Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1957-08-17
Thaddeus T. Stokes

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The Senate's Civil Rights Bill
While we have engaged from time to time discussions around
the Civil Rights bill, at this turn of the road, it is appropriate that
we comment on where the measure now stands as well as a short
review on its main provisions.
(1) The measure provides for a non-partisan Congressional
commission to investigate Civil Rights violations.
(2) It provides for a Civil Rights Division in the Department
of Justice under the supervision of an Assistant Attorney General; 
and
(3) It provides power for the intervention by the Department 
of Justice in attempts to violate or interfere with a citizen's
right to vote.
Under the much discussed Part IV, there is still a difference
of opinion as to what percentage of cases brought up would be
civil, and thusly not require a jury, and how many would be
criminal and thus require a jury.
But regardless of this question, by and large the rights of
the individuals mostly concerned have been greatly advanced; this
is the first bill of its kind to pass the Senate since reconstruction
days and would at least represent a beginning toward a good
end.
No one save the President knows whether he will sign into
law this half-loaf with its doubtful angles; but before it reaches
him, as such, since there have been amendments attached not
passed, by the House, it must go to committee and thence its
former round before it can make its final bow before the Senate
enroute to the President's desk.
All in all, the bill has made history; it has brought out many
angles of rights violated across the years; it has assuredly awakened 
the conscience of a nation in regards to neglected minorities 
and has well established the fact that the cause of this group
cannot long be hampered without eating into the vitals of the
whole nation.
The New York Times states this as its summary in a recent
editorial on the subject and we quote:
"The campaign for full Civil Rights for every one regardless
of race will never be finally lost. If this bill or something like it
becomes law and fails to produce noticeable results, there will be
other and more cogent bills. Let the 18 solid Southern Senalors and
their temporary allies be assured of that."
It can well be said that we are well on our way; that noticeable 
results must obtain; that if such is not forthcoming, the opposition, 
be ye well assured that remedial legislation, probably
more drastic will come in to haunt where it scouted reason and
plunged heedlessly into a fatal gamble.
Be ye well assured that there is still enough life left in the
Civil Rights bill to again pull it up on its hoofs.

Deadline Set To End Bus Segregation
Sept. 1, was the
deadline set for ending segregated
bus seating here. The deadline was
set by U. S. District Judge Emett
C. Choate who Thursday ordered

termination of segregation on buses.
Judge Choate's formal ruling is
expected to be appealed to the U.
S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
in New Orleans by City Atty
George Okell.

New Public Health
Service Official
Surgeon General 
Leroy E. Burney, of the public
Health Service, announced Wednesday 
the establishment of a new toplevel 
post as Assistant Surgeon General 
for Personel and Training, in
the immediate office of the Surgeon
General.
Dr. Otis L. Anderson. Chief of
the Service's Bureau of State Services, 
has been assigned to a new
office.
Dr. Anderson will be succeeded in

the Bureau of State Services by Dr.
David E. Price, now Deputy Chief
of the Service's Bureau of Medical
Services. The changes will become
effective October, 1.
"The new position has been established 
to provide as fully as possible 
for for-development and utilizaiion 
of the Service's personnel."
the Surgeon General Slid. "Dr. Anderson 
is admirably fitted by experience, 
training and temperament
to give leadership to the development, 
of plans and programs for
the widest use of the most important 
and most valuable of the Service's 
resources its people.

New Device Found To Detect Cancer
The
public health service announced
Monday it has developed a new device 
to make easier the difficult task
of diagnosing cancer of the uterus,
second largest cause of cancer
deaths in women.
National cancer institute director
Dr. John P. Heller said the

machine, named the Cytoanalyzer,
will take slides containing uterine
smears and sort out those that show
abnormal cells that might be cancer. 

He said this would be a great improvement 
over the "present necessarily 
slow process" of having a
technician examine every slide.
Surgeon general Leroy E. Burney
emphasized the importance of the
Cytoanalyzer by pointing out that
"each year about 50,000 women develop 
cancer of the uterus and 15,
000 
die of it."
He added that "the great majority 
who have cancer of the uterus
can be cured if the disease is diagnosed 
in its early stages."

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CAPITAL SPOTLIGHT

The Rev. Marshall L. Shepard.
ex-Recorder of Deeds of the District 
of Columbia, former Recorder
of Deeds of the City of Philadelphia, 
a city councilman at large in
Philadelphia, pastor, Mt. Olive
Baptist Church in Philadelphia,
and nationally prominent in Democratic 
politics is the spokesman
for one group.
The other group is headed by the
Rev. Joseph H. Jackson, pastor of
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Chicago 
and president of the National
Baptist Convention.
Dr. Shepard is one of a number
of candidates who are seeking to
succeed Dr. Jackson as president
of the Convention.
Dr. Jackson says he is the servant 
of the convention and will
abide by its wishes.
Whether Dr. Jackson will continue 
in office or be ousted by one
of the numerous candidates for his
post may well turn on whether the
Convention has or does not have
a valid tenure provision in the convention. 

The pro-Jeckson faction contend
that the tenure provision was not
adopted at the annual session of
the National Baptist Convention
in Chisago on Sept: 12, 1952, because 
it was adopted on the third
day of the convention, and the constitution 
provided that no amendments 
shall be considered after the
second day of the session.
Dr. Shepard contends that a new
constitution—and not an amendment—was 
adopted at the Chicago
meeting.
The pro-Jeckson group also contends 
that if the tenure provision
was legally adopted at the Chicago
meeting, it was "lifted" at the session 
in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 8,
1955, and is not now in effect.
Dr. Shepard contends that there
has been no change in the constitution 
since the 1952 session in Chicigo. 

The facts from the opposing
camps are pretty much the same.
The differences are over interpretations. 

