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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13

LONDON (NANA) Via tele-
phone from Paris: Bad weather
is delayig the Audrey Hepburn
Fred Astaire starrer, Funny
Face" because all the big dancing
scenes are out of doors. The
cost per day is $4,000 and the
rains have added around SITS, 900
to the budget. The silver lining
for me is that I'll get to see the
shooting when in Paris next
week.
Sights and sounds: Tyrone
Power having an English haircut
at Ivan's (Which means long,
and a manicure, which is very
rare in England. #. Odd to hear
the fabulouSly wealthy Begun
Khan dropping the name Of her
dreSsmaker, Jacques Faith, when
IA reporter admired her gown.
And it was odder still when
asked the price of a Dior dress
$500. A bargain price. l was
told!
Nancy Milford. the blood
English authoress who kicked up
IA rumpus with her "Who is u
upper class and Who Is Not"
was offered $4,000 a week to
write for the movies in Holly
wood. She refused. explaining,
II don't need the money. / don't
like Americans. and I'm sure ]
wouldn't like Hollywood" l re-
member when the James Masons
said almost the same thing
before they went to Glamor-ville
Now they are Hollywood's big
gest boosters.
*k n
! I was told that Jennifer Jones
"Barretts of Wimpole Street" SCI
was closed tight, but a kline
gentleman, whose name / have
forgotten, called to invite me t
see the shooting. Too late thi'
time, but I will on my return
from Paris, Munich, Rome ant
Zurich.
While lunching at Les Am
bassadeurs with Trevor Howard
he told me of the big part.
given by James and Pamela Ma
son when he was in Hollywood
making a movie with Richard
Widmark, Run For the Sun.
"Groucho Marx grabbed my arm
suddenly and said, Look, there
Zsa Zsa Gabor.' She blew kisse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-13

