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Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
Miss Frances Smith
Bride Of R. Truman, Jr.

Miss Frances Smith became the
bride of Rossie E. Turman, Jr.,
Saturday, June 2, in the Phoenix
Wedding Chapel in a ceremony
performed by Rev. A. D. Hutch
ings.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Flemon Smith. The
groom is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rossie E.. Turman Sr.
Given in marriage by her faith
er, the bride wore a floor length
gown of silk peau de sol, trimmed
will appliques of Alencon lace on
the bodice and on the bouffant
skirt which ended in chapel
train. Her shoulder-length veil of
French silk illusion was attached
to a pearl crown. She carried a
Bible covered with a purple orchid.
Maid of honor was Miss Erlene
Vincent. She wore street-length
lavender satin sheath with several
rolls of nylon lace ruffles in the
back. Her bouquet was of white
carnations.
Annette Smith, brides sister, was
the flower girl. Stanley Smith,
brides brother, was ring bearer.
the couple had double ring cere-
mony. Miss VeStual Turman, the
bridegr0om's sister and Miss Mary
Remson were bridesmaids. They
were all dressed identical to the
maid of honor and also carried
white carnations.
Best man was the bridegroom's
brother, Virgil Turman. Ushers
were: Burnis Brooks, bridegroom's
cousin; George Diggs; Webster
Smith, and Willis Turner.
Following the reception at the
Phoenix Wedding Chapel the couple
left for home at 1722 East Jeffer-
son.
The bride is a graduate of Phoe-
nix College and the bridegroom
is attending A.S.U.
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
DR.. Robert B. Phillips,
First Negro Dentist In
Arizona, Passes Away

Funeral services will be Friday,
June 8, at First Institutional Bap-
tist Church for Dr. Robert B.
Phillips. Prelude will begin at
100 p. m. Services will start at
1:3O p. m. Interment will be in
Greenwood Memorial Park. DR..
Phillips will lie in state in Web
ber's Eastlake Mortuary Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr.. Phillips was born in Mar
shall, Texas, Oct. 26, 1900. He
moved to Phoenix in 1925 and be-
came the first Negro dentist in the
state. He is a graduate of Bishop
College in Marshall, Tex, and Me-
harry Medical College in Nashville,
Tenn. He specialized in oral sur
gerry in San Francisco.
He is a charter member Of Kap-
pa Alpha Psi, organized in Phoe-
! nix in 1947, and served as historian
for the Kappas from 1947 to 1858.
He was Polemarch from 1858 to
1854, and received the Western
Provencial Achievement award in
1858 for outstanding community
service in regards to the school
integration question in Phoenix,
working along with the NAACP and
using his own two sons as test
cases.
DR.. Phillips always employed q
mixed staff in his office of den
tistry and catered to all races.
He is a charter member of the
Kappa Alpha Psi, Phoenix alum
nj; Moslem Temple No. 70 of the
Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of
the Mystic Shrine; fWestgate Con-
sistery No. 20, Ancient and Accept
ed Scottish Rite of Free Missionary;
and Maricopa Lodge No. l of the
Arizona Jurisdiction Price Hall
Affiliate.
Those who survive him include,
wife, Mrs. Louise Phillips; sons,
Robert B. Phillips and Charles
Harry Phillips, both of Phoenix;
daughters, Mrs. Rosemary Chap
pell, Baltimore, and Mrs. Louise
Rifles, Sacramento; and sisters,
Mrs. Hattie Verdugo, Phoenix, and
Mrs. Date Phillips, Marshall,
Texas.
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
MI. Calvary F. Mission

The Mount Calvary Junior Mis-
sion met at the home Of Sister J.
r. Brown of 1884 West Tonic. Scrip
ture reading was Genesis: IL by
Sister Willie Mae Wilson, song
and prayer by Sister Audry White
and lesson taught by Sister Edna
Baldwin. The next meeting will
be at the home of Mrs. Flora Luck,
1929 West Sherman, on June IL
at 7:3O pm. Mrs. Joanna Brown,
president and Ardelia Wilson, Pub
licity.
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
WIN. MAH0NY, JR..
new GHANA
ENVOY FETED

