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VOL XXXI, NO. 30
BOY 5, SHOOTS TOOTH 13, TO DEATH
A five-year-old boy shot and
killed 13-year-old Henry Lewis
Bryant in Goulds Tuesday night.
The (>oy, Joseph Merritt, told
sherilTs investigators he thought
the victim was hurting his half
brother as they wrestled on a
couch in their living room.
Young Merritt was watching
his half-brother, Willie Mitchell,
12, as 'he played with Henry
Bryant and Wihner Ha. good,
both 13.-
The Meritt boy went into a
bedroom, got a .22 caliber rifle
and shot the Bryant boy under
the aim, the investigators said.
The bullet entered his chest and
heart, Icilling him instantly. The
boys were alone in the house.
Funeral services for Bryant
will be held Monday afternoon at
1:30 from Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church, Rev. J. H. Dolphus, of
ficiating. Bethel Williams Funeral
Home is in charge.
Bryant is survived by a mother,
father, five brothers and one sis
ter.
AUTHERINE LUCY
TO WED APRIL 22
DALLAS A Dallas minister
said Thursday Miss Autherine
Lucy will be married here April
22. >
The Rev. Ernest C. Estell said
the 26-year-old Birmingham sec
retary will be his house guest
Friday while planning her mar
riage to the Rev. H. C. Foster,
young ministerial student from
Tyler, Tex.
Rev. Foster, a social science
student at Butler College, was a
.. classmate of Miss Lucy’s in Ala
bama. He is a practice teacher at
> a rural school near Tyler aa wall
as a ministerial student.
MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1956
St. Petersburg Beach
Decision Appealed
TAMPA Federal Judge
George W. Whitehurst Thursday
suspended his order that Negroes
be admitted to St. Petersburg’s
municipal Spa Beach, pending an
appeal by the city.
Judge Whitehurst heard the
suit several weeks ago and said
then he would u.rhold the petiti' n
by a group of St. Petersburg Ne
groes for use of the beach.
He signed the formal order
Thursday, then granted the city’s
motion for appeal and suspended
enforcement of the order.
The city contended first that
equal facilities were provided
elsewhere and second that the
city is not bound by recent U. S.
Supreme Court rulings on ad
mitting Negroes to public facili
ties because in this instance the
city is not acting as a municipal
ity but as a proprietor of a com
mercial enterprise.
Judge Whitehurst ruled with
the plaintiffs that the operation
NAACP Drive Ends Sunday at Nt. Zion
Gloster B. Current, director of
branches for the NAACP, The
Southland Singers of Miami and
Choir No. 2 of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church will be featured at the
closing meeting for the Dade
County Membership Campaign
"Victory Meeting" Sunday after
noon at Mt. Zion Bapust Church,
the Rev. Edward T. Graham,
pastor, at 3 pan.
Mr. Current, who is responsi
ble for the Membership and Fund
raising program of the NAACP,
UlUll OWNS
SURRENDERS
Earlie Owens, 28, of 606 SW
6th st.. Homestead, surrendered
to Miami police Wednesday and
admitted the slaying of Chris
Tempelton, Homestead tavern
owner.
Tempelton was shot and killed
in his tavern at 345 SW sth st
Sunday. *
of the beach is subject to the 14th
Amendment and that Negroes
should be admitted in line with
recent Su.rreme Court rulings in
similar cases.
The suit now goes to the U. S.
District Court of Appeals in New
Orleans.
will address an audience which is
expected to fill the church. He
will express the policy of the
NAACP and its present stand on
the various issues regarding seg
regation. He is expected to coun
teract the propaganda of race bi
gots that the NAACP is hindering
the progress of the Negro in the
South. f
Tfie program will include re
ports from the many workers and
captains who are bringing in
SIXTEEN PAGES lO CENTS
CONFERENCE HUD
ON SEGREGATION
Gov. Leßoy Collins had four
recommendations adopted Wed
nesday during his conference on
segregation in Tallahassee. At
tending were members of the
cabinet, the Board of Control and
officials of the two white state
universities. Dr. George W. Gore,
Fla. A & M president, was in
vited but was out of the city.
THAT the conference draw up
a resolution asking the Supreme
Court to reconsider its decision
in the Hawkins case and grant
the attorney general an oral hear
ing.
THAT Gov. Collins accompany
Atty. Gen. Richard* Brvin to plead
the state’s case before the Su
preme Court if it should grant
the hearing.
THAT the state board of edu
cation review the Board of Con
trol’s regulations for admission
to the state universities.
THAT Gov. Collins and Atty.
Gen. Ervin name a committee of
legal authorities to review all
proposals to maintain segregation
and to make recommendations
back to the conference.
memberships. Also taking part
will be Mrs. Marion Muldrow,
and Rev. James N. Byrd , co
chairmen and all division lead
ers for the drive. It will be the
first appearance of Mr. Current
in the Miami area. Prizes will al
so be awarded campaign workers
for outstanding reports.
