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Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04
Dickerson to Fight
BrowneII's Charges
Guild Is Not RED"

CHICAGO (CNS) Earl B.
Dickerson, one of the races out
standing attorneys and president
Of the National Lawyers Guild,
says that Atty Gen. Brownwell's
charges accusing the Guild as a
Communist dominated and con-
trolled organization. were with
out foundation"
According to Dickerson. TIL e
Guild will fight Brownells in
tention to place it on his Of
fetal list of subversive organiza-
tins. Moreover, he pointed out
that the National Lawyers Guild
has since its organization II years
ago, endeavored to serve tn e
best interests of the lawyers and
the people Of America. 1t has new
er nor does it now, follow any
party line. 1t is the mouthpiece
for no party or doctrine except
the American doctrine Of freedom
and civil liberties for all"
A number of attorneys, VINO
said they would rather remain
See NOT "RED"-page eight
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04
Woman Missing 5
Days Identified
In Morgue

Mrs. Lois Bradley, age 40, of
804 South Hayes street took seri-
ously i'll last Wednesday at TIN
and Main streets en- rout home
from work. She was rushed to a
Little Rock hospital but was dead
upon arrival.
The family of Mrs. Bradley did
not know Of her whereabouts since
leaving for work Wednesday
morning at 6 o'clock They be-
came alarmed when she did not
return home and knowing of her
i'll health they called in the local
policemen to investigate, but with
no success.
Mrs. Bradley's only identity was
a transfer on a local bus and a
letter she had begun writing to
her estranged husband of four
days to which she had signed the
name Lois.
Sunday the local newspapers
carried the story of the unidenti-
fled woman at the morgue at
which time her family after
checking learned of her fate.
She is survived by her husband,
Frank Bradley; two daughters,
Wilma and Vivian McLittle, and
a brother, Clinso Reed.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04
President Walter P. Reuther Of Clio
Endorses NAACP's Fighting Fund

President Walter p Reuther of the Congress of In
duSrial Organizations has sent the following endorsement
of the NAACP Fighting Fund for Freedom
l cannot think of organization in America which
has put its limited supply dollars to better than has
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People.
The battles fought for democracy and the rights of
by the NAACP have been watched with approval and
admiration by all those who country to grow up
to the ideals of those who founded it and wrote its basic
documents.
Too often the NAACP's battles for the right have
been fought without sufficient ammunition. Too often
have given only admiration and respect while keeping
purses shut tightly.
1t will do America good If we fill NAACP'S ammuni-
ton chests OVERLOOKING AS President of the CIO and
of the UAWCIO am glad to have the opportunity to
dorse the drive for Fighting Fund for Freedom" and
to urge strongly all who value liberty and human
rights to contribute literally
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04
White Calls For
Cleanup Fight On
Race Segregation

ATLANTA--A call for a clean
up fight on all forms of racial
discrimination and segregation
was made here, Friday. before
the Elks convention by Walter
White. secretary of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
Paying tribute to the civil hber-
ties campaign of the Elks over
the years and to the progress of
the order under the administra-
ton of Grand Exalted Ruler Rob-
ert johnson, Mr.. White said:
"All of us now should join in
one great effort to clean up all
remaining discrimination and seq
regation based upon race and col
or. The NAACP has announced a
ten year campaign, 1858 1868.
to wipe out second-class citizen
ship SO that the Tooth anniversary
OF the Emancipation Proclamation
will find no citizens who do not
enjoy equality in our democracy.
We have launched a Fighting
Fund for Freedom to carry on
the campaign and every person
and every organization is invited
to make a contribution"
White sssailed Gov. Herman
Talmadge for the statement that
blood would flow in rivers" il
the Supreme Court ruled public
school segregation unconstitution-
al. The NAACP secretary said the
public school cases to be argued
in Washington December are Of
the greatest importance" in the
whole rlsn against inequality, and
that mot one drop of blood, even
from fist fight, has flowed as
result of Negroes attending state
univs sides with whites in the
south. or Of indignation of pub
Lie schools in certain states like
southe'n New Jersey, southern
Illinois. Indiana, and Arizona.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04

