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" MLDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON SUNDAY. MAY 27 1962 D 1 & '. 0 J ortugese East Africa Visited by Former Medford Man (Editor's note: This is an other in a series of articles by Luke Lange. former Medford resident who is taking an around the world trip aboard the freighter. SS Friesland. Today's arti cle concerns the east coast of Africa.) out to be one of the cleanest towns we had seen in Africa. Run by Portugese I had been wondering how r the Portugese run their show in Atnca compared to the rrencn, uutcn, t-ngnsn, and German, and I besan to find out right after we dropped By LUKE LANGE 'anchor. Anyone who has ridden on Tnc porU,g(.Se love uni a ship for a long period of : forms. authority. DaDer work 1,1 , and confusion. The only bu- to go up town, and it turned the main central police who c'ases laziness. In no case are , They further witnessed a good demonstration of the United Nations ability to handle the chaos caused by this prema ture independence. Government Pulls Out The Belgian government on the constant urging of the toward American tourists. UN and othe time knows the feeling looking forward to the rival at the next port, no mat-' reau that can "out red tape" the administration in Portu- ter how small or unintercst- Kese as Africa me it may be. Anything to get off the ship, eat on shore and break the monontony of staring at the sea. Port towns in nearly all countries are generally dirty, but these small cargo towns is our own Department of State. It seems our travel agent had neglect-1 Drops Urgent Business ed to get a visa for Laurenco He drol)ped ,he urgent busi- Marquesl. Even though our ncss came out and shook lamny nad a valid passport visa for Portugal, and passed the buck to the Amen- they held back by segrega can Consul, another 10 blocks tion or discriminated against, walk with the temperature Laurenco Marqucst is full at 115. of Portugese soldiers, wear- Our offices in foreign coun- ing camouflaged jungle uni trics try to use all the local forms. With trouble in the help they can. and a nice look- countries all around thorn, the ing r-ortugese girl lost no Portugese are having elitncul-! irv anri niln-r rivilizeH time in telling me a visa was ty in keeping out black refu-' t,0ns. finally pulled out of impossible. 1 demanded to see gees from places like Rho-;the Congo. The blacks burn me American consul, and ne, of course, was out of town. The vice consul was busy with government affairs, so I got a magazine and told her I wasn't leaving until I talked to him fused a UN committee the right to investigate the ad ministration. These events, along with our voting against them in the UN. probably explains their animosity at this time desia and ine union of houth cd, robbed and looted every Africa. thing in sight. What they The news of the battles in i didn't destroy, thev stole. the Congo and other sore spots in Africa has spread here. The blacks are urged on by a handful! of educated would be patriots who are de manding the Portugese get One thing you notice in Africa is the lack of war talk about Russia and the United Slates. They are too busy with their own little wars to give any thought to a world con flict. The Dutch officers on our ship arc having a ball kidding Americans aboard for being Naval Group In addition to the Army, the Portugese have a Naval group in this section. Two de stroyers are in the harbor j so generous in helping Ghana and there is a constant Naval : with loans and gifts of money. The United Nations sent a patrol of the coast. and our diligence in seeing UN army to keep the peace. In nearly all African towns how it is spent by the Nkru Soldiers consisting mostly of i the businesses and shops are ! man government. Ethiopians were sent into the j owned and managed by Indi- i Recently the Ghana Minis Congo. These soldiers, accord-! ans. This is true in Laurenco ter of Defense was in Eng ing to reports, made the orig-1 Marques. land. His wife attended an I ano visa lor ronugai, and monl, glad to meet an Ameri a vaiin uassuori ior r-onuEese , ; .. h f Af,l-. '.. can irom Wdmuima way uu. .... ..... ....... vki.