PRESSE RELEASE.

ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL ACTION COUNCIL OF THE CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE.

The Congress of the People has been called to meeti in

Johannesburg on Saturday 25th and Sunday 2'^th June, 19^5.

Sponsored jointly by the African National uongress, the k

*outh African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of

: eraocrats and the South African Coloured Peoples' Or-enisation,

the Congress of thr People will consist of delegates elected

directly by the people of all races and creeds, drawn from

neighbourhoods and places of work.

The organisers confidently expect this to be the greatest

assembly of elected representatives ever to gather together i M

in South Africa. The slogan now being used to wind up toonths

of preparatory work is* "A delegate from every town, village,IA

suburb throughout the countryj" The -ongress of the People will

consider, draw up and adopt a "Freedom Charter", p draft of

which is being compiled from thousands of written rtnter'ents

which have been sent ;n by people from nil walks of life all

over the country, in which they set out their «wn demands for

changes in their wny of life to fuernntre freedom to ther end

future operations of South Africa. Thpgo derr.-inds, grthered r.t

thousands of s all '^etir.rs which have been cnV.e'] dur'ng the

past six nont s under t e slogan "I T "S 3P .. "I(i. 7 " R 07-

FREED02'" cov-rr alr st .-very rspect of South ^fr’ enn life nnd

conditions.

O g d l O .n ; Tarbc.

r ° r c o l i c s : ; c. t.- .. opl s;.cri t ar iat .

W e, the p eop le o f ____

have appointed (n am e)

Address ____ ________________ _ .___

Signed b y tlie Chairm an o f the

m e e t in g ............ ... .................. ................... .....

Date ___ _______________ _________________

N um ber o f p eop le votin g fo r the

delegate ..... ................................. ........ .........

Return this p ortion to B ox 11045,. Jhb.

n o p %

'* CREDENTIAL FORM

IFe, the people of ...........................................................................................................have appointed (Name) ...............................................................................................Address ..........................................................................................................................to speak for us at the “ Congress of the P e o p l e o n June 25th and 26th, 1955 in Kliptoivn, Johannesburg. >

Signed by the Chairman of the Meeting ......................................................Date ....................... ...............................................................................Number of people voting for the delegate .......................................

T h is form , p rop erly fille d in , should be given to the delegate to hand in at the “ C O N G R ESS O F T H E P E O PL E .”

O r, i f the m eetin g wants to a p p o in t a W itwatersrand resident to represent them , it m ay be posted either d irect to that representative o r to the C. O. P . N ational A ction C ou n cil, at P.O . B ox 11045, Johannesburg, w ho w ifi pass it on.

T o rem ind y ou r delegate o f the p eop les ’ view s w h ich he is to state at the C ongress o f the P eop le , the dem ands and resolutions o f the m eeting should be written -out o n the hack o f this card. Royal 6ss

INFORMATION TC B S S r p P l I ID BY A STR2 ST-LEADER .

Name of Towtehlp:________ ___ __________ _ street: ___ ____

Name of Zone: --------- Kame and address of Street-Iead-»r

o» of stands In my street:Bt’U t : ________Vac. :

No. of Blocks in my street : ____________ No. of stands in * 9Ch Elk

U --------- 2 * -------------------------------- __________ 5 . ________6 . ______

7* ---- 5* _______ 9 . ________ 1 0 . _______ n . _____ i?.

No. of stands sold to the Govt, in my street :

iotal No. of families l iv ing in my stre . 't :

No. of Delegates .requi red foi t.he C ^ r *

No. frf Delegates elected for the C . O . P . :

No. of Delegates promising to attend the C . O . P . :

No. of families actually v is ited by Delegates in my 3 lroet:

------------ No. of people ready to loir, the Af; ican

National C o n g r e s s : ___________________ _ No. of C. 0 . p. I’e e t in rs :

FINANCE;

No. of Collection l i s t s given to mer

<g l v “aTTd~Tr*dcx~:7cf *

Amount collected ; £ 9 ,3 , Amount reported by me to the

Volunteer Board: £ s <j. Amount not yet reported: £

(£j»re y ° u may state in b r ie f your experience and /or d i f f i c u l t i e s during the course of this work).

