Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-10-19
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Orr, Andre Maurois, Adullahi lssa,
Daniel Mayer, Salvador de NADIA
riaga, Albert Gainza Paz, Innazio
SilCne, Martin Niemoeller, Arch
bishop Michael, Mosaburo Suzuki,
Abdullah Khalil, Tom Mboya, C.
G. Jung, Arne Geijer, Ernest Jones,
U. N. Dhebar, Alexander Keren-
sky, Erich Fromm, Martin Buber,'
G. d. Birla and John M. Chang.
The Declaration was initiated by
the American Committee on Africa.
In its Preamble, the Declaration
of Conscience states that: Free
dom and human dignity are in
grave jeopardy in the Union of
South Africa today. The Govern
ment of that nation continues to
extend relentlessly its racist pol
icy of apartheid into the economic,
educational, religious and other
areas of human life. The countless
indignities inflicted on millions of
South African people represent a
long and tragic reversal of free
DOM"
The Declaration charges that, in
violation of the Declaration of HUI
man Rights, the South African
Government discriminates against
all its non-white citizens, denies
non-whites equality before the law,
prevents many of it's citizens from
leaving their country, victimizes
leaders of all races who oppose
apartheid and denies to four-fifths
of the nation the right to partici-
pate in the governing of the coun-
try.
In urging worldwide support of
the Declaration and the Day of
/ Protest, the signers call on the
Government of South Africa "to
honor its moral and legal obliga-
tons as signatory to the U. N.
Charter by honoring the Declara-
ton of Human Rights" They call
upon call free associations to pc
tition their organizations and gov.
ernments to use their influence to
bring about peaceful, just and
democratic solution in South At
RIGA"
They also urge the mobilization
of the spiritual and moral forces
of mankind on this Day of Protest
to demonstrate to the Government
of South Africa that free men alb
hor its policies and will not toler-
ate the continued suppression of
human freedom" Their stated goal
is "to persuade the South African
Government, before it reaches the
point of no return, that only in
democratic equality is there lasting
peace and security"
! "All men who believe in human
dignity and the principle that free
dom is not the prerogative of a
single ethnic group" the signers
said, '"no longer dare to remain
silent in the face of widening re-
preston of reason and justice. AS
a matter of conscience we call upon
freedom-loving people everywhere
to adhere to this Declaration6'y @,
AS of publication date, the 1913
signers include two prime minis
tiers, one vice-president, eight cab
met ministers, two speakers of
national legislatures, 10 national
legislators, the President of the
International Confederation of Free
Trade Unions, and several church
leaders.
Prominent South Africans, il
addition to author Alan Patton, in.
clude the Ri. Rev. r. Ambrose
Reeves, Bishop of johannesburg
DR.. Ellen Hellmann, social anthro
pologist; DR.. G. M. Naicker, Pres.
South African Indian Congress
and Patrick Duncan, Liberal Party
Organizer.
The nations represented by sign
ers include Argentina, Australia
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile
France, Germany, Ghana, Grea
Britain, Hungary, India, Indonesis
Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea
Liberia, Malaga, Nepal, Neither
: lands, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Phil
ippines, Russia, Senegal, Sierr,
Leone, Somalia, South Africa
Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzer
land, Tanganyika, Tunisia, Unite,
States