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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
Fifteenth Annual Race Relations
Institute At Fisk University Hears
Suggestion That Segregationists
May Successfully Reverse 1854
Supreme Court Indignation Ruling
Negro Blamed For Failure To Raise Cultur
Level And Pool Resources And Credit To
Create Business Industry To Employ Negro

Nashville, Tenn, July 14.-Any-
one who came to the 18th annual
Race Relations Institute at Fisk
University, encouraged by recent
victories in the civil rights field,
became quite sober after the first
weeks session.
Speaker after speaker warned
the more than 100 delegates from
80 states that the race relations
scale is still precariously balanced,
Joseph Robinson of the American
Jewish Congress even went so far
as to suggest that "the segrega-
tionists may successfully reverse"
the 1854 Supreme Court integra-
ton ruling.
Mr.. Robinson said he ais sound
ing the alarm of DOOM" in an eff
fort to awaken the integrationists
to the fact that they must yell as
loud as the segregationists if Wa
are to win the uncommitted mil
lions to our side, which is the right
side"
The institute, co-sponsored by
the Race Relations Department of
Continued on Page Seyen)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
No Civil Rights Law For Congress This Year
William P. Rogers Attorney General
OF United States Says Administration
Would Not Ask Congress For Any Civil
Rights Legislation This Year
Declaration Made In Midst Of New Drive To
Enact Stronger Civil Rights Measure Than
That Passed By Congress Last Year

WASHINGTON, July g. Will
liam P. Rogers, the Attorney Gen.
eral, made it plain today that the
Administration would not ask Con-
gress for any civil rights legisla-
ton this year.
The declaration came in the
midst of a new drive on Capitol
Hill to enact a civil rights measure
stronger than the one passed last
year. At hearing before a House
Judiciary panel the chairman, Rep
resentative Emanuel Celler, Demo-
crat of Brooklyn, charged that the
Justice Department was either
dragging its feet deliberately" or
was convinced that the 1857 law
did not give authority for effective
action against violation of civil
rights.
Either premise, Mr.. Celler con-
tended, demanded legislative action
before the current Congress ad-
journs.
Mr.. Celler noted that his COM
mittee had written to the Justice
Department on Feb. Is, requesting
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
Ghana Bars
Arms Dealer

Accra, Ghana, July 8 - The
Ghana Government decided today
to ban the re-entry into Ghana of
DR.. William Oppavar, an Austrian,
following investigation into alleg-
ed orders placed in Europe for
shipping grenades to Ghana. The
official statement said:
ain March this year informa-
ton reached the Government that
an order for large quantities of
arms were being placed in Europe
cstensibly on behalf Of the Ghana
Army. The Army had placed no
such orders.
Investigation revealed DR.. Op-
pavar had initiated negotiations
with a Belgian firm for the manu.
facture and shipment here Of 1000
tons Of grenades.
In the interest of security 1t is
considered necessary to prohibit
his re-entry into Ghana. Investi-
cations continue"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
High School
Science Teachers
Are Studying
Radiation Biology
At Howard j.
.Eight-Week Institute
Of National Science
Foundation & Atomic
Energy Commission

WASHINGTON, D. C. - An
eig'ht-week institute designed to
train high school science teachers
in the detection and uses of radio
active substances reached the mid
way mark at Howard University
this week.
The institute, which is being CO.
sponsored by the Atomic Energy
Commission and the National Sci
ence Foundation, is under the d.
rection of DR.. Marie c. Taylor, as
sociate professor of botany at
Howard. 1t will continue through
August 9Th
On Thursday, August 7th the in
stitute will present science fair,
featuring radioactivity detection
Continued on Page Two)
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Three Business Groups Set Up
Durham Convention Program

New York, July 11.-Mrs. Jessie
d. Locker, president of the Ma
tional Housewives League; M. c.
Martin, president, National Bank
ers Association; and DR.. F. D. Pat
terson, president, National Bust
ness League, will address an open
meeting in Durham, N. c., during
the joint convention of their or
CARNATIONS, July 30-August /.
All sessions of the three-part
conference will be held on Dur
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
Shooting Of
Negro Youth
Stirs Conflicting
Reports Here
Neighbors, Victim
Deny Woman's Sto,
Regarding Incident

