Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1960-01-02 Thaddeus T. Stokes MEMPHIS WORLD The South's Oldest and Leafing Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO. Every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 546 BEALE — Ph. JA. 6-4431 Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE W. A. Scott, II, Founder; C. A, Scott, Genera! Manager Entered in the Post Office at Memphis, Tenn. as second-class mail under the Act of. Congress, March 1, 1870 TRADDEUS T. STOKES Managing Editor SMITH FLEMING Circulation Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES Year $5.00 — 6 Months $3.00 — 3 Months $1.50 (In Advance) The MEMPHIS WORLD is an independent newspaper — non-sectarian abd non-partisan, printing news unbiasedly and supporting those things it believes to be of interest to its readers and opposing those things against the interest of its readers. Vice-President Nixon Seems Assured Republican Nomination For President Probably the important news at the end of the year would be the assurance of the nomination of Vice-President Richard M. Nixon as the standard bearer of the GOP. The withdrawal from the race by Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York did not come unexpectedly. This, was foreseen in that unity the party insisted ever since the inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In fact, Governor Rockefeller himself statetd at the first, that Vice-President Nixon earned the honor. On numerous other occasions, Governor Rockefeller gave credit, to the Vice-President for his foresight and ability and we are happy to now share that view from here. The right of any American to aspire for high office is by no means removed from the American principle or abridged as some would infer. It was seen early in the first administration of President Eisenhower that he had a Vice-President whose growth would soon be acknowledged as more than a traditional "fifth wheel" chosen from some doubtful state out of spirit of euphony and good usage. Richard M. Nixon was soon to write his name on the lintels of destiny and not one of the prior Vice-Presidents has been so useful to a President as has Mr. Nixon. President Eisenhower showed great confidence in the VP! by the powers he early conferred upon him. He was called upon to sit around cabinet tables and trusted with vital missions at the hand of the President. Now, there is no doubt that the Vice-President will come through the Republican National Convention with flying colors. Governor Rockefeller has grown in statue; he has shown the good sense and fine sportsmanship that should become a stalwart leader of these times. A young man himself, Governor Rockefeller-realizes that there is plenty of time for his aspirations in the future, and there is more to be gained just now than staking a questionable claim. The nation loves him the more and his stand on the side of good party relations and a united front in these times, shall not be forgotten. So, now, it seems Richard M. Nixon is assured the Republican nomination. Emancipation Day In many parts of our nation January 1 will be celebrated as Emancipation Day. The celebration is in commemoration of the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln which set free the darker Americans who were held as slaves. The Lincoln-issued proclamation is one of the precious heritage documents of these United States of America. Meantime there is continuing preparation of the centennial of the Civil War, or War of Rebellion as some of the oldtimers describe it. It should be kept in mind that the Negro group helped to fight during the Civil War to preserve the nation and to eliminate from its life the institution of slavery. Something like a cold civil war seems still to be going on. There are legislative, extra-legal, propaganda and violent forces still fighting to hold the Negro segment in second-class citizenship, which is up-dated slavery. These evil and dangerous forces must be resisted with moral power, weapons of freedom, and the arsenal of constitutional law. The Negro group must shoulder its part of the fight in ridding all of America of. sub-Standard citizenship. The Emancipation Day programs scheduled in various parts of this area deserve support. It must be constantly kept in mind that the Emancipation Proclamation is a freedom document, not a slavery edict. There must always be a place for showing appreciation for freedom and honoring the memory of those associated with it. The fight for creative and broadening freedom is a constant human challenge. Emancipation Day is a celebration of freedom day, which should be every American day. COURT ORDERS pare and submit to him the amended plan as he ordered. He also stipulated that attorneys for the 10 plaintiffs would have five days to file with the court their objections, if any, to the amendments. Judge Hooper said a further order of the court regarding the pupil placement plan will be made on or after January 6 when amendments to the plan is offered by the defendants. The Atlanta Board of Education on November 30 submitted to Judge Hooper a unanimous-board approved placement plan in compliance with an earlier order of the court. The plan, as formulated by the Atlanta Board of Education sets up a multiplicity of "qualifications" governing the admission, transfer or placement of Atlanta school children, but declared the qualifications would be applied non-discriminately, without any regard to race of color. An oral hearing was held December 14 where attorneys for the 10 plaintiffs who treated the suit in 1958 voiced strenuous objections to the proposed plan, saying basically, that it did net conform to the order of the court, and that it contained inherent delaying tactics. In his lengthy review of the objections and his opinion regarding their Validity, Judge Hooper asked one defendants to submit co him one following amendments: 1. The plan submitted by the Board of Education must be amended on or before January 6, 1960 to provide for more expeditious administrative procedure. 2. The plan must be amended so as to contain a severability provison Hooper asked for the foregoing stam so that the elimination of cost or standard would not the entire plan to fail. tion or breaches of the peace shall be taken to contemplate factors, other than racial discrimination. Hooper said the standards dealing with contemplated friction or breach of the peace could not validly be considered by the Board of Education where such factors pertain only to race or color. 4. The proposed factors concerning "economic retaliation" must be stricken from the plan, One of the features of the plan used as a standard was the possibility of breaches of the peace or 111 will or economic retaliation within the community." 