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800 doctors, nurses, and students
from the Tuskagee School Of Vet
Urinary Medicine observed thu
Symposium at Tuskegee, while
some 175 persons saw the pro-
gram in Nashville.
Sponsors Of the program, The
Lederle Laboratories Of Pearl
River, New York, in cooperation
with the Bell Telephone Company,
say this is only the second time
such facilities have been used, al
though Wednesdays equipment
was improved over that used the
first time last year by three medi-
cal schools in the East.
The Symposium dealt with ely
pertensive Cardiovascular Disease,
and featured as lecturers DR.. Eu-
gene H. Dibble Of Tuskagee In
stitute, DR.. John Ashhurst, DR..
Earl T. Odom, and DR.. Kenney Of
the VA Hospital, and three medi-
cal experts from Meharry Medi-
cal College: DR.. D. T. Rolfe, dean;
DR.. John Thomas, and DR.. Ralph
Cazort.
Harold Byrd, sales representa-
tive of the Southern Bell Tele-
phone Company Of Montgomery
said after the ~ hour showing
that: eff one or more field trials
are as successful as this one, the
quality is Of such that believe it
will be put on the market"
J. D. Smith, district sales rep
resentative Of the sponsoring Led
erie Company was even more en-
thusiastic. He boosted that the
signal from Nashville was clear,
and summed up his. reaction by
saying that he thought the entire
program was tremendous"
The occasion attracted invited
guests from the region. Included
among those attending was Ma
jor Jacob z. Van Hoorn, Chief
Medical Officer at the u. s. Army
Hospital, Fl. Mcclellan, Alabama,
and a number of practicing ply
sicians.
During his presentation, DR..
Thomas, associate professor of
medicine and director of the heart
station at Meharry, called n.y.
pertension the largest killer of
the American adult. Negroes, Chi
nese and other minorities are the
victims, he said, due to the pres
sure resulting from adverse So
cial patterns.
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at the 33 United Negro Colleges.
The tour was underwritten by the
Rockefeller Foundation.
The conference at Princeton
brought together government Of
ficials, leading educators, founda-
ton and other private-organization
representatives. The delegates dis
cussed the vital problems of hu-
man-resource development in the
emerging nations of East Africa.
It provided q meeting ground for
experts with great variety Of ex.
perience and background to pre-
sent their recommendations on
East African education.
Two pressing East African re-
quirements were Of primary con-
Germ.
/. The development Of high-level
manpower through university
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supervision Of DR.. William H.
Hunter, dean Of the school, and
John P. Krouse, campus coordi-
nator. A sixth member of the
team, DIR. MRS. Florence Brown,
presently on the staff Of St. Louis
University, will go to Liberia early
next year.
The five educational advisors
already in Liberia are Mr.. and Mrs.
Pollard, Mr.. and Mrs. Shelley F..
Lynem, and William A. Pearson,
all formerly Of the st. Louis, Mo-,
school system.
Liberals need for trained ele-
mentary teachers Is acute. Africa's
oldest republic, she has some 500
schools Of various types, but only
two colleges to serve her popula-
ton Of 8 million. Additionally.
about 1870 Of the rural elemen-
tary teachers have less than an
eighth grade education, and have
no special training for teaching in
rural schools.
For the Institute Center at Tor
FOR, the Liberian Government has
provided other housekeeping IA
cilities that include building and
maintenance Of campus roads,
landscaping, and building mainte-
nance. The Republic viii further
provide the local teacher in train
ing as counterparts to the Tuske-
gee corps Of advisors.
The u. 8. Through ICA) pro.
vides funds for teaching mater
ials, equipment and salaries for
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training.
2. The recruitment of a SUBJ
stantial corps of teachers-now
desperately needed in East African
secondary schools.
Mr.. Raullerson said that special
attention was given to the critical
problem of selecting African stu
dents to be brought to the U. s.
for special training. ".The confer
ence also considered at length the
selection of American institutions
best-fitted to provide specialized
training for young East Africans"
Mr.. Raullerson reported.
