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EDIT0R 5 -.
4 Iscovey-But Not Startling

Saturday afternoon sat in on meeting III hot springs
called for the purpose strengthening the Negroes in Arkansas
IN their demands for citizenship rights But to our as
NAV we soon discovered that organized clique was on hao
IN keen progress from the since it was not sponsor
MANY hours of valuable time consumed by members
the CLIQUE whose made about as much sense as
Rankin and Eastland the floors of Congress trying 10
defend the outmoded southern tradition But they like East
land Rankin and other fbusters succeeded in blocking the
formation of statewide organization at least Tor the pres
ent.
The rule or ruin" leadership has been evidenced IN "
kansas entirely too long That kind of leadership has made AT
kansas laughing stock the eyes of Negro progress but
n m sincere belief that Negro Arkansas will soon awak
an IN the actual motives the would be Negro leaders as the
vo,np intelligent white awakening TO the selfish mo-
tvps of those striving to perpeuate trador .a
has made one-rd this country of the poorest bottom
vost in health and education determined to do some
thing about it.
Arkansas Negro needs leadership Arkansas cities neeu
leadership The Negro needs leadership with vision ability IN
tepry and courage Negro leadership that can and
will stand up and counted Leadership like Hot Springs CIVIC
league offers Leadership like North Little Rock Civic league
offers Leadership like ST. Francis county Mont artisan league
offers And probably leadership offered by other civic leagues
too remote familiar u.s. Leadership whose light VIII so
shine will inspire generation yet unborn And above ALL
Little Rock Arkansas capital city, needs leadership badly
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Sinq field
Continued from PAGE onel

Continued from pare onel
of Commerce during the year
1919. At the time Of his death, he
was a trustee of Bethel AME
Church and Regional Director OF
the National bar Association. He
leaves two sons-Waldorf and Ev-
erett Dorn--a grandson, Waldorf,
ir. and the wives of his sons
Mrs. Lavatryee tWaldorD Sing
field and Mrs. Honnette Everett
Dorm Singlield.
The body will be returned to
Little Rock for the last rites to-
day at Loo p. m. at Bethel AME
church. Miller and Company in
charge of funeral arrangements.
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Continued from PAGE II
Pulaski County training; WrighH'
vile; College Station and woCi'
son.
The winners in each divislon
VIII give their essays at the meet
Ing.
The control program Of the Pa'
iaski County tuberculosis Associi
ton has as its detectives the Cd
ucation of the individual and q
the community to the end that w
berculosis may be prevented and
adequate provisions made avallP'
bic for diagnosis, treatment ana
rehabilitation Of the tuberculous
This efo~i hor been launched %
m"ke o'ir people more health cor
sc'ous and to have full realize
ton that heath education is w.
most inportant factor in solVln'
the tuberculosis problem Of "'
Negro.
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BY S. S. Taylor, Associate Editor

AnDefamaton League reporting for 1919 says that
the Ku Klux the So tn has split into handful OF units
competing power has become little than poor
paying for gang of confidence men, according to
Associated Press report
The League finds 81 100000 collected for bgoted
purposes during 1919 and that 81 anSemic organizations
active.
The League report the number of Semitic stores
restaurants and other public places both Southern and
Northern states discriminating against Negroes.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their
kind words, prayers. flowers ana
cards during the illness and pass
ing of our son and brother, Gem
ME Rogers, May God bless each
Of you is Our prayers.
Mrs. Cora Rogers, mother; Mr..
and Mrs. l.. D. Holland Miss Mary
Rogers Mrs. Nancy Thurman, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Rogers. Mr. and
Mrs, Lee Roy Rogers and daugh-
ter; Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Rogers
and daughter, Pasadena, Callfor-
mia: Chief and Mrs. Willie Z. Roe-
ers Of the U S. Navy, Great Lakes
Illinois.
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If the weatherman to ask me, which ne hash anu
won't I'd say he ought import of those tribes oil INDIANS
who bring the necessary showers
Indian who could stir up heavy log by just
stamping his foot the ground couple of times IL ne added
wahoo it raned bucketsfu They always kept MIN
chained up because they knew did real knock doWn
dagout we'd have dust off the plans Noah used
in building his Ark.
In fact, all / have done is to mention the and now
look out of the window there-It's raining!
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"Spirit" :
Continued from page one,

