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VOLUME XIII—NUMBER 5 JACKSON, MISS., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1954 PRICE TEN CENTO
College And University Editors Talk Integration
Stringer Masonic Grand Lodge Ready For Annual Meeting
STRINGER MASONIC GRAND LODGE
TO HOLD 79TH ANNUAL SESSION
2,000 Delegates To Attend
Meeting To Be Held In McComli
Dr. Felton G. Clark, President
Southern University, Guest Speaker
McCOMB, Miss., Nov. 22 (Spec
ial) — The M. W. Stringer Grand
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,
Prince Hall Affiliation, Jurisdiction
of Mississippi will hold its 79th
Annual Session at McComb, De
cember 5, 6, 7, and 8th. The John
L. Webb Grand High Court He
roines of Jericho and The Grand
Palace of Children will hold their
annual session at the same time.
More than 2000 delegates from
the lodges and courts over the state
will be in attendance at this Grand
Lodge session, which will open
with the Memorial Service Sunday
night, December 5th at 7:30 at
Burgland High School auditorium.
The Rev. H. H. Humes, President
of the General Missionary Bap
tist Convention of Mississippi will
deliver the Memorial sermon.
Monday night, December 6th is
Educational night. The Grand
Lodge Oratorical Contest will be
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held in the City Gymnasium at 7:30
p.m., at which time 16 contestants
from over the state will compete
for eight college scholarships of
$600.00 each. Following the Ora
torical contest, an inspirational ad
dress will be delivered by Dr.
Charles H. Wesley, President of
Central State College, Wilberforce
Ohio. The local program Tuesday
night, December 7th will also be
held at the city Gymnasium, and
the guest speaker for this pro
gram will be Dr. Felton G. Clark,
president of Southern University,
Baton Rouge, La.
The special guest during the en
tire Grand Lodge session will be
Hon. John G. Lewis, Grand Mas
ter of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge,
jurisdiction of Louisiana.
The special guest of the Grand
High court Heroines of Jericho
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Negro Progress “Biggest Social
Change”, Minister Says
Washington. — The improved j
status of American Negroes rep- j
resents “the biggest spcoa; revp; |
otopm” in history, recently de- !
dared Rev. D. Elton Trueblood, j
director of religious information, j
U. S. Information Agency.
Change Of Mood
In referring to the Supreme
Court decision, he said he thought
that history would record a very
big change cf mood in American
life in the summer of 1954.
He claimed that the biggest
problem America has in selling
democracy abroad is the treatment
of the races. The race question is
America’s weakest point, he con
tinued, because it makes it so easy
to say this country is insincere.
He pointed to racial segregation
as “our achilles heel” admitting
that we still have second class
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NEGRO WOMAN ELECTED
TO HIGH POST IN HAWAII
Honolulu — A Negro woman was
elected to office as a Democrat,
and a Republican Negro territorial
senator was defeated in the No
vember elections which saw an
ever more decisive Democratic vic
tory in Hawaii than on the main
land.
Victor was Mrs. Kelene Hale,
36, who was elected supervisor
'(equivalent to alderman) on the
island of Hawaii. Wife of William
Hale Jr., son of the former presi- i
dent of Tennessee State college, she
is also the first woman ever voted
to that position in the history of
the island of Hawaii.
Mrs. Hale has lived on the Kona
Coast since arriving here from
Minneapolis in 1947. She taught
school for three years and recent*
ly has been agent for a children’s
book publishing firm. He husband,
now a coffee planter, also former
ly taught school and has run for
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Colored Agricultural Economist
Appointed To Position In USDA
The appointment of Leo R. Gray
of the University of Massachusetts
Extension Service as an agricul
tural economist of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture here was
announced last week.
The 30-year-old agricultural eco
nomist has been assigned to the
poultry section of the Marketing
Research Division of the Agricul
tural Marketing Service. Among
other things, he will assist in a
study being conducted by his sec
tion to determine the costs and ef
ficiencies in the disposal of waste
from poultry processing plants.
