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A1132-Ba2-002-Jpeg.Pdf - ■ m m m Two-voice plan bristles with contradictions N the first two articles I either individuals or racial be shared with all those non- wrote that United Party groups, and apart from a brief Europeans who have shown that I reference to what was clearly they have the capacity to take speakers often contradict joint responsibility with us for each other and even them­ meant as safeguards between the future development of selves in their statements on the two White sections and South Afriea.” ("Weekblad,” which was made in the "Ordered 1 7 . 3 . 6 1 . ) COUNTS v> their race federation plan. In the tame speech the Advance” pamphlet issued by OLITICAL parties, more | Those contradictions are no leader of the United Party doubt an indication that the Sir De Villiers Graaff on Oc­ than most other organisa- S tober 25, 1960, I could find little went on to say: "W e want j P! tions of people, reflect the whole plan was rather hur­ them (the Africans) to be re­ W , i riedly conceived and pre­ or no reference to constitutional , quality of human material safeguards in United Party presented by eight European \ j they embody. In other words maturely horn and that the members, elected by those I good people tend to make for f leaders of the United Party policy. Natives who have shown them- ■ | a good party, indifferent j have not even considered Nevertheless the United selves to be responsible citi­ people for an indifferent party, ï certain vital aspects of their Party has as its main policy plank, the safeguarding of zens of our country." But ham and bad people for a bad party. J policy. The result is that White domination, an aim will those responsible Africans This observation is prompted | the whole race federation which it shares with the by the announcement yester- plan bristles with contra­ National Party. The United be distinguished from the ir­ responsible ones? Surely the day of the first batch of ten < dictions. only possible way to do that is candidates nominated by the g £M |l!l|!l|||||tlim il|||l|||||HII|lltl|ll!m ill!W IIIIHtlttniUllH!im illllltm fflHfflt61l l l l ! Progressive Party for the 't One such example Is the to apply qualifications to in­ Johannesburg municipal elec- j question of the qualified vote as dividuals. opposed to an unqualified one- By tions in March. It is a greatly j impressive group of men and man-one-vote. This issue is pro­ Convinced women, most of them highly 5 bably one of the most impor­ qualified in some important ] tant facing- the country and P. V. Anybody reading these two sphere of endeavour and all of the very least that could be ex­ qualifications from the speech, of them community leaders in i pected of the United Party is Pistorius the leader of the United Party the full sense of the term, p that it, should speak with a would be convinced that the Johannesburg can count itself j Plllllll!lllllllllllillllll!l!ltll!lllllllllllll!lllllllll!llilllillllllll!llllllliillllllllllllllllll!i^ party favours a qualified vote. fortunate when people of this §> clear voice on this issue, in­ But sandwiched in between these stead of constantly contradict­ Party plans to realise that two statements there is in the calibre come forward to offer j ing itself. aim by clinging like grim same speech the completely con­ their services to the city. death to a privileged position tradictory statement that the Quality of composition has g Yardstick for the Whites, with a lesser United Party tends “in determin­ been tlie hall - mark of the ? 3 and ineffectual representation ing the measure of participation m m. Progressive Party ever since for the other groups. The pro­ in Government to look rather to most of the United Party’s In principle the United Party tection will not lie in safe­ the standards achieved by racial guards, nor for that matter groups or communities, and not best brains left to start it. And. has, of course, accepted the even in a qualified vote, but to those attained by indivi­ this applies not only to the colour group as the yardstick in a hierarchy of privileges for duals.” group of M.P.s who broke of a man's rights and responsi­ the groups, and in a vague Mr. Marais Steyn has been away but also to a host of i- bilities, with the rejection of and completely unfounded particularly determined in his jiarty workers and. of course, 9 hope that the Whites will individual merit. On this basis attacks on the qualified vote thousands of rank and file somehow be able to maintain system of the Progressive Party, members. it has attacked the principle of their dominant position. the qualified vote in Progres­ but in a speech at Sandringham on December 19 he said that In some respects this left sive Party policy. In his article the United Party as a large in the “ Sunday Times” Injustice although the race federation (3.12.1961). Mr. Marais Steyn plan envisaged that all race body without a head or with groups would be represented by only a very small head. Sir De says that "tests of the civilisa­ What happens in the other tion and merit of individuals, a man of their choice in the Villiers Graaff, an admirable groups is not regarded as being Central Parliament, . “this man in many ways, has the as the Progressive Party tries important. As long as the non- to do, are neither feasible nor does not mean that we want barest handful of people of any White groups have only a few one-man-one-vote.” acceptable.” In that same representatives in Parliament, calibre to help him shoulder article he speaks of the need to the United Party is not very the immense burden of "obviate the necessity arbi­ concerned how they are elected. Qualified mediocrity that the party trarily to distinguish between That is why it attacks the merit represents today. Even in the individual and individual in the qualifications of the Progres­ But if he does not want the official Opposition's front i f f same group, as the Progressives' sive Party. There need, accord­ one-man-one-yote then he must will have us do.” bench there are men who, ing to tnem, be no voting quali­ want a qualified vote within the under normal conditions, would In his comment on that fication within the African or various racial groups, and both article the political correspon­ Indian groups, and such quali­ he and his leader have roundly be regarded as political unem­ dent of the "Sunday Times” fications have consequently condemned that. ployables. By comparison the Government’s front bench is (10.12.1961) said that in “terms of been roundly condemned by The United Party cannot United Party policy there might United Party leaders. have it both ways. - It cannot almost formidable, though the be a qualification test for Natives But that is only one side of claim that it opposes effect is spoilt by the and Asians, but it would not be the two - headed Janus-like the Nationalists arid at the unbelievably poor material to i an important test,” and he adds policy, of the United Party. same time base its policy be found amoftg its back that the fundamental difference What it condemns and rejects, on the same principle of dis­ benches. between the United Party and it also practises and preaches. crimination between people on Not least of the reasons for the Progressives was the quali­ After all this talk of the the basis of race and colour. fied vote issue. horrors of a qualified vote and It cannot attack and con­ the Progressive Party’s early j of the injustice of discriminat­ demn the vote qualification success is the simple fact that : Rejected ing between individuals on what policy of the Progressive Party its policy commends itself to a it regards as the arbitrary and at the same time apply high proportion of the opinion- In his second “ Star” article yardstick of individual merit, that same policy to the Col­ leaders on the anti-Nationalist some weeks before, Mr. education and income, it applies oureds and by implication to side. Hence its growing Marais Steyn went even those very same standards to the Africans and Indians also. further and said that the the Coloureds, who are to be on Progressive Party’s policy of the common roll with the Domination discriminating between indi­ Whites, although the Whites viduals on the basis of educa­ themselves are to have the tion was oppressive, and that vote whether they have the I cannot say whether the it' was better to group people qualifications or not. United Party is for or against of colour together. a qualified vote or a one-man- one-vote system. It speaks f ' Sir De Villiers Graaff in his Nullify with two voices and I do not speech to the United Party know which is the right one. Parliamentary Wives’ Club But it must remember that if ( “Weekblad,” 17.3.1961) also In the case of the Indian and African groups both Sir De it rejects the principle of a rejected qualification tests by qualified vote it is on dangerous • ’Ví- sayiiig that a Black nationalist Villiers Graaff and Mr. Marais -v,: , Steyn say things which com­ ground. Once the principle of remains a Black nationalist “no a one-man-one-vote is accepted, r: matter what standard of educa­ pletely nullify what they pre­ viously said of the qualified even within a specific group, it tion or so-called civilisation they vote.
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