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Arizona sun., 1962-08-16
Negroes Denied Right To
Vote Trying New Way To
Win Representation

CLARKSDALE, Miss - Negroes
denied the right to vote in the Sec
ond congressional district are
trying a new way to win represent
alton in the Congress of the United
States.
They are signing petitions stat
ing that if they had been permit
ted to vote in the June primary
election they would have cast
ballots for the Rev. Merrill w.
Lindsey.
Lindsey, a Negro, got 1,47a
votes in the Democratic Congress
sional primary while two white
opponents obtained a total of &C.,
443. Jamie Whitten won with A.
876 votes.
Integration leaders seek over
65, 900 names on their petition,
which will be more than the diff
ference between Lindsey's vote
and that of his two opponents.
The petitions will then be pre-
sented to the Speaker of the U. S.
House with request that Whit
tens election be declared null and
void and Lindsey be seated as the
winner.
If this is refused, the petitioners
will have grounds for asking that
Mississippiis representation in
Congress be reduced until the sit
uation is remided. This request
would be based on the 18th Amend
ment to the U. S. Constitution.
This amendment says that when
the right to vote is denied, the
basis of representation in Cong
ress shall be reduced in pro-
portion to the number of citizens
denied the vote.
The petition drive is tied in with
an intense campaign to register
Negroes to vote in the "a coun-
ties of the Second District, which
is in northwestern Mississippi.
Aaron E. Henry, local druggist
and a leader in the movement,
said: I'VE hope generally that
this signature campaign will aid
our fight in Congress for doing
away with the poll tax and the
literacy test.
Henry also described means
used by election officials to pre-
vent the counting of ballots cast
by Negroes who did go to the polls
in the June primary. He said:
For the first time, the chair
man of the County Democratic
Committee refused to permit per-
sons chosen by the candidates to
work around the polling places.
None of Lindsey's supporters were
manager, bailiffs, or returning Of
ficerS.
I'VE did have their permission
to serve as poll watchers, which
was some 10 to IL feet from where
the voting was going on. We were
not permitted to participate IN
the final vote counting, but we're
permitted to sit in the balcony
of the auditorium while the votes
were being counted. l have my
suspicious as to the fairness Of the
tabulation.
Mr.. Henry, who is state presi-
dent of the NAACP, has been
harassed in many ways because
of his leadership in the civil rights
campaign. Recently he was sent
enced to 6 months in Jail on a
trumped up morals charge; he is
the victim of two libel suits total
ling $4,000; and his wife, Mrs.
Noelle M. Henry, after 10 years of
service as a teacher in CoahOma
County schools, has lost her job.
Arizona sun., 1962-08-16

LIBERTY, Miss. - Louis Allen,
a key witness in the killing Of
Herbert Lee here last fall, is being
subjected to constant haraSSment
by Amite County officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

sonal whims dominate deci-
SionS.
Present gambling laws, if
enforced, are adequate to
combat payoffs on the hun
dreds of multiple odds ma
chimes with $3.50 Federal
gaming stamps, Senator
Wheatley said.
IF We should find these
laws against pinball machine
gambling are not adequate,
then we will get new laws"
Senator Wheatley said.
Mr.. Waldron said he per-
Sonally knows of no pinball
problem, but if he should
find one he will have to de-
eide if more enforcement or
a new law is the answer.
The Republican candidate
also noted that while his OPP
ponent now feels the anti
pinball payroll law is ade-
quate, the Democratic States
attorney has said it is not
sufficient for convictions.
Mr.. Wheatley authored the
law in 1857 making presence
of a $3.50 Federal gaming
stamp on a pinball machine
prima facie evidence of
gambling. All gambling is
illegal in Prince Georges.
Mr.. Waldron is being sup
ported by a bipartisan club
slate, which Democrats claim
is an attempt by pinball ma
chine interests to keep their.
enemies out of office.
Both candidates have said
they will support State legis-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

lation to outlaw slot ma
chimes in the four other
Southern Maryland counties,
as proposed by Gov. Tawes.
The winner, along with
Montgomery County's victor,
will decide the outcome of
anticipated drives against the
Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commits
sion. Both Prince Georges
candidates want the BIZ
county agency retained, but
more control given the
county.
Senator Wheatley, however,
thinks it might be better to
move the staff under the
County Commissioners. Mr..
Waldron wants coming au-
thority shifted from the Com
miSSioners to a new board,
and M-NCPPC heads again
named by the governor, rath-
er than the county commits
Sioners.
Mr.. Waldron, like other
Republicans, is counting on a
block of old guard Demo-
Gratis still smarting from the
majority victory won by in
surgentS. Senator Wheatley
thinks these wounds have
healed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

