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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
An Old, Old Refrain

Ten years or more ago chorus of
union leaders was singing doleful tune.
The theme was the prospective demise
of organized labor and the villain of
the piece was the Taft Hartley Act. Ac-
cording to the late william Green, then
head Of the AFL, and his associates, this
was slave labor law" designed to
shackle and destroy the union move
rnent. We do not hear much Of this
lament today for the simple reason that
time and the ever-growing strength Of
unions have proved its absurdity.
If the words have changed, how
ever, the melody fingers on. Today it
IS George Meany, president Of the ALL
CLIO, who is humming the same old tune.
The villain of Mr.. Meany's piece is
the Department of Justice, which has
just obtained monopoly indictment
against New York local of the Interna-
tipnal Ladies Garment Workers Union,
three garment industry associations and
five individuals. This is one of the rela-
lively rare instances in which the anti
trust laws have been invoked against a
union, and Mr.. Meany is incensed.
Without waiting to see the evidence,
he promises full AFL-CIO aid Gin resist
ing this unwarranted prosecution" He
thinks that the timing and nature"
Of the indictment confirm the con-
Germ of the labor movement "as to the
real interests of those forces attempting
to revive the use of the antitrust laws
against unions" Finally, Mr. Meany pro-
tests that the "antilabor character" Of
the Department of Justice action is I'M
derlined by the obvious headline grab
bling stunt of linking the name Of the
union with that of a racketeer with
whom the department comedies the
union and its manager have no con-
nection."
What the department actually said
was that the racketeer had mo appar-
ent connection with the ladies' blouse
industry" But perhaps this is bubble.
1t will be more instructive to take a
closer look at this racketeer-one Harry
StraSSer.
Harry Strasser has been known as
Little LEFTY" StraSser. Government rec
ords identify him as onetime associate
of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, the head Of
Murder, Inc, who was executed in 1914.
StraSser was business partner of mob
ster Albert AnaStasia, who was shot to
death in barber shop in 1857. He also
formerly was associated with gambler
Frank Costello, and, on his own, has
served two penitentiary terms for dope
peddling.
The Department of Justice did not
indict StraSser, along with the others,
just to grab few headlines 1t has, or
it thinks it has, evidence linking him to
the antitrust conspiracy charged to the
union and the industry associations.
Mr.. Meany, we suggest, would have done
better to await the unfolding Of the
Governments evidence before exonerat-
ing the union and trying to smear the
Department of Justice. In unloosing his
premature blast against the department,
he sounds too much like the old "Slave
labor" chorus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14