WILLIAM P. Mahoney Jr., new
ly appointed ambassador to Ghana,
and his family were honored last
night at a farewell dinner given
them by the Greater Phoenix Coun-
Gil For Civic Unity.
Speakers at the Hotel Westward
Ho hailed Mahoney as a leader
| in the fight for civil rights. He
was founder of the council and
formerly its president.
Rabbi Albert Plotkin cited Ma
honey's work for brotherhood and
social Justice as evidence that he
would be an example of what Anne
RIGA really stands for.
Rabbi Plotkin and other speak
ers recalled that Mahoney was one
of the prime movers behind a 1852
state Supreme Court ruling that
Arizona's permissive school seq
regation law was unconstitutional.
Attorney Herbert B. Finn, who
fought alongside Mahoney and the
council for the antisegregation rui-
ing and other civil rights measures,
said the councils greatest fare
well tribute to Mahoney would be
to work for free public accom-
modations for all persons in Ari-
Z0na.
Rabbi Plotkin told more than
200 attending the affair that Ma
honey did not work for minorities
as minorities, but worked for
them to fulfill majority as a
way of life.
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
Cpl. Billy Morgan
Studies Demolition

Cpl. Billy j. Morgan, USMC
son of Mrs. Bessie Lester of 274t
East Chapman, Phoenix, is attend
ing a course in demolition anc
mine warfare at the Third Marine
Division Schools, Camp Hansen
Okinawa.
The course, scheduled to end,
May 26, is taught in three phases
classroom lectures, dem0nstra-
tions and practical application de-
signed to simulate conditions
which would be met in an actual
combat situation.
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
{. M. {. Church

The Christian Youth Fellowship
of Lucy Phillips will sponsor a
Car Wash, Saturday, June 9, from
9 am. to 5 pm at Hanks Union
Oil Service Station, 1888 East Buck
eye Rd
The public is asked to, support
these young people in: their ef-
fort by bringing your car in for
an Al wash job for a doantion Of
$1.OO.
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07

After The Republic story ap-
peared, offers poured in. A suit
able house in the right location
and with reasonable price was
found.
The captain and his wife have
expressed delight and are anxi-
GUS to move into it.
I'VE will be very glad to get our
own things out of storage and set
tie so my husband can really get
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
Air Captain Alfred Daniels
BUYS Home Near Tempe Sch0o!

down to work. Mrs. Daniels said.
Daniels already has started sum-
mer school work.
The home the family has occu-
pied since coming here from Vance
Air Force Base, OKLA, belongs to
fellow Air Force officers.
Daniels said he considers it a
privilege to have been chosen tor
the new Air Force program and
he wants to be able to do his best.
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
DR.. A. ODELL
THURMAN HONORED

The Kansas City, Missouri As
sociation of Elementary Princi-
pals, elected DR.. A. Odell Thur
man, principal, of the Phyllis
Wheatley School, as its president
He is the first Negro to head the
ol ganization.
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
"CIVIL RIGHTS
NEGLECTED BY CLERGY"

Attorney General Robert F. Ken
nedy is quoted as saying that "It
is difficult to understand how q
preacher can get up on Sunday
and talk about love of God and
the Ten Commandments and
then not speak up on civil right. -
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07

OUR BIRTHDAY COMING!
Next week the Arizona Sun, lead
ing Negro newspaper of the South
west, will celebrate its goth anni-
versary!
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
NAACP CALLS FOR FUNDS
FOR AUGUSTA, GA. DEFENSE

NEW YORK - The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People this week called upon
it's members and friends throughout the country to con-
tribute to the Augusta Defense Fund being raised to
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
Integration Speed Rate
Ok'd BY Most Negroes
By DIR. GEORGE GALLUP

PRINCETON, N. ]. = There
is no considerable amount of pres
sure from the public today for
President Kennedy to push any
faster than he has on the racial
integration problem.
Even among Negroes themselves
almost half express satifaction
with the administrations rate of
speed in trying to bring about
racial integration.
1t could be politically signifi-
cant, however, that about a third
of Negroes interviewed by the
Gallup Poll do feel the President
should move faster and do more
than he has done
N AT THE same time = and also
of political significance = six out
bf ten white Southerners feel that
the administration is already
pushing racial integration too fast.
With the racial problem in the
headlines as a result of Southern
Negroes being sent North by seq
regatiOniSt groups = and the pos
sibility of government action sug
gested by some authorities = the
Gallup Poll assigned its reporters
to ask this question of a repre-
sentative sample of all adults,
white and Negro, across the ma
ton:
do you think the Kennedy ad-
miniStration is pushing racial in
tegration too fast, or not fast
enough?"
Not fast. 80 per cent.
Not fast enough. IL per cent.
About right. .35 per cent.
No opinion % per cent.
AMONG Negroes of the nation
where the administration sufforts
could have political repercussions
in the November congressional
elections = the view is as fol-
lows:
Views Of Negroes
Too fast. 6 per cent.
Not fast enough. 81 per cent.
About right. .48 per cent.
No opinion. is per cent.
Opinion is most sharply crystal
lied on the question among white
Continued on Page Six
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07
THE NEGRO PRESS CRED0

