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the seth quadrennial general cen
ference of the ANE church here
by Bishop Joseph Gomez of Cleve-
land.
The Episcopal Address, as it Is
officially called, covered a wide
range of subjects from world
peace, Communism, Africa, Cath
olicism, to purely UNCONVENTIONAL
matters.
1t included official recommend
atoms of the Bishops Council for
elaboration and discussion by
delegates to the general confer
ence.
Eight-hundred-fifty delegates to
the denominations official policy
making and legislative body, even
ly divided between ministers and
laymen, represent Is Episcopal
districts covering continental I'm
tied States, Canada, the West In
dies, South America and Africa.
A record total Of IS elected
delegates from overseas areas,
including IL from South Africa
are I'm attendance. The confer
ence closed Tuesday, May IL.
One Of the more controversial
subjects in the message concerned
the significance to the Christian
world Of the recent invitation Of
the Pope Of the Catholic Church
to Join In a world meeting Of
church leaders.
The report stated that despite
general approval Of the idea Of
strengthening Christian unity, an
evident gap exists in that 1t is
felt that the logic Of such a move
ment calls for first the inaugura-
ton Of a Liaison on community
and national levels now totally alb
sent, since Catholics refuse, and
in many places are forbidden to
attend Protestant meetings."
Referring to the current Jurts-
dictional fight Of the Methodist
Church the AME official position
was that the failure to bring
about a union on all branches Of
American Methodism, despite the
earnest desire of the body to do 50,
indicates that "the particular work
and destiny in which we AFRICAN
Methodist Church) were called,
have not been fulfilled.
THE American atmosphere Is
yet beclouded by fogs of seperat-
ism both in church and state and
the question of the colored mans
fullest participation unresolved.
We await the coming Of the Lords
Day, but it welcomes offers Of dis
Lcussion and explorations"
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fled. The South has always stood
up against overwhelming odds.
The Civil War In the classic exam
pie. Yet the Civil War Ia only the
symbol Of the South's lonely posi-
ton in the world: she tried to set
up a static society in the chang
ing West; even today she tries TO
maintain a static society In the
changing world. With all her good
intentions, she was always headed
for defeat
Tragically caught In such a sit
uation, she has always defended
the status quo. AS heroism IL the
chief characteristic Of the tragic
character, so heroisTn has been her
chief characteristic. She has stood
upon the borders Of her sacred
soil, and fought back as she could
the ceaseless attacks Of the In
fidelA In a world going az she
thought to the dogs, she has tried
to maintain the past unchanged.
Since she has always lost, she In
the self-anointed defender Of lost
causes. Again, the great example
In the Civil War. But even before
that war she was preparing her
self to lose: absorbing the roman
ces of Walter Scott, dreaming of
a feudalism already gone, catch
ing from the stories themselves
the nostalgia for lost causes: al
ready, like Fitz-James, with her
back against the rock, out-num-
bered and out-gunned
Anyone who wishes to defend
the past should study the history
of the South. Great leaders, brave
men, true heroes, and what have
we now? Even as I write the sun
Is going down on Capitol Hin,
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and White Cab Company for race
discriminatory practices. The COM
missions two previous requests
for this company to do away with
its discriminatory practice Of not
allowing Negroes to drive the
night shifts have been completely
ignored.
However, before I left that
meeting experienced the same
sensation had as a young boy the
first time I came face to face
with the problems that I as a
Negro would have the rest Of my
life.
AS a young boy I had come to
believe the constitution and docu-
ments claiming that every man
regardless of race, religion or
status was equal under the law.
Also I had come to believe that
when this equality was violated
both white and Negro alike would
work to remedy the situation.
Ever since I can remember my
parents had tried to explain to
me the facts Of life, 50 that the
establishment they knew was
coming as a result Of these be-
liefs might be softened. What they
tried to warn me against came
and many times.
The first and most forcefil
example came within week after
I went into the military service
and the latest example occurred
last week in a meeting with the
Minneapolis FEPC.
while being transported to the
basic training center, I met and
became friends with a white boy
from Cincinnati, Ohio. In fact we
became more than friends; we be-
came buddies in the most literal
nse-fifty-fifSy all the way.
"One evening about a week
after arriving at the center he and
I were among the last ones admit
ted to the dining hall before the
doors were locked. The custom
was that after the doors were
locked and everyone had been
through the mess line once, those
who wanted could go back for a
second serving of food. Cherry
pie was the dessert-a favorite Of
mine.
Il went back and asked for
more Of the pie. The cook, who
had just given the fellow ahead of
me some pie, said there were no
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BY DAN WAKEFIELD

