}~nue ~~~M9bill~ ~O~ ~~^mda ~a~me~^hom ~^them~~me M~ &artmm~I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

yearsin office it had irnple- Mr. Nokwewas a highschoolItshead office last week, theb~ns family IS also indifficulties in Wor.l -

~~~~e, i~cluili~~ti~~ a~~~: ~~~~~~e~il~u~fn;~~~ ~e8~~~en~:m: ~~~t ~~lt ~rtec:ue~e~~e i~r~a~~;tl~~

^cester.

rian reform Bill whichbene- paignand wasdismissed from his The.Congressof Democrats WIll Mrs. Baartman,24,is acanning

fited the workers and pea- ~ post for takingpart in politics. continueto go from strength to worker but is at present unern-

sants at the expense of the "Bansdo notfrighten US,nor will strength. ployed due to the off-seasonin the

biglandowners and plantationcompanies. Duma Nokwe. t~eystop us or theAfrican Na-~lIIl11l1l1l11l11l1l1l11l1l1l1l11l11l11l1l1l1ll11l11l1l11l11l11llliindustry.Herhusband worked asa

"Theyknowfullwell,"he

sai~,

^"thatat

t~e

^fourtop

I~aders

of the Congres,

~~~I A~~~g'~~~'''th~r~O~~:~~ s:~~ ~ Major's Mabieskraal ~ ~:x~W: ~tr~~~i~ h~

^:as

~~fs~~d~

end offive years,theCo~unistparty willmovementm the last .tJu'ee.weeks achievetheoppositeof what the ~ , • § .. . not only comeback to powerinKerala, but^The Govern~ent ^action, 10 theNationalists intend. They accelerate~

M eetmg M OVIe

~ ^{In addltlO.n,.her} youn~est^child that t.beCommunist 'disease' will

~read

to

:::r a:~i~te ~~e:: =.av~hi~ PL~: ~~~Ug~~~.e

^of the African freedom

~

RUSTENBURG.

~ ~:Idat~e~~f;n~s

111and requires rnedi- TammInad, Andhra and otherStates.

~h C~~p)?~lvedis~:a~~o, foilrlu~~~W~

b "I will

ca~ .

^{on the}u:ork to.the

~ ~

police Major armed with

~\

^TOFOLLOW HUSBAND

fro~eth~~mk~~:tssu~~rr:::i~ndS~1fi~~tth~~~gh~~

^I

OPJ~:::i~l

^Branchdetectives chased

toes~~emrh:b~~~:n~f~~c~~:~~ ~ ~~bi~sk~ a~radi~~~~ ~~~/oR~~ ~

^{To add}

i~sult

^to

inju~y,

^Mrs.

India.

~o

conclude witha final quotation fromDunn:

~~~~re~r'offi~~~~e ~~e~o ~=tc~ef~ ~f~~ ~~~gc:~e

^a

p~~faletoO~~oN~ ~ ~eeno~~~f\~~er~~m

^tr:e...

~~u~pe~! ~ ~r~~~aKws:~~ 1~~:ti~~P~~I~~~~e::.t

''Th~y^aretherefore able to setthe~elves^{upas planeto visitthe}~rouble^{spots in} tlonalIjt Government. ~ s~mefiye mIDutes shootlOg§ her to hIs office recently and sug-

}~~i~~~e:in::~::d:~S

^t::

:i~:~c~~Zn ~:~~D~:ti;::; ~~;~~~sai~ ~headpdrr~ts:staCS:~~~i~~ Afrikaner, Soldier ~ ::~~re:ISth:a~~:st a:~ s:~:~ i r~~~~e;~a~es~eaJo~~~~ g:~i~h:~_and

"Yetthere is something unlikely, and perhapsin- Inwhich they have the heartenmgsupport ofvartu·against the banning of Chief Special Branchdetectives got Mr =people. _T~eywere drIven to= "And h·1I f secure, .lbout thisalliance of Christiansand caste ally all the Press of India." Lutuli. . Be'yl~vel~out.of bed,to serveth~

§

PiJansberg a~d t~en Rust~n.§ZUluland~0The pa

b

~i;n~~~t"~?

The pohcecar raced ahead oftheMmJst~rs notIce on himatII pm.~burgand detamed10the pohce§ asked Mrs.Baartman.Q

D ISTRICT CO MISSIONER PLAYS DICTATOR:

^r

i~a7:~~; o~it. ~ C:'W;U~~~dd~~~ las~i~~I~a1eYleveld,

an Afrikaner.

~ eel~hey,

^are

~rs.

Kate Nxaka·

~

^{Shewas lold}that she wouldhave

~~~~~~tO~:

^S:::d

tosC:;tI~::w:~ ~~~n ~ha\~~~~e~r~~' C~~:r~~~d~f ~ ~°tie~;~:I~I~~~~i~~rgoeS'::; ~

to"findthe fare

her~elf:

^.

thosewho did not want todoso you!"and out came the banning Democrats.Heisa prominent and ::Ton~,and t~o men from a§ .My h~sband dldn t go mto could go.

c~t':'u:~:r 1~~ ~i~::~ess~~n ili: ~lfi~~~t:.d p~~~:e~no~~~~rt~~~g;~~~ ~ MTb~:.k~:~~nvd~T:-

^{appear in}

~ ~fll~d.

