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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-06
FOR YOU
Benefits Go
Up at Death
OF Husband

EEOm mkNs - D. u AsouAA-
Vile. Ohio; "As the wife Of q
retired man. ! started drawing
social security at s.. I'm get
ting q few dollars less than half
of the amount my husband Is
collecting. II my husband
should die, how much would
my payments be?"
Seventy-five per cent Of what
your husband was receiving or
was entitled 70 receive when he
died.
From Mrs. o. L. M. Of Poplar
Bluff. NO.; BY mistake ] put
my social security check with
some more envelopes and pa
pers in the trash can and
burned 1t up. Is there any
chance Of getting the check
replaced?"
Yes. You should Immediately
60 or write TO thu nearest social
security ONCE. In either case.
you should give the full details
Surrounding the disappearance
OF your check. TN take between
two and four weeks from the
time you report the missing
check and the time you'll be
issued another.
From A. A. A. Of Mitchell.
s. Oak: II am So years old and
retired. I'd like TO know II ] am
eligible for q veterans pension.
II believe my income must be
within q certain limit to be
eligible. ! have q farm from
which ! get rent. Is this rent
considered income toward the
pension limit?"
Yes. Your income Is limited
to sl.l00 . year II you have no
dependents or S2.700 q year II
you have dependents.
From Mrs. M. J. Of Bangor,
Mich: II am told that . farm
er's widow can draw social Sc
curity. My husband was q
farmer and ! have been q
widow for nearly II years. Can
! I draw social security"
No. Farmers were brought
under Social Security January
l. 1855. so your husband wasn't
covered.
From Mrs. J. Z. NJ. Of King
/ fisher. Okla: My husband
passed away six years ago and
I had 10 pay all funeral ex-
penses. ! am told I could have
collected q lump sum from
social security IS part payment
on these expenses. Can ] still
collect?"
It appears that you're too
late. Generally. an application
must be made for the payment
within two years after the
death. But. II there Is good
cause for . delay In the APP
plication. two additional years
are allowed. ! suggest. how
ever. that you check your near
est social security once 10 see
II you are eligible.
From J. N. Of Council Bluffs.
Iowa: TN be IS the middle
Of next year and viii be forced
TO retire from my job. Ny wife
would like TO move 70 Cali
fornia TO Be near our two
danghters. I'm inclined 70 80
along with her. WIN IL make
any difference where ] live Is
to being eligible for social
security"
No. Social security u . pro-
gram run by the United States
Government 90 you can draw
your payments wherever you
choose to 1--we.
From N. II. w. Of James,
town. N. OAK: Ny father-in-
law has been living with Us
for nearly 10 years now and
has been drawing social Sc
curity for almost that long. II
he should die. would my wife
be entitled to any monthly
payments?"
No.
(YoW may tOrfte Ray Henry
In care OF The Star about pour
oiDn social security or retire
ment problem. Please enclose q
stamped. self-addyessed enpe-
lope and rs cents IN conn.,
prom AP Nsvsfealuresl
- 4 a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-06
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-06

