Port Elizabeth
(Editor'! not: Thu
mother in a series of ar
ticles by Luke Lange, for
mer Medford resident on an
around the world cruise
aboard the freighter, SS
Friesland. Today's article is
about Port Blisabeth and
the Union of South Africa.)
By LUKE LANGE
Port Elizabeth is the indus
trial supplier for most of the
Union. Ford, Studcbaker, and
Chrysler have large assembly
plants for their autos. The
units are all shipped by boat,
and put together on a factory
assembly line with nearly
100 per cent black labor.
In all these ports the load
ing and unloading is done by
blacks under the supervision
of a white man. While this
work is going on there are
probably from 50 to 75 of
them aboard.
When he returned to the
ship, a native came running
down the gangplank at full
speed with a portable radio
in his hand and at least 10
to 15 Dutchmen of the crew
at his heels. They captured
him before he reached the
high wire fence surrounding
the dock and returned him to
the ship, along with the ra
dio, which he had dropped in
flight.
Police Confer
This episode caused quite a
hassle aboard ship. Three na
tive police and two while po
lice conferred with the cap
tain, and he had his choice of
leaving a man behind to tes
tify or tie the ship up until
the man was tried. This, of
course, would be foolish since
the seaman had his radio
back, and I think everyone by
Naturalization
Hearing Slated
In County May 23
A naturalization hearing
will be held in Circuit Judge
Edward C. Kelly's court
Wednesday, May 23, accord
ing to Alfred J. Urbano, dis
trict director for immigration
and naturalization.
All petitioners will be no
tified to appear at 9 a.m. for
signing certificates and for
other preliminary matters.
Robert Duncan, speaker of
the house of representatives
and Democratic Congression
al candidate, will speak.
Invocation will L. given by
the Rev. Le Roy Cox, St.
Mark's Episcopp" church in
Medford; presentation of can
didates will be made by John
Williams of the immigration
and naturalizatij . service;
and oath of allegiance will be
administered by County Clerk
Marvin Madden.
To Present Corsaces
Dr. Billy Blackstone will
present corsages donated by
the Kiwanis club. Leonard
Carlson of the Medford Elks
lodge will present fags to
each citizen. Miss Annette
Gray, teacher of naturaliza
tion classes in the adult edu
cation program, will present
citizenship class certificates.
Mrs. Shirley Collins, of the
American Legion auxiliary,
will give each new citizen a
flag code. Mrs. Virgil Bolton,
of the Daughters of Ameri
can Revolution, will read a
poem, and Mrs. Helen Rice,
representing t h e Disabled
Veterans of America, will
present booklets.
Refreshments will be serv
ed in the courthouse audito
dium by the American Le
gion auxiliary.
Band Boosters Set
Pancake Dinner ,
Ashland - A band booster
pancake dinner will be held
at the Lincoln school cafeteria
in Ashland Tuesday. May 22,
from 5 to 7:30 p.m., according
to Raoul Maddox. Ashland
High school band director.
Pancakes will be served
With ham. scrambled eggs, cof
fee or milk and ice cream. All
the batter will be donated by
Sambo's Pancake House in
Medford. ,
Musical entertainment will
be featured continuously dur
ing the entire meal.
Tickets can be purchased
from band students. All mon
ey will go into the band bene
fit fund.
Camper Parents To
Attend Y Meeting
A meeting for parents of
prospective campers and
YMCA staff members will be
held Monday, May 21. at 7:30
p m. at the Medford YMCA.
Odd Bjerke. well-known
wilderness survival expert
and director of the Diamond
Lake camp, will explain his
plans for camp this summer
Fd Sapp. Applceate day
camp director, will explain
his procram to younger boys.
A discussion period will fol.
low.
this time felt sorry for the
native who tried to steal it.
It was probably the only
way he would ever hope to
own one because his salary as
a stevedore was 6 shillings (84
cents) for a 12-hour work day.
The white officer said he
would receive five lashes with
a cane and be banished from
any job in the city, and would
have to live in the bush with
his uneducated brothers. This
seemed like pretty rough jus
tice, but that is the way it is
done in South Africa.
While here, we saw another
example of their strict segre
gation. The morning paper
told the result of a trial of
a police trap that had been
set. The police had been
watching an attractive 18-year-old
African girl who they
believed to be consorting with
certain white men. When the
police trap was sprung and
they entered the room, they
found the African girl and the
white man. .
Police were much surprised
as the white man was a mem
ber of their own police force.
The constable was sentenced
to six months in prison with
three suspended conditionally.
The girl got 18 months with
no suspension.
Threat to Settlement
This law, called the "Im
morality Act," reminds you
of the impossibility of en
forcement in the last year or
two of. prohibition in our
country. From what I have
seen, it is the most serious
threat to a peaceful settle
ment of the race problem they
have all over the Union of
South Africa.
The Indians or Hindus, as
we call them, are well edu
cated, run most of the busi
nesses and stores, and are
quite well to do throughout
the Union. They are classed as
blacks and must carry a card
at all times showing this clas
sification. They, as well as the blacks,
resent this law more than any
other complaint they have
with the whites. Even the
whites can't agree as to the
advisability of the necessity
of the law, and it is the main
point of argument among the
whites. You can hear them on
the street or in taverns argu
ing heatedly. It seems every
one but government officials
want the law repealed.
