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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-20

Tvs Political Impact

There is nothing inherently di-
vine in Republics and if the day
comes when ours is laid away,
I believe l know the opinion flu
ture historians will express as a
principal cause of its death. The
mechanics used to kill it. /
mean.
The death certificate will say
death came as result of the
use cynical office holders made
OF televiSiOn.
I think that is true.
Once the dissemination of
news was the sole province of
newspapers. with a scattering of
news periodicals, here and
there.
Always. in those days, there
was an editor, generally dys-
peptic, irascible fellow, who
stood between the politician and
the public. He served as a fill
tering agent, interpreting the
news" as he, and not the poll
ticians, saw it. There was such
a proliferation of newspapers
so many editors, the bias of any
given one made little difference
There was always another down
the street who called the first a
liar and proclaimed himself the
sole repository Of the word.
So it was, and citizen felt
with some assurance. the papers
gave him all of the politica
rottenness to be had and some
of the good as we'll.
1t isn't that way any longer
The force of economic circum
stance SOCIALISM, has made
most of our cities one-oWner
ship, no-contest towns. and al
that are left of Yesterdays he'll
raisers are to be found on the
weeklies. And their horizon is
| limited, UNDERSTANDABLE, to then
own counties.
Which is why - in part al
least our dailies, today. are
lifeless, mechanical things, cant
ed in great preponderance to the
left. To the left since The Left
or The Establishment, as il
has come to be known. is oul
governing power and in its
world there is little or no room
for dissent.
Thus the influence of the
dailies has waned. While not yet
impotent they are not what they
used to be.
All of which. while it is a
cancellation of a positive good
is not as bad as it might be
Mostly it is a nullity.
The bad. the lethal weapon
is teleVision, the newcomer.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-20
Letter To Editor
Wonderful Sunrise
On The B ay, Too

Editor of Herald:
On the Editorial page of the
Virginian-Pilot dated April IA.
is an article The Bay From a
Boat" taken from your paper.
I am a native of Tidewater
Virginia and have enjoyed many
trips on the Old Bay Line boats.
From the description. you have
covered every phase Of the serv
ice rendered. but I would like
to add a personal experience.
Among the outstanding sunrises
that l have observed, the one
l saw over the Chesapeake Bay
was the most beautiful 1 have
ever seen. Also, while enjoying
the solf breezes and fellowship
of close friends, I was fortunate
enough to see a most beautiful
rising of the moon which far
surpasses The moon Over Mi
ami that l have witnessed
many times.
Along with the passing of the
Old Bay Line, I have watched.
with sadness, the passing of the
Observation-Disclosures Ferry serv-
ice. 1 think We all agree that
we do not want to stand in the
way of progress, but I think you
summed it up when you state
The Tunnel may impress one
with the ingenuity Of man, but
not the magnificence Of God. Z"
Thanks for your article which
refreshed my memory.
Ruth A. Blair
West Norfolk, Va.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-20

Consider, that electronic eye.
1t delivers the politician direct
ly into your mind without the
scrubbing once given him by
the editors of our country. To-
day, you get his garbage raw,
in the precise form he chooses
to deliver it.
How can it be otherwise? The
economic life of the medium is
dependent upon the whim of the
incumbent politician. He licens-
es the stations and they either
go along or run the risk of los
ing their license. That none, so
far as I can learn, has lost its
license because of intransigence
is beside the point; the threat
is there.
Consequently, with rare ex-
ception, TV commentators"
'today's "editors''o reflect the
theological bent of the in-offlce
pollticoes; that is. The Left.
Thus. practically speaking. we
are without equal voice from
the other side. Day after day.
week after week. year after
year, morning, noon and night.
Whenever we turn that thing on
we are fed the party line. In
time we come to accept it.
And since the. party line of
The Establishment is a retreat
from the rights and duties of
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of our
Republic-We are coming, slow
ly, to believe personal response
bility, liberty, is an evil thing.
When that belief becomes a
conviction, our Republic Will
die.
If you question the merit in
these observations, if YOU ask
yourself What liberties have
we lost, what liberties are we
| losing?", the question itself
proves the point. If you don't
know the answer it is because
you haven't been told. 1t is
more than allegory to say TV
has one eye, not two. Which is
the service the second editor
down the street once served but
does no longer. Which is a
right" we have lost, the right
to know it all
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-20