ing around fifty miles per hour,
and when he passed a car and
pulled back, someone grabbed
the steering wheel, which caused
him to lose control of the car,
and the car crossed over in the
path of the oncoming car.
Mrs. Tyson and Miss Tucker
are both recent graduates Of Dun-
bar high school. Mrs. Tyson was
married to James Tyson of Flor
ida in May Tyson is stationed
in Korea with the United States
army Mrs. Tyson is survived by
husband, mother and father, Mr..
and Mrs. Haywood Jennings, Ro-
land, with whom she made her
home; six sisters and five broth
ers.
Miss Tucker is survived by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Augusta
Tucker; three brothers and three
sisters. Miss Tucker lived with
her parents at Roland.
Miller funeral home had charge
of both bodies.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04

range from minor in most in
stances to substantial in a few
cases.
Commanding officers have been
requested to proceed steadily and
expeditiously toward the complete
elimination of all barriers to the
free use of facilities on govern
ment owned shore stations and to
report their progress in this re-
gard to the Secretary of the Navy
at sixty day intervals
The major NAACP effort against
jim crow policies of the Navy be-
gan in 1851 when Jerry o. Gill
liam, president Of the Norfolk,
Virginia, NAACP, and Thaddeus
G. Frazier, secretary of the Charl'
eston, branch, asked Clarence
Mitchell, director for the Wash
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04

frey Butler, at least 200 of its
1900 drivers would quit if Me-
groes were hired
Distinguished Negroes most
ly from Howard university at
the hearing answered the COM
pany spokesman with this argu-
ment that If Negroes were hired,
white drivers would not need to
be paid so much in overtime and
then the company wouldn't need
a fare increase. Thus all WASH
ington users of the transit system
would benefit.
Here the company stubbornly
retorted tn at hiring Negroes
would increase rather than re-
duce its overtime payment be-
cause white drivers would quit
and 1t would be short stated.
Moreover, the company refused
to be moved by arguments on
how other cities as Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Chicago, Boston.
Detroit, Philadelphia. Syracuse.
Cleveland, Toledo, Tulsa, Port
land, Buffalo had ended their dis
elimination against hiring Me-
groes.
Howard university professors
pointed out how discrimination
was ended in the eating places
Of Washington and the National
theater without any mass protests
See DRIVERS--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04
IN. Veteran Is
||dlng New Home

FlFORD, Conn.-Air Force
+ Lemuel R, Gusts and his
Pc watching their new home
W on Mott street in Wealth
near here, following a
"Iargle over his right to
and occupy a home on a
mad purchased.
dispute arose over whether
|lo' the Gusts nome met the
Ed'lonS set down in the
regulations, Neighbors went
n IN an effort to have the
regulations changed in
/ way that Gusts could not
| however, the court ruled
~ and Mr.. Gusts pro-
\ with his building plans
b'"S Won several citations
eSoFations in World War II
s"s' pilot with the 99tL
| Squadron
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04

ington Bureau, to work to end
separate drinking fountains, jim
crow Mushrooms, and other seq
regated facilities in Navy yards
of their cities.
The Navy resisted the NAACP's
efforts, and, as one of his final
acts while serving as acting secre-
tary Of the Navy two days after
the Eisenhower administration
took over, Under-secretary Fran
els P Whitehair of Florida affirm
ed the policy of segregation in a
written order.
When Whitehair was replaced
See NAVY--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04
TrimbIes Files
Discrimination Suit

The Negro employers Of the
Reynolds Metal company of Hot
Springs, Jones mill, numbering
approximately $50, filed suit in
the federal court at Hot Springs
alleging that they are being dis
eliminated against by said com
pany in violation Of anti-diScrim-
nation clause in a government
contract awarded by the u. 5
Department of Defense. The suit
was filed by E. V. Trimble, at
-orney of Pine Bluff.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04
VFW's 10 Honor
LIST POW Returnee

1t, Walter E. Parker Post 1916
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
sponsor a party honoring Korean
veterans Monday night at the
Twenty One Nighthawks club
room.
Sgt. Ulysses G.. Baugh, tn e
first Little Rock POW returnee
of the Korean War will be the
honored guest.
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04
Navy Segregation Order Called Long Overdue"