^of

,,~~ ~~~ ~~~?~g~~ ~~ r ;~

an~h~o~~~gPf~flfr~:~~msif;~~ M~~~~ ~/u~~k~e

later returned

i~i~~e a~~nf~:s~r~~~~:li:~oble~~m~ ~ ~~u~a~e:~:~n~~~~ngO~a~U~~ ~ ~a~~~hi~e~y:elf~

not mterested10

oppression.The District Commis- ffi f .I f - an illegal gatherIng m the Re -

sioner then found himselfwith ~~te~~~:;e~hooh~~ss~r~ed^°ilinedb~~: ra¥>~r~;gn ~~:n~:r°h~r ~~~enat ~:~~ ~^{serve.. • -}~ ^{The Cape . ANC visited the} about 50people,mostly civil ser-ningorde r on him standing grin-ber of the Afrikaans sector of the~ The pohce let shp that~ey==Baart~ an far~l1lylast week and are vants, and he instructed them t.o ningonthe pavement. S.A.forces radio inCairo. He ~knew th.eseven werecOIDJ~g§arrangtngassIstance for them.

vote and two were elected. Despitetheban on hisattending was national organiserof the S.A.~to Mableskraal.•The SpeCIal~ Congress organisations and the . After this..the ~esidents orga- meetings, .M r. Nokweleft for Dur- Labour~artyduring the 1953 gene-~ ~ranc~,^{Ithel said, had told§} local Consultative Committee have

~~~gleaan~e~~il1nit ;~~b~ ~:sid~~ ba~~~ti~ It~:h:e~OaXd

^banningorder

~~\i~~e~t~~~c~ti~eaofili~bs~ri~~~~~ ~ th:Su~da~oaf~~o:~.

^themon

~ ~~~r~~~edth~htani~~~~~~st or"O:d~t

Commissioner. served on Mr. Nokwe.The first, Legion. =iillllllIIIIIII111111II1111111111 111111111111111111111111 IJIIIJllm.Baar tman. ! -

NEW AGE, THURSDAY,JUNE 25,1959

In this period of economic boycott there is an increasing demand for information on how the whole South Af rican economic system work s. In this article BRIAN BUNTING gives

T HE PROO TH AT AFRICAN LI VING STANDAR S A RE FALLI

, U P " ' ~,MY >A L 'L EY

< . ' • •r< •

*

By ALEX LA GUMA

cigarette. There's an economic boycott on,too, you know,"

"Grr," he splutteredon his tea and cigarette all at thesametime.

"Won't you leave me alone?Now I'll have to get my wifetochange my grocery order. too.I thought you camehere with lassitude and aboil."

After having givenme a jab with a hypodermicneedle andpre' scribedaspirins, I crawledfeebly from the surgery, leaving him chewing his nails and starin£

guiltily athispacket ofcigarettes Some people have to learn thE hardway.

I'll have to settle for a couple of eggs-with thesteakof course."

""V~~;b'i'n~e

*

;i~idmao~~i1~lta~e~

pieceof gauzebandage. "A tleast Jcan havea cup of tea anda cigarette withoutinterference."

"But, doc," I said feebly.

"You're drinking the wrong brand of tea and smoking the wrong

FOs~ffe~fX; ~~~

^;n

h~~eno~~e~

lassitude.Myenergy hasdwindled and in spiteof freq uently polish·

ing my glasses therearepersistent spots infrontof myeyes.AlsoI havedevelopeda bOil in amost inconvenient p 1ace . You've guessedwrong. It's in myleft nostril.Clearing the nasal pas- sageshasbecomea tortureand all I need now is tocatcha cold, Prayheaven it doesn'thappen!

Thus,in a state ofnearcollapse I staggered to theoffice of my veterinary surgeonand afterhav- ing examinedmybackandtold me to say"ah" a few timeshe announced the verdict.

Starch. I lack starch.

"EA~es~~~~~~. *

^of

,,{~~:oes~':ar~~

contentis terrible.Roast potatoes, boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes potatochipshotand oily.french- friedpotatoes, and you might also try a little potato saladon the side,"

"Doctor,"said I. "Doll'tyou know there'sbeenapotato boy·

cott for weeksnow? Think of those farm labourersbeingkicked around :mdburiedwithouttheir folks knowingabout it. 'ot eat- ing those farmers'damn potatoes istheleastwe couldalldoto pro·

test."

"Hum," hereplied aftersome time of argumentbackwardsand forwards."Perhapsyou're right.I was just thinkingof orderinga large helpingof steakandchips for mylunch, butwith you peer' ingwatchfullyovermy shoulder

T HE Ministero~Labour,~r.De

I "

^{Thebasiclawo~capitalismis: ~rue,}so long as.the~conomyisabove figures include all Non- proposals designed for one purpose Klerk,has tned to ascribe the Each man forhimself and thestatic.But the factISItISthechro- Europeanwages.Ifacomparison only-to protectthe Whitesat the whole"recession" in South Africa devil take the hindmost," and in mepovertyof the bulk of Our peo- were made onlybetween thewages expense of the Non-Whites.

to thefall in the world pricesfOI South Africa the devil'sappropria-pie whichis preventinga steady in- of unskilledNon-Europeansand The measuresproposedby the our primaryproducts such ascop- tionis growinghigher every year. crease in our national income. skilled Europeans,theratioswouldGovernment are:

per,platinumand wool.. . . Capitalismcannot ensure a steadyPeople wholive.below the.bread-beeven moreshocking. , jobreservation toensurethat Butlet,us take thesltuat~onIII levelof development,0;proper un-line,whoaredrivenfrom pillar to The only period whenthe ratio Europeansget firstpreference for

