The Bermuda Recorder

              ih jbcrmuda jh hecorde qsjab published bi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays oxo gives a meal man-qi ea volume xxxvi hamilton bermuda wednesday march 30 1960 no 67 ju.u conference allows longshoremen's delegates but suspends officers kt .' m w j*^i f vl a 3k mwe5b i bwb fj^^^^m mm»^l ma ftheh sftl " , y;v ■ kjr*yim)xm attending the second session of the three-day an dual conference of the bermuda industrial union at alaska jcall last night upheld a decision of the executive council of th - onion suspending mr joseph mills president and other officers erf tht longshoremen's division of the b.i.u because the dele gates held their election was in-egular the up 1 art the that i delegates from the — i soma 22 of the comprising i the conference per-b to participate theb because they i be unfair i that a large segment ofb members beb beeause of i officers i ' the byb the delegates to a proper i two weeks ofb the iti understood that one th irregulanities the election the was chosen rather as the constitu i tion the reportedly after midnight to a work who had patiently over hour the dele gates from other de liberated in to reach h verdkt after heard rviience from the aupute for some 90 minutes new rioting as south a • • mourn slain r leans x *"■ cil members as being dictator ial charges and counter charges were hurled around the room for over an hour be fore mr walter robinson m.c.p barrister-at-law suc ceeded in calming down things by advising on a course of ac tion to save the conference from breaking up before it started mobs set fires 2 police killed * ._ • i "•- ~' ■ p ew a^o^^k % ma n bvicshipb 1 *^^ ■ j«j wkww ■ uthb johannesburg mar 29 — great fires set by mobs raged northeast of capetown last night as white police battled negroes and militant nogrcis fought both police and o he negroes it waa the fiery vio lent climax to south africa's day of mourning he and two others were attack ed between the townships of orlando and meadowlands as they were returning from work the dead constable was stab bed one of the injured was stabbed the other shot build ings in meadowlands were dam aged by fire mr robinson told members they would not do credit to the union to continue their heated debate in public and he sug l that the delegates of the conference could very well handle the issue early in their next session widespread violence and ar son erupted when militant ne groe leaders sought to enforc a work boycott against other negroes in protest against thi killing of seventy-two persons shot down by white police a week ago trains and station buildings in xegro townships southwest of johannesburg were damaged m negroes surrounded them to cut off the few who went to johannesburg to work during the day the lawyer's speech was applauded and subsequently a motion referring the matter to the delegates was adopted at last night's meeting miss lois browne barrister-a.-law was named chairman of the de legates and the unanimous re sults of their lengthy delibera tion were handed down by her one negro policeman was re ported killed and two injured in clashes outside johannes burg stay-at home the national african con gress and pan africanist con gress had called for a stay-at home observance out of respect for the dead the stay-at-home was a success in johannesburg capetown and some other ci ties where it wos observed by ( h to 95 per cent of the negro workers in other areas it was not observed so widely successful exhibition — appreciative crowds gathered in the lee tnn^ffiom of st paul a.m.e church hamilton on thursday and friday last to see a unique exhibition organized by the st paul youth church iu top picture viewers admire paint ings by mr william york and mr keith simons and flower and vegetables from the garden of miss rema barclay a member of the organizing committee below miss ismay wilkinson and miss kay vickers supervise the odds and ends table where items such as clothing and household appliances some of which were over 100 years old were shown members of the committee eomprosiug the misses barclay york merriman and simons expressed their appreciation to the many persons who had contributed items for sale or exhibition at least one white policeman was killed the first reporu-d death of a white persou since the campaign started against the government's white supi .' macv laws last monday the third and final session of the conference is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at alaska hall at whieh time election of officers for the ensuing vear is slated to be held stormy opening churches burned the conference was opened • aa monday night with a stormy session at which mr i gilbert darrell temporary president of the b.i.i drop ped his bombshell that he had earlier that day ordered the division with some 500 mem bers suspended because mr mills had failed