For real happiness. always
seek among the poor.
Over the holidays. drove up
TO Jersey City to see Mr.. and
Mrs. John Foley. Last year. I
had written Q column about
them. 1t was called Happy Is
the Bride" and 1t told about
how they had started married
life In radiant expectation. and
of how John had become III.
legs crippled. Of how he lost
hts job; Of how Mary worked
to take care Of John. and Of
how. last year. she was hit by
q stroke and they were trying
to live on STA . month.
II was q sob story. Nothing
more. There are others. worse
of than the Foleys.
still. after I had completed
the family visits. I decided 20
stop in at 283 jackson avenue
and say hello. They live over
q store. In the dark veztibule.
q little sign said Foley. Bell
out Of ORDER ] showed the door
and walked one fiight and
around the bend toward the
front.
I knocked. John opened the
door. He looked to be as small
as q jockey. He is always neat.
the hair slicked down and
parted. a crease In the trousers.
shoes shined.
A Surprise Guest
~Maryl" he yelled. you can't
guess who's herel"
I went through the kitchen
A new calendar with s65 brand
new days hung on the wan.
In the front room. Mary was
yelling: N"Johnny. get me .
bathrobe. I'm not dressed"
She wasn't. She was sitting
beside her iron bedstand In q
nightgown. She Is stout and
snowy-haired and pink Of
cheek. She didn't know whether
to make me welcome or be
embarrassed. The covers on the
arms Of her chair were worn
with the constant working Of
her fingers. and the white STUFF
ing was coming out.
I was kissed. A big kiss.
Johnny got the bathrobe. The
eyes Of both danced with Joy.
Johnny was bursting with
pride. He can now walk a whole
city block without leg cramps
forcing him to sit. He was try
ing to tell me this. and get a
chair for me. and Mary kept
cutting in on him. She can
talk louder.
That's nothing" she said.
watch me-" She hoisted her
self up from the chair, the
nightgown dragging at her
heels. and she held the dead
left wrist in the right hand.
compressed her lips. and
started TO drag her feet across
the floor. Johnny tried to grab
her under the arms from be-
hind, and she ordered him
cray.
Small Progress. Great Joy
She walked halfway through
TIE kitchen. She was 80 happy
nat. on the way back, she
Rugged me again. She hasn't
been out Of the house in a year.
There Is no one dig enough 70
carry her downstairs TO o car.
II feel fine. she said, sitting
and putting. Fine. Never
better. Sometimes / get the
blues . little. ! get sick Of tele-
Vision and I can't read the
papers anymore. and Johnny
gets tired Of listening to me-"
II do not" Johnny said. she
Just gets tired Of listening TO
me. Nobody comes here TO see
Us except Margaret and one or
two friends. She hears nobody
but me. Then she gets nervous.
Sometimes I have TO 60 down
the block for food. Mostly. we
eat frozen dinners. They're
pretty good.
But It takes me a little
while 10 get TO the store and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-06
THE DETAILS

The FomiIy Council consists Of o Judge,
. pyehiotrisi. three eiersymen, o
newspaper editor. women's editor
end two writer's. Eoeh article is Q
summary o. On actual eoss history.
The council reports on problems
thoi hove been dssI, with By re-
sponsibls oseaeies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-06
FAMILY COUNCIL
Girl Gets
No Mercy
From Dad
THE PROBLEM

MRS. ,. b. ---Adele's punish
mer- Is too hard.
MR.. J. B.-We've got TO lay
down the law now.
THE DETAILS
Mrs. J. B.-My l6-year-old
daughter recently confessed to
me that she was involved In
intimacies with q boy at her
high school. She was afraid
she was pregnant and that's
why she told me, but 1t turned
out that she was mistaken.
Adele has sworn that such
. thing will never happen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-06
Pregnancy in Aoed

I have often been asked:
What Is the Oldest age at
which q woman can become
pregnant" The town medical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-06
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Tuesday: The flint 81 three eeIumas
sxpIsinias Ten bsasfits iss people svss
IS eppsen.
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Tomorrow: Wife posters husbond
with phone coils Of office.
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
TO MARK
NEGRO HISTORY

WASHINGTON, ID. {. - Amer.
cans everywhere will join in the
thirty.fourth annual celebration
Of Negro History Week. Feb.
s. Is, 1859 The theme of the
observance will be Negro His
tory-A Foundation for a Proud
America"
A special feature of the 1885
Negro History Week will be the
second celebration of Proud
American Day, which is slated
10 occur on the birth dates OF
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick
Douglass. February twelfth anc
February fourteenth, respective
~
Negro History Week is spon
sored by the Association for l.:
Study of Negro Life and History
with general offices at 1888 9th
street, NV, Washington, D. c
The Association is non-prof.t
educational organization. found
ed by DR.. Carter c. Woodson anC
dedicated TO the dissemination O..
information about Negroes anc
Negro life.
A companion organization. tho
Associated Negro Publishers. with
offices also in the nations capi
tol. serves rs media for print
ing and distributing books. pam
phlets and other material abou'
the race in the United States ant
foreign countries.
The..Associstion for the Stud
Ct Negro Life and History ha,
its origin in 1926 and was headed
for many years by Harvard
trained DR.. Woodson.
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
Miss. Court
voids Law