starring for the Old Vic in their
presentation Of Sheridan's gos-
sipy and deliciously scandalous
classic, 1.-THE Rivals" But 1
would rather see MORA twirling
on and twinkling her toes in
1.-THE Red Shoes"
X 4 X X
Lloyd Nolan, after opening
quietly in Bristol, Coventry and
Leeds in "The Game Mutiny
Court Martial" received ire
mendous acclaim in London.
"They saw the movie here first
See GRAHAM, Page A-25
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is getting to work in earnest and
that is closer to filming the life
of Bolivar than anyone else has
come.
It will be some time before a
scenario is started-the writer
of the screenplay has not yet
been chosen-but Mr.. Cowan is
well into the research. This is
a staggering project in itself
There have been some $50 books
written about the man who spent
the second and third decades OF
the 10th century. the last two
decades of his life, battling Spain
for various chunks of South
America. There are eight vol
umes alone of Bolivar letters.
X y 4 X
Mr.. Cowan talked of his plans
yesterday at the PanAmericar
Union, where he had gone to con-
fer over details and cooperation
The next major step in his pro-
ject will be a trip to South
America in company with his
wife. Songwriter Ann Ronnell
who will do the musical score
and other film technicians.
Their major aims will be two
One will be to scout suitable To-
cations to provide authentic
settings for some 10 big Sc
Quences. The other will be tc
obtain cooperation of the
governments of Panama, Vene-
zuela. Ecuador. Colombia, PERU
and Bolivia, in the territory
Bolivar devoted his life tc
freeing.
Filming all those battles will
require armies and the producer
wants automatically Latin
American armies. The filming
also will require about three
months on location in South
America and another three
months in a studio.
Mr.. Cowan hopes to get his
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cameras turning between Janu-
airy and March and the finished
picture will run more than three
hours.
"Bolivar's story can not be
told fairly in less than three
hours" he declared. And fairly
is the way he is determined to
tell it.
This will give Bolivar a con-
siderable edge over Alexander
the Great and is easily the most
stable film Mr.. Cowan has made
stable film Mr.. Cowan has made.
He sees it as somewhat akin to
his STORY of CT Joe" in that it,
too. will have an audience alert
and ready to pounce on any
departure from authenticity.
Certainly Simon Bolivar" is
a far more complicated produc-
ton chore than such earlier
Cowan independent productions
as w. c. Fields MY Little
Chickadee" and "You Can't
Cheat and Honest Man" He
undoubtedly hopes, too, that it
will last even longer than his
TV-revived "One Touch of
Venus" and Love Happy"
That last one, incidentally, is
somewhat historical. 1t started
a movie career with a two-min-
ute scene played by a girl named
Marilyn Monroe.
Mr.. Cowan quickly assured his
Pan-American Union press con-
ference, however. that he didn't
see any role in the Bolivar film
for Miss Monroe. In fact, the
casting problem is one he has
not yet tackled, except in ran
dom thoughts. There will be
four starring roles, two co-star-
ring roles and some 80 lesser
parts.
The two co-starring roles def
nitely will be played by young
Latin-American players and as
many English-speaking South
American actors as possible will
be used elsewhere.
The Bolivar role will be the
most difficult to fill, of course.
Mr.. Cowan hopes to get some as
Sistance here by way of SUCCESS
tons from South America as to
the actor best suited to playing
the man who was a brilliant
general, great statesman and
passionate lover, among other
things.
Filming will be in color, but
the process to be used is another
of the things to be decided. This
could turn up as the first fiction
Aim in Cinerama.
However it is filmed, it will
be good to get a biography of
Simon Bolivar on Aim. His
colorful story has been demand
ing attention for a long time. 1t
must have been nearly 20 years
ago that Dore Schary spent
several hours Of an afternoon in
the Carlton Hotel cocktail lounge
talking about Bolivar.
An MGM writer at the time,
Mr.. Schary was fascinated, as
everyone else becomes who looks
into the life of the man often
called the George Washington of
South America.
Mr.. Schary was here doing re-
search preparatory to getting
to work on a screenplay. When
he had it completed. however,
the project was dropped. He
apparently felt as Mr.. Cowan
does about the time required to
tell the Bolivar story and no
body could afford to make the
picture he had written.
Mr.. Schary went his way and
eventually returned to MGM as
its top production man. That
old Screenplay about the life Of
Bolivar was waiting there tc
haunt him, but now he was q
dollar-conscious executive. He
decided that fellow Schary's Boil
var film would just cost toe
much to produce. He left the
field open for Mr.. Cowan.
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THE PASSING SHOW
That Bolivar Movie
Finally Will Be Made
By HARRY MACARTHUR

Simon Bolivar at last to have met his match among
the movemake Filming the life of the South American ber
ator project that has both fascinated and oed
Hollywood producer for year.
Producer Lester Cowan. who is taking admits that
is the most staggering enterprise he tackled
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Price effective
ull close OF
business Sat-,
June 23rd. We
z e . 9 We the
right to limit
quantities.
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"But we don't consider the per-
centage of Negroes in the COM
munity when we are hiring for
a job. We hire strictly on the
basis of the best person avail
able for the job we have open,"
an official says.
$50 far as we have been able
to determine, none of the work
stoppages we have had in past
years has been traceable to ra-
cial problems" asserts Russell
Almgren, industrial relations
manager at the Louisville tract
or works.
"Our most serious difficulty
stemming from the racial policy
occurred in 1o47, the year pro-
duction began in Louisville"
Mr.. Almgren recalls. ut hap
pened one day when our first
night shift was due to start
work at $3.50 pm. In one de-
partment of the plant there were
so employees, one of whom was
a Negro. Right after starting
time the foreman called me and
said the men would not go to
work because of the Negro.
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to talk to White and Negro en-
ployees alike, and privately. But
at Memphis he was allowed into
the plant to observe its opera.
ton only on condition he would
talk to mo- one-and not display
a pad or pencil for note-taking.
The most serious wildcat strike
at the Memphis plant resulting
from racial trouble occurred in
April, 1854. A Negro on the
payroll 20 months working in
the foundry was laid off be-
cause of a cut in the work force.
So he applied for job in the
welding shop. There was no
question about his ability to do
Continued on page 81
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II went out into the plant to
the department and again told
the men of our policy. I told
them if they felt they couldn't
work under the rules they had
better resign. One man did re-
sign and the rest went back to
work." Mr.. Almgren adds.
Wildcat Strikes
But at Memphis, where pro-
duction began in 1913, the COM
pany was beset by several wild
cat strikes directly resulting
from racial conflicts. The last
stoppage was in 1853. Tension
is again mounting at Memphis.
At Louisville, this reporter
was given free run of the plant
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1956-04-21
A Tale Of
Two Cities
DESEGREGATED JOBS
How One Major Manufectur.
er Tackled the Job in Two
Southern Cities.
CONTINUED from last week.

