St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-01-05

general of the Asian Association
who initiated the suit that result
ed in the decision, noted that the
pools are still unavailable to him
and has threatened further legal
action.
It was to this that Nkomo was
referring when he said I'VE want
to swim together in the Legisla-
tive Council where the African
still doesn't have representation
commensurate with his percentage
Of the population, and the pros
poets of such are still beyond the
horizon.
In fact, there are still IA Afri-
cans under restriction out of 100
hard core" advocates of lone
man-one vote" jailed in May,
1859.
Nkomo, the youngest of the Fed
eration's powerful African trium-
virate which includes Nyasa-
lands DR.. Hastings X. Banda and
Northern Rhodesia's Kenneth Ka-
unda - is also the only one of
the three who has not served time
in Jail for political agitation. He
was out Of the country when the
emergency came.
It's a pity too, because Nkomo
needs all the help he can get, and
going to Jail in Africa seems to
presage success as a political lead
er. All who have been jailed, have
come out of confinement with in
creased stature and greater fol-
lowing. Jomo Kenyatta Of Kenya,
and President Kwame Nkrumah of
Ghana are two excellent examples
of this.
But an unintentional tribute to
Nkomos success is the renewed eff
fort on the part of Welensky's
UP to enlist African support.
One morning, in the lobby Of the
Ambassador hotel where I was
staying, I saw a large group of
African males, all identically at
tired in long, fiery red gowns with
lavender edging two inches wide
that flowed down to their shoe
tops and wearing pith helmets
bearing the federal coat of arms.
Most of them wore long gold chains
around their necks.
These were tribal chieftains who
had been brought to Salisbury by
Welensky in an effort to gain their
support of his political policies.
Their identical regalia had been
provided by the government.
The UP has purchased a fleet
of Landowners and is scouting
around for bright young African
men to spread the UP gospel
throughout the rural areas. Where
the Landowners can't go, motorcyc-
lists will be used to complete the
penetration. 1t is an about effort
to enlist enough African support
to break the back of Nkomo's
NDP.
This is indeed a sad and tragic
picture being made up, as it is of
elements of cold economic exploita-
ton, cultural and educational lin
itations, political domination and
a general denial of human rights.
But it is not a hopeless picture.
Before one gets the erroneous i'm
preston that the African stands
alone against all injustices, let 1t
be made clear that he has allies
who share his fundamental beliefs.
Many are white, some are Asian.
1t is with their help that the
Africans bringing pressure from
within, and with people endowed
with a sense of justice all over the
world bringing pressure from with
out, that the evils Of the federation
will be destroyed.
When that happens, Northern
Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia and
Nyasaland will no longer be a!
white mans heaven" and black
helr', but the free and indie
pendent African nations of Gambia,
Zimbabwe and Malawi - where all
men of all colors will dwell to-
gether in harmony, equality and
justice.