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THE NEGRO PRESS CREDO
The Negro Press believes that Ameri
ca can best lead the world away from
racial and national antagonisms when it
accords to every man, regardless of race,
color or creed, his human and legal rights.
Hating no man, fearing no man, the Negro
Press strives to help every man in the firm
belief that all are hurt long as anyone is
held back.
Vol. XVIII No. 39
IS NAACP A COMMUNIST GROUP ?
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JUST IN CASE Floyd
Patterson about whom
Ingo said he would knock
his teeth out if Jie had to,
to win, gets his head to-
FILM HAS NEGRO STAR
Choreographer for the new
three million dollar film, “So
dom and Gomorrah’’ will be
Archie Savage. Savage, who,
is the first Negro to be given,
such an assignment as this, was,
at one time a member of the I
chorus line at the old Ebony j
Club in New York.
BAND WONT PERFORM
Forty-three members of the
Jolly Whalers Drum and Bugle
Corps of New Bedford, Mass,
refused to perform for the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce con
vention in Atlanta, Ga. when
they discovered that seven Ne
gro members of their group
were going to be given segre
gated quarters.
WILLIE O’REE
BREAKS BARRIERS
The fast moving right wing
er on the Boston Bruins has
overcome all obstacles and
barriers to attain a place for
himself in the field of hockey.
He is the first and only Negro
to play in the National Hock
ey League.
WILLIE MAYS
READY IN PHOENIX
Willie Mays arrived recently
in Phoenix with his family to
go into training camp. “I’m in
good shape and ready to play,”
he told San Francisco Mana
ger Alvin Dark.
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DALLAS STAND-INS
Members of the Dallas,
Texas, NAACP youth and
young adult councils are
waging a full-scale drive
against local theatres that
refuse service to Negroes.
GEORGE SARANT REPORT
SOME ARIZONA NEGROES TO LIVE
IN SLUMS REST OF LIVES BECAUSE
... A few Arizona citizens!
are fighting the housing code
and the continued existence of
the City Urban Renewal De
partment. One of these in
volved is a high state govern
mental official, who is using
his official capacity and influ
ence indiscreetly. A lawyer
is fighting it because a relative
has influenced him. Another
is a part of the fight because
of her business interests. She
s a known agitator or “an A
mprican Citizen” as she calls
herself. One of the group has
communistic leanings and an
other was involved in a real
estate manipulation that was
n't “kosher.”
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gether with prominent
Miami dentist Dr. I. P.
Davis about the forthcom
ing fight in Miami on Mar
ch 15. (Ted Press for VIP)
White Mother Whips Boy 1
A four-year-old African boy ;
was given more than 100 lashes i
by a white woman of Jansen-jj
ville, South Africa simply be- 1
cause he played with her chil
; dren. The child is recovering '
from the effects of the whip- '•
ping now and the white woman j
was fined $224 for her offense, j.
EX-GIANT IN ROBBERY
World Series star of 1951
and 1954, Hank Thompson
has had a history of arrests
throughout his life as an ath
lete. At present the former star
of the New York Giants has
been arrested on the charge oi ‘
taking $37 from a Harlem bar 1
and grill. 1
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Ellington Men
Nabbed on Dope
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Chief of detectives, Captain
Lloyd Bell of Las Vegas re
cently arrested four Tnembers
of Duke Ellington’s band on
charges of violating the Nar
cartics Act. All four of the
members are accused of being
in the possession of narcotics.
Lead saxophonist Paul Gon
» salves, trumpet players, Wil
i lam R. Nance, John W. Cook
and Andrew Ford were the
- ones booked on the alleged
narcotics offense.
They are joined by white
students from Southern
Methodist University. NA
ACP students stand in
line, ask for tickets and,
when refused, call for
manager. This holds up
Just this small handful of
people have almost killed this
progressive program —a pro-
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300 PERSONS AT
CHURCH RALLY
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Three hundred persons, in
cluding ministers and laymen
turned out for a successful
rally for Garsie Williams, the
; shoe-shiner who escaped from j
a Mississippi prison and is be
ing sent back to the authori
ties there. The meeting was
held at the New Home Baptist
Church.
Members of the Inter-de
nominational Ministerial Alli
ance turned their weekly meet
ing into a rally with Rev. Har
per as the host, Reverend Aus
tin as head of the committee,
and several persons as guest
speakers.
KNOCK ON ANY DOOR
LOCAL NEGRO IS INCOME TAX
INFORMER TO OFFICIALS FOR PAY
By George Constantine
The door I knocked on this
week has to be nameless—he
calls himself a “squealer”—he
has to be—to feed and clothe
his three kids. He lives a
mong you, walks among you;
vour neighbor and vour
friend until, you try and cheat
Uncle Sam, and then Bill (I
shall call him) goes into ac
tion.
