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291. What has been required for some considerable time has been machinery whereby all non-European employees, however and wherever employed, can voice their grievances; in other words, a Management and Employees Council. The other requirement has been machinery to enable the Africans to settle by arbitration their own affairs such as matrimonial disputes, petty quarrels, etc., and to give them the opportunity of participating in the organisation of their lives and recreational pursuits. Two types of council, known as 66 Domestic Councils and Works Committees," were set up in all Units and equivalent centres of activity in the Kongwa and Urambo Regions. These Councils will also be set up in the Southern Province Region.
292. Domestic councils are entirely African. Their object is to delegate to Africans responsibility for organising their communal life. The main functions of these councils are to settle domestic differences, to improve the well-being of the members of each community, and to attempt mediation in all cases of civil differences. They work in close liaison with the Govern- ment African Courts, but do not usurp the latter's powers.
293. Works Committees consist of representatives of Management and men. The former are nominated, the latter elected. The main object is to provide an organised means of consultation between the Administration and the employees. Functions include:-
(a) Co-operation between Units Management and the employees, with the object of achieving and increasing the efficiency and well- being of the employees.
(b) Conditions of service.
(c) Settlement of grievances.
(d) Physical welfare at places of work.
(e) Co-operation with Sports Committees, Welfare Committees, and
Domestic Councils.
294. These Councils and Committees were formed after full consultation with the Tanganyika Government, and enjoy the support of the Government. They proved a success and had the advantage of making numbers of Europeans at all levels take an interest in the affairs of their African employees. At the same time, the African learnt to assume a greater degree of responsibility for the conduct of his own affairs. In fact, machinery has now been set up whereby tribal laws and customs can be replaced by a new civil and communal responsibility.
Other Bodies
295. Other Councils in operation were:-
(a) Mauritian Staff Councils.
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(b) The O.F.C. and Associated Companies Asian Employees Associa-
tion, which is a registered Trade Union in Dar-es-Salaam.
(c) An O.F.C. African Employees Committee in Dar-es-Salaam, which
functions similarly to those of a Works Committee.
Police Force
296. As the Tanganyika Police Force were unable to provide adequate safeguards in the remote areas in which the Corporation operates, it was considered essential to take special measures to protect the Corporation's property against theft and malicious damage and to keep the peace. consequence, an ex-Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Force was engaged to organise a Security Department.
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