Suchergebnisse

Ur life is rapidly imposing itself upon the vast majority of the world's pop. This push toward the cities & their suburbs is characteristic of our era in industrialized societies. To attempt to turn this flow away from the large cities is to oppose the econ & soc history of the cent. Future urbanization will be entirely diff from urbanization in the past. The role of the city will be carried out by gov'al bur's, laboratories, leisure time activities, & to a much lesser extent by industry. There will then be cooperation rather than conflict between city & country. There will eventually be cities with a much more diffused pop as opposed to the present dense concentrations of people. The role of the Ur dweller in the society will be extensively revised, esp in its pol'al aspects. There is at present a conflict between admin'ive or pol'al forces on one side & the need for the integration of the real interests of the community on the other. 2 problems are in particular need of resolution: that of labor legislation, which must take into account white-collar workers, & that of city budgets. This is esp apparent in countries with regions devoted entirely to agri. The conflict between regions can have serious pol'al consequences: the persistence of traditional structures contains grave dangers & pol'al intervention in this crisis would, rather than harm, facilitate the development of modern urbanism. (Tr by J. A. Broussard from IPSA).

During the year race relations have taken a turn for the worse. The Institute of Race Relations has a very important role in those matters. Its attitude is that economic integration counteracts the segregation which would in the long run create the ruin of South African civilization. In the urban area the Group Areas Act does not solve the difficulties of the coexistence of various racial elements. Housing facilities are inferior to present needs. The commission of the social and economic development of rural areas pursues its enquiries. Due to economic integration, territorial segregation becomes impossible. Non-Europeans form an increasing past of the labor force. The Commission for study of industrial legislation made three recommendations on the possibility of a greater coordination of wages, the abolition of mixed trade unions and the reorganization of African ones. Migratory movements into towns are regulated by placement bureaus. Professional aptitudes are classified into managerial, mechanical and non-mechanical. The number of agricultural workers has increased. Recent policy increased the rigor of the law against Africans. Delinquency is quite high, and health conditions should be much more improved. While the life expectancy is 66 years for the European, it is only 44 for the colored Africans. Tuberculosis and under-nutrition are the principal causes of sickness. D. Bystryn.