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Arizona sun., 1956-03-15
Open Letter To Civil Rights
Assembly In Washington
BY the Editors of The Militant


BY the Editors Oft
To the delegates Rights Assembly gathered in
Washington, DC, March 49, Greetngs
This conference representing organizations of the
working people, white the most important gathering
in the United States today Some you may strongly
urged broadening include delegations
local unon Negro and minority organaton IN e
country We felt that greater and
file of Negro movements would have stronger
the government and Congress- We thought Dr. M
Howards ringing for million Americans to to Wash
ngon speak of the was IN
tune with the needs OF the times
The officials Leadership Civil Rights
thought the conference it now cost
tuted representing does the NAACP the AFC1O number
of international unions and large NUMBER OF
fraternal religious civil rights organizations without
doubt the voice who determined
wage effective fight end the abomnaon OF
Crow
EXPRESS purpose of the Assembly to influence
of the Congress effective civil rights legislation IL
is also purpose organizations in the conference to
of the constitutional rights OF ne Negro
people by the federal government
Neither the Congress federal government the two
Big Business parties will be easily moved in this
direction.
On the eve Assembly Rights the President rep
federal
finally of the civil rights issue and proposed
bipartisan committee to nvestlgate
the matter
representative the majority of Congress- presidential
aspant Stevenson the infamous statement I'VE
careful upset the habits and traditions OF the
proposed that the President use his powerful oce 10 some
decisive action
action proposed by the OF
meeting gradualiSt" leaders OF both
the extremists" of both SideS
the Negroes
the boycoers Montgomery A Miss Lucy OF TUSCALOOSA
Representative Adam Clayton Powell Congress- In other
and who wants act to implement
decision deSegregaion extremist
the leading
this national crisis civil rights
that president would
enforce the Constitution the Bill of Rights the Court
decision the South he equally that
intention calling the party Congress
to break their 8year do-nothing civil rights
Civil Rights Assembly of
jecng and plan of action that will bring
full of the organized
and the Administration into action
opposition of the two Big Business parties.
There four urgent tasks confronting
Organization of national
hind the civil rights fighters in Montgomery Tuscaloosa Ala
baa, protest the against
Negro people in Mississippi and throughout the South.
GEORGE MEANY AND NAM executive committee
Charles Slgh Jr met in Washington Feb Meany
for "nonaggressive pact" between
the NAM They nowhere agreeing would
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI showered of the fed
era Constitution dropped from
chartered by Chicago Negro disc jockey native of
Mississippi When told the booklets attracted
sad That's the troub the Constitution attracted little
attention in Mississippi"
Arizona sun., 1956-03-15
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY is Gin pc

DEMOCRATIC PARTY is Gin peril because it's leaders in
Congress principles Americans
editorial in the March issue of the
Democratic Congressional leaders
guilty shorsghed ubservence to the interests of
servasm that EsenhowerS veto
of the gasgouge passed congress Democratic major
growing tempest" cvrigh "have brought into
focus perilous state of the Democratic Party"
Arizona sun., 1956-03-15

JACKSON MISSISSIPPI howerd copies of the fed
era dropped from an airpane Feb o.
chartered by Chicago Negro disc jockey
Mississippi When told the booklets little attention he
a1d That's the trouble the Constitution attracted little
attention in Mississippi" ~
, 1956-10-29

stop the testing Of atomic weapons. In fact the idea Of re-
ducing the draft is ~predicated upon an effective atomic wea-
pom which would compensate for the reduction in manpower
IN ANY CAMPAIGN many ideas and issues get tossed
about, but in the end the American voter can be trusted to
see the right answer, even through a maze Of speeches,
charges, countercharges, and the ike.
, 1956-10-29
H-BOMB TEST DEBATE