In moving to the South, Har-
vester officials were under no
illusions that mere proclama-
ton of policy would bring inn
mediate or permanent results.
They were not, and are not, in
sensitive to the local problems
involved when the company's
non-discrimination policy is plac-
ed on top of older racial en-
p1oyment practices. \
In each city they surveyed
industry to determine Negro
hiring practices, and in talks
with White and Negro COM
munity leadres frankly told them
that the policy of having Ne
groes and Whites working to-
gether would be continued.
At both plants when the en-
ployment office was set up there
was no segregation. At the first
interview with job applicant
Harvester clearly told the appli-
cant about the company's non
discrimination policy and asked
the job-seeker if that would
bother him. Those that indicat-
ed they objected were told they
might be happier elsewhere. At
ter hiring but before starting to
work there were two other oc-
casions where new employees
also were told about all COM
pany rules and policies and spe-
officially about the non-discrim-
nation policy.
Stiff Physical Examinations
Also as a preliminary to hir-
ing, all applicants were given
stiff physical examinations in the
companys non-segregated med
ical faci1ities-they remain nom
segregated at both plants and
with no complaints.
with the physical exam we
are able to head off complaints
from Whites that they don't
want to work alongside Negroes
because of fears Negroes are
more likely to have tuberculosis
or veneral disease" Harvester
spokesman notes.
Hiring of Negroes has grown
at the Louisville tractor works
and last year Negroes account
ed for some 900 of the 5000
workers employed at the plant.
In 1913, first full year of pro-
duction, only go of the $1,000
man force was Negro.
About 1870 of the City of
Louisvil1e's population is Negro.
, 1956-04-26
No. 1914
GOVERNMENT OF
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED 5TATE
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

CERTIFICATE Of REGISTRATION
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING:
THIS is TO CERTIFY that there has been registered
in the Office Of the Government Secretary of the Virgin Is
lands Of the United States, at st. Thomas, in accordance with
the provisions of the Regulations governing the registration
of Patents and Trademarks in the Virgin Islands, approved
April ], 1916, the following TRADEMARK;
, 1956-04-26
Editorial
FOR MORE AND BETTER THINGS
THE RECENT FAVORABLE comment OF

RECENT FAVORABLE comment on the AleXan-
der Theatre emitting it to take its place among the worlds
fine motion pictures houses brings to mind the tremendous
possibilities, for development of this Island. 1t also brings
to mind the fact that we have allowed many a golden oppor-
tunity to slip by until, in order not to be left completely be-
hind, we take some step.
NOLONGER IS there any excuse for any backwardness
whatever in this place. Everything can, and should be,
modern and efficient. But this does not say that this is to be
done without the application Of sound business principles,
and within the framework Of what can be efficiently and eff
fecively carried out here.
THE WORLD IS moving 50 fast that no one need be
reminded that the worlds good things are found everywhere.
What we need is vision and the willingness to take the ne
cessary forward step. For example, there is no reason what
ever the most modern stores, gas stations, garages, and every
thing else are not found here.
NOW THAT REDTT is available the way should be
clear for more people to buy more Of the essential, and even
non-essential consumer goods. Time was when only a few
people could own cars. But the manufacturers quickly dis
covered that they could not stay in business unless more
people bought cars. But how? Then they applied instalhment
buyfng to automobiles, and today over 80 per cent of the cars
on the highways Of America are being bought on the install
ment plan.
IN FACT. IT is possible for an honest young couple,
gainfuly employed, to head for the business section of any
town, large OF SMALL and come away with most of what they
need, yetwhen they started they had but the down payment,
which in many instances was less than IS per cent of the total
cost.
1T SHOULD BY now be clear that with more extensive
credit facilities, the development of industries, and a changed
outlook and concept as to the overall economy the way IS
open for a better way Of life.
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Fisk Singers
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concert going public and crown
heads of the continent with their
rendition of the Negro spiritual.
Besides introducing the spiritual
to the musical world, this original
group is noted for having raised
the funds to erect the first per-
manent educational structure for
Negroes in the world. Named in
their honor, Jubilee Hall is a land
mark Of the Fisk campus.
The contemporary singers are
related to the group organized in
1871 by an unbroken line of sue
cession. Their director since 1949
has been the noted author arrang-
er-composer, John w. Work, whose
father sang with the Jubilee Sing
ers as a student at Fisk and di-
rected the group from 1898 to 1916.
DR.. Johnson stated that the sing
ers, now numbering seventeen, will
leave the Nashville campus about
Sept. Is. Thirty-seven concerts
have been scheduled in England
France, Italy and Spain, as we'll as
several radio performances. II
time permits, they will also appear
in the Scandinavian countries.
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Carl Murphy.
Continued from Page One