~~~ ~~:~~~f

^hhdubti'

th~dm~~~~~~ ~~a}~1 e~pt~~m~~~ni~~ so~;sg~~~)~: ~g~p~3~~r ~~here~:~nl~::,.t~~Om~~~ ~~a~~~-~~r?~~~~v~~~~rk~~dl,;~~~ availab~e

^{jobs; f . .}

~I~~~ ~~r.ke~su~~r al:9;;~esn~~~~ fr~Pi~~libtirth d;t~~o:~ ae~~alis/~~~~ ~~~~rs~,u~~gra;~~~ie.U~~~~~td r~~~ ~~:~nt~i~h~:sa~ ls"~n~~t ~ri~~ n~~i~~

^the

hrr~~:ua:~h~se

^°of

~~~~~lctlOns

^on

earningtheirlivinginthe Transvaaltern,has beenmarked by alternate their st~ndard of living, mcreasesawthegreatest extent of absorp- amendmentof theUnemploy- garm,ent factories, Today the num- booms and slumps.The reasonfor their.sklllandproductivity..Yet it tion. of Non-Europeans,especiallym~n ~InsuranceAct toenablet~e berIS fewerthan 15,000.Thede- thisisagain tobefoundin the ISmainly onthe Increasedskill and Africans,into secondary industry, Minister ofLabour touse rnomes clineintheindustryset inasearly essentialmode of operationof theproductivityof the _South Africanthe greatest increase in industrial from.the Unemployment Fund. to as1954. capitalist system. workers thatfurtherIncreases10the production,andthe greatestoverall subs.dise employers who might

A Similarposition isto be found natlon~1Income must depend. expansion in tbe national income otherwise sacktheirworkers.

in the leather, engineering and MAKINGA PROFIT ,In his addresstothe annual meet- and the mc?me per headof the • relief worksfor the unem-

ot~~ i~~ty~~~ie~'n

^{thecrisisin the}

HO~

does the capitalist makeh!s

~~fio~f r~ ~~n~~~IK1~FtF~ 8~~~~~ tO~~~~tr~~i~:o~he

lesson mustbe

plfhi~'

^ismerely tinkeringwiththe clothing industry in theissue of theprofit. Mainly byunderpaying b,IShelmermade thestatement: 'The learnedthattoday thedeclinein problem, hidingthe disease instead

~~:~~~sclfi~g~a~l~ th~ ~~6Ie~.

^1959,

:~~~~~~.' u~direcvae;t~?i~~I~e~~f~~~ ~~~no~~~cer~t~~an;wnr~~e~~ea~~un~~ ~~~~~ef~~nd~;dsa o~e~t~/~~cW~i;: ~~ntrb~n~a~d ~~~~ ittht~~~~e[:~r~~~~

"Themost seriousof the indus- theirfair share,and the lowest paidstandard <?f living of Africans,standardsof the wholepopulation,posalshavegravelyalarmedthe em- try'sproblemsisthe failure of the gj.tb~IY en~ug~ to ~1ep t~em which IS.stillfartoo low,.has nsen Itis clear thatif thedemandfor an ployersas a wholeand must be in- market to expandas fait as pro- a rve, hie~orerd~un

d

^{e.to tl Y}rapidly-e-indeedmore rapidly than all-roundincrease inAfricanwageseludedamongstthe factors which

dU~~;~nca~~~ti~'~

^{uae thatmeans}

