Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1965-02-20
J. A. Beauchamp

Drive To Unseat
5 Mississippi
Solons To Win?
"The drive to unseat five Mississippi
Congressmen will succeed"—is the opinion of scores of dedicated
lawyers who are participating in a special project of the Mississippi 
Freedom Democratic Party, designed to "expose the repression
onder which Negroes live in Mississippi."
Approximately 200 attorneys, all
Volunteers, are participating in the
"Deposition Caravan." under the
auspices of the National Lawyers
Guild. The lawyers come from all
parts of the country and many are
paying their own travel expenses
and living expenses while in Mississippi. 

The taking of testimony from
"friendly witnesses" — civil right
workers and out-of-state volunteers
who took part in last Summer's
Mississippi Project — was concluded 
last Saturday.
"Hostile witnesses," — county
registrars and local police officials
— are also being quizzed by MFDP
attorneys.
The purpose of these public hearings 
is to spotlight the pattern of
Harrassment and pression by the
state of Mississippi againt political
activities of its Negro citizens.
Last December the MFDP
through three women civil rights
workers from. Mississippi, served
notice of challenge in each of the
five regularly-elected Congressmen
— Democratic incumbents William
Colmer, John Bell Williams, Jamie
Whitten, and Thomas Abernathy.
and Pretiss Walker, a newly elected 
Republican.
The official challenges were filed
on behalf of Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, 
Annie Devine and Victoria Gray.
All three were MFDP candidates
Fir Congress. Mrs. Hamer is from
Ruleville, Mrs. Devine resides in
Canton and Mrs. Gray makes her
home in Hattiesburfg.
A move to unseat the Mississippi
delegation on the opening day of
Congress (Jan. 4) failed. The group
was seated on a provisional basis
and members of the delegation must
eventually face their colleagues in
the House for another showdown.
Meanwhile, the United States
Commission on Civil Rights, behere 
closed doirs, heard testimony
here regarding alleged racial discrimination 
in voting, and law enforcement. 

The hearing marked the first time
the Commission had met in Missississippi. 
A meeting, scheduled in
1962, was postponed when, an integration 
crisis developed at the University 
of Mississippi.
Atty. E. A. Hunter of Chicago,
native Mississippian, is typical of
the lawyers who are donating, their
services to the MFDP in the fight to
unseat the Mississippi delegation.
Hunter, assigned to the Greenwood 
area, said he was impressed
by the new militancy being shown
by Mississippi Negroes.
"Even the older people have a
strong desire to vote and participate 
in local Government," he said.
He had high praise for the work
being: done by the Congress On
Racial Equality and the Student
Non-Violent Coordinating Committee 
in Mississippi, Hunter urged
more financial support for the civil
rights groups.
The prominent Chicago lawyer
was born in Jackson and is a gradpate 
of Tougaloo College. He was
graduated from the Howard University 
Law School in 1954.

Klan Plans To
Step Up Bias
Offensive Here

The Klu Klux Klan, desperate because 
it cannot stem the tide of
civil rights reform now sweeping
the land, and angry because Lester
Maddox "had to close" his cafeteria,
is planning a direct, stepped-up offensive 
against white politician
who "go to bat for niggers" and for
other integrationists as well.
In an angry announcement last
week, the Klan's Imperial Wizard
Robert Shelteon of Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
served notice that the Klan is "taking 
off its gloves," and is preparing
to "mop up" its targets including
two well-known U. S. Senators, Rich
ard Russell, and Herman Talmadge
both Georgia democrats, incurred
the ill-will of the Klan by "going
off to Europe during the election
when he should be down here campaigning 
for the white man."
Talmadge's only crime as far as
the Klan is concerned is that he
has urged fellow Georgians to accept 
the "reality of the civil rights
law.

2 Slates May
Ease Register
To Vote laws
Some States are beginning to respond 
to the need for more liberal
registration and voting laws to encourage 
fuller citizen participation
in elections.
Commenting on this, the AFLCIO's 
Committee on Political Action 
said the Indiana State Legislature 
is considering legislation to
permit house - to - house voter
registration in high - population
counties. Present Indiana law permits 
it only in counties of less
than 80,000 population, mostly rural 
and Republican.
In Montana, a bill has been inProduced 
to case registration professing 
by eliminating the need for
on Bath on re - registration, and
by increasing tip number of deputy
registrars from one to two per precinet. 