The Negro Press believes that America
can best lead the world away from racial and
national antagOnisms when it accOrds to every
man. regardless of race. color or creed. his
human and legal rights. Hating no man, fearing
no man, the Negro Press strives to help every
man In the firm belief that all are hurt long
as anyone is held back.
Arizona sun., 1962-06-07

State LIBRARY & Arch1vee
State Capitol Bui ld1nR
Phoenix, Ariz.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-04-27

Dean Griswold, testifying on be-
half Of the Civil Rights Commits
sion, has stated before this Sub
committee that I'm a country in
one State for example, a Federal
district judge found that six Negro
applicants 1.-TWO with masters de-
grees, five with bachelors degrees,
and one with a year of college
training) suffered racial denials of
the right to vote on the spacious
ground that they could not read
intelligibly or write sections of the
State Constitution.
Mr.. Chairman, I have through
out my public career been an out
spoken advocate of legislation to
bring to an end discriminatory
practices against our fellow Negro
Americans. Our treatment of Ne
groes has been a terrible blight
on the nations conscience. We
cannot rest easy, we cannot have
a clear conscience until the last
vestiges of discrimination are a
thing of the past.
In our efforts to bring an end
to second-class citizenship, there
is no more important area than
voting. This gets to the very heart
of the matter. And this fact is
recognized full well by those on
both sides of the pending legisla-
ton.
I'm a democracy the citizens
power lies in the ballot. When a
person is barred from going to the
polls on election day, he is denied
his right as a citizen, as a men,
Der of the body polite.
And so I respectfully and ferv-
antly urge this Subcommittee to
take favorable action on the mod
est and reasonable proposals pend
ing before it. In so doing this
Subcommittee will be rendering a
great service to our country and
to democracy. 1t will be restifying
a wrong that should have been
corrected long ago."
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-04-27
Sights in Prague

D-@A@ AA SsNS
Prague is a city with a / 800
year history. Two of the most
famous sights in this city are
st. Vitus Cathedral and the Old
Jewish Synagogue - the oldest
synagogue in Europe.
Our knowledgeable CEDOK
guide took US around the city
on our first day in Prague and
told us the history of many of
the wonders Of that city like the
Charles Bridge, "a medieval en-
cheering miracle), Prague
Castle, now the residence of the
Presidents of Czechoslovakia,
and the world:famed Praha
Restaurant, winner of the
Grand Prix in Brussels.
Cost of Stay
Czechoslovakia is one of the
most inexpensive countries in
the world for the American
tourist. For example, a five-day
stay at a deluxe hotel costs on
ly $60-including three meals a
day. Accommodations are COM
Portable if not luxurious. Food
and entertainment are very
cheap and very good. For ex-
ample, the Alhambra, the best
night club in Prague averages
about $500 per person for
drinks-and it features one of
the best floor shows in Europe.
You might want to brush up on
your Charleston if you go to
Prague. That Roaring eos spe-
cialty is very popular there.
Since Prague is in the center
Of Europe, you can start your
journey there and then continue
on to London or Paris, the
Mediterranean or Greece and
Turkey - hours away.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-04-27
BAYLOR STUDENTS VOTE
IN FAVOR OF
MITIGATING CAMPUS

Waco, Tex. (ANP) - Baylor
University's Student Congress
overwhelmingly passed a resolu-
ton last week calling for the re-
moval of racial barriers, and urged
the schools administration to take
action to integrate the school.
Following hotly debated argu-
ments which lasted nearly an hour,
the Student Congress voted 80 to 5
in favor of the resolution.
In a recent campus-wide straw
vote, students favored allowing
qualified Negro students to enroll,
and favored allowing them to par
ticipate in Southwest Conference
athletics.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-04-27

in arranging the trip and Off
Gals of the bureau went out of
their way to point out that
many Americans do visit Czech
oslovakia as tourists. They also
said that Americans have COM
plete freedom of movement in
Czechoslovakia and may bring
in cameras with them. But, a
word of advice: You can pho
tograph whatever you want, ex-
cept when you see signs which
say, NO PHOTOS ALLOWED.
Arranging the Trip
Air India, the airline which
treats you like a maharajah, is
the only service with a direct
New York Prague flight. We
decided to make Prague our
first stop in Europe and then
continue on to Paris (about 2
hours away.
The fight to Prague was 9
hours with a brief refuelling
stop In London. The only COM
ment we can make on Air In
dia's service is, if this is how a
maharajah is treated, then he
is a pretty lucky fellow! The
hostesses were clad in beauti-.
full, If impractical saris, and
they were some of the most eff
ficient and thoughtful girls /
have ever met on a fight.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-04-27

