The Other Way

No banners were flying, no mobs were shouting as Tanganyika's 9,000,000 blacks got self-government last week. Instead, quiet, sensible Prime Minister Julius Nyerere decreed that his people should stay at their jobs on the day he and his Cabinet took their oaths of office at Government House in Dar es Salaam.

While some hot-eyed nationalists in other African lands shriek "Uhuru!" (Freedom) with a faint suggestion of murder in their voices, Nyerere's slogan remains "Uhuru na Kazi!" (Freedom with Work), in recognition of the fact that Tanganyika's paramount problem is to raise living standards, not to whip up bitterness and violence with shouts and slogans.

"Don't waste time fighting battles that are over," urged Nyerere in a broadcast to the nation. "Neither Africa nor the world is going to judge us by the amount of venom we pour out against old or even new forms of colonialism." Such sane talk is precisely why Britain feels perfectly safe in helping Nyerere and his Tanganyikans move step by step toward full independence on Dec. 28.

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