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ONlIED NATIONS, n + w
YORK - (GlobaD - An over
tapping zone for all, and all for
one" celebration of hundreds of
black people in Africa, United
States, South and Central Ameri-
ca and the West Indies, began
July % and will continue to Au-
gust l.
On July %, the birthday Of En-
peror Halle Selassie, King Of Ethio-
pia, the African World viii join in
the chorus; "The Lion Of Judah
will break every chain and bring
US the victory again and again"
On July &c, all Liborians viii
rejoice over the wisdom of their
Founding Fathers "The love
of liberty brought us here o."
and recite the national slogan:
Let the Light of Liberty in Lii
IBERIA Shine Over Africa" during
their Day of Independence.
On August /, the people Of the
West Indies will commemorate
Emancipation Day with their song
Of gladness, "Emancipation Comes
at Last" On that day, Marcus Gar
vey Day, Negroes everywhere will
sing praises in honor of Marcus
Garvey, the magnetic leader of the
10th Century.
TUNISIA The campaign of
the Asian-African countries to con-
vene a special General Assembly
session on the Tunisian problem,
died from lack of support last
week. Needing thirty-one favorable
votes, the project had only twenty
three. TWenty-seven countries OPP
posed the special session, and one
abstained. The deadline for voting
was July 20. Although the Asian
African group lost their bid for a
special meeting, the Tuni5ian prob
lem is certain of a thorough dis
cussion in the regular 1862 Assem-
bly, opening October IA.
TRUSTEESHIP With Rus
STA maintaining its role as ex-
tremely hostile critic, the Trustee
ship Council passed the week large
ly with continuing it's examination
of conditions in African trust ter
ritories under French and British
administration. During an interval
Thursday, the Council heard the
international Labor Organization
demand abolition Of the practice
in trust territories of criminal
punishment for migrant workers
who break contracts with employ
ers.
CAIRO Abdel kim, a liv-
ing legend to millions Of North
Africans for three decades, an
nounced last week his movement
to "liberate" Tunisia, Algeria and
Morocco had failed. The 7O-year-
old "Wolf of the Riffs" said he
was through with the North Afri-
can Maghreb (Morocco) Liberia
ton Committee. He formed the or
ganization after his escape in
1947 from the exile that had fol-
lowed his defeat twenty-one years
before by the French and Spanish
Foreign Legions in Morocco.
conflicting personal and poll
teal interests within the Liberia
ton Committee have caused a fail
ure of the liberation movement,
he declared. II have triel to forge
the Committee into an effective
instrument to hasten the liberia
ton of Tunisia, Algeria and Mo
rocco, but members worked indie
pendently, each styling himself
the leader Our efforts were
doomed"
In the meantime, informed
sources say that the Communists
will attempt to seize the leader
ship of the North African Nation
alist Movement in Tunisja, Moroc-
co and Algeria now that Abdel
Krim has resigned. The Commit
tee had been made up OF represen-
tatives of various political factions
in North Africa and had been in
close contact with the Arab Lea
que.
ETHIOPIA Emperor Halle
Selassie has been presented with
the first copy of new version Of
the Holy Bible, written in Am
haric, the country's national lang
uage. AS the first Christian coun-
try, Ethiopia has long possessed
the Bible. For centuries, however,
the book was in Ge'ez, liturgical
language little known by laymen.
Priests read their texts in the
Ge'ez Bible, but delivered them
orally in Amharic. An Amharic
translation was completed in 1882,
but was unsatisfactory. A Bible
Translation Commission was Gre
ated in 1947. Ethiopian scholars
handled the Ge'ez and Amharic
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