Word: paternalisme
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"These can be dictated to us only by ourselves, who thoroughly know Belgian Africa. We know what imperatives are imposed upon us by our sovereignty, and this sovereignty must be exercised by us -without sharing." In other words, Belgium's particular paternalism (TIME, May 16) would continue to prevail...
Paternalism. Pétillon stands for "paternalisme," the policy which the Belgians openly proclaim as the secret of their success in the Congo. "The African under stands paternalism." says the Governor with conviction. "It was he who invented it." In the Congo, paternalism means bread but no votes, good government but no opposition; the best Negro housing in Africa but no real freedom of movement. "The emphasis is on economics," says Governor Pétillon. "The fascination of becoming a skilled worker handling precision machinery drives out of the Negro's mind the need for politics...
All told, five big companies control about 90% of the Congo's capital investment. They treat their Bantu workers with the same assiduous paternalism shown by the Congo state. For its 63,000 black dependents, the Union Minière furnishes attractive brick bungalows and good schools, prenatal care...
Persistent Paternalism. The Kohler Co., founded in 1873 by Austrian Immigrant John M. Kohler, has always been something of a maverick. Family-owned, the bathtub barony answered to no outside board of stockholders, and had its own policy toward the hired help. Walter Kohler Sr., second-generation boss of the...
As a wartime fleet commander, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance crossed the Pacific, from Midway to Saipan to Okinawa, the hard way. In 1952 he crossed it with ease to become U.S. Ambassador at Manila, but he soon found that his political duties were almost as exacting as running a fleet...