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SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS(INCORPORATED )
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University of the Witwatersrand, Telephone: 44-3781. P(=) Box 97,
Milner Park. Telegramsm. Ubuntu. JO H A N N E SB U R G .
In reply please quote : QW/YP 28th July, 1945.
The Hon. Secretary,African National Congress,P.O . Box 9207,JOHANNESBURG.
Sir/Met4esf,
mARGARINE
At its last meeting of the Executive Committee of this Institute, the proposals of the Government in relation to the production of margarine were discussed. In particular, the Committee discussed the implications of the following passage contained in a letter received from the Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry: -
"In taking the quantity of butter distributed among the lower-income group in the past into account it appears that there should be no fear that the quantity of margarine decided on would be inadequate."
The quantity of margarine decided on is an intltal production of 7 million pounds increased later to a total of 12 million pounds per annum. This is obviously insufficient to satisfy the great potential demand of the lowest income group who have not eaten butter in the past but whose need of vitamised margarine is very great.
The Executive Committee of this Institute feels strongly that the production of margarine should be expanded as soon as possible to cater for this field of consumption hitherto untouched. It has approached the Government for a statement of its policy in this regard and would greatly appreciate the co-operation of your organisation in pressing upon the Government the need for this early extension of production and in asking for a statement of future policy.
Yours faithfully,
OCU-xziJLfii
Quintin Whyte ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
Telephone 2.1031 s / S O / l ^Extension 32
3, Art:’ lie ry Row,General Headquarters,
PRETORIA.
30th JULY. 1945.•
Dr. A.B. Xuma,85 Toby Stree t,SOPHIA TOWN, vJOHANNESBURG.
Dear Dr. Xuma,
RE S DEVLOPBEII T 0 ? BA}TTU _ j -NP OVBR.
You will recollect that I recently discussed with you a suggested scheme for the development of Bantu Manpower In the Union;
I have drawn a. precis of the principal aims and objects a copy of which Is enclosed for your further consideration. I shall appreciate it if you w '11 kindly study these documents and let me have your views and, I hope, your co-operation in due course.
Yours faithfully
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MANPOWER DEVELOP LENT COHl’CHATIOM<
IKTHODUCTION. C'C W H D E TI AL• i'r~ .«
. It is proposed that there should be formed a publio utility corporation sponsored by the Government and having the good-will of all concerned for the purpose of providing the means for better and more scientific utilisation of the Bar.tu manpower in the Union, and that its principle aims and objects should be the training ftf *' adolescent Bant us from the agfes 1U to 19 years.
The basis upon which the corporation is to be founded is as follows
* - ’ /(i ) That in the Union there is a substantial
reservoir of manpower in its Bantu people.
(i i ) That, labour from this source is in short supply*
(i i i ) That the manpower in its present form is a labour force, that is potential rather than actual*
(iv) That it is potential only because-it is inadequately equipped riientally and physically for the requirements of the labour market.
(v) That it can be converted from potential to actual by scientific training.
The function of the Corporation is to rectify the above aituaion and more particularly
r . • * *(i) To offer the Bantu population the oppor
tunity fcv mental, physical and vocational % training
/ \ - - ( i i ; To convert the existing casual and
sporadic labour force into a regularand permanent one.
( i i i ) To provide a continuous stream ofhealthy, well-disciplined and efficient labour to meet the growing needs of this (
p country.
. (Underlying the whole fabric of the Corporation will be the vital principle of reciprocal effort. It would be unwise to attempt the proposed functions set out above unless the Bant^ people, in exchange for the facilities that will be offered, respond -with a "quid pro quo’1# That contribution is their labour which they would give to meet the cost of their education and training - in other words - they will "work their way through colicge". They would, however, have this advantage that during the 5 years of scholastic and vocational training, they would be housed , scientifically fed, properly clothed and in addition would reocive a progressively increasing remuneration in the form of wages. ' •
«/ORGANISATION
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ORGANISATION.
(A) The organisation would consist of a . ‘'HeadOffiee" and an ’’Outside Establishment11, The Head Officc consisting of a Board of Directors or Governors who would work through a Managing Director, General Manager or Managing Governor# He would in turn have a supporting Staff consisting of a Secretariat, undertaking the administrative and financial side and a Technical Staff, undertaking the training side*
and internal, vote or authorise all expenditure and generally be responsible’ for all final decisions regarding the affairs of the Corporation.
