IBB SOUTH tfRIcm COLOURED pnnpi.na

P.O.Box 9207, Johannesburg.31st. 4ugust,1955.

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D u r Sir/Madam,•

„ By now the Government's methods in classifyingColoured Peopls for the Population Register have become fairly

Not only is Patent injustice being done to individuals but the future of the entire Coloured community is being threatened.

_ . ^ e Coloured people are in danger of becomingSouth Africa's displaced persons.

Our people are being subjected to humiliating examinations by officials whose arbitrary decisions are already menacing the happiness and stability of our families, our employment, our homes, our security and the future of our children.

The Government is also going far beyond the powers of the Population Registration Act. It is clear that the procedures us6i ; the rounding up of individuals, their forced interrogation and physical examinations, are not

permitted by the law.

Further, the provisions made for aggrieved people to appeal to an Appeal Board to be appointed under the act, are being side-stepped.

The methods used, among them the iniquitous race tests devised by officials, the probing questions and degrading examinations, are a warning of how the Population Registration Act will be directed against other sections of the people, against all South Africans.

We .feel that it is urgent that the Coloured people speak out ant/organise for the protection of our rights and the defeat of the attacks upon us. In this hour of crisis for the Coloured people, organisations of all types and individuals of all shades of opinion should come together in order to conceive and carry out an agreed campaign against our rights and liberties.

To this end, and in accordance with a resolution passed at a mass protest meeting held on the 21/ 8/ 55, we invite

t0 se?? two representatives to an EMERGENCY CONFERENCE to discuss this matter.

* T£f Conference will be held at 139 Anderson Street, off Troye S t ., on Saturday the 10th September,1955, at • 30 e p# IDe

, Any enquiries about it should be directed to meat west Street, Ferrelrastown or phone 33-9193.

H:>n. Secretary.iThot this meetinf urges TRe South African Coloured People's

rganisatlon to ionediately call an ensrpcncy conferenco of ill organ­isations, pleagsd to fight the Population Registration Ast, trade unions, sporting bodies, ohurohes and associations of all typos in order to make plans for the protection rf ou” rights.

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Deer Piet,

I wonder how you found things when you got back. I hope well at the farm and that you were able to get our people together. I would like you to discuss my intended visit Tilth -hem. The N.E.C. would like to know whether it is possible for sor.eone to take me around to collect money, also whether it Is pos ible for the committee to get a list of contar,$s wtv could be seen and drawn into work if approached. Do yo* thin roae preparatory work could be done beforehand! Di^yca ope- to Archie and Isabel about ac on odation. If they find it in­convenient do not hesitate to tell me, but do write by. n Heo&c if I am to cor e to P.E. then we must stt rt ranking arr»n£|feints

The h.N.C. have been asked to establish Regional Consultative Cora.ilttees in all the centres, and do you know whet anythin? has been done in Port Elizabeth. The urgent task of vs a com lttee, rhich should have two representatives from C.D.D. o it , is to prepare for the 18th September wnen mass meetings are planned throughout the Union to launch the Freedom Charter. I hi such a meeting Is planned for P.E. Copies of the Charter will I ported to P.E. shortly and we shall send you some for C.O.D. or shculd we send them to Box 1294. Also signature forms endorsing the Charter will be sent ’n the next week. The idea is to get people rcho ure present on the 1 th to endorse the Charter, and th to fo rn a nucleus of people who will go out and get others’ to slgi r»d to pooularise the Charter* As soon as pamphlets are ready

too T;ill be sent but this will not be for soto time yet. Pleaa^ try end find out what is being done and if necessary Jog them alor

It ^aa nice meeting you and I hope we s r a l l spend inor* time together soon. Please write as soon as possible. If it i s pj'sible I rould like a letter before Monday, 12th.

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Mr. I . TArok*P.O. Box 4552, Cape Torn.

6 .9 .55 .

Dear Bennie,

1 was hoping to hear from you bat so far no go. Do write and give us a report.

