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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
BORN NEGRO INVITED TO PREACH IN RUSSIA
Israel President
Warns Against
Mixed Marriage
See Danger To
Existence of
Jewish People

Jerusalem, April 2 = Israeli's
President, Izhak BenZvi, has ap-
pealed to a young Jewish artist
to end the hunger strike he is
waging in an effort to win the
right to marry his Christian fl
nance.
The Presidents wife also invited
the artists Yugoslav girl friend
to come to Jerusalem "to talk
things over"
The young man, Moshe Barak,
is demanding legalization of civil
marriages so that he can marry
Urit Pantekowitz without their
changing their faiths.
President Ben-Zvi wrote Mr..
Barak that his fast would not in
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
EMERGING CREDIT ASSISTANCE
AVAILABLE In TEN CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES

Farmers Home Administration
Supervisors in ten central Missis-
sippi Counties received instructions
today from the State Director, T.
B. Fatherree, to accept applications
from farmers who suffered dam
age to fruit, vegetable, or other
growing crops because of the re-
cent freeze.
Those farmers who need credit
and are unable to secure satisfac-
tory credit otherwise may receive
assistance from the Farmers Home
Administration to enable them to
replant damaged crops, or to plant
other crops which may be more
suitable. Credit assistance may be
used for the purchase of plants,
seed, fertilizer, machinery repairs,
gas and oil, hired labor, etc. APP
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
STUDENTS PROPOSE 25.YEAR
PLAN FOR INTEGRATI0M

Charlottesville, N. c., April A.
College students attending the
three-day eastern regional congress
Of Delta Sigma Rho, leading ma
tional foresenic society, at the Uni
versity of Virginia, proposed 25
year plan for racial Indignation in
public schools when they met here
last Saturday afternoon.
The group plan to send a pro-
posed congressional bill to Presi-
dent Eisenhower, Education Com
missioner Samuel Brownell and ap-
propriate committees of Congress.
The bill, adopted by the students
by. a 81 to 2 vote, proposes that
the Supreme Court delegate the
project of Indignation to federal
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
State Sunday
School & BTU
Hold Semi-AnnuaI
Session At Boyle

Boyle, Miss, Apr. 4.-(SpeciaD
The State Sunday School and
Baptist Training Union Congress
of Mississippi held its semi-annual
session last week with the churches
of Boyle, Miss, with the Rose Hill
Baptist church, pastored by the
Rev. ]. NJ. Coleman, serving as the
host church.
The meeting was called to order
at 1875 pm. Monday by the hon
ored president, Rev. J. w. Gayden,
presiding. The Congress program
was read and approved as the guide
for this session. The theme for
this session, "The Church Foster
ing Personal Christian Faith In
The Family" General topical dis
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
State NAACP
Scoofs AtState
Multi-MiIIion
Education
Program

The State Headquarters of the
NAACP here, in a statement to
newsmen this week scoofed at the
multi-million dollar educational
program of the state financed by
the special session of the state
Legislature which ended last Fri
day.
Calling the entire multi-million
dollar school equalization program
mere wishful thinking" the state
ment said, Mississippi should pre-
pare for a desegregation era that
is only a short way Off"
"Those Of US who believed in
constitutional government and not
dictatorship or communism are GO
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
State Negro Agricultural Economist
Named TO Marketing Post In USDA

Elmer ]. Moore, a former agri-
cultural economist of the Depart
ment of the Interior, has been ap-
pointed to a similar post in the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Assigned to the Agricultural
Marketing Service, Mr.. Moore will
assist in making economic studies
of marketing of commercial flori-
culture and commercial ornamental
horticulture in continental United
States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
A graduate of the University of
California, from which he received
both B. S. and an NJ. S. degree in
agricultural economics, Mr.. Moore
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
Governor Griffin
Promises Georgia
Negroes Park Area

ATLANTA, Ca, April 4-Gov.
Marvin Griffin last week promised
aggregated facilities for Negroes in
a few of Georgia's state parks.
Griffin said it is planned to add
separate facilities for Negroes in
some of the present parks, and
eventually build one or two parks
exclusively for Negroes.
"We hope to provide recreational
areas for Negroes in line with our
principle of giving different races
If Georgia citizens separate but
equal facilities" the governor said.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09

served for three years with Inter
ior's Bureau of Reclamation with
headquarters at Fresno, Calf,
where he has made his home.
The new appointee is a native of
Philadelphia, Miss. He attended AL
corn A. & M. College and Purdue
University, and was a high school
principal and veterans instructor
for two years prior to entering the
field of agricultural economies.
Mr.. Moore is a veteran of World
War II, having served as an in
structor in the special training
unit at Fort Benning Cor two years.
He is married and has two sons.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
marve Louis
Contests u. S.
Tax Claim

