South Africa must keep her doors open to “the best European stock,” Minister of Justice Jan Christian Smuts said here today in a speech on immigration.
Selling her to a place in the world “never dreamed.” Gen. Smuts said such an immigration policy was “integral to the future welfare of our country.”
“We shall have to open the doors to an increase in the white population from the best European stock,” he declared. “We do not have the human resources for doing justice to this country. A policy on immigration is integral to the future welfare of our country. Big changes are coming to South Africa in the near future. In ten or fifteen years our dominion will take such a big place in the world as has never been dreamed.”
The Cape Times, endorsing Gen. Smuts’ speech, declared editorially that immigration must increase to keep pace with the rapid development of the country.
The alien bill (which sets quotas for all but British-born immigrants), the paper declared, ensures the entrance of only the best European stock.
The bill, which will have its third reading tomorrow, is expected to go into effect Feb. 1.
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