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Speeches and Writings of AD Patel, 1929-1969 for A Vision Change Speeches and Writings of AD Patel, 1929-1969 for A Vision Change Speeches and Writings of AD Patel, 1929-1969 edited by Brij V Lal THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY E PRESS E PRESS Published by ANU E Press The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is also available online at: http://epress.anu.edu.au/ National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Author: Lal, Brij V. Title: A vision for change : speeches and writings of AD Patel, 1929-1969 / Brij V Lal. ISBN: 9781921862328 (pbk.) 9781921862335 (ebook) Subjects: Patel, A. D. (Ambalal Dahyabhai), 1905-1969. Fiji--Politics and government--20th century. Fiji--History. Dewey Number: 320.099611 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design and layout by ANU E Press Cover photograph by Robert Norton. Printed by Griffin Press This edition © 2011 ANU E Press Contents Acknowledgments . ix Introduction . xi Part I. Quest for Equality: The Political Struggle 1: Address to the 1965 London Constitutional Conference, 26 July 1965 . 1 2: Suva Town Hall Resolutions at a Public Meeting of Indians, 30 November, 1929 . 2 3: Common Roll Conference with Sir Murchison Fletcher, 27 December 1929 . 3 4: Memorandum to Governor, 28 December 1929 . 5 5: Governor to Secretary of State, 2 January 1930 . 6 6: Memorandum to the Governor, 5 March 1935 . 7 7: A Delegation to the Governor, May 1935 . 11 8: Opposition to Nomination over Election, 19 May 1935 . 14 9: Conundrums of Colonial Legislature, 21 December 1945 . 15 10: Deed of Cession Debate, 16 July 1946 . 18 11: In Defense of Democracy, 2 September 1948 . 24 12: On Separate Representation for Muslims, 9 December 1949 . 30 13: Wanted: A Common Electoral Roll, 16 August 1956 . 33 14: Last But Not Long!, 1 February 1960 . 34 15: An Astounding Statement, 3 March 1960 . 35 16: A Constitutional Mirage, 13 April 1961 . 37 17: Welcome to Sir Derek Jakeway, 24 February 1964 . 38 18: Protest Letter to Sir Derek Jakeway, 24 January 1965 . 40 19: Public Notice (Undated, 1965) . 42 20: Memorandum to Sir Derek Jakeway, 26 January 1965 . 43 21: Resolutions passed at the AGM of the Federation Party at Lautoka, 25 April 1965 . 44 22: Letter to Sir Derek Jakeway, 30 April, 1965 . 46 23: Sir Derek Jakeway to Patel, 6 May 1965 . .. 48 24: Memorandum to Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council, April 1965 . 49 25: Member of Social Services Office Notes, Pre-1965 constitutional conference . 51 v 26: Opening Address to the 1965 Constitutional Conference, 26 July 1965 . 53 27: Interview with Malcolm Billings, BBC, 31 July, 1965 . 54 28: The Indian Delegation’s Press Conference, 10 August 1965 . 56 29: Letter to Anthony Greenwood, Secretary of State for the Colonies, 12 August 1965 . .. 61 30: Post-1965 Constitutional Conference: Century Theatre, August 1965 . 63 31: Response from Anthony Greenwood, 9 September 1965 . 67 32: Debate on London Constitutional Conference, 15 December 1965 . 68 33: Federation Party Letter to A .D . Patel, 6 August, 1966 . 78 34: The Secretariat to AD Patel, 23 September 1966 . 80 35: Launch of the 1966 Election campaign, Century Theatre, July 1966 . 82 36: Political Address, Sigatoka Valley, 25 September 1966 . 90 37: Call for a new Constitutional Conference, 1 September 1967 . 97 38: Federation Party Convention, Ba, 28-29 June, 1968 . 101 39: Political Statement by A . D . Patel, 30 August 1968 . 110 40: Final Letter from Sir Derek Jakeway, 7 November 1968 . 112 41: Pre-Independence Talks, Suva, 12 August 1969 . 113 Part II. Bitter Sweet: The Politics of the Fiji Sugar Industry, 1943-1969 The 1943 Strike: Contemporary Documents . .121 42: An Open Letter to Governor,12 August 1943 . 122 43: The Statement Made By A .D . Patel in Nadi Court, 12 August 1943 . 124 44: Report of the Commission: Letter to Governor, 12th August 1943 . 125 45: What Happened in Suva? 21-26 August 1943 . 129 46: Growers Advised to Cut, nd . 134 47: Inaccuracies and Omissions in the Council Paper: ‘Dispute in the Sugar Industry’,1 September 1943 . 135 48: Can You Blame the Growers? 6 September 1943 . 