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Evening star., 1963-12-29

any organization to try and jam
a lot of people into the District
Building on Thursday"
Nevertheless, Mr.. Shipley
said that a voter mobile" a
bus-type vehicle recently pur-
chased by the District Republi-
cans. will be used Thursday to
provide transportation for blind
or handicapped persons who
want to register on that day.
Tilford E. Dudley, Demo-
cratic Central Committee di-
rector of precinct organization,
said the committee is sponsor
ing a 1880 am. breakfast
Thursday at a restaurant near
the District Building to help
spur registration.
I'VE expect to have at least
100 persons at the breakfast"
said Mr.. Dudley.
FavOrs Precinct Registrations
The Democratic official said
I'VE feel the elections board
"h as adequate registration
plans and we are confident
that the board will supply ad-
ditional facilities if the turnout
indicates they are needed"
Chairman Mayer said he be-
lieves 1T will be more convent
ent for most people to register
at the neighborhood centers
rather than at the District
Building"
He said that one advantage
of registering in the precincts
is that it will allow would-be
voters to become familiar with
the locations where they will
later vote.
Mr.. Mayer said a list Of the
precinct registration voting
places will be published in mid
January.
He said that eight or 10
tables for registration will be
set up in the corridor of the
first floor of the District
Building Thursday for regis
tration.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
DOG THAT BIT
ROCKVILLE CHILD
BEING SOUGHT

A 4-year-old Rockville
Md child will have to
undergo a series of painful
rabies shots unless a dog
that bit him is found soon.
The child. Philip Waters,
was bitten on the hip by
the dog. which strayed into
the yard of the boys home
at 1905 Larkin place, in
the Wheaton Woods area,
on December 18.
His mother, Mrs. Jack
Waters, who saw the
incident, described the dog
as q small terrier with
smooth hair and no collar.
It was mostly black with
some brown hairs, she said.
Evening star., 1963-12-29

Hume Backs Tydings
For U.S.. Senate Race

Meanwhile, Maryland Rep
resentative-at-large Carlton R.
Sickles said he has no inten-
ton "at this time" to run for
the United States Senate.
II have not necessarily ruled
myself out as a candidate" he
said. but I am not actively a
candidate for the Senate at
this time"
Mr.. Hume was a candidate
for Governor of Maryland in
1862 but lost the nomination to
incumbent Gov. Tawes. Howev-
er. he surprised many political
observers by pulling almost 11e,
900 votes in the urban counties
Of Prince Georges, Montgomery
and Washington.
Later he supported Gov.
Tawes in his campaign for re-
election after the two agreed
on certain issues that went into
the Governors platform.
A similar situation apparent
ly Is forming in the Tydings'
race. Mr.. Hume Is expected to
play a major role in forming
the platform, at least in princi-
pie.
EASY Decision"
Mr.. Hume added in his
statement that "once convinced
that my own candidacy might
damage those I would help, the
decision as to which candidate
I might support was relatively
easy"
One candidate has already
announced for the Democratic
nomination to the United
States Senate. He is DR.. H. C..
Curly Byrd, former president
of the University of Maryland.
Another possibility is George p.
Mahoney, who ran unsuccess-
fully six times for Governor or
Senate. A source close to him
said last week he may run.
The Democrats are seeking
the seat of Senator j. Glenn
Beall, Republican, whose term
expires next year.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
BY CHARLES ID. PIERCE
Star Staff Writer

