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Evening star., 1953-12-15
Wants Action

I submit that we should not be con-
cerned with history's verdict of coun-
try Gepraved enough to use an atom
bomb We have already used it against
Japan, and find that country today one
of oul Staunchest allies.
Tile fact that forty-odd bombs have
been exploded in experiment sounds
extravagant, particularly when each of
us c'iuld with the help of map, select
targets they might profitably have been
used against-Moscow, Leningrad, etc.
can think of no one who faces the
facts Squarely who would regret to see
Russia laid waste. I think most people
would be relieved.
CatO
Evening star., 1953-12-15

to the explanations, but force has not
been used to make them attend these
sessions. 1t is precisely India's refusal
to use force-backed by the Swedish
and Swiss NNRC members-that has
caused the present tie-up.
Dr. Rhee. it would appear, would do
we'll to acquaint himself with the facts
before making such irresponsible.
unwarranted attacks against nation
that is doing much for the cause Of
world peace.
Veritas.
Evening star., 1953-12-15
Foreign Policy

We are appalled, by the spectacle OF
an American President and an Ameri-
can Secretary of State attempting to
cover up for their abandonment Of
American soldiers still enSlaved by the
Communists in Korea and Manchuria
with high-f1own. hypocritical talk
about "allied unity" and sovereign ma
tions."
What cold -blooded cruelty that Eisen-
hover and Dulles should express more
solicitude over Britain's trade interests
than in the lives of Americans who went
to Korea to fight and perhaps to die,
but not to be betrayed by Government
too appeasement-mind to stop the
trade that builds up the Reds who hold
Americans captive.
M. L. Fischer.
BROOKLYN. N. Y
Evening star., 1953-12-15

pairing to show Congress how the undertaking
can be started. The interest being shown by
the architects organization in the clear-tf1e-
Mall movement is welcome. It will take the
united and persistent efforts of such private or
ganizations and Of public agencies and officials
to bring the long campaign to fruition.
Evening star., 1953-12-15
An Affront to Trunsit Riders

The affront to Capital Transit riders
voiced by E. Cleveland Giddings, as
reported In The Star Of December 10.
burns this bus rider up. Says Mr.. Gid
dings. identified as vice president Of
CTC in charge of public relations:
Evening star., 1953-12-15
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any ques-
tion of fact by writing The Evening, Star In
formation Bureau. 1900 Eye st. NV. WASH
ington S. D c.. Please incose 8 cents for
return pnstaRe
Evening star., 1953-12-15
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

O. Which is more tiring to the eyes,
looking up or looking down?-P. P. G..
A. Looking upward is more tiring.
according to the Better Vision Institute.
@. How many years did 1t take to
develop the atomic bomb?-A. McB.
A. The atomic bomb was years in
development and production before its
limited use in 1945.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
vice-President Nixon To Head
Fair Employment Practice Committee

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. II
-(DSN)-President Eisenhower,
from Denver Colorado, last Thurs
day named the vice-president of
the United States, Richard M.
Nixon, as chairman, and eight 9TH
er members, including John Roose-
welt, son of the late Democratic
President Franklin D.. Roosevelt,
for the Government contract COM
mittee, a newly constituted organi-
cation to combat discrimination in
employment against Negroes, and
other minority groups in plants
holding government contracts.
A prominent Negro attorney Of
Chicago, J. Ernest Wilkins, was
appointed by the President to serve
as vice-chairman of the committee.
In addition to Nixon, Wilkins
and Roosevelt, the President APP
pointed:
Fred Lazarus Jr., Cincinnati de-
partment store executive and vice.
president Of the American Jewish
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
England Studies
Belgian Policy

LONDON, Aug. 17.-Well in
formed correspondents in London
have indicated that the British Am
bassador to Belgium, Sir Chris
topher Warner, has returned to
Brussels after a visit to the Bel
gian Congo which had a foreign
trade in 1852 of about $500 million
the highest in its history.
1t is further reported that in
the future every British Ambas-
sador to Belgium will be expected
to make this trip during the oc-
cupation of the post. Sir Chris
topher has continually insisted on
the Importance of the Congo in the
total economy of Belgium. There
fore, the British Foreign Office
has made the trip to the Congo
mandatory for all British ambas-
sailors to Belgium.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Natl Dentists Aux.
Elects neWPrexv

