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THE DAILY NEWS
Vol. 67.   No. 76
THE DAH.Y NEWS, ST. JOHN'S, NFLD., THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1960
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SOUTH AFRICA:
Govt. Declares Emergency
Reserves _Are_Mobilize
Nearly 30,000 Negroes
March Into Capetown
Nikita   Won't  Turn
r«.Pr".TO\V\-Iacii»cr*. - The government We
ire pror^iwed a state of emergency in South Africa and
faathifircd ci*ilian reserves to Heal with an explosion of
ma-s »?ro demonstrations..
Ftclca-iiercd police forces employed such measures
a* Irat z*K- nightstick charges and shooting over the
i»r?ds of Negroes to control the scries of disturbances.
Ihe immediate cause of thc trouble was a pre-dawn
police roundup of more than 150 Negro, white and
colored mixed Wood leaders of the campaign for
Nccm rights.
\ hncc column of 30.000 chanting Negroes from
all parts nf Cape Pros ince marched into the heart of
t .apctossu. The unarmed column from the Negro
ln« whip of langa swarmed into Calcdon Sep are
utmost np to the doors of thc main police station there.
P.-lire feared th* Negroes • pression of internal disorder.
tru'.t tr: 'o storm the nearby The rest of thc reserve force
rar-iasnent building. Legisla-' was' placed on the alert to be
tr»ri thtre *erc debating a ready for a call up on short
to\ rrr ment bill to ban .Negro notice. Incidents broke out
rn'.-tica) nrganiMtions. throughout the day in various
Trurkloads of steel-helmet- parts of South Africa. At Som-
ed troops and armored cars erset West near Capetown,
»*ept :nto the Parliament | police fired over the heads
a™ Thev hastily erected i of demonstrators and charged
with nightsticks to di perse
the crowd.
CHAROI DEMONSTRATORS
Police also charged demonstrators marching on the magistrate's court in Stellenbosch,
25 miles east of Capetown.
In Langa. aftcr the march
on Capetown had started, po-
The  Other Cheek
wachine«un     positions
pmite   the    Parliament   entrance.
1TAT1 Ol* IJMROINCY
la Parliament. Justice Minister Francois Erasmus announced a state of emergency,
effective from Tuesday, in 80
racially-disturbed areas of the ,
nation. It gives the govern-1 lice used tear gas to scatter
ment extreme powers to pre-, about 100 shouting Negro
•serve public order. ' women who stormed the town-
Meantime, deputy police ship police station.
eomiuMioner Col. I. p. Ter-1 As the Negroes marched in-
blanche faced the tense, mill- > to Capetown Wednesday morn-
int crowd in Caledon Square.! ing. Prime Minister Hendrik
All ttores in the area were or- j Verwoerd assured Parliament
dered closed and employees ! the situation was under con-
tnld to go home. i trol.   He said the government
Terblanche. microphone   in : would not hesitate   to   take
band, announced that if the
demonstrators dispersed, their
Viders' request to see Erasmus might be granted. Eras-
ir.ui said later, however, they
had not approached him.
The Negroes slowly left the
square and Parliament continued its debate in the restored calm.
stern action if the disturbances assumed a more serious
character.
The nationalist prime minister, champion of racial segregation, warned he would call
out the armed forces if necessary to keep order.
Although Wednesday's
rests served as the immediate
By late afternoon, most of I cause of demonstrations, the
Negroes also were protesting
-...,.»«.   ■„,« .....s, -F v.-...v .against the fatal shooting of
j ta permit the orderly proces-  71 Negroes nine days ago in a
. ..._  t. *.**. rUmnntttrntlnn aoflinst identity
sion to pats.
At the height of the day's
fxcitemen, Governor-General
Charles Swart signed a procla-
matioa catling up IS units of
5©uth Africa's "citiien force"
of reserves. They were mo-
b.'.ised for "prevention of sup-
demonstration against identity
passbooks.
After the shooting, South
Africa temporarily suspended
the requirement that all Negroes carry the passbooks
which control their movements and employment.
Margaret To Ride
In Glass Coach ;
LONDON (CP) — Princess
Margaret will ride to her wed*
ding next May in a glass coach
drawn by four horses the
•loyal ramily announced Wed-
With her in the coach on the
drive tn Westminster Abbey
May f will be Prince Philip,
who will give the bride away.
