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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
Negro And White
Farmers Share
Equally In
Grenada Harvest
Festival Awards
Sen. John G.. Stennis
Featured Speaker

GRENADA, Miss, Nov. 30
(SpeciaD-Negro and white farm
ers shared equally in a number of
500 and $50 awards given Nov
embcr Il at the second annual
Grenada Harvest Festival. Both
groups received the same total -
cunt of money, except for the
grand champion award of $500 in
cotton production, won by David
MaXey, white farmer of Holcomb.
who actually picked and ginned
over a bale and half per acre on
his five-acre contest plot.
This better farming program is
sponsored by the Grenada Cham
Der of Commerce.
United States Senator John c..
Stennis, featured speaker of the
day, praised the well-planned pro-
gram conducted with the coopera-
ton and understanding Of both
races.
"The program you have set up
here is glowing example OF what
can be done with the cooperation
of both the white and Negro citi-
zens Of the county-a program
that is destined to better the well
fare of all your citizens" Senator
StpnniS declared 81 sincerely hone
that other communities will follow
your excellent example"
DR.. Claude Walston, member of
the Grenada Negro Chamber of
Commerce. spoke on behalf of the
Negroes of the county and COM
mended Senator Stennis for his eff
forts in helping solve race prob
lens in the South.
The South does not have any
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
STATE NAACP HEAD URGE MOUND BAYOU TO NTEGRATE
Rhodesia Council
Members Quit
Over Race Issue
Against Program
For Cooperating
With Natives

LUSAKA. Northern Rhodesia,
Nov. 3C.-The question of extend
ing the franchise to native Afri-
cans is proving thorn in the
newly-formed Central African
Federation. The federation is made
IN of Southern Rhodesia. Northern
Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
The idea Of African participa-
ton in the political life on any
thing like an equal basis with Euro
peans does not set well with the
latter group.
The confederate party already
Continued on Page Two
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05

colored lawyers.
The three new members of the
Bar Association are members of
Kentucky State Bar Association.
Membership in the latter is legal
requisite to practice law i'm the
state. Most colored attorneys here
also being to the Falls City Bar
Association.
A graduate of Kentucky State
College, Atty. Anderson received
his law degree from Howard Uni
versity in 1881. Some four years
later he was elected as the first
Negro known To serve i'm the Ken
lucky state legislature. He was
elected five times.
In 1916 he was appointed as
sistant Commonwealth attornev,
serving for six years. A past pres
ident of the National Bar Associa-
ton, Anderson received the Howard
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
Second Negro
Soldier Must
Serve Is Years
On Rape Charge
Two Negro Officers
On Trial Board

FORT BRAGG. N. c., Nov. 80
The second Negro soldier has been
sentenced to a long term in prison
for the rape of a white woman.
He is Pvt. David Hollinger, Jr.,
%, who was found guilty by a
general court martial of raping
Mrs. Betty P. Sykes, 20, of Bur-
lington, and sentenced to Is years
Imprisonment.
An eight-man court board, in
Guiding two Negroes, deliberated
only Is minutes before finding the
youthful private guilty of the at
tack. Sentenced was decided after
some 80 more minutes of delibera-
ton.
Pvt. Hollinger was accused of
raping the woman while the two
were driving to Fayetteville in
Continued on Page FOUR
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
Boss Roy Harris
Denies Threat On
Student Editors
University OF Georgia
Student Paper Is
Against .JimcrOW

AUGUSTA, Ga, Nov. 30-Au-
gusta's Roy Harris, outspoken
white supremacist and regent Of
the University of Georgia System,
has denied that he would have
funds drawn from "Red and Black"
University of Georgia student Pub
LEGATION, if it continues to attack
racial segregation.
Harris, who publishes small
propaganda weekly here, said all
he did was warn the editors on
what might happen.
81 didn't threaten those college
boys. | just told them what was
going to happen-that the Univer-
Continued on Page FOUR
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
High Veterans
Administration
Official To
Visit Jackson

Word was received here this
week to the effect that George L.
Holland, assistant to the admins
traitor, Veterans Administration OF
Washington, highest ranking Ne
gro in the department will come
to Jackson, December $40 on an
official visit.
Nh. Hollands duties are con-
cerned with the welfare of Nj
nority Group veteran and then
problems in relationship with the
local Veterans Administrations.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
Prince Hall
masons Win
Suit Against
Oriental Faction

