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Segregation On City
Buses Ruled illegal
RICHMOND Va The fa
miliar signs in all city buses in
the South—“ Colored Seat From
Rear”—-might as well be taken
down according to a federal ap
pellate court ruling on Thursday.
The U. S. 4th Circuit Court of
Appeals said in a unanimous
opinion that recent Supreme Court
decision? have repudiated the
"separate but equal doctrine.”
The repudiation applies to public
transportation and affects trans
portation within a state as well as
across state lines, the court said.
The decision came in a suit
against the South Carolina Elec
tric and Gas Co. of Columbia,
Negro May
Cause Ga. V
To Close
ATLANTA A Negro who
once applied for admission to the
University of Georgia law school
and was refused, might prove to
be the factor in closing down the
famous institution.
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Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook said if
the Negro renews his efforts this
fall to enter and wins the school
will have to be closed.
The law school involves the
long pending efforts of Horace
Ward to be admitted to the Athens
institution. Ward now is in the
Army but Cook said he had learn
ed Ward will get out within a
month.
"And I have been informed that
he plans to reactivate his case in
Everett F. Mot row Gets
$12,000 U. S. Post
WASHINGTON (ANP)
Everett Frederic Morrow, former
advisor on business affairs, de
partment of commerce, has been
elevated to the position of ad
ministrative * officer to the Presi
dent, it was announced by the
White House last week.
White House Assistant Press
Secretary Murray Snyder stated
that in his new post, Morrow will
be responsible for coordination of
internal management affairs in
the special projects groups which
includes the Council of Foreign
Economic policy, headed by Joseph
M. Dodge; offices of Harold E.
Stassen and Nelson A. Rockefel
ler, special assistants to the Pres
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Miss Annie J. Hudson, popular
Liberty City Elementary school
teacher, who was seriously stab
bed by an unknown intruder last
Tuesday morning in her home at
3085 NW 52nd st., is off the dang
er list. Jackson Memorial Hos
pital authorities report that Miss
Hudson is responding nicely to
treatment.
federal court immediately,” Cook
said.
“It’s ripe for a showdown. If
he wins, all we will do is to close
down the law school.”
He referred to sections of a
legislative appropriation act which
prohibits spending state funds on
school units which have mixed
classrooms.
ident; and office of Maj. Gen.
John S. Bragdon (U.S.A. ret.),
special consultant on public works
planning,
Morrow came to his new post
from the staff ocf Secretary Sin
clair Weeks, where he has served,
since September, 1953, as liaison
between the commerce depart
ment and other federal agencies
on programs designed to stimulate
business growth and stability.
During tl>e 1952 Presidential
campaign, he served on Gen Eisen
hower's campaign train as con
sultant and adviser.
While his post does not rank
with that of the little cabinet, it
carries a salary somewhere be
tween <12,000 and $L3,(k>J.
VOL. XXX, NO. 46
Jaycees Launch Drive
For Playground, Pool
BIG MASS MEET
SET FOR MONDAY
NIGHT
The Northwest Miami Junior
Chamber of Commerce, through
its Special Recreation Committee
has launched a drive which they
hope will result in the construc
tion of a badly needed, well
equipped playground amP swim
ming pool m the Liberiy City
irea.
The Jaycees have scheduled a
big mass meeting for Monday,
uly 18 at 8:30 p.m. in the Liberty
quare auditorium, 6304 NW 14th
ve. All Liberty City residents are
.•equested to attend this meeting
and take part in this drive.
In an interview with William
W. Mcßride, crairman of the
Special Jaycee Committee, he
slated, "I # don’t think there is a
single intelligent person who does
not realize that well equipped,
well supervised playgrounds lo
cated in the heart of densely pop
ulated areas are the greatest in
struments toward combatting the
problem of juvenile delinquency
and are a constructive force in
controlling vandalism and other
evidences of tension. And fur
ther that they lead to the devel
opment of attitudes of good sports
manship and respect for the
rights and property of others.”
For years now, those of us who
work and live in the Liberty City
area have seen the population of
this area grow by leaps and
bounds, but we have done abso
lutely nothing about seeing that
our children are provided with
adequate recreational facilities.
How long are we going to allow
the City of Miami Recreational
Department to classify *the small
area located in the Liberty Square
Housing Project as being a play
ground for use by Liberty City
Children?”
The majority of the juvenile de
linquency and acts of petty van
dalism perpetrated in this area
can be directly attributed to the
fact that the youth of this area
i continued on jfr&ge IC,
MIAMI, FLORIDA. SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1955
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These three charmers were snapped by a Times’ pho
tographer Wednesday evening as they disrupted traffic
in front of the Bonded Collection Agency office on Third
ave. Left to right are Ruth Dunmore, charming daughter
of A1 Dunmore, Courier Florida editor, and a student at
Boylan-Haven School in Jacksonville, and Joyce Nelson
and Mignon Nance of Atlanta, Ga. Joyce is a senior at
BTW in Atlanta and Mignon is a June grad of the same
school. Ruth wants to be a professional dancer, Joyce, a
doctor, and Mignon, a disojo*'>ey. Jimmie Grant, protege
of Johnson of Miami, made the nirture
Ga. Threatens Teachers'
Jobs; NAACP To Fight
SIXTEEN PAGES
MACON HEAD
VOWS TO BURN
ROLLS
MACON. Ga. The member
ship rolls of the local NAACP
chapter would be burned rath
han allow them to be used
against Negro teachers This dw
iraticn was made by Dr. J. S.