On the ride back to Buckingham Palace for the family
reception, however, the man
Inside her in the coach will be
ns countrt parson
her husband, Antony Armstrong-Jones, the former society photographer.
Two thousand guests will
crowd the Abbey for the wedding. The ceremony will be
performed by Dr. Geoffrey
Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury.
OUter royal news: the
Queen's infant son, Prince Andrew, will be christened by
the archbishop at the palace
April 8. His full names
Andrew Albert Christian Edward.
No Aspirins
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -
Theresa Laframbloise, 2, wu
found by her mother clutching an empty asprin bottle
Mn. Rosario Lafrimblolse,
lowed SB aspirins i[
te    St   Joseph's
Ike Uglily uncomfortable pro-
tea ef hiving '
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'the  aspirin.
later  ta   the
B> VINCENT ISl'IST ,MIM1 ON AI.KI'.r.MI NT l „r.H ,1,-;.,,
ROL'iCN. France  iRrulcrs) -i    Khnisurlu-v  rctu.-cil  V    am! Hi;..  v.;a ni
Nikita Khrushchev said Wed-, menl. huweer, on the »::.-i.e- "11 i ;nn >i.-ncx
ncsdav lhe United States and; mcnt replied al (amp Lbvid I will lur.i the
Britain have onlv to arcrpl j Tuesday ni-ihl helwe.Mi Presi- I licirwi in
Iheir own proposals to make a ident Kisc.ihowor and Prime ri;);c." lie y,,u\.
.success of the nuclear test ban .Minister Macmiilan for a mora- i ihr 1,-n cheek. I
conference. Uorium on underground !:•<;>.      en \h<- i:»ht el.
The Soviet leader, perched on! Khrushchev was asl;rd if lie ihat ihe head m
a table in a railway dining car, I approved the. Western in-opcsil;; is my only i
was answering newspaper men's I for gradual disarmament pre- Lhri.-i".
questions as his special train \:sented at llie C.eneva lO-n.'i'iim -Kit c?;.im|>i
rolled through the northern \conference. He replied "no." very well when
countryside on the eighth day ' His press conference on the money-lenders i
of his Frenrh tour. Inin ranged nicr a wide viirielv  pie w.ni  a  »hi
Asked what he thought of lhe'of topics from international Khrushchev's
prospects  for  halting   nuclear 'problems to Christianity. lodav lias Immi
tests. Khrushchev replied:        I    Khrushchev,    an    outspoken can   .-in ml   ni.
"Very good, if the United'atheist on occasion, said. President de i;
States and Great Britain accept I "There is much in Christianity ' leaders will h
their own proposals, for our which is cc-nrnon lo us Coni- talks siarling 1
proposals are theirs." |niunists.      ■ chev leaves lor
....-KrilM. Prime Minister Harold Macni-Han (left) ami
l'i\-.\ I). KiscnlioMcr .ne sin minified In newsmen as thev
i Diisirl on Mardi 2Mh for iheir vital tails', on a connler-
ssia's plan lor Imiming nuclear weapons lesls.-(l'PI Pholo)
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EISENHOWER:
Sees High
tudget Deficit
er interest rale-. Hospital in- Hip immediate post-war years,
v-   surance   and    provincial tax- This is equivalent to   .f682.59
ip   sharin". payment", added anolh- for every Canadian.
:•-   er S130.100.0110 in extra costs. The  white  paper  act-omits
15      Canada's net national debt arc preliminary, subject to re-
Says Russia   Wants To liS;::::
•^ fieil. in pc.-icelime x-nmd only
Stop Nuclear Testing aa B-s
JA O       a white p:!|:er fibled Weenies-
year
WASHINGTON (CP)—Presi-,ium reached with Russi
dent Eisenhower said Wednes-j Britain would bc .subject
day he cannot commit his sue-! affirmation hy the next pr
to any voluntary suspension of underground atomic
tests beyond his present term
of office which expires next
Jan. 20.
He told a prcss conference
that any U.S, agreement on an
underground  nuclear   morator-
dent if the term of thc
atorium runs beyond .la
Eisenhower   was   in a
mood in meeting with reporter
and
of VC.