(Pi The Managing Director would be responsible for theimplementation of the Board’ s decisions and for the organisation of the Corporation's activities,
(d ) A Planning and Development Council would bo oreatedconsisting of
The purpose of the Council would be to plaee before the Board reooramendations in regard to future planning and development#
(E) . The Head Officc would control all Training Depots, Centres or Camps where students would be housed, fed and trained* These Training Centres would be looated in those areas from which the students are drawn and in time wouldbe dispersed all over the country,
(F) It is not th ought that this is the appropriate place to detail the organisation.
ENROLMENT.
neaessary for members of the Board to undertake the present tation of the scheme to all those sources that will influence the sending of students to the organisation for training, guch as the Native Chiefs, the Bunga, the Native Representatives Counoil, the High Commissioners for the Protectorates and Territories, the Native Affairs Department and the S.A, Institute of Race Relations, It will also be necessary to approach the Chamber of Mines and various Government- Departments and Agricultural Organisations, ' ' 1
to be restricted at least in the initial stages if not for some considerable time thereafter and it is suggested that this restriction should limit the enrolment of students to l f000 per month for at least the first five years so as to * enable the management to develop its full organisation.
(B) • The Board would control the policy, political
Managing Director Head of Secretariat Chief Accountant Chief St orekeep/Buyer All technical experts.
As soon as the Corporation is formed it will be
It is thought that enrolment ,of students would have
/Assuming that
Assuming that that rate of recruitment is agreed to then the total number of students would at the end of the first year be 12,000 and so progressively until the end of the fifth year when the total would be 60,000*
If thereafter it was decided to restrict to the same figures then the total being housed, fed and educated at any one time would be 60,000. The value of the scheme may, by the time the Organisation gets fully into swing, tie proved so conclusively that this initial restriction might have to be removed to some exteat.
CONDITIONS P.? SD.T/1CD.
The facilities to be provided by the Corporation will be offered to males of Bantu adolescents between the ages of 11+ and 19.
No candidate will be accepted until he has been medically examined and proved to be capable of absorbing training and discipline.
ireference will be given in the case of Natives to tribalised males in preference to urban natives for whom educational facilities are perhaps more readily available, but this, of course, is merely a suggestion and may require reconsideration.
Parents, on behalf of the students, will enter into a Service Contract for a period of five years.
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Students will be drafted when possible and convenient to Training Centres nearest their homes.
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During the five years Contract the students willreceive -
(i) Physical,( i i ) Disciplinary,
( i i i ) Academic, and(iv) Vocational training. - •
During the whole period of service the student will receive free medical attention and hospitalisation including dental service.
The student will receive pay, food, clothing (limited), accommodation and training all of which are more fully dealt with subsequent under specific conditions of service*
Detailed Regulations will, of course, be prepared setting out the full conditions of service and the reasons for which a student may at any time be discharged b‘r the Corporat ion*
RATES .OP P^,Y.
It is suggested that the rates of pay applicable to the Corporation should be :~
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• i-or the First year of service 3d. per dav.
^21 + £® fn? 76ar of service 9d. per day.t,or ™ e 3rd year of service 1/- per dav.For the Ij-tti year of service 1 /3 , per day...•or the 5th year of service 1/6 . per day.
the r,P^ n ^ L ia re?onraendad that there should be, throughout , -i service» a proportion of the pav deferred,
a. reasonable amount would appear to be —» *■ -V‘ .i - •- •
^ 'fc!ie lst Tear nil.(iij ICn the 2nd .year 3d.
^ e 3rd year 6d.In the 4th year 9d.
(v) In the 5th year 1/-.
which . o u l M ^ . V g r ^ r J l ^ V o .
Contract t h /a ^ u S t «interest would for* part of the revenue of“ h, Corfo^tion.
