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Arizona sun., 1961-10-19
Dixie Employers
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sponsored by the company in CO.
operation with the Hume-Fogg
Vocational High School in Nash
vile. The collective bargaining
agreement with the plant is held
by Areo Lodge 735, International
Association of Machinists.
Separate racial seniority lines
at Liggett & Myers Tobacco Com
pany restrict the employment op-
portunities of Negro employees,
according to complaints signed by
81 Negro workers in the company's
Durham plant. They charge that
Negroes are employed only as
sweepers, janitors and toilet at
tendants; that there is not a single
Negro employed as a cigarette
machine operator or in skilled
craft occupations; and that color
ed workers are rigidly excluded
from in-service apprenticeship
training. Also, Mr.. Hill pointed
out to the Committee, Negroes
are segregated in the all-Negro
Local 176 of the Tobacco Workers
International Union.
In 81 affidavits, Negro workers
at the Douglas Aircraft Company's
Charlotte plant said that not a
single Negro is employed in pro-
duction classifications, that they
are used solely for menial tasks,
and that the company consistently
violates the job rights of Negro
workers by refusing to promote
them on the basis of seniority and
skills. Plant employees are rep
resented by Local 243 of the United
Automobile Workers of America.
In significant action, the Ma
ACP filed a complaint against the
North Carolina State Security Com
mission. According to the complaint
a Negro applicant at the Commits
Sion's Durham office was told by
the local manager that jobs at
the IllinoiS-wens Glass Company,
for which he wished to apply, "are
open to white persons only"
The rejected applicant was
further informed that the Com
would not accept his ap-
plication for any job designated
for white persons.
"The operation of state employ
fnent agencies throughout tt e
South is characterized by a rigid
pattern of racial segregation and
discrimination" Mr.. Hill told the
Committee. "The us.
Government" he added, ''iS COM
pletely responsible for providing
the financial basis of all state en-
ployment services. Accordingly,
the Federal Government is direct
ly subsidizing discrimination a.
gainst Negro citizens. 1t is alb
solutely senseless for the Govern
ment to issue executive orders a.
gainst employment discrimination
while Federal agencies continue to
subsidize these practices" /"
Arizona sun., 1961-10-19

Memphis, Tenn. = The NAACP
pledged here this week, following
token integration of 13 Negro first
graders, that Tennessee's pupil
placement law will not be used to
maintain or perpetuate a racially
segregated school system
Jesse H. Turner, militant NAA-
CP president, said that his branch
stands ready to assist, in any
manner necessary, any parents in
an appeal from an assignment to
a school, based on race"
Mr.. Turner expressed gratifi-
cation over the initial effort of
our Board of Education and City
Commission in beginning to desc
CRATE our public school system.
''It is regrettable, however, that
the Board permitted the use OF
race as a prime factor in rejecting
a majority of the Negro students
who registered at white schools. >
He added that the local NAACP
cannot and will not be satisfied
with token integration in our pub
lie school system nor any other
facot of thn social order"
He called on the Board of Ed
ucation to exhibit genuine cour-
age by Immediately re-examing
and re-evaluating its policies and
practices
The so Negro first-graders who
applied to eight previously all
Arizona sun., 1961-10-19
TEACHER QUITS
TO AID EAlL-ENS

James Foreman, has requested
a leave of absence from a Chicago
school where he teaches to become
a member of the Student Non-ViO-
lent Coordinating Committe staff
in Mississippi. Foreman has been
an active participant in the follow
ing demonstrations, Tennessee vote
registration drive, student sit-ins
and Freedom Rides on a voluntary
basis, asked to be relieved of his
regular substitute status to become
a full member of SNCC'S expand
ing interracial staff.
Arizona sun., 1961-10-19
MT. CALVARY
JUNIOR MISSION

The Mt. Calvary Jr Mission met
at the home of Mrs. Willie Mae
Wilson, Oct. 16, at 7:3O pm. Open
ing song by Mrs. Maude Jewell.
Reading of Scripture Mrs. Elna
Baldwin. Romans: 1st chapter and
3rd verse. Prayer, Mrs. Willie
e. Catha. Lesson by Mrs. Audry
White, and was enjoyed by all.
The minutes were read and adopt
ed. Meeting adjourned till the 21St
of October at the Mt. Calvary
Church. Mrs. Willie Mae Wilson
served ice cream cake and punch
was very delicious. Mrs. Joanna
Brown, Pres. and Mrs. Ardealia
Wilson, Reporter.
Arizona sun., 1961-10-19
NAACP TO
HEAR LEWIS