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Nov.
80 Especially = District Judge w.
A. Garlic rendered decision Tues
day, Nov. II, in favor of the most
Worshipful Prince Hall Gran d
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons
of the state of Oklahoma, restrain
ing the most Worshipful Oriental
Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Ac-
cepted Scottish Rite Masons Of
Oklahoma from forever operating
in the state of Oklahoma. The
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
James c. Gillian
Reelected Grand
Master OF State
Prince Hall
asons

Canton, Miss, Dec. flames c.
Gillian, of Clarksdale, was re-
elected Grand Master of the M.
w. Stringer Grand Lodge, Free
and Accepted Masons, largest and
Oldest Negro Masonic body of the
state.
The organization, with more
than $4,000 members, represented
here by 1000 delegates, is holding
its Annual Communication and
Grand Lodge Session here at Mt.
Zion Baptist Church.
The election of Gillian signaled
Continued on Page Two
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
African Unrest
Set To Spread

KURUKWATA, Belgian Congo,
Nov. 80 - If the present hos
pitality Of the Africans in the
Southern Sudan towards the North
erners develops into open unrest
after the elections and withdrawal
of the British District Commits
sioners, the trouble may spread to
the Congo and other Central Al
rican territories.
In this area the frontier BIZ
sects the Kakwa tribe. While the
Northern members of the tribe
were being urged to take part in
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
Toledo Attorney
Back On Council

TOLEDO, Ohio, Dec. flames
B. Simmons, Jr., last week re-
gained a seat in the City Council
here that he lost two years ago.
Simmons, 55, an attorney, polled
Al .349 votes i'm the city-wide coun-
cilmanic race, showing regarded
by politicians as impressive.
He finished sixth in the race
for nine seats. There were % con-
testants in the field.
Actually, only about 10000 Of
the votes cast for Simmons were
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
South African Writer Says Negroes
discovered" America 400 Years Ago

NEW YORK, Nov. 80. = From
London comes the biggest story of
the week. Negroes were in what
is now known as America 400 years
before Columbus landed in the
West Indies in 1892.
DR.. M. w. d. Jeffreys of the
University Of Witwatersrand in
Johannesburg, South Africa wrote
an article for the British Science
journal, Nature, declaring that
discoveries of pottery dating back
to the tenth century of the West
African Yoruban tribe, was decor
ated by rolling an Indian corn cob
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
State Negro
Citizens Show
Little Reaction
Over News OF
BroWneII Brief.
Supporting End Of
Segregation In
Public Schools
Legislature Hears
First Move To
Abolish State
Public School System

JACKSON, Miss. Dec. 2 (DSN)
A wide survey among prominent
and influential Negro citizens of
the state of Mississippi revealed
little if any special reaction to the
news Of the filing of a brief in the
u. s. Supreme Court last week by
u. S. Attorney General Brownell
in support of the five cases to
come up for hearing before the
u. s. Supreme Court this week
calling for the abolition of seq
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05

Mrs. Winds Jackson (readng ef) Eva
LefOre Mrs
Vida Bowden of Oktbbeha County Home demonstration of
long Wednesday
Mississippi Association
Their district Mrs
Dase Mrs. oie L. cited the of their
most silver
Agents Assn. evening affair
followed
dectabe bt and fun lasting until
Music by the Acorn College
Oh
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05

over the wet clay.
AS all varieties Of Indian corn
are believed to have been derived
from a Mexican or Peruvian grass,
DR.. Jeffreys has been trying to
find out how the characteristic
grain reached the Old World be-
fore Columbus was born.
He says it came from the North
east of West Africa by studying
the ancient tribal dialects and
names for Indian corn, he discov-
cred that the grain was always
called by the named of the next
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
100000
Distributed To
Widows And
Children By
Stringer Masons

CANTON, Miss. Dec. 2 Especial,
More than $4,000 was ordered
distributed here today by the Nj.
w. Stringer Grand Lodge, F. &
A. NJ, Prince Hall Masons of the
state meeting in their 18th An
nual Communication and Grand
Lodge Session here at Mt. Zion
Baptist Church.
The 100000 went to the benz
ficiaries of 81 men, and 157 wom-
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
Prince Hall Masons Praise Annual Grand Session

