Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1957-08-28
Thaddeus T. Stokes

MEMPHIS WORLD
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against the interest of its readers.

Compromise Strengthens Proposed Bill
From out of the chaos of the haze of political eventualities,
we come into the sunlight of hope.
Hardly any question, since the foundation of this Republic
has occupied and held so long the front headlines of the press,
as this discussion around civil rights.
For many weeks it has occupied the Congress and engaged
its best talents on both sides for and against its passage. Out
of the wash, however, have come many things in their uninviting 
aspects that have astounded civilization.
It is an ill wind that blows nobody good; from the very
first hearings on the measure, came those disclosures involving
every violation of Democratic principle from the denial to appear
at a poll, to threats and violence upon the person of individuals
who insisted a free circulation in a free society.
The swift turn came in the aftermath of every pattern and
precedent of the diehard strategy had seen service. While the
"four horsemen of the compromise" shine gallantly in the deal,
none is due more credit than Republican House Minority leader,
Joe Martin, whose patience and wide resourcefulness played a
leading role in the channeling of the bill into that stream where
most of what the opposition glorified in was finally washed up.
Briefly stated, under the terms of the agreement made by
both leaders of the Senate and the House; a federal judge could
try without a jury, a defendant in a criminal contempt case involving 
the right to vote. If the judge imposed a penalty of more
than $300, or 45 days imprisonment,, the defendant, if dissatisfied, 
could demand and get a hew friar by a jury.
The compromise also embodies the limitation of the jury trial
to voting right cases only. (The original Senate amendment guaranteed 
jury trials in all fields of contempt law).
The difference, therefore, is obvious, that much of what was
apparently lost in the Senate amendment attachments, at last has
been salvaged, and what appeared as a victory for the opposition,
according to their commitment, has been washed up.
It is seen from here that regardless now of the condition of
the political, weather, we are definitely on the road to an effective 
and workable civil rights measure. We commend again
Representative Martin for having taken a firm lead in working
out this issue which seems to be assured, of passage.

We Should Learn To Plan Ahead
The need for qualified teachers is rapidly becoming the
country's number-one crucial educational problem, according to
a recent report by the President's Committee on Education.
Admissions on the college level are expected to double by;
1970. This is less than 20 years from now, while the population on
college and university campuses has already reached the overcrowded 
stage.
The Committee points to four major problem areas: the
need for assistance to students; expansion and diversity of educational 
opportunities; financing higher education and the Federal
government's role in education beyond the high school level.
In addition to the above recommendations, the Committee
also saw other problems leading to the overall shortage of qualified 
teachers in the area of education.
It is quite clear now that the average teachers is lowly paid
compared to the average professional person. There is little respect 
given, to status and position of the teacher, when generations 
ago, the teacher was held in high distinction in the community. 

Industry has made deep inroads into the profession. The
present salary schedule of average college faculty is unable to
compete with that of big business.
This most vital profession should be given more serious
concern. For the progress, of industry, the know-how and skills
come through the instructions of the teacher. The college teacher,
through inadequate salaries is actually subsidizing the education,
and in some cases the luxuries, of families of students. There
should be no neglecting in this vital area. It must become the
concern of all of us to promote the welfare of the teacher. When
we cease to do this, then we cease to promote the welfare of
the country as a whole.

The Polio Rate
Despite stories making the rounds and surprising reports
of polio even among some who had received the polio vaccine —
the number of cases of paralytic infantile paralysis reported in
the United States so far this year is far less than that in 1956.
In fact, the Public Health Service figures reveal that through
July, the number of paralytic polio cases reported in the nation
was less than 800 as against a 2,016 figure for the same period
of 1955.
Thus, there are less than fifty per cent of cases of paralytic
polio, being reported this year than were reported in 1956.
Therefore, polio serum seems to be doing an excellent job.
We advise those who have hesitated to take the shots, because
of reports, rumors and early troubles with the vaccine, to consider
these figures.

WISHING WELL
Registered U. S. Patent Office.
H is a pleasant little game that will give you a message every
day. It is a numerical puzzle designed to spell put your fortune.
Count the letters in your first name. If the number of letters is 6 or
more, subtract 4. If the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is
your key number. Start at the upper left-hand corner of the rectangle 
and check every one of your key numbers, left to right. Then
read the message the letters under the checked figures give you.

SEEING and SAYING
BY WILLIAM A. FOWLKES

THE INDIAN STUDENT-VISITOR got close enough for a confidential 
question, clearly out of hearing of the government official
who accompanied him to the office.
"Sometimes we in India do not understand how you (the
American Negro) survive with all the blood-and-thunder remarks
that our press reports made by your Southern governors.

I took the long pause before replying because 
one cannot answer in a moment or a
word the strange twists of the American South.

