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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10

NEW YORK, Feb. Protest
ing the demand of the. United
States Air Forces for the resigna-
ton of Captain Charles A. Hill,
Jr., of Detroit, from the reserve
force on the question Of loyalty,
Walter White, executive secretary
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, has wired Thomas X. Finlet-
ter, Secretary of the Air Force,
urging Immediate exoneration of
Capt. HILL"
The young officer, thrice-dec-
Grated veteran of World War III,
was asked to resign on the basis
of his alleged political views, ac-
tivities and associations Of his
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Cross-Burninq
Circulars Aimed
Ats. c. SoIons

COLUMBIA, S. C.-GNS)-The
Ku KluX Khan circulated handbills
advertising a cross-burning DEM
onstration in Columbia Wednesday
as the State Senate received bill
aimed at unmasking the organiza-
ton.
The handbills said that XXX
Grand Dragon Thomas L. Hamilton
will speak at the cross-burning in
WATERFORD, South Carolina, on
February 3.
The Anti-Klan bill, already ap-
months Imprisonment for anyone
who wears a mask for purposes Of
intimidation.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Negro Police
School To Start
Here Very Soon
Says Mayor

Mayor Allen c. Thompson out
lined plans early this week for
the opening, very soon, of school
for training Negro Policemen.
The Mayor said that present
plans under consideration call for
the selection of ten of the most
promising candidates from a list of
prospects furnished by Negro lead
ers two weeks ago who would be
sent to six weeks training school,
and from this group four of the
most promising candidates will be
selected as police officers.
The mayor said that the city
would set up new police precinct,
probably at the YMCA on North
Parish Street where the officers
would report for work, put on uni
form and have their headquarters
I'VE are most anxious" the
Mayor said, Ito get the highest
type of men for Negro police of
ficers because we believe that the
success or failure of Negro police
in Jackson will depend in large
degree on the type of men chosen
and the cooperation of all the peo-
pie here
The Mayor said that during the
past year and a half he has talked
with Mayors and Chiefs of Police
of numerous Southern cities where
Negro police have been employed.
He said that without exception
these policemen in Negro sections
have been very successful and there
Continued on Page Eipht)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Terrell Literary Clubs Tenth
Annual Race Relations Day
Program AT Central Church SUNDAY
See Greater Significance In
Program This Year
RECORD ATTENDANCE PREDICTED

This year, with greater signifi-
canoe being attached to the oc-
casion throughout the nation than
ever before in the eleven year his
tory of its observance, the Ele-
venth Annual Race Relations Day
will be observed here Sunday.
The principal feature of the OBJ
servance here will be the Tenth
Annual Race Relations Day Pro-
gram, sponsored by the Terrell
Literary Club, at Four o'clock, Sun
day afternoon, at Central Metho-
dist Church. A program to which
the public is invited and urged to
attend.
The President of the Terrell Lit
erary Club, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hubert,
commenting on the program Sun
day said that the Clubs Tenth An
nual Race Relations Day Program
will review accomplishments dur
ing the past ten years, out Of which
will come the directions for action
during the coming ten year period.
She said that every effort has been
put forth to make the program
the most outstanding in local his
tory. In this connection Mrs. HUI
bert said the Theme of the pro-
gram Sunday will be, Taking
Stock of ourselves, our obligations.
aspirations, and contributions.
A number of outstanding speak
ers will be heard on the program,
covering a wide range of subjects
of general public interest and con-
Germ Rev. w. J. Gipson will speak
on the work of the Church in Race
Relations, Prof. James Gooden. on
education; s. w. Miller, on poll
tics; Percy Greene, on the Press;
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Catholics In
South AssaiI
Segregation
Bishops Priest
Attend Meet
BY A. JACKSON

