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C-fftg, ^ >z\>\by Progressives a challenge between By the Political Reporter ODAY WEEK IS POLLING DAY in the municipal C.P. and T “ general ” election in the Transvaal. Political organizers say that in Johannesburg the percentage poll is likely to be higher than in any recent municipal elections. Prog. ______•------'------The reason is the clash between the United Party and the Progres­ 'hf» Clirro-Ar.4.1_ sive Party in 15 wards, most of '* stT.s % ' c ,s j ' which are in the northern suburbs. on February 15 that tho Star The United Party has nominated ‘ 36 candidates in the 42 wards, of | whom 11 were unopposed. The Nationalist Party nominated 14, of whom six were unopposed. Three independents and the 15 Progres­ sives are opposed, •tor. ‘.re j The Progressive^ Party has arranged a series of meetings. Mr. Harry Lawrence, former Minister of Justice and M.P. for Salt River, is in Johannesburg to address some of them. He will be here until polling day. Tonight he addresses a meeting at the Orange Grove School and ; tomorrow night he speaks at the .tall .eS S tH»hÏ Blairgowrie School. S e ï i ÏT ÏK ÏÏ“ °i£ The United Party is not holding look forward t , ?y cannot public meetings because atten- i dances at municipal election meet- j ings are not considered worth- |2 “Éíl- | while. A spokesman for the party said today: “That does not mean that our supporters are not fully aware of the elections and keen to vote." The United Party’s target is to s s i r canvass all voters iri contested iSiThatdsr S ani rouP loyalties wards. Some canvassers have seen more than 500 voters. two ^ ertiesíf ervvhethertWthe aS l X i d ! S s e oSr° a ld ** regarded It is an issue on ^ h i c h f f i and Lawrence to oe no compromise. 16 30 speak in

campaign -that,t S nZ! If la^ you dan™ would h^ like ed^ 8e « greater co-operation between thl In a city like Johannesburg— with its tremendous non-White foru8 shouldS andnthe United Party population—race relations play a this point dominant part in local govern­ ‘ to: ment, said Mr. Harry Lawrence, national chairman of the Progres­ sive Party, today. He is here to speak at Progressive Party meet­ ings. “ South Africa has reached a . stage where it stands before the inescapable choice. Either there must be political separation with immense economic sacrifices or there must be economic inte- g rat ion with extensive political concessions “ That is why race relations are today not confined to the par- acre but penetrate h to every sphere of govern^ ,,'shchb ledpf&iut Rpnl - /Ja|^ Nats, U.Pjoin j attack on Progs PRETORIA REPORTER R A T IO N A L IS T members yesterday joined with Mr. J. F. G. Oberholzer, leader of the United Party in ihe Provincial Council, in condemning the Progressive Party and its policies. a Junior Certificate or by the Introducing his motion that the ownership of fixed property Provincial Council take steps to insure that the whole of the Group affinity was one of the Transvaal remain an integral part oldest traits in man and the Black man would certainly vote with his of South Africa, Mr. Oberholzer group. said it was just as well that no Progressives were 'present. With education becoming mere He regarded their policy as a and more easily available to the dangerous one, as dangerous as masses, it was only a question of that of the Nationalists. time before the Black man, under The Progressives, he said, the Progressive Party policy, could believed in one man, one vote— command the majority of votes. with an educational qualification. When this happened the death- knell of the White man in South It really meant that within a Africa would sound. decade or two the Black man would take over the News by R. Richards, Van der Stel ment. SNOB APPE The reason the Progressive made a little progress in recent years was because the party had snob appeal. It was fashionable to be num­ bered among the intellectuals or pseudo intellectuals. But this snob appeal was already on the wane. Leader of the House, Mr. S. G. J. van Niekerk, moved an amendment that the council should do all in its power to assist the Government t* implement this policy. He said it was worthy of note that wherever a Black.state gained its independence it became vio­ lently anti-White. The Progressive Party believed' in a qualified equality

ml 4 OtJ Ling to justify Black government in 10 years” statement jT^the Editor o frhe Star O ' ,uted Party, including the candidat^o • .1 ^ recent provincial e calic*mates in the Progressive Party policy will lead keeP ®tating that the m 10 years. to a Black government This is not a fair statement. There are no figures to confirm | advancement, it seems most ii£w„Wben .we consider, as in the that Black voters would out- t t l t o u h . — _ i number the Whites as quickly as some people think. y M Although this statement was 'd m ! ” 1 the electi0«s and was 7 ° ^ ' consumption on yt’hp uiJeJtheless reiIects badlv

ofaiTto wmr eS that 811 Parties „ J ??ree witil your leading article Tim® To ’Th'nk,” on February and ieel that the bitterness be­ tween the United Party and Pro- gressrves is quite unnecessary at this stage. The United Partv , should be grateful to the Progre^ ; fnlethf0rv,th61r new aPProach and for the hard spade work they are ! if only for the reason that TmitP!i0gneSSIVes have Provided the United Party with a means of a R '® ; JOHANNESBURG MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MYSTERY OF THE 3|3|fa> » VANISHING VOTER g MUNICIPAL REPORTER of the problems facing candidates in the Johannes* burg municipal elections, which are to be held on Wednesday, is the “ vanishing voter” — the man who is registered as a voter in a ward but who has long since moved somewhere else. 1 bus service must be improved, and Ih some wards up to half of the that the increased cost of electri­ total voting strength is in doubt city and gas in the area should be investigated by experts. !because of this migrant vote. This is . particularly so in wards with DECENTRALISATION a gteat many flats and in the “The Progressive Party policy of south. decentralising the market means This situation has been made that housewives in the area will worse by the recent delimitation. be able to shop at a market with­ out suffering the inconvenience , Some candidates who have made and congestion of the one at New­ ’í i á close check on the movements of town.” j.ttfgr voters have found that Mr, Caldwell feels that he has many of them are no longer in accomplished a great deal in the area since his election — with their ward. better roads, bridges, parks, traffic control and sewerage. ORIGINAL “However, the Bramley bus ser­ An original and interesting vice must be improved and cir­ t has been made by Dr. George cular bus routes implemented. If óhen, Progressive Party candi- I am elected I will also fight to cut down on wasted man-hours in tyte for Ward 5. the Council.” This ward now consists of News by S. Jasven, 174 Main Street, Johannesburg, jfcpghton (between Houghton ive and Eleventh Avenue), part 3Saxonwold, Riviera, Norwood id Orchards. Progs will MR. F. W. FIDLER Dr. Cohen says that if he is returned he will set aside two to TJiree hours a week specifically fight job -far Ratepayers in the area to visit him and discuss their problems. lijrfe els that the property valu- atipn in Norwood is too nigh: the apartheid 'result is that some pensioners Political Reporter have lost the right to receive a rPHE Progressives are not in poli- j pension. A tics to fight the United Party or the Nationalists. They are in “The bus service is shocking and politics because they believe the the fares are far too high,” he future can only be safeguarded And the municipal health through constitutional reform, ;ulations are hopelessly out­ economic opportunity and the eli­ dated.” mination of race (discrimination. His opponent, Mr. P. W. Tidier This was said last night by Dr. t.*j‘(United Party) feels that’ the Zac de Beer in Springs. He was maintenance of the pavements in speaking at a meeting in support area should be improved. of the Progressive candidate for Ward 8, Mrs. Angela Byrne. ;■ “More parking is required, espe- Dr. De Beer said : “You cannot Jsialiy near the shopping centres. forever prevent a man from ad­ 'Public transport can be improved vancing himself according to his [here, especially for non-Whites.” ability. is should be an interesting “You cannot foree” orevent !$t. Neither candidate is a him from having a snare in his ,ber of the present City Coun- own government. That is why the Progressive will win out in the end. Ours is the only way to safeguard the future.” Ahother interesting contest is Mrs. Byrne said the Progressives ised in Ward 6, which is would fight job reservation and e up of Bramley, Waverley, all other policies which interfered Ifflhlands North, Savoy Estate, with the free economy and the Oresswold, and Raumarais Park. expansion of industry. The Progressive Party candi­ She would campaign for indus­ date, Mrs. Jean Sinclair, lost the tries to be built up in Springs to M W by 99 votes in a municipal by- replace the dying mines, she said. election about two years ago. She News by R. E. Heard, 174 Main [ÏAeiis the same opponent — Mr. W. Street., Johannesburg. fflypaldwell (United Party). Mrs. Sinclair says that tbthe poor ------’Tnere wasa “Nanw problem” as long ago as 1903 To the Editor of The Star IR,— When I arrived in South Africa for the first time, S in 1903, in my anxiety to learn something of its inhabitants, I bought a pamphlet copy of a speech by the late Mr. Howard Pim on “ The Native Problem in South Africa.” The “ problem ” then was one of working and living conditions. There was no mention of integration, apartheid or political rights. Even as late as 1920 it had not yet become fashionable to put for­ ward schemes to “ solve the Native I problem.” The late Dr. D. F. Malan at this time contended that the " Natives are true Nationalists, and should take their place along­ side us in the Nationalist Party.” It was only in the 1925/1926 years that the Nationalist Party began to put forward many and varied schemes for the solution of what it considered to be a problem. The late General Smuts never claimed to have a ready-made solution. The coming of Dr. H. F. Verwoerd, first as editor of the “ Transvaler,” then as Minister of Native Affairs and later as Prime Minister, for the first time made the Nationalist Party cocksure that Mr. Miller it had the solution of the problem current events in Kenya and Rho­ within its grasp. desia would have taught the Pro­ gressives that Native leaders who Prog, policy have learnt their politics in the In the opposite direction the for­ Communist school know as much mation of the Progressive Party about the futility of the qualified appears to have convinced a vote as the Progressives do. If they number of people that the solu­ tion of the problem is a question still plead for “ One man, one of political integration or, as they vote ” it is only because they wish prefer to put it, “ No discrimina­ to use the vote and resulting poli­ tion on account of colour.” tical power to “ take over ” the When the Progressives are closely questioned about their White man’s estate lock, stock and scheme of things, one finds that barrel. “ no discrimination ” refers to the vote but not to the hundred and Dictatorship one things which discriminate, if not on account of colour, at least Communists do not believe in on account of the state of civiliza­ votes or political democracy; they tion or lack of it. The late George believe only m economic democracy Bernard Shaw once said that he although in most cases , they have had no colour prejudice but that he succeeded only in establishing a could not get over his smell pre­ dictatorship of bureaucracy. judice. Have the Progressives got Progressive Party policy, if ever over all their prejudices? it could be adopted, would mean To the women and Mr. John nothing more than a dictatorship j Cope, who between them filled a of colour—and colour discrimina­ 1 page of letters in The Star on tion. February 26, I say that it is they The only worth-while policy so who are standing—and trying to far enunciated, in my opinion, is build on shifting sands. To change the United Party’s race federation the metaphor, they are groping in scheme. the dark.- 1 ^®**™1* One Wbuld have'

fight racial discrimination Sir,—On February 22 The Star | published a letter by Mr. Ivan! Attwell in which he said that a member of the Progressive Party had said that it was Progressive ! policy to concentrate on fighting the United Party and, in doing so is neglecting to oppose the Nats. I feel sure that Mr. Attwell mis­ understood this persdn or that this person is not a member of the party. The Progressive Party will oppose any party that stands for racial discrimination. Since the United Party falls within this category it will be opposed by the Progressives and. naturally, the Nationalist Makes voter put race Impossible to be in “a national first, country governmentT>

