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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-05
New Organization To Seek Interracial
Cooperation In Political Participation
In State
Elect Percy Greene State President
Executive Director

jackson, Miss, March 1-DSN
The Mississippi State Demo
Gratis Association was organizeS
here last week in a meeting at
tended by group of more than
80 prominent Negro voters repre
sentlng every section of the state
the meeting was called by
Percy Greene, editor and publish
er of the Jackson Advocate, who
served as chairman of the Mis-
slsslppi Division of the National
Citizens Committee for the re-
election of President Harry s.
Truman.
In the keynote speech of the
meeting after being electe dchair-
man. Editor Greene pointed out
the need for such an organization
OF Negro voters who propose dto
continue to vote the Democrat
party ticket in local, state and
National elections.
Speaking of the purpose of the
organization, the editor noted the
progress already made and being
made along such lines by Negro
Democrats in Texas, Georgia,
Arkansas, North Carolina, Vir.
ginia, South Carolina, Florida and
other Southern states, and stated
that the purposes of tn eorgan-
ization should be to maintain
laison between the Mississippi
Negro and Negro citizens of
other Southern states, and to have
organized representation wherev-
er there is a meeting of national
interest concerned with Negro
citizenship.
In Mississippi, be sid, the first
and most important purpose %
the organization should be that 90,
teaching and guiding the Mis-
sissippi Negro honestly into the
first responsibility of political
participation that of contributing
ing his money for political action
and party organization
1t should also be a prime puy
pose OF the organization, he sai5
70 seek by means of embodyina
the spirit of inter-racial coopera
ton and goodwin, to increase ma
number of qualified Negro voter.
in the state.
IL should also be the purnosa ~
the organization and its member.
20 assure the white political Head
ers OF the Democrat PARTY IN
mississippi that our only purpose
IS TO join with them in the sp;r;a
OF the Constitution in democracv
In the making of Mississipp;
Doth for its white and Negro citiv
ems better place in which 10
live.
Inc purposes as generally stat
ed mere were subsequently adopt
ed as the program and purposa
OF the organization.
enthusiastic response to tba
keynote speech was made hv
J. w. Houston of vicksburp.
ientry Black, Lewis Griffin. "a
0uleviile; DR.. T. j. Barnes. al
laurel; Rev. w. M. Belcher. Of
Continued on page d
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-05


I'VE know that you will not be
swerved from the high ground
YOU have taken on a civil rights
issue. You will, therefore, in your
own way, let the members of the
Senate know that any filibuster
against any civil rights bill, or
the proposal to change the clo-
ture rule of the Senate, is
Reputation Of the platform pied
ges Of both political parties"
The two-day meeting of the
publishers, presided over by Presi-
dent Thomas w. Young, also pre-
sident of the Norfolk Journal and
Guide, weighed various industry
problefs, and decided to hold the
Associations eleventh annual con-
vention in Washington, June IT,
a., and 10.
Appearing with Mr.. Young on
a public affairs broadcast over the
facilities of the National Broad
casting Comany on Saturday af-
ternoon was T. NJ. McT elway, vice
president Of the American Society
of Newspaper Editors and editor
of the Washington Evening Star.
Acknowledging that the Negro
press has been a powerful spoke
sman" for the rights of a minor
ity, Mr.. McKelway observed that
Its influence is extending with
the professional improvement of
its journalist" He noted also that
in the pattern of its development,
however, the Negro press is but
emulating the example of the gen.
Continued on Page 81
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-03-05