Williams, president of the Macon
chapter of the National Associa
.ion far-the Advancement of Col
ored People.
The state board of education
Monday voted to “revoke forever’
he license of any teacher who
"supports, encourages, condones,
offers to teach or teaches” non
segregated classes.
Following this action. Atty.
Gen. Eugene Cook urged that the
board revoke the license of any
teacher who is “affiliated with or
contributes to” the NAACP. Board
Chairman George P. Whitman,
Jr., of Atlanta said such a reso
lution would be passed at the
next meeting in August.
Cook's proposal was termed a
“desne-ate action” by Williams.
He added that it is "suggestive of
Nazi tactics and Negro leaders are
not going to sit back and watch
him browbeat the Negroes of the
state.”
Nays, Moore, Whitfield
Dine At White House
WASHINGTON (ANP)
Willie Mays, Archie Moore and
Mai Whitleld were among the 36
famous athletes and sport fans
attending the sportsman’s lun
cheon given at the White House
by President Eisenhower, Monday.
Purpose of the luncheon was to
discuss with these champions the
necessity of encouraging more
young people to go into athletic*.
The President noticed that ap
parently more young people to
day are becoming spectators and
fewer, becoming participants in
Cannon Draws SSOO Fine;
Ordered To Leave State
/lla. Univ .
Fights Court
Ruling
The University of Alabama has
asked for a rehearing on a Fed*
era! court ruling restraining the
school from barring Negro stu
dents solely because of their
color
Attorneys for the university
listed 23 grounds in their motion,
including a claim that United
States District Judge Hobart
Grooms erred in his conclusion of
aw. He held that two Negro wo
men who applied for admission
must be accepted if academically
qualified and that the school be
•squired to enroll all qualified
.egroes
$200,000
Fire Sweeps
2 Churches
ATLANTIC CITY. NJ.—(AW)
—Two Nejro Baptist churches
were wrecked by fire wihtin a
matter of hours here last week.
Officials of Union Baptist Temple
and Second Baptist church said
that total damages exceeded
$200,000 »
Thomas B. Wooten, public safe
ty director, said he believed the
fires were set deliberately and
placed police guards at all other
Negro churches in the city.
Moore made a speech on the
art of self defense and was con- v
gratulated by the President. Mr,'
Eisenhower remarked that Archie
should be in Congress.
He said he is anxious to see
more young people take an active
part in sports, not only for their
own physical development, but
also to maintain the present high
standards in every type of sports.
He also feels that Juvenile delin
quency will be greatly decreased
if young people become more In
tereeted In occupying their time
TO BE TRIED ON
SECOND CHARGE
TUESDAY
Richard Cannon, popular night
club singer, m ho was charged with
living with Mrs. Lillian M Uri
cho wealthy White widow in Mi
ami’s exclusive Bay Point sec
tion In violation of the state law
changed his previously entered
not guilty plea to guilty in court
of crimes on Tuesday Cannon was
sentenced to six months In Jail
and fined SSOO by Judge Ray H
Pearson
Judge Pearson, however, gave
Cannon credit tor the two months
that he has been in police cus
tody, and suspended the balance
ot the sentence, with the pro
vision that Cannon pay the 1800
fine and leave the State of Flori
da within 20 days from the date
oi the sentence.
Cannon's Attorney, Henry H.
Arrington, told a Times reporter
that he advised Cannon to change
his p.ea to guilty because it was
impossible for him to prove Can
non not guilty without the testi
mony of Mrs. Urkho, who sud
denly left the city and could not
be located.
Cannon paid the fine and would
have left the state shortly after
in accordance with the judge's
ruling, but there is another charge
pending against him in Judge Ben
C. Willards Criminal Court
growing out oi the same case. He
was returned to jail to await trial
on the second charge. The second
charge against Cannon is viola
tion of a parole in which status
he was placed several months ago
by Judge Willard, when he was
arrested and tried on a previous
charge of living with a White
woman. Cannon violated the
terms of his parole when he was
arrested with Mrs. Uricho and was
sc charged in May.
Cannon will be tried on the
second charge next Tuesday
morning in Criminal Court by
Judge Willard.
NEGRO UNIV . TO
DESEGREGATE
HOUSTON, Tex. Texas
Southern University, one oi the
country’s largest Negro schools,
has taken the first step toward
desegregation.
TSU directors, meeting to name
a new president to succeed Dr.
R. O'Hara Lanier, who had re
signed, set up a committee to
study revision of the school's pol
icy toward admission of non-Ne
gro students.
Under the current state law the