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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-02
New Orleans Has
What II Takes
By ROBERT l.. SOULE
Secretary-Treasurcr,
Central Trades and Labor Council
of New Orleans and Vicinitv

or New Orleans and Vicinity
NEW ORLEANS, always the
colorful Crescent City, is now max
ing spectacular strides toward be-
coming one of the nations princi-
pal industrial centers. Keeping pace
with this tremendous development
are the strong and progressive
local unions of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
The exciting metropolis on the
Mississippi was always a strong
building trades town. Now the ex-
pansion of industry and business
in New Orleans is offering unlimit-
ed opportunities to all types Of I'M
ion organization. The population of
the New Orleans metropolitan
area has skyrocketcd to figure
in excess of 100000. New Orleans
is a city of vibrant labor unions
and good labor-management rela-
tons.
There are now more than 100 To-
cal unions affiliated with the Am
erican Federation of Labor. Con-
servative estimates place total
membership at between $4,000 and
100000 men and women.
The A. F. of l.. unions of New
Orleans are celebrated for the in
telligent and fortnight part they
play in community life. They are
respected for their economic con-
tributions to the city and the
area.
The New Orleans labor move
ment has made resounding gains
during the last eighteen months.
Many new unions were chartered.
And careful survey revealed that
the organizations already in exist
ence enjoyed substantial increas-
es in membership.
New unions chartered during the
past year include Aluminium Work
ers, Local 24-864, which is the new
local at Kaiser, New Orleans; OPP
erative Potters, Local 220; Practi-
cal Nurses; American Federation
of Technical Engineers, Local 148;
and the Banana Handlers, Local
1900.
Substantial wage increases we're
won in 1852 by almost all New Or
leans unions. On May l of last
year all building trades affiliates
gained increases of 10 to 20 per
cent. The Aluminium Workers
negotiated satisfactory contract
with agreeable wage figures. The
printing trades negotiated con-
tract for substantial increases dur
ing the latter part of 1852. Un-
ions of the metal trades received
Is per cent increase at the be-
ginning of 1852.
Negotiations for 1858 wage in
creases were under way at the time
this article was written, but not
successfully completed in time te
| be included in the report.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-02

with organizations that permit IA
cial discrimination in their constit-
uent bodies"
"Our differences are basic ones
relating to the implementation Of
organization is fully committed to
the abolition Of racial segregation
and discrimination.
Partial Policy
Our procedures do not permit
us to indulge in partial applica
tion of this principle.
therefore, we find it impossible
80 successfully cooperate with or
ganiza tions that deal with this sub
ject on a varying basis. The en-
tire situation is very much to be
regretted"
Carey said that sin the absence
of a fortnight policy statement
against race discrimination" Clio
affiliates will be advised not to
participate in the work of the Ma
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-02
DR.. Ralph Bunche
Tells Greed On
This ! Believe"

DIR. Ralph Bunche, Director of
the Division of Trusteeship of the
UNITED Nations, who was award
ed the Nobel Peace Prize in 1850
for his negotiation of a peace in
Palestine, will tell his creed of liv-
ing to Edward r. Murrow on CHS
Radios 'This | Believe" Saturday,
Jan. =. Raymond Swing is pro-
ducer of the program.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-02


