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...cloudy, hot morning last week in Leopoldville, capital of the vast Belgian Congo (about four times the size of Texas and 77 times larger than Belgium itself), long lines of natives stood quietly in the dusty streets. Across town, amid the mangoes, palms and cassia trees of the European quarter, far fewer white citizens were similarly lined up. Belgian gradualism was making another cautious move forward, permitting the first elections-for either whites or blacks-to be held in Belgium's fabulously rich (cobalt, uranium, copper, gold) and only colony...
...voting was for urban councilors to act as "advisers" to the Belgian authorities. All males, white or black, over 25 years of age were eligible to vote. The Belgian aim is to create a "partnership" between the two races, setting them out to travel on parallel courses, but with the whites significantly senior. Thus, under the new "cities statute," Leopoldville is divided into three European communes for its population of 30,000 whites, and eight jampacked African communes for its 350,000 blacks. White and Negro mayors will be selected from the elected councilors by veteran (six years) Governor General...
None of the candidates represented a political party, and the native voting generally followed tribal lines, with the numerically strong Bakongo emerging on top. Although women could not vote, they could be candidates. One African woman was elected councilor; the two white women candidates were defeated. The Belgian authorities have agreed to "consult" with the newly elected councilors but not necessarily follow their recommendations. A colonial official explained: "We will allow them to make little mistakes-but not a big nonsense...
About 300 American, British, French, Belgian and other Western businessmen were told they must surrender a fourth of the houses they own in Jakarta...
...born in St. Paul, Minn., graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1939, joined the Manhattan law firm of Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts. He served 21 months in Europe during World War II as a tank commander, was twice wounded, returned to the U.S. with three Silver Stars, the Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm, and a presidential unit citation. In 1948 he joined Singer, for which he had done legal work, next year became an assistant vice president, worked on labor-management problems...