Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-01-05
Walter White...
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day the Associations committee
on administration voted contri-
button to the family for restora-
ton Of the home and ether ex-
penses. An appeal was sent out to
1000 NAACP branches throughout
the country asking for contribu-
tons, calling upon them to hold
memorial services for Mr.. Moore
on Sunday, January 6, and urging
that they request action by Attor-
ney-General McGrath.
Mr.. Moore died on the way to
hospital a few hours after the
bomb exploded beneath the floor of
his bedroom on Christmas night.
He and his wife, daughter and
mother-in -law, all of whom are
usually away from home in teach
ing positions, had gathered in
Minis to spend Christmas togeth-
err.
Coming less than two months
after the cold-blooded Staying of
Samuel Shepherd and wounding of
Walter Irwin, defendants in the
notorious Groveland 'rape" case,
by Sheriff Mccall Of Lake County,
Mr.. Moore's violent death stunned
many complacent persons into
realizing the full menace of the
recent pattern of terror in Florida,
including the bombing of Jewish
synagogues and centers, the bomb
ing of Negro housing project and
the attempted bombing Of a Catho-
lie churchAall in Miami.
Ernest Thomas, one Of the four
original victims of the Groveland
frame-up, was killed by a deputiz-
ed mob in the summer of 1949
shortly after the alleged crime
took place. Shepherd was slain on
November 6, 1851, en- route to court
for re-trial ordered by the U. S.
Supreme Court. Mr.. Moore became
the third Negro to lose his life
as result of the breakdown of law
and order in Florida since the
Groveland case.
White Answers Warren
Mr.. White today issued state
ment reiterating his charge that
Governor Warren "has consistently
refused to take any steps to uphold
law and order in the state" and
scoring the Florida governors de-
NAL through his press secretary, of
the charge.
"He Governor Warren) cites
the Investigations he ordered in
the killing of Samuel Shepherd
=. and the Miami bombings," Mr..
White said. "For this Staying, Nc
Call was not even suspended for a
single day and the Governors in
vestigator indicated the killing on
evidence that would not stand up
in any court of justice. Shepherd S
killer walks the streets of Tavares
free man today. Nor. has the
Governors investigation halted the
Miami bombings, which have been
going on for months. Just as Gov
ernor Warren defied the United
States Senate by refusing to ap-
pear before it's investigating COM
mittee, he has defied world opin-
ion by failing to act vigorously and
promptly to suppress lawlessness
in his state"
Mr.. White also noted yesterday
that the federal government has
not thus far "taken effective ac-
ton to bring the perpetrators of
these crimes to justice"
Victim Led Campaign To
Prosecute Mccall
Ever since the Shepherd-Irvin
shooting on election night, Mr.
Moore had been spearheading q
campaign throughout Florida to
bring about the Indictment anG
prosecution of Sheriff Mccall fol-
murder. He spoke at meetings
sponsored by NAACP branche:
throughout the state and circulated
petitions calling for justice in the
case.
Decrying the lack of rrecaution!
taken to safeguard Shepherd ane
Irwin, Mr.. Moore wrote Governor