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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-06
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

There isn't much anyone
can do about the winter mock.
ingbird.
After all, he is just doing
what comes naturally. as the
song says.
He is having fun, in his
peculiar fashion.
He likes to be lord of all,
and make the others run.
Evidently. this is a trait of liv-
ing things.
Fishes do it, buffaloes do it.
all living things love to make
other living things afraid Of
them. Even nations do it!
Old Mockie sings all night in
summer when the moon is
shining.
Then he is content to mind
his own business. which is
singing with muted breath,
happily, pleasantly, perfectly.
In winter, when he looks
around and sees food he
doesn't want. he tries his wings
at chasing others away.
We have watched him do
this so much that we believe
we understand him. It isn't
just to keep them from eating,
as 1t seems at first glance, but
is mainly done to keep himself
from being bored to death in
the cold.
All living things swing from
being happy to being bored.
This operates for birds as we'll
as for men, for fishes as well
as for bears. for antelopes as
well as insects.
If you see any of them do
ing something mean, or Use
less. or for no apparent reason,
do not jump to the conclusion
that it is just plain cussedness.
No. it is boredom, created by
the Eternal along with happi-
ness as a part of the law, and
destined to live as long.
Didn't some bird sage, long
ago, explain 1t all?
THE devil he wrote, finds
mischief for idle wings to do"
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BETHESDA, Md,

BETHESDA, Md.
Dear Sir:
Now that the holidays are
over, and we settle back into
the old routine, such as it is,
I would like to speak up in
praise Of the old hooking
bird.
Much has been written
about him. but to me he has
a place of cheer all his own.
Flasher birds there are, but
none. shall we say, so human.
He comes to my feeding
stations and doesn't want to
eat what I have in them, but
he doesn't want the other
birds to have it, either.
so he proceeds to make
life miserable for them.
How human!
II am sure if we other two
legged creatures had wings.
and depended upon feeding
stations for our food, we would
act just the same way, at least
a certain number Of us would.
= 4
II recall this same old
mocker in the summer.
Then he was a ferocious
warrior in defense OF his nest.
He chased away the very
persons who only wanted to
help him.
How human!
He chased me every time I
came into the yard, though
he must have known full well
that I was the one who put
raisins out for him.
HE knew, because he pecked
on my kitchen window, and
watched me get the raisins and
then come out on the porch
and spread them along the rail.
But the very moment !
walked toward the nest,
though I was still a hundred
feet away, he came at me like
a f1end.
Il have been treated much
the same by some of my friends.
so I knew just how to act.
simply backed away as grace
fully as one can with a fiend
hurting himself at the back of
your neck.
Nov it is cold again, and
the old mocker is right in
there, trying to keep others
away from food he doesn't
want for himself.
II am sure it is a he be-
cause no lady would act that
way.
There are two other mock
ingbirds around. but these are
well behaved, and mind their
own business, and eat the
raisins and bits of cake I put
out for them.
Eyes, at such a season as
this, cake, any kind. they like
to sample it, another very
human trait.
Sometimes I believe my
original mocker has two wives
here with him, at others I am
sure the other two are males,
likewise, though better be-
haved.
Il would like to know If
there is anything l can do to
stop my original from playing
dog in the manger.
ut doesn't much matter,
however: like him the way he
is. and have found that the
other species manage to get
some food. now and then.
Sincerely yours. H. j. IT,
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cepted as the right policy by the people
of Virginia, along with other good citizens
of this great country.
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must contemplate with dis
may.
With all due respect. 1
should like to remind these
reverend gentlemen that as
the source of ultimate power
of our Republic is in its citi-
zens. so the ultimate power
Of the churches is in their
members. A shepherd with
out a flock is a sorry figure.
AS an Episcopalian dues
paying and Notwithstanding
have been shocked and NOR
titled by the conduct of some
clergymen on political mat
tiers. Another Episcopal lay
man. George Washington. so
objected to his pastors politi-
cal preaching prior to the
Revolutionary War that he
absented himself from church
for some time.
Incidentally. if the political
advice Of the majority of the
Episcopal clergymen had then
been followed we would still
be colonial subjects of the
British Crown
The question presently be-
fore. the voters is not a re-
ligious question. 1t is a civil
one. And in political or gov
ernmental questions no
churchman. high or low.
speaks for me. I shall GER
tainly vote yes" in the ref
erendum.
Genevieve Clark Thompson.
Gaylord. Clarke County, Va.
A mistake commonly made
today is to assume that the
things which make our Ma
ton what it is. our basic laws.
our customs. our mental at
titudes. the enormous develop
ment OF our economic re-
sources, are just a part of the
world We live in. like our
mountains, our prairies, our
rivers. Nothing could be more
false.
Our Nation may be compared
to a modern building. Like the
steel skeleton which carries the
rest Of the building, there is J..
framework of outstanding in
dividuals which supports our
economy and the political COM
munity on which the economy
rests. But while 1t has been the
privilege Of men of courage
and vision and sound Judgment
to give direction and purpose to
our political community. the
greatness and strength of our
country rests on the ability of
our whole people to recognize
and support this leadership.
Only two peoples in all his
tory have been proficient in
self-government: Romans in
their early history and some
of the Germanic peoples of
Northwest Europe, notably the
Anglo-Saxons of Great Britain
and the United States. Other
peoples, for the most part, have
seen sorry succession of die
tatorships. with interludes of
greatness under wise dictators.
1t is a question whether the
basic stock which founded this
country and wrote our Decla-
ration of Independence and
our Constitution has not al
ready been overloaded.
And why do many Virginians
feel as I do? A premonition,
perhaps, that we stand where
Rome stood in the early days
of the empire. and that what
Gibbon decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire) said of
her may become true of us:
THE nation of soldiers, magiS-
trateS, and legislators, who
composed the thirty-five tribes
of the Roman people, was
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
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Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