-j.. ... .....m r,aST Ainca. we nau no visa the 1 i was informed by a cus- ; tonus agent, dressed in a gaudy really take the rag off bush. Those that are controlled i uniform, that the Lance fam- by whites usually have two ily couldn't get off the boat, or three clean buildings near Up to this time we had not the docks for white employees ! been asked for a passport nor and their families. vjsa anywhere in Africa so The rest of the town is in-; this seeming to be a siirmle out of Africa and give the '. inal atrocities look like small ; When Nehru took Goa away auction, and bought a solid hands, said he was from Ver- country back to the natives, potatoes. i from the Portugese these In- gold bed for Sli.000 American The attitude of the Umled Na-1 This contingent was pulled dians celebrated with a street j dollars. We also heard that tions and our own govern-', out of the Congo as quickly dance. They are all in a barb- on her return to Ghana she ment gives them further en- as possible but the damage ed wire concentration camp bought a house for $59,000 couragement. had been done. at the edge of town and the American dollars. This kind The Portugese, next door ! Is it no wonder the Portu- shops are all padlocked. The of money in Ghana would to the Congo, have witnesscdgese in East Africa have told ! entire Indian population is : buy a home and grounds simi a demonstration of a like ,'lhe United Nations to keep . getting free transportation , lar to the Country club in movement by the Belgians. ' out of their colony, and re-1 back to India. , Medford. variably dirty. Even so, the 10 Americans aboard can't seem to wait for the gang plank to be lowered. Mile From Anchorage Most towns are a mile or more from the ship's anchor age, and if the town is large enough lo have one or two laxis they will be wailing at the dock. Before you get. in you know the driver will overcharge you. The sun is hot in Africa and walking is rough, so you take your expected yentzen from the driver, eat at a dirty restaurant, return to the boat and gripe because she isn't loading cargo faster so you can hurry up the coast to the next African stop and do it all over again. On arrival at Laurenco Marques. Portugese East Africa, we were all anxious here and what could he do for me. I told him the simple problem of the visa, hated to bother him but, had been to customs and two police sta tions, and the main police sta tion had assured me he could arrange a visa in short order. He said there was nothing his Sometimes e LOCAL LOAN is a "Soft Touch" for extra money 'til payday... $50 costs just 70c for two weeks xtra money comes n handv belwppn ruu. check-., bo does LOCAL S "TV. Payday" loan plan: $50 C.-H.1S i.n'v 70c when reoa'd in 2 weeki. Or, borrow uo to SI50O cn signature only, car or other security ... on terms to suit vou. Phone or stop in today! 773-7456 Open Fridays 'til 7 p.m. gOCAL IOAN Q3 Sinct 1908 535 E. Jackson Blvd. Dick Webb, Mgr. Medford Shopping Center Free Parking matter, told him to make out oficc coM do this was out mree ana we wouia pay rum. This, he said was out of the question, since visas could only be issued at Betra, some i Portugese iuu miius up ine coasi. Aiier riding this ship some 15,000 miles, we wanted to see all of Africa we could, so I cave I him a work out. of his jurisdiction, he didn't have the authority, he was Betting tired of having the police send him Americans on such matters. It occurred to me that may he they couldn't get me a visa, but they could cancel my passport. With the trip Given Seaman'i Passes only one-third completed, 1 Our Dutch ship captain thought I had belter leave stepped in with his guarantee i: of my good behavior on shore, a gift of 100 escudos (S3.50), along with an apology from me, we were given seaman's passes and allowed to go ashore, restricted to the city limits of Laurenco Marques. The ship was staying three days in port, and we wanted to go into the interior and talk to the natives. I felt we I could get where we wanted. The Port police sent me to AT WOODBURN SENIOR ESTATES "Happy Days ml in FOR YOU... active retirement on a modest income! well enough alone, so I left the office defeated. With the matter of the visa settled to everyone's satisfaction but my own, I went up town to find the family, who had been shopping. Portugese East Africa is run 100 per cent by the Por tugese. Unlike other coun tries of Africa under white control, they have given the natives full citizenship. 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