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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-16
THE EDITORS NOTEBOOK
THE SEGREGATION QUESTION

Ever since the ruling of the Supreme Court on seq
egaon in public schools two years ago. the question has
uppemost In the minds of the public how and
when Florida, especially Dade County, would make
definite move pro con.
However, this week this important matter which has
Deen on our doorstep for time now on the inside
The state department was reported to be consider
ing an overall plan while the Dade County School Board
has been working in consort with the state department
special committee appointed by Gov LeRov Col
Ins is expected to report some time next month
During the recent gubernatorial campaign, so much
mas been said and in bitter language about segregation
that almost hate to hear the word Even at the
tme bgots distributing hateful literature However
we must expect such things there all kinds of people
in the world We must not render evil for evil there are
too many good considerable people of both in
this world of ours.
Tuesday brought the elimination of what we anti
cpated when the National Association for the Advance
ment of COOred People through its attorney G. r.
Graves entered suit in the Federal Court on behalf of six
Students asking that the schools be open to all races
Thurgood Marshall of New York well known
NAACP attorney will be the leading counsel in this case
The Miami Herald, in editorial calls the action Of
the NAACP advised and premature and places into
e CLASSIFICATION of exremism which representative stu
dents of the Indignation problem insists Interfering with
an orderly and properly solution.
- Inc Miami Daily News is not so harsh. The News
editorial simply points out that the Supreme Court didn't
order an immediate end of segregation directed that
local school authorities work out the problems involved
with what called deliberate speed" threeman fed
eral court will decide if the Dade school authorities
nave acted accordingly or if there has been DELHI
The News concludes The suit filed was perhaps pre-
but expected 1t returns the issue to the courts
where it originated
State Superintendent Thomas Bailey blasted the
MAACP Mr. Bailey accused its national leaders of
naughty and dictatOrial statements"
Whether the suit filed is premature or not is mat
ter of opinion However we have got to admit that the
national body has had quite lot of experience in hand
ling such matters.
The NAACP has fought and won most of the worth
while privileges Negroes enjoy the United States to-
day. That we cannot deny or forget.
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more than 80 minutes awaiting
the arrival of Mrs. Roberts. An
other car then drove up and Mrs.
Roberts got out and started TO 60
into the house. Roberts grabbed
the rifle, jumped out>of the cab,
called to his wife to come to
him, and according to Horne, Mrs.
Roberts kept walking toward the
house. Roberts ran across the
street and levelled the rifle at
Mrs. Roberts and shot her in the
upper body. Mrs. Roberts fell to
the ground, MORALLY wounded.
Horne added that he heard at
least one more shot, but that he
became excited, turned the cab
around and drove to the Range
Funeral Home and asked Range
to call the police.
Officers found Mrs. Roberts
body lying on the wall1 in front
of the house, Mr.. Smiths body
in the living room and Mrs.
Smiths near the bath room in
hte rear end of the house. All
were dead from gun shot wounds.
The state presented a very
strong case which many observ-
ers felt should have sent Roberts
to the chair. The defense relied
largely on technicalities and prey
ed upon the emotions of the jury
to save Roberts from the chair.
Judge Floyd presided with much
dignity during the trial.
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Killer of Three
Gets Life Term
CONTINUED from page y

of Lowrie's taxi cab service,
Webster Lee Horne, a driver for
Lowrie's cabs, Mrs. Anna Bell
Jackson BojuS, a passerby during
the shooting; George Pratt, who
received the murder rifle from
Roberts following the killing and
George Harris, cousin of Rob-
erts.
All witnesses Offered direct and
competent testimony in the case,
Ill of which clearly demonstrate
ed that Roberts shot and killed
his victims in cold blood and with
much reconciliation and malice.
The states star witness was
Horne, who lives at 800 NF 22nd
Terrace. 1t was Horne who drove
Roberts out to the Smiths home
on the night of the killing and
who saw Roberts shoot his wife
down in front of the Smiths
home.
Horne testified that about $50
that night, Roberts came up to
the Lowrie Filling Station at the
corner of NV goth st. and 5th.
court, and asked Lowrie what
was fare from there to Liberty
City. Lowrie told Roberts about
$1.80. Roberts then said he want
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-03-16
Robbie Announces
Candidacy For
Congress, 5fh Dist.