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (Global)
The charming new President OF
the National Dental Association
Auxiliary is Mrs. B. H.. Atkinson
of Griffin, Georgia. She was elect
ed at meeting of the Auxiliary
held in conjunction with NDA Con-
vention here August 81.
After impressive installation
ceremonies at the organizations
luncheon last Thursday, Mrs. At
kinson, in an absorbing and gra-
cious speech accepting the office,
promised unstinting service in the
performance of her duties.
The luncheon Of the NDA Auxil-
iary's 18th annual meeting was
held in the well-appointed Forest
Room of Philadelphia,!s swank
Continued On Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22

PEACE ARCH PARK, U. S.
Canada Border near Blaine, Wash,
Aug. 16.-Paul Robson sang songs
of peace and freedom to an inter-
national audience of at least $4,000
at his second annual outdoor con-
cert here today.
Despite overcast skies, people
poured in an interrupted stream
for five hours across the borders
of Canada and the U. S. onto the
broad green plain and grassy hill
side overlooking the massive Peace
Portal for which the park was
named.
AS Robson crossed the border
with an honor guard of Negro and
white trade unionists at 2 pm. he
WAS Immediately met and sur
rounded by a cheering Canadian
American throng which proudly
escorted him to an improvised
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Negro Woman
Given Law Post

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IT,
City Solicitor Abraham L. Freed
man this week announced the APP
continent of Mrs. Doris May Har.
ris as assistant city solicitor.
Mrs. Harris is the second Negro
lawyer named under the new Dem
ocratic administration of the cit,
Of Philadelphia. Matthew Bullocl
S also member of the city's lega
staff.
The woman lawyer formerly haC
law offices in South Philadelphia.
where she was associated will
Harvey N. Schmidt and Clifford
s. Green.
A graduate of Howard Umvers-
ity and the law school of the U
yersity of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Har
ris is the wife of Walter P. Harris
scion of one of Philadelphia's old
est and most respected families
certified public accountant.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22

Committee.
GEORGE MEANY, president of
the American Federation Of Labor.
CLIO President Walter P. Reu-
Their.
John L. McCaffrey of Chicago,
president Of the International Har-
vester Co.
John Minor Wisdom, New Or
leans attorney and Louisiana Re-
publican national committeeman.
Mrs. Helen Rogers Reid, chair
man of the board of the New York
Herald Tribune.
The President Set up the COM
mittee last Thursday as a 14-mem-
Der body. By executive order Sat
urday he added a 18th member.
In addition to the members he
named the committee which will
include representatives of the
Commerce, Defense, Justice and
Labor department plus the Atomic
Energy Commission and the Gen
eral Service Administration.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Joe Louis Film
To Be Released
In Mid-SeptembeI

Joe Louis, former worlds heavy
weight champion, is the latest
. sports personality to have his full
Wife story told by Hollywood, ac-
c2rding to m announcement by
United Artists.
Their forthcoming film "The Joe
louis Story" will be released in
mid-September with a world pre-
miere in Chicago and Detroit ST.
simultaneously.
The famous Brown Bomber does
not appear in the film himself
except in the scenes which show
him in some of his most notable
fights. His role is taken by an
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
new ANTI-BIAS Committee SEEN
AS A CHALLENGE TO CONGRESS

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 - The
action of President Eisenhower in
setting up the Government Con-
tract Committee announced today
in Denver merits the gratitude of
thousands who are now denied a
chance to work or use their highest
skills in the mills and factories
that hold government contracts"
Walter White and Clarence Nit
rhell. executive secretary and
WASHINGTON bureau director, re-
spectivelv. of the National Asso-
riation for the Advancement of
Colored Peonle, said in a joint
statement today.
This action, they said. "reaf-
firms the important principle that
those who do business with the
United States shall not refuse en-
Dlovment to qualified nersons sole
ly because of race. religion or ma
tional origin. This move of the
Chief Executive is a challenge to
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Negro Housewives
Convention Slated
For Cincinnati