Washington, D. c., April 5-At-
torneys for Mrs. Marva Louis
Spaulding filed a petition in United
States Tax court here last week
contesting a government claim that
the former wife of Joe Louis failed
to report some $134,000 she re-
ceived in compensation for SER
vices" to Louis from 1916 to 1949.
The government is demanding
she pay $4,000 in additional taxes
plus $9,771.96 in delinquent penal
ties"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
INDIAN LEADER APPEALS FOR
same RIGHTS AS NEGROES

New York, April A leading
spokesman for the Sioux Indian
tribe today appealed to the Amer
lean people to extend to Indians of
this country the same freedoms
enjoyed by Negroes.
~ want to be free like my Ne
gro brothers," said Joe Roubideaux
of the Rosebud Reservation in
South Dakota in the new issue of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
Ala. College To
Host InterraciaI
Workshop

Philadelphia, Pa, April 4 The
American Friends Service Commit
tee announced here last week that
college of undisclosed origin in
an Albanian community has voted
to accept both Negro and white
students attending summer work.
shop under the auspices Of 9TH
Continued on Page Eight)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
President US.
Chamber OF Com,
Is Speaker At
Piney Woods
School Wed.
Ceremony Marks
Creation Of
Laurence G.. Jones
Foundation

Piney Woods, Miss, April g.
OSN) = A Boyd Campbell, of
Jackson, Mississippi who was re-
Gently elected President of the
Unitd States Chamber of Com
merce, and a former member of
its committee on education was
the principal speaker at the cere-
monies at Piney Woods School
here Wednesday marking the crea-
ton of the Laurence C. Jones
Foundation Fund.
Participating in the Signing
Ceremony with Prof. Jones, Found
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09

GREENVILLE, Miss, April A.
(DSN)-Hodding Carter the Pulit-
ger Prize Winning Editor, in
Front Page Editorial in his paper
the Democrat Times here Sunday
told members of the House of Rep
resentatives of the Mississippi Leg
islature to eco to He'll"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
Knoxville, Tenn, Host To AIpha's
Sou. Regional Conference

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April d
"ALPHA'S CRUSADE FOR CON-
PLETE FREEDOM" is theme of
the Southern Regional Conference
which Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
will hold in Knoxville, Tenn. Easter
weekend, beginning Thursday,
April 7th, and continuing through
Sunday, April 10th. Presiding over
the conference will be Lewis o.
Swingler, Memphis newspaper pub
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09

district courts and that the judge
in each district within 25-year
period.
The students spent three days
discussing how the American educa-
tional system can best meet So
ciety's needs and adopted five other
proposals.
The Indignation plan proposed
that district judges appoint full
time masters to draw up local plans
for indignation after consulting
civic and business leaders and par
ents of students involved, and that
if segregation still existed in any
district after 90 years the federal
courts take steps to end 1t within
the next five years.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09

Look magazine. God knows we
need another Abraham Lincoln to
set the Indians free"
Robideaux made his plea in Look
to point up the plight of the $4,000
members of his tribe who soon face
the withdrawal of the Federal aid
for Sioux Reservations in South
Dakota.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09

Usher, who was elected regional
vice-president of the Southern
Jurisdictional during the General
Convention of The Fraternity last
December in Miami, Fla.
Host chapters at Knoxville are
expecting delegation Of over two
hundred visitors scheduled to con-
verge on the East Tennessee me-
tropolie f~~~' THO e~--o- -"~'-- COM
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
AmE's Dedicate
New School
In Africa

MONROVIA, Africa, April s.
Monrovia college, the new school
built from the ground up here in
Monrovia by Bishop Eugene c..
Hatcher, presiding prelate of the
West African work of the African
Methodist Episcopal church, was
formally dedicated recently during
convocation week.
Designed to accommodate 1000
students, the new building is steel
and concrete structure with 18
classrooms and offices. 1t has an
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
Regional Council
Ready For
Annual Meeting

