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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Bishop She'll 10 Talk
On Family Court

The Most Rev. Bernard j.
Shell. auxiliary Bishop of Chi
cago. will deliver q major adj
dress on the Family Court move
ment August 18 at the annual
meeting of the American Bar
Association in Chicago.
The talk will be made before
the Judicial Administration Sec
ton, composed of leading law
yers and judges working to inn
prove the administration Of
justice. It will mark the first
time q clergyman has been in
vited to address the section. The
associations meeting opens Au-
gust 16 and will run through
August 20.
The family court program
calls for trained personnel to
help judges effect reconciliations
In marital disputes. Special pro-
cedureS would insure that the
best interests of children are
served and that alimony and
maintenance are paid prompt
ly.
Both Houses Of Congress are
now considering bills which
would establish q Family Court
in the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
D. {. Man Given s Months
In Alexandra Check Case

James E. Lawrence, jr., Is, a
steel worker last employed in
Arlington, yesterday was sem
fenced to six months in jail after
pleading guilty to two bad-check
charges.
Judge James r. Duncan OF
Alexandria Civil and Police
Court imposed the sentence on
Lawrence, who, defending him
self in court, noted an appeal.
He was charged with passing
two worthless $50 checks last
winter in Alexandria.
Before his arrest on July 10,
Lawrence, who lived in the 210O
block of F street NV, had
eluded detectives on two differ
ent occasions.
Detectives said lawrence
after completing his jail term,
will face court action on a nom
support warrant in New Ha-
mover County. N. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
u h
TempIeton Shows His Talents.
AS F1ciIe Pianist and Mimic
different compose Bach

q different compose Bach,
Chopin, Shostakovitch, Sousa.
The themes lad the habit all
too often OF dissolving into q
neat display Of the mannerisms
Of the various composers. leav-
ing the impression not SO much
of q tour de force as Of the well
contrived package OF an adroit
entertainer. Nor was it the
Mozart concerto, played, of
course, not In fun but in earnest,
In which MIR Iempleton showed
his great artistry, but rather in
two PAROLES which he played
and sang--one of high school
production OF a Gilbert and Sui
Ivan opera, the other Mary
Had a Little Lamb in the style
first of q hillbilly singer, then OF
q Calypso crooner.
These were very good parodies
indeed. Mr.. Templeton showed
that he is not only a facile
pianist, but also a vocal mimic
of great talent.
The orchestra under Howard
Mitchell gave a brilliant per-
Torrance of the Roman Carnival
Overture. and the Gayne Ballet
of Khachaturyan. The finale Of
this suite. called Sword Dance"
is q piece which, If it were only
played a few times by the disc
jockeys, might catch on with
the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Joint Hearings Sci
On liberaIi1ing D. c.
JobIess Payments

Liberalization of the District
employment compensation law
is to be considered at a joint
public hearing to be held at
1880 am. next Thursday BY the
Welfare Subcommittees Of the.
House and Senate District Com
mitteeS.
The question has been hang
ing IRE for nearly two years.
There have been earlier hear
ings which ended with no
action.
However. with this Congress
about to end, heat was applied
from some high sources, Capitol
Hill was informed, which
brought an agreement for Joint
hearings.
These will be conducted jointly
by Senator Beall, Republican, Of
Maryland, and Representative
Tale. Republican, of Iowa.
chairmen of the subcommittee.
of the District units.
The present law provides for q
maximum payment to the job
less Of $40 for 20 weeks. The
Commissioners some weeks ago
finally agreed on amendments
which would raise the maximum
payment to $50 a week. and to-
raise the duration to 26 weeks.
There are two other bills pending
in the House. providing for some
different arrangements.
The District Unemployment
Compensation Board now has d
reserve to its credit at the Treas
ury of about $50 million. Both
the House and Senate District
Committees are about to wind
up their business for this Com
gress but there was some sug-
gestion of hope that If the joint
subcommittee could arrive at
some clear-cut recommendation
it still might be considered before
Congress quits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
News Of Music
BY boy Thorpe