Among the important U. s. rep
resentatives attending were: Mich
igan's Gov. G. Mennen Williams
newly-designated Assistant Secre-
tary Of State for African Affairs:
Arthur s. Flemming, U. s. Secre-
tary Of Health, Education and We'll
fare; Olcott Deming, director Of
East and South African Affairs.
y. 8. State Department; David D..
Henry, director, Harvard Interna-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-12-17

Christmases are becoming mer-
rier for most of the 229 white and
colored farm families of the John
son Creek Watershed area of Madi-
son County, Tenn.
Until few years ago, the farm
ers of this watershed, which lies
near Jackson, Tenn, saw their crop
yields continue down, down. The
fertile topsoil of the slopes had
washed into north-flowing John
son Creek years ago, leaving deep
gullies. Underlayers of sand were
now pouring into the stream, clog
ging the channel and often causing
floods.
But today things are different.
Trees and grasses now cover much
Of the quilted areas, utilizing more
/ of the rainfall, preventing erosion,
and reducing floods. And five huge
floor-retarding structures have
been built. These are dams con-
structed on dry land at strategic
points in the watershed to trap
excessive rain runoff and form
lakes.
Also cover crops are now planted,
terraces are built, and the slopes
are plowed on the contour as soil
and water conservation measures.
The result: crop yields are rising
through the 22,61O-acre watershed;
cotton is sharing more of the acres
with pastures and livestock; and
average incomes which used to
hover around $500 a year, making
Christmases so bleak for many of
the families, are higher.
But all this didn't just happen.
It's the result of farmer coopera-
ton and government action, says
C. L. Daniels, work unit conser-
vationist of Madison County who
provides technical assistance to the
Soil Conservation District.
Over 200 families have had their
farms mapped by Sos technicians
and have conservation plans they
are putting into effect to help keep
the watershed green and'productive.
Out of their own pockets, the
farmers and the county government
are spending close to $275,0O0 for
these and other improvements. And
under the Watershed Protection
and Flood Prevention Act and
through other programs admins
tered by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, the Federal Govern
ment is spending an additional
1888, 900 on the work.
The Federal Government, of
course, built the flood-retarding
structures, and either through the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-12-17
Kennedy Urged To Appoint Seey. Of
State Determined To Redeem Pledges
On MiddkEast And Sympathtic
To Aspirations OF Non Whites

NEW YORK. - The American
Jewish Congress this week urged
President-elect Kennedy to appoint
a Secretary Of State determined
to exercise American leadership in
reducing Middle East tensions and
sympathetic to the aspirations of
the non-white populations at home
and abroad.
In a resolution, the national
Governing Councils Of the Aeon
gress expressed the hope that Sen.
Kennedy would make his choice
not on the basis of domestic po-
litical or geographical considera-
tions but rather in terms Of the
person "best equipped" to carry
out vigorous and creative Amer
erican foreign polciy in the years
ahead
The Jewish group warned, how
ever, that only a Secretary of State
fully committed" to the policies
enunciated by Sen. Kennedy during
the last session Of Congress and
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D O " n
IA R ISL
S 7 R < ( T
BY PERCY GREENE

PARISH STREET SATURDAY
NIGHT: It amt always 'xactly so
IN the way my grandma used to
say it back when l was . boy but
what she used to say was when
ever folks git to talking bout you
done got to be somebody what
Grandma was talking bout was
when folks starts to downright
lying bout you but when
folks starts to talking bout you
and everything dey say is the truth
right there shining lack the nose
on your face when they used to
grease 1t with vasoline, well, you
amt nobody / got to thinking
long these lines while l was settin
down eating ma feesh and drink
ing my beer while listening to
;Aine Haggar's Chillun what comes
u town only every Satdee mite
nut noos more'n what them that's
here everyday give 'em credit
talking about who is and who amt
'mongst them that thinks they self
big and while / was listening /
found out some more about the
members of the tribe along the
lines what / started off to talking
bout You show done got to
the place where you needs pity
when folks that's knowed you be-
fore and when looks at you and
says HE THINKS HE'S
SOMETHING and 'mongst the
members of the tribe you're show
huff Citing laid low when they
say that you thinks you're some
thing and there's where al
ways says there's so much sense
'mongst Aine Haggar's Chillun
that you amt likely to run across
while you're purchase-suing one of
them-there ph'd's, which is what
heard one of the members of the
tribe say was some kinda Fiction
Of de mind dat deys done gone to
calling eddycashun, / had to think
q long time before I could ketch-
up with what the Chillun means
when they say HE THINKS HE'S
SOMETHING it means that you
done started acting lack what you
sint before where you git where
you aim to 60 and amt give
other folks time to start thinking
you something, which 'mongst Aine
Haggar's Chillun is jess lack it is
'mongst the other tribes :. If
you done gone to thinking you're
big before you git there don't start
to acking-lack-it cause you is show
Citing laid-low when every where
you 60 folks what once used to
know looks ups and says HE
THINKS HE'S SOMETHING &.