New Orleans has applied itself to
the achievement Of important ad-
vances. The building trades have
in operation highly successful ap-
premiership training program,
which has set an example for sucn
programs. The Aluminium Work
ers won key election over the
CLIO. at Kaiser's New Orleans OPP
Grafton. The victory Of the Alumni
nun Workers was by a substantial
majority.
Numerous A. F. Of l.. organiza-
tons have in effect important pro-
grams on apprenticeship, educa-
ton, political activity and civic
participation.
With unionism an integral part
of New Orleans community life,
the attitude Cf organized labor to-
ward community participation is
highly cooperative. Every local I'M
ion takes part, in one way or an
other, in the many worthwhile
community endeavors that are good
for New Orleans.
Civic, government, charitable,
social and religious organizations
seek the advice and assistance Of
our members and our leaders. Sym
bolic of the high esteem in which
the American Federation of Labor
is held is the fact that Brother A
P. Harvey, president of the central
body, has been named to two out
standing committees, the City
Charter Planning Committee and
the United Fund Committee. New
Orleans accepts and seeks labor as
a partner in its present progress
With the terrific expansion of in
dustry, New Orleans now has
everything. 1t used to be that we
bad the port, the climate, the geo
graphical position and the trade
market; now we also have indus
try. Hundreds of millions of dol
lars have been invested in new in
dustry in New Orleans during the
past two and one-half years.
Major industries are crowding
into New Orleans. During 1852
such mammoth industrial organi-
cations as Kaiser, international
Harvester, American Cynamid,
Lion Oil Company, match factory
and an oil refinery established
themselves in the city. Construc-
ton work was at what seemed to be
an all-time peak. The Union Sta
ton, overpasses and under-passes,
office buildings, apartment build
ings, and multitude of other pro-
jects became familiar and delight
full sights to all who live and work
in the Crescent City.
Payrolls have been popping. Pur-
chasing power has increased. More
than $4,000 workers are employed
at present in industry in the metro
politan area.
The New Orleans labor move
ment will continue strong. The
attitude Of employers is distinctly
pro- union, and it should continue
so. We are presently interested in
organizing many new groups. Our
hopes in this respect should ma
terialize before 1858 is over. Mean
while, labor in the vivid, historic
Crescent City will continue to sup
port and encourage programs for
establishing good relations between
management and labor.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-02

ert Trout commented: "This is a
new switch on the Americans, 90
home slogan spread by the Com
munists. Now that some Indians
are telling their own Prime Min
lister TO go home when he is home,
maybe the Soviets will soon let
their campaign go full circle by
taking up the chant, 'Malenkov.
go homel'"
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scroll, reads: Take A Giant Step
was written with such perception
conviction and sensitivity, it has
been acclaimed an outstanding ere
ativc contribution to the better
ment of race relations"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-01-02
Sheriff Warns.
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sheriff's department. We have to
preserve the law and | intend to
enforce the law regardless of the
consequences" he stated.
In declaring himself on the sit
uation, the sheriff said that he
was opposed to any project that
might disturb racial relations in
the parish and he said further that
he believes that disturbances
would be the thing that would
happen, if this thing (Clark Ter
race) goes through"
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Baptist Group.

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cember 20, according to the Rev.
William Prince Vaughn, host pastor
and general arrangements commit
tee chairman. The Rev. j. L. Ware,
pastor of Trinity Baptist Church
is president of the conference and
co-chairman of the local arrange
ments committee.
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were the children of Johnny and
lnez Wilson. Firemen who reached
the scene were unable to rescue
the children before death but
brought them out of the burning
house before the bodies had been
consumed.
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Sadie V. Thompson school has been
set for Jan. 2, in the school audi
forum.
Principal emiritus Sadie v.
Thompson, for whom the building
is named will be honored during
the ceremony. She began her work
in the Natchez public schools in
1907 after graduating from Will
berforce University, WHEREFORE,
Ohio. She ended her full time en-
ployment in May 1858. At that time
she was principal of the Brum-
field High School.
The organization of classes in
the new building range from the
fourth to the 18th grade with the
high school organization combin-
ing the eighth grade drought the
18th grade students. Eight hun
bred and forty students are en-
rolled in all grades.
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rotary; Rev. L. L. Boyd, general
manager Of the Publication House;
DR.. Walter r. Lowell, editor of the
Star of Zion; DR.. David H. Bradley,
editor of the Quarterly Review; DR..
J. Van Catledge, editor of the
Church School Herald; Rev. J. C.
Hogard, Secretary of Foreign Mis-
sions; Dr.. James w. Eichelberger,
Secretary of the Department of
Christian Education; DR.. William J.
Trent, president of Livingstone
College; DR.. Solomon Seay, Secre-
tary-Treasurer of Home Missions.
Pensions and Relief; Daniel w.
Andrews, Secretary of Church Elk
tension.
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because of some of the affiliated
bodies. of the conference "especi-
ally in the South, openly engaged
in discriminatory practices, such
AS excluding Negroes from DELHI
erations or according them only
limited participation"
TwO-Year Topic
He said CIO discussed this sit
uation for some two years with
the conference, emphasizing "that
we could not affiliate ourselves
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five-a-week applications jumped to
4, with Is from Negroes. This
department is only three men short
of the maximum, however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Todoy's Schedules

