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THE NEGRO PRESS CREDO The Negro Press believes that America 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. XIX No. 39 RUBY HURLEY IS NAACP SPEAKER Vote Drive, Legal Action Is Taken By South Phoenix Group Attorneys Get The Go Ahead Signal An aggressive vote drive and legal action was underway this week, by the Ministers and the South Phoenix Civic Organization. The Ministers and the Civic Or ganization have joined forces to push voter registration, make an attempt to get voters to the polls, and succeed in their goal to get something done about bad water service on East Broadway. “We want everyone concern ed to know that the groups have retained an attorney to represent us,” a spokesman for the group said. “We be lieve he will file suit against the East Broadway Water Com pany.’’ Two groups are putting forth ef fort. One is to get better water, and they are pushing the vote drive. The other is working close-! ly with attorneys to gather ma terial for the water suit. The vote drive is directed at Corporation Commission Chairman Eddie Williams, who is up for re election this fall. So far his office has refused to take action in re gards to the water issue. The legal move is directed against the * East Broadway Water Cb. “Both moves will definately pro duce results,” Bev. Allbrittion and Mrs. Marie Ogletree, said. The East Broadway precinct represents 1,500 water users, with a possible 3,500 voters. The group is making every effort to get every person registered, and means will be worked out to get them to the polls. East Broadway residents are “at their limits,” over the sad condition of the water. Because the pleas of the users of the water never got any further than the water company office, the bad water continued to exist. Residents complain they’ve been subjected to everything from bad water to no water. As a result, the group is taking positive action. Sun Office Moved The office of the ARIZONA SUN is now in a new location. The new address is 613 South Central Ave. The telephone number is 254-2823. News releases should be mailed or telephoned to this new office from now on. Advertising and cir culation is handled through the office at 3910 South Central. I ■; 1 I I | S| ■MM | ••<; Mpr 18m j ♦'- : y£i ~2 M Hp J ,v.- * .^jpiV^HMM lr I F ;j|£i| ,% | f %\ Ai jr .lasWw) <|" ' / '"?> * *• * • a-.»•*. A,v s"'' H VOTER DRIVE STARTS—A drive to get voters registered and to the polls is underway. Registration headquarters at the Union Baptist Church, is busy. Shown, left to right are, Mrs. Anna Grant, Mrs. Comalee Pipkins. Mrs. Margaret Williams, and Mrs. Mamie Gibson, Registrar.—Photo by Cloves. Arthur Patrick Made Member Os Downtown YMCA Youth Committee Mr. Arthur Patrick who came to Phoenix about a year ago from Cleveland, Ohio, and is employed in the Internal Revenue Depart ment in the new Federal Building has been appointed to the Youth Branch of the Y.M.C.A. Mr. Pat rick is a law graduate from the Cleveland-Marshall Law School of Cleveland. He is a member of the Wesley Methodist Church at 18th Street and Washington, and is chair man of the Guide Right Committee of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraterni ty. He is interested in civic work as indicated by the fact that he is working with Careers For Youth, Incorporated. Mrs. Patrick is af filiated with the Urban League Guild. The couple have two girls, 8 and 3 years old. Principals and others interested in having their boys affiliated with the Y.M.C.A. should get in touch with Mr. Pat rick. ALDRICH HATE GROUP ISSUES CIVIL RIGHTS MANIFESTO “Aldrich Blake started a bate campaign in Phoenix in 1953 and was immediately exposed and driv en from the state through the co operative efforts of Governor How ard Pyle, the Arizona Republic, and a group of highly influential citizens. The Arizona expose was masterfully written by former Re public writer, Frank Crehan.” Second of a series of articles appearing in the Arizona Sun: This challenge is directed to the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People (N --AACP); the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA); the anti-Defamation League of the B’- nai B’rith; the American Jewish Committee; the Communist Party which unanimously supports the Civil Righters; to