Lynchburg, Va.-Alfred Baker
Lewis, treasurer of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, will address the
organizations state unit here Oct.
1915 on finances and Embarrassing.
This will mark the 26th annual
statewide leadership training con-
ference of the Virginia NAACP
Robert D. Robertson is president.
Mr.. Lewis has been NAACP'
treasurer since 1858 and a member
of the National Board of Directors
since 1889.
Arizona sun., 1961-10-19
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the 49th Armored Division after
October 18th, 1861" he said.
Mr., Laws asserts that the 49th
Division is 5000 men under its
authorized strength, ''yet it would
not accept Negro servicemen prior
to activatiOn.
During the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1860, the federal appro-
priation to Texas alone was $18,-
517,O74," Laws said. He added
that the Federal government will
spend more. than SIPS, 900. 900 this
Year on southern guard units which
discriminate against Negroes.
The NAACP has intensified its
efforts to allow Negroes to serve
in National Guard units since the
Berlin crisis.
'It is Iamentable that racial big
Otry should be allowed to con-
tinue.. such shortShightednesS
could cause irreparable harm in
the event of war;" Mr.. Laws con-
cluded.
Arizona sun., 1961-10-19
Sammy Davis. h.. Stars
IN Prison Movie

''Reprieve," which goes into pro-
duction in November will star Sam
my Davis Jr. with Ben Gazzara
and Ray Walston. Davis will play
the role of a convict in the picture,
which will be filmed at California's
Folsom Prison.
Arizona sun., 1961-10-19
Howard Stack
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NOUIIJIIIUCU II OIII osoO OIIO7
me a proposition if | would be force
assault one of the freedom riders
Griswould they would see l went
free of my charges. This beating
| did in the bottom cell in the union
county jail. l went free for 2
weeks and was picked back up and
sentenced for the crimes which
was supposed to be dropped for
the assault | did for them. They
turned their backs on me is why
confess to this.
Howard Stack
Arizona sun., 1961-10-19

SHOES FOR WOMEN =
AIR STE? PENALJO
PEACOCK PARAMOUNT
KIMEL LIFE STRIDE
SELBY ARCH PRESERVER'
EDITH HENRY COBBLERS
GLAMOUR DE3S KEDETTES
OOMPHIES DANIEL GREEN
Sizes AZ TO II, AAAA to B
SHOES FOR MEN,
ROBLEE
PEDWIN
EVANS SLIPPERS
U. S. BOOSTERS & KEDS
Sizes 6 to Ia. AAA to (
SHOES FOR CHILDREN
CUSTER BROWN
OFFICIAL SCOUT SHOES
Evening star., 1961-03-08
Farragut So.
Parking Plan
Rejection Hit

scrapping Of a plan for q $3.2
million parking garage under
Farragut Square was Ques-
toned yesterday by an Ameri-
can Automobile Association d.
rector and member Of It's ad-
visory board now considering
the plan.
Burton w. Marsh said he
wondered If the agency's rejec-
ton had anything to do with
1.-The outside interests" Of its
members. He said his reference
was to three members Of the 12-
man volunteer agency who
made their livings as private
parking lot and garage oper-
ators and q fourth member
who was q D. c. Transit ex-
ecutive.
"It seems to me-" Mr.. Marsh
said, that public policy should
not be determined by people
who stand to lose or gain" in
construction Of such q facility.
Mr.. Marsh said the AAA Dis
trict advisory board is now con-
sidering the rejected plan and
intends to make its own recon-
mendationS to the District
Commissioners in the near
future.
Cost Factor Cited
The parking agency, after
accepting a $25, 900 report on
the proposal submitted by an
engineering consultant, last
month decided that 1t would
not be feasible to construct
the four-level garage. Cost
and possible damage to the
setting Of the square were
among the reasons cited.
Yesterday, after Mr.. Marsh
questioned the agency's right
to sit in judgment" on the
proposal, another AAA execu-
tive termed the rejection by the
parking agency the result Of q
conflict Of interests"
The District Commissioners,
who attended yesterdays dis
cussion and luncheon spon-
sored by the AAA at the May
flower Hotel, made no COM
ment on the advisory boards
attempt to revive the construc-
ton plan.
Tobriner Undecided
Newly elected president OF
the Board of Commissioners
Walter N. Tobriner said after
the session that he had made
no decision, one way or the
other, on the plan" Commits
sioners Robert Z. Mclaughlin
and Frederick j. Clarke have
already voiced their disapprova,
on the plan on the basis Of the
parking agency's recommends
ton.
However. Congress still coult
Evening star., 1961-03-08

