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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-05-28

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-05-28

She's the vacuum-cleaner type
:. just purrs and takes in the dirt.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-11-25
No-SymboIs Edict
CHANUkAH-XkAS
BAN STIRS FUSS

the groups specifically scored Sill
yer for ordering the inquiry. into
what was termed Miss Beaumont's
upholding of American constitution
al principles of separation OF
church and state.
Superintendent of Schools Will
lam Jansen, after conferring with
Miss Beaumont, noted that the in
structions were two years old and
were merely a restatement of ad-
ministrative policy adopted by the
board of superintendents, of which
Miss Beaumont is one of eight
members.
Probe Raped
In statement sharply critical of
Silver for ordering a probe of Miss
Beaumont, the president of the New
York Council of the American Jew
ish Congress, Nathan B. Hogan,
declared: Miss Beaumont, in iSSu-
ing her memorandum, was obvious
ly attempting to avoid practices
that would compel children, in vio-
lation of conscience, to take part
in or be present at religious OBJ
servances of another faith. Her
directive to the elementary school
principals was therefore amply
justified and consonant with the
constitutional guarantees of reli-
gious liberty"
The New York Chapter of the
American Jewish Committee
through Robert Sterling, chairman
of it's inter-religious affairs unit,
specifically noted that it did not
address itself to the Beaumont in
cident, regretted that "a public is
sue is being made of religious holi7
day observances in the schools, i"
but asserted that "any attempt to
introduce religious doctrine into the
curriculum of the public schools
may create controversy and divi-
sive inter-group tension, as the cur
rent episode clearly demonstrates. "
Sensible says ADJ
Sydney A. Hellenbrand, chair
man of the Anti-Defamation
Leagues New York Advisory Board,
called Miss Beaumont's order a
sensible directive" asserting that
barring religious symbols from
schools "iS a means or protecting
religion, not rejecting it," Sectarian
indoctrination and obServances
should be left to the churches and
synagogues, he suggested.
A statement by the New York
Board of Rabbis, which speaks for
Orthodox, Conservative and Reform
rabbis in the New York area, de-
clared: '"The New York Board of
Rabbis is on principle deeply
opposed to religious holiday cele-
brations in the public schools. We
believe that such celebrations vio-
late the religious freedom of chill
dren or other faiths and cause en-
barrassment and discomfort to
them. The public schools should
always remain completely non-sec-
tartan.
For that reason we commend
Miss Beaumont for her action in
calling the attention of the public
school principals to the require
ment of our Constitution and laws
that no stress should be placed on
the doctrinal aspects of the observ-
ance nor should religious symbols
be diSplaYed. ,"
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-11-25
.AEPi Pledges To
Lqht the Big a

TEMPE The pledges of Alpha
Epsilon Pi fraternity at Arizona
State College will light the big
"a" on top of Tempe Butte for the
ASC-University of Arizona football
game Saturday evening.
Following the game, there will be
combined party of Hillel and
AEPi at Toys Shangri La.
Table tennis will be the next
intramural competition in which
the fraternity will compete. Its
leading players are Marty Alpert,,
Earl Geller, Irv Schlesinger and
Al Goodman.
Last Sunday the members of the
fraternity went to Tucson to at
tend the wedding of Sheldon Balk
and Melvina Lee Bellman. Balk is
a past president of the Tempe chap
ter.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-11-25
ARTFUL
SIicker SWindIeS
Israeli Girl In
New York

NEW YORK, .JTA) = A young
Israeli art critic, lecturer and deal
er, who recently arrived from Is
rael with 124 pieces of Israeli art
work to set up the. Jerusalem Art
left this week, plus a worthless
check for $500, after she ran into
one paul NelSon"-a man equally
adept at art and confidence games.
Yurika Mann, whose Art Center
opened Nov. 16, told police that the
man came to the center and talked
to her for over two hours. He
showed great fluency in discussing
art, passed himself off as a rep
resentative of the Nelson Gallery
in Kansas City and finally, chose
two workS-one by Mane-KatZ and
one by Steinhardt.
He objected, however, to the
frames, saying they weren't good
enough for the pictures. Then he
left, with the following words to
Miss Mann: "You seem honest and
energetic. You will soon be widely
known, and 1 will help you publi-
cize your collection. Good evening. :"
Miss Mann went off happily to
deposit the check at the Chase
Manhattan Bank. The check was
drawn on the ManhasSet Trust
Company. It was then that Miss
Mann was told by a bank teller,
'"This bank has been out of busi-
ness about 20 years"
Miss Mann, who has since been
approached by number of other
victims of the learned 'Mr. Mel
son." would like it very much if
he were out of business for about
20 years himself.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-11-25
No-SymboIs Edic+

