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Evening star., 1961-08-02
House Group
Stiffens Bill
On D. {. Vote

A House District subcom-
mittee has refused to buy most
of the Kennedy administra-
tion's suggestions on how Dis
trict citizens should exercise
their new-found right to vote.
The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Davis, Demo-
crat of Georgia, yesterday re-
ported out its version of legis-
lation providing the machinery
under which District citizens
will vote for President and Vice
President. The vote was grant,
Evening star., 1961-08-02

A vacation trip to Tennessee
ended tragically for q Prince
Georges County family of five
yesterday. Four of them were
killed and the fifth member
was critically hurt when their
car plunged over. an S0-foot
embankment.
Killed in the accident near
Jonesboro, Tenn, were Ernest
Sherman. Al, of 6003 Quintana
street. Riverdale Heights; his
wife, Geneva. so; their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Nc
Evening star., 1961-08-02
To Dedicate Center

BASSETT, Va, Aug. 2 CAP) =.
Gov. Almond will be the
principal speaker here August
IL at the dedication of the W.
M. Bassett Community Center.
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Release OF President Tshombe
Foreshadows Unity With kasavubu

Cape Town.-Release of Katan-
gan president" Tshombe and his
protestations of unity with the
kasavubu government mean, if the
promises are carried out-that the
Kasavubu and Tshombe horses are
pulling in unison again. But it
would be unrealistic to ignore the
third horse in the shape of the
Gizenga regime in Stanleyville.
For the moment there is no in
dication whether Mr. Gizenga will
pull with the other two horses of
the troika.
The initial reaction of Moscow's
propaganda m chi inc to Mr..
Tshombe's release has been to dis
miss the new declaration of Kasa-
vubu-Tshombe unity as an accord
by colonial stooges. 1t was the
Kasavubu camp which sent ex-
Tremier Patrice Lumumba off to
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
militant CHICAGO NEGRO
EDITOR ASKS WHY REV. MARTIN
LUTHER KING CHIEF ADVOCATE
OF THE FREEDOM RIDERS
FAILS TO SET SUPREME
EXAMPLE FOR HIS FOLLOWERS
See Kings Action As Reminder OF
The Foxy Billy Goat Leading
The Sheep To The Slaughter Pen
See Other Big Name Negroes Talking Loud
But Playing 1t Safe Themselves

Chicago, ILL.,, June 26.-(Special
to Jackson 'Advocate)-The aues-
tion, "Why Isn't Rev. Martin Lu-
ther King?" was projected last
week by Dan Burley, Managing Ed
itor of the New Crusader, mill
tant Chicago weekly Negro news
paper.
In his front page article in the
June oath edition of the Crusdare,
Mr.. Burley says:
One of the great unanswered
questions of the day is WHY Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr., spiritual
leader of the Southern Violent
movement, and most vociferous
spokesman for the Freedom Riders
in Alabama and Mississippi, has yet
to martyr himself by getting hlm-
self put into a Mississippi or Ala
bama Jail?
AS scores of dedicated Negroes
and whites, both men and women,
endure the ignomy of voluntary
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
FREEDOM RIDERS DOING SOUTHERN NEGROES NO GOOD
vP johnson Calls
Meeting Of
Equal Job
Opportunity Group

Washington, D. C.-Vice Presi-
dent Lyndon B. Johnson has called
meeting of the Presidents Com
mittee on Equal Employment OPP
portunity in Washington July IL, it
was announced today by Assistant
Secretary of Labor Jerry Holle-
man, executive vice chairman of the
Committee.
The meeting will be held in the
Indian Treaty Room of the Execu-
tive Office Building, starting at
$3.50 a. m.
Holleman said the Committee
would consider a number of i'm
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
SECOND AFRICAN LIFE Institute
TO BE HELD AT HAMPTON INST.

Hampton, Va, June Especial
lists in African affairs from the
United Nations, the U. s. State De-
partment, and African embassies
and consulstes will serve as guest
lecturers during the second Insti-
tute on African Life and History
held at Hampton Institute, June 26-
July 29n during the 1861 Summer
Session on the college campus.
Directed by DR.. Ganiyu A. Jaw
ando, a Nigerian and acting direc-
tor of the Division Of Business at
Hampton, the course is designed
especially to prepare teachers to
give pupils in the elementary and
high schools better acquaintance
with the history, life, and culture
of Africa. The graduate level
course, which is endorsed by the
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01

Judge Mize said he rejected the
plea because remedies in state
coul.s have not been exhausted.
He said an act of Congress pro-
hibits the entrance of Federal
courts into such a matter unless
state remedies have been exhausted
or do not exist.
"The right of appeal is available
to them" in state courts, he said.
However, attorneys William M.
Kunstler of New York and Jack
Young of Jackson, in their plea,
claimed Mississippi authorities are
using the breach of the peace stat
ute illegally to enforce racial seq
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Mayor Orders
Benches Out
Of Local Zoo

Mayor Allen Thompson said
Saturday park benches at the city
zoo were removed to stop the Ma
tional Association for Advance
ment of Colored People from stir
ring up trouble.
The action came after nine Ne
groes have been charged with
breach of the peace during the
last three weeks for using the
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Prof. A. A. Alexander Is JSc
Summer convoeation Speaker
Teachers Urged To Give Full
Days Work For Full Days Pay

"Give q full days work for q
full days pay" A. A. Alexander,
Assistant Supervisor Of Negro
Schools in the State, advised q
summer convocation audience at
Jackson State College Wednesday,
June 21. Mr.. Alexander stated:
'"This year the six senior colleges
in the State graduated 862 stu
dents. A few Of these were in
service teachers. He continued, "It
il not hard to find teacher replace
ments today, so / would suggest
that you give q full days work
for full days pay"
Turning to statistics, the we'll
known educator said: "These same
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Federal Judge Declines To Stop
Arrests OF Freedom Riders

Biloxi, Miss, June 28.-Federal
District Judge Sidney Mize, Tues
day declined to hear a plea filed
to stop the arrest of FREEDOM Rid
ers.
The plea was brought before
Mize by two attorneys who claimed
state courts are behind segrega-
ton" and the matter should be
"pried out of their hands" by fed
eral courts.
A total of 164 riders have been
arrested here since May "a after
attempting to integrate waiting
rooms in bus, train and plane ter
minals. They have been convicted
on breach of the peace charges.
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01

eral funds paid half of the terminal
buildings construction cost.
Until few days ago, all Negroes
wishing to eat in the sumptuous
international room or the spacious,
less pretentious coffee shop were
shuhted off to a six-stool snack
bar where cellophane wrapped
cookies, sandwiches and coffee in
paper cups are sold.
Wannen said terminal policy still
bars Negroes from the plush Inter
national Room, site of series of
sit-ins by a group of Negro pro-
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Local NAACP
RaIIyHeId
Here SUNDAY

The Local Branch of the NAACP
held a fund raising rally Sunday
afternoon at the Masonic Temple.
The speakers were Rev. G. R.
Haughton, Samuel Bailey, Amos C.
Brown, Rev. John D. Mangram,
and Aaron Henry.
The Rev. G. K. Haughton, pastor
Of the Fearl Street AME Church,
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Negro Named
10 Virginia
School Board

Portsmouth, Va. - BY q vote
Of 6-1, Rev. Harvey N. johnson
Sr., pastor Of Ebenezer Baptist
Church, became the first Negro
to sit on the city school board and
the first, in the city history, to
hold membership on any municipal
board.
Rev. Johnson was nominated by
Mayor r. Irvine Smith, upon re-
commentator of Schools Supt. A.
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
World Church Council Appeals
To Portugal On Angola

GENEVA - The executive COM
mittee of the World Council of
Churches has called on the Portu-
guese Government "to refrain from
deliberate action involving the
death and manning of thousands
of Africans in Angola"
A statement was issued as Gen.
Venancio Deslandes, the West Af-
rican territory's new Governor,
prepared to leave Lisbon with the
task of crushing Angola's four
month-old revolt.
The statement, one of the
strongest ever issued by tn e
church committee, declared that
Portugal twill inevitably forfeit
the sympathy and respect of 9TH
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01

pointee, Rowan indulged in some
admittedly plain speaking because
he said, "These new frontiers of
race relations are no place for
namby-pambies. don't intend to
give a namby-pamby speech"
Saying that violence against the
Freedom Riders in the South is
evidence of mass emotional sick
ness, Rowan said some Americans
have criticized individuals W h
deliberately test constitutional
rights and others Justify their
softness" on the race issue by re-
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Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Dr.. ]. H. Jackson
Natl Baptist
Prexy Score
freedom Riders
Say Church Should
Not Be Rubber StamI
For Every Method
Used In Name Of
Democracy
And Freedom

st. Louis, Mo-, June 26-"I do
not have enough faith in the moral
sensitivity of people who are by
nature segregators-as the white
people in Mississippi are-to bell
eve that the methods of the Free
dom Riders will bring about far
ranging benefits (for the Negro
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
New Orleans Airport Reacts To
Government Segregation Suit

NEW ORLEANS (UPI "A
federal lawsuit trying to knock
down color barriers at lavish Moi
SAINT international Airport today
has apparently caused breach in
the Jim Crow policy.
1--WE have a new policy now,"
said E. Neil Wannen, manager of
eating facilities at the $2.25 mil
lion terminal building. "We will
serve Negroes in the coffee shop"
The Justice Department filed
suit Monday charging the airport
broke a non-discrimination clause
in the agreement under which fed
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Negro Home
In Cincinnati
Fired Upon

Cincinnati, June 24-Police ad-
mitted that someone had shot at q
home located ct 112 w. st. Clair
avenue, in vicinity Of Burnet
Woods, and back Of the University
Of Cincinnati over the weekend.
Desk Sgt. Kelly told the Herald
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Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Congo Parliament
Seen Moving
Toward Solving
Constitutional
Issue
u. N. To Handle
Security Details
During Meeting

United Nations, N. Y. - The
Forthcoming meeting of the Congo
lese Parliament is being viewed in
diplomatic circles here as de-
cisive step toward solving the
constitutional issue in the former
Belgian colony.
Secretary-General Dag Ham
marskjold informed the Security
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Negro Councilman Serves As Acting
Mayor OF Durham, North Carolina

Durham, N. C.-John S. Stewart,
elected to the Durham City Council
in 1857, last week became the first
Negro in local history to act as
mayor
Stewart served as mayor during
the councils June 5 meeting. The
occasion is believed to mark the
first time in the history of the
south.
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01

er nations" if it continues it's
present policy.
1t appealed to the Portuguese
Government "in the name of hu-
manity" to change its methods.
The statement deplored "the
mounting evidence of a rapidly
deteriorating situation as a result
of which large numbers of Angol-
ans are being deprived of life and
liberty"
The statement said Portuguese
attacks were directed particularly
against those Angolans with edu-
cation and gifts of leadership.
1t also said the attacks involv-
ed women and children and wide
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
William c. Boykins Earns Doctorate
And Reioins AIcorn's Faculty

DR.. w. c. Boykins was born at
Silverena, Mississippi, and educat-
ed in the public schools of Cow
ington County, Mississippi. A
graduate of Hopewell High School,
DR.. Boykins took his bachelors
degree at Alcorn College in 1912,
masters degree at Michigan Uni
versity in 1854, and doctorate de-
gree at Indiana University in 1861.
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
HAIL FIRST NEGRO TEACHER
AT INDIANAPOLIS COLLEGE

Scott of this city, became an in
structor at Marian, it marked the
second time that she was appointed
to a position held heretofore by
whites only.
Recently she was the first col
ored professional staff person to
hold the position of Research AS
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Negroes jeered
By Whites At
kentuekyPark

Louisville, KY, June 24-Negro
antisegregation demonstrators at
Fontaine Ferry park here were met
Monday night by large crowd of
white persons cat-calling and
throwing rocks.
No one was injured in the affair
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Negro Official Hits Truman
Stand Against Freedom Riders

Washington - A State Depart
ment official Saturday termed
former President Harry S. Tru-
man the "chief purveyor of
an extremely dangerous nom
sense" in describing the Free
dom Riders" as meddlers.
Carl T. Rowan, deputy assistant
secretary of state for public af-
fairs, criticized Truman in a
speech to the Catholic Interracial
Council of Washington. Rowan is
a Negro and a former Minneapo-
lis Tribune reporter.
A Kennedy administration ap-
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01

In the absence of Mayor E. j.
Evans and Mayor Pro Tenn Walter
A. Biggs, the Council elected Stew
art as temporary mayor from the
councilmen present.
Charles Steele made the motion
that Stewart serve as chairman,
and it was seconded by Floyd
Fletcher.
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Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01

A veteran of World War II,
Lieutenant Boykins began his
teaching career in Green County,
Mississippi. In 1851 President Boyd
invited DR.. Boykins to Utica Jun
ior College and in 1854 he Joined
the faculty at Alcorn College
where he presently serves as pro-
fessor Of vocational education and
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Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01

Indianapolis-Native of Houston
is indianapolis first Negro college
teacher and is presently a staff
member at Marian college. She be-
gan teaching at the college in Janu-
ary after being graduated from
Indiana University.
When Mrs. Gloria Randle Scott.
in private life, Mrs. Will Braxton
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01

Thomas ola) Alexander Greenve A oberta) Aen
Asheve George (Freda Thompson Ceveland Charles (Edh
Dard Madison Harry (Yvonne) Lanauz Washington
Patrcia) Not pictured: Mesdames William
(Gai Gibson Cveland Ods (Marsaret) Strong Bend Ind;
Harold aura) Mullins Fairfield Ah Otis at) Michael
N c.; Charles dre) Leonard Chicago; Charles (Melba
Hawkins Mddletown Ohio Earl (Wia) Cuin Covnston Ky;
Charles (drd) Davis Bluefieh W. Val and Erskne (Babsra
Lambert, Westfeld, Ala.
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01
Negro Judge To
Preside Over Trial
Of Chicago Police
Youthful Jurist
Is Praised By
Chicago Daily

Chicago, Ill. June "a = The
long awaited trial of eight Chi
cago policemen, whose arrest 16
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Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01

IT'S OVER BUT THE SHOUTING and the smiling
these Mehary Wives Be ready for shouting they close
the books their ouryear stint Of merns their PITT degrees
Quitting Hubby Through The smiling charmrs Cleft right
standng) Mesdames Julius (Ga JONES' Los Angeles; william
(urthe Hoffer Nashville; (Cardne) Birmingham
Lawrence Cuanita) Coffee Dero Van (An) Robinson Miami
Robert enid Harris Oxford Clovis (Gladys) New
port News Va Warren (Bety Southa Birmingham; Julius
Jackson advocate., 1961-07-01

Patronixe Our Advertis-
ers - Their Advertising
in this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
Evening star., 1961-03-12
Wholesale Firm
Opens Warehouse

Electronic Wholesalers has
opened a new warehouse in Bal
timore, President Joseph Forti
announced.
The 8,000-square-foot facil-
ity is equipped to handle indus
trial electronic accounts. Sales
offices are on the first two
floors at 1904 Wilkens avenue.
Evening star., 1961-03-12

TIA, compared with $2,117,002
in the previous year. Net in
come before taxes was $46,951
VS.. $44,663.
Evening star., 1961-03-12
Bartholomew, Watt
Open Offices Here

Harland Bartholomew and
Associates has opened a Wash
ington office in the Transpor-
tation Building.
Mr.. Bartholomew, formerly
chairman Of the National Cap
ital Planning Commission,
heads the consulting firm,
which Specializes in city plan
ming. civil engineering and
landscape architecture.
Paul C. Watt, who was the
first director of the National
Capital Regional Planning
Council for five years, is as
sociated with Mr.. Bartholomew
in the office here.
Evening star., 1961-03-12
1860 Gains Reported
By Major Finance

Major Finance Corp. had net
income Of $30,005 after taxes
in 1860, compared with $29,734
in 1859, President Morton Sturt
revealed in the annual report
yesterday.
Total volume rose to $2,301,-
Evening star., 1961-03-12
FHLBB Could Act

Attorney General Robert
Kennedy could not be expected
to grant an exemption in this
particular case and no savings
and loan official would attempt
to solve the problem in this
way, it was said.
There Is another possibility,
however, that nearly uniform
reduction in dividend rates
might be accomplished by some
sort of a formula set by the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
in an order or request to men,
Der associations of its system.
The big bulk of the Nations
savings and loan industry would
be included under such a plan
and fringe operators could be
expected to follow.
Joseph P. McMurray, incom-
ing chairman of the FHLBB, is
scheduled to discuss home
mortgage interest rates at a
legislative conference Of the
National League of Insured
Savings Associations at the
Mayflower Hotel tomorrow
and may give some hint as to
what the board has in mind.
Called to Washington
Secretary Of the Treasury
Dillon has called California
savings and loan leaders to
Washington to discuss the
problem Of dividend and mort
gage rates. The California asso-
Citations have paid around the
highest dividend rates in the
Nation and charged among the
highest mortgage rates to home
borrowers also.
According to the Associated
Press, dividends there have
been around as per cent per
annum and mortgage rates
have been around 7 per cent.
The high California rates
have attracted funds from
other States for several years
and put pressure on asSocia-
tions Of other sections to raise
dividends in order to hold their
funds.
The California savings and
loan leaders are looking for
ward to the trip here with some
anxiety. the Associated Press
reported.
We've got a tiger by the
TAIL" one executive was quoted
as saying. But we're all afraid
to let go. No one wants to be
the first one eaten"
Evening star., 1961-03-12
Green-McC rory List
Merger Terms

An agreement in principle
for merger of H. L. Green Co.,
Inc, into McCrory Corp. was
announced in New York City
last night.
Area stockholders in both
companies will be interested in
the announced terms.
All holders of H. L. Green
Co., other than McCrory, will
receive for each share a $40
face amount of a new series of
McCrory AZ per cent cumula-
tive preference B stock and
warrants granting the right for
is years to purchase ~ share
Of McCrory common stock at
$40 q share.
Evening star., 1961-03-12
Credit Women Plan
23d Anniversary