! was talking bout nobody special
cep'n. dem OATS It..
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shrine.
The restoration will be directed
by DR.. Rosa L. Gragg of Detroit
NACWC president.
Serving with DR.. Johnson or
the advisory committee will be two
U. S. Congressman. They are Rep
resentative Adam Clayton Powell
d., N. W and Representative Rob-
ert N. C. Nix d., Pa.). Two col
lege presidents also are members
of the committee - DR.. James NJ
Nabrit, Jr. of Howard University
and DR.. Charles H. Wesley of
Howard University and DR.. Char
les H. Wesley of Central College of
Ohio.
Other committee members in
clude DR.. Joseph H. Douglass, pro-
gram analysis officer, Department
of Health, Education, and Welfare;
Col. West A. Hamilton, member of
the D. c. Board of Education; Moss
Hendrix, Washington businessman:
Mrs. Dorothy Porter, supervisor of
the Howard University Library's
Negro collection; and DR.. Charles
E. Qualls, Washington pharmacist.
DR.. Douglass is a great-grandson
of Frederick Douglass.
Also Roy Wilkins, executive Sec
rotary of the NAACP; A. Philip
Randolph, vice president of the
AFL-CIO; DR.. John Hope Franklin,
chairman Of the department of his
tory at Brooklyn (N.Y.) College;
and Mrs. D. Ward Nichols, New
York City civic leader.
Also Bishop Joseph Gomez of
Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Daisy Bates
of Little Rock, Ark; Maceo A.
Sloan of the North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Co. at Durham;
Professor James E. Lewis of Nor
gan State College in Baltimore;
and Ellis E. Outlaw, st. Louis at
torney.
The Douglass Home, located at
1411 w. Street, southeast, was be-
queathed to the present owners by
the late Mrs. Helen Pitts Douglass,
widow of the abolitionist. The home
has been closed to the public in
recent years; however, present
plans call for it's restoration and
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the times"

the times"
The Negro farmer is tired of
being pampered with the annual
Farm Bureau fish fry by the river"
DR.. R. L. Hurst of South Carolina
State College, delegate, told War
rem Newberry, Farm Bureau field
director.
Supporting DR.. Hurst's stand, l..
A. Potts, conference chairman,
charges that Negro Farm Bureau
members are being distinctly dis
eliminated" against on the local
level. The policy of keeping Ne
groes out of local branches of the
Bureau blocks colored participation
on all levels, he said.
Although his organization is 'ill
at ease, it is not mad or bitter"
said Mr.. Potts, Dean of Tuskegee
School Of Agriculture. 1--WE are
acting to make the Farm Bureau
stronger and better for all the peO-
ple," he told Mr.. Newberry.
Mr.. Newberry, expressing his
willingness to cooperate, promised
he would convey the feelings and
desires of the association to Charles
B. Shuman, president of the Farm
Bureau.
Said Mr.. Newberry: whether we
like it or not, we all-colored and
white are in this farm business
together and must cooperate in or
der to survive"
Attention of the conference was
also focused on the need for break
ing down racial barriers in the en-
tire American economy; and the
need for action to assure the Negro
economic security.
Raymond D. Larson, assistant to
the Secretary of the U. S. Depart
ment Of Labor, called for the coun-
try to eliminate every tint of racial
discrimination to use its economic
manpower effectively.
IF we don't show economic pro-
gress in the '6O's," he said, Russia
will certainly use this as a propa-
ganda device against us"
He added that both Russia and
the United States are vying for the
favor of many countries which are
"primitively" developed. These
foreign countries will lean toward
the ideaclogy with the most eco.
nomic strength - whether it be
democratic or communistic, he con.
cluded.