Hundreds of persons are ex-
pected to go to the District
Building Thursday for the be-
ginning of registration for the
city's primary election May 5
and Washington's first Presi-
Dental election November 3
The registration will open at
$3.50 am. on the first floor OF
the District Building. The Dis
trict Commissioners and top
officials of the local political
party organizations will be
present for the historic event.
Daniel Noll, executive secre-
tary of the Board of Elections,
declined to estimate how many
persons would try to register
Thursday, but said he is pre-
pared to handle as many as
5000.
Mr.. Noll said he has been
told that some people plan to
arrive at the District Building
long before dawn so they can
be among the first to register.
100000 Registration Seen
Several political, labor and
civic organizations have al
ready launched drives to get
out a heavy voting registration
here. The District Board of
Elections has estimated that
1000 persons will register for
the May S primary election and
that this total will climb to
250,000 by the time registra-
ton closes for the November
Presidential vote.
The elections board is al
ready coming under sharp at
tack for what some leaders
describe as inadequate registra-
ton plans.
Charles H. Mayer, chairman
of the Board of Elections, said
yesterday that I'VE still think
everyone will have an ample
opportunity to register"
| Registration on Thursday
Evening star., 1963-12-29

= IN TAKING THIS stroll,
you have traced the outline
of the heart of the city where
most people congregate. In
side this area, a roast
chestnut vendor would face
arrest, as would any other
vendor at any spot, with
three exceptions.
Permanent sidewalk vend-
ing places, by some vestigial
oversight of police regula-
tionS, are permitted at the
following locations within
the downtown area:
/. East side of Eighth
street, south of F street,
where flowers, vegetables and
fruits are sold.
y2. East side of Eighth
street, south of I street.
3. West side of Eighteenth
street, south of F street.
Thus, with the principal
exception of the spot at
Eighth and F, the streets of
this part of Washington are
absolutely forbidden terri
tory to street vendors of any
kind.
Evening star., 1963-12-29
Registration Of Voters
Starts in DC. Thursday

will end at 6 pm. 1t will resume
from $3.50 am. to 6 pm. on
Friday, and on Monday through
Friday thereafter at the same
hours in Room 8 of the District
Building.
Neighborhood voting registra-
ton in all of the city's 81
precincts will start January 81
to supplement the registration
at the main office in the
District Building.
This registration at precinct
centers will be held on Fridays
through Saturdays of five week
ends-January 3l-February l.;
February 1929; March 6-7;
March 1914 and March 20-2l.
These neighborhood registra-
ton places will be open from
to 9 pm. on Fridays and
from 10 am. to 9 pm. on Sat-
urdays. Deadline for regiStra-
tion for the May 5 primary
election is March 81.
While would-be voters can
register for the Presidential
election starting Thursday. a
separate registration period will
be held after the primary elec-
ton for those who want to vote
only in the November ballot
ing.
FantaStically Inadequate
j. C. Turner, president of the
Greater Washington Central
Labor Council, declared yester-
day that the election boards
registration plans are "fantas-
tically Inadequate"
THE elections board has
made no arrangements for reg
istration at nights or Satur-
days during January. We are
trying to encourage our labor
people to go down to the Dis
trict Building, but they work
during the day.
When neighborhood regis
trations do begin, I think there
Evening star., 1963-12-29
Cities
and People
A Performer
Of Magic
By ROBERT J. LEWIS


IN PARIS, one of the most
innocent pleasures of life
on a wintry day is to pause
in your stroll at almost any
street corner and pick up a
bag of hot roasted chestnuts.
The reason why you can't
do this in Washington is that
it's against the law.
Instead of treasuring the
vendor who helps bring life
to downtown streets, policy
in the past has been to
hound him from contact
with city people and prod
him to a gallop in tourist
areas.
For generations, he has
been treated as an inter-
loper instead of as the pos
SCISSOR Of the gift of magic,
such as he really is.
Downtown he is forbidden
ito sell any article or thing
from or upon any highway
or public space" Outside
downtown, he is permitted to
stop mo longer than to make
a sale after having been ap-
preached or stopped for the
purpose of m aking such
sale"
He is, as the French might
say, a "vendeur a la sau-
vette," a vendor on the run.
Evening star., 1963-12-29