to earry out a directive of the executive that a new election be held be fore the conference mr mills supported by his angered longshoremen accus in worcester townshio northeast of capetown polic '. said all the churches including the dutch reformed church which generally has supported racial segregation and catholi schools and administrative of fices were burned by mobs the area in which violence centered southwest of johan nesburg is about thirty square miles and contains twenty-four townships with a population of 150,000 overhead bridge at one station could not be rescued until after armored cars arrived and a baton chage was ordered labor adviser for colony approved by house on monday ninght it was revealed during the debate that tbe executive at a meet ing presided over by mr mar tin wilson then provisional president adopted a motion declaring the longshoremen's election void mr wilson said he considered the motion un constitutional and that was one of the reasons why he re signed negroes in townships waited for the trains bringing workers back from johannesburg and showered them with barrages of stones a railway spokes man said there was bedlam in stations with women passen gers lying on the floor and glass falling around tbem taxis trying to run the road blockades were reported set afire many kinds of weapons were reported used in mob fights how many casualties resulted was not known parade scattered by midnight police reported the townships outside johan nesburg were quiet but they still were unable to estimate the casualties trouble in capetown flared when a crowd of non-white demonstrators moved into rand parade near nnd-wty buses and passing automobiles were stoned and a shop win dow in darling st was broken 1 he house of assembly decided on monday over the strong ob jection of mr walter robinson and mr earl outerbridge to send a message to the governor stating it had approved his re commendation that funds be provided for the appointment of a laboui adviser to bennuda at a salary of 2,000 a year plus housing na other allowances for two yearsj chairman committee b mes b wereb they know the d l b the nor employers he was an opportu-b to a who t0 b our p "■ i george colo b labour wh ,! ed mr darrell and other coun roads blocked all roads leading into the township were blocked by riot ers stones an old cement able — were used to stop traf fic rev byrd lauds b.i.l in capetown police threw tear gas and made three charges with clubs to break up an unruly crowd after a volley fired into the air had failed police made three baton charges into the crowd but it was not quelled until two hours later after police some wearing steel helmets and car rying rifles used tear gas bombs on its role col j c lemmer deputy commissioner of police in jo hannesburg confirming the death of white constable said piles of sones gathered pa tiently during the day were used as missiles as the first train arrived one group of policemen cornered near an the hon h t watliigion thought the employment of a labour adviser would be an im portant and valuable step if we can get a person whj cau help both sides it would go a long way towards continuing th colony's prosperity the rev v r byrd pastor of st paul ame church hamil ton addressing the opening session of the bermuda industrial union on monday night before the flare-up over the admissibility of some of the delegates landed the union for having gone . all . ont to win the battle of social problems in the colony though they had not turned quired something of the cul the knob of a drug store it was ti.re and enlightmeut which union members who kept the tl e universities of egypt had tore open ; while others had to offer when pharoah refus stood in offices waiting for a ed to negotiate with met bomb to drop union members about freedom of his slave had pressed for their rights moses led them out of the lane in a universal sense you of bondage have been caught up in a revo the good samaritan was n lutionary spirit and though stcial outcast but it was he criticised you have moved for who discovered the social ilia ward rev byrd said o his day the speaker said the pastor who had been iu social ills still exist today vited to be guest speaker at tho rev byrd declared when la opening public session of the bour with a sense of vengence conference declared he came paralyzed the bloodstream of not as an educator nor a polit : a community strike usually cian a politician he said look it was the professional man ed only to the next election who the world over ignored whereas a statesman looked to the social problem ; and para the next generation doxically it was also the or hoped the eonferei • • ganised social welfaregroup would make statesmen — men rev byrd went on to sav who were not concerned aboit where there was a will to sacri their own aggrandisement bnt f:ce for unity and cooperation