authorize construction Of the
underground garage at Farra-
gut Square. even without the
recommendation Of the District
Commissioner or use Of the
parking agency's surplus mil
lions.
Evening star., 1961-03-08

lS from / to 2 pm. at Alexan-
dria fire houses: Fire House
No. 8. Seminary road; Fire
House No. 5, Cameron street;
Fire House No. 3, Cameron
Mills road; Fire House No. 2,
East Windsor avenue.
Evening star., 1961-03-08
Dog Vaccinations

The Alexandra Public Health
Department has arranged the
following schedule for the an
nual anti-rabies dog vaccina-
tions on March II and March
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Riqht to Peer

We have no way of knowing how the
bulk Of the politicians in Annapolis are
reacting to the intense public interest
which has developed over the handling
Of Maryland's building and loan associa-
ton regulatory bill. It seems to have
walloped Delegate Marvin Mandel of
Baltimore, however, with all the impact
Of a mosquito on an elephants back.
Mr.. Mandel, in excluding the press
from his initial House of Delegates sub
committee meeting on the bill, said his
group cant get anything done with
dozens of people peering over our
shoulder"
Well, the answer to that, we suppose,
depends on what it is that Mr.. Mandel
(who is known to oppose key features Of
the billy wants to "get DONE" If what
he wants is to protect the interests Of
the thousands Of Maryland citizens who
have savings invested in these associa-
tionS, then Of course there is no reason
on earth to hold secret sessions. And
If any other considerations are involved,
the necessity for open hearings is all the
more urgent.
In any event, Mr.. Mandel can be
assured that the press is going to peer
over the shoulder Of his subcommittee,
and to go right on peering at every
step Of the way until this bill is enacted.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Out-On His Own Terms

Stephen Patrick Kennedy, ex-
patrolman, finished his career as Police
Commissioner for New York City in much
the same way that he started ton his
own terms. His record in the ONCE, for
approximately six years, reads just about
the same way-a good way.
One Of Mr.. Kennedys first state
ments in 1855 was that he was not
interested in winning any popularity
contests" He hasn't. At various times,
he has been deeply unpopular with
Mayor Wagner, who appointed him, with
the City Council and other local poll
ticianS; with assorted "big shots" in the
biggest city, and even with the Patrol
mems Benevolent Association that re-
presents members Of his own "a, 4,000-man
department. But along the way he has
been described as the city'S "best boss
policeman since Theodore Roosevelt
which goes back to 1895-97.
When Mayor Wagner announced
few days ago, at the expiration Of the
Commissioners term, that Mr.. Kennedy
would stay in Office without "inter-
ference or political pressure" Of any
kind, New York newspapers said the
Mayor had bowed to wide demand by
civic and other groups. But, typically,
Mr.. Kennedy had his own demands too
He would stay, he said, only If there was
a guarantee that the men on his force
would be given salary raise to COM
pensate for his unwillingnesS to allow
them to hold outside jobs-a ban which
he described as necessary because Of
the inherent conflict of interest and
the unavoidable drain on department
efficiency" When the guarantee was
not forthcoming, he called in newsmen
to announce that "the office Of police
commissioner is vacant"
No doubt New York City has its
budget problems. It also has lost
good "boss policeman"
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Random Statistics

Anonymous tipSters have always
been interesting, If not particularly
charming, people brimming over with
bits of information and gossip of the
most fascinating kind. Take, for
instance, what they have just whispered
to the White House about alleged
military shenanigans abroad: An Off
GERS club (or so they say has ordered
10000 dozen (144,000) English golf balls,
and another has ordered million bot
ties of German beer. These are random
statistics Of truly wonderful sort, and
we leave it to you, gentle readers, to
figure out what they mean, if anything.
AS for ourselves, all we can say is that it
might be vaguely enhancing to see how
much Of the earth's surface would be
covered If these exceedingly multi
tudinous items were laid end to end.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Under -Four FIoqs

