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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-24

able to talk in a calm and objective
manner over things we can not afford
TO be calm and objective about, he
said.
Rev. Daniel E. Taylor, senior pas
tor of Rose City Methodist Church,
Portland, Oregon, and member of
the Department of International At
fairs of the National Council of
Churches of Christ in America, said
it has been suggested the bomb is
''the second apple; that we have
abdicated as citizens in free coun-
try and are going along with every
thing whether it is good or bad; that
we should begin to question the arms
race and overcome the popular pub
lie mood which results in ''being en-
cased in thermometer insensitivity
to moral sensitivity of man.
SIX myths" DISCUSSED
The myths used against disarma-
ment were discussed by DIR. Jensen.
Among these are: We must negotiate
from strength; that the y. s can not
economically survive disarmament;
that we need fool-proof inspection
system; that threat can strengthen
our position; that the Soviet Union
is so successful with subversion the
western world needs arms; that there
is stability and security in more
weapons, and that you need to settle
all questions of disagreement before
disarming.
Jensen said that tensions actually
help on reaching agreements, and if
you have too great a strength you
might dictate, but you will not be
able to negotiate. If you are too far
ahead or too far behind it creates
he said.
On the question of disarmament
see page 4
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-24
Debt Deepens: Older,
Younger Families Net
Worth Declines

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - (CNS) =
U. S. families plunged more deeply
into debt during the past decade than
most persons realize.
The 1862 Survey of Consumer FL
nances shows that consumers debts,
as a percentage of their net worth,
more than doubled in 1953-62.
In 1853 families debts were 1870
of their net worth. Nine years later,
their debts were 278o of net worth.
The net worth of the family-in-the-
middle-the median fanily-rose de-
spite a 1870 increase in consumer
prices. In 1853 this family's net worth
was $4,1OO; in 1862, $4,000.
The net worth of families at both
ends of the earning years, however,
declined alarmingly. The median for
families over 65 dropped from $8,400
in 1853 to $4,000 in 1862. Yet they
needed a $1,1OO increase-just to
keep up with rising prices.
Among younger families, those 25
to "a years old, their median net
worth dropped from $2,11O in 1853
to ST., 800 in 1862. Yet they needed
S275 more to keep abreast Of price
increases.
In 1853 the median family's net
worth was slightly more. than its
years income. In 1862, its net worth
was only four-fifths of it's income.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-24
MSU Conference Reveals
MSU Conference Reveals
Institutions Overcrowded
And |nsufficient|y Stated

institutions with the exception of the State
Hospital Warm Springs have been given specific jobs to do
Montana but few of the superintendent
feel they fulfilling their stated according to
ations made at the Institutional Management Conference
campus Montana State University which held Fri
day and Saturday, May IL and H. 49, -
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-24

Jerome Spingarn, special consultant
to the United States Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency, contend
ing it is important to move fast"
said we might be able to live with the
situation now, but we do not know
what it will be in ten years. He spoke
of the increasing number of nations
that have acquired the means of mass
destruction since 1916 and the in
creasing difficulty Of adequate in
spection such as comes with under
water and underground storage and
launching facilities.
DIR. Lloyd Jensen, assistant pro-
lessor of political science, Univer-
sity of Illinois, said that deterrents
in the form of bigger and better
bombs, are based on rational people
and when tensions rise man tends
to become irrational.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-24

GREAT FALLS-The result
of the wheat referendum was
a victory for those who have
been profiteering from the gov
eminent storage program and
for the food professors who en-
Joy cheap raw materials from
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-24
From MISC
Mental Health
Survey Report
Now Available

