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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-07-12
CHURCH GROUP CALLS FOR
FAIR ELECTIONS CODE"

NEW YORK = Six national re-
ligiOus leaders in the United Stat
es this week joined in urging the
national Republican and Democra-
tic parties to adopt a 'Fair Elec-
tiOns Practices Code" to eliminate
racial and religious prejudices
from the presidential campaign and
setting up machinery to police any
violations.
The leaders are: The Ri. Rev.
Henry Knox Sheriff., Greenwich.
president of the National Council
of the Churches of Christ in the
U. S. A.; the Most Rev. Edwin V.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-07-12
Negro Banking
Institutions Gain
Half Million In
Assets In
six Months
Report Reveals Negro
Eager And Willing
TO Do Business
With Negroes

NEW YORK. (GL0BALl-Car-
yer Federal SAVINGS and Loan As
ISOLATION. one of the fastest grow
ing banking institutions in the
country. managed by Negroes. in
creased its assets bv approximately
= half million dollars during the
first six months Of 1852, il was
revealed this week the issuing of
the senni-annual financial state
ment. Total assets as of June 30
were close 10 two and "a half mil
lion dollars.
Officials of Carver credit this
phenomenal growth to the public
confidence that the three-vear-old
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The order was designed to re-
lieve six men in white companies
on daytime duty so they could go
on annual leaves.
However, Fred Literal, deputy
fire chief, who was acting fire
chief Saturday while Sutton was
ON leave, said that after hearing
from these three he conferred with
Sutton by telephone, and it was
decided to cancel the order until
further notice"
Sutton said that he expects 70
be called by the commissioners
this week to discuss what to do
next. Cancellation OF the order
leaves his department with three
possible choices in solving its man
power situation.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-07-12
Upstate Man
Charged With
Striking White
matron
Bond Is Set At $500

Columbus, Miss, July - (Spe-
ciaD = John D. Easley, 2O-year-
old Negro cotton mill worker was
arrested here last Saturday night
and charged with attacking Mrs.
w. F. Backstrom, a prominent
white woman, the widow Of we'll
known lumber man Of this section,
who was hit on the back of the
head with a brick as she sat on the
porch of her northside residence
holding grand child on her lap.
Easley was arrested an hour af-
ter the incident after a passerby
whose identity was not revealed,
told police that he saw him coming
out of the yard of city councilman
C. T. Goforth.
Shortly before his arrest in con-
nection with the Backstrom Incl
dent Easley had been accused of
making Suspicious" advances to-
ward another white woman, wife of
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-07-12

Kerr. Rice said that although the
two NEGRO delegates, Charlie Bet
It's of Wichita, and Mrs. Mavme
Elliott Bowling of Emporia, had
not only committed themselves to
presidential candidate, he be-
l'eves that they will vote along
with the state delegation.
Mrs. Edith Burgess of linton,
Ia, who also appeared on the Kerr
television show told the press OF
speech made in her state by
convention delegate, James Rhodes
OF Des Moines, la.
Rhodes, who is chairman of the
labor relations committee of the
N. A. A. c. p, was appointed to
the committee to notify the vice
Continued on Page Severn
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Coming Contest For Seats At
Democratic National Convention
Arouse Keen Interest Among
Negro Citizens In Mississippi

Jackson, Miss, July 8 = (DSN)
The coming contest between
the Loyal Democrats and the Dixie
Gratis for seats at the Democratic
National Convention which con-
venes on July 81 in Chicago has
aroused keen interest among the
Negro voters of the state.
The chief difference between
the loyal Democrats and the Dixie
Gratis is that the Loyal Democrats
have pledged to support the party
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-07-12
Youthful Lovers
Quarrel Ends With
killing Here
16-Year-Old Girl
Held For Murder

A quarrel between youthful low
ers was responsible for the STAY
ing of Willie Lee Brown who was
stabbed to death in a fight at 3l5
East Church Street here last Fri
day night.
Brown, who was 10, was stabbed
to death by his 16-year-old former
girl friend, Nora Mae Lampley,
who used butcher knife in the
Staying.
According to reports, Brown,
who had been drinking. went to
Continued on Page Severn
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O'Hara, Kansas City, Mo-. Bishop
OF the Roman Catholic Archdiocese
OF Kansas City; Rabbi Simon G.
Kramer, New York City, president
OF the Synagogue Council of AM
erica; DIR. George N. Shuster, Stan
ford, Conn.,, president of Hunter
College of New York City and
prominent Catholic layman; DR..
Arthur 5. Flemming, Delaware, O..
vice president, and chairman of
the Division of Christian Life and
Work, National Council of the
Churches of Christ in the U. S. A.:
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-07-12
Taft Goes On
Record Against
Segregation