all other groups that support the Civil Rights Cru sade, and to its foremost legal (Continued on Page Eight) ARIZONA SUN ■H fc It# 1 , ■ f jf> y 'ol Iff l : f l||p W JBn » [jjj k „ Mb j|| S ij| K;l: fM m** ' **--**' BL,— MANY GET VACCINE—A large turnout at Palmdale School was registered Sunday, for people getting Sabine Oral Vaccine. They HARD WORK PAYS DIVIDENDS Mr. Alton Thomas Arizona Sun 4014 South Central Avenue Phoenix, Arizona Dear Al: Enclosed is a copy of the reso-' lution which was sent. to me by Mr, Harry Rosenwelg, which you may use to inform our com munity that much good has come from the recent picketing. Since the banks and most of the business places downtown are members of the Downtown Mer chants Association, this should open many new doors of opportunities. I shall never to able to thank you enough on behalf on the NAA CP for the wonderful cooperation you have given us to forward the cause of the community. May you continue to enjoy the many bless ings you are entitled to. sincerely, Valley Life Insurance Company Lincoln J. Ragsdale President A RESOLUTION WHEREAS the Board of Gov ernors of the Downtown Merchants Association of Phoenix did at the regular business meeting held on Wednesday, February 21, 1962, firmly resolve that the policies and practices of member firms of this organization in relation to em ployment of retail sales person nel are: 1. Member firms of the Down town Merchants Association of Phoenix have and will continue to employ persons of any race, religion, creed or color in all re tail capacities. 2. This Association has in the past and will continue to encour age and sponsor sales training of persons for employ in the retail field regardless of race, religion, creed or color. 3. Member firms have and will continue to sponsor and further (Continued on Page Three) NAACP Plans Southwest Regional Conference Oklahoma City, Okla. The NAACP’s southwest regional con ference will meet here, March 9- 11, with delegates in attendance from Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. A series of workshops, dealing with varied areas of NAACP pro gram, are slated. These include: —“The Church and Its Responsi bility in the Area of Civil Rights,” led by Rev. Edward J. Odom, Jr., national NAACP church secretary. —“Publicity, Promotions and Public Relations,” led by Henry Lee Moon, national director of NAACP public relations. —“The Relationship of the Vote to Civil Rights,” led by W. C. I Patton, NAACP field secretary for I registration and voting. —“Where We Stand Legally in the Southwest Region,” led by Robert L. Carter, NAACP general counsel. —“Membership and Fund Rais ing,” led by Gloster B. Current, NAACP director of branches. Phoenix 40, Ariz., Thursday, March 8,1962 NAACP SEEKS COURT RULE TO HALT ISSUE DR. KING CANCELS PHOENIX APPEARANCE The Phoenix Forum announced this week that The Rev. Dr. Mar tin Luther King has cancelled his appeareance in Phoenix. They re gret this very much but they know that any organization which books Rev. King may expect to be dis appointed, although it happens in frequently. The wire from Dr. King’s office indicated that he is under great tension at this time and did not feel capable of making two appearances in as many nights. Besides this the Rev. Dr. Shuttle worth, who has been held in pri son for three months, has just been given bail upon the writ of habeas corpus issued last week by Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black. Dr. Shuttles worth’s close friends in the Southern Leadership Conference are planning a recep tion for him which Dr. King feels he must attend. The Phoenix For um hopes to bring him here at a later date. Nat’l Urban League Official Is Named To Citizens Committee New York —Nelson C. Jackson, associate executive director of the National Urban League, has been named to a citizen’s committee of leaders from medical, social service and religious fields to plan and conduct the 50th anniversary celebration of the U. S. Children’s Bureau, to be held in Washington, April 9. In announcing the ceremony, at which more than 1,000 are ex pected, Secretary Abraham A. Ribi coff of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare pointed out in Washington that the United States became the first nation in the world, 50 years ago, to estab lish a