Excerpts from the minutes of the
Convention show that—.
At the meeting of the Board of
Directors in Hot Springs, Ark., the
Rev. D. V. Jamison, then president
of the Convention, stated that the
Rev. L. K. Jackson, of Indiana, had
a resolution to offer to the board.
The Rev. Mr. Jackson read his resolution. 

Dr. Jemison spoke approvingly of
the resolution and referred it to
the Committee on Revision of the
Constitution, which had been appointed 
at the 1950 session held in
Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1950.
Dr. Jemison added the following
members to the committee: the
Revs. L. K. Jackson, Indiana; J.
P. Barbour, Pennsylvania; C. L.
Franklin Michigan: W. M. Whitt,
Alabama, and J. L. Horace, Illinois.
Article XIV of, the revised constitution, 
adopted at the annual
sssion in Chicago in 1952, provides:
"There shall be an annual meetting 
of this Convention, the same to

be held at the time and in order
stated, to the by-laws of this Convention. 

"This constitution may be altered 
or amended at any annual, session 
by a two-thirds vote of the
members present, provided that
such a vote is taken without regard
to the total enrollment, and provided 
further, that no amendments
shall be considered after the second 
day of the session. All amendments 
before being presented to
the Convention must have
presented to the Executive Board
of this Convention for its consideration. 

"All constitutions and laws or
parts of constitutions and laws to
conflict with this, constitution are
hereby repealed and are of no force
and effect.
"This constitution shall take effect 
upon its adoption."
Explanatory note: Although delegates 
begin arriving to the convention 
city two or three days ahead
of the opening of the session — a
number of them preaching at local
churches on the Sunday preceding —
the opening of the convention —
the official opening day of the session 
is the first Wednesday after
Labor Day.
The second day of the 1952 convention 
was Thursday, Sept. 11. If
the convention of the pro-Jackson
group is correct, the amendment
governing tenure should have been
presented not later than that day.
But here is what happened: At
the Thursday morning session
Sept. 11 1952, Dr: Roland Smith,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Little Rook, Ark., and-secretary of
the National Baptist Training
Union Board, Who was a member
of the Committee on Revision of
the Constitution, gave notice that
his committee would make its report 
in the 1952 session. The convention 
recessed until 4. p. m.
At the Thursday afternoon session, 
President Jemison gave permission 
to Rev. J. R. Henderson
to read the report of the Committee 
on Revision of the Constitution. 
On a motion to table the matter 
for a year, President Jemison
ruled that action be deferred until 
10:30 o'clock, Friday, morning:
At the morning session on Friday, 
the third: day of the convention. 
Vice President Jackson stated
that President Jemison wished that
the matter to claim the attention
of the convention would be the
reading of the revised constitution.
The Chair asked how much time
should be given to each speaker.
The convention voted that each
speaker be allowed two minutes. 
Dr. W. T. Crutcher, of Tennessee, 
was named timekeeper.
The members of the committee
spoke for adoption or the revised
constitution. A number of the
brethren spoke for and against the
proposition.
After many speeches, the Chair
asked for a vote on further debate.
It was voted that the debate be
closed and vote taken.
Dr. H. H. Humes moved that the
revised constitution be adopted.
The presiding officer, Dr. Joseph
H. Jackson, declared that, by vote
of the convention, the revised constitution 
was officially adopted.

More About Baptists

The Rev. Marshall L. Shepard.
ex-Recorder of Deeds of the District 
of Columbia, former Recorder
of Deeds of the City of Philadelphia, 
a city councilman at large in
Philadelphia, pastor, Mt. Olive
Baptist Church in Philadelphia,
and nationally prominent in Democratic 
politics is the spokesman
for one group.
The other group is headed by the
Rev. Joseph H. Jackson, pastor of
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Chicago 
and president of the National
Baptist Convention.
Dr. Shepard is one of a number
of candidates who are seeking to
succeed Dr. Jackson as president
of the Convention.
Dr. Jackson says he is the servant 
of the convention and will
abide by its wishes.
Whether Dr. Jackson will continue 
in office or be ousted by one
of the numerous candidates for his
post may well turn on whether the
Convention has or does not have
a valid tenure provision in the convention. 

The pro-Jeckson faction contend
that the tenure provision was not
adopted at the annual session of
the National Baptist Convention
in Chisago on Sept: 12, 1952, because 
it was adopted on the third
day of the convention, and the constitution 
provided that no amendments 
shall be considered after the
second day of the session.
Dr. Shepard contends that a new
constitution—and not an amendment—was 
adopted at the Chicago
meeting.
The pro-Jeckson group also contends 
that if the tenure provision
was legally adopted at the Chicago
meeting, it was "lifted" at the session 
in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 8,
1955, and is not now in effect.
Dr. Shepard contends that there
has been no change in the constitution 
since the 1952 session in Chicigo. 

The facts from the opposing
camps are pretty much the same.
The differences are over interpretations. 

Excerpts from the minutes of the
Convention show that—.
At the meeting of the Board of
Directors in Hot Springs, Ark., the
Rev. D. V. Jamison, then president
of the Convention, stated that the
Rev. L. K. Jackson, of Indiana, had
a resolution to offer to the board.
The Rev. Mr. Jackson read his resolution. 

Dr. Jemison spoke approvingly of
the resolution and referred it to
the Committee on Revision of the
Constitution, which had been appointed 
at the 1950 session held in
Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1950.
Dr. Jemison added the following
members to the committee: the
Revs. L. K. Jackson, Indiana; J.
P. Barbour, Pennsylvania; C. L.
Franklin Michigan: W. M. Whitt,
Alabama, and J. L. Horace, Illinois.
Article XIV of, the revised constitution, 
adopted at the annual
sssion in Chicago in 1952, provides:
"There shall be an annual meetting 
of this Convention, the same to

be held at the time and in order
stated, to the by-laws of this Convention. 