Almost every U. s. :nduss-y
uses Fats and Ct. in production
OF goods. Tcur sr;vsp ID E.tc,.an
fat will help meet fit searcities
at nome and abroad.
Evening star., 1949-03-04


commission program that. must
be followed by the agencies:
/. The commission will send each
agency and department the list OF
900 does and the positions they
are seeking. Within 81 days, the
agencies must send to the COM
mission the list of war service and
temporary employees filling such
jobs.
2. The commission then, at its
discretion, will order the dismissal
of these employees, if it finds they
can be replaced with does. AL
though the commission cannot
force the agencies to hire the
does, it hopes this procedure of
forcing the bureaus to fire non
status persons will result in their
hiring does to replace them.
Curbs Employing Others.
8. In an attempt to enforce this
plan, the commission will not
allow any agency to make any new
appointments in these positions.
other than does, unless the
agency is given specific authority
to do so.
4. In the case of about 100 does
who cannot be placed on any spe-
ciflc job register because lists for
these permanent positions have
Of finding Federal unemployment
for does. Some of the does,
they contend, are "unemployable"
and agencies cant be blamed
for refusing to hire them.
These officials, and employe
group leaders contend the COM
missions program is not the solu-
ton to the problem.
They contend similar commits
sion Dee programs have failed in
the past to solve the situation, al
though they do acknowledge that.
for a time, the commission did
succeed in finding new Jobs for
quite a number of does. Their
Evening star., 1949-03-04
Retired Dentist Found Dead
OF 6unshot in Parkfairfax

The body Of DR.. Frank Bost-
WICK. SO, a retired dentist. was
found in the kitchen of his Park
fairfax apartment this morning
with a hIgh-powered rife on the
floor nearby.
Although Alexandria police were
withholding an official opinion in
the case until the body has been
examined by the coroner. In
spector Russell A. Hawes said po-
lice found a note that indicated
self-destruction due TO illness. "
DR.. Bostwick had been shot
through the heart.
According to police, Mrs. Bost-
wick was awakened about $50
am by a noiSe-She was not sure
whether 1t was a gunshot. Mrs.
Bostwick went to the living room
where her husband had been
sleeping because Of illness during
the past year, and found his bed
empty. A note was pinned to the
back Of chair
Police said they found the body,
clad in bathrobe, on the kitchen
floor. The body was removed from
the apartment at 3702 Valley
drive and was taken to the De
Names funeral home, where DR.
John A. Sims. coroner, was to
make an examination.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
Mrs. Kenneth Watson Dies;
Wife OF Attorney Here

Mrs. Kenneth Nicoll Watson. IS.
Of 1920 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, whose husband is an attor-
ney here. died in Doctors Hospital
early today after a long illness.
Born in London. Mrs. Watson
was the former Diane Gwynne
Maitland. daughter Of the late
DR.. Thomas Maitland. a promi-
nent British surgeon. Presented
at the Court of st. James in 1888,
she came here with her mother
and sister in 1888. She and Mr..
Watson we're married in that year.
She became a naturalized citizen
in l945.
Her mother is Mrs. Hamilton
Condor of Nassau and her sister.
Mrs. Giani Bernasconi, lives in
Geneva, Switzerland.
Funeral services will be held
Monday in st. Johns Episcopal
Church. Lafayette Square. The
time of the services and the place
If burial have not yet been ar
ranged.
Evening star., 1949-03-04

knew it as far back as last June
they said. when he made one of
his last appearances before a Yale
audience.
That was at an alumni COM
mencement luncheon where he sat
next to Gen. Eisenhower. who had
just received an honorary degree
from Yale.
Many recalled DR.. Angell'S eyes
were moist with tears then as he
addressed what proved to be his
Anal Yale commencement alumni
audience.
DR.. Angel. whose administra-
ton guided Yale through It's big
gest expansion program, had been
Ill In bed since February 20. Fiji
teen days earlier. he had been
one Of the principal speakers at
exercises celebrating the 25th an
niversary Of the founding OF the
Yale School of Nursing.
Voice was strong.
Those who heard him then said
his voice was strong and clear.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Catherine Cramer Woodman An
gell. whom he married 16 years
ago. and a son and a daughter by
his first wife. Marian Isabel
Watrous Angel, who died June
%. 1881. They are Mrs. William
Rockefeller McAlpin OF New York.
and Prof. James Waterhouse An
gell of the Columbia University
economics department.
He also leaves a stepson and
four stepdaughters' Stuart Wood
man Of New Haven; the Misses
Caroline and Katherine Woodman,
both also OF New Haven: Mrs.
Charles Hendel OF Midland, Tex.
and Mrs. William Ford OF Sails
bury.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
1Oc Tax Rise Sought
In Fairfax 10 Obtain
$4,000 for Schools