Congress and the President on
these matters:
"A common technique of dis
eliminating against would-be
voters on racial grounds involves
the discriminatory application of
legal qualifications for voters.
Among the qualifications used
in this fashion are requirements
that the voter be able to read
and write, that he be able to
give a satisfactory interpreta-
ton of the Constitution, that he
be able to calculate his age to
the day, and that he be of good
character"
To those who argue that this
legislation is a further attempt to
usurp local and state rights and
powers, would comment that by
making the vote available to all of
our citizens, the President and
the Federal Courts would have
less - not more - cause to in
tervene in the solution of civil
rights problems. If every qualified
Negro was allowed to vote, local
problems could be worked out
through normal political processes,
and there would be less and less
need for federal Intervention.
This brings me to the question
of the constitutionality of these
bills. I feel sure from past ex-
periences that I can safely predict
that this issue will be raised by
some members of the Senate. How
ever, to argue nconstitutionality
will be as futile this time as it
was in 1857 - the 1857 Civil
Rights Act has been declared con-
stitutional. Federal legislation linn
iting the States in their application
of literacy tests would be perfect
ly valid, just as Federal legislation
outlawing the grandfather clause"
was valid. The Civil Rights Com
mission, reporting on this point,
said in 1861:
THE us. Constitution leaves to
the States the power to set the
qualifications for voters in Federal,
as we'll as State, elections. This
power is not, however, unlimited.
The 18th amendment prohibits the
States from denying the right to
vote to any citizen on grounds of
race or color, and empowers the
Congress to enforce this prohibit
ton by appropriate legislation.
Therefore, If Congress found that
particular voter qualifications were
applied by States in manner that
denied the right to vote on grounds
of race, it would appear to have
the power under the 18th amend
ment to enact legislation prohib-
iting the use of such qualifications.
Section 5 Of the 14th amendment
similarly empowers Congress to
enact appropriate legislation to
enforce the provisions Of that
One of these proW-
sions is section 2 Of the 14th
which authorized Con-
gress to reduce the congressional
representation Of any State in pro-
portion as citizens of that State
are denied the right to vote on
any grounds other then age or
Of a crime. The effect
Of these provisions of the 14th
may be to empower
Congress to prohibit the use of
any voter qualification other than
those specified"
Just because the Congress has
not acted in this field does not
mean it does not have the power |
to act, and Hteracy tests, even
those that appear constitutional,
are too easily abused by individual
registrars for the Congress to
ignore them any longer. In fact,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-04-27

at Hnlladelphla the now p0Wert
made the following statement to
the Constitutional Rights Sub
committee of the Senate Commit
tee on the Judiciary:
Mr.. Chairman, I want to thank
you for affording me this oppor-
tunity to testify in support of leg
islation to put an end to abuses
by certain states of lteracy test
requirements for prospective vot-
ers.
Il am proud to be joined as a
co-sponsor of this legislation, S.
490 and S. 2979. I am confident
that this Congress will act in this
area so that countless numbers of
our fellow citizens who are now
denied the right to vote because
of the color of their skin will for
the first time have the privilege
of exercising that most precious
of all rights in a democracy-the
right to vote on election day.
"At the time our Constitution
was adopted in 1889, none of the
original States required a literacy
test or any other educational quail
ification as a prerequisite for reg
istering to vote. Today, with the
lowest rate of iliteracy in our
history, with our compulsory
school attendance laws, with radio
and television convenient to all
of us, there is much less need for
such a task than ever before.
THE bills before this Subcom-
mittee are modest indeed. They do
not abolish Hteracy requirements
as the Civil Rights Commission
first recommended. All they do is
prescribe an objective means of
discovering whether a prospective
elector is literate, in place of sub
iective methods which can be, and
are, severely abused. These bills
Include a perfectly justified legis-
lative finding that a person with
a sixth grade education is able to
read and write.
There are two definitions of the
word 'literate' One definition Is
pertaining to or learned in htera-
ture," and the other Is lone who
can read and write" I do not be-
lieve that anyone would deny that
the latter definition Is the one
contemplated by those States
which require a literate electorate.
Unfortunately, however, there are
many cases in which the first def
milton has been applied-many
citizens have been expected to
demonstrate a knowledge of con-
stitutional law which only pro-
fessor could be expected to possess.
The bills under consideration can
effectively control this problem. I
feel sure that anyone who has
completed six grades in an &C
credited school in this country can
read and write, and those who
have not may still be required to
take a test to determine nteracy.
I'm my opinion, this legislation
would be necessary even If there
was no evidence Of discrimination
in the application of the tests, for
a strong democracy requires the
most liberal rules of suffrage.
Every individual is guaranteed
first-class citizenship in a true
democracy; and when someone Is
denied that most basic right Of all
the right to vote-either by law
or by Interpretation Of the law, he
becomes a second-class citizen.
And Hteracy tests have been and
are being used, for the most part,
as a subtle ortifice to keep Ne
groes off the registration books
and even to remove Negroes from
the books who were already regis
tered. According to the Civil
Rights Commission, which was in
stituted to investigate and advise
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-04-27
Here's How To Catch