NEW YORK, (JTA)-Major Jew
ish organizations in New York have
expressed support of instructions
by Associate Superintendent Flor
ence S. Beaumont to public school
principals to ban the use of reli-
gious symbols such as crosses,
candles and stars from school OBJ
servances of Chanukah and Christ
mas.
The list of instructions also in
cluded a ban on combined Chanu-
kah-C Christmas celebrations because
the two holidays were not related.
Support was expressed in the
wake of an order by Board of Edu-
cation President Charles H. Silver
to investigate the list and it's issu-
ance by Miss Beaumont. Some OF
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-11-25
Less Prejudice Seen

NEW YORK, (JTA)-Diminishing
racial prejudice in the United States
was predicted here by Morris
Ernst, addressing a symposium at
the 9th annual meeting of the Ma
tional Conference of Christians and
Jews.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-11-25
Immigrants Speak

Morris Gortler and Eddie Popo-
rex, formerly from Germany, de-
scribed their life in that country
at a meeting of the Beth El Alumni
Society Nov. Is at Beth Ell Audi
torium.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-11-25
Synanqoque Appeal On

HARTFORD, (JTA = A special
appeal in behalf of three Connect
cut synagogues that were badly
damaged in the recent floods is be-
ing conducted throughout the state.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-11-25
BIG Budget for Institute

TEL AVN, (JTA)-The board of
governors of the Weizmann Insti-
tute of Science adopted 3,850,0
pound budget for 1956-57 at a meet
ing here.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1955-11-25

The National Jewish welfare
Boards budget for 1856 totals ST.
247, 900.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03
African Courts
Disturbed By
Screams OF
Victims

johannesburg, South Africa -
(ANP) - Prisoners sentenced to
floggings will not be punished until
the court closes at 4 pm. because
their screams have been disturb
ing proceedings inside the court
house.
Magistrates in the courts have
found the screams so distressing
that at least the court was adj
journed until the days quota Of
floggings was completed.
Under a brutal, ancient system
of punishment, natives are sent
enced to beatings with canes. Mrs.
F. Richter, of the johannesburg
National Council of Women, has at
tackled the system. She said that
the men who are charged with
administering the beatings have
developed a special technique when
thew beat the victims so that boys
backs are torn open.
A policeman admitted that pros
pective "beaters" are put through
a training course in which they
must be able to hit three or four
times a chalk mark on the back
of a dummy. The beaters report
for work each morning and are
assigned a number of jobs. The
victims are stripped and beaten in
the presence of a doctor.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03

Williams, Michigan; Prof. O. V.
Phillips, Illinois; Rev. Fernandus
Thornton, Michigan; Rev. '. E.
Washington, Louisiana; Mrs. Edna
B. Bronson, Tennessee; T. ]. Up
dack, Texas; Mrs. M. E. Anderson,
New York; Prof. Eamond Wyrick,
New York; Prof. l. E. Steele, Ala
bama; Prof. S. H. Fowler, New
York; Prof. H. D. Adams, Missis-
sippi.
The National F e o W h i p
Achievement Award will be pre-
scented on Thursday night, Sept. 8
to the most outstanding layman
of the year in the field of Chris
tan Education and church work
at the Annual Fellowship Banquet
at the Metropolitan Baptist Church.
The session will be climaxed Fri
day in a National Artist night,
where the various artists of the
nation will be presented in recital.
The officers are: President, AL
len Jordan, New York; Vice Pres
ident, Ike Ferguson, Kentucky; Ex-
ecutive Secretary, Jas. E. Gayle,
New Orleans; Recording Secretary,
H. S. Dixon, Georgia; Statistician,
S. H. Fowler, New York; Treas
urer, Elmore Baker, Illinois.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03