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The student when enrolled won'1 d undA^m a
^ S i d Pbr?ead0fc l ^ hS * " } “ *■ * - m S S ’P!,0r?0l ”h.lln l-, . . . e J-eo, clothec, receive physical and schoiaqtir
w S 1i S ^ I W e a ? ” r^ r i S ? r t i y r ,“ t!“ * 0ttld b* u“ d to bulla
Wtatal make-up. and .oald be drafted into a Service Unit • service rants would be Units capable, under urocean '
s s s n s 0^ o e r t a i n • * * * **" district in! cf ‘71P Wl & locatea, more particularly forAgriculturalists or If it were in on ur“a?“ rea? for Industrialists and suchlike. The Corporatlm wiuid char-e
on tbe u^-'r^ 1??3!-801'* 4?1112 " 0i’e than the-v trere expendin'wou‘ d bs L 3^ ? ?-U5 . I,ev!? ue K0ula s« ™ '"hi'H “t+ +. ■ j-iised to expanding the whole organisation
Cle31' *-hat 311 s«p ?us find's received .^rout the utilisation and iron draft^ncr out nrlabour, would be utilised entirely,for the eiSfns?L Lorganisation and the betters at of the conditions of the1scholars serving with the organisation. *
CONCLUSION.
, . _ f 's -eH» that the above r;ives a sufficient 1 v briei outline of the elaborated sche-ae, w: ich has al^eadv been reduced to paper, and details a l l ’estlnateVin a * comprehensive manner.
and suv0oT.tfriahvrCI1Hlll8r SaCh 38 * he above can be introduced ana. supported by tae Government and far-sighted Ap-rieni-turalists and Industrialists, a vast amount of our futurelabour troubles would be averted. She j i it i f la b S fomlalnt
a!j| thf ^ave f'31iei t0 Observe our "trust" will •be negatived una U ® organisation, comparativel;* sviall as it mav h? in owoeptlon at the outset, will develop IntS a v?“ yevsten Sir ,"i°£ a lafse proportion of our Bantu population will be
dis°iPlined, trained Ind f u t e d for a
assist in thf ?oonoale organisation and soUnion of SoSth Ifrila E ° f ASrloult“ « ond Industry in the
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D R A F T B I L L .
TO constitute a Corporation the object of which* shall Toe the establishment of institutions for the
education and training of non-European youth, in agricultural and other occupations to the end that the standard of living and the health and proficiency o-f* the non-European population of the Union may be iinproved*
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BE IT ENACTED by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa as follows
1. (1) Upon a date to be fixed by the Governor- General by proclamation in the Gazette there shall be constituted a body corporate to be called the Non- European Civilian Conservation Corps of South Africa.
(2) Upon the date so fixed the Registrar of Companies shall enter the name of the Corporation in his registers.
2. The objects of the Corporation shall be:-
(a) to establish a Corps to be called the Nqji- European Civilian Conservation Corps' of South Africa, membership of which shall be open to non-Europeans of either sex between the ages of 14 and 18 whose parents or guardians have consented thereto,
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(b) to establish and manage institutions, schools* camps and centres with which to provide free of any charge training for the members of the Corps in agricultural and other occupations and also accommodation, food, education, religious instruction and cultural and recreational facilities to the end that the [standard of living and the health and
g* (proficiency of the non-European population• of the Union of South Africa may be raised
and improved«
(c) to provide through the members of the Corps and its Staff and to make available to Government, local and Provincial authorities, farmers, institutions and the general publie a service and facilities for the working out and accomplishment of afforestation, irrigation, . fencing and soil conservation schemes and for the construction of roads and dams,
i ’ ploughing and planting and harvesting of' crops, the laying out of parks, playing fields
and other recreational centres and generally for such other works or purposes as the Corporation may from time to time determine > provided that the execution of all such work and schemes shall at all times be directed and supervised by the staff of the Corps who shall be guided therein by the requirements of the
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occupational training courses and the spiritual, physical, intellectual and cultural development of. the members«■
(d) to remunerate the members of the Corps, taking into account their needs, the services rendered by them, as well as the costs of upkeep of the Corps1 educational establishments,.
3 . For the purpose of attaining its objects the Corporation shall have power
(a) to purchase, take on lease or otherwiseacquire from the Government the immovable property, camps, buildings, furniture, motor transport, craft, trade and repair facilities and all other equipment utilised by the South African Native Military Corps, • " '
(b) to acquire any movable or immovable property or rights of every description within the Union and to hold, manage, develop, let or hire or sell or otherwise dispose of the same.