DATfi:

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luftittMATioii fc ter *y * ‘tH rcC ?.

Kama 6t Tawnahip:

Mam* of 8treet :______

Zona:

Block:------------------------- , - f

Kama end addresa of D*»legatf>: __

Built :No. of atands in my B l o c k : ________

Vacant; ____ No. of rooms and shinties on each

stand; 1. ______ _2. ____ _____ 3. _____ ____ i*. . 5. _____

6 .. ■ 1

7. . 9* 10. 11.

Therefore total No. of families In my Block:

No. of atands or properties bought by the Govt in my Block: _____

Total No. of people ready to ioin the A fr ic an National Congressi

in my B l o c k : _____________________

FINANCE:

Total No. of Collection Llata given to me:%

(give total and Index Nnnbera) .

Total nnmtjsr of R^t^rns :T i Ive toial na3 Irdex Numtf-rs).

Total amo^int of Donations collected by t a

I *paid over t o : ___________ _________ _____ _____

d . a r,d

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v- A full Council seating was held reoently.It was reported that the campaign was veil under way la all Provinoae except the O.7.S., where It was hoped to get some activity shortly.

tbs first stage of the overall plan had been completed in the main, although general prop­aganda work and the snrolment of volunteers was still continuing.

It was felt that the time had come to set definite dates for the completion of the next stages in the campaign, and it was accordingly decided that the final date for the formation of the Coamittemon regional and local levels

should be 51st January, 1955. Demands for the. Freedom Charter to oe collected by the 15ffr Jtarch, and the election of delegates to the Congress will take place between the 15th March and the 15th April. The Corvrress itself will be hald not later than June, 1955*

. The Secretariat reported that much valuable propaganda material nas been printed and issued,

the Call in all languages; a bulletin; and recontly the first pamphlet on the tasks of the volunteers - ’Welcome, Freedom Volunteer.' It is now the work of the Volunteers to spread the idea of the Congress, to give out the Call, and to collect money and attend to educational classes.

Although there were many new faces at the Council meeting, due to the recent increased attacks by the government on the Congress move­ment, an optimistic note prevailed, as past successes were notdd and plans made to overcome future hurdles. How it is on;e again up tal us, rank and file members and Freedom Volunteers, t get down to got down to the work . .' carry out the next stages In the gr ni 3oonwards to the Congress!

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exams out of

b O A w t M tbe * ay JD0E‘b€rs of B R A N C H Youth French have

sacrificed their fro* time togive a hand at COD office,doing useful work. Generallythe orarch has been a hive ofactivity, doing gocd volunteer

jiwork, selling hundreds more of‘I "Educating for Isn^ranae” ,i and heiplrg ireftoncoualy with|j the l'ji‘-»ardfen dinner .y sell-i ir.£ aparcxisiately £50 worth of’■ ticket.';. 2

j v i rWith their isual

fent..uSiLam, Bellevue hava Vran distrib­

uting ‘ he n^w lo.ilet on Popul­ate] oi. registration. H at uvi.1 rs nave been heard dis­cus irg the contents of the ler flet which has ,~iren them tc; .tr.inf to tl.ink about. This brenr*. •*£, still dotirp- a fine

v verk .:«ilinp "Educating ’orance."

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W O R u D Y O i n T M D A V ~

P I C N I C -m ,

The 9tft anniversary of the founding rt t.v. "

World Federation of democratic Ycuth was tod in the true spirit of peace ^ad friendship t a picnic organised Jointly by the Tvl. Indian Youth Congress, A»V.C. Youth Lo*.k *e, (Y'lWthJand the Students' Liberal Aaeoc^v-tlo..

