St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-09-14


were maSsed with pink after a
in South Africa's Golden City
without humping into crime.
The barber was a big ma
and a voice as soft as the plum
Caught a coon trying to break
into my house last night" he said.
What did you do?"
II heard the bedroom window
go up. I'm big but I move light.
This kaffir had his head in the
window. l banged it down on his
neck" The strong hands gently
adjusted the angle of my head
HE hung there" he went on
stohdly when a policeman ar
rived this nig's tongue was hang
ing out His face was yellow. The
policeman said if we left him an
other five minutes, he'd be dead
said, 'Ag, man, then you'll charge
me with killing a coon He said
he wouldn't and only the two of
us would know"
so what happened"
"Oh. we let him out" said the
barber. But we beat him up. A
hurt kaffir stays a good kaffir-
for a whila"
Last week, all Dutch Reformed
churches held special prayers for
South Africa's $4,000 policemen,
whose main job is to keep kaffirs
good kaffirs. No policemen needed
the prayer more than the 1000
who patrol the Gold Reef. Said the
Rand Daily Mail; LAS he padlocks
his front door tonight, every Reef
householder will echo the prayers
and then make sure his revolver
is handy at his bedside e."
Under The Pillows
Johannesburg has always been
a rowdy place, 1t began as a min
ing camp. But as the city has
grown, throwing up tail buildings
and sending a tide of suburban
homes rolling across the sur
rounding weld, crime has grown
with it, Today, the citys 350,O0O
whites fear its 10000 natives;
and this fear is refrigerated.
johannesburg is probably the
tensest city in the world to live
in. Altitude $3.50 feet and glare
Johannesburg gets more sun
shine than the Riviera) increase
the tension. The dry air cracklcs
with fear.
White JOhannesburgers barri-
cade their homes at night. do not
venture ont in the evenings except
in cars, and keep revOlvers and
rifles handy.
They also keep watchdogs. the
fiercer the better; usually Dober-
mans or great Danes. Every white
Johannesburg is ready to dial
$50 for the Flying Squad at
sign of trouble. To whites. be-
tween 300 and 400 firearm
licenses are granted every month.
The most popular weapon with
the Observation-Disclosures pop
ulation is a IS automatic.
No white South African will
suffer more than fine II he
shoots "a native" under any cir
cumStances. If the native is
house breaker, the white won't
suffer at all.
Last year a white girlseeking
directions IN Pretoria, marched
up 10 the front door of a house
1t was early evening half dusk
Tho householder saw a shadowy
figur. through the frosted glass
panc~ Of the front door, seized a
une and fired The girl was kill
cd Az carly morning miIkman
suffered The same fate not long
after There was some tutting
abou, too reckless use Of fire
arms but that was all
Behind The BarriCadc
This week and last, Johannes
burg Juwa touched a new high.
Incens-5 by the increase in rapes.
murders assaults and burglaries.
whites have demanded longer
prison sentences for Negro often
ders more corporal punishment,
NOR death sentences. even pub
lie EangHgs The South African
Institute Of Pace Relations takes
a diff. rent view This week is de-
clare9 Thousands Of non-Euro-
peans because they have been I'M
able 10 see any prospects Of bet
tering themselves socially or econ
GEE TpntIRIE I'M AFRICA