curing every milk professor
and distributor to accurately
label the butter fat content
Of fluid milk, the milk con-
sumner could compare both
nutritional and price values.
He would be cheated with
his eyes wide open. It is time
the milk market was rugged
in the consumers favor.
Thomas E. Mattingly, MD.
y y 4
Out of the statements
and embellishments, the
charges and countercharges
on the milk controversy, it
seems that. as usual, the poor
consumer Is caught in the
middle of this war between
giants. with profits on each
side as the ultimate objective.
There seems to be no doubt
that If the milk code is re-
vised. the milk standards will
be lowered. It is unthinkable
to lower these standards and
call 1t progress" There is
no substitute for high stand
ards.
Marjorie p. White.
Il %%
With reference to your
articles and full-page adver-
tisements in regard to the
recent moves Of two diaries
here, I think that without
too much lambasting the
whole thing will before long
level off-and not to the
advantage of the diaries con-
cerned either!
Not only is such q move
unfair and cruel to the CO.
operatives with their newly
installed District-approved
equipment, it is exceedingly
thoughtless of the consumer
and also underestimate his
intelligence to a very large
degree.
In recent years we have
learned that milk is not the
sine qua non of life it was
once thought to be, and for
some, like myself. 1t is &C
tually harmful. However, 1
have six children, all Of
whom are benefited by its
use. II standards are lowered,
it will not be a case Of les
sened food value. Most of us
know how great are the dan
gers Of contamination in milk
without the strictest form of
sanitary supervision avail
able. With a lessening Of
this, the use of such milk
would be downright harmful,
and at times dangerous. Few
people are going to run that
risk. However, they want milk
and will buy it, but buy less
of the better quality.
The profits foreseen by the
diaries may prove to be a
mirage. eventually, for the
foregoing reasons. If they
have been making less in
recent years, it is simply a
natural result of changing
conditions, advancements in
processing, different attitudes
which no amount of schem-
ing will affect other than
adversely.
j. MOeller.
\ X X
Let us hope the fact that
we can't vote them out of
Office will not lead our Dis
trict Commissioners to coun-
tenance the lowering of pres
ent regulations controlling
the quality of milk sold to
Washington. We may be sec
ond-claSs citizens, but at
least we have first-clasS
milk-aS of now.
ii. c. Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
THE POLITICAL MILL
Democrats Lack Tax COURAGE
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Democrats are demanding
large increases in the ma
tional defense program, run
ming from 81 to. s. billion
above President Eisenhower's
budget. The s. billion figure
was produced by former Sec
rotary Of State Dean Ach-
eson Of the Democratic Ad-
visory Council. He produced
no detailed list Of increased
expenditures. Just q good
round sum.
None Of these Democrats
has suggested increases In
Federal taxes to pay for these
additional expenditures. run
ming far beyond President
EisenhowerS $40.9 billion de-
Tense budget. Deficit spend
ing, with its devastating in
creases in the $3.50 billion
national debt. apparently
means little to them. They
merely argue that defense is
more important than a bal
anced budget. They appear
intent on convincing the
country they are for a strong
defense, provided in advance
of war. which they failed to
provide before any of the last
three wars - especially the
latest. the Korean war.
This is not all. The Demo-
Gratis want to increase greatly
so-called domestic expendi-
lures above the Presidents
estimates and balanced budg-
ct. Already the Democratic
controlled Senate has passed
a housing bill and an airport
bill exceeding the Eisenhower
budget recommendations by
hundreds Of millions of dol
lars. The Democratic House
may still further increase
these items Of Federal ex-
penditures. But no one has
suggested increased taxes to
meet these deficit expendi-
lures.
President Gave Answer
President Eisenhower's ex-
asperated comment at his
Wednesday press conference,
when he had been asked
about the Democratic slogan
that defense should come be-
fore a balanced budget, was
well made and well directed.
He said, speaking directly of
the protest by Democrats
against his proposed reduc-
tons Of $4,000 men in the
Army and Marine Corps:
why doesn't anyone have
the courage to get right up
and say I want SIS, 900 mem
and maybe they want them
sometimes because they will
be stationed at nice conve-
nient places-why don't they
say: But we want the taxes to
pay for it (the retention Of
the $4,000 men whom the
President does not believe are
needed for our modern day
defense) p"
With an election of ma
tional proportions coming up
next year, are the Demo-
Gratis likely to demand in
creased Federal taxes? They
are not-short Of war, when
anything goes. The President
has made it exceedingly clear
he does not put a balanced
budget ahead Of national de-
tense. His defense budget, he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-14
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used u
letters carry trrtters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtton.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-04-18
Africans Speed Pace OF Drive For Independence
The Next Few Years Are Expected
To Be Critical Ones For Africa
And For Western Relations With
The New African States
Unrest And Violence Growing AS Movement
For Political Participation And
independence Gains Momentum

United Nations, N. Y, April ID
The next few years are expected
to be critical ones for Africa and
also for Western relations with
the new African states.
Africa has seen its share of radi-
cal political changes in the last
decade but nothing to equal the
tempo of events taking place in
recent month.
Almost daily out of Africa of the
deep and fundamental breaks oc-
curing in long established pat
terms. Some of these changes have
been explosive, others accomplish
ed peacefully.
In January, there were the bloody
riots in the formerly tranquil and
prosperous Belgian Congo. A few
weeks later came the outbursts
in Nyasaland in renewed protest
against Britain's insistance on join
ing this wholly black protectorate
to neighboring Rhodesia, with its
entrenched white supremacy doc
trine. The rumblings of discomfort
have spread even to the Portuguese
colonies of Angola and Mozambi-
que, where until now a tightly con-
trolled police policy has suppress
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SEE NEGRO JURY ISSUE PLAGUE TO COMING RAPE TRAIL
Pearl River County Scene Of Grand
Jury indictment Of Negro For Alleged
Rape Has Long History Of Denial
Of Negro Jury Service
Observers Say Negro Jury Question To Be
Raised When Case Goes To Trial Next Week

