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...diminutive (5 ft. 3 in.) lawyer known as the "Little Lion," tough-minded Governor Petillon took as his authority a recent promise made by King Baudouin: "human relations have now to be tackled; economic development no longer is enough." Last month the Little Lion ordered all Congolese bars to admit Africans so long as they behave well and are properly dressed. When some owners refused to admit Negroes unless they first submitted to a medical checkup, Pétillon bluntly warned them to obey his decree...
...There are still too many Europeans," said the Little Lion, "who, invested with authority or assuming an authority of their own, instill into their relations with the natives an odious character of haughty condescension, of offensive familiarity and, sometimes, of rudeness or brutality. There are still people-and I hope that those I aim at will recognize themselves-men and women who behave here as in a conquered country...
...tillon's new policy of selective assimilation will not make the Congo a democracy, for the government, in the person of the Little Lion, fully intends to retain "control through veto." Yet in the absence of a white-dominated parliament, benevolent despotism in the Congo may do more than some African democracies to bring peace and some kind of assured future for Africa's blacks and whites...
MONSANTO Chemical Co. will push into the oil business through a merger with Arkansas' Lion Oil Co. (1954 gross: $99 million). Under the deal, still to be approved by the stockholders, Monsanto will exchange 1½ shares of stock for each of Lion's 3,090,912 shares outstanding, will operate the company under the Lion name to provide basic oil supplies for its growing petrochemical business. Combined assets of the two: $524 million...
...lion has since gone away, but the bear has not. Left on its own, the goat has been dreaming dreams of grandeur...