5. Standard involving psychological factors must be applied without reference to race or color; placement based upon the same must specifically designate the facts upon which the findings are made. The proposed plan includes a cumbersome number of psychological standards that were strongly protested by the plaintiffs as the vague and indefinite at the December 14 hearing. They include: 1. The psychological effect upon the pupil of attendance at a particular school; 2. The morals, conduct, health and personal standards of the pupil; 3. The home environment of the pupil; 4. The psychological qualification of the pupil for the type of teaching and associations involved, and 5. The ability to accept or conform to new and different educational environment. Judge Hooper said the psychological factors could be relevant and material in pupil placement and there is no reason why they should be applied in a discriminatory way." "The fact that the language is general," the judge continued, "does not mean that it can be made do encompass a test which would-not be valid." Judge Hooper, who-has had the Atlanta plan under study almost constantly since he received it on November 30, declared, in referring to one of the plaintiffs' stronger objections, that he made the initiation of the Atlanta plan contingent upon the legislature be: cause "The people of Georgia, through their chosen representatives in the legislator?, should be allowed to make the important decision as to whether they would prefer the closing of the schools on one hand, to the gradual desegregation of the schools on the other hand, pursuant to the plan under consderation. Hooper said that "For the court to order the Atlanta schools to desegregate would be equivalent to ordering them closed," especially with the knowledge of the Georgia laws that would cut off all state funds to desegregated school system, he added. In his order for amendments, Judge Hooper struck hardest at the administrative remedies provided in the plan for those students whose applications to certain schools or denied. Hooper said that the appeals procedure outlined in the plan calls for a series of appear by the refused child that would take, Hooper estimated, approximately 76 days to reach the final stage. Those 75 days, plaintiffs argued at the oral, hearing, would virtually rule out any action on an application for transfer or placement within any given school year. One portion of the appeals procedure cats for a final appeal to be carried by the student to the State Board of Education. Hooper said that in the amended plan, the board of education should "also explain what is meant by 'appeal to the State Board of Education' particularly since the lazier panty is not a party to his case and cannot be compelled by this court to make a ruling upon the plan prior to the opening of the 1980 session of the Georgia General Assembly. However, he did no; close the door on future action when he said his "opinion will be supplemented or revised at a later date if the court finds it necessary." THE AMENDMENTS pare and submit to him the amended plan as he ordered. He also stipulated that attorneys for the 10 plaintiffs would have five days to file with the court their objections, if any, to the amendments. Judge Hooper said a further order of the court regarding the pupil placement plan will be made on or after January 6 when amendments to the plan is offered by the defendants. The Atlanta Board of Education on November 30 submitted to Judge Hooper a unanimous-board approved placement plan in compliance with an earlier order of the court. The plan, as formulated by the Atlanta Board of Education sets up a multiplicity of "qualifications" governing the admission, transfer or placement of Atlanta school children, but declared the qualifications would be applied non-discriminately, without any regard to race of color. An oral hearing was held December 14 where attorneys for the 10 plaintiffs who treated the suit in 1958 voiced strenuous objections to the proposed plan, saying basically, that it did net conform to the order of the court, and that it contained inherent delaying tactics. In his lengthy review of the objections and his opinion regarding their Validity, Judge Hooper asked one defendants to submit co him one following amendments: 1. The plan submitted by the Board of Education must be amended on or before January 6, 1960 to provide for more expeditious administrative procedure. 2. The plan must be amended so as to contain a severability provison Hooper asked for the foregoing stam so that the elimination of cost or standard would not the entire plan to fail. tion or breaches of the peace shall be taken to contemplate factors, other than racial discrimination. Hooper said the standards dealing with contemplated friction or breach of the peace could not validly be considered by the Board of Education where such factors pertain only to race or color. 4. The proposed factors concerning "economic retaliation" must be stricken from the plan, One of the features of the plan used as a standard was the possibility of breaches of the peace or 111 will or economic retaliation within the community." 5. Standard involving psychological factors must be applied without reference to race or color; placement based upon the same must specifically designate the facts upon which the findings are made. The proposed plan includes a cumbersome number of psychological standards that were strongly protested by the plaintiffs as the vague and indefinite at the December 14 hearing. They include: 1. The psychological effect upon the pupil of attendance at a particular school; 2. The morals, conduct, health and personal standards of the pupil; 3. The home environment of the pupil; 4. The psychological qualification of the pupil for the type of teaching and associations involved, and 5. The ability to accept or conform to new and different educational environment. Judge Hooper said the psychological factors could be relevant and material in pupil placement and there is no reason why they should be applied in a discriminatory way." "The fact that the language is general," the judge continued, "does not mean that it can be made do encompass a test which would-not be valid." Judge Hooper, who-has had the Atlanta plan under study almost constantly since he received it on November 30, declared, in referring to one of the plaintiffs' stronger objections, that he made the initiation of the Atlanta plan contingent upon the legislature be: cause "The people of Georgia, through their chosen representatives in the legislator?, should be allowed to make the important decision as to whether they would prefer the closing of the schools on one hand, to the gradual desegregation of the schools on the other hand, pursuant to the plan under consderation. Hooper said that "For the court to order the Atlanta schools to desegregate would be equivalent to ordering them closed," especially with the knowledge of the Georgia laws that would cut off all state funds to desegregated school system, he added. In his order for amendments, Judge Hooper struck hardest at the administrative remedies provided in the plan for those students whose applications to certain schools or denied. Hooper said that the appeals procedure outlined in the plan calls for a series of appear by the refused child that would take, Hooper estimated, approximately 76 days to reach the final stage. Those 75 days, plaintiffs argued at the oral, hearing, would virtually rule out any action on an application for transfer or placement within any given school year. One portion of the appeals procedure cats for a final appeal to be carried by the student to the State Board of Education. Hooper said that in the amended plan, the board of education should "also explain what is meant by 'appeal to the State Board