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a window and glass cut an Afri-
can on the forehead.
At another, a white woman stood
up below the speakers and insisted
she would leave only If elected
by police.
Despite a plea by the chairman
for police Intervention, the police
remained at the REAR of the hall
controlling the overflow crowd.
The woman desisted after an
other woman protested, "she is
only trying to break up the meet
ing"
Four white persons walked out
of the meeting.
This occurred after the main
speaker, r. S. Garfield Todd, for
mer Prime Minister Of Southern
Rhodesia, declared:
while / have no wish to say
nasty things about the Union Of
South Africa, think l should say
that their racial policies are in
tolerable and l wouldn't want to
live in the Union of South Africa. "
The meeting was originally
planned for a hall in an African
section. But after disorder dis
rupted a gathering under the aus
pices Of the Government United
Federal party Saturday night, the
Government banned all meetings
in the African quarters.
The Central African party then
hired Athenaeum Hall, large mod
ern building with a capacity Of
about TOO.
The meeting was set for 8:15
p.m., but an hour ahead of time
the hall was filled, about 80 per
cent by Africans from the section
where the meeting originally was
planned.
At the point where Mr.. Todd
was attacking pending legislation
to control African nationalist
groups, a large stone crashed
through a side window.
When the first meeting ended
and the crowd gave way to those
outside, there was an immediate
change in atmosphere.
This time whites made up about
half of the audience in the first
three rows. Several hecklers were
vociferous.
The third and final session of
meeting was turbulent, too. A
man leaped on the platform, stood
next to Mr.. Todd and cried: "Pm
a European and stand here"
But Mr.. Todd handled the sit
uation smoothly and the heckler
left of his own accord.
The political situation in the
Federation of Rhodesia and Nya-
saland grew more tense today.
Four buildings were set afire in
Blantyre, capital Of the Southern
Province of Nyasaland.
Lord Perth, British Minister OF
State for Colonial Affairs, is to
see Sir Roy Welensky, Prime Min
lister of the Federation and Sir
Edgar Whitehead, Prime Minister
of Southern Rhodesia, here Thurs
day.
Meanwhile, Sir Roy, in speech
tonight at Broken Hill-his home
constituency in Northern Rhodesis
dashed bitterly at both the Brit
ish Labor party in London and at
Mr.. Todd here.
Sir Roy said the Laborites had
lied in suggesting "there was any
attempt on my party to conspire
against African people of the fed.
Grafton" He said he applied nc
pressure whatever to have al
emergency declared in Nyasaland
But he acknowledged he was
concerned about events there be-
cause 81 knew of the murder plot.
He said his Government woule
either issue a White Paper on thu
situation or he would report full!
to the Legislature when it recon
yened next month.
With regard to Mr.. Todd ant
the Central African Party, Sit
Roy said it was "built up on fear.
The Todd group, he continued
"believes that unless you're pre-
pared to give away everything Il
the African, there is no prospect
of the European surviving in Cen
trail Africa"
Sir Roy said he rejected this
flatly.
"T'm we'll aware" the Fedora
Prime Minister continued, "tha'
there are discriminatory practices
in the federation which initiate
against policy of partnership"
But he insisted that his Govern