A native of Boston, Mr. Gray
is a graduate of the University of
Massachusetts, and holds an M. A.
degree from the University of Ne
braska. At the latter institution, he
earned membership in Gamma Sig
ma Delta, the national agricultural
honor society.
Since shortly after graduation
from Nebraska, Mr. Gray has
served on the Extension Service
staff of the University of Massa
chusetts as a technical assistant
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Pastor Of Olivet Baptist Church
And Other Church Officers Face Suit
CHICAGO, 111. Nov. 22 (Spec
ial) — Suit was filed this week in
the Superior court of Cook Coun
ty, Illinois, against the Reverend
Joseph H. Jackson, and certain of
his church officers, including Na
than Clark, Chairman of the Board
of Trustees, Mason J. Perry, Chair
man of the Board of Deacons,
Teorge D. Anderson, Treasurer, T.
P. Hines, Secretary of the Official
Board, and certain other church
officers, by a group of 60 members
of Olivet Baptist Church who pur
port to represent from 300 to 600
of the church members.
The leaders of the group bring
ing the suit are Henry EL Hender
son, Stephen A. Griffin, Daniel R.
Tyler, William E. King, all dea
cons and members of Olivet Baptist
Church from 30 to 50 years. Ac
cording to the complaint filed on
behalf of the plaintiffs by the law
firm of Moore, Ming & Leighton,
the defendants are charged with
consipiring to oust the plaintiffs
as members; officers, and deacons
in the church because of their in
quiries and criticisms as to dispo
sition of church funds. Although
the plantiffs do not charge any of
the defendants with dishonesty,
they charge that a disportionate
amount of the church assets ap
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2nd Anniversary
Of Mau Mau In
Kenya Brings
Continued Terror
To European
Settlers
| Kikuyu Tribesmen
| More Determined
Than Ever To
Repossess Land
Stolen From Them
! NAIROBI, Kenya, Africa, Nov.
21—On the second anniversary of
J the Mau Mau emergency, the gov
ernment last week warned white
! settlers here that the danger is
! greater than ever before.
Laurence Welwood, minister for I
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U. N. Balks
Africa Calls For
Race Talks
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—In
the face of protest and a no vote
by the South Africa delegation, the
General Assemhly. Political Com
mittee No. 2 last week called for
direct negotiation by India, Paki
stan and South Africa in the race
problem that has torn the country i
apart for some 50 years.
The vote calling for the nego- ;
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Methodist Youth
In Meeting Here
A state wide conference of
Methodist youth was held here last
week at Central Methodist church
during which the large delegation
assembled under call of Christian
witness missions heard and took
part in a variety of discussions de
signed to further prepare them to
win other youth for christ.
The Christian witness message
was delivered by Bishop Willie J.
King, Presiding Bishop of the New
Orleans area, Central Jurisdiction
of the Methodist church.
The leadership personnel of the
conference was composed of the
following:
Rev. A. W. Crump, Executive j
Secretary.
Mr. John Hall, Music Leader.
Mrs. Annette Harper, Worship
Leader.
Mr. H. C. Harper, Discussion
! Consultant.
Rev. A. L. Holland, District Sup
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See Decline In Job
Discrimination
WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 21
—A special White House commit
tee reported to President Eisenhow
er that it is making “substantial
! progress toward ending” racial or
religious discrimination in employ
ment on government contracts.
The committee, appointed by
President Eisenhower and headed
by Vice-President Richard M. Nix
on, gave it first report after a
year of work.
