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Evening star., 1961-02-19
Back of Diefenboker's Visit

the new militancy Of Canadian
nationaliSm. with anti-American-
ism as the reverse of the coin. Mr..
Diefenbaker has been encourage
ing this growth, and it would be
naive not to link it with his hopes
for reelection.
The other element is the great
surge Of hope in Canada that the
new administration will succeed
in breaking the Cold War dead
lock and point the world down
the road to relaxed tensions, East
West peace and disarmament.
Disarmament is the No. l foreign
policy objective of the Canadian.
government. but in recent months
Foreign Minister Howard Green
has experienced only a series Of
acute disappointments as Cana,
dian efforts failed to keep the
big powers negotiating over dis
armament. .
II Mr.. Kennedy picks up the
ball and makes yards, everyone
in this country sandwiched be-
tween the United States and the
USSR will breathe easier.
Mr.. Diefenbaker would find it
politically advantageous to be per-
sonally identified with such q
Kennedy success. The Prime Min.
ister's arch political foe is Lester
Pearson, the Nobel Peace Prize
winner Of Suez crisis fame. He is
now leader Of the Liberal Party.
AS a start, Mr.. Diefenbaker is
anxious to act as a go-between
next month, carrying Mr.. Kenne-
dy's views to the London confer
ence and perhaps reporting back
to Mr.. Kennedy. No doubt he will
also press upon the President an
invitation to visit Ottawa at his
earliest convenience.
Evening star., 1961-02-19
I rumon Lends Hand
On His Own Mural

general public made front-page
news.
Mr.. Benton has made his home
in Kansas City since returning
from Paris and New York in the
mid-l930S. He is the only one Of
the famed Wood-Curry- Benton
triumvirate still alive.
: Born four years and 80 miles
apart in southwestern Missouri,
Mr.. Truman tfrom Lamar) and
Mr., Benton 6rom Neosho)
climbed parallel paths to the top
in their fields.
Public Sees Work
Mr.. Benton worked in full view
OF the visiting public and often
Truman in the six months he
painted the mural. He gave lee
lures to visiting art classes from
the universities Of Kansas City,
Kansas and Missouri from the
scaffold-often with the former
President Ginning in.
The mural extends along the
sides and over a door Of o small
hallway leading to an exact, full
size copy Of Truman's White House
office. Below the two sides he
will paint two panels showing
the town Of independence In the
late 1840s and the Missouri River
landing where most Of the goods
and people arrived.
Mr.. Benton was asked II His
torian Truman gave him much
trouble. mo, he was the perfect
patron and this was the perfect
commission" replied the artist.
Mr.. Truman was asked II the
mural came up to his expecta-
tions.
well, I picked him because he
was the best" the former Pred-
dent said beaming. And this Is
the finest work by the best"
Evening star., 1961-02-19
The LindIey Rule

The usual rule governing back
ground conferences takes the
name Of the man who thought it
up, Ernest K. Lindley, long q dis
tinguished Washington correSpon-
Evening star., 1961-02-19

reporters If the rule could be mod
flied to permit It's use. The Secre-
tary agreed and continued his
talk. A wire service representa-
tive asked to be excused and left.
He returned to his office and filed
the story.
Before the conference ended
the reporters expressed some doubt
about what. could be and what
could not be used as news. To re-
solve the doubt. the original rule
was reinvoked and the conference
ended. Later, the other wire Serv-
ice representatives received call
backs from newspapers demand
ing why they had not filed the
story received from a competitor.
Once such o story Is printed. it
enters the realm of the public
domain, so the other wire services
filed the story. Newspaper CORE.
spondents then received calls from
their home offices wanting to
know where they were, and why
they let the wire services scoop
them. Some of them made up
for lost time and wrote the story
others felt bound by the rules
not to do so.
The day following, Secretary
Dulles assistant came to him in
fear and trembling, holding a
batch Of clippings. To his sur
prise. Mr.. Dulles was delighted.
He thought the results Of the con-
ference were eminently successful.
Background conferences proba-
bly, started soon after the first re-
porter set foot in Washington after
Congress and the Government
moved in here in 1900. Their mod
ern setting is usually a. Dutch
treat luncheon or dinner. arranged
by some newspaperman who invites
the guest and selects those Of his
colleagues who are to attend. After
coffee, the guest may make a gen.
eral statement and then invite
questions. Here is where another
hazard-the hazard of inaccp-
rately interpreting what the man
said-raiseS its ugly head. For
there always seem to be a num-
ber Of reporters present who
obviously are more interested in
hearing themselves ask their
own questions than they are
in hearing the answers to ques-
tions asked by somebody else.
Immediately following an answer
on one topic, the next question is
apt to be completely unrelated.
One train of thought. therefore,
just developing speed in one direc-
ton. will find itself in headon
collision with another train Of
thought propelled in the opposite
direction by the most recent ques-
tion. A series Of such unhappy
events may be quite confusing and
some of the resulting interpreta-
tions Of what the gentleman said
are highly interesting.
The LindIey Rule
The usual rule governing back
ground conferences takes the
name Of the man who thought it
up, Ernest K. Lndley, long dis
tinguished Washington correspon-
Evening star., 1961-02-19

monwealth but international af-
fairs"
On February 8, Mr.. Kennedy
announced at q press conference
that Prime Minister Diefenbaker
of Canada would be his guest at
luncheon on February 20. 1t is a
good thing for old friends to get
together, Mr.. Kennedy said.
The Presidents words appear to
have delighted Mr.. Diefenbaker,
for he quoted them that after
noon, after telling the Commons
that q number Of matters "as
are Of general interest to both our
countries" will be discussed.
There are two conflicting ele-
ments at play in this situation
that pose Mr.. Diefenbaker with q
problem Of reconciliation. One is
Evening star., 1961-02-19

would like to see greater personnel
interchange between USIA Off
cialS and foreign service officers
of the State Department. Com
menting on suggestions, frequently
put forward in Congress and else
where, that the USIA Washington
staff should be incorporated in
the State Department as 1t is in
all American Embassies overseas,
Mr.. Allen feels that O separate
Evening star., 1961-02-19

Of Vienna in 1915. governments
now talk directly to peoples as
well as to officials. Public relations
is an established arm Of leading
foreign offices because nations
recognize that public opinion even
in relationships exerts q vital i'm
pact on public policy.
Mr.. Allen, whose entire career
until two months ago, had been
devoted to the foreign service,
Evening star., 1961-02-19

Washington agency. particularly
one operating the Voice, gives its
programs a better chance to be
more objective. On the other hand,
Mr.. Allen probably would not dis
sent from the view that in time,
perhaps in the near future, the
cultural operations Of the State
Department and many Of those
run by USIA will be combined un.
der State Department direction,
Evening star., 1961-02-19

At any rate, he came and talked
freely about an impending crisis.
The impending crisis. never alb
sent In Washington, is often the
subject Of background conferences.
The rule laid down was that what
the guest said would not be at
tributed and would not be used
for any spot" news stories. The
views he expressed and his sus-
pected motives In expressing them
were diStaSteful to some Of hts
listeners, and the identity not
only Of the spokesman but what
he said somehow found its way to
a reporter who was not there.
Once the exposure had been made,
some Of those who were there felt
obligated to tell the whole story.
The small scandal that resulted
involved the guest who had spilled
the beans and even reached into
the mysterious field Of newspaper
ethics.
A Retaliation cose
There was also the case Of one
background conference being used
in retaliation against Nnother one.
The first conference produced q
spontaneous rash Of stories, with
out attributing the source. The
stories were displeasing to the
White House. Thereupon a White
House official arranged another
background conference. While re-
fuSing to let the reporters attrib-
ute anything to him. he impaired
certain information for back
ground purposes. The informa-
ton thus impaired was the name
of the anonymous informant at
the first background conference.
Those who had attended this first
one then pried loose the name Of
the informant at the second, thus
nobly serving the peoples right
to know all the angles.
The naive guest at q background
session who does not know what
it is that makes news sometimes
makes himself a hazard, to him
self. With an innocence that
equals his candor. he may let the
cat out Of the bag without know
ing that 1t was ever there, with
results that leave him aghast.
The newspapermen themselves
may be victims Of the background
conference hazards. During the
Suez Canal crisis one Of them
was asked by an assistant to the
late Secretary Dulles to arrange
q background conference with a
highly select group Of newspaper
and wire association representa-
tives. The conference was held
at a private club. The rules were
that no news stories were to be
written, period. What the Secre-
tary had to say could be used in
interpreting the significance of
later developments. but was not
to involve the Secretary or even
the State Department. It was
highly hush-hush.
Some Changing Policies
During the conference the Sec
retary made a very interesting
statement and he was asked by
Arizona tribune., 1961-11-03
ELK NEWS WANTS
ADVERTISING NOW

