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Army Questions . .
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Army, as telling-the Georgia Leg
islature yesterday that he ap-
proved of speech by Rep. John
F. Flynt (D-Ga.) attacking the Su-
preme Courts school indignation
order.
Flynt made the speech to the
Georgia Legislature last Tuesday.
Caffey a native of Decatur, Ga,
said in Atlanta that he dined with
Flynt recently in Washington and
that the congressman showed him
copy of the speech.
IF | were going to make a
speech would hope to make one
like that" Caffey was quoted as
telling the House of Representa-
tives. Going over to the Georgia
Senate, he said There is a lot of
meat in that speech +. f.. for one
admit it"
The Army last night issued a
statement saying that Caffey
praised Flynt's experimenting
ability" and not the content" of
the congressman's address.
Maj. Gen. Guy S. Meloy, Army
Chief of Information, said he had
contacted Caffey by telephone at
Atlanta. He said Caffey told him:
Nothing / said was an endorse
ment of anyone or anything. I
simply paid tribute to Flynt's abil-
ity to make a speech.
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titled F. B. I. Leaks Hit at Till
acquittal. According to the news
story you stated confidential in
formation usually leaks from the
local FBI office, and witnesses to
Negro Staying are subjected to
pressure, as results. You, undobtea-
ly, know that files of this Bureau is
confidential in nature and | am
deeply concerned as your state
ment contains very serious
charge. If you have evidence Of
such a grave dereliction Of duty,
then it is your duty to call it to
the attention of the responsible Of
ficials of the FBI or Department
of Justice.
From the information available
to me, l know of no such instance.
feel compelled to request that
you submit such evidence as you
have to sustain your irresponsible
charge or that you issue a public
CYL 0NSAOAAs
DR.. Towards reply came sur
prisingly soon on the heels of the
heralded statement by Mr.. Hoover,
The Text of his letter follows:
Mr.. ]. Edgar Hoover, Director Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation
Washington. D. C.
Dear Sir:
"On Jan. 10, 1856, was called
by the Memphis Commercial Ap-
peal, and asked if l had any COM
ment on letter from you to me
which you had released to them.
Subsequently, and on the same day,
I received similar calls from other
newspapers and press associations.
"Your letter to me reached my
Mound Bayou, Miss, home at 9
m. on Jan. 1, 1856 full IL hours
after my first call from the news
papers. Since l had been queried
by these newspapers was unable
to make a complete reply. l can
only presume that you released the
letter prior to the time it could pos
sibly have reached me and that you
wanted the whole matter to become
an issue in the area of public con-
troversy. shall, therefore, follow
your example and release this let
ter to the newspapers.
"The crux of your complaint, as
l gather it, is that l have made
false and irresponsible charges
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there appeared to be leaks in the
FBTs southern Investigations, Mr..
Hoover called for proof or a re-
faction. DR.. Howard answered that
he had not been directly quoted
and advised that information con-
corning the case in question was
being sent the FBI chief under
another cover.
WHAT HOOVER SAID
On specific points Mr.. Hoover
made the following citations:
"You are quoted as saying
Baltimore Morning Sum- "'We
must find out why Southern invest
igators of the FIJI can't seem to
solve a crime where a Negro is
involved You made these state
ments in connection with the slay-
ing of Emmett Till, George w.
Lee and Lamar Smith.
"For your information this bu-
reau upon instruction of the Civil
Rights section of the Central
Crime division Of the Department
of Justice, conducted a prelimi-
nary inquiry Immediately upon re-
ceipt of information alleging Civ
il Rights violation and the facts
are submitted to the Department
of Justice for its determination as
to prosecution or further investiga-
tive action. Further investigation
of Civil Rights cases are con-
Quoted at the direction of the De-