The report said the committee
i “has been impressed by the will
I ingness of various segments of
our national community, indus
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| P.B.&F. Credit
Union Organized
At Peoples
A credit union, chartered and
incorporated under the laws of the
State of Mississippi has been or
ganized at the Peoples Burial And
Funeral Home with membership
open to its officers and agents
and the members of their families.
| Its name is the P. B. t F. Credit
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State Youth Here
This Week For
10th Annual 4-H
Club Round-Up
Champions In Over
30 Projects Receive
Honors And Awards
Jackson, Miss.—State and dis
trict winners for 1954 in Negro 4-H
Club work in Mississippi will be
honored here Monday and Tuesday
(Nov. 22, 23) at the Tenth An
nual State 4-H Club Round-Up for
Negro boys and girls, conducted by
the Agricultural Extension Service
and sponsored by the Agricultural
Committee of the Jackson Chamber
of Commerce.
About 170 chapmionships in over
30 projects will be recognized Mon
day night at a program at Jim
Hill High School. Awards include
$50 bonds, watches and achieve- j
ment medals. These awards were
made available both by Mississippi'
sponsors and through the National
Committee on Boys and Girls Club
Work, Chicago.
Negro Extension agents and ad- 1
ult leaders will accompany the boys
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South Africa To
Settle Natives
According To
Ethnic Groups
Move Called Attempt
To Divide And Rule
SEE NATIVE BEGINNING OF
EFFECTIVE POLITICAL
ACTION
United Nations, N. Y., Nov. 22.
— (Special)—A new aspect has
been added to South Africa’s
apartheid program, according to
reports reaching the United Na
tions.
Under a recent government di
rective, native Africans who are
now living or who in the future
come to live in urban areas are to
be settled according to “ethnic
groups.”
The directive will apply to sev
eral million Africans who have
left the native reserves to flock
into South Africa’s booming in
dustrial areas where their unskilled
labor has become a foundation of
the Union’s economy.
It will also apply to an unknown
number of second-generation Af
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BOARD APPROVES TOBIAS ROLE
IN BANNING BOWLES AT MEET
NEW YORK —The prompt ac
tion of Dr. Channing H. Tobias,
NAACP board chairman, in avert
ing the appearance of a notiorious
racist at at conference of the New
York State NAACP has been fully
approved by the Association’s
Board of Directors. The board
expressed unanimous agreement
with its chairman’s action at its
regular monthly meeting on Nov
ember 8.
Informed of the invitation to W.
Bryant Bowles to address a week
end NAACP conference in Peek
skill, Dr. Tobias, after consultation
, with Mrs. Effie Gordon, president
! of the state conference, and mem
i bers of the national office staff,
! took immediate steps to suspend
the scheduled meeting and issued a
directive that “under no circum
stance” should Bowles, president of
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TWO NEGROES HONORED BY
POPE IN NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Two
New Orleans Negroes were hon
ored with 28 by the Pope, head
of the Roman Catholic church in
ceremonies held in St. Louis Ca
thedral, oldest Catholic church in
America. Honored with investi
ture into the Knights of St. Greg
ory were Haidel J. Christophe,
president of the People’s Life In
surance Company and Numa J.
Repusseve, art professor of Xavier
University.
This marks the second time
within the month that a signal
honor has been bestowed upon Mr.
Christophe. He was chosen. a
member of the subcommittee of
Region 12 of the Voluntary Home
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COLORADO PREXY KILLS
PROPOSAL TO END BIAS
BOULDER, Colo. — President
Ward Varley last week voted to
postpone a motion by university
regent Vance Austin which call
ed for the eliminating of discrimi
natory clauses in the constitutions
of fraternities and sororities lo
cated on the campus of the Uni
versity of Colorado.
The board of regents was dead
locked three to three on the mo
tion and Darley cast the deciding
Ex-Slave Named
To Look After
Arabia’s Rich Oil
BEIRUT, Labanon — Apparent
ly America isn’t the only place
where an ex-slave or children of
ex-slaves can rise to positions of
national prominence.
In Arabia, storybooks are chock
full of tales about slaves rising to
positions of power, and last week,
the stories were made a reality.
Saudi Arabia’s King Ihn Saud
appointed a Negro, born a slave,
to handle the nation’s oil revenues.