To the Editor of The Star second U.P. IR,—A leading article in The Star on February 27 suggests S that with many points of agreement the Progressive XJNPUZZLED”attempted to ^RandDailyMail”February24) explain that there is nothing obscure ha8 Party and the United Party could and should co-operate “ downfall” against the time when “ the all-White laager collapses to about race federation and that ii fact it, is really Sir,—It was with much amuse- the end of “ working together in a national government, simple. I have my doubts as I |i ment that I read Mrs. Kathleen Mitchell’s letter “ A reason for and merely agreeing to differ on our fundamental disagree- sistencies and ambiguities. I the U.P.’s downfall ” (The Star, I would like to know how the ’ * February 20). mel1 This is like saying that since two people find themselves United Party (or “Unpuzzled”) She very dramatically states in such complete harmony of ideas they should get married explains the following: that the Progressives have “ stimu- ; lated dynamic political thought and only thereafter solve the problems arising out ot the • Why do the Coloureds in fact that they are of the same sex. the Cape have to qualify for the j among a traditionally uninterested common roll but not the Whites? electorate.” Where, may one ask, I echo the words of the French­ is this “ dynamic interest?” • Why should Coloured men The fact that the Progressive man who said of the sexes “Vive in the Cape have the vote and Party have exactly one member of la difference.” not the women? Parliament and no ' members of For surely the difference be­ • Why will those Africans in j, •; the Provincial Council whatsoever tween us is so fundamental as to the Cape who had the vote and ; does not enhance this statement. are still alive not be restored to ; Quite obviously the Progressives make it impossible for us to (I the common roll. are suffering from a definite- in- quote you) "work together in a • Why give all other non- ■ feriority complex. We continually j national government.” Whites the vote without qualifi­ “ read of the steady “ downfall ” of cation? I the United Party, but when read- • Why should Coloureds in i ing this one must remember that j Disagreement the Cape have the vote on the S the United Party have lost common roll and not those in the i precisely one seat to the Progres- Look at some of the differences Transvaal? ! sives. Can a really intelligent per­ that arise out of this fundamental • Why did the United Party son correctly refer to that as a disagreement: fight separate rolls for eight years “ downfall?” • We would have a statutory and now say that they are the The results of the forthcoming municipal elections will clearly minimum living wage in Johan­ solution to our problems? nesburg of about R48.00 a month • Why did Mr. Marais Steyn, determine in winch direction the electorate is turning. The Pro­ whereas the U.P.-controlled City M.P., say that Parliament would Council pays R30.00 a month. one day be multi-racial and Sir gressives are to be rudely De Villiers Graaff say it wouldn’t? awakened in this respect. • We would not jail people Once again the United Party The sooner the political “ war ” for being unable to pay their is talking with two voices. It is that the Progressive Party are rents. essential that this habit be ex­ waging on the United Party is • We stand for freedom of as­ curtailed, the better it .will be for posed for the danger it is. sociation. Mr. Harvey the citiáêhs of this comui'w" • We would abolish the Pass Separate rolls make a man put c Miss' KELSAY SOLE. his race first and South Africa l Laws and influx control dearly f second. In fact they divide and j loved by the United Party. destroy a nation whereas common J • We would not "humanize” rolls unite and strengthen a the Group Areas law—we would country. This has been proved scrap it. in many countries throughout the • Far from creating separate i f SOAL* - local and provincial councils for jpËOPLE who are in 'arrears each race group, we would ex­ with their rent are not tend direct representation on our own City Council to all Johannes- criminals, and it is gratifying ’ burg citizens. to note that at last the police • We would not, as you sug­ Progs, “better and the officials of the Non- gest, govern by “ consultation with , European Affairs Department the governed” but would gov­ have recognised this simple ern by the ordinary democratic informed than fact in the African townships. methods of direct representation. The usual hours for the • We certainly believe in “ run- U.P. supporters” ‘‘rent raids” used to be from : ning South Africa as a single, 11 p.m. to 6 a,m„ with the peak j multiracial state” but the United Sir.—Mr. Patrick Lewis M.P.C.’s period round about 4 a.m. Party would run South Africa as j statement in The Star on February ; South Africa is already a single state divided into racial 15 that he was pleased that the unhappily accustomed to the compartments. United Party had obtained the iincoln tradition • Indeed, I find Dawie’s assess­ support o£ the “ down-to-earth, pre-dawn raid for “reasons of solid, practical citizens” in Park- ment reproduced in The Star on security,” but what has that town and Johannesburg North, got to do with rent-collecting ? February 16 more realistic than cannot go unchallenged. Perhaps in the United Party yours for he suggests that th e ! N one of the latest pamphlets for the preservation and exten- As Councillor M. K. Mitchell if he had added “ unthinking small differences between the Uni­ citizens ’.’ he might have been I issued by the United Party sionOlUli Viof uv***vv*democracy «WJ (Gettysburg' ------v — puts it, “It is inhuman to break ted Party and the Nationalists address). The implementation of nearer the truth. a quote from Abraham Lincoln justify their coming together. It is well known that while the is used to justify its policy. For the race federation plan would mean the eclipse of democracy. final Progressive meeting in that the United Party to claim, by Deep difference area before the election drew about implication, to be in the tradi­ Finally, Lincoln had the 900 people, the United Party meet­ tion of that great American courage and the rational leader­ For the differences between the ‘ ings just before election day were President is utterly laughable. ship to debate the great issues attempted anywhere else in the people who reject race discrimi­ attended by only 90 to 100 people. In the first instance it was One can deduce from this that of this time. Debates between city, it would have been , nation and those who accept it | one of Lincoln’s main missions is as deep as the difference bet­ the average Progressive was better- to maintain the unity of the Lincoln and Douglas were staged regarded as intolerable. informed as to his party’s policy The decision to confine the ween a believer and a pagan; as United States. His “House before thousands of citizens in between a civilized and an un- ! than was his United Party oppo­ raids to daylight hours after nent. Divided” speech where he said many states. The United Party civilized man. seven, suggests at least a more Ask an ordinary, man-in-the- “A house divided against itself " , . . . _ .fv, The Star does the country a cannot stand” is one of the leadels refuse to debate with human approach to the African street, United Party supporter, j disservice in suggesting a type of i clearest statements of his posi- Progressives, why he voted United Party, His householder’s difficulties. But co-opé ration that would require the ' tion. The plan of the United it is ridiculous for the United that alone will ’ not overcome answer would probably be: “ So Progs, to take part in the same as not to divide the opposition ” Party (race federation) is de- Party to claim to be in the them. Inability of many Afri­ game of expediency to the detri­ signed to divide South Afric Lincoln tradition.—d. G. JOSLIN. or “ Because race federation is cans to pay their rent regularly ment of principles that in 12 years right. ” What exactly race federa­ along racial lines. I recommend is bound up with other diffi­ has brought the United Party to that all supporters of the United I I if M i l I tion is, he probably will not know. culties. Only the human the parlous state in which it now, Put the same question to the Party read Lincoln’s “House same, ordinary type of Progres­ Divided” speech for therein lies approach will find a way out m “ '~ •!* of the rent problem in the sive and his answer will be of the the reason for the inevitable positive, direct type, such as: failure of their policy. townships and the other “ Because I believe a man should problems of work and wages be judged on his merit, not his DEMOCRAT that go with it. colour. ” He will be able to ex­ pand and explain his reason Another of Lincoln’s great mis­ fully. sions was to get the people of Why the difference? Because the United States to admit to whereas every Progressive knows themselves that slavery and race the fundamental basis on which discrimination were wrong. The his party is based, the United great Douglas—Lincoln debates Party supporter does not. show how he constantly harps on this moral theme. How dif­ ferent is this from the United Party which stands by those very i £ D ^ municipal elections

MUNICIPALm u n ic ip a l r e p o r t e r viding a sports iieia Mr. MacCarthy has done much If elected, he says, NUMBER Of Members of A Parliament are expected ^ b e herÍna hercf S S S ‘ofl I to take part in the final stagesC° r r S ^ c o ^ he! | of the Johannesburg municipal says\hat he has been responsive election, which takes place for park development and traffic improvements in the area. He has tom orrow . worked in the closest po^ible con- united Party M.P.s are ex­ tact with the looal residents asso pected in Johannesburg today and ciation. If elected, he says, he will press, fnr earlv establishment of a re S a S o n centre and s p o r t s ^ t o serve Sydetdiam“ ^ X ^ a n Mr. MacCarthy Mr. Herold markers e^tablSiod^to serve house- for a creche and nursery school at South Hills and general W Th a rd fight isexpetced in Ward ment of civic amenities, special consideration for eiaeriy Harrow^ Road, Catherine Avenue residents. “S C S k S S -s cTouncmor r is r Mr. Alf- Mr. Widma» Mr. Arif*' ago.o. ' Mrs. Helen Suzman, lone Parlia­ mentary representative Of th b e t t e r p a r k in g Progressives, will arrive He wants to improve traffic con- Wednesday. Thp M P s are expected to can- “ £^s«r■.»,d“ r 3 va^he m the northern suburbs inhere the most closely contested seats between the two parties will be fought. Mr Harold MacCarthy is fight­ His opponent is Mr. Len P in g Ward 1 for the Progressive (Progressive Party). Party The ward consists of Syden- Mr ADfel says that Berea is one ham. Samdringham. Baedene, Pam. A = « l.c « d thefv»o citypitv ioifor j amenities.*111 chplved Tne pro bv posed park has been sheivea y Council for years, and there iunicipal bowling green. t am elected I undertake Ttn ‘make good these deficiencies withthe help of the vot®rs ® __ nnrin? mv five years of Jince I1 intend personally visiting every °nMrf Arthur6 Herold is fignting w“d•*i "2 Jrrs*gr$ ,<»•<> » » ! * ” ' « . S S S f Z m J S i Management Committees m Democratic procedure stifled by new system

