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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-26
Strutford Hall
Benefit Plans
Told at 7 ca

Members Of the committee for
the benefit antiques exhibit.
Primarily American" were en-
tertained at a tea Wednesday at
the home Of Mrs. Orme Wilson.
The committee is planning the
benefit to raise money for the
maintenance Of Stratford. birth
place of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
and of Richard Henry and
Francis Lightfoot Lee, both
slgners of the Declaration of
independence.
Mrs. McCook Knox. chairman
Of the exhibit. told the group
about many Of the historic items
which will be loaned by their
owners for the occasion.
Among them is a silver-plated
wine cooler which belonged to
Light Horse Harry Lee and now
the property Of Mrs. Cazenove
Lee. and the prayer book used
by Gen. Robert E. Lee, which
is being loaned from Stratford.
A descendant of Thomas JET
ferson. Mrs. Robert E. Graham
is loaning articles which be-
longed to her famous ancestor.
These include eyeglasses, rul-
ers. a leather case or forget
me-not" which contained an ink
stand. seal and place for his
pen and a silver breaker. made
in ITO by John Letelier in
Philadelphia and presented to
Jefferson by George Wythe.
Among those assisting Mrs.
Wilson were Mrs. Horace VAN
Deventer, chairman of the Res
toration Committee at Stratford;
Mrs. Marcy L. Sperry. Mrs. Lloyd
P. Shipper. Mrs. George Maui
rice Morris and Mrs. Anterior
Macondray.
Stratford Hall is located in
Westmoreland County, Va, and
is now owned and operated as
a national shrine by the Robert
E. Lee Memorial Foundation. It
depends upon public funds for
its support.
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Mr.. Levert
TOBe Host

Mr.. Laurence Levert, jr., of
Rienzi Plantation, ThIbodeaux,
La, who with his wife came
with other members of the
Louisiana sugar cane industry
delegation for the Mardi Gras
ball this evening at the May
flower Hotel. will be host him
self before the ball gets under
way.
Mr.. Levert will -eign as king
OF the ball. His party will be a
cocktail fete in honor of the
queens, duke and distinguished
guests, among them Chief JUS
tice and Mrs. Earl Warren. The
Chief Justice will introduce the
queens to the king at the Mardi
Gras ball.
The Louisiana congressional
delegation entertained at lunch
con today at the Capitol for the
sugar cane delegation, and last
evening the group had dinner
at the Shoreham.
Wednesday evening, Mr.. Eu-
gene E. Cculon entertained at a
buffet supper in his Macomb
street home for the visitors and
the queens. Also there were
Representative and Mrs. Hale
Boggs and Representative and
Mrs. E. E. Willis.
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Mrs. Samuel 0. WhitehurSt
announces the engagement Of
her daughter Marjorie Ann to
1t. Edwin Cosby Gibson. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
T. Gibson of Bronxville, N. Y.
The bride elect, also the daugh-
ter of the late Mr.. WhitehurSt.
was graduated from the Academy
of the Holy Cross and is a senior
at Cornell University. 1t. Glib
son is a graduate of Phillips
Exeter Academy and Cornell
University. He is now serving
in the Army and is stationed at
Fort Sill, Okla.
MonteomeY-Hordy
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Willie
Montgomery of Greenville, S. c.,
announce the engagement of
their daughter Doris Crayton
to Mr.. James Harris Judson
Hardy. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Judson Hardy of Silver
Spring. The wedding will take
place in June.
Locks Schwartz
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Locks of
Silver Spring announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Geri
to Mr.. Stanley Schwartz Of
Washington. A June wedding
is planned.
McKinstry- Johnson
Mr.. and Mrs. William T.
johnson of Middletown, Conn.,.
announce the engagement of
Mrs. Johnson's daughter, Miss
Beatrice McKinstry. to Mr.. Mar
tin T. johnson, son of DR.. and
Mrs. Melvin T. johnson of Ar
lington.
Mr.. Johnson is a student at
Wesleyan University. A June
wedding is planned.
ZobiIsky -SconIon
Capt. John Zabilsky. U. S. NJ.
and Mrs. zabilsky announce the
engagement of their daughter
Mae Lucretia to Mr.. Thomas
Russell Seaman. He Is the son
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Birthday
Party

