Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1964-12-12
J. A. Beauchamp

FLORIDA PRINTERS - PUBLISHERS —
Members of
the Florida Printers and Publishers Association
attending the quarterly meeting of the FPPA in
Tampa recently were, left to right, seated: Emmanuel 
Wesley, Daytona Beach; James Bruton,
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee; Garth

Reeves, Miami; Minnie Martin, Tampa; Dot S.
Boger, Tampa, M. A. Hall Williams, West Palm
Beach; and D. C. Collington FAMU. Standing,
left to right, are: George Carr, Joe Jones, James
Jackson, Linnell DuPree, Robert Nelson, Simon
Johnson, and Norman Harris, all of Tampa.

Southern U. Cited As Part
Of 'Agricultural Revolution"

Assistant Secretary of Agriculture 
George L. Mehren told a general 
assembly at the Baton Rouge,
La. institution that, despite the
shift in emphasis to urban areas,
the contribution by farmers to the
U. S. economy is of "steadily increasing 
importance."
He said the U. S. farmer today
produces as much in one hour as
he did in 2 1-2 hours some 15 years
ago. He can produce as much in
two hours before breakfast as he
did in a full hour day 50 years ago.
"One average person in the U. S.
agriculture today supplies abundantly 
the food and fiber needs of
31 persons, including himself—
compared with 15 persons only 15
years ago and only seven persons
half a century ago," Mehren added. 
"In all previous history, agricultural 
progress such as this has
never been heard of."
Mehren began his address by
sketching the life of Dr. Joseph
Samuel Clark, who served as president 
of Southern University from
1914 to 1938. Clark, he said, decided 
to "get an education" one
spring day in 1890 when he broke
three, plow points in one day while
plowing his neighbor's stumpy
field and the cost of the points ex
ceeded 
his day's pay.
Clark, already 19 years old, entered 
and finished high school,
worked his way through college,
and later did postgraduate work at
both Chicago and Harvard.
As president of Southern, he
raised if from a university in name
only with an enrollment of 47 students 
and a faculty and administrative 
staff of nine persons, to
a true university consisting of a
full-fledged teaching course, a
liberal arts college, specialized curricula 
in agriculture, home economics, 
and other areas, including
schools for the blind and the, deaf.
From one habitable house on campus 
in 1914, Southern University
grew to a campus of 36 buildings
by 1938.
Today, under the presidency of
Joseph Clark's son, Dr. Felton G.
Clark Southern University—with
an enrollment of 8,000—is the largest 
institution of higher learning,
for Negroes in the United States.
The story of Dr. Clark and
Southern University "is actually
only a small part of a much larger
and perhaps an even more fascinating 
story: That of the American
Agricultural Revolution," Mehren
said.

Sunday School Lesson

"There
is neither Jew nor Greek there is
neither bond nor free, there is
neither male nor female; for you
are all one in Christ Jesus."

 Philemon.
Today we ask ourselves the question: 
"What can we, as Christians,
do to promote feelings of brotherhood 
among men?
The passages we are studying
concern an erstwhile slave, (Onesimus 
who had belonged to Philemon.
Onesimus had committed two
deadly sins, according to the concepts 
of his time. He had stolen
from his master, and he had run
away. Paul, ever mindful of his
purpose in Jesus' ministry, had converted 
Onesimus to the precepts of
Christianity, and was returning him
to his former owner, with an eloquent 
plea for mercy.
Paul based his plea that Onesimus 
be received back "as a brother"
on the concept of love. God created
man in His own image and, throng
Christ he had committed himself
to leading man to realize the potentials 
of the mind and spirit with
which he had been so graciously
endowed.
Paul was aware of this, and did
everything in his power to further
God's plan. He did not, however
condemn slavery as such, for slavery
was ah accepted practice in that
time. Concern was felt, however
for the treatment of slaves. The
master had certain responsibilities
towards those who served him, and
they, in turn, had special responsi
bilities toward their master. This