has no means of influencing •T’ OMORROW a public pean Affairs, Finance, Utilities (Transport, Gas and Market), their decisions. ■!> already surfeited with Amenities (Parks), Works and In caucus, without any detailed Traffic, Establishment, Special knowledge on these three matters, elections goes to the polls Licensing and the senior com­ the United Party rank and file, to elect city councillors who mittee, General Purposes. Repre­ 27 councillors, are almost bound sentatives of all parties served to follow the lead of the five. will govern the city for the on these committees. General Vitally important issues are often Purposes comprised the chair- not discussed on the plea that next five years. Pamphlets, they “ are under consideration by canvassers and public meet­ the Management Committee.” ings have made the voters pretty well aware of the WAGES aims of the three parties A glaring example was the case contesting the election but of the wages of the Council’s African employees. The National it would appear that com­ Institute for Personnel Research paratively few citizens have was engaged at a fee of R14,000 to investigate wages, etc. It much knowledge of the issued three reports over a period actual mechanics of civic of several months. The Manage- ^ men of each committee plus ment Committee withheld these government of Johannes­ elected members. This commit­ from the remaining councillors tee controlled policy, reviewed for periods of weeks and, in the 1 burg. the decisions of the other com­ case of the final report, months. Most have heard of the new mittees. Its composition ensured Attempts to initiate discussion "Management Committee system a wide cross-section of ex­ in the caucus at various stages which is now in control of tremely well-informed and ex­ elicited the usual answer that affairs. This new method of perienced councillors. the matter was under considera­ local government, introduced by tion by the Management Com­ the Nationalist-controlled Trans­ MERIT mittee. The chairman finally vaal Provincial Council, has announced certain increases in been in force since April last While procedure under this December last, before they had year. In brief, it has meant the system was slower than at been considered either by the placing of executive power in present it had the great merit of Management Committee or the the hands of five councillors. being thorough. Councillors did United Party caucus or the They may dispose of many a great deal more work than at Council! minor issues and on major issues present and acquired a far more A procedural device is also are subject to the control of the detailed knowledge of the various being used to stifle debate on Council which in effect means departments of the City Council important issues. Certain the United Party caucus since than is possible under the new measures introduced by the that party holds 32 of the 42 system. Today there are four Management Committee are seats. standing committees—Health and "reported for information.” This Amenities, Non-European Affairs, means that no discussion may POLICY Utilities and Works and T raffic- take place on them whatsoever. plus the Special Licensing Com­ At the final^Council meeting Before examining the success mittee. last month we had the extra­ or otherwise of the Management In the important fields of ordinary situation of a report Committee system it is perhaps finance, staff matters and policy, from the Management Com­ necessary to explain how the the ordinary councillor now has mittee, 35 pages in length, beinp previous system worked. Under no say, He may attend a meet­ Ëj presented — “ e were nine standing com- ing of the Management Com­ being aV Non-Euro­ mittee akf.tfreir invita1*— : tained vefsUi£< iticu S ’ gross mis ...... Council Chamber procedure was rendered farcical. Dissatisfaction with the Man­ agement Committee system is 'Widespread throughout the Transvaal, even in Nationalist "and quasi-Nationalist controlled councils. At Standerton, a city councillor who was chairman of finance for seven years, remarked recently, “Under the old scheme I had my fingers on the pulse of civic business. I knew what was going on. Now I am simply a rubber stamp.” OPPOSED A councillor from Pietersburg has stated that ordinary members of the council are nothing more than “fifth wheels.” Klerksdorp city councillors just failed to re­ move their Management Commit­ tee lock, stock and barrel. Coun­ cillor Jimmy O’Connor, for 26 years a city concillor of Johan­ nesburg, said in September last: “I have been strongly opposed to the Management Committee system since its inception. The Management Committee sits in judgment on all matters. We, as ordinary members, can ratify their proposals or oppose them. But the old cohesion has gone. There is a gap between the Council and the Management Committee. The sooner we get back to the old system, the better it will be.” Probably the only councillors \ in favour of the Management Committee system are those sitting on them. !ifv Councils controllfiil by — “ —“ ’ fy>«A Management Committees municipal elec m m u n ic ip a l r e p o r t e r Democratic procedure ! A SSEZSn u m b e r of"JT^lsrsrï Members of &a^fnt0 ooui=r=afitS. problems. He| B I to r t atake U e Ï part a r T in i the final stagesstage* i committee^ittee ‘ counclUor, he , stifled by new system l l the Johannesburglannesuu. 6 municipal------• | . M ■' that ^ he has been responsiblere s p o n s e ls| ? (election, which takes P 'aCf>!for park development and Raffle ^ of Influencing pean Affairs, Finance, Utilities has no means •■pOMORROW a public their decisions. ! tomorrow. J j g S ' e S (Transport, Gas and Market), In caucus, without any detailed * already surfeited with Amenities (Parks), Works and | iS E S - i S S S J S X and 3tact 5 with * the local residents’ asso- knowledge on these three matters, Traffic, Establishment, Special the United Party rank and file, elation. elections goes to the polls Licensing and the senior com­ If elected, he says, he will press 27 councillors, are almost bound to elect city councillors who mittee, General Purposes. Repre­ to follow the lead of the five, tor early establishment of a re sentatives of all parties served will govern the city for the Vitally important issues are often on these committees. General not discussed on the plea that l l é S S S next five years. Pamphlets, Purposes comprised the chair- they “ are under consideration by m S s esUblished to serve house- canvassers and public meet- the Management Committee.” c0‘ inge have made the voters WThAhardflghtisexpetcedm a rd fight U expetced in Ward ( Uy we]j aware of the WAGES 23Harrow Road, Catherine Avenue sp; aimg o£ the three partiei B y Harold A glaring example was the case andid Primrose Terrace lerra^- ... of the wagee of the Council’s contesting the election but African employees. The National it would appear that com­ MacCarthy Institute for Personnel Research elected at a by-election a . was engaged at a fee of R14.000 paratively few citizens have to Investigate wages, etc. It Mr. Widn>*« Mt AT,t*' 1 ago. Mrs. Helen Suzman lone parha- much knowledge of the issued three reports over a period mentary reprcsentative of the BETTER PARKING of several months. The Manage­ actual mechanics of civic men of each committee plus ment Committee withheld these Progressives, will arrive government of Johannes­ elected members. This commit­ from the remaining councillors Wednesday. tee controlled policy, reviewed for periods of weeks and, in the I The M.P.s are expected t0. ca” ‘ «WSFSriïS burg. the decisions of the other com­ case of the final report, months. in the northern suburbs ^ % n d provide a social centre Most have heard of the new mittees. Its composition ensured Attempts to initiate discussion park “Management Committee system a wide cross-section of ex­ in the caucus at various stages seats%etween the two parties will to see a es- which is now in control of tremely well-informed and ex­ elicited the usual answer that be fought. APfel affairs. This new method of perienced councillors. the matter was under considera­ Mr Harold MacCarthy is fight­ local government, introduced by tion by the Management Com­ ing Wart 3 for the Progressive (Progressive Party). the Nationalist-controlled Trans­ mittee. The chairman finally savs that Berea is one MERIT Party The ward consists of Syden- vaal Provincial Council, has announced certain increases in LamfsaudLingham: RaedeRne.FaU- of the most neglected a^m bs m December last, before they had ham sananng - u , . o .Xville, o m » » amenities. The pro- been In force since April last While procedure under this year. In brief, it has meant the system was slower than at been considered either by the S a w & ’s K Chiltondale been shelved by Management Committee or the Hawkip ^ - ■ 1ppse ;0Sncil for years, and there is placing of executive power in present it had the great merit of the hands of five councillors. being thorough. Councillors did United Party caucus or the municipal bowling green. They may dispose of many a great deal more work than at Council! I am elected I undertake minor issues and on major issues present and acquired a far more A procedural device is also rtn 'Sake "good these deficiencies are subject to the control of the detailed knowledge of the various being used to stifle debate on Council which in effect means departments of the City Council Important issues. Certain —------— ible under the new measures introduced by the lay there are four Management Committee are mittees—Health and "reported for information.” This h y p o l it ic a l p a r t ie s c o n t e s t un-European Affairs, means that no discussion may Works and Traffic— take place on them whatsoever. cial Licensing Com- At the final ^Council meeting last month we had the extra­ MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS mportant fields of ordinary situation of a report ; matters and policy, from the Management Com­ councillor now has mittee, 35 pages in length, being attend a meet- presented and, debate on it not being allowed. Since it con- ■ deal of contra

,ocal policies cut across gross 'm ti-m ------Council Chamber procedure was rendered farcical. Dissatisfaction with the Man­ agement Committee system is national politics widespread throughout the Transvaal, even in Nationalist and quasi-Nationalist controlled strenuously opposed in principle ,NE of the first questions and does oppose Nationalist councils. At Standerton, a city policies. by the City Council. councillor who was chairman of people ask about Wed- It is obvious that municipal Since 1957, however, a complete finance for seven years, remarked day's Johannesburg City policies must cut across national change In attitude towards recently, “Under the old scheme politics, and unrealistic to pre­ fighting Nationalist legislation I had my fingers on the pulse of lincil election is— Why is tend that a city of this size can openly and vigorously has taken civic business. I knew what was be governed without doing so. The place. The United Party coun­ Progressive Party fight- going on. Now I am simply a cillors openly say that they do rubber stamp.” it? not believe that the Council should be used to oppose OPPOSED 'here are two answers to B y politically, and that they believe question. First, in in “behind the scenes negotia­ A councillor from Pietersburg tions” with the Government, lanneshurg, as in Eng- has stated that ordinary members Kathleen This is a direct negation of the of the council are nothing more ld, the machinery for democratic duty Imposed on than “fifth wheels.” Klerksdorp them to oppose. ting the municipal city councillors just failed to re­ Mitchell This change in attitude came move their Management Commit­ incil is a political one. about originally as a direct result tee lock, stock and barrel. Coun­ ere are no ratepayers1 or of what might be called “political cillor Jimmy O’Connor, for 26 electorate has to decide 1 'uer blackmail” by the Government. years a city concillor of Johan­ fsT d e n t s’ associations it wants the Council to ht a Since then the process has per­ nesburg, said in September last: docile, obedient and silen uru- ong enough to put up meated the whole Council — “I have been strongly opposed to ment of the Government almost without most members the Management Committee tididates. It has to ask itself what is being aware of It. svstem since its inception. The the responsibility of a councillor Management Committee sits in The United Party first entered to his electorate? Surely the nivioipal councils as a political ‘ WATCHDOG ’ judgment on all matters. We, as answer must be — once you are ordinary members, can ratify tty in 1946, to replace the elected under a political banner lour Party. Today, there are In 1957 a Departmental Com­ their proposals or oppose them. you can or should take decisions But the old cohesion has gone. Sited Party, Nationalist and in the light of the political mittee — the “ watchdog” hgressive groups in the Coun- principles which you represent, committee — was appointed to There is a gap between the and not on a “non-political superintend the administration Council and the Management lecondly, and most important Committee. The sooner we get basis. , of Native affairs in Johannes­ back to the old system, the better [the present context of what I don't believe that the people burg. At the very first meeting [happening in South Africa it will be.” of Johannesburg want a “yes- of that committee, certain 1 Probably the only councillors litically, all men and women man” civic government. They assurances were demanded of the jve to make a decision. At in favour of the Management know we have to fight the Council’s representatives before Committee system are those latever level, whether it be the committee could discuss the Nationalists — wherever and sitting on them. jliamentary or municipal, the whenever we can, and in the City matters on the agenda. . ctorate has to decide whether Council as well as in Parliament. Among them were three par- I nan should be denied rights Through lack of a fighting icularly dangerous principles: Irely because of his skin. spirit on the part of the United • That the Council should Vs the largest city in South Party the Nationalists are apply ethnic grouping — this in Lea — with the largest budget insidiously gaining control by spite of the findings of the Cent- |74,000,000) , and with the legislation, and directive. livres Commission, which was jgest non-European population At the national level, such appointed by the Council after if v ioO.OOO) — and as the last bul­ laws as the “Locations in the the Dube riots. wark of opposition to Nationalist Sky 1955, and the Native Laws • That the State was the domination, this city needs to be Amendment Act of 1957, weie source of non-European policy governed by a party which can ■ and that local authorities had to administer that policy (not I law). 0 That where Africans were concerned, no criticism of the Government would be made in ( their presence by councillors or officials. 1 The Council's representatives, with Mr. Pat Lewis as chairman, l gave these assurances which I were then ratified by the United Party Caucus. The United Party says that it was essential to give those assurances to ensure a flow of the capital for African housing. It is a fatal mistake to fall for that line because every year the Government has offered Johan­ nesburg funds over and above I what it has applied for, and. in the face of world criticism, the Government could never have allowed the shanty-towns of Johannesburg to stay.