Senator and Mrs. John r.
Sparkman attended the celebra-
ton of the 18th birthday ami
versary of the latter's mother,
Mrs. w. P. Hall. The informal
festivity yesterday limited to
members of her family and her
very close friends. was held in
the home of Mrs. Halls son-in-
law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. c. Afford in Bethesda.
Mrs. Hall. who lived for many
years in Alabama. came to Wash
ington about 10 years ago to be
near her children and yesterday
she had a gay time with them
and the many friends she has
made since she moved from her
native State,
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Society News
Entertaining Varied
On the Capital Scene
Peruvian and Portuguese Dinners;
Parties for and by the Military
Society News
By Katherine M. Brooks

Peruvian Ambassador and
Sonora de Berckemeyer gave an
other in the series of rather small
and informal dinner parties
last evening planned by them
for the late winter season.
Portuguese Ambassador and
Senhora de Esteves Fernandes
gave a similar party last evening
in their embassy, which also
was one of a series through the
latter part of the season.
Another party given yesterday
by members of the diplomatic
corps was the 6-to-8 o'clock re-
ception of the Economic Coun-
selor of the Greek Embassy and
Nine. CaranicaS. Their guests
included Greek Ambassador
Athanase PolitiS, the Greek
member of the Standing Group
of the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization and Nine. Pallis.
members Of the embassy staff
and other friends of the hosts in
Washington. The company num-
bered about 100.
Travellers in the Corps
Australian Ambassador and
Lady Spender have arrived in
London for a visit on the last
lap of their long journey back
to Washington. They went home
before Christmas and had a va
cation there before starting back
to this country by way of Singa-
pore, Rangoon, Karachi. Istan-
bull and Athens. 1t is possible
they will make brief visit on
the European Continent before
taking off by plane for the
United States. They are ex-
pected back in Washington about
the middle of March.
Cuban Ambassador Aurelio
Concheso is leaving Havana to-
day for Venezuela to attend the
Pan American Conference which
will open Monday in Caracas.
Sonora de Concheso has been in
Havana for several weeks be-
cause of the illness Of her mother
but expects to return to Wash
ington shortly. The AmbasSa-
dor will not be back before the
end Of March or early April.
Offices Closed
The Embassy Offices were
closed Wednesday in observance
of Critic de Barre, which is the
stand for freedom made in this
small town in Cuba. The EN-
bassy also Remembered the
Maine" on February Is, the
anniversary of the sinking of
the United States battleship
Maine in Havana Harbor. This
was the act which brought on
the fighting of the Spanish
American War. The slogan in
this country during many
months was Remember the
Maine"-and the Cubans still do.
Sonora de zuleta Angel will go
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by plane tomorrow or Sunday to
meet her husband, Colombian
Ambassador Zuleta Angel in
Caracas. She will be there
through the conference and re-
turn with him. The Ambassador
went to Bogota, where the con-
ference was held four years ago.
for talks in the Foreign Office
before going to the Conference
in Caracas.
Ecuador Ambassador Jose r.
Chiriboga has been in Quito dur
ing the week and will join others
of his colleagues in Caracas over
the week end. Bolivia's Envoy
Victor Andrade accompanied by
Minister Renan Castrillo Just
ianiano also is in the Venezuelan
capital. In their absence the
Counselor, Senior Don Hugo de Ia
Rocha is Charge d'Affaires.
MiIitory to the Front
The chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and Mrs. Arthur
Radford were the guests in whose
honor former United States AM
bassador and Mrs. Myron Cowen
entertained at dinner last even
ing. Covers were laid for 80.
Deputy Director of Central In
telligence and Mrs. Charles Cabell
were hosts at dinner last even
ing, entertaining in their quar-
tiers at Boiling Air Force Base.
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Humphreys children were
there with their respective
spouses-the Bud Humphreys
and the Royal Firman, jr.'s.,
both stopping here en- route
from Cleveland to New York.
Former Ambassador to Rus
STA and Mrs. Alan Kirk are at
last moving bag, baggage and
belongings out Of Washington.
They will give UP their George
town house on Monday to be-
come permanently settled in
New York where Admiral Kirk
is already installed as chair
man of the Mercast Corp. It's
an affiliate of Floyd Odlum's
Atlas Corp. They have an
apartment at West Seventy
second street, in the famous
old Victorian apartment house,
Dakota, that looks out over
Central Park.
The Capital is sorry to see
them switch headquarters,
though it's seen little of them
during the past year. They
spent the fall in Europe, last
summer in Nonquitt and Lydia
Kirk. author of "Postmarked
Moscow, toured the country
last winter giving Is lectures
on Russia.
They no sooner leave their
house here than the Cecil
Lyons move in. Fresh from
2l2 years in Germany, Cecil
has taken over the job of di-
rector of the Office of Ger
many Affairs at the State
Department. The Joseph
Crews are, of course, ex-
tremely pleased to have him
back. He's married to their
daughter.
The Alan Kinks son, Roger.
by the way. is getting married
, on April "a. His future bride
is Betty YaW, daughter Of
William Yaw of Detroit and
the former Madeleine Couz-
ems. and granddaughter Of
Mrs. James Couzens and the
late Senator from Michigan.
British diplomat John Rus
sell and his famous wife Alik
are stopping at the Mayhower.
Now director of British In
formation Service in New
York, John used to be sta
toned here and more recently
was posted in Rome. He and
his wife had gorgeous place
there which was the scene Of
the party they gave for
Princess Elizabeth and the
Duke of Edinburgh when
they paid their official visit to
Italy.
Aliki Russell, sister-in-law
of Henri Claudel, was once
Miss Greece then Miss Eu-
rope. Noted for her beauty
and chic. she cut quite a So
cial figure in Paris during her
former marriage to a French
man. She had an apartment
on Sutton place in New York
during the war and subse-
quently held onto it, SO that's
where they are living now.
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Enquqenents Announced