VClG. lIIClC wac 6AC01 AANSA'
went the oratory, for federal
statutes under which voting
rights could be protected in &C
cordance with the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the
Constitution.
But, says the Attorney Cen
eral now, the enforcement OF
those statutes is tedious and diff
ficult. He wants new legislation
50 that he might bypass "leng-
thy litigation on a piecemeal,
county-by-county basis"
He land the President) want
Congress to stick its camels
nose still further under the
states tent and to tell the so
sovereignties: You must cease
requiring literacy tests as a
condition of voting. and instead
accept a sixth grade education
as proof of literacy.
Now it may be that sixth
grade education would be accep-
table as such proof in many a
state, but that decision is up te
the state, not to the federal gov
eminent. .-e--.-~-- -,
The decision of three-judge
federal court in New York last
fall should have made that
clear, even to the Attorney Gen
eral. The ruling in the New
York case upheld the right of
that state to require its voters
| to be able to read and write
English. Here's what the court
said
THE establishment Of STAN
dards for voting has been recog-
nized as within the power of the
states and not subject to fed
eral supervision save as such
legislation might contravene the
Fourteenth and Fife n t h
Amendments =
1T is interesting that the New
York case, like the Attorney
Generals broadside allegations.
charged racial discrimination in
the application of literacy tests
And it should be recalled that
there are ample statutes now on
the book to punish racial dis
elimination in administering
such tests.l
But back to the language Of
the New York panel of judges:
The statute is not an mrea-
sonable exercise of the powers
of the state to provide require
ments for exercising the cleo
tive franchise. 1t is not unreal
sOnable to expect a voter not
only to be conversant with the
issues presented for determina-
ton in choosing between candi-
dates for election but also to
understand the language used in
connection with voting :"
If it is reasonable fol- the
voters of New York to know
both the issues and the language
Of voting 5 h 0 VI d not other
states be allowed to set their
own standards?
Where qualified Negroes are
denied the right to vote. there
are legitimate grounds for com
plant. and legal grounds for
prosecution. But the existence
of these conditions in a few
Jurisdictions is not excuse for
sacrificing t he constitutional
right of states to determine
their own prerequisites for vot-
ing.
After all, the Constitution still
deserves some respect, even i'll
this age Of the shortcuts to
Utopia.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-20
Double Check

As | understand, having had
the fair deal, the new deal, and
new frontier, we are now being
faced with Master plan" that
is fool proof and bound to sue
coed !. as if the others didn't :.
can we afford to swap plans in
the midst of a stream? You an
sWer that one!
l was surprised to find one
Amerlcan-loving Democrat that
through We should have one de-
partment to sell" America
abroad, our living, our freedom,
and generally our way Of life.
AS you no doubt know we have
not only been giving it away
but paying EN- to take it. Do
you think they will now buy it?
You answer that one too
I'm too dumb.
It's this column that keeps
folks wondering. AS 1 read
through the annals of changing
times and the build up we get
from political upheavals it's
me what wonders. "OH. Lord
how long will You put up with
people as they are today?"
Saw where former Governor
J. Lindsay Almond was busy in
private life him and his
delapodated western style hat
goes we'll together. However, he
is SO physical fit that he may
just return to the ring and knock
out few more politicians yet
you never can tell. He may
wind up just being Jeole Of
some hideaWay It's how a man
takes defeat that really counts
fine solar. We know there is
a BYRD watching.
Yours and thanks for reading.
and thanks for reminding that
you did.
j. Marvin Brown.
Christian says. Christ Is Lord
and Savior And there too many
Christians III word leave It, We
arc all quite willing 10 he
saved. VIC are not 50 willing 10
take orders. The ChristlaIi.ln
word begins to become a Chris
tian-infact when he begins to
ask the same question Paul did
Lord. what wilt Thou have me
to do?
.. Biased on outlines copyright
ed by the Division of Christian
Education. National Council OF
the Churches Of Christ in the
U. 5. A. Released by Gem
r.unity Press Ssrvice-)
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-20
SLY HUSBAND

Merit I'D like to get a di-
vorce. MY husband and l just
don't get along"
Cert: Why don't YOU sue him
for incompatibility?"
Merit: Il would, if l could
catch him at it
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
BANKS MYTH EXPLODED

