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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
AMERICA URGED TO Use
NEGRO WASTED TALENT

that's immoral"
He pointed out that almost 1000
doctoral degrees were awarded the
past year.
Emphasizing that the doctorate
is not an end-all, but simply an
indication that minimum of re-
search and study have been made,
the Howard University physicist
urged Morgan students to major
in the sciences and to apply them
selves no matter what fields of
study they choose.
Talent Needed
He warned that talent and ability
will be greatly needed. He cited
as an example estimates that the
United States supply of oil can
not last more than seventy-five
years.
"We're going to need atomic
power" DR.. Branson predicted. He
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
TUSkEGEE HOST TO 18th
ANNUAL farm & HOME meet

TUSKEGEE, Ala, Jan. % =
Especially - Farmers and home
makers from most of Alabama S
counties, where there are Exten-
sion workers and vocational teach
ers, began pouring into Tuskegee
Institute today for the Fifteenth
Annual Farm and Home Short
Course. A few came from Georgia
and Mississippi.
There is an eagerness noted IN
their manner that bespeaks their
concern over the changing patterns
of agriculture which are going on
all around them. They have seen
the inroads which livestock and
mechanization are making on the
number family-sized farms.
They are witnessing falling off
in attendance in their community
churches and schools, and they are
bewildered.
Now they are at Tuskegee lnstl-
tute to see what they can learn
from professional agriculture and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
LOCAL negro Police ISSUE GETS new SUPPORT
NEGRO POLICEMEN FOR The CITY
OF JACKSON FAVORED BY GREAT
MAJORITY LOCAL WHITE CITIZENS
Great Majority Revealed In Poll
Conducted By Jackson Juvenile Council

The great majority of white
citizens here are in favor of ap-
pointing Negro policemen on the
jackson police force according To
a poll recently conducted by the
Jackson Juvenile Council, itself a
white group, the results of whose
poll was made public last week.
Queried on the question, "Should
Jackson employ Negro policemen
to patrol the colored districts of
the city,, the results of the poll
showed a vote Of 500 to so in favor
Of the proposal.
The appointment of Negro po-
licemen here has had the active
backing of Negro groups for the
past several years, and for the
past few months their appointment
has been under consideration by
the Mayor and City Commission
ers, but up to now, there has been
no appointments.
Commissioner Withers has been
reported as being definitely OPP
posed to the appointment of Negro
policemen here.
Several months ago, however,
number of Negro applicants were
listed for appointments but failed
to get the appointments on the
final screening test, according to
reports, when it was found that
none of them had paid their poll
tax, registered, and qualified to
vote, an important requirement of
citizenship before being allowed to
become a policeman.
A public report on the poll CON
Quoted by the council says:
ITO get the opinion of the cit
liens of the community, the Jack
son Juvenile Council recently un-
dertook a poll to find out how our
people feel about this matter. More
than 1900 letters were sent out to
representative citizens in the COM
munity, both men and women. A
return postal card was enclosed,
asking for vote. More, than 500
cards were returned and of this
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
Hattiesburg Rabbi
To Sneak Here

Rabbi Charles Mantinband, dis
tinguished prelate Of Hattiesburg,
Miss, will be guest speaker Sun
day, February l, at Jackson Col
lege during the regular Vesper
hour. This is another in series
of Rabbis brought to Jackson Col
lege annually for information and
inspiration to the college public on
religious doctrines.
The college chaplain, A. L. Rice,
has been instrumental in keeping
contact with the Jewish Chatauqua
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
Wards Lawyers
Get 20 Days To
File New Briefs

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 81 - At
torneys in the Horace Ward case
have been granted twenty day
extension to file supplemental
briefs.
The briefs are due by February
5, since the twenty days will be
counted from January Is, the date
both sides submitted petition to
Federal Judge Frank A. Hooper.
After February 5, Judge Hoop
er, is expected to rule on Georgia
motion which asks that the suit
be dismissed. Horace Ward, a
school teacher, is, seeking admis-
sion to the University of Georgia
Law School.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31