low vote.
THE elections board is liv-
ing in a never-never land and
has showed no imagination
and no vigor. The boards &C.
tions are frustrating and mad.
dening."
HObsOn, ShipIey Critical
Julius Hobson, chairman oi
Washington CORE. has threat
ened to flood the District
Building with would-be voters
to show that registration facil-
tiles are inadequate.
Carl Shipley, chairman OF
the District Republican Com
mittee, said yesterday that he
thinks the registration plans
are only of minimum ade-
quacy.
1T would be far more de-
sirable to have registration in
all 81 precincts during the full
registration period rather than
to start this at the end of
January" said Mr.. Shipley.
'"The elections board could
arrange this. All they lack is
the will. They have the fire.
houses. police stations, libraries
and schools that could be used
for registration in the precincts.
Police desk sergeants and other
city employees could be used to
register people"
Hopes to Avoid Jam
Mr.. Shipley said the Republi-
can organization will try to
avoid Overlooking" registration
facilities on Thursday. He
added:
I'VE don't want to discourage
people from registering by fore
ing them to stand in line.
think it would be a mistake for
Evening star., 1963-12-29

TO UNDERSTAND how the
law operates to the essential
disadvantage of the city, and
of the merchants it long ago
was designed to protect,
imagine you are standing at
the corner of Sixth and K
streets NV.
. You are now at a starting
point. You are going to take
a long walk around the part
of the downtown area that is
prevented from providing
the convenience, pleasure,
enlivenment, color and gusto
that chestnut vendors, bal
loon and flower sellers, book
stall operators, fruit and ice
cream stands, carousels and
pushcarts supply, in differ
ent seasons, to the streets
and squares of some of the
worlds most exciting cities.
From Sixth and K, you
walk south to Pennsylvania
avenue, turn right to the
Treasury Building at Fif-
teenth street, turn right
again to pick up Pennsyl-
vania avenue, turn left on
the Avenue and walk past
the White House to Seven
teenth street, thence south
on Seventeenth street to
Constitution avenue, turn
right on Constitution avenue
and proceed to Nineteenth
street, turn right again at
this point and walk north on
Nineteenth street to K street.
From here, you then return
to your starting point at
Sixth and K streets.
Evening star., 1963-05-28
Elections
Are Held

Mrs. Robert Moran, found
er of the Women's Board of
the Washington Heart Asso-
Citations has been elected
chairman Of the group. The
election took place recently
at the annual spring lunch
con Of the organization at
the Columbia Country Club.
Other officers elected are
Mrs. Kenneth Birgfeld, vice
chairman; Mrs. Bryson Rash,
recording secretary; Mrs.
Harry Kellams. correspond
ing secretary, and Mrs. Mat
thew F. Whalen, assistant
corresponding secretary.
Also elected were Mrs. AL
Ian M. McKelvie, treasurer;
Mrs. George Gordon Moore,
assistant treasurer, and Mrs.
Bernard ]. Walsh, liaison
from the Washington Heart
Association Board of Direc-
tors to the Women's Board.
Evening star., 1963-05-28
OIney Play
To Benefit
Boys Home
A benefit performance of

A benefit performance Of
Thornton Wilder's plays
From Bleecker Street" will
be given on Sunday, June 2
at Olney Theater, with pro-
ceeds going to the st. Jo-
seph's Boys Home of Wash
ington.
Opening the summer sea-
son at Olney, the perform
ance will present three
one-act dramas: Infancy"
Childhood" and Pullman
Car Hiawatha." Mr.. Wilder
originally wrote the plays
for Off Broadway production.
The June 2 presentation will
be its first appearance in
this area.
The cast is made up of
PlayerS, Inc. a troop origi-
mating at Catholic Univer-
sity and now traditionally a
part Of the Olney summer
tenancy.
Funds from the benefit
will be utilized by the Ladies
Board Of st. Joseph's to
provide such items as out
door play equipment, gym
materials and dormitory fur
nishings for the orphans who
occupy the home and school.
Mrs. Frances Lavender is
Evening star., 1963-05-28

committee chairman for the
event. Tickets may be OBJ
tained through Mrs. Joseph
Patschak Of Ladd street,
Silver Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1963-05-28

