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South Africa Prosperous Although Outcast by Nations
By NEIL J. SMITH
United Press International
JOHANNESBURG (UPI) -White
South Africa is facing up
to a threatening future warily
but without panic.
The country knows it is an
outcast among the nations of
the world and that governments
representing two-thirds of the
world's population are giving
moral, and in some cases finan
cial, support to underground
movements dedicated to the
overthrow of South Africa's
white regime.
South Africa is reconciled in
advance to United Nations con
demnation. Yet few whites out-
Standard Double
Bed on Way Out
NEW YORK - (UPI) - The
standard double bed is on the
way out because Americans are
growing bigger all the time.
But togetherness will continue,
according to bedding manufac
turers, who have decided to re
place the standard bed with
people-sized beds.
The dimensions of the double
bed were established more
than 100 years ago, when a six
footer was a rarity. Since then,
Americans, both male and fe
male, have shot upward in
height and weight. For instance,
American soldiers today aver
age an inch and a half taller
and 78 pounds heavier than the
doughboys of World War I.
This means that many mod
ern Americans must either
sleep in a crouch or dangle
their feet over the foot board.
Obstacles
Two major obstacles prevent
ed bedding manufacturers from
increasing the size of beds
when public demand for bigger
beds first became apparent.
First, available accessories
such as sheets, blankets and
bedspreads were too small for
bigger beds, and second, the
average housewife dreaded the
thought of wrestling with a big
ger, heavier mattress.
Linens and blankets for
larger beds are now stocked in
most department stores. The
second problem has been
solved by use of latex foam
rubber mattresses that don't
need turning, and a wide va
riety of special devices, such
as hinged mattresses or twin
mattresses placed under one
headboard.
Customer acceptance of su
persized bedding is growing
steadily. The nation's largest
mattress manufacturer reports
that more than 25 per cent of
sales this year are in extra
sizes.
Farms on Decrease,
But USDA Increases
NEW YORK (UPI) - While
the number of farms and farm
workers in the United States
has dwindled considerably since
1935, the number of persons
employed by the U.S. depart
ment of agriculture has in
creased 43 per cent, according
to the Tax Foundation incor
porated. There is now one USDA work
er for every 28 farms in the
country, compared with one em
ployee for 80 farms in 1935.
BUS FOR STAMPS
BURLINGTON, Vt. (UPD
A school bus is being purchased
here not with cash, but with
3.6 million trading stamps. Ra
dio Station WDOT sponsored a
city-wide drive for the Sisters of
Mercy at Mount Saint Mary's
academy.
side the country's tiny liberal
minority seem distressed at the
prospect and, on a superficial
level life has changed little in
this wealthy republic at the
southern tip of Africa.
The stores of the big cities
are crammed with luxury goods,
shopping streets and arcades,
beaches and resort areas are
crowded. The entire country is
in the middle of a dizzy building
boom, wages are rising, unem
ployment dropping, immigrants
are pouring in and the harbors
are handling more shipping than
ever before. In the sparsely
populated "platteland" or the
interior the farmers are as hos
pitable as ever to the stranger
providing he is white.
Country Prosperous
The entire facade of South
Africa in 1963 is glossy and pros
perous, as befits the 14th most
important trading nation in the
world. Nothing could look less
like a country in trouble.
South Africa is facing possibly
the most serious crisis in its
300-year history. And though
physically it seems little altered,
there have been fundamental
changes in the last few years.
A stranger to South Africa
searching for signs of tension
and impending revolution is
more likely to come up with
some long familiar aspect of
life in this country than with
anything connected specifically
with recent events.
He may point to the policemen
with their sidearms prominent
ly displayed but South Afri
can policemen have always been
armed. He may note the bench
es, buses, doors and entrances
marked "whites only" but
segregation in some form or
other has been the official pol
icy in South Africa for genera
tions. New Attitudes
There are several things that
are new in South Africa, and not
always evident to the visitor.
African nationalism, for in
stance, is now laying increasing
stress on violent means to
achieve its ends. This was not
always so. In the days before
the Sharpeville emergency of
Newfoundland Points
Have Humorous Names
OTTAWA (UPI) -Names
show a sense of humor and the
Canadian island province of
Newfoundland claims a record
in this department.
It boasts such places as
Jerry's Nose, Nick's Nose Cove,
Bumble Bee Bight, Ha Ha Bay,
Blow-me-down, Run by-guess,
Little Hooping Harbour and Jow
Batt's Arm.
On the sadder side, there are
Gripe Point, Bad Bay, Bleak
Island, Heartbreak Point, Con
fusion Bay and Wreck Cove.
1960 the African nationalist
movements subscribed to the
Luthult policy of nonviolence.
Terrorism is a comparatively
new phenomenon.
On the government side, the
emphasis has switched from the
"negative" to the "positive"
side of apartheid.
A few years ago the stress
was on removal of blacks from
white areas and on stricter ap
plication of the pass laws and
other discriminatory legislation.
Today the talk is all of eventual
independence for Banto tribal
homelands (or Bantustans), Af
rican election campaigns and
the development of white-owned
industries on the borders of Afri
can areas.
Emphasis Changes
The change in emphasis has
paralleled the rise of independ
ent black Africa. It has result
ed in the government finding
important allies among the Af
rican tribal chiefs, who do not
view an anti-tribal African na
tionalism with enthusiasm.