dom governments apartheid (seg-
regation) plans.
All week the coloreds stood in
line outside the johannesburg
branch of the Native Affairs De-
partment. Most were coffee-col-
ored, though some had fair hair
| They were shop-keepers and typ
lists, clerks and building contrac-
tors. Collectively, they are known
in Johannesburg as quiet, untrou-
blesome and dignified lot who, priz-
ing this semi-privileged status,
have kept out of politics and in
stinctively sided with the white
man against the black.
Skull Session. One of those in
the line was Thomas Vented, SO,
skilled woodworker whose grand
father was German harness maker
married to Colored woman. Went
zel's skin is the light tan of man
who has spent his lifetime working
in the sun. But though he lives in
Colored suburb and is married to
Colored woman, Thomas Vented
was reclassified as a native. What
can | do?" he asked hopelesly.
The answer: very little.
Another Colored was on his way
to work one morning last week
when a government official stopped
him. The Colored, a 20-year-old
electrical machine operator, pro-
duced the "Colored certificate" he
got from the government several
years ago. But the certificate made
no difference: five hour later the
young man was hauled up before
the committee.
What color are your grand
parents ?" an examiner wanted to
know.
"Colored," he said.
"Can you produce their birth
certificates ?"
mo" the young man said: his
grandparents are long dead and
their documents hundreds of miles
away.
The committe made the Colored
turn his head this way and that
so they might examine his skull
They ran a comb through his hair
to test II it's wooliness and q its
Kindness. Eight minutes later, the
young man was declared a native
A few days before, the same board
had classified his brother as a
Colored.
eve may make few mistakes
and classify a few real Coloreds as
natives" explained one of the com.
mitteemen last week, "but that's
risk we must take if we are tc
sort out these people" The scrutiny
did not require too fine search
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03

Joseph F. Cullman 3rd, Execu
tive Vice President of Philip Nor
ris Inc, and member of the Boart
of Directors of the National Urban
League, presents its Annual dona
ton in behalf of the cigarette com
pany to Lester Granger, Executive
Director of the National Urban
League, to aid in the organization:
vital work of expanding job oppor
tunities for Negroes and other mi
nority groups.
The pioneer efforts of Philip
Morris brought about the hiring Of
the first Negro salesman in the
cigarette industry and thereb!
opened the door of employment op
portunities in all major industries
Today, Philip Morris employs al
impressive staff of Negro sales
men in major cities throughout the
U. S. and has appointed Negroe:
to important executive capacities
To keep up the important ant
significant work accomplished b!
the National Urban League, PhiliI
Morris is consistent supporter
and annual contributor. This yeal
the cigarette company also con
tributed to the Urban League
Building Fund.
Philip Morris executives will at
tend the Leagues 45th Annua
Conference which is being held il
Milwaukee during Labor Da,
Week. Among those who will par
ticipate in the Conferences pro
gram are: George Weissman, Vic
President of Philip Morris Inc.
Herbert Wright, Assistant to tn
National Sales Promotion Mana
ger; Thomas Shropshire, Colleg
Market Supervisor, and James {
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03