Something more than ceremony was
involved in the raising Of three friendly
flags alongside the Stars and Stripes
at a Trinidad naval base recently.
For the action represented an agree
ment reached voluntarily and through
harmonious negotiation for the mainte-
nance Of security outpoStS in the
currently troubled Caribbean area.
Participating in the negotiations and
the ceremony which attended signing
the agreement were representatives Of
our own Government, of Britain, Of
Trinidad and of the soon-to-be-inde-
pendent West Indies Federation. The
Trinidad base itself, an anti-Submarine
American naval installation, is one Of
several in the Indies islands that will
now. be retained primarily for use by
our forces, but also in the interest Of
the common defense of this free region.
These and other base areas were first
set up in the early days Of World War
II, by negotiation then between Wash
ington and London. 1t is a mark Of
the times that today's compact involves
other parties, the West Indian people
themselves who are moving toward full
sovereignty, and installations that are
fitted to modern military technology.
Finally, it seems particularly worthy
of comment that Prime Minister Eric
williams of Trinidad took occasion to
remark at this ceremony that these
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Air Line Strike

c. N. Sayen, president Of the Air
Line Pilots Association (AFL-CIO), says
the strike by flight engineers was not
strike against the air lines but a strike
in defiance of the United States Govern
ment to force 1t to revise under pressure
a decision arrived at by due process of
law"
# this is so, there Is plenty of room
for miSgiving with respect to the "set-
tlement" worked out by Labor Secretary
Goldberg and announced by President
Kennedy.
Under the settlement agreement,
the engineers will return to work on five
air lines pending an investigation of
their grievances" by three-man pres
idential commission. The complaint of
the engineers Is not directed to the air
lines, but to a ruling by the National
Mediation Board-a ruling with respect
to which, again according to Mr.. Sayen,
the engineers have distorted and mis-
represented the facts. So what may be
expected from the study by the Presi-
dents commission? If, in order to sat
isfy the engineers, it returns with rec
concentrations which undercut the Ma
tional Mediation Board, a precedent
pregnant with trouble for the future
will have been established.
It is desirable, Of course, to settle
any strike. This one was costing the
air lines SIS million a day, had resulted
in the payless layoff in a time Of high
unemployment of $4,000 other workers
and had created much inconvenience
for the public. Even so, we very much
doubt the wisdom Of these ad hoe "set-
Elements" by the Secretary of Labor,
for actually they settle nothing. Irre-
sponSible strikes designed to coerce the
Government should be dealt with
through legislation through proce-
dureS which come very close to appease-
ment.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
New Frontier Bottleneck

It is beginning to look as If the
House Rules Committee simply can't
shed its bottleneck. Fattened up by the
addition Of two extra Democratic
members considered loyal to Speaker
Rayburn and the New Frontier, the COM
mittee silhouette really hasn't changed
much. The new majority is now
"bottling up" legislative proposals
favored by that former VILLAIN" Chair
man Smith of Virginia, who might be
described as an "old frontierSman."
Along with his Virginia colleague
at the other end of the Capitol, Senator
Byrd, Mr.. Smith has been a longtime
critic of what both men describe as
"backdoor spending" - congreSSionally-
authorized practices by which many
Federal agencies are able to get their
hands on funds without annual review
by House or Senate appropriations COM
mitteeS or by Congress as whole. Both
Mr.. Byrd and MIR. Smith, and they are
not by any means alone, contend that
employment Of these devices has tended
to deprive Congress of any real control
over spending. And the General Ac-
counting ONCE, Congress own watch
dog agency, is on record as saying that
the system "tendS to perpetuate pro-
grams that might not otherwise stand
the test Of continued Federal scrutiny"
This year, as in earlier ones, legisla-
ton has been introduced in both
branches to change the situation. With
more than 100 members Of the House
repeatedly favoring such change, and
with Chairman Smith dutifully referring
to his new mandate to let the House
act" the first test has come in the Rules
Committee. For those who read signs
easily, the result was spelled out in
advance when House Majority Leader
Mccormick warned that any such reform
would be one Of the most serious blows
legiSlation."' When the committee
voted, the pending resolution was left
wedged securely behind the New From
tier bottleneck. What, we wonder, has
become of the quaint notions, put for
ward with such fervor during the fight
to enlarge the Rules Committee, that
the House should be permitted to vote
one way or the other on controversial
bills2 Where are those who were shrilly
crying that it is undemocratic, even un-
American, to bottle them up in any
committee?
Across the Capitol, companion res
olution by Mr.. Byrd is before the
Senate Rules Committeeman so clearly
Identified past or present as a bottle.
neck. Whatever its fate in that branch,
however, 1t looks as II the New Frontier
leadership in the House has succeeded
in keeping the backdoor open by
keeping a bottleneck closed.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Impressed by Requiem for q Priest