Minneapolis attorney Joseph
Robbie this week announced his
candidacy for the DFL nomination
for Congressman, 9th District.
Il have decided TO run, Robbie
said, because l believe that the
attitude Of the incumbent Walter
Judd creates the danger OF an at
omic war" TN fact" Robbie said.
had Judd's policy been followed
under either the Democrats or the
Republicans, America might al
ready have been devastated by nu-
clear attack. He has not support
ed the foreign policy Of either
Truman Of Eisenhower"
The 18th District thinking has
not been represented by Judd"
continued Robbie. NOR has the
state of Minnesota or upper-mid-
west thinking. Judd has not CON
suited the local businessman or
the small manufacturer. He has
done nothing for the professional
or white collar worker. He has not
been the spokesman for our work.
ing people or the consuming pub
lie. His mind has been elsewhere. /"
Robbie is no stranger TO politics
and government. He was a mem
Der Of the 8. y. House OF Repre-
sentatives and Minority Leader OF
that States Legislature from 1919
to 1861. As Democratic candidate
for Governor Of South Dakota, he
drew a proportionately larger
share Of votes than any other
Democratic governor candidate In
the upper midwest. He was Re
gional OPS Director for Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota and
1928, and is the pre-
sent executive director Of the Min
nesota Truman Liberty Commit
tee.
Robbie has practiced law since
leaving the Navy in 1945. He holds
the Bronze Star for bravery In
having served in inva-
sions. Robbie married Elizabeth
Lyle in 1912. They have eight
children. He belongs 10 Annuncia-
ton Parish, American Legion,
VFW, knights Of Columbus,
Speakers Bureau Of Community
Chest; other civic organizations.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-03-16
KEFAUvER BOOSTER
RETURNS FROM CHI
EXPECTS VICTORY

One Of the most active Mime
sofa supporters Of Senator Estes
Kefauver, Admiral lie Roy, $40
Fremont Av. n, Minneapolis, re-
turned Wednesday from a Chicago
trip.
Leroy, a former Chicagoan.
who was active in political circles
in that city for years now makes
Minneapolis his home with his
wife and four children.
An astute political worker he
is employed at the Crown Iron
Works. He moved TO Minneapolis
because he felt II was a better
place 10 raise his children.
He has been canyassing from
house TO house for the Kefauver
slate and he predicts the Senator
win surprise his opposition by a
victory in the primaries next
Tuesday, March 20.
Mr.. lie Roy reports that Chica-
20 Negroes are supporting the
Kefauver candidacy in great num-
bers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-03-16

of segregation In the public
schools.
Shortly afterwards in California
where both Stevenson and Ke-
fauver were campaigning several
prominent Negro leaders in that
state who had previously been for
Stevenson announced they had
joined the Kefauver camp after
they had talked to both candi-
dates.
Negro support for Kefauver
spread like wildhre from coast
to coast as Stevenson campaign
managers worked to stem the tide.
Mr.. Stevenson made a speech in
Los Angeles in which he advocat-
ed gradualism and all the devil
broke loose.
In Oregon he suggested that the
race issue and segregation be kept
out Of the national campaign.
Almost everything Mr.. Steven
son said seemed to make matters
worse because Negro leaders
claimed he was trying to WOO
southern Democrats by pallating
the present bad situation in that
section.
Finally by the time Mr.. Steven
son got back to the East Coast,
at Hartford, Conn, he called on
the nation to support the Supreme
Court decision and made a sug-
gestion already made by Kefau-
yer that Negro and white liberals
in the South get together and
talk out their problems.
Kefauver meanwhile IN a d e
hay" wherever he went. In the
South he has been tn object of a
vigorous attack because many
southerners think he has deserted
their side" Kefauver simply says
as President Of the United States
he will see that the Constitution
is enforced.
Earlier in the year before he
had entered the Minnesota pri-
maries, Kefauver had gone into
the state of Virginia and urged
the people of that state to oppose
Continued on page ~
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-03-16
Building Fund Committee
OF Choral Union To
Sponsor Teo March 10