partment of Justice"
ON LYNCHINGS, xxx
a.. You seem to have COM
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for a conference on these matters
and received an answer some four
weeks later stating that such a
conference would be arranged. No
date was set for that proposed
meeting.
at was against that background
that l voiced my criticism of fed
eral inaction in my Baltimore
speech. The quotation attributed
to me by the Baltimore Morning
Sun is not entirely accurate.
GIN substance l said on that &C.
casion that we must find out why
the FBI cannot seem to solve a
crime where a Negro is murdered
by a white man in Mississippi
Whether the reason for that fail
ure lies in inadequacy of federal
statutes, or restrictive interpreta-
ton Of such statutes by he De-
partment of Justice or the failure
of FBI investigative machinery,
the fact remains that the FBI
cannot seem to solve a crime
where a Negro is murdered by
white man in Mississippi OF
course, i do not know the extent
or character of the Bureaus in
vestigation in the Till case. l do
not know whether your investiga-
ton was made available to Mis-
sissippi law enforcement authori-
ties. 1t is plain now in the light
of the J. w. Milan confession in
the Till case that the facts in that
case lay close to the surface. l
have the impression that in many
instances the FBI has conducted
Investigations and found facts
which were then given to state
authorities for prosecution of the
wrong doors.
"You say that l have conven-
iently forgotten the work Of this
Bureau was largely respons-
ible for the virtual elimination of
lynching in the South and, also
was mainly responsible for the
breaking up of the xxx in the
Carolinas and Georgia" Frankly,
there is a wide difference of opin-
!. ion between us on that score. You
are as entitled to your opinion that
the FBI deserves credit on both
these scores as l am to mine that
lynching was eliminated and the
xxx broken up by persistent ac-
ton by the NAACP and by an
. aroused public opinion. | cannot
recall a prosecution of lynching,
as such, by the Federal Govern
ment and / suppose that such
prosecution Of lynching, as such,
is a matter for the States. In view
of that fact, I do not understand
how the FBI was able to take eff
, fective action to virtually elm
mate" lynching in light of your
statement that the Department of
Justice can act only when Federal
. statutes have been violated. If
the Federal Government was able
to act in the area of lynching, in
the absence of a federal anti
lynching statute, is it possible to
undertake similar action in cases
such as the George Lee, Lamar
Smith and Emmett Till cases in
light of a similar claimed lack of
applicable Federal statutes?
|. az did charge in my Chicago
, Press Conference speech that there
had apparently been a leak OF
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pletely forgotten the work of this
Bureau which was largely respon-
sible for the virtual elimination Of
lynchings in the South and also,
was mainly responsible for the
breaking up of the xxx in the
Carolinas and Georgia.
g.. AS you will recall when
the body of Emmitt Till was found
in the Tallahatchie River in Mis-
sissippi, August 81, 1866, the avail
able facts concerning this were
presented to the Civil Rights Com
mission of the Department Of JUS
tice by this Bureau.
"This Department advised that
the facts would not indicate vio-
lation of any Federal stature. Ac-
cordingly this Bureau did not con-
duct any further investigation in
this case.
"In the Rev. Lee case you will
recall that the Rev. Lee was killed
on May 7, 1865. The Criminal Di-
vision of the Department Of justice
requested an investigation into the
death of Rev. Lee. Such an inves-
tigation was Immediately conduct
ed by agents of this Bureau and
the facts as developed were sub
mitted to Department of Justice.
In connection with the Lamar
Smith case the facts surrounding
this matter were submitted to the
Criminal Division of the Depart
ment of Justice and we were ad-
vised that an investigation was
not to be CARED out by this Bu-
reau.
DEMANDS EVIDENCE
The Chicago American on Dec.
%, 1855, carried new story en-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-02-04