beginnings in violence and
persecution. It's Founder was
crucified. It worshipped un-
derground. Persecution is
and ever will be one Of the
marks Of true Christianity.
What people don't under
stand they try to destroy.
Matthew A. McKavitt
q = 4
Congratulations on your
fine editorial Requiem for q
Priest" It's about time some
paper commented upon the
suffering Of the Catholic and
Protestant missionaries work
ing among primitive tribes
men.
No one seems to realize
that at this moment these
missionaries are the only ones
who are mentally able to
cope with the Russian
trained infiltrators who are
working to seize the centrally
located Congo. I think the
public should know more
about the work Of these men
and women who are literally
holding the Congo from the
Communist grasp.
Thanks again for a most
stimulating and eye-opening
piece of reading.
M. ]. Gallagher
RumSon, N. j.
I commend you on your
fine editorial, Requiem for
a Priest"
The Congo situation is in
deed critical and the public
should be made to realize the
real forces which are at work.
The Communists will use any
tactics to gain their ends.
The persecution Of the
church and the death or ex-
pulSion Of the missionaries in
the Congo follows the same
pattern they used in China to
eliminate Europeans or anti
Communist forces.
COlette LiZOtte.
4 4 4
Your editorial, Requiem
for a Priest" is to be praised.
1t is about time that some
one complained of the inno-
cent who are being quietly
murdered by the Communists
and their front-men in the
Congo.
The newspaper men OF
America have a sacred duty
to see that the public realizes
all of these things.
Jacqueline Morgan.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
PARIS.

EAEL1kO.
It may be out Of consider
alton for the new admins
tration that very little has
appeared in the papers here
about what Mennen Williams
has had to say in the course
Of his first tour of Africa
as Assistant Secretary Of
State for African Affairs.
Even so, there has been
more than enough to raise
eyebrows and tempers on two
continents.
Mr.. williams, 1t seems, has
been missing no opportunity
to proclaim the bold new
Kennedy policy of africa
for the Africans"
According to the London
Times, he started off O visit
to Nairobi this week by de-
claring that Africans should
have self-determination, free
from pressures Of the cold
war, at the speed at which
they wanted it. He added:
$50 far as we are con-
cerned, that is true Of the
Rhodesian Federation and
the Union of South Africa"
There are undoubtedly a
great many peopleNwho agree
basically with what Mr..
williams says but who would
deny to the death his right
to say it. There are others
who would classify his re-
marks as Q kind of we'll
meant but SpeciouS formula
which, when applied to deli
cate and complicated situa-
tionS, can do much more
harm than good.
The two points Of view are
not entirely contradictory. If
Mr.. Williams is in Africa to
win votes, Africa for Afri-
cans" Is a fine phrase-neat,
punchy and wonderfully
simple. Coming from an
Assistant Secretary Of State,
however, 1t Is neither q policy
nor a legitimate expression Of
sympathy. At its most in
nocuous 1t is an electioneer-
ing slogan. And In many
parts Of Africa today 1t is
q battlecry.
Dangerous Formula
It Is q formula, further
more, which reduces the
whole problem Of Africa to
its simplest and most dan
gerous proportions: Black
against white and national
lists" against "colonialists."
In situations where mod
Grafton and restraint are
indispensable 1t h ardens S
positions on both sides and
leaves little ground for a
workable agreement between
the two communities.
Mr.. Williams. for example,
brought up the case Of the
Rhodesian Federation. For
the past two weeks, London
has been the scene of un-
happy wrangling over the
terms Of o constitution for
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partners in freedom will remain "un-
equivocally west Of the Iron Curtain,
not east of it." It is an unhappy cir
cumStance that such an assertion should
be called for because Of the plight of
the people of Cuba. But for freedom
loving Cubans themselves, as well as
for their Caribbean neighborS, there
should be reinsurance in the fact that
the American flag flies, and we trust
will continue to fly, at Guantanamo,
and that it also flies with others
throughout the West Indies.