JHTEF LUTULI HAS IVJffi A GREAT SACRIFICE.

H? HAS DEFTE© THE GO VERM ENT ANT) W S T

HIS CHIEFTAINSHIP.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT TOR HIT? EYs-

1. WlJINTEBRllC NCT.7: You can ro riderno greater eoi—

vice to tha people of South Africa

2 . JOINTNH CONC>

African N«*inn*l the Natel Indien C

£: You nutr*'

jo in tho

639 n n d ess.

1 N3 . DONATING FREELY : The

f:d nonoy. to

enrry on the Striqjpb . You must

do your b it .

HELP BUILD A DT'OCRATIC ^OITH AFRICA!

JOIN THIS DSfUNCE OF UNJUST LAr/S CAJTAIGN.

H i r ] f b u y i a f h i k a : : : sfcsHatioo

OUR CHIEF SPEAKS

LLY N NTS B U T

V:V.

OW 'EDNESDAY the l^tir*""

’'Jovwr’bcr 1952, t h 9

Native Corrds3ioner

of St anger announced

thct Qi*nf A .J .Lutuli

w i diurdssod by the

'oTOrm ant fron his ___

position as CTiiof,

In September Chiof Lurtuli was

; f : celled fro Pretoria and given

: J s ar» ultinetun to resign aa Chief

: Tlj ^r give up his position as

: Presii’.ert o f the African Nation-

i Congreae and hrve ncrthii^ *

: ••’tIc.tever to do with the Defiance

^ vfrf Unjust W n Ccrrpr.ign.

£ CHIEF lutuli refused.

LONG L I W CHIEF LUTULI1

ISSIHTD ET

Afri ccn National CfniTross

raid Natnl Indinn Congress

P .O . Box 2299 - Durbtn

t i e r o a d t o f r e e d o m

IS VIA rHK f-HOSb

I hAve bee* « i a l M * d from tho Q u o fta in s h lr of the Abase-

Uokolleni Tribe 1 » the Groutvillo Misrion Reserve. T presume

“ h-: tale hr.e boon done V the O o «r .,»r- 0 ....- n l in h j . c.pn-ity

„ SuproW Chief of th«"tetlv<T people the Union of S o u t h

Africa save then* of tho Capo Prov i h m . I »n * d**nJJ-re-ieolly

o ^ c t e d to thi- position in 1935 by tho oeoplo of G r o a t W e

|tisalon Reserve and was duly approved a M appointed b y „ h o

Governor-General*

Pn t.h of koderation

■tremendous ^ ^ o n i ^ e l n t f o n a with other

Union of S o u t h

liberal minded

p :?« k : r ^ ^ r j o “ c u ' ; ? s ro i “ fr fctt.

S o i n ^ c u n e i l ' of European. end Afriejfl* nftd the-no. dof.net.

Motive Representativo C o un cil.

In »o far 1 3 snininK oiti.enohip righto „nd opportunities

f „ tho u n f e t t e r e d development o f tho Afrtcon people, .h o -rill

♦%.«+ thirtv voors of my l i f ° havo boon spent- knocking i n

^ f n . ^ i e n J S ! — - » » « * • <*““ * ™ d ‘ " m J

door?

•vat hare been tho f r u i t , o f my iriany y«ars of moderation ?

H cb there boon any reciprocal to leran ce o r moderation from the

Government, be i t N a t i o n a l ! * or United Tarty? No. On tflo cois-

the n»ist th ir ty yeare he vo 3een the gronteft number o.

^ ^ r i ^ f n g S r r t g h t . and progress until tod,y wo havo L*W3 r 8 - . have almost no rights at a l l ; no 01-

roac v-jd a s -MS ^ tn, our only a s s e t ,c a t t le dw indling

oqu*te i n * Rnd remunerate ve a ^ o y r a e n t ,

no bo^url T t 0 , fr «e d o « o f taovonorrt throngh p a ss es ,c u r few

re g u la tio n s , in f lu x control m e a su r e ., in short w* have witnessa;

faro of ray people and for their h a n n o n id J W

sections of our multi-racial aocioty in t g E

A frica . In th is effort I always pursued

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setter who stands in tny way, 1 stall fight for freedom In th is

country” , he p r o c l a i m in h is fine woice. " I n e k yoa to defy

You are eit>* r with Bhengu or with Albert Ltrthull. And^ t h o

people gnve him an instantaneous answer. "ALHSh - L^HILI .they

ehouted hnrfd^. cries of AFRIKA. They gave vent to the*r feel-

lt.M> in no uT.certeiii manner.