was the law of the land.
Paul, indeed, even suggests that
perhaps God had a hand in the
escape of Philemon's slave, for if
he had not found Paul, and therefore 
been in a position to grasp
the chance offered to him of becoming 
a Christian, Onesimus would
never have had the opportunity to
lead the useful life that he later
led in God's service. And Onesimus
not only became a man with a purpose... 
he was a Christian brother
to the man who once owned him as
a slave.
Paul, supremely confident in Philemon's 
response to his plea for Onesimus, 
paid his friend a wonderful
tribute as he penned the words:
"Confident of your obedience, I
write to you knowing that you will
do even more than I say ... "Friendship 
among men is a wonderful
gift, and as such, should be highly
prized.
Onesimus was extremely fortunate
to have known a man like Paul,
and to have such a friend. He was
also fortunate to have had a mster
like Philemon. Still, the responsibility 
began neither with Paul or
Philemon; it lay with Onesimus
himself Every man has business
with himself, and until he takes
core of this business, thre is very
little anyone else can do for him.
A man must shoulder his own responsibilities 
for his actions and
for his mistakes before others can
help him. This is the lesson in
Philemon.... the brotherhood of
man.
It was brotherhood that prompted
Paul to use his friendship with
Philemon to help the young slave;
it was brotherhood that prompted
Philemon to respond to his friend's
request; it was brotherhood that
prompted the church at Colossae to
receive Onesimus into its fellowship. 
That church was, indeed,
Christlike in its principles. Is ours?
(These comments are based on
outlines of the International Sunday 
School Lessons, copyrighted by
the International Council of Religious 
Education, and used by permission. 


BROTHERS IN CHRIST

"There
is neither Jew nor Greek there is
neither bond nor free, there is
neither male nor female; for you
are all one in Christ Jesus."

 Philemon.
Today we ask ourselves the question: 
"What can we, as Christians,
do to promote feelings of brotherhood 
among men?
The passages we are studying
concern an erstwhile slave, (Onesimus 
who had belonged to Philemon.
Onesimus had committed two
deadly sins, according to the concepts 
of his time. He had stolen
from his master, and he had run
away. Paul, ever mindful of his
purpose in Jesus' ministry, had converted 
Onesimus to the precepts of
Christianity, and was returning him
to his former owner, with an eloquent 
plea for mercy.
Paul based his plea that Onesimus 
be received back "as a brother"
on the concept of love. God created
man in His own image and, throng
Christ he had committed himself
to leading man to realize the potentials 
of the mind and spirit with
which he had been so graciously
endowed.
Paul was aware of this, and did
everything in his power to further
God's plan. He did not, however
condemn slavery as such, for slavery
was ah accepted practice in that
time. Concern was felt, however
for the treatment of slaves. The
master had certain responsibilities
towards those who served him, and
they, in turn, had special responsi
bilities toward their master. This

was the law of the land.
Paul, indeed, even suggests that
perhaps God had a hand in the
escape of Philemon's slave, for if
he had not found Paul, and therefore 
been in a position to grasp
the chance offered to him of becoming 
a Christian, Onesimus would
never have had the opportunity to
lead the useful life that he later
led in God's service. And Onesimus
not only became a man with a purpose... 
he was a Christian brother
to the man who once owned him as
a slave.
Paul, supremely confident in Philemon's 
response to his plea for Onesimus, 
paid his friend a wonderful
tribute as he penned the words:
"Confident of your obedience, I
write to you knowing that you will
do even more than I say ... "Friendship 
among men is a wonderful
gift, and as such, should be highly
prized.
Onesimus was extremely fortunate
to have known a man like Paul,
and to have such a friend. He was
also fortunate to have had a mster
like Philemon. Still, the responsibility 
began neither with Paul or
Philemon; it lay with Onesimus
himself Every man has business
with himself, and until he takes
core of this business, thre is very
little anyone else can do for him.
A man must shoulder his own responsibilities 
for his actions and
for his mistakes before others can
help him. This is the lesson in
Philemon.... the brotherhood of
man.
It was brotherhood that prompted
Paul to use his friendship with
Philemon to help the young slave;
it was brotherhood that prompted
Philemon to respond to his friend's
request; it was brotherhood that
prompted the church at Colossae to
receive Onesimus into its fellowship. 
That church was, indeed,
Christlike in its principles. Is ours?
(These comments are based on
outlines of the International Sunday 
School Lessons, copyrighted by
the International Council of Religious 
Education, and used by permission. 