~~~?t~~for~t~ n~f ~ihean pe~lgl~e a:~

that or theEuropeans."

~~~e

^a

g~~lie~~h :~cldo~e~

^Ii:

~~ :~a/r:;~~n~~~t~n~ef~\~aenn\n~~~:~~

that the~ople olS<J~th^Africaare ~~I~~~~t t~~ c~~~~n~~:a;:~~o~~~ ^INCOMESDECLL."lE tion ap~ocess^ofexpansion. which The capit alist class demands a too poor tobuy the clothes theysorbthe totalproduct of its agricul- Mr, Oppenheimer isthebiggestW?U~dbnng

l~~nefitsto allsectionsfree er terpJ lsiSysti~based

Th

ⁿfree produce-r-andthebo~tsand other tureandindustry. Ina period of so- capitalistinthe country, but he is01t e popu aIOn. cal?lt~ an ree a ou;. e~e- goodswhichare being what thecalled "boom" thisunderpaymentnotthe best informed. For the facts GOVT.FAILURE str:c1I

3

^n.s

0 h 6

^0thWhich, are^In- manufacturers can"overproduced" of theworkersisconcealed,butshow thatit isprecisely in the post- In this crisis,however,the Gov.~~lsveha~~ ~e:nd~~~~ib~~n~: IP~~fe~=

today,OVERPRODUCTION

~i~~nt~~~Yc~~~u~~ti~~t~~~~~P~~dfh~ ~~~e P~hl~d,N~ti~na~~t~e ~~~ed:~ ernme~t

^.hasd

fai.lt~d

^a

cO~f.:7telY ~~ ~~ng~f ~~d~~~~~men

^{ofthe Cham-}

Overproduction? What is this

~ff~~~s w~:~fitsth;n£e~~~e e~pl~~:: ihoeweAf~~c~tnth~e~;lemh~~ed~li~ed~ ~~~meOIW~[ ;~velop~enltlvewhfch

^At

~ottom,.

,however•• it is the overproduction? Are the people stopsproducing,because naturally The RaceRelationsSurvey onAfri-would putan end tothe slumpand apartheid.pollclesof.thiS~.ove!n­

overfed, overclothed, overhoused?hecannot affordtoproduceat a cantaxationissuedin 1958 stated: raisenationalproductionandc~n· ment (whicharean.!ntensl~catlOn Haveyou, dear reader, got too loss. Workers are thrown outof "Ineverycasewherecomparablesequently national andper capita of thecolour:barpolicies ofI~pre- manypairs of shoes. too much food theirjobs. there iseven less money income andexpenditure figures are income to new.andmore adequatedecessors)w~lchmakea~olutio~of on your table. too many suits to in circulation to buygoods, and soavailable, between 69 and 78 per levels.InsteadIt has putforward Our economIC problem. impossfble, wear? thecrisisdeepens andgreaterandcent of African families in the areas

Ina country whoseper capita greater sections ofthecommunity concerned (in their survey-Ed.) standardoflivingisamongst the are draggeddowninto the depths. have incomes below the minimum

~~w~~ljna~~e h~~~~, ~~~~~ ~~i~~ ~hes.e

factors are.inherent in

~:~ti~~~r~fthe~lfhv~dlivl~~.

^,parestes-I

ployment is at a post-war peak and capitalism anywherem the world, TheInstitute ofRaceRelations thousands don't know where theirand nocapitalist country has yet had estimated that an income of at next meal is to come from,talk of beeJ;lable toaVOId them. In South least £25a monthwas necessaryfor

"overproduction"is absolute non- Africa,our.econo,my hassuffered the averageAfricanfamily of five, sense.Wecould produce ten times flOm the!U .lusthkethat of any butthey were gettingonly between whatweproducetodayandstill noto~~ercapltahst country.But111ad-69 and 78 percent of thisamount.

haveenough for everybody. dltlOn,.we havehad.to bearthe Furthermore,the positionwasget-

toJ~e ~~~~:e

^is

m~~~ ~:t oU:~:I~ ~~~~~fu;~ ~~~~~n~oroOu~I~~r~rom

^the

tm'~B~':~~~

1950 and 1954 in 10- need, but thatthey prol:ce more ItISmainly becauseof thecolo'!r ~annesburgaverage family incomes thanpeople canpay for. And the bar that the extremesof wealth!nlO~r~ased by 24.perce.nt;but th.e mainreason for thisisthat the bulk our country .are greater.than mminImum essentialfamilyexpendl- of Our !>opulation are 2J'osslym~ ~Pltalist countrle.. The tureroseby 33per ~e~t. This

:e~:rf::: :h~~er~i::ef:'J~~a~:'~ :g~~~ ~~:h:r:d~ct~fofuh:re°:C~n~~

^b;asJ

~e~ ~eon~~~I~~~~I~~i~l~~s~~

COme. myiscorrespondin21yreduced. course, to the increase in'prices

tru~nd ~[ ac:~it~~~?;ali:rdco~~i:ry~

AFRICAN SPENDINGPOWER

~u~h~Stht~~Pd~~~r~e.

ⁱⁿ

th~

^rate

~f l~~dsp~~fitro{h~edf~~~~~,r Uf~t~~~ Af;i~~nG~~;~~~~~ Clt~~Sy t~~s

^th:

~~ft~~~~~ i~ t~hend~~n~~ li~oli~i;;

owner, mining magnate producesspendmg powerof£1,000,000aday,st3!ldards ofthebulkof the popu-