The Building Fund and william
Lillard Committee Of the Mime
apolis Choral Union win sponsor
Rainbow Tea on Sunday. March
IS, 4 to 7 p. m. at the home Of
Mrs. bessie Gresham, PIT Clin-
ton Av.
A number Of Twin city artists
viii appear at this tea.
The public Is cordially invited 10
attend.
Mrs. Leola Young IL general
chairman, with Mrs w. A. Ross
and Mrs. Corrie Brown as CO.
ehairmen. Mrs. bessie Gresham Is
president.-Advt-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-03-16

Observer appeared popular lead
ers Of new southern opinion. They
are today distinctly minority
voices.
Union Attitude Shifts Too
As organized labor grew under
the Roosevelt regime, national
union policies espOused equality
Of the Negro. and rank and file
in the South did not appear to
challenge this. Today, some mem
bers have threatened TO walk out
Of the United steelworkers Of
America in Birmingham, and the
Communications Workers Of
America In Montgomery, because
those groups are said 10 have con-
tributed union funds to the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People.
Inconsistencies are readily ap-
parent. Wage earners flock to
citizens council meetings which
are directed behind the scenes by
Alabamians who are vigorously
anu-union on general grounds.
Prosegregation sentiment is hot in
Industrial Birmingham as II Is in
rural Alabsma's black belt. White
southerners ignore the success of
military desegregation. This Is
different" they say.
Though lynching has all but dis
appeared in the South, it Is no evi-
dence Of any change in the view
that the Negro must not be al
lowed equality in social areas. or
in education The Ku Rlux Kan
reappeared in Alabama in the late
forties. But though all public lead
srs worked swiftly to pass an an
timAslcing state law. and defeat
ed the Khan. this action only
marked a different approach.
Dominant Thinking
Southern leaders had come 10
conclude that nonviolent resis-
tence against the Negro was the
sole hope Of saving the South"
Though in this effort references
CONTINUED on page -
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Mrs. Jackson said she went into
the bedroom and removed her
high heel shoes for her house
shoes.
She said in her statement Polk
continued 10 argue and that when
he told her he would beat her
brains out" she picked up the re-
volver which lay on the hlghboy
In the bedroom. As he approached
her she said she pulled the trig-
ger.
Folks head was pierced by
one bullet and he was dead by
the time police arrived.
After firing the shot. Mrs. Jack
son screamed and her cries were
answered by Mr. Brantley who
lives upstairs. she told Brantley
she had "hned Ira"
She said she did not mean TO
shoot Polk. but that she was 80
excited by his statement that he
was going to beat her that she did
not realize what she was doing.
She told police she 'Iust
wanted things 10 quiet down."
Mrs. jackson could not tell po-
lice when she was booked and held
without charge just what the ar
gument was about. She said she
dlmly remembers being at some
body's house early In the eve
ming and that Mr.. Polk did not
want 20 40 home when she was
ready to 20.
The fatal weapon had been A.
round the house for year and a
half, Mrs. jackson told police. She
said she had fired II accidentally
before when Polk was teaching
her 10 load II.
Polk was well known In Min
neapolis and had lived here for
IA years. He operated the Dia-
mond Shoe Shining Parlor at s1s
Hennepin Ave. He owned two
houses including the one In which
he was killed and a small farm.
a native OF Waco. Texas, he Is
survived by three brothers and a
sister. One brother, Shermont
France Polk and his wife. Mrs.
Polk. accompanied the remains TO
Waco, Texas, where the dead man
win be buried In the family plot.
Other brothers Louis and Berry
Polk live In Waco as does a sis
ter. Mrs. Beatrice Gaines.
The Woodland Funeral Home
had charge OF arrangements for
shipping the remains to Texas.
Mrs. jackson is being held with
out charge while detectives make
an investigation. She had never
been in police custody before.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-03-16
Philip Gelb To
Address NAACP
Sunday Afternoon

