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IN. Y. Borough
Pres. huIan Jack
Pleads Not Guilty
10 Reinstated
dictment
New Trial May Come
In Late May Or
Early June

New York, April % - Borough
President Hulan E. Jack pleaded
not guilty yesterday in General
Sessions Court to charges that
he had accepted illegal gratuities
and conspired to obstruct justice.
The charges were contained in
a four-count indictment returned
Jan. IL, dismissed March ID and
reinstated last Thursday. 1t is
now before the Court Of Appeals.
Mr.. Jacks lawyer, Carson De-
Witt Baker, sought to have the
case adjourned. He explained that
he intended to challenge the in
dictment on constitutional grounds
in the event the Court Of Appeals
sustained its reinstatement by the
Appellate Division. The indict-
ment had been dismissed as faulty
by General Sessions Judge Gerald
P. Culkin.
Judge Irwin D. Davidson direct
ed that Mr.. Jacks plea be entered
and assured Mr.. Baker that he
would be given an opportunity to
withdraw it if he wished to enter
a challenge.
Plans Not Specified
Mr.. Baker said that if he did
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Negro Police
May Be Hired
In mccomb

McComb, Miss. - The possible
hiring of a Negro policeman, or
more than one, to work a beat in
the thickly populated Negro Sec
ton of McComb known as Burg
lund, Tuesday night was discussed
at length by the McComb City
Board.
A committee Of Negroes Of
Burgland recently renewed plea
first made two years ago that the
city engage one or more Negro
policemen to help enforce law and
order in the area.
Mayor c. H. Douglas, Chief OF
Police George Guy and B GARD
police committeeman Charles B.
Gordon and R. p. Stedman said
that, prior to an actual start Of
such a program, applicants would
be very carefully screened in an
effort to obtain exactly the type
Of man needed in work among
local Negroes.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-05-07
Dick Campbell
Completes Fourth
African Tour

NEW YORK.-Dick Campbell
Field Consultant on African At
fairs for the International Cultural
Exchange Service returned from
his fourth annual tour of the At
rican continent last week. AS in
previous trips Campbell visited 19
countries and 81 cities setting up
concerts and other cultural activi-
ties for the Presidents Fund, a
State Department project admin
istered by the American National
Theatre and Academy.
Among the outstanding events
which occurred en- route during the
tour were, the Inauguration of
President Tubman of Liberia in
January and a reception given by
the Kabaka (ruler) of Buganda in
Uganda in March, both of which
coincided with his visit. In Lii
IBERIA he participated in the pres
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Record Crowd
Line Memphis
Streets For The
Of
Handy Statue
Father Of The Blues
To Stand Watch Owe
Place He Loved Bes

Memphis, Tenn. May 2 a
record crowd lined the street here
Sunday as the city unveiled a
lasting tribute to it's most widely
known and most famous citizen.
A blue note went up from a
trumpet at Court square, and
joined by others swelled and watt
ed down Main and onto Beale
street to die and be born again
at the bronze feet of the statue
to w. C. Handy.
The White covering Of the tow
ering statue Of the Father Of the
Blues" before it was raised gave
some exhilerating impression that
Handy was again here in Handy
Park, also named for his honor,
for another great tribute.
A crowd the like of which the
rark has never seen literally
squeezed into the area to catch
the colorful ceremony.
Three Stories Tall
Besides those at ground level
in Handy Park bounded by Beale,
South Third and fernando, spec
tators ranged three stories high
in business buildings on the south
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Southern Presbyterians Back Mixing

Jacksonville, Fla, May @Sou-
thern Presbyterians have come out
for racial indignation as a means
of helping their mission work.
The General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States adopted a committee report
Monday which urged "the opening
Of the doors of our institutions to
qualified students without regard
for racial distinctions"
The report was submitted to the
Jacksonville, Fla, meeting by the
Presbytery of the Potomac.
"Our mission work is severely
handicapped in Africa and else
where by our inability to educate
potential native leaders in white
Presbyterian U. S. colleges where
as scholarships are provided for
them behind the Iron Curtain" the
report said.
The Methodist General Confer
ence at Denver, Colo, said 1t ia
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Henrietta Stevens
Is Death Victim