▲11 plans are going ahead for the 18tfc September."e hope the Cape Consultative Comnittee Is making all aron^erants and trust C.O.D. Cape Western has two energetic re pres an t«_ •: Ives on this comaittee. Copies of the Charter t»hlch Is non being printed In three of the vernacular languages and English all.1 be ready within the next week, and will reach Cape Town before the . Signature forms for the endorsement of the Charter will *lso be forwarded, so that peoplo piesent at the rally on tuo llth should th'Tffselves endorse the Charter and fcxka then take forms for otbera to sign. It is hoped that people presret <it the allies all over the country will form a nucleus of workers who will take the chart to thousands and thousands. I believe the Cape Town co-T-lttee is working well, but if not please see that C.O.D. doos it best to get it going actively. (I know that the A.N.C. branches have been asked to get these coamltteas going but if they have not done so then we must take the initiative.)

Please write soon and let us hear from you.

kindest xngxix regards,

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eL '.v 6th September, 1955.

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do drnn . TU "** nlt* r#c*lv* **•*» or you froQ Feta, but4o drop a llna when you can especially to acknowledge nail.

We are anxious to knew whether th» Raoirmii

l§ S h Wfit 8J1VILCon!nJt t * # ln Durban 18 A c t iv e ly preparing fo r the1 •f?#ct the A-»*C. wtablished such a

. .^ttee and trust the C.O.D. has two energetic rapre* sntet1 vr

on these corr^tteiS*1 C’ ?tDi *^0Ul$ ?ak° * vn^uab^ 'crtributio.^ 1 18 thn* the rallies cn the I6tl

September to launch the Freedom Charter Campaign wi:i he a ereat

It u ” i B«?e d 0t h « ht 2 :Penda1*n th‘ C o n .u lt i« ;. ■ ' ' l l ' m f5 £ people present at this -*w3 meeting wil*

will tak# It «i*h who having end >rsed the Charter thetseV*onniiaJ iJ! signature forms, which ar? being forwarded tonri*t2S in* *nd Jhoa,ands- w® ere having the CharterwfllMbP 76rSa°v lanSua8®s and English and copiesSkit c a S i ld! di{° Durban within the next week. Please see fcftt C .O .D . does its utmost to make the lU h a success.

Kindest Regards to Margaret ?nd family,

Yours sincerely,

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S o u t h A f r i c a n C o n g r e s s o f d e m o c r a t s

MEAD OFFICE:

• B, SOMERSET HOUSE,(S*co«d RoorJ110, FOX STREET.

f.O. »OX 408*JOHANNESBURG.

1s t . O cto b er,1956.

i t t l i l o n . l African Ulnlatars' F.d.ratic«,All-In Anti-.Apart he id Conferen ,Bloemfontein.

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A p arth eid C on feren ce.

Th®f Sh u S foutoaAfr®tn‘ Sa U U d 9? r t h ^ C W 6“ s5Charter.

vocally opposed to Apartheid We are therefore unequivocally p

and the Tomlinson Report. -truarle,o u r con faran ca - y j a l l ^ p r o v ^ n t o u s ^ ^ ^

f 0^ . Pm S » t aionsn» y r”avd important consaquancaa for us a- .

4 w ishes th a t your con ferencew, send our » i n = .« a;isha»a \n for our

Z a happy land for » . - U .

With warmest greetings,

SOOTH AFRICAN CONGRESS OF DEMOCRATS.

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P. B e y le v e ldn a t io n a l Chairman.

' S O U T H A F R I C A N C O N G R E S S OF D E M O C R A T S

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phone , SOMERSET HOUSE.(S«conW H**r)

110, FOX STREET.P.O. K>X 40M. JOHANNESBURG.

5th November,19>6.

Mr. J . J . Thvjala, N oorchiba*s Cash Store, P.O. Edenvale.

Dear Fr ie n d ,We are p le a se d to note from your g t t e r o f the

04th October t h a t you' enjoyed reading our pamphlet Educating*__ .fo r Ignorance*

The Congress o f Democrats l a an o r g a n is a t io n

^ figt,.i?SSS.:*S'i.SSrS5B!SiSSi S't£S»*2ki».M t r y in g t o ^ in .^ a n y a o r e Europe ans^ to our

S ” ju ttflm ca? *r»o rk together »lth the

C on gress, the S U . Indian ° “ f ' e‘ |»Ira<ie’u^on », and the F ederation O rg a n is a tio n , form the congress raovement and

in ^ “ r p o l ^ e ' h o p e to .in a b e t t e r Soot!, ifrioa fo ra l l the* peop le .