WASHINGTON, d. C-The Navy order ending segrega-
other shore establishments, and directing
commanders report progress toward elimination six
y-day intervals termed long overdue by Clarence Mitch
ell director of the Washington Bureau of the NAACP.
eve hope that the end of the sixyday interval the
commanders will report that all Jim Crow facilities have been
eliminated" Mr. MITCHELL because sixty days is
long keep segregation anywhere but especially u S.
property
Someone in the Navy department anonymously released
in nndin
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04

bitps travelling east.
dead are Mrs. Laverne Jeh-
ryson. age 10, Miss Mar
7,cker age 81 both or Ro-
,,5 Elizabeth Frances Rean-
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04

fusing to hire Negroes because
"a serious consequence among our
white workers would result =
including protests. mass resigna-
tons d possibly organized
strike" According to Capital
Transit's personal director. J. God
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04

a story ODOuI pTUPUStu STduudI
on August 10. However, the Off
cial Navy announcement W
made on August 20 by Secretary
Anderson who said:
In further pursuit of its OBJ
iective Of the elimination Of seq
regated facilities, the Department
of the Navy has completed sur
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04

nine.month-old baby girl,
| The infant is the daughter
i and Mrs. Clarence Rean-
Of Little Rock, who were
Els in the Nash.
! injured are listed as; Thorn
Eney two broken thighs and
injuries, condition reported
ktCal, Willie Jones, broken
David Lee; irwin Moore, jr.;
faShington Hardin, driver of
h and less serious injured,
Ehg in the Oldsmobile and
in Roland. Roland is APP
tately Is miles from Little
Other injured are: Rean-
|and his wife, and 7-year-old
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04
Washington Transit Company Will Not
Hire Any Negro Drivers or Motormen
ears WaIk0ut If
IS Ended

WASHINGTON, D. c. (CNS)-The Capital Transit COM
pany said most emphaeay this week that will
maintain its anNegro policy hiring
motormen
The company aired its decision District Public Uti
ties rate hearing at which time seeking
its fare to 20 cents plus higher token
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04
B kh|ed, 9 Injured In Hiway Crash
When Two Cars
Collide on Hy 10

car collision caused the death of three persons and
nine Wednesday afternoon Hiway 10 about IA
| ups of Little Rock.
oident occurred around five o'clock when an Odds
,dad with Negroes said have been travelling west
- If control and crossed the path of Nash occupied
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04

daughter, Sharon Anne, broken
left leg and cuts. Mrs. Reandeau's
condition is also reported critical.
Hardin stated that he was driV-
Arkansas State press., 1953-09-04

vey of 43 shore stations from Vir-
ginia through Texas. The study
shows that segregated facilities for
white and colored citizens are
non existent in approximately
one half of the activities; in the
remainder, segregation practices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-19
Produce Markets

United States Department Of Agricul-
- Apples-Bushel baskets, New Jersey
= s;zs q. inchss up. $50. few higher
ia inches up: few sales. i.o0-25.
wssSsa anss N sat si1e Eastern
sa5 Marysna Essts sasks sho SeOV eo5
biers. 1OO7pound sacks. best. LOO. So
land. 50-pound sacks. COL 90.
81 '5sssets. New jersey tS we Saxsd and
- livestock Markets.
steers g,neyyeniy 1;oo;4 90 hlghsr, spots
closing rounds increasing: relatively
cents TO- LOO, spots 200 higher; bulls
so cents, spots Is cents or more Higher.
Most choice and prime S85.1,112 lb;
SaeeEs s and yearii1ngs sS 1924 25 bu
o. bug weeks run Ms' sood and eho H9
including grained on grass offerings at
mostly 1S,00-20,50; cutter to commercial
Il .90-IS.00 OTIS head, lots good heifer
NJ 1fUu-l6.OU. CduneT ana
cutter heifers 11.00-13.00. Commercial
cows mostly 14.00-16.00 odd head young
cows on heifer order to 1850; utility
cows mostly IL 90 1850; late sales 1900
and above; Gamers and cutters mostly
S.50-12:0 90, Odd good beef bulls early in
week $50; most commercial grade sau-
sage bulls 15.00-1S.00, trade closed at
full strength; utility bulls 13.OO-15.5O.
Gamer and cutter lightweight bulls
stocker and feeder steers 20. 5000. 90;
common and medium 165O-1S5O; in
ferior and common II OO-l6.O0
Calves. compared week ago: Generally
steady except for a so cent higher top.
Few high choice and prime vealer in
late rounds % so, weeks top; bulk good
to prime mixed lots 2O.O0-23OO: utility
and commercial 14.00-20.00; culls down
to 1000 or under.
Hogs, compared week ago: Barrows
and gifts under 100 lbs. o5 cents higher:
heivier weights so cents to mostly rs
cents hioher. No sows sold Friday, COM
pared Thursday quotations generally
higher. Fridays quota lions for choice
lsO-24O ID. barrows and gifts $780,
27.75: 240-27O, lb. 26.75-27.25; 27O-3OO
down; is0.i4o lbs. ss.75-s4. zH:S 146 G1i6
224.75-@5.75; 160-1sO. lbs, 26.50-27 25.
CHOICE sows under 400 lbs. Thursday
mostly 22.00: 400-45O 5000 to largely
81 90; over $50 lbs. 5000 down. Odds
stays 100000 under price same weight
sows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-19
Business Briefs