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It is no wonder then that when the Government, Issues a direc­ tive to the Manager of the Non- European Affairs Department practically forbidding meetings in the townships, there is no protest from the City Council. Towards the end of I960, a new draft Bill, the Bantu in European Areas Bill, was -sent to all | municipalities for comment. It contained a clause providing that two representatives of the Government be present at all I meetings of the Non-European Affairs Committee. The two com­ missioners were already attend­ ing those meetings, and the United Party had already decided that they could attend on the invitation of the Chairman, when the Bill was withdrawn. In its representations, the Council said it was not an | unreasonable request — in spite of the fact that it cut across the whole basis of local government. It was left to the Orange Free State Municipal Association to take the initiative — they refused to discuss the Bill unless the clause was withdrawn. The effect of this self-imposed silence by the United Party has been not only that jt refuses to criticise the Government — but it now refuses to hear any criti­ cism of itself. In fact, it goes far beyond pure political matters, it has built up a myth of good | administration because it is blind to its own faults. Lk. ï to the EDITOR evaar Would raise issues affecting everyone tactics JkVTR. DOUGLAS GIBSON has misunderstood the main Why Progs should be points of my letter “ Election post-mortem.” I did not say that it was a “ dirty trick ” for the United Party to use its national paid organisation against the 1 rogressives. What I did say was that the results may Jmm tip? lank have been different if these full-time paid employees had in been used to fight the Nats in Sunnyside, in Springs and “ QHEW me Thy ways, O provincial in Nigel. After all, the United Party claims to be fighting Lord; teach me Thy paths.” the Nats! Psalm 25: verse 4. Mr. Gibson defends the “ swart already assured. The forces of gevaar” tactics of the United the world and the majority in South Africa are far too powerful. and city Party. I said that these tactics Management were similar to those used by the. CHOICE National Party, and that they The choice of all South rebound to the detriment of Africans is the choice between South Africa. The United Party peaceful change and a violent Committee accepts South Africa as a single change with increasing inter­ multi-racial state, and by STATEMENT in the “Rand national intervention. A vote councils denouncing the capabilities of the for a reactionary party, whether Daily Mail” (March 5) in all non-Whites and spreading fear ^ N D so, at long last, the United Party in the Pro­ it be the National Party or the fairness should be clarified be­ and misunderstanding it is United Party, is a vote for violent fore the municipal elections. vincial Council has found a cause— attacking aggravating racial tensions. change. You report that Mrs. K. the Progressive Party and its policies, with the now SUPREMACY On the other hand a vote for Mitchell said that "the United the Progressive Party is a vote effective “ swart gevaar” cry. It is not within the power of for peaceful change, for multi- Party contention that Johannes­ Having been a member of the burg is an example of good Provincial Council for 11 years, I out of order in raising the lasting administration is a myth, and naturally have a special interest damage caused to African*' the Management Committee in the doings of this body, which children by Bantu Education, on should give expression to the the grounds that education of system leaves councillors out in many things done and the many Africans is no longer a Provincial the cold.” things not being done in the matter. It is still in order to Province. Since the time, how­ protest against Indian children This statement is at complete ever, that the United Party has in Johannesburg having to travel variance to one made by Mrs. so valiantly eliminated the South 45 miles daily to and from school, Mitchell three months ago, dur­ African Labour Party which in but who is interested? ing a debate in the Council on 1943 was the official opposition in the Transvaal Provincial Council, the draft ordinance to amend little has appeared in the news­ GRIM the local government ordinance papers about what takes place in of 1939. It was then that Mrs. the Raadsaal. Evidently so little They, the Progressives, would Mitchell spoke of “the fine of interest is said, that there is have embarrassed all concerned handling of our City affairs little to report. by raising the hardships suf­ fered by the different racial because of our officials and the We read of the Council’s open­ Management Committee.” groups in the Province under the j ing and adjournments, and a few Group Areas Act, and a score of ! It would therefore appear that token opposition speeches from other (similarly ' embarrassing I Mrs. Mitchell’s dissatisfaction the United Party leader and a issues) which affect the people has only very recently arisen, few of his followers. Most United of the Transvaal (including the since she has never stated her Party Provincial Councillors ap­ non-Whites). objections in open Council in the pear to be mutes, both in and out 12 meetings since February, 1961, of the Council. The United Party is now workiri^ hard to see to it that there will be no Progressives in VER Y TREE the Johannesburg City Council. What a grim prospect if their, J. F. G. Oberholzer, the fondest hopes are realised. iited Party leader, said (“ Rand Daily Mail,” March 1, 1962) it Well over half the city’s popu­ was just as well that there were lation will have no one to plead [ no Progressives in the Provincial their cause, or to speak of their I Council. How very true. If there hardships and grievances. were, so much time would be There would be the peace of “ wasted ” on mere talk, protests death in a Chamber with a and demands, and sessions would Management Committee of four and 38 rubber stamps. — take so much longer! The Pro­ RICHARD FELDMAN. gressives would really have been a nuisance, because, like the Labour Party in the Council, they would have regarded them­ selves, and declared accordingly, as the spokesmen not only of the Whites, but also of the non- Whi^tes of the Province. (What a dreadful thought!) The Progressives would have delayed the Council’s most wel­ come pastime—adjournments—by raising such irrelevant ft matter as higher wages for African road workers and other Provincial employees J avoreieoJ CANDIDATES WIN TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1962 UP THEIR PUTTING IT OFF CAMPAIGNS FTER a brief period of POLITICAL REPORTER courageous liberalism A some people in South IT N IT E D PARr\ propaganda presented a completely Africa are beginning to lose talse picture of what Parliament would be like heart. They study the news under Progressive rule, Dr. Bernard Friedman, Transvaal fpom the rest of Africa, from Algeria' to the Limpopo, find leader of the Progressive Party, said last night. it almost • universally depress­ He was speaking at one of three Pretoria Reporter | _ _ ing and start to abandon hope public meetings which wound up the rural areas — but here in of a successful multiracial the Progressive campaign for to­ Johannesburg and on the Rand.” ^ P A T H Y and general boredom morrow’s Johannesburg City with elections is the biggest society. In particular they look The City Council could play a at the Federation, so close and Council elections. vital part in solving the race enemy of the 34 candidates non», Dr. Friedman said: "The United problem. “ It is essential that testing 15 of Pretoria’s 21 wards so similar to South Africa in Party say our franchise plan would the Progressive Party, which offers in tomorrow’s municipal electiorfj many ways, and what they see lead to a Parliament with a Black the only alternative to Bantustan Pretoria voters — with fouc there makes them despair of majority in 15 years. They say apartheid, should have a strong elections behind them in as many* the ideal of partnership. MRS JOAN BARROW, Pro­ this would mean ‘Black domina­ voice in the Council.” years — appear generally dis, This reaction is perhaps tion.’ interested. gressive candidate in to­ natural, but it is certainly not morrow’s civic elections, who “But our proposals guarantee There was a dangerous mood of appeasement in the City Council Candidates have therefor* logical. Those who are dis­ opposes the Mayor-elect, MR. that the ruling party in Parlia­ devoted most of their campaigning KEITH FLEMING, in Ward 22. ment will not be exclusively White, today. The Progressives would appointed by the trend of infuse a badly-needed spirit of to door-to-door canvassing. But , P°r will the Opposition be ex­ they nevertheless fear that the events in the Federation clusively Black.” democracy into it, he said. should ask themselves what News by R. E. Heard, 174 Main poll tomorrow will probably «set • Only a system of separate rolls Street, Johannesburg. a record low. the alternative was. If the — like that favoured by the United British Government had taken, Party — could lead to such an Predictions of an average 25 from the very first, the unfortunate state of affairs. per cent, poll — or less — ara being made. “firm” line so much admired INDIVIDUALS by our own Nationalists, there The Progressive common roll DISINTERESTED would have been no Federation was not concerned with a group, The fact that seven of the wards at all. Even as it was, the but with the individual. Individuals ■laws are being fought between Nation, A fricans were extremely would exercise rights in accord­ alists has added to the general reluctant to enter into Fede­ ance with their material and disinterestedness and has split the ration and the concessions they loyalties of many Pretoria Nation­ economic interests, not as mem­ were given were probably the bers of a racial group. i unjust ’ alists. . minimum they would have "To talk of Black domination Another problem Is that • of accepted. Under a baasskap under our system is sheer non­ Political Reporter “missing” voters. In one ward, only sense. The Government and Oppo­ JOHANNESBURG’S new ceme­ 1,200 of 4,000 voters have so fas regime the Bandas and the sition will represent opposing in­ tery by-laws were based on been traced. Kaundas would have been no terests — not races, as in the injustice, prejudice and class dis­ less militant. True, they would United Party’s race federation.” If every one of these 1,200 were crimination, Mr. Morry Mayers, vote, it would still mean a probably have been in prison The Progressives offered the Progressive candidate for Green- with dozens or hundreds of voters constitutional guarantees_ percentage poll in the ward of side, said at a meeting in the only about 33 per cent. ' their supporters, but the few a new, rigid constitution, which suburb last night. would ensure that no one racial bS ÍFj. Abendroth, 311 Van years of uneasy quiet that the group could be dominated and Undertaking to see that the Pretoria' Bu d nga‘ pretorlus Street, Government might have submerged by any other. ‘unjust” sections of the by-laws ‘ . A «> bought in that way would Dr. Friedman spoke in Greenside were scrapped, Mr. Mayers said, have had no more solid foun­ in support of Mr. Morrie Mayers “There is a scandal in the ceme dation than the “peace” which (See report below.) tery regulations. The basic -ights A safe place of the people have been interfered is supposed to reign here. ]HJRS. JOAN BARROW, candi­ with.” Too many people in South date in Ward 22, said at a Africa are in the position of There were now two sections in to stroll in meeting in Parktown North: “It the man who knows in his is absolute nonsense to say this the cemeteries: the Berm (poor) section and the Memorial section. heart that he is suffering from election does not concern national a dangerous disease hut affairs. Observers here and abroad, “Unfortunate families with low Yeoville as well as thousands of non- means must use the Berm section Political Reporter refuses to face the operation Whites, will examine the results If a family cannot pay to have which is his best chance of the grave gardened, graves are OSCAR CAPLAN, United closely to see if the Progressive Party candidate for Ward 18 bejng cured. He thinks that by cause of non-discrimination is left to be covered with grass and taking palliatives and ignoring weeds. (Yeoville) in tomorrow’s Johan­ gaining or losing ground.” nesburg City Council electiófts the symptoms he can avoid The Progressives had positive “No tombstones are allowed to has a plan to develop part of the operation indefinitely. But and realistic plans to improve be erected in the Berm section.” Yeoville south of Louis Bothá is this more intelligent than transport, provide better recreation Mr. Mayers said there were Avenue into a “walk.” centres) and better health services the attitude of those who known cases where people had He says the “walk" would pro* accept the operation, with its provide suburban markets and been buried in the wrong section raise wages, Mrs. Barrow said. vide flat dwellers with a safe attendant discom fort and and there had been exhumations. place to take their evening strolls. The original cost of the grave had risks, knowing that at least ALTERNATIVE The “walk” would be developed they are acting sensibly and not been refunded—but it had in the area where plane trees DR. ZAC DE BEER (chairman been sold a second time at the in accordance with unanimous of the national executive of the same price. have been planted. Flower-sellers contemporary opinion? Progressive Party) said at the could be stationed at points along The United Party, Mr. Mayers it, Mr. Caplan says. The Whites in the Federa­ same meeting that in the face of tion are facing the operation the disconcerting news from other said, had governed the city un­ The simplicity of this idea parts -of Africa, the people of wisely and inefficiently. should make it a success’ It Could now and getting it over. We Johannesburg had to make up Apart , from introducing the be extended in other flat areas in are trying to put it off and so their minds tomorrow if they were unfair cemetery . system it 'had the city,” he says. inviting all the added dangers failed to solve the transport prob­ News by R . Ë. Heard, 174 Main going to make a sincere attempt Street, Johannesburg, that go with the postponement to create a happy multi-racial lem, had increased rates succes­ of medical treatment. Indeed, home for all citizens. Otherwise sively, paid low wages to its African workers, allowed Africans hB there are times when our one .would resign oneself to “the I Nationalists seem ready to die sterile alternative of partition | and destroy their country the impoverishment of country.” _ .than admit that Johannesburg could give the lead to South Africa in showing how things should be done to enable all races to live contented lives. ©PEAKING in Kensington in support of Mr. Jack Curtis. ' , -

