Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-03-16
BRIEF
NEWS
SCENE
"iaiKh and I.owxiown"
Ry HAn.EE THOMAS

the story Of DIR, MordeeA John
sons building OF Howard univor-
sity from a school with a 5000, 600
budget To an accredited university
with almost ak million dollar
yearly budget
Two different groups In the Ala.
bama White CitiEons Councils are
debating over whether Jews
should be admitted To member
ship 90, Negroes who voted for
Senator John Sparkman Of Ala
hama Tor Vice President are now
getting a taste of what they
would have been IN for II he had
been elected. lie II emerging m a
strong advocate of race HosrcgR'
ton,
The Democratic National Com
miltee's selection Of sparkman to
reply Ia President Eisenhower ON
March 7. was unfortunate . q,
nilda Simms. Mlnneaota's own ac"
treas Of national acclaim. has been
selected as the Offlcial Hostess Of
the Exposition of progrcss which
will be held In ", " city March
20 To April l, II In Ia be a con
zumer's products show aimed
specifically at the 10 billion dollar
American Negro market and will
be held In the wannamaker Bldg
Neither tho University OF North
Carolina or Southern Negro lead
era expect Negro applicants To
swamp the school following the
recent Supreme Court ruling ban
ming segregation In the under
graduate level In state colleges q.
The Eisenhower administration In
undecided whether Ia sponsor
civil rights legislation or not, The
| N. Y. TIMES naya the administra-
ton has held back on legislation
designed 90 give the Justice De
partmsnt additional authority u
proceed againa. Yolator~ Of thu
civil rights statutes particular,
ON the matter Of the ballot IN some
southern states
There were 1900 delegates from
81 organisations representing ~
million persons nj the civil Rights
Assembly In Washington, March
I, o, and q The Presidents
Committee on Governmental Ems
ployment policy In conducting n
survey Ia find out how many Ne
groes are In ~ H. employ In sis
specific areas,
The National Urban League re-
oeived q grant Of 500 900 from the
Fund ~ the Republic 10 finance %
two year educational program for
Industrial relations o0nsulian,H
The Alabama Legislature has had
rr=t reading Of constitutional
amendment which would give tho
state legislature the power Ia
pick student for Alabama colleges
and universities This In nm a.
tempt to circumvent the u. u
Supreme Court recinion on school
segregation.
| A Louisiana law deHigned "a
keep Negro voter registration
down has backfired against whites
slso. The lazy requires all proHpcc
tive voters 10 read any clause 81
the Constitution. Winnler v
Clement, Webster Parish registrar
claims since she received orders
10 enforce the law, "a whites have
funked the test and two Negroes
The Daytona Beach Ministerial
AsAocia,ian. nm migrated group
u ministers. has decided 10 hold
non .Eegregatsd Easter sunrise Hef
vices. the first intsrracial service
u lis kind in Dsytona Beach his
= tory
The nau hau uprising in kenyh
haa oOs, the British government
90 millions Of dollars STATE
genator Cara Brown viii be th'
first Negro woman In Michigan
70 campaign for Congreasionh
seat. The Republic ~ Liberia own
no ships but ranks fourth anoni
! the nations ~ the world IN regis
tered shipping tonnage a Brook
? Ign. ~ Y. man, Probyn ThOmpsoi
= will file for Congress Trnins'
I Negroes ages 10 20 ~ are snaigh
by the q. n. State Department
p Italy viii pay Ethiopia sis miilio
= dollars tn war damages
\.
Jamaica in the West Indies ha
teen called the seat 0f the inter
national dope traffic The 2,
ecutiys hoard Of the Asss'cia,io
y, n Catholic Trade UnioniE,s wsn
IN record last week fayoring
hgid-up u FEDERAL funds " ssgr'
gated schools BiHhOp ]
}. ward Nichols Ia among the mir
y q. y. Protestant ministers no
"a touring Russia Harry Pyi
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