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ARIZONA SUN
No. 34 Vol. XV
Building Nixun For President,
On In Full Force, Says Digest
' Question Is Does His 20-
20 Vision Qualify For ’6O
The December Democratic Di
gest, being sent to subscribers
today, says the build-up of Ri
chard Nixon for ttie Presidency
in 1960 is “on now in full force.”
Commenting on the Vice Pres
ident’s “not-too-attractive past”
and his ability to change his
tune to fit the political climate,
the Digest article says:
“Since Sputnik I, of course,
Nixop. has been in the vanguard
of those few Republicans who
have been yelling that some
thing should be done to bolster
the nation’s sagging internation
al position.”
“But, it is fair to ask, where
was the Republican ‘Paul Revere’
back in the years from 1953 to
1957 when Senators Stuart Sym-
ington, Henry Jackson and Clin
ton Anderson, and former As
sistant Secretary of Defense,
Trevor Gardner, to mention just
a few, were warning that this
Slain Man’s Body
Shipped Home
The \>ody of a man, shot
through the head last Sunday
morning at 1402 East Jefferson
Street, was shipped back to his
* home Minneapolis, Minnesota,
by Webber’s Mortuary.
Henry Penelton, 37, a new
comer to Phoenix about two
months, was shot and killed by
Louis Jackson, 34, a cotton pick
if» er, in an argument over a dice
game, according to police of
ficers.
The slain man, a World War
n veteran, was a construction
worker.{ Survivors are his ‘wife,
Grace, and cousin, Mrs.\ Elnora
Lucky both of Phoenix.
jbeaA Votete
The need for more classrooms is desperate!
Did you know that the enrollment in Phoenix
high schools increased 15% (over 2000 students)
this year? It is conservatively estimated that
there will be an additional 1200 pupils next year.
By 1962 the present 15,657 will swell to 24,000.
«
This community has always been justly
proud of its fine schools. In these'critical times
of world tension we must not relax our efforts
to give our young people adequate educational
opportunities. For this reason I urge you to vote
on Wednesday, December 11, at any high school
or Phoenix College.
A vote of yes is a vote for good schools, a
progressive community and a strong nation.
Sincerely,
• Nettie Pete
Administration was putting eco
nomy before defense and that
the Russians were pulling ahead
in the means to wage a modem
war?”
“Does his 20-20 hindsight qual
ify him as a national leader in
these fast moving times?” the
Digest asks. And more impor
tant, is his judgment based more
on political considerations than
on deeply held convictions about
the national welfare?”
Another Digest article, titled
“The Year Ike Wasted,” spells
out the recent official warnings
to the Administration that the
nation’s defense was slipping
and recalls the following pass
age in a comic book published
by the Republicans:
“Leave it to Ike! He has the
know-how when it comes to
war and peace. The Russians
can’t fool him! Nobody knows
more about military affairs than:
Ike. We can depend on him to
keep our defenses strong!”
A poll of more than 3,000
Democratic county chairmen in
dicates Russia’s jump to space
supremacy badly damaged the
Republican’s strongest national
political issues foreign policy
and national defense. The pre-
Sputnik poll showed increased
cost of living, general inflation
and declining farm income were
regarded as the best Democratic
issues before Sputnik pushed
Republican defense failures into
the foreground.
Under the department Pacts
to File, the Digest answers Re
publican charges that the Demo
cratic Congress irresponsibility
cut the 1958 Defense Budget.
“The facts are the President ac
tually got all of the defense
(Continued on page 8)
PHOENIX, ARIZ.—THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1957
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Mrs. TOREA HALL PITTMAN,
Mrs. Torea Hall Pittman, re
gional field secretary with the
west coast office of thfc Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People,
will be in Phoenix, Sunday, De
cember 8 to conduct the election
and install officers of the Mari
copa branch.
The election will be held iri
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church,
1246 South 11th Avenue, at 3:30
p.m.
Charity Dining
Room Serves
Millionth Meal
A milestone will be reached
Saturday, -December 14 here
when- the St. Vicent de Paul
Society’s Charity Dining Room
115 So. 9th Avenue, serves its
one millionth free meal to some
hungry poor person.