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TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1962 TO VOTE Stimulus of challenge Contests for 25 rpHE United Party has unquestionably run the city \ council seats 'of Johannesburg well. But this does not mean that it ought to OHANNESBURG GOES TO THE POLLS TOMORROW to be spared the stimulus of the J elect, its city councillors for 1 lie next five years. Between challenge that it will receive .125,000 and 150,000 voters—more, than half as many as in : from three sides in the muni- lhe~Ffdd-Strate—have the right to vote in 25 contested wards. Í eipal elections tomorrow. Some people will be voting the fifth time in under two years. In the city's 42 wards the; They have voted in municipal by- United Party is returned j elections in two wards, in the refer- | unopposed in 11 and the endum. the general election and | Nationalist Party in six. In the the two party by-elections in Park- town and Johannesburg North. remaining 25 wards where The three parties have adopted there are contests the United different approaches in their cam­ Party will be opposed by the paigns. This ranges from the United 1 Nationalists in eight, by the Party’s “ civic affairs only” policy, to that of the Progressives to 1 Progressives in 14, by Inde­ “throw everything we’ve got into pendents in two, and by a the fray.” for tomorrow i Progressive and an Indepen­ Following its decision to leave j dent in one. out national issues; the United .. TTt.tir,” ic * T1ST of the . contested 1 wards, ...... < L n the n a n names of The outgoing council and Party did not ask one M.P. or , the addresses of .he p * n g M.P.C.. other than candidates who its exceedingly competent are M.P.C.s to address meetings. Extension. Mayfair. Candidates: Mr. M. P. ! stations in Johannesburg: V Lambrecht (United Party), Mr. P.M Rp permanent officials have _ i __ Pa rlr BIG HOLE . . dc Jaser (Nationalist). conducted the affairs of ! ” *rd *, M 5 5 i r W iC,°? o iS k — Ward 30 (Homestead Parle. Cr0'? n Johannesburg so smoothly that , National issues have played a Dutch Reformed Church Hall ,10th Street. Oohirton Westgate and parts of Mayfair and Marshalls).. Polling « « j ™ ASva™ ' the administration of this city f p big role in the Progressive cam-, ■ a.nuTpartyl.^M fi Strydom (Progressive,. Moch Congregational Hall. 2- Tenth A ^ c.^ paign. The party regards race Mr. Reg. Main (Independent). 'has become almost as uncon- j: relations as of paramount impor­ n »«*• ...... , , f f i f 'Mr W SU1»K (Nationalist). W w 4 4 : ward 31 (Mayfair.... West, - . and Partsi of ' troversial as breathing: and it. tance in a city like Johannesburg. Melrose NNorth. onh. EUloviBton HI . lHovo ••Mavfair ■ - —>and" Brixton). Pom"* Polling Ss,a"on: makes one wish that govern­ It brought m its “ big guns” to D R C Hall. 49 St Gothard Avenue May- help, including Mrs. Helen Suzman, fair West. Candidates: Mr. J. 1. [ ment at ajl levels could be the (United Party), Mr. C. F. de M.P., and Mr. Harry Lawrence. Mr A. Morris (United Party). Mrs. M . k . (Nationalist). same. But the usual apathy among Mitchell (Progressive*. (Progressive) Ward 33 (The Hill. Regents Park. l a voters In a municipal election has xv r.i s (Riviera N orw ood. Orchards, and R hclle- Glcnesk, Cits Deep. vulasn Deep. Certainly there is no ' Saxonvvold and Houghton). Polling Robinson D eer and part of general indictment of the been present. Attendances at meet­ ™ Sloih Hall 97 Nellie Road. N or- ; s,a,i0 n: Southern Suburbs Amateur Boa ings have been small. The percen­ United Party council’s record. tage poll is not expected to be s I The eight Nationalists in the high, although probably higher Dard 6 (Bramley. polling station. Ward 35 (Paris- ot - . Jeppestown...... and outgoing council have com­ than in the past. Wavcrley. Highlands North*. . anci Louis Malvern). Polling station. St James s Vacant stand, ^^mands North Candidates: Presbyterian Church Hall >Jacs Slreet plained. though without Botha Avenue.^land^Norm . parly) Mrs. GUARDED {SSSST- P ^ ? ' d Mr. T G .' c^M oore arousing much enthusiasm, of Jeanan Sinclair (Progressive). ^ d ep en d en t,. The Nationalist Party’s approach the alleged neglect of Afrikaner Ward 7 (Gardens Chcltonda e. R^gg»,,.- M (Malvern. Denver Cleveland has been slightly more guarded, Perce lia, Fairm wm . raibolg h station: Nourse Mines. Rosherville and part of Interests— in the matter., for than that of the Progressives, Sydenham. Sandringham). roumg V cslo„ n) polling station: Malvern Hall. I Sir William Hoy Paik. -Ih (United ! 408 Jules Street. Malvern. Candidates. Mr. example, of naming streets; but it maintains civic politics and : ham. candidates M^. H ■ lProErcs..iVe). j m . J. Powell (United Party). Mr. M. and they have criticized the i National pqlitics are inseparable. Party), Mr. H. G. Macuauny ! Bmha (Nationalist). Mr. Eben Cuyler. leader of the Ward * (Victoria. Orange^Orove.Jeiiaot.. „ (Soulh Hills. Rcwlatch. Mol ?t- council for failing here and Mountain View, t g g ^ fc i.hih Avenue, view. Roscacrc, Unigray. BMoone- Tulisa I Nationalist Party in the council, 1 Polling station: Scout HaU,-* * * , Mcycrs , PsrW. Polling station: John PaM Memorial there to enforce the law against said: “Take Bantu administration, SSSS& Party).* M ^ B n s te in (Progressive,. : lull, g j g f c - f t r . /nSfed locations-in-the-sky. for example. The Government's W ard U ltm m areuiia Extension. Grcens^de I ^ D J ( S. c Oim.^NanonaJist,. ^ policy is directly concerned with such local - problems as locations and e xten s i o n s, a n dpartt P r^ nside Exten. W ‘" ‘J,, p®len(s*Jon) Polling station: Kinsey S StaSchool VardonGivRoa^.irr Greem.de, M f l & & An awkward choice in the sky, curfews and population resettlement.” Pam') Mr'. H. H. Mayers (ProgressiveL ! Mr A.,1^ The Progressives have The United Party is fighting attacked the United Party f the 25 contested wards. Eleven of Saxonwold). Road. Parkview. Hall. kimbeql« Road. 3 0 ^5^ ^ « , ^ ^ ., councillors’ racial attitudes as its candidates were unopposed. The Progressives are contesting a S a ,e Hsf"Mr4 5P .O T o o f (Uni.ed Pany). ! didare. Mr. reactionary and have found a 15 wards and the Nationalists Mrs.»a_„ 0 P. Loppcrti-upi'v'> (Progressive).------focus for this criticism in the eight. Six Nationalists were^ Ward 15 (Observatory, Cyrildenc. Dewcjsr , ^ INK Unkslicld-ikslicld Kiugc,Rid*. «ano - S Í 1 y*£ OldroïS , j very regrettable arrests of unopposed. Native householders for being In the 15 wards in which the United Party and the Progressive . i; 1 (United? Pam) Mrs. R. Foley tProgresstve) in arrears with their rent. Party, are opposing each other, | I ward 16 (South Kensington and part ot The council have been in ♦^Htiooalists’ have been told not'.* k- sn in«,nn) Polling station: Joseph Miller

' great difficulty in dealing with Party) Mr. J Curtis (Progressive). a people whose sense of obligation in such matters as rent payments is, to say the

least, not always highly deve­ I ss/'SS. gressive). i.:“ K - loped. But there does seem to w ..rd I» (Paris of Doorntomein. Bertrams be a basic fallacy in expecting j people who earn sub-economic i wages to live in other than i d . S. Prince (Independent). W ard 21 (Troyeville. Falrylcw. and parts j sub-economic housing schemes, I of Jeppe, Bertrams. Lorentzville and Judith s as many now do; and it is a.. Í Paarl) Polling station: D.R.C. na.li, ^ i Princes xStrect, Troyeville. Candidates. Mr. ! good thing that the councillors M L Neppe (United Party). Mr. R. G. Thomas (Nationalist). j should have to face this kind Ward 22 (Craighall. Craighall Park. Par^* of criticism -both at the polls ,R0o S 0kr,haudD Dunlkdc,d ^ CSlPo,hdn. ’ SioSÍ and in the council itself. It is in some respects a pity . (United Pany), Mrs. J. Barrow (Progressive). ■j’i (Part o f Berea). Polling station: 1 that party politics should have S ,rm dd Rooms‘. Casa Mia Hotel, 35 Sope. 1 snaked into municipal govern­ Road; Berea. Candidates: Mr. A. B Wid- man (United Party), Mr. L Apfel (Pro . ment. But there is no dodging gressive). Ward 27 (Parktown, Milner Park and "the fact that it is there, and narts of Braamfontein and Wanderers Vtew). as a natural consequence of it: ‘ Polling station: Bedford Lodge, corner of ; i Blackwood Avenue aPdM'rrc21attr

..ihey Will - find ëstimabVé'. men and Women on both- sides. bluffed by U.P. S t eni R a tep a yer p a y s m ore, rates claim ^ To the Editor of The Star but its value is less C IK y -I am one of many who have read the United Party To the Editor of The Star y manifesto for the municipal election. Mv attention was | rive,e(J oy the astonishing claim in its first paragraph that, StatemeM made in a United Partv pamphlet although expenditure since 1946 had trebled, the assessment than it Y ? r eS6ment ,rate “ 1946 was considerablv h ig h -# 1946 t

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Sir,—A report in The Star on that Lenasia is about 20 mill February 14 under the heading from Johannesburg, whereas Bo “New Coloured Township” makes mont is about six miles. Tb price of land at Lenasia shoul interesting reading and affords an be appreciably lower. excellent opportunity of seeing At Bosmont the State is bearin how the Indians are being treated the cost of lighting and sanitatio with regard to Group Areas and but at Lenasia the occupants ( : housing. the economic houses have to pay monthly levy of R2 towards tf Bosmont, according to the report, cost of electricity. As far as san j *s designed mainly for Coloureds tation is concerned, no mentic of the higher-income group. This is made of water-borne seweragi idea is to be commended but no Those living in the sub-economi j such idea has ever been suggested houses are paying a rent of bi tween R12 and R14 for house I for the Indians, who have to be which are not unlike those in Me: : content with being thrown toge- dowlands and which have no ir pressure in the Provincial Council. The council has already estimated future expenditure for its share of the cost for which no increase in taxation is necessary since it is from loan funds. (Mrs.) J. VAN LINGEN, XJ.P. Division of Information. Progs.’ merit policy not practicable SirA policy of " merit ” sounds wonderful. One only hopes that the Progs, will have the machinery and capital it will take to vet about 15-million people to divide the sheep from the goats? In 1920 I passed Standard 6. In those days one was not given a cer­ tificate but only the right to carry on or to leave school. I carried on but unfortunately all my papers were lost in a troopship in 1944. As I -am not able to produce any of these qualifying papers,' will I be numbered among the “ goats?” I wonder how many of the Bantu who have passed Standard 6, still have their certificates. I think the Progs, had better i think up something more practical. ~ MACKINNON.