on the side Of law, order and the
cherished traditions Of the white
citizens. Indeed, the topic Of this
particular meeting was "A Salute
to Law and Order" attended 1t
with a young man and woman
who live in Montgomery, and we
sat throughout the proceedings In
silence, neither clapping nor rising
from our seats during the several
standing ovations. Throughout the
speeches I was taking notes, and
this, along with our failure to rise
and applaud at appropriate NOM
ents, was evidently enough to
brand US as outsiders" When
we walked toward the door at
the end Of the meeting a middle
aged man in a brown business suit
followed along beside us and began
to shout at me, Did you get
enough information? I hope you
got all the information you want
ed!"
said yes, thanks, had all the
information I wanted. He contin-
ued to follow, shouting and point
ing at us, and other people began
to stop and stare. He yelled out,
1T know who you are. I know who
all three of you are"
BY the tone of his voice and the
look on his face, he seemed to be
under the impression that we were,
at the very least, three Of the
Four Horsemen Of the Apocalypse.
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president Of the Petersburg I'm
provement Association which has
been one Of the focal points for
the sit-in movement in the south.
He is Virginia state director of
the Congress Of Racial Equality
(CORE) and is president Of the
Petersburg Branch of the NAACP.
He also founded and is on the
board of directors Of the Virginia
Council on Human Relations, the
only bi-racial group in Virginia
working for desegregation.
Mr.. Walker also serves as a
member of the board Of directors
Of the Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference with DR.. Martin
Luther King, Jr. He is DR.. Kings
personal representative to several
regional and national intergroup
conferences.
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machines that win make our stand
ard of living comparable to theirs,
But this isn't all.
At the height Of the moral argu-
ment, In 1849, Henry David Thor
eau, Of Massachusetts,, aroused by
the Mexican War, which seemed to
him a project for the extension of
slavery, published an essay called
Civil Disobedience," and indeed
went to Jail overnight to back
UP his stand. Some half-century
later Mohandas Gandhi read this
essay, and applied its principles
in South Africa, where he was
then living. After this dry run,
another half-century passed, at
the end of which Gandhi, through
the application of these principles,
had freed India. Ten years later,
Martin Luther King, Jr., having
studied Gandhi's career, applied the
same principles successfully in
Montgomery. And now, all over
the South, Negro students, fol-
lowing in the footsteps Of King,
are seating themselves quietly at
Iunch-counters, formerly reserved
for whites. It really Is hard to get
around the Yankees.
It's especially hard when most
of the students don't even know
that this is a Yankee idea. It's
travelled around the world and
taken on a brown tone since 1t
was first enunciated. Worse than
that, it hits the white Southerner
rather close to where he lives. For
however you appraise what the
students are doing, here Is a kind
of heroism, and the South has al
ways prided itself upon its hero
ism.
A Lonely Position
BY and large, the pride is justi-
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the late ORR c. Hall. Mr.. Hall who
Is listed in the current Who's Who
in America prefers to be called
plain Lloyd Hail.
Mr.. Hall graduated from North
western University and did grad
uate work at the University OF
Chicago.
The distinguished chemist who
Is in semi-retirement having re-
tired officially from the post OF
technical director of Griffith Lab
oratories in Chicago, two years age
to settle in Pasadena. He was q
member of the research and chem
ical staff of the firm "a years
Mr.. Hall has 100 patents regis
tered under his name and is author
Of 40 technical papers which have
been published in various scienti-
fic journals.
On Chemists Institute Board
In Minneapolis he was attending
the annual convention of the
American Institute of Chemists
upon whose board he has served
two terms.
Mr.. Hall, "a years old, tall and
distinguished appearing with iron
gray hair attracted much attention
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REV. WYATT 7. WALKER
dom Day, Sunday, May 20 at
Unity Church, 732 Holly, st. Paul
at 1880 pm.
This meeting, sponsored by the