Pinball machines and plan
ming, against a backdrop Of
bitter Democratic primary
scars, encase the State SEN
ate race in Prince Georges.
The two-term Democatic
incumbent, H. WinShip
Wheatley, jr., has had enough
legislative experience to rank
as a contender for floor
leader.
Making his first bid for
elected office, Republican
Richard v. Waldron, says the
incumbent too often lets per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
Gilbert GUIDE
Republican,

AGE: 80.
HOME: SAIL DuvolI drive, West
moreIond Hills.
VOTING KEY: 7-B.
BACKGROUND: Lifelong county
resident; attended University Of Mory-
lond; groduOte, Cornell University;
mosteTs degree, George Washington
University; post president, Maryland
NurseNmon's Association; 1858 chair
mon, County Heort Fund; 1855 recipi-
emf, Bethesda Chevy Chose chomber
OF Commerce Distinguished Service
Aword; Army Veteron Of World War II.
POLITICAL CAREER: Appointed to
House Of Delegates Vacancy in 1852;
only county Republican elected in
1854; Observation-Disclosures
but elected to Republican Stute Cen
troll Committee; named choirmon lost
yeor; eorlier wos precinct and dis
trict choirmon, elected delegate to
9. 0. ?. Stote convention; served on
House WoYs ond Moons, Agriculture
and Education Committees.
FAMILY: Morried, five children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04


AGE: ST.
HOME: 360l Soul rood, Kensineton.
VOTING KEY: IA.
BACKGROUND: Wife of District
Judge Henry Schweinhout; attended
George Washington University; held
several oppointive posts in eorIy coreer;
in 1889 nomed choirmon MARYLAND
Stote Commission on Aging; choirmon,
MoYlond delegation to White House
Conference; secretary treasurer, No
tionol Council Of Senior Citizens.
POLITICAL CAREER: Appointed
to Stote Senote lost year to fill w.
concy otter seven yeors in House Of
Delegates; elected to House in 1854
ond 1858 otter unsuccessful bid in
1850; won Senote nomination otter
primary contest lost spring with two
other Democratic stoiworts; vice
ehoirmon. House Committee on Juve-
nile Problems; member, House Edu-
cotton. Lobor Ond Woys ond Moons
Committees.
FAMILY: Married, two daughters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

AGE: IS.
HOME: 3l20 Loke ovenue, cheverIy.
VOTING KEY: 7-B.
BACKGROUND: Southern Illinois
University, 1888; elementary school
teacher and principal. 1889; George
Washington University Low School,
1850; oeent Federal Bureou of Investi-
COTTON. l940-47. except for l943-46 in
Morine Corps in Southwest Poetic, dis
charged os sergeant; since 1850 low
partner with Harry ToYIor with offices
in CheverIy and Washington; member
of the Prince Georges ond District Dor
Associations.
POLITICAL CAREER: Managed 1856
county compoiens for the Iote Circuit
Judge John Raymond Fletcher ond
Senator Butler, Republican Of Mory-
lond; unopposed in primory.
FAMILY: Moried, three children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

tDemocrot)
AGE: 50.
HOME: 44l0 osIethorpe street,
HyottsilIe.
VOTING KEY: IA.
BACKGROUND: Georgetown Uni
versity, 1926; National University Low
School. 1929; procticins low ever since;
counsel for City Of HyottsviIIe, 1872
80; Prince Georges Welfare Board,
1888; administrative secretary to
president Of Stote Senote, 1858;
helped organize and twice president,
Prince Georges Young Mems Demo-
crotic Club; World War II Navy
commander for seven yeors serving OF
SEQ in three major theoters; vice presi-
dent Maryland Stote Bor Association,
1850.
POLITICAL CAREER: Stote's ottor-
ney, 1894; nomed specioI prose-
cutor in l947; elected to Stote Senate
in 1854 ond 1858; detected LonsdoIe
Sosscer. IT,, in primory.
FAMILY: Morried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04