about tomorrow's generation social ills could be remedied if he had the power rev he trusted that as the b.i.i byrd went on he would move moved forward the will to get that moses and the good sam well would permeate me aritan be made honary mem whole society of bermuda bers of the • b i u moses for he hoped thier attitude his leadership and the latter woud be one that where ever for his services there was pain all suffered where there bjwere was man or needed someone to their cause are to be • here price raid offices - the w.itwa*rrand security police moved into downtown headquarters of the african national congress and seized letters anc documents it was the second time iu four days the police had visited the of fice headquarters of the in dian onsress democrats and south african congress of trade unions also were raided striking similarity seen in vanishing of boy and kidnapping last year of girl mr a e nieholl felt a select t nimittee should be appoint ed to consider the matter thert were many specialists appointed in the past who made recommendations whieh had not been taken notice of he said the still unsolved mystery of the disappearance last thursday afternoon of 4-year-old kevin ontertridge from the bailey's bay home of his grandparents mr and mrs edward fubler has brought to mind a case last may of a two-year-old girl who was believed to have been kidnapped from outside her home in smith's parish » i dr robinson said when m d the governor's messag 1 accompanying excerpts al . koggon's report he wou ed who in the i'nited killg u wanted a holiday for tw-j irs he said he supposed thai ae bright young spark jus iduated from one of the uni rsities wanted to come here d the government was going > support the safari at 2,000 ear phi ' he said he wondered who is going to listen to the offi r and he thought the ma.i hlld either be an apologist r the employers or an irritant labour mr outerbridge said he trft is adviser would need th isdom of almighty and all ! would do would be to wau-h p tide rise and fall when he as not placating first one per il then another he said h ondered who this paragon of to miss alice scott r.n wisdom we are talking about is m.b.e of shady rest boat soing to represent — the labour erset on the occasion of tier unions or the businessman of birthday today hamilton stated mr e t richards question al why mr foggon's whole n port had not been submitted to the house he wondered whether it was too volumin ous or too controversial it was going to be a very invidious problem haying a man come here as a full time advisor lnless he came here briefly to udvise on matters mentioned left in the house watching television but they were at tracted outside when an am bulance came to take a neigh bour to the hospital on monday the hon wesley tucker speaking in the house of assembly said there was a strong suspicion that foul play was involved in the disappear ance of mr and mrs alvin outerbridge's only child for whom one of the most extensive land and sea searches in recent times has failed to find a trac stituted around the craggy rock surrounding the horn about 5 p.m the police wer called in and within hours a search party of about 50 per sons had combed the entire neighbourhood the father of the girl who was working in a quarry near continued on page 6 continued on page 2 the way kevin vanished '£ strikingly similar to the disap pearance of loveatt talbo two-year-old daughter of mr and mrs bertie talbot of smith's parish personal and social u.s citizens here get census deadline mr tucker asked for an i surance that the police would ii ake the most thorough inves tigation possible to cletermine what had happened to th child he said the pareuts of the child were distraught mrs v r bvrd wife if the pastor of st paul a.m.e church hamilton is du to leave the colony this afternoon for a holiday in the u.s sh will be accompanied by her three children all american cilizens resid ing iu bermuda mav obtain forms for the who united states censu at the uniteu states consulate general in the vallis building hamilton tbe census forms should be c-mpleted and returned to the consulate general on april 1 1%0 the dat of the census or as soon thereafter as pos on may 3 at about 4.30 p.m mrs talbot left loveatt in charge of an older sister sandra while she went to the bay to purchase some fish the mother said she hadn't been at the bay is mniutes be fore sandra rushed down to tell hare that loveatt was mis sing the children had been kevin when last seen was playing in the yard with a younger child at about 3.15 p.m when his mother arrived at 3.30 to take him home 1h child was nowhere to be seen a search was immediately in moses was a man of very humble background whose parents were slaves he had learnt from his mother a of decency f manhood and human dignity be later ae sible diet delightfully with diet delight ktnffinl