The Fairfax County School
Board last night requested a To-
cent tax rate increase as a last
resort for raising $4,000 for
emergency school construction.
Action was taken at a special
meeting called to reconsider the
budget. The county Board of Su-
perviSors refused Wednesday to
grant an outright appropriation
from the general county fund to
the schools for the coming fiscal
year.
The school board decided to
present its budget to the super
visors in the same form that it
was presented Wednesday, and
again request appropriation of
$4,000 from general county
funds, or from Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board funds received an
nually from the State.
Part of $2,506,O ,O48 Budget.
Should the supervisors find it
impossible to grant the $50.000,
the school board proposed an in
crease from Is cents TO IS cents
in the schools capital outlay and
debt service fund.
The supervisors told scnool Of
ficials Wednesday they could not
spare the $50,0O0 from the gen.
eral fund or from ABC receipts,
unless the county's general tax
levy is raised 10 cents. The super
viSors indicated they would rather
see the tax increase in the school
levy than in the county levy. be-
cause the additional revenue
would be used for school purposes.
The S50,000 sought is part of the
S2.506,048 school budget for
l949-50.
Present Rate S3.19.
At present, the total county
tax rate is 1919 per 500 of as
sessed valuation. of which $2.40
is the school operating levy and
IS cents the school capital out
lay and debt service fund.
Schools officials were told by
county authorities more money
could be raised by increasing the
school tax 10 cents because county
taxation for school purposes this
year includes the city of Falls
Church. while the general county
levy no longer includes that city.
The supervisors will have the final
say in fixing the tax rate.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
Charter Group Names
Three New Directors

The Montgomery County Char
ter Committee has announced the
appointment OF Mrs. Horace J.
Nickels. Silver Spring; Comdr
John J. Klak. Bethesda, and
Washington I. Cleveland, Travilah.
to fill vacancies on the Board Of
Directors.
Oscar L. Hume. Brookdale, was
named chairman OF the organiZa-
tion's Education and Publicity
Committee. and Clarence Thurber.
Chevy Chase, was appointed
chairman Of the Research Com.
n1ittee.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
Highway From D. {.
To Waldorf Slated
To Be Started in '49
Special Dispotch 10 The Sior

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 4.-Senator
James B. Monroe, Republican, OF
Charles County announced today
that construction of dual high
way from the District line to Wal
dorf is scheduled to begin this
year.
A State Roads Commission Off
cial, the Senator said, informed
him yesterday that the new high
way replacing Route S will be
started with building of a Smile
section from the District line to
Woods Corner.
This construction, it was ex-
planned. would relieve traffic
congestion in the area adjacent
to Washington.
Another contract. providing fol
extension of the dual highway to
the Charles County line at Mat
tawoman Creek, also is to be
awarded this year.
Delay Expected.
The roads commission, Senator
Monroe said. will complete the
stretch from Mattawoman to
Waldorf in 1850.
Some delay, the roads commits
sion spokesman said, may be en-
countered in beginning the Dis
trict line-Woods Corner section
because Of expected difficulties in
acquiring rights of way.
Senator Monroe said he under
stood that the present road be-
tween Mattawoman Greek and
Waldorf would be used as one
lane OF the dual highway.
Surveys are being made to de-
termine the feasibility of building
the second lane alongside the
Pennsylvania Railroad spur line
nearby.
Railroad Does Not Approve.
The railroad, it was learned, has
not approved but apparently
leans" toward the proposal
Acquisition of property neceS-
Sary to construct both sides of the
highway through the center of
Waldorf would be too costly,
Senator Monroe asserted. and
therefore, "one lane in the pre-
sent location is the best Waldrof
can hope for"
The railway line runs through
the town about 100 yards south
Of the Grain highway.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
ReburioI Rites Saturday
For Pfc. PuuI B. Boyd
SpeciqI Di,poich 10 The s,or