The Mississippi Supreme Court
In Jackson Monday voidcd Law
making co-habltation between
whites and Negroes a felony and
punishable by 10 years imprison-
nsent.
The case arose in two separate
incidents, one involving a white
woman and a Negro man in
Jones county, and the other a
Negro woman and a white man
in Lamar county. Sentences given
both women were set aside by
the court.
Decisions in the cases by JUS
tice Robert Gillespie and w. N.
Ethridge Jr., held that the legis.
lature had made an error through
The incorrect use of the word lin
cestuous" 10 describe co-hab.ta.
ton between persons Of different
races.
The courts decisions reversed
10 years prison sentence given
Daisey Ratcliff on a charge of
co-habiting with Elsie Arlington
a white man OF Lamar Co, and
also granted Mary Rose, twhite)
co-habiting with a Negro. the
right 10 withdraw guilty plea
on which she was sentenced TO
Is months in prison.
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27

Reserved section for Ne
sroes, according fe Simons, is
sold out 81 fhe present time.
because Of early mail orders
which were filled"
Simons. a former Tulane AL,
American stated that in the past
hundreds Of seats were allocatet
for Negro patrons, but during tn,
past two Sugar Bowl games, tn,
demand for tickets have never
exceeded so, therefore the sec
tion was reduced TO rs seats fol
the 1859 Sugar Bowl game.
Consensus of opinion is tha;
Negro attendance dropped tC
rock bottom because of the Lou
isiana mixed sport ban. which
went into effect in October, 1856
Sports minded Negroes have
from time to time, openin.
voiced the opinion that the,
would not support any sport.
attraction where segregation wa.
forced on the field of play anc
in the seating facilities.
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
EDITORIAL
Americans Want
Positive Action

All kinds OF reasons and excuses have been given by
Republican leaders for the overwhelming victory OF the
Democrats in the recent election Few top level Repub
cans are willing face the cold truththey lost the eec
ton because Of timdity hesitation moderation and fail
ure 10 understand that the vast majority OF Americans
want courageous and positive leadership
Most intelligent minds agreed that civil r'gnfs
has become The greatest single moral issue IN amer'
ca" This is as il should be. for the that America
cannot stand with citizens enjoying rights denied
70 others anymore than il could remain half slave and
half free.
No political party which temporzes with the civil rights
issue can continue poser This newspaper believes that
the President is good His fatal mistake was In
heStatng TO take positive action quickly IN the scnoo
crisis II true TODAY as was thousand wears ago
that one cannot compromise With moral principles
Hesitation encourages revolt" Those who hestafed
70 take firm position and urged moderation and grad
usisr following the desesressfon opinion OF the ST.
preme Cout in orde % Give the South opporunify
10 change way OF life" fail to understand the teach
inss Of history ssIdo do voluntarily their
feet from 'c rsek 3, the weak. Those who believe in
FIRE ion1, ell who would be free, must strike
the first blow
one Of tho roasor why the policy of moderation is
DANGEROUS PRINCIPLES are involved is that
il gives the opDo the idea that there is degree OF
merit 10 their Of life Those who seek to defend
segregation and racial discrimination wrong Southern
seek defend their position the theory that they
inherited their Of life and since ii good for
their ancestors il is good enough for them even though
il is wrong
Top governmental officials religious, social and
civic leaders have the responsibility Of showing them
that an inherited wrong is Just wicked mme
distey committed; that simply because their way OF
life" inherited docs not make II right Those who
seek change he must be positive and fortnight
STOW Of weakness will indicate that there is
some justification for the opposite position.
While it is conceded that il might be difficult to
change ageOd customs overnight this does not mean that
those who believe Justice and equality should condone
the actions Of the e.doers by expressing attitude OF
defeat admitting that il will take long time to
change them To their twisted minds such admission
would indicate that there justification for their
unrghteous customs Phil Tribune
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
SCIENCE GRAD
Rejects HONOR

