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ARIZONA SUN
VOL. XV No. 29
Free Lance Bigots Operate Out
Os Several California Cities
Report Big Play For Pub
lic Opinion In The West
By Hate Groups
Special The Sun
San Francisco— The West Coast
NAACP office reports that race
hate groups are stepping up
their activities considerably in
this region on the heels of the
Little Rock outburst in an at
tempt to capitalize, public
opinion-wise, on that incident.
Most active are the .American
Nationalist, the Christian Na
tionalist Crusade and the White
Citizen’s Councils, in that or
der. Southern California is the
hot-bed in which these groups
appear to flourish and grind out
their race materials, NAACP of
ficials claim.
The volumn oi anti-Semitic,
anti- Negro literature current
ly being distributed at meetings
and through the mails by these
groups is “prodigous,” accord
ing to NAACP Field Secretary
Lester Bailey.
“Our branches from Seattle
to the Mexican border, and nu
merous friendly white persons,
regularly forward samples of
these materials to this office,
Bailey reported. “It is obvious
from these reports that the
dissemination of the printed
matter of these organized bi
gots covers the entire West,”
Bailey stated.
One of the most widely cir
culated places is an alleged
“FBI Report” on Negro crime
7 4 Organizations Back NAACP
NEW YORK —Fourteen major
national organizations (Mon
day) intervened with the United
States Supreme Court in defense
of the constitutional right of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People W)
enjoy freedom of association.
The 14 groups came to the sup
port of the NAACP by filing an
AMICI CURIAE (friends of ihe
court) brief in a case entitled
NAACP v. State of Alabama
which the U. S. Supreme Court
has agreed to review during its
current term.
The brief was submitted by
Leo Pfeffer, director of the Com
missioner on Law and Social
Action of the American Jewish
Congress, who is serving as at
torney for the following 14 or
ganizations: American Baptist
Convention, Commission -o n
Christian Social Progress; Amer
ican Civil Liberties Union;
American Friends Service Com
mitee; American Jewish Com
mittee; American Jewish Con
gress; American Veterans Com
mittee; Anti-Defamation League
of B’nai B’rith; Board of Home
Missions of the Congregational
and Christian Churches; Coun
cil for Christian Social Action
statistics “reprinted” by the
Christian Nationalist Crusade.
The American Nationalist, al
most on a monthly basis,
out an “anti-mongrelization”
handbill showing Negro men
and White women in intimate
association. The latter is en
titled “What Americans Should
Know About the N.A.A.C.P.
Gullible persons receiving
these * mailings may “strike
back” at the NAACP by pur
chasing reprints at 5c per copy.
The White Citizen’s Councils
are reportedly. establishing
chapters in California, with
Redlands, near Los Ahgeles, .os
'‘headquarters.” • Inglewood (in
Los Angeles), Oakland and
Hayward are return address
cities for the American Nation
alist, White Citizen’s Councils
and the Christian Nationalist
Crusade, respectively, Bailey re-,
vealed.
“Free lance bigots” operates
out of Rerwood City and Holy
City, California, near San Fran
cisco, the NAACP official repor
ted. One such man, a resident
of Rerwood City, had 100,000
pro-segregation pamphlets dis
tributed over adjacent cities
by airplane, according to news
paper reports.
The affects of this “massive
propaganda” drive, Bailey said
(Continued on page 8)
of the United Church of Christ;
Japanese American Citizens
League; Jewish Labor Commit
tee; National Community Rela
tions Advisory Council; United
Synagogue of- America; and
Workers Defense League.
The signatories to the brief
described themselves as “private,
voluntary associations of Ameri
cans *formed to achieve specific
purposes religious civic, educa
tional, and others. As such,”
they maintained, “they have a
direct interest in this proceed
ing which raises the question
whether a state may constitu
tionally pllace prohibitions or
crippling restrictions on the op
eration of a voluntary associa- „
tion similarly organized from a
specific purpose, that of pro- •
moting equal rights for all with
out discrimination based on
race.”
Voicing their deep concern at
the State of Alabama’s (‘assault
on freedom of association,” the
organizations declared: “Today
it is the NAACP that & subjected
to attack. Tomorrow, the same
measures may be taken against
any group that supports a cause
opposed by state officials”.
PHOENIX. ARIZONA—THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1957
LUCKY
RECEIVES
AWARD
Mr. Clyde A. Lucky, 1329 W.
