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State Negroes...
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ture”, which they see as being
responsible for preventing the
reaction to the Meredith Ole
Miss crisis from bringing about
wholesale retaliation against
Negroes, with the possibility of
widespread rioting and blood
shed in the state.
In a widening series of state
ments from prominent White
leaders during the past few
days, the first to speak out
against the rioting, violence and
bloodshed brought about by the
Ole Miss Crisis over the en
rollment of Negro student
James Meredith, was the Presi
dent of the Lamar Life Insur
ance Company, W. H. Mounger,
who in a lengthy statement
broadcast over Radio Station
WJDX, which is owned and
operated by the company, called
for cessation of lawlessness and
opposition to the Federal Gov
ernment, and urged Governor
Barnett to speak out against all
outsiders coming into the state
for the purpose of stirring up
violence and resistance to the
Federal Government.
Almost immediately following
the action of Mr. Mounger, a
group of one hundred and
thirty-five of the most widely
known and influential business
and professional leaders of the
state, met at the King Edwards
Hotel in Jackson, and issued a
statement deploring the rioting
and bloodshed caused by the op
position to the enrollment of
James Meredith at Ole Miss,
and called for the return to
normalcy, and the maintenance
of peace and harmony between
the Negro and White people of
the state.
In Jackson, a radio-television
statement by Mayor Allen C.
Thompson calling for the con
tinuance of the traditional har
mony and goodwill between Ne
gro and White people of the city
drew the highest praise from
the responsible and intelligent
Negro citizens of the city.
Meanwhile, the Meredith
crisis continued to simmer at
Ole Miss. Returning to the
Campus Monday after a week
end spent in an unannounced
location, presumably with his
family while still under the
watchful eye of U. S. Marshalls,
Meredith made some statements
to newsmen that may have
sparked new but mild demon
strations on the University
Campus.
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lished statements, Meredith
charged that the Federal
Troops, which upon arrival in
Oxford were integrated, has
been re-segregated. He charged
that Negro soldiers had been
reduced to un-armed workers on
a garbage detail. He called this
a disgrace and a dishonor to
the hundred of thousands of Ne
groes who wear the uniform of
the military services.
In answering Meredith, from
Washington, Army Secretary
Cyrus Vance said Negro troops
\were not used on patrol to
avoid unnecessary incidents dur
ing the tense time when the
troops first arrived on the riot
tom campus. On October 6, he
said, when the situation became
more stabilized orders were is
sued that Negro military per
sonnel of Army units employed
in connection with the Oxford
situation would be used in the
performance of all normal func.
tions in all operations.
In another statement, in ans
wering remarks made in a re
cent Detroit speech by Aaron
Henry, President of the State
Conference of NAACP Branch
es, Meredith denied that he was
hand-picked by the NAACP to
break down segregation at Ole
Miss, a statement that brought
immediate comment from the
National NAACP headquarters
in New York.
John A. Morsell, Assistant to
NAACP Executive Secretary,
Roy Wilkins, issued the fol
lowing statement.
“Late in 1960 James H. Mere
; dith approached Medgar W.
! Evers, NAACP field secretary
| in Jackson, Miss., and inform
ed him of his desire to apply for
admission to the University of
| Mississippi. Mr. Meredith also
asked for the assistance of the
association, including legal
counsel if it became necessary.
He was thus self selected.
“As in other instances involv
ing raciol discrimination, the
NAACP made available to Mr.
Meredith resources, of the or
ganization to aid him in his
efforts to become a student at
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Lab School
Begins PT A Year
The Jackson otate College
Laboratory School held its first
meeting for the 1962-63 school
year on Tuesday, September 25,
1962.
Mrs. Louise Chambliss very
efficiently presided over the
business session in the absence
of the president, Mrs. Wylma R.
King. The appointment of com
mittees and a discussion of the
Annual Halloween Party were
the first items of business on
the agenda. The following com
mittees were appointed: Pro
gram — Mrs. Anna W. Wilson,
chairman, Mrs. E. W. Granville,
Mrs. Odessa Patton, and Mrs.
the university. We will continue
to do this for other young men
and women who request our as
sistance to secure their consti
tutional rights to enroll in any
tax-supported educational in
stitution. Since he is lawful en
titled to attend the state univer
sity it does not matter as far
as we can see whether he was
self selected or hand picked.”