st. Paul chapter of the NAACP,
will commemorate the anniversary
of the us. Supreme Court decision
ordering the Indignation of public
schools. Chairman of the local
meeting is Miss Ethel Richberg,
945 Dayton, st. Paul.
In 1858 Mr.. Walker led the
! first pilgrimage of prayer for
public schools. This effort cul-
minated in a non-violent pilgrim
mage of more than 1000 persons
who protested the closing Of pub
lie schools in several Virginia COM
munities.
Within a month after this effort,
over $4,000 Virginia students re-
turned to reopened schools. Later,
in 1859, another pilgrimage at
tracted over 5000 people to pro-
test school closings in Prince Ed
ward county. More recently, for
protesting segregation in the Pet
ersburg Public Library, Reverend
Walker was arrested and held in
Jail.
Rev. Walker was an honor grad
uate of Virginia Union University
and did postgraduate study at
Union Theological Seminary in
New York. He was founder and
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Excerpts on other subjects fol-
low:
COMMUNISM: For the church
it is most important always to
recognize its negation of God and
its disregard for the sacredness Of
human personality"
COMMUNITY MORALS: your
Bishops express their growing con-
Germ and justificatiable alarm at
the increasing moral decadence
that has weakened our national
prosperity and educational ad-
vance"
WORLD MISSIONS: with so
percent Of the peoples of the world
being colored and constituting the
majority race; with their progress
in education and military science
accelerated there can be great
danger Of world conflict Of races
unless the church can bring to
bear the full force Of the Gospel
Of Christ to this most dangerous
situation, dangerous to the future
world peace"
AFRICA: Those who argue for
q change In the word african"
in the name Of the African Meth
odist Episcopal Church would do
well to remember that the name
African" goes far beyond the
ethnic connotations. The word
African" in the traditional and
historic sense means commitments
and a dedication far beyond the
change that time may bring"
The AME Church had previous
ly gone on record as favoring the
student dt-in protests, and the
several college presidents in at
tendance at the General Confer
ence have indicated that they viii
take no disciplinary action against
students who demonstrate for civil
rights as long as such demonstra-
tons are peaceful and conducted
with dignity.
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mission on two occasions on {
complaint that the taxi firm VOL
ates the city ordinance by refls
ing to allow Negro drivers Il
drive cabs on the 3 to IL pm
shift.
The 20 year old man lives at 122I
Irving Av. NJ, is married and hai
a family. Formerly a full-tim'
driver at Blue & White he asIxet
to be placed on the extra boart
when he received a scholarship Il
attend the University.
As other men who are in col.
Iege and work for the taxi com.
panies to make ends meet, White
sought the 3 to IL pm. shift,
a favorite shift for college men
who must find time for both work
and study.
White says he was told by Blue
& White officials that Negro driv-
ers would not be allowed to work
the evening shift. After several
weeks Of discussion White finally
appealed to the Minneapolis
FEPC filing a complaint which
was heard on Dec. 81, 1869.
At the hearing a representative
Of the cab firm admitted Whites
charges and agreed that the firm
would change the policy.
White again appeared three
months later on March IA, before
the commission to report that
there had been no change in the
firm policy.
The commission at that time
ordered Louis J. Erwin, executive
director to communicate with the
cab firm and inquire why its prom
Use to halt its discriminatory prac-
tees had not been kept
On Wednesday, May IL, Mr.
White again appeared before tho
commission. He reported he wa
stin kept off the 8 to IL pm. shift
because of his race.
Effort to obtain a statement
from the city body was not sue.
cessful. Louis J. Erwin, executive
secretary was not available Tues.
day for comment.
Whites reactions to the COM
missions conduct is in a letter
which he sent to this newspaper
White wrote:
ION May IL, appeared before
the Minneapolis Fair Employment
Practices Commission (FEPC) for
the second time. The purpose was
to urge the commission to take
positive action against the Blue
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In Shooting:
Hooker Found
Guilty Of First
Degree Murder