HERSHEY, Senator Rob
ert A. Taft, of Ohio who is slug
ging it out with General Dwight D.
Eisenhower for the Republican
nomination for President. went or
record here last Tuesday for wip-
ing out racial segregation in the
public school system of the Dis
trict of Columbia where the Fed
eral Government has unquestioned
jurisdiction.
At conference here with Penn
Continued on Page Five)
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TupeIo Woman
Is Slain In
Street Shooting
Slayer Attempts
Suicide

Tupelo, Miss, July 8.-(SpeciaD
A young Negro woman, Jose
phine Morris Burt. was knocked
down and shot to death as she
lay in the gutter alongside her en-
ployer pleading for help here Mon
day in a downtown street scene,
witnessed by a crowd Of more than
100 people.
The slayer was 27-year-old Jim
ME Lee Williams who is believed
to have worked himself into a
jealous rage after a falling cut
with the slain woman with whom
Continued on Page Five)
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GORE ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT
NEA AS CONVENTION RECORDS
LARGEST NEGRO ATTENDANCE

Detroit, Mich. = The National
Education Association elected DR..
George W. Gore, Jr., president of
Florida A. and M. College, ITALIA
hassee, one of its eleven national
vice presidents during the closing
session of it's Goth annual conven-
ton and 31st delegate assembly in
Detroit last week.
DR.. Gore, who is a life member
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-07-12
White Merchant
Slain In U pstate
Negro Held In
Secret Jail

Macon, Miss, July 8.-(DSN)
}. A. Kemp, a white man, the
operator of a store at Lynn's
Creek near Brooksville, few miles
north of Macon in Noxubee County
was shot to death in front of his
store by Negro man shortly be-
fore noon Saturday.
The Negro man, Jabo Shelton
was arrested later in the same day
and is being held in a secret jail
pending charges in connection with
the shooting.
According to reports the store
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-07-12

The ALI expense Scholarship
which is offered by Talladega Col
lege each spring through COM
petitive examination was won this
year by Harvey Anderson of Heart
of Mary High School, Mobile, Ala
bama.
The scholarship amounts to
$650.00 per year and is renewable
for a total period of four years if
the students achievement warrants
it.
Other scholarships ranging from
$3.50 to $275 were granted to high
ranking students.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-07-12

candidates what ever the platform
and who ever the candidates may
be. The Dixiecrats have adopted
what at this time maybe regard
ed as wait-and-see attitude re
garding the action of the National
Convention, and still harbors the
threat of boiling the party and
walking out of the convention and
joining with boilers from other
southern states in an attempt to
Continued on Page Two)
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of the NEA, has been active in the
association for several years. His
election as vice president of the
95-year-old professional associa-
ton marked the first time that a
Negro had tried for a national post
in the organization. He was UNI
opposed in his candidacy.
Several Negro educators have,
Continued on Page Five)
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Editorial In Praise
Of DR.. A, Davis

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July 8.
DR.. Lawrence A. Davis, the
newly appointed director of the
Point Four program in Liberia
last week was praised as being ar
example Of modern "Horatio
Alger."
In tracing MS rise from obscur-
Continued on Page Six
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zee Candidate For Tennessee State LEGISLATURE
ruman In Letter
To NAAcP Says
He's Still For Civil
Rights Program