The Montana bill also requires
that notices of cancellation of registration 
be sent for failure to vote
in a general election, together with
a new registration card. In addition, 
the bill requires chairmen of
both political parties to be given
a complete list of those newly
qualifying to vote.

Pan-Americanism
In Practice
Traces Pan - African Freedom
Movement of Eastern, Central and
Southern Africa from its birth in

1958 to its present state seven years
later. The author attempts to show
the strengths and weaknesses of
the movement — from a Westerner's 
viewpoint.

CENTENNIAL SCRAPBOOK:  1865

"Fate decreed" is a well-worn
phrase. Has fate ever decreed
anything? If so, it could have decreed
that Pierre Gustave Beauregard, who
organized the attack on Fort Sumter at
Charleston in March, 1861, that set off
the War, would order its surrender in
February, 1865.
Beauregard, the No. 1 hero of the
Confederacy after the fall of Sumter
and the subsequent victory at Bull Run,
fell ill in 1862 and, out of favor withPresident 
Davis, was accused of leaving
his post without authority. However,
Davis relented, and in 1864 Beauregard
was returned to command of defense
of the Carolina and Georgia coasts.
With Fort Fisher and Cape Fear
River to the north taken by Union
forces, and Sherman swinging around
from Savannah toward Columbia,
Charleston was on the verge of being
cut off. Beauregard ordered it evacuated.
So, Saturday, Feb. 17, 1865, Charleston,
which had withstood months of battering 
by Union ships in the harbor and
Union guns on nearby islands, was given
up without a fight.





MEETS CHAIRMEN —
Dr. Aaron Brown (holdingbook), 
Chairman of the Conference of large CitBoards 
of Education of New York Stats, confer
with his Chairmen. They are L. to R., Dr. Arthu
J. Wallingford, President Albany Board of Education, 
host at Capital City, Dr. Brown; Mr. Elie
B. Fine, President Yonkers Beard of Education
and Chairman of Legislative Committee of the

conference; Dr. Dwight E. Beecher, Deputy Suerintendent 
at Buffalo, Chairman of Research
Committee; and Robert A. Bickal, President of
Rochester Board of Education and Chairman of
ime and Place Committee of the Conference.
Dr. Brown is shown giving the Chairmen of
conference committees instructions about their
duties.


A bright,
new thing has been added to the
Roman Catholic College of Cardinals 
the August body composed of
"Princes of world Catholicism is
traditionally chosen.
Already multi-colored, and inculding 
Cardinal Laurian Rugambwa,
the first Negro to be raised to the
cardinalate, the College attained
a new ebony hue with the appointment 
by Pope Paul VI of youthful,
scholarly Archbishop Paul Zoungrana 
W. F., D. C. L., of the Republic 
of Volta West Africa.
Cardinal-elect Zoungrana, like his
African predecessor, Cardinal
Rugambwa, will bring fresh insight
and a wider understanding of African 
affairs to the cardinalate at
a time when the final session of
Vaticah Council II (the Ecumenical 
Council) is to begin grappling
with a number of problems both
spiritual and social. In addition to
being a ranking prelate, the "New
Prince" is a ned sociologist and
an expert in social problems in his
country.
What type of person is Cardinalelect 
Zoungrana, who at 47 is
youngest of 27 prelates to be raised
to the cardinialate by Pope Paul,
in Consistory in St. Peter's Basilica 
on Monday, Feb. 22?
He is one of those extraordinary
churchmen who are able to combine 
scholarship, brilliant leadership 
and administration, with humility 
and fatherly devotion for
his flock. He is keenly aware of the
social and economic problems of his
people.
While he reflects quiet dignity,
in appearance, Cardinal-elect Zoungrana 
looks more the part of a
scholar — and he is. The bespectacled 
prelate with open features
deep-set but studious eyes, and a
firm chin, is an expert in canon
law.
He holds the Doctorate Degree in
canon law from the renowned
Georgian University in Rome, Italy
and the Licentiate in social sciences
from the Institut Catholigue. Parts
France, in addition to his priestly 
degrees and honors, which in
cludes 
membership in the Siciety of
Missionaries of Africa, commonly
known as White Fathers, because
of the color of their Cossack))
The cardinal-elect was born in
Ougadougou on September 3, 1917
and was baptized 11 days later in
the mud church which was the
city's first cathedral. Educated by
the White Fathers, he studied for
the priesthood at Koumi, in presentday 
Upperd Votal, and was oradined
in 1942. As a priest, he spent six
years as a ccurate in Ougaodugou,
then was sent to Rome to stuy canon 
law. He won the D. C. L. summa
cum laude, with a thesis on the
problems of; child marriages in Upper 
Volta.
From Rome he went to Paris for
his social studies. Later, when he
returned home, he found practical