A reader can get an answer to any
Iactua' question BY writing The
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days. "the maids night out"
invite their friends and neigh
bors to come in for the ''polit-
ical talk" that goes with The
stew.
The Democrats have been
very successful with their
Read and Sew" get-togethers
and combination fund.-
raising and education activity
especially in small towns.
The Democrats do not boast
a separate national women's
organization, in the expressed
belief that men and women
are more effective working in
unity.
IA States Clubs
About IA States have wom-
ems Democratic clubs, how
ever. such as the Women's Ma
tional Democratic Club of the
District Of Columbia which
raised thousands with its hi
larious skit Jenny for Presi-
dent" which will be sepeated
in Chicago during the National
Convention. Also effective is
its Congressional Wives Forum.
made up of about As wives of
top Democratic lawmakers,
many of whom have been going
on speaking tours throughout
the country.
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deviated from her conviction
that Warren G. Harding would
be the next President of the
United States. She wrote down
the list Of those who would
not believe her on a little pad
which may nows be in the
Harding archives
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
must be counted among the
early regulars at conventions
for she attended her first one
when her husband seriously
entered the political arena
way back in the woodrow VIII
son. administration.
Mrs. Perle Mesta, ace par
ticipant and hostess at the
present Democratic conven-
ton really made her debut as
convention hostess at those
nominating Republican candi-
dates Harding, Coolidge and
Hoover She was just as Law
ish in her entertaining when
she became a Democrat at
the Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Truman and Stevenson nom
mating conventions.
And so, during the social
season of 1956-1957, with
presidential campaigns, cleo
tons and Inauguration festivi-
ties Just around the corner,
zest will be added to the merry
game of politics all along the
party circuit of our city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12
IN FALL ELECTIONS
IS Million Women
Expected, to Vote

ton of Republican Women, as
one phase of its 24-point
Double Dozen" program pro-
NOTED by some 1000 clubs
with a goal of a million dues
paying volunteer members.
The Democratic women have
already raised more than
$4,000, in less than one dollar
contributions, in the Teas for
TV" project to raise money for
their candidates air time"
The Republicans have their
Kitchen Cabinet" where
wives of Cabinet members
share political recipes on
what's cooking in Washington
with housewives of America"
The Citizens for Eisenhower
women are working on the in
dependent and Democratic
vote, urging women to cook up
an Eisenhower Old-Fashioned
Beef Stew Supper on Thurs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12
Colorful Figures Always Dotted Scene
AT Conventions OF Political Parties

