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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31
South Africa Govt
In Move To Put
Chiefs Back
In Authority
See Aim To Restore
Local Tribal Rule

UMTATA, South Africa, May
26.-The South African Govern
ment is trying to put tribal chiefs
back into positions of authority.
The chiefs, largely left to their
own devices for more than fifty
years, are the focal point of a
drive to make Africans in the
native reserve take charge of their
own local administration.
Although the point is not
stressed here in the headquarters
of the Transkei Reserve, the Gov
ernment's policy is to offer the
Africans a degree of local auton-
omy in exchange for their repre-
sentation in Parliament.
Prime Minister Johannes G.
Strijdom indicated recently that
the three white members of Par
lament who represent Africans
would lose their seats once African
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Little Rock Editor Hits Appointment
Of Attorney General Rogers

legislation at this session Of Con-
gress-a matter of some moment
since the Justice Department had
previously used as an excuse for
inaction at Little Rock the failure
of the enforcement provisions in
the last civil rights bill.
These announcements were fol-
lowed by one OF the most remark
able scenes enacted on Capitol Hill
since the passage of the Missouri
Compromise. Mr.. Rogers appear
ed before the Senate Judiciary
Committee to be Intercepted as
to his fitness as Attorney General,
received cordial greetings, and was
recommended for confirmation
Continued on Page Four)
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rhurqood Marshall Refuses To Become Candidate
Harvard Educated Earl Brown
0netime Life And Time Magazine
Scribe Likely Candidate To Replace
Adam Clayton Powell In New York
NEW YORK GOVERNOR ENTERS MOVE
TO GUST HARLEM CONGRESSMAN

New York, May 26 - Tammany
Hall leaders appeared ready last
night to choose City Councilman
Earl Brown to run against Repre-
sentative Adam Clayton Powell
Jr. Of Harlem. Earlier Governor
Hartman tried and failed to get
two others to make the race.
The Governor threw his pres
tige into Tammany's feud with
Mr. Powell. Mr.. Hartman I'M
successfully sought either Thur
good Marshall, special counsel for
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, or
the Rev. James H. Robinson, q
Harlem clergyman, as the Demo-
cratic candidate in the 10th Con-
gressional District.
Both declined to run on grounds
of previous professional commit
ments.
Tammany leaders in Harlem con-
ferred yesterday on a choice and
were close to designating Mr..
Brown last night, it was reported.
A councilman since 1850, Mr..
Brown who is So years old, was a
sponsor of the Sharkey- Brown-Ts-
aacs bill outlawing racial discrimi-
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Demand Uganda
Government Quit

Kampala, Uganda, May 81 -
(Reuters) - Three leading Ugan-
da political parties issued a Joint
statement today demanding the
resignation Of the Buganda Gov
eminent, which they said was i'm
peding self-government for Ugan-
da.
The parties-the Uganda Ma
tional Congress, the Democratic
party and the Progressive party
said they opposed any move to
separate the Buganda area from
the rest of Uganda.
The Buganda Government sent
a memorandum to Gov. Sir Fred
erick Crawford last week asking
that Uganda be developed as a
federal state and not at a unitary
one.
A federl constitution would pre-
serve the position of the Kabal.a
as ruler of Buganda.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31

New York, May 31.-A posi-
bility arose last night that the
Liberal psrty might join forces with
the Democrats in an effort to UNI
seat Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., in
Manhattan's Sixteenth Congress
sional District.
Murray Baron, the Liberal
party's chairman in New York
County, said the organization
would rally with the Democrats
behind a Candidate of the stat
ure of Thurgood Marshall"
He said that Mr.. Marshall, coun-
sci to the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, could, if elected, "not only
counterfeit the demagogic activities
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31
Racial Peace More
Industry For State
Governors Aim
Governor Coleman
Has Twenty More
Months In Office

