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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-04-09
Big Mind Went To Work
And DR.. Gomi||ion Got A Letter

| important. Your DehaVior affects
many persons, even me. Because
you are important, and because
my well-being, directly or indi-
rectly, is affected by your con-
ception of yourself and of your
relation to others, I hope that
you will consider how important
you are.
You are more than "a souther-
ner from Lake Charles, Louisi-
ana; you are an American,
presume, and one who has prob
ably read the Declaration of In
dependence, and the Constitution
of the United Sattes of America.
1t is quite likely, also, that you
have pledged allegiance to the
Flag of the United States, our
Homeland. / am inclined to be-
lleve that at some time in the
past you have protested to be-
lleve IN the concept Of democracy,
the principle of equality of op-
portunity. am inclined to be-
lieve, further, that basically you
are a good American, because
you have chosen ID to inform me
OF your utilization, and of your
| intention, CD to warn me of inn
pending danger, and 80 to advise
me as to. what I should do. For
this / am grateful.
Congratulations on your read
ing CORONET, which magazine
frequently contains important ar
ticles. Unfortunately, however,
the title of the article which you
read, 'The indignation fight is
| killing. Tuskegee".sis misleading.
II Isuskegee is being killed, it is
not being killed by the ''integra-
ton fight. If it is being killed,
might it not be by short-sighted,
narrowminded, and undemocra-
tic public officials and citizens
who deprive some American
citizens of civic rights and op-
portunities by refusing to regis
ter them, and by gerrymander-
| ing city? Those in favor of in
tegration did not reduce the size
of the city, nor did they propose
to abolish a county. They do not
seek to destroy the integrity and
the prestige Of an historic munici-
pality; they try to build its re-
sources, enhance its prestige, and
make it a model for democratic
living. and progress.
By this time, l hope that you
have recovered from your illness.
regret that you were made
"sick" by me and my ideals.
| Whenever 1 am responsible for
the illness of anyone, j am I'M
happy.
/ am sorry that you have de-
cided not to speak to the Negroes
whom you have known ''be-
cause of what their race is try
ing to pull. Is this fair to them?
Have they mistreated you? Have
you asked them whether or not
they are in favor of what you
think their race is trying to
pull''? / regret even more your
development of the capacity to
hate. Hatred is both expensive
and dangerous. 1t takes time and
effort to hate. And when one is
hating, he cannot be loving.
When he is acting on hatred, he
cannot be engaged in noble eff
forts. Persons who hate are UNI
happy persons. Many of them are
afraid, and fear is dangerous.
Many persons who are afraid find
it difficult to resist the tempta-
ton to engage in vice or crime.
Love is much more satisfying,
an d honorable, than hatred.
Please examine your present e.
motional content, and see if you
might not want to talk with your
one-time fairly good" Negro
friends. If you listen to them,
Continued on Page 81
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-04-09

State UNIVERSITY was the basketball champs of the South
eastern Conference The championship presented prepex
ing problems to those charged with the responsibility OF
keeping the South for Souhenes who, after all, built IT,
To play in national finals the consideration in view
of the fact that few of the basketball teams in the nation
were not from the South and therefore, could not Would
notD guarantee US that they would have only pure White
AnqIoSaxon Protestant players their teams Now, de-
cson had TO be made before the finals got underway IN
March, And Oh how president Ben bun of MSU must have
gone down on his knees for Divine guidance. Oh, Lord ne
musthave asked "hoW can allow these pure white, Anglo
Saxon Protestant basketball players here to compete against
those Yankee teams who don't respect our great tradition?
And Lord knew what the team here at MSU wants to DO
But praise thee they young and foolish and not aware OF
the importance of our southern way OF life. Beside to tell
them mo " Lord what can .do?"
And the Lord, being Southerner, also white Anglo
Saxon Protestant replied TO DR.. Ben SAYING See thou Dr.
Ben, John $50 s--~~ee
So came to pass that the good Protector Dr. Ben said
unto the young foolish boys who desired to play ntegraed
basketball Nope" And by goy they didn't, either!
As result of the decision by President tIibun, lady
whose motives I'd personally question, wrote letter to the
editor of the Clarion Ledger She said
Dear Editor:
have lust heard the news and I'm gyingthre cheers
good ole Ben burn who put those foolish children At State
IT, in fFeirpace Dr.. Ben knew all old and true Southern
of the former generation knew that IS downright m
decent for children of former slaves to play around with
children of their former mases in basketball anywhere
else
lnterfaarriaee or nsconception If is technically
known is always the result and Mississippi will 90 down the
drain the same one as Egypt Greece, and ancient Blusan
We wonder if Mississippians have realized what the
trends are leading to- Since we have vowed we will never be
ineqrated here and since indignation and resultant mis-
conception (see up above) is taking place like wdre all
ever the u S. including many of former sister Southern
states the results will be utter collapse of the u S. with only
Mississippi and doubt Arkansas still civilized powerful
sovereignties.
STILL three cheers for Dr. Ben who showed those foolish
children who voted for ntemaage thing or two including
GU that when principle high ideal is involved what
the majority Of the people think doesn't make any difference
(2 that we must be consistent;
81 anyones viewpoint be cleared up and made right
if the right rewards used like four year contract
think of how we could win enemies if we could
deal with each one.
(4in this fight Jeff Davis said, going to
have to sacrifice in fact already sacrificing our lives
fortunes andou sacred honors to say nothing Of bas
ketbaI players who along with silly college students will OBJ
Mousy have to be told what to think if segregaonists
Continued Page p
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-04-09