The new minister of finance is
Mohammed Surur el Sabban. Sab
ban was called to the ministry af
ter the resignation of aging Sheikh
Abdullah Suleiman.
Under Suleiman, the government
has slipped deeply into debt, even
though it reaps an income of $230,
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vote, which for the moment, killed
the hopes of minority students for
full participation in campus activi
ties.
The motion for postponement
was made by Charles Bromley and
seconded by Erksine Myer. Voting
for the postponement were Myer,
Bromley, and Mrs. Virginia Blue,
Republicans. Voting against the
motion were Vance Austin, Ken
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Dawson Secretary
Vows Fight To
Supreme Court
Chicago.—Fred P. Wall, former
secretary to Illinois Congressman
William L. Dawson, who was con
victed of accepting bribe money to
influence postal promotions, said
last week he will fight his case
to the “United States Supreme
Court if necessary.”
Convicted on the testimony of
three men who said they gave
him a total of $1,102 on the prom
ise of jobs or promotions, Wall
was sentenced by Federal Judge
Julius J. Hoffman to nine months
in jail and ordered to pay $1,000
fine and court costs.
He is free on $2,000 bond pend
ing his appeal.
Wall blames his conviction on
his efforts in helping-Negroes gain
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Lincoln University
Begins Broad New
Program Of
International
Education
Students From Many
Foreign Countries
Enrolled
Lincoln University, Pa.—Lincoln
University, one of the leading
' Negro colleges, embarking upon a
I “broad new program" of interna
tional education, has enrolled this
term new overseas students, rep
resenting six foreign countries, Dr.
Horace Mann Bond, president has
announced.
I The new program at Lincoln—
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! Negro Land Grant
| Colleges Invited
To Join National
Organization
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 — The
i Association of Land Grant Colleges
and Ur.iv rsities today invited 17
. Ntferv u-nd grant v-ulieges ir» soutu
ern states to become members of
the organization.
The association is holding its 68th
annual convention here this week.
Land grant colleges and univer
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Federal Judge
Dismissed Suit
To Enter Junior
College In Texas
TEXARKANA, Tex. — A suit
by eight Negroes seeking to gain
entrance to Texarkana Junior col
lege was dismissed last week by a
federal judge.
In a written opinion, Judge Joe
S. Sheehy ruled that the Negroes
who filed the suit didn’t prove that
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Jewish Groups
Want Action On.
Civil Rights
Washington — Henry Edward
Schultz, national chairman, Anti
Defamation league, B’nai B’rth has
called upon the incoming 84th con
gress to establish a better record
than the previous congress did on
civil rights legislation.
The appeal was made before the
board of governors, of the organi
zation last week during its annual
meeting.
The national chairman pointed
out that not only did the out
going congress "fail to pass any
civil rights legislation, but it
failed to exercise "self-restraint"
in some of its investigating com
mittees.
Schultz expressed his belief in
“gradualism" in public school de- j
segregation but he favored "gradu- j
alism as distinguished from reluc
tance."
He suggested that well construc
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Dr. Lawless
Is Named To
Policy Body
Chicago.—Dr. Theodore K. Law
less of Chicago, a Negro who
gained recognition as the country’s
foremost dematologist, was among
the new members named to the
policy committee of the “For
America" organization, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Gen. Robert E. Wood and Dean
Clarence Manion, co-chairmen,
made the announcement at the
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STUDENT EDITORS IN WHITE
SOUTHERN COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES SAY MANY
STUDENTS WILLING TO ACCEPT
NEGROES AS CLASSMATES
Say Integration Should Be Gradual
In Order To Avoid Trouble
! Mississippi Among Four States Cited
I As Center Of Most Opposition
| BABY CONTEST JUDGE: Mrs.
Lillie Belle Walker Jones, above,
I Secretary of the Bettie Marino
| Branch YWCA has been selected as
! one of the judges in the Carnation
Milk-Jackson Advocate Healthy
I riaoy Contest. The other judges
are Dr. A. B. Britton, Dr. R. O.