The shooting of a 16-year- old
Negro youth here last Friday night
has given rise to a series of widely
discussed and conflicting reports
regarding the incident.
The victim of the shooting is
Joe Clay, Jr., of 3057 Flora Ave
who was hospitalized following .le
shooting.
Mrs. Virginia c. Armstrong, of
1910 Hays Street, was arrested and
charged with shooting with intent
to kill in connection with the Incl
dent. Mrs. Armstrong is the wife
of Tom Armstrong, Photographer,
and operator Of the Parish Street
Newsstand, who boasts that his
newsstand does not sell any Negro
newspapers which does not support
the NAACP and the drive for
school indignation.
According to newspaper reports,
Continued on Page Four) "A
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Negro Student
May Attend +
Memphis College

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Negroes have
passed Memphis State University's
entrance examinations, "and it is
my guess they will be admitted
this fall" says President j. NJ.
Smith.
Owe been against it (integra-
tom and always will be-" Smith
said. ppm being forced by the
courts to admit some (Negroes)."
give been backed up and faced
the jailhouse. I've decided Pm not
going to run, but stay and face
it and do the best l can"
Smith spoke to legislative candi-
dates here yesterday. He urged
them to endorse Memphis States
four-year $4.5 million tollar ex-
pansion plan.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
First Negro
Air Hostess
Resigns Job

KANSAS CITY. - Trans World
Airlines disclosed Thursday Mar
garet Grant, hired as the lines first
Negro hostess, had resigned.
The airline said physical exam.
nations disclosed she had, unknown
to her, a rare noninfectious disease
which would have been aggravated
by flight duty.
Margaret, 81, began her flight
training here June 16 and submit
ted her resignation June Is. Her
class will be graduated Friday.
The line said it planned to hire
another Negro girl.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
Mother OF Two
Kills Husband
With ScreWdriver

Greenville, Miss, July 15-Ber-
nice Goodwine, 17-year-old Negro,
mother Of two children, stabbed her
husband, Mitchell Goodwine %, to
death with large screwdriver at
their home at nearby Scott, Deputy
Sheriff Jack Hendricks said Tues
day.
Goodwine and his wife, cotton
choppers for Delta and Pine Land
Company, moved to D&PL's Lake
Vista Plantation a week ago from
Greenville.
The woman told Deputy Hen
bricks she and her husband argued
over who would bring water to the
house and a fight and stabbing
followed. Goodwine died n few min
utes after the stabbing before q
physician and Deputy Hendricks
arriced. He was stabbed just above
Continued on Page Four
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
Howard u. Coed Named College
ConsuItant At Chicago Dept. Store

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Officials
of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., one
of Chicago's leading department
stores, this week announced the
appointment of Miss Sylvia A.
Taylor, senior in the College of
Liberal Arts at Howard University,
as a consultant in the stores Col
lege Shoppe.
Miss Taylor is believed to be the
first coed from a predominantly
Negro institution to receive such
an appointment in Chicago. She
began work on Monday, July /,
and will continue through Septem-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
8 State Youths Are
Drowning Victims

Philadelphia, Miss, July 10
Two young Negroes drowned in
farm pond near here Tuesday
morning when their homemade life
preservers got away from them,
and a third Negro drowned as ne
attempted to rescue the boys.
The victims were Ralph john
son, 10, son Of Roger L. Johnson;
Preston Johnson, IL, son OF Iva
Johnson; and Tommy Junior Glenn
ons, %, son Of w. T. Clemens.
All were residents Of the Shady
Grove community about Is miles
southeast Of here.
The two younger boys were pad
ding across the pond on Roger
Johnson's place with the aid OF
life preservers made from sealed
cans placed in sacks. Ralph's sack
became united and the cans floated
off. He sank, and Preston went
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Der 18th.
AS a consultant Miss Taylor will
recommend wearing apparel to
teen-age and college-age shoppers.
She will be among Is college con-
sultants selected by Carson, Pirie,
Scott & Co. from colleges through
out the country.
Miss Taylor is the daughter of
Mrs. Katie W. Ellis of GALS S.
Prairie Avenue, Chicago. A 1866
graduate of Hyde Park School, she
is majoring in mathematics and
mirroring in physics and education
Continued on Page Five)
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San Francisco, Calf, July a.
A leading American home builder
has come out strongly against the
notion that prices for tract homes
are depressed by sales to individ-
uals belonging to a minority race.
In fact, Joseph L. Eichler feels
so strongly about the subject that
this famous California builder has
resigned from the Associated Home
Builders, Inc, because the organi-
xation has not gone on record OPP
posing racial discrimination in
housing.
Mr.. Eichler builds ultra-modern
homes in the $4,000 to $4,000
price bracket and makes no secret
of the fact that his company draws
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
Alabama Renews Fight On HAAcP

