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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-13
RIGHTS
Continued From Page Al

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attending the White House
meeting.
Meanwhile, Southern Sena-
tors following their regional
caucus yesterday were preparing
to make an about fight against
new civil rights legislation.
Eighteen of them held their
first caucus yesterday after
noon, after which their leader.
Senator Russell, Democrat Of
Georgia, said he has no doubt
they WOULD all resist ANY new
Federal power over private
property for political purposes"
Sees "Appeasement"
Senator Russell told report
ers I'VE are getting to the stage
of a banana republic when leg
islation is based on appeasing
demonstrators"
The Georgia Senator said
also he believes Attorney Cen
eral Robert F. Kennedy zap
parently has been frightened"
by demonstrations.
At another point he said
that "if the President and the
Attorney General would lend
half as much support to local
authorities as they do to
demonstrators" the demon
STATIONS would not continue.
IF a man feels he has the
Attorney General. the FBI,
United tates marshals and the
Army behind him, it does not
take much to demonstrate, "
the Senator added.
Seek to Limit Debate
In a prepared statement
Senator Russell said President
Kennedy's Tuesday night
speech appealed eloquently to
the emotions but completely
disregarded reason, human ex-
perience and true equality UNI
der the Constitution"
Continuing, he added:
THE fact that every citizen
has the same right to own and
operate a swimming pool or
dining hall constitutes equality
The use Of Federal power to
force the owner Of a dining hall
or swimming pool to unwilling
ly accept those Of a. different
race as guests creates a new
and special right for Negroes in
derogation Of the property
rights Of all Of our people to
own and control the fruits OF
their labor and ingenuity.
THE outstanding distinction
between a government Of free
men and a socialistic or COM
munistic state is the fact that
free men can own and control
property, whereas stateism de-
MES property rights"
| Asked II he was suggesting
the administrations new civil
rights proposals were commu-
nistic, Senator Russell said hi
did not intend to 90 that far
but added, II is a step in the
direction OF stateism."
Meanwhile. Senator MANSFIELD
said today he is still opposed Il
around-the-clock sessions oil
the Senate TO force action or
legislation. He said his present
intention is 10 rely on the clio.
ture rule 10 limit debate.
He said he would be Willing
TO have the Senate meet early
and run late each day. but Il
still against continuous around.
the-clock sessions because Of
their effect on the health Of
Senators and the possibility Of
creating a circus atmosphere
He was replying 10 a pre-.
diction by Republican Senator
Morton Of Kentucky yesterday
that civil rights could be passed
under the pressure OF around
the-clock sessions and that Tn,
prospect Of getting the two.
thirds required 10 break q fill.
buster is dim.
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HOUSE
/ Virginions, Mothios
Vote Against Measure

there doesn't seem to be too
much interest"
The House debate as well as
the final vote yesterday were
studied today for signs Of pos
sible future reaction to the
Administrators forthcoming
civil rights legislative proposals.
What might have resulted in
an even bigger Southern Demo-
cratic vote against the bill was
removed late in the day by Rep
resentative Taft, Republican of
Ohio. He said he had planned
to sponsor an amendment to
ban ARA funds for financing
any hotel or motel where racial
discrimination was practiced.
Mr.. Taft told the House he
decided not to press the amend
ment because he understood
that substantially the same
anti segregation requirement
would be included in President
Kennedy's proposed civil rights
bill.
Patman Defends Program
Resentment against the adj
ministration's handling Of
racial problems was believed to
have accounted for some Of
the Southern Democratic orro-
sition yesterday. But other
factors, political as well as eco
nomic. we're far more evident.
Mr.. Taft summed up main
criticisms by charging there
was evidence Of real malad-
ministration" in the program
and allotment Of money for
projects which apparently Gre
ated few new Jobs.
He protested that ARA Off
cials showed lack of candor"
when the Banking and Cur
rency Committee questioned
them about specific programs.
He contended that the overall
program, however justified for
economic reasons in 1861, has
shown lack of clarity OF pur-
pose" and failed TO do the Job
for which IL was intended.
Committee Chairman Pat
man, Democrat Of Texas, de-
MED those complaints as we'll
as charges by other critics that
the handling Of the ARA pro-
gram has been tinged with
politics for the benefit OF DEM
ocratic congressional districts.
He emphasized that the bill
before the House merely set a
$3.50 million figure and that
the House could decide later
this year whether 10 appro-
pirate that much money.
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Evers Friend at Hearing
Urges Congress to Act