Mrs. Henrietta Stevens, the
wife of Willie Stevens, owners Of
the nationally famous Stevens
Rose Room here, which is perhaps
the most elaborate place of its
kind in the entire nation owned
and operated by Negroes died at
their home on Woodrow Wilson
Ave-, early Tuesday morning.
The Stevens have recently open
ed a new cafe on North Parish
Street which equals the Rose Room
in beauty and appointments which
was being operated under the
management of Mrs. Stevens. Hav-
ing been reported as suffering
from a heart ailment for some
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TogoIand Now
Worlds Newest
Independen State
Tens OF Thousands
Africans Join In
Celebration

LONE, Togo, April 27-Togoland
today became Togo, the worlds
newest independent state.
Guns doomed a 101-gun salute
and 100000 people outside the
floodlit Government House cried
"ablode" (freedom) at one minute
past midnight as the French-ad-
ministered United Nations trust
territory, became an independent
republic. The new state, sand
wiched between Ghana on the west
and Dahomey on the east, has q
population of slightly more than
100000.
Tens of thousands Of Africans,
many Of whom came into this sea-
front capital for the occasion, cele-
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Big Role Set
For Africans
In Tanganyika

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika. -
British colonial officials have
handed bigger share of self-gov-
eminent to Africans in this east
coast United Nations trust terri
tory,
They announced April rs a move
to give more executive power to
representatives of a new African.
majority Parliament this fall.
Starting Oct. /, the British-con-
trolled Executive Council will be
abolished and Colonial Office rep
resentation reduced to a minority
Continued on Page Five)
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Gov. Barnett
10 Speak At
Dedication OF
Morton's New
Negro School
School Named To
Honor Long Time
Jeanes Teacher

Morton, Miss, May PA new
near-million dollar school for Me-
gro students will be dedicated here
Thursday, May 9Th, with a morn
ing and afternoon program, with
time out for a big free chicken
luncheon at noon on the school
grounds courtesy of interested
White citizens of Morton and Scott
County.
The new school which cost up
wards of $750,000 will bear the
name of the Bettye Mae Jack
High School, and is being named
to honor Miss Bettye Mae Jack,
Negro Jeanes Teacher, who is yet
on the job for her long and out
standing service in Scott County.
The Principal address will be de-
Continued on Page Six
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BILOXI DENTIST TALKS WITH
State SOVEREIGNTY COMM.

A Negro leader from the Gulf
Coast where violence flared last
weekend conferred Thursday with
officials at the state capitol.
DR.. Felix Dunn, a Gulfport Ne
gro dentist, met behind closed
doors for 90 minutes with Chief
Investigator lack Van Landing
ham of the Sovereignty Commits
sion, an official state agency for
maintaining segregation.
Also attending the meeting were
other commission personnel and
Dunn's white attorney, Knox Wal
ker of Gulfport. All conferees re-
fused to reveal details of the meet
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BILOXI BEACH QUIET SUNDAY

Biloxi, Miss, May 2 - Despite
earlier threats by Negro leaders
here, no Negroes attempted to use
the all-white beach Sunday.
Instead, public gathering Of the
Citizens Committee of Harrison
County was held in a meeting hall
in the Negro section of this Mis-
sissippi Gulf resort town. More
than Is Negroes, including men,
women and children, heard DR.. Gil
bert Mason, a Negro physician,
urge the continuance of "boycott"
of local business establishments.
Mason emphatically pointed out
that the drive for equal citizen
ship" would be continued.
Plan Negro Committee
eve will never be satisfied or
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accept segregated facilities for our
citizens" a fluent-speaking Mason
said.
Mason also told the group that a
Negro committee would be formed
in retaliation to a committee man,
ed by local white officials Saturday
for the purpose of studying racial
facilities for our citizens.
"This committee formed here
will be a committee in the form
of the nine men on the Supreme
Court bench in Washington" Ma
son said.
Mason, who said on a nation
wide television news program Fri
day that Negroes would be back on
the beach here Sunday, said that
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form of achievement days, recog-
milton ceremonies, special meetings,
and exhibits highlighting the home
demonstration program which is
conducted comparatively by the Ex-
tension Service of the u. S. De-
partment of Agriculture, the State
Immigrant colleges, and county
governments.
Colored h m demonstration
agents are employed in the II
States of the southern region
where they work with about half
million homemakers. They give
them pointers on home manage
ment, family economies, foods and
Continued on Page Four)
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Negro Teacher
Winner In
Job Bias Suit

