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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-11
M iss Rosa Reed,
101, Mourned
In Nashville

Nashville Tennessee Stat'
University students and faculty
joined many Nashvillians in mourn
ing the passing of Miss Rosa Reed
age 101 whose final rites were sale
last week.
Miss Reed, who made her home
on the University campus with hel
niece, Mrs. Alma Damn Jones o1
the English faculty, died in Me.
harry Medical Colleges Hubbard
Hospital following a short illness
At her bedside were her niece
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Bertha Dunn
Brown of indianapolis, Ind. Rev
H. P. Gordon officiated at the fl
nal rites. Interment at Greenwood
At one time an outstanding ca.
teress whose dishes were much
discussed, Miss. Reed, despite 6
lameness, was active until few
weeks before her death. She would
have celebrated her 102nd birth.
day in two months and twelve days
having been born to Alex and Jane
Reed July /, 1855, in Millersburg
Bourbon County, Kentucky. Her
life span covered four wars, ex-
GLIDING the Korean Conflict, and
the administration of Il United
States Presidents. Since she was
IA, she had been a member of the
Christian Church.
Miss Reed attributed her long
life to an abiding faith in God
Through God everything is pos
sible," she said, "He will provide. y
This faith carried her through
many crises. Cheerful with friends
and neighbors, with keen interest
in what was going on around her.
Miss Reed read her newspapers
daily, always turning first to sports
she was an avowed Brooklyn
Dodgers fan and kept up with
their record. She followed all
Tennessee State teams, and kept
her own clipping file on them. Her
eyesight was good and she heard
exceptionally well.
Other survivors include her
grandniece, Mrs. Lillian Rhodes
Williams, teacher of Washington,
D. c.; her granddaughter, DR.. Frank
M. Brown, physician, Indianapolis,
Indiana; two great grandnieces,
Phyllis Marie Brown, Indianapolis,
Indiana; two great grandnieces,
Phyllis Marie Brown, Indianapolis,
Indiana, and Alma Adelia Williams,
Washington, u. c.; great grand
nephew, Robert Motion Williams,
Washington, D. c.
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best in musical selections.
Miss Ruth Fennell, Goldsboro,
N. c., a senior at billiard High
School, took top honors with her
rendition of "Come and Trip tt, in
senorous tones that thrilled the
house. Miss Geraldine Yvonne
Dykes took second honors. Miss
Cecile v. Garrett, Burk High
School, Charleston, S. c., was the
third winner.
Edward Leonard, Jr., (white)
Winthrop College, South Hill, S. c.,
was the judge and told the audience
that it was the most difficult posi-
ton he had ever found himself in,
to decide the winners.
The final act of the night was
the performance of the Plate Price
High School Dance Team, Chariot
te, N. c. This group of ten-age
dancers showed that they had been
we'll trained and gave the audience
a real thrill. They showed preci-
sion, keen sense Of dancing abil-
ity and a real insight into tapping
motions. The group was trained
by Miss Carolie Fite. G. E. Nc
Kethan is principal Of the Plato
Price School.
Officers Elected
Rev. James Herbert Nelson, Sum-
ter, S. c., District Representative;
John H. Moore, Charlotte, N. c., LIST
Vice-Distrit Representative; Geor-
ge Rhodes, South Carolina State
College, End Vice-President Repre-
sentative; George Miller, Gastonia,
N. c., District Keeper of Records
and Finance; Harold Boulware, Co.
lumbia, S. c., Social Action Chair
man; DR.. Dewey M. Duckett, Rock
Hill, S. C. Talent Hunt Director;
w. H. Young, Anderson, N. c., Di-
rector of Undergraduate Housing;
J. Aston Atkins, Winston-Salem,
N. c., Director of the &c Program;
Clyde Beatty, Salisbury, N. c., Di-
rector of Scholarship Activities;
Grodon Wilkins Charlotte, N. c.
Director of Reclamation; Ellis F.
Corbett, Greensboro, N. c., Direc-
tor of Public Relations; Thomas
A. Moore, Budget Director.
The group will meet in Wilson,
N. c., in 1857, with NJ Alpha
Chapter as host. J. M. Millor will
serve as District Marshal.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-11
Candidate For City Commissioner
Proud OF Many coIored Friends

