Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1967-03-04 J. A. Beauchamp PRESS INSTITUTE SPEAKER — Marion Jackson, Sports Editor, Atlanta Daily World, served as Toastmaster for the Annual Awards Luncheon which was held at the Manger Hotel in Savannah, Ga. The Annual Awards Luncheon was a part of the 16th Annual Southern Regional School Press Institute. National Leaders Hail Johnson's Civil Rights Message To Congress (SpeCial) — President Lyndon B. Johnson's new civil rights message which went to Congress Wednesday won the full support of national Negro leaders who praised the President for calling for stronger measures by the Congress — stronger than the 1966 bill — against racial discrimination in, housing, employment and in the administration of justice. Defying the bigots and the cynles, President Johnson, told Congress. 'The bullets of the battlefront to not discriminate — but the landlords at home do. The pack of the Negro soldier is as heavy as the White soldier's — but the burden his family at home bears is far heavier. In war, the Negro American has given this nationals best — but this nation has not given him equal justice." President Johnson continued: "It is time the Negro be given equal justice. In America, the rights of citizenship are conferred by birth — not by death in battle. It is out duty — as well as our privilege — to stand before the world as a nation dedicated to equal justice." The President specifically called for a law that would assure fair housing across the board including apartments and housing developments. This law would take effect in stages with full coverage of all housing everywhere by January 1, 1969. The President asked action on legislation that would include fines and imprisonment for those who interfere with citizens seeking to exercise their rights, granting full protection for civil rights workers. President Johnson called for a banon racial discrimination in jury selection, Federal and State, and asked for new "teeth" for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission granting it the right to issue cease and — desist" orders. The President message also asked for a five year extension of the life of the U. S. Civil Rights. Commission and for a 90 per cent increase in, the budget of the Community Relations Service, providing $2.7 million for 90 additional staff members and six more regional offices. On Monday President Johnson met with a cross section of Negro leaders, including the NAACP's Roy Wilkins and Clarence Mitchell, Whitney Young of the Urban League, the new State senator Barbara Jordan of Texas, Dorothy Height of the National Council of Negro Women, the Reverend Walter Fauntroy of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and many others, he President outlined his civil rights message and asked Acting Attorney General Ramsey Clark, HUD Secretary Robert Weaver, and Vice - President Humphrey to assist in the briefing. At the close of the two-hour meeting in the Cabinet, President Johnson was greeted with applause from the conferees who praised him for his moral courage, to press on for stronger civil rights action despite threats from the radical right wing in American politics. In the opening of the President's message, he recounted the struggle since emancipation that the Negro has faced in seeking to win first class citizenship. In the last decade some notable progress has been made. He pointed out that today 20 Negores serve in southern legislatures and the number of Negroes registered has increased by 64 percent rising from 715.099 to 1,174,569, in five hard core states since the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The President said "The right to vote — the fundamental right — is now exercised by men, and women whose color served in years past to bar them from the polls. After centuries of silence thenvoice is being heard. It will never again be stilled." Noting the widespread acceptance of the 1964 Civil Rights Act ban on discrimination in public accommodations, the President said: "Now Negro families traveling through most parts of the country do not suffer the inconvenience of searching for a place to rest or eat where they will be accepted or the humiliating indignity of being turned away." Since the 1964 law, the President said as of September 1966, Negroes in desegregated school in the South were 12.5 per cent, and "we expect this figure to increase significantly next fall." President Johnson pointed out that Negroes are being admitted to hospitals which barred them and more than 95 per cent of them, 7.130 had agreed to provide services without discrimination as of January this year. In programs for education and employment, the President said he was asking for $135 million aditional funds to strengthen Head Start Programs and another $135 million for a special job training program "to open the doors of opportunity and meaningful employment to our most disadvantaged citizens." Reviewing the programs of the Great Society, President Johnson noted: "he programs we have adopted