Misses Peggy Harlow ef Elizabeth Ann Poese cond from left and
Jane Simmons from Commissioner Walter Tobner the Articles
Of Incorporation for Cherry Blossom Princess Sorority here Alpha
Kappa Miss Poe 1868 Princess Delaware chairman of the
initial board Of directors The ceremony held yesterday the Conn.,
misoners offce-Stor Sof Photo
Evening star., 1963-05-28

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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14
The Boycott Threat To Destroy
The Church Organ

Among all the stories and rumors that have
been circulated here since the civil rights crusaders
from abroad the land, with the contingent of
Twentieth Century Carpet-baggers, using the
white mare" technique to beguile the less intell-
gent among the local Negro masses, and arouse
a small group of local Negro preachers with am
bltions to emulate Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,
the worst thing that we have ever heard is the
story about the threat to invade newly construct
ed Negro church here and drag into the street and
destroy its newly bought organ, bought from a
downtown white merchant in violation of the boy
colt, or Socalled selective buying campaign, pro-
posed by the local civil rights crusaders
1t is not our purpose here to warn the local
Negroes working for white people about what will
happen to them once the white people firmly decide
to employ counter boycott against Negroes work
ing for white people. The effects of such counter
boycott on where the money be found to buy
groceries, pay house rent, gas and light bills, pay
the mortgage note, car notes, and other bills is
easily understood by any Negro who has been sub
jected to even short period of unemployment.
Before such condition becomes inevitable we
urge every thinking Negro among us to absolute
ly ignore the boycott; and let their employer know
that they are shopping downtown as always.
What we really had in mind to say about the
organ threat is that those who behind the dem
onstrations and boycott here are the Civil Rights
crusaders, who since the assassination of Presi-
dent Kennedy has been loudest despite the evi-
dence to the contrary, in charging that the Pres
idents death came result of the atmosphere
and attitudes stimulated by those using extreme
methods and statements in opposing racial integra~
tion.
If such a claim is true in any of its aspects it
is equally true that the extremes of the civil rights
crusaders such is evident in the threat against
the church organ, share very large part of the
responsibility for the creation of the condition that
has brought about the extremes out of which they
charge grew the assassination of President Ken
nedy.
The Jackson Advocate takes it's stand as con-
demning the threat to destroy the church organ;
md see it as an incident and challenge that should
arouse the righteous voice and action of every de-
cent and responsible Negro citizen of this city.
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

the Jackson newspaper because
he knows that the enemies of
the Negro will make it appear
that the Negro in Mississippi is
satisfied and does not want new
and better laws. In the letter
dated November 27, 1868, Con-
gresham Kastenmeier writes:
81, of course, realize that this
is not so. However, there are
members of the Congress who
might be influenced by this pub
lication at this crucial time"
Citizens of Jackson have long
wondered how the newspaper
that Mr.. Kastenmeier names has
been able to exist with its small
circulation. Perhaps the fact
that this paper is being used to
convince people that the Jack
son Negro community is happy
and satisfied with everything
becomes an explanation of why
the paper "does so WELL"
II the paper is being sent to
the members of the House and
Senate, that accounts for near
ly five hundred Of its circula-
tion.
It has been the policy of
Southern politicians who want
to justify their stands against
civil rights laws to say 1--WE
love our colored people. We
treat them very well. And they
are some of the happiest folks
on earth" !"
Although there are many
people who do not believe such
propaganda, there are many
also who are ready to be con-
vinced. Certainly, having . Ne
gro newspaper in Mississippi
suggests that the Mississippi
Negro Is satified with conditions
here and greatly reinforces the
argument Of the Southern poll
tician.
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

be using its letter from the
Representative from Wisconsin
to portray the need, and solicit
the contributions, to send its
paper to the members of Con-
gress to help the passage of the
civil rights bill.
The Representative from Wis
consin, and the Mississippi Free
Press in its story based on his
letter, insinuates that some pow
erful politicians are furnishing
rs the money to send our pap
ers to the members of Con-
gress. IF there are any powerful
politicians, who would like to
convert this insinuation into
truth, or if there are any other
who are interested, taking our
cue from the Mississippi Free
Press, we hold out our hand, but
with difference. our heart win
be in it.
The Jackson Advocate can be
reached at 406h N. Parish
Street, Jackson. Mississippi.
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

