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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25
Bishop Walls
Presented Scroll

CHICAGO - Bishop Will
liam j. Walls of the A.M.E.
Zion Church was presented
with a scroll by the World
Council of Churches at its
recent Evanston III. meeting.
The citation read in part:
In grateful appreciation of
his service as a member of
the Central Committee dur
ing the first six years of its
official life, 1913 - 1854"
The Central Committee is
the governing board of VICE.
Bp. Walls was chosen at Am
Sterdam. Each member serves
a six-year term. Though re-
tired from the Central Com
mittee Bishop Walls stated
he will continue to work as a
member of WCC.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25
N. SMITH ASKS HIS name WITHDRAWN
POWELLS SECRETARY
NAMED IN TAX DODGE

NEW YORK - Mrs. Hattie
Freeman DodSon, Congressman
Adam Clayton Powell's secre-
tary for many years, has been
charged along with her hus-
band, for income tax fraud in
a SO count indictment which
was returned by a federal
grand jury.
The indictment accuses the
DodsonS of eyading payment
Of $4,000 and receiving $4,000
in false refund claims from
1913 through 1852. It also
charged the Dodsons with
making false and fraudulent
statements and representa-
lions, false claims for exemp-
lions and false returns.
Asst. U. S. Attorney Samuel
R. Pierce, Jr. said the indict-
ment was "the result of a John
Doe investigation of tax frauds
which is still continuing"
While Mrs. Dodson has been
Rev. Powell's personal secre-
tary, her husband. HOWARD IT
Dodson, has been choirmaster
of Abyssinia Baptist Church.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25
Bunker Attacks
Lodge Elects

BUNKER ATTUCKS LODGE
1875, I. B. P. o. ELKS of the
WORLD, at the last regular
meeting held the annual cleo
ton of officers. District No. l
Deputy Martin H. Johnson
presided. The following were
elected: Exalted Ruler, for his
fifth consecutive term, Bro
ther Bona B. Shell (who also
holds the office of New Eng
land Director of the Civil Lii
herties Department.; Est.
Leading Knight Gentle H.
Steele; Est. Loyal Knight
Randall Gray; Est. Occurring
Knight Lawrence Mccall;
Treasurer James Cook; Secre-
tary Frederick Williams; Es-
quire Bruce Walker; Inner
Guard Joseph Duncan; Tiler
Freddie johnson; and Trustees
Brothers Louis Holiday, Bruce
Williams, Edwards S. Balm,
S. Ellison and Odell
Clutchf1eld.
Exalted Ruler Elect Bona B.
Smell thanked the brothers for
their exemplitication of conf
dence shown by them in his
reelection; He also briefly
outlined his program for 1855
which calls for the incorpora-
ton of the Lodge acquiring
their own Lodge home; spon-
Soring a Brotherhood Break
fast; establishing a perman-
ent Voters Registration Com
rHittee; several public affairs,
Elk Memorial Services, etc
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25

He won in his first cam
paign for election to the House
from Ward 9 in 1913 and has
served as representative ever
since. He was the first Demo
crat to serve as clerk Of the
House committee on public
service, power and light. He
was a life long resident of the
district and made his home
at SO Roxbury and conducted
a real estate business at 95
Roxbury st.
Populrly named Billy" he
Continued On Page Six
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25
PACKERS STRIKE
NEARLY ALL SETTLED

A new contract covering the
so workers at the P. w. Roun-
seVell Co. here in Boston was
negotiated on Monday, Dec
emIber 20, according to Benja-
min Maglioz5i, Business Agent
OF Local No. II, UPWA-CIO.
The terms of the contract pro-
vide for a 5 cent general wage
increase with an additional
112c increase for women. It
also provides for 4 weeks va
cation after 25 years service.
The contract runs for 2 years
and provides for 2 wage re-
opening clauses.
This is the last of the in
dependant packers, producing
g. general line of sausage pro-
ducts, to sign up with Local
No. II United clearinghouse
Workers of Amerca-CIO and
leaves only the Colonial Pro-
vision Company and the F. w.
Baldau Company with I'M
settled relations with the
union.
The workers in these two
plants are entering their 9Th
week on the picket line. They
were addressed Tuesday at a
special meeting at the Union
headquarters by one of the 5
International officers OF the
United clearinghouse Workers.
Russell Lasley, International
Vice-President.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25
Governor In Reply
Acknowledges Request