Person for person, more Mon.
tanans from sparsely settled rural
areas are susceptible to mental i'll
ness than their larger city counter
parts.
Hard as some may find it to
believe, the chances of a man or
woman maintaining their sanity is
much better if they are married
than if they choose the road of
single bliss.
The unemployed tend to have a
higher mental illness rate than
those gainfully occupied.
Men, Montana State Hospital
Commitment records show, have a
higher degree of mental instability
than women.
During the past S years there
has been a striking decrease in the
number of patients at the hospital
who are longtime residents. New
methods and new drugs have made
possible a drastic reduction in the
number of patient-days a mentally
ill person must stay at Warm
Springs in order to effect a cure
or secure noticeable improvement.
The state hospital is UNDER
stated and under-financed.
There is a great need for more
local mental health clinics and
other community approaches to de-
terring mental illness.
The above are just few of the
findings of recently completed
study, Mental Illness In Mon
tana", by MISC Professors of Rural
Sociology Carl F. Kraenzel and
A'Delbert Samson. The study COW
ers the patient levels and trends,
ETC., at the State Hospital over the
15-year period, 1947-1962.
The authors, while admitting
that the scope of the study for
various reasons, is somewhat limit
ed, have in their 52-page report, but
down in writing summary of the
problem of sufficient magnitude
that it should be primer" for
all of those interested in the many
facets of mental illness and what
progress is being made in return
ing those afflicted TO useful, nor
NAL lives in their communities.
The Kraenzel-Samson study has
the recommendation of both DIR.
John c.. Freeman superintendent
of the State Hospital, and of DIR.
Winfield S. Wilder, Great Falls,
one of Montana's best known psy-
chiatrists. As layman interested
in the problem, | am finding its
contents most informative.
For those of you who may wish
a copy of Mental Illness In Mon
tana", it is available through Mon
tana Agricultural, Experiment Sta !.
tion, MISC, Bozeman, Bulletin No.
577.-HLB.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-24

The role of the community was
stressed in the presentations and the
discussions that followed. DR.. Free
man said it is impractical to treat
everyone from the State Hospital and
impractical to provide non-institu-
tional services from a distance of
more than $50 miles from a center,
which can be provided by Mental Hy-
giene Clinics.
DR.. w. C. Tobin, director of Com
munity Health Services, Helena, said
the mental hygiene clinics are the
first line of defense for. the State
Hospital, with the primary job Of
prevention in childhood and Adde'S
cence. s9- ~
HYGIENE CLINICS ONLY
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE
He said mental hygiene clinics deal
with emergency problems in the COM
munity and that more and more work
is being done with families rather
than just the Individual. He pointed
see page 3
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-24

Uppermost in the minds of those
appearing on the program was the
urgency of disarmament because of
the risks involved from accidental
war and the possibility that in the
next ten years most of the world
will be in possession of the means
of nuclear war.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-05-24
Dsarmar 50 Seminar a MSU
Arz; Race Continuance Presents
Hazards To Mankind

the
in il
herew the
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21

told the American Jewish Con-
gress national Governing Coun-
ell at Stephen Wise Congress
House, Is East 84th st.
In his address to the year
end meeting of the Congress
policy-making group, DR.. Prinz
asserted:
"At a moment of moral crisis
in America, the three great
faiths have come into their own
by embarking on a great cam
paign in which racial equality
and social justice for all citi-
zens have become the new re-
ligious battle cry"
He continued:
"The leaders of American
Professionalism, Catholicism and
Judaism recognized that if the
churches and synagogues were
to play a significant role in our
time, they had no choice but to
join the great moral struggle
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21

leaders. He emphasized the i'm
portance of women's groups
working on such problems as
school drop-outs and offering
assistance in all parts of the
community.
Following the meeting, both
women leaders issued a state
ment saying, "The passage Of
the Civil Rights legislation must
be the first order Of business.
A great deal has been done al
ready by women, but much more
has to be done, now. Discrimi-
nation against women and a.
gainst the Negro results in linn
tied opportunities for the train
ed and unframed alike. There
is a large reservoir of untapped
talent among our women, with
due appreciation for what prog
ress has been made, there is
still q greater need for an in
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Christmas Boycotters Here
Threaten To Shoot Decorations
Out Of Negro Homes Windows
Christmas Tree Tore Down And
Destroyed At Elks Club

the more real because Of the
number of incidents in the most
recent past here when stores
and other property in Negro
neighborhoods have been severe
ly damaged at night by gangs
of so-called civil rights crusad-
ers.
That there existed the posi-
bility of such violence became
more evident when, one night
last week, the beautifully dec
Grated Christmas trees at the
local Negro Elks Club was torn
down and destroyed. Early this
week, according to reports, there
was no disposition on the part
of Officers of the lodge to put
up another tree. The Elks Club
is the chief spot where the MEM
bers of CORE, the NAACP, the
Student Non-violent Coordinat-
ing Committee, and their most
vocal adherents indulge in night
time recreation.
Continued On Page Fourl
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Joint Effort TO Advance Equality
Brought Christians, Jews Closer

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The
president of the American Jew
ish Congress declared today
that during 1868 the country's
three major religious faiths had
moved "closer than ever before
to mutual understanding, mu-
tual respect and mutual cooper
ation."
DR.. Joachim Prinz of Newark,
N. j., said the new spirit of in
ter-religious good will was a by
product of the civil rights strug-
gle in which Protestants, Cath
olics and Jews had joined hands
in Common action to advance
the common good.
"Not by drinking a toast to
brotherhood once a year but by
working together every day TO
advance the cause of equality
for all our citizens have Prot
estants, Catholics and Jews
been able to develop a genuine
sense Of community" DIR. Prinz
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21

The threats and rumors of
threats of violence to be visited
upon those local Negroes who
refused to abide the call for a
Christmas boycott here by local
civil rights groups brought
forth call from the local Ne
gro Baptist Ministerial Alliance
last week, and again early this
week, for a halt in such threats
and call upon Negro citizens to
erect Christmas trees, decorate
their homes, and enjoy the sea-
son as befits the celebration of
the birth of Jesus Christ.
The spokesman for the Al
lance was Rev. L. L. Williams,
its President, himself a leader
in the local civil rights move
ment.
The most serious Of the
threats and rumors Of threats
was the threat to shoot the
Christmas decorations out of the
windows of Negro homes. This
threat or rumor, was made all
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
State PTA Board OF Managers
Hold Annual Planning Meeting

The Mississippi Congress of
Colored Parents and Teachers
Board of Managers held their
anual planning meeting in
Jackson, Mississippi Saturday,
December z, 1868. In this meet
ing plans were made of which
We hope will be beneficial as
well as inspiring to our local,
county and district PTA's.
The Mississippi State Con-
gress of Colored Parent and
Teachers will give a $4,000
scholarship to the senior who
meets the following qualifica-
tions:
Scholarship Criteria
Senior
Applicant:
1. Must be of good character.
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Labor Task Force TO Do Much
Toward Eliminating Bias

Organized labor's civil rights
task force twill do much toward
helping to eliminate race bias, "
AFL-CIO Vice President A.
Philip Randolph declared in a
network radio interview today.
This "socio-economic labor in
vention," asserted Randolph,
will work at the local level
throughout the nation to
arouse, awaken, inform and ad-
wise" trade unionists in their
struggle to eliminate racial pre-
iudice.
Appearing on the public SER
vice program LABOR NEWS
CONFERENCE over the Mu-
tual Broadcasting System, RAN
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Nat King Cole Is Given
An Extraordinary Tribute

Nat King Cole received one
of the most extraordinary tri-
butes ever paid to any member
of show business recently when
California Congressman Angus
tus F. Hawkins read into the
Congressional Record a COM
mendation of the famous star.
Included in Congressman
Hawkins remarks were the fol-
lowing praise for the celebrat-
ed entertainer:
"Nat King Cole, the son Of
a poor Alabama farmer-preach-
er, has risen by virtue of sheer
talent and character to be one
CONTINUED On Page Two)
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Negro Soldiers
Are Convicted
For Murder

EVREUX, France.-Two Am
erican Negro soldiers were con-
victed Of unprecedented mur-
der Monday in the death of q
white U. s. airman in o barracks
brawl at the u. s. Air Force
Base here. The 10-officer u. s.
Army court win fix the SEN
tences later, an aide said. The
maximum penalty IN each case
is life imprisonment. Pfc. Ray
CONTINUED On Page Seven)
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Clerk Told
TO Open
Voter Record

MERIDIAN, Mis- The JUS
tice Department asked u. $.
District Court here Monday TO
order Jasper County voter reg
istration records opened for in
spection-
The suit charged the regis
trar, Victor H. Hosey Of Bay
CONTINUED On Page Fivel
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Negro Women Leaders Meet
With President Lyndon B. Johnson

Washington, D. C. Dec. ID,
1963-Miss Dorothy /. Height,
National President, National
Council Of Negro Women, Inc.
and DR.. Rosa L. Gragg, Presi-
dent, National Association of
Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. at
the invitation of President Lyn-
don B. Johnson, met with the
Chief Executive at the White
House, Friday, December Is.
During the meeting, President
Johnson spoke highly of the
way women work to achieve
goals to which they are dedicat-
ed, the leader said. He showed
the same vital interest in Civil
Rights and other issues as he
had set forth in his message to
Congress.
The President seemed keenly
aware of the problems affect
ing social and economic welfare
of the Negro family, said the
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
See kenya
independence
Crucial I est OF
ationaIisnl
JOmO Kenyatta
Former Mau Mau
Leader Hailed

Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday
CUPID = The British colony Of
Kenya, where Mau Mau ter
rorism was rampant barely a
decade ago, became independent
Wednesday in a crucial test of
African nationalism.
Thousands of Africans shout
ing "uhuru," independence
cheered Prime Minister Jomo
kenyatta, a former terrorist
Header, as he drove Through
the capitals streets before the
midnight ceremony signing the
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
N. c. Mutual TO
Give $4,000 TO
Negro Colleges

Durham, N. G. - The Board
of Directors of the North Caro-
lima Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany Of Durham, North Caro-
lima has approved q $4,000 do
nation to the United Negro Col
leges Development Campaign.
The announcement Of the dona-
ton was made by Asa T. Spaul-
ding, president Of the company.
The campaign to raise $50
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
StOrkline Employees In Eleventh
Annual Children S Christmas Party

Santa Claus distributed toys
and candy to over 2,7O0 children
of Storkline Corporation en-
ployees in Jackson Saturday,
December IA. The occasion was
the eleventh annual Children's
Christmas Party for families of
the Jackson firms over 1,7OO
employees.
StOrkline employees residing
in eight Central Mississippi
counties brought their families
to Jackson to visit with Santa
Claus at the parties. Storkline's
17-acre wood cabinet plant on
Livingston road was completely
idle for the day so all employees
could take part in the Christ
mas parties.
The annual parties are plan
ned and conducted by the com
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21

Recommended by PTA presi-
dent, High School Principal and
Minister.)
2. Must have an average or
above average ability.
8. Must have a pleasing per-
sonality., show an interest and
love for people and have the
ability to get along with them.
4. There must be a need for
the scholarship.
5. Must have been in church,
school, and worthy community
activities.
6. Must be endorsed by the
State Board of Managers.
Z. Send the name of the
senior who will take the exami-
nation to Mr.. Clarence Thomp-
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21

was the only Negro in or
near the party Of the First
Lady.
When she first entered, Mrs.
Wright was placed in a seat in
the second aisle behind that Of
Mrs. Johnson and her two
daughters.
One of the daughters, when
she discovered that Mrs.
Wright was there, turned and
extended her hand in warm
greeting Of friendship.
CONTINUED On Page Two)
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Baptist Ministers Urge Halt In Violence Threats
LIGHT Is DIM ON CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION FOR this YEAR
johnson Backs
Proposal For
Kennedy Center
Washington

washing tUu
President Johnson has Civ
en- his formal support to
naming q proposed national
cultural center here for the
late President Kennedy and
financing half the cost with
federal money.
Legislation has been intro
duced In Congress to author
ize both the steps.
The center would be erected
on the bank Of the Potomac.
almost directly across the
river from Mr.. Kennedy's
grave in Arlington. National
Cemetery.
Mr.. Johnson made known
his preference for what he
termed this beautiful sight.
He said that naming the GEN.
ter to honor President Ken
nedy would be one Of the
most appropriate memorials
that q grateful nation could
establish to honor . man
Continued On Page Two)
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Shoots Into
B'hanl Negro
Lawyers Home

Birmingham, Ala. - Attor-
ney Arthur Shores, whose house
has twice been bombed, report
ed to police Tuesday night that
q shot had been fired at his
home.
Police said Shores told them
there were no injuries.
Shores has been active in
anti-segregation suits here for
CONTINUED On Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Atlanta Rights
Group Call Oft
Xmas Boycott

