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Pag* «. St. Paul RECORDER, Friday. April 23. 1964
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Africa Last Stand of
Colonialism; Signs Point
End of White Rule
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From May EBONY Magazine
It is a popular practice nowadays for our good Congress
men to hie themselves around the world to see how the other
half is spending this half’s tax money. Most of these s«*lf-ap
pointed ambassadors of goodwill are beset in Europe and Asia
with embarrassing ijucHtion* about Americas treatment of
its Negro minority.
Last (all Senator Allen J. El
lender of Louisiana also took a
junket across the ocean. But un
like other servants of the govern
ment, the Senator left the tourist
circuit and wandered down Into
South Africa. A personal glimpse
of European colonialism shocked
even his white Southern senstvl
tiea.
Bald the Sanator, the Boers and
British who run the Union of
South Africa are "over-doing
white supremacy. The colored peo
ple are kept down too much. They
have no chance to go Into busl
ness, to get an education, nr even
ordinary health training.”
The staunch opponent, to the
enactment of any antl-dlacrlmJna
tlon proposals here In the United
States thinks the whites are mak
ing a mistake In dealing with
colored natives tn South Africa.
He should know.
('olnnintlsm Mean* Race
Segregation and discrimination
in the United State* are still the
biggest skeletons In democracy's
family closet, but the world’s No.
1 race problem Is colonialism.
Within the past decade at least
6 million little people* of the world
have attained full tnde|>endenre
from thalr big, strong rulers.
Some 200 million are still under
the thumb of foreign powers. Ac
cording to Tuskegee's Negro
Year Book, approximately 12ft
million Negroes live under some
form of subjugation. Of theae,
over 100 million live In colonies
and the rest tn trust territories,
formerly called mandate* There
fore, 12S million of the world's
200 million dependent peopes are
Negroes. And moat of the remain
ing 7B million are In such coun
tries as Zanzibar. Morocco, Tun
isia, Hong Kong, Malaya and our
own Puerto Rico - countries
whose people are members of the
colored racee. The problem of
coloniaUam, then, I* primarily one
of race.
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the colonies and tn other non-self
governing territories, affects
many more people and la far more
Intolerable than the segregation
and discrimination practiced In
Mr. Ellender's Ixiuinlana and
other areas of our deep Mouth.
The colonial powers Impose their
rule upon millions of helpless sub
jects. They force them Into slave
labor They segregate them Into
"native quarters." They deny them
political rights and fair if any
representation In government.
Much of the best land, such as the
mineral and farm rich nreas of
Africa, has been taken away from
the blark Africans by white set
tler groups from European coun
tries.
Colonialism has not only de
prived Negroes of their right to
vote, to work, to a decent life, but
also taken away their right to be
citizens of their own country.
This has been accomplished by the
white powers of the world through
sheer force and violence.
Pot Calling The Kettle
When European powers express
wide-eyed amazement at the un
democratic treatment accorded
the Negro In the United States, It
Is a case of the pot calling the
kettle black. They would do well
to look to their own backyards,
and the treatment of their black
tenants by those sent nut to rule
them. The United States la stead
ily Improving the conditions of Its
10 million Negroes, has reducted
Its few colonials to less than a
million people,
Britain alone has 70 million
subjects In her colonial territories.
16 million Negroes has reduced
The remaining 10 million live In
such British territories as Jamaica
Quinla, Trinidad and the FIJI Is
lands.
Prance, which has long enjoyed
a reputation of being racially lib
eral owns over 4 million square
miles of colonial property In
Africa more than any other
power. Including Britain Her flag
also waves over such Important
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of lila youth In Georgia. crowd pleasing heavy weight. Tommy (Hunt*
.and Jarkaoa, who «<• diamlaard aa ehainpinn Kooky Marelnno’*
spurting mate for "playing too rough," la a conscientious atudrnt of
the Itihle In Ida New Vork home. He la ahown here singing hymns
with hla mother, Mr*. Georgia Jackson. (Newapreaa Photo)
colonies and truat terrltorlen an
Guadeloupe Martinique and New
Caledon in
The other two memfoera of the
Imperial Mix Four are Portugal
and Belgium, whose largest colon
ial poaseaalona are alwi In Africa.
