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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Church Leaders Pledge Against Job Discrimination
ACTION COMES IN DAY-LONc
Meeting With PRESIDENTS
Committee ON GOV. CONTRACTS
500 Leaders Representing n Major
Religious Bodies In Attendance
Group Pledges Assistance To Committee
In Carrying Out It's Program

WASHINGTON, D. c., May IL.
"A pledge of support for the pol
icy of equal job opportunity for
all Americans and assistance to
the Presidents Committee on Gov
eminent Contracts in implement
ing the policy was voiced by near
ly 500 religious leaders today dur
ing a day-long meeting at the
Sheraton Park Hotel.
The religious leaders, who rep
resented % of the nations major
religious denominations, convened
here at the invitation of Vice Pres
ident Richard Nixon. Mr.. Nixon
serves as chairman. of the Presi-
dents Committee, which was es-
tablished in 1868 to promote equal
job opportunity in firms handling
Government contracts.
The views of the churchmen
were contained in reports from
five, two-hour discussion sessions
which followed addresses on the
program and policies of the Pres
ident's Committee; the problems
faced by minority groups in OBJ
tanning employment, and the af-
fects of discriminatory hiring on
the nations economy and security.
The speakers included Mr.. Nixon;
Continued on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
jeanes Supervisors Hold Golden
Jubilee Convention at I uskeeee

Meeting at Tuskegee Institute
last week for its Golden Jubilee and
9th Biennia Convention, the Nation
al Association Of Jeanes Supervis-
ors heard DR.. F. d. Patterson Pres
ident, Phelps-Stokes Fund and
member Of the Board Of Directors
Of the Southern Education Foun-
dalton issue the call for "a new
order in human relations in the
world today"
Speaking at the Public Meeting
held in Logan Hall before 1000 per-
sons, Dr. Patterson said, There
should not and must not be arbi-
trary standards for any group
In . specific reference, he said, 'Tn
all areas Of endeavor, the national
norms for Negroes can b no less
than those for any other Amsri-
can"
Viewing Technology and motiva-
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Alabama Negro Group Warns
Integration May Destroy Schools

public schools b. force will surely
destroy eur publie school, system.
This wlli BE done because .
few hot-heAded people insist on
Indignation BY force. Such people
are agents for organizations with
a program 10 exploit the Southern
Negro" the group said
The Association. which claims
a membership Of 1900 in Alabama
said "the Negroes need the white
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
PRINCE HALL MAS0NS HOLD
ANNUAL GRAND MASTER CONF.

New York City.-Prince Hall
Masons from over the u. s. A,
Canada, Hawaii, the Bahamas and
Africa met here in the Prince Hall
Masonic Temple, 454 West 155th
St., May 18th through 18th in the
Annual Grand Masters Confer
ence of Prince Hall Masons, pre-
sided over by Amos T. Hall, Tulsa,
Okla, president.
High on the agenda were plans
for fighting illegitimate Masonry.
The Committee on Clandestine
Masonry reported successful law
suits in Kansas, Georgia and Ken
lucky, and reported suit now
in process in Philadelphia.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
PopIarviIIe Pot Still Boiling
Spills Over Into State Politics

had uncovered several prime sus-
poets in the case and there would
soon be some arrests made by the
FBI. First there was an increase
in the casualty list as two more
suspects were sent to the hospital
as q result Of FIJI grilling accord
ing to reports. Following the re-
ported hospitalizations, after two
other reported attempts ut suicide
believed growing out Of the FBl
investigation, State - well - local
officials Joined in : demand that
the FIJI investigation be called of,
which was following by . report
the Mississippi's Congressman Col
mer had asked the Attorney Gen.
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Negrocoed
IsIndiana j.
Beauty Queen

Bloomington, Ind. - A Negro
coed, winner over ID white girls,
will enter the state finals Of the
miss America" contest wearing
the crown Of miss Indiana Uni
versity."
Nancy Streets, . talented 49,
year-old sophomore from South
Bend, Ind, ID believed to b the
first Negro girl ever to win =
queen contest on the III. campus.
"A member Of Alpha Kappa AL
pha Sorority, she was nominated
Continued on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
j. S. To Give
Ethiopia Grain
For Blight Areas
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. - The State
Department said this week that
it is increasing its emergency as
sistance shipments of grain to
Ethiopia to 1880 tons under an
agreement signed last week.
The agreement provides for the
shipment Of $500 tons Of sorghum
and 1000 tons Of wheat for dis
trfbution in the Ethiopian prov
inces Of Harar and Tigre, adding
to the 5000 tons of wheat and
5000 tons Of sorghum for Eritrea
under . similar agreement signed
Mar. 6.
Ambassador Zaude Gabre Hey
wot signed the agreement for the
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23

New York - Governor Nelson
A. Rockefeller of New York will
address the opening public meet
ing of the 50th anniversary con-
vention of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People here in July, NAACP
Executive Secretary Roy wilkins
announced last week.
The Governor is scheduled TO
open the convention with an ad-
dress at the night session in the
Coliseum on July IS. Also speak
ing at the opening meeting viii be
DR.. Claiming II. Tobias, chairman
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
C|arksda|e NAAcP Urged FIJI TO
Investigate Shaving OF Negro

Clarksdale, Miss = The National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People asked the FBI
today to investigate the fatal
shooting of a Negro by officers
last Sunday after he killed a white
man.
Jonas Causey, former mental
patient, was killed in his house
by the fire of about Is officers
after he refused to surrender for
shooting Orville Bailey, so and
slightly wounding another white
man, B. w. Knight.
Aaron Henry. president of the
Coahoma County Branch of the
NAACP, said a signed statement
by Causey's widow blaming the
shooting on the white men was
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23

submitted to an FBI agent who
forwarded it to Washington for
a decision on whether the FBI
could enter the case.
The statement also had been
submitted to Coahoma County
Sheriff Leighton Miller who said
the woman also had given other
contradictory" statements. Mil
Ter said her statements did not
jibe with "what we found at the
scene" and he considered the case
closed.
Miller said Causey fired two
shotgun b. SITS at a Pickup truck
driven by bailey who fell dead in
the cab. Knight suffered minor
birdshot wounds but escaped and
Continued On Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
JUDGE GRANTS TWO WEEKS
DELAY IN FLORIDA RAPE CASE

Attorneys for Wilton Ceilings
worth, %, and Patrick Scarborough
20, based their motion for a con-
tinuance on grounds that it would
be difficult for a jury to render
justice because of the wide pub
licity given the case. They also
argued they needed more time to
prepare defense.
Attorneys for the other two de-
PENDANTS, David Beagles, Is, and
Ollie Stoutamire, 16, said they
would go along ith any trial date
set by the court. The four youths
will be tried together.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23

The Poplarville pot still boiling
since the FBI developed its inten-
sive investigation into the lynching
Of M. c. Parker, a Negro snatched
from the Pearl River County Jail
by a mob Of white men while
awaiting trial for the alleged rape
Of white woman, spilled over
into Mississippi politics this week
as several candidates for local and
state offices attacked Governor
Coleman for calling for aid from
the FIJI.
AS the pot continued to boil
there was these developments dur
ing the past several days, during
which there were q stream Of un-
confirmed reports that the FBI
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Halt Plan To Arrest Roy Wilkins
Medger Evers At Sunday Meeting

1t was learned shortly before
4 pm. Sunday that county officers
would make the arrest, backed up
by city police. Affidavits charg-
ing the two Negro leaders with
advocating breakdown of Mis-
sissippi segregation laws" were
filed with a justice of the peace
who was not available for COM
ment.
1t was reported that a Citizens
Council official had filed the af-
fidavit apparently under q 1864
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Sekou Toure
Guinea Presiden
Preparing For
First j. S. Visit
Deny Communism
But Invites East
West Aid

CONAKRY, Guinea, May 49,
The handsome brooding figure Of
Guinea's Sekou Toure will make
its appearance in Washington for
the first time next September.
Following the postponement of
a visit planned earlier this year,
the President of the new West
Africa republic of Guinea is COM
ing to the United States on a visit
which could conceivably exert ma
jor influence on Guinea's future
direction.
Although Guinea is a relatively
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Negro Girl Wins French Film Title

Cannes, France - Cecilia Coop
er, 20, of New York City, Tuesday
night became the first Negro to
win the title of Miss Festival" at
the Cannes Film Festival.
The bikini-clad Cecilia appeared
stunned by her triumph over q
score of European beauties includ-
ing Amy Nielsen, Miss Paris of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
STATE NAACP PRESIDENT IS
ARRESTED-RELEASED ON BOND

sion, May II, 1884" School Prin-
cipal w. A. Reed Jr. told them
the badges would not be permitted
in school. He indefinitely suspend
ed three Of four boys, two Of them
Darden's sons, who refused to re-
move them.
Police said they arrested Darden
after he appeared on the school
grounds taking the boys pictures
after their suspensions. Darden
claimed he did not 60 on the
grounds until he conferred with
Reed.
.Darden said police confiscated
the film he exposed In taking pic
lures Of the students.
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23

Thirty-two Grand Masters were
present at the meeting. These
included the following:
Solomon Richardson, Arkansas;
Herbert A. Greenwood, California;
R. C. Pierce, Colorado; 7. Ralph
Watts, Connecticut; VIM. w.
Barnes, Washington, D. c.; J.
Wesley Dobbs, Georgia; Obed E.
Vandenburg, Illinois; Frank c.
Robinson, Iowa; P. G. Porter, Kan
sas; Richard A. Henries, Liberia,
Africa; John G. Lewis, Jf., Louis
lana; Willard w. Allen, Maryland;
James w. Lesueur, MASSACHUSETTS,;
VIM. o. Green, Michigan; John R.
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Negro Jury Issue
Raised In n. D.
Rape Case

NEW 0RLEANS.-State and
defense arguments were heard to-
day in u. s. Fifth Circuit Court
of Appeals in the case of two Ne
groes condemned to die for the
rape of a white woman here in
1850.
Counsel for Edgar Lebat and
Clifton Alton Poret claimed the
grand jury which indicted the
pair was systematically excluded
of Negroes.
The defense claimed also that
police here "pressured" a witness
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23

Tallahassee, Fla, May 10 - A
Judge granted a two weeks delay
Tuesday in the trial of four white
men charged in the mass rape of a
young Negro college coed.
Circuit Judge w. May Walker
delayed the trial until June 10. He
said he felt the original date, May
27, was "fair" but permitting
delay in the interest of making
certain that justice is done. At
torneys for two of the defendants
asked for at least as days delay
because of Climate of high pub
lie excitement" in the case here.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23

An attempt Sunday afternoon
by Kinds County law enforcement
officers to arrest Roy Wilkins, ma
tional executive secretary of the
NAACP, and Medgar Evers, state
NAACP regional secretary, was
mysteriously called off at the last
minute.
Wilkins addressed a statewide
NAACP rally at the Negro Ma
sonic Lodge on Lynch Street in
observance of the fifth annivers-
airy of the Supreme Courts school
desegregtaion decision of 1854.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
New York Governor Rockefeller
NAAcP 5th Anniversary Speaker

of the Associations Board of Di-
rectors, who will deliver the key
note address.
Among others who will address
sessions of the convention or Mr..
wilkins who will speak at the clos
ing session in the Polo Grounds
on July 10: ThurgOOd Marshall. d.
rector-eounsel Of the NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund, who
will be the principal speaker At the
Freedom Fund dinner on July Is;
and representatives of various
church. labor, and civic orgAniza-
(Continaed on Page sixl
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Civil Rights GrouI
Reports On
Complaints

Washington - The Civil Rights
Commission reports 1t has received
1853 sworn complaints since It was
created two years ago from peo-
pie who charge they were deprived
Of the right to vote.
The commission furnished Z table
giving I breakdown Of the COM
plants to Z House appropriations
CONTINUED On Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Negroes On Jury
For First Time In
Yazoo County
History
Two Get SO Years In
Staying OF White
Cafe Owner

Yazoo City, Miss. May 10 =
Yazoo City - Two Yazoo City Ne
groes charged in the murder of a
69-year-old white cafe operator
were sentenced to 80 years in the
state penitentiary Wednesday by
Judge Leon Hendrick.
Only one of the Negroes was
tried, Paul Guilty. The trial of
Charles Cage was scheduled to
come up next week.
Both had entered not guilty pleas
in the murder of w. E. Moss who
was stabbed to death in his cafe
and robbed of several hundred dol
lars on the morning of Nov. 18,
1868.
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
NEGRO JURORS MAKE NEW MISSISSIPPI HISTORY
Natl Baptist
Congress 10 Hold
Five Seminars At
Memphis Meet
Expect More Than
800 Ministers
To Attend

New York, May 12.-Dr. o. Clay
Maxwell, President of the National
Baptist Sunday School and Bap-
fist Training Union Congress,
meeting in Memphis, Tenn, June
22-28, announces that DR.. Roy
Love, Memphis, Tenn, will head
the Pastors Division. DR.. Max
we'll further states that the five
seminars will offer to the various
pastors of the National Baptist
Convention and the country at
large the most informing, and spir-
itually refreshing meeting of min
listers ever to be held in this coun-
try. DR.. Love declared that five
Seminars or group leaders of great
scholarship and spiritual delivery
Continued On Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23

Meridian, Miss. May 16-Charles
R. Darden, Mississippi President
of the NAACP, was free today un-
der 500 bond after his arrest for
photographing Negro high school
students who wore badges COM
memorating the U. s. Supreme
Court deseregation ruling.
Darden, q photographer by trade
was charged with disturbing
session Of the Negro high school"
He was fingerprinted and released
pending q police court hearing Sat
urday.
Darden said members Of the
Meridian Youth Council Of the Ma
ACP were provided badges read
ing: "U. s. Supreme Court Deci-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23

view. The position is limited to
full-time day students.
1t is understood that this is the
first time a woman has been ap-
pointed to this position.
AS a part-time student, she
ranks at the top of her class, even
though she discharges full re-
sponsibilities as Delta's executive
director. She received the Kappa
Beta Fl Award, given to the wo-
man in the first year class with
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23

Birmingham, (UPIl-Ths south
ern Negro improvement Assn. Of
Alabama has charged q STEW hot
headed people" insisting on forcing
Indignation could lead 10 the clos
ure of the states public schools.
The group. in q statement re-
leased Tuesday, said school inte-
grafton was not the "desire Of the
majority Of the Negroes in this
state.
"Any attempt 70 integrate the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23

1859, and IS other girls.
She had almost nothing to say
at first but a lone American on the
jury, Chicago businessman Robert
Apple, said with tears in his eyes:
ITO see an American Negro girl
win an international contest over
European whites is something I'll
never forget"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Newest African
Ambassador To
j. S. Presents
His Papers

Washington - The new Ambas-
sador of the half-year-old Repub-
lie Of Guinea, newest independent
state of Africa, presented his Gre
dentials to President Eisenhower
last week.
Ambassador Tell Boubacar Dial
10 told President Eisenhower that
Guinea is putting strong "hopes in
you personally and in the action
of your government" in the hope
that the ''irrevocable" changes af-
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Camilla Williams Negro Singer
Cited By New York University

Miss Williams was the first Ne
gro soprano to appear with the
New York City Opera Company
when she made her debut in mad
am Butterfly" in 1916. Since
then she has performed at interna-
tional music festivals, in operas, as
soloist with major orchestras, and
on recital tours.
In 1854 Miss Williams made her
recital debut in London, and in
the following year she sang for the
first time at the Vienna State
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Whites Get Six
Months Time In
Bombing Case

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Caught
and beaten last year by Negroes
when they tried unsuccessfully to
set off a bomb at Negro home
in Fountain Heights suburb, three
white men last week pleaded
guilty to the charges and were
given six months at hard labor
and then put on a years proba-
ton.
Their Negro captors held them
CONTINUED on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Mixed Group In
Virginia Hits
Segregated Seats

Richmond, Va. - Virginia's rig
id segregated seating laws for such
places as auditorioums and theaters
came under new attack today in a
federal court suit filed by a white
minister and three Negroes in Nor
folk.
Gov. J. Lindsay Almond, Norfolk
Mayor w. Fred Duckworth and
other Norfolk city officials were
named defendants late Wednesday
by the four men who claimed their
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23
Patricia Roberts Harris RESIGNS
As DeIta's Executive Director

WASHINGTON, D. c., May Is.
The resignation of Mrs. Patricia
Roberts Harris as executive direct
or of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
was announced recently by DR..
Jeanne L. Noble, the Sorority's
national president.
Mrs. Harris is resigning August
81, 1859 to devote full-time to her
studies at the George Washington
University Law School where she
has been appointed associate edi-
tor of the University's Law Re-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-05-23

New York, May Is (SpeciaD-
Soprano Camilla Williams will
receive New York University's
Presidential Citation today Mon
day, May 49,. The citation goes to
persons selected for outstanding
services to the University and the
community or for other accomplish
ments meriting special recognition.
DR.. Carroll V. Newsom, presi-
dent of the University, will present
the award to Miss Williams at
pm. in a ceremony at the NYU
Club, 1923 West ARD Street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-06

"Whirlwind" garden sprinkler
revoIves with voter pressure.
Has rustproof twin nozzIes.
Heavy bose oIwoys stoys put.
A terrific buy!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-22

The FomiIy Council consists Of q
Judge, q psyehiotrist, three
elersymen, o newspaper editor. o
women's editor ond two writer's.
Eoeh article is o summary Of on
oetuoI eose history, The council
reports on problems thot hove
been deolt with by responsible
oseneies and eounseIoH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-22
FAMOUS FABLES
BY Z. z. EDGAR

INSPIRATION: Like most
directors in the early days
Of the movies, D. w. GrifIith
frequently had to operate on
a shoestring. When money
was lacking resourcefulness
would come to the rescue.
When Griffith was filming
"The Birth Of a Nation" he
ran out Of money just be-
fore he was to shoot the ride
Of the Ku-Klux Khan, one of
the highlights of the picture.
A horde of cowboys and
their mounts was needed for
the scene.
AS he was about to call 1t
a day Griffith noticed up
the road a group of cowboy
extras who were working on
another picture. The sight
galvanized him into action.
He set up his camera. Then
he signaled to an assistant,
who started to Jump up and
down, shouting:
Come and get it, every
body! Lunchl"
With wild whoops the cow
boys spurred their horses and
galloped furiously past the
camera to the studio COM
missary. The scene which
resulted was one of the most
stirring in film history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-22
THE GOLDEN YEARS
. Early Retirement
Nav Be PitfoII
BY Wolf Disney

riod-until Social Security
started for both of us. We'd
have a fat retirement income
=. and we owned our house"
So, reluctantly at first, and
then more eagerly, he began
laying groundwork for re-
retirement at 81. And his
wife, happier now, told him
to stop worrying about her.
II did," he says. II became
absorbed in all the affairs
that go with early retirement.
I hardly noticed that the
spadewolk I had done a year
earlier to get my wife in
volved in outside activities
was beginning to produce a
crop.
"She was now in the
Women Voters, was exhibit
ing flowers at the State Gar
den Club show, serving on
two committees of the Con-
servation Society, and study
ing for a role in a Community
Theater play :"
BY the time he woke up
to all this. he was committed
to his retirement. And it is
now drawing close.
MY concern isn't that I
sold myself this mad scheme
of quitting at 81, and it is
no longer necessary. My very
real problem is that ! am
about to come home with
nothing to do, while my wife
is out skipping around the
country happily and
enthusiastically at work"
This man doesn't blame his
wife. He takes the philisophi-
cal view that human nature
has just taken its course. He
is unwilling to break his wife
away from a string of activi-
ties she obviously enjoys. He
is unwilling to go out and
hunt new work for himself.
But he knows that his do
nestle boat must be balanced
if there are to be any Golden
Years for them, and he's de-
pending on his wife's good
sense to do it.
Married couples had better
keep an eye on this problem.
Those who are happiest after
retirement put their interest
in each other-and in out
side activitieS-into balance
as they move up to age IS.
Copyright 1859, General
Features Corp
The Golden Years oppeors eoeh
Thursday.