The long drawn out con.
troversy over the appointment
Of Maurice L. Smith came to
an end Monday as the APP
pointee asked Gov. Herter to
withdraw his name from fur
ther consideration by the Ex-
ecutive Council.
Smiths letter to the Cover
nor read as follows:
Honorable Christian A. Herter
Governor of the Commonwealth
Executive Department,
State House
Boston, Mass.
Dear Governor Herter:
In all of the controversy
surrounding my appointment
by you to the Massachusetts,
Commission Against Discrimi-
nation, let me first express
my sincere appreciation for
the confidence which you
showed in me by submitting
my name to the Executive
Council.
Since you submitted my
name a campaign of personal
utilization has been develop
ed against me based upon
charges which I know to be
untrue and which know from
my talks with you, you, too,
believe to be untrue. The char
ges have been investigated by
responsible public officials and
have been proved to be false.
It has been my belief that
my whole background of many
Continued On Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25
RACIST BOWLES
NABBED AGAIN

Dover, Del = (CNS) - The
Bryant w. Bowles, head of the
National Association for the
Advancement of White People.
got off the hook on one set
OF charges filed against him
because of a technicality but
the state came back with more
detailed charges accusing him
OF unlawfully interfering with
the orderly administration of
the Delaware school system.
The state had anticipated
that Bowles would win a dis
missal on the first set of char
geS because of the failure of
the state to say the scene of
the original offense. Thereby
when the charges were thrown
out of the Court of Common
Pleas, the state filed similar
ones but with the more de-
tails.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25

PLEASE contribute to Re-
tarded Children's Fund.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25

DRIVE safely. Don't be a
Christmas casualty.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25

born in Boston. He attended
English High School and Blu.
College of Business Admins
tration. His first employment
was at the Boston Army Base
where eventually he rose to
chief foreman of labor and
equipment.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25
HOMETOWN NEWS

Cpl. Alfred K. johnson,
whose wife, Norrie, and chill
dren live at 80 Carroll st., Wor-
cester, recently arrived at Fort
Jay, N. Y, and is assigned to
the 121st Service Unit. The
26year-old soldier, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ike Johnson, 513 De-
lano ST., Augusta, Ca. was
last stationed at Camp Drum,
NY. He previously served in
Alaska and in Japan with the
occupation forces.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25

&N~sNNASAS
Everywhere.
The Staff
THE CHRISTMAS Story not
only rebukes world material
ism; it also revives the BibIi-
cal faith which has led Color
ed Peoples up the ladders to
freedom and progress. Some
men still laugh at Christmas
and SaviOurs. Some men still
question the Power of God.
But to the Colored Peoples,
the Bible and religion has
/ been very real, Communism
could not shake that belief.
Nor will the many other "di-
versions" of a materiaIistic
world. We will keep faith.
COLORED PEOPLE. even
through centuries of bondage,
took special heart and faith
in the Biblical stories which
were originally forbidden to
them, (Colored and Indians
had no souls!). Servants To-
Gated in homes laboriouSly
learned to read Bibles and to
pass the good words to the
field hands. The race thus pro-
duced its own preachers and
music. A belief that God sends
moral Saviours" to meet
every time and condition orr
ginated in this faith.
hANG HEROD'S era had a
parallel in our early nation
when many men revelled in
ill-gOtten wealth and Toasted
upon the fIeshpots of human
slavery while plotting even
similar Roman holidays of
establishing carbon copy of
the British Empire in the then
"New World. This is pain
full paleface chapter in his
tory. Its success would have
killed democracy. Even so,
there were Americans like
King HerOd who refused to
govern right.
WISE MEN from the East
Coast of America led the
search for a Saviour. These
people included AbolitionistS
They included Quakers. They
included colored leaders like
Fred Douglass and Sojourner
Truth. They included Harriet
Beecher Stowe and William
Lloyd Garrison. All of these
people were religiously ms
pired. And like the Biblical
Wisemen, these American
crusaders had a prophetic
abiding faith a Saviour would
be found.
THE BONDSMEN knew of
the coming of a mortal Saw
our long before it happened,
Just as the Jews had a pro-
phecy before Christ. Elderly
people of color have told me
that the coming of a Saviour
was proclaimed by genera
tons of kinfOlk for over 200
years and perhaps dating to
the 140O's. The American
slaves were singing about ga
Their Abraham" fully a CEN
fury before Abe Lincoln was
born. And who saw the star
when Lincoln entered Planet
Earth2
JOHN, THE BAPTIST. rose
up about the time preceding
Christ to warn the then rulers
TO govern wisely before The
Creator took action Himself.
And, as st Matthew writes,
some people called Johns
message "a voice in the Wild
eriiess." People said the same
thing about the warnings of
Continued On Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25
REP. WILLIAM A. GLYNN
TAKEN BY Death