With all of these powers the big
gest colonial problem la race rela
tions And even on the mainland
of Europe these great white fath
ers are beginning to frown upon
their colonial sons and daughters
who are drawn to the bright lights
of Piccadilly Circus and the
Champs Klyseea.
British subjects from Africa
find discrimination In London ho
tels and pubs There la no ready
employment The French, too, are
beginning to show signs of alarm
as the number of visitors from the
I>ark Continent Increases There
nre now ,100.000 Africans In Paris.
Only 10.000 of them have found
homes, and only half of that num
ber have found Jobs most of
which are menial.
Belgium doe* not permit the
free flow of her colonials between
the Congo and the mainland
Bence, no complaint
Of the six million people who In
recent years have won their free
dom from foreign rule, none were
Negroes Rich Asia, the largest
continent and the most densely
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pletely independent. India, Pakis
tan, Indoneala. The Philippines,
Burma and Ceylon have been
swept to freedom on a wave of
nationalism.
The virtual independence of
Aaia leaves Africa the last strong
hold of colonialism. Africa can
boast of only five Independent
countries: Liberia. Ethiopia, Libya
.South Africa and recently. Egypt.
They comprise only a sixth of the
area of that huge continent, and
one of these five, the Union of
South Africa, Is ruled by white
men
The racial quotient In the
Union la In direct reverse to that
In the United States There the
colored majority 190 per cent lls
brutally suppressed by whites
who form the tryannlcal tenth
There colonialism is at Its worst.
There In Prime Minister Malan's
Dixie. Is where Senator Kllemler
thought white supremacy was be
ing carried too far. Apartheid,
the Malan term for racial apart
ness, continues to build the color
bar higher. Non whites live In
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barbed wire compounds far be
yond the white city limits
Wholesale arrests and floggings
follow violations of the many seg
regation laws. In South Africa
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the white Afrikaner uses his ln-
the white Afrikaner uses his in
dependence to worsen the welfare
of the block African, while else
where in colonial Africa, the gen
eral trend ta towards improved
conditions and, in some areas on
the West Coast, toward complete
freedom.
Colonialism On Way Out
Colonialism, with its color bars,
say world leaders, is on the way
out. Everywhere but In the Union
of South Africa, the end of big
power rule over little countries Is
admittedly In sight. Indeed, men
are already making book on the
number of years it will take to
wipe out the vicious system.
France and Portugal have of
ficially removed the word 'colony'
from the administrative vocabu
lary. In the British-ruled Gold
('oast and Nigeria, where there
are no white settlers, black men
are on the threshold of self-rule.
“The days of the European In
Africa are numbered," wrote au
thor John Gunther upon his re
turn from a tour there. Even the
most rabid white settler realizes
that some day soon the African
will re-lnherlt his own country.
An awakened world consciousness
coupled with the Negro's refusal
any longer to accept an Inferior
status will inevitably cause the
collapse of colonialism. With it
will disappear the myth of racial
superiority.
S. C.'s First "All-
Negro" Factory Is
In Production
By Lloyd Huntington
Special Correspondent of The
Wall Street Journal
Florence. S. C.—April 12 - The
first major industry in this Deep
South state to employ an all-Ne
gro labor force Is scheduled to
start operations today.
The new firm, a manufacturer
of women's dresses, is the Flor
ence Division of the Wentworth
Manufacturing Co., whose head
quarters are in Fall River. Mass
The company also operates an
other South Carolina plant at
nearby I.ake City, where white
workers only are employed
David Sopklns. manager of
Wentworth's Florence plant, says
the company has been conducting
a training school here for Negro
women operators of garment cut
ting and sewing machines for the
t’NCF 'KirK-OIT t’.N. Tnwlffthlp dlvUton Dr. Ralph
Hunch** (toft), haa thr principal »pra!«cr at a recent New York meet*,
inn to launch the llth annual t nited Negro (01l ge Fund campaign.
He U bring greeted hy Mra. Richard O Ivoengard, co-chairman of the
New York Women** ditUion of the t'NCF. and National Campaign
chairman. John \V. Hanea. ThU >e*r’% I N’(Y quota of i*
the large*! goal yet Mought by the Fund, and repre*-nt* approxi
mately 10 percent of the combined annual operating budgets of lia
31 member college*. (Ncw>prc*s l’hoto)
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■ past six months. The local plant
i will get into commercial produc
• tlon on a limited scale this week.