Gov. J. P. Coleman said Tues
day that keeping the peace between
the races is one of his major goals
in his remaining 20 months in of
flee. He said he will not call
special legislative session.
mississippi is the only state
which hasn't had a riot or a law
suit or something else" in the way
of racial trouble, he told his first
news conference in about six
weeks.
"How long we can maintain this
situation depends whole lot on
who is sitting in this chair next"
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See Moscow
Propaganda
Aimed AtAfricans
On Increase
White Settlers Seen
Withdrawing Into
Defensive Enclave

Capetown, Africa, May 26 -
Two more instances of Soviet ZEN
terprise" in Africa are being
diplomats in thisHdHo af0btwuI ii
weighed carefully, by Western Dip
lomats in this continent.
The first is the Soviet Unions
bid for membership in the pro-
iected United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa.
The second is; Moscow Radios
reported announcement that it is
beaming a new daily radio service
at Africa in English and French,
to be followed by broadcasts in
several languages.
Both of these developments are
indicative Of the significant new
interest which the Soviet Union
and other countries of the Commu-
mist world have latterly been ex-
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Southern University Sets 44th
Annual Commencement Exercise

Baton Rouge, La, May 26. =
Southern University will hold its
44th Annual Commencement Exer-
else, Monday, June 2 at 5 pm, on
the University Quadrangle, it was
announced this week by DR.. F. G.
Clark, president of Southern.
DR.. Clark, in his announcement
also stated that DR.. Joseph F.
Drake, president, Alabama A. & NJ.
College, Normal, Ala, will be the
Commencement speaker and Rev.
Morris H. Tynes, pastor, Monu-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31
LIBERAL PARTY MAY enter
THE FIGHT TO BEAT POWELL

of Mr.. Powell but would introduce
into the Congress one of the ma
tons leading lawyers and outstand-
ing Negro citizens" Mr.. Marshall
argued the school segregation case
before the United States Supreme
Court.
Mr.. Marshall had barred a con-
test with Mr.. Powell after the
Democrats decided last week not
to rename Mr.. Powell because Of
his support of President Eisen-
hover in 1856. Mr.. Marshall said
he and Representative Powell
"stood for the same things"
Believe He May Yield
1t was understood, however, that
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31
Race Issue In
Trinidad Spanked
bV East Indians
And Negroes
Sensation Caused By
Anti-Indian Speech
OF Negro Leader

Port Of Spain, Trinidad.-Race-
bloc voting is an old political story
in the United States, but for an
American observer in Trinidad
there are some fascinating varia-
tiOns on that theme.
Here on this teeming green is
land the g eat game of politics is
played with an exotic twist involv-
ing the two dominant racial blocs
the East Indians and the Ne
groes. The latest development is
a report that three members of
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mental Baptist Church, Chicago,
ILL.,, will be the Baccalaureate
speaker,
The president said that both GER
emonies will be held at 5 pm, on
the Quadrangle, but in the event
of inclement weather, they will be
held in the New Gymnasium.
DR.. Drake, the commencement
speaker, has had a distinguished
career as an educator. He has
served as school administrator in
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31

New York, May 26 - Harry S.
Ashmore, Pulitzer prize-winning
editor of the Arkansas Gazette, TO-
day criticized the press for failing
to report the Senate Judiciary
Committees confirmation of At
torney General William P. Rogers
as zone of the most singular po-
litical deals in recent years"
Writing in the June issue Of
Harper's Magazine, the Little
Rock editor pointed out that before
the Committee hearing Mr.. Rogers
had said that "there were no pres
ent plans for further legal action
in Little Rock. He further noted
that the Administration would not
press for additional civil-rights
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31