Representative william A.
Glynn of Roxbury died at
City Hospital last Sunday
morning after an illness of
four weeks. He was 81.
Funeral services, Solemn
Requiem High Mass, were held
at st. Francis de Sales Church,
Vernon ST., Thursday at 10
am.
Representative Glynn was
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-12-25
BOSTON
BAKED
BY Mabe Kountz

A Very Merry Christmas To
Guardian Readers and Friends
Everywhere.
The staff
Evening star., 1954-11-07

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Evening star., 1954-05-09
By the Assoeio,sd Press

President Eisenhower yester-
day made public a delayed reply
from Brig. Gen. Christian de
CastrieS saying the defenders of
the new fallen fortress of Diem
Bien Phu were determined to do
all in their power to deserve
the confidence placed in them.
The message was in reply to
one from the President on
March 81 to President Rene
Coty of France asking him to
convey to the commander of the
gallant garrison his expression
of admiration and best wishes.
Gen. de Castries' response was
received at the French Embassy
here several days ago. 1t was
delivered to the White House
yesterday. a few minutes after
Gen. Eisenhower received over
the ticker the news of the
fortress capture by the Commu-
niStS.
Il have been deeply moved, /"
the generals reply stated, "by
the expression of admiration, of
gratitude. and of confidence that
President Eisenhower was kind
enough to send me on behalf of
the American people.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Confusion and Cool Direction
MINGLED in Forts Last Hours

China. told Gen. de Castries that
as far as Diem Bien Phu was
concerned "you have a free
hand"
Demand for Arms Cancelled.
There was a last minute
change in instructions from the
fortress. During the early morn
ing hours. Gen. de Castries made
an urgent demand for 20 plane
loads of ammunition-120 tons.
Instructions to the f1ierS were
precise, too. He wanted them to
fly low, and to be very careful
in making the parachute drops,
SO that they would land in the
sharply CONSTRUCTED area still
held by his men-an area not
very much bigger than Yankee
Stadium.
"My men are in danger of
death "a hours day." Gen de
Castries told headquarters in
Hanoi earlier in the week. THE
pilots must come down as low
as necessary to drop the con-
tainers and to give effective i'm
mediate support"
But during the afternoon, after
another reaSSessment of the sit
uation. the order for ammuni-
ton was suddenly cancelled. In
stead. Gen. de Castries called for
massive quantities of rations.
This apparently was in anticipa-
ton of captivity.
Successive Losses Reported.
At 4 pm. by teletype, Dien
Bien Phu reported to Hanoi,
Points three, eleven and twelve
at Eliane have fallen. The vio-
lent barrages from mortars and
Mini is infiltrating massively
through the strongpoints on the
west"
But Dien Bien Phu still held
and was in communication with
Hanoi and with a CAT Dakota
plane lazily circling the fortress.
The pilots of the plane said they
could see fire only from the Wet
Mimi cannon and that the rock
cts from the newly arrived
Stain organs" seemed to be
directed on Gen. de CaStries'
headquarters.
It was about this time that
Gen. de Castries told Hanoi by
radio:
The enemy have infiltrated
the entire central fortress. Our
munitions are insufficient. The
resistance will be doWned out.
"The Wet Mimi are a few
yards away from the radio o. er
which I am talking to you. T ley
are everywhere. I have given the
order to infiltrate the maxim m
amount of damage. We will nt
surrender" y,
Told to Fight to Last.
Gen. Cogny told him: You
will fight on to the end. There
is no question of raising the
white flag over Dien Bien Phu
after your historic resistance"
Gen. de Castries replied: II
understand. We will destroy the |
cannons and all the radio equip
ment. The radio transmitter will |
be destroyed at $50. We will |
fight to the end: Au revoir, mon
general. Vive la France"
The next message was from
the radio operator saying that |
Evening star., 1954-05-09
FOUND.