ThunderOus Applause
GreetS Mitchell AS He
Reads Fortnight
Message From
White House
SAYS HE HAS TRIFD TO
APPEAL TO CONSCIENCE
OF THE NATION
Oklahoma City, OKLA, July T.
THE ten-point program | sent to
Congress in 1913 is still my civil
rights program" declared Presi-
dent Harry S. Truman, in a two
page letter written to Walter
White and dispatched to Oklahoma
City Tuesday.
The letter, read by Clarence
Mitchell Of the Washington Blu
Continued on Page Six
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Patr0ni7e Our Advertis.
ers - Their Advertising
in this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
Evening star., 1952-05-30

slowly, but Frenchmenb are be-
ginning to catch on.
S. Fear Of another war. This
extends to a fear of possible
retaliatory action against indi-
viduals II the Soviet armies do
invade France and occupy it.
Thus door-to-door canvassers
got up to 10000, 900 signatures
for the famous Stockholm peace
petition by, intimidation and
threats Of reprisals.
6. Weakness Of the "left wing"
. opposition to communism. The
Communist Party is about the
only place French workers can
find militant leadership and
political allies. The Socialists
are weak. and there are no other
labor parties.
Z. Infiltration In key positions
in the public service and In the
national economy.
\
8. Exploitation Of economic
and social conditions. But social
change alone would not soblit-
crate Communist politics and ac-
tivities here, as it is basically
an instrument Of Soviet policy
In foreign countries. Strikes are
a frequently used weapon and
agitation is the principal mani
festation. One would think that
communism thrives among the
workers poorly paid in industry.
but it has considerable strength
even among the highly paid
skilled workers. where propa-
ganda has been effective through
Communist leadership.
France is well aware that
many who vote for the Com
munist Party aren't disloyal or
interested in Soviet Russia, and
while the Communist influence
in politics is indirectly power
full, it can be stated that the
non-C Communist parties, which
control "a per cent of the vote
and an overwhelming majority
OF the seats in the French Ma
tional Legislature. are increas-
ingly vigilant. They are deter
mined not to get ensnared in
Communist conspiracies. though
every now and then anti-gov-
ernment speakers and publicists
do give the impression that,
while they have no use for COM
munism, they are not unwilling
to adopt policies that play into
the hands Of Soviet Russia.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1952-05-30

absorption Of United States
troops by the Korean fighting
has left that area relatively un-
guarded while the Japanese are
only just beginning to rearm
Tor their own defense.
It is freely admitted at the
Pentagon and by Gen. Ridgway
when he was here that the Reds
have been using the truce to
build up their forces. Some esti-
mates put a million men in their
present armies and they are
conceded a more powerful air
force.
The end Of the truce after
eleven months roughly comedies
with the firm establishment of
West German independence and
rearmament. Should the Rus
slams decide to move in Ger
many. it obviously would be
helpful to them to tie down as
many United Nations forces as
possible in Korea and the Far
East.
1t is reasonable to assume also
that they are taking into ac-
count the confusions. disrup-
tions and animositieS of the
United States election year. It
Is an old habit Of insulated
police states to overestimate
the divisions OF American poll
ttics. It is nonetheless true that
this particular presidential elec-
ton Is arousing strong and di-
Evening star., 1952-05-30
Doris FIeeson:
Doris FIeeson:
runnon's Carefree Air Vonishes
President Wihhods Comment New Red Threats in Korea
Until Aeheson Returns From Europe This Week End

The carefree air which has
distinguished President Truman
since he announced he would
not run for reelection vanished
Thursday when he was asked
about new Red threats in Korea.
He said only that he could not
comment until he talked to Sec
retary Acheson, who returns
from Europe this week end.
The SOLDERING facts appear to
be these:
While there has been no in
dication that the Chinese and
North Korean Communists are
making any new moves, their
threats to do so are being
studied carefully. This is be-
cause they have the capability
to attack again In Korea, far
more openly than before; in
1ndo-China which is already the
scene Of continuous guerilla
warfare, and. for the first time.
in Northern Japan.
Conceivably they also could
strike at Formosa, island
stronghold Of the Chinese Ma
ttonalists. This Is q less likely.
target. however, as the Navy re-
mains on guard there and has
tts orders never to relax its
vigilance.
Ironically, Northern Japan Is
more vulnerable now than
EoEmosa. The end Of the United
States occupation and the
Evening star., 1952-05-30