application for his social training
by founding and directing the Center 
of Social Studies in Koumi.
He is one of the few priests to
make the leap directly from priest
to archbishop. He was nominated
archbishop of Ouagadougou on April
5, 1960, and consecrated by the late
Pipe John XXIII in the pomp and
splendor of St. Peter's on May 8,
of 1930. At the time of his consecration, 
Cardinal Augumbwa had just
been inducted into the college of
Cardinals (March 28, 1960) by Pope
Jone.
Cardinal Zoungrana rules an
archdiocese that contains 41,385
Catholics, out of a total population
of 5588.000 in Ouagadougou.
His chief responsibilities as prelate 
are "To Teach, To Rule, and To
Sanctify."

ELEANOR
SPECIAL NOTE: this week we quote impressive excerpts
from one of the finest books ever, written by one of the world's
greatest leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Strength To love"
is fascinating dnd it powerfully grips the reader by inspiring Him
(or her) to be a better citizen, a finer Christian. No home should
be without a copy of this great book.
Love is me most durable power in
the world. This creative force. 80
beautifully exemplified in the life of
Christ is the mast potent instrument 
available in mankind's quest
for peace and security. Napoleon
Bonaparte, the great military genius
looking back over his years of conquest, 
is reported to have said
"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne,
and I have built great empires. But
upon what did they depend? They
depend upon force. But centuries
ago, Jesus started an empire that
was built on love; and even to this
day, millions will die for Him!" The
great military leaders of the past
have prone and their empires have
crumbled and burned to ashes. But
the empires of Jesus built solidly
and magestically on the foundation
of love is still growing, It started
with a group of dedicated men who
through the inspiration of their
Lord, were able to shake the kings
from the gates of the Roman Empire, 
and carry the gospel into all
the world. Today the vast earthly
kingdom of, Christ members more
than 900,000.000 and covers every
land and tribe.
We must combine the toughness
of the serpent and the softness of
the dove, a tough mind and tender
heart. (This is what Jesus expects).
Rarely do we find men engage 
in solid thinking, There is almost 
universal quest for easy answers
and half baked solutions, Nothing
pains more people than having to
think!
Soft mindedness is one of the
basic causes of race prejudices. The
tough-minded person always examines 
the facts before he reaches
conclusions: in short, he preThe 
tender minded person reaches
a conclusion before he his examined
the first fast; in short, he prejudges 
and is prejudiced. Race prejudice 
is based on groundless fears,
suspicions and misunderstanding
The shape of the world today 
nct permit us the luxury of softmindedness. 
A nation or a civilization 
that Continues to produce softminded 
men purchases its own
spiritual death.
The hard hearted individual never

sees people as people, out rather as
mere objects or as impersonal cogs
in an ever-turning wheel. In the
massive wheel of big city life, he
sees men as digits in a multitude.
In the deadly wheel of army life
he sees men as members in the regiment. 
He depersonalizes life:
We as Negroes must bring together-tough-mindedness 
and tender-heartedness, 
if we are to move
creatively toward the goal of freedom 
and justice. Soft-minded individuals 
among; us feel that the
only way to deal with oppression is
by adjuring to it. They acquiesce,
and resign themselves to segregation. 
They prefer to remain oppressed. 