The election all the in and now is good
time to take thorough look interesting facts
For the past few years this community Ed Banks has carry
ing against practically every organization in the
Valley that is working the field of human relations pages
OF his newspaper the community constantly reading highly
rogaoy remarks about NAACP Urban League Civic Unity
many other fine organizations He to be wagmg consist
en campaign to tear down. destroy build develop
No matter how much he disagree with of these
ganzatons he truthful they
pshed very good things No organization negative
he gives practically space all the achievements these
groups, only negative comments.
There has been much indication for time that the Re-
publican leadership feels that Mr. Banks help develop
Negro community election
these people to take second look.
Julian precinct Banks resides got only
against 594 received by Cloves Campbell In Okea he got
and Cloves Campbell received 64 In his precinct
Julian he lives and his neghbors enjoy his hospitality his
Republican friends made impression Fannn poed 81
against Goddads Rhodes against Peesons Mecham
SO against Haydens $40.
is interesting to note tnat his Republican
pagner he the lowest the ladder Fannn Rhodes and
al poed than Banks
his family live 5a rp
looks if the Banks influence myth has been exploded
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
HAZEL ECHOLES
CROWNED QUEEN

Phoenix Union High School has
been in existence since 1897 and
this year, for the first time in the
period. Of its history, Negro. girl
has been crowned queen of the
football team.
This fine honor goes to Hazel
Echoless who was chosen by the
Phoenix Union High School Foot
ball Team to reign as their queen
this season. The crowning took
place this past=-week -at Mont
sgomery Stadium.
Attendants selected we're: From
the, senior class. Patricia Howell,
from the Junior class, Patsy Young,
from the sophomore class, Carolyn
Long, and from the freshman class
Gloria Valdez. Escorts for the foot
ball queen and attendants were:
ROTC Battalion Commander Ken
meth Corriere who escorted the
queen. The senior. attendant was
escorted by Adjutant ST. Johnny
Merrill. The junior attendant was
escorted by Battalion Executive
Thomas Woods. The sophomore
attendant was escorted by Intel
ligence So Thomas Nichols. The
freshman attendant was escorted
by Logistic and Supply S-4 Darrell
Stevens.
Additional halftime activities for
the Phoenix Union Color Day on
November included the Phoenix
Union High School concert band
the marching bands. the twirlers.
pom pom girls and girls dance
classes combined in presenta-
ton of a Hal Leonard Band Show
entitled Cupid Capers" by Frank
PierSol.,
Selected Football Queen, Hazel
EcholS's future plans include at
tending college and becoming a
nurse. She is the reporter for
the Coyote Journal at present.
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
Marieopa Retarded Children
Benefit From Discoveries

Hardly month has gone by ir
recent years without significant
contributions appearing in profess
sional publications bearing on re-
search into mental retardation.
Available for the mere reading
are the fruits of hours of laborious
research and the latest word on
this important subject which af-
fects the lives of at least 10000, 900
Americans.
Though the terminoIogy may not
be familiar to all readers, the facts
of recent discoveries and break
throughs' in the field are exciting,
for it is plain that progress is be-
ing made.
One of the most startling of the
recent advances has been research
into PKU (Phenylketonuria its
cause and means of prevenfioif
Children suffering from it laek
an erzyne which would nor
mally help digest one of the
amino acids present h most body
building foods. An excessive
amount of resultant acid in the
body eventually causes brain DAM
age and, if unattended. its victims
are severely retarded by the time
they are seven years old.
During the 1905, a Norwegian
doctor found the presence of the
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
URBAN LEAGUE
CAREER DAY

Representatives from Industry
Labor, Education and other leasers
will participate in a Career Day
program sponsored by the Phoe
nix Urban League on Friday, No
vember %, for seventh and eighth
grade students. Warren Bass chair
man of the Education Youth
Incentives Committee of the
Phoenix Urgan League, reports
that Career Day is designed tC
acquaint youngsters with the broad
range Of professional and voca-
tional opportunities, and to i'm
phasize the Importance of educa.
ton. In this way stated Mr.
Bass, we are attempting to do
something about the high rate of
dropouts. =
Career Day will be held at Grant
School, 720 South Fourth Avenue
for those who wish to attend in
the Phoenix Elementary District
No. l, with registration beginning
at loo pm. and at Palmdale
School, 3146 East Wier Avenue for
those who wish to attend in the
Roosevelt District. Registration viii
begin at 1900 noon at Palmdale
School, All seventh and eighth
graders and their parents are in
vited to attend.
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
Discuss Services
FOR Handicapped