Mr.. Lake Campbell is one of
the candidates for City Commits
sioner who is proud of his many
colored friends whom he has come
to know during his Is years as an
employee of the City of jackson.
During the past few years Mr..
Campbell has been connected with
the City Water Works Department,
where he is highly praised for his
fairness and consideration by the
colored workers of the department.
Mr.. Campbell has had 80 years
experience in public works and is
well qualified by experience for
the job of City Commissioner,
whose greater problem for the fu-
ture will be in the field of public
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ity. This is the first time in the
history of the school that all stu
dents seeking admission will have
campus housing available to them.
The two new dormitories - one
for girls and one for boys - were
designed by McKissack & McKis-
sack, architects. They are the mod
ern conventional type fire-proof
structures, built of brick and cut
Indiana limestone. The more than
a million dollars went into the
structures alone. Comparable furn-
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works, including an adequate water
supply, sewage, and sanitation.
Mr.. Campbell is expecting a large
turnout Of all the qualified voters
in the election next Tuesday.
Some facts about Mr.. Campbell
are worth mentioning. He was edu-
Gated at Oxford City Schools, the
University of Mississippi, and Sou
thwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary. He is a registered pro-
fessional engineer.
He is Deacon, and Sunday
School Teacher of the Northside
Baptist Church.
Through his long residence in
Jackson, and his connection with
the city Mr.. Campbell has intimate
knowledge Of Jackson's problems.
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iture and furnishings will add dis
tinctive qualities of functional
beauty, while capturing for the
students living in these dormitories
a homelike atmosphere.
The youngest of the Land Grant
colleges and universities, Tennes-
see State continues to gain ma
tional and international recognition
in many facets of it's work. Its
present building program is a part
of an overall design of expansion
to give greater service.
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TualEssEE STATE UNlvERsiN's
NEW NlllII0M. DOLLAR D0RlaS
~ Dermitesy Tor heys;
a. rypied dogvsitosy ssom:
~ Desmisosy for oiris.
AA<KSssSsa & AAsxiss~sk. Aschatests

Nashville - With two new mil
lion dollar dormitories opening
September l, and all others COM
pletely renovated and redecorated
including an innerspring mat
tress for each bed Tennessee
State University is ready to cam
pus house all students.
The announcement was made
last week by the university's pro-
gressive president, DR.. w. S. Davis,
whose dream to house all students
on the campus has become a real
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billiard j. Sets
Commencement
Calendar

President Albert w. Dent of Dill
lard University announced this
week the calendar of events for
the twenty-second annual COM
mencement exercises. The cere-
monies will be highlighted by the
commencement address on Monday,
June 8 to be delivered by Judge
William H. HASTE, United States
Court of Appeals, for the Third
Circuit of Philadelphia, Pa. Judge
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-11
Talent Hunt
Contest TOPS
S. G. confab

Charleston, S. C. - The crown
ing event of the Sixth District
meeting of the Omega Psi Fratern-
ity was the talent hunt contest,
presided over by DR.. Dewey M.
Duckett, Rock Hill, S. c., was held
in the auditorium of the Archer
School, Sunday night.
Twenty-one contestants, poised
in performance, trained in techni-
que, educated in art and artistical-
ly prepared, held a crowded house
spell bound as they rendered the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-05-11

flames.
When q niece, Miss Vallorie
Parks, 10, visited Mrs. Davis later
and questioned the baby's sleeping
50 late, Mrs. Davis then told the
girl, Il have sent Darrell tc the
Lord"
Police were then called into the
case.
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Patronize Our Advertisers
Jackson advocate., 1957-06-01
The New York Times, One OF Worlds
Greatest Newspapers And A Leading
Advocate Civil Rights And Integration
Hits Congressman PoweII's Speech
AtPrayer Pilgrimage
Editorial Says Paper Not In Sympathy With
Congressman Urging Negroes To Use
Boycott, Work Stoppage Showdown
In Order To Gain Their Point

NEW YORn, 4~. :, May 27.-
The New York Times, one of
Americas and the worlds great
est newspapers, and leading acs
vocate of integration Of the ma
tion's public schools, and civil
rights for Negro citizens Of the
United States, in an editorial fol-
lowing the Prayer Pilgrimage to
Washington at which a crowd of
Negro citizens from practically
every state in the nation, variously
estimated from $4,000 to 27,000,
assembled at Lincoln's Monument
to observe the third anniversary
of the Supreme Court decision
outlawing segregation in the ma
tion's public schools, took issue
with the speech made there by
Congressman Adam Clayton Pow
ell, Negro Democrat of New York,
who is also pastor of Abyssinian
Baptist Church of New York City,
one of the nations largest Negro
congregations.
In his speech Congressman Pow
ell urged the Negro citizens OF
the country to use the boycott,
work stoppage and showdown, in
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Jackson College
Commencement
History Making
In Institutions
Progress Towards
Higer Education
First To Receive
Masters Degree
In Graduating Class

