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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
USDA Explains Area Development
To Vo-Ag Leaders

Assistant Secretary of Ag-
riculture Frank j. WEIGH told
southern vocational agricult-
ure leaders in Washington last
week that the u. S. Depart
meHt of Agriculture is de
termined to do something
about alternating poverty in
rural areas.
Speaking at a regional con-
ference of vocational agricul-
ture supervisors and teacher
trainers, Assistant Secretary
WEIGH with other key officials
of the USDA outlined a new
rural areas development pro-
gram designed to eliminate
low incomes and underem-
ployment in rural areas.
John A. Baker, chairman of
the rural areas development
board, told the group that
''the new program is the re-
generation of the spirit of en-
terprise and another step to-
wards assuring that every
child born in this country has
an equal right to develop his
abilities to the full degree. "
Rural are IS develop
ment," John M. Lovorn, staff
director, said, Twill marshall
the forces of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture in an
about attempt to enable all
rural people to earn a salts
factory living and contribute
to the economic growth of the
Nation. Mr.. Lovorn stressed
the point that State and local
leaders will be primarily re-
Continued on Page p
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
friedrich Douglas
Monument Slated
To Be Unveiled

NEW YORK - A monu-
ment to Friedrich Douglas
will be unveiled in public
ceremonies in Frederick
Douglass Memorial Park en
May %.
Speakers at the Commute
ceremony will include Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell of Har-
lem and Staten Island Bor-
ough President Albert ".
Maniscalco.
In announcing the unwilling
ceremony, Mrs. Hortense
Jones, president of the Fred
rick Douglass Memorial Park,
noted that special tribute also
will be paid to the famed
abolitionist's role in history.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
The Sensational Midnighters At
Stevens Rose Room Sunday Night,
April 9, for a Show and Dance
ALI Music Lovers Invited

will play for the show and
dance at Stevens Rose Room,
Sunday night, April 8. Doors
open at 700 P. NJ, with the
dance beginning at 900 P. M
Advance Tickets on sale at:
The Miss. Enterprise, Franks
Blue Note, Harmon Dru g
Store, Jobie's Record Shops.
King the Tailor, Percy Simp-
sons, Moman's Cafe on Car
yer ST., Zebra Motel and Vii
lage Grill in Tougaloo; Toll
vers Cafe in Canton. Tables
sold on First Come Basis for
S1.OO.
The Midnighters expect
their many friends from Gin
ton, Bolton, Edwards, Vicks-
burg, Port Gibson Utica, Ray
mond, Crystal Springs, Hazel
hurst, Brandon, Morton, Pc
lahatchie, Forest, Tougaloo,
Pocahontas, Flora. Yazoc
City, Canton and all the other
nearby towns.
Dance and Music lovers are
invited to see the Midnighters
and Hank Moore's orchestra,
at Stevens Rose Room, Sum
day night, April 8.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
Religious
Emphasis Week
Observance at
Utica Jr. College

The Utica Junior College
Family will observe Religious
Emphasis Week starting Mon
day, April 10 through Friday
April IA. The theme for this
year is "Religion-Strenglh
through faith and Courage in
the Sixties" Many interesting
and varied programs will be
ce1tered around the theme.
The Week will begin with the
Annual Religious Emphasis
Week Observance Highlight
Expression Period"
The Utica Junior College
Family invites you to attend
these program exercises.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
New Execution
Date Sought
ForColdsby

The Mississippi attorney
Generals office has asked the
state supreme court to set a
new execution date for Negro
Robert Lee Goldsby, a court
official said Wednesday.
The motion, filed by Assist
tan Atty. Gen. Garland Lyell,
will be submitted to the high
court Saturday. Goldsby has
been twice convicted of the
1854 murder of Walden white
woman, Mrs. Mozelle helms.
The first conviction was ov-
erruled in federal courts on
ground of systematic exclusion
Of Negroes from the trial jury
in Carroll county.
The second trial was held in
Jackson, where q few Negroes
were called for jury duty but
none chosen. The U. S. SUI
preme court denied an appeal
by Goldsby last week.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
By CECIL WALTON
State Times Staff Writer