in the past few years are only a beginning. We have made a good start." Emphasizing this point, he continued: "But we must remember that it is only a start. We' must realize that civil rights are civil opportunities. Unless these rights are recognized by Negro and white, alike, they can achieve nothing." The President added: "The next steps are harder, but they are even, more important. We shall need years of trial and error — years in which children can be strengthened to grow into responsible young adults, years of better, training, better jobs, better health, and better housing — before, the results of what we have done so far can be seen." 100% HUMAN HAIR WIG SALE $49 INSTANT BEAUTY NEVER BEFORE AT THIS PRICE $19 : Black Off Black, Dark Medium or Light Brown. For Auburn, Blond or Mixed Grey add $10.00 extra. : Pay postman on delivery $19.99 plus postage. If you send cash or money order company pays postage. State Color. Order now. Satisfaction Guaranteed. VALMOR HAIR STYLES, Dept. M-433, 2411 Prairie Ave., Chicago 60610. College Fund Tops $4 Million Level Dr. Stephen J. Wright, president of the Fund, reported that total income obtained during the year, excluding receipts of $181,405 obtained from legacies and special grants, represented a gain of $408,000 over 1965. He attributed the rise in, contributor support to unprecedented public interest in the Fund's 33 colleges and universities and the increased desire to meet the educational needs of disadvantaged youth. In outlining details of campaign results in 250 communities, Dr. Wright rioted that contributions were received from 64,540 individuals, and organizations. One of the most significant aspects of the campaign. Dr. Wright observed, was the support derived from the Fund's 33 college communities. More than $400,000 was contributed to these local appeals, and much of this money came from economically deprived students and relatively, low paid faculty members, he said. Among major community and statewide campaign results were: Chicago ($288,465), Cleveland ($130,135), New York City ($1,252, 160). Philadelphia ($166,722), Pittsburgh $(104,897), California ($132,250), Michigan ($306,487), and Northern New ersey ($102,405). Contributions to the Fund's annual campaign — which are used entirely for operating expenses of the colleges — are divided among the 33 institutions. One - half is divided equally, and the remainder is distributed on the basis of enrollment and the financial status of each of the schools. The predominantly Negro colleges and universities affiliated with the united Negro College Fund currently enroll 34,601 students, and serve all American youth without regard to race, color or creed. During the past two decades, the Fund has distributed more than $95 million to assist its member institutions. Clean Fuzzy Eyes Bathe eyes with LAVOPTIK, the Medicinal Eye Wash. Floats away dust, dirt, other irritants. Makes eyes feel clear, look sparkling bright. Insist on genuine LAVOPTIK Eye Wash with eye cup included, at your druggist Satisfaction or your money back. NAACP Seeks FBI Probe Of Alabama Killing The NAACP has asked the FBI to investigate circumstances under which one Negro was fatally shot and the back in the police station, and another is being charged with the murder of a white man during a dispute over repossession of an automobile. The Rev. Kenneth L. Buford, NAACP state field director, reports that the Association is charging civil rights' violations. Mr. Buford has an affidavit signed by Charles Raspberry, shortly before his death, stating that after he was questioned at the police station about the killing of William Cranmore, the white auto dealer, he was told he was free to leave. The affidavit states that as he was walking away, he was shot in the back. Police claim that Mr. Raspberry had attacked an officer while leaving the jail. Meanwhile, James Huffman, who was himself shot during the argument with Mr. Cranmore, had been arrested and charged with Mr. Cranmore's murder. Sheriff Phillip Wood of Autauga County says an autopsy will establish whether the shots that caused Mr. Cranmore's death were fired by Mr. Raspberry or Mr. Huffman. STOP LOOK WPITE was trained by the seven sisters of New Orleans I succeed when others Fall. For FREE ADVICE, send no money, send stamped selfaddressed envelope to: Nathaniel Ivory, 5366 Northland Ave., St. Louis. Missouri 63112. He Lived Lavishly On Loans From The Poor Sisters Order Ernest Medders, a former mechanic's helper who lived lavishly in a 165acre farm before being hit by a million dollars in debts received loans from a Roman Catholic charitable order for five years, United Press International learned Tuesday. A reliable source told UPI the loans amounted to nearly $2. million, but a spokesman for the order, the Poor sisters of St. Francis Seraph, headquartered at Mishawaka, Ind., said this was "entirely' too high.'' Asked how Medders could secure such a loan, the spokesman said, "We are always willing to help whenevere we can." Meddera has turned over his