We hope you are a member o f the A fr ic a n iia t io n a l

K K ! S ^ f e ^ a -ovm o r g a n is a t io n .

Yours sincerely,

O7Secretary.

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S., A. CONGRESS OF DEI DC RATS .

Phone 33-097?.

Dear Friend, ^These days there are many waverers and frightened

people who have withdrawn their flnanoial support from our organisation with the result that the income for November was £72 compared with an average monthly income of approximatelyX-XIU #

The Johannesburg Regional Committee therefore urges every member to face up to his or her responsibility in ohe financing of our organisation. It is primarily the membership upon whom we must depend for our solid financial support.

The Regional Committee therefore asks you to do thefollowing :~

1) Pay all arrears subscriptions,

2) Pay December and January subscriptions in one sum immediately Many people will be going on holiday and there will not bean opportunity for collecting in January. Spend £1 less over the holidays and ensure that your organisation is not embarrassed.

3) Collect 2 months* subscriptions from members who do not attend branch meetings and hand into the office.

4) Support our functions especially the current one* It can save a grave situation. /./

15) Make an extra donation in the way of a Christmas Present.

Subscriptions and donations may be paid direct to the office if you have missed your branch meeting. Remember this is urgent. Respond right away and demonstrate y^ur political conviction that your organisation is worth 4 sacrifice.

P.O. Box 4088.Johannesburg.30.11.56,

THE CTVIG VIQTT.AHCE COMMITTEE.

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69 Now Kempsey Bldgs,, Fox Street, J ohanne s bur g. t 23rd. October,1956.

Dear Friend,

Your organisation* is/no^doubt w e ll aware that we

o f form ing such a committee r °“ ° J | h ° ^ e3 b v ttg °cn y SC oan oil

s g n s a s a s s . ’ s r i . o »“ «•.«>*-> » * •p a rt in o b ta in in g the suspension o f th ese r e g u la t io n s ,

» . w iis S iH E E B E iH lhrs"that the association wished to participate in theof as many progressive ^ a n i s a ^ s aswlsnea ^ ^ ^ ^ fmCommittee. ^'Howevjr, difference of opinion as to thesuch a committee, - t h e r e '^ 3om-difference g o°P £ £ s wer<3 brlen ymethod to he used In warklhJ- VECtta . V broadly sp0aking revolved outlined in the circular of the 9 .W 5 * . ^ n o “r° ° ° ^ la^lcns |hould

round the quastlon ^ "^ho^or whathe^the name of the

Association should he used when ectlens involving the co-operation

0? thl vaSous organisations were contemplated.

Several meetings * « e c a l l e d to d^cussthasefvie*sy

as well as the nature and ^ ° P ° ° ^ t^ sA^o ^ld continue to meet resolved that the various organ i interest and th a t those bodiestogether and discuss a c tio n should do soth a t were in te r e s te d in p a r t ic ip a t in g ls a t lo n s when s0 co -

° o S e r " s t r i n g SSttJy - e r e a s s o c ia t in g fo r th a t p a r t ic u la r

purpose*It was further ||jeed ttat a^the^partlcipatlng^orean

The work o f the Committee would be as r 1 t vTV® ™ k tha a c t i v i t i e s o f the Johannesburg City

p r e v io u s ly , namely " t o c h ^ k the m s i v i governments in so fa r as these Council ani the Central end provlr c. g n w ith in the Johannos-activltles «“ ' « rn. ci!’H t « SoSld^urthermore seek the co-operation burg a r e a ,” The Committee w . . j n t akine up is s u e s whicho f v a rio u s in d iv id u a ls end o rg a n isa tio n s in ta k in g up affect the wivil liberties of the people.

How th a t a b a s is has been la id fo r the co -o p e ra tio n

^ t r / h ^ e d ^ f i S 6! proceed1 t o S S t £ w S o u t * f u r t h e r

delays.