FBI Investigations in Mississippi.
The compliments live in Missis-
sippi and l believe that you will
agree with me that any complaint
ant in that state risks his personal
safety when he makes charges that
run counter to current public opin-
ion in that state. Therefore, will
not recite the specific case in this
letter which will be released to
the press. Under separate cover
l am sending you statement Of
the facts in that case. l know
that you will guarantee the safety
of that individual. One of the
things which l wanted to discuss
and tried to discuss, with the De-
partment of Justice was that very
matter. Since l was never given
a definite appointment | was I'M
/ able to present it through those
channels.
"In conclusion, reject the
charge that l have made false
and irresponsible charges l have
exercised my right as an American
citizen to criticize governmental
functions. l shall continue to ex-
ercise that right, even when it
leads to a difference Of opinion
between me and the public ser
wants. I regret that this contro-
versy has arisen since it tends to
obscure the fact that the real issue
in the South, and in the Nation and
the world for that matter, is not
our difference as to FBI action, or
inaction, but the fact that Ameri-
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Negro SawmiII -.
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\SVutluuCu AAOH axe Ouc)
from his employers wife to take
his baby to a hospital, became in
volved in an argument with his
employer when he returned to bor-
row more money.
According to reports Duckworth
was shot five times. Two bullets
hit his shoulder dislocating his
neck, one hit his left arm, and two
entered his left side. One of the
bullets severed an artery and went
through his heart.
According to reports some spec
ulation arose regarding the immed-
late cause of death when the auto
mobile in which Duckworth was
placed following the shooting
swerved off the road and over
turned en- route to Magee hos
pital.
However, following an autopsy
performed Saturday night it was
ruled that Duckworth was killed
by the bullet that passed through
his head and was already deac
before the automobile accident.
Although the white man claimed
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can citizens are being wantonly
murdered in Mississippi and that
their murderers are going unpun-
ished. Since your letter to me was
in the nature of an open statement
to the newspapers l regret very
much that you did not see fit to
include in it a condemnation of
these murders. Your condemna-
ton might do much to halt this
wave Of violence. In any event, l
shall continue to join with the mill
lions of other Americans and cry
out against that kind of admins
tration of justice which permits
murders to 60 free to boast their
crimes.
DR.. T. R. M. Howard.
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against the FBI in connection with
the murders of George w. Lee, La
mar Smith and Emmett Till, all of
whom were killed in Mississippi
during 1866. l am sure that you
will understand that these murders,
all of which have gone unpublished,
have excited genuine concern on the
part of millions of Americans. That
concern has been heightened by
the fact that J. w. Milan and Roy
Bryant explained in last weeks
Look magazine that they did kill
Emmett Till. Since that confess
sion there has been no move to
take any further proceedings
against them, either by state or
federal authorities, so far as l
know. AS a resident of MISSISSIPPI
pi, | know, and l am sure that
FBI agents know, that the facts in
the George Lee and Lamar Smith
murders are widely known in the
communities in which they were
murdered.
81 am a layman not lawyer.
I do not pretend to know the in
tricacles of the law do know
that nv own criticism of the fail
ure of justice in these cases is a
reflection of the feelings of many
thousands Of persons to whom
have spoken and with whom | have
talked in the past few months. They
are as dismayed as / am that MUIR
ders can be committed in the Unit
ed States and that murders can
escape Indictment, as in the George
Lee and Lamar Smith cases, OF
win acouittal as in the Emmett Till
case, when, as in all these cases
the facts about the cases are sc
we'll known to law enforcement au.
thorities, federal as we'll as state.
GAS l understand your concept
of the law in these matters, youl
Bureau is required only to make
Investigations at the request of the
Department of Justice. After yor
have made these Investigations
upon request, you lay the facts be
fore the Department of justice
which then determines whether OF
not prosecution will be undertaken
or further Investigations will b.
made. 1t seems reasonable to sup
pose that the Department. of Jus
tice must depend, for a final judg
ment as to whether or not prosecu
ton will be undertaken, on thu
facts as reported by your Bureau
You say that such investigation
were made in the George Lee case
do not know, of course, the ex
tent of your investigation, l d.
not know whether or not you de
termined that this was merely
murder case, falling within thu
province of the State of Mississip
pi, or whether you determined i
was part of a widespread con
spiracy reaching across state line
that might have brought then
within the purview Of federal-civil
rights statutes.
! "What | do know is that a Ne
gro citizen who sought to vote wa!
murdered and that both State ant
Federal Governments have declined
to take any action. / do not know
upon what grounds the Department
of Justice declined jurisdiction.
do know that ! sent telegram tt
the DEPARTMENT of Justice asking
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Patient: doc, / don't drink or
go to wild parties, or chase around
with women.
Will l live to be 100 years old ?"
Doctor: mo, but it'll seem like
IL -
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-02-04

