The Bermuda Recorder

              page two the bermuda recorder wednesday march 6 19 55 the bermuda recorder committee members say committed on i^^b pro bono publico no attempt to limit birth of coloured bermudians charge of breaking published by the union printery court street hamilton bermuda every wednesday and saturday four ribs a b place managing editor eric winfield smith of subscription rates the suggestion that the campaign being waged by the governor's population com mittee is a scheme of white people to reduee the rate of birth of coloured bermudians was dismissed by three mem bers of the committee in a radio panel discussion on sun day night the campaign they said was direrected to wards everyone mr breck then stated that the same question about race came up about 25j or 30 years ago mrs king said she though that there was more racial tension here now than there was 25 years ago angle street hamilton was released on bail saturday government no 98 1957 45 yearly 25 half yearly 15 quarterly after he was committed for trial in the supreme court by the wor l m minty an a charge of assault which caused grevious bodily harm to one of his workmates special rates for contract ads all communications intended for publication should be addressed bermuda scholarship for boys 1957 to the manager the recorder court street city dr cann rejoined to say that there should be no fear that the campaign was direct ed to any particular group because population control must be mainly voluntary on the part of those producing children and eould not p.ne eeed without the cooperation of the individual hamilton bermuda wednesday march 6 1957 smith is alleged to have pushed john clarence iloaro of shepherd's c 1 u b reid street hamilton by pushing him against a table at the royal navy base where they ire employed hoare was 7 to have suffered four . ■■ ken ribs candidates for the bermuda scholarship for boys for should make written application to the colonial secretary i manner prescribed bv the regulations not later than the april 1957 members of the panel were dr the hon e a cann mr h j tucker m.c.p and mrs v d o'd king moderator for the discussion was mr park breck public relations officer for the committee mr breck said the question about whites trying to limit the birth of negroes frequently came up and he asked the panel for their views white immigrants pour into copies of the regulations are obtainable at the colonial s tary's office african federation mr breck told the panel that another question which frequently came up at meet ings was why the committee made no mention of illegiti macy during tlie campaign tir m i i . ■ . applicants should submit a full face photograph in add to the documents requires under the regulations by john hughes some africans are still sus picious of white domination an undertaking also is required from the parents or gi ians ot he scholarship applicants that they are prepare accept i sponsibility for any additional funds over and a the scholarship allowance necessary to maintain the schoh an educational institution abroad in the christian science monitor inquiries turned down mr tucker replied that the product wa_j exactly the same whether it was born in wed lock or out it was a human being and as such it had to eat have shelter and eventu ally a job that being the case the committee was con cerned with the fact that they were human beings whether born in wedlock or out masters salisbury southern rhodesia — ask directions in rhodesia these days ajid you will likely get an answer in one of half a-dozen european languages and accents for the towns and cities are filling with a constant stream of settlers from various parts of the world who are staking their confidence in the future of this booming sunny new nation these are opposed to an in crease in the white population on the other hand some afri cans frankly admit that at their present stage of develop ment they are unable to achieve the industrial and economic prosperity for winch all rhodesians hope without the aid of more white techni cians and skilled workers dr cann said the criticism was to be expected he said she wanted to answer the question just right and added that so far as the com mittee was concerned at least he knew that no member was looking on the campaign in a racial way for the r in est 2nd march 1957 most expert m w — o -^ jgj — - i s they look at it primarily as a concern of the whole com munity i personally know that we have some racial ten sion here there are differ ences of opinion and differ ences of attitude no the part of coloured and white but so far as this matter that affects us all goes i am sure there is no racial feeling dr cann declared watch repairs kites for sale another question was why the committee attack the population problem purely on economic and not on moral or religious grounds while the federation gov ernment actively campaigned for immigrants once it took over administration of the country's immigration scheme three years ago the supply of settlers has today become such that rhodesian government representatives overseas are soft pedaling their campaign even so some 600 to 1,000 in quiries are turned away each month because the quota is filled and kite supplies in the three years since federation of southern rhode sia northern rhodesia and nyasaland this british cen tral african area has become top draw in africa for white settlement mr tucker said that econ omic grounds were unstable to everybody in bermuda boys now is the tune to stock up on the last question discussed was what steps the committer should take towards the con trol of the natural increase by mr ed scheck coloured tissue paper final figures for 1956 will total the number of immi grants at around 26,000 or 27,000 for the year — a 10 per cent increase in the white population w*hich government officials claim to be far in excess of other nations per centage increases by immigra tion and greater even than that of the united states dur ing the peak of its immigra tion boom sticks nails mr tucker agreed with the doctor and added that the committee was concerned with the over-all future of the population if we get more people here than we can reasonably support the stand ard of living must fall and fall drastically i do not think this is a racial question in any way it is entirelv an econ omic question of*how many people can be supported certified swiss watch-maker he is ready to clean and service your valuable timepiece with the very latest electronic timing mrs king replied i feel we could give all members of the community pride of citi zenship if we are proud of it we guard it very zealously and jealously glue twine go in today at the americans have shown con siderable interest intlhodesia recently hubert ponter pres ident of the federation of rhodesian industries toured the united states on an offi cial leader grant and talked of the opportunities in his country dr cann thought it was necessary to work on the com munity as a unit rather than