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1 Africa Special Report [i] (1956)

handle is hein.cow/afsrep0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FTHE INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RELATIONS, INC.* 1234 20TH STREET, N. W., WASHINGTON 6, D. C CABLE: AFRAM, WASHINGTON DISTRICT 1-5971, 7-1091 July 5, 1956 Volume 1, 3& l 6 JOH NES UP 4-5 2?6 mw Ortaido 36 52 45 N 1j.5 it(_36 3 1- 43 1. 5 ls Ta adn 2.1 Mi 'dway 5 v /li M6 2 1-2 sm. 3-7 Frm 3 .4-3 33 §kA JagIsons 3,5 I 4.Tct DrSiftkep GJ~thiare I'S 3 22 4*fteW De -eu. Is & VATON .9 1-7 ,8 9(e 1ey ie 1.3 51 1 . 28 234 5. . $6Unitos .55j 27 4- 3-e EVA O .6 2 53- AFRICANS RIOT NEAR JOHANNESBURG: TWO KILLED African workers rioted near Johannesburg last week i~n a clash involving bus fares. First reports listed two Africans killed and many injured. Eight houses were wrecked. The disturbances took place at Evaton, home of a number of Africans who commute to Johannesburg to work.. Trouble allegedly started when a large number of Afri- cans opposed to 'I boycott of the buslIn85 made an attack on the boycotters. The boycott started some months ago as a demonstration against raising of fares. On the second day of the disturbance, 3,000 boycot- ters armed with sticks were met by about 1,000 men of the opposing group, but a police commissioner placed himself between the opposing forces and persuaded them to return to their homes. Later, 5,000 workers, mostly employed in Johannesburg, stayed away from work, patrolled the streets armed with sticks. Order was maintained by European and non- European police. Observers noted that perhaps 15 or 20 similar inci-e dents have taken place in South Africa in the past twelve months,. but are reluctant to place any interpre-, tations on them. Grievances are consistently economic, over specific issues, and no larger patterns have so far emerged. shows scene of clash, stemming from Af rican boycott. r bus f ares to workl in Johannesburg, some 30 miles north, IN WASHINGTON: Informed sources are predicting some reorganization of Coy- ernnient offices dealing with Africa in coming months, better to keep pace with developments. Officials seem agreed that too little attention has been paid so far. Senator Hike Mansfield (D., Mont.) last month called for an Assistant Sec-, retary of State to deal specifically with African affairs. The idea is said to have found some strong support in the State Department), but there is some f eel ing it would require an Act of Congress to carry it out. Meanwhile sources look for changes in the present structure, possibly with Assistant Secretary of State George V. Allen revamping his office to bring Africa more strongly into the pic- ture. Allen ,whose responsibility covers the Nea>N-,,ast and South Asia as well as Africa, returned last month f roma a three week visit to the con-. Reproduction by Permmission of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Buffalo, NY r BULLETIN 01 Number 1.

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