self defense, at a preliminary hear
ing Monday he was charged with
murder and released on $4,000
bond pending trial.
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Per
Atlanta
HENDRIX
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-04-06
HUNTERS NOTICE

Hunters who have no; return.
cd card qucStionnaircN To- IT,,
special deer seasons are urged
to mail them as >uOn as poS,!bir.
These cards are mailed from the
Fish \ Game Department, Dis.
trict Headquarters in Great Falls
md are designed to furnish in.
formation on the deer harvrS.
il the diSiric, during special
seasons last fall and winter.
Iii order to cvaluaic the special
hunts. a high percentage of cards
mus: be- returned. To date. more
than SO per cent of the cards
issued are still in the hands of
permit holders
Coupled with information
from qucSiionnairr cards for the
regular deer season which were
sent from Helena. the informa.
tion from special deer hunts will
aid in setting mex, years Sri>DN,
Montana had approximately
ssssVOv oiS SbIiN' ihI1ANIN ! iIif
field last fall. and for proper hi!
game management. tho r. \ i
Game Department; >.Uu,d tluW
their relative success. II Is not
necessary To question This lrr""
number and the cost would be
prOhibitivc: so a cross :, elton q!
these hunters are sen: question.
nairr cards. Thus. brcau>c il j.
a sample. a large percentage of
the cards are required in order
to attain u high degree of n.
curary: so please send in your
QUESTIONABLE If you are one of
i.iosr sampled. Remember Your
card is just aS imp"rtam, if ynu
didn't hunt or were nn. >uvry.S.
full.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-04-06
WHY IS A TAX
RETURN RETURNED?

What makes a Federal tax re-
turn bounce? ANY number OF
things, stated Thomas NJ. Robin
son, District Director of Internal
Hrvrnur for the State Of Mon
'ana. but it is surprising how
many littl" things get into the
act. "
| Every tax office has its box
after box of faulty tax returns
which must be returned to tax
payers for correction.
Principal among the causes
cor such incorrect or Incomplete
"C,urrS are Failure to sign.
\ 'ual.y this occurs on a joint re.
turn, Requiring both the huS.
band and wiic'S signature.
Mathematical errors arc fire.
fu"n', too. Each return is sean.
ned and any such errors are
cause for immediate rejection.
Exemption m iScOuntS arc
cause for large number of cr-
rni, cts Returns. In many cases
the ruun, is Incorrect. or The
dependents arc not properly
.drn;llird. ur the dcpcNdcncy
computation docs not check out
with tn" figurcs. An example:
\ taxpayer ha, four dependents,
plus his own personal exemption.
Instead Of multiplying 5000 by
five. he multiplir> i, by four or
even six.
AnH,hCr unfortunate error is
when taxpayers attempt to claim
m exemption for their recently
deceased spouse They fail to
attach a death certificate and
4 Form 1910. Statement of
Claimant to Refund Due on Be.
half Of Deceased Taxpayer.
This special exemption to a
Nid1w or widowcr cannot be
granted without these support.
ing documents.
In numerous cases. required
'"h"du!cS ar" rot completed to
justly icdur..oNS. j. e.. sick pay.
Retirement income Credit. Divi.
Lends Received Credit. These
schedules. in effect. are the proof
'p..n which such claimed dc.
iurilnnS are allowed. Without
lie 81 the Service is unable to
process the return.
Missing VS.. withholding
Tax Certificate" are often the
cause for delayed processing.
The burden is ON the employee
to obtain this form from all his
prey iul:S employers This is
inubiy important as social 81.
"uri,y credits are accumulated
IN a basis Of such records.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-04-06
Park Roads
Work Starts