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People in
Alabama again is under fire with
G new contempt of court case be-
ing heard here in the states capt.
tai.
The state has brought second
contempt proceedings before Cir
cult Judge Walter B. Jones, charg-
ing NAACP still is engaged in
business, although it is under an
Injunction of some two years
standing. NAACP also had been
fined 100000 for refusing to turn
over certain records. This is un-
der appeal.
The original injunction was
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
Bill Summers
Goes After
Reno Divorce
Said Setting Up
Residence In Nevada
After Failures Here

A highly responsible and reliable
source told the Jackson Advocate
early this week that w. j. BILL"
Summers, the widely known local
businessman, operator of Summers
Hotel, Summers Grocery, and a
number of other business enter
prises, is now in Reno, Nevada,
where he is seeking to establish
residence in order to obtain a d.
vorce from his wife, Mrs. Viola
Felts Summers, from whom he has
been estranged for the past several
months.
A Nevada law which requires
only six months residence before
filing for a divorce has made the
city of Reno famous as one of the
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REVERSAL OF SCHOOL INTEGRAL SUGGESTED
Set Date For
Hearing Little
Rock Appeal

St. Louis - Appeal from a fed
eral judges order suspending in
tegration at Central High School
in Little Rock will be heard Aug.
a.
The date was set Thursday by
1"e John B. Sanborn of the
l.. 5. 'rt of Appeals.
1t ha been suggested by an at
torney or the National Assn. for
the Al ancement of Colored Peo-
pie I'D agreed to by the Little
Ro,K School Board.
The site for the hearing has not
zen decided. But it was likely
to be St. Louis where the court
generally sits.
The NAACP, represented by at
torney Wiley Branton of Pine Bluff
Ark, is appealing a June FL order
by. U. S. Dist. Judge Harry l..
Lemley Of Hope, Ark.
The order grants a 30-month de-
Continued on Page Eight
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Modern Community Developers Elects
David H. ScuII Chairman Of Board

Princeton, N. j., July 1.-THE
election of David H. Scull of An
Mandate, Virginia as Chairman of
the Board of Modern Community
Developers, Inc. was announced to-
day by Morris Milgram, MODS
President. Modern Community De-
velopers, Inc, with headquarters at
81 Nassau st, Pinceton, N. j., is
q corporation organized to furnish
financial and advisory assistance
on a national scale to builders and
developers Of integrated housing.
Mr.. Scull is a 43-year old Qua
ker businessman who has been nc
tive for many years in race rela-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
Leading Home Builder Rejects
Racial Price Depressing Notion

no race line. "The only standard
we use to qualify person for
house Is that he has the financial
qualifications and that, in our opin-
ion, he will make good neighbor."
Association Chided
Mr.. Eichler chided the associa-
ton for a statement attributed to
Richard E. Doyle, executive vice.
president, that "it Is generally
accepted theory that minority races
depreciate property values" Mr..
Doyle was reported to have added,
"There may be no statistics to
prove that, but as the representa-.
tive of the home builders Il Is the
theory under which I operate"
Continued on Page Seven)
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nth ANNUAL REGIONAL 4-H CAMP
TO BE HELD AUGUST 1918