Newark, April 80 - The State
Department of Education said to-
day that q discrimination COM
plant against the Madison Town
ships Board of Education had
been settled with the payment by
the board Of $1.750 to Charles Will
liams, a Negro.
The money, according to the
announcement, represented an adj
justment based on Mr.. Williams
loss Of income because the board
refused to employ him in the
Middlesex County school during
the 1889 school year. Mr.. Will
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new COLLEGE OF ADVANCE
SCIENCE TO ENROLL NEGROES

Canaan, N. H., April 25.-The
State of New Hampshire recently
granted a charter to the College
of Advanced Science in Canaan,
N. H. The president of this un-
dergraduate college for men, Mr..
Austin H. WEIGH, stated that "the
school will enroll all students, Ne
gro, and white. This country can
not afford the loss of talent which
occurs because of segregation. 1t
is our hope that students of all
races will come to this New Eng
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-05-07

WASHINGTON, Apr. N.-The
Federal Bureau of Investigation
reported today that it was investi-
eating a Negro minister's COM
plant that Birmingham, Ala, po-
lice had dragged him from his
home nearly naked and had thrown
him into Jail for a night without
filing charges.
Rev. C. Herbert Oliver of Bir-
mingham told the F. B. I. the in
cident occurred Sunday, April 8
and was zone of the most fragrant
violations of civil rights"
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100000 H0MEMAkERs MARK
EMENT OF BETTER
LIVING FOR THEIR FAMILIES

Nearly 100000 white and color
ed homemakers are recognizing
their achievement Of better living
for their families through the ap-
plication of the results of home
economics research in their. OBJ
servance May 1T Of the 18th Ma
tional Home Demonstration Week.
The celebrating homemakers are
those who take part in home DEM
onstration work. Many of these
live on farms and others reside
in towns and cities. They are serv-
ed by more than 1000 County Ex-
tension home demonstration agents
of whom close to 460 are colored.
The observance is taking the
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London, April rs - Prime Min
lister Macmillan opposed today q
suggestion that the forthcoming
Commonwealth Conference draw
up a "code of conduct" on race
relations.
, He told a House of Commons
deeply shaken by recent events in
South Africa that he did not be-
lieve formal declarations of that
nature were consistent with the
spirit and practice of the Com
monwealth."
But he affirmed that the Gov
eminent was "trying to steer, in
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WR.
"We are just trying to solve a
problem" said Walker.
SIGNED PETITION
Dunn was one of four Negroes
who filed a petition with Harrison
county seeking equal rights along
the 26-mile Gulf Coast beach last
year. He is among a group Of Ne
groes currently seeking swimming
rights along the whites only"
public beach.
There was some disagreement at
the meeting. At one point Dunn
was heard telling Van Landing
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FBI PROBE ON IN BIRMINGHAM

Mr.. Oliver, an ordained minis
ter, and a member of the Presby-
terry of New York and New Eng
land of the Orthodox Presbyterian
Church, said he was put in Jail at
7 pm. and not told until the next
morning that he was being held
for vagrancy and violation of a
city ordinance"
The minister said his "crime
was talking to students at local
college, some of whom paraticipat-
ed in a sit-down demonstration in
Birmingham recently"
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Call Mobilization Of All Christian
Opinion On South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa, April
% The Catholic archbishop of
Cape Town has called for the
mobilization of all Christian opin-
ion" to seek solution to South
Africa's racial problems.
Archbishop Owen Mccain, re-
ferring to a current dispute be-
tween Christian denominations,
said "a spirit of recrimination
should not be allowed to enter into
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-05-07
Britain's Prime Minister Opposes
eide On Race Relations

this most complicated question, a
wise course which will lead not
merely to our priding ourselves on
taking some outward action for
which We can take credit, but will
lead to useful results along the
lines on which we want to see
progress made"
The Prime Minister or other
chosen representatives of the II
Commonwealth countries will meet
May through May IL or IL. Far
more than the usual attention is
focused on the conference because
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which he promised to hold weekly
on Thursdays from now on, he
disclosed that he nor the govern
ment had any opposition to the for
nation of rival political parties in
Liberia, "as long as such parties
constitute themselves in the frame
work of the law"
He further criticized South Afri-
cas- racial policy and said that "if
violence is the only way out to OBJ
tain equality for dying black South
Africans, then Liberia will join
with other African states"
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COUNTY ENDS VOTING BAR
AGAINST TENNESSEE NEGROES