National symphony Orchestra. How
a aTd. Mitchell conductor soloist:
ron Amphitheater. Program: Roman
Carnival Overture. Berlioz;. Concerto
Z in b fiat, K $40, Mozart; Templeton
novelties at the pianos Siegfried's
Rhine Journey. WRGner; Suite No. L,
Khachaturyan; selections BY Leroy
Anderson.
Improvisation at the piano is
an art that seems to have an
appeal for every one. Alec
Templeton, who has for years
been a great favorite with his
public, last night concocted
pieces with themes made up of
notes volunteered BY the audi
ence at the Carter Barron Am
phitheater, each In the style of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
sou LlkI I, rue q: 90! 2 3. SHOULD

brass band. Such are the mar
vels Of science.
Yet it must be reported that
the exotic combination of cleo
ironically bloated violin and
concert band was not totally UNI
pleasing. Apparently the Paga-
mini concerto is durable enough
to take any sort of treatment.
OF course, it is mostly all fiddle
anyway, and the sudden BASH
fulneSs of the accompanying
band somehow did not seem out
of character. AS to Mr.. Staples
playing, it was deft and fiery.
The band itself, free from the
shackles of its stringed con-
queror. played in its customary
excellent style under the work
manlike lead of Comdr. Charles
Brendler. A particularly fine
piece programmed was the
Vaughan Williams Folk Song
Suite" This work enjoys the dis
tinction Of having achieved its
popularity in orchestral tram,
scription. although it was orr
iginally scored for band.
TschaikowSky's Danish Fes-
tival Overture" with which the
concert opened, may probably
be categorical as novelty. 1t
is cut of the same cloth as the
1912 Overture" and there seems
to be no obvious reason why it
Is not equally popular.
One other astonishing thing
happened. The almost continu-
Gus roar Of 81 airplanes, by ac-
tual count. ceased during the
performance of the Paganini
concerto. Can this be attributed
to the witchery Of the immortal
Niccolo?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-02
Navy Band Takes Fling
At Highbrow Program
n. lr...nn I n.unne
By Irving Lowens

United states Navy Band. Comdr.
Charles Brendief,. conductor. Soloist:
Gordon Staples, violin. At the Water
gate. Program: Danish Festival Over
ture, Tschaikowsky; Kamennoi-Ostrow,
Ruhinstein; Folk Song Suite. Vaughan
Williams; Grand selection from Ira
yiata, Verdi: Concerto No. !, Paganint:
Les Sylphides, Chopin.
The United States Navy Band
went highbrow-at least momen-
tarily-last night at the Water
gate and presented violinist Cor
don Staples playing the first
Paganini violin concerto. Mr..
Staples art is well known locally,
but yesterday he added an un-
usual laurel to his crown. He
can now boast that he is one OF
the few fiddlers In captivity to
succeed in overpowering q full
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04

of Africans will also receive in
ternationh publicity.
In this particular instance. Am
eriean diplomacy Is clearly and un-
officially on the side Of the Ami
cans, much to the discomfort OF
British diplomats and the Colonial
Office. Authorities In these parts
OF Africa still controlled by the
British are none too cooperative
TO American inquiries about in
vestment in Africa The reason:
The current demands that Art
can advancement in the economic
sphere In Northern RhodeSiA be
initiated and supplemented. in
spite OF European protests, might
well upset the laggard scheme Of
thinking OF British interests
which only reluctantly accept the
inevitable political advancement
Of Africans in West Africa and
tacitly obstruct the same political
advancement in East and Central
Africa.
Oliver LytteItOn In NyasaIand
The fact that Oliver Lyttclton,
British Colonial Secretary, Is Wis
ting NyasAlAnd calls attention to
the deterioration OF racial rela-
tons In the Central African ter
ritory whose African chiefs urged
their followers 10 protest the i'm
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04

Northern RhodeSiA for pay in
creaSes and job advancement for
Africans. Some correspondents be-
heve that the Africans wage de-
mands arc 'OInrealistic" because
they would force Europeans to
lose an economic foothOld which L.
becoming more and more insecure.
What Is not stated. but under
stood, Is that American interests
in the copper mines Of Northern
RhodeSiA, have been actively
pressing for African advancement
since in many copper mines Afri-
cans are performing the tasks Of
Europeans, but, ironically. are re-
ceiving pay on the basis OF the
African pay-scale which is con-
siderably lower than that Of
Europeans,
Some British investors resent
the American viewpoint, but re-
specting the American dollar. as
well as the fact that Northern
Rhodesian copper Is OF strategic
Importance to the United States.
have kept their battle fairly much
the background.
However. II current reports are
accurate, this battle may well
erupt into the open. which to the
chagrin OF some diplomats who
are fearful that the political rights
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04