PHILADELPHIA The 4o-year
old newspaper of the IBPOE. the
official publication of the world s
largest Negro fraternal organi-
cation, has been opened to adver-
tisers.
'The Elks News" published
monthly has been limited TO ad-
vertisers of 3,133 local Elk or
ganiZations.
Originally called the Washing
ton Eagle, it became the official
newspaper of the Elks in 1926.
1t has a potential leadership
of nearly $50, 900 Elks.
Arizona tribune., 1961-11-03
SURVEY SHOWS
SURGERY FAULTS

CHICAGO The American Col
lege of Surgeons plans to reveal
soon the details of a survey
reportedly showing that about
half the operations performed
in American hospitals are done
by unqualified" persons.
This was disclosed her by
DR.. Robert S. Myers, the ex-
ecutive assistant director of the
college.
Dr.. Myers also charged that
'fee-splitting" was as prevalent
as ever and that recent policy
statement adopted by the Amer
lean Medical Assn. represented
"an unfortunate retreat from the
associations former position"
against that practice.
DR.. Myers told the National
Assn. of Science Writer'S the
surgery survey constitutes an
assessment of the credentials of
doctors who performed six kinds
operations at 35 hospitals in
seven states.
In general, the results show
that the proportion of surgery
done by Unqualified" persons
is greatest in small hospitals.
DR.. Myers defined an unqual-
flied person as one who does
not have the training that would
make him eligible for certifi-
cation by the college, the Amer
lean Board of Surgery or the
American College of Obstetrics
and Gynecology.
Arizona tribune., 1961-11-03
HALLOWEEN TREAT
GIVEN SMALL FOLK

Mrs. Matte Lowery, 5O24 S.
FL Place, really gave Halloween
ers a treat when they came to
her door. Mrs. Lowery well
coined more than thirty young
sters and fed them hot fried
chicken and trimmings. She
was swamped by neighborhood
children. Joseph Yates helped
her with her eager and hungry
guests.
Arizona tribune., 1961-11-03

Danny Thomas. television star
gives benefit performance"
for the Hayden Golden Anniver-
sary Dinner, Nov. IL at Phoenix.
Thomas, 47-year-old veteran
of stage, screen, and radio is
internationally known for his sup
port of civic, religious, medical
and brotherhood causes.
During the past IS years he has
received citations from more
than so such groups. In accep-
ting. the CBS-TV star said:
Senator hayden is one of the
gre atest humanitarians in public
life. Race, color or creed never
enter into his willingness to help
people. consider 1t a privilege
to perform before him, the Pres
ident of the United States, and
the thous and Arizonans present
on that historic OCCASION
President Kennedy will head
host of Washington dignitaries
attending the Nov. II affair at
the Hotel Westward Hos Thun-
derbird auditorium. The $1OO-
-pl ate dinner will honor Sen
ator Hayden for his half century
of Congressional service, longest
in the nations history.
A non-partisan committee
he AIDED by Chauncey, and con-
sisting of civic leaders from each
of Arizona's IA counties, is in
charge of arrangements.
Danny Thomas landed his first
radio job initiating AL Jolson
while in his teens: by l948 he
starred on his own CBS radio
network show and was breaking
box office records at major New
York supper clubs and the London
Pail adium.
His television show, launched
in 1853. has won four Emmy"
statuettes.
Thomas has raised vast sums
for St. Jude Hospital in Tennes-
see, now under construction. 1t
will be completed in 1862 and
will be open to people of all
:reeds.
Ticket reservations are being
orocessed at Suite 1908, Hotel
Westward Ho. A special tel
.phone line (253 1868 has been
Installed to handle inquiries.
CALIFORNIAN III
ENTERTAINED HERE
MIR. and Mrs. Tommie Jewell
entertained Mrs. Mary Hanes of
5 acramento, California, last
weekend.
-
Arizona tribune., 1961-11-03

Pictured of group which Joined
Elks who honored Pacific States
eagle October 2 ght.
From left Mr. Howard Wilson, Of Pilgrim Rest
Lodge COL DIR. Ruler Tommy Thomas Miss Florence Chldes
DR. Ruler Miss Joy Sweatt Beulah Sanders deputy
and
LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR
GUlDE-GIVE GENEROUSLY UNITED FUND
Arizona tribune., 1961-11-03

MRS. McCLAMMY WINS
4TH ELkS CITATION
Mrs. Charlesetta Nc Clammy
has received her fourth certifi-
C ate for outstanding cooperation
from Grand Daughter Ruler Net
tie B. Smith, head of the women's
Elks auxiliary. Mrs. McCl ammy
is an active member of the local
Grand Canyon Temple 437.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-13

Ciont Lean Western Corn-Fed beef is meat
from cuttle that yield more lean meat in
proportion to fat. Selected for quality.
Ciont Lean Western Corn-Fed Beef is scien-
tifieolIy aged =. tender and flovorful and
PRICED TO SAVE YOU MORE.
Evening star., 1961-12-31

so 3d. 1861
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data on specific information need
ed by members of the General
Assembly. He makes no recon-
mendations relative to the con-
sideration of legislation or par
ticular policies apart from sup
plying background information
and alternatives for action.
Having done his doctoral dis
sertation on State Liquor Monop-
olies in the United States at the
University of Illinois, DR.. Barker,
while a graduate student served
as consultant to several sources
seeking information on the liquor
traffic.
A graduate of Southern Uni
versity, 1948, DR.. Barker returned
to the campus in 1949 with a MA
degree from Illinois, later return
ing to Illinois for the doctors de-
gree and back to Southern in 1866.
He is we'll known among spon-
sors of Bayou Boys and Bayou
Girls States as he has worked
with DR.. R. G. Higgins, the di-
rector, since the inception of the
organization, as it is held annually
on Southern's campus.
DR.. Barker, a member of sew
eral learned societies and honor
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vigilance this privilege that is
ours" and mot present in many
places throughout the world"
NNPA's Press Week theme is "The
Role of the American Minority
Press in World of Unrest"
The Rev. Samuel Cornish, a
Presbyterian, was an associate
with Russwurm in the Freedoms
Journal venture, one year after
Russwurm graduated from Bow
doin College in Maine, becoming
in 1926, the first Negro college
graduate in the United States. In
1889, Russwurm went to Liberia,
West Africa, as minister of edu-
cation and later governor of the
colony of Cape Palmas or Mary
land in the Republic of Liberia.
The Jackson Advocate, the lar
gest and most widely read Negro
Newspaper in Mississippi, owned,
edited and published by Percy
Greene, enters the 1861 celebra-
ton of National Negro Newspaper
Week, going into it's twenty-first
year of continuous publication.
Commenting on the history of
the Jackson Advocate, Editor
Greene said that the Jackson Ad-
vocate has unfailingly recognized
it's obligation to public service
all through the years of its pub
LEGATION by giving full and free
soace and support to such organ
izations and appeals as the United
Givers Fund, the March of Dimes,
the United Negro College Funds,
the Red Cross, as well as other
organizations with a broad base of
public service.
During it's twenty year history
the Jackson Advocate has also
made it's contribution to all en-
deavors looking toward the adj
vancement of the. Negro citizens
of the state.
Despite some hard-sledding from
time to time, the editor said that
the paper has been cited by the
Washington Institute on Race Re-
lations, the Mississippi Negro
Teachers Association, the Chicago
Defender, and other organizations
for courageous journalism, and
for it's contribution to democracy.
The aim of the Jackson Advo-
cate from its inception, the editor
said, was to help create an at
mosphere in which responsible
white and Negro leaders can come
together and work for better race
relations in the state, and for adj
vancing the hopes of its Negro
citizens in keeping with the high
est aims and ideals of American
Democracy.
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Since 1854, total of 847,00(
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farm operators have left agricul-
ture. Of these nearly 10000