Atlanta, Ga. Dec. Is - Plan
ned boycotts against Atlanta
merchants have been called off
by two civil rights groups.
The Rev. Ralph Alternately,
spokesman for Operation
Breadbasket" and Larry Fox,
chairman of the Committee on
Appeal for Human Rights, de-
cided to call off boycotts during
the Christmas season.
Rev. Abernathy, whose organ
ization is affiliated with the
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21

pany's Key Mems Club, made
up of 1877 members of the com
pany's management group.
Master Of ceremonies was Jack
Banks, president of the X y
Mems Club and Quality Control
Manager for the company. Gen.
eral Chairman of the parties
was George Planken, Receiving
and Stores Supervisor for
Storkline. Music and entertain
ment featured members of the
Key Mems Club, other employ
ees and members of employees
families.
Charles B. Ryan. president OF
the company, welcomed en-
ployees and their families. San
t. Claus made Q dramatic ap.
pearance, and Key Mems Club
Continued On Page Seven)
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Mrs. Kennedy Extends Her
Mourning Period To One Year

son next year. Miss Turnure
said Mrs. Kennedy would re-
main in mourning and would
not accept any public engage
ments. =
The former first lady and her
two children, Caroline. 9. and
John, Jr., 3, plan 10 spend
Christmas IN Florida.
After the holidays, Mrs. Ken
nedy win move into = new
home IN the Georgetown sec
ton Of Washington.
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21

A wide-ranging attack on the
federal Manpower Develop
ment Training Act (MDTA)
was launched here by a
spokesman for New York City
Mayor Robert F. Wagner.
Acting Labor Commissioner
James J. McFadden said that
drastic revision" of the act
was needed to aid workers
displaced by chronological
change tor upgrade themselves
and young people entering the
labor market without sufficient
SkillS.
The New York City official
addressed the concluding ses-
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
$4,000 Is
Verdict For
Uncle Tonl''

Wilmington, N. c. Dec. 16 -
Another judgement involving
the much used epithet "Uncle
Tom" was handed down here
last week when a local leader
sued the Jeffersonian, a subur-
ban newspaper.
A jury in district court here
awarded a sum of $4,000 to
Harvey Thomas, who charged
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
British Irked
By DISMISSAL
OF Ghana's
Chief Justice
Nkrumah's Action
Poor Advertising
For independence
London

A loud chorus of British
protests has greeted the action
OF Ghana's President Nkrumah
in dismissing his Chief JUS
tice, Sir Arku Korsah.
The action is seen as par
ticularly deplorable in the con-
text of Kenya's achievement
in independence this week and
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Job Training Law Denounced
By pOkesman For n. Y. Mayor

sion of a conference on auto
nation and education. A day
earlier at the same meeting
Mayor Wagner, now being
talked about as potential
vice-presidential candidate
next year, had called for 10
year public-works program to
reduce unemployment.
The MDTA was enacted last
year by Congress. While the
legislative intent has been
praised, the laws scope has
been criticized because of its
limited usefulness. Mr.. Nc
Fadden said that the city's is
months of experience with the
Continued On Page Six)
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
End Mother Of johnson Children
Witness At Presidents InaguriaI

Washington - A lone Negro
woman was singularly honored
on Thanksgiving eve as she was
quietly escorted into the House
gallery before President john
son spoke, and seated directly
behind the First Lady Of the
land, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson.
Although the attempt was
made to inconspicuously seat
Mrs. Zephyr Wright, it was to
no avail, for Mrs. Wright-for
more than 20 years q member
of the Johnson household staff
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON Fore
going public appearances, and
wearing the traditional black Of
the widow. Mrs. Jacqueline
Kennedy will observe q one
year mourning period for her
dead husband.
Mrs. Kennedy's decision was
announced by her press secre-
tary, Pamela Turnure.
Asked if there was q possl-
bility that Mrs. Kennedy would
campaign for President John
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Say Robson
Plans Return To
United States

New York - Louis Lomax,
a Negro journalist from Cali
fornia, is quoted as saying Paul
Robson, internationally fam
nous actor-singer will be COM
ing home soon after living a.
broad in England and East Ber-
lin for more than five years.
Robson has been a contro-
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Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
hite Church
KneeI-Ins Are
Arrested Sunday

Four men identified as New
York ministers, two Negroes and
two whites, were arrested here
Sunday when they refused to
leave two white churches which
they were attempting to enter.
They were arrested and jailed
on charges Of disturbing the
peace at Galloway Memorial
Methodist Church and Capitol
Continued On Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1963-12-21
Civil Rights
Petition Slowed
After Getting
100 Signers
Goal To Force
House Showdown
In January

Washington, Dec. 16- The
drive to obtain the signatures
of 218 House members to a pc
tition to force civil rights action
swept quickly past the 100
mark last week, but has since
that time slowed down to a
walk.
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