Anararke, Okla - Leon Roden,
avid fisherman, has this novel re-
cipe for bait to catch the big
ones: Five slices of bread, I spoon
peanut butter, a ripe banana, !
spoon sugar, cake of yeast, s
ounces water and 8 cups brandy.
Roden says: Drink the brandy,
mix the other ingredients well,
then think bigger than the fish,
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-04-27
Testifies Before Committee:
TesfHies Before COMMITTEES:
Humphrey Urges Senate
Committee To Support
Removal Voting Barriers

Washington, DC-Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Dem.
Mimi came out strongly here in Washington April IL
bill to eliminate unjustified voting barriers against Negro
American citizens
vocal advocate of the end secondcass citizenship
since he electrified the Democratic National 1913
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-04-27

and the most
centrally To-
Gated to other
parts Of Eu-
rope.
E DO X
the Czecho-
slovak Travel
Bureau, was
very helpful
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-04-27
Africa At A Glance
PRICE STERILIZATION

Lagos NPA conference of 20 Africans states to discuss
sterilization African market has announced
The meeting will the
government and the Economic Commission for Africa
RADIO,
Conatry April
May Among the 80 African countries invited participate
to which invitation extended under union rules that members
states to become independent should be invited.
CULTURAL, SPORTS
planned African the
to be held in Accra time next The festival in which
1000 will participate will comprise sports and exhibitions
plastic arts and articles from museums and archives cultural film
theatrical exhibition African pub
hcatons
Nashville (ANP)-Nrs Clyie MTimkuu Kitwe Northern
college, University
Center last week For the past few months MTmu who former
secretary National
making special studies in home family
Palmer Institute in Detroit.
ExPOsTIoN-FAR IN 6s
ANP) Plans underway hold expositon-fair
land Flying place Datar 1862
sponsored government comparisons
niques and cultures evidenced by the various countries in
Africa and throughout the world.
UNEMPLOYMENT
Kampala P)A serious unemployment problem is confront
ing Uganda present increasing
force which being turned out by the schools and colleges time
industry trimming expanding
Aggrevating partial
cotton crop, because of last years floods
JOB DICTIONARY
(ANP-The Employment compiling job
dictionary which list the jobs available Ghana dcton
ary according N. expert manpower give
definitions classfcaons
qualified.
EDUCATIONAL GRANT
(ANP) The Ford Foundation approved grant
$4,000 develop the University Africa
leading region grant
directly College
part Africa institution which
college in Uganda and Royal College in Nairobi
GHANA NIGERIA TOUR
Pittsburgh CAMP 57-piece American Symphony
orchestra planning make department
visiting
which usually
in England last
FEDERATION PULLOUT
United Nations (ANP)-FoloWdng the lead
Banda of Nyaand Kenneth Kaunda president of the UP
Northern Rhodesia the
Rhodesa Nyasaland
will participate the October elections shortly afterwards will
come
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-04-27
FEDERALLY-A1DED SCHOOLS

In the past the suitability test has involved only the availability
of schools and their merit Now Administration finding that
there nothing
ton with the benefit of federal counsellor
Secretary manpower recently
there defense sending building
your money telling
dren can't attend it.-S. Louis DISPATCH.