The blacks, or the colored,
have no vole. The govern
ment of England is recom
mending that the Union of
South Africa no longer be
recognized, and the country
to be turned over to the na
tives with full independence.
Look at Other Side
The United Nations is for
this, but when you look at
the other side of it, when
nearly 3 million white people
built these large plantations,
buildings and cities right out
of a jungle and their fathers
and grandfathers put every
thing they had, including their
lives, into building up the
country, and the Dutch and
the English fought the Boer
War over this land, then have
an organization such as the
United Nations or a rulingbody
body in England, who natural
ly do not know, the problems
like the people living here,
give its decision that takes
everything away from you
with little or no compensation
and turns it over to a group of
people who, outside of a few
educated members, are sav
ages, you would fight for your
rights as well as these people.
It seems that a fair com
parison would be for our Fed
Merkel To Moderate
Discussion Panel I
Dr. A. E. Merkel, county
health officer, will be modera
tor of a panel discussion on
mental illness and health to
be given at a meeting of all
interested persons at 8 p.m.
Monday in the board room of
the Rogue Valley Memorial
hospital, according to Dr.
John McLaughlin, president
of the Jackson County Men
tal Health association.
Other participants' on the
panel will include a team
from Oregon State hospital
in Salem with Dr. Thad Fur
long and Dr. Harry Doyle,
psychiatrists, and Mrs. Ger-;
trude Stoltcnberg and Mrs.
Nadine Nunn from the social
service department.
Dr. Merkel pointe.' out a
report of a recent extensive
study of mental illness order
ed by the Congress of the
United States shows that the
"outstanding characteristic of
mental illness is its stagger
ing size."
He also noted that among
the recommendation! made as
a result of the study was one
calling for increased local re
sponsibility and knowledge of
the problem. In view of this,
the local Mental Health asso
ciation has urged as many In
terested persons as possib'e
hear the discussion. wh;h
will include an explanation
of facilities available in Ore
gon. commitm.it and dis
charge procedures, modern
treatment method- and pro
grams of prfventir.
ifai-r jnu mail iniaufiL, wmrunu, wnLuuft
Is Industrial Supplier
eral Government in Washing
ton to declare the Klamath
Indian had not been treated
properly and therefore south
ern Oregon and northern Cal
ifornia from Redding to
Grants Pass would be turned
back to the Indians in its en
tirety forthwith.
That is the decision that has
been handed to the Union of
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WHY IS THE LITTLE
INDIAN SMILING?
Because little ol' Chief Pontiac knows that when all three cars sell so close in price . . . and the other two
raise their cost factor to pay for trips and cash bonuses . . . that he can out-trade them! Pontiac isn't giv
ing away anything but the best trade-in allowance for your older car. You can probably buy a Pontiac for
the same difference. And you'll get a lot more car!
CHEVROLET
1962 I m pa la 4-Door
Sedan with 170 h.p. V-8
Engine and Heater
2914.00
Powerglide Transmission $199.10
See how close the Pontiac is priced to Chevy and Ford! And
we're giving no cash or trips. So be sure to .. .
as
South Africa, and the Union
has answered with a call for
voluntary enlistment a id
claim they will use force to
protect their interests. You
can feel a smouldering under
current everywhere you go.
East London Port
The port of East London is
much like Port Elizabeth. Be
hind the docks is a large pris
DEAN &
6TH AND GRAPE
on for the Union of South
Africa and prisoners could be
seen from the ship where they
were breaking up rocks and
loading gravel into the box
cars. There were many armed
guards. We tried to take pic
tures but they stopped us.
We tried to go through the
prison, but were not granted
permission. We were informed
Delivered
Price
CHECK THE TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE
AND CHECK THE DIFFERENCE
(bet you'll smile, too!)
are
for The
it would be too dangerous,
and that their worst type of
criminal was shipped here and
most of them would die here.
We also were told they had
escape tries almost daily and
most of the prisoners were
little mare than savages and
might attack a guard, a vis
itor or another prisoner at
any time.
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WORLDS
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FORD
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1962 Galaxie 500 4-Door
Sedan with 164 h.p. V-8
Engine and Heater
2921.50
Fordomatic Transmission ....$189.60..
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TAYLOR
MEDFORD
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Union
From their attitude for vis
itors, as well as the refusal
of any pictures and informa
tion, I gathered in a conversa
tion with a black taxi driver,
the authorities do not want
outsiders, especially a group
of Americans, to get a view
of prison life as run by the
English in South Africa.
v,-.
10
All prices quoted from Automobile
we can give you
PONTIAC 00.
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of South Africa
The beaches are wonderful
in ali of the coastal cities, but
one is warned to swim in the
netted areas where there is no
shark danger. Siftce the wea
ther has been hot, we have
managed to visit the beaches
in every port.
Since we were only in "iast
London one day, we spent the
rest of the time visiting the
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PONTIAC
1962Catalina 4-Door
Sedn with 267 h.p. V-8
Engine and Heater
$2971.00
Hydramaric Transmission ....$231.34
Delivered $
rnce
Invoice Service Co.
more for your trade-in since
773-7421
Queen's Park, a large natural
park with an abundance of
flower anu planted flower
gardens. An animal area is in
the middle, where various Af
rican animals graze. Lions
and tigers are in pens. Mon
keys followed us through tha
park, jumping from trees.
They were free to roam wher
ever they pleased.
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