plush farm to satisfy debts of $810,000 to three banks and faces other obligations totaling $400,000. He was reported in Tennessee Tuesday, His stepson, Eugene Riggs said he would have money enough to settle matters when returned. The source said Medders stated borrowing money from the Catholic order in 1952 and it came in repeated payments averaging $40, 000 a month until last May. The spokesman for the nuns' order declined any knowledge of a await in which Medder and others were involve as plaintiffs making claims through the estate of Medders' brother, Rubin, and Melham Humphries, for revenue from Texas fames Spindletop of field. The plaintiffs' claims were denied In District Court in Texas and all appellate courts, including; the U. S. supreme Court. "But J believe the sisters honestly though the Medders were going to get this money," the UPI source said. Mrs. Medders once worked in a Memphis hospital run by the chart; able order, and the spokesman for the nuns said that was where they met the family. The spokesman said all information on the low had been turned over to attorneys for study. The nuns' order had previously refused to confirm or deny reports of the loan to Medders. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Most parents of college - age students have heard the plaintive complaint from the college Professor: "They don't' know. HOW to study!" And — confronted with falling grades and the prospect of a stormy scene with our undergraduate progeny — our vehement retort to the effect that they should be TAUGHT how study, dies stillborn on our lips as we remember, the hundred of dollars inverted in the various brands of nationally approved encyclopedias that were to make little Jeanie or Jimmy an A-l student practically overnight How many times, as we struggled to make that monthly payment out of the house -keeping money, were we frustrated to the point of committing mayhem when informed blithely: "But the answer isn't- IN the encyclopedia!!" Of course the answer to the particular" question that was perplexing our young, WA in the encyclopedia along with a few thousand others! Jeanie — or Jimmyjust didn't have time to dig for it, because the sun was shining and the playmate of the moment was outside, prancing impatiently to be off in pursuit of fun and games. Too often, we parents provide the Where with all to give our children a "good life" and then do not follow through with time and attention, thereby enabling then to put to good use the advantages we have provided for them. We strive to impart knowledge to our young people, but fail to take the time to supervise the usage of such knowledge. The same is true of our use for mis-use) of prayer. Prayer is a vital part of the life of every Christian — and has been since the days of the disciples. Yet, how often, in referring back through biblical studies, do we find those very disciples crying out, in applicaton, "Lord, teach us to pray!" Prayer is communion with God. and — as such — should be approached quietly and reverently in a receptive frame of mind. Not arrogantly, as portrayed so forcefully in Luke 18, verses. 8 through 13.... the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. But humbly, as contrasted in those Same verses — the difference between the Pharisee's righteous and self laudatory attitude and the publican's sense of unworthiness. The Pharisee was insincere in his approach; he stood where all men could see him, and he communed, primarily, on his virtues; he was not communing with God— he was thinking out loud, for men to near. The publican, on the other hand, stood in the shadows. He demonstrated humility of spirit, too embarrassed to raise his eyes heavenward; all he could muster was an acknowledgment of sin and a petition for mercy! We have been taught that God is all -seeing; for while we may mislead our fellow - men, God knows what is in the heart. It therefore behooves us not to sell God short! He will know whether or not we are sincere to our approach, whether or not ware persistent, whether or not we are motivated by selfishness or unselfishness! Prayer can be a sustaining thing, when all ease seems to love failed us. It can be an unburdening of the heart, an unbearable load intangibly shared with One who is stronger than we; wisely used,( it can be a release .... a strength .. .. a re-affirmation of faith! Prayer is an exciting privilege in the life of a Christian. Let us be sure that we use it well! HOW SHALL WE PRAY? Most parents of college - age students have heard the plaintive complaint from the college Professor: "They don't' know. HOW to study!" And — confronted with falling grades and the prospect of a stormy scene with our undergraduate progeny — our vehement retort to the effect that they should be TAUGHT how study, dies stillborn on our lips as we remember, the hundred of dollars inverted in the various brands of nationally approved encyclopedias that were to make little Jeanie or Jimmy an A-l student practically overnight How many times, as we struggled to make