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Find New Born
Baby In School
r est Room

LOS ANGELES, Calf, May s.
"A, newborn baby, wrapped in
paper toweling, was found dead
Monday in the teachers rest room
Of the 18th Street school, police
revealed this week.
The tiny body, identified by
coroners as "John Doe Number y
was discovered by custodian OF
the school, William J. Krock, Jr..
Of 122 E. 98th street, as he was
cleaning the building. With four
inches Of the umbilical cord show
ing, the infant had been stuffed
into a we&tepaper basket. .
Officers said there was no evil
dence to show that the baby mao
feen born on the premises. Inc
rest room is an outside building
and only accessible to outsiders
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Mississippi Gets
First Commercial
Plant For Oxygen

Chicago, May - The first
commercial oxygen manufacturing
plant in Mississippi is scheduled to
begin operation May Is, it was
announced today by the National
Cylinder Gas Company.
The facility, which will also pro-
duce acetylene and nitrogen, is
located in the Flowood industrial
area of Jackson, adjacent to the
mill Of the new Mississippi Steel
Corporation.
Fred G.. Heppel, vice president
in charge Of NCG's southern divi-
sion, said oxygen will be piped
directly to the Mississippi Steel
Corporation. The NEG plant will
also serve dealers and provide di-
rect bulk oxygen delivery service
to industrial users and hospitals
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Washington, May z - Prospects
of getting the civil rights bill out
of the House Rules Committee by
the end of the week failed today as
the hearings continued at snaips
pace.
Only one witness, Chairman Gel
Ter (D-NY) of the House Judiciary
Committee, was heard during to-
DAYS two-hour session.
Rules committee chairman How
ard Smith (D-Va) set additional
hearings for tomorrow ond Thurs
day, stating that "quitc number"
of House members want to testify
for or against the legislation.
Smith is member of southern
group in Congress which hopes to
kill the bill by delaying tactics.
That was what happened last year.
Predict Passage
Earlier today House Democratic
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new PRESIDENT FOR FISK UNIV.

NASHVTLLE.-The new presi-
dent of Fisk University will be
DR.. Stephen ]. Wright, president
of Bluefield State college. The
announcement of the successor to
the late President Charles s. John
son, which has been awaited by
the entire educational world, was
made before packed convocation
of suspense-filled students and
faculty members on Friday.
Retiring board chairman Leonard
H. Reiser of Chicago read the
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Negro Women
Back Prayer
Pilgrimage

New York, May Z - Americas
two main organizations Of Negro
women recently adopted a joint
resolution endorsing the Prayer
Pilgrimage for Freedom, the May
II nationwide civil rights conclave
in Washington, D. c.
The organizations are the Ma
tional Association Of Colored Wom-
ems Clubs whose president Is Mrs.
Harris B. Gaines and the National
Council of Negro Women, whose
president is Mrs. William T, Mason.
The resolution signed by the
presidents Of both organizations,
said:
An Appeal To Women
The Prayer Pilgrimage for Free
Continued on Page Five)
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BUFFALO FIRST OVER The TOP
IN 1857 uNcF CAMPAIGN

New York, May 8 - Buffalo
is the first city to report "over
the top" in the 1857 United Negro
College Fund Campaign, Lee H.
Bristol, president of Bristol-Myers
Co., and national campaign chair
man announced today.
Volunteer workers reported 1925
per cent of Buffalo's share Of the
100000 national goal, at their
victory dinner, April 80.
The convocation of UNCF's 81
college presidents, held in Buffalo
in March, helped alert local citi.
zens, business and industry to the
Importance of the appeal, according
to LeGrand IF. Kirk, Buffalo at
torney, who heads the Funds
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New University
Seen As Key
To Future Of
Belgian Congo
Bi-Racial Quarter
Reflects Policy
For Territory

Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, May
7 - The new University of Lo-
vanium is a portent of the kind of
future Belgium is building in the
Congo.
Like so many other things in this
vast, colony, it is one-quarter fin
ished. It's campus, recently carv-
ed out of the bush, stands six
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Chas. W. Y. Meares Heads Division
For United Negro College Fund

merce OF New York State; and on
the educational policy committee
of the Insurance Society CT New
York. He Is also a member Of the
board Of directors Of the Multiple
Sclerosis Society and the Manhat-
tan Eye, Ear and Throat Hos
pital.
A native Of England, Mr.. Meares
Joined New York Life in 1928. His
appointment as New York City's
Mems Division chairman marks his
first assignment as volunteer
leader in the annual United Negro
College Fund Campaign.
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Leaders Farley To highIight
nCNW bethune Week Program

