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that many Negroes are being con-
fused concerning the issues in the
political campaign. Many Negroes,
North and South, are advising nor
thern Negro voters to vote the
Republican ticket as the best way
of helping their brethren in the
South. This advice stems from the
fact that such Negroes see but
one issue in this campaign-the
civil rights issue. Even if this were
true, which it isn't, Negroes should
remember those who spearheaded
the drive for Civil Rights. 1t was
not Republican President, but
Roosevelt and Truman. Have Ne
groes forgotten that it was Tru-
mans insistence on strong Civil
Rights plank in 194S that lost him
four Southern states?
Negroes are being told that as
long as Southerners are in control
of Congress, no civil rights legis-
lation will be enacted. ] wish to
remind you that the Republican,
controlled Congress under Truman
did not enact any civil rights leg
islation. Furthermore, every in
telligent voter knows that southern
congressman without the help and
ropniyance of a large number of
Republican congressman could not
prevent the passage of civil rights
legislation. Negro voters indulge
in vain hope if they expect either
party to enact any strong civil
rights program. Whatever ad-
vances that are made on this front
in the years just ahead will come
through the courts and the De-
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in our history"
1t also said Negroes have been
placed in positions of trust in the
armed forces and the federal gov
eminent under Eisenhower. The
letter closed with plea:
eve beseech you to forget party
lines, and ask you to deny the lead
ership of Eastland, Talmadge,
Sparkman and all signers of thu
southern manifesto. Make clear
to Democrats that they can not
make us second class citizens in
the South and expect our support
in the North.
GAS ministers, we ask you to put
Christian principles above party
and re-elect President Eisenhower
and the Republican ticket"
In an angry speech Congressman
Powell literally wrecked the Re-
publican campaign in Michigan
Sun lay evening when he called for
the reelection of Democratic Gov
ernor G.. Mennen Williams, Demo-
cratic Congressman Charles {.
Diggs, Jr., and the rest of the
Democratic State ticket.
Powell, who was introduced by
Willis R. Ward, Republican can
didate for Congress, called on his
audience to send Diggs back to
Congress.
Powell was visibly angry at the
introduction made by Ward who re-
ferred to him as having been one
of ."three blind mice" in the Con-
gress. The reference was to Con-
gresham Diggs, Dawson and Pow
ell. Ward went on to say that
one of the "three blind mice"
(PowelD had regained his sight
and was supporting the Republi-
cans.
"This is an unfair way to pre-
sent me-" Powell declared heated
ly, 81 was informed just Is min
utes ago that this was to be a po-
litical speech. Since you want that,
let's make the best of it,"
Powell then said, "I'm Demo-
crat who votes the straight Demo-
cratic ticket in New York. If |
were a citizen of Michigan I would
vote straight Democratic. | would
vote for G.. Mennen Williams who
is a great fighter for civil rights.
I would vote for Charles c. Diggs,
Jr. who has stood for me every
step of the way in the fight for
civil rights in the Congress-"
Republicans present, including
John Fiekens, Republican state
chairman, several Republican can
didates and local Republican lead
ers. sat as Powell praised G. Men
men Williams as great fighter
for civil rights and lauded the
Democratic Party of the North as
the real battler for civil rights
in the country. "My fight is not
with the Northern Democrats"
Powell said.
Exploding the myth that vote
for Williams in Michigan, is a
vote for Eastland, Powell shouted,
"The election of Williams in Mich
igan does not mean thing in
Mississippi"
"If | were a citizen of Detroit, "
he said, 81 would vote the straight
Democratic ticket"
The Powell meeting which was
sponsored by the Progressive Civic
League, was on radio in the State
of MICHIGAN
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torney General in charge OF the
criminal division, said that the de-
partment was deeply disturbc
that so many voters were being
cut from the election lists in
Country that claims to be proud
of it's election laws"
Complaints from at least three
or four areas each in Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and
North Carolina are being studied
by the Federal Bureau of lnvesti-
CATION, Mr.. Olney said.
"In every instance where it can
be shown that a qualified citizen
was denied the right to vote simply
because Of color we intend to pros
ecute," he declared.
Under present laws, however, the
Justice Department cannot prose-
cute until voter has been denied
the right to vote on Election Day.
1t cannot take civil action in adj
vance against individual acts or
conspiracies to deprive citizens OF
their voting rights.