Payroll of 300 Foreseen
1 Initially, between 35 and 40 Ne
-1 gro women will be on the payroll,
but, Mr. Sopkina says the division
eventually will hire more than 300
The plant is being opened in a re
modeled warehouse, and work is
still in progress to convert 33.000
square feet of floor space to the
garment-making operation.
New I-abor Source
The local move has been cited
, by businessmen interested in the
state's Industrial developement as
the first large-scale effort to
crack the employment "color line”
here in the Deep South. If the
move works out successfully, it
: could open up a large new labor
1 source in South Carolina, whose
1 total population Is more than 3.Vi
Negro
The Wentworth plant will have
a 100'r Negro production line, be
cause a state law prohibits the
, employment of white and Negro
! women side by side In the same
( mill or factory. Largely for this
reason, only the white portion of
, the state's total labor force up to
I now has been considered as an
. ' employment pool for established
, I or incoming industries
| The South Carolina law on
I ! segregation in textile enterprises
applies to both men and women,
j It makes it illegal for anyone en
| gaged in textile manufacturing
who employs persons of different
races to let them use the same en
trances and exits at the same
| time, to let them use the same pay
windows at the same time and to
let them use the same stairways
at the same time. It also forbids
them to work together in the
• same room at the same time and
> forbids them to use the same fac
■ ilities. although equal toilet fac
> ilities must be provided.
A Larger Plant
Two smaller garment firms
i the Louis Samet plant at Charles
■ ton and Hampton Underwear at
. Greenwood use Negro produc
• tion workers, but on a smaller
: scale than that contemplated at
• the new Wentworth mill. The chief
jobs heretofore open to Negro
f workers in this state's industrial
> plants have been as yard workers,
; janitors, or maids inside the plant.
■ Some big industrial concerns in
■ other states south of the Mason
' Dixon line have successfully mix
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- their factories. International Har
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whites and Negroes for skilled
work in its plants at Memphis.
. Tenn and says this program has
, | worked out satisfactorily,
i ; Negro women will be employed
!as machine operators and junior
* ) supervisors at the Wentworth
i dress factory. Mr. Sopkins says,
i , Only the chief supervisors will be
■ ! white. Wages will be the same
[as those paid white workers do
ing comparable jobs at the com-
I pany's Lake City mill. The
. Florence plant will have a payroll
, of about 3500.000 annually when
, it gets into full operation, com
' pany officials say.
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Kditor's Note: Labeling the So.
Carolina factory ‘all-Negro” is a
misnomer because the supervisory
: employees are white persons as
j the story indicates.
RECORDS
. > RATING THE
BY J. HENRY RAN DALI.
Albums Galore
i \ Record counters and shelves are
I ; groaning under the weight of the
■ many album treats issued recent
i ly by the various disceries. Some
i are so-so, others are exceptional,
and then there are the great ones.
What, in our opinion, are the
f great ones -they number 11 in all.
t make up this week's review. Last
- week, our sights were set upon a
i few “Classics in Jazz” albums on
t extended 45 rpm disc. This week,
) they are on the long-playing plat
* ters.
’ A choice one is entitled "The
“ Duke Plays Ellington" and who
* I can better perform the works of
Edward Kennedy "Duke” Elling
' ton. than the man himself. It is
enough to say it’s Ellingtonia all
the way. for the reputation gar
! nered by Duke and the various
luminaries with him, is the sole
- selling point necessary.
t Accompanied by Wendell Mar
- shall on bass, and Butch Ballard,
r drums, Duke give one of his rare
1 solo performances at piano. The
f items selected consist of four El
> lington greats from his library of
1 easily more than 500 compositions
. and four new or ad-libbed tunes.
especially created for this album,
i The oldies are In a Sentimental
- Mo«»l. Things Ain't What They
I'sed To Be, Prelude to A Kiss,
' Passion Flower; their new mat
ings, Reflections In D, Who
Knows, B Stomp Blues and Janet
(Capitol).
GAL 8 APR 23 Knows ropsisc DC
There seemingly is no-end to the
recorded works of Benny "King
of Swing" Goodman, for despite
the number of albums currently
available, there is still another
Goodmanism of the 1947 vintage,
to be added to your collection.
