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Letters To The Editor
And The cUrrout Crises

interesting to that students here and there about
the world taking hand at resolving the crises Negro
students the United States trying their resolving
crisis relations
Turkey march and wherever we
find crisis find students
trying to find out That times students
for the enenced forces Of and
is a healthy sight
would a tragedy younger generations which stu
dents the spokesman passive problems
and more the younger generations must have in the matters
that pertain to their future their futreness
spectre
long younger generations upon
sacrifices then part making
the decisions which depend
living always in the midst Of
rising against devastating
always the ofg spoke change
that in "the twinlkHng O n eye"
Atomic warfare that wpfng
from the face Of the earth could matter tinng
eye-te bunch of creature who lifted
Religion being power being
ruled in and the assuring
itself they laughed to And the prospects remain that
the "twinkng the eye" Destiny always impending
explosive throughout
world with color prejudice rampant for the most part in
British Empire and spread the uttermOs the
calculated destroy hopes Of earth and good
easily spectre today
There three
world prejudice
school the athletic field stage
We must not become cynical the often silent
of Church Some of the IOudst and most nnt voices against
the Of prejudice emanate from the Church
prejudice largely matter ignorance
chds enlightened learning potential
threat against the Of prejudice.
millions being spent
eventually result removing the blight ignorance
its concomtant, prejudice
When therefore students many becoming aricuae
matters which affect the destiny of mankind well take
for it that will better Watch
student will become potent Of the whole
student world tyranny
spirit somewhere in the relations
The voice Of the students the voice better The
everywhere
Then there the athletic field where Negroes rising from OBJ
every Negrophobes
Old South have tried to egae the Negro Of nterra athletic
contests
traction the devotee of the radio televon
Something happens daily millions Negro the
baseball park game"
May 1860.
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Ace Of The Shoddy'

Our generation history 1.-THE Age Shod
dy" if don't watch out!
In Allen Drus bestseng novel Advise and Consent he
fers to the time when the job the half finished the suit
dirty bright gadget
down a week after you got it home"
Obviously, he referring to what America like
editors preachers Congressman advertising people
using shoddy a sprngboard
speeches and editorials against the baked things
these days
thirty
ago While examining engine a
CRIME away
here every 10000
suppose people
they automobile which long unable
business today What would happen
happy years
from place
nylon stockings made they couldn't made
to gadges years
beyond their guarantee period?
Maybe we
Reppner Advertising Council says
people, he getting fed with dishonesty
mess"
suggests power advertising might
overcome nations ethical shabbness"
hope gets backing give q
picture advertising pride workmanship
leans kind Of cleansing
Of poisoning.
And TO compliment such would individual
advertisers shouting products
and boast instead about the integrity operaonster
to serve, rather than fool, people.
We with Reppier getting fed
They have found that soft living isn't all it cracked
little proddng Mr. ReppHer backing
vertsers
ment toward a better Amenca-The American
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An Important Book And Document

report Rights Commission
published last month contains
did not Mississippi South Carolina
the
intense feeling whites against agency
combat oppression Of the Negro.
The 433 book writing
the Commission Civil Rights
ton Of the basic civil rights population every
state in the union
discrimination reported pracced
clubs The Hawaiian committee hopefully
opening membership persons
Of all and long
altogether"
Negro universally been concerned with
admission to private social clubs
elimination based pactced against
oyment education housing public voting
administration Of justice.
areas reports state advisory
committees (made
the states) be believed every
state in the union
Some states like Minnesota Rights
mission authorized by
veloped combat the violation
whites Our state of Minnesota against
denial Of public Accommodations
firms The
be desired but deny the
state statutes have aided the fight
from thrOng the ambitions progress Negro
peusal National Conference and the
Rghs1959" will problem"
provide excellent material for
Number One domestic issue This
to readers 1t is factua docmented
made study in 1859 Of what occurring day
violation of basic constitutional rights
country suffers-in civil
rights
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Africa Will Loom Over Summit
Conference

