1959-11-30 — Page 6

WHY I RATE THIS MAN

A GIANT

RENE

MacCOLL REPORTING AGAIN

ON "ASSIGNMENT AFRICA"

Leopoldville.

this man - this black-skinned man, with the diffident piping voice, the expressive, scnsitive hands, and the two fountain pens clipped to the inside of his white nylon open-necked shirt-may well be the heir to all the power and the glory.

Thur power, the glory-yee, Independence and the fantastic wealth of the time). Congo,

The heir to the work of men

Livingstone and Stanley.

The wir to a vart territory stuffed with rich, 82 times the size of Belgium itself. given to 1 Helgian people as fondly

by King Leopold II in the irri decode of this century.

This heir presumptive 15 Josepis Kasavabu, PX-WCHUN- tant, 43-year-ald father of seven children; burgomaster (mayor) of Dendair, one of Leopoldville's African municipalities.

Joseph Kasavuhu, who, like Kenya's Tom Mboya, Whom interviewed the uthier day, talks fough a gently pending color, But a man who knows exactly what he wants and what timing is going to be.

the

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the

timing

Thi NOW!

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12 oc for the Delgens in 21. Joseph the topno Kasavulu coneerd.

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in four years'

"The Abako party is banning the elections completely and

rejoined Kumavubu utterly." speaking in French in ble le voice. HWA reject Belgium's independence by stages plan out of hand. Our position is simple: total power at once"

Kagavubu went on: "When we have independisice we shall leave the door nationy

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What about Russia?

to all

We shall feel free to make what alllances and relationships we wish. We shall make busines deals with Britain or with any one else.

The twin fountain pen Kasuvuia's shirt twinkied

tile as he breathed.

Question:

in

"Has the example

Ghana had any

at Nkrumah's

deter thing to do

with your mined drive for independence?" Answer: "No. It is simply pisttes which has

part of

i ech eng on everywhere all over the world since the war.

Question: "What

THE CHINA MAIL,

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1959.

Mr Krushchev slept here

Cummings

Mt Krushchev slept here

H.

ME Krushchev will sleep here

And next it will be Dr. Adenauer who'll want to keep up with the Joneses London Express Service

The exclusive 'rags to riches' story of Charlie See, the famous photographer whose slogan is...

I want to shoot the world!

~HARLIE Sce quickly jumped to his feet.

CHARLIE

"Don't move!"

Click! And in that split second my photo- about the graph joined one of the world's most extensive vas ruches of the Congo? Just collections.

how are they going to be dealt

you are Tum with win Things?"

Auther small-smi answer: Congo riches will 0 is where the Africans These fake over. Take over every doubt be jointly controlled, but

the Alrats, Take

WC. thing conditioned best. The motor-

will have a say in how they are jobs. The handled. The

Europe has helped Hed

Jast. We shall help wealth of the, mines, the kuralis. The lot.

Fampe in the future."

cars

Over

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Joseph Kasavbu, who knows good deal about take-overs Who took over a semi- already

colher moribund ongmisation Abalo devoted to cultural ends,

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Congolese

Janguag

Pattern

1 threw him a toughie, Question: "Do you akn lo be, Joseph Kanvibu hather the big bost of the new set-up?"

all that fort of thing.

Win three but years idea.

Abeko into a he transformed?

le cap- putent political unit. tured Leopoldville politically by

thee-la-ant

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ene mayor of Dendale.

Welcome

Answer: I don't know. I am Jurt a liberty Bghter. The day when our nation is free it will be up to the people to chone. If they choose me, why then,

It'll accept!"

Burgomaster Kusarubu shook me politely by the hand. Then he got into his waiting motor car a bit, shby American job e course. Two-tone finted. Of

Hecks to the hilt by course. And was driven away.

Of course, his homogeneou-lg-kot people of By his chauffeur.

Postscript: A little later "The Lower River,

Belgian Government

I drove out on the smooth watched kyscraper

Europeanism of officials us, taul-fseed, they read! down-town Leopoldville into the repart pouring in from Usum- fairly

shanty burt, reports of you town of Dendale. Mine was ju valy outburst of violence. about the only

well-manicured

another

Department Store

Charlie, at present in Hongkong, then sank back into his chair and drawled, "That's right man, I just want to shoot the world,"

In a few short minutes of my introduction to Charlie Sincere it needed Very few today. questions to establish just why this ex-dancer, ex- entertainer and ex-odd "jobber" is now regarded Lin many circles as the

world's top lensman.

"I'll explain it in one friend, just word-drive, drive no hidden talents," he said.

But you would have to Charlie to know just see what he means by the word "drive."

Wilhin seconds of shaking hands with me he had taken my photograph. In the space

had breathing time he started to interview me!

face white This time it is the Bahutus Quick Change

the

against remote and mountainous dom

in Watulois.

the king-

a

in 350.000 Gees. An odd feeling

A group of rather off-handed

of Ruanda Urandi, black police, in red fezzes and faded ble uniforms, watched number play their

While scores of houses burned,

battled caps the Bat with the metal

bottles.

1

1140 of draughts

o' soft-drink

The Essence

The exhibition will dis- play the fruits of Charlie's globetrotting photography over the past 10 years. From every

part of the world Charlie will display the beauty he has captured with his camera.