Nashville, Tenn. - Fisk Univer-
sity will become the race relations
capital of the world June 80 as the
18th annual Institute of Race Re-
lations opens two week evalua-
ton of Human Relations and
Moral Challenge"
Under the auspices of the Race
Relations Department of the AM
erican Missionary Association
Board of Home Missions Of the
Congregational Christian Church
es, with Fisk as co-sponsor, the
Institute will be conducted by such
experts as Thurgood Marshall,
chief legal counsel of the NAACP.
Some 14O business, religious, Ia
Dor and other professional leaders
from 80 Northern and Southern
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31
Jackson Advocate Editor Attends
Capitol Press Club Institute

the southern problem could be bet
ter solved without northern inter-
ference. Green's belief that the
vote is more important in the south
at this time than school integra-
ton, drew bitter criticism from
northern newsmen.
Green electrified his listeners
when he so wildly outlined the
history of segregation in the South
from the days of Reconstruction
And perhaps shocked them when
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Hundreds of union members Mon
day halted work on the new North
side Lake project in North Jack
son, repeatedly because Negro OPP
orators had been hired at below
union wages.
About 800 members of Local ga,
International Association of Local
624, International Association of
Operating Engineers (AFL-CIO) 4,
threw up picket lines around the
lake project, where earth-moving
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31
LOW SALARIES PAID NEGRO
WORKERS SPARKS STRIKE HERE

machines have been carving out a
400-acre lake for the 10th Section
Development Corporation.
Members of the operating en-
gineers union operate bulldozers
and other heavy construction ma
chinery.
Additional pickets were station
ed at Mississippi Power & Light
Company's Rex l. Brown plant,
where operating engineers have
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Fisk University Ready For 18th
Annual Race Relation Institute

states will exchange ideas and
viewpoints to achieve the institu-
te's purpose: to orient leaders Of
local communities in the problems,
processes and methods of imple-
menting better intergroup rela-
tions.
Special delegations from Puerto
Rican, Indian-American and Span
ish- speaking groups will provide
a wide dimension of analysis.
In defining the scope of the in
stitute, DR.. Herman Long, director
of the AMA's Race Relations De-
partment, said:
"This is an institute which deals
with the crucial issues of racial
and human relations of our national
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31
Negro Actor Withdraws Candidacy
For County Association President

be able to reconvene in order to
accept his notice of withdrawal.
Moreover, it was explained by
Mr.. Duncan, Equity's governing
body, the council has decided that
it is not especially empowered by
the unions constitution to accept
the withdrawal.
Thus Mr.. O'Neal, who already
has pledged his support to Ralph
Bellamy, will run" against hin,
at the unions annual election
Continued on Page Two)
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Louisiana Loses
Segregation Plea

Washington - The Supre en- e
Court today rejocetd an appeal by
the Orleans Parish School Board
in Louisiana, which has been try
ing to get a 1866 school desegrega-
ton order set aside.
The order, issued by Federal Dis
trict Judge J. Sicily Wright, did
not require any immediate af-
firmative action. It simply directed
the board to carry out the Su-
preme Courts historic decision.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31

New York, May 81 - Although
he withdrew as candidate for pres
iednt of Actors Equity Association
last week, Frederick O'Neal's
name will be on the ballot.
The unusual situation develop
ed because of a technicality, ac-
cording to Angus Duncan, Equity's
executive secretary. Because of
the shortness of time, Equity's
nominating committee, which Sc
lected Mr.. O'Neal for president on
the unions regular ticket, will not
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31
LABOR OFFICIAL SAYS STRIKE
HERE NOT A RACIAL MATTER

A spokesman for the Mississippi
Operating Engineers denied the
labor dispute at the construction
site of the 400-acre lake in north
west Jackson is "racial matter"
R. H. Byrd, business agent for
OEU Local 624, which comprises
all of Mississippi, said the fact
non-union Negroes were stopped
at the lake site SHOULD not be
interpreted to mean this is a racial
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31
Bv ALICE A. DUNNIGAN

WASHINGTON.-The prominent
editor of an influential Southern
newspaper ably defended his posi-
ton on school segregation last
week before a group of critical
northerners. The debate took place
at press symposium held at the
Willard hotel, Saturday, under the
auspices of the Capital Press Club.
Under fire was Percy Green, ed
itor of the Jackson Advocate in
Mississippi, for his contention that
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31
Philip m. Widenhouse Is
TougaIoo Commencement Speaker