BituminOuS Production in the
week ended July II totaled g.
100000 tons compared with s.
177,000 tons in the like week a
year ago. Total for the year is
231 ,155, 900 compared with 247,-
$4,000 at the same time last
year.-National Coal Associa-
ton.
Crude Petroleum Stocks, do
nestle and foreign, on July II
totaled 279.813.000 tons. down
2,209. 900 for the week.-Bureau
of Mines.
Iron Ore Consumption in June
was at a record 8.956,067 tons.
The previous June top was T.
499, ATS in 1951.-Lake Superior
Iron Ore Association.
Mutual Funds purchases Of Sc
curities during the quarter end
ed June 80 topped sales of Sc
curities by a margin of nearly
two to one.-National AsSocia-
ton of Investment Companies.
New York Central and Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railroads an
nounced a joint effort to de-
velop new lightweight passen-
ger cars which both railroads
can operate at lower costs.
Printers Ink will publish an
advertisers annual, 1854 num-
Der, on october %. 1853. This
comprehensive work, the first of
it's kind. will offer basis statis-
teal and reference data on adj
vertising and marketing.
Eastern Airlines announced it
will become the first domestic
carrier to put into operation
turbo compound powered pas
senger planes-new Lockheed
Super Consultations. The planes
are scheduled for service in the
autumn.
Equitable Life Assurance assets
increased by $181 ,38O.897 to
| $6,753, 075, 1871 during the first
half. Insurance in force rose
$9S4, 737,148 to a total of $l9,-
545,912,779.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
announced the first railroad
charge-plate credit card, making
it as convenient to charge rail
tickets as to make a department
store purchase.
Carrier Corp. announced that
it has received a contract to air
condition II rooms of Emperor
Hirohito'S Imperial Palace in
Tokyo.
Time, Inc, has elected two
new vice preSidentS-Ralph
Delahaye Paine, jr., publisher Of
Fortune Magazine and Bernard
Barnes, director of Times spe.
cial projects.
General Bronze Co. in
months ended June 80 earned
$515,538 or $1.57 a. share VS.
$473,2 1872 or $1.44 in 1852 period
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-19
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, July IL lP.-Around $500
cars OF cash wheat arrived in ChicapS
this week, largest influx of the season,
and 1t didn't even dent the market.
IN TACT. wheat is1layci surprising
Strength-1n both the cash article and
n futures. One reason the big receipts
didn't dent the market, brokers SAID,
vas was because the market had been SO
naoly oatt cred over recent months that
the worst h2d been discounted.
WneaCS strength was exceptional be-
cause 1t vas not shared by other grains.
except for last minute ffare-up In july
vance. rejecting a rev high rrice since
January 1antr %. 1852. for loose lard-l2T
Wheat ended the week 2A-5A higher,
corn 2h lower to 70 higher oats lE-2h
70 ~ .23 hundred pounds higher
For many weeks traders had expressed
apprehension over what would happen
70 prices when the Midwest's big red
M wheat crop started coming to market.
wen, IT came in this week and what
happened was that prices advanced
Insre Tas goou demand for the grain,
20. red wheat closed last week in
q $I.S6 to Sl.S9 range It ended this
week at S1.9224 to S195. ''
Range of prices for the week:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-07-19
Leading Corporates
And Treasury Bonds
Hold Firm Undertone
By Steven v. Dovid
Associated Press Financial Write,