Justice Department officials ex-
pressed hope that others could be
similarly ended without extensive
and protracted litigation"
In the Fayette County case, filed
last November, the department al
legged that the Democratic primary
elections in the county were the
"only meaningful elections" and
that Negroes had long been barred
from participating in them.
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World Socialist
Leaders Back
u. S. Negroes
Equality Drive
No Action Now On
WO0lwOrth Boycott

HAIFA, Israel, Apr. 29.-World
Socialist leaders expressed full
support Friday Of forces working
toward racial equality in the
United States. They baked, how
ever, at immediate action to spread
the boycott of F. w. Woolworth
Company stores to other countries.
Extension Of the boycott had
been proposed by the United States
Socialist-Social Democratic Fed
GRAFTON to the Council Of the So
cialist International.
The resolutions committee rec
commended to the plenary session
Friday that the resolution be re-
ferred to the Bureau, the execu-
Continued on Page Four)
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Rev. King And
Philip Randolph
Seek To Widen
Boycott Of
WooIworth Stores
Socialist international
Asked To Support
Campaign In
Other Countries

Haifa, Israel, April 81 - Two
Americans, A. Philip Randolph
and the Rev. DR.. Martin Luther
King Jr., moved today to extend
the boycott of F. w. Woolworth
stores to other parts Of the world.
They called on delegates from
20 countries attending the council
of the Socialist international here
to urge all affiliated parties in
countries having Woolworth stores
to support their campaign for
civil rights by boycotts, demon
Continued on Page Four)
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land institution where the absence
of prejudice assures all of a sim
cere welcome at the school and in
the community. To assist deserv-
ing students, scholarships are a.
valuable" Admissions Officer
Pierre C. Haber indicated that
some students can still be accepted
for entrance in July and Septem.
Der.
The school has developed a
unique program whereby prospec-
Continued on Page Four)
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Cross Burned
On Lawn Of
King Hone

Atlanta, April 81 - Flaming
crosses were found last night on
the front lawn of the DR.. King
and in two other widely separated
Atlanta areas populated by Ne
groes.
The police said a car occupied
by white men had sped away
from DR.. Kings home few Sec
onds after the cross was ignited.
A white man also was seen ignit-
ing a cross near an expressway
south of the city. DR.. King W a S
not at home. His wife was asleep
in the house.
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the efforts to find this solution"
The Catholic prelate had been
asked to comment on the charges
and counter-charges between the
Most Rev. Joost de Blank, Anglican
Archbishop of Cape Town, and
leaders of the Dutch Reformed
churches in South Africa. Arch
bishop de Blank had issued state
ment declaring that unless the
Continued on Page Eighty
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LIBERIA May ACCEPT RED BID

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS William ".
S. Tubman, holding his first press
conference since 1913, disclosed last
week that when he visits Russia
later this year, sit is possible our
government will consider accepting
Soviet aid, if need be-"
He quickly pointed out, however,
that the government would not be
too quick to accept Soviet aid, but
would wait to see whether "our
most reliable allies have let us
down."
During the press conference,
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WASHINGTON, Apr. 25.-Dep-
uty Attorney General Lawrence E.
Walsh announced today the entry
of a consent judgment at Mem
phis, Tenn, to end voting discrim-
nations against Negroes in Fay
cite County, Tenn.
1t marked the first voting rights
case under the 1857 Civil Rights
Act to be settled by negotiation.
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Iowa Students
Suspended For
Cross Burning