foreign
Tv chains and special correspondent nationally
caed newspapers thinks the coming summit meeting
cIsng the African problem
crisisea
Harsch who recently coming
summit meeting:
This govern n Africa not be
discussed the suggested
at the summit It Ii discussed at United being
But both unpleasant problem
which many wish had been raised
forerImner Of the great issue Of the future"
HarSch thinks is stupid for summit meeting to
Ia going on in South Africa and keep the discussions ywe"
He wrote
There arrogance upon meet
ing Of white about white quaes which past history
uses which history may very
reject as piece Of stupidity.
Some already saying thOughtfuny pepec-
tive IL Of joint that the
Berlin in whether Washington give testing
Of nuclear weapons the
with rather
South Africa and solution"
writing gives
credit for being realistic than the other nations
following:
to to terms with Moscow nucear
Berlin Britain attempt
independent ncar
London for the first time nonwe equal
task is not to Berlin military advantage
Moscow but to to the peoples"
This with correspondent Joseph
the former assumption that the most dangerous world issues tos
oumoded todays outnmbe
points out the whites two to
Their 1.-THE nonhte naions political
world business The spectacle Of the murder hundred
jang by minority
IL problem that could well be pondered the forthcoming
summit conference
African situation tn
agenda it high a
solved problem which throw the world into another disastrous
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-05-13

National Association Of
Cood Negro Apprenticeship
Programs throws much needed light field
little is publicly known.
stresses the need apprenticeship
training general The falling
meeting the growing
followed increasing automaton and the employment
industries But the greatest contribution report
Negroes
apprenticeship training
the show that Negroes
Of the total number
actually than apprentice carpenters electricians
machnsts and plumbers And the situation
different from the South; it is nationwide
Management bascaIy responsible
the hiring and practices
doors to Negro opportunity Unions too play
met Of apprentices and keeping Negroes mostly one
craft locals
developed has racial bias While specialized
agencies advise apprenticeship
industry and also suggest standards them they
sponsblity their operations.
NAACP challenges all three groups
campaign each is able concerted
and ubhcze the apprentice system
the with racial directly
cies do indirectly by Withholding subsidies
discrimination exists Here challenge that
accept-New York TINES
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Short and Pointed
BY GRAM

The state health department currently engaged soaring
beabers Of sububane about their water supplies "
time for somebody with MarieAntoinesh
AS the metropolitan highway construction
question continues going
the bottenecks to?
Aan critics all wet about housing economist who
points out that falling only hundred thousand units
hind construction Besides there
that tent industry
gesture generous bparsanshp
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Godwaer eaconary deliver the state convention
address The DFT follows this big mistake by inviting Senator
Church address the
speaker Of the friends and influence their
respective parties, especially in Minnesota
Hopes of the summit meetings between
the window
shot down the US spy plane We hope not
Khrushchevs pious plants against
terrible spying the diminish the feeling
bged badly the memorable
turning point
amity.
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be below $500. Who of US doesn't
know young or middle-aged people
with three times that income who
can barely meet their doctors
bills?
THE BETTER NAM - When
President Eisenhower was asked
recently why he was dropping VII
liam r. Connole from the Federal
Power Commission, he snapped, Il
think I can find a better man,
that's all" And who. turns out to
be the better man? An attorney
named Thomas J. Donegan, whose
previous experience has been linn
tied to the field Of subversive &C
tivities.
Said Donegan:
II have never had anything to
do with utilities outside Of paying
my own gas bill"
Sounds as IL he Is made to order
for the corporation attorneys for
the big gas, oil and pipeline COM
panies.
MYSTERY SOLVED - Who has
been leaking" all those big stories
about Vice President Nixon and
how he feels about the farm pro-
gram, Secretary Benson, his 1860
running-mate and health insurance
for the aged7 Why good old Dick
Nixon himself.
Yet even when the words come
from his own mouth, off-the-re-
cord, it's still possible for two
competent reporters to reach ex-
actly opposite conclusions about
what the Vice President has said
In The New York Herald Tribune
we learn that Nixon is anxious
and Utmost eager to have Gov.
Rockefeller as his team-mAte. In
The Washington Post we discover
that Nixon Is not going to pressure
Rockefeller to get on the band
wagon.
And now we. know why he's
called Tricky Dicly."
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award an Everett" to the Senator
or Congressman who puts on the
best performance Of pretending to
be for something he opposes. The
Everett" is named for the Hon.
Everett Mckinley Dirlsen, the
junior Senator from nlinoiA
It is difficult to make a choice
this year. Right now the choices
are Sen. Richard Russell Of Geor-
gia who became angry" at re-
ports Sen. Lyndon B. johnson was
going overheard for civil rights.
Then maybe the award should go
to johnson himself for putting on
the best show Of favoring civil
rights? I will defer my decision
until later in the session, because
there are some other splendid ac-
tors in the wings waiting to go on
-Talmadge, and Eastland, Just to
name a few.
Then, Of course, there L. Dirk
sen himself. He can't be counted
out.
II Is with some pain, however,
that I find the austere New York
Times downgrading the Senate Re-
publican leader. He was recently
described as "a one-time isolation
list who has never been excessively
Jealous for too long about any
thing" And his melodious voice
has been described as AN echo
from the old Chautaugua stump
delivered with mock-tragic pas
sion"
What a cruel fate!
Long before Dirlsen accidental
ly referred to Clare Boothe Luce
in his famous why beat a back
Of old bones remark, Time was
calling him the Wizard Of ooze."
But now The Times has gone the
magazine one better. TT was q
fortunate day for the theatre when
young Everett decided to enter
politics :"
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WATCH
on the
POTOMAC
BY RoRERT Q. SPENAck