The 18th Annual Regional All
Club Camp will be held Aug. 1918
at Howard University, Washing
ton, D. c., Administrator c. M.
Ferguson of the Federal Exten-
sion Service, U. S. Department OF
Agriculture, announced today.
Approximately 1875 outstanding
rural colored boys and girls OF II
Southern States will be delegates
to the encampment as a reward
for their achievements in All farm
and home projects. They will be
representing $4,000 fellow club
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19

hams North Carolina College cam
pus. The public assembly, sched-
uled for Wednesday evening, July
80, will be held in the B. N. Duke
Auditorium.
Business and workshop sessions
are planned for the separate or
CARNATIONS and for joint participa-
ton from Wednesday morning to
Friday noon.
Following the registration Of
Continued on Page Severn
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Political Questions Of British
Recorders Irk Paul Robson

London, July 11-Paul Robson
flew to London today for Euro
pean singing tour an dsaid the
closest he intended to get to poll
tics would be a tea in the House
of Lords next week.
But the 60-year-old Negro bari
tone promptly found himself en-
tangled in politics with the British
press. Things got bit rough at
a news conference after warm
greeting at the airport and later at
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19

granted by Judge Jones OF Mont
gomery when the organization re-
fused to produce records of CON-
tributors and other papers. The
states case then was handled by
Attorney General John Patterson,
who is now handling the effort to
have the persons named as NAACP
representatives cited for contempt.
Mr.. Patterson interestingly was
nominated for the governship re-
Gently.
And similarly, Judge Jones was
renominated to the bench in May.
Indeed, the fact that the Judge
had campaigned using references
Continued on Page Seven)
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Ex-PoIieeman
Indicted For
Robbing Negro

A former policemen charged with
robbing a Negro was indicted by
the Kinds County grand jury to-
day.
Arthur :. East, 24-year-old for
mer Jackson policeman, was in
dicted for the $3.50 robbery Of He
zekiah Miskel, June q.
East was still a member Of the
police department but was off
when he allegedly robbed the Nc
yro Of the money at his home.
East was fired from the police
force when the investigation got
underway.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
churchmen Seek Governors Aid
For Ex-Professor Clennon King

executive assistant, Ben Valley.
Coleman was out Of town attend
ing the centennial celebration at
Durant.
King was charged in Lafayette
County, where he sought last
month to enroll at the all white
University of Mississippi.
Making the appeal to Valley
were Fred Baker and Palmer Will
Hams, members of the board Of
Continued on Page Eight
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Two Negro churchmen appealed
to Gov. j. P. Coleman to use his
influence toward clearing contro-
versial Negro ex-professor Clennon
King of disturbing the peace
charges.
The two stewards of st. An
drew's African Methodist Episco-
pal Church at Gulfport, where
King is pastor, called at the gov
errors office yesterday and pre-
scented their request to Coleman's
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
Negro Leaders Protest Southern
Un-American Activities Com. Probe

velop factual information on cur
rent techniques of Communist
Party operation.
THESE techniques include the
operation of conspiratorrial ten
acles extending from Communist
nests in metropolitan areas of the
North to the rapidly developing
industrial areas of the South"
Walter said.
He described the Committees
task as pursuing Communist trails
wherever they may lead in order
that we can constantly devise leg
islative weapons to cope with the
Continued on Page Eight
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Washington, D. c., July IA -
(SpeciaD-The House Un-Ameri-
can Activities Committee will open
hearings in Atlanta July 20 on
Communist organization in South
ern industrial areas.
A group of Southern Negro
leaders, meanwhile, is reported
circulating a letter warning that
the Committee may try 20 label
white liberals supporting integra-
ton as Communist.
In announcing the hearings,
Committee Chairman Francis E.
Walter (D-Pa.) said they are part
of the Committees program to de-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19