ON MAINLAND a battle royal is raging, and will
continue to rage long after November G. It all came about
when Adlai E. Stevenson, the Democratic Presidential candi-
date, suggested that the United States lead he way towards
an agreement to cease exploding hydrogen bombs.
THE PRESIDENT at his news conference answered Mr.
Stevenson, and then declared that he, the President would
say nothing more about the matter. But that was changed
and the Atomic Energy Commission under the craftsmanship
Of General Louis Strauss, and others were asked to prepare
a paper on what the Government is doing and the dangers
Of the bomb.
THERE is CONSIDERABLE misunderstanding Of this
must delicate subject, and the misunderstanding is every
where. Yet, through it all the misunderstanding comes the
varying views superimposed on the original idea which is
simple enough.
THE SUGGESTION as originally made land il was
made last April before Stevenson became a ~candidate) was
that the United States lead the way in an agreement to
cease testing these bombs. Mr. Stevenson contended that the
faIlout (the ash in the atmosphere from the explosion) IS
dangerous to human life, and could be serious if continued.
ON THE other side, there is the argument that the dang
er from the ash is so slight that it can never amount to
much; that the ordinary X-ray used every day in hospitals
and doctors offices is much more dangerous, and finally
that Mr.. S~tevenson's suggestion is not only the result Of poll
teal motives, but is dangerous to the safety and welfare Of
the United States.
HOWEVER, THE idea is simple enough and many
newspapers and radio commentators and coumnists, along
with many reputable scientists have agreed that anything
so destructive as a hydrogen bomb should continue being
tested. and. that If any nation is to lead the way, that nation
~LJ,l5 IL 4ko Hated ctaszc There wacs no etfo6ncfidn ri
, 1956-10-29
ELECTION NOTICE

General Election will be held in the District Of st. Croix,
Virgin Islands of the United States on November s, 1856.
The order of names which will appear on the ballot for
Candidates at Large are as follows:
, 1956-10-29
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Arguments End
In Powell Case

NEW YORK. May 10 (P.-
The Federal tax evasion trial Of
Mrs. Hattie Freeman Dodson
congressional secretary of Repre-.
sentative Adam Clayton Powell
Democrat of New York, went tC
the jury today after a one-and-
a-half hour charge.
Both sides summed up yester.
day before Judge Irving r
Kaufman who will charge the
jury after a trial that lasted two
weeks.
Mrs. Dodson is accused Of
|evading payment of $4,000 ir
taxes from 1948 to 1852, anc
illegally collecting $4,000 in ta2
refunds. She also is charged
with having listed false and non.
existent dependents.
Mrs. Dodson. who did moi
testify at the trial. is bushes.
secretary at the AbySsiniar
Baptist Church in Harlem. where
Mr.. Powell is pastor. Both are
Negroes.
In his summation, Assistant
United States Attorney Thoma!
A. BOlan said Mrs. Dodson flee
separate tax returns each year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

theft of the document, which the
FBI said has been recovered. II
was taken from the Brooklyn
terminal, the FBI said.
Brill, married and the father
of one child, was released ir
$500 bail by United States Com.
missioner Theodore C. Kiscaras
in Rutherford.
Commenting on the low bail
Commissioner KiScaraS told the
serviceman: II know you CO.
operated with the agents."
Two of the busineSsmen-Sid
ney M. Stern, 80, and Seymore
Hindman, 80, both of East
Orange--own the Distinctive
Emblem and Uniform Corp
there.
They were arraigned before
Commissioner Kiscaras and re-
leased in $4,000 bail each on
charges of conspiracy to steal
Government property.
Byrnat Ernest Schneider, 40
owner of Schreiber's Snapshot
Service, Linden, N. j., was picked
up at his home at Millburn, N. j
The charges were brought
against all four under the theft
of Government property statute
which provides penalties rang
ing from three to five years il
prison and fines from $4,000 tt
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

one for her congressional salary
under her maiden name and one
for her church earnings. Mr.
Bolan said Mrs. Dodson haC
listed "a whole flock of fake de.
IpendentS.'
Frederick H. Block, defenst
attorney, said in his summation
that the Government was trying
TO prove Mrs. Dodson had kicked
back her salary to Mr.. Powell
They want to send my Glen
to Jail to brainwash her every
day SO they can break her dowr
and get her to give a story
against Powell" said Mr.. Block
Mr.. Bolan denied Mr.. Block
assertion.
During the trial Joseph E
Ford, accountant and former
campaign manager for Mr.. Pow.
ell, testified that Mrs. Dodsor
told him her congressional sal.
airy belonged to the Congress
man."
Later in the trial, reading Of
the minutes during Mrs. Dod'
sons appearance before a Fed
eral grand jury in 1854 contra
dicted that testimony.
Last Monday. Mr.. Powell tool
the stand to deny emphati:allj
that Mrs. Dodson had turned
over even a penny of her earn.
ings as his congressional secre.
tary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