In q letter to the editor of
the Free Press, United States
Congressman Robert Kastenmei-
er stated that q Jackson Negro
weekly was being sent to the
members of the u. s. Congress,
"to portray the Mississippi Ne
gro as being satisfied with con-
ditions in Mississippi.
In his letter, he said, "As one
who believes deeply in the cause
of Civil Rights and has played
some role in the struggle for
effective and strong Civil
Rights legislation, / wish to call
to your attention that copies of
the jackson Advocate are be-
ing sent to the members Of the
House and Senate here i'm Wash
ington."
Kastenmeier serves on the
House Judiciary Committee,
which for the past several
weeks, has been holding hear
ings on the all important Civil
Rights Bill. An ardent support
er Of the legislation for justice,
Rep. Kastenmeier ID deeply in
volved in the battle to try and
keep the bill from being de-
stroyed by those forces who
want to keep the Negro from
gaining his equal rights.
Makes Negro Appear Satisfied
He is alarmed by the use Of
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-14

seen by our statement of owner
ship, require of all newspapers
entered as Second Class Matter
with the Post Office Depart
ment, which we published in
October, as required by federal
law. This gives the lie to the
Free Press canard about citi-
zens of Jackson who have long
wondered how the Jackson Ad-
vocate has been able to exist
on it's small circulation.
/ see the Emancipation Proc
lamation Centennial Edition as
forcing the Mississippi Free
Press out into the open with
it's avowed purpose of destroy
ing the Jackson Advocate; and
arousing the concern of the
gentlemen from the State of
Wisconsin with the funny name,
because it demolishes the lies
and half truths that the Free
Press, CORE, and other organi-
cations, and their spokesmen
have been going about the coun-
try telling and repeating about
Negro life in the state of Mis-
sissipi, mainly in order to in
crease the weight of the collec-
tion plates.
REPRESENTATIVE
KASTENMEIRER'S LETTER
Dear Editor:
AS one who believes deeply
in the cause of Civil Rights and
has played some role in the
struggle for effective and strong
Civil Rights legislation, l wish
to call to your attention that
copies of the JACKSON ADVO-
CATE are being sent to the
members of the House and Sen
ate here in Washington. This
paper tends to portray the Mis-
sissippi Negro as being salts
fled with conditions in Missis-
sippi and as supporting the sta
tus quo.
/, of course, realize that this
is not so However, there are
many members of the Congress
who might be influenced by
this publication at this crucial
time. Therefore, strongly urge
you, as a public service, to send
copies of the FREE PRESS to
the members of the Congress as
soon as you possibly can and to
continue to do so until the Civil
Rights legislation has been suc-
cessfully passed.
I trust that this brief note
and suggestion will be of val
ue to you and will assist the
cause of Civil Rights for all
American citizens.
Sincerely yours,
Robert w. Kastenmeier
Member of Congress
Washington, D. C.
November 27, 1868
The letter from Representa-
tive Kastenmeier as published
in the Mississippi Press pic
lures him in my mind as having
written his letter before trying
to read and properly appraiss
the Emancipation Proclamation
Centennial edition; as having
written his letter without re
gard to the truth, and the ef
fects of his insinuations; as al
ambitious politician living in
community with an importan
block of Negro voters who's
naivety makes them the eas!
victims Of his subtilty; IL no
As one who is willing to keel
the Negro issue alive in th'
United States at any price b,
cause Of its world propaganda
value.
That Representative Hasten
! heimer be not miseld as regard