bureau specifically concern ed with protecting the interests of children. The committee is headed by Melvin A. Glasser, dean of Uni versity Resources, Brandeis Uni versity. Following the Children s Bureau event, Mr. Jackson will attend the Joint Conference on Children and Youth, April 10-12, and a meeting of the National Committee for Children and Youth, April 12-13, are part of 255,000 Maricopa County residents who turned out. The third type of vaccine will be given later this year. New York—The National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People has asked the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to halt a scheduled $3,850,000 school bond issue referendum for enlarge ment of two predominantly Negro schools in Hempstead, Long Is land. The NAACP complaint, filed on Feb. 19 on behalf of 56 Negro chil dren in the Hempstead school dis trict, asks the court to restrain the school board “from proceed ing with the referendum of March 13, 1962, and the bond issue and building program which would en large presently segregated schools.” Because of the time element, “a speedy hearing according to law,” is requested. Moreover, the complaint asks that the school authorities be “en joined from operating and provid ing racially segregated public schools and assigning plaintiffs and the members of the class they represent to racially segregated schools, of controlling transfers (Continued on Page Three) Both meetings also are in Wash ington. Mr. Jackson has been active in community service and educational work for the past 30 years, and has been associated with the Ur ban League since 1946. He served for six years as director of the NUL Southern Regional Office in Atlanta and since 1952, headed the organization’s community services at New York headquarters. In 1957 he was named an associate NUL director and last fall was appointed to his present position. Previous to joining the NUL, Mr. Jackson was in social service work in Missouri, Alabama and New Jersey. From 1936 to 1943 he was head of the research and com munity service department of the Atlanta .University School of So cial Work. During World War II he was regional representative of the office of Community War Serv ices, FSA. Mr. Jackson is a member of the Moreland Commission, named re cently by Governor Rockefeller to examine public welfare practices in New York State. Is Promoted a v ; ; ; i . ‘ ♦ M , fHi *■ » i?. '■”! Georgia Matthews We would like to congratulate Miss Georgia Matthews of 1518 W. Sherman for her new position as salesgirl at Korricks, one of our most outstanding department stores. She has worked her way from the marketing department up to sales girl on the Mezzanine floor. She got her position through her Distributive Education Class. She was selected to go into the job by her counselors and dean of girls. Georgia is very active in many school activities. She is interested in singing and is secretary of the Accapella Choir at Phoenix Union High School where she is a senior. She is a representative from her school to the inter-high school brotherhood counsel which is af filiated with the National Confer ence of Christian and Jews. She was a delegate to the Conference in February, 1962. She will be a 1962 Debutant this year. Her hob bies are singing and dancing. s •'. „ v .V --I§| 1 ** s?* 11 \ m I , •>»= n l|M| |wnn(i»WW#^ > \ hHH9H^hHS£| FIRST CUSTOMER—First customer at the new Central and Southern Phoenix Title and Trust office was an escrow wherein Williams & Jones Construction Co. Inc. is purchasing an office building located at 3828 S. 7th St., from Mr. J. O. Willauer. The Company was represented by Travis Williams and D. W. Williams. Mr. Clyde PHOENIX, Ariz., March 8 Mrs. Ruby Hurley, Southeastern Area Director of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People will be the principle speaker at a mass meeting sponsored by the Maricopa County Branch of the Association Sunday, March 13th, 1962, at 7:30 o’clock. The meeting will RENEE TAYLOR TO GIVE SCOTTSDALE LECTURE As one of the features of the Grand Opening Party of the Eich enauer Nutrition Center in Papago Plaza, Scottsdale, Renee Taylor of Los Angeles, California, will lecture about her recent visit to Hunzaland in northern Pakistan: Thursday, March 15th, 8:00 p.m. Phoenix Women’s Club; Colored