Among the 3.2 million whites
the last few years have seen
a decided swing to the right,
particularly among the English
speaking population, which num
bers about 1.1 million. News
naivprs and nnliticians still use
the familiar old platitudes about
English-Afrikaans unity, b u t
for the first time in the coun
try's history the platitudes have
the ring of truth.
This newly discovered nation
al unity is a result of many fac
Itors ranging from the constant
Concern Expressed On Prison Escapes
SALEM (UPI) The Board of
Control, concerned about the
number of escapes from the
state prison and correctional
institution, is going to take its
case to the legislature.
There have been 44 prison
escapes since 195713 so far
this year. The correctional in
stitution has had 12 escapes
since it opened in 1959, includ
ing two this year.
There have been no escapes
from inside the walls during
this npriori. All were from out
side work details.
Secretary of State Howell Ap
pling Jr. said present penal
ties for escape are too weak.
"Penalties should be tough
enough to serve as a deter
rent," Appling said. Gov. Mark
Hatfield and Treasurer Howard
Belton agreed.
Prison Warden Clarence T.
Gladden, correctional institu
tion Supt. P. J. Squicr, and Pa
role and Probation Director
Hal Randall have been ordered
to prepare a detailed report on
the escapes.
They were advised by J. N.
Peet, board of control secre
tary, that the board felt the
increased number of escapes
was directly related to a 1961
change in the law.
Formerly, additional sentence
time was required. But in 1961
the law was changed to give
courts the option of requiring
an additional sentence, or al
lowing a concurrent sentence
which would not necessarily in
crease the prison stay.
emigration of anti-government
elements (about 112,000 white
South Africans have left t h e
country permanently in the last
10 years, most of them bitter
opponents of the nationalist gov
ernment), to the realization that
the non-white world is squaring
up for a final showdown with
South Africa.
Outlook Is New
The result has been a funda
mental change of outlook, even
among South Africans who op
pose the government. Reduced
to its simplest terms, the atti
tude of the average white South
African is "this is my country
and I am here to stay."
The two main political parties,
the National party and the Unit
ed party, may bicker in parlia
ment, but on one point they are
firmly agreed: they are unalter
ably opposed to the principle of
one man, one vote. Between
them they command the support
of between 90 and 95 per cent
of the white electorate.
This helps explain why South
Africa apparently is impervious
to outside persuasion by indi
viduals, governments and inter
national bodies. To most white
South Africans the concessions
demanded by the outside world
must lead to a repetition of the
Congo story, with ugly over
tones of terrorism.
When Premier Hendrik Ver
woerd told his countrymen re
cently not to worry unduly at
the decisions of the United Na
tions, he was not whistling in
the dark. He was merely ex
pressing the convictions of the
overwhelming majority of white
South Africans.
Harden Opinion
The Afro-Asian boycott move
ments and demonstrations
against the republic in inter
national bodies have further
hardened public opinion.
It is not only on remote farms
and among Afrikaner intellec
tuals and workers that one finds
support for the new tough meas
ures to protect the white regime.
In exclusive clubs in Johannes
burg, among businessmen in
Durban and over tea tables in
Cape Town, one is likely to hear
the anti-sabotage acts being jus
tified by English-speaking South
Africans.
The acts have to all intents
and purposes placed the country
on a permanent state of emer
gency in the battle against black
nationalism. Nor is there any
sign that black nationalism is
on the wane. The leaders may
have fled, or been arrested or
muzzled, but the banned organ
izations still operated under
ground. The 90-day "jail without tri
al" law, the house arrest regu
lations, the provision for death,
sentences in cases of sabotage:
all these are part of the new
South Afrika. They have gone
hand in hand with stepped up
attacks by pro-government pol
iticians on liberal minded South
Africans. They form the darker
side of the superficially bright
picture of prosperity and prog
ress. The boycott movements, inter
national walkouts, and the harsh
security legislation at home aro
the price white South Africa
must pay for its economic well
being and high living standards.
Annapolis Boasts
Oldest State House
NEW YORK (UPI) - Annap
olis, Md., home of the U.S. Na
val academy, also is the site of
the oldest state capital build
ing in daily use in the United
States, says Encyclopedia Inter
national. The building now being used
was first erected in 1772. This
state house also once served as
the seat of the U.S. Congress,
which met there from Nov. 26,
1783, to June 3, 1784, and it was
the place where George Wash
ington resigned his commission
in the Continental Army.
Latin Is Lauded
By Kansas Attorney
LAWRENCE, Kan. (UPI) -Luke
White, an attorney from
Covington, Ind., put in a plug
for studying Latin during a re
cent classical language institute
at the University of Kansas.
"Learning Latin is the only
way to learn the English lan
guage," he said. "Latin provides
the power to analyze and the
ability to communicate, which
are important in any endeavor."
POOLS POPULAR
NEW YORK (UPI) - The
backyard swimming pool, now
owned by 310,000 families, is
expected to sell at an annual
rate of 270,000 by 1970.
BILINGUAL
NEW YORK (UPI) - If you
see some very familiar adver
tising but can't read it, don't
worry about your eyes. Some
leading advertisers are running
the ads in Spanish hoping to con
nect with the 6 million person
Spanish - speaking consumer
market in the United States,
according to Chemical Week.
This buyer group has an annual
spending power of $6 billion.
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SITS WITH TRUMAN Cheri Slikker, Miss Wool of 1963, seems
to be enjoying the American Royal Livestock Show at Kansas
City, Mo., as she sits with former President Harry S. Truman.
Miss Slikker is from Bakersfield, Calif. (UPI)
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