buffet tables. Many of them
were billeted in the drawing
room of the Mclean menage.
Washington hostesses were
of much consequence at the
1920 Republican convention in
Chicago VIII ich nominated
Warren G. Harding for Presi-
dent, and Calvin Coolidge for
Vice President. There is no
record that Alice Longworth,
Evalyn Mclean, Mrs. William
A. Borah, Mrs. John Hays
Hammond and others took part
in those famous smoke filled
room conferences, but they
certainly were part of break
fast gatherings and luncheons.
Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Cool
idge. who had always attended
conventions with their hus-
bands, were indefatigable in
their attendance at every ses-
sion. Mrs. Harding, who had
gone to a number of fortune
tellers in Washington months
before the convention, never
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she had not eaten a meal since
the day before.
She wanted to appear before
the convention in defense of
her father. This was ruled out
by Champ Clark supporters
including the tall red-headed
publisher of the New orleans
Item. James M. Thomson, who
later became her husband.
Lavish Hostess
Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst, very beautiful woman
with masses of dark brown
hair, lovely eyes and teeth that
rivaled her fabulous pearls
was one of the most lavish
hostesSeS at the Baltimore
convention. When the dele
gates supporting Champ Clark
began to run out of money
and hotel accommodations as
the balloting went on day after
day, they were invited to
partake of the viands at the
Hearst and John r. Mclean
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12
BY the Associated Press

1t is estimated that IS mil
lion women, three million more
than in 1852, will vote in this
years presidential elections.
Top politicos of both Demo-
cratic and Republican parties
are counting on the women to
put over their own standard
bearers
Throughout the Nation, in
rural as well urban areas,
women are being stirred to
active participation in the
political arena as vote-getters
and fund-raisers.
Both Parties Active
The Republicans have their
THANK You, Mr.. President"
Embarrassing project. The
Democrats have their "Teas
for TV" campaign. The Re-
publican project is being done
through the National Fedora
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12

Alice Longworth said very little
as the Republican convention
nominated Taft for a second
term. She was, one of the first
to arrive at the trump" con-
vention in support of Teddy
Roosevelt as candidate for
President.
Baltimore Convention
But the Democratic conven-
ton in 1912 stole the show as
far as Washington was con-
cerned.
All the leading hostesSes-
including the Republican
oneS-w ere determined to
make Washington and Balti-
more twin cities socially dur
ing the convention. Alice was
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John
r. Mclean in the house they
had taken in Baltimore for the
convention and soon became
verSed in all that was going on
behind the scenes with the
Democrats. She kept her COM
panionS in gales of laughter
. by her cryptic remarks as they
watched the conflict between
the advocates of Woodrow
Wilson of New Jersey, Champ
Clark of Missouri and other
contenders. When she found
it difficult to reach her seat
because of the people standing
in the gallery she tripped mer-
rily across the rows of chairs
like trapeze performer. The
skirt of her navy blue suit was
ankle length. So, there was a
glimpse of Alice blue stockings
and rustling taffeta petticoat.
One photographer who got a
candid picture of Princess
Alice going over the top" did
not print it ION request"
AS Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ.
Thomson watch the television
of the sequences at the 1856
De m o cratic Convention in
their historic mansion Bal
clutha' near Berryville this
week they doubtless have a
feeling of nostalgia, 1t is the
first Democratic convention
Mrs. son. formerly
Genevieve Champ Clark, has
missed since her early child
hood, but Mr.. Thomson is not
well enough to attend this
year.
Genevieve played a 'teen-&ge
role at the 1912 Democratic
convention that has never been
equalled. She, with her brother
Bennett Champ Clark, Joined
in the struggle to prevent the
nomination for President being
wrested from her father who
had clear majority Of thf
votes on seven ballots but did
not receive the two-thirds votes
Of the delegates necessary for
nomination in that day.
Champ Clark enthusiasts
raised Genevieve to their
shoulders in spite of her pro-
tests and marched in the
parade around the hall with
her. At last she escaped and
took her place on the platform
waving a Missouri flag and
Champ Clark banner--stop-
ping now and then to MUNICH
a huge cake of chocolate-for
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delegates charged that organized
efforts are being made by repre-
sentatives of IL states to nullify
the purpose and effect of the
Supreme Court decision"
Mississippi was singled out for
particular criticism.
The Alpha Phi Alpha delegates
asked the government to protest
the right of citizens of our
republic"
A petrochemical plant may uti-
lie 10000 kilowatts of electricity
per hour.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-01-14
James M. Nabrit,
iii And Roberta
]. Harlan Wed
Marriage Unites Two
OF Most Prominent
Negro Families In
District Of Columbia