"This constitution may be altered 
or amended at any annual, session 
by a two-thirds vote of the
members present, provided that
such a vote is taken without regard
to the total enrollment, and provided 
further, that no amendments
shall be considered after the second 
day of the session. All amendments 
before being presented to
the Convention must have
presented to the Executive Board
of this Convention for its consideration. 

"All constitutions and laws or
parts of constitutions and laws to
conflict with this, constitution are
hereby repealed and are of no force
and effect.
"This constitution shall take effect 
upon its adoption."
Explanatory note: Although delegates 
begin arriving to the convention 
city two or three days ahead
of the opening of the session — a
number of them preaching at local
churches on the Sunday preceding —
the opening of the convention —
the official opening day of the session 
is the first Wednesday after
Labor Day.
The second day of the 1952 convention 
was Thursday, Sept. 11. If
the convention of the pro-Jackson
group is correct, the amendment
governing tenure should have been
presented not later than that day.
But here is what happened: At
the Thursday morning session
Sept. 11 1952, Dr: Roland Smith,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Little Rook, Ark., and-secretary of
the National Baptist Training
Union Board, Who was a member
of the Committee on Revision of
the Constitution, gave notice that
his committee would make its report 
in the 1952 session. The convention 
recessed until 4. p. m.
At the Thursday afternoon session, 
President Jemison gave permission 
to Rev. J. R. Henderson
to read the report of the Committee 
on Revision of the Constitution. 
On a motion to table the matter 
for a year, President Jemison
ruled that action be deferred until 
10:30 o'clock, Friday, morning:
At the morning session on Friday, 
the third: day of the convention. 
Vice President Jackson stated
that President Jemison wished that
the matter to claim the attention
of the convention would be the
reading of the revised constitution.
The Chair asked how much time
should be given to each speaker.
The convention voted that each
speaker be allowed two minutes. 
Dr. W. T. Crutcher, of Tennessee, 
was named timekeeper.
The members of the committee
spoke for adoption or the revised
constitution. A number of the
brethren spoke for and against the
proposition.
After many speeches, the Chair
asked for a vote on further debate.
It was voted that the debate be
closed and vote taken.
Dr. H. H. Humes moved that the
revised constitution be adopted.
The presiding officer, Dr. Joseph
H. Jackson, declared that, by vote
of the convention, the revised constitution 
was officially adopted.

THE CONTENTIONS

The Rev. Marshall L. Shepard.
ex-Recorder of Deeds of the District 
of Columbia, former Recorder
of Deeds of the City of Philadelphia, 
a city councilman at large in
Philadelphia, pastor, Mt. Olive
Baptist Church in Philadelphia,
and nationally prominent in Democratic 
politics is the spokesman
for one group.
The other group is headed by the
Rev. Joseph H. Jackson, pastor of
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Chicago 
and president of the National
Baptist Convention.
Dr. Shepard is one of a number
of candidates who are seeking to
succeed Dr. Jackson as president
of the Convention.
Dr. Jackson says he is the servant 
of the convention and will
abide by its wishes.
Whether Dr. Jackson will continue 
in office or be ousted by one
of the numerous candidates for his
post may well turn on whether the
Convention has or does not have
a valid tenure provision in the convention. 

The pro-Jeckson faction contend
that the tenure provision was not
adopted at the annual session of
the National Baptist Convention
in Chisago on Sept: 12, 1952, because 
it was adopted on the third
day of the convention, and the constitution 
provided that no amendments 
shall be considered after the
second day of the session.
Dr. Shepard contends that a new
constitution—and not an amendment—was 
adopted at the Chicago
meeting.
The pro-Jeckson group also contends 
that if the tenure provision
was legally adopted at the Chicago
meeting, it was "lifted" at the session 
in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 8,
1955, and is not now in effect.
Dr. Shepard contends that there
has been no change in the constitution 
since the 1952 session in Chicigo. 

The facts from the opposing
camps are pretty much the same.
The differences are over interpretations. 

Excerpts from the minutes of the
Convention show that—.
At the meeting of the Board of
Directors in Hot Springs, Ark., the
Rev. D. V. Jamison, then president
of the Convention, stated that the
Rev. L. K. Jackson, of Indiana, had
a resolution to offer to the board.
The Rev. Mr. Jackson read his resolution. 

Dr. Jemison spoke approvingly of
the resolution and referred it to
the Committee on Revision of the
Constitution, which had been appointed 
at the 1950 session held in
Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1950.
Dr. Jemison added the following
members to the committee: the
Revs. L. K. Jackson, Indiana; J.
P. Barbour, Pennsylvania; C. L.
Franklin Michigan: W. M. Whitt,
Alabama, and J. L. Horace, Illinois.
Article XIV of, the revised constitution, 
adopted at the annual
sssion in Chicago in 1952, provides:
"There shall be an annual meetting 
of this Convention, the same to

be held at the time and in order
stated, to the by-laws of this Convention. 

"This constitution may be altered 
or amended at any annual, session 
by a two-thirds vote of the
members present, provided that
such a vote is taken without regard
to the total enrollment, and provided 
further, that no amendments
shall be considered after the second 
day of the session. All amendments 
before being presented to
the Convention must have
presented to the Executive Board
of this Convention for its consideration. 