party's platform plank to
conserve the independent
planning role of the Mary
land-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
While a member of the
House, he at one time Joined
Mrs. Schweinhaut in sup
porting a bill to abolish the
Commission.
Mrs. Schweinhaut says she
still feels that more control
OF planning should be held
by the County Council, but
says she would make no de-
cision on scraping the COM
mission until she studies all
aspects of the proposal.
Mr.. Guide has led Republic
can forces in saying that
scrapping of the planning
commission would abolish the
informal system of checks
and balances which such an
agency creates.
He feels that disagreement
between the County Council
and the planners is not
necessarily a bad thing be-
cause it arouses public dis
cusSion of planning problems
which could have a drastic
long-range effect on the
county.
ReappOrtiOnment Issue
Both candidates have tried
to make reapportionment of
the State Senate an issue in
the campaign. Mrs. Schwein-
haut, a longtime advocate
of proportional representa-
ton in the General Assembly.
has been claiming that nine
out of the ten Republican
House candidates are onnoSed
to a realignment of the
Senate.
Her G. o. P. opponent,
however, has suggested a plan
to create two regional Sem
ate Districts to represent the
Washington and Baltimore
suburban counties. Three
senators would be elected by
all the citizens in the Balti-
more suburban district, and
two by the Washington
district.
Mrs. Schweinhaut has
countered by stating that
this sort of arrangement
would not work properly
because Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties, for
example, have different needs
and requirements on such
issues as liquor laws anG
Cnnnrnccinnnnl ,.nIirA,.;nA;.n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-04
Montgomery
Montgomery
Elects One to Maryland Senate

The fight over purely local
issues in Montgomery
County is having a direct
effect on the campaign for
State Senator - the corner
stone of county political
power.
Mrs. Margaret C. Schwein-
haut, who was a House of
Delegates member until given
an interim appointment as
State Senator last year, is
the Democratic candidate
who has become a target for
those opposing her party'S
local ruling clique.
Gilbert Guide, a former
House member, is the Repub-
lican standard bearer who
must lead the G. o. P. local
forces on their county gov
eminent economy crusade.
But both candidates, with
about the same length of ex-
perience in the State legisla-
ture, are not as far apart
on State legislative issues as
their party publicity releases
would indicate.
Pledged to Race Law
Mrs. Schweinhaut, a leader
of the controlling faction of
the Democratic Party in
Montgomery, is pledged to
work for a statewide law
barring racial discrimination
in restaurants and hotels.
Mr.. Guide supports creation
of a more powerful statewide
Human Relations Commits
sion, designed to work with
local leaders to break down
racial barriers by concilia-
ton.
Mr.. Guide also supports his
Evening star., 1962-04-22
restaurants who

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used d your eoavsnianss. eosh cheek
is worth ihs full price cf enc eemplses
dinner a. eoeh Fsslu0fanf with tho
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17
Marine Air
Units Begin
raining

Two Marine Corps air re-
serve units from the Wash
ington area have begun Is days
of summer training.
Serving on active duty at
the Marine Corps Air Station
in Beaufort, S. c., in Marine
Air Control Squadron "a, COM
manded by 1t. Col. Mel
Flaherty of 900 Locust street,
Falls Church, Va. In addition
the officers and men of Marine
Fighter Squadron 236 this week
began a two-week stint al
their home station, the Naval
Air Facility at Andrews Ali
Force Base. Md.
The air control unit is made
up of radar and electronics
specialists whose job it is tc
guide pilots to their targets
Col. Flaherty. who is an exc
cutive in the Post Office De.
partment, and his men flew
to the South Carolina base ovel
the week end.
The fighter squadron. slsc
made up of officers and mer
from the Washington, Mary
land and Virginia area. is re-
manning at Andrews to become
more familiar with the unit
newly arrived FJ-4B Fury je
aircraft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17
Negroes Ready Toctics
For Next Albany Move

ALBANY, Ga, July II (AP)
Negroes studied nonviolent
Indignation techniques today in
the wake of repeated hints of
more demonstrations in this
troubled southwest Georgia
city.
Daily workshops were sched-
uled by Negro leaders. Albany's
police force, backed by a unit
of State troopers, was held on
continuing alert.
The Rev. DR.. Martin Luther
King, jr., indignation leader,
called last night for a mon
violent protest which will turn
Albany upside down"
DR.. Kings statement came
after Mayor Asa D. Kelley. jr.
on behalf of the city commits
sion, refused to give the Negro
leaders an audience. The Ne
groes had requested to meet
with the commission.
The Mayor called the Negro
leaders lawbreakers and said
the commission would not ne
gotiate with them.
Later DR.. King addressed
about 1000 persons at two
Negro churches.
Without indicating what
form possible new demonstra-
lions might take, DR.. King
said:
I'VE are preparing ourselves
spiritually, mentally and phys
ically :"
AS the city awaited what
ever moves the Negroes might
make, Publisher James Gray
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17
Powell Home Intruders
Still Sought by Police