Washington, D. C. Two of
Washington's most prominent Ne
gro families were united here yes
terday Thursday with the mar
riage of James M. Nabrit, III, to
Roberta Jacquelyne Harlan.
The couple was married at near
by Rockville, Nd, at private rites
attended only by their parents.
The Rev. Walter E. Williams Of
ficiated at the ceremonies.
Mr.. Nabrit, local attorney as
ISOLATED with the law firm of Dun
can, Robinson, and Reeves, is the
son of DR.. and Mrs. James M. Ma
brit, Jr., of $50 College Street,
northwest. He is a graduate Of
Mount Herman (Mass.) Prepare
tory School, holds the Bachelor of
Arts degree from Bates College
1882, and the Bachelor of Laws
degree from Yale University
1855. He was admitted to the
District of Columbia Bar in No
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-01-14
Three Negro
Students Win
In InterraciiaI
Contest In n. o.

New Orleans, Jan. 9 - Four
students in Negro schools were de-
clared among the winners in the
tuberculosis education poster con-
test conducted in the Metropolitan
New Orleans area in high and jun
ior high schools.
Second prize winner was Walter
Vive of the Alfred c. Priestly jun
Tor high school. Among the 10
best were Robert Simmons, Alvin
Polk and James Brown, all of a
little consolidated school in Violet,
La, just 10 miles below New Or
leans and in St. Bernard Parish.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-01-14

had done in the short term of one
year which she had served. Of
ficers who will assist DR.. Part
ridge during the year sc will be
Maggie Brown Daniels of Mont
gomery, Ala. First National Anti
Basileus; End Anti-Ann Jordon of
Ohio, 3rd Anti-Betty Gaines of
Tuskegee Institute, Ala, Ida King
of Gary, Ind. as Grammateus, Lii
liam Frentress of California as An
tipokrities, Susie Miles of D. c.
Tamias, Anna Frazier of Cleve-
land, Ohio-Ch of Trustees, Nancy
Bullock McGhee-Chr. of Executive
Board and Lullelia w. Harrison
Executive Secretary.
The Sorority made a gift of
100000 to the Special Fund of
the N. A. A. C. P.
The five day Boule Session was
indeed one which will be long re-
membered by the 1000 Zeta dele
gates who were in attendance as
we'll as by their friends who en-
joyed some of the Sessions and
most of the Social Affairs. All
the D. c. Greek Letter Organiza-
tons, National Organizations, Civic
and Educational groups and Presi-
dent Eisenhower extended greet
ings in some manner. Mr.. j. Will
liam Barba, Assistant to the Spec
ial Counsel to the President ex-
tended greetings for President Eli
senhower and Atty. Hubert Pair,
Corporation Counsel represented
the Commissioners of D. G.. Greet
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-01-14