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Two seniors from Tougaloo
Southern Christian College
and one from Jackson State
College will be among the 29
Negro students bearing down
to improve instruction at col
ored colleges in the south.
William H. Taylor and Hilda
j. Young of Tougaloo, and
Malcolm @. Barnes of Jack.
son State are among the per.
sons who have won 1-week
summer courses to be given
at the Universities of Okla.
homa, Florida, Texas, Ken.
lucky and Tennessee and at
George Peabody and North
Carolina Colleges.
The program to perk up in
struction at colored colleges in
the south was announced in
Princeton, N. j., by DR.. Hans
Rosenhaupt, who is director of
the Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation.
In making the announce
ment, DR.. Rosenhaupt stated,
Il know of $4,000 per year jobs
at colored colleges in the south
that are vacant because there
are not enough teachers"
The students will receive
joint stipends from the Wood.
row Wilson National Fellow.
ship Foundation and from the
Southern Educational Founda.
ton.
Each grant will offer sum.
mer courses at one of the sew
en- southern schols and a year
of graduate work at a college
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
Local CoIIegions
Cop School Bids

representative of the Student
Government Association, pres
ident of the Campus Sunday
School and is in the upper
part of his class ACCIDENTALLY.
William H. Taylor of Toug-
aloo is from Mobile, Ala, and
graduated from Oak Grove
High school there He is pre-
med student and a biology
major. Accidentally he is in
the top bracket of his class.
Taylor was one Of the nine
Students at Tougaloo elected
to Who's Who Among Students
in American Colleges and Uni
versities for 196O-61 school
year.
He is president of Kappa AL
pha Psi Fraternity, vice presi-
dent of Beta Kappa Chi Hon
orary Scientific Society and a
member of the Pan Hellenic
Council.
Taylor plans to do graduate
work before he enters medical
college.
Hilda Jeanette Young is
from Jackson ard is the daugh-
ter of Atty. and Mrs. Jack
Young. She attended Holy
Ghost High school and is a
biology major with minors in
chemistry and psychology. She
is president of the Student
Council, member of Beta Kap-
pa Chi scientific Honorary So
ciety. and Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority. She also served as
associate editor of the college
yearbook for two years. She
plans to do duate work in
Zoology.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
New Launderette Is Also Branch
Office For Collins Insurance Co.:
Had Grand Opening, April

JACKSON, Miss. - The G..
e Lauderette, located in the
Whitfield Mills Road Shopping
Center was officially opened,
Saturday, April l, 1861
Top feature of the Grand
Opening was popular WOKJ
Disc Jockey, Tommy Williams
who was the master of cere-
monies for the program that
started at 3: P. M. and lasted
until 5: P. M. During the show
free cokeS and baby chicks
were given away.
Door prizes were awarded to
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08

of the students choice.
In reference to the jOintness
of the program, DR.. Rosen-
haupt said, "our joint pro-
gram is the first to attack the
problem of the critical short
age of colored college teach
erS."
He said that the need for
Negro college achers is far
more acute than the need for
white teachers. He ADDED that
the shortage is due partly to
the fact that the market is re-
stricted. Explaining that, he
said many colleges for Negroes
in the south are forbidden by
law to hire white teachers.
Hugh Taylor, president of
the Southern Education Fund
said he estimates that the to-
tai value of the fellowShips
comes to SO million.
The Students
Malcolm @. Barnes of Jack
son State. by winning the stip-
end, honored his school for the
first time in history. He is a
Math major and will continue
his studies at the University
of Oklahoma.
Barnes is a native of st.
Louis, Mo-, and a graduate of
Carver High school in Tupelo,
Miss.
In 1959-60 he was editor-in-
chief of the college paper and
in 1958-59 he was president Of
his class. He is secretary of
Alpha Kappa Mu Honorary So
ciety and president of Delta
Phi Chapter Of Alpha Phi Al
pha Fraternity. Also, he is a
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08

constructed by experienced
workmen who can start work
Immediately and have your
home ready in about 10 days.
THOMPSON HOMES cover
the State and begin at cost
of 81, 1895 up, which is the
Crest" a compact, one bed
room home for a small fam
lily, or a couple. Thompson
Homes also feature the pal
metto' a two bedroom house
at a cost of 81, 695; the "Ba-
hama" at a cost of 81, 495; the
"DeSoto" at a cost of 81, 595;
the Nassau" at a cost of
81, 295; the 'Bayhaven" at a
cost of 1885 and many
other types and styles of
buildings.
The "Grandview," shown in
this paper is exactly like one
on display by Thompson Shell
Homes and is a large, roomy,
two bedroom home featuring
an attractive front porch, util-
ity room and carport, as well
as a spacious kitchen and liv-
ing room. The large window
helps make tbs beautiful home
bright and cheerful. All win
djws and doors are equipped
with n on rust aluminium
screens. This home cost ST.
795 cash.
Elsewhere in this paper is
an advertisement carrying a
coupon to be used by persons
who are interested in one of
the beautiful Thompson Shell
Homes. IL models to
choose from, also you'll find
information as to how to win
a lot free.
Be sure and see the Thomp-
son Shell Homes on display,
during the Grand Opening.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
l0TAs Southwestern Regional
Closes Successful Conference;
Two Local S0r0rs H0nored
By Sarah M. Harvey
Regional Journalist

