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American Friends Service Committee — Part 30
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- PHETESZIA CC. _« . co mS
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cee ee African housing, Anterracial university and professional _..
: greedon, ete. The oyes of all Africa are upon it, esvecially
' of South Africa. At Salisbury, there is the most lively
Quaker groun in all Africa working in this sultiracial com-
munity, ‘They are building a mceting house. Although the
i governnzent is entrenching its program of secregation, the
‘ _ Africans feel that as long as the Friends are there, there
is hope. It is generally felt anonz most people that the
governzent's policies will prove increasingly cifficult to
enforce, especially in the face of ponulstion increase,
The Friends do much in workine with difvicult personalities; |
the Dutch Reforzced Church helps too. ‘The Bantu educational
plan is due to cause much trouble, as the government denies
the sissions the right to teach and sends them to government
echoole, Tha government also has charre of all teacher
trainine, All of S.A. mows thet this 1s a move away from
the weve of the future, and the Friends view it with wonder
\ end elara. All government subsidies are withcram fron
. Adans Colleze. Friends feel thet with pailence, care, and
understanding of the situation fron every angle, much can
be dono to alleviate the impasse. fe went to the Cold
Coast Khere we were met by a’ croun of men from Haverford
Cclicre working for tha Ford Femmdation on a literacy vro-
_ gran end villere development. ‘they want prople to visit
® thea. There 4 a Friends group there. “Then to Englend
in time for Yearly Kecting. | :
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WYORRIS KETTON (on tro year leave of absence from Antioch
”””~—~:~«s« GOL Lege faculty to diruct ATSC work in
i Germany.) TT a
"Our I in Cermany was at Larcstadt. One of our jobs was
to relate Friends work with that of other apencies and with
the German Covernnent. fie became well acquainted with Cer~
“man bureaucracy, especially when «e tried to cet a visa for
our adopted daughter to go to U.S. There was much interest
_ an Quaker work and I was invited to speak about APSC work
ata school in the city. Our work was mostly the re-
settlement of refugees in Yermany. ifa were told thet the
refugees didn't want towork, that they had forgotton hev,
and that they were unemployable, that nobody would hira
them, and that the government would make trouble. But our
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