its design and principles were
the same as the atom smasher
lat Berkeley, Calf, which gen.
crates 6 billion electron volts.
Russian scientists saw the Berke-
ley machine on a recent visit
to the United States.
One American scientist, who
asked not to be named, summed
up his impression of the visit
to the Soviet plant like this:
1.-The Russians did not go into
the Olympic games until they
were sure they could win. And
they did not let anyone see this
plant until they were sure the
visitors would say: This is ter
rife.
But the Americans agreed they
were exceedingly impressed i.
especially by the equipment"
Observers of Soviet affairs re-
ported in New York that there
are indications the Soviet I'm
ion is about to disclose much of
the results of its research on the
control of thermonuclear reac-
lions. These reactions give the
hydrogen bomb its tremendous
Explosive force. Control over
them would open up an endless
store of energy for use in in
duStry.
Seen as indications that ex-
tensive disclosure of this work
may be in the offing were recent
speeches and articles by Soviet
atomic physics chief Igor Kur-
chatov on progress in the field
and an announcement that de-
tails would be published soon in
Soviet scientific journals.
Research on control of thermo-
nuclear reactions is highly secret
at the present time in the United
States. Donald j. Hughes, senior
physicist at Brookhaven National
Laboratory. on Long Island,
/ N. Y, said following recent talk
by Kurchatov in Britain: THE
Russians have gone further in
declaSsifying things than we
have for the first time. And they
really went very far"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

" IL bC u OLdCCo NOIILItlloS1OIiCl
Thomas w. Clohosey, who ar
raigned one of the businessmen
early today, said: Il think it is 9
classified list of Army or All
Force personnel"
Two of the businessmen own q
uniform and emblem firm. The
third operates snapshot serv-
ice.
The sergeant is an eight-yeal
Air Force veteran now stationed
at the passenger. movement divi-
sion of the Brooklyn Army Ter
minal. He and the three buSi-
nessmen are all free on bal
today.
William Furst, a Newark law.
yer representing two of the men
said that the case seemed to in.
volve only list of soldiers thai
could be used for direct mai
solicitation.
This whole thing is the pos.
sible result of longtime nationa
and official hysteria over sub.
version" he told newsmen. This
has been blown up fantastically
into an apparent case of espion.
age when nothing could be fur.
Their from the truth"
Sergt. Harold E. Brill, %, wa.
arrested at the Manhattan
Beach Air Force Base, Brooklyn
and charged with the actua
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Western Scientists See
Soviet Atom Laboratory

MOSCOW May Is -Western scientists have been given
look at the Soviet Unions hitherto
laboratory Absolutely first class work. said American.
The scientists including American atomic physicists
here for international atomic conference Their Soviet
them to the huge plant about 80 miles north
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

Moscow yesterday.
Anyone seeing it would be
bowled over" DR.. Louis Alvarez,
nuclear scientist from the Uni
versity of California, commented
They are doing absolutely first
class work. 1t was an extremely
impressive visit"
In addition to RuSsia's huge
Isynchrocyclotron, the American
and British scientists saw a
new and even more powerful
machine scheduled to go into
operation this year with a pro-
duction capacity of 10 billion
Ielectron volts.
United States scientists said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Bail Posted for Four
In Theft of u. S. Data
SERGT. HAROLD E. BRILL

NEWARK N j. May 10 l-An Air Force sergeant has been
charged with stealing classified document believed
to list of scemen and three New Jersey business
accused of conspiracy in the
which arrested the yesterday declined to
describe the what classification BEARS But
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12