- » ;t does no*. * *-ter who stands in rey way'’ said A l b e ^

Urtuli iVien. Luoer.ow we ’enfrw and urd e stood whn* h> was erqr-

irg and to whom h«j wa* piviijr tVda forth right reply ,

,1, tho Hear**J o f Hie Pocpie

— W e r.now o u r C b i e : , find t h o u g h t h e G o v e r n ® r .t d o n o t l i k e

h i n , w e f o l l c w h i m . Tt i e fcrt r i g h t t h n t t h e G c v w r a n e n t s h S u l d

n e t i l i k e h i m , 't< ecam * t h o G o v a - n m o n t d o e s n o t r e p r e s e n t u e .A r j d

w o w o u l d b e s o r r y 1 ? o u r C h i e f w e r e t o f o l l o w t h e G o v & r r a n e n t .

W e K n o w A l b e r t J o h n L u t h u l i , a n d h o i s n o t o n e t o b e n d h i e

k n e e b e f o r e a r v i h l o s c tm d t y r a n n i c a l r o g i n e . H e i s a m a n o f

h i o p e o p l e f r i k h e l i v o s n n d w o r k s f o r t h e m . WVvat m o r e w o u l i a

p e o p l e H B k o ? t ve i r l e n d e r ?

HV. KNOW O'JK CHIEF, pnd i f wf nr.y, in a ll hunril'ty.para -

phrase thj m*rde a' Goro^ini tJaldui

"T^EY MIGfr DIS1CSS OUR CHIEF. Tn{fT:' ’flGHT TAKE

CHIEF TO THE JTUDST ErlBS OF "*£ jiART i

PIT HIS DESTINATION REMAINS TJNOUNGKD IN T‘iS

HEAFfTC OF friS PEOPLE fHO APE T T !EIRS

A.MD THE STEWARDH CF HIS L'ATCHLSSS DKEAMS AND

AND HIS KXTCKLE3S U S D S " .

A F R I K A1

i • ^, My view nos boon, aud s t ill i s , that n Chief is prim arily '

a eorvnrrt of his people. He is tho voi eo o f his pooplo.He j«

i!hc voice of his people in locnl a ffa irs . Unlike a Native

Coi^piooionor, ho is part and parcel of the Tribe , nnd n^t a

loeal QRnirt of tho Govoronerrt. Within the bounds of loyalty

it is conceivable that he nay voice and press the c l a i m of

hia people even i f they should be unpalatable to the Covorn-

nonrt of the day.

He nay use oil legitimate uodom techniques tc get theso

donends satisfied . It is inconceivable hew ChiufH could e f f ­

ectiv ely serve the widor and crinr.on intorost o f their own

tribe without co-operating with other leaders of tho poopla, both the natural leo4 «r s (Chiefs) and lenders elected d*-

'm ocratirally by the p 4 ftple themselves.

* Must. Fighrt Fearlessly

It was to all^J|for these wider ass o c iotione intended

to pronote the conanoiv national interests of the people up

against purely lo c^ M fcntarest s that the Government in making

T ules governing C h i® s 'lid not debar them from jo in in g pol­

it ic a l associations tffr long as these associations had not

boon declared "by the Minister to be mibvorsivo of or pre­

jud ic ial to constituted Go -/eminent." The African National -

Congress its non-violert Pne^ive Resistance CorapnigA may be

o f nuisance value to the Government ,but it is not eubvorci v»

since it does not seek to overthrow tho form and m achinery

•o f the State but only urg» s for tho inclusion of all sections

of tho conmunity in a partnership in tho Government of the

country on tho basis of or;ur.lity«ILows nnd conditions 'hat tend to debase human person­

ality ,.i a God-given force - be they brought about by the

Stato or. other individuals, must be rolentlucsly opposed in

tho spirit of dofiance shown by St.Potor whun ho said to tho

rulers of his day "Sh all we obey God nr man?" No one can

dqrry that in so l’nr as non-Whites are concerned in the Nhi on

of South Africa, lews and conditions that debane hurnun per­

sonality abound. Any Chiof worthy of his position mint rirft

fearlessly • against such debasing eoirHtl.tnn an>l 1< vn.