The Credit Women's Break
fast Club Of Washington will
celebrate its 23d anniversary
at q Willard Hotel breakfast
Wednesday morning.
John Althaus, general man
ager Of the Credit Bureau, who
has been called the father of
the club, will be a guest
speaker.
Joseph w. WEIGH, collection
manager Of the Hecht Co., and
j. P. Stakeholder, executive
vice president Of Central
Charge, also will speak.
Evening star., 1961-03-12
DIVIDENDS
BY the Associated Press
COTTON

NEW YORK, Mar; II (AP!.-con-
moved steadily higher on the New
York Cotton Exchange this week, clos
ing with gains Of 1.10 to 2.35 a bale.
All active months made new life of
contract highs.
The markets advance was attributed
to moderate trade and commission
house support in the face of O rela-
tive lack Of selling pressure.
Traders took note Of report by
the Exchange Service Bureau that
Government holdings Of cotton dropped
more than 100000 bales from Febru-
airy "a to March 6.
Exports In the week ended Tues
SsS, 900 Week @ i0eaq earlier peS and 1og.ooo EssS
IN the similar 1860 week. Exports
for the season through March 4 were
estimated by the Bureau at 4,443, 900
bales against 4,133,000 last year.
Evening star., 1961-03-12
Area Store Sales Up
A Pct. From 1860

Department store sales of the
Washington Metropolitan Area
were A per cent ahead Of the
like period a year ago in the
week ended March 4, despite a
% per cent decline from the
previous week, the Federal Re
serve Bank Of Richmond re-
ported.
Area sales in four weeks
ended March 4 were IA per
cent above a year ago. while
those for the year to date were
l per cent higher,
Evening star., 1961-03-12

A

,0 Quotations Furnished by. the Associated Press
l9o06l Sales Net Ii
High Low (hds) High Low Last Chg
Evening star., 1961-03-12
Stock Firm Moves
To Larger Quarters

American Diversified Securi-
ties, Washington securities firm,
has leased q three-floor build
ing at 1922 K street NV, for
merly occupied by the Home
Insurance Co.
Evening star., 1961-03-12

10 OCner aSSOclaClOnS ana OCner
forms of investment.
Since interest on home mort
cages is the principal source of
income for the associations, it
cannot be reduced substantially
without a compensatory reduc-
ton in dividend rates, a major
expense of the associations.
A number of Washington
area savings and loan execu-
tives believe that if industry
leaders could sit down together
they could reach an agreement
to lower dividend rates, but
that this would represent illegal
colluSion under present anti
trust laws,
Evening star., 1961-03-12
Dividend Cuts Wanted ,
No Savings and Loan
Wants to Be First
BY DONALD B. HADLEY

Most savings and loan leaders in this and in the
Nation have indicated they favor reduction rates
to permit similar reduction in mortgage rates requested
by President Kennedy.
However it is clear that association wants to be the
first to reduce dividends for fear sudden outflow of funds
Evening star., 1961-02-26
STAR PHOTO BY A. c. CHINN

uals, most Of them not n0minally con-
nected with the society, who are re-
sponsible for the success of the COM
pany. / cannot here name them all,
and will not pick and choose.
As for the board of directors and
the trustees, they have all realized
over and over again, often just in the
nick Of time, that an opera society, un-
like o government or club, cannot
tolerate the spirit Of democracy. An
opera company. like every artistic
venture since the world began lex
cept the translation of the Bible by
committee in King James day., is
stifled by popular vote. A successful
opera society is the perfect Oligarchy,
and tends ideally toward tyranny.
Evening star., 1961-02-26

critics will agree with it that when the
tarnish and tradition Of rs years is
rubbed off Bizet's masterpiece, it will
reappear as what it really is-one of
the worlds greatest operas.
II will certainly have been noticed
that in this article have mentioned
by name none Of the people who have
contributed so much to the society, in
effort and money, except the Gregory
Smiths, who created Washington's
opera. / have tried to, but / can't.
Until last summer, when it became
clear to me that the society had to
have a full-time manager and I re-
signed, / myself was one of the work
ers of the society. know them all
the scores, the hundreds Of individ-
Evening star., 1961-02-26

nO-gap security. And no brief-at
any price has such a long
lasting waistband with the hold
ing power needed to keep the
garment up for constant support.
You can pay less for briefs, but
you wind up with less. less COM
fort, less wear and certainly less
support. Be sure to get the real
thing get the JOCKEY sup
port a man needs.
cooPeR's, INC. KeMosHA, WISCONSIN,