"All constitutions and laws or
parts of constitutions and laws to
conflict with this, constitution are
hereby repealed and are of no force
and effect.
"This constitution shall take effect 
upon its adoption."
Explanatory note: Although delegates 
begin arriving to the convention 
city two or three days ahead
of the opening of the session — a
number of them preaching at local
churches on the Sunday preceding —
the opening of the convention —
the official opening day of the session 
is the first Wednesday after
Labor Day.
The second day of the 1952 convention 
was Thursday, Sept. 11. If
the convention of the pro-Jackson
group is correct, the amendment
governing tenure should have been
presented not later than that day.
But here is what happened: At
the Thursday morning session
Sept. 11 1952, Dr: Roland Smith,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Little Rook, Ark., and-secretary of
the National Baptist Training
Union Board, Who was a member
of the Committee on Revision of
the Constitution, gave notice that
his committee would make its report 
in the 1952 session. The convention 
recessed until 4. p. m.
At the Thursday afternoon session, 
President Jemison gave permission 
to Rev. J. R. Henderson
to read the report of the Committee 
on Revision of the Constitution. 
On a motion to table the matter 
for a year, President Jemison
ruled that action be deferred until 
10:30 o'clock, Friday, morning:
At the morning session on Friday, 
the third: day of the convention. 
Vice President Jackson stated
that President Jemison wished that
the matter to claim the attention
of the convention would be the
reading of the revised constitution.
The Chair asked how much time
should be given to each speaker.
The convention voted that each
speaker be allowed two minutes. 
Dr. W. T. Crutcher, of Tennessee, 
was named timekeeper.
The members of the committee
spoke for adoption or the revised
constitution. A number of the
brethren spoke for and against the
proposition.
After many speeches, the Chair
asked for a vote on further debate.
It was voted that the debate be
closed and vote taken.
Dr. H. H. Humes moved that the
revised constitution be adopted.
The presiding officer, Dr. Joseph
H. Jackson, declared that, by vote
of the convention, the revised constitution 
was officially adopted.

LAWS IN CONFLICT

The Rev. Marshall L. Shepard.
ex-Recorder of Deeds of the District 
of Columbia, former Recorder
of Deeds of the City of Philadelphia, 
a city councilman at large in
Philadelphia, pastor, Mt. Olive
Baptist Church in Philadelphia,
and nationally prominent in Democratic 
politics is the spokesman
for one group.
The other group is headed by the
Rev. Joseph H. Jackson, pastor of
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Chicago 
and president of the National
Baptist Convention.
Dr. Shepard is one of a number
of candidates who are seeking to
succeed Dr. Jackson as president
of the Convention.
Dr. Jackson says he is the servant 
of the convention and will
abide by its wishes.
Whether Dr. Jackson will continue 
in office or be ousted by one
of the numerous candidates for his
post may well turn on whether the
Convention has or does not have
a valid tenure provision in the convention. 

The pro-Jeckson faction contend
that the tenure provision was not
adopted at the annual session of
the National Baptist Convention
in Chisago on Sept: 12, 1952, because 
it was adopted on the third
day of the convention, and the constitution 
provided that no amendments 
shall be considered after the
second day of the session.
Dr. Shepard contends that a new
constitution—and not an amendment—was 
adopted at the Chicago
meeting.
The pro-Jeckson group also contends 
that if the tenure provision
was legally adopted at the Chicago
meeting, it was "lifted" at the session 
in Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 8,
1955, and is not now in effect.
Dr. Shepard contends that there
has been no change in the constitution 
since the 1952 session in Chicigo. 

The facts from the opposing
camps are pretty much the same.
The differences are over interpretations. 

Excerpts from the minutes of the
Convention show that—.
At the meeting of the Board of
Directors in Hot Springs, Ark., the
Rev. D. V. Jamison, then president
of the Convention, stated that the
Rev. L. K. Jackson, of Indiana, had
a resolution to offer to the board.
The Rev. Mr. Jackson read his resolution. 

Dr. Jemison spoke approvingly of
the resolution and referred it to
the Committee on Revision of the
Constitution, which had been appointed 
at the 1950 session held in
Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1950.
Dr. Jemison added the following
members to the committee: the
Revs. L. K. Jackson, Indiana; J.
P. Barbour, Pennsylvania; C. L.
Franklin Michigan: W. M. Whitt,
Alabama, and J. L. Horace, Illinois.
Article XIV of, the revised constitution, 
adopted at the annual
sssion in Chicago in 1952, provides:
"There shall be an annual meetting 
of this Convention, the same to

be held at the time and in order
stated, to the by-laws of this Convention. 

"This constitution may be altered 
or amended at any annual, session 
by a two-thirds vote of the
members present, provided that
such a vote is taken without regard
to the total enrollment, and provided 
further, that no amendments
shall be considered after the second 
day of the session. All amendments 
before being presented to
the Convention must have
presented to the Executive Board
of this Convention for its consideration. 

"All constitutions and laws or
parts of constitutions and laws to
conflict with this, constitution are
hereby repealed and are of no force
and effect.
"This constitution shall take effect 
upon its adoption."
Explanatory note: Although delegates 
begin arriving to the convention 
city two or three days ahead
of the opening of the session — a
number of them preaching at local
churches on the Sunday preceding —
the opening of the convention —
the official opening day of the session 
is the first Wednesday after
Labor Day.
The second day of the 1952 convention 
was Thursday, Sept. 11. If
the convention of the pro-Jackson
group is correct, the amendment
governing tenure should have been
presented not later than that day.
But here is what happened: At
the Thursday morning session
Sept. 11 1952, Dr: Roland Smith,
pastor of the First Baptist Church,
Little Rook, Ark., and-secretary of
the National Baptist Training
Union Board, Who was a member
of the Committee on Revision of
the Constitution, gave notice that
his committee would make its report 
in the 1952 session. The convention 
recessed until 4. p. m.
At the Thursday afternoon session, 
President Jemison gave permission 
to Rev. J. R. Henderson
to read the report of the Committee 
on Revision of the Constitution. 
On a motion to table the matter 
for a year, President Jemison
ruled that action be deferred until 
10:30 o'clock, Friday, morning:
At the morning session on Friday, 
the third: day of the convention. 
Vice President Jackson stated
that President Jemison wished that
the matter to claim the attention
of the convention would be the
reading of the revised constitution.
The Chair asked how much time
should be given to each speaker.
The convention voted that each
speaker be allowed two minutes. 
Dr. W. T. Crutcher, of Tennessee, 
was named timekeeper.
The members of the committee
spoke for adoption or the revised
constitution. A number of the
brethren spoke for and against the
proposition.
After many speeches, the Chair
asked for a vote on further debate.
It was voted that the debate be
closed and vote taken.
Dr. H. H. Humes moved that the
revised constitution be adopted.
The presiding officer, Dr. Joseph
H. Jackson, declared that, by vote
of the convention, the revised constitution 
was officially adopted.

VIRGINIA SEEKS REVIEW
OF PUPIL PLACEMENT ACT

The Public Placement Act was
passed at a special session of the
Virginia General Assembly. It is a
part of the program designed to
maintain racial segregated public
schools in the state, despite the decision 
of the Supreme. Court outlawing 
such schools.
The Supreme Court is now in summer 
recess and will not reconvene
until Oct. 7. After the new term
starts, it is expected to dispose
swiftly of the petition for a review 
of he Judgment of the United
States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

If the high court follows what has
become its practice since its decision 
of May 31, 1955, remanding
the school segregation cases to
lower courts for the fashioning of
decrees. It will deny the petition
for a review.
The review is being sought by
the State and the school boards of
Newport News and Norfolk.
The Supreme Court is asked to
review the decrees of the Circuit
Court of Appeals affirming the
orders entered by the Federal District 
Court at Norfolk last Feb.
26, forbidding racial segregation in
Norfolk and Newport News schools.
Sparate suits were originally
against the school boards of Newport 
News and Norfolk by colored
children and their parents or
guardians. They charged that the
schools in the two cities are segregared. 

After hearings, Judge Walter K.
Hoffman in the Federal District
Court at Norfolk declare that the
Virginia Pupil placement Act is
unconstitutional.
Judge Hoffman held that the act
furnishes no adequate remedy to
Dr. Robert Brisbane, professor of
political science at Morehouse College 
said. The report comes as no
surprise to me. Equal facilities and
equal salaries for teachers do not
make equal education.
"Cultural integration is the only
real integration. Until the Negro
achieves this in the South, he will
be in, but not of American, society."
The summary revealed that white
and Negro pupils and teachers make
better average scores on the mathmatics 
and science portions of tests
than on any other parts.
The report also brought out that
between 45 percent and 80 percent,
generally about 60 percent, of the
scores of white teachers are marched 
by a corresponding percent of
the scores of Negro teachers on the
same teste.
colored children Because of the
fixed and definite policy of school
authorities to maintain segregated
schools and because of other Virginia 
laws, passed also at the extra
session of the General Assembly,
which provide for the closing of he
schools and the withdrawal of
state funds from them if they integrated. 

While the Newport News and
Norfolk cases were pending in the
appeals court, Mrs. Theo T. DoFebio 
brought suit against the Fairfax 
County (Va.) School Board
She sought a write of mandamus to
compel the reinstatement of her
two sons in the Fairfax County
schools.
The boys were expelled last April
because Mrs. DeFebio, who is white,
refused to sign placement applications 
as required by the Pupil Placement 
Board.
The Court of Appeals affirmed the
decrees of Judge Hoffman in
Newport News and Norfolk cases.
The two school boards contend
that the appeals court should have
stayed proceedings in the Newport 
News and Norfolk cases until
the Virginia Supreme Court decided 
the DeFebio case.
Judge Hoffmon ruled that the
Pupil Placement Act was not a bar
to the suits against the Newport
News and Norfolk schools boards
because it was unconstitutional and
could be disregarded.
For this reason alone, the two
school boards state, no effort has
been made to enforce the Pupil
Placement Act to Newport News and
Norfolk, although it is effective
everywhere else in Virginia.

STATE REVIEW SOUGHT

The Public Placement Act was
passed at a special session of the
Virginia General Assembly. It is a
part of the program designed to
maintain racial segregated public
schools in the state, despite the decision 
of the Supreme. Court outlawing 
such schools.
The Supreme Court is now in summer 
recess and will not reconvene
until Oct. 7. After the new term
starts, it is expected to dispose
swiftly of the petition for a review 
of he Judgment of the United
States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

If the high court follows what has
become its practice since its decision 
of May 31, 1955, remanding
the school segregation cases to
lower courts for the fashioning of
decrees. It will deny the petition
for a review.
The review is being sought by
the State and the school boards of
Newport News and Norfolk.
The Supreme Court is asked to
review the decrees of the Circuit
Court of Appeals affirming the
orders entered by the Federal District 
Court at Norfolk last Feb.
26, forbidding racial segregation in
Norfolk and Newport News schools.
Sparate suits were originally
against the school boards of Newport 
News and Norfolk by colored
children and their parents or
guardians. They charged that the
schools in the two cities are segregared. 

After hearings, Judge Walter K.
Hoffman in the Federal District
Court at Norfolk declare that the
Virginia Pupil placement Act is
unconstitutional.
Judge Hoffman held that the act
furnishes no adequate remedy to
Dr. Robert Brisbane, professor of
political science at Morehouse College 
said. The report comes as no
surprise to me. Equal facilities and
equal salaries for teachers do not
make equal education.
"Cultural integration is the only
real integration. Until the Negro
achieves this in the South, he will
be in, but not of American, society."
The summary revealed that white
and Negro pupils and teachers make
better average scores on the mathmatics 
and science portions of tests
than on any other parts.
The report also brought out that
between 45 percent and 80 percent,
generally about 60 percent, of the
scores of white teachers are marched 
by a corresponding percent of
the scores of Negro teachers on the
same teste.
colored children Because of the
fixed and definite policy of school
authorities to maintain segregated
schools and because of other Virginia 
laws, passed also at the extra
session of the General Assembly,
which provide for the closing of he
schools and the withdrawal of
state funds from them if they integrated. 