Washngton-Adai Stevenson has offered the Republican
National Committee campaign slogan for 1861 Don't just
do something, stand there.
The Administration to think it's great dea judging
from the draft legislation has proposed provide health
for the nations 100000 old people After all these months
labor the mountain brought forth
To qualify for any help at ALL old couples income must
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Editorial Opinion From The Notions Press

COMMERCIAL APPEAL. MemPhS-"As many men
cities from the regions growth Hands
New York the capital Memphis
away business"
until final determination" suggested
January when indicted action
should promptly toward determination"
REP. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, R
NEWS AND OBSERVER Raleigh. NO-The apparent poor
suspicious before
judge who hasn't record Republican politician"
STATES RIGHTS
Alabama find the public welfare
and create is that not the business Of the
bama7
last resort against ntegated system people
themselves decide abolish public
system Of education is that the business people
bama?"
NORTHERN NEGRO VOTE
FLORIDA TIMES UNION DETERMINATIONS inter-
estng Developments Southeners viewpoint
diminish the effect Of the
Gliding officials district
a method
noted in Consolidation gerrymanderng Of voting
districts being resorted Negroes voting
strength"
SCHOOL NTEGRATTON
POSTDISPATCH, L.
duty interpret the
The Presidents prestige could greatest help overcoming
the neqy Of racedded schools
hover to take really firm stand morality
tonahty Of desegregaton."
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Still Fully Dedleufad

One hundred and seventy country
certain weIldefined democratic principles
One Of these principles that religious prejudice
religious preference has place In American poHtica
Ny record and convictions my
votion to the principles democracy
Indeed dedication rights Americana whatever
their frequently though erroneousy why
cannot be nominated by my party
just fully dedicated rights
creeds and national ogns-FOm speech
1890
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-05-13

Too many Of base corrective planning
relationship between youth family Actually needs
that must be answered for large portion Of youhe grown
fall outside the Of family influence What young
sters need the exerion Of community
vronment around tean influence
mamize the better envronmen-Lr Granger
At the White House COaferenc0 Mldren YOuthL
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Editorial Notes

Russia should drop bomb New Orleans white
citizen who happens to be in district
search like the devil for bomb shelter marked For Whites
Crescent city the air raid bomb shelters marked racial
segregation in such
can people getH
appears both major political parties wing
First the Republicans Barry
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chairman the governors activities
Of Minnesota unwilling with others
the Governors invaluable services
And the DFL leaders strong feeling
They long profitable
gether too valuable person. to lose
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"A PICKET FOR RIGHTS"
BY Becky Hall