DOG. white, in vic Clarendon: medium
size no identification; nice pet: owner
or good home ia 2-013S.
Evening star., 1954-05-09

everything would be destroyed in
f1ve minutes. a.
An officer in Hanoi, listening
to the message from Dien Bien
Phu, described them as like 'the
tapping on the hull of subma-
rine lying helpless at the bot
tom Of the sea-"
It was the crew of the CAT.
lowering over the doomed fort,
that got the final message from
the main center of resistance. A
sergeant of the Foreign Legion
passed the word: THE Vietminh
have reached Junon (code name
for Gen. de CaStries' headquar-
ters). I say au revoir to you
now"
Big Blasts Observed.
The pilot of a plane which
flew over the area from / am.
to Z am. Saturday said he had
seen enormous explosions" but
little else. He could not contact
Dien Bien Phu by radio. The
enemy anti-aircr aft was
strangely silent.
The f1iers said they believed
the explosions came from the
isolated southern strongpoint,
Isabelle. The CAT. flying at
$4,000 feet, reported it had been
rocked by the detonations. Isa-
belle, which held out after the
main center of resistance had
fallen, was in radio contact with
Hanoi up to 8 pm. From then
Evening star., 1954-05-09

United States troops, that ought
to get back to Washington"
II think we will amend the
charter to that effect" he con-
tinued, However, this is just
my personal view. The admins
tration has not developed it's
views yet. They want to hear
from you and from the country"
In a short talk Mr.. Lodge said
the United Nations had been
useful as a preventive of world
war, as a counter to aggression
in Korea, and as a world forum
which I'VE utilized >. to show up
some of the dreadful facts about
the Soviet Union and Communist
China"
Economies Cited.
In next years budget, he noted,
the United States saving in U.N.
costs will net $1,971,000 as the
result of economies made in the
last year.
The United States share to-
ward support of the U.N., he
pointed out, has been cut by 11.6
per cent down to 1919 per cent of
the total, and he, himself, has
reduced his missions personnel
20 per cent and its Office space
25 per cent.
Mr.. Lodge said since he came
here January %. 1853, some
1,733 United States citizens in
the U. MS employ had been
screened in a Government
security check and 1872 cases
still were pending. An aide ex-
planned the figures were as of
May /, and the former group all
had been cleared as mot dis
loyal"
The Congressman were among
81 in a party of 1877 men, women
and children who will end a
3-day stay in New York tomor-
row night. They began their
U N. visit by having breakfast
with U. N. officials, and later
Mr.. Lodge took them on a tour
of the main meeting rooms.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
BY the Associotsd Press

PARIS, May 8.-The last hours
and minutes at Dien Bien Phu
were a curious mixture of con-
fusion and cool-headedneSS.
Brig. Gen. Christian De Cas-
tries, who rose to fame through
his direction of the heroic 56-day
defense of the fortress bowl, gall
lently said at the end: "Au re-
voir, mon general. Vive la
France"
A few minutes later his radio
operator laconically reported,
I'm five minutes everything will
blow up here. The enemy is only
a few yards away. Greetings to
everyone"
What happened after that is
unknown. The only clue has
been a report from Wet Mini
radio that the commander
presumably Gen. de Castries-
and II of his companies were
taken prisoner.
1t was during the afternoon of
Friday that wave after wave of
fanatic Wet Mini troops-under
Communist direction - started
rolling in on the fortress for the
long-awaited final assault.
Gen. Rene Cogny, French
commander in Northern Indo-
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Asia
Continued from First Page J

NCOIIlnueQ from FlfSC Page.)
and American sources here said
they thought the Geneva position
of French Foreign Minister BIZ
dault would be so strong as to
firmly resist any cease-fire agree
ment on terms that would hand
the Indo-Chinese state of Wet
Nam over to the Communists.
The conference which Mr..
Dulles is now trying to arrange
apparently would be concerned
primarily with joint action for
securing as much of Indo-China
as possible from Communist con-
quest in the shortest possible
time. That is the purpose of
the first stage of his united
action diplomacy which, in a
later second stage, is expected
to produce mutual defense pact
embracing 10 or II countries.
There is some evidence that
the United States and Britain
may not yet have resolved all
differences on how to organize
the initial round of what are
expected to be military talks on
creation of a united front. Press
dispatches from abroad have
indicated the British are think
ing primarily in terms of a
meeting of the United States,
Britain, France. Australia and
New Zealand. But the United
States thinking embraces
larger group that would include
the Philippines. Thailand. the
Indo-Chinese states of Laos,
Cambodia and Wet Nam and
possibly Burma and Pakistan.
"Hour Getting Late"
On Capitol Hill yesterday,
Senate Republican Leader
Knowland said he believes the
''hour is getting late" for the
free world to organize its de-
fenses against communism in
the Pacific.
II hope the free world, in
Guiding this Nation. will not
accept the loss of Dien Bien Phu
as tantamount to the loss of
Asia" he said. 'The hour is get
ting late, however, to establish a
system of defense for Asia"
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Civil Defense Course
Offered by Red Cross