that monthly payment out of the house -keeping money, were we frustrated to the point of committing mayhem when informed blithely: "But the answer isn't- IN the encyclopedia!!" Of course the answer to the particular" question that was perplexing our young, WA in the encyclopedia along with a few thousand others! Jeanie — or Jimmyjust didn't have time to dig for it, because the sun was shining and the playmate of the moment was outside, prancing impatiently to be off in pursuit of fun and games. Too often, we parents provide the Where with all to give our children a "good life" and then do not follow through with time and attention, thereby enabling then to put to good use the advantages we have provided for them. We strive to impart knowledge to our young people, but fail to take the time to supervise the usage of such knowledge. The same is true of our use for mis-use) of prayer. Prayer is a vital part of the life of every Christian — and has been since the days of the disciples. Yet, how often, in referring back through biblical studies, do we find those very disciples crying out, in applicaton, "Lord, teach us to pray!" Prayer is communion with God. and — as such — should be approached quietly and reverently in a receptive frame of mind. Not arrogantly, as portrayed so forcefully in Luke 18, verses. 8 through 13.... the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. But humbly, as contrasted in those Same verses — the difference between the Pharisee's righteous and self laudatory attitude and the publican's sense of unworthiness. The Pharisee was insincere in his approach; he stood where all men could see him, and he communed, primarily, on his virtues; he was not communing with God— he was thinking out loud, for men to near. The publican, on the other hand, stood in the shadows. He demonstrated humility of spirit, too embarrassed to raise his eyes heavenward; all he could muster was an acknowledgment of sin and a petition for mercy! We have been taught that God is all -seeing; for while we may mislead our fellow - men, God knows what is in the heart. It therefore behooves us not to sell God short! He will know whether or not we are sincere to our approach, whether or not ware persistent, whether or not we are motivated by selfishness or unselfishness! Prayer can be a sustaining thing, when all ease seems to love failed us. It can be an unburdening of the heart, an unbearable load intangibly shared with One who is stronger than we; wisely used,( it can be a release .... a strength .. .. a re-affirmation of faith! Prayer is an exciting privilege in the life of a Christian. Let us be sure that we use it well! ALLURING BOUFFANT For complete Illustrated Catalog of Medalo Hair Styles, Wigs, Half caps and attachments — Send name and address. It's yours FREE upon request. Just write. Johnson's Message To Congress Emphasizes Full Race Equality The Nation's civil rights task is far from over, President Lyndon: B. Johnson told the U. Congress. He asked for tar - reaching legislation to bring about full equality. The President stressed the need for "perseverance — the willingness to abandon what does not work and the courage to keep searching for better solutions." Concerning job opportunity, the President said: "We must realize that civil rights are also civil opportunities. Unless these rights are recognized as opportunities by Negro and white alike, they can achieve nothing, We must realize that training fend education programs provide skills and opportunities. But only where there is both the will to seek the job and the willingness to hire the job applicant, can these programs achieve their ultimate objectives." The following excerpt from the President's civil Rights. Message concerns Jobs and Training: Thousands of job opportunities for the young have been created by the Neighborhood Youth Corps and the Job Corps. The first, active in both urban and rural areas, has enabled many young people to earn enough to remain in school, and provided employment and remedial education for dropouts. The Job Corps — also meant to help those between 16 and 21 — has offered other thousands both a change of environment and the opportunity to acquire education and job trailing. The Manpower Development and Training Act gives men without jobs or skills the chance to acquire both, by combining government planning and resources with private industry. The Work Experience Program offers welfare recipients a means of obtaining the experience they need for gainful employment. Today's strong economy, which last year put almost three million more Americans on the payrolls, is also it tremendous benefit to needy persons in search of dependable employment. But for the long term, and as demand for better qualified workers grows, training and, remedial, education will be or even greater importance to the disadvantaged. This is particularly true for those who leave the farm and move to urban areas in search of employment, without the skills an urban society requires. During the last three years, our training