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May 12, 1964

Letter to Adolf Schauder about His Achievements Housing in South Africa (1964)

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Dear Rabbi Lamm, Since you left Port Elizabeth I have heard nothing from you, but I followed the various Jewish and non-Jewish papers and am very pleased indeed with the various statements and speeches made by you. I think that your trip to South Africa was a success from every point of view, and I also hope that you have enjoyed your trip very much. I for one was very happy to have met you, especially as you come also from the province of Galicia.As promised, I am sending you under separate cover various printed matter which might be of interest to you. I hope you will find time to read same.With kindest regards and best wishes,I remain,Yours sincerely,A. SCHAUDER---PILLARS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTNo. 8: CR. ADOLF SCHAUDERThe PEPL leaps with particular pleasure to its portrait of Adolf Schauder, because the report has been belied that, after 40 years’ uninterrupted service as a councillor of the City of Port Elizabeth, he had decided to retire. He has given the Editor the following account of how he comes still to be a city councillor:> “I questioned whether to fight the election or stand again. At the ratepayers’ meeting they stated that they wanted ‘new blood’. In answer to this I told them that if they wanted real new young blood, they must vote for me because, during the last 40 years as a councillor and dealing with all the slum landlords and other vested interests and fighting for decent homes for all classes of the people, I had lost all my old blood in the fight and this was replaced by new blood. Anyhow, in view of the critical position South Africa is undergoing at present, I felt it was a crime to retire when I could still be of service and therefore decided to stand again.”Not surprisingly, he was re-elected: ratepayers generally know a good thing when they see one.Great Housing AuthorityDynamic and drily humorous, Cr. Schauder makes an immediate impression. When he unexpectedly entered the Editor’s Johannesburg office some time ago, it was more than a f…
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