Mr.. Olney has written three let
tiers to chairmen Of Congressional
committees, detailing the evidence
in the hands of the Justice Depart
ment and offering cooperation in
any prediction inquiries the COM
mittee might undertake. He said
there had been no response to the
letters.
The pattern of the purges indi-
Gates "top leadership" and coordi-
nation. He indicated that the pat
tern was being set by White Cit
liens Councils. He distributed re-
productions of the front page Of
the Oct. / edition of The Colfax
Chronicle, published at Colfax,
Grant Parish, La, to illustrate the
pattern. The first paragraph OF
the story boldly declared:
"Members of the White Citizens
Council of Grant Parish worked in
a frank attempt to disfranchise the
parish's 10000 Negro voters on
the basis of color alone before
the Nov. g. election"
The story said that So persons
had been present at meeting IN
Dry Prong, at which the action to
purge the rolls had been unani-
mously approved. 1t named mem
bers of the State Legislature and
others who attended.
Louis Earle Stevens, secretary
CT the council, was quoted as es-
timating that 80 per cent of the
Negro registrations in the parish
had been challenged as being Gin
correct" or "incomplete.'
One statement on the registra-
ton card reads, 81 am not now
registered as voter in any other
ward or precinct of this state ex-
cept =" The proper word for TT
blank space is "nine," but if a
Negro voter wrote Grant" his
registration card was certified as
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pass the tests applied to the Negro
registrations. A further check
showed that not one member OF
the Citizens Council committee
would have passed the tests. Three
of the members wrote "W" instead
of spelling out white" on their
cards.
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pastor of the Gethsemane Baptist
Temple.
The letter said, eve who sign
this letter are ministers of the
gospel. Among us are Republi-
cans, Democrats, and Independents.
We are not moved by partisan con-
siderations.
The letter pin-pointed the issue
involved as a decision to support
the reelection of incumbent Dem
ocratic Senators James O. East
land (Miss.) and John Sparkman
(Ala.) and the election of Herman
Talmadge of Georgia and call
other open enemies of freedom"
or uphold the policies of proven
leader" President Eisenhower.
The letter quoted Democratic
Congressman Adam Clayton Pow
ell, New York Baptist minister,
who recently announced his sup
port of the President, as saying:
"In less than four years, Eisen-
hover has done more to advance
Civil Rights than all other presi-
dents since Abraham Lincoln"
1t pointed out that Democratic
control of Congress would put the
major committees-judiciary, civil
service armed forces labor and
agriculture-in the hands of the
"signers of the southern mani
festo."
eve know that under Demo
cratic Congress and Senate there
is positively no hope for Negroes
to achieve first class citizenship"
the letter said:
In contrast, it said that under
the Eisenhower Administration,
eve enjoy the greatest prosperity
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1866

incorrect"
If the Negro wrote "C", instead
of spelling out "colored" on his
card his registration was thrown
out as incorrect.
The Chronicle checked 100 white
registrants in Ward l of the parish
and found that only enc card would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-21
GU Plans History
OF Colonial Era

Georgetown University is pre-
pairing a new history of Catholic
Colonial Maryland based partly
on newly discovered records. it
was reported yesterday.
Speaking at the annual pill
grimage to Mount Carmel Mon
astery, near Port Tobacco, Md,
the Rev. Eric McDermott. Eng
lish Jesuit, said several valuable
discoveries of 18th century
church and other Colonial rec
ords have been made in the uni
Iversity archives. Father McDer-
mott. who is visiting professor of
history at Georgetown, is writing
the new history
Sundays pilgrimage was spon-
sored by the RestorerS of Mount
Carmel, a group of several hum
dred persons from Washington,
Southern Maryland and Massa-
chusetts. working for the res
toration of the monastery. A
Carmelite convent, the first con-
vent in the original Is States,
was located there from 1890
to 1881.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-21
Harmony in Dallas?
Ruyburn Not Sure

FORT WORTH. Tex, May 81
tP).-House Speaker Sam Ray
burn, Democrat Of Texas. few
home yesterday from Washing
ton and declined comment on
whether he thinks harmony will
be possible at the State Demo-
cratic convention tomorrow in
Dallas.
The veteran Congressman said
I'm not going to be running
the whole thing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-21

sued slowly and carefully to see
how 1t would work.
csc officials agree with this
approach. 1t has been decided to
test it out in one Of the agen-
cies to see how it would function.