Xhe n ext m eeting of the C on n ittee w i l l be heId^on

( M f y0Ur rePr0Se jU V 9 ' to this meeting*

Yours sincerely,

V* Levyf o r V if i la h c e C o sw itte e .

S T A I S H e M , R H E - I H O P ' H I I A T I O K

O F C O N G R E S S O F D E M O C R A T S

~ ^ - u ‘ — M E M B E R S . ,w - S P JttW f1 by the National Executive of the Federation of South African V cm n .)

The adoption oi the <Jor>stitut i ;:: al the '1ati..nal Uonference“ of "tlie-----

Federation of South African Women held on August. 11th and 12th has aroused

considerable interest and in view of the divergence of opinion on this matter,

the Federation wishes to clarify the position and rarticularly the procedure at Conference.

At the first Matronal Conference of the Federation held in Apj-n^ 1954

two and a half years ago, a draft con­

stitution was read at Conference but

not presented for discussion and adopt­

ion, That draft constitution was cir­

culated to organisations in April,

1955, when the National Executive

Committee of the Federation had invited

national organisations to a ffilia te .

At the .National Conference of the S .A .

Congress of Democrats held in June,

1955, on the eve of the Congress of the

People, the request for the affiliation

of women members of COD was discussed

and Conference decided that COD should

affiliate . Although the/Iraft constitu­

tion had been submitted to COD with the

invitation to affiliate , it was not

submitted to that National Conference,

nor, in fact, has it been considered

at any time by the National Executive

or circulated to Regions or branches.

At the recent National Conference

of the Federation, the draft constitu­

tion was presented for discussion and

adoption. After a few clauses had been

read, a mnber of the NEC of COD asked

permission to move a resolution. She

stated that the organisations and

groups which constituted the Federation

had not had sufficient time or opportu­

nity to circulate the draft constitu­

tion for consideration and discussior

by the general membership and moved

that the adoption of a Constitution

be postponed either for six months or

until the next National Conference.

The Regional Secretary of the

Federation replied that the dr-.!'* '-on-

stitution had be n circulated to organi­

sations more than 12 months ago, and if

these organisations had failed to dis­

cuss the constitution or circulate it,

this must be laid at the door of those

organisations. This, however, should

not be allowed to hold up the develop-

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ment of the Federation of South African

Women. A national conference could be

achieved only at long intervals. It

was the second time that a draft consti­

tution had been placed before a nctier.il

conference of the Federation of S .A .

V.’onLn. If the constitution wore averted

today there would be provision for aixrd-

mcnts at the next National Conference.

The Regional Secretary moved a counter

resolution that seeing all organisations

had had ample time and opportunity during

the past twelve months to circulate an!

discuss the draft constitution, it ahould

be discussed and adopted as amended at this conference.

Several delegates spoke from the

floor, stating that they had not seen

■the draft constitution and would prefer

to take it back to their regions and

branches for discussion before adoption.

Other delegates felt that this would hoi-1

back the development of the Federation

and urged thrt the draft consitution be

discussed, amended and adopted at this

Confcrc-nce.

Conference appeared to be divided on

this natter -ond after many expressions

of opinion the Regional Secretary offerr

to with raw the counter resolution on

the grounds th^.t there would not be suffi­

cient time left to discuss the dro ft

constitution. Conference refused tr allow

the counter resolution to be withdrawn

■’nt * he resolution '\nd counter re s T -

tions w re put to the vote. Conference

decided by <£1 votes to 79 that the ’raft

c- nstituti. n be c'iscusred and adopted as

amended at this Conference.

During this discussion it had becerv.

• lcar that there were differences of

opinion within organisations as to whether

the Constitution should be referred back

t.o the organisations or discussed at

Conference. Members of each organisation

speke from the floor, ANC women were b t'.