Commemorating the event
which definitely stamps the
Charity Dining Room as a vi
tal, needed asset in the Phoenix
and Maricopa County commun
ity life, will be a short morning
program, Saturday, December
14 beginning at 10:30 a.m. which
is expected to attract leaders
of civic, fraternal organizations
and benefactors of the charit
able eaterie. The dedication of
a large St. Vincent de Paul
statue in memory of John Bed
way, first manager of the Din
ing Room, will be followed by
short talks by civic leaders out
lining the contribution made by
this haven for the needy-poor
and for the community.
Begun with trepidation but
with great faith, in November
1952, by the St. Vincent de Paul
Society of Maricopa County, the
Charity Dining Room has con
tinued to operate on a shoes
tring and on a seven-days-a
week basis. Depending on the
generosity of citizens for its*_
food. The Dining Room has re
ached peak days of 1,700 meal
servings. Open to all hungry
poor, regardless of race, creed
or nationality.
White Citizens
Council Defeated
By Henry Gitano.
The voting power of a South
ern Negro community was dem
onstrated in Little Rock’s elec
tion where six of the seven po
sitions in the city’s new Board
of Directors were won by the
Good Government Committee.
The Capital City White Citizens
Council which bitterly opposed
the moderates placed only one
man. The vote was very close
and it was the Negro people
voting as a bloc that determined
the outcome of the election.
The ,WOC felt pained since
the. League of Central High
Mothers which claimed “thou
sands” of members, was forced
to file a sworn membership list,
which turned out to be 163; the
WOC then made the city elec
tion a test of support for Fau
bus. The Good Government Com
mittee was accused by the WCC
of favoring integration in
schools, swimming pools and in
public parks. Richard C. Butler,
speaking on TV in behalf of the
spineless GGC declared that it
had been “unjustly accused” of
being pro-integratoin. Without
looking upon them as friends
in any way, the Negro commun
ity voted for the GGC candid
dates as a lesser evil, and dem
onstrated that their united vote
is a force to be reckoned with.
STUDENTS EXPLAIN
Meanwhile, the nine -Negro
students at Little Rock Central
BISHOP TAYLOR HOSPITALIZED
IN MEMPHIS
Word was received here that
the Bishop J. W. Taylor 6f the
Church of God in Christ is
hospitalized in Memphis, Ten
nessee, where he became ill
while attending the denomina
tion’s national convention.
3rd POLIO SHOTS GIVEN AT
JULIAN SCHOOL '
i Third Polio shots have been
given at Percy L. Julian School.
Any student who missed these
shots may get them at the Coun
ty Health Unit—ll 6 South 12th
Avenue of their family doctor.
The series has been completed
at the school.
Dr. Lowell C. Wormley and Dr.
David M. Solomon donated their
professional services to the
school. The scries could not have
been completed without a medi
cal doctor in attendance, ac
cording to Mrs. R. J. Williams
the school nurse, who with v.he
faculty of Julian School greatly
appreciates this service.
A GOOD newspaper and tSe
Bible in every house, a good
schoolhouse in every district,
and a church in every neigh
borhood. all appreciated as
they deserve, are the chief
support of virtue, morality,
civil liberty, and religion . —
—Benjamin Frankun
10 CENTS PER COPY
High School are explanjng to
white children the justice of
their equal rights demand, as
evidenced by an Oct. 16 NBC
broadcast of a panel discussion.
The cast consisted of seVen stu
dents from the school—namely,
three Negro students (Minnie
Jean Brown, Ernest Green and
Melba Patillo and four white
students (Sammy Dean Parker,
Kay Bacon, and Robin Woods).
Mrs. Ricketts, a correspondent
for Norwegian papers, brought
them together. Here are ex
cerpts from the broadcast,,
Mrs. Ricketts: What have
you against Negroes in your
school, Kay?
Kay: I think that they’ve got
schools to go to of their own.
That’s what most of us have
against them.
Ernest: ...... Why should my
friends get out there and die
for a cause called “democracy”
when I can’t excercise my rights
—tell me that.
Robin: ......And when Elizabeth
had to walk down in front of
the school I was there and I
saw that. And may I say, I 'was
very ashamed —I felt like cry
ing—because she was so brave
when she did that. And we just
(Continued on page 8)
HEADS dVIL RIGHTS DIVI
SION*— The White House an
nounced that President Eisen
hower has named Asst. Attorney
Gen. W. Wilson White to head
the new Civil Rights Division of
the Justice Department. As the
head of the most controversial
secticn in the Goverment, White
must take over Federal direc
tion cf the investigation and
prosecution of Civil Rights cases.