Stage
ARENA STAGE-"Summer and Smoke: 2:30 and $50 pm.
SAM S. SHUBERTy Three Angels" dark tonight.
tomorrow
Screen.
AMBAssADOR-"New Faces: 49, $780, $685. 7:30 and
9:35 pm.
cAP1TOL-Knights of Round Table: 1905 $780, $780,
TAO and $50 pm
COLUN1BA-"The Long. Long Trailer: 140 3:45 5:45 745
and $50 pm
DUPONT-.Julius Caesar" l. s15, $780, 745 and 10 pm.
KEITHS-"Ihe Glenn Miller Story: ITO, $780, $780, TAO
and GAS pm
LITTLE-"The Beggars Opera: 1910 $50 4:40 625 8:l5
and 9:55 pm g.
MacARTHUR"The Royal Tour of Queen Elizabeth: 2:5o
4:35, 625, 8:15 and 10 pm.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Faces: 1915 800. $685. 7:s5 and
GAS PM
ONTARIO Little Fugitive" lao, s4o. 5:4o TAO and
9:35 pm
PALACE-Act of Love-: l. 3:1O $780, 7:35 and GAS PM
PLAYHOUSEThe Living Desert" i, 2:40 4:25 6l5, sos
and 9:55 pm.
PLAzA-"Conquest of Everest" $780, s:1o $780, $780, $40
and 9:55 pm.
SILVER SPRING-Kind Hearts Coronets: 1885, $50 and
10 pm.
TRANSCRIPTION Here to Eternity: l:15 $780, $50
1885 and GAS pm.
WARNER-"This Is Cnerama": $780, $50 and $40 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07

out of his profitable insurance
business by Ill health in 1888
and buckled down to censoring
as a career.
His record as q censor makes
it plain he is a man of strong
convictions.
A friend Of Boss Ed Crump,
political top dog here for dec
AIDES. Binford was appointed
70 a temporary" position on
the board in 1928. 4 He felt
then that the job involved lit
tie else than going to all the
shows"
Il have no puritanical ideas
OF my own to put over" he
said then. II believe the aver
age theatergoer who likes the
movies knows what he is 60
ing to see when he attends
a picture show"
1ndC- aLClCuQe oled early. In
1880 he exclaimed. after is
suing a ban:
THE Memphis board does
not see why it is necessary for
producers to Aim plays which
have no morals. teach no les
sons and are not entertain
ing"
Binford's cutting and ban
ming began in earnest during
World War II. Major empha-
sis was on looping out scenes
in which Negroes were promi-
nent in roles other than serv-
ants.
The Memphis cenSors also
banned pictures for too much
shooting" "gangsterism." and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
The Passing Show
The Passing Show
Comes Small Choir Of Truly Hilarious Angels
Shubert's Comedy
Reflects Spewocks
In Merry Mood

After T. S. Eliot and Charles
Morgan came Sam and Bella
Spewack, and behold it is very
good.
It is no f1gurative coming
in the case Of the Spewacks.
as merely the authors Of my
Three Angels" the funny COM
edy with the lopsided moral
viewpoint at the Shubert.
They came in person. It sets
a city up to have the Spe-
wackS with a Spewack play.
The relief they represent, as
playwrights. from the Messrs.
Eliot and Morgan lies in their
viewpoint on life and the the
alter. They are as >acutely
aware as the most perceptive
human that the cosmic chill
is icing up the wings Of the
human spirit. But they can
not feel as desperate about it
as their immediate predeces-
sors on the local drama scene.
It's q Comic Comedy
Unlike Mr.. Eliot's, their
comedy Is comic. His 1.-THE
Confidential Clerk" inciden-
tally. reminded one spectator
Of the late Robert Benchley's
critical summing up Of an
other so-called comedy: IF
this is comedy. I have been
laughing at the wrong things
all my life"
This. to be honest, is over
stating the case against Mr..
EAot'S elegant work. It's wit
is brilliant. If fugitive and
awesomely sculptured. The wit
OF MY Three Angels" Is pure
rakehell in flavor. The spec
tator does not have to think
before he laughs, or afterward.
Whatever thinking went into
making the subject funny the
SpewackS did themselves, and
in advance.
What they have, adapted
from the French of Albert
Husson. is a hilarious story.
What they also have is a re-
markedly matching comedian
In Walter Slezak.
No actor any one can think
OF is more ideally equipped to
head a platoon Of convict an
gels which undertakes to save
an Anticipated family from a
variety Of fates worse than
dire. Even In the attire of
Devils Island prisoner, Mr..
Slezak looks angelic-corpu-
lent. kind. celestially wise in
the weaknesses of humans.
The Ducotel household is a
shambles when Slezak and his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Walter Slezuk Ideul
AS Most Agile Of
Angelic Trio