Room Of the Capitol, Washington,
D. C. to discuss the theme women
and Policies. Mrs Marjorie Nc
Kenzie Lawson is Chairman Of the
program.
The purpose Of the 1857 Leader
ship Conference is to explore the
political framework Of the coun-
try as it relates to women, to dis
cuss the practical and necessary
activities in political movements
and to educate and stimulate Negro
Women to become more active in
politics by participating in local,
state and national activities. Miss
Bertha Adkins and Mrs. Katie LOU
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ed the Supreme Court Decision Of
1854 and noted that terror and
violence have been substituted" for
implementation Of the high courts
decree.
The statement said that Wash
ington's Hotel 2400 was being re-
served for the United Auto dele
cations. 1t insisted that all local
unions send delegations to Wash
ington to the Lincoln Memorial,
which has been chosen as the place
for the noon-time ceremonies. The
Pilgrimage will be addressed by
Rev. DR.. Martin Luther King, A.
Continued on Page Eight
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NEW YORK, May 3.-Appoint-
ment Of Charles w. V. Meares,
vice president Of the New York
Life Insurance Co., as Mems Divi-
sion chairman for the United Me-
gro College Funds New York City
appeal, has been announced by Lee
H. Bristol, president Of Bristol
Myers Co., and national campaign
chairman of the Fund.
Mr.. Meares is active in national,
state and civic projects. He serves
on the advisory council Of the Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board;
on the committee on industrial
problems Of the Chamber Of Com
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-11
EE OVER one MILLION SLAVES NOW in ARABIA
United Nations
Report Shows
Over One Million
Slaves In Arabia
Say Shieks Give
Slaves To Each
Other AS Presents

Jerusalem, (N.A.N.A.) -. The
slave trade is flourishing in Arabia
where, according to investigation
by the United Nations there are
over a million slaves today.
While open slave markets are
operated in the holy cities in Mecca
and Medina, the trade in other
parts of Arabia is handled by mid
dlemen who buy men and women
from slave traders and then sell
Continued on Page Severn
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Washington, D. c., May 6 - A
Leaders Conference on Saturday,
May 25, 1857 will be one of the
significant events of Mary Nc
Leod Bethune Commemoration
Week May 1925, 1857 observed
by the National Council of Negro
Women in memory of the organizer
and founder, the late DR.. Mary Nc
Leod Bethune.
Women leaders from all sections
of the United States have been in
vited according to Mrs. William
Thomas Mason, President of the
National Council of Negro Women
to attend this all Day Conference
which meets in the Senate Caucus
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Reuther And Oliver Issue
Statement Backing Pilgrimage

New York, May Tn a dra-
matte moving statement issued
from the Washington offices of the
United Auto Workers, Walter Reu-
Their, Vice President of the ALL
Clio and William Oliver, Co-Di-
rector of JAWS Fair Employment
Practices and anti-discrimination
department, called for unity in the
fight for Civil Rights and for all
unions in the JAW to support the
May 18th Prayer Pilgrimage for
Freedom.
eve must +. reappraise ota,
basic democratic sense of values,
the statement said in part. 1t laud-
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Nations Profs.
Back Race
Rights Fight
Oppose Membership
Ban In Groups
Seeking Lawful End
Of Segregation

NEW YORK, N. Y, May A.
The American Association of Uni
versity Professors said yesterday
that students and faculty members
had the right to belong to organ
izations seeking the lawful elimi-
nation of segregation in education.
The association, which has st.
500 members at 1000 accredited
colleges and universities, deplored
any legislation or administrative
Continued on Page Two)
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BeIgion Congo
Moves To Give
Both Africans
And White Voice
In Local Affairs
Set Plans For
First Elections