Columbia, S. c., Feb. Especial
Assailing segregation, the Catholic
Committee of the South today went
on record for the ultimate inte-
grafton" of both races "in the reli-
gious, economic and cultural life
of the nation"
The resolution adopted at the
final business session of the three
day convention called for provi-
sions for "all, regardless of race,
color or language" to enjoy their
rights and privileges as creatures
made to the image and likeness of
God"
The Catholic clerical and Law
leaders, including more than a
dozen major archbishops, bishops
Continued on Page Two)t
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
RosenWaId Foundation Gives
$40, 900 To NAACP Legal Fund

$500 from E. Smell Hall, James
town, N. Y; $3.50 from the Scher-
man Foundation, New York City;
5000 from Mrs. Joel E. Spingarn,
New York City; and $3.50 from
the Schenectady branch of the
NAACP.
All of these gifts were received
prior to the testimonial dinner
given for DR.. Ralph j. Bunche at
the Hotel Commodore on January
"a, at which the campaign was
announced.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Set New Date
For Execution
OF Willie MCGEE

A new date for the execution Of
Willie MCGEE, March 20, was set
by the State Supreme Court Mon
day.
The new date for the execution
of MCGEE is the sixth time the date
has been set for his death since his
conviction in 1916.
The new date which allows an
other six weeks for the condemned
man to live was fixed in order to
allow time for the new counsel for
MCGEE to make another appeal to
the United States Supreme Court.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10

ADVOCATE COLUMNIST: Be-
ginning with this weeks edition
BETWEEN THE LINES, by Prof.
E. A. Lanier, which has already
made its appearance i'm leading
papers throughout the country will
make its initial appearance as reg
ular weekly feature on our Edi-
tOrial Page.
A native of Jackson, Prof. Lanier
is the Head of the English Depart
ment of Fisk University. Prof.
Lanier expects to go to NagOya
University in Japan around May
from where he will continue the
column giving intimate into the
life and way in Japan and Asia.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Funeral Services
Held For AmE
Zion Bishop

GREENSBORO, N. c., amp
Funeral services were held here
Monday for Bishop Edgar Benton
Watson, II, who died suddenly Of
a heart attack. His death occurred
one week after he had been elected
chairman of the board of bishops
of the denominations
The late bishop was born in
Chatham county, N. c., Feb. Z,
1874 He graduated from A. and
I. Livingstone college, and received
an honorary doctors degree in
Continued on Page Five
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10

NEW YORK, Feb. la contri-
button of $4,000 from the Leasing
j. Rosenwald Foundation of Jen-
kintown, Pa, last week started the
ball rolling in a $250,000 fund
raising campaign of the Legal De-
Tense and Educational Fund, Inc,
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People.
The Huber Foundation of Red
Bank, n. j., contributed $1,000 to
the campaign. Other gifts received
during the past two weeks include
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
NAACP Sets Gov.
Byrnes Straight

COLUMBIA, S. C. - CAMP -
Gov. James F. Byrnes, who is his
inaugural address disavowed the
interference of the NAACP, has
been informed that ''The NAACP
does not consider it interference
in resorting to due process of law
Through the courts)."
In letter addressed to the rec
ently-inaugurated governor, James
M. Hinton, president of the South
Carolina Conference of NAACP
branches, reminded Mr.. Byrnes that
"you were a most distinguished
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Barber, Shine
Boy Killed In
Ice Storm Here

Counted among the two score
deaths attributed to the city's and
the states worst weather in his
tory, the ice storm Of last week,
was Roosevelt Davis Pelt, bar
Der, and |. J. Jake" Smith, shoe
shine boy, both employed at the
Astoria Barber Shop in downtown
Parish Street.
According to reports the two
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
CARL JOHNSON ARTICLE
URGES SUPPORT OF NAACP

gram of action and advancement
the NAACP has given to America
and the world"
Taking to task individuals who
avail themselves freely of the gains
made in their behalf by the Nation
al Association for the Advancement
of Colored People without lending
their financial support to the or
ganization, Mr.. Johnson asserts
that sit is. doubtful credit for
us to gloat over our rights and
liberties but expect others to fight
for them"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10