DURHAM, N. c., Aug. 18.-Ne-
gro housewives from the East and
South went on a journey to Gin
cinnati on August II for their
first acknowledgements ma
tional convention. Formerly, con-
ventions Of the National House
wives League Of America were
held as an auxiliary Of the Ma
tional Negro Business League.
Since its inception in 1888, the
Housewives league has developed
into an organization of Is active
chapters, located in most Of the
principal cities east Of the Missis-
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
South Africa
Backs ''Separate
But Unequal Bill"

JOHANNESBURG, South At
RIGA, Aug. ia bill specifically
designed to circumvent the Appeal
Courts decision stating racial dis
elimination is illegal here unless
equal facilities are provided for
all races, has been introduced in
Parliament by Prime Minister
Daniel F. Malan's Nationalist
party.
The Reservation of Separate
Amenities bill, if passed, would
contain the sweeping provision
that apartheid, Malan's particular
brand of rascism, would still be
legal even if no facilities at all
were available to non-whites. 1t
would also allow anyone in control
OF public conveyances or public
premises to enforce apartheid
whenever he deems it expedient."
A fine of nearly $3.50 and or
three months in Jail is prescribed
for violators who would willfully
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Foreign Mission
Work Of Zion
Church Praised

NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-(Spe-
ciaD-The foreign mission work
Of the African Methodist Episcopal
Zion Church is in the healthiest
condition it has ever enjoyed in
recent history. 1t is progressing
rapidly both in direct Christian
work and in it's educational pro-
gram, and some of it's centers of
operation are the present hotbeds'
Of African tumult.
These were the facts brought
put at the Correctional Council
meeting in Cleveland when re-
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
New School
Equalization
Suit Filed In
North Carolina
Negro Parents Balk
At Sending Children
Is Miles To School

ASHEVILLE, N. c., Aug. II
A complaint by 26 parents on be-
half of IS Negro school children
from Old Fort, N. c., was filed
here in Asheville last Monday in
the Federal Court of the Western
North Carolina District charging
the Board of Education of Nc
Dowell County with discrimination
against the Negro children of the
town Old Fort. The complaint
charges the Board of education
with failure to provide school ia
cilities as have been provided
white children.
The school authorities have 20
days in which to answer the COM
plant which seeks to have the
court declare the act Of discrimi-
nation as unconstitutional under
the 14th amendment of the Con-
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Negro Enters
Wavcross Race

WAYCROSS, Ga, Aug. ia
Negro Saturday entered the race
for seat on the city board of edu-
cation.
w. w. Howell, secretary of the
Waycross Democratic Executive
Committee, said Charles E. Davis,
an insurance official, qualified for
the city primary slated for Sept.
II. Davis seeks the position now
held by DR.. Lovick w. Pierce.
Also in the race is William Hood
a furniture store executive. Pierce
who has not yet qualified, was not
available for comment on Davis
entry.
Davis is the first Negro to quail.
ify for Waycross election.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Negro P0w's The Majority Of j
Americans Freed Last Sunday Say
Reds Tried To Condition Them
Not TO Resist Appeal Of Communism
When Back In United States
Despite Intensity OF Red Propaganda
And Intimidation Efforts Very Few
Negro Prisoners Accepted Them

NEW YORK, Aug. 18-CDSN)
American Negro soldiers return
.ng from Communist prisoner of
War Camps have charged that the
communist practiced fragrant seq
regation policies in the camps and
attempted to instill vicious racial
and class hatred into Negro Prison
RS according to a report filed by
John j. Casserly, International
News Service Correspondent from
Freedom Village exchange point
for American prisoners of war in
Korea.
They said Red Chinese ''indoc-
trination" was so severe in some
cases in stressing class struggle
hat some of the prisoners became
mentally unbalanced for prolonged
periods of time.
The majority of the Americans
reed by the Communists Sunday
we're Negroes, most of them from
he notorious Camp Number Five
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
n. c. Negroes
Seek Policemen

WASHINGTON, N. c., Aug. 49,
Negro leaders Of this city last week
make further moves to get the city
to appoint Negro police. The effort
is spearheaded by the Civic League,
composed of leading Negro citizens
The league is making an effort
to have the City Council back its
proposal for the naming of Ne
groes to the city police force. One
report said the sponsors of the
police appointment project desire
that Negroes be appointed to work
in the section Of the city which
gives much trouble to the COM
munity.
The Negro citizens Of Washing
ton have in recent years taken a
more active part in civic work,
sports, and general community pro-
Continued On Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
NAACP Asks
Breakdown On
VA Segregation

