The Bermuda Recorder

              wednesday april 22 1953 page four the bermuda recorder a lesson from sweden west indies federation mirror of world anti-law law opinion strike planned cussions will be the ranee re port of 1!)50 which rccom mended federation as the short est path to self-governmenl self supporting in food london conference travail in the opens wassail retirement empty life or gold mine flo 1.1 i iii u ii coitcspollilcllci ithin the commonwealth and propt seil a federation with headquarters in trinidad the proposed constitution in this report followed the australian pattern iu that the federal illitf r 1mb ml would have only those powers s itieally given to it all other powers remain ing with individual participat ing governments who would retain their autonomy that perenial and pitfall lailcn function the otlice christ inas party is declining sharply m popularity among st louis tiinis a survey showed today and i reason was outstand ing there's too much travail negro indians set for new defiance from our own correspondent london april is hy air mail the swedish inter national i'ress hureau the official organ of the swedish l_iov eriinient has issued a report this week on the remarkable achievements of swedish agricultural development which holds an object lesson for all countries of the commonwealth london april u ir air mail i — the conference on west indies federation has opened this week iu london wilh representatives of west indian governments gathered to draft a const it ut ion for the proposed federal ioverilinelit durban south africa april lm1 non-white leaders of continued from page 3 h okctl forward to retirement at fifty or fifty-five when the time actually came most of liiein wanted to hang on smith africa's passive resist anee movement saitl they will call a nationwide strike to fol loj^hit^eueral election which hm a it refers to the work of the two central groups of swedish farmers the federation of swedish fanners associations ami the swedish fanners i'nion which together represent a well organiscil network of co-operative societies covering all aspects ilt the wassail aicoih lie beverages their consumption ami effects band ed tin causes which employers snimmil saitl led to the abol ishmeni of the annual vulelid get-together with all its rami the conference was opened by the colonial secretary mr oliver lyttelton the halted kingdom delegation included lord minister parliamentary rntler-secrctarv for the colo the main reason people are loathe to retire seems to be be cause they aren't retiring to anything miss cook said a number of personnel directors taiin to the seminars to help out where thay could to their surprise many of them found that their ideas needed rede corating they realized some for the first time that the prob lem of retirement is one that can't be dealt with in tablea or statistics alone it takes understanding ami individual attention years before retire look place of farming life from agriciiltui distribution of farm products ill science to the marketing and mr lyttelton in welcoming the delegates saitl that if as a result of the conference they were agreed that federation pro iiletl the means by which the i'ritish west indies could travel most hopefully ami most speed ilv towards economic stepped up campaign against race laws a survey of the wide scope of their activities and the rapid progress iu swedish agriculture has revealed the fact that sweden is the only country in europe that is self-supporting in agricultural produce al though only ten per cent of her area is arable ami not more than twenty-five per cent of her population is engaged in agricultural work fieations the leaders are meeting to fix the date for the strike and to map other arrangements soon after mr harry fer guson the pioneer in larni mechanisation began manufac turing in britain sweden took 550 ferguson tractors in 1!»47 i'his dumber was stepped up to over 2,000 iii 1948 to 1.600 in 1949 and again to more than 2,000 in 1950 in 1951 the nuni of ferguson tractors ship ped to sweden exceeded hhi t be figure mounting to 4,546 last year the latest official figures show that whereas iu laniu.ry this year 50 ferguson t factors left coventry eot sweden no lever than iso wi re shipped during february motor company at coventry nies in the survey • conducted snmng 290 st louis eoneema hy tile industrial association of st i.ouis 57 per cent of than who answered saitl ho^s^m sponsored christ in isb after opening with general discussions on broad issues raised the conference went in to committee ami divided one part considering the financial aspects of federation under the chairmanship of mr regi nald handling economic s retary to the treasury and the other considering constitutional aspects under the chairman ship of lord minister the decision to use the strike weapon introduces a new phase to the negro and indian de uaiiee campaign against segre gation laws in this country segregation laws iu this conn try of 10 million non-whites and 2'e million whites it makes a proclamation of a state ot emergency on the eve of the south african election a dis tinct possibility strength ami ultimately respon sible self-government the brit ish government would most readily accept that decision and would tlo whatever they could to give successful effect to it hut they did not wish to im ; use their views if a federa tion came into being it must be by the spontaneous decisions of the governments concerned it was chiefly in the economic sphere that the advantages of federation would lie — c.n.a panics s i 1 that contrasts with per cent who used to cost lost time accidents and results on morale were listed a w hy-nots but drink led all the rest nevertheless s per cent or firms surveyed saitl they were in favor of christmas cuinspect type various solti partics presumably of the cir tions were given as to how to solve the drinking problem but 22 per cent