farm operators have left agricul-
ture. Of these nearly 10000
were colored farmers.
How a loan can make the differ
ence for hard pressed farmers is
illustrated in the achievement of
Mr.. and Mrs. Plezy Nelson of Les
lie, Ga, who within the past five
years, have risen from near fail
ure to high level Of prosperity.
In 1866 when Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
son applied to Farmers Home for
loan to buy rs acres to piece
out their small farm into fam
ily-size unit, "their backs were
against the WALL" says Farmers
Home Loan Specialist Josephus
Johnson Of Fort Valley State Col
lege.
The young couple had borrowed
the down payment for a 50-acre
rundown farm in 1949. Year by
year, they went deeper in to debt
as yields and prices slipped. They
needed more land, and money for
fertilizer, pasture development,
and livestock purchases.
Farmers Home officials took a
look. The family was hard work.
ing and enterprising. Cali they
needed was half a chance" says
Mr.. Johnson, "and Farmers Home
gave them that"
1t made them a loan to bny the
rs acres they wanted, develop
pastures, and make a start toward
adding livestock to supplement
their income from cotton and pea
nuts. Along with the loan went
professional advice in manage
ment and production where need
ed.
Now the Nelson's raise nearly
$50 meat-type hogs a year, sell
10 to Is calves from their Angus
herd, and get a yield of $50
pounds of lint cotton per acre in
stead of the 400 they were har-
vesting before they had money for
fertilizer and insecticides.
Their peanut yield is up, their
pastures are green year-round,
two tractors and a peanut picker
stand under the shed, and their
home was recently remodeled.
eve have seven children" says
Mr.. Nelson, "and we plan to send
all of them to college who want
to CO." There's a broad smile on
his face. A loan and some advice
at a critical time have made the
difference.
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Chapter Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
and member of the Governors Com
mittee on Human Relations.
~ am happy to make this addi-
tion to my staff and was glad to OBJ
tain the services of Mr.. Robertson
My office will be able to offer even
better service to the people of
Muskogee County," Luton stated
after the appointment.
Mr.. Robertson is widower and
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Howard University, with grant
from the National Science Founda-
ton, has offered this summer study.
Last year 40 students from IL
states and the District of Column
bia participated. They were select
ed from a group of more than 300
students throughout the country
who applied.
The students will research in
the fields of zoology, chemistry,
physics, medicine and dentistry.
They will spend 40 hour weekly in
research, laboratory work and clas-
SEES. Special classes will be pro-
vided in electronics, glass blowing
shop practice and readings in sci
ence.
Students will be selected on the
basis of their grades in science
courses, test scores or honors and
awards in science. All applicants
must be recommended by thier prin-
cipals or science teachers. Basic
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out and impart the essential truths
of our time. It is truth, as has
been said many ines, that sets
men Free"
President Kennedy turtle r
pointed out that the observance
of National Negro Newspaper
Week, March 1925, should serve
to call the attention of all Amer
leans to the historic efforts Of Ne
gro publications . in advancing
the cause Of Democracy" In clos
ing, Mr.. Kennedy stressed that
1--WE are engaged in a great strug-
gle to make meaningful for all
Americans the democratic prin-
ciples upon which our Republic
rests. Working together, we shall
advance this noble cause"
U. S. Commerce Secretary, Luz
Their H. Hodges, also commented
on the Press Week celebration and
referred to the contributions made
by the Negro Press to the econ
omy of the Nation. "The employ
ment of hundreds of persons and
the development of technical skills
are outstanding contributions of
your industry and valuable ma
tional resource" said the Secre-
tary. Governor Nelson A. Rookie
teller, New York, Governor Mich
ael V. Disable, Ohio, and Rich
mond, Va, Mayor Claude w.
Woodward had likewise noted the
occasion at press time.
Governor Disable proclaimed
"the week of March 1925 Amer
lean Negro Newspaper Week" in
Ohio, while New York's Mr.. Rock
efeller in his statement indicated
that Negro newspapers "have
proved themselves to be a power
full force in our efforts to realize
the goals envisioned in our Consti-
tuition for men of all races" The
New York governor saw these
papers further as important tools
"in the struggle to establish equal
ity of opportunity for ALL"
Mayor Woodward charged that
"our free press is one of the bull
warks and foundations of our free
society, but certainly we want to
be careful to guard with eternal
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known in the state of Oklahoma.
He is vestryman of st. Philips
Episcopal Church; Worshipful Ma
ster of Trinity Lodge No. "a; At
torney for the Most Worshipful
Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Okla
home; a member of the Rho Iota
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promotion Of his wife to a more
than $4,000 post. Each member
of the House of Representatives is
allowed $4,000 for employment of
his office staff. He can divide it
as he sees fit.
There is no law against a con-
gresham employing any member
of his family on his staff.
Powell, So, was married last
Dectmber Is to his 29-year-old
Puerto Pican secretary, the for
mer Yvette Majorie Flores.