of Education' particularly since the lazier panty is not a party to his case and cannot be compelled by this court to make a ruling upon the plan prior to the opening of the 1980 session of the Georgia General Assembly. However, he did no; close the door on future action when he said his "opinion will be supplemented or revised at a later date if the court finds it necessary." STANDARDS pare and submit to him the amended plan as he ordered. He also stipulated that attorneys for the 10 plaintiffs would have five days to file with the court their objections, if any, to the amendments. Judge Hooper said a further order of the court regarding the pupil placement plan will be made on or after January 6 when amendments to the plan is offered by the defendants. The Atlanta Board of Education on November 30 submitted to Judge Hooper a unanimous-board approved placement plan in compliance with an earlier order of the court. The plan, as formulated by the Atlanta Board of Education sets up a multiplicity of "qualifications" governing the admission, transfer or placement of Atlanta school children, but declared the qualifications would be applied non-discriminately, without any regard to race of color. An oral hearing was held December 14 where attorneys for the 10 plaintiffs who treated the suit in 1958 voiced strenuous objections to the proposed plan, saying basically, that it did net conform to the order of the court, and that it contained inherent delaying tactics. In his lengthy review of the objections and his opinion regarding their Validity, Judge Hooper asked one defendants to submit co him one following amendments: 1. The plan submitted by the Board of Education must be amended on or before January 6, 1960 to provide for more expeditious administrative procedure. 2. The plan must be amended so as to contain a severability provison Hooper asked for the foregoing stam so that the elimination of cost or standard would not the entire plan to fail. tion or breaches of the peace shall be taken to contemplate factors, other than racial discrimination. Hooper said the standards dealing with contemplated friction or breach of the peace could not validly be considered by the Board of Education where such factors pertain only to race or color. 4. The proposed factors concerning "economic retaliation" must be stricken from the plan, One of the features of the plan used as a standard was the possibility of breaches of the peace or 111 will or economic retaliation within the community." 5. Standard involving psychological factors must be applied without reference to race or color; placement based upon the same must specifically designate the facts upon which the findings are made. The proposed plan includes a cumbersome number of psychological standards that were strongly protested by the plaintiffs as the vague and indefinite at the December 14 hearing. They include: 1. The psychological effect upon the pupil of attendance at a particular school; 2. The morals, conduct, health and personal standards of the pupil; 3. The home environment of the pupil; 4. The psychological qualification of the pupil for the type of teaching and associations involved, and 5. The ability to accept or conform to new and different educational environment. Judge Hooper said the psychological factors could be relevant and material in pupil placement and there is no reason why they should be applied in a discriminatory way." "The fact that the language is general," the judge continued, "does not mean that it can be made do encompass a test which would-not be valid." Judge Hooper, who-has had the Atlanta plan under study almost constantly since he received it on November 30, declared, in referring to one of the plaintiffs' stronger objections, that he made the initiation of the Atlanta plan contingent upon the legislature be: cause "The people of Georgia, through their chosen representatives in the legislator?, should be allowed to make the important decision as to whether they would prefer the closing of the schools on one hand, to the gradual desegregation of the schools on the other hand, pursuant to the plan under consderation. Hooper said that "For the court to order the Atlanta schools to desegregate would be equivalent to ordering them closed," especially with the knowledge of the Georgia laws that would cut off all state funds to desegregated school system, he added. In his order for amendments, Judge Hooper struck hardest at the administrative remedies provided in the plan for those students whose applications to certain schools or denied. Hooper said that the appeals procedure outlined in the plan calls for a series of appear by the refused child that would take, Hooper estimated, approximately 76 days to reach the final stage. Those 75 days, plaintiffs argued at the oral, hearing, would virtually rule out any action on an application for transfer or placement within any given school year. One portion of the appeals procedure cats for a final appeal to be carried by the student to the State Board of Education. Hooper said that in the amended plan, the board of education should "also explain what is meant by 'appeal to the State Board of Education' particularly since the lazier panty is not a party to his case and cannot be compelled by this court to make a ruling upon the plan prior to the opening of the 1980 session of the Georgia General Assembly. However, he did no; close the door on future action when he said his "opinion will be supplemented or revised at a later date if the court finds it necessary." HITS DISCRIMINATION pare and submit to him the amended plan as he ordered. He also stipulated that attorneys for the 10 plaintiffs would have five days to file with the court their objections, if any, to the amendments. Judge Hooper said a further order of the court regarding the pupil placement plan will be made on or after January 6 when amendments to the plan is offered by the defendants. The Atlanta Board of Education on November 30 submitted to Judge Hooper a unanimous-board approved placement plan in compliance with an earlier order of the court. The plan, as formulated by the Atlanta Board of Education sets up a multiplicity of "qualifications" governing the admission, transfer or placement of Atlanta school children, but declared the qualifications would be applied non-discriminately, without any regard to race of color. An oral hearing was held December 14 where attorneys for the 10 plaintiffs who treated the suit in 1958 voiced strenuous objections to the proposed plan, saying basically, that it did net conform to the order of the court, and that it contained inherent delaying tactics. In his lengthy review of the objections and his opinion regarding their Validity, Judge Hooper asked one defendants to submit co him one following amendments: 1. The plan submitted by the Board of Education must be amended on or before January 6, 1960 to provide for more expeditious administrative procedure. 2. The plan must be amended so as to contain a severability provison Hooper asked for the foregoing stam so that the elimination of cost or standard would not the entire plan to fail. tion or breaches of the peace shall be taken to contemplate factors, other than racial discrimination. Hooper said the standards dealing with contemplated friction or breach of the peace could not validly be considered by the Board of Education where such factors pertain only to race or color. 