position Of the Central African
Federation by refusing to pay
taxes. Open violence last year re
Elected seriously the strain In Tn
teracial relations In tho territory
Much 70 the disgust % African
leaders in the territory. British
authorities refused 10 accept their
cooperation In trying to ind the
actual cause Of the disturbance
which were erronsOusly blamed OF
the Nyasaland Congress. Though
the charges were later proved &C.
be false. the news was not roleas
ed publicly and the consequent re.
suit has been q worsenlng In thc
relations between Africans AM
Europeans
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04

families by the British AdmlnistrA-
uoR In November. 1881.
MorV recently Kenya police
have crossed the Tanganytka bor-
der to round up suspected Mau
Mau members.
The decision 10 send a mission
TO the MRu Mau country occurred
At the first 1884 session Of the uN
TrStecship council.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04
UN GROUP TO PROBE
MAU MAU ACTTVTT


Nairobi. Kenya - (ANPl -- A
UN visiting mission, including u
representative from the United
States, win investigate condition
first hand near the Mau Mau
country Of Kenya this summer.
The mission viii visit TangAn-
ytka. just south Of Kenya; italian
Somaliland and Ruanda- Urundi.
Political currents In KSnyR and
TAnganyika have some intercon.
nections. The outbreak Of MAu
Mau activity In KsnyA followed
the failure of eNblSd appeals to the
UN by members OF the WAmeru
tribe in Tanganyika 10 halt the
forcible moving OF 1900 African
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04
UNITED NATIONS
NEWS

United Nations. N. Y. lamp
The UN department Of economic
affairs pointed out this week that
the United States had a trade Of
1852, 100, 900 with the Belgian
Congo In the first nine months Of
1853. The Congo continues to be
the main source OF high-grade
uranium ore, the raw material Of
atomic energy. as well as Of 18th
ium. an important ingredient Of
the hydrogen bomb.
Although little mention has
been made OF the fact. African
Sengalese troops have been used
by the French military in all the
major battles in Indo-Chlna. How
ever. they have received little
credit for their feats OF heroism
against Overwhelming odds.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04
". RhOdcalA Seeks Better Jobs,
Pay for Africans

European, especially British,
publications are divided over the
merits Of the current battle be-
ing waged by the 5,OOo-member
African Mineworkers Union in
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-06-04

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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-27
Successful Sales Manager

Mr.. Clark who has been in
the Appliance Business since
his discharge from the U. S.
Navy in 1876, he is now ass
ociated with the National
Saes Co.. of Cambridge, one
of Greater Boston's largest and
most reputable dealers.
He is a member of the Mass.
Ave. Baptist Church in Cam
bridge, veteran of World
War 2 and the Korean War
and is currently residing at
S83 Walden St., No. Cambri-
dge.
Among the many features
he has added to the store is
a shop-at-home- pan. You ca
see any or all of the nations
leading appliances and telev-
ision without ever leaving the
comfort of your home. See
ad on this page.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-27
Mrs. Rosa c. Brown
Passes At Ninety

Funeral services for Mrs.
Rosa Cass Brown were held
at st. Marks Congregational
Church, Townsend St., RoX-
bury, Monday afternoon, Nov.
%, with the pastor, the Rev,
Samuel L. Laviscount officiat-
ing, assisted by the Revs. MI.
Minor and RIM. Owens. She
had reached her goth mile
stone. Mrs. Brown had died
at her home, 1875 Harold ST.,
Roxbury, on Friday, Nov. 10,
at 3 PM. after an illness of
several months, a part of
which she was a patient at
Boston City Hospital.
Her remains had been on
view for two days at the
Greene Funeral Service Chap
ell, 957 fremont st. and lay in
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-27

state at the church Sunday
morning until the beginning
of the rites,
The casket rested at the
front of the church and to the
right there was a great mass
Of floral tributes from organi-
cations of which she was a
member and from relatives
and individual friends, the
family piece which lay on top
Of the casket was a large clus-
ter of red roses and ferns.
Rev. Owens read the obitu-
airy (printed bellows and Rev.
Minor introduced the read
ing of half dozen or more
resolutions from the various
clubs to which Mrs. Brown be-
longed, Mr.. Louis E. Pasco
Continued on Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-27
FIGHTING RAILROAD UNION PREJUDICE
ELKS MEET
In WORCESTER

