Southern African Collections : Excerpts and research notes

Southern African Collections

This file contains extracts and notes from books and articles (circa 120 sheets) consulted by Hepple during his research: The colour bar in industryConvention concerning discrimination in respect of employment and occupationDownes, J.A., 'Printers' saga: being a history of the South African typographical union' (Johannesburg, 1952)House of Assembly and Senate Debates, 1925-64Kock, V. de, 'Those in bondage' (Pretoria, 1963)Labour Party attitude on Mines and Works Act Amendment, 1926Marquard, Leopold, 'The native in South Africa' (Johannesburg, 1944)Millin, Sarah Gertrude, 'Rhodes' (London, 1952)Press Digest 19, 'Dr. Verwoerd denies existence of integration''Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Policy Relating to the Protection of Industries, 1958''Report of the Economic and Wage Commission, 1925''Report of the Native Economic Commission, 1930-32''Report of the Select Committee on European employment and labour conditions, 1913'Resolutions adopted by the International Labour Conference… Geneva, 4-26 June 1958Ruchames, Louis, 'Race, jobs and politics : the story of FEPC' (New York, 1953)South Atlantic and South America Notice 1Speech made by Dr I.D. Du Plessis, Commissioner of Coloured Affairs, 6 Mar. 1957.This file forms part of a series of files, being material collected by Alexander Hepple while researching what was known as the 'colour bar' in South Africa, that is the legislation and practices in industry which cumulatively excluded African workers from certain industries or categories of jobs. For articles by Hepple on the subject, see <a href='/view/MS-RCMS-00199-00002-00005-00001'>RCMS 199/2/5/1</a> and for correspondence with various unions on race and economic policy see <a href='/view/MS-RCMS-00199-00002-00005-00004'>RCMS 199/2/5/4</a>.Alexander Hepple (1904-1983) was born in Johannesburg on 28 August 1904. He was the leader of the South African Labour Party, 1953-1958, and founder and chairman of the Treasons Trials Defence Fund, 1956-1961, and of the South African Defence and Aid Fund, 1960-1964. With his wife Girlie he established the International Defence and Aid Fund's Information Service in London in 1967, which they managed together until their retirement at the end of 1972. Hepple was the author of 'Verwoerd' (Pelican, 1967) and 'South Africa: a political and economic history' (Pall Mall, 1966), as well as numerous pamphlets and articles on political and trade union affairs in South Africa. He died in Canterbury, England, on 16 November 1983.