4. The proposed factors concerning "economic retaliation" must be stricken from the plan, One of the features of the plan used as a standard was the possibility of breaches of the peace or 111 will or economic retaliation within the community." 5. Standard involving psychological factors must be applied without reference to race or color; placement based upon the same must specifically designate the facts upon which the findings are made. The proposed plan includes a cumbersome number of psychological standards that were strongly protested by the plaintiffs as the vague and indefinite at the December 14 hearing. They include: 1. The psychological effect upon the pupil of attendance at a particular school; 2. The morals, conduct, health and personal standards of the pupil; 3. The home environment of the pupil; 4. The psychological qualification of the pupil for the type of teaching and associations involved, and 5. The ability to accept or conform to new and different educational environment. Judge Hooper said the psychological factors could be relevant and material in pupil placement and there is no reason why they should be applied in a discriminatory way." "The fact that the language is general," the judge continued, "does not mean that it can be made do encompass a test which would-not be valid." Judge Hooper, who-has had the Atlanta plan under study almost constantly since he received it on November 30, declared, in referring to one of the plaintiffs' stronger objections, that he made the initiation of the Atlanta plan contingent upon the legislature be: cause "The people of Georgia, through their chosen representatives in the legislator?, should be allowed to make the important decision as to whether they would prefer the closing of the schools on one hand, to the gradual desegregation of the schools on the other hand, pursuant to the plan under consderation. Hooper said that "For the court to order the Atlanta schools to desegregate would be equivalent to ordering them closed," especially with the knowledge of the Georgia laws that would cut off all state funds to desegregated school system, he added. In his order for amendments, Judge Hooper struck hardest at the administrative remedies provided in the plan for those students whose applications to certain schools or denied. Hooper said that the appeals procedure outlined in the plan calls for a series of appear by the refused child that would take, Hooper estimated, approximately 76 days to reach the final stage. Those 75 days, plaintiffs argued at the oral, hearing, would virtually rule out any action on an application for transfer or placement within any given school year. One portion of the appeals procedure cats for a final appeal to be carried by the student to the State Board of Education. Hooper said that in the amended plan, the board of education should "also explain what is meant by 'appeal to the State Board of Education' particularly since the lazier panty is not a party to his case and cannot be compelled by this court to make a ruling upon the plan prior to the opening of the 1980 session of the Georgia General Assembly. However, he did no; close the door on future action when he said his "opinion will be supplemented or revised at a later date if the court finds it necessary." Locomotive Flees 70 Miles Minus Drivers Little old-240, an ugly duckling as far as locomotives go, sallied forth to see the world Wednesday. The squat little diesel, assigned to the unglamorous task of switching cars in the yard, clipped off nearly 70 miles through the Virginia countryside without anyone in its cab before pursuing trainmen could corral it. Nobody got hurt. A companion switch engine bound on the same trip pooped out. The mystery of how they got started on their errant ways puzzled several investigators, including the FBI which said it' was checking to see if any federal laws had been violated. The train company hinted that someone deliberately sent them on their way. The two engines were parked side by side in the yards of the Atlantic Coast Line here well before dawn. Their crews were not due for several hours, Startled trainmen looked and saw the two engines were gone, A train agent solemnly called Richmond police to report them missing. About the same time, the rival Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's warning system flashed a warning that a train was on C&O tracks which parallel the James River rind roll to the west from Richmond through hills and farmland. No trains were scheduled at the hour and the C&O put out an order, for other trains to stay off the track. Meanwhile, the first engine was found sitting quietly on n railroad trestle over the James. Little old 240 had more power and chugged on through a switch of the C&O and headed west at a steady 25 miles per hour. C&O Road Foreman J. A. Nuttycombe and Trainmaster J. F. Bickers," routed out of bed were assigned to catch the errant locomotive. Boarding of their own switch engines, they pulled alongside on the parallel tracks. Nuttycome said they decided to use a long pole-like hook to smash the window and close 240's throttle and try to lock the brake. Little 240 was picking up speed. By now it was doing about 30. It was Nuttycombe, hanging on the side of his own C&O engine, who reached the 3 or 4 feet across the tracks and smashed the window and managed to close the throttle. The runaway engine ground to a halt near Strathmore, Va., 68 rail miles from its parking space in one ACL yards' in Richmond. Nuttycombe had to jump across to the errant engine from his own as it slowed down to bring it to a halt. L. S. Jeffords, vice president of operations for the ACL, said in Wilmington, N. C., it would be virtually impossible for the two locomotives to start out without the help of "someone with specialized operating and mechanical knowledge of the equipment." Jeffords said both engines were propertly parked by their crews and evidence showed the clocks beneath their wheels had been run cover- RIVAL FLASHES WARNING Little old-240, an ugly duckling as far as locomotives go, sallied forth to see the world Wednesday. The squat little diesel, assigned to the unglamorous task of switching cars in the yard, clipped off nearly 70 miles through the Virginia countryside without anyone in its cab before pursuing trainmen could corral it. Nobody got hurt. A companion switch engine bound on the same trip pooped out. The mystery of how they got started on their errant ways puzzled several investigators, including the FBI which said it' was checking to see if any federal laws had been violated. The train company hinted that someone deliberately sent them on their way. The two engines were parked side by side in the yards of the Atlantic Coast Line here well before dawn. Their crews were not due for several hours, Startled trainmen looked and saw the two engines were gone, A train agent solemnly called Richmond police to report them missing. About the same time, the rival Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's warning system flashed a warning that a train was on C&O tracks which parallel the James River rind roll to the west from Richmond through hills and