On the 01© Miss Campus
Tuesday more than 200 students
awaited as Meredith returned
from dinner in the cafeteria and
greeted him with all kinds of
insulting remarks. He was also
observed shaking hands and ex
changing friendly remarks with
two unidentified students.
Ruth D. Owens; Social — Leon
ard Chambliss, chairman, Miss
Gladys Walters, Mrs. Eva Y.
Woodard and Valmore A. Nel
son; Courtesy — Mrs. Hazel
Whitney, chairman, Mrs. Mary
McBeth, Mrs. Ruth Wiliams,
Booker T. Woolfe, Jr. and Mrs.
Athenet Cotten; Membership —
Mrs. Naomi Hendrex, chairman,
Mrs. Louvenia Taylor, and Mrs.
Helen Grant; Project — Mr.
Robert Wansley, chairman, Wil
liam Davis, LaVergne Randolph
and Mrs. Jimmie Mitchell.
Mr. William Davis, Director
of the Jackson State College
Band, explained fully the or
ganization of the Laboratory
School Band in which children
from the fourth through the
eighth grades will participate.
A very spirited question and
answer period followed concern
ing this new exciting experience
which is being offered beginning
this school term. Mr. Ross Clay
will continue general music ex
periences with all of the grades
giving special emphasis to the
rhythm band in grades one
through three.
Mr. Lee E. Williams, princi
pal, made pertinent general an
nouncements and remarks re
garding the year’s activities. He
stated that the physical educa
tion program under the direc
tion of Dr. Harrison Wilson and
his physical education majors
and the Spanish classes under
Mrs. Maria Jones will b© reg
ular features of the school pro
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and haJt the fight against im
peralism.”
He said he felt the govern
ment’s “declared policy of soc
ialism at home and nonalign
ment and support of total Af
rican independence abroad has
drawn the hatred of those who
regular these attitudes as in
imical to their vital interests.”
gram again this year.
A calendar of events for the
year 1962-63 was given to each
parent. Mrs. Lillian C. Lane
then shared with the group a
very challenging item entitled
“Children Learn What They
Live” by Dorothy Law Nolte
author of the newspaper column
“Creative Family Living.”
Those attending the meeting
whose names have not been pre
viously mentioned were: Mes-;
dames Beatrice K. Moore, j
Albertine H. Mason, Annie R.;
Burton, Gladys M. Hayes, Mary
Lee Pegues, Bernice A. Stimley, |
Inez Campbell, Jessie Mae Cros- i
sley, Bennie L. Catchings, Car- !
olyn J. Tyler, Reacy Mae Gat
lin, Myrtis Brooks, Mary Louise
| Kelly, Bettie J. Holmes, Amelia
Anderson, Lottie W. Thornton
and Miss Ethel Louise Johnson;
Messrs Cary B. Tyler, Walter
E. Carr, Luther R. Taylor and
! Richmond WToodall.
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In Michigan, he heads the exe
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LJNCF state-wide fund-raising
appeal.
A native of Texas, Mr. Gos
sett received his bachelor of
arts degree from the University
of Utah and his law degree
from Columbia University, New
York City. In practice he spec
ialized in general corporate
work and litigation. He became
general counsel for Bendix
Aviation Corp. in 1945 and join
ed Ford Motor Co. in 1947.
In the area of education, Mr.
Gossett also serves as a life
trustee of Columbia University,
New York City, and trustee of
the Cranbrook Foundation,
Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Mr. Gossett resides in Bloom
field Hills. He is married to
the former Elizabeth Hughes,
daughter of the late Chief Jus
tice Charles Evans Hughes.
The College Fund’s board in
eludes the presidents of its. 82
member colleges end universi
ties plus directors-at-large. Dr.
Frederick D. Patterson, presi
dent of the Phelps-Stokes Fund
and founder of the College
Fund, was incorporated in 1944.
This year the College Fund
is conducting its 19th annual
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