programs have provided the means of self - sufficiency to almost a million men and women, The value of these programs to the Negro American is especially great. The unemployment rate for Negroes is more than double that for whites. About 650,000 Americans, more than 20 percent of all unemployed, are non white. About 213,000 of these are between 14 and 19, years of age, Job training is essential to enable them to get off the welfare rolls and to go on the tax rolls. Our economy is also strengthened by these programs. If Negroes today had the same skills as other Americans, and if they were free from discrimination in employment, our Gross National Product could become $30 billion higher. I will shortly submit recommendations to strengthen and expand these training programs. I am asking the Congress for an additional $135 million in appropriations for the Office of Economic Opportunity for a special program to open the doors of opportunity and meaningful employment to our most disadvantaged citizens. I will call for the active assistance of private industry and organized labor to provide skills and jobs to those how confined to the welfare rolls and the slums. "There is no easy answer to all of these problems," the President said in conclusion. "Jobs are part of the answer, They bring the income which permits a man to provide for his fam ily. "Decent homes in decent surroundings, and a chance to learn— an equal chance to learn — are part of the answer. "Welfare and social programs better designed to hold families together are part of the answer. "Care of the sick is part of the answer. "An understanding heart by all Americans is also a large part of the answer. "To all these fronts — and a dozen more — I will dedicate the expanding efforts of the Johnson Administration," the President added. CHAIN Feb. 27 FARRIS 8 The Nation's civil rights task is far from over, President Lyndon: B. Johnson told the U. Congress. He asked for tar - reaching legislation to bring about full equality. The President stressed the need for "perseverance — the willingness to abandon what does not work and the courage to keep searching for better solutions." Concerning job opportunity, the President said: "We must realize that civil rights are also civil opportunities. Unless these rights are recognized as opportunities by Negro and white alike, they can achieve nothing, We must realize that training fend education programs provide skills and opportunities. But only where there is both the will to seek the job and the willingness to hire the job applicant, can these programs achieve their ultimate objectives." The following excerpt from the President's civil Rights. Message concerns Jobs and Training: Thousands of job opportunities for the young have been created by the Neighborhood Youth Corps and the Job Corps. The first, active in both urban and rural areas, has enabled many young people to earn enough to remain in school, and provided employment and remedial education for dropouts. The Job Corps — also meant to help those between 16 and 21 — has offered other thousands both a change of environment and the opportunity to acquire education and job trailing. The Manpower Development and Training Act gives men without jobs or skills the chance to acquire both, by combining government planning and resources with private industry. The Work Experience Program offers welfare recipients a means of obtaining the experience they need for gainful employment. Today's strong economy, which last year put almost three million more Americans on the payrolls, is also it tremendous benefit to needy persons in search of dependable employment. But for the long term, and as demand for better qualified workers grows, training and, remedial, education will be or even greater importance to the disadvantaged. This is particularly true for those who leave the farm and move to urban areas in search of employment, without the skills an urban society requires. During the last three years, our training programs have provided the means of self - sufficiency to almost a million men and women, The value of these programs to the Negro American is especially great. The unemployment rate for Negroes is more than double that for whites. About 650,000 Americans, more than 20 percent of all unemployed, are non white. About 213,000 of these are between 14 and 19, years of age, Job training is essential to enable them to get off the welfare rolls and to go on the tax rolls. Our economy is also strengthened by these programs. If Negroes today had the same skills as other Americans, and if they were free from discrimination in employment, our Gross National Product could become $30 billion higher. I will shortly submit recommendations to strengthen and expand these training programs. I am asking the Congress for an additional $135 million in appropriations for the Office of Economic Opportunity for a special program to open the doors of opportunity and meaningful employment to our most disadvantaged citizens. I will call for the active