farmland. No trains were scheduled at the hour and the C&O put out an order, for other trains to stay off the track. Meanwhile, the first engine was found sitting quietly on n railroad trestle over the James. Little old 240 had more power and chugged on through a switch of the C&O and headed west at a steady 25 miles per hour. C&O Road Foreman J. A. Nuttycombe and Trainmaster J. F. Bickers," routed out of bed were assigned to catch the errant locomotive. Boarding of their own switch engines, they pulled alongside on the parallel tracks. Nuttycome said they decided to use a long pole-like hook to smash the window and close 240's throttle and try to lock the brake. Little 240 was picking up speed. By now it was doing about 30. It was Nuttycombe, hanging on the side of his own C&O engine, who reached the 3 or 4 feet across the tracks and smashed the window and managed to close the throttle. The runaway engine ground to a halt near Strathmore, Va., 68 rail miles from its parking space in one ACL yards' in Richmond. Nuttycombe had to jump across to the errant engine from his own as it slowed down to bring it to a halt. L. S. Jeffords, vice president of operations for the ACL, said in Wilmington, N. C., it would be virtually impossible for the two locomotives to start out without the help of "someone with specialized operating and mechanical knowledge of the equipment." Jeffords said both engines were propertly parked by their crews and evidence showed the clocks beneath their wheels had been run cover- BREAK RUNAWAY'S WINDOW Little old-240, an ugly duckling as far as locomotives go, sallied forth to see the world Wednesday. The squat little diesel, assigned to the unglamorous task of switching cars in the yard, clipped off nearly 70 miles through the Virginia countryside without anyone in its cab before pursuing trainmen could corral it. Nobody got hurt. A companion switch engine bound on the same trip pooped out. The mystery of how they got started on their errant ways puzzled several investigators, including the FBI which said it' was checking to see if any federal laws had been violated. The train company hinted that someone deliberately sent them on their way. The two engines were parked side by side in the yards of the Atlantic Coast Line here well before dawn. Their crews were not due for several hours, Startled trainmen looked and saw the two engines were gone, A train agent solemnly called Richmond police to report them missing. About the same time, the rival Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's warning system flashed a warning that a train was on C&O tracks which parallel the James River rind roll to the west from Richmond through hills and farmland. No trains were scheduled at the hour and the C&O put out an order, for other trains to stay off the track. Meanwhile, the first engine was found sitting quietly on n railroad trestle over the James. Little old 240 had more power and chugged on through a switch of the C&O and headed west at a steady 25 miles per hour. C&O Road Foreman J. A. Nuttycombe and Trainmaster J. F. Bickers," routed out of bed were assigned to catch the errant locomotive. Boarding of their own switch engines, they pulled alongside on the parallel tracks. Nuttycome said they decided to use a long pole-like hook to smash the window and close 240's throttle and try to lock the brake. Little 240 was picking up speed. By now it was doing about 30. It was Nuttycombe, hanging on the side of his own C&O engine, who reached the 3 or 4 feet across the tracks and smashed the window and managed to close the throttle. The runaway engine ground to a halt near Strathmore, Va., 68 rail miles from its parking space in one ACL yards' in Richmond. Nuttycombe had to jump across to the errant engine from his own as it slowed down to bring it to a halt. L. S. Jeffords, vice president of operations for the ACL, said in Wilmington, N. C., it would be virtually impossible for the two locomotives to start out without the help of "someone with specialized operating and mechanical knowledge of the equipment." Jeffords said both engines were propertly parked by their crews and evidence showed the clocks beneath their wheels had been run cover- 'Increased' Voter politician has taken the white people for a ride, We feel that we are also helping to emancipate the whites." About his moving to Atlanta, king said he is coming here mere ly to devote more time to his SCLC activity. When asked to comment on Gov. Vandiver's statement that his activity would be carefully watched, he stated: "My activity is for the interest of Georgia, the South and the nation. I do not plan to do anything in any way that is undemocratic. What we're doing we're doing for America. If we don't win this internal battle, 'America" will become a second-rate nation." Wilkins added that he cannot understand why the governor of Georgia has seen fit to create a new division of government, the department of internal commerce. "I cannot, understand why Georgia is afraid of a man moving ffrom Alabama to Atlanta," he said. King also said he is not coming to take over leadership" but wound render any assistance he can. Asked about the token integration in North Carolina and the threatened closing of the schools in Atlanta and Georgia, Wilkins said, "we are shooting for more than whether a few thousand Negro children go to school or not. There are two-andahalf million Negro children in segregated schools in the South five yearns after the Supreme Court's rolling. "We feel that everyday that they attend segregated schools they are being cheated. If the schools are closed, the white people will close them, not the Negroes. And we will fight to our last breath until these children are given fair chances." John N. Brooks, voter registration director of the NAACP, whose headquarters " are in Richmond, Va., expressed doubt that the Negro children of Prince Edward County (Va.) will attend the proposed segregated private school being sat up for them by a group of white people. He said a couple might attend but that it will be a failure because it would maintain segregation. Wilkins reiterated his belief that the Negro would not support a Southern candidate for President. He named Senator Lyndon Johnson as a Southerner who does not appeal to Negroes. On the positive side he named all other "active" Democratic hopefuls: Sens. Kennedy, Humphrey, and Symington. He heartily approved the civil rights voting record of Sens. Humphrey and Symington. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, he said, has a good record on civil rights, too. BEING CHEATED politician has taken the white people for a ride, We feel that we are also helping to emancipate the whites." About his moving to Atlanta, king said he is coming here mere ly to devote more time to his SCLC activity. When asked to comment on Gov. Vandiver's statement that his activity would be carefully watched, he stated: "My activity is for the interest of Georgia, the South and the nation. I do not plan to do anything in any way that is undemocratic. What we're doing we're doing for America. If we don't win this internal battle, 'America" will become a second-rate nation." Wilkins added that he cannot understand why the governor of Georgia has seen fit to create a new division of government, the department of internal commerce. "I cannot, understand why Georgia is afraid of a man moving ffrom Alabama to Atlanta," he said. King also said he is not coming to take over leadership" but wound render any assistance he can. Asked about the token integration in North Carolina and the threatened closing of the schools in Atlanta and Georgia, Wilkins said, "we are shooting for more than whether a few thousand Negro children go to school or not. There are two-andahalf million Negro children in segregated schools in the South five yearns after the Supreme Court's rolling. "We feel that everyday that they attend segregated schools they are being cheated. If the schools are closed, the white people will close them, not the Negroes. And we will fight to our last breath until these children are given fair chances." John N. Brooks, voter registration director of the NAACP, whose headquarters " are in Richmond, Va., expressed doubt that the Negro children of Prince Edward County (Va.) will attend the proposed segregated private school being sat up for them by a group of white people. He said a couple might attend but that it will be a failure because it would maintain segregation. Wilkins reiterated his belief that the Negro would not support a Southern candidate for President. He named Senator Lyndon Johnson as a Southerner who does not appeal to Negroes. On the positive side he named all other "active" Democratic hopefuls: Sens. Kennedy, Humphrey, and Symington. He heartily approved the civil rights voting record of Sens. Humphrey and Symington. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, he said, has a good record on civil rights, too. TOUGH SADDLE By MATT STUART By Matt Stuart, 1959; from the Dodd. Mead & Co. distributed by King Features Syndicate "THE MOMENT Wiley Goss disappeared in the timber at the far end ot the meadow, LinK As bell reined the buckskin into movement, seeking the head of a down-running gulch and putting the buckskin into the head of it. Traveling the brush-clotted depths of the gulch made for slower going than would have been the case on a more open ridge top, but in the deadly game that bad cast such ominous shadow all across the plain and these hills, the smart man kept out of sight as much as possible. When he finally broke from the gulch into the timber, Asbell moved straight ahead through it, eyes intent. He struck the trail Wiley Goss had traveled, and saw by the sign that Goss was following still another rider. What rider, Asbell wondered—and for what purpose? Coming to the meadow Goss had crossed, Asbell hauled in the buckskin and had his good look around. After which he skirted the edge of the clearing, holding wall into the timber. At the far end he picked up the trail once more. On the same spot held used as a lookout yesterday afternoon, Prank Dalmar lounged at ease, fighting back drowsiness. Here the slant of the morning sun struck fully, bringing a warm comfort Not used to sleeping on the ground, Prank hid gone through a night that had been anything but restful. Reaching the lookout this morning had made full survey of all the country he could cover. Nowhere did he sight anyone except down at Running M. where Hahn and Pearly Grimes showed. These two held no interest for him and he paid them no further attention What he wanted what he blanned on was to catch at their deadly trade the killer or Killers his father and Bardo Sampson had turned loose across the range. These were the ones he wanted to locate in their prowling whoever they were And when he did held give them their own medicine Held give them no more mercy than had been shown. Packy Lane and Nels Madison Held wage a one-man endetta against Double Diamond. This he know tie had to do, if ever he wanted to hold up his head again in the company of honest men. Besides all the other issues, there was Sue Vincent. Her friendship had beer the finest thing Frank had ever known in all his life. Her home had ever been open to him, and many were the times, bitterly musing, had he contrasted its warmth and fine hospitality With the barren ugliness of his own. To his father, Prank felt he wed nothing. Certainly there no anger existed for him any vestige of filial respect or affection; such had long since been parched out of him by the sneers and criticisms and, so often, the outright venom Jonas Dalmar had thrown at him. No, he owed his father nothing. But he did owe Sue Vincent for the best the world had so far shown him. And this debt he would repay! Frank yawned, shook himself, then lay back closer to the warming earth. In that position he froze. For, along the sounding board of that earth, he picked a up the muffled thump of hoofs. He came to his feet, thoroughly wide awake. He caught up his rifle and waited behind the tree held been crouched beside, The approaching hoofs sounded from around the point of the ridge to his right Then there was a horse and rider coming up the trail from his camp, Frank swung the lever of his rifle, setting a cartridge in the chamber, and at fifty feet stepped into the clear, rifle halt raised and ready. "That'll do, Goss! Where do you think you're going?" Wiley Goss set his horse up sharply, his round, bird eyes startled aria staring. With slow care he folded bis hands across his saddle horn, while the hard brightness of his eyes slowly dulled, It was as if a curtain had been drawn over "them. Inwardly, while searching for words, Wiley Goss railed at himself for being caught so under the threat of Prank's gun, instead of the other way around as he had planned. And it wouldn't do to tell Frank the truth until positions could be reversed. Trying to keep his tone mild and matter-of-fact, Goss gave answer. "Just ridin'." "So! And trailing me?" Goss hunched his narrow shoulders in a shrug. "Didn't know it was your trail" "Whose did you think it was?" "Didn't know." 'Then why follow it?" Any tension or uneasiness always whitened the scar on Wiley Goss's chin and pulled his lips even farther from his rodent teeth, fie was uneasy now, not only from the direction of Frank's questions, but from something he read in Frank's whole attitude and expression. This was a different Frank than held ever seen before. Frank threw the question again. "Why follow the trail, Goss? What were you aiming to do at the end of it—shoot somebody else in the back?" This was a shot in the dark and intended so, but it struck home. Coming as it did to abruptly, it jarred a blurted, rethe Dodd novel; distributed veiling answer out of Wiley GOSS, "Anything I do, is under ca ders. Your father's orders." Well, here it was—here was admission. Dark suspicion now stark truth, Truth badgered out of a dull and brutal mind. The words rang in Frank's ears Your father's orders!" All along he had, of course, known this must be so. Bat, tragic as it had been in the knowing, somehow it was twice so when spoken aloud; He brought his riffle fully to, his shoulder, his glance cold along the sights. "You dirty murdering dog! At. least you'll be looking at when you get it!" Here was what he had Vowed to do, the thing that had brought him into these hills. His finger tightened on the trigger. Wiley Goss saw the signs and recognized them. Prank was set to kill him—set to shoot him out of the saddle! With the realizetion, Goss acted, throwing himself headlong