WASHINGTON - A charge
Of discriminatory hiring practic
es by the mammoth Monsantt
Chemical Co., was filed thi.
week with the Presidents Com
mittee on Government Contract
by the NAACP in behalf of ;
l1.year-old East st. Louis. III
high school Negro honor gradu
ate.
Miss Brenda Nevills. a gradu
ate of recently integrated East
st. Louis high school. was tolt
by a Monsanto executive that
I'VE do not hire Negroes 70.
work in our chemical laborato
ries." during the course Of a re
cent interview.
The young woman had been
invited BY Monssnto, ss were
ell East 81. Louis seniors who
had taken year Of chemistry.
The invlfstionsI letter stated
that there were Several trsi.
nee posiflons open in the
plant for high school srsdv-
ssss who have taken ehemis-
try" Miss Nsviils said.
The letter asked that I cal
for an interview" she continued
II was not employed by Mon
santo although I believe I an
fully qualified for the position
Of trsinee," she concluded.
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
Negroes Allotted Only
IS Seats For Grid Game

Only seventy five segregated
seats were allocated for Negro
football fans for the 26th annual
Sugar Bowl Classic. January l
between the National football
champions. Louisiana State and
Clemson in the $4,000 seat Sugar
Bowl Stadium.
Claude Monk" Simons, pres.
ident cf the Mid-Ninter Sports
Association, sponsor Of the sv-
gar Bowl Classic made the an
novneemsnt last Friday, in a
telephone interview with Jim
Hall, Sports Editor OF the La.
Weekly.
Simons stated that the rs
seats for Negroes we're located
in Section o atth Northeast end
OF the stadium.
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
GOOD THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER

That which was from ths beginning which We have
heard. which have with our eyes. which have
looked vpon and hands have handled Of The Word
Of Ife
"tFor the life was manifested and we have seen H. and
bear witness and ssw unto you that eternal life, which
with the Father, and was manifested unto vsa
That which we have seen and heard declare unto
YOU that ye also may have fellowship with and truly
fellowship Is with the Father. and with his Son Jesus
Christ.
And these things write unto you. shsf your 10y
may be full.
This then is ihs message which we have heard Of
him. and declare unto YOU that God s light and N him
Is no darkness ~ aIi"I Jehn l:i-S.
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
Ike To Coll For
Stronger cR Bill

WASHINGTON - President Eisenhower apparently is going II
al Congress for legislative action widen the Demo-
ratio split civil rights
Eisenhower already has wants an extension
life for the Civil Rights Commission which by mus now con-
lude its work by September g.
Defiance by State officials Of the commissions subpoena powers
its investigation of voting practices Alabama indicates that
outherners may be gding for fsh against prolon life
is the general administration quarters hat
Mr. Eisenhower will in his State of the Message
Democratic Advisory Councils criticism has not
ivcn "ccnstrucye leadership the school intesaon con-
roversy
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
Court Upho|ds Parents
In NY. School Bias Case

NEW YORK - Two Negro
couples who refused to send
their children to junior high
schools which the parents
termed inferior have been
upheld in court.
Children's Court Justice
Justine Wise PoIier dismiss
ed neglect actions brought by
the city against the parents.
In . 32-page opinion, JUS
tiee PoIier cited surveys and
statistics backing up the par
ents' claim that facilities in
schools with Predominantly
Negro and Puerto Rican stu
dent bodies did not measure
up sehoIasfieslly TO those in
predominsniIy white schools.
Widespread Bias
The parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley Skipwith and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Rector, refused
to send their childrne to
schools in Harlem this fall
and had them tutored at
home instead.
Justice PoIier said there
was "a citywide pattern Of
discrimination, against
schools with 85 per cent or
more Negro and Puerto Ri
can students compared TO
schools with IS per cent or
more white students.
She said her survey
showed that vacancies in The
first group Of schools were
not filled by regularly H.
eensed teaching personnel TO
the extent they were in the
second group.
Judge Raps Board
THAT the Board of Educa-
ton is entirely responsible
for the existing discrimina-
tion in teacher assignments,
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27

there is, in my opinion, not
the slightest doubt" Justice
Polier said.
She added that the board
had let the teachers Them
selves establish the discrimi-
natory pattern" by allowing
them TO choose the schools
in which they taught.
Justice Polier said that un-
til the board remedied its
shortcomings, it had no
right to ask the court to
punish parents.
These parents have the
constitutionally guaranteed
right to elect no education
for their children rather than
to subject them to discrimi-
natorily inferior education,
she said.
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27