Final rites for Bishop John
Henry Moore, of the Colored
Methodist Episcopal Church were
held from Anderson Chapel c. NJ.
E.. Church, Holly Springs, Miss,
Wednesday morning of this week.
Death came to the prelate Satur-
day, January 9th at his Memphis
residence, 1882 South Parkway
East, following an extended illness.
Scheduled to participate on the
funeral program were all surviving
bishops of the CME Church and
many outstanding ministers and
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Set Annual Observance OF Race Relations Day Here
La. Lynching
Rumors False
By JAMES B. LaFOURCHE

PLAQUEMINE, La.-(ANP)-
There is no truth in the story
which swept Louisiana last week
to the effect that two men were
lynched near here and their bodies
thrown in the bayou.
The rumor began when Owen
Lang, AZ, and Nathaniel Brown,
SO, of Bayou Plaquemine, disap-
peared while on a hunting trip
December 80. Their bodies were
recovered last week from Crosse
Tete Bayou, and residents of this
city are convinced and satisfied
that their deaths were not caused
by foul play.
These facts were ascertained
by newsmen representing The
Pittsburgh Courier and the Asso-
ciated Negro Press who conducted
an on-the-scene investigation.
ACCIDENTAL DROWNING
A check with leading Negro cit
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
Remaining Three
Of MartinsvilIe
Seven Executed

RICHMOND, VA, Feb. -
{DSN) The remaining three
Negro men, members of the famous
"Martinsville Seven" were execut-
ed here Monday morning.
The three men went to their
death in the electric chair as floods
of pleas continued TO come to the
office of Gov. John S. Battle. The
Governor however stuck to his de-
cision not to interfere with the
executions.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
MARSHALL SEES MACARTHUR:
HEADS FOR KOREAN FRONT

NEW YORK, Feb. Follow
ing a conference with General OF
the Army Douglas Macarthur,
Thurgood Marshall arranged to
leave Japan for Korea this week
end, the NAACP special counsel
reported OF the national office here
today.
At the conclusion of his in
vestigations in Japan of the courts
martial of Negro GIs, Mr.. Mar
shall met in conference with Gen
eral Macarthur; Major General
Doyle O. Hickey, chief of staff;
Inspector General Edwin A. Zun-
del and the Judge Advocate Gen.
eral for the area. After he re-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10

KANSAS CITY, Feb. ] - Sup
port of the NAACP is the most
crucial challenge the Negro in
America has ever had," writes Carl
r. Johnson, Kansas City attorney
and member of the NAACP board
of directors, in the January issue
Of New Dawn Magazine.
"Step by step, and year by year,
the achievements of the NAACP in
enhancing and solidifying the Sc
curity of the Negro in American
life are well catalogued," Mr..
Johnson stated. mo organization
in the world can match the pro-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10

ported on his findings, clearance
was given for his departure for
Korea for further Investigations.
In Korea, Mr.. Marshall will go
to the Eighth Army Headquar-
tiers and thence to the 18th Divi-
sion Headquarters near the front
lines for conference with the men
and officers of the Oath Infantry
Ito which the convicted GIs be-
longed), provided they are not ac-
tually engaged with the enemy"
at the time.
Before leaving Japan, Mr.. Mar
shall talked with all of the of
ficers and enlisted men, including
Continued on Page Seven).
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10

best legal minds in the legislature.
His expert opinion has been sought
many times on parliamentary pro-
cedure.
Jenkins was author of the rider
on a bill which abolished separate
schools in southern Illinois two
years ago. In his new post, he
will have charge of checking bud
gets requests of the present state
administration.
A native of Texas he is So years
old
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10
FIRST NEGRO HEAD ILLINOIS
LEGISLATIVE Committee

SPRINGFIELD, ILL., (ANP)-
Rep. Charles j. Jenkins (Rep., 3rd
district, Chicago), was named here
last week as chairman of the house
appropriations committee &. the
first major legislative committee
post to be held by a Negro.
The appointment was made by
Speaker of the House Warren l..
Wood (R., Plainfield). jenkins,
who has been member of the
house since 1880, is regarded by
his associates as being one of the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-02-10