Made in Hollywood, these repre
sent the Goodman touch in quin
tet. sextet, septet and trio form.
Selected for re-exposure are
I’ll Always lie In Love With You,
I Know That You Know, St. Louis
Blues, Bannister Slide, Love Is
Just Around The Corner, I'll
Never Be Tin* Same, Cherokee and
Music Maestro Please. Among the
sidemen heard on these sides are
two notable standouts Teddv
Wilson at piano and Red Norvo on
xylophone (Capitol I.
There are three styles of trum
pet to be heard on as many al
bums. with each artists being a
definite standout in his own med
ium.
With Miles Davis, it's mod
ernism. embracing new musical
ideas, voicing techniques and
conceptions of Jazz. Numbered a
mong the musicians gathered writh
him on these eight sides, recording
him on those eight sides, recorded
during 1949-50. are Kai Winfing.
I.ee Konitz, Max Roach, John
Lewis. Gerry Mullican and J. J.
Johnson. Selections are Deception,
a Davis' brainchild: Rocker. Venus
Di Milo, Moon Dreams, Godchild.
Israel and Rouge (Capitol)
Billy Butterfied. known for his
big open style of trumpeting. Is
at his best with an octet consist
ing of Butterball. Afternoon In
August. Wild Oats, nip Hop,
Billy The Kid. Butterscotch (all
Billy's compositions >. Lover Man
and What’s New (Capitol).
Noted for his mellow-sounding
horn. Bobby Hackett. another one
of the best in the business, gives
his versions of some oldies, under
the title of "Soft Lights and Bob
by Hackett." His choice ones are
Soft Lights and Sweet Music,
Bobby's Blues (an original); I
t ried for You. You Turned the
Tables On Me. Eeasy To 1-ovo, the
Harold Arlon That Old Black
Magic. Louis Armstrong's Some
day You'll Be Sorry, and The Song
Is You. And he has strings to set
off his homblowing (Capitol).
While on the subject of strings
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ROY A. DREW
ROOFING COMPANY
1537 E LAKE ST.
Evening*. Dt . IMS
give a listen to the David Rose
crew on their new 12-inch LP,
playing "The Music of Richard
Arlen'. Their semi-classical inter
pretation of Arlen compositions
cover a period which embraces the
golden era of musical comedy. Lis
ten to the Rose strings on I’ve
Got the World on a String, Coroe
Rain or Come Shine, It’s Only a
Paper Moon, Happiness is A Thing
Called Joe, Over The Rainbow.
Let's Fall In Love, 111 Wind, That
Old Black Magic and Blues In The
Night. There is also an extended
play disc, which includes all but
four of the tunes (MGM).
Vocally, there are four albums
which rate writh the best. One's
"The Joni James Award-Winning
Album," another. "T-Bone Walker
Classic in Jazz.’’ The James actet
are the ones which catapulted the
songstress to nation-wide fame,
such as Have You Heard, Almost
Always, Purple Shades, Your
Cheating Heart, Why Don’t You
Believe .Me, It It Any Wonder,
Wishing King and My Love, My
Love. (MGM).
Aaron "T-Bone" Walker, strict
lv a 12-to-the-bar blues singer, has
a way with the indigo'd mood,
whether fast, slow or slower. Dig
him on First Love Blues, Born To
Be No Good, I Know Your Wig Is
Gone, Hypin' Women Blues, She's
My Old Time I'sed To Be, T-Bone
Shuffle, Call It Stormy Monday
But Tuesday Is Just As Bad, and
You're My Best Poker Hand
(Capitol).
Another vocal style that will
draw the raves is that of Mr. 8.,
backed by the 1953 winners, in
strumentally, of the Metronome
All Star poll. On extended 45 disc.
Billy and the All-Stars jam a
plenty on How High The Moon
and St. Louis Blues, both extended
versions. You’ll remember that
both "Moon” and "St. Louis
Blues" were Issued as two-part
singles, not so long ago (MGM)
The recent hits by Frank Sin
atra, always a best bet. come now
on a 45 extended play disc, en
titled "Young At Heart.” Tunes
are I've Got The World On A
String, From Here To Eternity,
South Of The Border, (with the
Billy May crew assisting), and
Young At Heart (Capitol).
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