Statements, Notes and Addresses by Champion
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Statements, Notes and Addresses by Champion
Discussions: on his arrival in Cape Town, the problems and factionalism he is experiencing; his farewell meeting presided over by Mrs Z. Gool, boycotted by Prof. Thaele on the grounds that it was a communist meeting; Addurahman, Thaele, Mtimkulu and various members of the Cape Joint Council; meetings with officials in the Cape Federation of Trades, and Building Workers Union; the formation of the Cape Town Stevedores and Dockworkers Union; visits Roux of the Communist Party; recounts his trip to Queenstown. King Williamstown and Mlakalaka from where he writes. A postscript added ten years later; pays tribute to Mrs Catherine Mtimkulu.
Speech given at a function to celebrate the memory of the Xhosa Prophet
Calls on Africans to pray for a true leader. Acknowledges that he has boon defeated by Luthuli as a leader but states that time alone will show whether Luthuli actually has more of a following than himself.
Where is Congress heading?.
Statement submitted by Allison Wessel George Champions
Provides a brief autobiography: employment as a clerk in the mining industry; organisation of the Transvaal Mine Clerks Association; membership of Johannesburg Joint Council; work in the ICU. Explains why he wishes to give evidence on the dangers of retarding the progress of natives by preventing them expressing their grievances through their elected representatives. Incomplete.
Discusses his election to the presidency of the Natal Native Congress on 2 April 1945 and his subsequent visit to Xuma in Sophiatown in an attempt to resolve the leader ship dispute between Champion and Mtimkulu. Xuma' s response.
Champion's Address to the Daughter of Africa Annual Conference. Hambrook Missions Ladysmith District
Pays tribute to the humble contributions of women to the advancement of the nation.
Address to the African National Congress. Report. 24 May 1947.
To members of the Nasal ANC.
Critical discussion of ANC activities since 26 June 1950.
Champion feels that they are ill-advised.