The annual COMMUNICATION
OF M. W. STRINGER GRAND LODGE
II. & A. N. PRINCE HALL MAS0NS
OF THE STATE ENDS 18TH YEAR
With REPORTS SHOWING
GROWTH AND PROGRESS
Temple Committee Working To
Overcome Problems To Begin
Construction Of $3.50, 600 Temple
Over 1900 Delegates Attend Canton Meeting
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05
Eisenhower To
Pin Award On
Huey Shepard,
Winner Of EIks'
Natl 0ratoricaI
Contest
MOrdecai Johnson TO
Be Principal Speaker
At White House
Function

AL WINNERS IN FAST
CONTESTS TO BE PRESENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1-Presi-
day Dwight d. Eisenhower will re-
ceive a delegation of officials from
the |. B. p. witness the decoration
of Huey Shepard, the Elks' 1858
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-12-05

PatroniZe Our AdverIis.
ers --- Their Advertising
in this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
Statement on Rosenberqs

are fighting and dying at this
very hour.
We are a Nation under law
and our affairs are governed by
the just exercise Of these laws.
The. courts have provided every
opportunity for the submission Of
evidence bearing on this case. In
the time -honored tradition Of
American justice, a freely Sc
lected jury Of their fellow
citizens considered the evidence
in this case and rendered its
judgment. All rights of appeal
were exercised and the convic-
ton Of the trial court was upheld
after full judicial review. in
cluding that Of the highest court
in the land.
I have made q careful exami-
nation into this case and am sat-
isfled that the two individuals
have been accorded their full
measure Of justice.
There has been neither new
evidence nor have there been
mitigating circumstances which
would justify altering this de-
cision. and I have determined
that it is my duty, in the interest
OF the people of the United
States, not to set aside the ver-
dict Of their representatives.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
FOLLOWING is the tert OF Presi-
dent EisenhoDer's statement
on the R0Senberd case:

EOLLOtCt7tg Is Cne teTL OF PTeS1.
dent EtSenhoWer's statement
on the Rosenberg case:
I have given earnest con-
sideration to the records in the
case of Julius and Ethel Rosen-
berg and to the appeals for
clemency made on their behalf.
These two individuals have been
tried and convicted of a most
serious crime against the people
of the United States. They have
been found guilty of conspiring
with intent and reason to believe
that it would be to the advantage
of a foreign power. to deliver to
the agents Of that foreign power
certain highly secret atomic in
formation relating to the ma
tional defense of the United
States.
The nature of the crime for
which they have been found
guilty and sentenced far exceeds
that Of the taking Of the life Of
another citizen; it involves the
deliberate betrayal of the entire
Nation and could very well re-
suit in the death of many, many
thousands of innocent citizens.
BY their act these two individuals
have in fact betrayed the cause
of freedom for which free men
Evening star., 1953-02-12
Daily Worker Urges Plan
To Aid Rosenbergs
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-The
Daily Worker. Communist Party
newspaper, today urged four
steps to try to stop the execu-
ton of Ethel and Julius Rosen-
berg, condemned atom spies.
They are:
81. Rush wires to President
Eisenhower protesting his refusal
to commute the death penalty
and asking him to reconsider.
q. Distribute leaflets in all
neighborhoodS telling the people
the truth about the case, urging
them to wire President Eisen-
hover.
"3. To send wires to Judge
Irving Kaufman. Federal Court
Building, Foley Square, New
York City, urging a stay Of exc
cution pending new appeals to
the Supreme Court and Eisen-
hover.
q. Organize mass meetings,
prayer meetings, vigils, picket
lines urging clemency."
Evening star., 1953-02-12
Future Of NSRB
And Economic Group
Up 10 White House

The White House left uncer-
tain today the status Of two
executive Office agencies, the
Council Of Economic Advisers
and the National Security Re-
sources Board.
The staff Of the council, 20 in
number, has been given 30-day
job termination notices. White
House Press Secretary James c.
Hagerty said the notices did not
necessarily mean the council is
to be abolished. It was indicated
funds available are not sufficient
to meet the payroll after
March 81.
Similar notices were reported
being prepared for the 70 en-
ployes of the NSRB. Edward r.
Dickinson, acting chairman of
the board. said, however. no
notices have gone out.
Funds Requested.
He said the agency has funds
to run to April 80.
Supplementary appropriation
requests for both agencies were
made to Congress by Mr.. Tru-
man before he left Office.
Mr.. Dickinson said the request
for funds for the NSRB is being
pushed.
Mr.. Hagerty, answering ques-
tions about the Council Of Eco
nomic Advisers, said he did not
know whether President Eisen-
hover plans to withdraw the re-
quest for appropriations.
Established by Law.
The council was set up by law
the Employment Act Of 1947.
The three members of the coun-
cil-the top officials-submitted
their designations when Mr. Tru-
man left Office. Staff economists
and other aides remained.
The NSRB likewise was set up
by Congress to advise the Presi-
dent. Jack Gorries. chairman.
also resigned.
Under direction Of Gen. EiSen-
hover. Arthur s. Flemming, act
ing head of the ONCE of Defense
Mobilization, has taken over
supervision Of the NSRB tenn
porarily.
The economic councils job is
to advise the President on the
conditions of the Nations econ
omy and the outlook for the
future. The Presidents economic
messages to Congress on policies
Evening star., 1953-02-12
|C|0 Asks Increase
In 0Id-A!ge Pensions,
Hits {. Of {. Plan
Dy the Assoeioied Press