t k the nonchal ant approach stated don't worry about it — st louis host dispatch ment is in view whereas in the 1s7 s three out of four swedes were em ployed in agriculture provid ing only three quarters of the country's requirements of farm produce now only two out of seven swedes are engaged in producing the kki per cent needed , eleven million over 65 rnderscoriug the fact that increased life expectancy to day has already given 11,000 ooo persons 65 or more miss cook said workshop feeling was strong that this was only a beginning we have a new generation ; no doubt about it right now we're at the erom road a lot depends on where we go from here on wednesday the confer ence met iii finance cominit t e in the morning and in con stitutional committee in the warning afternoon althtiigh the idea of west indian federation has been un der consider ion for many 3 ars ami numerous discussions have taken place in the carib li an ana this is the first time that delegates have met to gether iu london to talk over drafting a constitution justice minister c k swart warned in krugersdorp trans vaal last night that the gov ernment will not hesitate to use its strict emergency laws it there are disturbances sweden helps brit ain u s population at 158,848,000 the work of fergusons swedish experts have brought to the united kingdom special equipment designed for use with ferguson tractors to help iu the emergency caused by the recent flood and storm dis aster m inch devastated scottish forests according to the for estry commission between 30 million ami 35 million cubic feet of growing timber was h own down during the febru ary equivalent to double the amount of timber iiitcriiatioiial l felh-d in scotland in 1952 mechanisation rationaliza tion ami co-operation have con tributed to this result ", says the report we've reached the final division in understanding and exploring the scope of age and psychological groups from babies pre-schoolers the teens and so ou this is the logical rounding out of an exploratory era now we aro faced with making a decision as to what these expanding years are go ing to mean washington april 15 - the census bureau today esti mated that the nation's popula i un as of march 1 was 158 1*48,000 these laws would _ i the government to suspend most laws including guarantees of civil rights censor or ban the press ami search seize or con fiscate property they impose heavy penalties including still fines jail sentences and the lash for persons protesting against any law one legal opinion says the laws could apply to foreign or local news men w hose dispatches could be interpreted as inflammatory ___■_■___________ , v ■ am 9ksfl a s a s brs lit hj-i _■'' k.i ■" h i as au example it may be mentioned that sweden's trac tors now number 0,000 as against myooo in l'*4 there are 11,000 harvest combines as against 500 in 11145 a sum of kr 100,000,000 equal to 20,700,000 or 60,000,000 j is invested annually iu agricul tural machinery the iliseiissions will affect the future of over two million people iu the widely scattered area of the caribbean sea thro are for instance over one thousand miles between ja maica ami trinidad 17 nations sign this was an increase of 11*1 m 10 over the bureau's e-a___l un compact on a oi 158,675,000 .'.._ feb 1 and an increase of 2,651,00 over the bureau's estimate of population on march 1 1052 the estimates include armed forces overseas women's rights australian model through the workshop the ii e f r evaluation both of se.faiid of community resources ts brought out this new generation is a gold mine of potential resources miss cook declare i tin basis of the london dis continued from page 3 to-day 600 large dairies handle the country's entire milk production as against swedish forestry experts brongbl to beatltaad by the ferguson organization demon strated to landowners officials h tin forestry coinmissioii hi timber merchants on scot wi forestry estates the speedy ■ hiiiiil of the fallen timber anit'i-haiiisation as used siic u 1 1 v iu scandinavia cabinet posts three countries — france mexico ami poland have appointed women as judges of the supreme court debate on proposal lor int r-kacia council although the defiance cam paign does not call for a strike uiiti 1 after the election leaders have announced preliminary the dm ceremony held spe cial significance for a group of lemininists who under the leadership of alice paul founder of the world woman's party have been persistently pushing the treaty idea for achieving women's rights at international gatherings formula sought : citings in the explosive with v iff strand ami eastern cape province on april 12 three days before the balloting higgest stumbling block she acknowledged is the tendency of older people and those who work with them to look for magic formulas and aluin clusive blue prints there simply isn't any miss cook said it is increasingly ap parent that while businesa and the community will have to take a tuck or two in its think ing the impetus will have to come from the individual however she added hopeful ly 11,000,000 individuals put ting their heads together could add up to something terrific following is the continuation of the debate in the house ol assembly last friday on the motion of mr r l pearman for the setting up of an inter-raieal council to make recom mendations for the solution of the colony's racial problems the house agreed instead to a motion of mr h j tinker 1.0 make the study rather than a council rveral of the ferguson trac i wt-re fittetl with canadian l-traek etpiijiinent and other ipineiit used was timber iges designed for hauling eral logs at a time behind kruson tractors ami calliper ths which are used iu sweden 9.000 jailed since tiie passive resistance campaign was launched last june nearly i),uu0 negroes aud intuaiis have been jailed tor purposely breaking segrega tion laws one of them sized up the vb.tory v,\th the