Dr. Aaron E. Henry, NAACP State president in Mississippi
and close associate Of the slain Medgar Evers Congress
today to act promptly to end violence and civil rights viola
tons against Negroes.
MI. Evers NAACP field secretary in Mississippi who was
killed from ambush outside his home Jackson Miss early
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-13
BY ALEX r.. PRESTON
Star Staff Writer

DANVILLE, Va, June 49,
Mayor Julian r. Stinson today
tried to end two weeks of racial
demonstrations by appointing
a committee of businessmen
and industrialists to advise him
on meeting Negroes civil rights
demands.
Negroes, for their part, con-
tinued their unrelenting pro-
gram of demonstrations for
equal job opportunities and
nom discrimination in places Of
public accommodation.
In Richmond, meanwhile,
Gov. Harrison called on Negroes
and police alike in Danville to
handle demonstrations peace
fully and lawfully.
Gov. Harrison, at q news
conference reported by the
Associated Press, said everyone
has a right to peaceful protest
and demonstration.
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Limitation On Protests

l A~sNNASAA SA AASNNoNS
But, he said, peaceful protest
| is exceeded when such large
numbers take part as to hinder
the orderly conduct of city
government.
The Governor pictured i'm
proved education for "all our
people" as the key to equal
treatment and opportunity for
Negroes.
with education comes I'M
Outstanding" Gov. Harrison
said.
THE enjoyment of civil
rights requires understanding
and the ability to hold the job
that may be available. Over
night, these things can't be
brought about by legislation"
Gov. Harrison said he hoped
Negroes will be integrated into
all jobs in Virginia.
The governors placating
words on Danville's racial trou-
bles came as a State police con-
tingent. equipped with full riot
equipment. aided Danville city
authorities in keeping a tight
check on the city's tense situa-
ton.
Eight more Negroes we're ar
rested yesterday on trespass-
ing charges when they tried to
enter restaurants which cater
to white persons only. They
were jailed after so Negroes had
been released under bond two
hours earlier on charges OF
having violated a court injunc-
ton against racial demonstra-
tons.
The Negroes declared at a
mass meeting last night they
would stage non-viole n
marches again today.
Mayor Stinson announced at
a press conference yesterday
that he expected to name the
advisory committee today. II
will be made up of white bust
nessmen only, but could lead
to formation Of a bi-racial
commission later, he said.
The primary purpose of the
committee. Mayor Stinson said
would be to TRY and work out
a very bad and difficult situa-
ton to correct the untruthful
image Of the city of Danville.
Demonstration Monday
This Image" was created
last Monday night when police
and firemen dubbed and turned
high-pressure hoses on Negro
demonstrators who had gath
cred outside the city jail. Two
Of the demonstrators were
hospitalized, and IS others re-
quirtd first aid treatment.
Mayor Stinson spoke vaguely
Of the committees purposes
but said that in negotiating
with Negroes. II don't purpose
TO deal in any capacity with
those people under indictment
or in the clutches Of the law
This does not mean. he re-
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preston of support was neces-
sary. The dealers" were SO con-
fident Of the success of this man
euver they didn't bother to ex-
plain the glazing contradiction in
their argument and eventual ar
rangement. They had saved the
people of the islands from one
group of white white exploiters
small and locaD only to deliver
them, Gland, channel, taxes and
alp into the hands of another,
much larger, more foreign, more
powerful, and an infinitely more
efficient .~exploiter. And, alaT. af-
ter the smoke had cleared, also
white.
Continued on page A.
, 1963-01-09
CORRESPONDENCE
To the Editor and the people OF
the Virgin Islands:

The Virgin Islands are being
looted. The single most precious
and ~scarcest asset--LAND--is be-
ing stolen from the people. And
there's not a whisper of protest.
On the contrary those in govern
ment & civil affairs who should
be defending our interests are, in
fact, the middlemen. They act as
procurers for the looters. | sup
pose they r rewarded with
crumbs of power and wealth,
how else can these nefarlous
deals be explained?
The Virgin Islands Corporation,
with its arrogant and suspicious
haste after thirty years of owner
ship, has offered 100 acres of the
most fertile land in st. Croix for
sale. With scarcely six weeks no
tice the land was put up for sale
as ONE PARCEL making it GER
tain that only the richest corpora
tons or individuals would bid
The Harvey Corporation, al
ready the proud owners of at
least 1880 acres GIVEN to them
in one of the most incredibly foul
deals perpetrated in these islands
in recent history, were high bid
ders. The magnanimous offer of
the benevolent Harvey Corpora
ton wa $500. per acre, with 700
down & the balance in Is years.
Virgin Islanders how would
you like to buy an acre Of the
richest flat cultivated land in ST.
Croix for 1925. down with a ba-
lance of 1904. to be paid over a
Is year period? Do / hear any
takers? Any anguished, pleading
cries?
Why is this action being taken
with such haste when it is of
such great importance to the peo-
pie of the Virgin Islands and will
adversely affect them and their
children for decades?
If Harvey succeeds in obtain
ing this land they will then own
about 5000 acres in st. Croix.
Enough to supply every land1ess
Crucian with a plot of land on
which to build a home. But it
doesn't matter much whether it
IS Harvey or another huge cor
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1868

1879 -
poration that buys the land. They
are all interested only in profit
In a few months they could re-
sell the land and easily treble
their money. If used for some
business in a few years when the
st. Croix operation was no long
er profitable they would leave
with bloated bank accounts and
if we were lucky they would sell
it back to us, or our children for
20 times what they paid for it.
However this is nothing new to
Virgin Islanders, they have work
ed the land in these islands for
centuries and for the most part
it still does not belong to them.
It all started about three hun
dred years ago on the western
coasts of Africa where the ances-
tors of most of the inhabitants of
the islands originated. The peo-
pies own chiefs deceived them
for small considerations no
doubt, and caused them to be de-
livered into the hands of the
slave traders. Is this same sort Of
thing still happening today?
Since then islanders have worked
the land for Spanish, French,
Dutch, British, Danish & Ameri
can owners, depending on the
fluctuations of market and war.
Fabulous wealth has been Great
ed and carted away. It is time this
injustice ceased. All over the
world peoples are freeing them
selves from colonial powers and
corporations and land reform
is the basic ingredient of that
freedom. In fact, ironically,
the U. S. Government in it's Al
lance for Progress" program in
Latin America has proclaimed
Tin word anyway land reform as
a prerequisite for participation.
This land belongs to the people
of the Virgin Islands as does the
land already given to Harvey
last spring. The governments in
volved are supposed to be agen-
cies of the people and 2the land
held for the good Ct the people.
If, in fact, they are the agencies
of the giant corporations and the
land is to be manipulated and di-
vided for the good of the corpora
tons then it is time to do some
thing about it. When such give
Always are arranged in the con
tinental y. S., although always
against the better interests of the
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people they do not usually I'M
mediately affect the availability
or domestic and food producing
land. Here in the Islands this is
not the case.
In the ~grotesque arrangement
concluded last spring the Govern
ment of the Virgin Islands turn
ed over to the Harvey Corpora
ton ownership of at least 1,25O
acres of publically owned land
in st. Croix. All the details of
this deal have been carefully hid
den but it is known Harvey was
also assured tax free operation
and profits for some time, 10 or
&c years probably. In addition,
hold on to your hats, and heads,
the v. L. Government agreed to
build and maintain forever a
channel, deep enough and wide
enough for ocean going ships, for
Harvey's private S There is
probably much more that should
be added to this list but leave it
at that for now.
And what did Harvey promise
in return? Absolutely NOTHING.
Not even employment. But even
if they do employ a hundred or
so men and those men get Is or
Is cents more than they are max
ing now will they or we be bet
ter off? Certainly there is no
more dehumanizing labor than
that in a basic metals mill. The
prices of food and housing will
continue to increase. A vast
amount Of tax money will go to-
wards maintaining Harveys' chan
mel depriving deserving public
programs Of needed funds. And
we are 1880 acres poorer to start
with.
In a demonstration of its gra-
titude for this fabulous gift Eva
lue in the tens Of millions con-.
sidering everything( comical if it
were not so tragic, the Harvey
Corporation has announced it
will supply annually a $4,000
scholarship for a deserving Vir-
gin Islander.
Government officials and poll
ticians, supposedly guardians of
the public trust and representa-
tives of the people not only wit
messed but demanded this infa-
NOUS public theft.
The opposition to the deal, l
gather, (from reading the news
papers and the report Of the st.
Croix public meeting) came main
ly from what might be called the
white planter set, tourist bust
ressmen and resettled continent
tails in st. Croix. To squelch this
opposition the dealers used a
slick and reprehensible decep-
ton. They disguised themselves
as champions of the underdog
, 1963-01-09