And there are hard-hearted and
bitter individuals among us who
would combat the opponent with
physical violence and corroding hate.
Violence brings only temporary victories. 
Violence by creating many
more social problems than it solves,
never brings permanent peace. I am
convinced that if we succumb to
the temptation to use violence in
our struggle for freedom, unborn
generations will be recipients of a
long and desolate night of bitterness 
and our chief legacy to then
will be a never ending reign of
chaos.
We need to know that the Lore
is a God of justice. When slumbering 
giants of injustice merge in the
earth, we need to know that there
is a God of Power who can cuthem 
down like the grass and leave
them withering like the green herb
When our most tireless efforts far
to-stop the surging sweep of oppression, 
we need h know that in
this universe is a God whose match
less strength is a fit contrast to the
sordid weakness of man. But there
are also times when we need to
know that God possesses love and
mercy.
When an affluent society would
coax us to believe that happiness
consists in the size of our auto
mobiles, the impressiveness of our
houses, and the expensiveness of
our clothes, Jesus reminds us "A
man's life consisteth not in the

abundance of things he possesseth."
Many people fear nothing more
terribly than to take a position
which stands out sharply and clearly 
from the prevailing opinion. The
tendency of most is to adopt a
view that Is so ambiguous that it
will include everything and so popular 
that it will include everybody.
If manufacturers are concerned
only in their personal interests, they
will pass by on the other side while
thousands of working people are
stripped of their jobs and left displaced 
on some Jericho road as a
result of automation, and they will
judge every move toward a better
distribution of wealth and a better 
life for the working man to
be "socialistic". If a white man is
concerned only about his race, he
will usually pass by the Negro who
has been robbed of his personhood,
stripped of his sense of dignity, and
left dying on some wayside road.
Generations will rise and fall;
men will continue to worship the
d of Revenge and bow before
he altar of retaliation; but ever
and again the noble lesson of Calvary 
will be a nagging reminder
chat only goodness can drive out
il and only Love Can Conquer
Hatel.
"Strength To Love" like its illustrious 
author possesses a magnetic
power that is nothing less than
contagios.

STRENGTH TO LOVE
SPECIAL NOTE: this week we quote impressive excerpts
from one of the finest books ever, written by one of the world's
greatest leaders, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Strength To love"
is fascinating dnd it powerfully grips the reader by inspiring Him
(or her) to be a better citizen, a finer Christian. No home should
be without a copy of this great book.
Love is me most durable power in
the world. This creative force. 80
beautifully exemplified in the life of
Christ is the mast potent instrument 
available in mankind's quest
for peace and security. Napoleon
Bonaparte, the great military genius
looking back over his years of conquest, 
is reported to have said
"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne,
and I have built great empires. But
upon what did they depend? They
depend upon force. But centuries
ago, Jesus started an empire that
was built on love; and even to this
day, millions will die for Him!" The
great military leaders of the past
have prone and their empires have
crumbled and burned to ashes. But
the empires of Jesus built solidly
and magestically on the foundation
of love is still growing, It started
with a group of dedicated men who
through the inspiration of their
Lord, were able to shake the kings
from the gates of the Roman Empire, 
and carry the gospel into all
the world. Today the vast earthly
kingdom of, Christ members more
than 900,000.000 and covers every
land and tribe.
We must combine the toughness
of the serpent and the softness of
the dove, a tough mind and tender
heart. (This is what Jesus expects).
Rarely do we find men engage 
in solid thinking, There is almost 
universal quest for easy answers
and half baked solutions, Nothing
pains more people than having to
think!
Soft mindedness is one of the
basic causes of race prejudices. The
tough-minded person always examines 
the facts before he reaches
conclusions: in short, he preThe 
tender minded person reaches
a conclusion before he his examined
the first fast; in short, he prejudges 
and is prejudiced. Race prejudice 
is based on groundless fears,
suspicions and misunderstanding
The shape of the world today 
nct permit us the luxury of softmindedness. 
A nation or a civilization 
that Continues to produce softminded 
men purchases its own
spiritual death.
The hard hearted individual never

