editorially the period up to 1945 was to be dominated by two men, both of whom had studied at cambridge university, george calpin and mark prestwich, the former as editor and the latter mainly as a leader writer. together, the two took a decidedly liberal line on matters of race, even going so far as to compare the conditions of migrant labourers working for certain witwatersrand gold mines with those in nazi concentration camps, an issue, with the second world war raging, very much on everyone's minds. indians too received strong support at a time when discriminatory laws were being passed against them.