AMERICAN MODERNS
From. Rebellion to Conformity
By Maxwell Geismar
265 PIP. New York: Hill & Wang
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1959-04-04

With the advent of the month
of April political activity in the
villages of both Robbins and
Phoenix was accelerated to
pitch that might be called
feverish.
In Phoenix as in Robbins the
fights are NO ordinary run-of-the
mill campaigns as in other
off-year elections. There is q
definite undercurrent of hostil-
ity that stems more, it seems,
from a personal angle and the
conviction that somebody has
"done me wrong" than from
purely political fight. A test of
Party strength with side dish
Of personal public acceptance
of the leadership of the one or
the other of the adversaries Is
a good explanation of the bit
terness that perVades the at
mosphere in this campaign.
Neither the Peoples Party nor
the Non-Pars sans are involved
in TINS particular hassle. bn'
each could take advantage OF
a situation thrust upon them.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1959-04-04
APRIL PERKS UP ACTIVITIES!

The Independent Citizens al
though in the midst of strenu-
political campaign, are goina
to take time out to pay honor
to the Grand Old Man of the
Party, John S. Richardson.
Mr.. Richardson will be the
honored guest at a Testimonial
dinner. dance at the New Apex
Club. 1864 Claire boulevard or
Sunday, April IL, 1859.
Beginning at 900 pm. the
group will be entertained by
inimitable Dick Gregory and his
All4Star Revue.
Of course all of the Party
stalWarts will be on hand to pay
homage to this distinguished
citizen who has for many years
been at the head of the helm
in this organization, then called
the Original Citizens Party.
Mr.. Richardson also was five
times the president of the vii
lage.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1959-04-04
Robbins Chamber OF
Commerce Meets

There will be a meeting of
the Robbins Chamber of Com
merce on Thursday, April 8,
1859 at it's headquarters, 1921
West 18th street.
The meeting is called for 8
pm. The secretary asks that
YOU please be present and on
time.
James Jackson, Sr.. Pres
James Cephus, Sec'y
Miss Dolores Evelyn Goodwin,
daughter of Elder and Mrs.
Bonnie e. Goodwin to Mr..
Thomas Jones.
The wedding will take place
on June 28th, 1859 at the Port
land Street Church of God in
Christ in Chicago Heights, Ill.
Miss Goodwin is a teacher at
Horace Mann School.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1959-04-04

ROBBINS NEW VII L AGE
HALL which is one of the
pledges made by President E.
Maxey in his campaign to the
voters of Robbins. The picture
above shows that he took his
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1959-04-04

Robbins has a at Sunset Strip"
in the view looking from 139th
to 18TH street from the bridge.
With a little landscape garden
ing and and civic pride this view
could be developed by the peo-
Pile there into a beauty spot.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1959-04-04

THIS picture shows the new
bridge which has replaced the
old narrow structure which has
taken it's toll lives over the
years. Looking at a different
angle from which this picture
was taken you will see that
, 1959-01-07