Nl?-i?}<$VV A join*- ’" • ‘ting was ^ arranged ho^ween

. »r5A?<«K thcae trr ►. .'archest.o he if i. >b I. tall: about hi'j r»vci3 . Killbrow ere con-

tit’acj. with Lu-iiy "^rk, canvass- iJt: ?»r C.O.r., literature • J i t g and le . let distribution,

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A large party of young people of all natluiit* f TZr.jz crefoing11 ties and creeds gathered at F<r tiv-: -fam tc f- a»x id fir t! espend a day in an atoospw*re cr*b.^in«as is ll' u -v*- 3 recur-ut - n of

understanding, under tha barm* ” *’ th* «tari4 fedaar^j ‘‘-at t.,r.i Suburbs. Aft©'- t..eation of Democratic Youth. | Ch' holid-ays it is anti-

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In euch an atoospheret sor^s were auag - conga of all tongues, of all ages. Tne ; outh dsnood *togethor; and thrcugh 3ong and dAnce luamed t appreciate each others culture.

In apite of aorae bod organisation of the plonio, it was a great social success.

cipattd Uat activities will ccn.c oc. In t 9. s ii. vi:.*e indi^d'.-al neCiberS cl' this brai.ci eru cjakirg tut-ir ccn-

vrib.tion differ ntsf-.--.cie* c.’ J.C*?. veck.

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<2A V I 6 I T TO

VICTIMS mBtirrin* and oncoursging reports have core© in recently on the present situation

>f Qwsntshe and Lingisi, the two A.N.C. leaders from East London, who were deported six month* ago to the remote hinterlands of the North Eastern Transvaal.

These two men were ordered to leave families, Jork and possessions at twaity- four hours notice. They were sent by train to the Native Trust land in the Barberton-

Nelspruit District, where they were promised shelter and work.

Empty promises they ^Jbied out to be, and if it had not been for the assistanceof two men who had been deported previously, (for trifcal trouble), Cwentshe and Lingisi would have starved. The local communities showed initial hostility, and it

waS difficult to establish contact due to language barriers.

Both men settled down in abandoned huts (they were separated by the District Cowaissioner. and live thirty miles apart), and began to eke out a precarious and very hungry existence. But this did not mean that they bocace ifpre^sed or coaled to concern themselves with political affair's. Last ironth, wnen at last a visit was organised, and a oar bearing food, a little aoney, and sorae Congress activitists, went to see them, they wore found to be in good spirits, and rapidly raking friends

among the people.

Let us not forget these two victims of a fascist regime, nor ibate our work against the vile laws yhich forC6 thousands of our fellow countrymen to live Wider such inhuman conditions. We send ware: greetings to these brave men, and assure

ther. that we will contffhfc to give their, every assistance.

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b s t s S ju u .

We ■’.re very well organised here, in spite of the fact that 1 will not permit .any banned person (except ;.yself) to help in any way on that fateful ".ay, the reason being that we now have a police captain in charge of the Special Branch wnc is a typical >.-izi, ant2 has declared his intent ier. to afreat on the

slightest protext. i.vcn driving a car with African vo*er& might juvt lun. the excuse ht wants, so wc will oanag» without our faithful fnand*.

After rsy banning ordur wr.s !.;*de put lie we iiad to issue thousands of le > le ts explaining that ^though I cannot attend gatherings, I Oi0»ct be st.pved from entering Parliament, er oe exp­elled from it-, f'trlleiw'nt is not con­sidered a gathering in t e n s oi the Act by the leading leg--! Jtfcorities here. >

True also necessitated haying repeated iceeting? tbrougnout the area to explain this. Of course ay opposition was quick ti_ i.se tr.e b.nning order to

confuse tiie voters and |.ell ther that I could not enter I »--riiament. But ill their tricks have backfired, and I have every confidence that the African voters

will return the candidate that 3wart

doesn’ t want!

An interesting thing about tnis election is thst t..e C.O.D. is well-known to the Africans. At every meeting I aedressed ■I w!'3 given a unxiaous vote of confi­dence. Le;;t week an all-A irican meeting waS held at Langa. It was well attended f.r.d once again n vote of confidence.The wreckers have usually been very successful ijn u*nga in tne past; even oai*. k liri was unable to hold a r,*eeting

there! •

N»e are f.ow on the last lap, and even the i Liberals forecast a vict'cry for the 1

f, . 1.

I sincerely hop* >'°ur function is a great success and y-‘>u raise lots of money. And , tell ?y friends th«t no matter hew dark j the night, no c- Csn hold back the dawn, i

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