.shi.it.lnn.
re-
lie
mel   a   barr;
nor-
20.
Ami..
American   j
offering  Rus
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term
subterranean
lers
if Russia speeds u
Major Rift Between
Two Negro Parties
lip c
BRITAIN:
following two days of nuclear of a three-power lest ban
talks with Prime Minister Mac- PROVEN SIGXS
millan al thc presidential Camp     Eisenhower   said   there
David   retreat.   6">   miles   north proven skins Ihe Russians
v budget—his third
JOHA.W'KSBUIU; (Reuters)
A major rift developed Wcd-
esday between South Africa's
wo main Ncsim political or-
wanl
1 -des; re
oi   (lis;
and
total-
Alarmed Over
S. Africa Crisis
LONDON (AP)-New outbreaks of rioting in South
Africa and the declarat on of
a state of emergency let
Prime Minister Macmillan'
Conservative government
shocked and alarmed Wednesday night.
Cabinet leaders here were
reported fearful that the race
crisis unless swiftly settled,
might in time threaten the
breakup of the South African
state.
Macmillan himself was said
Lto be concerned that events in
South Africa—with their overtones of black-white rivalries
—could split the multiracial
British Commonwealth.
Official and unofficial demands for South Africa's expulsion from the Commonwealth have reached London.
In Parliament   Wednesday.
ment.
A major issue in lhe Ihree- REVENUE GAIN
power nuclear negotiations is The while paper .a review ot
that the U.S. has demanded lhe government accounts and the
right lo some 21 inspections ol economic resurgence coupl-
Russian territory each year to cd with the last budget's tax
make sure big above-ground boosts produced 12-pcr-ccnt
blasts are not conducted. Now gain in budget revenues. These
ihe West demands annual in- are estimated at a record S5.-
spections—in each of the thrce 301,01)0.(100 in the expiring fis-
countries— he doubled or trip- cal year compared with -4.-
led lo cover underground blasts  754,700,000 in 19o8-59.
■ well. Budget expenditure.-- rose at
,    Eisenhower said thai if satis-   half that rale, to <-5.70ij.800.000
! factory progress is made at the   from So.364,000,000.
Geneva nuclear talks, the "on-:
. . ,.   ,     -.    'site" inspections question could i     Largest factor in the spend-
'yerywnous and delicate situ-  bc discussed ami\evhavs cvcnjing „-jn was a„ Blra 'sl38,
autm'                                       i decided at the East-West Paris j 100,000 in public debt charges,
MARKET DECLINE                ! summit     conference     starting | to a total 8768,100,000, due to
The market value of South ; juay i6.                                     . jnprcasCc| borrowing and high-
African shares slumped again ,	
Wednesday by an   estimated :
$100,000,000     bringing    total j
Foreign   Secretary     Selwyi
Lloyd described    the    South  J
African scene—with its   m;
arrests, police shootings   a
baton charges and partial n
bilization of reservists as
The Pan-Africanist Congress
warned the Alrican National
Congress to keep "hands off
our campaign" to end the gov-
ornment's identity passbook:
laws. i
The PAC. a militant break-!
way group from the ANC. was
formed last April. It claims a
membership of about 31.000.  j
William Jolobe, who organiz- j
ed PAC's campaign against j
the passbooks, said in a state-j
ment thai the ANC "opposed!
our compaign and called it |
sensational, ill-defined and
ill-planned."
Campaign was waged
against a law forcing all Ne-;
grots to carry passbooks. II
resulted in major riots and the i
fatal shooting nf 71 Negroes
nine days szo. Later.-the gov
ernment temporarily suspended the law,
Jolobe blasted former Zulu
chief Albert Luthuli, head of
the ANC. for belatedly backing the Congress.
Luthuli, he said, "now has
the couvage which he lacked
for over 12 years to burn his
pass, after passes had been
suspended."
.Jnlobe added: "the African
people will takc their instructions from the leadership of
the Pan-Africanist Congress
which has led them so far on
the road to freedom and independence."
Luthuli was arrested Wednesday in a roundup of 150
African leaders campaigning
for Negro rights. Last weekend, he urged all Negroes to
burn their passes and stay
home Monday in mourning for
those  killed in the rioting.