can bestow upon a member.
The title of past grand evalted
ruler of the order will be conferred
upon DR.. Murphy on Wednesday,
Aug. 20, at the 57th annual grand
lodge of the Elks in Los Angeles.
In announcing Dr.. Murphy's Sc
lection fer the honor, Robert H.
Johnson, Elks grand exalted ruler,
said:
"For number of years, as ed
itor, publisher, educator and great
crusader for full freedom, DR.. Muir
ply has been the source of great
contributions to American life. He
has been a great champion of the
people.
an the coming grand lodge con-
vention, | do not believe that any
single act by Elks can be more
indicative of the principles of our
order than the comforting of this
honor upon DR.. Murphy"
DR.. Murphy, one-time professor
of German at Howard University,
has headed a newspaper chain for
"a years. He is chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Morgan State
College, trustee of bennington, Pa,
Industrial School, recipient Of the
Urban League American Team
work award in 1854, Scottish Rite
Mason of the Year, 1854; 10th
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Say Group.
Continued from Page One)

patri, there was a prehension that
the white evening gowns worn by
the singers would be splattered
with tomatoes by the hostile towns
folk. But when the rich spark
ling voices were raised in the stir
ring music of the Negro spiritual,
a different attitude overcame the
crowd.
The same attitude met the girls
in other sections, and they use
the same tactics to "soothe" the
audiences like they did in the cob
blestone roots of Trastevere, the
working class quarter of Rome.
In this section, a festival called
"Nei Antri," mean eve Others"
is held annually. When the rich
of Rome go off to the sea or
mountains in July and August, the
poor of Trastevere's ancient Sums
vacation in the hot and emptied
streets the wealthy left behind.
However, with group of New
England girls singing the soul
stirring spirituals of plantation Ne
groes, even the tough Italian COM
munist hearts melt and felt the
spirit.
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Lanier High
Announces
Summer Grads