Ohio Perk Hooker, so, Mime
apolis man accused Of shooting one
man to death and wounding an
other was found guilty Monday of
murder in the first degree by a
Hennepin county district court
jury.
Hooker, 1921 Fourth Av. s., shot
and fatally wounded Lloyd Will
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Montgomery

Beneath the gold draperies that
canopy the long, high-ceilinged
stage of the Montgomery, Ala
bama, City Hall sat the officers
of the local White Citizens Council
and their honored guests - the
top officials Of the city, county
and state police forces. Montgom-
cry, Safety Commissioner L. B,
Sullivan, who heads the police and
fire departments Of this city of
roughly 10000 white and $4,000
Negro citizens, stood at the rost-
rum and told his appreciative pub
lie audience:
Since the Infamous Supreme
Court decision rendered I'm 1854,
we In Montgomery and the
South have been put to a severe
test by those who seek to destroy
our time-hOnOred customs. E.
I think 1 speak for all the law
enforcement agencies when I
say we win use all the peaceful
means at our disposal to main
tain our cherished traditions.
So stand the police Of Alabama
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Rehobofh Church TO
Observe 28fh YedT
With Revived

Rehoboth Church of Christ will
observe its 2Sth Anniversary be-
ginning May %, thru June s. The
first seven days will be given to
the Anniversary observance. A Re-
vival will be conducted on the last
five days, with Elder D. w. Hester
Of Logansport, Ind, as guest
speaker nightly.
All pastors and their congrega-
tons and All Nations are welcome.
Rev. c. E. Parker, Pastor. For in
formations Call IA. 1-5726.-Advt.
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Out Or Nazareth
BY James Mcbride Dabbs In the
Presbyterian OUTLOOK

Mayvle s. Cts hard to get around the Yankees Their
attack has always been twOpronged morals and machines
From 1880 1860 SOuhener tried to silence the ethical
attack by loud proestaons But the machnes-suppored
against by such people the hungry of
Manchester-were much for By 1865 they licked
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Cob Driver Reps City Body,
Complainant In Blue &
White Cab Discrimination
Blasts Minneapolis FEPC

In letter to this newspaper Minneapolis Negro taxi
cab driver who has been trying get the firm
he works for to halt discriminatory practices against its Negro
drivers also blasts the Minneapolis Fair Employment Practices
Commission
The driver Maurice White student the University
of Minnesota has appeared before the Minneapolis FEP
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ELKs ANNUAL ORATORICAL
SCHEDULED FOR MAY 20

Minnesota State IB.P.O.E. of
w. will conduct its annual orator
ical contest Sunday, May 20, at 8
pm. at Sabathani Baptist Church,
500 18th Av. s., Minneapolis. This
is sponsored by the state lodges
and temples IB.P.o.E. of w. DON
alton 81. Public is invited.-Advt.
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Anne. Resolution Raps
Failure OF Meth0diSts
To Abolish JimCr0
AZ Conference:

Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles (ANP)The failure of
the Methodist abolish its jim division during its
general conference in recently cited of the
to push forward the of the African Methodist
Episcopal church here last week.
The reference to the Methodist church made in the
900 word Estate of the church, read to delegates of
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NOTED CHEMIST WITH THREE
HONORARY DEGREES PREFERS 70
BE CALLED PLAIN mr." HALL

One of the nation foremost chemists who has relatives
St. Paul in the Twin Cities last week in attendance the
annual convention of the American Institute of Chemists
which he is a board member.
Lloyd Hail. the chemist association leader is the modest
gentleman in question He has visited the Twin Cities nnumera
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TWO OPTIONS