BALTIMORE, Md.-"High grade
talent in the Negro race is going
to waste" DIR. Herman R. Branson,
Howard University professor of
Physics and Atomic Energy Com
mission research director there de-
clared at a Morgan State College
assembly.
To win its present struggle for
a free world, America needs to
use people of ability and talent, yet
Negroes with talent are being
wasted, he said.
Speaking at the Morgan assem-
bly, period, DR.. Branson pointed out
that although there were 60,963
Negroes in college last year, only
eleven were awarded Ph.D. degrees
in all fields.
That's a disgrace" he said. "If
we had at least 184 Ph.D.'s award
ed last year that would not have
been too bad. But only eleven
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
DIXIE SOLONS SEEK Amendment
TO KILL OFF POLL TAX

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.-Ten
Southern Senators have offered a
resolution for constitutional a
mendment outlawing the poll-tax
as requirement for voting in ma
tional elections.
Sen. Holland Cd Fla, spokes-
man for the Southern group, pre-
dicted that if it clears Congress
the amendment would be quickly
ratified by the required three
fourths of the states.
The proposed amendment would
provide that the right to vote for
president, vice president and MEM
bers of Congress may not be a.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
96TH SESSION LOUISIANA ANNUAL
CONFERENCE OF anne CHURCH
IS HISTORY MAKING event
Raise 100000 For Education
FIVE BISHOPS ATTEND OPENING DAY

New Orleans, La, Jan. 26 -
Speculative Bishops graced the
ninety-sixth Session of the Louis
lana conference Of the A M f
Church held here last week at his
toric st. James Church, Rev. s. II.
Collins. host pastor.
The Rt. Rev. c. A. Gibbs, Presid-
ing Prelate Of the Eighth Episco-
pal District, comprising States of
Louisiana and Mississippi, was sur
rounded by four visiting Bishops on
the opening day, namely, Rt. Rev.
S. l.. Greene, Atlanta, Georgia,
Presiding Bishop Sixth Episcopal
District; Rt. Rev. w. r. Wilkes,
Little Rock, Arkansas Presiding
Bishop Twelfth Episcopal District,
comprising Arkansas and Okla
homa; and, Rt. Rev. F. D. Jordan,
Los Angeles, California, Presiding
Bishop Of the Sixteenth Episcopal
District, comprising South Africa,
who awaits his admission into Jo-
hannesburg, South Africa which
will be his Headquarters. and the
Rt. Rev. r. E. Jones, Methodist
Church.
Delegates Proclaim
Record breaking crowd on We'd
nesday morning, which officially
opened the Goth Session Louisiana
Annual Conference with one Of its
largest delegations in history. DR.
George n. Collins, Pastor, Union
Bethel A. NJ. E. Church delivered
the opening Sermon. Following the
opening of the Conference, Bishop
S. l.. Greene from the great state
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
State Negro
Education
Improvement
Must Wait
Action In
Segregation Case
Gov. Says Leaders
Should ait Decision
Of Court Before
Giving Remedies

JACKSON, Miss, Jan. % =
Gov. Hugh White told newsmen
here last Saturday, that the much
needed improvement in Negro edu-
cational facilities in the state must
wait the action of the y. S. Su-
Dreme Court in the now pending
school segregation case.
Moreover the Governor said that
both Negro and white leaders
should wait the courts decision be-
fore suggesting remedies.
Questioned by neWsmen as to
Continued on Page Two
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
DR.. Dubois
Wins World
Peace Prize

PRAGUE, Jan. 28.-The Inter
national Peace Prize was awarded
to DR.. w. E. B. Dubois former
Atlanta University sociology de-
partment chairman, for his work
in peace, it was announced by the
World Council of Peace.
Chairman M. Pierre Cot, in max
ing the announcement, issued the
following statement:
After examining the proposed
candidatures. the Jury of the In
ternational Peace Prizes proposed
to the World Council of Peace the
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31

bridged by failure to pay poll
taxes.
1t carries proviso that moth
ing in the amendment shall affect
state laws denying the right to
vote toSpaupers or others supported
at public expense or in charity in
situations.
Holland stated that only five
states require poll tax payments
for voting, that it creaes only "a
Sigh economic obstacle" to exer-
cising the ballot
Because the poll tax issue has
been so emphasized and regarded
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
Maryland Extension Service Appoints
t'sFirst Negro District Home Agent