Sherman is the recipient of an
accomplishment award from his
commanding officer at U.S. i*Ja
val Air Facility at Litchfield
Park.
The letter as follows: *
Commanding Officer,
Naval Air Facility,
Litchfield Park
To: Clyde A. Lucky, Electrician
Subj: Superior Accomplishment
Award. t
During the period from Octo
ber 1956 to April 1957 you per
formed your duties in a superior
manner. Your spirit, workman
ship and the loyalty which you
displayed in your duties were
excellent influences on your fel
low workers. You designed and
manufactured a brine tank load
bank and you designed and as
sembled a test bench and elec
trical panel for testing and cali
brating instruments. The use of
these items resulted in a high
standard of maintenance of
equipment. Your ability as an
Aircraft Electrician has been
most beneficial in this respect.
I am pleased to award you
$200.00.
A copy of this letter has been
placed in your person el folder.
Robert Feddem.
Editor’s note: “Atta boy” Lucky,
we are proud of you, keep up
the good work.
PUN RIGHTS BILLS FOR NEXT
LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IN CALI
FORNIA, NEVADA AND ARIZONA
San Francisco — Defeat of
civil rights measures this year
in California, Nevada and .Ari
zona have strengthened the de
termination of the NAACP and
allied groups to confront the
next legislatures of these states
with new and stronger bills, re
gional NAACP officials reported
here this week.
Fair employment Practices
and Public Accomodations '.aws
are being studied and redrafted
for early introduction, accord
ing to Lester Bailey, field sec
retary.
FEPC was defeated in the fi
(Continued on page 8)
remember
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You are judged by your con
duct. Plan to attend some
church Sunday.
Contribute to the United
Fund.
Trade with Merchants who
support your paper.
—The SUN
Butler Claims Democrats
Misrepresented
T. 0. C. VICE PRESIDENT
COMMENDS UNIONS
NEW YORK October 24
William Grogan, International
Vice-President of the *T.U.C.,
speaking for the Ethical Prac
tices resolution before the Tenth
Biennial Convention of the
Transport Workers’ Union, said,
“Perhaps at no time in history
of the Labor Movement was the
question of ethics more perti
nent than it is today when we
know what is happeing in the
nation.
“I look on the labor move
ment as the real hope for ihe
future. They are the people who
fight for human rights, to ele
vate people from the throes of
poverty and give them their
place in the sun.
“We in the American Labor
Movement, who are in the throes
of our own struggle, can show
away out of this struggle to our
nation—yes, to the world.
“I am disturbed with the kind
of world we live in. I am 52
years old. I have children, and
grandchildren. As I look at all
the children of the world, I am
shocked and horrified at the
wave of materialism that has
engulfed the world, especially
the United States.”
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“BEAUTY. AND THE BEAST”—Pretty Donna Riggs,
the 1958 “Miss Phoenix”, enjoys a visit with the racing
thoroughbred, Marvin Davis’ Comwood. Horse Racing
will be presented during the State Fair-
A GOOD newspaper and t\*
Bible in every house, a good
schoolhouse in every district f
and a church in every neigh
borhood, all appreciated at
they deserve, are the chief
support of virtue, morality,
civil liberty, and religion. —
—Benjamin Franklin
10 CENTS PER COPY
The Democratic Party’s ntand
on civil rights has been misre
presented in some quarters for
partisan purposes, National
Chairman Paul M. Butler de
clared last night. In a review
of the record on this issue, Mr.
Butler stated that the Demo
cratic Party stands firmly on
its 1956 platform, which he said,
“represents the majority view
of our Party concerning civil
rights. This has always been
our position,” Mr. Butler con
tinued. “For partisan purposes,
it has been reported in some
quarters that w eare modifying
our stand on civil rights. This
is not true. ,We cannot section
alize, or regionalize, or compro
mise our Party i and I believe
that a vast majority of our Party
epects and demands that we hold
firmly to our beliefs—regardless
of the consequences in votes.”
The Democratic National
Chairman called on President
Eisenhower to exert leadership
on this issue. “Let us replace the
force of the bayonet with the
stronger force of vigorous moral
leadership,” he stated, urging
President Eisenhower to “speak
out firmly and bodly.”
Mr. Butler spoke at a Demo
cratic dinner meeting at Bishop’s
Inn, Sister Lakes, Michigan,
sponsored by the Van Buren
County Democratic organiza
tion.