The CIo today called for big
ger Federal pensions under the
social security laws. but lam
basted proposals by the United
States Chamber Of Commerce as
harmful to the program.
The CLOS Economic Outlook
said the chambers proposals
would drain away the social Sc
curity trust fund and would make
workers who contributed to the
fund pay for pensions to those
who had not been contributing.
The chamber recently an
nounced q program calling for
Cd an end to Federal grants to
States for old-age relief pro-
grams. and ca provision for "a
floor Of protection for all today's
aged" out Of the social security
trust fund.
ST Billion Balance.
That fund now has . SIT bill
lion balance. It was raised by
taxed contributions from en-
ployers and workers. Retirement
pay after 65 years Of age Is based
on prior earnings.
In q separate program, the
Government matches-to the
tune Of about 81 billion q year
what the States pay in relief
assistance to aged persons who
are not eligible for Social Secur-
ity benefits.
The CIO Outlook" said some
people. including those who
perhaps don't need q pension"
would be helped by the cham
ber's plan. But several million
persons now dependent on old
age public assistance would be
much worse off," the CIQ said.
Minimum Social Security pen
sions as proposed by the cham
ber, the CIO added, probably
would be less than the average
$45 q month now guaranteed IN
public assistance.
Equal Contributions.
Pointing out that the fund is
made up Of equal contributions
from employers and workers,
the Outlook" said:
"Half the burden of caring
for the present aged. who un-
fortunately did not work in
covered employment (that Is,
within the scope Of the Social
Security program), would be
thrown on covered workers,
whose contributions have been
intended for their own security.
"This extra drain on the trust
fund would stand in the way Of
giving workers with many years
of coverage the higher BENEFITS
which they require and have
been paying for. It would dis
courage initiation Of new pro-
grams for providing hospitals
Zation and medical care for
beneficiaries."
Evening star., 1953-02-12

for maintaining full employment
are usually based on the councils
recommendations.
Firings Revealed.
The job termination notices
were revealed yesterday by Emil
Rieve, chairman of the CIO
Economic Policy Committee. He
issued a statement saying that
the committee was alarmed by
the absence Of any White House
statement as to the councils
future and "a sudden rash of
criticism on the full employment
philosophy in big business quar-
terS." .s......
He said his committee feared
development of a depression
psychology that would be disas-
trous for the American people" !"
The three council members
who resigned are Leon H. Key
serling, Robert c. Turner and
John D. Clark.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
Arsenic and Baby Powder

After several babies broke out
in rashes, police in the Rennes
area Of France started inyesti-
eating how arsenic came to be
mixed up with baby talcum
powder sold to mothers.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
City Engineer Resigns

MART1NSBURG, w. Va, Feb.
IL (SpeciaD IS. Preston Smith
of Charles Town. city engineer
here for the last six months,
has submitted his resignation
70 City Council.
Evening star., 1953-02-12
New Pipeline in Iruo

A 24-inch pipeline is now be-
ing laid parallel to the present
75-mile line Of 12-inch pipe link
ing the zubair oil field and the
port Of Fac. Iraq.
Evening star., 1953-09-09

| tober ! unless the commission
says otherwise.
The Bell System is the trade
name Of the American Telephone
& Telegraph Co. and its sub
salaries.
Mr.. Winstead, in a letter to
FEC Chairman Rosel H. Hyde
yesterday. asked for a very
thorough and exhaustive open
investigation"
He said A. T. & T. is a ma
tional monopoly and has IAN
absolute monopoly on long DIS
tance communications through
out the United States"
Evening star., 1953-09-09
{. P. Franchot Found
Dead, Rifle Nearby
By the Assoeiofsd Press


NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-Socially
prominent Charles P. Franchot,
Sc, an attorney and the uncle of
Actor Franchot Tone, was found
shot to death in his apartment
here today.
Police said Mr.. Franchot, a
one-time special assistant to the
Navy judge advocate general,
apparently took his own life.
His body was discovered in his
14th floor quarters, slumped
across a bathtub in the Hotel
Bedford. He had been dead for
some time.
A rifle lay near the body and
his skull and mouth had been
pierced by a bullet.
Mr.. Franchot's former law
partner, Harry B. Corwin, of the
1900 block Woodway lane NV,
Washington, D. c., said the at
torney had been in i'll health for
more than year.
He was the head of the law
firm of Franchot, Corwin and
Dessner which had Offices in the
TOO block K street NV. The
firm was dissolved last February.
He was reported estranged
from his wife, Margarita, whom
he married in November, 1851.
A daughter by previous mar
riage, Mrs. Murray Wheeler, lives
in Utica, N. Y.
Evening star., 1953-09-09
Martin Rules Out
Extra Session, Sees
Faith in President
BY the Associated Press

House Speaker Martin today
ruled out the possibility of a spe-
cial session of Congress later
this year but conceded there
will be plenty of work next year."
Visiting the Capitol for a few
days, Mr.. Martin told newsmen
he was certain there would be
no extra session this year.
Mr.. Martin said earlier talk
of q special session hinged on
the belief the administration
might regard it as necessary for
Congress to boost the national
debt limit, which it refused to do
just before adjourning last
month. Since then, however,
administration fiscal experts
have indicated that the present
statutory debt limit of $275 bill
lion won't be reached this year.
Mr.. Martin said that during
the month he has been away
from Washington he found the
people generally are not discon-
tent with the Republican admin
istration's policies ard progress.
Finds Little Discomfort.
"The people are waiting and
are willing to give President
Eisenhower a chance to make
good" he said. "They believe he
has made a good start and will
build up from the good founda-
ton that has been laid. I find
very little discomfort"
Mr.. Martin emphasized he does
not believe Congress will renew
next year the excess profits tax
extended this year until next
January /. And he said he is
sure the presently scheduled 10
per cent cut in income taxes will
become effective on January l
without any attempt being made
to halt it.
"Those taxes are going off for
sure, ne SAID.
Tax Picture Studied.
On the subject of what new
revenue might be needed to re-
place tax drops due next year,
Mr.. Martin wouldn't comment.
Congressional committees are
studying the general tax picture
now, he said, and will have rec
concentrations later.
Taxes are likely to be among
'the tough problems Congress
must face next year." he said.
Other matters Congress will
have to deal with in the election
year include, he said, reciprocal
trade agreements, extension Of
social security coverage, farm
price supports and possibly re-
vision of the Taft-Hartley labor
relations law.
Evening star., 1953-09-09
YugosIaVia Studies
New Soviet Peace Bid
By the A.soeiated Prs,,

BELGRADE, Sept. 9.-Yugo-
slavia studied a new peace over
ture today from the Soviet bloc
with which she broke in 1948.
Bulgaria asked permission to
send an Ambassador to Belgrade
for the first time since 1850.
Russia in June offered to ex-
change Ambassadors again with
YugoSlavia, quickly followed by
Hungary. President Tito agreed
TO both requests.
Bulgaria's nominee for her
post here was not disclosed.
In recent years Yugoslavia and
the other Communist nations
had either broken off diplomatic
relations entirely or carried them
on through ENJOYS of secondary
rank.
Evening star., 1953-09-09
Lawmaker Asks Fec
To Bar Phone Rate Rise
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

Representative Winstead, DEM
ocrat, of Mississippi, asserting
telephone rates are too high, has
asked the Federal Communica-
tions Commission to block a
scheduled rate increase for the
Bell System telephone COM
panieS.
The new rates on long distance
calls are to go into effect Oc-
Evening star., 1953-09-09

Washington, Miami and Ber-
muda. He said he had been told
Hurricane Carol would pass
eastward Of his vessel, but in
stead it went westward and
caught the Queen in its fury.
He said he tried to keep the
storm on his port bow. but be-
cause Of the alleged faulty fore
casting was unable to do so.
Waves so feet high swept over
the bridge, he said.