AS guest of Alpha Pi Chap
ter, the Southwestern Region
of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority
closed a most successful con-
ference in Jackson, MISSISSIPPI
pi, Saturday, April l, with the
Regional Director, Mrs. Odes-
sa Garland, Dallas, Texas,
doing a splendid job of pre-
siding over the sessions and
the Sorority's National Presi-
dent, Mrs. Florence Madison
Hill, Philadelphia, Pa, a most
eloquent and brilliant speaker
at the Educational program
on Friday evening.
The Conference saw two To-
cal sororS honored when Sor-
or Miriam Dansby Johnson,
president of Alpha. p. Chapter,
was elected Regional Secre-
tary and Soror Margaret
Brumfield, the chapters Vice
President, was awarded the
Regional Scholarship.
This was the third time that
Alpha Pi Chapter had enter
tanned the Southwestern Re-
gional Conference, since its
organization in 1874; and this
year, as in the past, every
thing was done to make this
conference one long to be re-
membered by the delegates
and visitors. A wide-awake
courtesy committee was on
duty 24-hours and did not dis
band until Sunday when all
visitors had left the city.
Highlight of the two-dayS
meeting was the Educational
Program Friday evening,
March 81, at which time AL
pha Pts president, Mrs. John
son, presided; beautiful or
gan music was played by Mrs.
Aurelia Young; beautiful and
seasonal selections were rem
dered by the Third Temple
Junior Choir, Miss Shirley, di-
rector; History of Iota Phi
Lambda Sorority given by
Continued on Page p
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
Bolivar Negro
Alters Win
First Place

CLEVELAND - Competing
with ii judging teams of the
Northwest District, the Bolivar
County Negro All Judging
Team won first place in live
stock and poultry judging at
the si5sl1 annual North Mis-
Sissippi Negro Livestock Show
at Greenwood.
Percy Ripple, Lester Davis
and Jessie Weeks of Boyle and
Bonnie Jones, Jr. of Merigold
are members of the team.
These Alters showed unusual
ability as a first year team
with 1904 points out of a pos
sible 1900. This team will
compete in the state contests
at Alcorn College May 29-June
2 at the State All Short
Course.
Other winners in the Poultry
Show we're Maxine Perry and
Geraldine Hearon.
Obrie Trotter, a Is year old
Al member from Boyle show
ed two calves, a Shorthorn
heifer and a Shorthorn steer,
winning a blue ribbon for
each. Trotter has been win
ner in beef cattle for the last
four years and has made a
profit each year in his beef
enterprises.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08

proved communications, bet
ter alumni contacts, and spe-
cial alumni-college develop
ment projects.
A m 0 n g the educational
leaders to appear at the con-
ference are DR.. d. T. Rolfe.
Meharry Medical College,
Nashville, Tenn; DR.. j. ID.
Boyd, president, Alcorn Col
lege; Wilton c. Scott, director
of public relations, Savannah
State College, Savannah, Ga.
George w. Conoly, Florida
A & M University, Tallahas-
see, Fla; DR.. J. H. White,
president, Mississippi Voca-
tional College; DR.. Robert w.
Continued on Page q
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08

and enjoy it all your life. No
money down Save Big
Money Low Monthly
Payments. All you need is the
deed to your lot and a salts
factory credit rating.
The quality Thompson Shell
Homes are completely finish
ed and painted on the outside
and they'll double in value
when you finish the interior.
The floors are in, and parti-
ton studs installed for the liv-
ing room, dinette, bedrooms,
closets and kitchen - ready
for you to save big money as
thousands of home owners
have already done. All you
need is a title to your lot.
Thompson Shell Homes are
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08

Again, cooperating with Mr..
Jobie Martin of WOKJ, we of
The Mississippi Enterprise are
happy to join in honoring and
in extending congratulations
to this weeks TEACHER OF
THE WEEK, Mrs. Daisy Par
ker Lee, who was selected for
this honor by students of the
Issable Elementary School.
Our Teacher of the Week is
well known turnout the coun-
try as a leader in educational,
religious and civic circles. She
comes from one of the States
pioneer and most outstanding
families. Her contributions to
the welfare of many, has en-
deared her to people of all
walks of life. The Mississippi
Enterprise is indeed glad to
join with WOKJ in saluting
Mrs. Daisy Parker Lee as the
Teacher of the Week.
Mrs. Lee received a B. S.
degree from Jackson State
College and was among the
very first teachers of this Sec
ton to receive her masters de-
gree from Winnetka Teachers
College in Illinois. She is a de-
vout member of the Lutheran
Church of Jackson, Mississippi
and is counsellor for the Wal
tina League, a youth organiza-
ton of her church. She is also
director of the choir of her
church.
Our Teacher of the Week is
married to Mr.. Robert Lee, re-
tired Farm Agent and the
charming couple makes their
home in lovely, modern
home, 708 Randall Street
Again we salute Mrs. DAISY
PARKER LEE AS TEACHER
OF THE WEEK.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08