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Sir,—A report in The Star on that Lenasia is about 20 miles February 14 under the heading from Johannesburg, whereas Bos­ "New Coloured Township” makes mont is about six miles. The price of land at Lenasia should interesting reading and affords an be appreciably lower. excellent opportunity of seeing At Bosmont the State is bearing 1 how the Indians are being treated the cost of lighting and sanitation with regard to Group Areas and but at Lenasia the occupants of ! housing. the economic houses have to pay a monthly levy of R2 towards the Bosmont, according to the report, cost of electricity. As far as sani­ is designed mainly for Coloureds tation is concerned, no mention , of the higher-income group. This is made of water-borne sewerage. j idea is to be commended but no Those living in the sub-economic houses are paying a rent of be­ I such idea has ever been suggested tween R12 and R14 for houses ! for the Indians, who have to be which are not unlike those in Mea- j content with being thrown toge- dowlands and which have no in­ ! ther at Lenasia. regardless of social side doors. It would be interestif-^ standing. to know how much these “pon- dokkies" cost the State as it is my Indians, like the Whites and opinion that the rents are exces­ Coloureds, have distinct social sive. Some of the occupants of groups and it is unfair that any these houses have been the vic­ particular group be thrown to­ tims of unscrupulous Indian land­ gether in one group area where lords but that provides no excuse these social standards' cannot be for the State to take over where maintained by all who live in the the Indian landlord left off. particular group area. I have no objection to group The cost of land at Bosmont areas but I would like to see fair compared with Lenasia makes one play and justice for all racial I w°nder why the Indians are ex­ groups within this framework of pected to pay such high prices for apartheid. Let us hope that the similar stands. At Lenasia plots State will relax its policy and set range from R500 upwards but at aside other group areas for In­ Bosmont they are to be R350. The dians nearer Johannesburg. State should consider the fact HOPING. MASONIC HALL 4XJ 2™ AVENUE T E N T VACANT STAND /R ATHOLLSTaLOUIS BOTHA AH DUTCH REFORMED HIGHLANDS NORTH. CHURCH HALL, /OVfST,PaRKHURST\ WANDERERS CRICKET PAVILION, CORLETT OB

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map indicates the polling booth in each eonli anneshurg City Council elections. Contestéïfó* figures. " — , * entzville. part of Judith Paarl, part tested wards are: °f Troyeville, part of Malvern part ortion of Blairgowrie, Pine of Fait'vlew, part of Jeppestown Park Extensi°ns l and 2, Ward 22: Craighall, part of Craleh-

town Extension, TSans Souci, part of Johannesburg, Wanderers View, Argyll. Ward 29: Jan Hofmeyr, Vrededorp part of Mayfair, part of Johannesburg, Burghersdorp, part'-oi-i Newtown, Fordsburg. J ; Jy »j'y,?rd Homestead Park, pa rtlóf' Mayfair West, part of Mayfair W es® gate, Ferreirastown. part of JohMwl PentvJf’ H>aiït oi Marsllallstown. Park'] 2 m H ,rfSewiy and Extensions 1 and Extension 1 and 2, Highlands North 2. pait of Wemmer, part of Salisbury and Extensions 1, 2 and 3. Ma,'shalis Extension Nos l Ward 7: The Gardens, Hawkins townshirP^T* ,of . Framton Industrial Estate, Cheltondale and Extension, S L . LateV1™ ' Ophirton, part Bagleyston. Rouxville and Extension No. 1, Maryvale, Sydenham, Sandring­ ham. Raedene and Extension No 1 Fail-mount, Percelia and Extensions 1 and 2. with nothing Ward 8: Linksfield North, Linksfield, Orange Grove, Fairwood, Mountain Fellside, Victoria. to sell” Bjratyd 9: Portion of Emmarentia SKMUsnon No. 1. Greenside, Grefenside Sir,—The United Party is like a g g f f 81011 -^os- 1« 2, 4 and 5, portion salesman who has run out of Sf?»*rkview, Parkwood Extension No. things to sell and, with nothing tógiartion of Greenside East. better to do, is trying desperately Éjsgfrt 13: Parkwood and Extension mart of Greenside East, part of to stop people from buying any­ 5S£Pf|Wold, Saxonwold Extension No. thing else. r/T n ft of Parktown, Forest Town. Once a salesman has run out Westcliff Extension, part of jjjpfyiew. of products he should give up his ■-^’arcl 15: Part of Bellvue East, job. Simply changing the pack­ IWy* Rand View, Observatory, age may deceive a few of the not ■M oratory Extension, Dewetshof, so bright public, but intelligent people surely will not be taken in TEL 13 HOURS IN WHICH TO VOTE TODAYi ■N7 (?Dm V 1 "- 7' / 3/3£ Sa ^ - - _ ivic poll results known ~ tomorrow MUNICIPAL REPORTER HE result of today’s Johannesburg municipal T election will be known only tomorrow. Voting is from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. After that the ballot boxes will be locked in a sealed safe and kept under police guard all night Race Relations and for her re­ search among urban Africans. Mr. D. R. Blaine, the Clerk of the Council, said yesterday that She said laughingly that she the votes would be counted at the was no ardent feminist and was City Hall under the eyes of the quite happy to use her married candidates and their election name. agents. Only those with the proper MEMBER of Johannesburg’s authorisation will be allowed in­ A Management Committee is side. The counting will be done by being opposed in Ward 13, con­ six teams of eight men each. sisting of Parkwood, ■ Westcliff, All voters registered on the par­ Forest Town, part of Parktown, liamentary voters’ roll are eligible part of Saxonwold and part of PHYLLIS LOPPERT. to vote, provided their names have Parkview. (Prog.) been transferred to the municipal He is MR. PIETER ROOS, voters’ roll. The transfer is auto­ United Party chairman of the matic. Works and Traffic Committee. He points out that he has fought for DR. ELLEN KOCH (Ellen Hell- a library in Parkview, improved man) is the Progressive candidate amenities at the Zoo Lake grounds in Ward 18, which is made up of and provided parking facilities at Killarney, Upper Houghton, part shopping centres in the area. of Yeoville and part of Bellevue He hopes to improve road access The ward has been altered a great to the north. rj deal by the recent delimitation. His opponent is MRS. F. H. k . She said yesterday that she had “INKY” LOPPERT (Progressive been impressed by the fact that Party). most voters in the ward were more concerned with national than local OVERCROWDED matters. She feels that the Zoo Lake is badly overcrowded and that more PROG AJSSWER recreation centres are needed, “ A concern with South Africa's particularly for Africans. future and a way out of the “This is even more important dangers of uncontrolled racialism now because liquor will soon be are uppermost in their minds,” she available to all races.” She is concerned at the small said. amount spent by thé city on non- The Progressive Party, she said, Whites, compared to the large was the answer to this need. amount spent on amenities for As Dr. Ellen Heilman, she has MR. PIETER ROOS. (U.P.) long been known for her long Whites. social and recreational facilities MR. JACK CURTIS. (Prog.) association with the Institute of \Y7ARD 16, made up of part of are required, and the nature re­ serve along the koppie could be ' ' Kensington and Kensington South, is being contested by MR. beautified at little cost.” JACK CURTIS (Progressive He feels that a suburban market is an urgent need in the area. Municipal health law Party). News by S. Jasven. 174 Main Street. He feels that the transport sys­ Johannesburg. tem to the suburbs is inadequate, inefficent and badly sited. Because Unless otherwise stated, all Par­ of this, Kensington residents are liamentary reports on this page by SAPA's Parliamentary team: A J. “practically exiled from their own Classen, D. B. du Tolt. i0. E. Boshoff, must be overhauled’ civic centre. R Postma, S. Mirvls, E. H. Llnning- “The pavements and roads are ton and J. Friedmann, Press Gallery,„ POLITICAL REPORTER in a bad state of disrepair. More House of Assembly, Cape Town. OHANNESBURG’S municipal health "regulations are hopelessly outdated and out­ I moded and need to be overhauled, DR. GEORGE COHEN, Progressive candidate or Ward 5 in today’s civic election, said at a meeting in Orchards last night. Two other Progressive candi- claimed that the rates had been ...... lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMllM»WWtfaj dates — MR. HAROLD Mac- halved under the administration. = CAP,THY (Ward 7) and MRS. ‘This is an absurd claim. Every Ï 6 1 Y T _ 4_ ^ > | KATHLEEN MITCHELL (Ward 4) ratepayer knows he is paying Not one!/M —made other eve-of-the-election higher rates—and this is because H attacks on the United Party the municipal valuation of his property has doubled under the 4» ‘ ___- B administration at the same United Party.” meeting. meeting _j Dr. Cohen promised to make BAD BUDGETS §§ himself available for interviews Mrs. Mitchell said there were j by people in his ward if he is many examples of bad budgetting. TT I I 9 § elected today. In the past, he She predicted that electricity charges would have to be increased I I 1 said, there had been too little con- under the present policy. j j| tact between councillors and the There had been increases in * 3 electorate. the charges for water, refuse removals and gas, as well as elec­ The United Party has not held AVAILABLE , single public meeting during the tricity in recent years. ampaign for today’s Johannes- Dr. Cohen said he would make The gas department was grind­ lurg City Council election, DR. himself available for the Health ing to a standstill. !AC DE BEER, a Progressive Committee if elected. The abattoir faced a crisis eader, said at a meeting in Mr. MacCarthy said: “It is time Thousands of animals had been )rchards last night. for the ratepayers to elect Pro­ left in trucks there last week. The There were three reasons why gressives to the council so that a council had been warned for years he United Party had chosen to critical analysis can be made of that this kind of crisis could be ivade the public spotlight: public spending.” expected — but had ignored all • Many United Party candi- The Council Was spending too warnings lates did not have the ability much.iULli on iUAUUWluxuries like rose gardens.----- mewsNews byDV rt.R. C E.j. nHeard, 174 Main ,o defend their policy. The United Party manifesto i street. Johannesburg. • The United Party is not prepared to be cross-examined on ts record. “Skeletons might be ixposed if questions were put at meetings." • The United Party dares not tell the public what its race fed­ eration plan means. “The United Party has treated the voters with contempt,” he added. HaUtj