MOUND BAYOU, Miss, March
30 Plans for the fourth annual
meeting of the Regional Council
of Negro leadership, which will be
held in this all-Negro town on
April goth, were completed last
Sunday.
While the famous "big tent" will
again be hauled out, plans are be-
ing made to accommodate more
than the ten thousand persons who
attended last years meet. Inter-
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
MISSISSIPPI BORN NEGRO MEMBER
OF United STATES CONGRESS
FROM MICHIGAN URGE CONGRESS
AND FBI INVESTIGATION OF
CITIZENS COUNCILS
See Limited Light OF Liberty In Miss.
Growing DINNER As Result OF
Fear Spread By Citizens Councils
See Esteem Of Worlds Dark People Resting
On Federal Action To Halt Denial
Civil Rights To Negroes Of State

WASHINGTON, D. c., April A.
(DSN) - Congressman Charles C.
Diggs, Jr., born in Washington
County Mississippi who became the
first Negro elected to Congress
from the state of Michigan last
November, a Democrat, in a speech
in the House of Representatives
last Thursday called for an investi-
cation of the Mississippi White
Citizens Councils by Congress and
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
zion.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
Annual High
School DayAt
MvC Set

ITTA BENA, Miss, April a -
Annual High School Day at Mis-
sissippi Vocational College is set
for April Is. High School Day
has been expanded to Annual High
School-Junior College Day. 1t now
includes all of the high schools
and junior colleges in Mississippi.
superintendent, Jeanes Supervi-
sors, Principals, and parents
throughout Mississippi have been
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
EDITOR HOLDING CARTER Tells
LEGISLATURE TO 60 TO HE'LL"

The editorial followed action Of
the House during its closing ses-
sion last Friday when by vote of
80 to 10 the House condemned as
lie Editor Carriers article in q
recent issue of Look Magazine in
regard to the Mississippi White
Citizens Councils.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09

In the speech the congressman
charged that the already dim light
of LibeEsy IA the state for Negroes
is growing DINNER and DINNER as
a result of fear being spread by
the Council. He further asserted
that the esteem in which America
will be held by the darker peoples
of the world depends upon Federal
action to halt the activities of the
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09

better state.
Without mentioning the words
segregation and Indignation and the
recent decision of the United States
Supreme Court the States Chief
Executive reiterated his oft re-
peated desire to see good schools
throughout the state for both Ne
gro and white children underway
during his term of office and
praised the members of the Legis-
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
GOVERNOR White GETS warm
RESPONSE FROM SPEECH AT
ITTA bENA LAST SUNDAY
Impressive Ceremony Marks College
Fifth Anniversary Celebration
Issue Call For Greater Job Opportunity
For Negroes In Mississippi

ITTA BENA, Miss, April 4
(DSN)-Governor Hugh White, in
a speech here Sunday during the
impressive ceremony marking the
Fifth Anniversary Celebration and
Founders Day program at Missis-
sippi Vocational College, the
States youngest institution of
Higher Learning for Negroes is
sued a call for cooperation be-
tween whites and Negroes in order
to make Mississippi a greater and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09
Editors Note

Congressman Diggs is scheduled
to speak on April 10Th in Mound
Bayou at the annual meeting of the
Regional Council of Negro Leader
ship.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-04-09

Patronixe Our Advertis-
ers --- Their Advertising
In this paper shows that
thsy appreciate your
trade.
Evening star., 1955-11-13

and Information on the com.
|pany's debt.
Q. win the Ford Comany hav.
TO tel how much It has paid on
i'm dividends oyer the years?
A. This isn't necessary, but it,i
usually done.
@. Hasn't all this Information
been available all along?
A. No. As Q prfvateiy-heit
company, Ford has not been re.
quired to publish such data. A
few details are filed each yeai
with the Massachusetts, tax com.
missioner, however, because of !
law IN that State. The latest re-
port. for 1854. showed an asse,
valuation Of s2.089. $40. 900.
@. What happens after the
registration statement is filed
with the SEC?
A. Ordinarily the statement
becomes effective 20 days after
fling and the stock may then
be sold. Sometimes, however,
this 2O-day period is cut at the
request Of the seller Of the
shares.
Q. When does the foundation
plan to file the statement?
A. oficials have said this
probably win be done in mid
December.
Q. Win the prospective in
Ivestors have to read the regis
Itration statement to get infor-
nation on the company?
A. No. Shortly before the
Evening star., 1955-11-13
|CorporaieLisf
|Nixed;FederaI
|BondsDecIine
BY WARREN BENNETT
Assnclntad prasn Financial Wrifal