1t was history making COM
mencement program for Jackson
College, held at the College Park
Auditorium, before a jam-packed
audience Monday night, because
among the 234 candidates for grad
uation, two who received the Mas
ter's Degree, the first in the 80
year history of the college and the
first degree in Higher Education
to be conferred by an Institution
of Higher Learning for Negroes
in the entire history of the state.
The honors for being the first
to receive the Masters Degree
from the college went to Prof. Je-
rome Stampley, Principal of Stone
Hill High School of Vicksburg,
Miss, and Prof. T. R. Sanders,
principal of the High School, Hol-
landale, Miss.
President Jacob l.. Reddix oh
viously moved by the history max
ing occasion, before his welcom-
ing the colleges first two masters
into the Alumni of the College, as
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took cold feet by the next day.
His office announced Thursday that
the Congressman had decided not
to introduce the resolution because
he felt that he did not have suf-
ficient facts and statistics to pre-
sent persuasive argument on the
matter. He hopes, however, that
this amendment might be attached
to some other bill.
Vote Is 172-142
After two days Of clashing be-
tween Republican and Democratic
differences, the bill finally got
through the House on a 172-142
vote and was sent to the Senate
for further action.
The new legislation would re-
duce the present payment Of five
per cent on the first $4,000 of ap-
praised value to three per cent.
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Texas SoIons
Send Apology
To Negro Coed

Austin, Tex, May 28-A letter
of apology, bearing the signatures
of IL members of the Texas House
of Representatives, was written
last week to Miss Barbara Smith,
19-year-old University of Texas
Negro coed who was ousted from
participating in student opera at
the school because of her race.
Miss Smiths removal from the
lead role in the student Opera
dido and Aeneas" was caused by
the pressure of Texas state rep
resentative, who allegedly threat
ened to cut funds to the school if
Miss Smith was allowed to sing
in the opera. The student news
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T0UGAL00 PREP HIGH SCHOOL
TO HOLD LAST COMMENCEMENT

THE doors are closed, the windows
barred,
The keys encased forever;
And we must leave the halls we
love-
But mem'ries perish never"
Thus will the remaining students
at Tougaloo Preparatory High
School bid a formal farewell to
one of Mississippi's oldest and
most respected private secondary
schools. In keeping with a de-
cision reached by the trustees of
Tougaloo Southern Christian Col
lege last fall, the high school por-
tion of the institution will held its
last commencement exercises at
8 p.m., Friday, May 81, in Wood
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make NO PROVISION TO BAN
SEGREGATION IN HOUSING BILL

WASHINGTON, D. c., May %.
The House of Representatives
passed federal housing bill
Thursday, stripped of any safe
guards against segregation. The
one package CHA bill lowered
the down payments for home
buyers, and primed the supply OF
mortgage credit for home builders,
but made no provision to prohibit
segregation in federally financed
housing.
Congressman James Roosevelt
3D., Calif) planned to introduce an
amendment on the House floor
Wednesday, prohibiting the use OF
federal aid for the construction OF
housing projects which continue to
segregate.
Since he was not successful IN
getting his amendment introduced
on the day planned, he apparently
Jackson advocate., 1957-06-01
STATES AMERICAN LEGION
BELITTLES CONG. DIGGS ATTACK

American Legion State Adjutant
Frank Chambers with headquar-
ters in Jackson in a statement is
sued last Wednesday, belittled the
attempts Of Negro congressman
to put the states American Le-
gion posts in bad light.
"The local posts are entitled to
meet with whom they please"
Chambers said when told of the
criticism by Rep. Charles C. Diggs,
Jr. (D-Mich.) Of the joint May 6
meeting Of local American Legion
posts and the Jackson White Cit
izens Council here.
Diggs had asked w. C. Daniel,
national commander of the Amer
ican Legion, Tuesday if the Legion
"condones" one Of its state organ
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FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE BILL FAILS TO PASS IN CALIFORNIA
State Legislature
In California
Kills FEPC Bills
Defeat Brings
Showdown In
Proposed Law
In San Francisco