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 196Z. W AN TED : . A CIVIC WATCHDOG T will not be easy for a jaded I electorate to summon enthusiasm for today’s municipal elections in the __ _ Transvaal but we strongly recommend voters to go to the polls once more. For one thing the councils chosen today will govern our towns and cities for a long five-year stretch (instead of the old system when a third of the councillors I retired each year) ; fo r another, it is right that changes that have been taking place in political thinking at national level should be reflected at lower adminis­ trative levels. This is especially the case in Johannesburg, the country’s largest municipality, where all three political parties are offi­ cially contesting the elections. There are some who deplore this and who think wistfully of non-political elections for a best man” council. However, it is largely only the political machines that can influence really worthwhile people to stand as candidates. In this respect it is noteworthy that the young Progressive Party has put forward an extremely talented and impressive team of candidates, each one of whom is a community leader in the best sense of the term. So that if these elections have done nothing else they have presented the city with a very fine crop of candidates from which to choose. A DANGER But there is a further aspect of importance for voters to consider today. On the surface of it Johannesburg is a reason­ ably well run city. This impression, however, stems not so much from the quality of the retiring city council as from the apathy of the citi­ zenry which starts to take an interest in a civic matter only when a breakdown is threat­ ened. In such a situation a non - party or single - party administration can be a posi­ tive menace. What is essential is a lively, competent and alert opposition group in the council to serve as the public’s watch­ dog, keep the ruling party on its toes and make constructive proposals for running the city better. We believe the Progressh Party is excellently suited 1 this role and we quote tw recent examples of what w mean. Because of Progressiv

of African wages in the city and the fining and jailing Africans who do not or can­ not pay the rent for their homes in the townships. While we do not suggest that the United Party council has not given any thought to these matters, pressure of public opinion, aroused by the Pro­ gressives, has unquestionably stimulated it to quicker and perhaps bolder action than would otherwise have been the case. This is good for the city; it is the democratic process in action. GINGER GROUP Under the new management committee system of control, which results in so many deci­ sions being taken by a handful of councillors with a minimum of discussion by the council as a whole, the need for a proper ginger group such as the Pro­ gressives is doubly great. Already the rank and file of aJiourvcillors t^end to^ regard themselves as rubber stamps and even they lose track of what their party chiefs are doing. But an opposition group, especially one with a strongly developed social con­ science such as the Progres­ sives have, will see to it that the city’s best interests are served all the time. Finally, since Johannes­ burg’s 700,000 Africans have no voice at all in its governing body, it is essential to have well represented on the council a party that is dedicated to the welfare of all citizens, irre­ spective of colour, and not primarily the privileged White section. This is a city built with the skills and energies of all races; let those who under­ stand this best have a proper share in governing it. Accordingly we call, without hesitation or equivocation, for the return today of a strong body of Progressives to the i Johannesburg City Council. i 1 - - 'iimip banised Africans £ i > id left voiceless ’T ’HE time has come in South Africa for the electorate to take a really close look at the present political situation in this country. times have changed since the There are only two alternatives war. They are edging towards , open to the voter of today. Either the Nationalists, but still try to he stands for discrimination on give the impression that they are the basis of colour or he feels becoming more liberal. Since the that every man should be able 1959 Union Congress, the United to develop his talents according Party has not been a real Op­ to his capabilities. position to the Nationalists, and The Nationalist Government has consequently lost thousands stands for racial discrimination of supporters to the Progressive and says that non-Europeans Party. may develop in special areas. A change in South Africa is in­ —Bantustans. Since the millions evitable and the only way to en­ of urbanised non-Europeans are sure that that change is peaceful without a doubt far better edu­ is to support a party which is cated and far nearer Western just and will allow South Afri­ standards of civilisation than cans to work together side by those living in rural areas, is it side. Obviously only the Pro­ not strange that the people liv­ gressive Party offers this oppor­ ing in the Transkei for instance, tunity. — MARTIN MAR- should have a say in their BURGER. government, while the people i living in the cities are left voiceless? The Progressive Party believes that every person should be able to develop to his full capabilities, and judges men on merit alone. Therefore if a man is of a suf- 1 ficiently high educational and economic level to be considered a responsible citizen, he will j qualify for the franchise on the t common roll. In this way all people will think of themselves ! as South Africans first, and not Mr. Hans Strydom, the Progressive Party's candidate in Ward 3, as Whites or non-Whites. The holds an umbrella for a supporter on his way to the poll. Mr. Progressive constitution will be Strydom was opposed by Mr. Reg Main (Independent) and Mr. drawn so that no racial group Dave Marais (United Party), the Mayor, in the only will be able to dominate another. three-cornered fight in the Municipal election. The United Party Late rush to GIL* ■-am vote m many ? (.i f T HE pages we published yesterday on behalf of the Johannesburg City Council were not the usual form of Rand areas advertisement. They were not POLITICAL REPORTER intended to sell anything except in the best possible \ 70T IN G became brisker between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. sense. They represent an enter- ^ yesterday in the Johannesburg City Council elections. ' prising venture in public rela­ Earlier there were several slack periods during which the tions which has attracted con­ siderable interest and may polling booths were deserted. well serve as a model for The results of the election, to be similar undertakings. POLLING announced this afternoon, are ex­ Every citizen, sooner or pected to be close in about half- later, wants to know more about the city where he lives a-dozen Northern Suburbs wards LO W IN and pays his taxes. In parti­ where the United Party faced the cular he wants to know how SOUTH Progressives. his contribution to the treasury . is used. Municipal Reporter There is great Interest in the result in Parkhurst. Here the re­ The information is available. 'J'HE three hours from 5 p.m. to tiring Mayor Mr. Dave Marais was Few cities publish more about 8 p.m. yesterday were con­ opposed by Mr. Reg Main (Iijjn.) their activities than Johannes­ sidered crucial by candidates and Mr. Hans Strydom (Pro’g.). burg. But it is not easily in the municipal elections in the Many Nationalists ignored an in­ accessible to the average rate­ struction not to vote in this con­ southern suburbs of Johannes­ test and came to cast votes for Mr. payer, partly because there is burg. Until then polling was Main. so much of it. extremely low. The percentage poll is expected In two pages of this news­ In ward 38, fought between Mr. to be comparatively high for a ciVi'o paper was summed up the Boyce Eager (United Party) and election in some o f, the northern year’s work of 21 departments Mr. Arthur Stoyle (Progressive wards where a poll of 50 per cent, of the municipality, the survey Party), only about 650 votes had and more is predicted. A 45 per being set out and illustrated in been polled by 5 p.m. cent, poll is considered good fox .a attractive style. In ward 42 Mr. Cecil Long, the City Council election. As Mr. Brian Porter, the United Party candidate, said that In other wards, however, the poll Town Clerk, pointed out in his about 900 had voted and that so will be 40 per cent and less. One j note.. it was only an outline. far there was “nothing in it.” of the reasons for low polls is con­ But it should effectively serve In ward 33, 700 votes had been siderable public apathy after the fits purpose of stimulating spate of elections in the past two noted and in ward 37 about 800. greater interest in the affairs News by S. Jasven, 174 Main Street, years. . . of Johannesburg by bringing Johannesburg. One of the low polls In the information about the city into Unless Northern areas is expected in where Mr. Patrick t e w ip ,attractiv(^ 1 rogressives eaten as U.P. again wins council control

A TT, 15 PROGRESSIVE PARTY CANDIDATES in the Johannesburg City Council ^ elections were defeated by the United Party. They include two sitting mem­ d for bers of the City Council— Mrs. Kathleen Mitchell and Mr. Harold MacCarthv. 'STfVí. ■fjill.y The United Party’s victory was foyer of the City Hall when the marred because Mr. Arthur first results were announced to­ Herold, a -member of the day Mr. Marais polled 1,406 votes apartheid anci %. Management Committee, lost to against Mr. Main’s 501. The Pro­ Dr. J. S. Otto, of the Nationalist gressive Party candidate, Mr. Party, in Ward 37. Hans Strydom, polled 257 votes Only three members of the | and lost his deposit. Management Committee have been In Ward 4, Mr. A. Morris, of the little “mixing” returned. The fifth, Mr. Reg United Party beat Mrs. Mitchell Main—he resigned from the by a majority of about three United Party—lost to the Mayor, hundred; To the Editor of The Star Mr. Dave Marais, in Ward 3. Mr. Main stood as an Independent. In Ward 6, Mrs. J. Sinclair, also IR,—Wliat appeals to most people who feel that they should of the Progressive Party, lost to S support the Progressive Party? — Progressive Party policy The other members Of the Mr. W. C Caldwell and in Ward 7, of “ no discrimination on grounds of colour ” and “ advance Management Committee are Mr. Mr. H. G. MacCarthy—he recently Pieter Roos, Mr. Patrick Lewis joined the Progressives—lost to on merit.” and Mr. Keith Fleming. Mr. H. F. Dennis. Both are sit­ These people are, however, supporting the wrong party. The last result to be announced ting councillors. The only party that has an honest policy of no discrimination in which the Progressive Party candidate lost to the United Party SCRAPED HOME on grounds of colour is the Liberal Party. The Progressives was for Ward 38—Mr. B. D. Eagar stand for apartheid with a little “ mixing ” on the side. gained a majority of 599 over Mr. F. W. F'idler, of the United Doubters should read the Afri­ Mr. A. L. Stoyle. Party, scraped home against Dr. group, then they must be helped The United Party holds 32 wards G. Cohen, a Progressive, with a kaans translation of their most through servitudes or other means in the council, three more than majority of 59 in Ward 5. Mr. recent pamphlet entitled “Johan­ to do it. in the previous council. The Fidler polled 1,266 votes and Dr. nesburg.” They must read the 26 On March 1 Mrs. Helen Suzman, Nationalists have increased their Cohen 1,207. , lines of Afrikaans because M.P., said in the House of Assem­ number from eight to 10. The counting is being done in bly : “ The Progressive Party is In the previous council there evidently it was not thought neces­ batches of six wards at a time. totally opposed to everything the were two Progressives and three Preliminary results are: sary to emphasize the apartheid Group Areas Act stands for.” So Independents. The biggest majorities were side of Prog, policy in the English far as I know, the Group Areas Wild cheering broke out in the scored by Mr. I. Schlapobersky, of version—six lines. Act stands for separate residen­ the United Party, who beat Mrs. , In Afrikaans we are told that in tial areas. R. Foley, a Progressive, by 1,763 the case of amenities like swim­ Let us presume there is a Prog. i votes in Ward 15—Observatory- ming-baths and sports grounds, if Government in power and a Prog, Cyrildene,' and by Mr. I. E. B. one or all the race groups con­ majority in the City Council, both Attwell of the United Party, who cerned in an area want separate voted in on their policy of "no beat Mr. J. Curtis, a Progressive, amenities, then they should be discrimination on grounds of in Ward 16—South Kensington provided. If the residents in a cer­ colour” and “ advance on merit.” and part of Kensington—by 1,156. tain suburb want that suburb to Let us further suppose Waverley (Detailed results— Paj*e Three.) be reserved for a certain race residents vote to keep Waverley White, to keep Waverley schools White and close the doors of the local swimming-bath to everybody MacCarthy out —perhaps even the Japanese — except Whites. Let us further suppose that some of the Native families doing domestic work and living in the area — (remember influx control will have been abolished under the Progs.)—want to send their | able children to the local Govern­ ment schools and want to use th e' local municipal swimming-bath. They quite rightly refuse to accept the apartheid decision of the local residents, who are not the Government.. They take the matter to court, appealing against this act of discrimination under a ! Government and municipality j whose avowed policy is to end ; discrimination on grounds of 1 colour and to give advancement \ on merit. They must win or show ! up the Prog, policy for the sham i it is. i If you really believe in non­ discrimination vote for the Liberal , v 1 . S J W * . M * > JoKannesburg’s On Iv drastic cuts was low ap»c. could effect T H E OVERALL PERCENTAGE POLL in the Johannesburg municipal election A WaS 35. This is lower than usual for a municipal election here. The figure big savings Ward 42 (Crown Gardens, Robertsham, normally varies between 40 per cent, and 45 per cent. Chrisvillc. West TurffonteinL—Mr. C . A . To the Editor of The Star Lorentzville. Judith's Paari, Highlands and Long Ward 8 (Victoria. Orange Grove Feilside. Ward 30 (Homestead Park, Crown Mines. Municipal Organization and I Mountain View. Fairwood. Linksfield). — Ophirton).—Mr. M. Sklaar (U.P.), 1,322; It has also been suggested in Mr. I. Meverx (O .P.), 1.502; Mr. A. Einstein Mr. W . S. H ope (Nat.). 755. - Methods Division. (Prog.1, 1,209. . _ Ward 31 (Mayfair- West and parts of ; a parfiphlet of the Progi'essive Ward 9 (Emmarentia- Extension. Greenside Mayfair and Brixlon).—Mr. C. F. de Wet • 1960 Central Government and Extensions and. part o f Parkview). — (Nat.). 1.063; Mr. J. E. Kanlor (U.P.). 538. Party that an independent investi­ Mr. T. Glyn Morris (U.P.), 1.695; Mr. M. Wad 32.—Mr. A. P. J. de Klerk (Nat.), gation into the affairs of the Department of Transport. Mayers (Prog.). 1.013. unopposed. _ , . Ward 10.— Mr. H. C. Pieterse (Nat.), un- Ward 33.—(The Hill, Regents Park, La department should be made but opposed. „ , .VT .. . Rochelle. City Deep. Village Deep).—Mr. Study methods Ward 11.— Mr. H. M. van Rensburg (Nat.), A. D. Zakar (U.P.V 955; Mr. G. P. F. in recent years the following unopposed. „ , ... . Hcymans (Nat.). 648. rT investigations have been under­ Ward 12.— Mr. Eben Cuyler (Nat.), un- Ward 34.— Mr. H. B. Ismay (U .P.), un­ At present a well-known firm opposed. ; , . . taken : ° P\Vard 13.— (Parkwood. Forest Town. West- Ward 35,—(Parts of Jeppe and Malvern). of management consultants is cliff): Mr. P. M. Roos (U .P.). 1.594; Mrs. —Mr. J. J. O ’Connor (United Party), 1,582; L. Loppert (Prog.). 1.226. Mr. J. G. C. Moore (Ind.). 110. engaged on work study methods Ward 14.— Mr. M. Goodman (U .P.). un- Ward 36 (Malvern, Denver, Cleveland).— Mr. M. J. Powell (U .P.), 1,161: Mr. M. W . and hopes to effect further ° PWard 15 (Observatory. Cyrildene. Dewets- Botha (Nat.), 930. . . , , , hof, Linksfield Ridge).—Mr. I. Schlapobersky Ward 37 (South Hills. Rewlatch, Moffat- economies. (U.P.), 4,763; Mrs. R. Foley (Prog.), 627. view )— Mr. A. J. Herold (U.P.), 832; Dr. Ward 16 (South Kensington and part of J. S. Otto (Nat.), 1,142. Surely If yet another investi­ Kensington).—Mr. I. E. B Attwell (U.P.), Ward 38 (Rosettenville Ext. and The gation is undertaken it would be 1,657; Mr. J. Curtis (P.P.), 496. Hill Ext.).— Mr. B. D . Eagar (U.P.), 1.077; a futile waste of the ratepayers’ Ward 17.—Mr. L. V. Hurd (U.P.), un­ Mr. A. L. Stoyle (Prog.). 403. _ _ opposed. , . ,, Ward 39.—Mr. J. F. Oberholzer, M.P.C money. Ward 18 (Killarney and parts o f Hough­ (U.P.). unopposed. ■ While I am prepared to admit ton, Yeoville and Bellevue).— Mr. ,0. Caplan Ward 40.—Dr. V. V. Boy (U.P.), unop- ( U P ) , 1,319; Dr. Ellen Heilman (P.P.), that some economies can be made 1,177. P°Ward 41.—Mr. W. A. J. Sammons (U.P.), because there is always room for ’ ward 19 (parts of Doornfontein, Bertrams, I unopposed. improvement in any large organi­ zation, a figure to the order of Rl,000,000, without drastic curtail­ ments in the services, is irre­ sponsible. Caucus decides I Consultation