CAMDEN. n. j - William J..
evitt ellknown builder here
the East Coast. was grant I'd
temporary injunction here on
thursday, postponing a hearing
a charges that he Disseminated
.a.nst Negroes in his Burlington
'ounty housing development
The postponement was granted
y Superior Court Judge o. Or
VI Schalick.
The temporary injunction pro
iibits the State Division Against
discrimination from holding a
caring on Dec. Is. pending a
uling by Judge Schalick on the
onsttutionality of a section Of
he states anti discrimination
ct.
u was learned thar the
states chief executive, Gov.
Meyner and Commissioner
Frederick M. Rvbincer ef The
Dept. CT Education revealed
that former Atty. General Gro
YER {. Riehman. Jr. had dis
eussed the Levitt case with
them.
What part the former Atty.
General plays in the Levitt case
not known, as he declined to
'omment, when ASKED what his
interest was in the casr.
Since the sl-ls h-s asked for
postponement in q similar
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
What Does Negro Want? ?
From The Bridge

and written about What the Negro Wants
l2 Negro ministers in Dallas Texas signed statement
listing they believe the desire OF the Negro citizen
The includes nine points and follows
The Negro Wants
special privilege Merely the rights of first class Ameri
citizenship all aspects
respected person. Christianity democracy both
teach this
To truly free society be ereeased from the ter
rficalIy effects segregatonto live atmosphere
opportunity mutual confession understanding
forgiveness, and love for fellowman
Services rendered his behalf should be true for all c
deeper values than purely humanitarian
philanthropy and pafernssm.
His differences be neither ignored seeen'vated
Unity diversity diversified country The
be accepted in terms of the American culture and
wishes play his part along with others in making America
strong cosmopolitan nation.
T. Unity equal termno of superiors dominating
condescending to interiors.
The right live end find free expression OF his native
individual This the equal
political and rights which include opportun
ties, schooling public conveniences, etc
8 Peace and harmony in intelligent society.
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
Ford Offers National Photo Contest

DETROIT - A national flash
photography contest for amateur
camera fans. offering the grand
prize winner an all-expense
paid, two-week trip to Califor-
Mas luxurious Pacific Ocean
Park for his entire family plus
$1,000 cash award and a 1859
Ford automobile. was announc-
ed today by SyIvania Electric
Products Inc. and Ford Motor
Company
Entitled picture Yourself in
1859 Ford" the giant contest
will begin January and extend
through March Is. according to
George {. Connor. vice presi.
dent-photolamp sales OF sylvia
MIA Lighting Products. a division
of the company. and Walter ].
Cooper. general sales manager
of the Ford Division of Ford
Motor Company.
More than 300 additional priz.
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27

es featured in the contest in
clude identical trips to Pacific
Ocean Park via American Air
lines for the families of the
two runners-up. and 1859 Fords
for the two third-prize winners.
Other prizes will be 20 Sylvinia
television sets, 100 Argus color
slide cameras and 200 Sylvania
radios.
THE Sylvania Ford contest
surpasses all previous consumer
contests in the history OF the
Photographic industry" Mr.. Con-
nor said. 1T will be activated in
every u. S. community through
more than 100000 Sylvania and
Ford dealers. while a multi-mil-
lion dollar advertising program
assures that not a single Ameri-
can family will miss the oppor
tunity Of learning contest de-
tails"
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
The Big Retreat

RICHMOND.-With nearp ,V .,;e
months of the national p"ohs ,ns
,chool term having gone by, Wv ~
state of virginia's press IN. 10 - -
major have begun editorially ~ ~
indicate q less massive" form ao" u
resistance to school intesra''O"'
And they started it.. -.
And speaking on the iss'' ~
The self-defeatins na'uie' zoo
massive resistance laws : = IN. M
evident now to vc concea,eo v,r. S
der any pretense. ."--Norio'N' "
ginia Pilot.
The Detroit tribune., 1958-12-27
VIEWS of the MW


MONTGOMERY. Ala. = state
Atty. General John C. Patterson
told the press last THURSDAY ina.
he was at "loss to understand
President Eisenhower's reouNe
and that there's no discrlmina.
tion against anyone as to Vo'lns
rights In Alabama.
Official records Declare 'na'
only 10000 of Alabama's neariy
one million Negroes have pee"
allowed to qualify for Vo'lns.
Mississippi, about the same n''
only $4,000. What's wrong