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Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
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The Federal Parliament of Rhodesia and Nyasaland rejected a motion by Sir John Moffat for investigating principles for a united interracial nation, voting 20-9 against it. Sir Roy Welensky argued the issue is primarily economic and social, not political.
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Lasaka, Rhodesia--(ANP)-The Federal Parliament of Rhodesia and Nyasaland rejected last week a motion calling for investigation into the basic principles required for the establishment of a united interracial nation.
The motion was introduced by Sir John Moffat, specially appointed European member of the Federal Parliament for Northern Rhodesia. The motion failed by a vote of 20-9.
Sir John emphasized that European survival, not African would be jeopardized if an acceptable racial policy were not worked out.
"If we persist in our stupidity, and have two parties divided by race theory, we shall end with two parties divided by race alone; the position is still pliant enough to be moulded as we please, but it will not always be so," he said.
Sir Roy Welensky, replying for the government, said that hard-and-fast rules could not be laid down in racial matters. He said the problem is not political, but primarily economic, and to some extent social.
The only African member of the Parliament, voted against the proposal.
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motion failed by a vote of 20-9
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The Federal Parliament rejected a motion introduced by Sir John Moffat calling for investigation into basic principles for a united interracial nation. Sir John warned of jeopardizing European survival without an acceptable racial policy and quoted on racial division. Sir Roy Welensky replied that racial matters cannot have hard-and-fast rules, emphasizing economic and social aspects over political. The only African member voted against the proposal.