steadily by Communist sup
porters through both the press
and the radio.
In France a distinction must be
made between the political Com
munists, most Of whom are loyal
to France. and the Soviet ap-
paratus, which includes some
misguided Frenchmen and var
ious foreigners whose mysteri-
Gus connections are never re-
vealed. The Soviet strategy at
the moment is to keep o hard
core Of Communists for emer-
gencies but not to let the Com
munists generally take any
drastic steps that would bring
on measures Of repression. When
Gen. Eisenhower came to France.
there were demonstrations SINH
lar to those which the Commu-
niStS began more than q week
ago to prepare for Gen. Ridg-
ways arrival.
There were 28 per cent Of
the 20,000.000 French voters
or about 5,4O0, ,000-who voted
Communist In 1946, and there
are less than 26 per cent now.
There are believed to be not
more than $4,000 hard-core
Communists and probably not
more than 100000 card-carry-
ing Communists. Here are the
main sources of Communist
strength as summarized by those
here whose task it is to keep
an eye on Communist activity:
/. Thirty years of existence as
a class movement with several
hundred front" organizations.
2. The Soviet myth-the idea
that workers get BENEFITS in
Russia that they don't get else
where. The Frenchmen who
are uninformed tend to confuse
theoretical or ideal socialism
with the actualities in the
Soviet Union.
3. Revolutionary working
class traditions growing out of
19th-century socialism.
4. The patriotic myth. Al
though at first they worked with
the Nazis, the Communist agents
IN France changed the party
line when Hitler attacked Rus
STA in 1941 and the Communists
really helped to organize the
underground and resistance
movement in France, risking
their lives in the struggle. This
Is q myth that evaporates
Evening star., 1952-05-30
A Censorship Imposed by Fear
Senator Nixon Has Become Prophet Without Intending to-
Queries at Un-Americon Probe Hearing Show

House and Of its Un-American
Activities Committee during the
early part Of the Hollywood in
quiry. took no such position, but
rather the contrary.
The mistake is regretted and
an apology herewith offered.
A reference to the committee
record on the point here dis
cussed. which was in hearings
on October 20, 1947, is very
timely just now and has almost
a note Of prophecy. For it ap-
peared to indicate that Senator
Nixon, himself. was aware of
the danger to freedom in media
OF entertainment.
What Mr.. Nixon said, through
rhetorical questions, was SEEM
ingly in the nature of a rebuke
to Robert E. Stripping, then the
committees chief investigator,
for apparent implications in his
line Of questioning. Mr.. Strip
ling, who welded tremendous
influence in conduct of the In
vestigation. introduced the sub
ject himself by asking Sam
Wood, well-known producer:
From time to time have pic
lures been approved by Holly
wood which portray what we
might call the sordid side of
American life? Are you familiar
with pictures of this kind?"
Mr.. Wood replied, to para
phrase his remarks, that all
sides Of life should be photo
graphed, warned of the danger
Of censorship. and said that,
so far as the "sordid side of life
is concerned" he thought you
should let all things in pictures,
adding:
II think that If a story has
a good point to tt mean,
Grapes Of Wrath'-things hap
pen in America and I think we
should show It,"
Later, pursuing the subject
with the producer, Senator Nix
on asked:
ITO get clearly your attitude
because I think 1t Is important
Evening star., 1952-05-30

visive emotions. most of which
will disappear after the Ameri-
can people have made their
choice in November.
While such feelings hold sway
and during July at the ma
tional conventions they will
reach a peak-the country will
certainly be less unified than
normally. After many years
the strong nationalists, includ-
ing their isolationist alumni,
have their candidate in Senator
Taft. their eloquent spokesman
IN Gen. Macarthur. They are,
at least here in Washington,
vocal beyond even the highly
articulate opponents of United
States involvement in World
War II.
If the Russians are deceiving
themselves about what it means
in terms Of their opportunity to
strike, 1t would not be too sur
prising.
Gen. Eisenhower will see
President Truman Sunday, con-
fer with him again before going
to his Abilene. Kans.. homecom-
ing as q private citizen and an
active candidate for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination.
What the two men say and do
about the present tense situa-
ton will be a great test Of their
professed principles and per-
sonal regard for one another.
Evening star., 1952-05-30