sees people as people, out rather as
mere objects or as impersonal cogs
in an ever-turning wheel. In the
massive wheel of big city life, he
sees men as digits in a multitude.
In the deadly wheel of army life
he sees men as members in the regiment. 
He depersonalizes life:
We as Negroes must bring together-tough-mindedness 
and tender-heartedness, 
if we are to move
creatively toward the goal of freedom 
and justice. Soft-minded individuals 
among; us feel that the
only way to deal with oppression is
by adjuring to it. They acquiesce,
and resign themselves to segregation. 
They prefer to remain oppressed. 

And there are hard-hearted and
bitter individuals among us who
would combat the opponent with
physical violence and corroding hate.
Violence brings only temporary victories. 
Violence by creating many
more social problems than it solves,
never brings permanent peace. I am
convinced that if we succumb to
the temptation to use violence in
our struggle for freedom, unborn
generations will be recipients of a
long and desolate night of bitterness 
and our chief legacy to then
will be a never ending reign of
chaos.
We need to know that the Lore
is a God of justice. When slumbering 
giants of injustice merge in the
earth, we need to know that there
is a God of Power who can cuthem 
down like the grass and leave
them withering like the green herb
When our most tireless efforts far
to-stop the surging sweep of oppression, 
we need h know that in
this universe is a God whose match
less strength is a fit contrast to the
sordid weakness of man. But there
are also times when we need to
know that God possesses love and
mercy.
When an affluent society would
coax us to believe that happiness
consists in the size of our auto
mobiles, the impressiveness of our
houses, and the expensiveness of
our clothes, Jesus reminds us "A
man's life consisteth not in the

abundance of things he possesseth."
Many people fear nothing more
terribly than to take a position
which stands out sharply and clearly 
from the prevailing opinion. The
tendency of most is to adopt a
view that Is so ambiguous that it
will include everything and so popular 
that it will include everybody.
If manufacturers are concerned
only in their personal interests, they
will pass by on the other side while
thousands of working people are
stripped of their jobs and left displaced 
on some Jericho road as a
result of automation, and they will
judge every move toward a better
distribution of wealth and a better 
life for the working man to
be "socialistic". If a white man is
concerned only about his race, he
will usually pass by the Negro who
has been robbed of his personhood,
stripped of his sense of dignity, and
left dying on some wayside road.
Generations will rise and fall;
men will continue to worship the
d of Revenge and bow before
he altar of retaliation; but ever
and again the noble lesson of Calvary 
will be a nagging reminder
chat only goodness can drive out
il and only Love Can Conquer
Hatel.
"Strength To Love" like its illustrious 
author possesses a magnetic
power that is nothing less than
contagios.

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Collins Says Washington
Shares Blame For Racial
Situation In Southland
Gov. LeRoy Collins, director of the
Community Relations Service, said
here Feb 11 the South would not
have become a "seedbed of the
civil rights revolution" if the Federal 
government had 'pursued a
policy of stronger and more constructive 
involvement."
In a speech prepared for delivery
before the Abraham Lincoln Association, 
Collins added:
"Had the Federal government after 
the civil War moved into the
vacuum with a proad program of
economic rehabilitation, public education 
and health improvement,
coupled with dearly spelled -out
guarantees of equal lights for all
American citizens — and enforced
them, without malice, but nonetheless 
with strength —r then neither
Southern whites nor Southern
blacs would hace been ept in mutual 
bondage these hundred years."
The former Governor of Florida,
observing that he was the first
Southern speaer ever invited by the
association, said this would have
been the course of Lincoln, but
conceded that "obviously, it, would
have been strongly opposed pay the
reactionaries of his day."
He asserted that the new slavery
which grew from the Nation's failure 
to pursue such a course — and
the South's determination to perpetuate 
its cheap - labor system —
became in some ways more oppressive 
than the old formalized master 
- slave relationship.
"For it had a new hypocrisy," he
continued, 'which never was a feature 
of outright slavery... The 'separate 
but equal' myth gave a preten"e 
of equality through coerced
segregation.
"The greatest prime, of course,
was that, the assumptions of innaie 
while superiority and black
inferiority were perpetuated, and
with this the two - way shackle
which always bind the master to
the servant us strongly as it is intended 
to bind servant to the master." 