\t the Govemmont should resort to dismissing such "Thi' ■>, '

cav find it s e l f dism issing many Chiefs or causirg peopl *0

aiaciss from their hoarts chiefs who arc indifferont t; ,

noode of the people through fonr of dismissal by tho G / r ,~

menr., Surely tho Governnorr. cannct placo Chiefs in sucK

unconfortftblo and invidious position.

Ever. Death

As for nvsclf, with a full senso of responsitf. lity r.nd

a cloar convictior., I decided to remain in tho etruggl > for

extending democratic right? and responsibilities to all sect­

ions of the Souh African cccmunity. I have embraced the

vi< .lent Pas si e Roeistonco tochnique in fighting for freedom

because I nn convinced it is tho only non-rovolutionoj'y, log"

■ttimato an. way that could bo used by people denied,as

we are , <.** fnctivo constitutional moans to further asp?ir-

ati ons.

T H wisdom or fo ^lish n o tfe ^^th i s decision I place i r.

the hfv"-$ of tho Almighty.

What tho fiituro has in store for mo 1 do not know. i t

client be riaiculo , imprisonnent, concontrotion camp,flogging

barisJimont nr.d uvur, death. I only prny to tlw Almighty t o

strerthen.my resolve so that none of those grim p o ssib ilities

nay :eter cd frcn striving , for the sake o f tho good none of

our beloved courtry, the Union of South A fr ic a ,m k e it a true

democracy* and a 'run union in fora and spirit o f all the con- ni»nitiea in tho land.

My only painful concom at ticBs i s thai 0 f tho welfare

of qv family but I try even in this regard, I n a spirit of

truHG and surrender to God's w ill aa I see i t . to say.* " G o d Tr ’ 1 pi'o vi d o . ”

t is inevitable thrrt in wrrking for Freedom s o m e In- di vj Jin] 3 ana sort' f n n iH o * take the l.-nd nnd m m * :lho

Rood to Freedom Is Via The CROSS.

m a y i b u y e :

a f r i k a : a p r t k a :a F R I K a :

n n _n i— symbol cri

Vu UJ — ccn ANCt 9o

AliSCKT JOHN LtTTULI ha* become a familiar and inspiring figure

io thousands of non-Europeans who hnvo regularly attended m e n

-fillies and demonstrations called by the Congresses.

»o know him for h is simplicity and charm of manner.You woAld

m ss him by in the street ( i f you did not know him) without

oalisirg that you have just passed a very great man. But then,

eirmlicity is the hall-racrk of ALL greet people.Our Chief dr«*»s

almplv, and speaks am ply - he speaks the language of the pecplo

S T . M « person, ho »ynboll»«s the k rrd»- dceire of our popfe

-tebe free, "EE FREE, BE SLAVES NO M3RE? i? what ho tells u s .

GROW )UT of ycrur "J in " end "Utafaan" montality.

« . know our Chi of for his br illiant rhetoric,has wnimexhuber*

an«e and a liveliness of spirit that is possible only with a*

non _ike him. Ho gives l ife to any platform. He has a fin, sfwio

huaour, and ho con sing, tooi

Mnyibuvo A frik a

.nd h o . to con singl Hoi n ^ n g it 1= to H o ton to hiB -urf

.it h h ia , the s ir g . cf fl-oodoo. H o . wort or fo 1 it is o tar

tin 8lnc ®*yibuye Afriko or SlfGnn Inkululoko. I f only« u £ l »in£ o . our C h l a T l o . . . ho would kn ... tho nooning

3 f Freedom.

But Dr. Union oiJigo * Aforthoid ond a " ^ . 0rryn-nrv The Dooplo however, do not sirg with him, U Dr. Mai on

S T Z k e •peofc os, so can our Chief. But nnkirg 13 nt

a ll . Our Chief has a tc ssn*» that is as cl *9 t?.thuli flings buddha aw! imho® d . ’’Lcvo Thy Neighbor is what Luthuli g

about.

rv _ cv.tftf wfl„ perhrps at his best when in a groat cpooch it

UUZABALAZC SQUARE (o » W t o . (hrlrto nod ™

Wednesday 24th September, he woleored Durban a f.

resistors in the D e f ia w s o f Unjust Laws Campaign. It does rt*

V

in these years an intensification of oar subjection to entire av5

protect white Supremacy.

A Hew Spirit

I t i 8 with th is background and with a full sense of respon­

sib ility that, under the auspices of the African National Congress

(N atal), I have Joinod my people in the new spirit that moves thae

today, the spirit that revolts openly and boldly against in justice

end expresses i t s e l f in a determined and non-violent manner.