Norman L. McGhee, president OF
the McGhee Company, Cleveland
Ohio, presented a plan that woult
''lift blindness from the Negro.
economic eyes,"
He urged Negro families to be-
come share owners of stock in eacl
of Americas 10 biggest corpora
tions-rather than possessors o.
"fine clothes and shiny cars"
Such an investment, said Nc
Chez, would provide economic Sc
curly and assure equal citizen
ship" In addition to cash divi
dends, the Negro would also receive
job dividends, which are now .,
crying need Of the Negro" he said
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opening next year during the Civil
War Centennial observance. Ac-
cording to DR.. Gragg, the edifice
will be dedicated as q national
shrine during the observance Of the
Tooth anniversary Of the Emanci-
patton Proclamation in January,
1868.
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fairs. Emphasizing the "key role"
Of the U. S. Secretary of State in
projecting new solutions to the
Middle East problem, DR.. Hendel
said the major long-range task of
U. S. policy in the area should be
Ito end the arms race and to bring
about direct peace talks between
Israel and the Arab countries.
"Peace, in turn, would lay the
basis for ending poverty and
squalor throughout the Middle
East" he declared, adding:
Pursuit of Americas ultimate
detectives in the Middle East, how
ever, cannot justify further delay
by the State Dept. in curbing the
impairment of American citizen
ship rights by Arab governments
and in eliminating the obstacles
to free international trade imposed
by the Arab boycott and by
Egypt's refusal to permit free
passage through the Suex Canal"
In his report, DR.. Hendel noted
that Sen. Kennedy had voted for
the Douglas-Keating Amendment
to the Mutual Security Act en-
towering the President to with
hold U. s. assistance from coun-
tries that wage economic warfare
against other recipients Of Ameri.
can aid. In letter to the Amer
lean Jewish Congress, Senator
Kennedy pledged he would exer.
else this authority if elected Presi.
dent and would act affirmatively
to protect American citizens from
religious or racial discrimination
by foreign governments, DR.. Hen
del disclosed.
/ The American Jewish Congress-
leader closed his report with thu
hope that the U. s. would "taks
the lead in the solution Of thu
Middle East problems which thu
whole area awaits" Such American
initiative, he said. should not b
based on ignoring the problem:
posed by nations that infringe OF
the rights Of American citizens t.
travel and trade freely and thai
t!::wart the purposes Of American
economic aid through boycott and
blockade Of the one .countr7 In thu
Middle East-Israel-that repre-
sents the democratic way Of life
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tional Students Office; Joseph C.
Satterthwaite, Assistant Secretary
of State for African Affairs; and
Kenneth Synder, Area Program
Officer Of Africa, U. s. State De-
partment.
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out the country and save a. little
a one dollar per month to pur-
chase one share per year.
Business League officials have
pledged themselves to buy . min
imum of one share per month un-
til all stock has been subscribed.
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Did you hear about the girl who
60 married because her slip was
showing?
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ALONG THE OLE AVENUE.
Brother Bills stopping to talk
about the election out at the Elks
Lodge the other night where
brother Bill Lee was determined
to GUST Brother Bill Vincent as
Exalted Ruler and put in office his
man Brother Bill Victor Jones,
which he did, but only to have
Brother Bill Vincent elected to
the crucial post of Financial Sec
rotary When l think of some
things I know that really makes
me laff
THEY SAY ITS TRUE: That
Papa Rock, the WOKJ Radio Man
is really married now. His wife
Jimmie Lee Oliver. They got mar
ried last Saturday so l heard :.
SAME THING TO YOU
BROTHER: I've been hearing
about those good things being said
about me both publicly and pri-
vate by WOKJ Radio man, job
bic Martin, despite some of his
critics as we'll as mine Thanks
and the same and more to
you, brother.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: eff a
man makes me keep my distance,
the comfort is that he keeps his
at the same time" Jonathan Swift.
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the Tuskegee staff team. -Tuske-
gee provides the personnel and
technical know-how.