. . . . ./for

for and against the discussion and

adoption of the Constitution. One

COD member tad moved the resolution,

one the counter resolution. S.'.CPO

delegates w?nted the consitution

deferred;„ .Coloured delegates of

the F^od and Conning '.^rl.vrs and

the Cape Housewives League vrnted it

discussed and adopted* f'^r was there

any clear .eg re one nt in specific areas,

’v'non from Capetown spoke cr> both

si:’es; from Port Elizabeth the Co]-

urc-d loader wrnte^ the Constitution

deferred, the <>fr:c’n lcvU.r wanted

it diso.usscd; delegates frr'~. the

Transvaal spoke for and a ainst the

resolution. Discussion on the resolu­

tion and eountor-rosolution t !■: up

noarly an hour vefor<_ ti\<- fv v r of

the countcr-r- solution offer d to

withdraw it . The voting itself In­

dicated that the Provinces w re not

unanimous in wanting the Constitution

referred back, for although 13? dele­

gates came from the Frco State, Katal

and the Cape, only 7g delegates in

all (including some frnm the Transvaal)

voted for the resoluti< n.

Conference voted by a more than

two-thirds majority to proceed with

the Constitution, thereby indicating

that, although the organisatirns

had failed to circulate it to the

Regions and branches, they had con­

fidence that basically the Constitution

would be acceptable to their organi­

sations, subject to possible amending

at the next Conference of the Federa­

tion. Almost five h ur: were then

spent in discussing and adopting the

clauses of the draft Ccnstitution#

The IVnional Executive Committee

of the Transvaal had alre-dy considered

the draft Constitution and had forward­

ed amendments to the National Executive

which wore distributed at tne C nfer-

tnce. Other anendments wore moved

fr-'r. the floor. The proceedings cf

Conference during the discussion cf

the Constitution wore con.hicted in

Enrlish, Scsuto and Xhosa; each clause

of the draft Constitutor, and all

contributions to the discussion being

interpreted into two other languages.

Conference decided to remain in

session for the whole afternoon, and

Bew'-s

when an appeal wos made for volunteers

to g o to the nass meeting in Sophia*

tewn, difficulty wos experienced

initially in obtainin'^ gsf^icient vol­

unteers bccau^e the delegates were

intent upon full discussion of the droft

Constitution. When the Constitution v s

finally put to the vote it was adopted

unanimously.

ihe "ational Executive of the

Fed?ration is confident that when trv

Congr-ss cf Democrats is aware of the

vents f the Conference, it will be

agreed that the procedure- -adopted was

that 'ecided upon by the vast majority

of delegates. Differences of cpini /:

there ray still be -s to whether it

would have been preferable to have r st­

ained the adoption of the onstj tuti r.

to the next Ccr.fcrcnce - ftr indee ’ 'T*

women held that pinion# Rut 291 women

did not agree, r:n;' w-;rc dc terrir.ed that,

the Constitution she uld be "'opter’ . Cor.

there really be any question of right rr

wrtng, corrcct or incorrect procedure?

The fact remains that a two-thirds majcr-

ity, after an hours discussion, decided

to consider, amend and adopt c. draft

constitution, although most of the dele­

gates had net seen it previously. Ti tr^

is provision n the Constitution for

amendments at the next National Confer, roc

There is nc limitation to any such amend­

ments. There is surely ample time arv

opportunity for every organisation to

circulate and discuss this Constitution

and to submit any amendments which it

considers desirable to the next National

C nference. The Federation in the mear-

tiroe has a Constitution, a working bacr

upon which He^ ns car, be correctly

constituted, upon which women's organi­

sations can be invited to affiliate r rd

the work of the Federation can go forward.

, Only time can determine whether t:.is

Constitution can meet fully the require­

ments cf the Federation. The amendments

that w«;re adopted at Conference a r o s e cut

of *t» expediences of the past two and a

half years. It may well be that the

experiences of the next year will demand

further amendments, possibly drastic cr.cf. The Federation is young and must bo

flexible, but at the same time it req^r -

a framework within which to function, a

f mndaticn on which to build. It needs

a Constitution, a need which was accer*

by a mere than two-thirds majority :f

delegates at Conference,

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uCrXEK S .A .I .O .