Day and evening classes for
the Home Care of the Sick and
Injured for Civil Defense" will
be sponsored by the District
chapter. American Red Cross,
Tuesdays and Thursdays each
week, starting Tuesday.
The classes, to be taught by
Mrs. Florence G.. Ellis, R. NJ,
will be held from l to 3 pm.
or 7 to $50 pm. for three weeks.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
Old Jozzmun Blows
His Way to Door
Of Geneva PorIey
BY the A.seeiated Press

GENEVA, May 8-Sidney
Bechet-the old New Orleans
jazzman blew into town last
night and all but blew the
Geneva conference out of
town.
He took u phis stand. with
his soprano saxophone. at
Victoria Hall and rocked it
with "Muskrat Ramble,"
Baby, Won't You Please
Come Home" When the
Saints Come Marchin' In,
and other Dixieland favor
ties.
The Swiss audience of
young people and middle
aged gave him ovation after
ovation. He used five French
jazzmen to back him up.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
LanieI and P|even
Jeered and Hooted
Al Paris Ceremony
4 BY the Associated Press

PARIS, May g.. Parisians
jeered Premier Joseph Laniel
and Defense Minister Rene
Pleven today during an Armis-
tice Day observance held while
French Union soldiers were be-
ing led away to prison stockades
from Diem Bien Phu.
Stones were hurled into Com
muniSt offices in Paris and fire
bombs into the plant of Com
muniSt newspaper at Nice.
It reflected the bitterness
many Frenchmen felt at the new
defeat in a faraway war they
have long learned to hate and
whose mistakco they were seek
ing to lay at the door of the
nearest one who could be held
responsible.
Police lined the Champs Ely
sees from end to end this morn
ing. long before the officials and
columns of veterans made the
traditional march to the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier at the
Arch of Triumph marking the
ninth anniversary of the surren-
der of the Germans in the cere-
mony at Rheims May 7, 1945.
Laniel and Pleven Kissed.
President Rene Coty got a
mild burst Of applause as he
made his automobile pilgrimage
to the tomb, but when Mr..
Laniel and Mr.. Pelven drove by
the limited number of onlookers
along the street Missed and
hooted.
"Send him to Diem Bien Phu!"
They shouted at Mr.. Laniel.
Others cried "shoot him!"
Mr.. Pelven drew angry out
bursts of "resign, resign" and
shame on him"
It was the second time Mr..
Laniel and Mr.. Pleven had run
into trouble at the Arch of
Triumph. Only a few weeks ago,
after they dismissed Marshal
Alphonse JUN from his ad-
visory military functions for in
Subordination, Mr.. Laniel was
kicked and Mr.. Pleven was
slapped and had his hair pulled
by a small band of demonstra-
tors. The cabinet ministers had
come to the tomb for a ceremony
of silence during the early de-
fense of the ill-fated fortress in
Indo- China.
De Gaulle Rides Tomorrow.
The limited number of police
around today was only a frac-
ton of the number to be called
out tomorrow for a solemn ride
by Gen. Charles de Gaulle, who
himself will silently salute
Frances unknown soldier at the
arch.
Gen. De Gaulle's demonstra :
ton is his own personal way of
showing contempt for the pres
ent government. At the same
time his followers expect it to
result in a resurgence of opposi-
plan. which he opposes, and
which the present Laniel govern
ment is pushing toward a vote
on ratification.
Evening star., 1954-05-09
De Costries' Reply to Letter
From Eisenhower Made Public

"The free world may be as
sured that the defenders of Diem
Bien Phu, whatever their origin,
conscious of the Importance Of
the fight they are waging, are
determined to do everything in
their power to continue to de-
serve this confidence and to full
fill right to the end the mission
that has been intrusted to
them"
Evening star., 1954-05-09

on only the planes flying over
were the only contact.
The abortive breakout at.
tempt came about lis am.
Some 35 minutes later, a radio
sergeant reported from Isa-
belle: "The breakout failed. In
two minutes I will no longer be
able to communicate with you.
We are going to blow up every
thing"
The words of the defenders of
Diem Bien Phu from that mo-
ment on were buried in the sill
ence of death or of a Wet Mini
prison camp.