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Clark Elected To
Commission Of
Association Group
BATON ROUGE, La . . . The
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools broke president at its
annual meeting now in session at
Louisville, Kentucky and elected a
Negro to its Commission on college,
the most powerful commission of
the austere group.
Flected to the position was Dr.
Felton G. Clark, president of
Southern University in Baton
Rouge. This commission is responsible 
for keeping a watchful eye
over the accreditation of the nation's 
colleges.
Dr. Clark, noted educator and
son of Louisiana, is the first of his
race to be elected to this commission. 

Some three or four years ago
when Southern last its rating with
the Association, Dr. Clark, with
the help of his deans and other
administrators at Southern and
with an emergency appropriation
from the State, pulled Southern
up to full fledged membership by
the time the organization met the
next year.
It was through his efforts that
Southern has been able to continue 
with its high rating, though
the school is currently in heed of
additional classroom space and
funds to meet the needs of the
largest single-segmented population 
in the State.
Dr. Clark has headed Southern
University since the summer of
1938 when he succeeded his father,
Dr. J. S. Clark who was the founding 
president.

Life Of Christ
Told In College
Choir Broadcasts
Musical settings
of texts drawn from the New Testament 
depicting events in the Life
of Christ were broadcast by the
Choir of St. Paul's College, Lawrenceville, 
Va., under the direction
of Dr. Larry Palmer. The broadcast
originated in New York, Dec. 6.
Three other UNCF choir programs
will be heard during the month.
Sharing the spotlight in the
broadcast of December 13 are the
choirs of Knoxville College in Tennessee; 
St. Augustine's College, Raleigh, 
North Carolina, the combined
choirs of Atlanta University, Morehouse 
College, and Spelman College,
Atlanta, Georgia; and Morris Brown
College, also in Atlanta. The program 
will feature music for Christmas. 

The Fisk University Choir, Nashville, 
Tennessee will be heard in a
program, of Christmas Music the
week of December 20. Robert H.
Jones is the choir's director.
Rounding out the December series,
the choir of Johnson C. Smith Universit 
will be heard under the baton 
of Christopher w. Kemp on the
broadcast of December 27.
The UNCF Choir Series is now

in its 15th year of continuous broad
casting on the ABC Radio network.
The series is also heard throughout
the world over the Armed Forces
Rad'o Network and the Voice of
America.

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Charge "DuBois" Clubs
Spreading Nationwide

The clubs were founded in memory 
of Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Negro
scholar and a founder of the
NAACP. DuBois, who abandoned his
American citizenship and moved to
Ghana, died last year.
According to Blake, the DuBois
clubs are beamed primarily at college 
youths and have been branded
by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
as a "Marxist group spawned by
the U. S. Communist Party."
However, leaders of the clubs deny 
any connection with the Com
munist 
Party and are inclined to
treat Hoover's accusation with a
mixture of scorn and amusement."
States Blake:
"But they do not hesitate to
brand America's society today as
'sick.' Not do they try to hide
their goal—the foundation of a
Socialist order."
The first club was founded in
San Francisco several years ago.
Blake says the organizers were "a
dozen young persons committed to
Marxism, peace, civil rights and
civil liberties."
He charges that the group soon
changed to a broader base, opening
membership to non-Marxists interested 
in studying Marxism as a
possible alternative to the present
system.
Last June, at a convention, in
San Francisco, a national organization 
was formed and regional coordinators 
were named for the
East, Midwest and West.
A 25-year-old college student,
Phil Davis of San Francisco, was
selected as national president.
Davis was active in civil rights activities 
in the South.
One of the major aims of the
group, which has clubs in some 35
cities, is to oppose renewal of the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities.
Another goal is to work in coalition 
with other groups to protest
the presence of U. S. forces in
South Viet-Nam.
The interracial group has been
blamed for the militant civil rights
demonstrations in San Francisco
which resulted in the arrests of
250 persons at the Sheraton Palace
Hotel and along autimobile row.