receive. We went by train
troop sleeper-down Honshu Is
land, over to Kyushu, through
a seven-mile tunnel. We went
through almost every main jap
anese city, including Hiroshima.
THE countryside is well kept
and all the people seem to be
busy. Their fields are in con-
slant use and the villages are
fairly clean with many new
buildings present. The actual
countryside is green. with mar
row, beautiful valleys and sharp
mountains rising up in all
directions.
I'VE took of from - Air
Force Base and, an hour later,
landed in Pusan. Korea. It was
a warm day and we were loaded
into q big open semitrailer and
carted down a dusty, rough road
for 4 miles to q replacement
company. Stayed there until
train time. when they took US
into PuSan proper.
"The living example of the
Orient passed before our eyes.
Unbelievably crowded condi-
tions, with masses jammed into
streets. Shacks housing many
families. Children who seemed
not to have had a bath since
they were born. Human waste is
collected and used in their fields.
same as in Japan, but in Korea.
due to the conditions, it seemed
much more apparent to the nasal
passages. New trucks go hurting
by, native men walking with
A frames and their loads as
they have carried them for
1000 years. Life means nothing,
and o dead baby lay in the
gutter. sewage, where a truck
had hit it and some one had
thrown the baby. But, over all,
it was the absolute filth they
live in that struck me most.
Seemed impossible that any
child could last his first decade
without contracting some dis
ease. They have almost every
disease known to man and some
new ones. Once you have ar
rived here. there is no need for
the constant lecturing we re-
ceived on the way not to drink
their water or eat their food.
THE train ride was one I'll
Evening star., 1952-05-30

that we draw the lines clearly
from what you have indicated
you believe that no control
or shall we say criticism-should
be directed toward Hollywood
for making pictures like the one
Mr.. STRIPPING described, which
may point out the sordid side of
life in the United States?"
Mr.. Wood repeated that it
would be q great mistake to
have censorship. as such pic
lures might rectify something
wrong in our system.
Gas a matter of fact" MIR.
Nixon continued, isn't it true
that there are many pictures
which point up the weak fea-
lures Of our American system
which have been made by people
whose loyalty. insofar as COM
munism is concerned, is alb
solutely unquestioned? In other
words, people who are anti
Communist have made, and will
continue to make, pictures
which point up weaknesses in
our American system?"
The producer replied that If
it is q good subject it is made.
When asked by Mr.. Nixon if
he believed it was essential to
maintain that privilege, he
answered that it is very i'm
portant."
What has happened, as we
know, is that there has been
censorship - censorship self
imposed through fear, not by
any law-as is demonstrated by
what Is being shown on moving
picture and television screens
today. In short. that what Mr..
Wood said should not happen
has happened, and that Senator
Nixon has turned out to be .
prophet without perhaps in
tending it.
It is ventured here that the
Senator recognizes that. though
this is not asserted for Q fact.
One error Is enough.
Evening star., 1952-05-30
Constantine Browns
A Gl's Memorial Day in Korea
National Guurdsrnon in Letter Father Tells Of Moving Up
To Front Lines for First Time-in the Iron Triangle

always remember-the dirtiest,
roughest and most firing %
hours I have ever spent on a
train. It was an old coach with
wooden seats, two men per Sec
ton. windows lifted up. No
latrine facilities. no doors in
vestibules of cars. We ate c
rations for the whole trip, tried
to sleep stretched out on the
wooden seats. kept our windows
open even in the tunnels.
stopped every rs miles or so.
We tried to start OH at full
speed, with consequent severe
joiting and-wonder of won-
ders-had cold beer at Surwon
which brought jubilant cheers
for the dear old ON and PIX.
1.-THE Korean countryside is
the same as the japanese, ex-
cept mountains are much higher
and more rugged. People who
live in rural areas seem much
better of than urbanites-
which is to be expected; how
ever. filth is always present.
Train stopped at and
here we loaded on open trucks
for the half-hour ride up to
our Xth Replacement Co. Had
q shower and shave, first time
we had seen water. except to
drink and drink only, in 40
hours. Needless to say, it felt
wonderful :.
Can really tell you are getting
close, knocked out tanks along
side road. foxholes in sides Of
mountains. destroyed buildings
and bridges and everywhere
United States flags flying over
supply dumps, engineer installa-
tions and once in q while, q
U. N. flag alongside the United
States flag.
Thine to 60 zero carbine, and
in a few hours of for the line.
Here We go folks! Tis all over
except the big question DO
I have 1t when the chips are
down?' Will let you have the
answer soon
'All My Love"
So long as this spirit prevails
among the youngsters of this
country. America need not fear
for the future. however much
its politicians and "ideologists"
may blunder.