Appointment of the first Negro
district home demonstration agent
in Maryland has been announced
by the Maryland State Extension
Service in a report received last
week by the u. S. Department #
Agriculture.
The agent is Mrs. Ezelle M.
Gregory who resigned from a SINH
lar supervisory position in Texas
to accept the newly created post
in Maryland on January l. She
will supervise seven home demon
stration agents in eight counties
and the city of Baltimore. These
workers assist homemakers with
problems in home management and
home Improvement, such as meal
planning, food preservation, and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31

the purchasing, making, and re-
pairing of clothing.
Mrs. Gregory says one of her
first jobs will be the development
of a home demonstration and All
club program designed to meet
some of the major needs of home
makers. She says she expects con-
ferences with the homemakers to
reveal a need for increased en-
phasis on nutrition and consumer
education.
The district agent was reared in
Texarkana, Texas, and was gradu-
ated from Prairie View A. K NJ.
college, Prairie View, Texas, in
1888 with a degree in home eco
Monies. She has done graduate
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
Re-0pens
Bombing Probe
In Miami

MIAMI, Jan. 81 = A Federal
Grand Jury investigating terroris-
tic bombing in the South Florida
area called five persons in to testi-
fly as it re-opened Wednesday a
series of hearings on the still I'M
solved bombings of churches, syna-
gogues and colored apartments.
Roy Talmadge Luttrel, an alleg-
ed member of the Hialeah Clavern,
Continued on Page Three
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
Segregation In Washington
Upheld By U. S. Appeals Court

WASHINGTON. Jan. "a - The
u. S. Court of Appeals ruled five
to four today that restaurants in
Washington, ID. c., can legally re-
fuse to serve Negroes.
The court refused to uphold the
so-called "lost laws" of 1872 and
1878 which made it crime to re-
fuse service to Negroes if they are
well behaved and respectable per-
sons
The Appeals Court said these
anti discrimination provisions
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
Larson Reveals
HIST Left FEPc
Order To Firms

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 81
-GSA Administrator Jess Larson
announced yesterday that Presi-
dent Truman's final official act
was an FEPC order to firms with
government contracts.
The order provides that firms
doing business for the government
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31

were repealed in 1901 when the
District of Columbia code was re-
vised.
The majority said that, at any
rate, the lost laws" were not en-
forced for 70 years and that the
decision by municipal officials to
enforce them now is a legislative
matter better left, we think, to
the Congress"
Municipal authorities announce
they would take the Appeals Court
decision to the Supreme Court.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31

New York City = Over 200
Negro newspapers publishers and
executives are expected to attenl
the annual Mid Winter Workshop
of the National Newspaper Pub
fishers Association which will be
held at billiard University, Janu-
airy 80 and 81, it was announced
this week by NNPA president
Louis E. Martin.
DR.. Charles L. Allen assistant
dean and director of research of
the Medill School of journalism
of Northwestern University, and
Thurgood Marshall, Special Coun-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
JEMISON RETIRES AS PRESIDENT
OF NATIONAL CONVENTION

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Jan. 2S-
Three big developments highlight-
ed the meeting last week of the Ma
tional Baptist Convention of the
U. S. A., Inc, as it held it's mid
winter session at the Bath house
here:
l. DR.. D. V. Jemison, aging reli-
gious leader, announced his re-
tirement as national president, to
became effective at the opening of
the 1858 meeting in Miami, Florida.
2. The Church tabled the election
of paid executive secretary, voted
at its national meeting last Sep
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF OKLA.
DROP COLOR line