NEW YORK, July ia
summer lull settled over the
bond market this week, but
Treasury issues, high-grade cor
porates and rails maintained a
firm undertone.
The Governments new 30
year 3As put on the most in
teresting show. They moved up
to 100 bid at the start of the
week, selling at par for the first
time since April "a. They held
there until Friday. when they
inched ahead another 1882.
The Associated Press bond av-
erages showed the rails staged
the best advance of the week,
with high-grade corporates not
far behind. Other industrials
and utilities and foreign liens
moved ahead slightly.
There wasn't much buying be-
hind the improvement. On Mon
day. transactions totaled So
$4,000 par value, the best in
nearly two weeks, but volume
had dwindled to 100000 by
Thursday. On Friday, the total
was $2,195, 900.
Treasury issues have been
moving up slowly since the Fed
eral Reserve reduced the reserve
requirements of member banks.
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Hiqh Production Rate
Resumed as Factories
Open After Vacations
By Walter Breede, Jr.
Assoeiaasd Press Bvsiness Writer

NEW YORK, July 18.-It was
full speed ahead this week for
most Of the Nations industry
and business.
With many factories reopening
after annual vacation shut
downs, production moved along
at a near-record clip. Retail
trade held at the level of the
previous week; wholesale buying
picked up in preparation for the
winter season.
Output of automobiles adj
vanced 4 per cent over the
previous week with Studebaker
on two shifts and most Ford
workers still on an overtime
basis. Hudson, Nash and Kaiser
were closed down.
Steel operations clim b e d
slightly; gasoline output hit an
all-time peak. Electric energy
consumption held at near-rec-
ord levels.
A psychological lift was pro-
vided by q furry of corporate
earnings reports showing a
marked Improvement over year.
ago operations.
In many instances companies
which came of best in COMPARE
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whose 1852 operations had been
affected by prolonged strikes of
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New York Cotton

NEW YORK. July 61S GP>.-Cotton
futures prices recorded moderate ad-
yances this week. Gains posted on the
New York Cotton Exchange for the Ave
day trading session ranged from So to
95 cents a bale.
For the most part, the increases re-
Elected continued conditions of severe
drought in major growing areas. Rain
which fell in some parts of the belt late
In the week had little appreciable effect
on the futures market.
The July. 1858, contract went off the
board Wednesday at prices ranging from
33K to 333s cents pound
OF interest to traders was a new series
Of statistics on cotton distribution and
Exchange Service Bureau noted that dis
tribution of all cotton in the United
states through June continued well be-
mind the year-ago rate. but was only
slightly below the 10-year average Esti-
mated at IL $3.50, 900 bales 1t compared
with 1889, 900 at the same time last
year
Consumption by domestic mills in the
same period was set at $780, 900 bales
on the basis of Census Bureau figures,
while mill use during the four weeks
ended June 81 was reported at 741. 900
as against previous estimates of 725, 900.
74S.O00 during May and GA 900 in the
comparable four weeks of June. 1862.
On a daily rate basis. mill use during
June came to 81 $50 bales OF cotton per
day VS.. 37.400 in May and 33.70O in
June year ago. This represented o de-
cline of only 8. per cent from May
as against an average drop Of 20 per
cent in the May-June period over the
past five years.
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Tobacco Markets

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, July 16 Up
A).-Sales Of Southern Maryland
tobacco on the auction markets during
the past week were the ligntest OF the
season.
Over half the grades sold at lower
average prices. reports the Federal-State
Market News Service. Quality of the
offerings was not up to the previous
Net auction sales for the 5-day period
July 1917 amounted to 1857 $40
pounds and returned growers $49.B9 o
hundred This return was ST .66 under
the week before and the lowest average
since the first week OF auctions. Season
sales totaled 2S.641,752 pounds for
The prevailing hot. dry weather has
made 1t difficult for the growers to get
the tobacco ready for market. No large
increase in the poundage is expected
until the weather is more favorable.
Averages rag t for most srfdss Of heavy
week: The declines were firm 81 to So
tinued in good demand and were I'M
changed Other grades showed scat
tered gains and losses.
Net receipts Of the Baltimore hogshead
market for the season were reported as
around 1,SS3,000 pounds. This. COM
bined with net auction sales, totals
about 80. 525, 600 pounds. It Is estimat-
ed around three-fourths of the crop has
been sold or delivered.
Auction bid averages per hundred
pounds on q limited number Of repre-
sentative United States grades we're as
follows: