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Evening star., 1960-12-08
Hard Work Shapes Up
CoDitoI Plaza Stands

THE actual work isn't diff
cult. Right now we're framing"
he said, pointing to the laying
of wood strips throughout the
plaza. preparatory to installing
seats.
Since 1888
What makes it hard is
working outside in this weather
from 1880 until 4. If you don't
think it's hard, try getting up
and down on your knees on
this cold cement"
Other carpenters were more
philosophical.
Its a job; the best thing
about it is when it's over"
one burly carpenter said.
Millard w. Musgrave, a ST.
year-old carpenter, took time
off from his work on a photo
graphers' booth to say that he
had worked on inaugurations
since Franklin D. Roosevelt's
first one in 1888.
I'VE had good weather for
that one" he said. That year,
though. he said he spent more
time on the parade route
stands than in the Capitol
Plaza.
The worst weather for in
augural construction? Mr..
Musgrave said it was in 1856.
while working on President
Eisenhower's second one. It
showed in the fall.
Mr.. Hit said about 100000
feet of lumber will be needed
to finish the job. which he
fully expects to be complete
by January Is.
Its hard to believe-but
we'll have it done" one car
penter said. 1--WE always do"
BEST thing about it." an
other worker said, "is that we
don't have to take it down."
Evening star., 1960-12-08
Mothers Plan
Passed by D. G.

The District Welfare Depart
ment's trail-blazing program to
convert young mothers on re-
lief into self-sufficient citizens
was given final clearance today
by the Commissioners.
The Commissioners approved
locating the headquarters for
the program at the Phyllis
Wheatley YWCA branch annex
at 17l9 Thirteenth street NV.
Under provisions of a five-
year rental contract, the YWCA
will invest about $35, 900 in
repairs and remodeling.
Welfare Department officials
now will begin q screening
process to pick 30 mothers with
one child each to live at the
home with their children.
Evening star., 1960-12-08
HISTORY SUGGESTS sew,

HISTORY SUGGESTS sew
eral reasons why Europe
burst its bonds; to convert
the inhdel and to bring back
the silks of China and the
gold and gems of the Indies
are among them. But this
trade association history in,
sists that one reason was
paramount: The explorers
were looking for spice.
On his overland trip to
Cathay in the 18th century:
Marco Polo learned the loca-s
ton Of the Spice Islands.
But is was two centuries
later that they were reached
by ship. Prince Henry the
Navigator, who, never went
to sea, encouraged his Portu-
guese mariners to go down
the west coast of Africa. The
great achievement was pass
ing Cape Non, a sand bar of
the African bulge. Below
that the sea was boiling hot.
The Equator was reached
in 147l, the mouth of the
Congo in 1473. In 1486
Bartholomew Dias went
around the Cape of Good
Hope. In 1897 Vasco da Cana
sailed all the way to the
Molluca, or Spice Islands, be-
tween Borneo and New
Guinea. At last Europe had
found the source of pepper,
ginger and nutmeg.
Evening star., 1960-12-08
The
Rambler
Reflects on
Being Well OFF
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

On a recent holiday the
Rambler whiled away sew
eral delightful hours read
ing two unusual books, the
50th anniversary edition of
"A Treasury of Spices" pub
lished by the American
Spice Trade Association, and
the Physiology of Taste" by
Jean Anthelme Brillat-
Savarin.
They gave him occasion to
feel happy that he was born
at just the right time
neither too early nor too late.
This euphoria was oc-
caSioned by a realization of
how recent in history are
many Of the foods which we
consider necessities.
On that first Thanksgiving
dinner in 1920 there was no
sugar to sweeten the cram
berries. They might have
stuffed the turkey with
spiced bread - but that's
doubtful. They might have
become acquainted with
coffee in their short stay in
Holland-but that's doubtful,
too.
At the Lucullan feasts of
the ancients, the CASTRO
nomic orgies at Sybara, they
had meat but no potatoes.
Horace quaffed his Falernian
from a board that was other
wise Spartan and no brandy
was served to the guests re-
clining on the dining couches
described by Ovid.
For a few centuries during
It's decline and fall the
Roman Empire imported
pepper and cloves through
its outposts on the Red Sea
and the Persian Gulf. When
Rome fell the MohammedanS
took over the Middle East
and controlled the spice
trade to medieval Europe,
which was through Alexan-
dria and Venice.
Evening star., 1960-12-08

NANVoAAS" H. MSSuAC VI lIS
plans. Judge MCGUIRE had
asked that the building be used
as an addition by Municipal
Court if the courts jurisdiction
is increased.
Yesterday the Metropolitan
Washington Board of Trade,
alarmed by the possibility that
the building might not be
turned over to the Commission
ers, issued a statement which
said, 1--WE urge the General
Services Administration to
abide by the decision to return
the old Washington City Hall
to the Commissioners"
The building, on Indiana ave-
nue. between Fourth and Fifth
streets NV, was erected to
house the District government in
the early 1800s. It also has
served as a courthouse.
"Of public buildings, only
the Capitol and White House
are older" the statement said.
THE Commissioners have a
heavy responsibility in their
r0le aS hoods of tho Notin,,, ,e
Capital to cordially and ap-
propriately extend the courte-
sizes Of this community to such
visitors.
"The facilities available to
them now are grossly made
quate and in no way comparable
with the historic and impressive
municipal buildings in London,
Rome. Brussels. Copenhagen
Evening star., 1960-12-08
FroiI Lass Couldn't Blow BuoIe
But Beats Way to Fame on Drum

now plays. There was one
other girl in percussions when
started but she gave it up."
The summer Elayne was
graduated from Juilliard she
played at Tanglewood with
Leonard Bernstein. She then
auditioned for the New York
City Opera and got the job she
kept for II years.
Elayne is friendly, cheerful
and talented but says, Il al
ways feel the pressure to
do anything. you feel you must
be twice as good because you're
a girl.
And there were other bar
riers in the musical field. Out
side of dance bands, Negroes
were seldom hired. Then two
years ago, the Urban League,
years ago, the Urban League
got interested in our situation.
When the facts were published,
more Negroes were hired. Two
days after an article by the
league was published was
hired by the New York Phil
harmonic"
Elayne was the first Negro
male or female-to play in the
orchestra and the first female
outside of pianists and harpiSts.
Most of her work has been with
the New York City Opera and
on several recordings. Her one
desire is to play the Met.
Her family consists of her
doctor husband and three chill
dren, 6 years, 4 years and l8
months old.
The children view her profess
sion with some tolerance and
little enthusiasm.
MY 6-year-old always says,
Mama. why can't you play
something nice and quiet like
the violin?'" ,
Evening star., 1960-12-08
Odessa Mudre
Found Guilty

Odessa M. Madre, So, Of the
4400 block of Ninth street NV,
was found guilty in Municipal
Court yesterday of receiving
stolen property and possessing
numbers slips.
A jury gave its verdict after
celebrating about an hour and
a half. Earlier. Judge Thomas
c. Scalley had dismissed a Sec
ond count Of receiving stolen
property.
T. Emmett Mckenzie, Miss
Madre's lawyer, said he will
appeal her conviction. Judge
Scalley set sentencing for De-
cember IA.
Evening star., 1960-12-08
BY MYRA MACPHERSON
Star Staff Writer

| Oval obdA "TlteI
Elayne Jones Kaufman, the
first woman ever to play drums
in the 125-year-old National
Theater-as we'll as with the
New York City Opera and the
New York Philharmonic-took
up percussionS because she
didn't have enough strength
to blow a bugle.
The slim 32-year-old drum
mer in the orchestra of the
pre-Broadway "The Conquer
ing Hero" at the National said,
II was a scrawny kid and they
didn't think I could play a
wind instrument so they let me
play drums in the high school
drum and bugle corps"
From this beginning, Elayne,
fighting successfully against
women can only play string
instruments" prejudices. has
played for Leopold Stokowski,
Igor Stravinsky and Leonard
Bernstein.
She started at New York's
Music and Art High School as
a pianist but after practicing
for hours alone at the piano,
II thought it was so wonderful
to play in an orchestra with
other people, I found ! had no
use for the piano."
With other members of the
25-piece orchestra at the Ma
tional, Elayne bends her head
to get through the 3-foot-high
pit door to play music for a
show she can't even see. I'm
under the stage ledge so I
can't see what's going on"
Shaping up the show for
Broadway means constant
changes.
Every RIght we have new
Evening star., 1960-12-08

and most other well established
capital cities"
The Board of Trade suggested
that space is available in Ju-
dietary Square for additional
court buildings. and More
over, we are advised that city
hall is not we'll suited for court
functions"
Evening star., 1960-12-08

instructions-music in. music
out, cut four bars here, add
four here"
In high school Elayne won a
Duke Ellington scholarship to
Juilliard, where she studied all
the percussion inSAuments she
Evening star., 1960-12-08
GSA Affirms PIon
For D. c. City Hall
Municipal Court Denied Use
Of Selective Service BuiIdino

The General Services Administration said today there will
De no change in its plans to turn Seecye
ice headquarters to the District Commissioner for use as
ceremonial city hall by January, 1862
Seective Service move out bv that date
The GSA also said that had informed District Judge
, 1960-11-05
Board Of Elections
Meet 10 Arrunge
Findl Pluns

The officers of the Board
of Elections met on Thurs
day night in Government
with Government
Secretary, DR.. Roy Bornn
and Horace CallWood.
The purpose Of the meet
ing was for final instruc-
tions on tallying Of ballots
on November 8.
, 1960-11-05
st. Croix Business und
Professional Clubs to
Visit ST. Thomds

Next Saturday, Novem-
Der II, the Business and
Professional Women's Club
Of st Thomas will be hold
ing a luncheon meeting at
Bluebeard's Castle.
The st. Thomas Club has
extended an invitation to
the st. Croix clubs to come
over and join them on that
occasion in order to meet a
group Of Business & Profes-
sional Women from New
York.
Members Of the st. Croix
clubs who would like to go
are asked to call Mrs. Ger
trude Converse as soon as
possible so that she may
make arrangements wit
the ST. Thomas Club.
, 1960-11-05

sjbilities for the Elections.
The Government Print
ing Office under Alphonse
Donastorg is busy printing
ballots and ballot envelopes
and new forms designed to
expedite tallying the votes,
and reporting and console
dating the returns from the
, 1960-11-05
Marines in ST. Thomds
To Mark l85th
Anniversary Nov. 10

Ceremonies will be held
in St, Thomas on Thursday,
November 10 to mark the
the 185th birthday of the
United States M r n e
Corps. The U. S. Navy Lea
que, headed by Joseph
Green and the End Force
Reconnaissance Company,
Fleet Marine Force, a unit
of which is stationed in st.
will sponsor the
ceremonies.
From II to 100 pm.
there will be a fleet landing
~
on the waterfront, opposite
Sebastian's to be followed
static displays Of Wea-
pons and equipment, de-
monstrations of reconnais-
ance techniques, try on Of
a parachute and padding Of
a rubber boat.
The public has been in
vited to a birthday ball and
cake-cutting ceremony at
pm. at the Gramboko
, 1960-11-05
Los Cubunos to Meet
Giunts in Ord Come
For Championship

The third game in the
series for the island base
ball championship will be
played tomorrow afternoon
at 8 o'clock on the Canegata
Ball Park in Christiansted.
Los Cubanos are two up
on the Frederiksted Giants,
this probably could be the
last game Of the series
should the Los Cubanos
win on Sunday in a three
best of five series.
, 1960-11-05

IL polling places through
out the Virgin Islands.
Health Department Stats
tician Bertha Boschulte, a
CONTINUED on page a
, 1960-11-05

NG1AE1Il y, 1JOU nv. + Il
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Sons and Lovers"
Cinemuscope Classic
AT Alexander Theuter
Sons and Lovers" Jerry
Wald's enthralling Cinema
Scope adaptation of D. III.
laWrence's large autobio-
graphical novel, starring
Trevor Howard, D E a n
StockWell, Wendy Hitler,
Mary IRE & Heather Sears
will be presented at the
Alexander Theater tn is
coming Sunday, Monday
AFTERNOON & evening" and
Tuesday AFTERNOON onlyD
The emergence of the
Lawrence novel as one of
the most eagerly awaited
films Of 1860 is entirely due
to Producer Jerry VALID.
Filmed on location in
Lawrence Country'-East
wood and Nottingham. Eng
land, the picture is an
amazingly accurate depic-
ton of the novel. The Brins-
ley coal mine seen in the
film is where Lawrence's
father worked; the Method
list Church is where Law
renee worshipped and
taught school. Drury Hill in
Nottingham, also seen in
the film is where the real
Clara lived. Many Of the
extras in the film are min
ers, some of whom worked
with the elder Lawrence.
Lady Chatterly's Low
err anoth Ter Lawrence
work that is currently wild
in book selling markets has
focused attention on the
somewhat forgotten author.
People are rediscovering
Lawrence's work and Jerry
Wald's "Sons & Lovers" is
a milestone in this reds
covery.
, 1960-11-05
Over Ten Thousdnd
Persons Eligible
To Vote This Yedr

Over ten thousand per
sons are eligible to vote in
the Virgin Islands in this
election. The exact number
is 10, 464. In 1858 the num-
Der Of eligible voters was
9,745. OF this amount only
7,O15 voted 1924 in st.
Croix, 3,489 in st. Thomas
and 242 in st, john
Thus the new voters re-
gistered in all three Islands
total 1850; of this number
666 are in st. Croix, 652 in
St. Thomas and 80 in
st. John.
The Revised Organic Act,
which established the Leg
stature of the Virgin Is
lands, and provided for vot-
ing throughout the Virgin
Islands for At Large candi-
dates, placed on Govern
ment Secretary the respon-
sibility for coordinating the
work of the three Election
Boards, for receiving and
verifying nominations both
FOR District Candidates and
for t h e Candidates at
Large, and for the CONSOLE
dalton Of votes from the
several Districts to deter
mine the election of the AT
Large candidates.
Three Deputies to the
Government Secretary, As
sistant Government Secre-
tary Ullmont James for ST
Thomas, Administrative AS
sistant Alva McFarlane for
st Croix, and Administers
tive Assistant George Sim
mons for st. John, have
been actively participating
in their respective Islands
in discharging the Govern
eminent Secretary's respon
Arizona sun., 1960-06-23
Wilkins
RebUfs Truman

NEW YORK = Former President
Truman's latest assertion that the
student sit-in demonstrations are Com
munist inpired has brought strong
criticism from NAACP Executive Sec
retary Roy Wilkins.
Mr.. Wilkins cautioned the former
Chief Executive that his advisers may
soon have him tagging Southern Ne
gro voter registration campaign as
Communist inspired"
Secretary Wilkins dispatched a tele-
gram to Mr.. Truman following the
latter's appearance on the American
BroadcaSting Company's e Lewis d
college News Conference" June r..
His message, released here, read, in
part:
g. All evidence is against your as
sertion that college student sit-inS at
lunch counters in the South are Com
munist inspired. These young people
are fighting Jim Crow in the same
Arizona sun., 1960-06-23
Operation =
Cross Rouds Africa

dents will be divided into Id groups.
They will work on projects designated
by the countries they visit.
Their motivation is the desire to
come to grips with Africa on a
strong personal basis. They will be in
an area that is rapidly coming of age
in political sense. Ghana and Guinea
have recently become sovereign ma
tons, while Nigeria will soon be-
come a full-fledged Commonwealth
nation. CAMERON, Togo, and Senegal
recently have become nations within
the French family of nations.
The students from this years pro-
ject were carefully selected from 70
colleges in the United States and Can
ada. They hail from II states and
three Canadian provinces. One student
is from the Republic of Uruguay.
The students will depart by air for
Africa June 81 and % after an in
tensive week of orientation in New
York City. They will return to the
United States in late August.
Arizona sun., 1960-06-23

Thirty-five Negroes from the North
and South will be included in group
of 1870 American college students who
are going to Africa this summer to
work alongside college students of 10
African countries.
Those involved will be participating
in a student work and study project
called OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Africa.
1t was conceived by the Rev. DR..
James H. Robinson, Negro Presby-
terian minister who has founded many
community center programs on the
Eastern coast of the United States. He
is pastor of the Church of the Master
in New York City and the founder of
Morningside Community Cente r
which adjoins the church.
This will be the second summer DIR.
Robinson has led an interracial and
interreligious group of American stu
dents to Africa. In 1858, the pilot pro-
ject of Operation-CroSsroads Africa
saw him lead about 90 American stu
dents to that continent
This years project will take in 10
African countries - Ghana, Guinea,
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Sene-
gal, Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Togo, and
CAMERON. Once in Africa the stu
Arizona sun., 1960-06-23

When the family moved to Tucson,
Arizona, she was employed by the
Hughes Aircraft Company. This was
not result of one visit at the plant,
however. Like SO many of the people
on jobs we have interviewed in this
column, she had to preSevere against
unfair odds, refusing to accept the
first defeat. She worked for Hughes
four years.
Mrs. Huff is happy on the job and
likes her surroundings and the people
she works with.
She thinks, and we agree with her,
IF our youth would only 60 into 1BM
training they would certainly get a
job" Mrs. Huff explained this by say
ing, There is a shortage of these
SkillS and there comes a point where
they cannot refuse you employment. "
There are many places which will
train the person who has taken the
time to learn the basic IBM SkillS.
The extra effort and time given by
Mrs. Huff to this skill has paid off in
dollars and satisfaction.
Arizona sun., 1960-06-23
.NAACP Annual Report
Halls Executive Action

NEW YORK" Heightened activity
by the executive branch of the federal
government is hailed by the NAACP
in its 1859 annual report released
simultaneously here and in Saint Paul,
Mimi, today by Roy Wilkins, execu-
tive secretary.
The 120-page report entitled Year
of Jubilee" published on the eve of
the 51st annual convention of the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, recountS the
Associations activities during its 50th
year. The convention opens in Saint
Paul on June Fl and continues
through June 26.
The two federal government actions
deemed highly significant" by the
NAACP we're the Department of Jus
tice entry into the April Is Mack
Charles Parker lynching in Poplarville,
Miss, and publication of the Report of
the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
mot since the dispatch of troops to
Little Rock in 1887 has the executive
branch of government taken such a
positive position in a civil rights ISSUE"
the report asserts.
Other highlights of racial progress
during the year noted by the NAACP
included continuing school desegrega-
ton, although at accelerated pace;
reversal of lower court decision up
holding the validity Of the Florida
pupil placement act.
Also conviction of four white men
for rape of Negro coed at Florida
A & M College, Tallahassee, Fla, re-
affirmation by the u. S. Supreme
Court of the invalidity of an indict-
ment or conviction of Negro by
jury from which Negroes have been
Systematically excluded.
For the NAACP itself, 1889 was
the second consecutive year during
which income from all sources ex-
ceeded $1,OOO,OOO. The Associations
$500 life membership campaign ac-
counted for significant portion of
this.
Various chapters of the report deal
with organizational progress and fund
raising activities, legal cases, political
and legislative action Gncluding the
Associations southern voter-registra-
ton campaign.
Also NAACP efforts to eliminate
housing discrimination, the economic
status of the Negro worker in light of
the recent recession and the marked
rise in financial support from organ
lied church groups.
Arizona sun., 1960-06-23

An IBM machine looks complicated
and sounds even more so, but Mrs.
Hazel Huff, 5OO5 South 10Th Place,
Phoenix, says it is easy to learn and
operate. "It takes plenty of practice" ;"
she says.
But practice is behind her; she is
now operating for the City of Phoenix
in the former Telephone Building, 3O3
w. Washington St. She has been with
the city for three months and we think
she is the only Negro IBM operator
in this area. Her excellent background
enabled her to finish with high rat
ings the various tests she took in the
Valley.
1t began in San Francisco when
native of Berkeley, California Hazel
Reid was a clerk-typist. High school
and San Francisco College had given
her solid foundation.
1t was in the Veterans Administra-
ton office in the Bay City that her
opportunity came. They sent her to
school at the IBM company there and
gave her the chance to train on the
job.
Arizona sun., 1960-06-23
Brink Of Dynamic Age
(Continued from PAGE y

Continued from Page y
we have worked with other groups
which accepted and articulated similar
aims. At the same time we have had
the courage and integrity to oppose
others which have either compromised
with Jim Crow or reSorted to black
chauvinism On these issues we are
reSolute-and this goes for racial op-
portunists who would advance them
selves at a cost to other Negroes and
for the Garveyites of yesterday and
the black MuSlims of today
While the support of non-Negro al
lies is important, DR.. Weaver eau
toned that at times we may have to
part company with some of our allies.
The most recent instance of this oc
CURED only weeks ago when, in ac-
cordance with our convention resolu-
tions, Roy Wilkins supported the
Powell amendment to the federal
school aid bill i. Many of those who
parted company with the Association
on this issue place higher priority
on education than immediate achieve
ment of civil rights. Before we con-
denim and resolve to have no further
association with them, let us remem-
Der that among Negroes there are
honest differences as to priorities and
strategy.
"Just as the NAACP must have
tolerance for those who have priorities
which differ from ours, SO our usual
allies must develop and evidence toler-
ance for our peculiar set of prioritieS.
Fortunately, throughout the many
years, the instances of temporary SCH
ism have been of short duration. They
need not and must not divert us from
our mutual assault upon bigotry, in
equality and ignorance.
Arizona sun., 1960-06-23

HOUSE FOR SALE-Near 2oth Ave. and
Adams -cIean-3 bedrooms. side drive. car
port, etc. 5000 downE$75 month plus
taxes. Owner AM 6-2188.
Arizona sun., 1960-06-23

way Americans have fought raw deals
throughout the country's history. Just
like you fight Republicans. Recon-
mend change in your G2 before it has
you tagging Southern Negro voter reg
istration campaign as Communist in
Spired."
Mr.. Truman'S remarks on the ABC-
TV program, June IL, were repeti-
ton of charges he made during news
conference at Cornell University, Itha-
ca, NY, on April 18.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-28

treating you, shows that he
has q trained eye focused on
your welfare.
-
For Mrs. H.: As in any
other medical condition, the
treatment Of cystitis tim
flammation of the urinary
bladder depends upon find
ing the cause Of the trouble.
The infection may come from
above or below. It's especially
important to discover which
bacteria are involved. There
fore. urine is carefully ex-
amined. When the culprits
are found we have a powerful
weapon in modern antibiotic
treatment.
- =
DR.. Steincrohn's leafet,
Maybe your Heart Troubles
Imaginary" iUiH be mailed on
receipt OF a stamped, self
addressed envelope and 10
cents in coin for handling
charges. address DR.. Stein
crohn in care OF The Euenin0
Star.
DR.. Steincrohn welcomes
all readers letters, but be.
cause of the great Number re-
ceiped, he cannot a1,siDer each
one personally. All questions
are ultimately incorporated
into the column.
released BY the Bell Syndicate)
Tomorrow: Ulcer core.