for reason" for reclassification.
Under the loose definitions of the
Population Registration Act, al
most any are good enough. Coloreds
were being reclassified because
they had a native half-cousin, or
were friendly with natives.
Becoming a Native. Many cases
cropped up in which a man was
Colored, his wife Colored, their
parents and grandparents Colored,
his name white type" name, e.g.,
Peters, Solomon or Pienaar, he
spoke English or Afrikaans but no
native language, he mixed with no
natives-and yet was reclassified
as native.
Most of the JAP Colored en-
ployees of Johannesburg's Hospital
Laundries live in the neat and tidy
residential district of Noordgesig,
in homes that are better than those
in the sprawling slums of the ma
tive locations. Last week sc Of the
! 142 were reclassified as native.
This means each must move out of
Noordsgesig into a native quarter.
His children must leave the better
Colored schools; he must get a pass
to be on the street after dark; he
may no longer take a trip out of
town without official permission.
The 66 laundry employees are
also about to lose their jobs, go
hannesburg Hospital Laundries en-
ploy only Coloreds," shrugged one
of its managers. cit is obvious that
these new natives can no longer
work here"
Former Friends. The reclassifi-
cation program panicked Johannes
/ burg's Coloreds. 1t affected Col
oreds passing for whites and ma
tives passing for Coloreds. But it
also affected those who are what
they are, and wondered whether
they would get justice. Lawyers
did a land office business. Yet
merely to apply for appeal re-
quired a fee of $28, from people
whose wages seldom run more than
$40 a month.
/ One coffee-colored youth came
out of the committee room one
morning last week after being re-
classified as native. He had look
of shocked bewilderment on his
face as he walked up to group OF
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03
More Than 5000
Negroes Got
Degrees In '54-55

NEW YORK.-More than 5000
Negroes were graduated from in
stitutions of higher learning in the
U. S. during the academic year,
1954-55, according to the current
issue of The Crisis, official organ
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie.
Pointing out that it's informa-
ton is not complete, the Crisis
gives a tentative figure of 6SO2
Negro graduates.
The fact that few racially inte-
grated colleges and universities
keep records regarding the race of
their students accounts in large
part for. the incomplete statistics
on Negroes who were graduated
this past academic year, the Crisis
noted.
The figures (6,8O2) represents
6,370 bachelor degrees and 296
master degrees.
Doctorates were awarded to a
number of Negroes during the same
academic year. These degrees were
in the field of philosophy, dental,
surgery, medicine, science, law, and
fine arts, as we'll as honorary de-
grees.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03
baptiist
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tOOnC1NueQ rom age oUSJ
session meeting in the Ellis Audi
forum at Memphis. Each State
Laymen Convention is vieing with
each other in State Contest help
ing to create a nationwide pro-
motion program, bringing into the
UNCONVENTIONAL work larger num-
Der of red blooded men who are
willing to stand up for Christ and
the great program of Christendom.
Each state organization will con-
tribute 5000 to the financing of
this work. Hon. Allen Jordan,
Brooklyn, N. Y, President, states
that men of the denomination must
be prepared for the new social or
der as the church and denomina-
ton needs strong men to meet this
new condition.
Jas. E. Gayle, OF New Orleans,
Executive Secretary of the laymens
movement announces that the Edu-
cational Department will function
on a larger scale at the Memphis
meeting for the training of lay
men through the study course
classes and credits will be issued
for the work done in keeping with
the requirements and regulations
Of religious education department
of the National Baptist Convention
and the National Council Of
Churches. The following courses
will be taught: Christian Steward
ship, Introduction to the Bible, The
Christian Task at Home, Mems
Work in the Local Church, Work
of Church Officers, Music in Chris
tian Education, Developing Home
and Family Life. The faculty in
Religious Education: Rev. Wendell
T. Liggins, Colorado; Rev. John D.
Morris, Louisiana; Rev. Samuel j.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03
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(CQnIlnueO ITOIH L aye OlCt
would not ask them for anyway.
Not many of the blacks cared either
for the bulk of them already are
numbered from years of carrying
cards, passes and permits, which
the police demand to see almost
daily. But for many of South
Africa's 100000 Coloreds, half
caste descendants of the days when
Boer settlers took Bantu and Bush
man mistresses and wives. Popula-
ton Registration spells tragedy.
Thousands are being reclassified as
natives" lie, blacks).
Such a Change" of legal color
has violent disadvantages in Pre-
mier Strydom's South Africa. A
mans color decides what part of a
town he lives in, what sort of a
job he may hold, how much he
earns and where he may spend it,
what buses he may travel on and
what school (if any, his children
may attend. In most parts of South
Africa Colored enjoys many
minor but precious advantages over
the blacks. He is allowed to ride
on many of the same streetcars
as the whites; he may be men,
Der of a trade union and bargain
with employers; he may hold many
semiskilled jobs that are forbidden
to the black man. In some cities,
Coloreds may buy freely at liquor
stores, just like the whites. Col
oreds may. even move from city to
city without a pass; the African
native may not.
New Skins for Old. Last week
that was changing. An investigat-
ing committee from the Nationalist
governments Census Bureau and
Native Affairs Department was
cross-examining hundreds of Col
oreds, and wherever they discover
ed enough native blood" or native
associations" freely resembling their
privileges. The cross-eXamining
was centered on the 10000 Coloreds
who have moved from Cape Pro-
vince, their traditional home, to the
hustling metropolis of Johannes
burg (pop. 80O,OOO). Their migra-
ton does not fit in with the Stry-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03