NEW YORK. Nov. l2.cor-
|porate conyertibles and selected
rail issues were acrobatic per-
formers in the bond market this
week but the end result was
largely mixed. The utility and
foreign bond segments Of the
market sagged. nullifying any
overall advance.
Treasury bonds dropped sharp
ly, their first decline In several
weeks. Dealers called the reac-
tion moderate. primarily because
volume was so thin and there
was little retail selling. Much Of
the activity. they said. stemmed
from dealers cutting their bids
Ia an endeaVor to get action.
There is q shortage Of corpor-
ate funds IN the Government
bond market at the moment,
Evening star., 1955-11-13

stock Is sold . prospectus win
be issued In which pertinent
data from the statement d pre-
scented.
q. Just what . the Ford
Foundation?
"A. 1t was set up by Henry
Ford In 1885 as q philanthropio
trust and dedicated to the adj
yancement Of human welfare .
@. How does 1t spend its
A. The foundation Lists its
objectiyes as supporting efforts
to increase international UNDER
standing and promote world
peace, strengthening democratic
institutions and processes. ad.
Vancing economic well-heing.
improving education. and en-
couraging the scientific study Of
human behavior.
@. How much has the founda-
tion distributed In gifts so far7
A. More than $3.50 million.
Evening star., 1955-11-13
Public Sole Of Ford Stock
is Complicated Business

i A. 172.e45 shares Of '.B'' and
i90,3 BAT shares Of "A"
Employees Own Shares
/ @. How many shares does the
foundation own?
/ A. 3.O89. .90s shares--all "A
/ @. How many shares do the
Iemployes have2
Al. 42.l40 shares Of "a.
i @. Are any changes planned
jim the share structure before
stock is offered to the public9
A. Yes. Three new classes OF
Ishares win be issued in place
lof the present "a" and AB" and
1.-THE number Of shares win be In
creased to 53.46i, ,470.
@. How many shares win the
Ford family own then and what
kind win they be?
A. The family's 'sB" stock viii
Ihe split 21-for-l and its "a
lstock win be split 15-for-l and
converted into shares Of the new
sB.a The family viii then have
I6.460, $50 shares Of new "B" rep-
Isenting 40 per cent Of the voting
rights.
@. How many shares win the
foundation have?
A. The "A" stock viii be split
l5-for-l. giving the foundation
46.348.6 $40 shares. These win be
lof two classes. The 1896, ,327
shares retained BY the founda-
tion viii be Of new nonvoting
{" The shares sold to the pub
lie win be a new common stock
with voting rights.
Exchanges Planned
@. What happens to the en-
lployes' shares?
A. They win be exchanged for
632, 100 shares Of new voting
common stock.
| @. How much are the founda-
lticn's holdings worth?
A. There has been no ofIicial
estimate, but Detroit sources put
. value Of 1865 . share on its
present stock, indicating q total
value Of more than $21s billion
@. How much win the fOunda-
ltion receive from the sale Of the
new shares?
A. II the stock Is sold at around
$50 a share, it win bring In nearly
$420 million.
| @. WIN the foundation have 70
pay q big tax on this?
A. Since 1t Is q philanthropic
linstitution, the proceeds win be
tax-exempt.
@. Win the foundation handle
the sale Of the shares itself?
A. No. It has selected seven
investment houses, to co-manaRe
Ithe underwriting Of the Offering
They In turn win name perhaps
400 other firms to participate Il
the underwriting. And, Of course.
hundreds Of brokerage firms viii
take part in selling the shares.
@. What is the role Of the
underwater
A. An underwater agrees ID
buy new shares at q specific
price. His profit Is the difference
between what he pays for the
shares and what he sells then,
for. II there are any shares left
Evening star., 1955-11-13