down slope and grabbing for his gun as to fell. Behind him, the crash, of Frank's rifle laid its flat echoes, all across the hill slope. To Frank it was incredible that he could have missed at this range. Yet he knew he had Knew that Wiley Goss's desperate lunge for safety had been ahead ot the bullet meant for him. He swung the lever of his rifle savagely, pumping home another cartridge. He ran forward a couple of strides, trying to gain clear sight of Goss for another shot But there was timber to interfere and dodge through, while Goss's horse, spooked by the blare of rifle report full in its face, was whirling back and forth, also blocking the way. Frank jumped past the animal and saw Goss. ten yards down slope, just gaining his feet Goss held his drawn gun, and it stabbed at Frank and blared report. Trying to, swing his ride into line again, Prank did not quite succeed, though in a wild, hurt way, it seemed he might have. For it was as if he'd fired s second shot, and that his rifle had developed a savage, "crushing recoil: recoil so heavy that, when it slammed into him it fairly tore his shoulder apart, knocking the rifle from his hands and spinning him backward. Goss's gun hammered again. Frank's right leg want out from under him. He fell forward, down slope, his head driving into the base of a tree. The world went away from him in a great burst of lurid light that quickly became a wheeling blackness. Features Syndicate CHAPTER 26 By MATT STUART By Matt Stuart, 1959; from the Dodd. Mead & Co. distributed by King Features Syndicate "THE MOMENT Wiley Goss disappeared in the timber at the far end ot the meadow, LinK As bell reined the buckskin into movement, seeking the head of a down-running gulch and putting the buckskin into the head of it. Traveling the brush-clotted depths of the gulch made for slower going than would have been the case on a more open ridge top, but in the deadly game that bad cast such ominous shadow all across the plain and these hills, the smart man kept out of sight as much as possible. When he finally broke from the gulch into the timber, Asbell moved straight ahead through it, eyes intent. He struck the trail Wiley Goss had traveled, and saw by the sign that Goss was following still another rider. What rider, Asbell wondered—and for what purpose? Coming to the meadow Goss had crossed, Asbell hauled in the buckskin and had his good look around. After which he skirted the edge of the clearing, holding wall into the timber. At the far end he picked up the trail once more. On the same spot held used as a lookout yesterday afternoon, Prank Dalmar lounged at ease, fighting back drowsiness. Here the slant of the morning sun struck fully, bringing a warm comfort Not used to sleeping on the ground, Prank hid gone through a night that had been anything but restful. Reaching the lookout this morning had made full survey of all the country he could cover. Nowhere did he sight anyone except down at Running M. where Hahn and Pearly Grimes showed. These two held no interest for him and he paid them no further attention What he wanted what he blanned on was to catch at their deadly trade the killer or Killers his father and Bardo Sampson had turned loose across the range. These were the ones he wanted to locate in their prowling whoever they were And when he did held give them their own medicine Held give them no more mercy than had been shown. Packy Lane and Nels Madison Held wage a one-man endetta against Double Diamond. This he know tie had to do, if ever he wanted to hold up his head again in the company of honest men. Besides all the other issues, there was Sue Vincent. Her friendship had beer the finest thing Frank had ever known in all his life. Her home had ever been open to him, and many were the times, bitterly musing, had he contrasted its warmth and fine hospitality With the barren ugliness of his own. To his father, Prank felt he wed nothing. Certainly there no anger existed for him any vestige of filial respect or affection; such had long since been parched out of him by the sneers and criticisms and, so often, the outright venom Jonas Dalmar had thrown at him. No, he owed his father nothing. But he did owe Sue Vincent for the best the world had so far shown him. And this debt he would repay! Frank yawned, shook himself, then lay back closer to the warming earth. In that position he froze. For, along the sounding board of that earth, he picked a up the muffled thump of hoofs. He came to his feet, thoroughly wide awake. He caught up his rifle and waited behind the tree held been crouched beside, The approaching hoofs sounded from around the point of the ridge to his right Then there was a horse and rider coming up the trail from his camp, Frank swung the lever of his rifle, setting a cartridge in the chamber, and at fifty feet stepped into the clear, rifle halt raised and ready. "That'll do, Goss! Where do you think you're going?" Wiley Goss set his horse up sharply, his round, bird eyes startled aria staring. With slow care he folded bis hands across his saddle horn, while the hard brightness of his eyes slowly dulled, It was as if a curtain had been drawn over "them. Inwardly, while searching for words, Wiley Goss railed at himself for being caught so under the threat of Prank's gun, instead of the other way around as he had planned. And it wouldn't do to tell Frank the truth until positions could be reversed. Trying to keep his tone mild and matter-of-fact, Goss gave answer. "Just ridin'." "So! And trailing me?" Goss hunched his narrow shoulders in a shrug. "Didn't know it was your trail" "Whose did you think it was?" "Didn't know." 'Then why follow it?" Any tension or uneasiness always whitened the scar on Wiley Goss's chin and pulled his lips even farther from his rodent teeth, fie was uneasy now, not only from the direction of Frank's questions, but from something he read in Frank's whole attitude and expression. This was a different Frank than held ever seen before. Frank threw the question again. "Why follow the trail, Goss? What were you aiming to do at the end of it—shoot somebody else in the back?" This was a shot in the dark and intended so, but it struck home. Coming as it did to abruptly, it jarred a blurted, rethe Dodd novel; distributed veiling answer out of Wiley GOSS, "Anything I do, is under ca ders. Your father's orders." Well, here it was—here was admission. Dark suspicion now stark truth, Truth badgered out of a dull and brutal mind. The words rang in Frank's ears Your father's orders!" All along he had, of course, known this must be so. Bat, tragic as it had been in the knowing, somehow it was twice so when spoken aloud; He brought his riffle fully to, his shoulder, his glance cold along the sights. "You dirty murdering dog! At. least you'll be looking at when you get it!" Here was what he had Vowed to do, the thing that had brought him into these hills. His finger tightened on the trigger. Wiley Goss saw the signs and recognized them. Prank was set to kill him—set to shoot him out of the saddle! With the realizetion, Goss acted, throwing himself headlong down slope and grabbing for his gun as to fell. Behind him, the crash, of Frank's rifle laid its flat echoes, all across the hill slope. To Frank it was incredible that he could have missed at this range. Yet