TEAM: Andy Andy suts).
slim opportunity Of getting conventions without tickets
The demonstrators frequently recruited right off the
And invariably the candidate hires great many
demonstrators than will be allowed into the hall. IF the
limit agreed on hundred and fifty, says Frain, you'll
always find thousand trying to force their way in They don't
make it,
In way Fran seems almost to have been destined
particular He the 10th of " children born to
Irish hod carrier in Chicago and he raised in fVeroom
only mile from the International Amphheater OF
the Democratic convention.
He learned lot by watching gatecashers drift breezy past
the ushers ball park where he had job collecting
bottles Finally he number of sports promoters with
idea stop the gatecashng occasionally sneakng in him.
self prove his point Since hen he's expanded his operations
include everything from the Kentucky Derby to Euchasc
Congress conventions his dearest and toughest jobs
He Plans His Defenses
The planning starts weeks before the convention
Fan studies buepnts of the hail. the steepneSS Of all stair
ways and the number Of exits and entrances He studies
movies of crowds other events in the hall He designs
the tickets different color for every then keeps
the design and color scheme until the last minute foil
counerfeieTS.
He hires and trains special corps Of 300 college students all
five feet II his uhers and gaeen Fran backs up
the college boys with trusted group of rowing supervisors an
ex-FBI agent former assistant states attorney student foP
priesthood He assigns few picked men to try to
crash gate themselves to how we re doing
As convention time nears checks hundreds of lastmnute
Details What gate will the President Tor exeslden enter?
Frain may shoot 20 usheS another gate diversion
What are weather prospects? con days the crowd
slowly than cool days. he says On sunny days.
many delegates go sightseeing but rainy days they'll all tramp
out to the convention hall - land they'll all be late
It's inevitable that delegates actually do forget their
tickets credentials In 1882, Clare BOohe Luce, now U.s.
ambassador Italy, nexpcab forgot her credentials to three
sessions of the COP convention Each time Fran supervisor
checked her claims then politely escorted her her But
when young John Fell Stevenson youngest Of Ada Steven
son. msad his credentials he tried to by his brothers
and stopped. top official of the Democratic party repr
manded him severely.
As the convention along, tension mounts. When
peak pressure from gaeahe increases tremen
dou They hope that sly and zany trick will work on the
haaSSed usherS that they won't notice badge made OF
dmesore ribbons tickets that good only at the last
convention few try buy the uniform right off the ushers
back. No matter what happens Fran ready for Them
Anything they try" he quietly, I've thought OF
already" The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12

|Rematch Likely

NEW YORK, June IL (R.-
Matchmaker Teddy Bremen to-
day planned to rematch Mexico's
Gaspar (Indian) Ortega ano
Gene Poirier of Niagara Falls
N. Y, and well he might.
They are both action-plus
club fighters and they staged q
stirring 10-round television
scrap at st. Nicholas arena last
night.
Ortega, the 6-to-5 favorite,
was awarded split decision in
Ia tightly-f fought contest.
Referee Ray Miller (5-3-2)
and Judge Joe Eppy (6-4 each
scored for Ortega. Judge Nick
Gamboli had it even, giving each
five rounds and five points. The
AP card had Poirier in front,
Sal.
There were only six clinches
three of them in the final round
when both were weary from the
furious pace. Both bled from
the nose and blood sprayed over
the ring each time they were hit
on the shnozz, and that hap
pened often.
Poirer hurt Ortega in the
seventh round with a right
smash to the nose for the
hardest punch of the night.
1t was biff-bam- boom for 10
rounds and the GIG fans who
paid $2,041 cheered the constant
action. They were matched in
weight too. each scaling ISL
pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
|Gophers Lead


OMAHA, June IL (R.- The
NCAA college world series went
into the fourth round Of play
today with Minnesota a heavy
favorite to be the eventual
champion after winning three
straight.
The Big Ten champions were
to meet Bradley GID tonight.
while Arizona and Mississippi
fight for survival in the double
elimination tourney this after
noon.
Arizona and Mississippi both
have lost to Minnesota, while
Bradley is meeting the Gophers
for the first time.
Minnesota belted 10 hits in
trimming Mississippi, 1875, last
night in a game of II errors
lfive BY the winners and six by
the losers. The best individual
hitting SO far was put on by
Jerry Kindall, who led Minne-
sofa with a single, triple, double
and home run, in that order.
Bradley and Wyoming also
staged a wild game of errors.
wyoming made four and Brad
ley five ns Bradley won, 1913.
There were "a hits, IL by each
team. The defeat eliminated
Wyoming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
Dempsey Signs
Movie Rights for
Film of His Life

NEW YORK, June IL tR.-
Jack Dempsey's life story will be
made into a movie with the for
mer heavyweight champion act
ing in an advisory capacity to
coach the actor who will play his
part.
Producer Sam Wiesentha |,
who signed the contracts with
Dempsey yesterday, emphasized
that no film clips will be used.
Dempsey's famous fights will be
re-enacted, including the Luis
Firpo bout, the Jess Willard
match and the Gene Tunney
fights.
Wiesenthal will start casting
for the actor to portray Demp-
sey.
Dempsey said he would get a
guarantee of 100000 for the
film with a percentage of the
picture. He said his lawyer had
been negotiating with the pro-
ducer and his associates for six
months,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
.NAVY-TERPS
Continued from Page CT