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, Mar.
4.-Reburial services will be held
in Hedgesville Saturday for Pfc.
Paul Bernard Boyd. who was killed
February l6. l943. while serving
with the Infantry in Italy.
He was native of this county,
and the son of Phillip M. and
Florence Plotner Boyd. Hedges
vile. He was graduated from
Hedgesville High in 1941. Sur
viving in addition to his parents
are two brothers and three sisters.
Radioactive Carbon-l4 loses
half its radiating power in 5000
years.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
z Killed, IS Injured
By Grenade in Saigon
bn tho A,seeio,ed Pte,s

SAIGON. Indo- China. Mar. A
Two persons were killed and 35
seriously injured today when a
hand grenade was tossed into a
crowd waiting at bus stop.
Three persons said TO be Wet
Namese terroriStS were arrested
last night with grenades in their
possession. police said.
The Vatican estimates the num-
Der OF United States Catholics in
ereased from about $4,000, 900 in
1890 N shout % 00n nn0 in le4a
Evening star., 1949-03-04

commission de-
clared: T h e
Gov e IN m e n t
cannot afford
to continue a
S i t u a t ion in
which qualified
career employees
are W t h o u t
work, while at
the same time
it continues the
employment of
employees with
out status"
Evening star., 1949-03-04
Peru Landslide Kills Eiqht

LIMA. Peru. Mar. 4 PRE-
ports from Trujillo said last night
that eight men were killed and
six injured in a landslide caused
by heavy rains. Trujillo is about
800 miles north Of Lima.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
J. D. Moore Heads Group
Of Virginia Doirymen
by the Associoted Press

UT ITIt VssOVEUTeO TTVSs
BLACKSBURG, Va, Mar. A.
J. D. Moore of Abingdon is the
new president of the Virginia
Dairy Fieldmen's Association.
He was elected at the associe- =
ton annual meeting here yes
terday.
w. B. Anderson, Waterford, was
elected vice president Of the Or
ganization. Paul McMahan, Rocky
Mount, was reelected secretary
and w. F. Mauzy. Staunton, was
reelected treasurer.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
II Injured in Explosion
In School Laboratory
By the Assoeieted Press

GRAHAM, Tex, Mar. A
classroom laboratory explosion in
the high school here today in
jured l6 students and an in
structor. Four were reported hurt
critically.
The explosion occurred in the
general science class. An emer-
gency hospital was set up in the
gymnasium.
Graham is approximately go
miles south OF Wichita Falls.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
sen1iinsfians Resume
Grave Digging With
Cardinal DIRECTING
RN the A,sosinisd Press