San Francisco, Calf, May 90
A little group of State Senators
has put the San Francisco Board
of Supervisors on the spot on fair
employment practices legislation.
Early this year it looked as if
this city of many races, national
origins and religious was about to
pass an ordinance outlawing dis
elimination in employment. A COM
mittee from the board held hear
ings over a period of fifteen weeks
on measure that would combat
racial and religious discrimination
by employers and labor unions.
Meanwhile, the California Legis-
lature took up once more a pro-
posal for state fair employment
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State Negro American Legion
Post Threatened With Expulsion

MAGEE,, Miss, May 24.-Mis-
sissippi's American Legion Com
mander warned Negro Legion posts
in the state to "rid their member
ship of radical agitators or face
expulsion from the organization" l"
The warning by Jack Pace of
Magee. a white man, also criticized
a Negro congressman for "inquir-
ing about "a meeting Of two white
Legion posts jointly sponsored by
the Jackson Citizens Council.
at was none of his business"
Pace said of the inquiry Wednes-
day by Rep. Charles c. Diggs Cd
Mich.) about the American Legion
Citizens Council meeting. Diggs
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AIeorn College
Strike Leader
Cited BY hAAcP

NEW YORK, N. Y, May 29.-
Ernest McEwen, 25-year-old Ok
ford, Miss, Negro expelled from
Alcorn A. & M. College, Alcorn,
Miss, this spring for helping in
cite demonstrations against a fac
ulty member for opposing NAACP
practices, was one of the five per-
sons honored Monday by the MA
ACP with citations for "helping
US to achieve what is rightfully
ours under our great constitution" !"
McEwen's activities led to a stu
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Howard To Confer
Honorary Degrees On
Martin Luther King,
Patrick MaIin, And
Jackie Robinson
Commencement
Address Will Be
Delivered By ACLU
Director Malin
DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED
ON 900 GRADUATES

DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED
ON 600 GRADUATES
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Howard
University will confer honorary
degrees on three distinguished cit
izens at its seth annual Commence
ment Friday, June 7th. They are
DR.. Martin Luther King, pastor of
the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church,
Montgomery, Ala; Patrick Muir
ply Malin, director of the Amer
lean Civil Liberties Union; and
John Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson,
vice-president in charge of person
mel, Chock Full o'Nuts Coffee Co.
and Restaurant Chain, New York
City. Each will receive the Doc
tor of Laws degree.
The Commencement address will
be delivered by Mr.. Malin.
Commencement exercises begin
at $50 pm. and will be held on
the main campus in front of Fred
erick Douglass Memorial Hall. In
case of inclement weather the ex-
ercises will be moved to Constitu-
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izations Joining with group like
the Citizens Council"
Chambers said the two local
posts, No. / and No. ITO, met with
the Citizens Council to hear a
speaker tell Of the methods Of
Communist infilration in all walks
Of life.
"The meeting" Chambers said.
twas entirely in order and was
sponsored as public service to
our citizens. The public was in
vited. Diggs could have been there
il he had wanted to-"
Diggs, in letter to the national
commander, said, "If the American
Legion will permit one of its chap
ters, using its official name in a
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mouth College.
DR.. King is the author of many
articles and books. He is a member
of Phi Beta Kappa, the academy
of Science, American Physics So
ciety, and the American Associa-
tion of Physics Teachers. In the
breadth and scope of his interests,
and in the application of scientific
thought to problems outside the
confines of his own field, he ex-
emplifies the best type of modern
scientist. For this reason, his mes
sage to the graduating class will
be of unusual significance.
Jackson advocate., 1957-06-01
Congressman Diggs Scores Reply OF
National Commander On Legion
Post Citizens Council Meet

Washington, b. c., May 21.-
Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr.
(D-Mich.) told American Legion
National Commander Daniel today
that the latter's response to his
telegram Of May 10th asking the
National Body's position on re-
ported joint meeting of the Mis-
sissippi State American Legion
and the White Citizens Council, Of
Mississippi, was "an incredible in
suit to my intelligence"
The Congressman sent q wire
to Commander Daniel following a
report in the Jackson, Mississippi
Clarion Ledger Of May 7, 1857 that
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the joint meeting of the two state
organizations was held on Monday
night, May 9Th. The report in
cluded highlights of a pro-segre-
CATION speech made by Sergeant
Hubert Badeaux, Of the New Or
leans Police Department. It stated
that the speaker was introduced
by w. J. Simmons, Executive Sec
retary Of the Jackson White Citi-
zens' Council, and that Commander
c. s. Rankin, Of the Louis lights
Post Of the American Legion
served as Master of Ceremonies.
State Commander Jack Pace, Of
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COP Leaders In
Senate Plan To
Force Civil
Rights Action