Continued from page one,
New Orleans where continuous
work is carried on in an effort TO
find new uses for cotton. This, ne
said, is one of the ways by which
the Department seeks to reduce
surpluses.
Upon her return to Memphis
Miss johnson will open the annu-
al Cotton Makers Jubilee. The
week-long festival begins on May
8 and runs concurrently with the
Cotton Carnival. Miss johnson
competed with more than a score
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CORRECTION ON FASHIONrr
IA WINNERS

Winners in the Fashlone,,,
sroups sponsored by Be- D.,
Omega chapter of Alpha Kama A.
pha sor, on March IS were. NJ.
Fashionetta, Marion Broadus. NJ
Junior Fashionetta, Jaeouali,'
Knox; Miss teen-age Fasbions..,
Venida Rose Lemoyne: Miss n
ture Fashionetta, Rosalyn nm
Twelve other gifts were nres,,.',I
10 runner ups in the various Fa,s
ionetta groups.
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wonderful sermon on the subie4
The evidence of the resurrectio,
ID Thomas Harris found fl.
golden egg in the Easter egg hun,
Sunday evening. Leroy Madd.,
Jr' found the silver egg. Approx.
mately 25 children attended IL.
hunt. The Easter program W.,
held Sunday night Mrs. M. San.
ders' Mrs. Cooley and Mrs. Ruth
Hall We're sponsors.
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WEST ROCK

Regular Easter services were
held Sunday at Oak Grove. Rev.
j. S. Nichols, pastor, preached a
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NOTICE
TO ALL ST. PHILIP

ALUMNI
First Home Coming Thirty Years
Progress Of the st Philips School
Of Nursing 192i-l95O
May 1914, 1850
Saturday and Sunday
81. Philip Hall
1922 East Marshall Street
Richmond, 10, Virginia
Al! alumni who plan TO attend
please write for information be-
fore April 2ith. TO Miss vashti
Johnson Corresponding Secretary
st. Philip Alumni 1922 East Mar
shall Street Richmond. 10, Vir-
ginia.
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PATROL.

Cn~st.," ~-ovu uave ob'
the safet', ~ our children ~
Bussey has been appointed "
Governor McMath as a meir' n
of the state eafrtv council as wi WI
as being a member Of the wv
safety council
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Of college girls for the honor of
being the Spirit of Cotton
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hsA every Friday the interest OF the Publisher
ders eeneray-Founded by Christopher fates May l94
Evening star., 1950-04-16
Make 1t Thorough and Objective

The Senate leaderships decision to conSoli-
date the two proposed inquiries into organized
crime is reasonable move that should eliminate
lot of overlapping and confusion. Conflict
would have been inevitable if two Investigations
were to be made simultaneously of the same
general subject as would have been the case
If the Judiciary and Commerce Committees had
gone their separate but almost parallel ways.
There has been strong criticism from Repub-
lican quarters, however, of the plan to create
special joint committee to conduct the inquiry
Republican suspicious that the Democrats are
reluctant to have too much light turned on
relations between big-city machines and gam
bling and other racketeers were aroused when
the Senate Rules Committee sought to place time
and money restrictions on the gambling investi-
CATION. If the Democratic leaders are sincere
In their announced determination to have the
committee conduct full, extensive and fair
investigation of crime syndicates operating in
interstate commerce" they will see that the
special group is composed of Senators who are
more interested in cleaning up crime conditions
than in shielding political machines. If the
Senate had insisted on a July 81 deadline on
the probe, there would have been political impli-
eatior4 that would have been hard to answAr
Evening star., 1950-04-16

satisfactorily. An adequate inquiry could not
possibly have been completed in that short time
and the inference of coverup intended to avoid
embarrassing disclosures in an election year
would have been justified.
1t is reported, however, that plenty of money
will be made available to the joint committee,
that no specific time limit will be imposed on
the hearings and report and that Senator
Kefauver, sponsor of the controversial anti
gambling syndicate resolution, will be appointed
chairman of the group Under these circum-
stances there is good prospect that thorough
going investigation will be made And enough
evidence of corruption in our big cities has come
to light in recent months to indicate that a
resolute nonpartisan exploration would pro-
duce some highly beneficial results.
Evening star., 1950-04-16