Leaders Deny Connection
With Communist Party

The clubs were founded in memory 
of Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Negro
scholar and a founder of the
NAACP. DuBois, who abandoned his
American citizenship and moved to
Ghana, died last year.
According to Blake, the DuBois
clubs are beamed primarily at college 
youths and have been branded
by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
as a "Marxist group spawned by
the U. S. Communist Party."
However, leaders of the clubs deny 
any connection with the Com
munist 
Party and are inclined to
treat Hoover's accusation with a
mixture of scorn and amusement."
States Blake:
"But they do not hesitate to
brand America's society today as
'sick.' Not do they try to hide
their goal—the foundation of a
Socialist order."
The first club was founded in
San Francisco several years ago.
Blake says the organizers were "a
dozen young persons committed to
Marxism, peace, civil rights and
civil liberties."
He charges that the group soon
changed to a broader base, opening
membership to non-Marxists interested 
in studying Marxism as a
possible alternative to the present
system.
Last June, at a convention, in
San Francisco, a national organization 
was formed and regional coordinators 
were named for the
East, Midwest and West.
A 25-year-old college student,
Phil Davis of San Francisco, was
selected as national president.
Davis was active in civil rights activities 
in the South.
One of the major aims of the
group, which has clubs in some 35
cities, is to oppose renewal of the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities.
Another goal is to work in coalition 
with other groups to protest
the presence of U. S. forces in
South Viet-Nam.
The interracial group has been
blamed for the militant civil rights
demonstrations in San Francisco
which resulted in the arrests of
250 persons at the Sheraton Palace
Hotel and along autimobile row.

DENY CONNECTION

The clubs were founded in memory 
of Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Negro
scholar and a founder of the
NAACP. DuBois, who abandoned his
American citizenship and moved to
Ghana, died last year.
According to Blake, the DuBois
clubs are beamed primarily at college 
youths and have been branded
by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
as a "Marxist group spawned by
the U. S. Communist Party."
However, leaders of the clubs deny 
any connection with the Com
munist 
Party and are inclined to
treat Hoover's accusation with a
mixture of scorn and amusement."
States Blake:
"But they do not hesitate to
brand America's society today as
'sick.' Not do they try to hide
their goal—the foundation of a
Socialist order."
The first club was founded in
San Francisco several years ago.
Blake says the organizers were "a
dozen young persons committed to
Marxism, peace, civil rights and
civil liberties."
He charges that the group soon
changed to a broader base, opening
membership to non-Marxists interested 
in studying Marxism as a
possible alternative to the present
system.
Last June, at a convention, in
San Francisco, a national organization 
was formed and regional coordinators 
were named for the
East, Midwest and West.
A 25-year-old college student,
Phil Davis of San Francisco, was
selected as national president.
Davis was active in civil rights activities 
in the South.
One of the major aims of the
group, which has clubs in some 35
cities, is to oppose renewal of the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities.
Another goal is to work in coalition 
with other groups to protest
the presence of U. S. forces in
South Viet-Nam.
The interracial group has been
blamed for the militant civil rights
demonstrations in San Francisco
which resulted in the arrests of
250 persons at the Sheraton Palace
Hotel and along autimobile row.