)(c) to determine the period of the courses of training
.to be furnished by it and all matters relating to the management, conduct and control of the institutions, schools and training centres operated by it, the period of and the syllabuses of the coursesto be provided and tha fees to be charged for- services and facilities rendered in terms of Section 2c, and the amount of remuneration payable to members of the Corps and to engage and fix the conditions of service of training staff and other personnel necessary to enable it to attain its objects,
(d) and generally to enter into any contract and perform any act, whether within the Union or elsewhere which may be neoessary for or incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the objects of the Corporation, or which are calculated clrectly or indirectly to enhance the value of the Corporation's undertakings, property or rights
I rv 4. Any member having with the consent of his parent or
guardian agreed to the conditions of membership of the Corps shall be obliged to complete his educational training as specified in the syllabus and the provisions of Section- ofthe Transvaal Education Act shall apply mutatis mutandis.
5. (1) The operations of the Corporation shall be managed and controlled by a board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation as are not by this Act or the regulations required to be exercised by the shareholders of the Corporation at a meeting of shareholders.
(2) The board of directors shall consist of not less than four and not more than nine directors: provided that if at a n y time the number of directors falls below four the remaining directors shall manage and control the affairs of the Corporation.
(3) The Governor-General shall have the right to appoint not more than seven directors and the remaining two directors shall be appointed by , ^
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(4) Pour of the directors appointed by the Governor- General shall be chosen for their knowledge and experience of non-Europeans and their problems, customs and needs.
(5)'• The’.Governor-General shall appoint one of the, directors appointed by him to be Chairman of the Board.
(6) The direotors may appoint one of their number to "be deputy Chairman of the board.
•r’r / i ‘ ' . • *6. (1) Each director may’-nominate an alternate
director to a at in his place on the occasions and in the circumstancds- and subject to the conditions set forthin the regulations: Provided that the appointment of an alternate director to act in the place of a'director
'.appointed by the Governor-General shall be subject to the approval of the Minister, and the appointment of an alternate director to act in the place of a director elected by shall b.e subjeo't t6 theapproval of the board. •'TV*'
(2) An alterjiate direotor when acting in the plaoe of a director, shall in all respects haye.:;a ll the powers and discharge all the duties of that direotor;’ Provided: that an alternate director appointed by the ohairman shall have only the powers and discharge only the duties of a direotor other than the chairman.
7. (1) A direotor shall, subjeot to the regulations, hold office for a period of three years: Provided that the Governor-General may direct that the term of office of a director who has been appointed as managing director shall be five years, reckoned from the date of hisappointment as managing direotor. .* ;
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(2) A director shall hold office as .direotor upon such conditions as to remuneration as the Minister may determine and upon such other" conditions as may be * prescribed by the regulations: provided that the V ' TV-. ' remuneration payable' to any director, in respect of: any work done or o ffic e held by him other than his work-as a director, shall be determined by the board.
8. (1) The ohairman shall preside at all meetings of the board at which he is present.
• ' ■ f '■?(2) At meetings of the board, the chairman shall;
have a deliberative vote, and, in add it ion, •. in' theevent of an equality of votes, a coasting vote. ' .
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(3) The deputy chairman (if one has been appointed) shall preside at any meeting of the board from which the chairman is absent, and shall at any such meeting hav.e all the powers and discharge all the duties of the chairman, except .that in the event of an equality of votes he shall not have a casting vote.
(4) Should the chairman and the deputy chairman (If one has been appointed) both be absent from any meeting of the board, the directors who are present at that meeting shall elect one of their number to preside thereat,
(5) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of this section, the decision of the majority of the directors present at a meeting of the board shall constitute the decision of the board.
9. (1) The share capital of the Corporation shall be £250,000 divided into 250,000 Ordinary Shares of £1 each all of which be taken up at par by the Government of the Union of South Africa, out of funds to be appropriated by Parliament for that purpose.
(2) Payment for the shares in the Corporation shall be made at such times and in such amounts as may after consultation be agreed between the Minister of Finance and the Board.
(3) The Governor-General shall appoint a representative or representatives to attend the meetings of shareholders and to vote thereat.
(4) The board may from time to time, with the approval of shareholders previously given at a meeting of shareholders, increase the share capital of the corporation to such extent and in such a manner as may seem to it to be expedient;
10. If at the time and place appointed for a meeting of shareholders only one shareholder Is present in person or represented by proxy, a resolution signed by that shareholder of his proxy shall be deemed to bea resolution of shareholders taken at a meeting of shareholders,
11. The expenditure incurred by or on behalf of the board of directors, including the remuneration of. directors, sl>all be defrayed from the funds of the corporation.'