How did he start? How did
such a young man lose his
personnal pride and stoop to
betraying his friends?
Bill lived in a shanty in
Northern Arizona after his re
lease from military service
where he won several citations
for heroism. He was a worker
in the cotton fields. When pay
day came, the farmer wouldn’t
give it to him on the grounds
the line. Lighter skinned
students get in, and then
come back out and chat
with their darker friends,
to the confusion and em
barrassment of manage
ment.
gram, which so far has had
100 % cooperation from Phoe
nix property owners. This
long-range program has al
ready eliminated unsanitary,
unsafe conditions in thou
sands of Phoenix homes. It
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Phoenix, Arizona, Thursday, March 9, 1961
“Let’s tumble those walls
down. We can do it because
God is on our side. We can do
it together!” Reverend Austin
said, during a stirring talk to
the awed listeners.
A committee of several min
-1
isters approached the govern
or and were told he would take
lt.be matter into consideration. 1
that it was the amount he ow
ed him for rent. He thought oi;
beating him up or even cutting;
him up but he wasn’t that kind, j
He was readmg an article'
that night about the Bureau of
Internal Revenue, how they j
paid a commission on all people
turned in who were cheating
on their tax return as long as
they were furnished proof.
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Bill wrestled with his con-'
science whether to be a so-cal
led “squealer” or not. He look
ed at his children, in their rag
ged clothes, their starved faces;
and made his decision. He con
tacted the Internal Revenue!
Department, told them how the;
wages of laborers had been
listed on the farmer’s income
tax report and waited for the
results. An inquiry was made,
; and $25,000 in back taxes was
Buy Your SUN
At These Places
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Southern Liquors, 624 S.
7th Ave.
New State Grocery, 1036 S.
7 Ave.
Cow falace, 901 S. 7th Ave.
A & F Stores, 1823 W.
Buckeye.
Moe’s Food Fair, 1928 W.
Buckeye.
Ziede's Food Center,
1701 S. 15th Ave.
Lincoln Liquors,
1124 W .Buckeye
New Valley Market.
1600 West Buckeye Road
Foodtown, 1603 E. Broadway
Key’s Market
2454 E. Broadway
Nelson’s Market,
2803 E. Broadway
Rainbow Market,
2335 E. Broadway
Broadway Pharmacy,
1608 E. Broadway
Mountain View Market,
2106 E. Broadway
Rosner Drugs, 901 E. Jefferson
Norman’s Midtown Pharmacy,
1200 E. Washington
Reddy’s Corner,
1602 E. Jefferson
Lee Jew Grocery,
1503 E. Washington
Hodges Barbeque,
1015 E. Washington
Bigbee & Manns Barber Shop,
609 E. Jefferson
Hutt Liquors,
2345 E. Washington
Thelma’s Coffee Shop ,
Rice Hotel, 537 E. Jefferson
Modern Market,
1737 E. Washington
Safeway Stores,
16th Street & Apache
Peacock Children s Nursery
_ 1335-7 E. Taylor St.
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ATTENTIVE MAN— Gar- Phoenix lately, listens to
sie Williams, subject of speaker George Sarant.
considerable discussion in (Photo Miqdad Annab)
No definite word was given on
it.
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“This is more than just a
fight for Garsie Williams—it’s
a fight for freedom and fair
play for individual rights. We
can set a precedent for all
; Negroes who seek refuge and
sanctuary from the tyranny of
the South by letting Williams
1 remain here....” said George
collected. Bill received a check
for $2,500 a short while later.
Bill moved to Phoenix and
began his full-time occupation
! as “an income tax informer.”
jHe first visited the bars here
and under the influence of
i drink got his “clients” to talk
! of how they “beat Uncle Sam”.
He knew when most people do
I something they consider smart,
; they just have to tell someone.
Bill has worked as insurance
and real estate man, bartender,
etc., anywhere he could, where
he could get people to “talk”.
■ He has gathered evidence while
a porter in an exclusive coun
try club.
“The U. S. Government
loses $30,000,000 each year be
j cause of Income Tax evaders.
, The Internal Revenue Depart
i ment is understaffed. “I feel
; that lam doing my job just as I
did when I fought in Korea to
help my country. I may be
known as a ‘squealer’ to most
i but my wife or kids are eating
and I can sleep nights”, said
Read about GARSIE WILLIAMS—was he sent back
to Mississippi or not? Did Governor Fannin keep him
from being extradited?