~~~g:'ofOtht~~~I~\~~ui:N~~ ~~~ ~~t£~~~~~~O~h~t

^Ythi;'

~1~~la~?~~ latBou~'

^.Mr.

~ppenheimer

^{is also}

to makeaprofit.Whathem~kes isbased,but let usacceptitaswr0!l~Insaym~that the. standard and the quantities in.whichh~,accurate. , ~J Il;;~gthfa:frtlh:~s ~;SES~~more makes them. are determmednot by There are ap prox I mate.1yOmciaI figuresquotedin~ ~~~~

what people need, but by the 14,000.000peopleInSouthAf~lca,randum submittedbytheS.A.Con-

~~~~n~u~fotr~~t

he reckons he can

~~50~~~Om a;~oo~~gurea J:, ::~ U~:~dO~it~~~dinU~~~si~~~er::~t~

NO PLANNING are ASIans and 9,000,000 areAfn - Iv show thefollowing position:

The factthat the economy is do- cans. .

minated bythe profit motive means .So 9,000,000Afncans, who con- Wagesof Non-Europeans as per-

~~~t ~~:I~~t~~nse~ksUt~p~a~s~~~' p;~~ ~t~~~io~: : e~r I;~~,o~~,~~,t.~t:lo~l;

^{centa2e of}

wa~es

of Europeam fits forhimself,irrespective of the 20percent of the total natIOnal^10- (EuropeanWage=100) needs of society,and these profitsco~e.The restgoest<? theo~her

canbeproducedonlyby cutthroat sections ofthepoo~latlOn,mamly AfricansAsia~sColoureds competition with otheremployers, of course,totheWhites. 1935-36 19.9 27.8 3;.2 each tryingto cornerthe marl<;et At thispointthecapitalisteco-1940-41 20.3 31.1 37.2 andget thebiggest return for him- nomists tellyou:"Verywell. may1945-46 26.8 43.4 44.4 selLCo-operation undercapitalismbe this isnot fair,buta redivision 1947-48 25.0 42.0 42.8 isimpossible- unless by way of ofthenationalincome won't ma)ce1956-57 19.0 31.7 31.7 monopoly, which is equallyharm-the nationqlincomebigger,It

willi

ful to theinterests of the mass of merelymean that one sectionwill Theposition of all sections of the thepopulationand usually resultsgetmore andanothersectionless,Non-Europeanworker> inrelation in the fixing of arbitrarily high but the total amountavailablefor to theEuropeans is far worsenow prices. distribution willremainthesame." thanbefore thewar.Moreover,the

Gromyko-hopl:ful nevasettlement to be followed by aSummit Conference.

• InBRITAI N boththeTories and the Labourites, anxiousto gain support in themonthsbefore the next British election,issued statementsir support of sucha settlement. Slid British Prime Minister MacMillan :"We have to bereasonableand tryto work out new arrangements.. ..,

Addressing50,000Welshminers andfamil'esinCardiff.Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary, Mr.

Aneurin Bevan,tookamoredefi- nitestand,"Thereis no justifica- tionatall fortheGeneva talksto break down. If theydo, it willbe largely because the Western Powers are anxious to avoida summit conference."

- • In AMERICAthe advocates of aflexible Geneva policy reo main vocal, despite opposition from the Pentagon.At the end of Maythe New YorkHeraldTri-

~unereportedtha tmostdiplomats InGenevaseemedto be in favour of an interimagreement onWest Berlin ,based onreducing Western garrisonsin thecityand temper- mg radio broadcasts beamedto East German y and EasternEu- rope.

Influential columnist Walter Lippmann reflectedthe views01 many Americans when he sug- gested a "politicall yneutr alised' West Berlin underthesuper vision of U.N. civilian personnel with the approva l ofthe Big Fourand thetwoGermanstates.Lippmann said thatthisshould obligethe West to "close downitsespion- age and propagandaagencies."