members. Each Of the State dele
cations will be accompanied by two
adult leaders of the Cooperative
Extension Service.
Highlighting camp activities will
be addresses by educators and high
Government officials, tour Of the
Agricultural Research Center at
Beltsville, Md, and visits to the
White House, Capitol, Mount
Vernon, Arlington National Gene
terry, and other historic places.
P. H. Stone, camp director,
Continued on Page Eighty
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tons and in the cooperative move-
ment. He is President of The
Turnpike Press, Inc. of Annandale,
and is a Director of the Nation
wide Mutual Insurance Company
of Columbus, Ohio and number Of
affiliated companies. In the CO.
operative field he Is Treasurer Of
Group Health Association of Wash
ington, D. c. and has been Presi-
dent of the d. C. Credit Union
League and of Rochdale Cooper
alive, Inc.
Mr.. Scull has number of re-
sponsibilities in the Religious So.
Continued on Page Eighty
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former big league baseball player
is expected to dwell on the fame
of life and how recreation makes
for a more wholesome life.
Mrs. Abbie Clement jackson,
Louisville, KY, president, Wo-
mems Home and Foreign Mission
airy Society, will address the con-
vention at 8 pm. She has just
returned from caribbean trip.
where she received first hand in
formation on many youth activi-
Continued on Page Seven)
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Alaska Negroes
In Celebration
OF Statehood

Anchorage, Alaska.-Among the
local Negro residents taking part
in Tuesdays celebration, marking
the admission Of Alaska as the 49th
U. 5. State, were members Of
Bethel AME church, Rev. A. j.
White, pastor, recently established
by Bishop Frederick D. Jordan Of
the Fifth Episcopal district. Bethel
is currently under supervision Of
Bishop r. r. Wright, Jr., and a
second AME church is located in
Continued on rage Seven)
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Britain Ethiopia
Sign Agreement

London, July 10 - Britain and
Ethiopia have signed a civil air
agreement regulating traffic
rights between Ethiopia and ad-
joining British territories.
The agreement settles dispute
between the two countries. Last
year, Britain stopped Ethiopian
airlines services to Nairobi on the
grounds that the Philippians were
insituting more frequent flights
than had been mutually agreed
on.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19

a reception.
Robson was irritated by po-
litical questions thrown by the
newsmen. This is his first trip
abroad since the United States
State Department refused to re-
issue his passport eight years ago.
"Are you a Communist" a
newsmaE asked.
"I'll never answer that question"
Robson replied. have consti-
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
anne Zion National Youth And
Education Conference Starts SUNDAY

Columbus, Ohio, July 14.-The
Christian Education Convention
and National Youth Conference, A.
M. E. Zion Church, gets underway
Sunday, July 20, IL am, when
Bishop s. G. Spottswood will
preach the opening sermon, at
Caldwell Temple Church, 524 E.
Long Street.
Bishop r. L. Jones, Salibury, N.
&C.. will preach at 3 pm. Jackie
Robinson will be heard in a spe-
|cial service for youth at $50. The
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
President Of Atlanta University
To Study Education In West Africa

office in the city since post-Civil
War Reconstruction days, DR..
Clement was elected to Atlanta s
board of education by a wide ma
jority in 1853. He was reelected
in 1857.
AS president of Atlanta Univers-
ity, DR.. Clement was one of the
founders of the United Negro Col
lege Fund in 1943. He has served
on the Funds board of directors
for the past Is years.
Continued on Page Seven)
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Two Negroes
On Michigan
Rights Unit

East Lansing, Mich.-Two prom
inent Negro civic leaders were
among the nine persons named to
the Michigan Advisory Committee
to the national Commission on
Civil Rights.
They are Mrs. Jessie Jai Mcneil,
President of the Michigan Council
of United Church Women, Detroit,
and Edward M. Turner, Detroit at
torney, and President of the Mich
Continued on Page Five)
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New York, july 10 10 learn
about education in West African
countries at first hand, DR.. Rufus
E. Clement, president of Atlanta
University, sailed with Mrs. Glenn
ent on the Italian Lines SIS Vul-
cania today.
Debarking at Lisbon, DR.. and
Mrs. Clement will fly to Africa
to tour Liberia, Ghana, Sierra Le-
one and Nigeria. They plan to re-
turn to Atlanta Oct. /.
The first Negro to win a major
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-07-19
Race Relations
Tension In
Virginia Cited

Richmond, Va.--An attorney for
the Prince Edward County School
Board, arguing against NAACP
efforts to force integration in
September, told a federal court to-
day that race relations have "de-
Perforated and become steadily
worse" in the county since it was
first told to integrate.
Archibald Robertson, special
counsel for the boarod, introduced
Continued on Page Five)
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