Then I answered slowly:
"Perhaps it is because the Negro is not so 'untouchable' in
America after all."
I took him to the door and down the street to the drug store.
"I want to show you something," I said as we passed the
historical settings and the people who peered curiously at the
foreign stranger.
During the sip of orangeade and from a good vantage
point I pointed out the vari-colored and statured young womenand 
men as they carne and went their way. It seemed that the
young women were unusually pretty that day.

He agreed.
"I guess it is the case of wanting to eat all the cake that
makes some of your officials and die-hards speak so violently
against race-mixing, when there is evidence of so much mixing
at hand."
I agreed.

They Want To Eat All The Cake...
BY WILLIAM A. FOWLKES

THE INDIAN STUDENT-VISITOR got close enough for a confidential 
question, clearly out of hearing of the government official
who accompanied him to the office.
"Sometimes we in India do not understand how you (the
American Negro) survive with all the blood-and-thunder remarks
that our press reports made by your Southern governors.

I took the long pause before replying because 
one cannot answer in a moment or a
word the strange twists of the American South.

Then I answered slowly:
"Perhaps it is because the Negro is not so 'untouchable' in
America after all."
I took him to the door and down the street to the drug store.
"I want to show you something," I said as we passed the
historical settings and the people who peered curiously at the
foreign stranger.
During the sip of orangeade and from a good vantage
point I pointed out the vari-colored and statured young womenand 
men as they carne and went their way. It seemed that the
young women were unusually pretty that day.

He agreed.
"I guess it is the case of wanting to eat all the cake that
makes some of your officials and die-hards speak so violently
against race-mixing, when there is evidence of so much mixing
at hand."
I agreed.

CAPITAL SPOTLIGHT
SOUTHERN SENATORS, who voted against Senate passage
of the weak Senate-amended voting rights bill, have been urging
the delegations from their states in the House to accept the
measure.
The problem of the House Dixiecrats 
is now to do what their Senators 
did—openly vote against the
bill while privately accepting it as
not hurting their states.
Bob Johnson, grand exalted ruler
of the Elks, pulled the rug from
under Hobson Reynolds, director
of the Elks' civil liberties department. 

Hobson was one of the 16 signers
of the statement of Aug. 7, issued by
the so-called "Leadership Conference," 
urging acceptance of the
Senate bill.
Johnson not only sent wires to
President Eisenhower and Representative 
Joe Martin of Massachusetts, 
the House GOP leader, urging
a Presidential veto of the Senate
bill, but is reported to have told
Hobson that he had no right to
sign the statement on behalf of the
Elks and that he, Reynolds, could
not speak for either the Elks or
their grand exalted ruler.
The American Civil Liberties Union 
statement of July 26, which
reportedly prompted the "Leadership 
Conference" to issue its statement 
declared that unnecessary injection 
of the jury trial amendment
into the voting rights bill "will only
hamper and delay the Department
of Jutsice and the courts in carrying 
out their constitutional duty

This statement was signed by
Jefferson B. Fordham, William C.
Warren and Eugene V. Rostow,
deans of the University of Pennsylvania, 
Columbia University and
Yale Law. Schools, respectively.
George M. Johnson, dean of the
Howard University Law School,
also signed the statement.
Law school professors who signed
it included James M. Nabrit secretary 
of Howard University, professor
of civil rights law in the law school
a member of the NAACP National
Legal Committee, and counsel (with
George E. C. Hayes, chairman of
the District of Columbia Public

Utilities Commission) for the colored 
and their parents in the District 
of Columbia school segregation 
case, in which the Supreme
Court ruled segregation in local
public schools unconstitutional.
Attorneys who signed the statement 
included Sadie T. M. Alexander 
of Philadelphia, who was a
member of President Truman's Civil
Rights Committee; Theodore M.
Berry, vice mayor of Cincinnati and
a member of the NAACP Board of
Directors, and Amos T. Hall, Tulsa,
Okla.
Others were Oliver W. Hill, Richmond, 
Va., one of the lawyers in
the Virginia school segregation case;
Carl R. Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.;
Sidney Jones, Chicago; Edward P.
Lovett, Washington, D. C; Loren
Miller, Los Angeles; Bob Ming, Jr.,
Chicago; T. Gillis Nutter, Charleston, 
W. Va.; Loring B. Moore, Chicago 
Sidney R. Redmond, St.
Louis; Frank D. Reeves, Washington, 
D. C.; Alex Tureaud, New Orleans, 
and Austin T. Walden, Atlanta, 
all members of the National
Legal Committee of the NAACP.
The Rev. Marshall L. Shepard,
pastor of Mt. Olivet Tabernacle
Baptist Church, and councilman-atlarge, 
Philadelphia, writes:
"Thank you so much for the
consideration you have given our
point of view on matters concerning 
the National Baptist Constitution. 