NEW YORK, Aug. II = Walter
White, executive secretary of
JAACP, has asked President
Eisenhower to crack down on >segre-
cation in Veterans Administration
hospitals.
In letter to the President, Mr..
White cites communication from
ice Admiral Boone, chief medical
irector of the VA, addressed to
JAACP attorney Jack Greenbere
n which the VA official asserts
| policy of permitting individual
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
copiah County
Priesthood Conf.
Set For Sept. 8

HAZELHURST, Miss, Aug. II
= Especially = Mrs. F. EsteIla
ninth, Jeanes Supervisor of Copiah
County has made the following an
nouncements:
The Copiah County Pre-school
conference will be held Thursday.
September Bird at Parish High
School, Hazelhurst. The conference
will not be held in the courtroom
as usual because of remodeling of
he court house is yet unfinished.
The morning session will begin
at 10 Am. with the Jeanes Super
visor in charge. The County Super
intendent of Education will ad-
dress the teachers. The Elementary
Supervisor will make important
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
0LICE BRUTALITY CONDEMNED BY POLICE CHIEFS
Local Chief Says Beatings By
Policemen In Violation Of Policy
Of The Jackson Police Department

Chief of Police W. D. Rayfield
and Chief of Detectives M. B
Pearce, of the Jackson Police De-
partment condemned all forms of
police brutality and told the Jack
son Advocate in a conference in
the Municipal Court Building last
Saturday morning that beatings
by arresting officers are in viola
ton of the fixed policy of the
Jackson Police Department.
= The conference with the editor
of the Jackson Advocate came as
a result of Police Department in
vestigation of the rash of police
beatings of Negroes on Parish
Street which developed after a pc
tition had been presented to city
officials calling for more law en-
forcement on Parish Street, the
most recent case being the beating
of c. T. Butler in downtown Parish
Street early Saturday afternoon
now three weeks ago.
The report of the Butler Incl
dent aroused widespread concern
and complaint from responsible
Negro citizens of the city and
led to its investigation, as we'll as
other such incidents, by Chief of
Detectives Pearce; whose investi-
cation revealed that Butler had a
long criminal record and had been
sentenced three times to the State
Prison.
In stating the policy of the Jack
son Police Department in regard to
police beatings and brutality Chief
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
$4,000 At Paul Robson Concert

truck-bed platform beneath the
great arch.
Among those greeting the great
Negro artist were leaders of the
British Columbia district of Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers Union,
sponsors for the second consecu-
tive year of the international day
Of song and brotherhood.
The huge outdoor concert was
born last year after U. S. Immi-
grafton authorities had denied
Robson permission to enter Can
ada to sing at the Mine-Mill Union
Continued On Page Two).
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Max yergan
Draws Fire
OF White

NEW YORK, Aug. Is - Max
Yergan's commentator Of the ap-
pointment Of Gov. James F. Byrnes
to the United States delegation to
the United Nations is incredible. )"
Walter White, executive secretary
of NAACP, said this week in reply
to the former executive director
of the Council on African Affairs.
DR.. Yergan, in letter published
in New York dailies, said: 1.-THE
appointment Of Governor Byrnes to
the American delegation is in the
interest of this country and is to
be commended"
Ignoring the South Carolina gov
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Mercer mcCooI
Group At Jackson
College Aug. Il

Hear Mr.. Mercer McCool and his
Talents for Christ Team" Friday
night, August 21st, at 7 o'clock, in
mis- Brush talk, "Christ the Man."
Dansby Hall, Jackson College.
Mr.. Mercer McCool is noted for
his unique way in presenting "The
Brush Talk" 1t is extremely eff
fective in inspiring Christians to
i've a more consecrated life. Mr..
McCool organized Talents for
Christ" and various outstanding
personalities have made very in
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Listing Of Jurors
By Race On
Way Out In
Fulton County

ATLANTA, Aug. 1.-THE listing
If prospective jurors by race is on
the way out in Fulton county CAT
lanta).
After hearing Superior Judge E.
E. Andrews explained that the U
5. Supreme court has held it
''prima facie evidence of discrimi-
nation" to list Negro environment
on different-colored slips of paper
six jury commissioners set about
he aduous task of compiling a
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Jacksn District
AmE Youth
Groups Hold
Conference