rework Storekeeper Ducotel's
books to turn q hideous loss
into a spectacular profit? How,
too, II he understood less of
human nature. could he have
seen that a villain like Cousin
Henri should be executed
cleanly, quietly and undetect-
ably?
It is conceivable that a
standard angel would not have
the slightest idea about ham
ding problems of this kind.
They are pie for Slezak's SUBJ
standard angel. And the way
the type is portrayed, hilar-
iously convincing in every
flashing expression.
The other two angels Of the
comedy are less dominantly
busy. but equally every bit as
merrily made. It Is a great
blessing to poor harried Nine.
Ducotel that the Angel Jules,
played by Mr.. Beal, killed his
wife in q At of pique at flnd-
ing her unfaithful. This act,
not the sentence to life i'm
prisonment. taught Jules an
understanding Of. and SYM
pathy for. women. No man
could conceivably be Of greater
comfort to q wife driven to
distraction by the incompe-
tence Of her poor husband and
a Economically unstable
daughter.
Junior ArtfuI, Too
The youngest angel, in the
ecstatically wicked design of
the comedy, is paired of with
the Ducotel daughter. He
came to prison for life as a
result Of meeting a less attrac-
tive girl. one for whom he MUIR
dered 9 wealthy stepfather.
An angel named Alfred can
not have developed such an
enthusiasm for girls without
putting 1t to intelligent use in
a dilemma such as that of
Marie Louise Ducotel.
Accordingly. no lovelorn
girl ever found herself with a
more qualified counsellor and
champion than Alfred turns
out to be in MY Three An
GELS" When his counsel fails
to obtain the desired results,
Alfred has other and surer re-
sources.
Into every word and gesture
Of these three central char
acters. the Spewacks-and be-
fore them M. Husson-have
put absolute conviction that in
whatever guise they come, an
gels are Enthusiastically angels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Viewing TV
NEW YORK.

Clouds sometimes do have
silver Innings, as Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Vandevanter can attest.
Their cloud, shared by a lot
of other folks at the time, was
the depression Of the thirties.
The silver lining in their case
was the long running radio and
television show Twenty Cues
tons"
Fred was a Detroit news
paperman during the depres-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Memphis Morals Protector Hos Own Code
On Sex, RocioI and Other Aspects of Films

Despite his vigilance, Bin
ford Is sometimes thwarted.
When Miss Sadie Thomp-
son" was banned recently be-
cause Of a dance by Rita Hay
worth, a televiSion show oblig-
ingly picked up the dance foot
age and ran it so Memphis
could see what it was missing.
But the board does its best.
And it has achieved unique
status in recent years. It is
the Nations busiest crew of
censors and its four active
members are among the most
elderly in the business.
Critics say the board is
Americas worst; supporters
say it's the best. There seems
to be no middle ground.
There are actually five mem
bers but the fifth one. q lawyer,
has been outvoted so often he
seldom attends.
Technically Binford has only
one vote but in practice his
control is rarely challenged.
For all practical purposes. Bin
ford is the board.
The law gives the censors
unbounded latitude in deciding
what is immoral or "inimical
to public safety, health, morals
or welfare"
Friends describe Binford as
genial, generous, Christian, in
telligent. Critics say he's
irascible, overbearing. narrow,
q zealot.
It's hard to get a clear pic
ture Of the man who was forced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
By WiIIiom Order
MEMPHIS

After more than a quarter
century Of Scissoring sin from
cinema, Lloyd T. Binford be-
lieves at least q fourth of Hol-
lywood'S products tend to lead
the world down the road to
ruin.
Binford is probably the Ma
tons beSt-known and most
controversial censor. His own
description Is most notori-
GUS" His rulings-as chair
man of the Memphis and
Shelby County Board of Gen.
sors-have been carried as
high as the United States Su-
preme Court.
{ On a normal working day,
Binford's big black sedan may
draw UP before any one of sew
eral Hollywood outposts here
the local distributing head
quarters Of the big Hollywood
film companies.
His chauffeur usually helps
the arthritic 83-year-old CEN
scr over the curb and darts
ahead to open the door Of the
building.
Sometimes Loses
Looking neither to the right
nor left. Binford shuff1es pain
fully into enemy territory, to
the Aim Viewing room. There
he joins his colleagues on the
board, three white-haired
women. Their eyes not only
strain all the movies shown
here. They read scripts of
plays, scan ballet for sin, pass
on other forms Of entertain
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
BY he Asseeiofed Press
HOLLYWOOD.