Of Mrs. Alfred L. Lille of Ia
koma Park.
Both the bride-elect and Mr..
Seaman are graduates of George
Washington University where the
latter also received his Masters
degree. He has been an associate
editor of the Army Times for the
past three years.
Hommett Davis
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman w. Ham
NETT announce the engagement
of their daughter Sally to Mr..
Robert H. Davis. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Merlin Davis. The BRIDE
elect is a graduate of Mary
Washington College Of the Uni
versity of Virginia. Mr.. Davis
attended George Washington
University and was graduated
from Grove City College. Pa. He
Is now with the United States
Army at Fort Benning. Ga.
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Bon Voyage Party

Miss Georgia TavoulariS is
being honored today at bon voy-
age luncheon being given at the
Water Gate Inn by Mrs. H. P.
Eclov. The guests include a num-
Der of the honoree's associates in
the State Departments Division
of Far Eastern Affairs. Miss
Tavoularis is sailing for Kabul,
Afghanistan, to take up her
duties there with the State De-
partment.
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State Societies
Plan Festivities

The Pennsylvania State Soci-
ETY. will spin a wheel tonight to
choose a princess who will be
crowned for the Cherry Blossom
festival.
Contestants at the dance at
10 pm. in the Hamilton Hotel
are Miss Carolyn E. Lingle, Miss
Ann Maurer. Miss Patricia Nor
ris, Miss Ann Kopco, Miss Anna
liza A. Parente. Miss Mary Louise
Polakowski and Miss Fac M.
Smith.
Also tonight is the Nebraska
Society dance at 8 pm. in the
Willard Hotel.
The Arizona State Society cele-
brateS the naming of Arizona
avenue tomorrow at a dinner in
the Kennedy Warren, 3133 Con-
necticut avenue NV. Movies of
University of Arizona football
games will be shown. Dinner
starts at 7:45 pm. and earlier
refreShment at $50 o'clock.
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Mrs. Gould
Is Hostess

Mrs. Frederick Mitchell Gould
entertained at luncheon today
in honor of Mrs. Charles P.
Howard, Deputy Administrator
of Federal Civil Defense.
Guests included Mrs. Edward
Martin. Mrs. Sherman Adams,
Mrs. Carroll D. Kearns, Mrs.
Karl LeCompte, Mrs. Myron
Cowen. Mrs. A. ]. Drexel Biddle,
Mrs. Reginald NARROW. Mrs.
Daniel Bell, Mrs. Lee Murphy
Mrs. Edgar Mowrer, Mrs. Harold
Walker, Mrs. Ray Henle, Mrs.
George Thorpe and Mrs. Carl
McManey.
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Invitations Out

Invitations have been issued by
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Elihu Becker
for a reception March II in
honor OF the President of the
American Bar Association and
Mrs. Jameson. The event will be
from 6 to 8 at the Becker's home
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Exclusively Yours
BY Betty BeoIe

Senator Byrd Appears on Social Scene;
Humphreys Entertain for Don Louries
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-06-26
Navy BARRIERS
Charged With Bias