IN NEXT WEEK’S ARIZONA SUN
ARIZONA DAILY
JOURNAL
LAUNCHED
Over three thousand enthu
siastic well-wishers wer» on
hand to launch the ARIZONA
JOURNAL, an independent
new Phoenix daily newspaper.;
at official groundbreaking cer-1
Sunday afternoon,;
March 5. •
Construction of the JOUR- j
NAL’S plant will start immed- i
iately, with publication expec
ted within six months.
A carnival spirit and happy
crowd marked the event. Sev
eral hundred members of
Phoenix square dance clubs
oerformed, the 77 - member
Phoenix Union High School
band complete with cheerlead
, ers and baton twirlers made
musical whoopee. TV star
Barry Sullivan (The Tall
Man’s Sheriff Pat Garrett) and
songstress Helen O'Connell
1 traded quips with the crowd
and conducted a drawing for
12 merchandise certificates and
I Scoop the Newshound, the
JOURNAL’S mascot.
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LOCAL TV SHOW INFERS
THAT NAACP IS RED
“The Negroes are trying to
lose themselves as a race com
pletely—this is the reason why
they want integration. They
hope by living intimately with
the whites that interracial
marriages will follow. Then
the Negro race will be com
pletely lost and just light tan
people will remain,” said Dan
Smoot, during his controver
sial TV program, “Dan Smoot
Reports” on Channel 3, Sun
day night after the late movie.
Sarant, ARIZONA SUN fea
ture writer, who spoke to the
well-attended meeting.
A collection of sllO was
given to help defray expenses
for Garsie Williams in his
fight against extradition.
All ministers are going to:
; talk to their congregations j
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: Bill, whose savings account to- j
tals $42,000.
| my friends and neighbors will I
catch on to what I’m doing. I !
' have to act always broke. One!
k the fellow I was working for;
‘' almost realized that it was I
} who told on him. He was lucky,
’ he got a schrewd lawyer, won
' his case. I got nothing. I’m still
2 trying to get evidence on him
- after all these years" added
2! Bill, who looks like an average
■ fellow.
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~ Quickly he stated the types
of “cheaters”. “There’s the guy
that overlists his donations and
1 has never been to church in
" ; his life. I usually go around
’■ giving them the impression
" that I am from some group like
: j the Heart Fund, etc., and when
I am turned down I use this as
0 evidence against him. One type
sets up phony corporation ex
-1 penses, and hidden bank ac
g
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BIG GUNS— Top person
alities for the new daily
are shown during the cere
mony for ground breaking
last Sunday at East Wash-
Wilson Says
Fan Is 111
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3 Jackie Wilson says he does
* n’t want to send Juanita Jones
l to jail for shooting him in his
-(apartment two weeks ago. He
? is fighting for his life now in
r a hospital in New York because
1 of wounds which were inflic
-1 ted upon him by a love-sick
1 fan who entered his apartment
1 carrying a gun in her bosom.
J Wilson said the woman
should be sent to a hospital and
not to jail, for she is obviously
an ill woman.
This momentous crisis in the life of or
ganized mankind may be likened to the
culminating stage in the political evolution
of the great American Republic the stage
which marked the emergence of a unified
community of federated states.
During his talk, Smoot said
that the NAACP and commun
ists are behind integration for
the reasons given above. He
talked against Dr. Weaver,
Kennedy-appointed head of the
federal Housing Agency. He
further commented that Weav
| er should not be in that posi
i tion because of his affiliation
j with the NAACP, as the form
er president of the organiza
tion. Smoot, with his ”anti
j libel method of oily speaking”
j indicated that NAACP was
communistic and indirectly in-
I sinuated that Weaver was a
| communist.
I In a very convincing manner
which would make the average
j person agree with him, he de
| liberately planted “fear” in
people’s minds—fear that the
Negro’s main goal is to inter
marry. Dan Smoot, who is
connected with the White Cit
izens groups proved that his
lessons in “psychological war
fare” were well learned; that
his investigations of commun
; ists during his FBI days prov
ed valuable because he learned
many tricks of the commies in
| brainwashing. He well knows
that the average American
i
, white is not opposed to living
l on the same social level with
. the Negro; and not opposed to
, equal rights for the Negro, but
through very strong traditions,
they fear the mixing of the ra
-1 ces and nationalities whether
it be Jews, Greeks, Italians,
etc.
ington at 28th St. Shown
are (L-R): Robert Morris
son, Richard Harless, Bill
Smith and Rev. Culver H.
Nelson. (Photo-Campbell)
The President
Disappoints
Floyd Patterson
Floyd Patterson was keenly
' disappointed to learn that
President Kennedy would not
attend the Patterson - Johans
son heavyweight title fight.
The president decided to watch
the fight on TV. Patterson
said he would have been happy
to have given the President his
own seat between rounds if
that would have assured his be
ing there to witness the fight
in person.
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