This never could be called
type casting. Jean Simmons,
the versatile English actress,
is cast in her first Western.
The picture is "a Bullet Is
Waiting" in which Miss Sim
mons plays a sheepherder's
daughter In a remote section
Of CALIFORNIA; high Sierras.
What about that accent?
Didn't you know2" she asks.
"The British accent as such is
gradually disappearing. Heav-
ems, even when I was making
movies in England, we used to
get complaints that even our
own people couldn't under
stand some of the dialogue"
However, the producers Of
the picture are taking no
chances on taxing the fans
credulity.
Brian Aherne plays my
father, and he's identified in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Greer Casts Vote For More Romance

Carson. There's so much in
the movies and on television
that shows the hard side of
life. I'm tired of seeing young
people being trained to kill and
of ugly people saying ugly
things. Audiences are getting
an overdose of facts, facts,
facts.
Nov I enjoy Sergt. Joe
Friday as much as any one. but
I don't like a steady diet Of
facts. I think people also
need a touch of sentiment in
their lives. They like to sec
the beautiful side of life, too,
and the movies and TV aren't
providing it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Viewing TV
The Lining Was Silver
But Thut Was Dark Cloud in '30s
For the 20 Questions Family
By Wayne Oliver

now devotes his time to
Twenty Questions" which he
and Mrs. Vandevanter own,
and to their publishing busi-
ness in Princeton. N. j. Bobby.
who was a panelist on the
show as Bobby Mcclure, has
been absent while attending
college but returns next week.
Nancy is starting a teaching
career.
Lurene's New Life
Life With Father may ap-
pear to be trying at times on
the participants on the CBS-
TV series, but it has meant q
new era in the career of Lurene
Tuttle. who plays Mother Day.
Long one of radios most
active performers and a vet
eran of over two decades on
the stage. Miss Tuttle finds
that for the first time she is
getting public recognition as
an individual rather than for
the role she plays.
II would say it has increased
recognition 100-fold," she re-
lated by telephone from Holly
wood.
IT'S wonderful to inject
myself completely into the
show" she declared. I'm radio,
there was only my voice. On
the stage, the character I was
playing was everything. People
were not interested in me as q
a person. Now they are"
The show. which started
last November, with Leon
Ames playing Father Day, has
brought Miss futile the big
gest flood of fan mail of her
successful career and given
television "a new discovery"
Miss Day, now in her for
ties, has been on the stage
since she was II. She has
been in radio for years, ap-
pearing as a regular on such
programs as Hollywood Ho-
tel" White Fires" and Sam
Spade. She made her motion
picture debut in 1947 and cur
rently is featured in Affairs
OF Dobie ellis" in which she
plays Debbie Reynolds mother.
Miss Tuttle's daughter, Bar
bara Ruick, also has q role
in the picture.
In private life, Miss Tuttle
is the wife of Fred Cole, tele-
vision sound technician.
She's all set for color tele-
vision. Life With Father" is
about a family of redheads,
and she's titian-haired.
Coming Soon
Glamor Gals Merle Oberon,
Paulette Goddard and Corinne
Calvet have been signed for
a new half-hour film series
entitled Women in Love" and
Denise Darrell is booked for
a live series to be called Chez
Denise. Starting dates have
not been announced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07

associate angels. played so
warmly and dextrously by
Royal Beal and Carl Betz, take
over.
What makes this process q
thing Of sustained merriment
is that MY Three Angels" rep
resentS a perfect blend of
character and situation. It is
funny that three such inno-
cents as the Ducotels should
be redeemed by such outra-
geously guilty humans as a
master confidence man and a
couple Of unabashed MUIR
derers.
It Is more amusing, in It's