Crestview, Fla, June 18.-The
Air Force said today that six
white civilian BARRIERS would Fun
doubtedly" be dismissed for their
refusal to cut the hair of Negro
airmen at Eglin Air Force Base.
President Eisenhower has Or
dered segregation eliminated at all
military reservations, and Eglin
officials said that they had recent
ly received directive to that eff
feet from Washington.
The BARRIERS said they had been
told to get their tools and leave by
Maj. w. E. Schalsany, post ex-
change officer, shortly after one
of them allegedly told Negro air
man he twas not qualified" to cut
his hair. The airman had his hair
cut by one of two Negro BARRIERS
in the same shop.
Another barber, J. T. Garrett OF
Crestview, said Major Seaialsany
had asserted he did not dfiss the
six BARRIERS. Col. DEWITT Searles
Eglin public information officer
also said the BARRIERS had not beer
dismissed although "they undoubt'
eddy will be-"
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First White Student In 81 Years
Gets Degree From Fisk University

MEMO PARK, Calf, June 21-
First white student to receive . de-
gree from Fisk University in 81
years, was awarded q masters de-
gree in sociology last week.
She. is Mary G. Howard, "a,
whose parents live in Menlo Park,
Calf.
Fisk has two other white STU
dents in the undergraduate school;
but Miss Howard Is the first to win
degree since 1893.
She went to Fisk because she
won . scholarship, spent two years
on the campus. during which she
lived in the womens dormitory and
in her last year shared an apart
ment with q Negro student.
Miss Howard matter-of-fact ad-
mitted to the New York Times.
which carried long story on her
before her graduation that her
presence on the campus and on
trips throughout the Deep South
with Negro students occasioned
little sensation since Fisk has Ne
gro students who are no darker
Continued on Page Four)
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Prime MINISTER kWAmE
NkRUmAh IS FIRST NATIVE TO
ASSUME POWER TN A FULLY SELF
GOVERNING AFRICAN COLONY
Asked To Form New Government =
After His Party Wins Election Victory
Nkrumah Seeks Complete Independency
Nkrumah Seeks Complete Independency

ACCRA, Gold Coast, June 21.-
Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah,
of the Gold Coast, whose party
won a substantial victory at the
polls last week called upon the
Governor, Sir Charles Noble Arden
Clarke, at Christiansborg Castle
on the day following the election.
When the Nationalist leader met
khe Governor within the massive
walls of the castle, a relic of the
slave trade period, he was asked
to form new government, thus
becoming the first African native
to assume power in a fully self
governing African colony.
DR.. Nkrumah and his lieuten-
ants have made it clear that they
regard home rule as a mere pre-
Jude to complete independence and
dominion status within the British
commonwealth.
81 The Convention Peoples Party,
of which DR.. Nkrumah is life chair
man took an early lead in the gen.
eral election last week and went
on to win a substantial victory at
the polls to give the Convention
Peoples Party an absolute major
ity in the new Legislative Assem-
bly,, with fifty-four seats to the
Continued on Page Five)
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Sen. ELLENDER ASKS The LORD
TO EXPLAIN HIM TO NEGROES

NEW ORLEANS, June rs -
The Lord only knows that United
States Senator Allen ]. Allender,
who is before the voters of his
state for reelection in the July
q primary, is not against Ne
groes, Ellender wrote last week
to Ellis F. Hull, of the United
Voters League, Negro body, which
had written Ellender to ask if he
is interested "in the approxi-
mately $4,000 to $4,000 Negro votes
in New Orleans and many in
other sections of the state"
Ellender, replying that "Of
course, he is interested in the
Negro vote, wrote Hull that he has
been accused Of being against
the Negroes Of my state;" but
it's all a Misunderstanding. "Lord
only knows that I am not" the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-06-26

Dlxlecrat senator wrote.
However, Ellender was constrain-
ed to admit that he had been
against the provision eliminating
poll taxes and had voted
against the anti-lynch bill"
He had also voted for Taft Hart
ley, Ellender admitted; and had
voted against the "high minimum
wage legislation"
Eliender explained the detection
as follows:
The poll tax was a matter for
the states to handle" AS q mat
ter Of fact, he supported anti-poll
tax legislation in the Louisiana
State legislature in 1882, and "as
you know, we no longer have .
poll tax in louisiana" he said.
Anti-lynching was also IAN en-.
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-06-26
NEGRO QUESTION AGAIN RISES
AS TOP ISSUE I'M MISSISSIPPI
ELECTION UNDER IMPACT OF
DECISIONS OF SUPREME COURT
See Strategy Aimed AT NeutraIizing
States Sparse Negro Vote
Negro Community To Date Showing
Little Interest In Campaign