"The convention in Louisville will
definitely determine the future of
the National Baptist Convention.
"If the delegates, who are standing 
for the constitution win and the
integrity of the constitution is
maintained, the future of the Convention 
will be bright and we shall
never again have to go through
this struggle.
"However, on the other hand, if
the group that opposes the constitution 
wins out, we can only expect, 
a future characterized by perjuries, 
disputing, vindictiveness that
will seriously endanger the fellowship 
and peace of the Convention
and definitely jeopardize the effectiveness 
of its work.
"It may even lead to law suits
and far reaching strife, the end of
which will be long delayed.
"So men and women of good will
and clear heads are praying and
planning, too, that the integrity of
our constitution shall be maintained. 

"I am very keenly interested in
our denomination. My father was
a minister and my mother was, for
35 years, president of the Women's
Home and Foreign Mission Convention 
of North Carolina. She was
one of the founders of our present
National Baptist Convention.
"I joined the National Baptist
Convention In 1925 and have missed
only one session since that time
"In 1931, I was elected Assistant
Secretary and in 1941. I was elected
chairman of the Foreign Mission
Board.
"Throughout all my political career, 
I have been loyal to the National 
Baptist Convention and its
objectives.
"The good Lord has blessed me
with the privilege of serving as
pastor of the Mount Olivet Tabernacle 
Baptist Church since 1926.
"The Pennsylvania State Baptist
Convention, of which Dr. E. Theodore 
Lewis is president has endorsed 
Dr. S. A. Owens (Memphis,
Tenn.) for president and me for

vice president at large as a successor 
to Dr. Owens.
"I have had pledges of support
form leaders in various sections of
the country for presidency or vice
presidency.
"Of course, I would accept either
position, but I think that the paramount 
objective of every faithful
Baptist leader should be that all
pastors or leaders should, maintain
the intergrity of our constitution.
I will support any other aspirations
that I may have that the law of
our Convention may be preserved."
Dr. Shepard is 58. He received his
education at Virginia Union University 
and Pendle Hill Quaker
Graduate Center, Wallingford, Pa.
He began his services in the ministry 
as assistant pastor, of Abyssinia 
Baptist Church, New York
City, from 1923 to 1926.
He was elected Recorder of Deeds
vania Legislature in 1934, 1936 and
1940 and was cited for meritorious
service by the Governor of Pennsylvania. 
President Roosevelt appointed 
him Recorder of Deeds of
the District of Columbia in 1944.
He was elected Recorder of eDeds
of Philadelphia in November, 1951,
and councilman-at-large to 1955.
He is a member of the Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity the Masons
and the Elks. Honorary degrees he
has received include Doctor of Divinity 
from Lincoln University (Pa.),
and Doctors of La wfrom Allen University, 
Virginia Union, Birmingham 
(Ala.) Theological Seminary
and Wilberforce.
He was a delegate and speaker
at the World Baptist Alliance in
Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1947. He
is presently chairman of the Board
of Managers of the Christian Street
YMCA Philadelphia.

Solons Urge Acceptance
SOUTHERN SENATORS, who voted against Senate passage
of the weak Senate-amended voting rights bill, have been urging
the delegations from their states in the House to accept the
measure.
The problem of the House Dixiecrats 
is now to do what their Senators 
did—openly vote against the
bill while privately accepting it as
not hurting their states.
Bob Johnson, grand exalted ruler
of the Elks, pulled the rug from
under Hobson Reynolds, director
of the Elks' civil liberties department. 

Hobson was one of the 16 signers
of the statement of Aug. 7, issued by
the so-called "Leadership Conference," 
urging acceptance of the
Senate bill.
Johnson not only sent wires to
President Eisenhower and Representative 
Joe Martin of Massachusetts, 
the House GOP leader, urging
a Presidential veto of the Senate
bill, but is reported to have told
Hobson that he had no right to
sign the statement on behalf of the
Elks and that he, Reynolds, could
not speak for either the Elks or
their grand exalted ruler.
The American Civil Liberties Union 
statement of July 26, which
reportedly prompted the "Leadership 
Conference" to issue its statement 
declared that unnecessary injection 
of the jury trial amendment
into the voting rights bill "will only
hamper and delay the Department
of Jutsice and the courts in carrying 
out their constitutional duty

This statement was signed by
Jefferson B. Fordham, William C.
Warren and Eugene V. Rostow,
deans of the University of Pennsylvania, 
Columbia University and
Yale Law. Schools, respectively.
George M. Johnson, dean of the
Howard University Law School,
also signed the statement.
Law school professors who signed
it included James M. Nabrit secretary 
of Howard University, professor
of civil rights law in the law school
a member of the NAACP National
Legal Committee, and counsel (with
George E. C. Hayes, chairman of
the District of Columbia Public

