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American Friends Service Committee — Part 30
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| freedom, ete. Tho oyes of all Africa are upon it, especially
* ef South Africa. At Salisbury, there is the most lively
Quaker grouy in all Africa working in this multiracial com-
munity, They are building a neeting house. Although the
noe -. governnent is entrenching iis progran of serregation, the
' _ Africans feel that as long as the “Friends are there, there
is hope. It is generally felt asonz most people that the
ry . governzent's policies will prove increasingly cifficult to
enforce, especially in the face of population increase.
The Friends do much in working with difvicult personalities;
the Dutch Reforzed Church helps too. ho Pantu educational
plan is due to cause much trouble, as the governzent denies
tho sissions the right to teach and sends them to governuent
echoole. ihe government also has charre of all teacher
training. All of S.A. knows that this 1s a move away from
tho weve of the future, and the Friends view it with wonder
end elara. All government subsidies are withcrarn fron
_ Adans Colleze. Friends feel thet with pailence, care, and
understanding of the situation from every angle, much can
. be Gono to alleviate the impasse. fe went to the Gold
Coast Khere we were mot by a croup of men from Haverford
Uolicre working for tha Ford Feumdation on a literacy pro-
_ gran and villege devolepment. ‘Shey want people to visit
‘ thes. There is a Friends group there. Then to Enslend
in time for Yearly eoting. >
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TON (on tro year leave of absence fron Antioch
College faculty to direct APSC work in
Germany.) a TE
"Our TR in Germany was at Larrstadt. One of our jobs was
to relate Friends work with that of other agencies and with
the German Covernnent. We becane well acquainted with Cer~
men bureaucracy, especially when xe tried to vet a visa for
our adopted cauzhter to go to U.S. There was much interest
_ an Quaker work and I was invited to speak about A°SC work
et ea school in the city. Our work was mostly the re-
settlement of refugees in Germany. jie were told thet the
refugees didn't want to'work, that they had forgotton how,
and that they were unemployable, that nobody would hire
_» hem, and that the governrent would make trouble. But our
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