the following: 1st, an Electric
Coffeemaker, Mrs. Arzelia
Griffin; End, an Electric Clock,
Mrs. Mallard; 3rd, Hostess Set
of 8, Mr.. Elmer Smith; Mrs.
David Fitzgerald received
Easter Lilies. Mrs. Fitzgerald
was the first to pay insurance
at the Launderette, which is
also a Branch Office for the
Collins Insurance Company.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
BY S. Nj. HARVEY

With the Grand Opening and
showing of the Thompson
Shell Homes, beginning Satur-
day, April 8, through April Is,
Jacksonians and MISSISSIPPI
plans will witness the first and
only such venture by Negroes
in the state and south and pos
sibly in the nation. These love-
ly 1, 2, 3 or 4 bedrooms Shell
Homes will be on display at
Old Highway 81 North u mile
from city limits.
The general public is invit-
ed to drive out and see them
any time and especially dur
ing the Grand Opening dates.
You can own a Thompson
Shell Home in few months
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08
Protest Meet
AT Parish St.
Baptist, April 9

Further protests of the in
humane treatment of Negro
Citizens by the Jackson, Mis-
sissippi police force and pri-
vate white citizens, will be
held Sunday, April 8, 1861 at
the Parish Street Baptist
Church. The time will be 8:
o'clock p. m.
The public is invited to join
in this mass protest.
Medgar w. Evers, field sec
rotary.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1961-04-08

JACKSON, Miss = Promot-
ers w. J. Miller is proud to
announce that the next BIG
ATTRACTION AT STEVENS
ROSE ROOM will be the
SENSATIONAL TOP RAT
ING DANCE AND SONG
ARTISTS, THE MIDNIGHT
Frs with Billy Davis and
HANK MOORE'S ORCHES-
IRA Yes, HANK BAL
LARD and his Midnighters
Evening star., 1961-06-12
Jackson Arrests
Six More Riders

JACKSON, Miss, June IL
AP).-Police arrested six more
Freedom Riders here yesterday,
swelling the number of travel
ers taken into custody in jack
son to 10.
There were no crowds and
no violence.
A group Of five white men
and one white woman-all
from Minnesota-got off a
Greyhound bus from Nashville,
Tenn, and walked into a Negro
waiting room.
Police Capt. j. L. Ray told
the group to move on. They
made no reply.
did you understand that I
said you'll have to move out Of
the station" Capt. Ray asked.
They looked at him but did not
answer.
He placed the five under ar
rest. AS police took their
names, a sixth rider approached
carrying a guitar case and
handbag.
Capt. Ray asked him to move
on, too. When he refused,
police arrested him, too.
Evening star., 1961-06-12
Various Moves Interpreted as Paving
Way for q Challenge to Pat Brown
DORIS FLEESON

Richard M. Nixon has
tacitly acknowledged his fail
ure to win acceptance as the
prime leader of Republicans
nationally by a variety of
moves designed to give him a
strong home base as Gov
ernor of California.
He has still to say openly
that he will run against Gov.
Brown next year. What he
has done is to see to it that
no other Republican candi-
date can get off the ground.
The Nixon techniques are
the tried and true ones easily
parsed by politicians. Briefly
stated, they comprise the che
can't win" charge and the
Spontaneous draft"
A Monterey newspaper
which recently interviewed
Nixon reported him as mus
ing that he didn't know
what California Republicans
would do in 1862 since he
seemed to be their only
"electable" candidate. This is
Madison Avenue jargon for
the kind of lethal blow which
cost the late Senator Taft
the Republican nomination
for President in 1852.
An old hand is in command
Of the draft. He is Murray
Chotiner, the Beverly Hills
lawyer who organized Nixon's
rapid rise to the House,
Senate and vice presidency.
Chotiner conducted Republi-
can campaign schools here,
briefly following the 1852
proof of his Skills, but faded
away when questions arose
about his use of White House
influence.
1t was widely believed that
Nixon consulted him in the
1860 campaign. Now Chotiner
is in the open again in Cali
fornia, getting up a new
chain of Republican clubs
and he is also doing a lot of
speechmaking.
Democrats find no diff
Evening star., 1961-06-12