In explaining the 10 to l vote
of the league in favor of dropping
the color bar, Hanson continued,
1--WE also felt that from purely
practical standpoint, that the mi
nority vote has been a big factor
in elections. We owe them a po-
litical debt, if nothing else"
Negroes will join the regular
local chapters instead of forming
chapters of their own. An excep-
ton is made in the case of Langs-
ton University for Negroes which
will form its own college chapter
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
New Orleans TO Welcome Negro
Newspaper Publishers And Editors

sci of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, are listed among those who
will address the group.
The workshop will include four
round table discussions on the fol-
lowing subjects: Current Prob
lens of Small Newspapers
Merchandising the Negro Mar
ket," "Circulation Building n 4
Promotion" and Meeting the
Challenge Of News Competition"
Public relations directors of
Negro Colleges of the Mid South
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31

Tulsa, Okla, Jan. 81. = An
nouncement was made this week by
an official of the Oklahoma League
of Young Democrats that Negroes
will be invited to participate in
the 1858 convention to be held in
Chickasha or Norman on Feb. 20
81. This was one of three areas
in which the color line was dropped
in Oklahoma last week
Royce Hanson, secretary of the
league, said:
eve decided it was time to get
rid of the silly attitude of keeping
people out because Of color."
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31

TENDER in Chicago, until the Miami
session.
In accepting the proposed eve
all recognize that work of the Ma
tional Convention under DR.. Jemi-
sons wise and courageous leader
ship has grown to huge proportions
and we are conscious of the heavy
toll it has taken of him."
AS a result, the Baptists elected
him president emeritus of the
Church. In this office he will re-
ceive an honorarium of $4,000
year plus $500 a month for life.
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
Negro School
Children Forced
To Stay Home To
Pick Strawberries
Citizens Launch
Fight Against
"Parish Law"

TALLULAH, La, Jan. 90
Twenty thousand or more parents
of Negro children living in the
Fifth District of Louisiana will
organize a fight against the "split
sessions" conducted by school
boards in this district, according
TO information obtained from the
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31
Nations Boy
Scouts With
Membership
.AII-Time High
To Observe
Organizations
43rd Birthday
Forward On
Liberty's Team" Boy
Scout Week Theme

New York, N. Y, Jan. 26.-
(SpeciaD = The Boy Scouts of
America, with its membership at
an all-time high in excess of g.
100000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts.
Explorers and adult leaders, will
observe the 43rd birthday of the
organization during Bow Scout
Continued on Page Five,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-31

Patronize Our Advertis-
ers - Their Advertising
in this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Virginia Officials Hear
Of Educational Tv Costs
By the A.soeiated Press

RICHMOND, Va. April 25.-
Civic and school representatives
of five Virginia areas today con-
cluded a two-day session of dis
cussion on the possibilities of
educational television.
After giving estimates yester-
day of the cost of establishing
educational Tv stations, a tele-
vision consultant today was to
explain the expense involved in
operation.
Ralph E. Dippell. of a Wash
ington engineering firm retained
by the State Department Of Edu-
cation, set the bare minimum
price of setting up an education
al TV station at $250,O00. And
this assumed that commercial
TV station in the area would
permit use of its transmitting
tower. .
Four of the five Virginia areas
which have been allotted educa-
tional television channels have q
commercial station in the vici-
nifty. These are Richmond, Ro-
anoke Blacksburg, Hampton
Roads and Northern Virginia.
The other eligible locality is
Charlottesville.
A five-station educational TV
network has been suggested for
the State. On a full-scale basis.
it 4 build cost $2.770, TOO to set
thin up, Mr.. Dippell estimated.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Virginia Republicans
To Convene June 70
RY the Associated Press