Because of my association with the African National Congress i n

this new spirit which has found an effective and legitimate way of

expression in the non-violent Passive Resistance Campaign, I was

given a two week limit ultimatum by tho Secretary f o r Native

Affairs calling upon me to choose between t h e African National

Congress nrri the Chieftainship of the Groutville ttisFior. Reuervo.

He allogod that my association with Congress in its non - violent

Passive Resistanco Campaign was an act o f disloyalty to tho State.

I did not, and do not, agree with this view. Viewing Non - Violent

Passive Resistanco as a non-revolutionary and, therefore, a oost

legitimate and humane political pressuro technique for a pecplir

doniod all offoctivo forms of constituti onal st.rivirg , T saw n o

real conflict in my dual leadership of my peoples leader, of t h e

Tribe as Chief nnd political leader in Congress. j

Servnnt of People

I saw no cause to resign from either. This stand o f mine which

resulted in my being sacked from the Chieftainship might stoem fool

ish and disappointing to some liberal and moderate E u r o ^o p s and

Non-Europeans with whom I have worked those many years and w i t h

whom T st ill hopo to work. This is no parting of the ways W t *a

launching further into the deep". I invite them to jo in 14 our

■moquivocal pronouncement of a ll legitimate African aspirations and

in our firm stand against injustico and opprossion.

T do not wish to challenge my diwriseal txrt I would like t o

suggest that in the interest of the institution o f Chieftainship

in these modem times of democracy , tho Government should define

more procisoly and ranke more widely known the status, functions anc

privileges o f Chiefs .

THE G;'VFRN?ffiNT CF DH.KALAN nos dismissed Chid? Luthuii from his

Chieftoinship "because, es leeder of tho Congress in t o t * ! , he v^a ohdcuragirvg

Pjoplo tc bruok tho lews cf the -euntrjr through th poesivo resistcr.ee erfcprign,"

"V IP "C

j.n September, Chief i/jtrUli w®s ceiled t? Prot^ris by the Secretory

fcr !.ativo A ffa irs ", Dr .E iselon , There ho wss told thrt the Ooverrjcr.t did not like

his notions nnd policies ot s l l .c r .d thet he must either resign from the Africor.

Ncticr.cl Congress or give up his position ns Chief.

On tho Zlr.i September, the Fcliticril Correspondent of tho i'ANB DAILY

f / I L wrote s "A few drys r>go r.n influential Chief, \-h: is orr. cf *r<i letders :f

^the passive rosistrnce cemprign, wr s summon d to ! retaric *nd threatened with

•dopcsition unloac he withdrew from the cempDign, '-»hich ho refused tc do ."

The Government, however, gr ve Chief Lutbuli time to "think it over".

But Chief Luthuli is mrda of sterner stuff. Ho wrote bcck rr.d e^id thnt he would

not comply with tho d.crnd of tho GCVSRNferAT 1

" SACKED"

So, now the Government hrve "sccked" our C hief, It i * furthor

proof of tfco feet thrt tht Government is completely out of touch with our p«oj-1f».

do not kna|L t>e paaqtl*, mjad k»£u• « t«-comply with our wtvtmm. Thf*y w p *.

eloquently obdtf the " VCLKS'TTL” - "TW5 f lL L OF TH®: P^OPL’?" , but words lo*t

all mooning with our present nilors.,m ■ .

■^TJHY DO NOT KNOW OUR C H P T LUTHULT. IF THEY THINK TH^Y CAN MAKfi

OUR CHISF ACCKPT M 7RTHSID , TI-EY ARE MISTAKEN.

OUR C H U F CAN SINQ. TOO *

ALBERT JOHN H7THULI hrs becomo n fam iliar end inspiring figure to

thousmda of nori-Ki»rcpeans who heve repularlv attended mass rallies and demonstrate

lions called by -th® Congresses,

W, KNCW him for his ; simpH city *nd chnrn. of mrnner, YoU" would

pees him by in the street ( i f you did not know him) without r e a lis in g thet you

hes ,1uet peseod o very greet men. But then, simplicity ia the hall-nnrk of ALL

greet people, OUR CHIEF drosses simply, end speekB simply - he speaks tho longuoge

of $he people, nnd in hie person, ho symbolises the burhing desire of eur people

to be froe , "BE FHSI, BE SLAVES NO FORE" , ie whrt he tolls u s . GROW OUT of your

"Jim " nnd "Umfaan" merrtelity,

.