Cardinal Spellman and his band of
priests and seminarians returned
to their grave-digging tasks today
as leader OF striking workers at
Calvary Cemetery denied COM
munism was an issue in their
seven-week-old dispute.
The Cardinal and about 100
Roman Catholic priests and
students reached the rebound
cemetary about 10 am. and set
TO work Immediately preparing
graves for the bodies of the 600 to
TOO dead which have accumulated
since the work stoppage began.
They dug an estimated 80 graves
yesterday, the first day Of their
volunteer work.
The Cardinal has charged that
the striking union is Communist
dominated. The union seeks
five-day week for members at the
same pay they have been receiving
FOR six days.
His accusation was denied Wig
orously by Edward Ruggieri.
chairman OF the workers negotia-
ting committee. In support of his
claim, Mr.. Ruggieri said that the
Local, No 292 OF the CIO United
Cemetery Workers. would meet
today 70 refute the Cardinals
charge.
The men will be requested by
me 70 stand and publicly disavow
Communism and that for which 1t
standS-CommuniSm in and out
OF trade unions" Mr.. Ruggieri
said.
Al the same time, he added. a
companion resolution will be in
troduced "condemning union
busting tactics by an employer. ."
The union official said his COM
mittee had informed Cardinal
Spellman OF our intention to rec
ommend 70 the union as q whole
It's Installation from the inter-
national"
The local is afflliated with the
CIO Food. Tobacco and Agricul-
tural Workers Union. It's officers
have never filed nom Communist
oaths under the Taft Hartley Act.
Injunction Sought.
The local. Mr.. Ruggieri said.
holds no animoSity toward the car
dinal and his makeshIft grave
diggers for what the union termed
"strikebreaking" tactics.
Although somewhat muscle sore
and back weary the seminarianS
resumed their digging in the huge
cemetery the largest Roman
Catholic burial ground in the city.
Meanwhile. a branch of the
State Supreme Court hears argu-
ment today on an application by
trustees Of ST Patrlck's Cathedral
for an injunction tc end the strike
at the cathedral cemetery by
union which the cardinal says is
Communist dominated"
The suit. fled yesterday. also
seeks TO ban picketing at the
cemetery and at the Cardinals
chancery office.
Held Danger to Health.
Msgr. George c. Ehardt. man
aging director of the cemetery.
said in an affidavit accompanying
the suit that the strike involves
danger TO the public health" and
pain and sorrow" to the bereaved.
The 240 grave diggers and other
employees at the 600-acre ceme-
terry are getting $59.4o for six-day
week
Cardinal Spellman. who calls
the unions demands excessive,
says he originally offered the men
s6l20 for a six-day week. or q 3
per cent increase. and later raised
the offer TO per cent or s64.l5
for a siX-day week.
Evening star., 1949-03-04

argument is that new methods
must be used to find re-employ-
ment for the remaining 1000
does.
One suggestion is that the COM
mission order halt to all promo
tions in the Government in jobs
that can be filled by does. They
say intra- agency job promotions
are the main reason does cannot
find employment. The contention
lis that, once agencies are forbid
den to make promotions until all
|DCEs are hired, the entire prob
lem could be solved within a
months time.
Reconsideration Federal
personnel officials are happy over
the rvomise of the White House to
send along soon to Capitol Hill it's
proposals for revising the Federal
Classification Pay Act.
AS disclosed in this column on
Wednesday, the White House has
been holding up the proposed leg
islation, because it feared that it
might hurt the chances of the
top-bracket pay raise bill.
But the Administration did an
about face, when members of the
Senate Civil Service subcommittee
on pay legislation visited Presi-
dent Truman yesterday to discuss
the top-bracket measure, as we'll
as pay legislation in general.
It's no secret that some men,
bers of Congress are cool to the
idea Of top-bracket salary in
creases, unless they are certain
legislation to revise the entire
Federal Classification Pay Act also
will be pushed.
The White House was advised of
this situation, and the subcom-
mittee members appeared we'll sat
isfied that the general classifica-
ton pay revisions would soon be
forthcoming. But the Admins
tration will have to act fast-it's
a complicated subject, and only
four more months remain before
Congress is scheduled to go home.
4 X = X
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The Eco
nomic Cooperation Administra-
ton has jobs open for stenog-
raphers in Korea, with salaries of
$3.50 to $3.50 annually, plus
20 per cent expense allowance and
living quarters. Apply in Room
400, 734 Fifteenth street NV.
How's this for speed and co-opera-
ton? The Navys Bureau of
Yards and Docks began it's Red
Cross fund drive campaign yes
Evening star., 1949-03-04
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
Temporary Workers Jobs to Go
To Displaced Career Employees
BY Joseph Young