If successful, the plan would be
extended to other agencies.
The senior civil service pro-
gram is modified version of
the original Hoover Commission
proposal. The Hoover group
urged that these employees be
given salaries of upward of $20.-
900 a year, plus other special
considerations such as extra re-
tlrement benefits. Also. these
employees would draw regular
pay between assignments if
there were any such lags, and
their salaries would be based on
the Importance of their duties
rather than under any rigid SAL
airy classification system.
All this would require legisla-
ton. Therefore. until the FEAST
bility of the system is determined
and legislation requested Of Con-
gress. the administration will
test the modified system in a
selected agency. Those selected
will be chosen by a Senior Civil
Service Development Committee.
Participation will be on a volun-
tary basis.
y +
POSTAL ORDER ABAN-
DONED-As a result of intense
criticism from members of Con-
gress as we'll as from postal en-
ploye leaders. the Post Office
Department is abandoning the
gag" order which union officials
charged was designed to prevent
them from carrying out their
union activities.
Post ONCE officials have in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-21

The tanker, whose crew APP
was unaware of the
carried the small boat
pinned to its prov for nearly
100 yards. The cruiser then
slipped free and was swamped
in the swirling water.
The six occupants Of the
cruiser, all New Workers, were
pitched into the river.
One of those picked up. Mrs.
Ruth Nettles, 81, failed to re-
spond to artificial respiration and
was pronounced dead an hour
after the accident.
The survivors:
Alfred Landi, 80; Mrs. Ruth
Yurgrau, ~: Miss Ruth johnson,
IS; Milton Peshkin, 81. and his
wife. 20.
Mr.. Landi. the skipper. was
taken to a hospital with back in
juries. The tanker plowed
right into U.S." he said. 1T
rammed us in the stern"
He said he did not see the
tanker.
The Coast Guard said the
tanker captain, Kristian l.. Hog
estol, told them he did not know
his ship had struck the cruiser
until he heard shouts from the
crowds on the shore.
The tanker. owned by Spen-
tonbush Fuel Transport Service
Inc, New York. was unchanged.
Rupert Waltz, a 20-year-old
sailor, was strolling
along East River drive with his
girl at the time of the collision.
He plunged in to rescue Miss
Johnson.
Harry Murray, %. also of
Brooklyn, jumped into the river
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-21

! Life Insurance Co.. gave this
definition Of an expert: zone
who is thoroughly confused
on a subject. but who presents
J it in such a way that his
listeners are convinced that they
are the ones who are confused. :"
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Labor
Department has presented the
following awards to its employees:
Marceline j. Valodin, outstand-
ing performance rating; Joseph
Nv. Bloch. Alice M. Demerjian,
Marion Hayes, Valborg Jergen-
son, Becee L. Leavell, Marjorie
Mullen, Albert B. Ratcliff and
Kenneth @. Van Auken. superior
performance; Jason M. Casey.
Lima DeRosa. Katherine M.
Hamilton. John L. Staslo, How
ard Triebwasser and Catherine
B. Wharton. meritorious sug-
gestiOnS.
! The Federal employee security
program will be discussed at
8:l5 pm. Thursday at the Chevy
Chase Women's Club at a meet
ing sponsored by the Unitarian
Church of Montgomery County.
Participating will be Patrick
Murphy Malin, executive direc-
tor of the American Civil Liber-
ties Union: John Doherty, con-
f1dential assistant to the As
sistant Attorney General in
charge of the division of in
ternal security. and Harold p.
Green. former counsel in charge
of the Atomic Energy Commits
sion's division Of security. Fed
Ieral employees are invited to
attend.
Administrative Assistant Sec
rotary Of Interior Otis Beasley
reports that the incentive award
suggestions submitted by the de-
} partment's employees during the
first nine months of the 1856
fiscal year outnumbered those
submitted during the entire 1855
fiscal year There is every in
dication that the 1856 total will
double the 1855 figure. Mr..
BeaSley said. Thus far, 672 en-
ployes nave received awards this
year and the savings to the de-
partment as result of the sug-
gestions has been $7.3 million.
The Army's 80 civilian per-
sonnet directors from its various
installations in this country and
overseas are meeting this week
in the Pentagon to discuss policy
matters and Army personnel
programs. The group is under
; the direction of Robert Wiley,
Army's civilian personnel chief
William K. Baker and Paul T.