"JS KNOW our Chief for his brillicrrt rhetoric, his worm exhuborrnee

and a liv olin «»» of spirit thrt is poesiblo only vdth e mrn like him. He gives

l ife to cry p l^t fw m . He hca a fine sonsc of humour, nnd he c n ping,too I

MAYT3UYF AFRIKA

AND HOW HE CAN SING I . How nrving it is tc listen to himfi*nd

sing with him, tho 9ongs cf Froedom. How wonderful it Is to hsr>r him sing UAYIB’JYE

AFRIKA or SIFUNA TNKULULEKO ! If only Dr.MALAN could sing ce our Chief doe#, he

would know tho rxsoning of Freedom.

" IT DOFS NOT llATTER" .

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IT DCgS NCT MATTER".

BUT DR.MALAN sing* of APAJi.HEID rnd o God-less Vhito Supromocy, The

people, however, do not sing with him. I f Dr,M al"n c m ncko- speeches, bo con

our Chief. But making speeches is not o i l . Our Chief hrs n moes^'ge thct is os

old as Christ ond Buddha end Mahomod."Love Thy Noighbour” ie v/hrt Lutnuli sings

about.

OUR CHIEF waa perhnpa et his best whon in e greet speech at UMZABALAZO

SQUARE (as ho hoj Chrirtonod Niccl 5 quore.Durban) on Wodnesdoy 24th Soptomber, he

welcomed Durban** firrt betch of reeisters in the Defiance of Unjust Lews Comprign.

" I t does not motter who atrnd* in my wpy, I shrll fight for freedom in this country",

he proelrim-d Jn hie fir» voice. " I osk you to defy. You ere either with Bhongu

or with Albert Lu thuli." And the people grve him on instantaneous onswer.-*1ALEER?

LUTHULI", they shouted amidst criee of AFRIKA. Thoy grve vent to their feelings

in no uncertein monner,

" I T DOES NCT MATTER W O STAND6 IN MY WAY", srid Albert Luthuli then.

Somehow we knew ond understood whot ho wos spying ond to whom ho wns giving this

forthright reply .

" IN THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE11.

V KNOW our Chiof, rnd though the Governnont do not like him, we

follow him. It is but right thet the Government should not like him, bo cause thh

Govern»nt doe* NOT represent us . And we would be sorry i f our Chief were to follow

the Government.

t-1 KNOW ALBERT JOHN LUTHULI, and he is not one to bend his knoe

bjBfoJPe a ruthles* and tyrannicol regits . He is a men of his people, rnd he lives

end •Kortt* for them. Whet more would c people oak of their lerder?* * •*» *’ - *

'.X KNOV OUR CHIEF, ond i f w« may, in o il humility, parrphraae theword^ otf.SaroJini Naidu i

t • f :

"THEY »«IGHT DISMISS OUR CHIEF. THEY MIGHT TAKE

THE CHIEF TO THE UTMOST ENDS OF THE EARTH, BUT

HIS DESTINATION REMAINS UNCHANCED IN THE HEARTS

CF HIS PEOPIX ’THO ARE BOTH THE HEIRS AND THE

S‘nr»7ARD6 OF HIS MATCHLESS DREAMS AND HIS MATCHLESS

EEED6."

THURSDAY THE 13th

THURSDAY the 13th NOVEMBER,1952, w ill surely go down rs a red-letter

_ in the history of our country. Just before ton o' clock this morning the

ghost Court of cur country, the APPELLATE DIVISION, sitting ir. Sloomfonte'n

llrred the HIGH COURT OF PARLIAMENT invrlid i

THE COURT. GAVE A UNANIJTUS DECISION AGAINST THE GCVSRN^NT who se*,

up tho High Court of Parlinncrrt with th4 express purpose of overruling the

decision of the Appellate Divieion in the ccse ebout tho Coloured Voter*, The

decision cf the Appellate Di Vision uxpcscs the Goverrxc nt for whot they ere, and

rightly decloree the(now non-oxi*tent)HIGH COURT OF PARLIAMENT involid.

Vff HCPE thot tho Qcvcrnnint w ill accapt tho decision of the Appellate

Divieion . They ere in honour bound to do »o. But we feor thet they will NCT

do so, beccuse thoy want to get rid of the Coloured Votors from the Common Roll

AT ALL COSTS \

LIT TLX WONDER THAT AS STAND CONDEMNED * 7 ORE THE HATICNS CF THE ’’ORLD.

a u u m u U B m m t t t e t i '- L '

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