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life resulting from the measures
taken against demonstrators in
South Africa"
Congressman Diggs: There is
a common objective in both the
South African movement and the
current demonstrations in Amer
lea. There is similarity of meth
DDS. But the Africans are more
prone to real sacrifice than Amer
lean Negroes.
The American Negroes can
learn a lesson from their African
brothers in real dedication an
sacrifice for a cause"
Congresswomen Frances Bolton
Congresswoman Frances P. Boil
ton, member of the House foreign
relations committee:
The news from South Africa is
utterly shocking. To shoot down
defenseless citizens coming peace
fully to protest the hated pass
laws-the inequities of which I
personally observed when visited
in South Africa-is indefensible.
Apartheid in action is horrible.
really inhuman. It really is not
comparable to our South in the
United States unfortunate though
conditions there are. am happy
that our State Department has ex-
pressed 50 well the feeling of
Americans"
Judge Richardson
Scovel Richardson. Fe deral
Judge, New York: Enforcement
officers should use their powers
to protect people in the exercise of
their rights, not destroy them.
Nonviolent attempts to be accord
ed equality, dignity and respect
should be met with consideration
and understanding, not bullets"
wilkins
Roy wilkins, executive secretary
NAACP: The Association has
urged that the United States cut
off relations with South Africa
and cut off all economic aid and
commerce with that country. The
NAACP urges prompt action to
avoid any conclusion in the minds
of the peoples of the world that the
United States of America, itself
born of protest against tyranny
and oppression, condones wanton
slaughter as an instrument of
state power"
Mayor Wagner
Robert Wagner, Mayor of the
City of New York AS Mayor and
Chief Magistrate of the greatest
city in the world, I deplore and
reject the use of violence by the
constituted agencies of government
except to defend government itself
against revolt. No such threat was
inherent in the South African in
cident where people were concerned
only with demonstrating their re-
pugnanCe for the severest kind of
racial discrimination. We know
there is no room either for violence
or for racial discrimination in the
world we live in today"
Editor p. b. Young
P. B. Young, Editor Publisher,
Journal and Guide: While we look
with favor upon the United States
government, we believe that our
own country's long silence against
these programs has given the rul-
ers of South Africa encouragement
and license to pursue their course. "
Granger
Lester B. Granger, executive d.
rector, National Urban League
Americans Of good will applaud
the statement from our State De-
partment deploring these police
atrocities to which the native peo-
pie of South Africa are being sub
jected. American official leader
ship in the past has been con-
strained to follow a policy Of hands
off Africa. The United States must
take advantage of every oppor-
tunity to demonstrate to the free
world that we will not stand aside
and permit these inhuman prac-
tees to continue.
The situation in South Africa
presents a lesson to us here in
America. The sit-in demonstra-
tons in the South highlight the
racial inequities in our own coun-
try. They call for stronger action
by Negro and white Americans to
remedy the intolerable conditions. "
Horace Bond
Horace Mann Bond, Atlanta
University, Atlanta, Ga: The
mass killings in South Africa hor-
rify me as they must every person
remembering the pit into which
the human race fell IS years ago
when Hitler began to use his muir
derous power to deny human dig
nifty. I urge our national govern
ment to take the lead in affirming
the complete equality Of all human
beings at home and abroad and in
quarantining South Africa as one
would a mad dog dangerous to the
security of all human beings"
Caster Wesley
Carter Wesley, publisher, The
Informer Papers, Houston, Tex. :
The slaughtering of Negroes,
peacefully protesting the restric-
ton of their rights. is an example
of what happens when the author