While the Newport News and
Norfolk cases were pending in the
appeals court, Mrs. Theo T. DoFebio 
brought suit against the Fairfax 
County (Va.) School Board
She sought a write of mandamus to
compel the reinstatement of her
two sons in the Fairfax County
schools.
The boys were expelled last April
because Mrs. DeFebio, who is white,
refused to sign placement applications 
as required by the Pupil Placement 
Board.
The Court of Appeals affirmed the
decrees of Judge Hoffman in
Newport News and Norfolk cases.
The two school boards contend
that the appeals court should have
stayed proceedings in the Newport 
News and Norfolk cases until
the Virginia Supreme Court decided 
the DeFebio case.
Judge Hoffmon ruled that the
Pupil Placement Act was not a bar
to the suits against the Newport
News and Norfolk schools boards
because it was unconstitutional and
could be disregarded.
For this reason alone, the two
school boards state, no effort has
been made to enforce the Pupil
Placement Act to Newport News and
Norfolk, although it is effective
everywhere else in Virginia.

NOT EQUAL EDUCATION

The Public Placement Act was
passed at a special session of the
Virginia General Assembly. It is a
part of the program designed to
maintain racial segregated public
schools in the state, despite the decision 
of the Supreme. Court outlawing 
such schools.
The Supreme Court is now in summer 
recess and will not reconvene
until Oct. 7. After the new term
starts, it is expected to dispose
swiftly of the petition for a review 
of he Judgment of the United
States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

If the high court follows what has
become its practice since its decision 
of May 31, 1955, remanding
the school segregation cases to
lower courts for the fashioning of
decrees. It will deny the petition
for a review.
The review is being sought by
the State and the school boards of
Newport News and Norfolk.
The Supreme Court is asked to
review the decrees of the Circuit
Court of Appeals affirming the
orders entered by the Federal District 
Court at Norfolk last Feb.
26, forbidding racial segregation in
Norfolk and Newport News schools.
Sparate suits were originally
against the school boards of Newport 
News and Norfolk by colored
children and their parents or
guardians. They charged that the
schools in the two cities are segregared. 

After hearings, Judge Walter K.
Hoffman in the Federal District
Court at Norfolk declare that the
Virginia Pupil placement Act is
unconstitutional.
Judge Hoffman held that the act
furnishes no adequate remedy to
Dr. Robert Brisbane, professor of
political science at Morehouse College 
said. The report comes as no
surprise to me. Equal facilities and
equal salaries for teachers do not
make equal education.
"Cultural integration is the only
real integration. Until the Negro
achieves this in the South, he will
be in, but not of American, society."
The summary revealed that white
and Negro pupils and teachers make
better average scores on the mathmatics 
and science portions of tests
than on any other parts.
The report also brought out that
between 45 percent and 80 percent,
generally about 60 percent, of the
scores of white teachers are marched 
by a corresponding percent of
the scores of Negro teachers on the
same teste.
colored children Because of the
fixed and definite policy of school
authorities to maintain segregated
schools and because of other Virginia 
laws, passed also at the extra
session of the General Assembly,
which provide for the closing of he
schools and the withdrawal of
state funds from them if they integrated. 

While the Newport News and
Norfolk cases were pending in the
appeals court, Mrs. Theo T. DoFebio 
brought suit against the Fairfax 
County (Va.) School Board
She sought a write of mandamus to
compel the reinstatement of her
two sons in the Fairfax County
schools.
The boys were expelled last April
because Mrs. DeFebio, who is white,
refused to sign placement applications 
as required by the Pupil Placement 
Board.
The Court of Appeals affirmed the
decrees of Judge Hoffman in
Newport News and Norfolk cases.
The two school boards contend
that the appeals court should have
stayed proceedings in the Newport 
News and Norfolk cases until
the Virginia Supreme Court decided 
the DeFebio case.
Judge Hoffmon ruled that the
Pupil Placement Act was not a bar
to the suits against the Newport
News and Norfolk schools boards
because it was unconstitutional and
could be disregarded.
For this reason alone, the two
school boards state, no effort has
been made to enforce the Pupil
Placement Act to Newport News and
Norfolk, although it is effective
everywhere else in Virginia.

CONTEND STAY NEEDED

The Public Placement Act was
passed at a special session of the
Virginia General Assembly. It is a
part of the program designed to
maintain racial segregated public
schools in the state, despite the decision 
of the Supreme. Court outlawing 
such schools.
The Supreme Court is now in summer 
recess and will not reconvene
until Oct. 7. After the new term
starts, it is expected to dispose
swiftly of the petition for a review 
of he Judgment of the United
States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

If the high court follows what has
become its practice since its decision 
of May 31, 1955, remanding
the school segregation cases to
lower courts for the fashioning of
decrees. It will deny the petition
for a review.
The review is being sought by
the State and the school boards of
Newport News and Norfolk.
The Supreme Court is asked to
review the decrees of the Circuit
Court of Appeals affirming the
orders entered by the Federal District 
Court at Norfolk last Feb.
26, forbidding racial segregation in
Norfolk and Newport News schools.
Sparate suits were originally
against the school boards of Newport 
News and Norfolk by colored
children and their parents or
guardians. They charged that the
schools in the two cities are segregared. 