Mrs. Richard C. O'Hara, Phoe-
nix, will join other volunteer lead
ers this weekend in discussing re-
habilitation services for the ply
sical handicapped when the Ma
tional Society for Crippled Chill
1ren and Adults holds it's annual
convention November 1920 at the
Hotel Fontainebleau, Miami Beach,
Florida.
The Easter Seal convention will
feature nationally prominent lead
ers in the voluntary health move
ment and rehabilitation authorities
from the United States, Canada
and Is Caribbean countries. Care,
treatment and rehabilitation OF
crippled children and handicapped
adults will be the central interest
of all sessions.
The statewide rehabilitation pro-
grams of the Arizona Society for
Crippled Children and Adults are
financed by voluntary contri-
buttons to the annual Easter Seal
drive which is held traditionally
at Easter time. Mrs. O'Hara is
the newly elected president of the
Arizona Society for Crippled Chill
dren and Adults.
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
Lucy Phillips News

The Sunday School Department
of Lucy Phillips is sponsoring a
carnival Saturday, November s17
at 100 pm. 900 pm. and Sun
day, November 18th, 200 Goo
pm. There will be a ferris wheel
and kiddie rides, games and prizes
for the entire family. Forget to
bring your snacks and try their
cotton candy, popcorn, hot dogs
and pop.
Sunday evening at 800 pm. the
Christian Youth Fellowship is
sponsoring Partisan Sidewalk
Fashion Show. Some of the new
winter colors and styles will be
shown in children, teenage and
adult fashions.
The public is invited to attend
these affairs. Lucy Phillips church
is located at 14th Street and East
Adams.
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
OBSERVANCE SET FOR JANUARY

in order that the observance OF
this historical incident in Amer
ican life will be a meaningful
one.
Pursuant to the occasion, DR..
Wormely has named the following
persons to head subcommittee
Program, DR.. Morrison Warren
and Mr.. W. A. Robinson; Dis
play, Mr.. Eugene Grigsby; Sou
venir Program, Mrs. Olivia Worm
ley; Music, Mrs. j. Ford Smith
and Mrs. CharIesetta Banks, Pub
licity, Mr.. Agustus Shaw and
Mr.. Edward Banks; Secretarial,
Mrs. Estelle Williamson, Mrs. Pau
line Tucker and Mrs. Sarah Brown;
Coordination and Arrangements,
RevS. L. J. Harper and G. Ben
jamin Brooks.
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
DisquaIify SteeIWorkers Unit As
The Workers Bargaining Agent

DISCRIMINATION also exists in
the exclusion of Negro employees
from various departments with
in the plant
cAn employee transferring from
the Negro line of promotion to the
white line. loses all seniority
rights due to the multiple senior
ity provision of the collective bar
gaining contract between the union
and the Atlantic Steel Company.
of The NAACP points out that 'tnis
is true even when both lines Of
promotion are in the same depart
ment. "
AS a result, Negro workers are
discouraged from transferring from
the Negro promotion line "even
though this line has limited job
opportunities.
! Local 2401 has also arranged
| for the contract to include an ''in
Isertion" clause. This means that
one job may be inserted over
another in seniority, regardless
of tenure with the company.
The Association concludes that
the new provision, lin effect, place
occupational seniority at the dis
cretion of colIusive practices be-
tween union and company man
agement.
The NAACP motion to rescind
Local 24O1's certification with the
NLRB was filed by the AsSocia-
tion's general counsel, Robert L.
Carter, and an assistant, Mrs.
Maria L. Marcus, both of New
York City.
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15

PHOENIX, ARIZONA: The Mari
copa County Branch of the Nation
al Association Tor the Advance
ment of Colored feople announced
today the observance in January
1868 of the Tooth anniversary OF
the Emancipation Proclamation.
Reverend G.. Benjamin Brooks,
Branch President, mas named DR..
Lowell C. Wormley, General
Chairman of the observance. Serv-
ing with DR.. Wormley as Co-chair-
man, is Mr.. Aubrey Aldridge
Principal, Mary Bethune Element
ary School.
In accepting the appointment,
DR.. Wormley expressed his sim
cere hope that all church social
and fraternal groups will respond
to the importance of the occasion
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
Mt. Calvary New