TWO OkI1ONS
We're just not gonna do IL.
Don Hallmark, program chair
man, Montgomery, Ala. White
Citizens Council. "
Nothing can stop us.-BIIly
Smith, Negro student sIt-ln DEM
Onstrator, Greensboro, NO.
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HdlIlS, %, 14Il
w. saith St, and
wounded Ernest
Leussler. B o t b
men and another.
William A. Bur.
man, 2012 Grand
Av. who escaped
injury, were Min.
neapolis Gas Co.,
employees who
HKraV,f m tla raafd.
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Eye Or The Storm
NATION MAGAZINE REPORT ON a
WHATS HAPPENING TN DIXIE

Editors Note: The most thorough unbiased report what
has happening I'm relations In the South since the
student stdOwns article by Dan Wakefield author of Island
the city, which appeared I'm The Nation May
its wide interest cOverage reprint
instamentS Citizens interested what really happen
ing the recaCtrant southern states win find the Wakefield
article Illuminating and Informative.
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Rev. WYGff W0Iksr
Southern Leader
Speoks Here Sunday

The Reverend Wyatt Tee Walk
er, minister Of the 1853 year-old
Gillfield Baptist Church of Peters
burg, Virginia will speak on Free
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"a frequent and annoying trOu-
BILE with a budget Is that you can't
seem tO."-Harry i. Shumway.
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EvanseIiss Willie Moe
Smith Concert FridGy

The Minneapolis Choral Youth
Union Is featuring Evangelist VIII
lie Mae Ford Smith in concert
Friday, May 20, at 8 pm. at Souls
Harbor also known as Calvary
Temple, IS 8. 18th st. Rev. Gordon
Peterson Is host minister. Mrs
Ruth Daley is supervisor Of the
Youth Union
The public is invited. A free
will offering will be lifted.-Advt
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Wouldn't II be wonderful TO
find some way Of keeping politics
out Of politics 9"--Pat BUTT am.
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The only faith that wears wen and
holds It's color in all weathers In that which
Ii woven OF conviction, and set with the
sharp mordaunt Of experience. Enthusiasm
Is good material for the orator, but the
statesman needs something more durable
to work in, - must be able to rely on the
deliberate reason and consequent firmness
OF the people, without which that presence
Of mind, no less essential in times Of moral
than Of material peril win be wanting at
the critical monent.-James Lowell
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A Lonely Position
BY and large, the pride is tusti-
The Sidney herald., 1960-10-19
Lutheran Welfare
Meeting Held AT
PeIIa Lutheran

Mondays host to the board of
directors of Lutheran Welfare
Association of Montana was PeIla
Lutheran Church. At this meet
ing OF the Statewide Child Wei
fare and adoption agency there
was considerable discussion
~centerlng around the new relation
ships which have begun for
Lutheran Welfare, as the result
OF merging SynodS. The merged
church OF this year - The Ameri-
can Lutheran Church - has esta-
bliShed a District Committee on
Charities which will relate +ha
needs of Lutheran Welfare to their
new Synod and congregations in
Montana The jurisdictional units
OF the United Lutheran Church
Augustana, and Missouri SvnodS
have also given official recoeni-
ton to the Agency.
Reports on Monday revealed
That the agency and its staff of
trained social workers have given
intensive c~OunSelling to forty
unwed mothers this year. For
those girls destitute and without
financial resources, the agency has
met the cost of medical care. hos
plbal care, living ARRANGEMENTS.
and personal incidentals. The
agency maintains carefully select
ed boarding homes in Billings.
Great Falls, Missoula and Kalispeli
for unwed mothers, and offers
professional casework help from
social workers, having residence
IN those communities. Temporary
boarding homes are also maintain
ed in several communities for the
care Of infants awaiting placement.
Lutheran Welfares ogr
takes a good many dollars to
maintain its services over the
state. but Montana's two hundred
Lutheran congregations of all
Synods feel that these dollars are
well spent.
Pastor Larsen and local board
members, Mrs. Carl Dynneson,
were in charge of local arrange
mentS, and the groups expressed
appreciation to Circle 6. and its
chairman, Mrs. Eugene Burau, for
a delicious noon meal.