Tougaloo, Miss. - The principal
speaker on the Commencement pro-
gram on June 2, 1858 at Tougaloo
Southern Christian College will be
DR.. Philip M. Widenhouse, Secre-
tary of the Board of Trustees,
President-elect of Rocky Mountain
College, Billings, Montana and, I'M
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fIIdCCCT.
"You can tell those Yankees up
north that we have no discrimi-
nation in our union," Byrd said,
adding the local has Negro men,
bers.
Byrd said the union is picketing
the lake job because the contrac-
tor, Gerald Smith Co., is paying
operators of dirt moving machines
Continued on Page Four)
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SEE new YORK RACE RELATIONS
RECORD WORST IN THE US,

Washington, May % = Senator
Strom Thurmond said today that
"hloody interracial warfare" in
New York City's "crime-ridden in
tegrated schools" had aroused
"glee" among this country's for
eign enemies.
The South Carolina Democrat,
speaking in Senate, denounced for
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-05-31

til July 1, General Secretary of the
Division of Higher Education of
the Board of Home Missions of
Congregational Christian Churches
and the American Missionary AS
sosiation.
DR.. Widenhouse, who is a native
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mer Senator Herbert H. Lehman
of New York for searching for
interracial disorders in peaceful
Southern cities" while ignoring the
fact that New York had zone of
the worst records in race relations
of any state in the Union"
Senator Thurmond, who headed
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The Nome nugget., 1958-04-09
U. s. May Call Off Atom Tests After Summer Series

WASHINGTON, LR - President Eisenhower said today he would very seriously consider calling off further U. s. nuclear tests if this years Pacific series produces all needed research information.
 Eisenhower told news con- ference if such results are achieved or largely achieved it would be perfectly proper for him to de- clare this country's intentions-not by some international agreement, but by independent U. s. action.
 But he said as things now stand the scientists would first have to tell him exactly what it was nec- esSary to find out about the fur ther development of atomic ex- plosions Then, he said, they would have to tell him the degree to which tests had succeeded in producing the necessary infor- mation.
 Eisenhower also told reporters he thinks some parts of new re- port by Dr. flames R. Killian Jr on detection system for policing an international test ban agree ment might be made public. Kill ian is the Presidents top science adviser.
 Eisenhower confirmed state ment by Secretary of State Dulles yesterday that Killian and his aides have decided it would be necessary to have more detection stations in Russia than had pre- viously been recommended by Harold Stassen, Eisenhower's for mer disarmament adviser.
The Nome nugget., 1958-04-09
SeeIiger Charges
 Discrimination In Road AllOcatiorls

Al Seeliger, former member of the Board of Road Commissioners from the 4th Division talked to the Chamber Monday noon on the discrimination against the Second and Fourth Division in the allo- cation of territorial and federal highway construction funds for 1858.
 He suggests that the Second Di- vision and Fourth Division get together and demand some sort of explanation.
 According to his report the First Division pays 10.5 per cent of the fuel tax and is getting "A per cent. of the road funds allo- cated. The Second Division paid AS per cent and is getting only 2 per cent of the allocations. The Third Division paid 62 per cent and gets back practically all of it with a 61 per cent allocation- The Fourth Division paid in B per cent and is only getting IS per cent. Tn addition to this unfair division of funds the First and Third Division get forest highway funds.
 Seeiger summed up his re- marks with the statement that Northern Alaska is asking only for a fair share of road money.
The Nome nugget., 1958-04-09
Bartlett Asks Funds For Transfer Offshore Lands To Alaska

WASHINGTON, R Fl Delegate Bartlett today asked Army en- ginners to seek a supplemental appropriation to permit an early start on work to transfer offshore lands to Alaska.
 He made the request after being advised by the Corps it has no funds to carry out what it said would be a three-year $400,000 program.
 A 1857 Act passed by Congress provided that lands offshore from surveyed communities up to the seaward limit of manmade facil- ities-or "pierhead" should be transferred to Alaska.
 Many Alaskan coastal commun- ities have extensive waterfront developments built out over the affected areas. Though title now is held by the federal government, it is held in reserve for the future state and the government has no authority to permit lease or sale of the property. Title to the ex- isting industrial developments, therefore, is clouded.
 Bartlett recently wrote Army Engineers asking what steps had been taken to carry out purposes of the act, including the desig- nation by the Corps of the area in cluded within the ''pierhead" line.
 In reply, Army Engineers said they had no funds with which to undertake the work nor had they anticipated need for any in mak- ing up the budget for the year be- ginning July 1.
The Nome nugget., 1958-04-09
Rebels Seize Cuba's Largest Radio Station