Thr th re e men delegation of the S .A .I .O . interviewed the Prine

lTir.!stc-r behind c losed doors in Cape town and secret proposals were

made by th-m for the implimentation of the Grfmp Areas Act and on

the evr of the departure o f thp Prine Minister to the Com-onwralth

’'inisters Conference in London in June this year th« S .A .I . 0. played

into the hands of tne Strydo"; Govt* In wit an appeel to the

■*ndiar people th^ T .X .n. said t)iat the Indian people should stand

firm end un't d in opposition to the Group Areas Act, to reject the

5 .A .I .e . and its compromising policy, and to streghten the unity

o; t: f* national liberation movement by aupporting the al? iance

or e Consrer ;< s.

■ vat or. :.\is ro:-cott .

| Oir Congress b*anch in Evaton must be congratulated for

\ t h e ir m agnificen t support of the bus boycott in Evaton. For the

. drratlor of V 's boycott our p#»ople contributed their maximum

to **:r ?tru •••:« of f ’p -ror?r of thr rrens and on several

">■' r* c o f our l o c r l branch hav > b°rn a rre ste d on

ch?r.^.r o f r .-v ;/ c v io le n c e , arson o t c , At tv pceefcft p resen t

r . n t *■•«•••' prom'* n n t d ^ c i a l s or the locar. branch and the

Vr nrv: 1 I .e . r.yr.'it i v a re fa c in g charges o f umrder.

AjJ * I AT' J-* Bann'd.

The Transvaal Indian C i m g r ' Las siiTVr d a tremendous

loss in thr. banr/nr by the Minister of I!r. A.E.Patel, the Jt.Eon.

Secretary of the T.T.C. The previous S^er^taries Hessrs* Thandray

and Cacha&ia, i^rr bahr— V e T .I .C . was fortunate to place the

responsible/, ti^s o~ the <■ boulders of Jfr. A *E.Patel* In the duration

of ?'r. Patets tern of of^ce,?iis s«rv<ces lias b -en of tremendous

aralue. Fortunately that his ban has been only from gatherings

and not fro?- the organisations so hJs valuable guidance and

a s s :stance is still available to us.He is also one of the 8 unfortunate

one -vho is banned from going to variuos provinces.

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hereby apply for Membership of the South African Congress

of Democrats, I accept and undertake the conditions of

membership as laid down in the constitution. I undertake

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The above branch meets at 3, Dormax Court, 103 Francis S t l , Bellevue, every Sunday evening at 8p.m. sharp.

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If you require a l i ft , please phone 40-1401 between6.30 and 7«30p.m . before Sunday if 'possible.

Yours fraternally,

J . AKDEES ON. (SECRET ARY)

SOUTH AFRICAN COKGRSoS OF DEMOCRATS - YOUTH BRANCH

Dear Friend,

The above branch meets at 3? Dormax Court, 103

Francis S t . , Bellevue, every Sunday evening at 8p.m. sharp.$On Sunday....................... c.... ..................... ....................

will lead a discussion entitled ............................................ ....................

If you require a l i f t , please phone 40-1401 between6.30 and 7.30p.mc before Sunday if possible.

Yours fraternally,

J . ANDERSON. (SECRETARY)

SOUTH AFRICAN CONGRESS OF DEMOCRATS - YOUTH BR&NCH

Dear Friend,

The above branch meets at 3 , Dormax Court, 103

Francis S t . , Bellevue, every Sunday evening at 8p.m. sharp.

On Sunday....................... .. ...........................................

w ill lead a discussion entitled ........................................................... ..1

If you require a l i f t , please phone 40-1401 between

6.30 and 7 .30p .m . before Sunday if possible.

Yours fraternally,

J.ANDERSON (SECRETARY)

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Phone : 33-0975 5 Somerset House,110 Fox Street, P .O . Box 4088, Johannesburg,

Dear F r i e n d '•»

We are pleased to have received your request for further information about the South African Congress of Democrats. We are enclosing herewith for your information a copy of our constitution, which contains our aims and objects, and some of our recent literature *

You will note from pur aims and objects that they are the same in many instances as those of the A .N .C , the S .A . Indian Congress, and S.A.Coloured Peoples Organisation. Vie work in close co-operation with these organisations so as to present a United Front against the Nationalist Government. If may be that you are already a member of one of these organisation, but if not we urge you to join the nearest branch.