On April 10. 1900, The Star announced
that John Addison Porter would be re-
placed in the Office Of
Mr.. Cortelyou's secretary to the Presi-
Promotion dent by George Bruce
Cortelyou. assistant Sec
retary since July l. 1898. This we'll
deserved advancement traced back to
Mr.. Cortelyou's skill as a stenographer.
He had mastered the Walworth system
of shorthand IN New York. then had
been associated with the inventor of the
Munson system. His career in Govern
ment service began in 1889, when he
was appointed secretary to the postal
inspector in charge of the New York
area. Later he was chief clerk in the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Generals
Office President Cleveland had drafted
him into the White House secretarial
establishment in 1895. His progress
thereafter was rapid. When Theodore
Roosevelt succeeded William Mckinley.
Mr.. Courtelyou became his right-hand
man. BY way of reward he was named
first Secretary of the Department of
Commerce and Labor in 1908. He was
Postmaster General from 1905 to 1907.
Secretary of the Treasury from 1907 to
1SUo. 1llcISdIIcI uC was dIIilIIllSII dtlNC
head of the Consolidated Gas Co.. New
York. until 1885. He died october %.
1910. but he still is remembered by old
SterS in Washington.
The Star for April IA, 1900, reported:
THE Paris Exposition was opened
at noon today. I.
Pons Exposition Within the exposition
Opened grounds this morning
all was hustle and ami
nation in supreme effort to clear
away all unsightly obstacles in order to
leave an unobstructed road and an ex-
ternal appearance of completeness to
the palaces for the presidential party
Evening star., 1950-04-16

in its passage through the grounds. The
finishing touches were hastily given the
magnificent Sale deS Fetes. Ameri-
cans especially will be proud of their
country's display at this Worlds Fair.
for the United States stands second only
to France herself in number of exhi-
bitors. America has three times the
number of exhibitors that France had at
the Worlds Fair in Chicago. She occu-
pies 328.052 square feet. . u. President
Loubert, as he stood in the presidential
tribune, surrounded by the members of
his cabinet and household. opened the
exposition with the words: I declare
the exposition of 1900 open!'"
Quoting the Baltimore Sun. The Star
of April II. 1900, referred to the compile
ton of the Porfirio
Governor Shepherds Diaz tunnel, con-
Mines Meeting the Bato-
pilas mines in Chi
huahua. Mexico, as "a triumph of Gov
Alexander r. Shepherd. who has
been prosecuting the undertaking for
IS years." The mines "in which the
Governor has sunk his fortune are now
likely. after 81 years of hard work and
disbursement. to become profitable" !"
From 1850 to 1850 the mines had pro-
duced quantities of silver, but had been
rather worked out and have scarcely
paid expenses for the American owners"
the Governor and his associates. But
Mr.. Shepherd was difficult person to
dishearten. He continued to believe in
his mines and to support his faith by
increasing his investment In them. In
the end, the Dictionary Of American
Biography declares, he converted the
property into highly valuable one" But
in the spring of 1900 his career was
drawing to close. He died September
H. 1902, and his body was brought back
to Washington to rest in the heart Of the
Evening star., 1950-04-16
Mr.. Lottimore's 'Defeotism'

Owen Lattimores memo on the Far
East clears up one mystery that has long
stumped the ordinary American-the
reason why both European and Asian
peoples know little or nothing about
Americas expenditures in their behalf.
1t becomes clear that this ignorance.
which has so amazed American travellers
abroad. stems not SO much from any
jamming Of the Voice of America as
from the policy recommended by Mr..
baltimore to the State Department and,
to Judge from accomplished facts. slav-
ishly followed by the Department. II
European countries receiving our aid
were not to mention this fact in any Of
their contacts with Asian powers as
recommended by Mr.. baltimore. 1t fol-
lows that the whole aid program would
logically achieve a hush-hush II not
downright dubious status in the minds
of leaders of the European states them
selves.
These could reasonably excuse their
failure to inform their own people OF
american munificence on the same pre-
text Mr.. baltimore used-the fear OF
ontagonizing elements unfriendly to
america.
That full fanfare as to aid given by
America. and pride in association with
America, might confound these un-
friendly elements was apparently a
thought Mr.. baltimore could not afford.
Certainly the defeatist tone of his memo
throughout reveals his anxiety lest that
thought should occur to the State De-
partment. His recommendations in that
whole memo can be boiled down to five
words: Don't interfere with Russian
expansion" He is scornful Of all the
little Chang Kai-sheks" holding out
against communism in Asia-ditch them,
he says.
But those little Stains stalking about
of these the great United States should
stand in awe; their tender ears must not
be offended by tales of American virtue,
or their Vaccinations disturbed by re-
minders of American interest or power.
If we accept Mr.. Lattimore's counsels
to the State Department as sound or
proper to the interests of this sovereign
Nation. then we must, with him, accept
our magnificent postwar effort as
dirty story not fit to be told in mixed
political company. 1t seems shame to
put 1t in the same class as the story OF
the Amerasia magazine with which MIR.
baltimore was connected, but the facts
Of which don't seem fit to be told in
mixed political company, either.
Helen S. Geraghty.
Evening star., 1950-04-16