Continued from Page CT
Navy, the Middies have reached
a higher level. They were Sugar
Bowl champions in 1855 and
were considered a likely bowl
prospect until upset by Army
last November.
Both Capt. Loughlin and Cobey
are looking forward to capacity
crowds for both games. Navy
already plays to capacity audi
ences in its annual games with
Notre Dame and Army.
No plans have been made be-
yond November, 1853. but as
Cobey pointed out there will be
time later to discuss these pos
sibilities. Cobey became athletic
director and Tommy Mont
took over as head coach after
Tatum's move to North Caro-
lima last January.
Navy and Maryland have met
is times since 1897. Navy is
ahead in victories, liza.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-12
MAJOR LEADERS
BY the Associated Press
AMERICAN IFAGUE
BATTING thased on 100 at.bat

BATTING thased on 100 at-bats )--Man
Tie, New. York, ,394; Maxwell. Detroit
Boston, .3e2; Nieman. Baltimore. .354
RUNS--Mantle New York. So; Yost
/ Washington. 40; Bauer. New YORK. IS
SieverS, Washington. 81; Lopez. Kan,
sss City. and McDougsld, New York. SO.
RUNS BATTED N--Mantle. New York
S az sb berta, Neey Ye in, AZ; Lemon
City. and Sievers. washington, 40.
HITS--Mantle. New York, rs; Kuenn
Detroit. IS; Lemon. Washington, 90
RunTneiss Washington, SO; Kaline, De
IDouBLEs-Kuenn, Detroit. 1ei Vernon
Cleyelsnd. and Lemon. Washington, IL
TRIPLES-Simpson Kansas City. anc
toni ton; Philley, Chicago; Martin, New
HOME RUNS--Mantle. New York 81;
Berra, New York. 16: Sievers. Wash.
ington; Bauer. New York, IS: Wertz
sToLE EssAn BsiAssEEs-FrancOna. Baltimore
land. >; Mantle '' and HcS sPs1. Oi New
PITCHING biased on 5 decisionsl-
Brewer, Eoston. 81, 800: Pierce and
Wilson. Chicago, Sc 500: WYNN
Cleveland, ana Hoeft. Detroit. So
ISTRIKEOUIS - Score, Cleveland. SO;
Psseual; WASHINGTON. So; Pierce. Chi
cage, 80; Wynn, Cleveland Larry. De.
troit. and Ford. New York As.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING biased on 100 at bats)-Re.
pulski. st Louis, 1878: Long. Pitts
burgh, $40; clemente, Pittsburgh
c ;sigSj 5oger; st 81. Louis a4s; Bailey
IRUNS-Boyer, ST. Louis. 40: Blasin-
game, st. Louis. 3s; Lons, PITTSBURGH
and Moon. St, Louis. 81; Snider,
BROOKLYN and Robinson, Cincinnati,
RUNS BATTED IN-Boyer, st. Louis.
aS Long PITTSBURGH, 40: Musial. 81,
nlonski. Cincinnati, 35
bursh, 81: Ashburn, Phiiadeiphia and
Moon. So, Louis. 81; Temple and Bell
DoUBI I Es.SPsIi, Cincinnati 4; Furil,
Lopata Philadelphia, 10: walls,
PITTSBURGH. and Boyer. St Louis, IL,
TRlPLES--Bruton, Milwaukee, z: Mays,
New, York, u Aaron, Milwaukee and
walls, Pittsburgh, ;; Mcmillan. Gin
HOME RUNS = Long. Pittsburgh. II,
Banks CHICAGO Post. Cincinnati and
Boyer ST. Louis. u; snider Brook
STOLEN BASES-Mays. New York. 12;
Moon. 81. Louis, 8; Temple Cincin-
natl. z: Robinson, Brooklyn, Clemente
Pittsburgh and Blasingame. st. Louis,
PITCHING biased on 5 decisionsl--Law.
renee, Cincinnati, 20, 1000; Lablne,
BROOKLYN, Freeman. Cincinnati and
Mepani ; 81, Louis, Al, 500: Missii'
MissiI. St. Louis. Is; RoSsrtsi Phil:
adelphia, 81: Newcombe. Brooklyn.
SO; Haddix, Philadelphia. 40.
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Los Angeles Starts
$8-MiIIion Arena

LOS ANGELES, June IL tP.-
Ground was broken yesterday for
an So million Los Angeles sports
arena scheduled to be completed
late in 1857.
The arena, long needed for in
door sports. conventions and
trade shows, is designed to seat
$4,000 persons. It will be financed
through revenue bonds.
The arena will be erected in
Exposition Park near the Me-
Coliseum, 103, 000-seat
outdoor stadium constructed for
the 1882 Olympics.