CALIFORNIA PRESIDED

The clubs were founded in memory 
of Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Negro
scholar and a founder of the
NAACP. DuBois, who abandoned his
American citizenship and moved to
Ghana, died last year.
According to Blake, the DuBois
clubs are beamed primarily at college 
youths and have been branded
by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
as a "Marxist group spawned by
the U. S. Communist Party."
However, leaders of the clubs deny 
any connection with the Com
munist 
Party and are inclined to
treat Hoover's accusation with a
mixture of scorn and amusement."
States Blake:
"But they do not hesitate to
brand America's society today as
'sick.' Not do they try to hide
their goal—the foundation of a
Socialist order."
The first club was founded in
San Francisco several years ago.
Blake says the organizers were "a
dozen young persons committed to
Marxism, peace, civil rights and
civil liberties."
He charges that the group soon
changed to a broader base, opening
membership to non-Marxists interested 
in studying Marxism as a
possible alternative to the present
system.
Last June, at a convention, in
San Francisco, a national organization 
was formed and regional coordinators 
were named for the
East, Midwest and West.
A 25-year-old college student,
Phil Davis of San Francisco, was
selected as national president.
Davis was active in civil rights activities 
in the South.
One of the major aims of the
group, which has clubs in some 35
cities, is to oppose renewal of the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities.
Another goal is to work in coalition 
with other groups to protest
the presence of U. S. forces in
South Viet-Nam.
The interracial group has been
blamed for the militant civil rights
demonstrations in San Francisco
which resulted in the arrests of
250 persons at the Sheraton Palace
Hotel and along autimobile row.

Poverty Said Not
Major Crime Cause
The view that poverty, slums and
illiteracy are the major underlying
causes of criminal acts doesn't hold
up under careful scrutiny, an assistant 
U.S. Attorney told the Federal 
Bar Association last week.
Chief of the Grand Jury Section
of the U.S. Attorney's Office,
Harold J. Sullivan contended the
individual is endowed by his Creator 
with a free will and is therefire 
responsible for his acts.
Sullivan took exception to the
philosophy of "those who look at
crime and see only the effects of
one's physical environment such as
a broken hone or a crowded slum."
"I believe that man is responsible
for his actions. I certainly believe
that criminals are not all helpless
slaves of their environment," he
said.

Dick Gregory Seeks 20,000
Turkeys For Miss. Xmas Meals
Comedian
Dick Gregory and Mississippi heroine 
Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer have
started a campaign to airlift 20,000
turkeys to Mississippi so Negroes
in the state won't have to eat "syrup 
and break" for Christmas dinner.
Mrs. Hamer, who stirred the Na
tional 
Democratic Convention Platform 
Committee with her account
of Mississippi terror, said mast Negroes 
in the state have never seen
a turkey except in pictures.
"I am 47 years old mid I have
one turkey and I am unusual," she
said. "That was five of six years
ago and I bought it on the installment 
plan and took about eight
months to pay off."
Mrs. Hamer said the white man
who gave her credit "doesn't own
that store anymore."
The idea to airlift the 20,000 tur
keys 
to Mississippi was the inspiration 
of Dick Gregory, who formed
a committee for Christmas in Mississippi. 

Famed news columnist Drew
Pearson is co-chairman, as is Lawrence 
Landry of Chicago. Gospel
singer Mahalia Jackson Is honorary
chairman.
Gregory announced that Sammy
Davis, Jr. will appear in a Chicago
benefit performance on Dec. 20. in
connection with the project.
Gregory himself said he and his
family will accompany the Christmas 
dinners on the flight to Mississippi 
and will spend Christmas
with the people of Mississippi.

AIRLIFT INSPIRATION
Comedian
Dick Gregory and Mississippi heroine 
Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer have
started a campaign to airlift 20,000
turkeys to Mississippi so Negroes
in the state won't have to eat "syrup 
and break" for Christmas dinner.
Mrs. Hamer, who stirred the Na
tional 
Democratic Convention Platform 
Committee with her account
of Mississippi terror, said mast Negroes 
in the state have never seen
a turkey except in pictures.
"I am 47 years old mid I have
one turkey and I am unusual," she
said. "That was five of six years
ago and I bought it on the installment 
plan and took about eight
months to pay off."
Mrs. Hamer said the white man
who gave her credit "doesn't own
that store anymore."
The idea to airlift the 20,000 tur
keys 
to Mississippi was the inspiration 
of Dick Gregory, who formed
a committee for Christmas in Mississippi. 

