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observers have termed a mon
white empire" with extensive pow
ers to regulate the lives of the
African populace.
Far from ending the political
uncertainty which has existed in
South Africa since Mr.. Strijdom
fist took a leave of absence for
health reasons last year, DR.. Yer
words election to the premiership
is thought likely only to heighten
it.
For although he apparently has
the overwhelming support Of Ma
tionalist Party members from the
Transvaal Province, concern has
ben openly voiced about the pros
pect of his election in recent days
by more moderate members within
the government.
Also, the intellectual wing of
government supporters drawn from
the ranks of Dutch Reformed
churchmen and Afrikaner profess
sors, notably at Stellenbosch Uni
versity, near Cape Town, are said
to have their doubts.
Some of these individuals hold
that DR.. Verwoerd is too uncom-
promising in his views, that he re-
fuses to accept advice from within
his own party, and that he will
press on with a zeal which closely
resembles fanaticism towards the
ideals which he has carved out for
himself, irrespective of the conse-
quences.
They already have Joined issue
with him over number of matters,
among which are DR.. Verwoerd's
insistence on enforcing segrega-
ton in South African churches and
also his unbending attitude towards
university segregation.
Set Scholarly Marks
Whether DR.. Verwoerd's new au-
thority and responsibility as Prime
Minister now will have a moder-
ating effect on his political atti-
tudes remains to be seen. But as
one government supporter who is
not follower of DR.. Verwoerd put
it after the election: "The new
prime minister is going to have
to change a lot if the moderate
faction of the party is going to
be able to work with him."
DR.. Verwoerd is, in fact, the
only member of the Strijdom gov
eminent who was not South Afri-
can-born. He was born in Hol-
land and was brought to this coun-
try at the age of two years.
Thereafter he was schooled in
the Rhodesia and South Africa,
where he set brilliant marks be-
fore going on to Stellebosch Uni
versity. In 1926 and 1927 he
studied at the universities of Ham
burg, Leipzig, and Berlin.
Then he returned to South At
RIGA, occupying professorships of
applied psychology and sociology
at !Stellenbosch University. It
was perhaps at the university that
he first achieved political promi-
hence when he made a startling
protest against the admission to
South Africa of Jewish refugees
from Germany in the years before
World War II.
Just before the war he became
the first chief editor of the new
government newspaper Die Trans.
waller in johannesburg.
Inspired by DR.. Verwoerd's anti.
British sentiments, Die Transvaler
boycotted the tour of South Africa
by the British Royal Family ir
1947 following World War II, dur.
ing which Die Transvaler reported.
ly had maintained distinctly pro.
| German attitude.
Striking Figure
DR.. Verwoerd is a striking fig.
ure of man, big and broad, will
distinguished gray hair, a lock Of
which falls constantly across his
.rcw. He is noted for long speeches
Of great intensity and fierce ded
ication to his party's ideals of rae
ial separation and republicanism-
so much so that he may we'll at.
tempt to hasten his party's prog.
-ess to these goals at faster pace
than that pursued by Mr.. Strijdom
Past evidence indicates that DR.
Verwoerd may pursue q sturdily
independent course in external af-
fairs. In 1850, for example, he
went on record as saying I'VE