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 20.
Sen. Knowland (R-Calif.) said
Monday the Senate Republican
leaderships is studying the possi-
bility of trying to force the ad-
ministration's civil rights bill out
of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
At a news conference after he
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had asked the National Legion
commander if the organization
"condones" Legion group "join-
ing with group like the Citizens
Council" organized by white men
to keep Negroes and whites segre-
gated.
Gust Radicals
PAGES warning to Negro posts
to oust radical agitators" was
contained in a news release from
the state Legion Departments
Public Relations division.
The news release said:
Stating that there had been
several incidents Of late, such as
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NOTED PHYSICIST TO SPEAK
TO T0UGALOO GRADUATES

Dr. Allen King, professor of ply
sis at Dartmouth College, in Han
over New Hampshire, will give the
commencement address Monday,
June 3rd at 1000 Am. to the
graduating class of Tougaloo Sou
thern Christian College.
A native New Englander, DR..
King received his B.A., MA. and
Ph.D degrees from the University
of Rochester, in Rochester, New
York.
AS he is an outstanding instruc-
tor of physics, DR.. King has held
positions at Rochester University,
Renssaler Poly. Institute, and Dart
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worth Chapel on the campus.
DR.. Fred L. Brownlee, Brass
town, North Carolina, retired Ex-
ecutive Secretary of the American
Missionary Association, will ad-
dress the 80 members of the final
graduating class.
According to DR.. Samuel C.
Kincheloe, president of Tougaloo,
the decision to close the high school
was prompted by the general i'm
provement and quality of public
schools for Negroes in this area.
Since 1879, when it granted its
first diploma, the Tougaloo High
School has graduated more than
a thousand youths. 1t has served
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$25-er's Club Of
YmcA Grows

A new membership classification
was added to the Y. M. C. A.
membership types this year, the
"$25-er's Club" membership. In
this group the following men are
rated for the 1957-58 year: Messrs.
R. H. Beasley, Ben Farrier, Man.
ME Lewis, ST., B. B. Dansby, E.
w. Banks, ST., H. P. Wilburn, H.
T. Sampson, W.. J. Thompson, B.
T. Beauchamp, John w. Dixon, L.
B. Fraser, H. w. Briggs, J. D.
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AS visitor to the Ghana In
dependence Celebration in West
Africa, was not surprised to see
that the African women played so
small a part in the ceremonies.
But they resented it. In no part
of the vast continent of Africa
will there be real progress until
the women are educated and given
more social opportunities by their
uncles, brothers, husbands, and the
tribal chiefs.
In Ghana there is a good-sized
corps of educated women-teach-
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Inauguration Of
New President
Ends Haiti Strife

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, May
90. - The Inauguration of Daniel
Fignole as provisional president of
Haiti Sunday ended the country's
brief lived civil war. But the sit
uation remained tense TEDDY and
authorities were prepared for new
outbreaks.
Airline service to Haiti still was
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Brown, chairman of the Cape Pen
insula Church Council, which en-
bodies all churches except the
Dutch Reformed and Roman Cath
olic Churches.
eve pledge ourselves to uphold
the principle of freedom in our
national and communal life, free
dom of worship, freedom of asso-
citation and freedom of Speech" Mr..
Brown said.
Bishop Sidney LAWS told the
gathering: "We must never rest
until this legislation is wiped out"
Jackson advocate., 1957-06-01
South Africans Protest Worship Ban

Capetown, South Africa, May 26
Thousands of men and women
Europeans nd Europeans
marched in procession through
city streets today to protest
against the Native Laws Amend
ment Bill now before Parliament.
The bill seeks, among other
things, to restrict the right of Afri-
cans to attend church services in
European areas.
The procession demonstrators
adopted pledge by Rev. Basil
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Prof. cIennon King
Marches Alone
AtAIcorn Event

Alcorn, Miss, May 20 (Special)
Prof. Clennon King, a member of
the faculty, of Alcorn College, who
has been absent from his classes
since the recent Alcorn College
student strike, returned to the
College Monday to take part in
the Commencement Program.
Prof. King walked alone in the
professional and appeared to be
extremely detected, with some OBJ
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Striidom Moves
Towards The
Establishment
Of A South
African Republic
Prime Minister In
New Move To
Maintain White
Supremacy

JOHANNESBURG, South Al
rica, May q. - Prime Minister
Johannes c. Strijdom's Govern
ment has had a busy season paint
ing the scenic backdrop for a
South African republic.
The results of the national elec-
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