my faith in God actual conviction than
all the sermons ever heard"
Now, Of course. to stress the daisies
does not mean to discount the cattle.
BY cherishing the garden. we do not
forget the grain. Life is cattle and
daisies. But 1t is the extras of spring
that gladden. our eyes and capture our
fancy when comes the yearly miracle
Of the earth reclad.
To keep clear for others the windows
revealing life's extras is one of the
highest joys and privileges. 1t is in
the. extras that men really live. Some
carping critic complained to Wordsworth
that daffodils do not actually dance. as
he had written. He replied that per-
haps they did not. but that the cups
of gold set his own heart dancing.
Quite so.
Recently. at the close of an exhaust
ing day a thoughtful friend >slipped
quietly into the study and handed me
bouquet of glorious daffodils. And my
heart danced. Just day or two before
Easter. with two adorable children as
an excuse, deliberately turned aside
from a crowded schedule and from the
Evening star., 1950-04-16
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

city he had "bossed' and beautified in
the '70s.
Clad in rich silks of gorgeous hue and
brilliant with gold trimmings" Phya
A. Prasidhi Envoy Extraor-
rev MnSrer dinary and Minister Plen-
OF Siom ipotentiary of Siam. laid
his credentials before
President Mckinley at the White House"
on April 1e. 1900 and The Star of that
date gave front page space to an account
Of his reception "The new Minister was
accompanied by Secretary of State John
Hay. who performed the introduction. He
comes from London and takes the place
of the recently departed Phya Visuddha
Suriyasaku." Isaac T. Smith, Siamese
consul general in New York, and an
English secretary were present during
the ceremony.
People half q century ago were ex-
pressing their admiration for Admiral
George Dewey and
rTesents his wife by making
For the Deweys them presents. The
Star on April 18,
1900. printed a telegram from Pitts
burgh saying that Charles M. Schwab.
president Of the Carnegie Steel Co., had
rendered" them magnificent portraits
in OIL" M. Chartian, "the famous French
portrait painter" had been commissioned
to do the work. "The sittings, it is said,
win commence at once" and the price
to be paid by Mr.. Schwab for the pic
lures was estimated at mot under" IS 900
each. Meanwhile. the Deweys received an
invitation to visit Paducah. KY. The in
vitation was engraved on a sheet Of
curled birch" and it was inclosed In IAN
oak casket decorated in gold and silver"
with IL quart bottles of 20-year-old
Kentucky whisky and cut-glass de-
canter incased in, silver.
Evening star., 1950-04-16
Clarifying Reorganization Plans

The critical analysis of the Presidents
pending reorganization proposals made public
by the Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report
will be helpful in clearing up confusion which
has developed over the program. The summary
makes it clear that some of the presidential
plans fall considerably short of the objectives
of the Hoover Commission, while few 60 further
than the commission thought desirable.
While praisng the Presidents program in
its broader aspects the non-partisan citizens
group gave its outright approval to only nine
OF the twenty-one plans submitted to Congress
last month. One proposal-the controversial
recommendation for abolishment of the Office
of general counsel of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board-was sidestepped by the committee
on the ground that question of national policy,
In addition to one of administrative organization,
Is involved. The Hoover Commission did not
recommend elimination of the counsel post,
although its general report on regulatory COM
missions favored centralzing administrative
authority of all independent agencies in the
chairman. The remaining plans are regarded
by the committee as lacking some of the ele-
ments of the Hoover Commission program. Spe-
cihc omissions were cited in the analysis.
The committees enlightening report is we'll
worth careful study by the committees of Con-
gress which are studying the Presidents pro-
posals Particular attention should be given to
the plans which, in the citizens view, do not
meet the specifications laid down in the Hoover
reporter which go too far las in the case of
Plan No. IL, dealing with the National Labor
Relations Board. It would be a mistake to
adopt or eliminate any significant parts of the
reorganization program under any misappre-
hension as to their relation to the Hoover
recommendation.
Evening star., 1950-04-16
Pour 1t On!'