W'illianrs, Nurse Nettye Perkins,
and Leroy Jackson Mayor of
Bronzeville.
ATLANTA, Ga.t Nov. 22 (DSN)
— A survey of opinion among
campus newspaper editors at sou
thern colleges and universities
made last week by United Press
indicated that a large number of
white college and university stu
dents are willing to accept Negro
: students as classmates.
A majority believe that integra
| tion should be gradual in order to
avoid trouble, although a few—such
j as the universities of North Caro
lina, Texas and Tennessee—seem
ready to accept the change now if
| necessary.
i Those universities already have
j Negroes in graduate schools and
: the change would affect only the
undergraduate classes.
The poll of the schools was
made by the Florida State Univer
sity newspaper, the Flambeau. The
Flambeau said the poll reflected the
j views of editorial staffs at the
various colleges as a result of let
I ters, individual polls and general
j campus reaction. The Flambeau
: pointed out that it did not attempt
| to give the views of every student.
Opposition In Deep South
Most of the opposition among the
II schools replying to the poll was
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Anthropologist Tells Of Negro
University In Africa When
Europeans Were Roaming Savages
CHICAGO.—A Negro university
flourished at Timbuktu, Africa
while Europeans were painting
their bodies and worshipping in
the woods, a New York university '
anthropologist told a Chicago area
high school human relations con
ference last week.
Dr. Ethel Alphenfels, addressing
500 juniors and seniors from Chi
cago high schools in Mandel Hall
on the University of Chicago
campus, said “there are no racial
differences in the brain, heart,
blood or nervous system.
“Whether the shinbones are flat
or rounded are the only distin
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SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS
NYU BAN ON BIASED FRATS
Washington, D. C., Nov. 21.—
The Supreme Court dismissed an
appeal last Monday whih chal
lenged the ruling of a special
three-judge federal court in New
York stating that the State Uni
versity of New York could ban
national fraternities and sororities
at 22 of its units.
I Sigma Tau Gamma, Delta Kap
1 pa, Inc., and others appealed the
earlier decision in an effort to
continue membership in parent
bodies that required member se
lection on the basis of race, re
ligion and other “artificial cri
teria." Trustees of the university
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ST. LOUIS BOARD RETURNS NEGRO
STUDENTS TO NEGRO SCHOOL
&JL. L.uuis —parents or iv |
Negro pupils who have been at
tending Maryland Heights School
are keeping them at home for ap
proximately 10 days in protest
against the School Board’s decision
to return them to Carver School
for Negroes because of overcrowd
ing.
oupcnnvciiuent vjt. ume said
the two teachers at Carver have
classes of 13 and 17 pupils in
volved in the protest were among
50 at Carver last year, who were
transferred to the previously all
white school with the board’s per
mission as a consequence of the Su
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This Year Sees Largest Movement Cf
Negro Students From Segregated High
Schools To Non-Segregated Colleges
New York, N. Y., Nov. 24.—
(Special)—The largest movement
of Negro students from segregat
ed high schools in the South to
non-segregated colleges — in the
South as well as the North—ever
to take place in any one year was
reported today by the National
Scholarship Service and Fund for
Negro Students.
This increase for the 1953-1964
academic year, which was 180 per
cent higher than the all-time high
set the previous year, was the
highlight of an interim report on
the first year’s results of a two
year South-wide “talent search”
which was undertaken by the NS
SFNS on a $170,000 grand from
the Ford Foundation’s Fund for
the Advancement of Education.
The talent search, aimed at un
covering qualified 'Negro college
candidates, alio produced statisti
cal affirmation of the recent Su
preme Court ruling that a “sep
arate” school system was not in
herently an “equal” system.
These statistics disclosed that
only half of the top 10 per cent
of the senior classes in the 81
highest ranking high schools in
| the South possessed minimum col
! lege qualifications. The standard
| used was a version of the gen
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