12. The proceeds of all dividends declared by the board shall be devoted by the Government of the Union towards the advancement of the interests of the non-European population of the Union.
13. (1) The board shall cause proper books of account to be kept, and also all necessary books and records in relation thereto.
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(2) The accounts of the corporation shall ,be audited each year by a competent auditor who shall be appointed by the Minister and such accounts shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Controller and Auditor-General or a*ny person authorised by him.
(3) The corporation 3hall'submit to the Minister such information as he may call for from time to time in respect of the activities and financial position of the corporation and shall in addition submit annually a report including such particulars as the Minister may prescribe and such report shall bcf laid upon the tables of both Houses of Parliament..
14. The shareholders of the corporation may by resolution at a meeting of shareholders make regulations as to -
(a) the conditions (other than those relating to remuneration) of appointment of directors and alternate directors and the circumstances in which a director or an alternate director shall vacate his office;
(b) the occasions when, the circumstances in, and the conditions under which an alternate director may act in the place of a director;
(c) meetings of the board and the procedure thereat, including the quorum necessary thereon andthe minutes to be kept thereof;
(d) the taking of decisions by directors without holding a meeting of the board;
(e) meetings of shareholders, the matters to be dealt with thereat, and the procedure thereat, including the quorum necessary therefor and the minutes to be kept thereof;
(f) the submission annually of a balance sheet and accounts to a meeting of shareholders;
(g) the provision of an official seal or seals and the use thereof within the Union or elsewhere;
(h) such other matters as are necessary or useful to be prescribed for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Such a resolution shall not become effective until it has been signed by the Minister.
15* The corporation shall not be wound up except by or under the authority of an Act of Parliament.
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r o16* No association or company shall carry on business
under or be registered under the Companies Act, 1926, as amended from time to time, by a name identical with that of the corporation, or so nearly resembling the name of the corporation as to be calculated to deceive: Provided that this section shall not prohibit any company from carrying on business under, or remaining registered by, the name by which it was- registered under the said Act at the commencement of this Act.
17. (1) The Governor-General may by proclamation in the Gazette apply to the corporation any provision of the Companies Act, 1926, (Act No.46 of 1926) or any amendment thereof,,, which is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, with suoh modifications as he may think fit ,and may withdraw or amend any such proclamation.
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), none of the provisions of the Companies Act, 1926, or any amendment thereof, or of any other law relating to companies, shall apply to the corporation,
18. In this Act, unless the' context otherwise indicates:
"’Board” means the board of directors referred to in Seotion 4;
‘’Corporation'1 means the non-European Civilian Conservation O p r p f t Q r & ^ y jtifep&gg* re,fQ»|« d-:fc j
"Government” means the Government of the Union of South A fr ic a :.
"Minister" means the Minister of Education or any Minister to whom the Governor-General has assigned the administration of this Act, or any other Minister of State acting on behalf of such Minister.
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19* This Act shall be called the Non-European Civilian Conservation Act, 1945.
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B LOEMFONTEBf,
30th July 194 5 .
Dear S i r ,
r e : Renewal of perm its .
In conf'rimation o f the telegram sent you on the 2 4 th July
1945> anent the above s u b j e c t , I w ish to communicate to you the fo l lo w in g in form ation :
The res id en ts of these locations, and the thirty-one or
g a n is e d bodies learned w ith profound re g re t that the members
of the Advisory Board compromised w ith the Town Council in
the re sp e c t of the Renewal of permits six-monthly in ste a d of
every motrth though th is was done under p r o t e s t , it is contrary
to the w ishes of the people who object to the renewal of per
m its .
At a p u b lic m eeting convened by the Advisory Board at which
the report on the d e c is io n taken by the Board was g i v e n , the
m eeting unanimously r e je c t e d the d e c is io n of the Board, and
also c a r r ie d a vote of no confidence in the members of the Ad
v is o r y Board, w ith the adendum that they resign , en-lilock* bee a— ' use the re s id e n ts disapprove h av ing perm its renewed whether
m onthly , h a l fy e a r ly or a n n u ally .
It has already been brought to you n i t i c e in previous c o rre
spondence of the 30th A p r il 1 945 , that res id e n ts o f these Loca
t io n s b e in g f u l l y aware of the im p lic a t io n s of Bloem fontein be
ing ing a closed area , n e v e r t h e l is s p ro tested a gain st the in t r o
duction of this system of renewal of p e r m its .