Lanham Of Nays Bureau of
Ordnance have received bene-
f1ciai suggestion awards.
Miss Emmett T. Thornton of
the Adjutant Generals Office
has retired after 40 years and
three months Of Federal service.
William r. Tilley. chief of the
National Bureau of Standards
ONCE OF Technical Information.
: has received the top cash award
of $500 in the bureaus eighth
) annual incentive awards pro-
, gram.
Fifteen Navy Bureau of Sup
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-21
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Fair and
not as cool tonight, low around
So. Partly cloudy and warmer
tomorrow.
Maryland - Fair tonight eX-
cept for chance of few showers
In the mountains and a little
milder. with lows in the sos.
Partly cloudy tomorrow. warmer.
showers and thunderstorms
likely in afternoon or evening.
Virginia-Some cloudiness and
not as cool tonight. low in the
50s. Partly cloudy and warmer
tomorrow. Possibly widely scat
tered thundershowers in the
mountains in afternoon.
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punch. Another centers around
rivalry over missile development
Touching off the new row was
the release of various Army
papers to selected reporters. One
of them said in part:
I'VE continue to pour excessive
manpower and money into ar
Air Force which has been SUBJ
stantially neutralized and which
pleads for more money. more
money. more money. We con-
tinue to divert large quantities
of our military manpower into q
Navy that is seriously threatened
by a nation with practically nc
naval experience or tradition"
That was a reference to Rus
sia'S submarine fleet.
Senators Case and Jackson de-
bated the matter on an NBC-TV
program. Senator Case said
sharp rivalry between the armed
services keeps them on their toes
and thus helps the defense
effort. But Senator Jackson said
the Defense Department has moi
made basic decisions about mis-
sions. adding: Il think quite
clearly that what is happening
is that these problems are being
passed up to Congress"
Nike Value Disputed
/ The New York Times said to.
day the Air Force has con-
demned the Army's Nike missile
as unsuitable for the anti.
aircraft defense of the United
States.
The Times said the Air Force
objections to the Nike may bt
summarized this way:
/. Comparatively few tests o.
the Nike have been held anc
these were not thorough. Ever
so. the weapon did not do we'll
2. The Air Force rejected thi'
weapon in 1945 when the All
Force was still part of the Army
and it sees no reason to change
its judgment.
I 3. There is a question whether
the Nike can intercept current
high-speed high-altitude bomb
ers before they drop their bombs
4. Guided bombs now in usC
can be pointed at their targets
and released we'll beyond thu
range of the Nike.
y S. Statements of Army leader;
to the contrary, Nike B, newly
developed model of the weapon
cannot be substituted for the
existing version without repla-
cling its elaborate firing equip
ment.
The Times said the dispute
in the armed services has be-
come more acute since the All
Force challenged the Army'l
ground-to-air anti-aircraft role
by announcing that it would EN-.
ploy the Talos missile-rathel
than the Nike-to guard All
Force bases within the United
States.
Scores of batteries of the long
! slim Mixes encircle 18 majoi
industrial targets. cities or com
. plexes such as the Washington
Baltimore and Buffalo-Niagars
. areas.
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formed members Of Congress
that the order was being rewrit-
ten and clarified to make it plair
to all postmasters and super
visors that postal workers hav,
a perfect right to engage in unior
activities and the press for bet.
terment in their benefits anc
working conditions.
Since the order was first dis
closed in this column severa
weeks ago, the department ha.
been bombarded with criticism
The provision forbade postal
workers from seeking changes ir
the postal service or publicizins
their grievances and activitie!
unless they received the permits.
sion OF their bosses.
/ Postmaster General Summer.
field has denied that the ordel
was designed to silence or in.
timidate postal workers. He de.
clared it was based on a restric.
ton placed by the preceding ad.
ministration on the Postal Trans.
port Service in 1919.
Mr.. Summarized assured mem.
ners of Congress that the depart.
ment has no intention of inter.
fering with the rights of posta
employe unions and their mem.
bers. He said this is being made
clear to employees in the Posta
Manual.
In addition, Mr.. Summerfielc
said the Postal Manuel has thi.
instruction to all postal fielc
management:
Consultation with employe
organizations concerning mutua
problems is not only the sen.