JACKSON, Miss. June 81 (DSN)
The political campaign in Mis-
sissippi for the post at stake in
the August Gath Election got un-
derway, and in full swing last
week, with the Negro Question
again rising as the top issue for
discussion by the candidates under
the impact of the recent decisions
of the United States Supreme
Court.
The top post at stake in the
election is the seat in the United
States Senate now held by Senator
James o. Eastland as the senior
senator from the state Of Missis-
sippi, who is being opposed by
Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gar
tin, former mayor of Laurel. Other
seats at stake include several con-
gressional seats, state judgeships,
and lessor state offices.
The campaign got into full swing
last week when Lieutenant Gov
ernor Gartin made the opening ad-
dress in his bid to un-seat Senator
Eastland before a large hometown
crowd at Laurel.
Raising the Negro Question as
the top issue in his campaign thin
ly yelled behind a slashing attack
against the United States Supreme
Court. and its members for their
action in framing the unanimous
decision declaring segregation un-
Continued on Page Seven)
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will be Mrs. Daisy Lampkin, Vice
President, Pittsburgh Courier.
Confronted with political, eco
nomic and educational and social
problems, The Honorable John G..
Lewis, Grand Master, Prince Hall
Lodge and j. X. Haynes, President
of Louisiana Education Association
wanted to do something which
would give direction, encourage
ment and legal know-how to the
Negroes Leaders of Louisiana.
These two state leaders wanted a
training program for their idea.
With full organizational support,
in August of 1852 more than $50
community leaders, chosen by the
people assembled at Southern Uni
versity, where facilities were made
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-06-26
Bishops Kin
AT SunfIoWer
Boys State

KANSAS CITY, Kans., June 26
- One Of the $50 boys attending
the 18th annual Sunflower Boys
state, June 6-12 at Wichita, Kan.
was IT. year old James Arthur
Hamlet, III, $50 Washington
Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas.
Young Hamlet, senior at Sum-
mer High School, was a delegate
sponsored by the Argonne Post of
the American Legion of this city
and was the only student at Sum-
mer selected for this honor.
The purpose of Boys State, which
opened June 6 through June IL.
is to stress high standard of lead
ership and to give the boys some
Continued on Page Five)
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First Two Negro
Graduates From
] enn. College

NASHVILLE, Tenn. June 10
Especially - Two Negro girls
the first in the 62-year-old history
of Scarritt College were among
the 81 students graduated by the
Methodist school here.
They are: DeLaris Lee John
son, Orangeburg, s. c., and Leila
Marie Robinson, Austin. Tex. Both
were awarded the degree Of Mas
ter Of Arts.
Scarritt is q senior and graduate
college operated by The Methodist
Church to train missionaries and
other church workers. Miss John
son and Miss Robinson we're ad-
mitted two years ago, the first
Negroes enrolled by any Of the
Continued on Page Four)
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French In North Africa Nav Face
Tunisian Version OF The Mau mau

NEW YORK, June FL Especially
"A North African version of Ken.
vas Mau Mau terror faces France
unless it heeds local autnomy de-
Aands.
There have been many assaults
on French settlers, something un-
known since the establishment OF
the French protectorate in 1913.
Two companies Of French para
troopers were rushed to Tunis last
week to bolster police and soldiers.
One Of the recent victims Of ter
rorists was Sheik Said of the Dor
der province of Haquadhen, who
was kidnapped and killed.
The pro-French Cabinet Of Pre-
mier Mohammed Mali offered its
resignation but agreed to stay in
office in . caretaker role. The
ministers were known to be reluc-
tant about identifying themselves
with the drastic steps taken by
Continued on Page Two)
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Prince Hall masons Sponsor
Leadership Conference At Southern

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 16,
1954-The Third Annual Leader
ship Conference sponsored by the
Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F & A
Masons and the Louisiana Educa-
ton Association, will be held at
Southern University, July SO it
was announced this week by Of
ficials of the Conference through
the Coordination, DR.. w. w. Glenn.
The conference brings together
leaders and potential leaders of
the various communities of Louis
lana for the purpose of instruct
ing them in the techniques of COM
munity leadership.
keynote Speaker this year is
Clarence Mitchell, Director, Wash
ington Bureau, NAACP, Washing
ton, D. c. Consultant for the week
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-06-26
maIan Race Bill Is
Defeated Again
Colored To Stay
On Vote Roll

johannesburg, South Africa
June 14.-Prime Minister Daniel
Malan failed by nine votes tonight
to get a, two-thirds majority in
Parliament to ratify the bill to re-
move $4,000 Cape coloreds (per-
sons of mixed bloody from the
white voters register.
Before the vote was taken or
the vital third reading, Mr.. Malan
said this was one of the most crit
'ical moments in South African his
tory.
If he got a two-thirds majority
he told the joint session, there
would be peace and quiet. If not,
the struggle would be continued
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