MtN~eft~cl~i~d~~a:~~o~~:~

remainsfarfromsecure.The has- tily patched up agreement be- tween himselfandhis chief rival intheChristianDemocraticParty.

HerrErhard,notto splitthepar- tyIn two,is showing signs of great strain.

"On thesurface," reportsTime

"Adenauer'scontrol ofhis part }' and his victory over Erhardwere incontestible, but wounds were not yet healed,costs were not yet reckoned,and the struggle notyet over."

IfAdenauerisforced to go, the whole internationa l picture will brighten up. Ifhedoesnot go, then the prospects of aSocialDe- mocratic victoryinthe nextWest Germa n elections will be consider- ablyincreased.Ineitherevent the peace forceswill gain.

• It is ironical that the F.RENCH. whoafew yearsago didso much toassistinmaking thefirst Geneva conferences suc- cessful, are now ranged fun-

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packed his delegation with the most diehard reactionaries who arequite prepared to see apower- ful West German army armed WIth nuclearweapons rather than come to termswith theSoviet Union.

• TheRUSSIAN attitude.as expressed by Foreign Minister Grornyko,continuesto be one ot cautious optimism thata settle- ment canbearrivedat.

"DON'T allow yourself to become pessimistic be- cause ofthe length of the con- ference. Remember,thisis the first occasionin fouryearsin which theBig Four Foreign Ministers have met, and if takestime to narrowdiffer- ences."

This isthe advicegivento the

"man in the street" bv British journalist SamRussell,who is on the sOOIin Geneva.

The conferencehasnow been adjourned tillJuly13.

Atone stagelastweekit ap- pearedthatundertheinfluence01 West German Cha ncellor Ade- nauer,the:conferencewasheading for collapse .But, asthe American magazine Time remar ks,"(U.S.

ForeignSecretary)HerterandCo.

•..werereluctanttoacceptthe prop aganda onusof ending the conference."

Furthermore, pressures in Bri- tain and Americawere strongly directedtowardssomesortofGe-

becausehe is too involved in the murderous tragedy. That Moodyleftthe jailhouseun- guardedon the lynchingnight and thefact that themobsters knew exactl ywhereto lookfor hiskeys seemed dam ning in- deed.

American democrats of aU colours are shockedat the failure of the authori- ties to bring the hooded cowards who did thelynch- ingto book.

much decayedforidentification by other means.

Aclue to the identityof the kidnappers was found whenthe autopsywas performedin Bo- galusa,La.,nfew milesfrom Poplarville, the FBI reports.

Thenature of the cluewasnot revealed.

NoPoplarville Negroeswill talk publicly about the white terror.The fear of reprisalsis too keen.

SHERIFFOSBOR NE MOO·

DY will donothin g,theNegro people say.He will do nothin g aGovernmentwithout the support oftheRight-Winggroupthat has voted with them forthe lasteight IJl{)DthS.

The Right-Wing group sup- ported the Leftparties'coalition because it,too,opposed theau- thoritarian methodsof theChrist- ian Democratic Government in Rome.

Behindtheelection battlewas the demandof the Siciliansfor a greater share in the control ot their Own country,muchofthe richesofwhicharedra inedoffby the capitalistmonopoliesof North Italy, who useSicily asareser- voir ofcheaplabour.

It wasalsothefirstexample for some yearsofawidecoa- lifon,including Communists, puttingup for election ina West Europeancountry.

ByART SHIELDS POPLARV ILLE, Miss.

A

^{GHASTLYstory ofthe}

mutilatio n of Mack C.

Parker, Negro lynch victim, whilehe wasstrllalive isbeing toldin PearlRivercountyand thecountryaround it.

Iheard thisstoryshortlybe- forethe decayed body ofthe 23-year-old lumberworkerwas found inthe shallow watersof Pearl river.

The story, which leakedout of the sheriff's office,is ac- cepted asafactbythe Negro people, thou gh it may never getinto cou rtrecords.

THE STORYsaysthatone mobster was about to shoot Parker when the hoodedmen broke intothejail cell. The mobster'sgunwaslevelledto shoot when other lynchers yelled at him to putthe wea- pon down. Theywanted Parker 10suffermore beforehedied.

Parker was incapa ble of suf- fering, however. when thesa- distsstopped beatinghim. He was unconscious from the blowsof clubs,fists and garb- age can,andJay inerton the steel floor.

Thena bucketof coldwater wassplashedonthe victim's face to revivehimand oneof the sadistspulledout hisknife.

The bladehadarazor edge.

And,in a few minutes, the savage operationwas over and the young man's genita ls were tossedout.

Thesamefate hadbefal1en manyother Negrolynchvic- timsinthe deepsouth.