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1900 So. fl. 4oxl2o building
for light industry or quiet
. business in GOLDEN ROCK
. r E Total lease or partial
. lease.
, See Bruce Davis or your
Broker call C-555or 1881
, 1963-01-09

Continued on page A.
Evening star., 1963-05-05

Juan, Puerto Rico, he had look
100. He was a little shaky the
second day. He had only 99X
100.
Sedlecky credits his recent
hot streak to the contact lenses
he got last March.
They make all the differ
ence in the world" ne says
with contact lenses, when you
roll your eyes, the lenses &c
with them. You can pick UP
the bird much faster. Shooters
who wear glasses have to pick
up the bird out of the corner
of the glass as they turn their
heads. That way you get a
blurr."
So Wednesday, he and his
contacts are going to Quebec
after their last big one for
awhile. If he does any better
with the contacts than he did
with his glasses in May, 1862
Sedlecky is going to be hard to
beat.
In addition to besting Hart
man in the l75-target Shootoff,
he went 375 straight to win the
Nelson Open. the Quebec Open
and the Canadian Open cham
pionshipS. Later he teamed
with Navy Chief Allen Bum
trock of Patuxent Naval Ali
Station to win the two-mar
Canadian International Cham
pionShip with 398X400.
Evening star., 1963-05-05

skeet greatness two years later
when he captured the High
Overall World Championship
at 18, the youngest ever to win
it. That same year he was a
member of the Detroit Skeet
team which set a worlds rec
ord and also won 16 out of II
matches.
THE only one we lost was
the National Championships
biggest one" Sedlecky say;
wryly.
The same year, at Virginia
Beach, he won the 20-guage
world championship and set a
new shoot off record.
But one event he likes to
sell about came the next year,
1860, again at the World
Championships at Virginia
Beach.
Billy Brown of Birmingham,
h..-he was II then-and
entered the two-man team
match. At a practice session
we had a horrible time. Billy
had something like Is for Is
and I ran about II for rs. We
could see we weren't going to
get anywhere so we asked for
our entry fee back. They
wouldn't give it to US, so we
stayed in.
Breaks World Records
We'll, we broke the world
record with 199 out of 200 ir
the two-man 410 guage match
beating the 1874 out of 200 sci
by Alex Kerr and Tom Kettlel
of California in 1854"
Another world record Sed
lecky still holds is 497 out o
500. a mark he set in Harris
burg, Pa, in July, 1862.
In March this year on the
first day of the Internationa
American Skeet Shoot at Sal
Evening star., 1963-05-05