After hearings, Judge Walter K.
Hoffman in the Federal District
Court at Norfolk declare that the
Virginia Pupil placement Act is
unconstitutional.
Judge Hoffman held that the act
furnishes no adequate remedy to
Dr. Robert Brisbane, professor of
political science at Morehouse College 
said. The report comes as no
surprise to me. Equal facilities and
equal salaries for teachers do not
make equal education.
"Cultural integration is the only
real integration. Until the Negro
achieves this in the South, he will
be in, but not of American, society."
The summary revealed that white
and Negro pupils and teachers make
better average scores on the mathmatics 
and science portions of tests
than on any other parts.
The report also brought out that
between 45 percent and 80 percent,
generally about 60 percent, of the
scores of white teachers are marched 
by a corresponding percent of
the scores of Negro teachers on the
same teste.
colored children Because of the
fixed and definite policy of school
authorities to maintain segregated
schools and because of other Virginia 
laws, passed also at the extra
session of the General Assembly,
which provide for the closing of he
schools and the withdrawal of
state funds from them if they integrated. 

While the Newport News and
Norfolk cases were pending in the
appeals court, Mrs. Theo T. DoFebio 
brought suit against the Fairfax 
County (Va.) School Board
She sought a write of mandamus to
compel the reinstatement of her
two sons in the Fairfax County
schools.
The boys were expelled last April
because Mrs. DeFebio, who is white,
refused to sign placement applications 
as required by the Pupil Placement 
Board.
The Court of Appeals affirmed the
decrees of Judge Hoffman in
Newport News and Norfolk cases.
The two school boards contend
that the appeals court should have
stayed proceedings in the Newport 
News and Norfolk cases until
the Virginia Supreme Court decided 
the DeFebio case.
Judge Hoffmon ruled that the
Pupil Placement Act was not a bar
to the suits against the Newport
News and Norfolk schools boards
because it was unconstitutional and
could be disregarded.
For this reason alone, the two
school boards state, no effort has
been made to enforce the Pupil
Placement Act to Newport News and
Norfolk, although it is effective
everywhere else in Virginia.

Vets Corner
Here are authoritative answers
from the Veterans Administration
to questions of current interest to
former servicemen and their families: 

Q. — I used my World War II G]
home loan benefit when VA's maximum 
guaranty was $4,000. Since
we've outgrown the house, I would a
like to sell It and buy another, using 
the $3,500 guarantee that I'm s
still entitled, to. Would I have to
apply for this second GI loan before
the World War II GI loan deadline? 


Q. — I am a Korea veteran and
[ have just come out of service. ]
enrolled in a one-year course in a
radio-TV repair under the Korean
GI Bill. After I finish that course,
would I be allowed to take another
one? I've built up three years of GI
entitlement.

Q. — I am a young man of 20
married and the father of a small
child. I am eligible for school under 
the War Orphans Education
program. If I enroll, would I be entitled 
to a larger monthly allowance
because of my dependents?

Q. — Since I have been totally
disabled for more than six months,
I have applied for a waiver of premiums 
on my GI insurance policy.
What will be the effective date of
the waiver?


Nat (King) Cole Show

been hailed by audiences in Atlanta
Memphis and Miami, Birmingham,
Ala., is the only Dixie city which
scheduled the show and droped it
after its premiere in bowing to racist 
sentiment.
..Tuesday night, Cole carried his
audience to a French cafe and featured 
songs with a continental accent. 
NBC reports thousands of
letters hailing the Nat (King) Cole
show.
Except for United Air Lines,
which was plugged at the tail end
of the show, sponsors have shied
away from the production.
"The Californians," which will
replace the Nat (King) Cole show
deals with the founding period of
the state with emphasis on the
colorful port of San Francisco of
the mid-nineteenth century. One
of the two lead roles will be played
by Adam Kennedy, who will be
seen as a crusading journalist and
vigilante. His close friend will be
portrayed by Sean McClory.
The half hour films to go
production this week will be sponsored 
by the Singer Sewing Machine 
Company, an alternate weeks
at 10:00 P. M. Tuesday.
Deep south fans have been urged 
to write NBC-TV and
their appreciation of the show. The
show has been a goodwill force
throughout the area. It is the first
coast to coast TV show to featurea 
topflight Negro star as host.

I. P. Reynolds

ing acquaintances, often walking
from the Westside to Auburn Avenue 
and back. Sometimes he wandered 
off his "route." At the hospital 
in which he passed, Mr. Reynolds 
was receiving special treatment
with new drugs available there, having 
reportedly suffered a Mod clot
from injuries sustained in an automobile 
accident, together with pneumonia. 

"Ike" or "Sam," as he was affectionately 
known to thousands, retired 
with honor from the Atlanta
Post Office. His record of service
was unsurpassed, since he made it
a point to always be on Auburn
Avenue and its environs, carrying
mail and picking up news tidbits for
his columns. His writings covered
many men and many subjects, which
he treated With kindness and praise
A prolific church worker and promoter, 
he was ordained "Pastor of
Auburn Avenue" by the late Bishop
W. A. Fountain because of his solicitation 
for and contributions to
Morris Brown College and the African 
Methodist Episcopal Church
His "reports" for Morris Brown on
education night of the annual conferences 
were considerable.
Reynolds mixed fun and zest with
his Thanksgiving Day promotions
for the annual Morris Brown-Clark
grid encounters. On one such day
the late "Big Smitty" Smith, Auburn 
Avenue restaurateur, was to
have jumped from the top floor of
the Odd Fellows Building because
Morris Brown lost to Clark, the latter 
school thoroughly supported by
A. T. Hollingsworth; insurance man.
The deceased had tried his hand
at railroading before becoming a
postman, but his mother cut short
that career because he was not of
age, he often related. He loved
trains and Often rode them in the
engineer's cab.
A native of Atlanta, the section
known as Reynoldstown, Mr. Reynolds 
was schooled in its public institutions 
and at Morris Brown.
Funeral arrangements had not
been made Tuesday.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs.
Lizzie Reynolds, and a son, Ralph,
an Atlanta postman.