statement never has there been such a stupendous revolution in the status of half the population of the globe in so short a time — ami accomplished by com pletely peaceful means th mr donald smith the motion of mr lvannan appear ed to be a tlispairing effort to pass a responsibility of the house to au irresponsible com mittee appointed by the gov ernor naturally he said the legal aspirations of the colour ed people arc a concern of the house or they ought to be that they did not concern the house in tin past is regrettable but regret ta|fly there are elements particularly among the younger set who are be coming impatient and angry the inevitable is coining upon us we should remember that we cannot sit up the volcano and hold it down for ever mr smith concluded denmark with fergnso i i tii ■ t-ii t for hauling sing from the felling points 1 i roads cnmiiionwcal.l a campaign spokesman made i ins announcement the feminists considered it significant that the treaty should have been signed while one of their early and earnest workers minerva bernardino of the dominican republic is chairman of the on status of women commission the government's harsh new law s have not deterred us we are punning a national stoppage w th full awareness of what tin e laws mean we shall carry it out irrespective ot whether the nationalist or united parties win the election we shall of course do what we can to remain within the bounds s agency vigour restored glands made young in 24 hours mm fr entering the debate a second time mi tucker agreed with mr hi ards that the matter should ! ..- approached in com plete sincerity and honesty he declared that he was never mor sincere in his life in an ohort to reach a solution for the problem he was convinced that the issue should be ex amined by men of goodwill and in honesty prefer malanism to tt 1 no longer nere**ary te enffer frnm lo*a of vigour arid manhood weak memory and bodr ervotuna . impure blood alt-mr akin depraaaloa and poor bleep because an american w..r hat dlacoyered a quick aeay war to end tb»»rlrr>ublea this dlsrovalt la in pleaaant ee*y to-take tafcifet form la abiolutely harmle a doea away with land oper a-inn and la bringing new youth and vigour o thouaanda it worka dtraetiy m the glanda and nenree and pate r rich blood and energy ta your l fn in 24 houra you can ae and feat i ytiuraelf getting younger tony eyea y»parkle you feel ally and fuh at youthful vlirour and power and thia amailng new land aa4 vigour reetorer called vi-tabs to u.iranteed it haa been proyed ey hou.nndit and la now dletrtbuted by cheminte here under a guarantee of atlsfartton or money hack vi-tabs must make yoa feel full of vigour and energy and from 10 to 20 yeare young er or you merely return the empty ra.-k.iee and get your mony hazctc vi-tabs coata little and tbe guar vi-tabs sr t heifore meeheeaf eel vitality democracy of the law there are many people who regard the matter of greater participation in government and government service by the ct loured people as something which should bo attempted cautiously as ■ matter of evo lution and by education mr wsv 7_*____s____&s_____m | t gpm r^ft «•-«.* m_h ' 1 " * -»*_.' * ______________________________________________ b s ' \. ■■■'•■'-: i»w - v 3 *** ,,, zmf*^z 1 slirf the wonderful powder for work stoppages have a bloody tradition in this coun try whether undertaken by whites or blacks negroes last stagetl an effective national stoppage on may 1 1951 it culminated in clashes with police in which 21 negroes were killed ami scores injured z the whole family _\" ■ used surf masses of suds get rid of s nith said a new era hut the hopes of those people mr w leroy tucker also took advantage of the debate to make his maiden speech in the house he felt that ber muda was on the threshold of a new era and men of courage were needed to cope with the problems people the world over are elamouriug for better opportunities and those who are qualified should be made to compete on equal grounds like myself have not been very well supported ill the past there has rather been a policy of return to malanisni_rather than to liberal democratic advertise in the recotdet principles the friel em which exists mainly iu the various depart ments of jovi i uiiient aud places which are ge eminent controll eil this mr smith felt was a matter for i he executive and should first lie considered by ilis excellent y the goveruor : i niincll it pays mm ** m z &_, *-*•«• tr .- »_. ■ . ___^ he hoped the issue would be considered fairly ami that the members of the cothmittee would he unbiased in their opinions and make decisions according to the dictates of their conscience mr tucker saitl bermuda is too small a place for its people to be joc keying at each others throats we must have men of goodwill who an prepared to sit around the table and thrash out our problems just arrived i he major issues between the lin ■ are constitutional and malters for the legislature mr l'carman is just trying to pass the buck mr smith said ami he was glad to see mr tucker bring the matter back in its proper prostive ladies dresses children's dresses ladies underwear ladies skirts ladies dungarees ladies polo skirts ladies blouses mr smith declared that many of his clients iu his legal prat lice were coloured people and he has eoom to regard the negress of bemnnlo as ex tremely tine people who riven the proper leatl and incentive anil recognition would make the most loyal citizens ••• ' dirt float out of the fabric an j surf forms no tetm your w'-ole family wash wil b k icr tn-sher brigluer surf is ideal tor washing-up i . it in your u machine too all the dirt easily quickly ou can tc the mr pearman said he did not object to a select committee studying his proposal his hope was to see something ac complished and he was glad il was mr tucker who moved for the committee d e e b saad reid street — hamilton everything is cleaner v.^.hed with &! x-euss