HAVANA, R - Rebels seized Cuba's largest radio and TV sta tions today and broadcast an ap- peal for sympathizers to rise in arms and fight against the gov ernment of President Fulgencio Batista.
 The rebels called for an i'm mediate general strike. Soon af- terward workers in the telephone company and other utilities began leaving their jobs and communi- cations were crippled.
 Shooting began at 11:30 am. in the waterfront district in the old part of Havana.
 Most banks in Havana closed and in others employees suddenly quit work.
 Most of the heart of the city ap- peared to be calm and there was no sign of rebel activity around the Presidential palace or key govern ment buildings.
 In the American-ow First National City Bank about half the employees walked out.
 Two heavy bomb explosions oc- cured at noon.
 Rebels set fire to the headquar- ters of radio station CMQ, one of the largest in Latin America.
The Nome nugget., 1958-04-09
Nobody Wants 25O-lb. Tame Bear In Ohio So He Is Destroyed

LOGAN, Ohio, R-A 250-pound black bear. who no one seemed to want, was killed yesterday by an official of the Ohio Division of Wildlife. It was feared the ami nal might injure someone.
 The bear, believed to have been a pet, was discovered last Thurs day roaming in wooded hill coun- try near here.
 He ate from peoples hands and did tricks for news photographers. But several zoos turned down of fers to take the animal, so Wild life officials ordered him des- troyed. They said that although he was tame, he could become Vii cious if teased and they feared the safety of neighboring farm fam lilies.
The Nome nugget., 1958-04-09
Chicago Republican
 Wins Nomination From ty-Backed Opponent

CHICAGO, lR - Warren l.. Wright, running against the Re publican organization-supported candidate, handily won the COP nomination in the feature race of yesterdays Illinois primary.
 The 65-year-old political veteran -out of favor with the COP or ganization the last few years-cap- tured the nomination for State Treasurer from Louis E. Beckman by a margin of more than 50,000-
 Beckman, 44-year-old State Rep resentative who had the blessing and backing of the Republican or ganization headed by Gov. William G. Stratton, had 2-1 edge in ear ly returns.
 Wright came through with sur prising strength in the suburbs and downstate areas, where the party counted on racking up votes for Beckman.
The Nome nugget., 1958-04-09
Charter Flight To Siberia Urged

Tex Noye, prominent Anchor age business man, made special flight to Nome Monday for the purpose of attending meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and discussing tourism. He presented an idea that would certainly be a sensational tour project. This is to have Nome and Anchorage charter flight to Siberia for Alas kans to make the first flight in a new tour route to be opened possibly in the near future.
The Nome nugget., 1958-04-09
Sputnik II, With Dog Passenger, Expected To Disintegrate Saturday

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, R-Scien- tist say Russia's Sputnik II with it's dead dog is expected to burst apart when it plunges from outer space, perhaps Saturday.
 The scientist at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said last night the burst, if it occurs, will be caused by the air tanks that kept the dog passenger alive for some time after the satellite was launched last Nov. 3.
 If the final plunge is al. night, they said, the satellite will look like a flaming meteor. Tn the daytime it might leave a plume of smoke like a high-flying jet.
 pr. John Whits said that even of only part of the original air pressure remains in the tanks, it still would be much greater than the surrounding atmosphere when the rocket starts to heat up about 50 miles above the earth.
 The Smithsonian said Northern United States and parts of Canada might get last look tonight at the dog satellite. It listed one passage from Alaska to British Columbia, visible to residents of the North west, 9:18 PSF.