assistance of private industry and organized labor to provide skills and jobs to those how confined to the welfare rolls and the slums. "There is no easy answer to all of these problems," the President said in conclusion. "Jobs are part of the answer, They bring the income which permits a man to provide for his fam ily. "Decent homes in decent surroundings, and a chance to learn— an equal chance to learn — are part of the answer. "Welfare and social programs better designed to hold families together are part of the answer. "Care of the sick is part of the answer. "An understanding heart by all Americans is also a large part of the answer. "To all these fronts — and a dozen more — I will dedicate the expanding efforts of the Johnson Administration," the President added. ENTURES URT? Even the best fitting dentures can hurt. Keep handy for fast, long-lasting relief from pain. Makes dentures feel more comfortable ... soothes sore spots ... helps prevent odor end infection. Ask year pharmacist for Good Housekeeping PLANS FOR PROGRESS — During a break in the Fifth Annual National Conference of Plans for Progress, the national voluntary equal employment opportunity program, Keynote. Speaker Donald M. Kendall, president, PepsiCo., Inc., (second from left) meets with (left to right) Harvey Russell, vice president, Planning, Pepsi Cola Co.; Eugene F. Rowan, administrative di rector, Plans for Progress, and Christopher Conner, Plans for Progress administrative coordinator, who is on loan from the public relations department of Pepsi Cola. More than 600 businessmen from over 280 companies attended the conference to learn methods of affirmative action for implementing minority - group em ployment. Conyers Points To Unprecedented Fine, Seniority Loss For Powell Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (Dem-Michigan) who was a member of the nine — man Select Committee named by Speaker John McCormack to investigate the right of Adam Clayton Powell to take his seat in the House of Representatives today declared, ''I My agree with and support the Committee's recommendation that Mr. Powell be allowed to take his seat. The Committee fully and carefully considered the right of the people of New-York 18th District to representation in the House of Representatives and decided that Because any allegation of misconduct on the part of Mr. Powell were fully known by the electorate in his district prior to his election, and that with this knowledge he was duly elected in November; that he does have full right to be seated as a Member of Congress. "I would like to commend my colleagues on the Committee for the very careful distinction which they made between the responsibility given them by the House of Representatives, and all the other matters not directly relating to the question of seating Mr. Power which were raised and aired in the public press," said Conyers. "They can only be respected for the manner in which they withstood the tremendous political pressures created by the highly emotional furor which has clouded the real issues in the minds of many Americans. Although Mr. Conyers expressed his agreement at a morning press conference with the Committee's report regarding the seating of Mr. Powell, he stated that he had filed an additional statement in the report pointing up his disagreement with the Committee's other recommendations. "I believe that our exclusive responsibility was to determine whether or not Mr. Powell had a right to sit in the House of Representatives and whether or not his constituents would be denied their constitutional rights were he not seated," said Conyers. "I do not feel that the Committee should further confuse the issue by communing two grave constitutional questions. Mr. Powell's conduct while a Member of Congress is a totally different and separate issue from his right to be seated. The coduct of a member of he urvue of a committee, specifically set up to determine whether is not he should be seated." In his additional statement. Congressman Conyers pointed out that Mr. Powell and his attorneys should have been granted the right to cross examine the witnesses against him; that at no time did he feel that Mr. Powell had been disrespectful in his actions toward the Committee or the Congress and that the punitive measures recommended by the Committee were unprecedented in the history of the Congress. "A review of all cases of alleged misconduct brought before the House and Senate indicates that punishment has never exceeded censure," declared Conyers. "There is no precedent for the removal of accumulated seniority combined with a monetary assessment as has been proposed in the Powell case." WORLD'S MOST AMAZING HAIR: & SCALP TREATMENT REID'S SUPER SIX SCALP TREATMENT CONTAINS TAR AND SULPHUR A RELIEVE PIMPLY SKIN and other common skin discomforts Don't let your skin troubles get you down! Thousands of people have found that Black and White Ointment brings quick, soothing relief to itching, stinging skin misery. 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