he knew he had Knew that Wiley Goss's desperate lunge for safety had been ahead ot the bullet meant for him. He swung the lever of his rifle savagely, pumping home another cartridge. He ran forward a couple of strides, trying to gain clear sight of Goss for another shot But there was timber to interfere and dodge through, while Goss's horse, spooked by the blare of rifle report full in its face, was whirling back and forth, also blocking the way. Frank jumped past the animal and saw Goss. ten yards down slope, just gaining his feet Goss held his drawn gun, and it stabbed at Frank and blared report. Trying to, swing his ride into line again, Prank did not quite succeed, though in a wild, hurt way, it seemed he might have. For it was as if he'd fired s second shot, and that his rifle had developed a savage, "crushing recoil: recoil so heavy that, when it slammed into him it fairly tore his shoulder apart, knocking the rifle from his hands and spinning him backward. Goss's gun hammered again. Frank's right leg want out from under him. He fell forward, down slope, his head driving into the base of a tree. The world went away from him in a great burst of lurid light that quickly became a wheeling blackness. Features Syndicate Ike To Outline to 11 nations. With one exception, Eisenhower has deliver all his State of the Union messages in person. The exception was hi 1956, three months after his heart attack. TEMPERATURE IN FORTIES to 11 nations. With one exception, Eisenhower has deliver all his State of the Union messages in person. The exception was hi 1956, three months after his heart attack. Memphis Proud Of Otis Smith (EDITOR'S NOTE: Mrs. King, who retired recently after. 48 years of teaching in the Memphis area, taught Otis Smith to the first grade At Grant School. Smith has been appointed Auditor. General of the State of Michigan.) Memphis is proud of the appointment of Mr. Otis Smith as Auditor General of the State of Michigan by the Governor of Michigan, the honorable G. Mennen Williams, and I'm overwhelmingly glad that this outstanding person has brought honor to the citizenry of Memphis. Grant School is especially honored because Mr. Smith attended there and, incidentally," I was his first grade teacher. In the many Christmas gifts that I received, one was from him and his lovely family (See Picture). Memphis has been the home of many worthy boys and girls all over the country who-have made good. Many I have tutored in their early childhood. Mr. Smith is another of those worthy people. We are praying that Otis will make good in his new position and further prove what we already know —that race is not a (actor when is comes to ability, integrity and honesty. God bless the Governor and his cabinet, for the courage to appoint him in the face of So much unrest and Confusion between the races. Happy New Year Security payments will rise to $144 -an increase of $25 over this year, and $49.50 more than 1958. This will be the fourth increase in the past six years, and more are coming. Congress has voted three more increases of one-half per cent spread over the next nine years. By 1969, under the present schedule, the tax rate will be 4 1-2 per cent ot the first 4300 in annual earnings. Still further increases may be in the offing. Indications are that Congress will take new steps to liberalize the program in 1560, just as they have done in other recent election years. Self-employed persons won't be hit by the current increase until they file their tax returns in April 1961. They will then pay 4 1-2 per cent of their first $4,800 in 1960 earnings, compared with 3-1-2 percent this yer. This means their maximum tax will climb from $180 this year to $216. By 1969, their tax rate will be 6 3-4 per cent. The Social Security program covers all workers except federal employes who have their own retirement systems, some state and local government workers, self-employed doctors and irregularly employed domestic help, and farm hands. The program paid out an estimated $10,200,000,000, in benefits this year." Payments to retired workers and survivors of deceased and retired workers — the major program provided under the Social Security law — have exceeded taxes collected for that purpose in the past two years. Social Worker Retires tion by former Gov. Frank Clements in 1957. Mrs. King, a native of Little Rock, Ark: came to Memphis with her late husband Mr, C. B. King, and established residence here 39 years, ago. Prior to entering the field of social work, she taught public school in Little Rock after graduating from Philander Smith College, Her formal training in social work was obtained while studying at Atlanta University's School of Social Work in Atlanta, Ga., during the summer sessions. She is the mother of four successful children. One daughter, with whom she lives, followed in her footsteps .... the daughter, Mrs. Vivian. King Baker is also a social worker, She has teen employed at the same agency, Welfare Department, 13 years. Another daughter, Mrs. Bernie Underwood, who once headed the home economics department at Horace Mann High School in Little Rock, is now living in Los Angeles, Calif. A son, Charles King, is a business man in Los Angeles. Another son, John, I. King, who taught langauges at Horace Mann School in Little Rock is now teaching at Howard-High School in Wilmington, Delaware. Mrs. King's late husband was associated with Universal Life Insurance Company before his death in 1942. "From how on I am going to spend time taking care of my hobbies," said the retired social worker. Cameroons Become ernment will be sworn in April. Between Jan. 1 and the election, however, there is the possibility of violence as leaders of the banned Union Des Populations du Cameroun UPIC Party return from exile to resume political activity. Felix Mumer, one of their exile spokesmen, is Moscow - trained, and has spent much time in Moscow and Peiping. Prance is expected to witsdraw her army units, totaling about 1,000 men, although some key personnel may stay on. Cameroun and 1960's three other new independent states, are expected to join the Afro - Asian bloc of the United Nations, giving the largest group in the world organization an even more powerful voice in U. N. affairs. POSSIBILITY OF VIOLENCE ernment will be sworn in April. Between Jan. 1 and the election, however, there is the possibility of violence as leaders of the banned Union Des Populations du Cameroun UPIC Party return from exile to resume political activity. Felix Mumer, one of their exile spokesmen, is Moscow - trained, and has spent much time in Moscow and Peiping. Prance is expected to witsdraw her army units, totaling about 1,000 men, although some key personnel may stay on. Cameroun and 1960's three other new independent states, are expected to join the Afro - Asian bloc of the United Nations, giving the largest group in the world organization an even more powerful voice in U. N. affairs. To Redeem Stock Drackett Co. has called for redemption Its 4 per cent $25 par cumulative convertible preferred stock on Fob, 16, 1960 at $26,79 pius accrued interest. The Stock is con vertible into common on a share for share basis until Feb. 1 MEMORIAL STUDIO ANSWERING SERVICE 24 HOURS PER DAY Takes your telephone calls . . . 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