point out that the American
teams made a clean sweep o1
all the shooting events, rifle
pistol and shotgun.
I'VE only dropped one in
dividual gold medal" he said
The young champion brought
home one trophy that wasn't
on the official list. In inter.
national competition the judges
use a bicycle horn as a signal
Two toots means a missed
bird. Sedlecky first ran across
the horn in Sweden, his first
encounter with international
rules in the big time.
He Wins the Horn
II sure got tired of hearing
that horn," he said. II coulc
hear it in my sleep for a week
afterward."
But this time it was different
His teammates obtained the
horn, threw it up in the air
peppered it with bird shot anc
then presented it to him.
Here" they told him. You
never got to hear the darr
thing while we we're shooting
so you can have it now that il
won't blow any more"
Sedlecky said that the Bra.
SilianS went wild over the
games. Anyone who looked like
he might be a participant was
surrounded by youngsters de-
manding autographs.
IF you didn't have an EN-,
blem." he related, You nigh
get by. But if you wore an!
sort of insignia you just could
MT move. They all had sport
sections Of the papers and the!
wanted you to write your nam,
on them. They would keep yo,
there for hours.
Finally we hit on a devicl
that would get us back to ou
quarters in a reasonable time
We climbed over the back wal
of the Coliseum and managet
to avoid our admirers.
Brazilians Helpful
But they couldn't have beel
nicer to US. Several times W
missed the bus. When individua
Brazilians found out what ou
trouble was they got privat
cars to take us to the Coliseum
If you wanted anything ant
could make them understand
they would see that you go
what you wanted Immediately
II think the games did a 10
for the popularity of Ameri
cans in Brazil. On opening da!
the Coliseum was packed TO
the lighting Of the torch cere
mony. All the teams paradet
in. and when our team came il
some one on the American team
threw his hat into the stands
Then all the rest of us followe,
suit. The crowds went wilo
They loved it,"
Sedlecky's father, Edward v
was owner of a sports and guI
shop at Baldwin, Mich, and h
started Kenneth shooting a
the age Of 8. Despite the fac
that Kenneth wore glasses eve,
then. the youngster develope
rapidly and won his first com
petition in the Michigan Stat
Championship in 1852. He too
= the 20 and IL gauge JUNO
State Championship six year
in succession between 1852 an
1857.
He was we'll on his way h
Evening star., 1963-05-05
Bv HANK BOWMAN

stowage adequate? If you have
put off buying anchor chocks.
better get them now before the
active season is underway
again.
Inspect life jackets and
cushions. Though cushions may
be sufficient TO pass Coast
Guard requirements, II you
plan to carry children as pas
sengers aboard, nonswimmers,
or cruise on big waters, a COM
plement Of life jackets is a good
addition. Many boatmen have
found that inexpensive police
type whistles tied or pinned to
jackets add a safety factor as
do waterproof emergency jacket
lights.
What is the condition OF
your boats running lights?
Broken or damaged wiring
should be replaced. Be sure To
stock spare fuses and bulbs
Do you have a horn or a whis-
tlep Is II in good functioning
condition? II the horn operates
by canned compressed air. dc
you have a spare air car
aboard?
Check your fire extinguish-
ers. be sure they're up u
weight. properly charged and
have sufficient pressure. Ar
oar. Cor smaller craft and 9
lightweight boat hook will heir
protect hull finish and will
serve a dozen other pleasure
boating purposes from retriev.
ing caps blown overheard tC
serving as an emergency mast
10 rig a distress signal. A good
sturdy pocket knife or sheath
knife will handle anything
from cutting bait 10 whiting
Il II you get bored.
tcopyrisht, 1858 Hank Bowman)
Evening star., 1963-05-05

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Evening star., 1963-05-05
Lundquist and Stole
Naples Net FinuIists

NAPLES, May 4 (AP).-Jan
Eric Lundquist of Sweden and
Fred Stole Of Australia will.
play tomorrow for the mems
singles title in the Naples In
ternational tennis tournament.
Stole defeated Tony Roche
of Australia, 11-9, 90, in 9
two-hour marathon today while
Lundquist defeated Giordano
Maioli of Italy, GA, 6-3.