137 49: Letter to Colonial Secretary, 20 September, 1943 . 146 50: Telegram to Secretary of State for Colonies . 148 51: Negotiations 26 December 1943 . 149 52: Ratu Sukuna to AD Patel, 28 December 1943 . 151 53: AD Patel to Ratu Sukuna, 28 December 1943 . 154 54: Ratu Sukuna to AD Patel, 29 December 1943 . 155 55: AD Patel to Ratu Sukuna, 30 December 1943 . 156 56: Ratu Sukuna to AD Patel, 31 December 1943 . 157 vi 57: Ratu Sukuna to AD Patel, 2 January 1944 . 157 58: AD Patel to Ratu Sukuna, 3 January 1944 . 159 59: Ratu Sukuna to AD Patel, 4 January 1944 . 160 60: Reforming the Sugar Industry, 21 December 1945 . 162 61: A Commission at Gunpoint? 6 June 1960 . 169 62: A Drive for Disunity, 30 June 1960 . 171 63: Negotiations and a Plan for the Future, 7 July 1960 . 173 64: Memorandum to Mr . Julian Amery, 14 October 1960 . 175 65: Submission to the Eve Commission, 9 March 1961 . 185 66: Reforming the Sugar Industry, 2 May 1969 . 189 67: Ending Eve's Legacy, 12 May 1969 . 202 68: The Denning Arbitration, 19th August 1969 . .210 Part III. Land and Livelihood 69: All-Fiji Indian Conference, 30 October 1938 . 229 70: Economic Condition of Indians in Fiji Paper read at the All-Fiji Indian Conference by AD Patel, 30 October 1938 . 232 71: The Misadministration of Land, 20 August, 1945 . 236 72: Post-War Agricultural Development, 20 February 1946 . 240 73: Delay Is Dangerous, 3 September 1949 . 248 74: Their Darkest Hour, 17 September 1949 . 250 75: A Sop to Evictees, 15 October 1949 . 251 76: Adding Insult to Injury, 26 November 1949 . 252 77: Diversification of Agricultural Production, 4 November 1956 . 253 78: Fruit Industry, 31 May 1956 . 256 79: Diet and its Effect, 3 August 1959 . 258 80: Fiji’s Growing Pains, 17 December 1959 . 259 81: The Medicine, 7 March 1960 . 262 82: Landlord and Tenant Bill, 20 July 1966 . 264 83: Nationalizing the Gold Mining Industry, 31 January 1968 . 271 84: Agriculture Landlord & Tenant Ordinance, 30 January 1969 . 278 85: Letter from Justin Lewis QC to AD Patel, 15 September 1969 . 281 Part IV. Society and Culture 86: Swami Avinasananda to AD Patel, 15 October 1937 . 283 87: Letter to Swami Avinasananda, 30 September 1939 . 283 88: Sangam Registration, 3 November 1937 . 285 89: Letter to Governor Sir Harry Luke, nd . 286 90: Sangam's Petition to the Governor, 12 December 1947 . 288 91: To Drink or Not to Drink, 25 November 1947 . .292 vii To Drink or Not to Drink, II (1969) . 298 92: Ring in the Saints, 6 January 1952 . 301 93: The ‘Flowers’ of Fiji, 20 June 1952 . 302 94: Welcome, Mr . Dugdale, 4 August 1952 . 304 95: The Indian Problem in Fiji, 8 August 1952 . 306 96: Ramakrishna Mission in Fiji, 28 September 1952 . 307 97: Fragments of a Diary 1952 . 309 98: Divide and Rule, 15 December 1954 . 314 99: Fijians and Fijians, 29 January 1954 . 316 100: Segregation Stands Condemned, 11June1954 . 317 101: A Bogey Laid, 30 July 1954 . 319 102: With Malice Aforethought, 2 September 1955 . 320 103: Why Access to Books? 23 September 1955 . 322 104: First Things Last? 14 October 1955 . 324 105: A University College for the South Pacific, 26 April 1956 . 325 106: Invite the United Nations, 2 August 1956 . 327 107: On Sadhu Kuppuswami, 9 August 1956 . 328 108: Budgeting for Educational Progress, 6 December 1956 . 329 109: Library Service for Fiji, 29 August 1957 . 332 110: Progress & Custom, 7 November 1957 . 333 111: The Great Irony, 2 July 1959 . .334 112: Address to the Fiji Teachers Union, 9 September 1964 . 336 113: Social Security in Fiji, 26 March 1965 . 338 114: Address to the Fijian Teachers Association, 4 May 1965 . 341 115: Capital Punishment: Letter from Church Leaders, 12 May 1966 . 344 116: On the Abolition of Capital Punishment, 26 May 1966 . 346 117:Why I support Family Planning, 17 August 1966 . 352 118: The University of the South Pacific, 21 March 1967 . 353 119: A Common Name, 1 August 1967, Interpretation Bill . 359 120: Letter to Vasantika Patel from Ocean Island, 1 November 1967 . 360 121: Out of Many Races—One Nation, Nadi Jaycees, 1968 . 362 122: Bau—Renovation, 13th December 1968 . 368 123: New Year's Greetings, 1969 . 370 124: Hail Deliverer . 371 viii.
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