LEOPOLDVILLE, Belgian Con-
90, May THE Belgian Congo
will take its first step toward
representative government late
this year or early next year.
Plans are being made to hold
elections for a minority of men,
bers Of township and county coun-
ellis. They will give the public
both African and European, a linn
tied voice In the management OF
local affairs.
The advance Is small and
Continued on Page Five)
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q NEGROES WILL LOSE JOBS
WITH END OF 3 HIGH SCHOOLS

be mixed.
Schools that are closing are
Shawnee's Dunbar, Merchants L.
Ourveture in Logan County and
Dubois near Muskogee.
Dunbar's pupils will attend
Shawnee high school but the Me-
gro elementary grades will be re-
tanned. Twenty-Five Negroes are
already enrolled at Shawnee High
School.
Meridian, which has a predomin-
antly Negro population, eliminated
the separate school system two
Continued on Page Four)
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Oklahoma City - Approximate
" 10 to 81 Oklahoma Negro teach
ers will lose their jobs as a result
of the closing of at least three more
Negro high schools in the state. A
survey disclosed Tuesday that
these schools will be abandoned at
the end of the current term, two as
a direct result of the new increas-
ing the legal attendance require
ment.
An Oklahoma City paper re-
ported no new Indignation Is in
volved although one closing will
cause more Negroes and whites to
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VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON
GAINS IN war ON RACE BIAS

Chicago - Considerable prog
ress" in ending racial discrimina-
ton in firms under government
contract was announced here by
President Richard M. Nixon.
Mr.. Nixon served as chairman
of the first of a projected series
of regional meetings of the Pres
ident's Committee on Government
Contracts. The committee, with
Secretary of Labor James P. Nit
chell as vice-chairman, includes
IA business, labor, and government
members. 1t is charged with "the
elimination of racial and religious
discrimination in employment done
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-11

Western New York Committee.
"This is the first time Buffalo
could announce that its goal had
been reached at the final dinner
Mr.. Kirk said. "And there is more
to come"
An extensive publicity program
also served to bring the Buffalo
campaign to successful conclu-
sion on schedule.
Headed by Miss Elloeen Del,
Oughterson, Buffalo's volunteer
publicity committee obtained ex.
tensive airline on radio and Tvi
spectacular outdoor poster boards
and excellent newspaper coverage
"The publicity program resulted In
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boards decision, which had been
made after a countrywide search
for an educator capable of step
ping into the great void left by
the sudden passing of former Pres
ident Johnson.
DR.. Wright, who is Dc and a
native Of Dillon, s. c., has had
wide training and experience. He
holds B.A. from Hampton Insti-
tute, MA. from Howard univers-
ity, and Ph.D. from New York
Continued on Page Five)
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under government contract"
The Vice President tcid newsmen
here April 80 Wat existing dis
elimination in tie Chicago area
follows pattern which committee
members believe can be broken. It
stems, he noted, from an attitude
which the committee has decided
can be replaced with one of fair
play. His fact-finding sessions
here with local business, welfare,
and government leaders were Gloss
ed to the public and press
Persuasion and Pressure
Noting that some 80 million
Continued on Page Four)
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18th Century
Negro Paper
Found In cincy

Cincinnati, Ohio - A rare nine
teenth century Negro newspaper,
1.-THE Colored Citizen" was found
here last week at the University
Of Cincinnati.
The paper, a weekly, was publish
ed in this city in the 1905 and Is
Continued on Page Severn
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king'sAppeal
Thrown Out By
Alabama Court

Montgomery, Ala, May 8 - The
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., lost
his appeal from a conviction for
violating Alabama's anti-boycott
law under the long boycott of
Montgomery city buses when the
Alabama Court of Appeals threw
the case out on technicality this
week.
The minister was fined $500 and
costs when he was the only one of
90 Negroes indicted early in 1856
at the beginning Of the mass re-
Continued on Page Two)
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State Sovereignty
Commission Vote
Approval OF
Non-Segregated
VA Hospital
New $11 Million Uni
Is To Be Built Here

The State Sovereignty Commits
sion Tuesday ignored a protest it
was leading Mississippi toward ra-
cial indignation and recommended
that the state cooperate in build
ing a racially-mixed Veterans Ad-
ministration hospital here.
The commission, however, said
Continued on Page Severn
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Ethiopia Gets First
uN Technical
Assistance

