Word: schemes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They were appearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, chaired by Tennessee Democrat Estes Kefauver. Their warnings had to do with a scheme being pushed by Southern segregationist leaders, under which presidential electors would not be pledged to follow the popular vote in their state...
...proposed federation are Kenya's occasionally bloody dispute with Somalia, probable opposition from Buganda's Frederick Mutesa II ("King Freddie"), and resistance from Kenya's 55,000 remaining European settlers, who may be apprehensive of submersion in even more millions of Africans. But the federation scheme was off to a remarkably resolute start. When a newsman in Nai robi complimented President Nyerere on how quickly the plan had been launched, Nyerere smiled broadly. "What do you mean, quick?" said he. "This is something we've been thinking about for 40 years...
Compelling Logic. Britain's main objection to MLF is that it is primarily a "political" scheme to promote NATO solidarity. However, if Britain decides not to support MLF, it faces one of two unpalatable alternatives. Either the project will be abandoned, with the likelihood that the Germans and other European nations will ultimately develop their own nuclear weapons; or the force will come into being anyway, and in time may develop into a truly European deterrent, exclusive of Britain...
Slap for Kwame. There was polite applause, but much of the audience was lukewarm to the ambitious scheme. Malagasy's President Philibert Tsiranana replied candidly: "You cannot decree a text for African unity. Many of our states are not mature enough." Urging a slower, step-by-step approach, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the able Prime Minister of Nigeria, Africa's most populous state (42 million, six times Ghana's population), took the opportunity to spank Nkrumah for his notorious meddling in his African neighbors' affairs. "Unity cannot be achieved as long as African countries continue subversion...
...together an agreement of sorts in their four days of talks. In a marathon final session, the delegates solemnly and unanimously adopted a draft charter for a loose "Organization of African Unity." To go into effect when ratified by two-thirds of Africa's nations, the scheme calls for a heads-of-state gathering every year, a permanent council of ministers (with no real powers), and a permanent secretariat. Pending ratification, a provisional secretariat will be set up in Addis Ababa, to the delight of Haile Selassie, who dreams of making his ramshackle capital Africa's capital...