cause of statements the New
York Democrat made about
Puerto Rico's education
system.
Mr.. Powell's Puerto Rican-
born wife. Mrs. Yvette Diego de
Powell, told police she was in
the house with her baby son
and a maid when the men
got out of a car about l am.
yesterday and approached the
house.
One threw a rock through a
front window, she said, and
then the men made several at
tempts to force their way in
through a patio door. Failing
this, they threw vegetables
through the broken window
and drove off.
No one was injured. Damage
was estimated at $3.50.
Mr.. Powell sent cables from
Washington to San Juan news
papers asking their aid in ap,
pretending the men. Vega Bajs
is rs miles from San Juan.
Independence demonstrators
picketed Mr.. Powell's house
Sunday, charging him with in
reference in Puerto Rican af-
fairs. Commonwealth Educa-
ton Secretary Condido OliveraS
had said he would oppose Gre
alton of an all-English- Ian
guage school system on the
island. Spanish is the primary
language in most Puerto Rican
schools, and Mr.. Oliveras was
merely restating an old Puerto
Rican Government position.
But Representative Powell
chairman of the House Edu-
cation and Labor Committee
repeatedly felt it was a change
in policy and was quoted a,
saying he would check to SET
how this might affect United
States Federal school aid to the
island.
After the independence pick
cts appeared. other demon
strators favoring Puerto Ricar
statehood showed up, swelling
the crowd to 200. Words wer'
exchanged between the oppos
ing sides, but police kept then
/ in check and the crowd dis
perSed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17
Redmon Is Appointed
As Deputy Controller
BY the Associated Press

Clarence B. Redman has
been named Deputy Controller
Of the Currency to succeed Hol-
lis S. Haggard, effective Au-
gust 4.
Secretary Of the Treasury
Dillon promoted Mr.. Redman
from his post as district chief
of the national bank examin-
er's office at Dallas, Tex. Mr.
Redman. SO, a native Of Will
liamantic, Conn, Joined the
controllers office in 1881.
Mr.. Haggard is retiring from
Government service after 81
years in the controllers office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17
Cortoonists' Mail Plea
invokes Ben Franklin

/ Mr.. Robinson said II the
postal rate increase becomes
law, small magazines and
newspapers either will be forced
out Of business or will curtail
their budgets for art.
These are just the news
papers and magazines that are
vital to the growth Of cartoon
ing" he said in testimony
prepared for the Senate Post
office Committee. 1T is here
that the nonconformist idea
can be published. 1t is here
that the young cartoonist can
develop.
Mr.. Robinson, speaking for a
committee named by the So
ciety to fight rate increases.
said, I'VE believe that Ben
Franklin, cartoonist, should ba
here with this committee to
protest ="
The bill would add a 1-cent-
apiece handling charge to cur
rent second-class mail rates.
Other members of the car
toonists committee planned tt
buttreSs MIR. Robinson's argu-
ments with art. They were tc
sketch Senators and hearing
room scenes and present theil
efforts to the lawmakers after
the hearing.
They included Bill Holman
society president and creator o.
Smokey Slower" and RUB
Goldberg, honorary presiden
and cartoonist of the New
York Journal American.
Among other listed member
are Milton Caniff, creator o
Steve Canyon; Walt Kelly
who draws Pogo; Gus Edison
father of "Dondi";; AL Capr
creator of LII Abner," an,
Chon Day, who draws Broth
er Sebastian"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17