Poplarville, Miss. April Is -
The Negro jury issue, according
to competent observers here, is
sure to plague the Forthcoming
trial of a Pearl River County
Negro man indicted by a grand
Jury here few days ago for the
alleged rape, on the night of Feb
ruary oath, of a 24-year-old White
woman, the trial scheduled to start
here next week.
Pearl River County, scene of the
indictment, and of the forth-com-
ing trail, unless there is a change
of venue which does not seem
likely, has a long history of the
denial of Negro jury service, and
of the denial to Negroes of the
right to vote and political partici-
patton. During the period from
1916 to 1864 which students Of the
race problem in the state point
to as the brightest period for
Negro voter registration, Negro
voting and political participation
in the states the situation in Pearl
River County remained as it has
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Fannye Luekett Braeey, Consumer
ConsuItant, carnation Co., Promoted

Mrs. Fannye Luckett Bracey,
of Jackson, who has been en-
ployed as Consumed Consultant
for the Carnation Company, MAX
ers of the famous Carnation Milk
Products, fer the past several
months recently received her first
promotion.
Mrs. Bracey who in the past has
been working mainly with house.
wives will now be working with
clinics, PTA groups, and Parent
Study Groups.
Mrs. Bracey who was already
widely known in jackson and the
state before being connected with
the Carnation Company is / men,
Der Of Christ Temple Church,
president Of the Senior Choir,
Captain Of Group One Of the
Church Building Fund Drive, and
. member Of the Women's Auxili-
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campaneI|a's Son Put On Probation

New York, April IA - David
Campanella was put on probation
for an indefinite period in Queens
Children's Court yesterday.
The 15-year-old stepson of Roy
Campanella, special coach and for
mer catcher of the Dodgers, who
had been adjudged juvenile delin-
quent, was left in the care of his
family. However, he was placed
under the direction of probation
officer.
He could have been sent to a
reform school for breaking into a
drugstore in Flushing Feb. Is.
But Justice Sylvia j. Liese of the
Domestic Relations Court said the
probation investigation had shown
that he could be rehabilitated every
easily"
A rehabilitation program was
set up for him. This, Justice Liese
explained, is the practice of the
court whenever possible.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-04-18
Soviet Rivalry
In Africa Cited

Washington, April 1O-A State
Department expert predicted today
that the Soviet Union would step
up its efforts to drive all United
States and other Western influ-
ence out of Africa.
Assistant Secretary Of State J.
C. Satterthwaite said Soviet loans
and technical aid to African ma
tons were being exploited on a
widespread basis in connection
with "anti-colonialist and pro-na-
tionalist propaganda"
He said the United States fav-
ored orderly development" Of
Africa toward self-government. At
the same time, he said, it will en-
courage the African people to keep
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Mr.. Campanella, who was partly
paralyzed in an automobile acct
dent fifteen months ago, was away,
working with the Los Angeles Dod-
gers. The boy went to court with
his mother, Mrs. Ruthe Campanel-
la. They had driven from their
home at East Glen Cove, L. 1.
The hearing was private. After
the session, the boy and his mother
left hurriedly.
Basis of Her Decision
Justice Liese said she had based
her decision on reports by the pro-
baton officer.
David is not a seriously dis
turbed boy, she reported.
ut was most apparent that he
was very normal boy despite the
fact that he has had to live in a
goldfish bowl to some extent" she
said. "He has all the normal inter-
ests that boys Of his age have, in
Continued on Page Four)
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Sanctions of the American Ne
groe's Literary Art"
Other Americans also presenting
papers are DR.. William T.. Fon-
tame, professor of philosophy, Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania; Elton Fax,
artist, New York City; James w.
Ivy, editor Of CRISIS magazine;
and Robert L. Carter, general coun-
sci for the NAACP.
DR.. John A. Davis, executive d.
rector Of the American Society Of
African Culture and professor Of
government ct the the City Col
lege Of N. r. ID. chairman Of the
delegation.
Others attending are: Samuel w.
Allen, poet and Instructor ct the
CONTINUED On Psss Two)
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Second Congress Of Negro Writers
And Artists Meeting In Rome