The Minneapolis Branch OF the
NAACP will meet on Sunday.
March rs, at p m. at St. Paul's
Church Of God in Christ, 400i
Fourth Az. s.
Philip Gelb Of the University Of
Minnesota radio station KUOM
will speak on the subject Mont
gomery, Alabama on Trial" Mr..
GeIb has been interested In the
Montgomery situation and has
carried several programs on the
subject. He has been in touch with
the ministers In Montgomery. and
has raised funds to help the people
who have been indicted.
Mr.. Gelb is also moderator Of
the Who'll Round Table, on which
NAACP officers have made APP
pearances.
Members Of the Minneapolis
Branch are urged TO attend and
bring a neighbor along with them.
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ed in Pre-Medicine. He is a vet
eran Of World War II. He served
with the U. s. Navy Medical
Corps.
He is a member Of the Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternity. Along with
Hobart Banks, Smith was re-
sponsible for its reactivation in
the Twin City area. He has held
almost every office in the Alumni
and undergraduate chapter. He is
currently the Northwestern Pro-
vincial Keeper Of Records and
Exchecquer. He Is a member OF
Palestine Lodge No. 7. F and
A NJ a member Of ElIts Lodge
No. 100, and also a member Of
the NAACP.
Mr.. Smith is a member Of the
st. Thomas Episcopal church
where he has served as a Lay
Reader under Rev. Louis johnson.
Mr. Smith is married to the for
mer Alveda Cassius and is the
father Of two children, Lloyd Jr.,
five and Sandra, four.
Since becoming associated with
the Cassius Realty Co, Mr..
Smith has acquired a list Of pro-
spective buyers and is presently
seeking listing Of persons wishing
10 sell their property promptly.
He hopes TO be Of great service
to his many Twin City friends and
associates and the community as a
whole.
He says he will work diligently
to further the Cassuis Realty Co.
tradition which is known for its
fast, courteous and efficient ser
vice.
Mr.. Smith may be reached at
the office by calling RE. 1859 or,
at RE. 3-s4s2 or CA. 1882.
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Coils Sentence Too Severe:
Coils Sentence Too Severe:
Business Man To Fight
Sentence To Work House
Imposed By Judge Bergin

The sentencing Of O'Dell Living
ston, 3So7 Fifth Az. s., young
Minneapolis business man to 80
days in the workhouse by Judge
Thomas Bergin Tuesday in con-
nection with a traffic case has
raised considerable criticism in the
community.
Mr.. Livingston, young ''World
War II veteran and operator Of a
number Of enterprises was in
volved in a minor traffic mishap
March IL, around $40 p. m. when
his car, following another auto
closely bumped into the forward
car at a stop intersection.
During a discussion with VIII
liam d. Farris, 1917 Nicollet, the
driver of the other car, Living
ston claims Farris grabbed him
and spun him around as he turned
to enter his car. Livingston then,
in his own defense, he claimed,
struck the other motorist.
Livingston appeared in court
Tuesday without counsel and he
claims, that in view Of the cir
cumstances, he feels Judge Bergin
was too severe. He pleaded not
guilty.
Despite the fact that he had
never been arrested in his life and
has no record of major traffic
violations, he said he was given
a S25 fine for following another
vehicle too closely, his drivers
license was suspended for $50
days, and on top of that, a man
datory 30 days in the workhouse
for disorderly conduct.
Judge Bergin told this news
paper he thought the sentence he
on Livingston was just.
He said testimony that Farris,
who took hold Of the business
mans arm was 100 pounds lighter
in weight than Livingston, and
that his action did not justify the
assault which resulted in the loss
Of a tooth and probable permanent
scar on Farris' face.
Bergin said testimony given in
the case indicated that Living
ston was asked by Farris 10 re-
main on the scene until the police
arrived. This Bergin said Living
ston failed to do after .striIing
Farris, but drove off.
The blow which Livingston
struck the first man glanced off
his face and hit another man
who was in the car with Farris.
Judge Bergin said testimony re-
vealed.
Livingston said testimony in
the court by Fsrris was not truth
full He said the claim he had been
closely pursuing the Farris car
for three blocks was false. He
said he would be willing TO under
go a police lie detector test to de-
termine the truth.
Livingston plans 10 appeal the
courts sentence as too harsh for
the alleged offense.