We f e e l that no person is secure so long as renewal of permi
ts is e n fo r c e d , and the a rb itra ry poweres are vested in the Mana
ger of lo c a t io n s , w ith no place even to appeal to in case of an
i n j u s t i c e being done.$
in our M u n ic ip a l ity a check on i n d iv id u a l s is kept by both the
M uncip al p o l ic e , and Enumerators who v i s i t house to house check
ing the number of occupants whether they are employed or n o t .
We f e e l that though the African h as been clam ouring for the
renewal of p a sse s , these permits are an additional burden espe
c i a l l y so to the w om enfolk . ' I 1 y
We p lace this p ro test before you and we s in c e re ly t r u s t that we w i l l o b ta in r e d r e s s .
& UfirtN fJ TIflMAL (^^pTt-^SS/T O m / /
58, Market Street,JOHANUiiiiBU^G#
30th July, 1945,
A M M L Pi if) YI WGIA1. qfliyrfflfifffiji
GongreMm?Tvaan1*^e^held^^GerD' Jto Af rioLJk ^tional from September. 29 th to ^oo^tionbranch shall be mtilled tobe7r ^ ™ ™ t J sV ? £ 5» K,ar? by one delegate for every 20 neubSrs.“ ad a^rt 'tS?eof!“0li
Coccittce 5 iu i°k e °f, ^ r9?jnpial r sident andto this Conference! fcr^iia^thn ff 0B nu8t aend delegatestWtetvswsnaB j&is.seat ^ dthet!ransT?alEiimstrs“ a ?£dth0?l0at 018 Presidential before the Conference and most be mombon ?f‘^n^easf8 °f£i°8
lourePaithfully,
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104 .end S tre e t ,
J OHAKKSSBUHG.
Dear President,
I am in receit of your kind letter dated 26th inst, for which accent my hearty thanks please.
In re -ly I wish to thank you very much for the fact that you will be in Bloemfontein soon, for the opening of the A M r
Hr-CQSKSHSNGB OF TILS NOR-WITS TRAIB UlTIONS. I t 's indeed a blow to my future arrangements.
I dropped you a note on the 26th instant, in which I explained you my feelin&s concerning the two posts entrusted to me by the ?r^e State Conference. (Provincial Organiser and Secretary of the Frii S STATS JrROVTHGS) • Definately, according to the trend of your letter, i t 's in my m i dvfla t you wrote before you received mine. Should this be correct, *1 shall be too pleased to have your re^Iy.
I a® anxious to organise the entire province for, my ability to shoulder two ^osts have been challenged too, through the decision of the conference. Definately, I don’ t doubt my ability, so long Congress undertakes to pay me the salary I want.
We have arranged a meeting for you to address on Sunday aftei^-noon.
Longlive Congress.
Tours v^»y sincerely,
Dr. A.B. Xuma,lt. D. ,IFH,President- General,104 ^Ind Street,x a m g H B w a a .
SOUTH AFRICAN
Head Office: at the
University of the Witwatersrand,
Milner Park.
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INSTITUTE OF(.INCORPORATED)
Telephone: 44-3781. Telegrams: Ubuntu,
RACE RELATIONS
P.O. Box 97,
JO H A N N E S B U R G .
31st July, 1945.
Dr. A .B . Xuma,
104 End Street,
DOOKTTOETEir, Johanne sburs;.
Dear Sir,
Civilian Conservation Corps for Africans.
At e recent meeting of the Executive Committee the surest ion that the
Institute should sponsor the formation of a Civilian Conservation Corps for
Africans was anproved, and it was suggested that a Committee consisting
of the following should meet:
Col. E .E . Stubbs, )
) or their nominees
Col. H .3 . Mockford)
Represent'it ives of the Economic and Social Planning Council,
e . g. Dr. van Eck,
Eoar members of the Kative Representative Council,
Dr. A .B . Xuma,
The Chief Inspectors of ITative Education,
Representatives of the Union Education Department,
Members of the Institute Executive,
Representatives of the Army Education Service.
As Colonel Stubbs and Col. 1'ockford vrill be leaving on an extended "our
after the first week in A um st, a preliminary meeting of the Committee '"ill be
held on A u ^ s t , 8, 1945, at 10 a.m . at the offices of the Institute, Hr in