The public is invited to attend.
The program will be informative
and will aid many to see how the
NAACP works.
Ike Asks Churches
Help In Integration
WASHINGTON President
Eisenhower, appealing to the cler
gy for help, said Wednesday the
South is duty-bound to make
“seme progress” toward racial
integration of public schools.
Eisenhower renewed his plea
for “sympathetic’’ understanding
of the South’s deep emotional
oroblem, but told his news con
ference that “we should not stagr
nate ”
He said religious have
a “very great responsibility" to
help toward “progress” with
“moderation.” -
“This is a very tough one,” he
said, “and pecyle have to search
their own hearts if we are going
to get a decent answer and keep
going ahead.”
He warned against thinking of
the school segregation dispute as
“a tremendous fight that is going
to separate Americans and get
ourselves into a nasty mess.”
“Let’s try to think of it as how
can we make progress and keep
t going and not stop it,” he said.
“Now that, I believe, the pulpits
can help on ”
Collins Criticized for Arrington's Suspension
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RROINERS GET
SIX MONTHS IN
STUDENT KEATING
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. An all-
White Circuit Court jury con
victed two brothers of beating a
University of Alabama student
but spared them a heavy prison
sentence. ,
Arthur Washington, 23, and
John Washington, 19, were fined
SSOO Monday and sentenced to
six months in jail for attacking a
19-year-old freshman in anger
over mob action against Auther
ine Lucy, who was later expelled
from the university.
The brothers were indicted for
assault with intent to murder,
which carries a sentence of 2 to
20 years on conviction. The jury
found the Washingtons guilty of
a lesser charge of assault and bat
tery, a misdemeanor. They did
not appeal.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
approves am
RIGHTS RIU
Washington—An omnibus civil
rights and anti-lynching bill won
approval Wednesday from a
House judiciary subcommittee
Supporters of the bill ixnxnediately
opened a drive for prompt House
action on the measure.
The measure would set up a
five-member presidential commis
sion on civil rights and a Joint
congressional civil rights commit
tee of seven members each frorr
the Senate and House.
It also would set up a civi*
rights division in the Justice De
partment.
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The bill would protect the right
of Negroes to vote in all elections
•md ban segregation on transpor
tation facilities.
It would provide for a fine of
SIO,OOO or imprisonment up to 20
years or both for persons at
tempting to hinder any individual
in the exercise of his rights, and
if the action results in the death
of the wrong person.
It provides a penalty of SI,OOO
Gov. Leroy Collins was criti
cized this week by Florida Ne
groes and fair-minded Whites for
his suspension of Asst. State At
torney Henry H. Arrington for
what he called “malfeasance in
office and inconvpetency to per
form the duties of his office."
Negro supporters of Collins
maintain that it was a mandatory
move on the part of the (gover
nor to maintain his North Flori
da white voter support,
his action was a direct affront
Critics of the governor said
to Negro voters. However, with
the three leading gubernatorial
candidates all pouting segregation
the election will boil down to
choosing the lesser of three evils.
Collins said his action follow
ed a detailed telegram from
State Attorney George Brauti
gam after investigating Arring
ton’s alleged broadcast state
ments on WMBM's "The People
Speak" "last Feb. 25.
Brautigam’s telegram read in
part:
"The attitude (of Arrington) in
refusing to admit or deny the
OTHER 89 CASES
POSTPONED
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MONTGOMERY. Ala. Rev.
M L. King, 27-year-old Baptist
minister, accused of leadizw *
but boycott, wes fined SSOO and
costs Thursday when Sound guil
ty by Circuit Judge Eugene Car
ter in a hearing without a Jury.
A suspended jail sentence of
'B6 days was levied in lieu of
‘he SSOO costs of court thus sav
ng Rev. Kinrj SSOO.
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The remaining 89 cases were
ostroned pending thg outcome
'f Rev. King’s appeal.
During the trial Negro wit
nesses told of bitter, long-stand
•>g grievances over their treat
nent on the city buses.
As Rev. King etnemed from tbe
ourthouse following the trial, a
huge crowd of his followers
houted “Long live the King.”
Meanwhile the Montgomery
'tty buses continued along their
routes, conspicuously empty.
fine or a year’s imprisonment or
both for intent to prevent a per
son from exercising his rights,
and a fine of $5,0Q0 or 10 yeers
imprisonment or both for intent
to injure a person in the exer
cise of his rights.
questions and answers compels
the conclusion of an affirmance
of these remarks.
“I regret my confidence that
he would discharge his obliga
tions as assistant state attorney,
as recommended to you, has been
folly shattered.
“1 still conscientiously believe
that there is a need for an as
sistant state attorney to handle
the many capital crime (murder
and rape) cases involving the col
ored people in Ugde County, as
I told you at the time I recom
mended his appointment
“Everyone in Dade County U
aware of the good job beinj done
by the colored municipal judge
and the colored police among the
colored people.”
Arrington’s complete statement
on the matter can be found on
page five.
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