What If David had said, MY
neck is too valuable to risk under
the sword Of such a mighty war
rior as Goliath
Would It have matteredp
What if Abraham had said,
ASK anything, but do not ask the
life Of my son Isaac"p
What if Esther had said, Il
dare not face King AhaSueruS, for
he will destroy me-?
What If the lowly widow had
said, Elijah shall not have the
little measure Of meal and oil
which stands between my son and
me and Starvationp
Who would have blamed any
Of them for refusal under their
circumstances, and would it really
have matteted If they had acted
otherwisep Does It matter how
you act il your circumstances Of
life?
We know the great spiritual
significance Of Abrahams willing
ness to I'LL his own son in obedi-
ence to God. We know the course
Of the history Of the physical
world would have been changed
if Goliath had slain David.
Esther's decision was in behalf
Of a great people, Perhaps, more
than they realized It, we now
realize the significance to others
Of their decisions. But did It really
matterp Couldn't It have been
worked out some other wayp
And what about the widow
Certainly whether the widow lived
81 died made no difference his
EMHEEN
, 1959-01-07
by Oral RoBERIs
DOES IT MATTER?

torically or otherwise. Why ask
the life Of a lowly widow Did
1t really matter that much?
Notice that in each case, God
called for a life. Notice, also, in
each case, that God gave what he
requested. He asked for life, and
he gave life.
If life matters, It matters what
we do about our call from God.
In the sight Of God, the widows
life was as precious as the life Of
Isaac, or Of David, OF Of Esther:
If this were not so, God would
not have called for the life Of the
widow. If this were not so, God
would not call for you. God calls
only to save. Only precious things
are saved.
One soul lost IS q tragedy Of
momentous concern to that soul
and to God. A lost soul IS the
greatest Of all tragedies because
It is the only thing in existence
which has no remedy. After
death, there is no salvation, no
hope, for a lost soul.
Whether king or shepherd,
whether mighty or lowly, God
calls for every life in order to
save every soul. The only way to
save your life Is to give Il TO God.
Isaac, David, Esther and the
widow lived long lives on earth,
and they live today because they
trusted God with their most
precious possession,
Does it matter?
Il IS the one thing that really
J does matter.
, 1959-01-07
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, 1959-01-07
Editorial
HELP FOR SMALL BUSINESS

IN CONTINUING search for an economic out
for these Islands, the recent statement by no less an off
cial than the director of the Small Business Bureau,
Wendell B. Barnes, gives reinsurance that there is gov
eminent aid to be had under the proper circumstances
and conditions.
THE PROBLEM HERR is that private industry
must make the initial move. Private industry must set
out to act, must know what it wants. must have made
the necessary survey and be willing to set out on its
course. There are a number of enterprises which could
no doubt prove profitable to the businessman, including
the frozen 1ood industry, poultry processing, and the
like. The trouble is that private industry must make the
move.
IT HAS BEEN a suggestion in this corner that
there be some Government group, committee, or what
have you, comparable to the National Resources Plan
ming Board Of the national government. This local group
would provide the government with all sorts Of plans
lands. It would cooperate with business and other
groups, and keep on file suggestions made to it for such
developments.
ABUSINESSMAN or company, for example, want
ing to set up a project and seek government aid through
the Small Business Bureau, could use to great advan-
tage the facilities and information of the group we sug-
gest. It would have facts and figures which could form
the basis for determing the extent of markets and the
like, and be a budapest for future development.
WITH THE Small Business Bureau ready and will
ing to help, it would be a pity, indeed, if the opportunity
were allowed to 90 to waste.
, 1959-01-07

World production Of potatoes
centers in Europe and the USSR,
although this vegetable originated
in the Andes, notes a Twentieth
Century Fund report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20
Sylvia Beach Recalls
Her Famous Bookshop

finally brought the novel to
the American public despite
the hostility Of the censor.
The publication Of ulysses"
in 1922. three years after
Shakespeare and Company
opened, was the apex Of Miss
Beach's career. It was her
only publishing venture de-
spite later overtures from
D. H. Lawrence and other
popular authors. After
Ulysses" she considered
any further publications
anti-climactic.
The reader. too. may think
Miss Beach's story mildly
anti-climactic after It dis
poses Of the Ulysses" publ.
cation theme which domi-
mates the book.
But there are always the
anecdotes to fall back on.
We're Of to liberate the
cellar at the Ritz" cries
soldier Hemingway at Story's
end as he climbs into his jeep
after revisiting Miss Beach
on the day the allies liberated
Paris. BY this time. the
famous bookshop at II rue
de pOdeon had closed its
shutters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20