Our organisation is meant primarily for Europeans, but if however you also wish to join our organisation please f i l l in the membership application form enclosed and return it to us. In the meantime, we are putting your name on our mailing list for future material from time to time.

Yours faithfully ,

Secretary,,

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The next meeting of our Branch will take place on.

I f you have not paid your subscription for this month please do so.

Yours sincerely,

SECRETARY

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to th. abo« eo-lttee are Mr.i.J.nner «nd B lM jL Ja M o n .

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Cape Town.

27th February 1356.

Dear Black Sasher,

We congratulate you on your splendid efforts and deter­

mination in defence of the rights of the South African people. itiany have

been inspired by your demonstrations, which have exposed the sha_.eless

moves of the Government in undemocratically altering the constitution.

Their aim, we kno-rj, is to prepare the way for taking away the Coloured

vote in the first instance, and to maiie even greater attacks on the

people later on.

However, your actions, although comendable, h .ve not

so far been effective . We must ask ourselves why?

It i 3 clear that the Nationalist Party has entrenched

itself in power too securely to be shaken by one s^all section of the

South African people. We must realise that the time has come for ail

sincere opponents of the Government to unite if the drive towards a

police state is to be halted. It is an anoiholy that Europeans should

fight for the Coloured People's rights without attempting to join forces

with the Coloured People themselves.

The Congress of Democrats his pledged itself to fight

for democracy for all in South ,„frica. Together with our allies in the

Congress ^oveuent we are striving not only to defend what rights we have,

but also to extend these rights to all South Africans irrespective of

colour. Outside of this context the fight for the retention of the

Coloured vote ha3 no meaning.

We therefore appeal to you, both as an individual and

as a member of the 31ack Sash movement, to make common cause with the

Congress movement and thus make doubly certain the defeat of 3roederbond

Nationalism.

Yours sincerely ,

L .3 . Lee Warden. u/i.P. (Chairman)

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SOUTH AFRICAN CONGRESS OF DEMOCRATS. p .0 . Box 4088,

Johannesburg.

To all Regions and Branches.

Dear Friends,

14.4. 56.

At our second annual national Conference the following resolution was unanimously adopted.

1. Policy.

Deeply conscious that the urgent needs of the people’ s struggle to defeat the Nationalist Party and its fascist programme, require the mobilisation of all sections of the population for an e^tra-parlianentary struggle to replace the Nations. Is it Government with the People’ s Democratic Government, and to replace the present denial of social, economic and political rights with a constitution guaranteeing oo all the rights embodied in the Freedom Charter, and conscious too,that the Congress movement with its five basic organisations is the historically correct instrument for this task, confe- rence recognises that the 3 . A. Congress of Democrats has a general and collective responsibility to and for the Congress movement as a whole but a specific responsibility for the task ^ bicji,Ms.k.or.ic.cl.ly and because^ of its nature and character,~ it alone is best .equiped to undertake - the task of winning to .the _Cori^ress Lbvemont the militant white anti-nationalists .

Conference therefore resolves that the main task of the South African Congress of Democrats shall be to make the Congress movement and the Freedom Charter a living force amongst the European population, at the same time to deal with specific issues affectiAg the white population.

POINTS AND RECOIL ,ENI}AT IONS . UADE AT CONFERENCE FOR DISCUSSION AND IMPLEIJEHT i.T I ON.

During the discussion on the above resolution a number of suggestions were made and adopted by Conference as recommen­dations to regions with regard /the implementation of the resolution. These recommendations were as follows:-

That the South African Congress of Democrats should consis-■ t*.itly challenge other political groups for the leadership of Progressive and Liberal-minded Europeans.

-The South African Congress of Democrats should pay more attention to political issues which directly affect the European population, and should devise ways and means to bring its own views to the attention of the European population on such issues.

The- South African Congress of Democrats should consistently endeavour to mobilise Europeans in support of the Non-European people in their struggles against discriminatory laws and regulations

Collection Number: AD1812

RECORDS RELATING TO THE 'TREASON TRIAL' (REGINA vs F. ADAMS AND OTHERS ON CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON, ETC.), 1956 1961 TREASON TRIAL, 1956 1961

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