Despite the reason of "drive" Charlie gives for his success, spectators will see

rure essence in photography that could be

By

Charlie See explaining a technical point with one of his snaps of the latest

Steve Dunleavy

-China Mail Reporter

One minute he is sitting dependency of Belgian Congo, and talking quietly, the

freely next he is looking intently reproduced by only a mas against their feudal lords. the deep into your eyes and ter of the profession.

like In his little office Kasavabo Watutsi, herdsmen of Hamille istening

young st venerate the student bent on getting the mcde me welcome in his tiny, origin who

Charlie's story of how he and got right row as a god. ewing voice

best out of a school lesson. attained this enviable down to brass theks. "We want Belgian Congolese troops are

in being airlifted into Usumburu,

status justifiably falls power, now," he said.

Seconds later he has the "rags to yes, the Belgians can capital of the little kingdom

riches" brac- "Oh.

against stay here if they like. We shall which neatles

the leapt to his feet fervently ket that is so often typical But we borders of Britain's Uganda and showing no chase them away.

photographs of of successful men. shall be the masters: I aim to Tanganyika.

Culncidence, this newest out-the world's most beautiful form a federation of the Congo,

"No. 1 didn't bered on the American or Swiss break? Just one of those things, Women--the department of

an

start

"I was dancing with 40 girls from the Roxy I think I am the only mole daacer ever to du just that." he said.

Surrounded

"Anyway, being surrounded by girls most of the time you could understand that I was often in the position of having to treat them-even just for

model. My Lower Congo will be that there should have been five photography which he has playing with a camera at things like ice cream.

for autonomous republic, part separate outbinets of violence in commanded

several the age of two," he said.

"Nor 22 or 32,"

of the new federation.

What abou next month's

elections? I queried (the first

tc

the Congo in the year 19597

Don't believe it for a moment years.

This pattern of violence is part

A plan that In fact, the department "I was born in Penang, step in a Belgian-sponsored plan of a wider plan.

which Malaya and, at an early eventual spells a simple three-letter word of photography give the Congo

in a way which cannot be Hongkong will see when he age, became interested in

Belgium. That opens The "Workl of entertaining, London Express Service). Beauty exhibition at the

TALKING POINTS

The nation which thinks of nothing but trade will not succeed even in trade, -VISCOUNT SAMUEL.

*

Hatred is the coward's

being for

in. revenge timidated.

-BERNARD SHAW.

★ ★

Diligence is the mother

of good fortune.

-CERVANTES.

Who lives medically lives miserably.

-BURTON,

---Humility--is to have

just idea of yourself.

SPURGEON.

1

My diet begins---after

lunch.

-ÖRSON WELLES. --(Londen Baprose #ervice),

by

mistaken word -NOW

Bob Schnorth

"It's all righoushe's with zoe”

Good Living

"I was a dancer and en- tertainer for

"Well, whatever it was, I know that it didn't take me very long before I was broke.

"Miss Universe."

when I doubted that I would thought they would like to have ever make the grade,” he said. a technicolour record of the

"To get my three square meals a day I did all kinds of jobe.

"In fact very often I didn't get my three square meals day. .I nearly starved.

1

"I ended up by tramping from door to door taking hundreds of home portrait photographs.

contest.

"Word got round that I had such a record and in true Halty- wood style, the bigwigs of the company summoned me to the studios dead on midnight,

Accompanied

"I was rushed into the filming

"Then my opportunity cazie when I eradiced a lensman's joh room where my flim was put on at the big nightclub of the tune the screen in a few minutes. The Mogambo."

"That was just 10 years ago and I haven't looked back since," Charlie said.

Big Break

"The

bosses liked it and

I clicked," he added.

For the past three years Charlie has accompanied the winners of the "Miss Universe" Contest on their prize-winning fours round the world.

From the official nightclub

He accompanied, organlood photographer's job, Charlle went and publicised the tour of the on to photograph the first "Mist present **Miss Universe”.

22-year-old Universe" contest which started beautiful Japanese eight years ago,

Akiko Kojima who will arrive

"Then I noticed there photo- graphers in clubs and restaur- ants making heaps of money by Just taking people's photographs, contests that

It was during one of these in Hongkong on December 13

Charlle got his

"That did it. I decided to be second big break. come a successful photographer and make lots of money.

the

"Despite the troops during the war and after wards made quite a good living from show business.

"I can't really say whether I could take a photograph pro- perly before I took it up seriously," he added,

Actually if was Charlie's de- clsion to take up photography

tirat practically Introduced him to starvation.

QUOTE

--by Sir Miles Thomas, chairs. man of the British Productivity Council, in London:--

good proaching Ieficiener and new techniques to the chap on the workshop Hose if the office side in way behind the times, with lis houd

buried ostrich-like in pline: Of peper.

*Lowders Axpress #ervion},"

next.

"Who, I hope, can arrange to "While I was still learning to arrive three days earlier so that be a good photographer I de she can get a good look at the cided to try taking the entire city" Charile put in. determination competition in colour," he said. ,that girl is the most perfect

"While we're on the subject

with which 1 decided to make, the move, there were many "Half-way through the com- of the Miss Universes — she's umes in the following months petition

Universal Studios wonderful," he added.

Asked how much of his pro- fession was business and how much pleasure Charlie quickly replied:

"I get a good living out of it and meet lots of important people, but most of all I just love people, their expression and plain old photography.

"That's right man, I just want to shoot the world."

We shook hands, he opened the door-then from behind my bock-

"Don't move?"

Click!

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