IsiDle course. but also the policy
OF the department"
~
HOUSE COMMITTEE Tn,
House Civil Service COMMITTEES
has approved the following
Senate-passed bills: To continue
under Federal life insurance
coverage those disabled EN-.
ployes who are receiving benefits
under the Federal Employees
Compensation Act. to waive thu
one-year eligibility for civil
service retirement and famil,
survivorship benefits for Fedora
employees who return to Govern.
ment service, and to provide
payment for notaries public com
missions paid by Federal work.
ers who perform these dutiei
as part of their job.
The House committee also APP
proved bills to require Fedora
agencies to make reports to Con
Igress on their employment PLAN
wherever functions are expanded
or added. and to bring civilian
employees of the United States
Naval Academy and the Nava
Postgraduate School under tn,
civil service retirement system
The group also approved a bill
to bring employees Of GallaudeI
College under the life insurance
program.
! DEFINITION OF EXPERT
At last weeks Society for Per-
sonnet Administration meeting
Gilbert w. Fitzhugh. second vict
president of the metropolitan
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WHlle Jney were cooperating IN
displays across the country, some
sources in the Penatgon gave
newsmen documents declaring
that present emphasis on air
power could lead only to ma
tional disaster
Secretary of Defense Wilson
promptly announced he would
look personally into this most
unfortunate business. He said
the armed services don't have
to practice psychological war
fare on each other"
Congress Reaction Mixed
Reaction among Congress
members was mixed. Senator
Francis Case. Republican of
South Dakota, said such rivalry
between the services keeps them
from getting sloppy" Repre-
sentative Mahon. Democrat of
Texas, called it "a healthy thing"
Senator Jackson, Democrat of
Washington. said service rivalry
has led to waste and duplica-
ton" particularly in the missile
field.
Senator Kefauver, Democrat
Of Tennessee, told an Armed
Forces Day audience at Fort
Campbell. KY:
"One sure and certain way to
reduce our military capacity is
to permit the existence of an
imbalance between the priorities
and funds allocated to the vari-
Gus branches of our armed
forces
Il most respectfully request
the President to use all the
powers of his office to bring
about a proper balance. It
is a situation which only the
Commander n-C Chief can resolve
before it reaches the proportion
OF a national scandal"
Mr.. Mahon, chairman of a
House Appropriations subcom-
mittee which handles the defense
budget, said on a CHS radio-tele-
vision interview yesterday this
thing is going to be busting out
all over until some decisions
are made"
He said he had hoped that the
Joint Chiefs of Staff would have
decided before now on the mis-
sions of the different services
these basic explosive questions
which are slnouldering in the
Pentagon." Mr.. Mahon added
however:
Il am not in agreement with
those who have deplored the fact
that this controversy is out in
the open. It should have beer
out there before. 1t should be
kept there until these issues are
resolved"
He suggested hearings by the
House Armed Services Commit
tee, which held hearings on q
somewhat similar Mayfair Force
row over the B-36 bomber ir
l949.
Other Differences Aired
Other differences among the
services have recently been aired
One involves an Air Force conten.
ton that the Navy air arm coulc
deliver only a small" strategic
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or the positions to be selected
for the trial period have not
been selected.
The announcement last week
by Civil Service Commission
Chairman Philip Young that a
modified civil service career sys-
tenn would soon be authorized by
executive order created much in
terest In Government personnel
and cal eer circles.
There were mixed reaction
among personnel officials who
feel that the plan should be pur-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-21
Democrats Indicate Intent
ToAirMi|itory Wronq|e

There were some indications today that Democrats
Congress will move to air fully and in public row between
the Army and the Air Force defense spending and
strategy
The row fared Saurday-Armed Forces Day, which is
supposed to be dedicated to unity of the military
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THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Senior Civil Service
Corps to Be Tested
THE EVENING IS. STAR ., Washington D. THE
By JOSEPH YOUNG

The forthcoming executive order setting senior civil
service will be operated limited basis rather than
Ciovernment-Wide scale.
The plan will probably be tried first to see
how works out Or might be applied to certain type of job
Government that exists in various agencies The test
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plies and Accounts employees have
received promotions. They are
Mrs. Shirley A. Collins, Mrs.
Emily A. Engelbere. Pauline
Glenn. Beatrice A. Klein. Mrs.
BettAD. Maxwell, John o. Peters,