Worcester, Mass: The last
regular meeting of the PAST
EXALTER RULERS COUNCIL
No, B P o E w, Inc, held at
the Quinsigamond Lodge 173,
Worcester, Mass, saw the in
itiation and degree of admit
lance to the Council given to
three brother Elks.
Interim Chief Antler Harold
Faulkner (of BUNKER-AT-
TUCKS LODGE 1879 presided
over the initiation ceremony
that saw Brothers William
Duncan and Harold l..
Vaughan, both of whom were
sponsored by BUNKER AT
TUCKS LODGE 1875, admitted
to the Council. Chief Antler
Faulkner also gave the degree
to veteran Elk leader Brother
Herbert Gaylord, sponsored by
Quinsigamond Lodge 17S, Wor-
cester, which reinstated him
as a member of the Past Elk
allied Rulers Council.
As tn e various Councils,
Lodges, Temples and other
aff1liates of Elkdom prepare
for their annual elections.
Chief Antler Faulkner sug-
gested that those who are as
piring for Office be prepared,
if elected, to put into force a
yearly agenda that will enable
their organization to continue
It's pogra .lor community
progress and greater Elkdom.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-27
Court Orders
COIOFed Teacher
ReinStated

Sante Fe, New Mexico
Mrs. Mary Alice Swisher, a
colored teacher, nearly lost her
job as her town of Las Cruces
went ahead with desegrega-
ton. At the beginning of the
school year, white children
moved into the formerly all
colored high school but the
contract Of Mrs. Swisher Just
was not renewed for her to
teach.
She took her complaint to
court and the New Mexico Dis
trict Court has now ordered
her reinstatement, ruling that
under tenure laws, a teacher
could be dropped only for in
competence. Apparently Mrs.
Swisher had been dismissed
because the school board
thought it was undesirable for
her to teach in a desegregated
school.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-27

INSCRIBED TO THE JUSTICES OF THE
U. S. SUPREME COURT = 1854
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-27
INTEREST IS MOUNTING IN
ROLAND HAYES DEC. II RECITAL

Interest is mounting, on
many sides, in Roland Hayes
Sunday, Dec. 18th racital at
Jordan Hall, at $3.50 pm.
Last Saturday evening he
sang at Town Hall, New York,
and on Sunday in Constitution
Hall, Washington, D. C. For
all three programs he has Sc
lected favorite songs by Euro
'pean and American dating
from the 18th to the 10Th cen
turtles. In response to a pub
lie request, the tickets for
Mr.. Hayes only concert in
Boston this entire season are
now on sale, earlier than is
customary at, the Jordan Hall
box Office. This is not bene-
fit concert, and seats are mo-
destly priced.
His program includes COM
poSerS dating from Claudio
Monteverdi, born in 1857, to
Boston's Nicolas Slonimsky and
Henry Cowell. The latter's 1.-THE
Little Black Boy" was written
for Mr.. Hayes, Old English,
italian, French and German
compositions are included.
Eminent music critics in
leading cities have expressed
highest praise for Mr.. Hayes
singing in recent months, both
in this country and abroad.
The BOSTON POST called him
still the greatest recitalist in
the world; THE CHRISTIAN
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-27
THANKSGIVING
BY ST. CLAIR KIRTON

INSCRIBED TO THE JUSTICES OF THE
U. S. SUPREME COURT = 1850
We Thank Thee for our country,
That which Thou hast ordained
With countless blessing, stores of wealth,
All through thy mercies gained.
We Thank Thee too for life and health
To fight for her just cause;
For heart, and soul and mind and will
TO UPHOLD HER RIGHTEOUS LAWS.
We Thank Thee for her soldiers
Crusaders of the right;
We Thank Thee for her sailors
Who dare the demons might.
Guard those at home and those abroad:
Guide them whereer they be;
Mid banks of clouds or trackIess wastes
Or on the raging sea.
Then may we all be true
To Thee and to ourselves:
STRIVING with honest toll and skill
To enrich our country's shelves.
Your country and my country;
Your heritage and mine
God grant that she may prosper
And never see decline!
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-27
BRING SUIT AGAINST
RAILROAD UNIONS