Our Transport Department is In constant consultation with those on council of other towns, including the privately-owned Cape Town and Port Elizabeth systems, as well as having overseas contacts with a view to increasing efficiency posts tomorrow costs. ME UNITED PARTY CAUCUS in the Johannesburg City Council will meet tomorro and deputy-mayor and “ the mittee. The caucus will first have to decide whether a Mayor should be allowed to become a member of the Management Committee. Both are full-time jobs. If jt were decided to allow the could

Management Come years. Thus a senior man on committee could not become Mayor. with old, on This affects Mr. Keith Fleming, who is the present deputy mayor with new” and chairman of the Manage­ ment Committee. He might find Sir,—The letter by Mr. J. C. he may not hold both appoint­ Joslin in The Star on February 27 ' ments. had, I noticed, been shortened. I It is believed that if he has a am not surprised, since his critic­ choice, he would become mayor and take his chance of being isms are anything but construc­ elected to the Management Com­ tive. Rather do they point up his mittee later. ignorance of United Party policy Two councillors have been tipped for deputy mayor. They and his fervour for “ Off with the are Mr. Pieter Roos, present old and on with the new.” chairman of the Works and As for it being a “ bold step ” if Traffic Committee and a mem­ the United Party were to move ber of the Management Com­ mittee, and Mr. J. F. Oberholzer. ! closer to the Progressives, that is Mr. Oberholzer is senior to Mr. surely a matter of opinion and Roos in years as a councillor. popular opinion would seem to VACANCIES indicate rather that it would be a ^ Two Management Committee j members were .defeated in the | election—Mr. A. Herold and Mr. j Reg. Main — there are two ! vacancies. Likely nominations are Mr. Roos, ! Mr. Patrick Lewis and Mr. ! Fleming (existing members) and | Mr. A. Jaffe, Mr. Dave Marais, l Mr. T. Glyn Morris, Mr. B. D. I Eagar and Mr. Oberholzer. The caucus will also elect the members of the four standing committees, as well as a leader for the party in the council to succeed Mr. Ian Maltz, who did not seek re-election. = i — —— — ' \ ATIOXV Free confederation of South African Should not and Bantu states be difficult To the Editor of The Star Sir,—I congratulate The Star on its fine leading article on February QIR?—We associate ourselves wholeheartedly with the leading 27 stressing the need for the Pro­ ^ article in The Star on February 27 wherein the great gressive and United Parties to find measure of common ground which exists between the Oppo­ the positive issues on which they sition groups is revealed. can co-operate creatively. The basic distinction, however, is not between the That call should also be related Nationalists and the Opposition, but between those who accept to a small paragraph in The Star balkanization of our country as a solution and those who of February 26 in which the Rev. recognize that South Africans are not people of one colour T. Lawrence Currie stressed the otih. This distinction, of course, transcends all party political desperate necessity for more Chris­ divisions. -p, „ . „ . „ . .. ^ to safeguard the White man’s tians in public and private life. ,, rhose of us who subscribe to : future but in- this attempt discrl- From the Christian standpoint the view that the State exists to ; mination is one of the corner- it should not be too difficult to sei7 e individual" and who stones of the ( application of its uphold the dignity of man imme- ! policy find common ground to tackle diately find ourselves on common j « 6 n the other hand, the policy Mr. Ogilvv common problems. ground, with this enormous task: ; 0f the Progressive Party elimi- a v the elimination of those discrimi- nates racial discrimination but its stage of development. A mea­ natory measures which cause i cannot offer us security for our sure could be its contribution to misery and hardship merely for j future. We can see only too clearly the central treasury, or election * ideologicaliflAnlncnra racial ropiol rnocreasons. ! the advent of a Black__‘ majority of members to the confederal par­ • There is also fundamental in Parliament and do not let us liament could be on a separate | agreement. that our future can deceive ourselves: why should qualified voters roll. This qualifi­ only be secured by keeping the these people when they are in cation could be high (e.g. matri­ government in responsible hands. control show any goodwill to the culation). According to the num­ Whites? ber of qualified voters in each • The big problem in our poli­ federal state, this state will receive tics is therefore to reconcile these a proportionate number of rep­ two lines of thought. resentatives in the confederal parliament. The accent, however, falls on local self-government in each state, where all people, irrespective of race or colour will enjoy the same political rights when they qualify for it. Regarding the Bantus in the so-called White areas, those who can wherever possible exercise their political rights in the home­ lands will do so but those who must be regarded as established in urban areas must enjoy politi­ cal rights where they live. Each state can have a qualified fran­ chise if they so prefer. The idea of a qualified franchise is to ensure that those people exercising political rights are more-or-less at the same stage of development. That, after all, iï also behind the idea of a federa­ tion of states—groups of people have divergent interests and ways Mr. Blom of life and to have a unitary state with a democratic system under Is it possible for us to be so those circumstances can only lead j naive as to believe that they to racial domination. The solu­ i would learn in a period of 20-30 tion can only be sought in a j years (taking that to be the time federal system—a federal system j it will take them to have a renders a dictatorship practically majority in Parliament) to accept impossible. us. as friends and fellow South pw 60 yearn since the*!,, /Joifi wim g , — rican War and - .we. caai -4-3*4rl ..*3 ’ r: -• ■ ■ now say that the Afrikaners have* It iis equally wrong to enforce accepted the "Englishmen” to the integration as it is wrong to extent that they have consented enforce apartheid. Therefore, it is j to give them two representatives essential >that individuals or groups in the Cabinet. Do we really of people should have the right to 1 believe that the Bantu, who be- associate with whom they wish. I long to an entirely different racial To eliminate racial friction as | group and who have so much far as possible, it will therefore more reason to bear a grudge, be necessary to have a system ! will be more obliging? where private concerns such as hotels and restaurants will have the right to reserve admission to In the middle whichever race they wish to admit whether it be Blacks only, Whites In the middle we find the only, Asiatics only, or open to all United Party trying to solve the faces. problem by their "ordered advance To go further: groups of people to a race federation.” This seems should be allowed to form corpo­ to be an attempt to let the dif­ rations to have certain townships ferent racial groups each have a reserved for whichever racial say over their own affairs, there­ group they prefer. All other facili­ by having various states within a ties in that township, such as state. schools.and swimming-baths could One can only see these various therefore be reserved. state parliaments (as Mr. Marais However much we may differ Steyn, M.P, calls them—and there on the constitutional steps to be would be four in each province!), taken in the future, co-operation being continuously at loggerheads. will be rendered so much easier In the end the majority group in an atmosphere of racial good must rule and as the policy is will and mutual trust engendered designed to divide the people of by consultation and the removal South Africa in racial blocks of ideological discriminatory mea- •WJjgstos each^olhg-, the outcome sur‘ jthe Jaandsof the group- . ,No '.'political parij$ shqujd be, ‘sp dishonest as to say that its policy ' offers a simple solution to oUr Ms____ _ racial problem but we believe that immediate attention? the solution lies in a policy of a A. BLOM. confederation of states. •G. F. B. OGILVY. I Members of the executive of the Witwatersrand j Sovereign Regional Council of the National Union We visualize a free confedera­ Party. tion of states of South Africa and the Bantu homelands will ■ be the first states to be invited to join the confederation. These Council workers states will continue to enjoy Sir,—With reference to “ In the sovereignty over their internal Know’s ” letter in The Star on affairs, but in the confederal par­ February 23 about over age officials liament matters of common in­ in the employ of the Johannesburg terest will be managed, i.e. foreign City Council, I say good luck to affairs, defence, the services (viz. transport, posts and telegraphs) men of over 70 who can still hold and finance. down their jobs. Each state will be represented Let us hope that when “ in the in the central or confederal par­ Know ” is more than 70 he will be liament. The number of represen­ as capable and as conscientious as tatives a state will have in the these 'men are. central parliament will depend on- LIVE AND LET LIVE.

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