United Nations, N. Y, May =
The UN Technical Assistance board
has formally announced the ap-
pointment of Theodore o. Little
felt of Sweden as its first resident
representative for Ethiopia.
Although a TBA Office has been
functioning in Adds Ababa since
1856, Mr.. Lilliefelt is the first
resident representative to be ap-
pointed to that post. He arrived
in the Ethiopian capitol city on
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cRAMBlING COLLEGE Librarian
AWARDED $500 FELLOWSHIP

for Adult Education.
Mrs. Hymon will study on
full-time basis to complete require
ments for the doctoral degree.
She Is a graduate Of Kentucky
State College and holds the M. A.
degree from the University Of Dem
yer.
The grant covers IL consecutive
months.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-11
NeWsman Worthy
Sees Negroes As
custodians Of
American
Democracy
Group Called Only
Minority Which Has
Not Been Silent On
Civil Liberties

WASHINGTON, D. C.-News-
man William Worthy, who last
year defied the State Department
edict banning travel in Communist
China, last Thursday night paid
tribute to the American Negro as
the nations only minority which
has not been silent when it's civil
liberties have been restricted or
denied.
The reporter for the Afro-Amer-
lean Newspapers of Baltimore, who
is currently a Nieman Fellow at
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Grambling, La. Especially - Mrs.
Mary w. Hymon, librarian at
Grambling College, has been
awarded $500 Fellowship by
The Fund for Adult Education to
study at the University of Indiana
during the 1888 session. I
The announcement was made last
week by Ronald Shilen, executive
secretary of the leadership train
ing awards program Of The Fund
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NotabIes To
Attend Prayer
Pilgrimage

Washington, D. c. May z -
Mahalia Jackson, Americas great
est and best known gospel singer,
has notified the leaders Of the
mammoth May II Prayer Pilgrim
age that she will be "just delighted
to sing" at the Lincoln Memorial.
Also the agent for Calypso Trou-
bador, Harry Belafonte affirmed
that Belafonte, who is on his
Continued on Page Eight
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New York, May 8 - The city's
new program for racial integration
in schools was depicted last week
as hampering drive for President
Eisenhower's civil rights bills in
Congress.
Representative Kenneth B. Keat-
ing, upstate Republican who has
introduced the Presidents pro-
gram, declared, however, that the
bills would still pass the House Of
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Stevenson 7 axes
Off For Africa
In May

Chicago - Adlai Stevenson, two
time Democratic presidential can.
didate who was unsuccessful both
times, said last week he will leave
by the middle Of May on a bust
ness trip to Africa. He also stated
the trip would take him to Europe
Stevenson said he will TRAVERSE
the Belgian Congo and visit my
old friend, Albert Schweitzer at
Lambarene."
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-11
First United States
Scientific Society
Elects Negro Pres.

Ann Arbor DR.. w. Montague
Cobb, professor and head Of the
Department of Anatomy at How
ard university school Of medicine,
was elected president OF the Ameri-
can Association Of Physical anthro-
CONTINUED on Page Ski
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New York City Program Seen
Harming Civil Rights Fight

Representatives this year, as they
did last. The program would set
up q new civil rights commission
and increase powers Of the Attor-
ney General.
On WCBS-Tv eye on New
York" program Mr.. Heating said
the city's proposals to rezone school
districts to promote racial mixing
were being cited adversely by
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Evening star., 1957-12-06

he came to a popcorn vendor.
Pardon me-" said Richard.
Can you tell me where the
North Pole is?"
The vendor stared up at him
before he cried out. up North.
you dolt. Where else?"
He Raised the Tent
Richard went on until he
came to q field where many
men were struggling to raise a
tent.
Pardon me-" said Richard
to one Of the workers. Can
you tell me where North is?"
THAT way" said the worker.
pointing in the direction OF a
fat man standing beside an
enormous tent pole.
Richard went up 10 the fat
man and asked, rs that the
North Pole?"
Run along" snapped the
man whose name was Mr..
Maxim. @Fve no time for jokes.
This circus opens tonight and
it viii be hours yet before We
can get this tent raised"
Richard thought perhaps
Santa Claus was somewhere
under the tent that the men
were struggling to raise.
May I look under the tent?"
he asked politely.
"Oh. sure" said Mr.. Maxim
mockingly. Just take this 100
foot pole. stick 1t under the
canvas and raise It."
Richard picked up the pole
as easily as though 1t had been
a walking stick and pushed II
under the canvas. He gave one
heave and the whole tent was
raised and in position.
Mr.. Maxim and the other
workers stared at Richard.
Boy" cried Mr.. Maxim at
last. You have a job with this
circus! Well book you as the
Strongest boy in the world!
Well"
But Richard was disap-
pointed that Santa was not un-
der the tent.
I'D like to help you. he said.
but am travelling"
We'll. boyl We travell" cried
Mr.. Maxim. "A circus travels
all over the world"
Il want to go North" said
Richard.
We 80 North" said Mr..
Maxim. I'VE go everyplacel"
Then. said Richard eagerly,
"I'll be happy to stay with you
until you get TO the North Polel"
Tomorrow: The Strong Boy
tAssociatel Press NewSfeaturesl
Evening star., 1957-12-06