movies; 302 West Earll Drive. Friday, March 16, 8:00 p.m. Chris-Town Auditorium; Colored slides, 1700 W. Bethany Home Rd. Miss Taylor also will autograph the book about this fabulous land she co-authored with Dr. Alleh j E. Banik, at both the Papago Pla- Iza and Chris-Town stores. Also part of the opening week’s attractions will be three lectures by the prominent health lecturer, Bernard Jensen, D. C., of Escondi do, California: Monday, March 19th, 8:00 p.m. Phoenix Women’s Club: KEEP ING FIT TOMORROW. Tuesday, March 20th, 2:30 p.m., Chris - Town Auditorium: YOUR EMOTIONAL I. Q. Tuesday, March 20th, 8:00 p.m., Helsing’s Cafteria: AMERICA’S GREATEST CHALLENGE, Scotts dale & McDowell Roads, Scotts dale. JUNIOR MISSION MT. CALVARY MEETS The Junior Mission Mt. Calvary Church met at the home of Mrs. Elrna Baldwin on March 5. Scrip ture reading was Mathews 18:16. Songs adn prayer were lead by Mrs. Ardealia Wilson and Mrs. Jefferson. There was a solo by Mrs. Muad Jewell. Mrs. Wilson taught. The St. Patrick tea to be held on the 18th of March, was discussed after the lesson. On the sick list were Mrs. Fullylove and Mrs. Richard Johnson. Mrs. Bald win was hostess and served cake and coffee. The next meeting will be at the Mt. Calvary Church, Monday night on March 12. Mrs. Joanna Brown, president, Mrs. Ardealia Wilson, reporter. Nurses Aide Meets The United Nurses Aide will hold their regular monthly meeting at the Willow Grove Baptist Church, 3244 South 40th Street, Rev. W. M. Hardison, pastor. The meeting will be held on March 14 at 7:30 p.m. We are asking that all members be present. Mrs. N. G. Mitchell, reporter and Mrs. Flora Ruffins, President. Webb, designated broker for Webb, Williams &-• Berry Real Estate Brokers and Insurance Agency, one of the brokers for the escrow was present. The other broker, Northwest Land Of fice, was unable to attend. Second in line for two new escrows was Dori Hjalmarson of South Mountain Realty, 5400 S. Central Ave. PAID U. S. Postage Phoenix Arizona Bulk Rat« Permit x\u. -*9B Ten Cents be held at Mt. Calvery Baptist Church, 1246 South 11th Avenue. Attorney Hurley is one of the best women speakers in the field of civil rights. “She is well aware of what has happened in the South in recent years,” according to Rev. G. Benjamin Brooks, local presi dent, “for she has been>the prime mover behind the program.” Mrs. Hurley was active in the bus boy cott in Albany, Georgia; when Negroes were put off their tenant farms in Tennessee because they dared to register to vote, Mrs. Hurley was there to help in the establishment of “Tent City;” “When Emitt Till was lynched,” according to Attorney H. B. Daniels, “Attorney Ruby Hurley, at the risk of her life, went into Mississippi to investigate the cir cumstances”; she was in Raleigh, North Carolina to spearhead the drive throughout North Carolina. When Mississippi authorities set dogs upon a group of peaceful demonstrators, Mrs. Hurley was on the scene to protest such in human means of enforcing an il legal system of segregation upon the people of Mississippi. It was Mrs. Hurley who investi gated segregation complaints against the Lockheed Aviation Com pany on the outskirts of Atlanta in 1960 and 1961. This investigation resulted in getting rid of discrimi nation in hiring, upgrading of Negroes, the elimination wage dif ferences, and in the removal of all seperation of facilities and labor unions for workers at the plant. j , “When history records the names of those most active in changing the course \Q(American (Continued on Page Three) Cleared Os Fraud Charge Dr. T. R. M. Howard, a former president of the National Medical Assn, was acquitted of charges that he conspired to defraud an insurance company through a faked accident. A Chicago jury acquitted him after deliberating a little more than two hours. Dr. Howard moved to Chicago from Mound Bayow, Miss, in 1955. DIVORCE NOT LEGAL Marghuerite Mays says that lwr Mexican divorce is legal despite the fact that a San Francisco Judge says “it isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.” Judge Joseph Karesh warns Hie former Mrs. Mays that she is sub ject to contempt of court for seek ing a divorce after he granted separate maintenance and reduced Willie’s SI,OOO monthly payments to S4OO for support of their adopted son.