The Sidney herald., 1960-01-27
MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS

Politics and newspapers are two things that, if properly
used, are very beneficial to our nation. But newspapers that
try to influence readers to the way the publisher thinks are
Of no good use to their readers or to the community or state.
So many publishers and editors try to make certain can
didates appear as the only light for prosperity to aIl-could it
be the publishers "ALL?"
Your editor is not going to attempt to make the readers
see just his views. Rather, so it seems, that to be a Free
Press, which term is so loosely used at times, a paper should
try to tell the readers about all candidates-sot the people can
makeup their own minds, and decisions.
If you care to know what the editor thinks and want to
abide by his decisions that is your privilege. However, if
you are given as many facts as possible of all candidates, and
make up your own mind, then that is Democracy.
Certainly everyone has his or her personal likes and dis
likes for candidates-even an editor-but to fully enjoy Free
dom and Democracy-make up your own mind who you want
to vote for.
tits to me, sitting, to read or hear of an editor or publish
er that makes speeches and writes articles for any one can
didate.
Candidates have been told that their views will be pub
lished in this paper so that the readers can make their own
decisions.
What more can a Free Press do?
The Sidney herald., 1960-01-27

Yet, there are signs that the treaty will not face easy going
when it comes up for the necessary ratification in the Senate.
Some students of political developments surrounding the frozen
continent contend the United States gave away too much III
achieving its program for standardization with inspection.
Both congressman and senators are included in a group which
continent which would be upheld in any International court. They
also contend that Russia was so agreeable because she knew
she had no such valid claim, and agreed to an inspection sys-
tenn in an area where she could not legally have set up military
or missile bases anyway.
d NEIL McELROY-The departure of Neil McElroy as secre-
tary of Defense after some 26 months on the job came quietly
and with an amazing lack of the usual run of comments about
the government losing a dedicated and able public servant.
McElroy's resignation had been anticipated for months. In
fact, he had been all set to depart earlier in the year but was
persuaded to continue in his post during several crises now
vague and faded.
The sorry fact is that McElroy was miscast in his role as the
top man in the u. S. defense effort. He was more a salesman
than an administrator. And, prior to his arrival on the Wash
ington scene, his knowledge of national defense
needs was unimpressive. Defense
Yet, during mis- initial period as head man at
the Pentagon, his stock scared. He was men, ~"et II
toned frequently as a vice presidential, and even Miseust
a presidential possibility. In truth, no man in
the Defense post could have made it a springboard for high 20.
litical office.
ment of Russia's first successful sputnik, and the equally sem
sational failures of the American vanguard satellite program.
In his two years in office, the Russians have widened their mis-
sMe and space exploration by three to five years.
The former soap company head was also cast in the unhappy
role of having to hold down defense budgets in tough, knock
down sessions with the service chiefs and the Democratic con-
trolled Congress.
An-in-aIl, it was an unhappy time for the Defense department
and for whomever had the misfortune to head it at the time.
The Sidney herald., 1960-01-27
DID Y0U X N @ w

al Guard of the United States as a
Reserve component of the Army.
Thus Army National GuardSmen
have a dual status with respect
to their federal service.
When called to active duty in
the service of the United States
members and units are relieved of
their state status and become in
fact members and units of the
army of the United States. Such
a condition existed in World War
2 and in the Korean War.
After World War 2, the Army
National Guard started the task
of rebuilding its units and by De-
cember 1949 had 4,751 federally
recognized units with a total
strength of 353,455 men. One third
of the army national guard in
Guiding eight divisions was mobil-
lied as a result of the Korean war.
Again, at the end of that emer-
gency, a rapid rebuilding program
was necessary. Success of the
program is indicated by the fact
that by March, 1857, the strength
of the Army National Guard
reached 434,372 = highest level
in its history,
In an effort to avoid difficult
ties which have occurred in past
mobilization all Army National
Guard units are organized under
the same tables of organization
and equipment, and pursue the
same training program as the ac-
tive army.
Our local National Guard stands
ready for any state or national
emergency.
Visit the local National Guard
Armory in Sidney, where you will
find modern equipment for a unit
of this type.
The Guard offers many bene-
fits to its members, which should
be taken into consideration when
planning your military future.