Hampton, Va, April 81. Saun-
|ers Redding, James Weldon john
pm professor of creative writing
Hampton Institute, is is one of
4 leaders and. members of the Am
rican Society of African Culture
presenting the United States at
pc Second Congress of Negro
9riters and Artists meeting in
pine, Italy.
4 Sponsored by the international
Pciety Of African Culture, the
ght Gay conference has a. It's
eme, "The Unity and Response
lily Of Negro African Culture"
Prot. Rsdding Il one Of the five
pmbsrs Of the American dslega.
"a presenting papers during the
ngrsss. His pspsr d entitled.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-04-18
Extension Editor At Tuskeeee
Is Awarded $4,000 Fellowship

Joseph Bradford, an assistant
editor of the Alabama Extension
Service, is one of Is persons in the
mass communications field who re-
Gently received a total of 100000
in fellowship grants from the Fund
for Adult Education.
Mr.. Bradford, who is headquar-
tered at Tuskegee Institute, was
awarded $4,000 to study mass me-
dia methods and programs of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
International Cooperation Admin
istration, and Wisconsin and Michi-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-04-18
Art Festival
AT TougaIoo

The annual Spring Arts Festi-
val at Tougaloo Southern Chris
tian College will open Sunday,
April 10, with its several events
continuing until Sunday, April
26, 1869. The theme of the occa-
sion is Cultural Communications
in a World Community" Library
Week, which Immediately pre-
cedes the Spring Arts Festival, will
bring the theme to focus in
chapel addresses.
In the Spring Arts Festival
there will be not only local but
international participation, with
emphasis On the great American
cultural heritage and the import
ance that it assumes today. The
entire festival Is designed to be
informing and entertaining, brid-
ging time and touching forgotten
places, aiming to make one more
aware that art ID an essential
ingredient Of living and that It
ID drawn from the four corners
Of the earth
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-04-18
Zeta Phi Beta BOule Set For August
In California

San Francisco, Calf. (Global)-
DR.. Deborah Cannon Partridge,
Grand Basileus of the Zeta Phi
Beta Sorority, although quite busy
with her speaking schedule, is ably
assisting Epsilon Phi Zetas of
Berkeley, California and Delta Del
ia Zetas of this city in their plan
ming and programming for the COM
ing 1869 Boule which will be held
here in San Francisco from Au-
gust 18th to the 18th at the Whit
comb Hotel. The Theme of the
Boule will center around "Today's
Youth AS Tomorrow's Citizen"
with Workshops, Panels, Lectures
and Discussions dealing with the
various activities and programs of
Youth on the local, national and in
ternational scale.
DR.. Partridge will open the Boule
on a formal note at the Public
meeting on the night of August
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Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority Holds
Eastern Regional
Conference
DIR. James M. Nabrit,
Jr. Is Guest Speaker

Washington, D. c., April 10,
1859 - Delta Sigma Theta Soro-
rity's Eastern Regional Confer
ence was told recently that it is
of little Importance if the attitu-
des of Southern whites cannot be
changed by law since it has been
proved that their behavior can
be so changed-and overnight.
The speaker was DR.. James M.
Nabrit, Jr., dean of Howard Uni
versity's School of Law. DR.. Nab
rit has figured prominently as an
attorney in Supreme Court deci-
sions affecting race relations in
the United States.
The keynote speaker at the
public meeting Of Delta's Eastern
Regional Conference in Charlotte,
North Carolina, DR.. Nabrit said:
"They (white Southerners) say
that the inability of the law or
Supreme Court decisions to change
the habits or attitudes of South
ern whites makes Indignation i'm
Continued on Page Five)
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Gov. Faubus Hints
Compromise On
School Indignation

Little Rock, Ark, April 9 -
Gov. Orval E. Faubus said today
that he did not intend to initiate
a compromise in the Little Rock
school dispute but that he would
accept one if opposing sides got
together.
He had previously expressed a
desire that Little Rocks public
high schools be reopened an a
basis acceptable to both sides"
He said then this possibly could
be token Indignation.
Mr.. Faubus devoted part of his
remarks at a news conference to
criticizing three Little Rock School
Board members who said We'd
Continued on Page Five)
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Tom Mboya African Nationalist
Leader Of kenya In United States