Bowling, Assistant to the Vice
President. Mr.. Bowling will be
among the speakers at the weeks
conference.
A highllght of last years Ma
tional Urban League Conference
was the Leagues presentation of
the distinguished Statesman In
Industry Award" to o. Parker Nc
Comas, President of Philip Morris
Inc. The tribute was: awarded
to o. Parker McCcmas for pioneer
ing in industrial race relations with
social version and craftsmanship"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03

his Colored friends waiting on the
sidewalk for their turn before the
board. But the coffee-colored youth
did not get chance to speak. "Get
away from US, you filthy Kaffir
(black)," spat one of his former
chums, as the group walked hastily
away. They knew that being seen
with him might be evidence en-
ough to reclassify them as African
natives" too.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03
Bishop Bowen To
Address White
S. c. Meeting

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 20
Bishop ]. W. E. Bowen, resident
Bishop of the Atlantic Coast area
Of the Methodist Church, will ad-
dres the South Carolina Confer
ence (white) of the Methodist
Church. The invitation was extend
ed to Bishop Bowen by Bishop Cos
ten J. Harrell (white) resident
Bishop of the South Carolina Con-
ference, to deliver the address.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03
Geo. c. Cypress
CONTINUED from Page One)

(OOnCIHueu IIU1I age OIIcI
Sunday after snort illness.
According to reports, Prof. Cy-
press became i'll while at Cornell
University where he was taking
a special summer course. He came
back to his home in Jackson, but
went to Washington a few days
later where he developed pneu-
monia.
He is survived by his wife, d
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-09-03

daughter, and one son both of
whom reside in Washington, D. C..
The remains will arrive in Jack
! son Wednesday.
Funeral services are scheduled
for Thursday afternoon at Pearl
Street AME Church here.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27
Good Morning Judge
News from Mami's Municipal Precinct Court
JUDGE l.. E. THOMAS, PRESIDING
BY ELLIOTT J. PIEZE, Times Staff Writer

time Miss Stafford gets chance
she does whatever she can to
bring about i'll will between him
md his wife. He continued, ex-
planning that he and his wife had
been out also on Saturday night,
and that he had his car parked
on the street not too far from
I'ss Stofford's home. Miss Stat
ford deliberately put her pocket
book in his car, as well as a
cou ole of her other personal eff
fects in order to create suspicion
on the part of his wife toward
him.
Wilson admitted that the poe
textbook was in his car when they
arrived home and Mrs. Wilson took
It in their home, but Miss Stat
ford actually put the pocketbook
n his car in an effort to hurt him
with his wife. When the police
came to his home, Wilson said,
both he and his wife told the Of
ficers how the pocketbook got
there. Mrs. Wilson was also in
court and substantiated her hus-
bands story. Miss Stafford de-
clared that they were not telling
the truth on her, but Judge
Snowden did not believe her be-
cause he found Wilson not gull
ty of the charge.
Among other cases heard and
disposed of were the following:
Henry Enson, George Russell
and George Allen were each
charged with being drunk; Enson,
a constant repeater, was sentenc-
ed to 60 days, Allen to Is days
and Russell to 20 days.
Ruby Thomas Ga MANI n d
Green Thomas, two Coconut
Grove brothers, were charged
with disorderly conduct by fight
ing. Both fined SIS or 6 days.
George Baker, charged with
discharging a firearm in the city
limits, and with carrying a con-
cealed weapon Ga 80 automatic)
fned $50 or 20 days on each
charge.
Edward A. Burke, charged with
assault and battery on Victoria
Martin, fined $50 or 20 days.