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Arizona sun., 1955-10-28

The Wilkins Day Committee,
Nwho will honor ]. Ernest Wilkins,
assistant Secretary of Labor in the
Eisenhower administration in sew
eral public appearances in Phoenix
today and tomorrow, said that u. S.
Senator Barry Goldwater (R.-
Ariz.) will introduce the speaker
at the Encanto Band Shell meeting
at pm. tonight. Robert w. Pick
rell, Phoenix attorney, is general
chairman.
Sen. Goldwater said, 'I am hon.
ored to have the privilege of intro
ducing Secretary Wilkins to the
i citizens of Arizona. Appointed to
his post by President Eisenhower,
he is a prime example of what 1
was talking about in a recent ad-
dress I gave in Tucson before the
NAACP. 1 pointed out that the
Eisenhower administration h S
made good its pledge on social
progress in the United States. Mr.
Wilkins headed the list of 26 ma
tionally important Negro govern
ment officials who are now mem
bers of the Eisenhower team.
In his talk in Tucson, Goldwater
. stated that in America achievement
has begun to be recognized in top
level appointments in the liberal
and humane policies of the present
administration" He noted that in
addition to de-segregation in the
U. S. school systems that citizens of
all races have been completely de-
segregated in the armed services
and other branches of the federal
government"
Judge Henry S. Stevens, Mari
copa County Superior Court Judge,
will give the flag salute preceding
the program.
Pickrell stated that city busses
will run to and from the park on
the night of the Wilkins talk.
An informal reception after the
program for the secretary is being
planned SO that he can meet those
in attendance, Pickrell said.
Arizona sun., 1955-10-28
Precinct Committeemen To
Sponsor Mass Meeting

The council of Precinct Com
mitteemen headed by ]. S. Jones,
in their meeting last Wednesday
night completed plans for a city
wide mass meeting to be held next
week, pertaining to city election
on November 8.
Purpose of the meetings is to
give the vote public chance to
hear first hand, the platform of the
candidates for mayor of each
ticket.
The meetings will be held at
Mary Bethune School, $40 South
18th Avenue, Thursday evening,
November at 8 o'clock and East
lake Park bandshell, Sunday, No
vember 6 at $3.50 pm.
Mr.. Jones, the president said, it
was brought out in their meeting
that heretofore, the small number
of votes cast in previous city elec-
tionS were not a manifestation of
interest shown by the voters before
Arizona sun., 1955-10-28

Japan, a household heater in India,
and telephone system in Georgia.
Scientists say that if half the
worlds forests, coal and oil could
be burned at one time, the amount
of energy expended would not
amount to that energy poured by
the sun on the earth in a single
day.
In Phoenix this week, the gad-
gets for trapping Old Sol and US
ing his energy are on display at
the Solar Engineering Exhibit at
the Civic Center grounds.
The exhibit, scheduled for Octo-
bed 20 to November 13, will have
35 Sun-powered machines actually
laboring with energy supplied by
sunlight. At least 80 other pieces
of equipment will be on display.
Arizona housewives are seeing
what most probably will be their
sun-pOwered steam cookers of the
future. They're seeing the sun dry
clothes in new way-in ma
chine which has stored energy from
the sun and which operates even on
rainy days.
Household. heaters = and even
coolers = are on exhibit.
Visitors are seeing how freeze
or frost will hold no fear for the
farmer of the future, for the ex-
hibit includes ground warmers,
frost preventerS and snow meters.
And the scientists who developed
the -SHH-pOWered machines have