Civil Service Commission today directive
Government agencies calling for the dismissal
employees in jobs that be filed by displaced
employees
commission hopes program in finding
Evening star., 1949-03-04
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Sunny
with highest temperature about so
degrees this afternoon. Fair with
lowest near 35 tonight. Tomor.
row fair and warmer.
Maryland and Virginia - Fair
and not as cold tonight. .Tomor-
row fair and warmer.
Wind velocity, Is m.p.h.; direc-
ton, south-southeast.
Five-Day Weather Forecast
March Through 13.
Temperature will change about
4 degrees above normal. Normal
maximum about 49 and normal
minimum 80 in Washington area.
Mild tomorrow through Monday.
Colder Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rain likely about Monday and
Wednesday with total amount
less than "a inch.
River Report.
From United States Engineers.l
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
dumlQltJ.
!Esadi9gs at waShnst2n National AirpqF
Noon - 50 Midnight ------ 56
I Pm. -------- 3s am y
record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, n, on February y.
High and Low for Yesterday.
Low, "a. at 11:46 pm.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic survey
Today. Tomorrow.
High - 19:4S am. l!:37 am.
Fir ia 15:45 5q5 81: 8% r54S 5aS ~: ~: BE5
The Sun and Moon.
sur too.v e.3g Rises s.5t ssH'
Snn Moon. '0@Gs5OW 9oGay s42 s4422 am 1875 S:4s pm
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour sitsI srss,n;t.t;en innjet;
M9nthy prsCpLtatis9Sn in inches in the
5.nuar, ----- 1913 S.ts AyS sS5 IS HsSoFa 81
April -- - 1927 9.13 SO
July - Al 1868 's6
september 80 - 3.24 17.45 20
October @.S4 S.sl 81
November ---- 2.31 $50 SO
December 3.32 .5R 'O1
Temperatures In Various Cities.
High. Low. High. Low.
Albuquerque "a 81 Louisville - 81 SO
Atlanta &. 80 Miami y 5e
Atlantic City AZ II Milwaukee 80 -
Bismarck 3S 90 New YORK ~ ~
Boston $500 40 Il NorloIk 80" -
Buffalo 8? % Okla. City o. Z!
Chicago IS "a Omaha 81 q
Cincinnati 4 30 Phoenix - ~
Detroit ---- "a 20 PittSburgh 80 p
El Paso 72 "A Portla d, Me. az 20
Galveston 81 53 ST. Louis 4s SO
Harrisburg 40 22 Salt Lake c. % %
Indianapolis 40 % S. Antonio 80 -
Kansas City 50 43 8. Francisco % -
Los Angeles SO 43 Tampa II ~
United States firms may ex-
plot Guatemala's oil possibilities.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
Quoke Shakes New Delhi

NEW DELHI, India, Mar. 4 (P.
"A slight earthquake shook the
New Delhi area at 5:23 am. (EST)
today.
Evening star., 1949-03-04

Federal employment Tor The more
than 1000 displaced career en-
ployes who have been jobless for
many months.
In it's letter to the agencies, the
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| terday morning. BY $3.50 pm. A
quota Of $2,198 was pledged. 8,

BE sure to listen in Sundays
at 1915 am. over WMAL,
The Star Station, for Joseph
Young'S Spotlight UerSion OF
the Federal Spotlight, featuring
additional neWS and vie1ps Of
the Government SerUice.)
Evening star., 1949-03-04

United States firms may ex-
plot Guatemala's oil possibilities.
Evening star., 1949-03-04

NtCUru ItHlUcEdtuTtS IHIs LtAEs
Highest, n, on February -.
Lowest 81, on January 80.
High and Low for Yesterday.
High, AZ, at 3:l0 pm.
Low, "a. at 11:46 pm.
Tian
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-02-25

Be::eve 1t or rot
One quarter of the population Of
the U. S. lives within $50 miles Of
New York City.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-02-25
From where sit e. by Joe Marsh
How's Your
Listening Time?
ldpsrtissnens

line with his listening time around
here, the gang reminds him by
standing up and stomping."
From where l sit, that's a good
system. Everyone has right to his
opinions others have right
to theirs, too-whether it's decid-
ing between to sell or not to sell.
apple pie or cherry pie. or a glass
of mellow beer or cider. Life's more
interesting that way, and hang 1t If
you don't sometimes learn some
thingl
&e M~u<