as divided groups of people no one could respond co operatively in an attitude of distrust devices l^^shop all work guaranteed masters the ano skills solicited gift dept 2nd floor in fact many more would be immigrants want to settle in the federation of the rhodesias and nyasajand than the government feels the country can cope with jt 0 ease the strain on basic ser vices like housing schools railways telephones and so on the government has there fore pegged immigration for the time being at 2,200 per sons monthly he received 300 letters of inquiry during his tour an other 300 since returning to salisbury and 200 through the british information offices in the united states chinese bridge long-range rockets in ussr rumoured ujauemej americans welcome described -"'■ i * ■■* ' i 1 one highly qualified coal mining engineer aged 63 rose at 5 a.m and traveled 100 miles to keep an 8:30 a.m appointment one sunday in chicago with mr ponter to discuss the prospects of emi grating by gordon walker hong kong a sudden spate of rumours of peace talks between peking and elments within th nationalist govern ment on formosa appear at the moment to be without founda tion in fact hong kong gen cheng cliien governor of hunan province in southern china has reported after a visit to the soviet union that the soviet union has interconti nental rockets capable of bombarding united states cities from china the eve ning post reported here do a wash with any oi the old powders . . . wuivealatr test to the pro then try omo the blue h ducts about powder really !■ whiteness . . . you results . . . aim of the government is to attract key men in the techni cal and engineering trades in mining and agriculture and in professions such as ac counting civil engineering and architecture to the rho desias high priority too is given builders and railway men who are badly needed in the country's rapidly expand ing economy he told me says mr continued on page 4 it is likely even probable however that through devious channels not altogether un official — contact has been made and continues between ths two theoretically antagonistic governments keep up with not the joneses at a press conference given in changsha city general cheng said lie saw a movie on soviet atomic missiles in the kremlin at the government's invitation intelligence analysts here believe that the facts regard ing formosa peace rumours re volve around two points 1 that peking is deliber ately encouraging the idea that peace talks are under way as a means of creating doubts among those overseas chinese who are either openly pro nationalist or who are remain ing on the fence unskilled labor is unwel come for it is competitive with the federation's 6,800 000 africans who at tfiis stage are mainly confined to skilled and semi-skilled work the range of these missiles is very far indeed he said there can be no question that a missile of this type shot from changsha could reach a tar get as far away as the united states the newspaper re ported chicago — raymond loewy new york industrial engineer says people have changed and now want aotai thing different than the joneses he was at a loss however for a single word to describe this new effect wanted in the home object of government policy as stated by official spokes men is to spark additional de velopment by the introduction of key white workers which will not only lead to increased prosperity and stability for white and african alike but which will enable more afri cans to learn the intricacies of the skills which the immi grant whites can teach them yes try the lot-amd your frm r^l verdict will be yll omo gives youj the whitest wasfl in the world tm 2 that while a deal be tween communist china and formosa is possible and per haps eventually probable the time and atmosphere are not yet right cheng is a former chinese xaitonalist general the word he seeks would express warmth grace and beauty in home furnishings it would connote the opposite of coldness control and regi mentation *£. ■* fe m f jtjr *.' ww johannesburg curfew setbacks pile up in the past industry pro duced goods primarily to make it possible for thc browns to keep up with the joneses today the browns want something different than the joneses not to match them product for product the nationalist government has suffered serious setbacks not the least of which is vice admiral stuart ingersoll's re cent statement that the nation alist army is being trained solely for defense and not for offense while government leaders disclaim any idea of encour aging white immigration as a means to decrease the ratjp of africans to whites it never theless has been estimated that if the stream of immi grants continues at today's rate estimated population figures in 1980 will be 2,500 000 whites and 12,500,000 africans — the current ratio of 28 africans to 1 white being thereby reduced to 5 africans to 1 white johannesburg south africa feb 25 a 9 p.m to 5 a.m curfew has been ordered for all african negroes in this south african city so he added the browns and joneses now have two de sires better quality and ways to express individu ality in their houses and this statement has al ready seriously undermined the nationalists chief propaganda theme — namely that national ist military forces are being groomed for an assault on the mainland challenge to every woman in the country take any washing powder you think will make a good job of your white wash give it a fair test and note the results then do a wash with omo — the fragrant blue washing powder and don't leave out a thing toss the dirtiest clothes you can find into omo's gentle glistening suds more than exploratory contact between peking and taipei tl _-. _, key figure in the current peace rumours meanwhile is gen chiang ching-kuo presi dent chiang's elder son and probably the second most im portant man on formosa today he then confessed that he was groping for a word that would fit the answer to those desires the way such terms as functional or streamlined applied to certain styles in houses and automobiles for it is with a word or phrase that adherents can be rallied to a cause he said when the ironing stage is reached compare the whiteness by then you'll be ready to agree that omo whiteness outshines anything you've ever seen before yes whether omo has to deal with just plain all-over dirt or stains — it gives you the whitest washing in the world but there still is no definitive indication that washington in tends to abandon its military support of the nationalists or to shut off its flow of dollars a 1 . •_ ... african opinion appears to be divided upon the virtues of white immigration while racial partnership tjetwecn africans and whites is th official goal of the federation general chiang is a man of many hats because of the fact that he studied 14 years in moscow and has a russiau wife it is often suggested that and until such time as the nationalists chief propaganda they have been written off there is unlikely to be anything mi continued on page 6