After reading your news columns, let
ters to the editor and columnists. as
we'll as listening to every stripe Of radio
commentator on the subject Mccarthy
versus Acheson," am impressed by the
inability of the common man to reason
with his head. Nine-tenthS of the pub
lished opinion would have Mccarthy in
the dog house, terribly large percent
age of the intelligentsia to be dead wrong.
Let them answer a few questions:
First, what reason have the American
people to have confidence in the State
Department after the Yalta and Pots
dam agreements and the sell-out to
Russia at the San Francisco establish
ment of the United Nations? Second,
how can the State Department be re-
garded as 100 per cent American
after harboring self-confessed Com
munists from as far back as 1888 to the
most recent times? Third. is it not
published fact that baltimore, although
not regularly sworn member Of the
Government, counseled against ''prema-
ture or excessive strategic deployment"
in China, and that this is exactly the
Communist line which the State Depart
ment followed refusing even the mini
mum of aid to our longtime friend
Chang Kai-shek? Fourth. is it not
true that not only does the State De-
partment engage constantly in secret
diplomacy, so-called. but that it has done
nothing visible to rid itself of the charges
of rottenness thrown at it? a..
say. when Senator Mccarthy Is Of
fering afidavits from citizens which sup
port anything at all in the way of fur
ther concrete evidence of rottenness,
sensible people will say. "Pour it on!'-
and may others who have facts to re-
port come forward like true men and
women and expose the whole dirty plot.
Senator Mccarthy may walk the ma
tional scene long time or a short time.
But political figures should remember
that it is not the duration of their terms
of Office which endear them to their
countrymen but rather the character
of their deeds Patrick Henry was
man who, for all know spoke only once
in his life. But what he said was vital.
Senator Mccarthy has raised vital is
sue, an important issue. We should back
him, not denounce him. Out with the
wolves in sleeps clothing!
VSA
Evening star., 1950-04-16
Spires Of the Spirit -
Life's Extras

Great oaks from little acorns grow,
and often great books germinate from
some stray comment or an unstudied
observation. In tiny volume entitled
"Life's Extras" by Archibald Rutledge
two friends are pictured peering through
a train window at the changing rural
panorama. They found themselves look
ing at a sun -drenched meadow in which
peacefully were grazing perhaps so
cows One of the two spoke of the lucra-
tive livestock industry which the cattle
suggested. But. with apparently little
interest in beef for the tables OF the
Nation. the other exclaimed. Just look
at those lovely daisies!" Meanwhile
pointing to huge patch OF them in
far corner of the sunny meadow. Then
he remarked frankly. Somehow. cattle
do not thrill me. There 'sanore hope for
humanity in aswild flower than in tons
of beef" Later. the first man found
himself wondering as to just what had
been meant by his companion whose eyes
were more fascinated by coWslip than
a COW. Turning it over in his mind. he
realized that his daisy minded friend
simply was trying to say that any flower
is one of life's extras. one Of those things
that we do not have to have but which
we cherish all the more for that verv
reason. Dwelling thus on the world OF
flowers, he stumbled upon conception
which from that hour colored all his
future thinking. He expressed it in these
words:
Life supplies us with only two kinds
of things, necessities and extras. Sun
light, air, water. food. shelter. these
are among the bare necessities With
them we can exist. But moonlight and
starlight, dawnings and sunsets. flow-
ers, fragrance and music, are distinctly
extras"
A cultivation and appreciation of Gods
extras became this mans religion. With
this as his ruling passion. he gratefully
confessed: "A thoughtful consideration
of life's extras has done more to give