| When he had dressed he wrote
q letter to the King.
Dear Father" he wrote. II
know / make you angry because
am not very bright and am
a coward. people say. So am
going away and ! won't come
back until ! can be a good
Prince. wise and brave, the way
you want me to be-"
When he had finished the
letter he climbed out the win
dow and dropped TO the ground.
II was a very big drop but the
prince was so strong and agile
II didn't bother him at all.
What did bother him was the
dark. He was so afraid OF 1t
that when he had gone only a
little way he stopped and
crouched under q bush. There
he waited. shivering with fright
until daylight.
When at last the sun was UP
he set out again. But he was
still very frightened because he
had never before been beyond
the palace grounds.
How shall I ever find Santa
CLAUSE" he wondered as he
walked through the town. ''I
don't even know his address" +"
He Asked the Shopkeepes
Presently he saw q shop
keeper sweeping the sidewalk
in front Of his shop.
Pardon me-" said Richard.
Can you tell me where Santa
Claus nyes?"
The shopkeeper looked at
him in astonishment. Are you
joking me?" he asked suspi-
ciously.
+ "Oh. no." protested Richard.
Il want to see Santa but I don't
know what street he lives on. "
Well. son." said the shop
keeper. you sound daft to me
but all the same will tell you
one thing. Santa Claus doesn't
live on any street around here
that l know Of"
Where then?" persiste d
: Richard.
Well. somewhere up North.
guess. Around the North Pole.
they say" Then the shop
keeper poked his broom at the
boy. Get going now. I'm
tired Of your nonsense"
I Richard moved along until
Evening star., 1957-12-06

spread the rest for six-odd.
II she returned a spade away
from her king. he would let II
ride 10 the queen In dummy
and again six-odd would be
cold.
II was difficult. OF course. for
Miss Brash to lead away from
the king Of spades because she
did not hold that card. She led
a low spade. Mr.. Champion
ducked. and Mr.. Abel took the
setting trick with his lone king.
Again Mr.. Champions mood
chaneed--this time for the
worse. How can I win against
people who don't even know
how to hid2" he snapped.
who wants you to VIM" In
quired Miss Brash sweetly.
Distributed BY MeNauGht syndicats)
Evening star., 1957-12-06
CONTRACT BRIDGE
BY EAsLEY BLACKwOOD

tie. The heart distribution he
had hoped for was actually a
fact. He went so far IS to
manage a friendly glance at
Mr. Muzzy. Undoubtedly he
had Miss Brash in a bad spot.
She was out OF both red suits.
II she returned a club he would
ruf in his hand and discard the
Ave of spades. ruff a spade in
dummy. run another heart in
his hand to drop the king. and
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Opening lead: King of clubs.

Opening lead: King OF clubs.
The king Of clubs was opened
and when he saw the dummy
Mr.. Champion laid out his part
ner for bidding four hearts.
He had counted on some high
card strength in the heart suit.
Even so. he noted. there was
q chance for IL tricks II the
hearts broke favorably.
He won the first trick with
dummy'S ace Of clubs and dis
carded the four Of hearts from
his hand. He led dummy's last
club and rufied it with the ace
of diamonds. Now he picked up
the outstanding trumps in two
leads and followed with the ace
and another heart. Mr.. Abel
almost played the king. which
would have let Mr.. Champion
make his contract with ease.
Finally. however. he played
low on the second heart and
Miss BraSh won with the
queen.
Mr.. Champion softened q lit