Famed news columnist Drew
Pearson is co-chairman, as is Lawrence 
Landry of Chicago. Gospel
singer Mahalia Jackson Is honorary
chairman.
Gregory announced that Sammy
Davis, Jr. will appear in a Chicago
benefit performance on Dec. 20. in
connection with the project.
Gregory himself said he and his
family will accompany the Christmas 
dinners on the flight to Mississippi 
and will spend Christmas
with the people of Mississippi.

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Two-Year Protest
Changes Town's
Pattern Of Jobs
A two-year
boycott of the Barnes Supermarket
not only has made that store abandon 
its lily-white job policy, but
has changed the employment pattern 
in the entire town. Negroes
now are working at the local
branches of Montgomery Ward, the
Bank of America and several other
downtown stores.
The boycott, bolstered by picketing, 
had won the support of more
than 95 per cent of the non-white
community. Finally, following rumors 
that the store was about to close,
management hired its first Negro
clerk and the long boycott was
ended.
"Members of CORE'S Oroville
chapter are comparing their success 
with Barnes Supermarket to
the result sot the 1956 Montgomery
bus boycott, though on a smaller
scale," commented Chet Duncan,
CORE'S western field secretary,

Irvine Turner Gets
Top N.J. Boxing Post
Irvine
I. Turner, New Jersey's first colored
Councilman, has been appointed
State Chief Boxing Commissioner,
also a first for a member of his
race.
A longtime boxing fan, Turner
earns 10,000 a year as Councilman 
and will draw $6,000 a year as
top boxing commissioner. He has
been boss of Newark's predominant
ly colored central ward for the pas
10 years.

FIRE DEATH
Smok
ing in bed was blamed Saturday
for the fire Friday night that killed
Ralph E. Turner, 64, a retired postal
employe.

EARTHA KITT AND CHUCK CONNERS —
Eartha Kitt, who portrays
a young woman who has come to Synanon to shake her drug
addiction and who becomes one of its ablest administrators, chats
with star Chuck Conners during a break in the filming of "Syrianon" 
for Columbia Pictures release. In the upcoming motion picture
Conners is seen as Ben, a Synanon resident who is plucked from
the streets of New York for rehabilitation at the Southern California 
colony.

15 Leaders Now Serve On
USDA Advisory Committees
With the appointment of two
more Negro leaders to the National
Advisory Committee on Rural Areas
Development, which met last week
to study the war on poverty, there
are now 15 such leaders on U. S.
Department of Agriculture committees. 

The two most recent appointees
are: Dr. Melvin Humphrey, professor 
of social science, Morgan State
College; and the Rev. Samuel W.
Williams, professor of philosophy at
Morehouse College.
Already on the RAD committee
are L. A. Potts, former dean of
agriculture at Tuskegee Institute,
Tuskegee, Ala.; Dr. E. B. Evans,
president of Prairie View, Texas,
A. and M. College; Dr. Willa B.
Player president of Bennett College, 
Greensboro, N. C.
Others holding membership on
advisory committees are: Dr. H. C.
Williams, associate professor of
agricultural economics at Ohio State
University, who is serving on the
National Agricultural Advisory
Commission; Hilliard Currin, 700acre 
livestock, grain, and cotton
farmer of Brownsville, Tenn. Feed
Grain and Wheat Advisory Committee. 

Dr. R. D. Morrison, president of
Alabama A. and M., Huntsville, and
Rudolph V. Braxton, merchant, and
Farmer of Kendleton Texas, Cotton
Advisory Commttee; Augustus Hill,
Extension Service supervisor of Fort
Valley, Gr., and Oliver E. Smith,
Experiment Station agronomist,
Prairie View, Texas National Stabilization 
Advisory Committee for
Peanuts.
Dr. Henry L. Taylor, agricultural
economist, Tennessee A. and I. State
University, Nashville, Advisory
Committee on Soil and Water Con
servation; 
Dr. Robert C. Weaver,
Housing Administrator, National
Agricultural Library Advisory Committee; 
and John Hope, Assistant
Executive Director, President's Committee 
on Equal Employment, Superior 
Service Awards Committee.