Iowa City, Iowa, April 3O-The
University Of Iowa suspended eight
students today for the rest of this
semester in connection with a
cross burning Thursday night.
Continued on Page Severn
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HISTORIC FIRST" IN THE NATIONS CAPITAL-Herman
Moore CD of Washington d. c.
rodmen be referred Federal project
District Columbia by Union membership
all white He
Federal Office Building Along
with another Negro odman Marshall Brooks Washington
Moore work this gaining
the locals refea list through the joint efforts
Committee Government Contracts and the District
Commissioners building
tractor is McCloskey & Co. of Philadelphia.
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PAtronize Our Advertis-
ers - Their Advertising
in this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1960-12-16
IsroeI Considers
Lifting Trade Bon

JERUSALEM, (JTA)-A recon-
mendation to end restrictions on
trading in gold has been made to
the Treasury by Xvi Dinstein, con-
troller of foreign currency. The
proposal, which is expected to be
adopted soon, is another in a series
of moves aimed at relaxing cur
rency controls.
Under present regulations, Is
raelis may have gold in their pos
session but are not permitted to
trade the commodity. The new
recommendation would permit Is
raelis to place gold in banks
against deposit certificates and to
sell unrestrictedly at prices to be
governed by supply and demand.
Restrictions were recently lifted
with regard to foreign securities,
which can now be sold via banks
along the same lines. The Treasury
is also considering eliminating the
requirement for the licensing OF
certain imports. These will include
food and raw materials now classl-
fled according to country OF origin.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1960-12-16
UAR Officials
Indignant Over
Lebonese Stond

TELAVIV, (JTA) = Officials In
the United Arab Republic were re-
ported in the Arab press as beng
indignant over a statement by a
member of the Lebanese Govern
ment to the effect that Lebanon
will not abide by the boycott rules
against Israel, "if such regulations
are against Lebanese interests.
The statement had come, report
edly, from the Minister Oh Econ
omy at Beirut.
Observers here noted that Leb-
anon does not always adhere 10
the regulations of the A r b
Leagues boycott office which,
though it has its headquarters In
Beirut. is considered another de-
vice in UAR efforts to increase
Egyptian hegemony in the Middle
Fast region
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1960-12-16

80 years RUSSIA VIII DSSOlIiC q ASS
and democratic country. The large
number of university graduates IN
Russia he forecast, 'who in 20
or 80 years time will number 25-
30 million or even more, will make
the continued existence OF a
totalitarian or dictatorial regime
impossible.
During this period, Soci
changes will also take place in the
United States, and the workers,
farmers and scientists-not the
great capitalists-will rule in that
great and free country. Far-reacn-
ing social reforms will be carried
out, and the Soviet Union, the
United States and the countries OF
Europe will not differ greatly from
each other in their free democratic
regimes and their social advance
ment. This state of affairs Will
come about, 1 hope, even before
the end of the present century"
PEACE BETWEEN the Arabs
in the next 40 years Mr.. Ben
Gurion saw as certainty: Il have
hardly the slightest doubt even be-
fore the end of the Goth Century,
peace will be established between
Israel and the Arabs, and we and
our neighbors will cooperate in the
economic, cultural and political
Spheres" he stated. He also spoke
optimistically, though with m e
reservations, of the prospects for
an American Jew serving as a
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1960-12-16
Free Democratic Russia
Predicted By Ben-Gurion

NEW YORK JTA-By 2ooo Russia viii be Tree ANA ana
United States, Onlteo
@ lin load the world as moral and possibly world
government there world cancer viii DC
be between saeI ana
Arabs and Jew may President of the United
predictions lsraels
BenCuion reply to QUESTIONABLE cang LOT views ~ So o t
world affairs at ne o
en as circulated American Hebrew
arrived the OF leIe
IAFIC president Maurice N. Eisendrath
prophets IN our oaysal
expressed the hopeIul
view that within president s. in the next
On voars Russia will become freeI4 years.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1960-12-16

OF Golden Age Club took place
Nov 16 at the Jewish Community Center KaDDl
installing officer le
right are: Mrs Scharfberg Secretary Mrs BESSIE
Kraemer, Treasured MIS- ouna
berg Emile Kraemer lst @ h;
Enger PRESIDENT anu
1;reenberg Installing officer. MRS Mone SundeI |nd VceS
dent notsh the picture)