PatrOnize Our Advertise
ers - Their Advertising
in this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

of their share of the nationally sub
sidized water. It is only matter of
short time before the crisis will come
to head there. too.
There is, for instance, the vast
Central Arizona project. which would
reclaim tens of thousands Of lost"
acres, in some cases by washing salt
scorched former farm lands. There
Is the matter of the eleventh hour gift
to Mexico of about one-f1fteenth of
the total flow of the Colorado. This
was a donation by our Government
as a diplomatic wartime move, and
was made in spite Of the warning of
engineers and of the representatives
of the Basin States. The difficulty
was that we built the dam without
making any arrangement with Mex
leo. through whose territory the river
flows to salt water. Mexico was in
position to retaliate by blocking the
hastily devised and costly desilting
system, which had not been pro-
vided for in the original planning.
Mexico, if in hostile mood. could at
almost no expense, turn the entire
downstream flow of the Colorado in
upon Imperial Valley itself which is
not only below the level of the rivers
bed, put below the level of the sea.
Though reclamation is the work OF
the national Government, Washing
ton has been extremely weak in deal
ing with the various States con-
cerned. The seven States in the
Colorado Basin system made COM
pact between themselves which in
effect undertakes to dispose of the
water paid for by all the States OF
the Union, Nevertheless those
States are still squabbling over their
various rights and the central Gov
eminent has not risked the political
consequences of taking sides, or fore
ing a settlement. California charges
that further reclamation in Arizona
will cost $500 per acre merely to
get water onto land which thereafter
would not be worth third OF that
amount. Meanwhile, Arizona and the
other States are piling up popula-
ton and war industries based on
paper promises of water.
One of the nice points at issue is
whether California gets water gross
or net. California is so hard-pressed
that it already has to demand allow
ance for evaporation. That means
she would have to take out of Lake
Mead far more water than she is
entitled to. if the COMPACT" is to
be interpreted literally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
Air Crash Suits Still Tunq|ed
By ChorIes J. Yorbrouqh


confirm that the settlement had been
made ION behalf of" the Bolivian
flyer. A spokesman would neither
confirm nor deny whether the pay
ment was made by the Bolivian gov
eminent or actually with funds sup
piled by Capt. Rios.
In the meantime total of Al suits
had been filed in the case-38 of
them through General Counsel David
G. Bress of Washington.
Their demands total about 50
million.
Where Did 1t Hoppen7
So-called protective" law suits
have been filed in New York, Mary
land, Virginia, Connecticut, North
Carolina and Oklahoma, all depend
ing on outcome of the mass action
here.
When filed here, all but one
charged the crash took place in the
District. Witnesses have told vary
ing accounts of exactly where the
impact was. Part of the transport
and Capt. Rios plane fell into the
shallow waters of the Potomac near
the Virginia shore. The tail section
of the liner was barely on the Vlr-
ginia shore.
When the actions were filed here,
the Government Immediately filed
a motor to DISMISS on the grounds
that the crash occurred in Virginia.
The court rejected the motion. de-
claring it would decide such an i'm
portant question by settling on
dismissal plea.
Two months ago. Attorney Bress
asked the court to consolidate all
the cases for trial, but the Govern
ment filed another motion for dis
missal of this petition on the ground
that the situation created by its
approval would further complicate
the litigation.
Action on these motions will be the
green light for actual trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30
Mediterranean. Foil
Inclusion of Greece dnd Turkey in NATO
CIinches Argument for AIl-for-One Defense
BY Constantine Brown