CLEVELAND, Ohio. - Suit
was entered in the Federal
Court in Cleveland last week
to force the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen to admit colored To-
connective f1remen to member
ship,
The suit was brought by the
Provisional Committee to Or
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-27

SCIENCE MONITOR comment
was: From the purely vocal
standpoint the concert was no
less than thrilling. Mr..
Hayes still controls the widest
coloristic variety imaginable,
from metallic, powerfully ring
ing high notes to the most
ethereally tender mezza voice,
from rich resonance to the
most graceful elegance" D..
DIN Downes, of the NEW
Continued on Page TwO)
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ganize Colored Locomotive
Firemen and IA colored fire.
men who are members of the
Committee, against the Bro.
ther hood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginermen and its
two top officials. The COM
plant seeks a court ruling de-
Continued on Page Two)
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-27
BOSTON
BAKED
By Mabe KOuntz

By Mabe KOuntz
''FOr by Grace We are saved
through Faith: not of your
selves - it is the Gift of God"
= The Bible. re.
EBENEZER BAPTIST Church
is being congratulated for
weathering the shifting storms
of eighty three years, while
keeping aloft the torch of re-
ligious freedom and faith. Old
Ebenezer has served through
the uncertain us. Reconstruc-
ton years of 1871 to the his
toric Supreme Court decisions
of current times. My parents
served Ebenezer and were
married there. Ebenezer in a
large sense, represents all other
churches with long records of
faith.
THE CHURCH and clergy,
notably the learned Rev. Sam
uel Cornish, helped pioneer
the ColOred Press first news
paper, freedoms Journal
(1S2D which was edited by
the brilliant John Russworm,
a pioneer college graduate
from New England (BOwdoin
college, 1920, over quarter
century before the Emancipa-
ton. The church and clergy
have helped produce Tan Yank
leadership in every endeavor
by first providing the element
of faith in each man.
CAMP FIRE and old slave
quarter house meetings, dat
ing far back beyond the 1700's,
gave this nation her most So
lid temples of faith, out
stripping the much more ell
aborate and wider publicized
paleface pulpits throughout
the land. The colored churches
have shamed an enslaved De-
mocracy conscience. The Uni
ted States colored churches
have produced the great edu-
Gators, artists and champions
in every field among Ameri-
cans of color.
FRED DOUGLAS spoke mos
thy in the churches, not the
great arenas. So did Soiurner
Truth, DIR. Washington, Editor
TrOtter. Because the churches
were the first colored lecture
halls, forums, concert halls,
supper centers and even our
first schools. Both the NAACP
and Urban League were cradI-
ed in the cOlOred churches as
were a wide assortment of CO.
lored celebrities like Roland
Hayes, Marian Anderson, DR..
Bethune, and Congressman
Powell.
THE PRAYERS of a once
enslaved people have been an
swered in America. And it was
the colored church clergy who,
by probing through false re-.
ligious and political quackery
helped lead Tan Yanks to the
Promised Land. Paleface Pull
pits, including the Quakers.
offered some help. But the CO.
lored clergy have carried the
Cross, 1t is only in recent
years that colored people have
found open doors" in other
churches. Many are still shut.
Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1954-11-04

followed by a hike which ended
with games and songs as used at
day camp. A Halloween party
was in order on October 27. The
Brownies each brought a guest
and all were masked. Prizes were
awarded for the various costumes
with Mrs. S. Allen Mofitt acting
as judge. Cokes and cookies were
served, the cookies having been
made by Joan Niles, Karen Ever
hart, Dottie Gray, and Virginia
David at the home of their leader,
Mrs. Clark Knotts. A new YER
sion of 'Taps" to be used at day.
time meetings was taught by Mrs.
Brinton Reynolds, who has just
completed a Girl Scout Leaders
course and is assisting the Troop
during the illness of Mrs. Henry
T. Price, who is a co-leader of the
Troop. October birthdays cele-
brated we're those of Virginia
David, Gail Mills, and Sandra
Schuman.