THE AMPUTATED tissue wasdisposedof before report- ers came in, the story con- tinued. But blood was still there.Andmost of thegory stains that marked the hun- dred-foot trailofthe mobsters as they dragged the young worker's body throu gh the court house wassaid to have come from this wound.

PAR KER 'S BODY was found when the river'sflooded waters went down. One leg was snagged inthe fork of a submerged tree.Hewas identi- fiedbyfingerp rintson the right hand.Thelefthand wastoo decompo sedforidentification.

Theyoung man'sface and therest of thebodywastoo ThenineseatswonbyMilazzo's newpartyrepresent ed arealgain of four-fourmorethan thebloc offivedissidentChristianDemo- cratswho foundedthe part yeight monthsago.

Similarly, the Christian Demo- crats'34seats representeda gain of two.AstheMilazzo defection hadleft them withonly32depu- tiesin the regionalParliament.

The Communis tsgainedascat, the Right-Wing Monarchists and Socialistsbeingthechief losers.

It appeared likely that the Communists,Milazzo group and Socialists would beable to form

F irst Coalition Including C .P. Sinc e Cold War

Vienna, tbescene oftheVII WorldYouth FestivalinJuly thisyear,ispreparing to be the hostcityto17,000young peo- ple fromall partsof the globe, Of these 2.500 will come from Asia, 1.500 from the Middle East and 1,000from Africa.

Vienna Prepares For Festival

THEcoalitionof Communists,Left-WingCatholicsheaded by SignorMilazzo, Socialists and other groups(World Stage, last week)has won the election for theSicilian regionalParliament.Theinterventionbythe Vatican, which threatened Catholicswhoallied themselves withCommu- nists,wasdefied.

Thefinalresults declaredwere (1955resultsin brackets):

Christian Democrats 34 seats (37);Comm unists21 seats (20);

Socialists 11 seats (10); Neo- Fascists nine seats (nine);Mon- archists three seats (nine);Social Democratsoneseat (two);Libe- ralstwo seats (three); Union (Mi- lazzo Catholi cs)nine (nocornpari- son).

The Christian Democr ats,who had been tryingtoregainpower are outnumberedbythe Milazzo group,Socialists, Communistsand Social Democrats.

The Left section of the Christ-

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tic local government in Sicily eightmonths ago andformed a newgovernm ent in alliancewith Communists.Socialistsand some Right Winggroups.

VATICANINTER VENES Both theItalianChr istianDe- mocratic Government and the

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dox ChristianDemocratsback into power.

Japanese Co mmunists and Socialists to Co-operate

THE Japanese SocialistPar- ty would join its efforts with those of the Japanese Communist Party in struggle against theJapan-UiS,"secur- itytreaty"andfor therestora- tion of Japan-China diploma- ticrelations.

Thiswas said bytheso cialist Party Gene ralSecretaryduringhIS recent meeting with the Com- munistPartyGeneralSccrctarv at the DietBuilding. .

The transcript of theirtalkshas been publishedby the Communist paper, Akaha ta.

People'sorganisationshavebeen set up10campaignfor bothob- jectivesnat ionally and in thelo- calities.

Socialist General Secretary Inejiro Asanurnasaid duringthe talks that the normalisat ion of Japan-China relationsrequiredthe efforts of all Japane se.

To break the current Japan- Chinadeadlock the Socialist and CommunistParties and the Gene- ral Council of Trade Unions shouldjointhe NationalCouncil forthe RestorationofDiplomatic RelationswithChina .

Communist Party Secretary KenjiMiyamotosaid thatto crush theJapan-Ll.S,"security treaty"

and restore Japan-Chin a rela- tionsitwasimperativefor the So- cialistand CommunistParties to unite.

_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , N_ E_W_A_G E,THURSDAY,JUN E25, 1959

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Aces To Trave l?

Racing at Milnerton

These areDamon's selectio nsfo r Saturday:

3 and .i-Ye"r-Old H,l'd;c"o' I.

CINCH; 2.Muscovite; 3. Golden Honest.

MilnertonHand icap: I.SUSPIC I- OUS; 2. Nu ma plast; 3. Clear Head.

VascoHandicap:1.KING DICK;

2.HopeandGlory; 3. Crown Witness.

Moderate Handicap:1.FAIRCTR·

CLE; 2. Burwick; 3. Scottish Heart.

Owners' ProgressSix: 1.OPERA·

TION; 2.Tast yDish; 3.Top Travel.

Juvenile Plate:I.JAMESHENR Y ; 2.Stoueh av en;3.Tropic Zone.

MaidenPlate: 1.SUN LASH;2.

Kenbr en;3. Dieppe.

by

"DULEEP"

SP ORTLIGHT

DOUBT ABOUT NON-WH TE OLYMPIC REPS.

