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...seem to have the Mahatma touch. He cut a lone figure. Durban's whites, who in this year's census for the first time in history found themselves outnumbered by Indians, are more anti-Indian than ever. Manilal tried to sell his case to the Natal Indian Congress, founded by his father in 1894. But the Congress ignored their founder's son, and, led by the Communists, spent their time denouncing "American imperialism in Korea." Worst of all, Malan's government also ignored him, and proved that passive resistance might be the best weapon against passive...
Near Durban, Natal, 150 fellow Indians gathered to watch Manilal Gandhi, 58-year-old son of the late Mahatma, sip a glass of lemon juice, honey and hot water, to break his 14-day fast held in protest over South Africa's segregation laws. Gandhi, 20 Ibs. lighter, announced that he would ask the South African government once again to change its laws, before breaking one of the laws himself as a further protest...
...unprotected." All in all, the first nine months are the hardest. "Mama sneezes, baby gets knocked 'unconscious.' Papa hits Mama, baby gets an engram. Junior bounces on Mama's lap, baby gets an engram. And so it goes." Besides these normal hazards, all Hubbard's patients have a pre-natal history of beatings by the father and attempted abortions by the mother. Small wonder that the child emerges punchy...
...President of the Methodist Church of South Africa called the law "nonChristian" and said: "We believe that all peoples of God's family have an equal right in His sight." The Roman Catholic Apostolic Delegate in Natal said: "I can see nothing which can scripturally forbid mixed marriages." The Anglican Bishop of Natal denounced the law as "utterly stupid and completely unworkable...
Some of the churchmen put their protests into action. In Capetown, Roman Catholic Father Thomas L. Gill went ahead" and married a white man and a "slightly colored" woman, was convicted and fined $56. An Anglican priest in Natal resigned his appointment as a marriage officer and surrendered his license to the government as a protest against the act. Last week ministers in South Africa were considering a call from Anglican Father Trevor Huddleston of Johannesburg to follow suit...