A sign what say?
Save Those Dimes for Freedom"
the who carries II
does he believe in rights for
Negroes
otherwise why
would he be n
Of Wooworhs or Kresges ........
Grants walking and
walking, hour after hour
walking with a sign
there twice I
how 1t goes, you walk,
you walk around
around until your feet
feel like falling off
quit, because
know it's helping
in the long hard struggle
against discrimination.
The first time
other
Negroes literally walking
through pc1ets.
the
the people read leaflets
and
they walked away from these
The picketers joked
and laughed
happy we had begun
progress
south college students
quit college because
think
Is better than a
civil rights aren't
just giving Negroes
privileges it's
important than that
it's a fight a struggle
should
Editors Notes daughter
Hail. Minneapolis attorney and president the Minneapolis NAAcP
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Copyright, 1880, Robert q.
Spivack).
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once-s-year I am going to
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Editors Notes Becky is the eleven old daughter Of Douglas
Hail. Minneapolis attorney president NAACP
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be below $500. Who Of US doesn't
know young or middle-aged people
with three times that income who
can barely meet their doctors
bills?
Evening star., 1960-05-05
Philippines Gain
AS Producer of
Virginia Tobacco

MANILA, May 5 (AP).-To-
bacco administration officials
describe as tremendous" the
export potential of Philippine
grown Virginia leaf tobacco.
I'VE grow enough high-grade
Virginia leaf tobacco in this
country to be able to supply
the needs of many countries
around the world" said Fred
erico Moreno. secretary of the
Philippine Virginia Tobacco
Administration.
He said among these coun-
tries are Japan, IndoneSia,
Thialand, South Wet Nam,
Hong Kong, United Kingdom,
Germany, The Netherlands,
Belgium and New Zealand.
He added that of the worlds
81 Virginia tobacco-growing
countries. the Philippines rank
18th in volume.
Mr., Moreno says six of the
Philippines SO provinces grow
Virginia leaf tobacco on a total
of 10000 acres. Production is
expected to reach SO million
pounds this year.
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March Exports Rise
More Thun Imports

Exports rose more than twice
as much as imports in March,
the Census Bureau reported.
1t announced a final March
export figure of $1,751,20 900.
This was about $50 million less
than last weeks preliminary
estimate.
March exports topped the
February total of $1,576,100, 900
by II per cent and were 20 per
cent above the March, 1859.
level of sl.455.8O0,OOO AS an
nounced earlier, it was the big
gest month for exports since
June, 1857.
The preliminary estimate for
March imports was $685.
600, 900. This represented a S
per cent gain over the February
total of $l,28S, 900, 900 and COM
pared with a March, 1859, level
of $1,295,00O,00O.
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Yale&Towl.sO , 5lzS SlH 3l3<- y
vnK Sh&TS 1s 1o4 1o2 lo3 III


ZenithR l6Os j lo2lh 1ooIA lolN
Hourly Sales on the ExehSnse
II 100 am $50 900 Noon o6o ooo
1:O0 pm / $50 900 200 pm 77o ooc
unit Of trading 10 shares on sales in
full. Rates Of dividends In the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-annuaI decla.
ration. Unless otherwise noted, special
or extra dividends are not included
a Also extra or extras. b Annual rate
plus stock dividend. d Declared OF paio
in 1859 plus stock dividend. e Declared
or paid so far this year. Payable in
stock during 1859. estimated cash value
on ex-dividend or redistribution date
after stock dividend or splitup. kDe'
clared or paid this year, an accumula.
tive issue with dividends In arrears
p Paid this year. dividend omitted, de.
ferred or no action taken at last dividend
meeting. Declared or paid In 1850 plus
stock dividend. Payable in stock during
| 1860, estimated cash value, on eX-dividenc
or redistribution date. y Liquidating div.
idend. cid Called. Ex dividend kids Ex
distribution. xr Ex rights XIV Without
warrants. WV With warrants. wd Whei
distributed. wi When issued. nd Next day
| or being reorganiLed under the Bank
| ruptcy Act, or securities assumed by
delivery. q In BANKRUPTCY or receivershiT
such companies.
Evening star., 1960-05-05

afternoon the balance began tc
tilt toward the losing side. An
assortment of volatile issues
made strides in the morning
as they continued their splurge
of yesterday. Most of these
faded under profit taking.
The Dow Jones industrial
average at noon was of AZ
at 610.57.
American Stock Exchange
prices we're mixed in moderate
trading.
Corporate bonds improved in
moderate trading. United States
Government bonds were steady
in light dealings over the
counter.
Evening star., 1960-05-05
April Upturn
InAutoSuIes
Reported

