St. Paul recorder., 1961-07-21

uNillS NhAS NASOOAy 'S 'hN
ernor-General, Gen. Deslandes, an
Air Force man, has been called in
to carry out the mission of the
Salazar government.
The arrival of Deslandes places
Angolas administration and armed
forces on a war footing. He re-
placed a civilian in the post. In
Lisbon, Premier Salazar accused
the us. of having advanced Com
munist subversion in Africa by sid
ing with the Soviet Union on the
Angola issue. Latest reports say
that from 10000 to $4,000 Africans
have been killed by the Portuguese
in an effort to quen the nationalist
movement.
AS the troubled Republic of
Congo Neopoldville) observed its
first year of independence, a move
was under way in the United Ma
tions to have a new constitution
drafted. Secretary-General Dag
Hammarskjold has asked Belgian,
a Nigerian and a Swiss to help
draft the document. A UN spokes-
man said Hammarskjold acted
after the Congolese government
asked for help. The spokesman
said the Nigerian and the Swiss
were approached because their
countries have a federal system
such as envisaged in the Congo
and the Belgian because the pros
pective constitution is derived from
the present fundamental law pro-
claimed by Belgium a month be-
fore the Congo's independence last
June 80.
THE FIRST ambassador from
the Republic of Chad, Malick
Adam Sow, met with President
Kennedy at the White House
where Sow called to present his
credentials. The Chad diplomat
said he discussed his country's &C.
onomic probl e ms, particularly
transportation, with Kennedy.
A UNITED NATIONS investig-
ating committee, which has been
barred from the inundated terri
tory of South West Africa, was in
formed that it will not be permit,
ted even to visit South Africa
Prime Minister Hendrix F. Yer.
woerd's government has expressed
resentment to U.N. efforts to probe
conditions in the territory.
THE CHARTER of the Ghana.
Guinea-Mai Union has been pub.
lished, according to an announce,
ment from President Nkrumah OF
Ghana. He said the union would
be open to all states and fedora,
tions in Africa that wished to join
Publication of the charter and rat
ification of the agreement by the
three member governments, makes
the union a reality.
IN GENEVA, the 45th confer
ence of the International labor
Organization called on South AT.
rica to withdraw from the United
Nations agency because of it's rae
ial policy. The conference of gov
ernment, employer and worker
delegates adopted a resolution in
troduced by ]. NJ. Johnson, federal
minister of labor of Nigeria. The
resolution said that South Africa S
continued membership "is not con-
siStent with the aims and pur-
poses" of the 100-nation organiza-
ton. The vote was 1880, with SO
abstentions. The us. government
and employer delegates abstained,
while the labor representative vot-
ed for the resolution, Daniel ].
Geyser, South African Deputy Sec
retary for Labor, announced that
South Africa had mo intention of
accedlng to the request" To do so
would be 'inimical to the interests
of the organization and it's splen-
did objectives," he added.
THE FIRST Ghanaian sea cap
tain berthed his ship, the "Tano
River, on July 6, in New York.
He is Captain Tachie Menson, 33,
who began his seafaring career in
1851. Other Ghanaian officers on
ship are Third Officer Dziworshie,