The ANC claims a membership of more than $8,000,000.
"Little Tin Gods"
losses since early February to
an estimated $1,000,000,000
These losses hit British investors whose pet interests are in By DON ATTFIELD ; ces are not expected to have
South African mining and in- Canadian Press Staff Writer j completed their highway scc-
dustrial enterprises.                 i    OTTAWA   (CP)—A   Quebec'tions  by  March 31,  1961,  the
In   his   statement,   Lloyd J member   of   Parliament   said I original deadline.
sought to soothe Laborites and  Wednesday in thc Commons the i    Quebec is the only prov
Liberals who have been agitat-1 people  of  his  province  "musl not     participating,     although
ing for a British censure of ■ stop being such little tin gods Premier Antonio Barrette has
in our country." i said since taking office
Maurice     Bourget,     Liberal j uary his province may consider
Castigate S. A.
Racial Policies
last week's mass Negro slay-
ings in the Union.
Russia Ready
To Negotiate
By JOHN TALBOT
GEN$VA (Reuters)—Russia
Wednesday dropped its insistence on a four-year deadline
for disarmament and said it is
ready to negotiate with the
West on a new time Urn t.
The Communist bloc yielded to Western arguments that
the four-year deadline was
"unrealistic." A Soviet spokesman said the Communist delegation! were willing to discuss
■ new deadline both for total
disarmament and each of its
The Communist concession
was announced by the Soviet
spokesman after a 45-minute
session of the 10-nation disarmament conference Wednesday. The meeting left unsettled a procedural dispute separating both sides—whether to
negotiate first on actual disarmament steps or on ways of
controlling an agreement.
Western delegations d d not
comment on the Soviet withdrawal of the deadline, saying
it had not been officially con-1
veyed to them yet I
member for Levis, delivered a
blistering attack on lack of
Quebec participation
federal-provincial Trans-Canada
Highway program.
Two cabinet ministers were
overruled when they tried to
have Mr. Bourget ruled out of
order.
Works Minister Walker suggested discussion of Quebec's
position was out of order since
that province was not a Trans-
Canada participant.
NOT PROPER PLACE
J. Browne, minister without portfolio, said the House of j
Commons was not a proper
place to deliver an attack on a
provincial government.
The Commons discussed for
the second day government
legislation tb extend federal
participation in Trans-Canada
construction three years to
March 31, 1964. Several provin-
entering an agreement with the
federal government provided
steps are taken lo protect Quebec autonomy.
Mr. Bourget, out-yelling loud
heckling from government beetles, countered the objections
of Mr. Browne and Mr. Walker
by saying other members speak
of the participation of their
provinces in tbe plan.
"Is Quebec not a part of Canada?" he asked. "Are we not
entitled to try to see that our
province gets ils share."
Deputy Speaker Jacques
Flynn suggested Mr. Bourget
avoid political' implications in
his remarks.
W. Pickersgill (L—Bona-
vista-Twillingate) came to Mr.
Bourget's support, saying he
arguing "the very essence
of the matter." Hc was trying.
to show the benefit to Quebec
of it= participation. I
By JOSEPH MacSWELN
Canadian Press Staff Writer
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.J
(CP)—The United Nations Security Council was told Wednesday that its special debate on
racial turmoil in South Africa
may further inflame conditions
in that country, which an Indian delegate described as a
'cauldron of hatred."
Soulh Africa's Ambassador
Bernardus G. Fourie protested
as the council meeting b
that past UN discussion of his
country's racial problems had
worsened the situation. Wedne£
day's debate, he said, hed out
dangers for which the 11-
member council would have to
bear the blame.
reports ot renewed
violence arrived from South
Africa, the council debate was
conducted in calm and measured tones but several delegates
used bitter terms to castigate
the Commonwealth country's
policies of apartheid racial
segregation.
SEES TERRIBLE EXPLOSION
! India's CS. Jha said the
South African scene it "replete
with all the ingredients for a
| terrible explosion" because
the government discriminates
against folk whose "only fault
is their color, in which they
were created in the image of
God."
Ceylon's Sir Claude Corea declared "a deep malaise has afflicted the body politic of
South Africa."
Weather
Clear   becoming   cloudy
with    intermittent      now   .
changing   to   rain.   High \
today 35.
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