point and not overdone either
In quantity or in detail.
In all, this appears to be
an admirable venture.
The five books mentioned
above are:
ECHOES OF BATS AND
MEN. BY Donald r. Grit.
nm (Sonar and. to q minor
extent, radar.)
THE NEUTRON STORY. BY
Donald J. Hughes. Can
atomic physics primer.)
MAGNETS: The Education
Of . Physicist. BY Francis
Bitter. Gan autobiographi-
cally slanted discussion Of
magnetism by q man who
has spent his life in its
study
HOW OLD IS THE EARTH?
BY Patrick M. Hurley. Can
up-to-date description Of
the science Of geology.)
SOAP BUBBLES and the
Forces Which Mould Them.
By c. v. Boys. "a reprint
Of q classic on liquid skins.
pressures. jets and cleo
trical conduction, contain
ing many fun-to-do bubble
exerciSeS.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20
Bod Girl Goes
Home to Her
Good Villagers

NICOLA. BY Audrey Erskin,
Lindop. Doubleday; 1885,.
For most Of its 28l pages,
this novel is about as pre-
dictable as the menu at q
ladies club luncheon. It is set
in the usual English village
with the usual quaint name
In this case, Stacey st. Agnes
populated by the usual
village types. It's hero is q
youngish bank official, out
-wardly the primmest man In
the county but in reality be-
set by psychosomatic aches
resulting, the author would
have us believe, from sup
pressed lust for o demi-mon-
dame who was sent to prison
for concealing her underworld
lover from the police.
The girl, considerably sub
dued, returns to town after
serving her time. The
bankers mother, known
throughout the countryside
as q living saint, takes her in
over the sons violent objec-
tons.
Guess the rest Of the plot
yourself, and you're almost
sure to be right. Up to a point.
Miss Lindop whams a sar-
donic ending onto her tale;
but one can't help feeling that
she tried-at the last minute
to turn a harmless little
housewives novel into a
masterpiece of realism and
just didn't make it.
ADELE CHIDAKEL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20
This Novel Brings to Mind
A Psychiotrist's Nightmare

In an era Of sexy novels,
WARRIORS REST. by
Christiane Rochefort, trans
lated from the French by
Lowell Bair Mckay; 43.75),
probably is one Of the sexiest
yet. However. the story Ia not
so much pornographic as
clinical. It sounds, in fact,
like a transcription Of q psy-
chiatrist's nightmare.
Genevieve, who tells her
story in the first person, goes
to a French provincial town
to claim a hefty inheritance
left by an aunt. Entering
the wrong hotel room, she
is able to save q man who
took a bottle Of sleeping
pills. When he RECEIVERS, she
gives herself to him. I doubt
If you'd find a more complete
surrender even in French lit
erature. The man known as
Renaud is Sadistic, q loafer,
a parasite and an alcoholic.
Genevieve Is o masochist.
Nothing her man does mat
tiers; just so she has him.
Warriors Rest" won the
new Prize de Ia Nouvelle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20
FICTION

ALL MY FATHERS. BY
Natala de Ia Fere. CDut-
ton; $500 A light
hearted story Of q young
girl and her five fathers
and one beautiful mother.
HALF MOON HAVEN. BY
Martin Russ. (Rinehart;
49, The author of THE
Last Parallel" writes his
first novel Of Q mentally
retarded children's ward.
HISTORY 6 BIOGRAPHY
ATHENS IN THE AGE OF
PERICLES. BY Charles
Alexander Robinson, jr.
university Of Oklahoma;
$2.750 First Of o series on
the life in the great his
torical cities Of the world.
BATTLE: THE STORY OF
THE BULGE. BY John
Toland. Random; So A
history based on interviews
with German and Amer
lean leaders, by the author
of "Ships in the Sky"
ODD WORLD: A PHOTO
REPORTERS STORY. BY
John Phillips. (Simon and
Schuster; $4.50.)
THE EARLY INHABITANTS
OF THE AMERICAS. BY
Harry Errald Stafford.
Vantage; $6.50) A Ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20
The Boxer Rebellion
Becomes News Aqoin