out to his colleagues that while the
American Government still fully dis
approves of Frances military regime,
it had to accept the strong views Of
our Joint Chiefs of Staff and break
the political deadlock which had ex-
listed between this country and Spain
since the Potsdam Conference in 1945.
The Secretary is said to have pointed
out that our Chiefs of Staff and Gen.
Eisenhower were not alone in making
such a recommendation. The British
and French general stats declared
themselves fully in favor Of getting
Spain to join forces with those now
in readiness in Western Europe.
Messrs. Morrison and Schuman
drew the line in regard to Franco
Spain. Their governments, they said.
would be stoned out of Office if they
subscribed to the American plan. But
they declared that they would not
make more than platonic opposition
if America were to "go it alone" in
solar as Spain was concerned. The
State Department now has under
study a project for a mutual defense
agreement with the Madrid govern
ment. If and when this project ma
terializes, Spain will receive Ameri-
can support in exchange for naval
and air bases and Spain, in turn. will
agree to be obligated to come to
Americas help in conflict with the
Communists. Franco is said to con-
slider such a mutual defense agree
ment far more satisfactory than join
ing NATO.
Forces Strengthened
The Western coalition has been
greatly strengthened since these
three Mediterranean countries have
become partners, either directly as in
the cast Of Turkey and Greece or
indirectly as will be the case with
Spain.
With a moderate expenditure We
can increase substantially the fight
ing ability of the Yugoslav and
Spanish armies. These represent
trained force of close to 100000 men
with as many in the reserve. The
Greeks and the Turks have a WELL
trained and fairly well-equipped
force of at least 100000 men under
arms One million more trained men
can be available as soon as the nee
essary equipment reaches them. Re-
CARELESS of what the Russians can
do, the lines of communication from
the American arsenals to Mediter-
ranean ports can be kept open under
all circumstances.
The Southern Mediterranean can
offer not only adequate naval and
air bases but also important raw
materials. The entire area from
Egypt to Morocco is strongly anti
Communist but also strongly nation
alist. These people cannot understand
why the Western powers which used
to have large empires have accepted
the new trends and have given full
freedom to Indians, Indonesians and
Burmese while they are still treated
as dependent" nations.
SHAPE (Gen. Eisenhower's overall
general staff for the West) is firmly
convinced, from the strictly military
point of view, that the Mediterranean
is of far greater immediate strategic
Importance than any other section Of
the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-30

Recent data on evaporation are
quite startling. Only 3 inches of
rain fall in year at Yuma, Ariz., but
the dry air of the West will suck up
1877 inches of water there from test
pan, or reservoir. in a year. The
idea that water could be stored and
held almost indefinitely at full value.
is completely out of date.
Slender information Bosis
The most surprising thing of all.
however, is that no engineering prof.
ect of similar scope has ever been
undertaken on such slender informa-
ton as to the water supply itself. In
the Southwest. everything now de-
ponds on how much water f,ovs to
Lake Mead from the watershed of
the Colorado. The presumed average
is 16-million acre-feet per year. This
equals run-off of about Ia inches
for each square mile of drainage area.
1t is obvious that the lower the aver
age rainfall the more vulnerable
system is to droughtS, since the raw
ages of the drying-up process &C
celerate rapidly once started. AS con-
trasted with only / u inches of run
off for each square mile of drainage
basin on the Colorado, the Volga has
a centurieS-old average of about
inches and the Columbia and the
Tennessee have about 10 and Is
inches, respectively.
However. the 16-million acre-feet
average at Lake Mead each year is
based on the flimsiest of data. Loose
records date back only to 1899, and
close records have been kept only
since 1921. Although the Hoover
Dam can hold about two years nor
NAL flow Of the Colorado, there have
been two years within the short
period of a record in which the flow
has fallen to four and eight million
acre-feet each.
BY rather complicated process in
dividual experts have calculated the
probable average flow of the Colorado
past the Hoover Dam site as far back
as 1920. Those calculations, while
admittedly imperfect. cannot be en-
tirely ignored in view of the i'm
portance of this question in connec-
ton with our war plans over long
period of time. They indicate that
there have been stretches of three
to five years in which the average
has been less than million acre-feet
per year. Should such a drought re-
cur, war production In the Southwest
would be practically paralyzed.