West Glacicr-Glacicr Nation
al Parks first highway opening
of the year took place this week
with the Babb- Many Glacier ~
miles cleared of SNOW
Park plows cleared the road
to make way for a spring repair
project at Many Glacier hotel
which is to see about onc,hird
of the 1888 rooms rcmudcllcd
under a Glacier Park Co. con.
tract.
In charge of the pillow opera.
ton opening the road wa, gen
cral foreman Clarence Brngslon
and foreman Leroy Wohlbrand,.
Plan is to open the - mile
Babb-NIany Glacier road only ON
Mondays and Fridays to allow
wOrkmcn and materials to 80 in
and out.
Supt. j. W. Emmrri cautioned
that on other days the road is
apt to be closed by weather. |;
is not considered safe for viSl,nl,.
at this time. but later in the
spring travellers will be cucou.
aged to have MAY" look a.
the Many Glacier basin.
Starting day for oprIinG tn"
5O,milc Going.,o.,hc,Sun highway
that crosses the alpine park is
April 9. according to Max Eu%ar.
park engineer.
Supt. Emmrr, expects the
highway will be- open to the head
of Lake Mcdonald for visitors
about April 20 and thea to IVA.
lanchc campsround ab0u: May |.
weather permitting.
Park plOwS are 10 start open.
ing Going,to.thc.Sun highway
from st. Mary Lake abou, May
7 and continue on To Logan Pass.
The entire highway is open to
through traffic on or before
June Is.
Chief Mountain highway into
Watcrt0n Lakes National Park is
to be cleared Of SNOW il time for
Victoria Day. May u.
The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-04-06
THE METHODIST CHURCH

FRIDAY: Chcrub Choir practice
at 3:l5 p. m. Junior Choir
practice at 400 p. m.
SUNDAY: Sunday School at 9:45
a. m. Morning worship ser
vice at l1:O0 Il. m. Intcrmcdi-
ate M. Y. +. at 2:3O p m.
TUESDAY: Sunday School
Board meeting in the church
at 7:3O p. m. Teachers and
officers of the Sunday School
are urged to be a, this meet
ing.
WEDNESDAY: Junior NJ. y. f.
at 400 p. m.
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BROWNING BAPTIST
BIBLE STUDY

Sunday School $50 a. m. at
the Bank Annex. Graded Glasses.
Sunday worship lO:45 "A. m.
Sermon, "Thc Triumph of Faith
by Mr.. John Quist of Cut Bank.
Tuesday evening Bible Study
at 800 p. m. at the Bank Annex.
Thursday evening Starr School
Bible at 300 p. m. at Starr
School. The Starr School Bible
Study will be known in the flu.
turc as "Thc Peter Red Horn
Memorial Bible Glass;"
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Baby Chicks $3.50 per hun.
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Also 1fi.LincS. Write for Circu-
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CT A S SIF|E D S

Guitars, AmpIifiers, Ac.
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LITTLE FLOWER CHURCH

Masses: Sundays 900 a. m. and
800 a. m. at Browning. 400 p. m.
at Cut Bank Boarding School.
Week days: 100 a. m. Brown
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l.cntcn Dcvotions: Fridays at
1880 p. m.
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ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
Robert Bryant, Pastor

Sunday school 10 am; morn.
ing worship II am; evangclis.
tic worship 8 pm.
Wednesday night prayer meet
ing Bpm.
Everyone welcome to every
service.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-25
Coolidge Senior
Plans Area Study
OfCiviI War

A 17-year-old Coolidge High
School senior, with IL years of Civil
War study and souvenir hunting
already behind him, plans a major
study of Washington'S defenses
and nearby campaigns.
Frank Cooling. fullback and CO.
captain of the Coolidge football
team and vice president of the
student council, has been securing
the old battlefields ever since he
found his first rusted rifle bullet at
Manassas when he was years old.
He did a 10O-page paper about
the Washington area campaigns
last spring and plans to expand on
it in college next year. He feels the
subject has not had q thorough
treatment since Brig. j. G.
Barnard wrote a paper in 1862.
Frank has the markings of his
torian and he is strictly impartial
on the subject. His bedroom is
filled with items of war from North
and South. They include uniforms,
swords, bayonetted rifles and 100
books on the war.
Frank has searched antique
stores from Maine to Tennessee.
He has gone over the battleflelds at
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Balls
Bluff and Gettysburg. His exhibits
include oil paintings of battle
scenes and miniature battlef1elds
with toy soldiers.
He is lieutenant colonel in the
cadet corps and president Of the
&C" Club. He is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs B. F. Cooling. 500 Third
street NV.