ings came from Howard Univer-
sity through Mr.. G. Frederick STAN
ton.
Social affairs included the Press
Luncheon, Reception with Zeta
Amicao as hostesses following the
Public meeting at Bunnakar High
School when Soror DR.. Alpha
Moore presented the Stanton High
School (Jax, Fla.) Youth Choir:
Breakfast and Cocktail by Brother
Sigmas: Open House at the home
of Soror Lillian Evantu; Zetas'
Formal Dance; Undergraduate
Honor Party given by National
Sorority Epsilon Psi; and Zetas'
Closed Banquet; AKA Tea; Delta
Tour; and the Pan Hellenic Dance.
Past Grand Basileus Joanna Hous-
ton Ransome was Zetas' Luncheon
Speaker. Major Social affairs
were held at Hotel Statler where
many Of the business sessions were
also held.
Workshops on Human Relations
and Youth Activities were conduct
ed by Sorors Irma Thompson, Pres
ident of the Virginia State Teach
ers' Association and Barbara Ma
son Of NYC.
Zetas' Closed Banquet took on
that wonderful spirit Of true isis
terly Love" with the acceptance
Of two National Honorary Mem
bers - DR.. Deborah Elkins, Prof.
of Education at Queens College
and DR.. Sadie Peterson Delaney,
Chief Librarian Of Tuskegee. DR..
Partridge, Zeta Grand Basileus re-
newed her trust in Zeta and re-
emphasized support Of Zetas' Keso-
luton on Civil Rights.
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Negro Names 90.
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\SOHLiHuCu 1OIIl i oAC OACJ
deprive him of his constitutional
rights by extraditing him from
Illinois.
n Named in the suit are Gov. Hugh
White, Sheriff Howard Davis Of
Chickasaw County, Mitchell Nc
Wherter, and a deputy sheriff,
Dist. Atty. Armis E. Hawkins of
the same county, and two residents
Willie Lynn and M. Duncan.
Jones, Negro, contends in his
petition that while he was share
cropper near Houston, Miss, in
September 1854 he delivered some
cotton to Lynn, cotton gin mill
operator, and Duncan, broker,
who later sold the cotton and
"fraudulently and unlawfully' re-
fused to pay Jones any part of the
proceeds.
The residents, Jones said, con-
tended he owed them money and
that a dispute followed their at.
tempt to collect more. Jones fled
to Illinois where he has worked
as a railroad section hand and a
truck driver.
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Law School Assn.
Refuses 10 ExpeI
Biased Institutions

Chicago, Jan. 8 - An anti-dis-
elimination proposal to expel men,
bers of the Association of American
Law Schools that do not admit Ne
groes was defeated at the groups
annual meeting here last week.
Although the proposal was APP
proved by a majority, 81 to "a, it
failed to win the required two
thirds vote for adoption. 1t was
offered by the Racial Discrimina-
ton Committee of the 11O-school
association. Some Is members
have regulations against Negro
students.
Most southern schools, and
many northern schools, objected
that the association would be in
terferring with local administra-
ton; that the threat Of expulsion
would stiffen resistance to de-
segregation in the South, and that
persuasion would be a better means
of accomplishing the objective.
Immediately after the vote, the
association unanimously approved
a motion by Prof. Karl M. Level
Ign of the University of Chicago
Law School urging support of the
groups detectives.
This referred to 1851 resolution
in which the body pledged support
of equality of opportunity in legal
education without discrimination or
segregation on the ground of race
or color"
Associate Dean David F. Cavers
of Harvard University, chairman
of the Racial Discrimination Com
mittee was the leading proponent
of the unsuccessful attempt tc
amend the associations constitu'
ton to provide expulsion.
His proposal differed from the
1861 resolution in that it provided
means of enforcing the associa.
TONS stand against discrimination
by expelling members who prac
tice it.
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venber.

vember.
The groom's father, who is con-
sidered one of the nations out
standing civil rights attorneys, is
secretary and director of public re-
lations at Howard University. He
has also served as professor of
law at Howard. A member of the
legal staff of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of
Colored People, DIR. Nabrit has
made frequent appearances before
the U. S. Supreme Court on be-
half of plaintiffs in cases involving
civil rights. Among the cases
which he has successfully argued
are those involving equal salaries
for Negro teachers in southern
states, the "Jaybird" (white pri-
nary cases of Texas, and the
case against segregation in the
public schools of the District of