NEW YORK, Nov. - R.-
IFinanciers IN Wall street an,
people with q few hundred dol.
liars to invest are asking dozen
Eof questions about one Of thl
major business Developments o
Ia generation sale Of stock II
1.-THE Ford Motor Co.
It's q complicated business, in,
lyolving the Transformation o
Ithe largest family-held firm II
IAmerica into one In which thl
public has q say-so.
What's It all about? Here ar,
1.-THE key questions. and the an
lswers.
@. How many shares Of Fort
Motor stock win be sold to tn.
public?
A. 6.e62.2e3 shares.
@. What win the price be?
A. No price has been set, but
the best guess Is $50 to $40
share.
Q. When viii the stock bs
sold?
A. January Is has been Sc.
llected as the tentative date.
Owned by Foundation
Q. Who owns the stock now
A. The Ford Foundation.
@. VIII the Ford Motor Co
receive the proceeds Of the salei
A. No. all the money will q
Ito the Foundation.
@. Why is the foundation sell.
ling?
A. 1t wants to diversity its In.
lvestments. now almost entirely
lin Ford stock.
@. win the stock to be sole
Ito the public give 1t q voice Ii
the affairs Of the company?
A. Yes, It win be voting stock
I'm fact. the Ford Company vii
transfer 10 the stock so per cen
LOT the voting rights. This meanI
lit can be listed on the New Yorl
Stock Exchange.
q. Who win hold the other q
lper cent Of the voting rights?
| "A. The Ford family.
/ Control Retained
@. Does this mean that. til,
public with its so per cent o
1.-THE votes will be able to contro
affairs Of the big concern?
A. Not likely. Theoretically
THAT Is true, but actually it wOuls
be dificult. With 40 per cen
lof the stock held BY the family
lit would be necessary for anyon.
wishing to oppose such contro
to consolidate the votes Of NOR.
THAN 40 per cent OF scattered
public holdings.
| @. How much Ford stock nov
lis outstanding?
| A. 3.405. .O4O shares.
| q. Is this all voting stock?
A. No. It Is divided into tw,
lclassifications. voting and non.
voting. The voting stock Is callet
I.B' stock and its all held b,
the Ford family. The nonyotinl
stock Is called "A" stock and III,
bulk Of It is held BY the founda.
ltion. The family owns some B
it. and 50 do some key employees
9. How many shares does ia,
family hold of each class?
Evening star., 1955-11-13

unsold; they are the responsibility
OF the underwater.
Registration Necessary
@. What is the next step In
offering the shares?
A. A registration statemen,
must be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. This
must include a company history
e record Of earnings covering al
least the last I'VE years. data or
holdings Of large stockholders
Evening star., 1955-11-13
OtIser Fan
Gas'aess Needs!

CALL $500 ANY TIME oRDER-z4-HouR PHONE sERNcE
sovR ASCENT CO. SHOPPING pLArI ArARcADlAh eARpns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-16
VIRGINIA
Legislators Studying
Tex to Aid Alcoholics

Cochran proposed something
more along the lines Of legis-
lation offered at the 1854 ses-
sion BY Delegate Harrison
Mann, Arlington Democrat.
The Nom Clinic
Mr.. Mann suggested using
part OF the profits from the
States liquor monopoly to
create Z special treatment
center for chronic alcoholics.
(This would seem to be q sort
Of application Of the Coop
principle. under which the
customer derives dement's from
the conduct Of the business.)
IT seems to me that the
source which creates such q
disability also should be the
source for the cure said Mr..
Mann ct the time he intro
duced the legislation. He
stuck BY that statement last
week.
Either method Is acceptable
to me-" he said when asked
last week to comment ON the
majority and minority reports
Of the commission. AL I'm
interested In Is getting enough
money to get US an institu-
ton to treat alcoholics ct the
earliest practical time.
Having Just made Q tour
Of our mental institutions and
witnessed the crowded condi-
tions In them. ! felt we just
had TO get the alcoholics out
Of those institutions. Also
we have to think about the al
coholics and what win most
benefit them"
Mr.. Mann said he cannot
60 along with Mr.. coclran,s
objections that the bottle levy
would be q special sales tax
paid BY q special class patrons
Of liquor stores)
"We've already got . special
sales tax. in . sense. on gaso-
line" Mr.. Mann said.
Mr.. Cochran disagreed, but
to . lesser extent. with one
other Recommendation in the
majority report.
The four members proposed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-16

lis being talked about as .
possible g. o. 2. candidate next
year. He impressed many Re-
publicans with his recent serv-
ice on President Eisenhower's
Commission on inter- Govern
mental Relations.
The name Of Frank Small. ir-
Is frequently heard in Repub-
lican speculation In the 5th.
which covers South Baltimore,
Howard County and the four
Southern Maryland counties In
addition to Prince Georges. Mr..
Small. who defeated Mr.. Lank-
ford IN 1852. but lost TO him
In 1854, Is now Maryland COM
missioner Of motor vehicles.