Doorman leaves
$67,000 To
Some Charities
The
will of the late Matthew McKeether,
72-yenr-old retired hotel doorman,
filed for probate here last week,
disclosed that he has left an estate
valued at $67,000 to be divided
among several charity and civil
rights organization.
McKeether went into retirement
in 1959 after having worked for
20 years as a doorman ta the
Radisson Hotel. He died last Jan.
28.
According to his will, he left a
$40, 000 farm at Long Lake to the
Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House
to be used as a summer camp for
underprivileged children. He also
left $2,000 each to the NAACP, the
Minneapolis Urban League, and
Father Flanagan's Boys Town in
Nebraska.
The balance of his estate is willed
to the NAACP after legal expenses
have been paid.

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INVENTORS —
Leonard and Harold Julien of Modeste, La., stand
behind the mechanical sugarcane planter they have invented. The
machine, which reduces manpower needs by 70 percent in the
planting process, may revolutionize cane planting. Not only do
the Julien brothers believe in saving on manpower, but also in
conserving the soil on their 924-acre farm.


Two sugarcane farmers of Modeste, La.,
who have invented a machine which may revolutionize cane
planting, not only believe in saving labor, but also in conserving
and enriching their land.
The fanners are brothers, Leonard 
and Harold Julien, whose me
chanized sugarcane planter may reduce 
the need for manpower in the
planting process by 70 percent and
the number of tractors and cane
wagons by 50 to 60 percent.
Dean of Agriculture J. Norman
Efferson of Louisiana state University 
says the new invention provided 
for the complete mechanization 
of the sugar cane industry for
the first time.
The patented machine uses three
sets of tongs to pull the cane of
a cart and drop it in open furrows.
A tractor follows to cover the cane
In the dropping process, the cane
is guided into proper position by

a trough-like sheet metal arrangement. 
The Brothers did part of the
construction work on the machine
their own well equipped farm
hop. Estimated cost is placed at
about $3,000.
The president of the American
Sugarcane League, Andrew P. Gay,
sees in the new machine — which
tan plant 12 acres a day with a
complement of only five men, two
tractors and three carts — removal
of the problems of obtaining large
numbers of field laborers during
the - three-to-six-week planting season. 
Ordinarily, 16 men, four tractors 
and eight carts are needed to
plant 12 acres a day.
As a member of the board of
supervisors of the Lower Delta Soil
Conservation District, Mr. Gay says
he Is delighted to learn that what
appears lo be the first practical and
satisfactory sugarcane planting machine 
is being developed by cooperators 
in his conservation district.
The Joliens have been carrying
out soil and water conservation
practices in their farm as cooperators, 
with the district, since 1953
when a Son Conservation Service
technician helped them develop a
conservation plan.
Among other things, they rotate
their sugarcane with corn and soybeans, 
and plant winter cover crops
and turn them under in the spring
to enrich their soil. They also have
dug some drainage ditches on their
farm, and put other measures into
effect, As n result, they are among
the most successful sugarcane farmers 
in the State.

Bars Colored
To Remain
In Business
The
owner of a resort, apartment 
left at Bournemonth admitted last
week that he was practicing racial
segregation.
R. S. Spooner, the owner, said,
"If I didn't, I would go out of
Business." He has been including
the words, "Regret Eurojeans Only"
on all advertising leaflets leaving
the fiat, in West Cliff Gardens.
Bournemouth's Mayor, Ald. H. P.
E. Mears said the apartment discrimination 
had nothing to do with
the town, which has mi color bar.
The president of the Bournemouth 
Hoteliers Association found
the situation "disgusting" 'As an
association we have no control over
flatlets," he said 'but there is definitely 
no color bar in the hotels
here."
Meanwhile, the Rev. Roger Ducker, 
a Methodist minister from Chiswick, 
promised to like up the matter 
with his member of parliament. 


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COMB
BRUSH