The Mt. Calvary J'la.o.' Mission
met at the church oil the 18th.
There was a song ~ Sister Maude
Jewell, script reading, Psalm
71:1-9, and layer by Sister Essa
Mae Pull and Sister j. Brown
The president then said a fe W
words and turned the meeting over
TO the teacher, Sister A. w. Will
IN.
After the lesson, Mrs. Wilson
turned the meeting back to the
president who called for the min
utcS, which were read and ap-
proved. On the sick list are Sister
Richard Brown and Brother WeS-
ley Jackson. Both are improving.
Sister Ellen Taylor is very ILL.,
There was a call for all COM
mittees and then roll call, then
payment of dues. Sixteen were
present. The next meeting will be
at Mt. Calvary Church. Mrs.
Joanna Brown, president and Ar
dealia w Wilson, publicity.
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
THE NEGRO PRESS CkEDU

The Negro Press believes that America
national antagOnisms when it accOrds to every
<nan. regardless of race, color or creed. his
Auman 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
a. anyone is held back.
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
NAACP CHANGES
MEETING DATE

The third Thursday of each
month is date on which the NAA-
CP for several years has held
its monthly membership meeting,
but since this is the date which
the Phoenix Urban league has
chosen for observation of Equal
Opportunity Day. At eight pm.
on Thursday the 18th at the First
Institutional Baptist Church the
Urban League IS presenting Mr..
Arthur Chaplin, Special Assistant
to the Secretary of Labor, Wash
ington, D. C.
The NAACP will hold both its
Board meeting and its member
ship meeting for November on
Tuesday, Nov goth at the Valley
Life Building, at 800 pm. DR..
Lowell C. Wormley, general Chm
of the signing of the Emancipa-
tion Proclamation by President
Abraham Lincoln will report on
the progress of the plans being
made by his committee. Mrs.
Lenora Fisher, Chairman of Nom
ination Committee will report of
the slate of officers nominated for
the next two years. The Educa-
tion Committee will present a
parent, Mrs. Newton, who with her
II year old son was involved in an
at the Adeline Gray
School. She will tell the part which
the NAACP had in bringing the
matter to the attention of the SUI
perintendent and the helpful way
in which the superintendent han
died the incident.
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
NAACP PETITIONS NLRB
RETARDED FORUM
SLATED FOR NOV. Is

The next public forum sponsor
ed by the Maricopa County Council
for Retarded Children will be held
Friday, November 18th at 8 pm.
in the Community Service Build
ing - Room E, 1915 E. Osborn
Rd.
Mrs. Rebecca Rogers, Director
of the Maricopa County AccOmo-
dation Training School and her
staff will present the program.
1t will be a review of this w
facility, how it was set up, how
it was developed and how children
can participate in the program.
The meeting is open to all in
terested persons. Coffee will be
served.
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15

NEW YORK. = The NAACP
has asked that Local 24O1 of the
United Steelworkers of America
be disqualified as the appropriate
collective bargaining agent of en-
ployees' of the Atlantic st e e !
Company, Atlanta, Ga. A motion
to rescind certification of the To-
cal was filed with the National
Labor Relations Board in Wash
ington, Oct. 80.
This motion supplements an
earlier NAACP action also filed
with the NLRB on Oct. 16 in which
the Association charged Local 24O1
with unfair labor practices.
The NAACP complaint says that
Local 2401 carries on practices,
procedures ano policies which vio-
late the rights of Negro employees
to fair representation under the
NLRB Act.
Specifically, the Association
charges that discriminatory and
exclusionary practices of Local
2401 have operated to confine
Negro employees, in some job
classifications, to lower wages
than white employees doing the
same work.
Other NAACP charges:
Separate lines of promotion
in each department for Negro and
white employees confine Negro
workers to unSkilled and semi
skilled job classifications. years
OF negotiations between Negro COM
plainants and Local 24O1 have not
eliminated these practices
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15
EBONY FASHIONS

People are talking about EBONY
FASHION FAIR coming to town,
Thursday, November 10Th, 1862,
at 800 pm, at North Phoenix
High School Auditorium. Members
of ALPHA GAMMA RHO of
ALPHA CHI PI OMEGA SORORI-
TY are sponsoring the Show, and
are not only busy selling Tickets,
but are shopping for New Styles
of their own to wear to the Show.
Arizona sun., 1962-11-15

"a year-old Dan Concholar who
resides at 2O25 E. Diamond in
Phoenix won first prize in DRAW
NG for dashing painting of
the legendary John Henry" Dan
who attends Phoenix College night
school is majoring in commercial
Art. He has displayed many of
his paintings at various art shows
throughout the state. However .ac-
cording to Dan this is only the
second time that I've entered my
work in any type Of contest, once
before in nigh school, 2