an investigation of the Estes
operation.
While the House hearing was
going on, the Senate subcom-
mittee investigating the Estes
cotton deals released closed
door testimony showing that
the Agriculture Department or
dered transfers Of cotton al
lotments over the objections Of
Oklahoma officials.
The witnesses in the closed
Senate hearing were Samuel A..
Shelby, chief Of the Production
Adjustment Section Of the de-
partment's Oklahoma office,
and Lewis F. Wolfe, a former
Oklahoma administrator.
Mr.. Shelby said the Okla
homa farm men contended un-
successfully, at a January 16,
1861, meeting in Dallas, that the
State from which allotments
were being transferred as well
as the State receiving the allot-
mentS should have a voice in
approving them.
No Defense Of Legality
Chairman Mcclellan, Demo-
crat of Arkansas, asked II any
body attending the Dallas meet
ing commended that these
transfers were legal and valid"
mo, I don't think So" Mr..
Shelby replied.
He said the Oklahoma Of
ficials delayed taking action on
the transfers for several months
until they were ordered to do
so by the Washington head
quarters.
After a March. 81, 1861, let
ter directing the transfers, Mr..
Shelby said the Oklahoma Of
flee furnished data that was
requested and added:
I'VE never did consider we
were transferring anything
We gave them some data on
which they could make the
transfer"
Senator Mcclellan asked II
it was the position of the Okla
homa officials that "it was
scheme and q device to get
these cotton allotments and
therefore, you opposed it?"
That is right" Mr.. Shelby
said. I'VE were very resentfu,
about having to do it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. July
II (AP).-Police say they have
been unable to identify four
men who tried to break into
United States Representative
Adam Clayton Powell's summer
home at Vega Baja after toss
ing a rock through a window
Detective Roberto Marrero
said he presumed the intruders
belonged to the pro- independ-
ence movement, some of whose
members had demonstrated at
Mr.. Powell's home Sunday be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17
Science Head OKd
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Labor Committee
today approved President Ken
nedy's nomination of Jerome
B. Wiesner to be director Of
the new office of Science and
Technology. Mr.. Wiesner also
will continue in his confidential
role of special assistant to the
President for science and tech
nology.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17
HEWNominee
Sees Kennedy;
Silent on Views

Anthony j. Celebrezze. Pres
ident Kennedy's nominee fol
Secretary of Health. Education
and Welfare, said today he is
not sure whether the President
knows what he thinks about
such controversial issues al
Federal aid to education.
The Cleveland Mayor, whose
selection as successor to Abra-
ham A. Ribicoff in the Kennedy
cabinet came as a surprise last
Saturday, talked with reporters
at the White House after con-
ferring with Mr.. KennedJ
today.
Views May Differ
He refused to discuss hi
stand on medicare, school aic
and other controversial issues
telling reporters that he wanted
to avoid such discussions unit
he is confirmed by the Senate
He said he had never dis.
cussed the issue of Federal aic
to parochial schools with the
President, and told the ques'
toner there is a possibility
his views might differ from thu
Presidents.
Mr.. Kennedy opposes sucl
aid on constitutional grounds
But Mr.. Celebrezze said tina
lone thing is certain"-aS {
member Of the Kennedy cab
met he would do his best Il
follow the intent of the admin
istration and of Congress re-
gardless of his personal views
He said he will resign a!
Mayor Of Cleveland and repor
for work as HEW Secretar,
next Tuesday morning if he il
confirmed before then. Chair
man Harry F. Byrd of the Sen
ate Finance Committee sale
yesterday the committee will
consider the nomination soor
and that he knows Of no OBJ
lection to the nominee.
Mr.. Celebrezze told reporter
that he is grateful" to thu
President for the confidence
"he has shown in me by givins
me this opportunity for broad
ening my service to my fellow
Americans"
He added that he regards tn
job as "a tremendous response
bility" but offering "a grea
challenge to new things for tn
good of America"
In a facetious vein, a reporte
: asked Mr.. Celebrezze if one G
his qualifications for theKen
nedy cabinet was that he play
touch football. With a big gri
he said. II play the other kind.
When a reporter asked if h
! regarded his new job as comm
into a hornets nest" he salt
II have been in hornets nest
before and once in a while 70
get Stung."
Mr.. Celebrezze said he plar
to meet again tomorrow wit
4 Mr.. Ribicoff, who resigned 6
HEW Secretary to run for Ser
: ator from Connecticut, to II
a view some plans with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17
BY the Associated Press

Cartoonists invoked the name
of Benjamin Franklin today in
complaining to Senators that
a House approved increase In
postal rates for newspapers
and magazines would be a SER
ious blow to their profession.
Jerry Robinson, secretary Of
the National Cartoonists So
ciety, said Franklin was "the
father Of American cartoon
ing" and designed a postal
system that fostered the cir
culation Of printed periodicals
and literature"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17
District Man Heads
Church Youth Group

Leroy Nesbitt, 81, a Wash
ington lawyer, has been elected
president of the Richard Allen
Youth Council of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church.
He was elected at the four
tenth Correctional Christian
Education Congress held ir
Louisville, KY. The council di.
reefs all the youth work of the
church in the United State,
and other countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17

Executive Committee. went on
the air last December to appeal
for peace and order during the
height Of racial troubles which
resulted in the arrest of 735
Negroes for marching demon
STATIONS.
It was the mass protests that
resulted in the falling of DR..
King and an associate, the Rev.
r alph Alternately, last
] Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-17

of the Albany Herald scheduled
a televiSion appearance tonight
on THE Albany Crisis"
Mr.. Gray, who is also chair
man of the State Democratic