Since there was then little
religious or intellectual toll
erance in Madrid, none was
exported to Spain's colonies.
The new empire, the crown
believed, was an economic
and political extension of
Spain.
The worst aspects of coloni-
alism had their roots in this
attitude. The colonists were
required to obtain their goods
from Spain, as they did their
politics. The gold and raw
materials went to Spain. This
rule endured for more than
three centuries. But the
weaknesses of such a system
were multiplied by the tre-
mendous distances, lack of
communications and growing
resentment on the part of
the new generations which
were born and grew to adult
hood in the new world.
Spain, in her determine
ton to have absolute control
over her colonies in Central
and South America, excluded
the "Creoles" from adminis-
tration. This class, as his
torians have noted, began to
develop an economic power
on its own. 1t, in turn, rigidly
excluded the Indians and the
mixed bloods from any of the
benefits and from any ad-
ministrative places in the
economy. No middle class
Evening star., 1961-06-12
RALPH McGILL
Rising Expectations Seen Producing
More Change Than Old Political. Shifts

tTrujillo is a-mouldering
IN his grave. The evil of
him, as we see, lives on.)
South and Central Amer
lea thrust themselves more
and more into our thinking.
When the Mayflower set
sail for America, magnificent
churches were attracting
thousands of worshipers in
Spanish America. Well be-
fore the 18th century ended,
there were some 100000
Spaniards and almost half
that many Portuguese estab-
lished in what today we glib
ly refer to as Latin America.
From California to Cape
Horn 1t was Spanish-insofar
as any control was con-
cerned.
Nations, like people, reflect
their history, economic, So
cial, political. Historians have
noted that the Spaniards
built an overseas empire in
somewhat the same fashion
as the Romans. They con-
quered ruthlessly. They ex-
plotted with equal severity.
The Spanish crown sent gov
ernors. Almost without ex-
ception, these appointees rec
ognized their position as
carrying with it the oppor-
tunity to accumulate wealth.
Corruption was accepted as a
normal part of the system.
Evening star., 1961-06-12
The Case Against Summit Talks

placed in the awkward posi-
ton Of "ratifying a state Of
war that exists"
When President Eisenhower
decided to go to the summit
at Geneva in 1855 and at
Paris in 1860, the same criti-
ciSnns were made in these
dispatches. In fact, thought
full students Of American
diplomacy feel that summit
meetings constitute a danger
Gus departure from a repub-
lies policy and seem to be
more in conformity with the
customs and policies followed
in the days of absolute mon
archS.
Secretary Rusk, in a mag
azine article published before
he entered the Kennedy cab
met, opposed summit confer
ences unless preceded by
careful preparation and,
through diplomatic channels,
by some measure of previous
agreement, in writing, on
fundamentals. Indeed, it is
also a risk for secretaries of
state to participate in oral
conferences with foreign
ministers of countries which
are not allied with us and
which are potentially our
enemies.
1t was thought for a while
that the Kennedy admins
tration would conduct foreign
affairs in what was referred
to a few weeks ago as "quiet
diplomacy" But for some
unexplained reason all this
was suddenly changed and a
spectacular stunt confer
ence was substituted. The
President eliminated from
many hours of his talks in
Vienna the very experts who
could have subsequently sized
up for him the true signifi-
canoe Of Mr.. Khrushchev's
behavior.
It is questionable whether
such summit talks should be
permitted again, and yet
Congress today seems Su-
pinely to ignore the risks
already taken. Possibly it is
because the Republicans
were involved in somewhat
the same procedures during
the Eisenhower administra-
tion.
All in all, the present sys-
tenn of communications
seems to be slipshod, disor-
ganized and ineffective ex-
cept for publicity maneuverS
on both sides. Yet it involves
commitments that can make
the difference between peace
and war.
(Copyrisht, 196D
Evening star., 1961-06-12

Uruguay managed to develop
a workable democratic rule
which produced benefits. She
was smaller, more compact
and able to develop roads
and communication. Also,
she had luck in her leaders,
Elsewhere, semi-feudal rule
prevailed.
Foreign capital, when it
moved into Latin America,
naturally allied with the
ruling group. Again, the lot
Of the ordinary citizen was
little improved.
We see now a new revolu-
ton in Cuba. Trujillo is dead
after 80 years with his hands
on the throat of the Domini-
can Republic. That vacuum
will now be filled. Brazil,
the giant, is reStiVe.
Adlai Stevenson, who Is
now visiting Latin America,
has used the phrase, "revo-