DETROIT. May S (AP). -
Chevrolet, Ford. Cadillac.
Chrysler and Rambler all re-
port upturns in sales for April.
Chevrolet announced yester-
day record-breaking sales for
the first four months Of 1860
and the second best April car
sales in its history.
Ford division of Ford Motor
Co. claimed the highest sales
peak of the year in April and
said sales Of Falcons and
Thunderbirds were the highest
in April since the Falcon was
introduced last fall and the
Third was brought out in
1854.
Lincoln Mercury division said
Mercury sales were ahead uf
last year and said Comet sales
hit TOO a day the final 10 days
of April.
James M. Roche, Cadillac
general manager, said do
mestic retail sales continued at
all-time record-breaking levels
during April.
Chrysler said retail sales of
passenger cars in April were
the best month for the com.
pany since August, 1857, and
marked the fifth straight month
in which the company sales
have shown a gain over the
previous month.
Roy Abernethy, American
Motors Corp. official, said Ram
bier sales in April set an all
time monthly record. He said
it was the 31st consecutive
month in which Rambler sales
exceeded those Of the compar-
able year-earlier month.
Edward N. Cole, Chevrolet
general manager, said his COM
pany sold l41,136 cars during
April, up 20 per cent over the
April, 1859, figure. Corvairs ac-
counted for 1901, or 1875 per
cent. 90. '-.
For the first four months of
the year, he said, car sales
totsled 5Sl,567 and 693,773 cars
and trucks combined.
Ford Division reported sales
OF $3.50 units a day for April
and sales Of 44.600 Falcons and
7,750 Thunderbirds.
Evening star., 1960-05-05
Stocks Generally
In Moderate Trading

NEW YORK, May 5 CAP3.-
The stock market went gen.
orally loyer in moderate trad
ing late this afternoon.
Volume for the day was esti-
mated at $500, 900 shares, COM
pared with 2.e7o.000 yesterday
Changes of most key stocks
were small. few going more
than a point either way.
The market was performing
as expected. Atwo-day techni-
cal rally fro mabove the 1860
lows had, exhausted itself and
an irregular decline got under
way.
The list was mixed most of
the morning but late in the
Evening star., 1960-05-05
N. Y. COTTON

NEW YORK, May 5 (AP).-Cotton
futures were quiet today. Trading was
largely confined to evenine operations
in nearby May contracts by traders
totaled $4,000 bales. There were nc
May delivery. notices issued at New
York
Southern reports said that there
were numerous showers over the west
ern cotton belt hut the "a stern nortiop
was mostly dry. Temperatures were
about normal.
Late afternoon prices were un-
changed to / 3 cents a bale lower today
May 1926. July 1913 bid and October
Evening star., 1960-05-05
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, May 5 tAP).-The grain
futures market showed some tendency
toward rally in the early afternoon
today after having drifted through
most Of the day in q steady to slightly
easier range.
Rye, May wheat and soybeans we're
UP major fractions of q cent on buy
ing which appeared TO be mainly Short
covering. Commercial business was
slack all around.
Corn which slipped moderately on
hedge selling during early trading
steadied somewhat At times it was
on the plus side by scant margins,
At noon, wheat was - cent bu-
shell hi9her to is lower, May S2.0SIs;
corn b-K lower, May 81 II; oats ls
higher to u lower. May 1874: rye Ma
higher. May 81 22ss: soyheans un-
changed to "a higher, May S2.l33s.
Cash Grain q
No wheat or oats sales. Corn No. 3
yellow l.19-2I: No. 4 yellow Liza
1871; sample grade yellow liz. Soy
beans No. 3 yellow 2.I2. Barley Malt
ing choice 1.15n; feed 9s-1 .O5n.
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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS

Furnished BY the Asseelssed Press
stOsss sSd saIss iGss N.,
Dividends lestD High Low I'D cha.
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Firms Cautious
About Dividends

NEW YORK, May 5 (AP).-
United States corporations
moved more cautiously in div
idend increases last month be-
cause of ''the slower rate of
profits improvement" Stand
Evening star., 1960-05-05

ard & Poor's Corp. reported
today.
Only 38 companies raised
their dividends in April againss
106 in March and 70 in April
1859, the statistical and in
vestment advisory service said
1t was the first time since
November, 1858. that the total
failed to top the year earlier
level.