New York, April ia leading
African nationalist -. sharp-eyed
Tom Mboya, of The British colony
of Kenya-has arrived in the
United States and painted a grim
picture of dangers to the African
nationalist movement from white
settler domination moving from
South Africa northward.
Mr.. Mboya is here under the
auspices of the American Commit
tee on Africa, whose concerns with
the former Dark Continent have
been described as more emotional
than such groups as the older es-
tablished African-American Insti-
tute in Washington. He came chief
ly to address a celebration at Car
negie Hall April Is of African
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-04-18
Ghana To Become
A Republic After
Queens Visit
African Nation To
Remain With British
But Government May
Be Model Of u. S.

Accra, Ghana, April 14-Ghana
will become a republic after the
visit of Queen Elizabeth II next
November.
Kofi Baawo, Minister of In
formation, confirmed reports of
this projected constitutional
change in an interview today.
But, he said, his country will re-
main in the British Common
wealth and the Queen will still
be recognized as "head CT the
Commonwealth" though she will
cease to be Queen of Ghana.
This African state, which, as
the Gold Coast colony, became
independent little more than
two years ago, will thus follow
pattern set by India. 1t is to
be expected, however, that changes
in Ghana's constitution will pro-
duce a form of government more
like that of the United States
or Tunisia than that of India.
in that the new head of a state
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gan State universities.
A graduate of Tuskegee, Mr..
Bradford served as a county agri-
cultural agent in Alabama before
becoming assistant extension edi-
tor. He earned an M. S. degree
in agricultural journalism three
years ago at the University of
Wisconsin.
For his thesis, he made a sur
vey of the communications facili-
ties and needs for extension work
with Negro farm families.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-04-18
British Inquiry Unit To NyasaIand

London, April 9 = A four-man
commission left for Africa today
to inquire into the causes of the
recent riots in Nyasaland and the
basis of reports that a massacre
of Europeans had been plotted
there.
Sir Patrick Devlin, a High Court
Justice who is chairman of the
group, said at London Airport that
the commission would listen to any
one "who has relevant evidence to
give, whether they are detained or
free"
The key figure, now under arrest
as a result of the reported plot, is
DR.. Hastings X. Banda, leader of
the Nyasaland African Congress.
It was to a question about DIR. Ban
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da- that Sir Patrick replied that evil
dence would be taken from anyone
willing to come forward.
The broader political issue in
volving Nyasaland's reluctant
membership in the Federation of
Rhodesia and Nyasaland will not
be a subject of the commissions
inquiry, although chat aspect
might well come into the picture"
Sir Patrick said.
Other members of the commits
sion are Sir John Ure Primrose,
former Provost of Perth; Sir Percy
Wynn Harris, former Governor of
the West African colony of Gam
bia, and E. T. Williams, Warden Of
Rhodes House, Oxford.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-04-18
New Federation In French Africa
Seen In Troubled Waters

Dekar, Senegal - The embryo
fededation Of Mali in French West
Africa has encountred troubled
water early.
OF the four African republics
Senegal, French Sudan, Upper VOL
Ia, and Dahomey-which earlier
this year agreed to set up this fed
GRAFTON in an attempt to re-create
an old Moslem state which once
extended over . similar area, two
now have withdrawn. They are
Upper Volta and Dahomey.
The two remaining republics,
Senegal and the Sudan, are even
now proceeding theoretically with
plans to make the federation IN
accomplished fact, albeit with only
two members. Their legislative a.
ssmblies are on the point Of elect
ing representatives 70 . new Ted.
sral assembly, and the neighborins
republic oS Mauritania, whieh has
been IN Interested observer Of ths
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Haiti Politician
Embassy Refugee

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, April g.
Clement Jumelle, former Presiden-
tial candidate, was reported crit
ically i'll Wednesday, after emery
ing from '21months in hiding.
The Cuban Ambassador, Anton
10 Rodrigues Echaxabal, said he
gave the l2-year-old political lead
or asylum after finding him un-
conscious at tho doorstsp Of the
Embassy residence, whore n. Ju-
mslls had gone With his wife.
Five physicians who examined
u. Jumellt today With . member
Continued on Pags Four)