The Sunday School, A. c. E. Lea
que, Y. P. D. and Woman's Mis-
sionary Society of the Jackson Dis
trict convened Aug. 81 at Oak
Grove AME Church near Benton,
Miss. *<Ss
Under the most eligible and pow
erful leadership of our Presiding
Elder William Ports, the conven-
ton went along smoothly and or
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Native Union
Faces South
African Action

JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa,
Aug. II - Behind the facade of
race segregation and with the con-
nivance of the Malan government
an over increasing number of Afri-
cans and non-whites have become
industrial workers in South Africa
To have blocked them would have
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
New Orleans
Gets Thirteenth
Negro Policeman

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. II.
-(SpeciaD-The 18th Negro Of
ficer appointed to the New Orleans
Police Department was announced
this week by Chief Of Police Joseph
l.. Scheuering.
He is Patrolman Willie A. Bia-
gas, 28, 1922 Camp street, Navy
veteran, who was assigned to the
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Oxford Whites Aid
Negro Mother of IL

OXFORD, Miss, Aug. 19-Fred
ind Sara Jones own two pigs, 20
acres of cotton, very little furni-
ure, and, with the recent birth of
,riplets, an even dozen children.
Some of the Jones' white towns
people became somewhat concerned
over their plight. After the births
If Jerry Gay, Perry Ray, and
Cherry May, quite few offers of
lid came in.
Avent's Dairy, for example, is
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Tureaud Toad
Son To Enter LSU

NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. II
Attorney A. P. Tureaud, noted vet
eran lawyer of this city who has
made vast inroads in gaining civil
rights for his people in this state
said this week that this battle is
now very close to home, in fact, at
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Negro In Line For
Manhattan Post

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 = (Spe-
'iaD = Election of a Negro as
president of the Borough of Man
haitian was virtually assured Fri
av by withdrawal of the last two
white candidates for party nomi
nations to that post.
Those withdrawing were assem-
)lyman' Herman Katz, Tammany
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Atlanta Is EIks
Town USA For
Organizations
54th Annual
Convention
Welcome Mat Out AS
City Awaits More
Than $4,000 Visitors

ATLANTA-Elks Town, U.S.A.,
viii be Georgia's No. city during
August 1928 That's when the well
come mat will be rolled out to dele
gates from 1900 lodges and tenn
pies in the United States and it's
possessions.
More than 10000 visitors, many
Of them journeying into the deep
Continued On Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Negro Lenders
Invest 100000
In Insured Farm
Mortgage Loans

WASHINGTON, d. C.-During
the past four years Negro insur-
ance companies, fraternal organi-
cations and bank have invested
more than 100000 in the insured
arm mortgage program in coop
Grafton with the Farmers Home
Administration of the Department
OF Agriculture, it was announced
this week.
The largest amount of money
advanced for this purpose by a
Continued On Page Eieht)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Negro And White
Workers In Eight
State Rebellion
Against Dixie
Labor Leader
Urged White Workers
To Secede From Union
Because Of Vigorous
Equal Right Program

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 18.-Morc
than 5000 Negro and white pack
inghouse workers in eight South
ern states this week were in open
rebellion against their Dixie Di-
rector who urged them to "secede'
from the Northern section of the
giant United clearinghouse Work
ers of America, CLIO, in order to
escape its vigorous Equal Rights
Program.
Fresh charges of outstanding
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
Mrs. Sue M. Lewis
Seeks $250.000
For Death Of
Husband From
/. c. Railroad
Damage Suit Filed
Here Is Largest In
History Of State

The largest case of it's kind in
the history of the state was re
corded here last Monday when
Mrs. Sue M. Lewis, local widow
filed $250,0O0 damage suit
against the Illinois Central Rail-
road.
The suit filed by Mrs. Lewis on
behalf of herself and her seven
Continued On Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-08-22
AMEz Bishop
Walls Lauds
Bishop Oman

CLEVELAND, O., Aug. IT,
Bishop William J. Walls, senior
bishop Of the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion church, dashed out
Continued On Page Eight