"PASTOR OF AUBURN AVENUE"

ing acquaintances, often walking
from the Westside to Auburn Avenue 
and back. Sometimes he wandered 
off his "route." At the hospital 
in which he passed, Mr. Reynolds 
was receiving special treatment
with new drugs available there, having 
reportedly suffered a Mod clot
from injuries sustained in an automobile 
accident, together with pneumonia. 

"Ike" or "Sam," as he was affectionately 
known to thousands, retired 
with honor from the Atlanta
Post Office. His record of service
was unsurpassed, since he made it
a point to always be on Auburn
Avenue and its environs, carrying
mail and picking up news tidbits for
his columns. His writings covered
many men and many subjects, which
he treated With kindness and praise
A prolific church worker and promoter, 
he was ordained "Pastor of
Auburn Avenue" by the late Bishop
W. A. Fountain because of his solicitation 
for and contributions to
Morris Brown College and the African 
Methodist Episcopal Church
His "reports" for Morris Brown on
education night of the annual conferences 
were considerable.
Reynolds mixed fun and zest with
his Thanksgiving Day promotions
for the annual Morris Brown-Clark
grid encounters. On one such day
the late "Big Smitty" Smith, Auburn 
Avenue restaurateur, was to
have jumped from the top floor of
the Odd Fellows Building because
Morris Brown lost to Clark, the latter 
school thoroughly supported by
A. T. Hollingsworth; insurance man.
The deceased had tried his hand
at railroading before becoming a
postman, but his mother cut short
that career because he was not of
age, he often related. He loved
trains and Often rode them in the
engineer's cab.
A native of Atlanta, the section
known as Reynoldstown, Mr. Reynolds 
was schooled in its public institutions 
and at Morris Brown.
Funeral arrangements had not
been made Tuesday.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs.
Lizzie Reynolds, and a son, Ralph,
an Atlanta postman.

Educational Testing

ces in school achievement between
white and Negro pupils.
The survey showed that reading
at the Sixth grade level, by which
substantial numbers of white Atlanta 
pupils read anywhere from
four grades below to five
above the grade level at which they
were tested, a range of nine grades.
Similarly, substantial numbers of
Negro sixth-graders read anywhere
from five years below to two years
above their grade level, a range of
seven grades. There were proportionally 
more white than Negro
children with superior achievement
on all tests at all levels, the survey
revealed.
The survey brought out that average 
scores of Negro pupils fell progressively 
farther behind national
averages and averages for white Atlanta 
pupils as they advance from
primary grades through high school
White and Negro pupils and teachers 
made better average scores on
the Mathematics and Science portions 
of the tests than on any other
parts; wherein white teachers showed 
better average performance on
all tests and all parts of tests than
corresponding groups of Negro
teachers. At the same time, there
was considerable, overlapping in the
distributions of scores of white and
Negro teachers.
The findings reported were generally 
consistent with findings of
other studies.
On all tests at all levels, between
35 per cent and 50 per cent of the
scores of white pupils were matched
by a corresponding percent of the
scores of Negro pupils. When individual 
elementary schools were compared, 
a few of the Negro elementary 
schools had a higher average
achievement than a small number
of the white elementary schools.

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Families Of Thirty

employers who Id not yet fully understand 
their duty to report the
wages they pay these workers.
"We are trying to reach all farm
workers themselves tot explain why
their social security records must be
kept correctly. Those who do not
show their social, security cards
to their employers and see to it
that the tax is deducted from their
earnings run the risk of losing social 
security benefits," Christgau
said.
Since January 1, 1955, some migrant 
farm workers have been covered 
by old-age and survivors insurance. 
Starting with 1957, migrant 
workers are covered by social
security if they get cash wages of
$150 or more from one employer in
any one year, or if they work for
one employer on 20 or more days
in the year for cash, pay at other
than piece rates.
A crew leader who supplies workers 
to a farmer and pays these
workers is considered the employer
for social security purposhes unless 
the farmer and the crew leader 
have a written agreement making 
the farmer the employer. Unless 
there is such an agreement, the
crew leader must deduct social security 
taxes from the worker's pay
anl report each worker's earnings
once a year.
Old-age and survivors insurance
provides four different kinds of payments 
to workers or their families—
monthly retirement, survivors, and
disability payments, and a lumpsum 
death payment.
"All of these payments," said Mr.
Christgau, "depend first of all on
whether the worker's earnings have
been correctly reported by his employer. 
The Social Security Act is
for the benefit of people who work
for a living. The worker as well as
his employer has a responsibility to
see that his earnings get credited
properly."

Segregationists Seeks

subpoena jury foreman Powell May
and juror George cruze in hearings
for the new trial. Simmons said it
was "inconceivable" that May did
not know he was "being publicly
analyzed" over a nationwide TV
program he appealed on before being 
chosen Jury foreman.
Judge Robert Love Taylor has not
set a date for the new trial motion
hearings. Other defendants planning 
to seek a new trial have until
a Wednesday deadline to file motions 
with the court clerk.

Annual Back To School

it was also found that only 5,845
had completed four years of high
school and only 1,155 persons completed 
four years of college.
To augment statistics such as
these in future years, the League
is trying to stimulate the interest
of the Negro community in the necessity 
of a sound educational
background, training and preparation 
in our expanding economy.
Through the media of radio and
the press, efforts are being made to
bring home the need of preparation 
to these specific groups: (1)
students who are regularly enrolled 
in school but are poor achievers, 
(2) students who plan to drop
out of school, (3) students who
have dropped out of school, (4) parents 
of local youth and (5) school
personnel.
A city-wide plea is being sent by
the League out to all interested
persons, groups and organizations
to join us in this effort.