According to Principal L. B.
Buckley of the Lanier High School,
the twelfth summer school gradu-
alton exercises will be held Mon
day, August 20, at GAS pm. in the
Hill Stadium. Thirty seniors are
expected to receive diplomas.
Twelve of these candidates are rep
resentatives of the Hill High
School while eighteen are repre-
sentatives of the Lanier High
School.
Those seniors expecting to re-
ceive diplomas are: Hill High
School: George Earnest Banks, Jr.,
Z. S. Brunson, Mildred Marie
Burks, Johnnie Lee Carr, La Verne
Dortch, J. w. Drones, Dorothy Rec
Jackson, Lula Belle Mannery. Ru-
fus Edwards Morris. Georgia Ethel
MCGEE, Clarice Steve, Charles
Henry Williams.
Lanier High School: John Archie,
Jr. John Oliver Bluntson, Howard
Campbell, Lucille Collins, Harold
Dorsey, Jessie Dorsey, Howard l..
Hodge, Verlean Moaton, Conway
Norwood, Louise Elizabeth Pip
pins, Willie James Roper, Ophelia
Smith, Percy Swaggard, Jr., Lu-
ellie Thomas, Edna Mae Williams,
Helen Marie Wright, Pearl J.
Young.
Harold Dorsey, President of the
Summer Senior Class will speak
on the subject "How To Meet The
Challenge Of Today" Music for
this occasion will be provided by
the school band under the direc-
ton of X. w. Holly of the Music
Department.
The public is invited to witness
this ceremony.
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Continued from rage One)
In the Western Section of Nj
geria, the National Bank which
was owned by leading members of
the Action Government Group,
Government funds. The same
policy has been followed in the
Eastern Region with the CONT
mental Bank.
The first step toward nationali-
cation of the Continental Bank was
taken by acquiring a controlling
interest through the investment of
public funds. This was done
through the Eastern Region FL
nance Corporation, statutory
agency under the Minister of FL
nance.
1t was the aim of his govern
ment said DR.. Azikiwe, to "break
the monopoly previously enjoyed
by the Bank of British West At
RIGA, hitherto the sole bankers of
all the British West African terri
tories.
The meeting repeated the de-
mand for the recall of Sir Clement
Pleass, Governor of Eastern Nj
geria." 1t also called for "full
mobilization of all resources at
our disposal for another phase in
the political struggle against i'm
perialist might"
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He said that South Africans at
least advocated separate black and
white states. But in the fedora
ton, he continued, certain Ne
groes wanted to set up an African
state which they could dominate.
Despite all this, he said, there
remains a vast fund of good will
toward the African people. AS
evidence, he pointed to the money
now being spent by the territorial
governments on behalf of Negro
education and other services.
He said it was up to the Negroes
themselves to prove that they were
fit to take a share in the gov
eminent of the country.
Meanwhile at Kitwe, Northern
Rhodesia, more than 2,400 work
ers at the Bancroft copper mines
are on strike, while boycott of
certain services in other copper
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belt mines continues.

belt mines continues.
The dispute concerns the break
down of talks held between the
Chamber of Mines and the Afri-
can Mineworkers' Union on the
question of jobs done by members
of the unions rival African Staff
Association.
And in johannesburg, South At
RIGA, fighting which began on July
20 between hundreds of Africans
members of two rival groups-at
the nearby African township of
Evaton has ended.
Four Africans were killed and
six other Africans were injured in
the riots.
Leaders of the groups reached a
peaceful settlement during con-
ference with high-ranking police
officers.
Last month several Africans were
killed and many injured in riots
over a boycott of the towns bus
service.
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Held So.
Continued from Page One)


ton Oil Company, and T. H. Smith,
an employee of a North Jackson
night club.
According to report Walker met
his death somewhere in the 700
Block on North Parish Street Sat-
urday night when he became en-
volved in an affair with woman
and her husband after he is alleg-
ed to have caught the woman in an
effort to take his money from his
pocket while the two were engaged
in one of the worlds oldest trades.
According to reports when the
woman found that her trick had
been discovered she stabbed the
aged man several times before be-
ing Joined by her husband, or boy
friend, who used his knife freely
in bringing about the Staying. The
dead man is reported to have be-
come involved in an affair with the
woman after he produced wallet
containing a large sum of money.
According to reports, t. H. Smith
was shot to death in a north Jack
son night spot after he became in
volved with his slayer in an argu-
ment over $4,000 which the slayer
allegedly owed him.
J. c. McMullen and his. wife
Matte Mae McMullen were ar
rested in connection with the Walk
er Staying.
]. B. Harris gave himself up
following the Smith Staying.
The trio is being held in the
Kinds County Jail awaiting Grand
Jury action.
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Burn Crosses
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Continued from Page OneD
attending is sponsored by the
American Friends Service Commit
tee.
The other cross was burned dur
ing the night in the yard of a
Davidson Negro home and was not
discovered until the following
morning.
A cross also was burned on the
schools football stadium on June
81, the day seminar students began
to arrive.
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