The SIEGE AT PEk1NG,
by Peter Fleming (Harper:
80 is . valuable and ex.
tremely interesting recon-
struction Of the Boxer Re-
bellion In China In the sum.
mer Of 1900.
Tvs likely that the 50 in
tervening years have dimmed
into further confusion the
public memory Of an cpl
sode in history which was
confusing. to put it mildly,
even at the time 1t was hap
pening. Mr.. Fleming has
gathered with q historians
patience all available mate
rial and sifted 1t into q
graphic narrative. II some Of
the incidents within the cpl
sode and their reason for be-
ing still are not clear. It's
because they have remained
shrouded in o historical fog
which it's improbable any
one viii ever clear entirely.
Chinese Fanatics
The Boxers were Chinese
fanatics who tried to per-
suade themselves that they
had supernatural powers and
were immune from spears
and bullets. Their wrath was
directed. first against the
missionaries, then against all
foreigners. The Empress
Dowager. first pretending to
oppose the Boxers, tacitly
espoused their cause and
large numbers Of her i'm
perial troops fought against
the foreigners.
The foreign legations, who
once occupied q contiguous
section Of Peking, were held
under siege for weeks and
meanwhile subjected to all
most constant fire that in
flicted many casualties. Mis-
sionaries In various parts Of
China were slaughtered; all
foreigners were in intense
danger. The international re-
lief expedition that finally
relieved the legations, con-
sisted Of British, American,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20

dying man but strangely
changed into q more human
one. q priest who considers
the salvation Of the decadent
countess. Of Nicki. Of the
grown son Of Nerone more
important than the issue Of
Nerone.
One priest. . village pastor,
who has shared the bleak
poverty Of his flock. has gone
wrong. but this could happen,
and. even In his case. there
are extenuating circum-
stances.
A deep spiritual quality
develops 90 the story goes
on and dominates its con-
cluding pages.
II 10. In my opinion, q 70.
markedly fine novel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20
CRIME AND MYSTERY
By BETTY MILES
Star stan Writer

The very thing that dis
tinguished Ed McBain's S7th
precinct series--a sense Of
reality-is missing in TILL
DEATH tSimon & Schuster:
$2.95). AS a rule, Mr.. McBain
depends on good characteri-
cation. credible police rou-
tine and plausible crises.
Here, the 87th precincts
Steve Carella tries to pro-
tect his new brother-in-law.
whose life has been threat.
ened on his wedding day.
The plot is flimsy and badly
developed. Unbelievably-for
the 87th precinct-the story
is unbelievable.
&& -
LAM EMIT FOR FOUR
BRIDES. BY Evelyn Berk-
man." (Dodd, Mead; $3.50.
For sheer antique horror
revisited we preferred Miss
Berkman's THE Strange
Bedfellow." but she's still q
girl to chill the spine. Ar
cheologist Melanie Baird
needs money for the care Of
her invalid husband. 50 of
she goes hunting unlikely
treasure in an abby crypt.
The feudal French baron in
whose home she stays is
strange and threatening. the
fear Of the crypt the peasants
display disturbing. It's all
resolved in a finish that's q
crypt hanger.
PERISH BY THE SWORD.
BY Paul Anderson. (The Mac
milan; $2.95.) The killer
may WELD q Samurai sword,
but the book is felled by
cliches. This is the surpris-
ing choice for the first an.
nual Macmillan Cock Robin
Mystery Award. Science
writer Mike Stefanik Is in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20

under the Doubleday-Anchor
mark.
Five titles came to this
writer's desk in recent days.
together with q handout ex-
planning the purpose Of the
series: ITO bridge the gap
between scientist and lay
man." A yearly outpouring
Of about Is titles is promised.
Science Study Series policy
might be summed up this
way: Price. in the 81 range
(the first five were 95 cents
each); formal, 4Ax7h with
cover stock. inside paper and
printing quality typical Of
the highbrow paperbacks:
content, concise and simpli-
fed Cbut not oversimplified)
with an average length Of
about $4,000 words; author
ship, authoritative. Four Of
the five books to hand are
indexed; three contain fur
ther reading" photographers.
Well-Planned Job
Reliability is good - on
the Scientific American"
level. Illustrations are to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-20
Foreign Service Officer
Writes a First Novel !:

all the food orders simply
sends extra dinners down to
the dumb-waiter extended.
They are whisked through
the passage to Giovanni'x
which becomes o sensation
because Of its policy Of limit.
ing reservations.
The smooth path Of sin has
some rough places. A crazy
old lady joins the syndicate.
A marvellous Etruscan tomb
is discovered and Giovanni
is all but lost to antiquities.
But all is resolved in hare.
Drained and bold fashion.
Mr.. Shaw's style is not quite
equal to his inventiveness,
but his novel Is pleasurable
reading. M. MEG.