LYNCHBURG. April 25.-Re-
publicans will hold their State
convention in Roanoke June 20,
State G. o. P. Chairman S. Floyd
Landreth of Galax told the News
last night.
He said he had received clear
ance by long distance telephone
for use of the American Legion
auditorium that day. As soon as
he gets a letter confirming ar
rangements he will issue the con-
vention call.
Mr.. Landreth had been inves-
tigating the possibilities of hold
ing the convention after the July
IA Democratic primary, taking
the position that June to Novem-
ber would be a long time to keep
the voters interest. He wrote
members of the State central
committee for their views on the
matter.
Provisions Of the war voters
act disclosed. however, that nomi-
nees for Statewide Offices would
have to be certified to the State
Board of Elections by July "a.
Decision will be made at the
session whether to nominate a
Republican for Governor. If the
party decides to get into the race,
a candidate will be selected at
that time.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
O. STlTl E|NTI0D.
LIVING TO Be TOO
Held Possible by
Using Health Data
BY the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, April 25.-A
lot Of Americans could live to be
100 If available scientific knowl-
edge were more widely applied, a
past president of the American
Medical Association said last
night.
IF all of the data available for
preserving life would be utilized
in planning individual and fami-
ly life" declared DR.. Edward l..
Bortz of the University of Penn
sylvania. many of our citizens
would attain the century mark.
"The utilization of known
facts concerning nutrition, the
Importance of sanitation, and
recreational pursuit represent
but few of the benefits which
are neglected for the most part
today"
He made the statements in an
address prepared for the formal
closing of the first western
hemisphere conference of the
World Medical Association.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
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Plan 10 Restrict
Business A|onq
Roads Is Buried
Farm Bureau Head
Asks Time to
Study Proposal

Proposed restrictions on COM
mercial development along rural
sections. Of five Prince Georges
highways are deep in the brine
barrel today.
The county commissioners,
with IS grim faced farmers look
ing on. salted down their recently
passed ordinance yesterday and
promised not to fish it out unless
its opponents request it.
Dudley Smith, president of the
County Farm Bureau. prophesied
that this might come to pass. He
said some of his group see the
need for some form of control
and want time to study the
problem. So.
Called Unfair.
All others who voiced objec-
tions at the Upper Marlboro
meeting called such regulations
discriminatory. unfair and un-
wise and demanded that they be
rescinded.
Among, the spokeSmen were
George T. Burroughs, Frank M.
Hall, Democratic Delegate Leroy
Pumphrey, Clarence E. Dicker-
son and M. Hampton Magruder.
Mr.. Magruder pointed out that
the ordinance was based on a
forgotten" law enacted in 1941.
1T appears" he declared,
"that after a. decade of sleep,
there has been a resurrection.
What need to know is, who ex-
humed this dead body"
Held Protective Device.
He didn't find out, but the
commissioners informed him
that they prepared rules banning
business establishments from a
30O-foot roadside strips as a pro-
lection to the people. =.
Mr.. Magruder made it clear
that Southern Maryland'S ira
ditional spirit of independence
has little regard for such solici-
tude.
"It's dynamite" he exclaimed,
land as for myself, I don't want
you to tell me that I can't sell
my land to whoever I please"
Chairman Thomas E. Latimer
asked whether any supporters
of the plan wished to be heard.
The reply was a concerted guffaw
that sounded suspiciously like
a horse laugh.
Evening star., 1953-04-25
Pocomoke Police Chief
Indicted in Assault Case
By the Associofed Press

POCOMOKE CITY, Md, April
25.-The Pocomoke City police
chief was on vacation" today
in the wake Of his grand jury
indictment on charges of as
saulting a crippled war veteran
in a tussle earlier this month.
When queried as to the status
of Chief Arthur Birmingham,
Mayor George S. Matthews re-
ferred the matter to Council
man j. Elton Mason.
Mr.. Mason said Birmingham
has Is days vacation coming to
him and added he didn't know
how many the chief planned to
take.
Brittingham's indictment was
disclosed yesterday when he ap-
peared with Mayor Matthews and
two city councilmen to post
$1,000 bond.
The 60-year-old chief is a
veteran of about 20 years on the
police force.
Two indictments charge him
with assaults on John Otho
Blades, the 28-year-old veteran
and Snow Hill printer. and Will
liam T. White, jr., also of Snow
Hill,