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...ensure that Rhodesia's constitution will perpetuate white supremacy. The Africans wanted Britain to order one-man, one-vote elections within three months' time. Wilson, while promising to work toward majority rule by Rhodesia's Africans, made it clear nonetheless that the final timetable for Rhodesian independence will...
...Many a Rhodesian went to the polls last week to the tune of a grim little ditty called "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow U.D.I...
...fact that his Rhodesian Front's only opposition party was also largely white bothered Smith and his followers not at all. Full-page ads warned of "a black future for all" unless Smith got his way. Posters appeared everywhere to inform voters they could "Trust Mr. Smith - he will never hand over Rhodesia." Jeering at the British demand that Rhodesia's blacks should be given increased voting rights, a Smith backer at one rally shouted, "I've got three dogs; can they vote...
...would regard U.D.I, as "rebellion," break relations with the outlaw regime and impose an economic boycott, which would throw thousands of whites out of work and send the economy into a tailspin. Opposition Leader David Butler, 37, a wealthy tobacco farmer, was well aware of the consequences. "The Rhodesian way of life would be ruined by U.D.I.," he warned. "It is a way of life that depends on economic prosperity...
...nobody was listening. A Rhodesian government White Paper issued just before the elections scoffed at the prospect of economic depression, threatened to retaliate with economic sanctions against its independent Negro neighbors in Zambia and Malawi. A new warning by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning U.D.I. only added to Smith's strength, and by the time election day rolled around, there were few white Rhodesians who did not agree with the unofficial motto of the Smith machine: "We would rather go bust than black...