Publisbed byRealPrintin gandPUbllshing Co.(pty.)Ltd.•6 Barrack street.Cape Town and printed by PioneerPress(pt y.)Ltd.. Shellev r..o:ul.SaltRiver. This newspaper IsII.member of the AndltBureau ofCirclllation~. New Ageofftces:

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T~;st S~'ekO~~~8~e:s~~~at~~g ~:~~~vefort~;nd~;f;:i~g p:a~~ean~~~~

Honey'spromises mad e to the IOCand hard Job ,in catering forthe inMunich. thatNon-Wh itespor ts- visitors duringthat week. So far men would beconsideredfor the he has proved himself a tireless OlympicGames. But it mad e a worker.

clarificationthat itwas leftto the controlling bodies of eachsportto ascertain whether a Non-White is

upto the required standard. TheAcesF.C., if theysucceed This assurance, however. is with theirn~gotiat~onsfor a tour look ed upon with doubt by the of East Afr ica,WIll makesoc~er

"Manchester Gua rd ian," whichhistory.forbeingthefirstclubSIde maintainsthat itwaseasyforMr.to cross the borders C?f South Hon eyto makepromisesatMunich, Africa. ThISno doubt, IS a fine buthis bodydoesnot select the venture and deserves every en- various teams-it onlyconn ives at couragement. It should be emu- the practice ofracialismbyitsaffi- lated bynotonlyclubs,butalso liated mem bers, who govern theunions.

varioussport sin theUnion The manager of the Western AThis paper. further

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S. . Olymp ic AsSOCIatIOn,. If It popular Wynberg sportsadminis-

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filli~gP~hi~~lnttei~c~fNli~i~~ ~~~~~t^heha.s.ha~^birthdays.So efficient becontinu ed."Ifthereare no Blackandcapable hashe provedto he, faces inthe next South African that.heat most!tmes,.I,~anaut?- Olympictrials or teamstheIOC'smatt ech~lce f~H.a positionhehas duty will be clear-to'have done served. with distinction and credit

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.Further.Mr.Honey sec;mfirma- bothsoccer and cricketcircles.He nonthat the Governmentwillgrant lost his manage rship bya bare

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sim ilar problem, Governmentoffi- The Durba n ln~ ian. golfer, dais saidthey would give passport! SewsunkerSewgolurn ISgoinggrc~ t to non-Euro peansoccerteams, who guns 10 practice.and has a fair wishedto comoete in international chance of gettmg throu gh the matchesoutside theUnion.Atpre- qualifying round s. provided he has sent an India nfrom Na talis-in the nervesand temperamentwhich

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Britain to compete in theBritish is.so essentialingolff<:,r sucha

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Open." (AnIndian soccerteamand bigoccasio nastheBritish Open.

a table-tennis team were refu sedHI.sunorthodo xrigh t-o ver-le ft-ha nd permission to travel overseas-Ed.) gnp. ISthetalkof allgolfers.

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portsbutisevasive,while the sec- The motion10reviewand rescind retary(Mr. Honey).makesa stale- the decisiontusuppor tthetour of mentt?theworldthat theGovern - Worrellin November.bytheS.A.

menWIllgrantpassports. lndian C.U.isnotexpectedto ob- tain therec uiredtwo-thirdmajority.

Crutse Sh ould L ink

Mr.S.1..-Singh and Mr.E.I.

Haffejee are the proposer and

With SASA sec;~~e~:;~sr;dit~~elt~U.

is stro ngly urgingall its affiliatedunitstore- movethe racial tag. and emulate the example set byWestern and Eastern Province. who now are known asthe UnitedC.U. andthe E.P.C.U.,respectively.

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MA' S SHO P

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The deposedvice-presidentofthe S.A. Bantu Athlet ic Association, Mr.S.M. Crutse, whose suggestion toform a non-racialnationalsports body, was a few months ago criticisedin thiscolumn. hasmet The CapeTaxiOwners'Associa- cern ed whether the taxi owners with further unfa vourable re- tion will hold its next General make a livmgornot. sponsebyboth theSoccer Fed era- Meeting in the RobingRoom of In fightingthis threat the taxitionand the S.A.Athletic Board the CItyHall,CapeTown, onJune owners have hadno supportfromof Control(Non-Racial).The Board 28.All taxi owners are urgedto thrColoured representatives inpar- advisesMr.Crutsetolink up wit h atte nd thismeeting, for the Govern- Iiament. "Unless we join handsSASA and work in collaboration ment's amended "Motor CarrieIwith other oppressed people inthe with them forthatorganisationis Transportation Act" will deprive progressive liberatorymovementwe alread y doing wha t he intends man yoperators of theirlivelihood,will notbe ableto overcome taxidoing.Theirachievementsthusfar

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