Utilities Commission) for the colored 
and their parents in the District 
of Columbia school segregation 
case, in which the Supreme
Court ruled segregation in local
public schools unconstitutional.
Attorneys who signed the statement 
included Sadie T. M. Alexander 
of Philadelphia, who was a
member of President Truman's Civil
Rights Committee; Theodore M.
Berry, vice mayor of Cincinnati and
a member of the NAACP Board of
Directors, and Amos T. Hall, Tulsa,
Okla.
Others were Oliver W. Hill, Richmond, 
Va., one of the lawyers in
the Virginia school segregation case;
Carl R. Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.;
Sidney Jones, Chicago; Edward P.
Lovett, Washington, D. C; Loren
Miller, Los Angeles; Bob Ming, Jr.,
Chicago; T. Gillis Nutter, Charleston, 
W. Va.; Loring B. Moore, Chicago 
Sidney R. Redmond, St.
Louis; Frank D. Reeves, Washington, 
D. C.; Alex Tureaud, New Orleans, 
and Austin T. Walden, Atlanta, 
all members of the National
Legal Committee of the NAACP.
The Rev. Marshall L. Shepard,
pastor of Mt. Olivet Tabernacle
Baptist Church, and councilman-atlarge, 
Philadelphia, writes:
"Thank you so much for the
consideration you have given our
point of view on matters concerning 
the National Baptist Constitution. 

"The convention in Louisville will
definitely determine the future of
the National Baptist Convention.
"If the delegates, who are standing 
for the constitution win and the
integrity of the constitution is
maintained, the future of the Convention 
will be bright and we shall
never again have to go through
this struggle.
"However, on the other hand, if
the group that opposes the constitution 
wins out, we can only expect, 
a future characterized by perjuries, 
disputing, vindictiveness that
will seriously endanger the fellowship 
and peace of the Convention
and definitely jeopardize the effectiveness 
of its work.
"It may even lead to law suits
and far reaching strife, the end of
which will be long delayed.
"So men and women of good will
and clear heads are praying and
planning, too, that the integrity of
our constitution shall be maintained. 

"I am very keenly interested in
our denomination. My father was
a minister and my mother was, for
35 years, president of the Women's
Home and Foreign Mission Convention 
of North Carolina. She was
one of the founders of our present
National Baptist Convention.
"I joined the National Baptist
Convention In 1925 and have missed
only one session since that time
"In 1931, I was elected Assistant
Secretary and in 1941. I was elected
chairman of the Foreign Mission
Board.
"Throughout all my political career, 
I have been loyal to the National 
Baptist Convention and its
objectives.
"The good Lord has blessed me
with the privilege of serving as
pastor of the Mount Olivet Tabernacle 
Baptist Church since 1926.
"The Pennsylvania State Baptist
Convention, of which Dr. E. Theodore 
Lewis is president has endorsed 
Dr. S. A. Owens (Memphis,
Tenn.) for president and me for

vice president at large as a successor 
to Dr. Owens.
"I have had pledges of support
form leaders in various sections of
the country for presidency or vice
presidency.
"Of course, I would accept either
position, but I think that the paramount 
objective of every faithful
Baptist leader should be that all
pastors or leaders should, maintain
the intergrity of our constitution.
I will support any other aspirations
that I may have that the law of
our Convention may be preserved."
Dr. Shepard is 58. He received his
education at Virginia Union University 
and Pendle Hill Quaker
Graduate Center, Wallingford, Pa.
He began his services in the ministry 
as assistant pastor, of Abyssinia 
Baptist Church, New York
City, from 1923 to 1926.
He was elected Recorder of Deeds
vania Legislature in 1934, 1936 and
1940 and was cited for meritorious
service by the Governor of Pennsylvania. 
President Roosevelt appointed 
him Recorder of Deeds of
the District of Columbia in 1944.
He was elected Recorder of eDeds
of Philadelphia in November, 1951,
and councilman-at-large to 1955.
He is a member of the Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity the Masons
and the Elks. Honorary degrees he
has received include Doctor of Divinity 
from Lincoln University (Pa.),
and Doctors of La wfrom Allen University, 
Virginia Union, Birmingham 
(Ala.) Theological Seminary
and Wilberforce.
He was a delegate and speaker
at the World Baptist Alliance in
Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1947. He
is presently chairman of the Board
of Managers of the Christian Street
YMCA Philadelphia.

ACLU STATEMENT
SOUTHERN SENATORS, who voted against Senate passage
of the weak Senate-amended voting rights bill, have been urging
the delegations from their states in the House to accept the
measure.
The problem of the House Dixiecrats 
is now to do what their Senators 
did—openly vote against the
bill while privately accepting it as
not hurting their states.
Bob Johnson, grand exalted ruler
of the Elks, pulled the rug from
under Hobson Reynolds, director
of the Elks' civil liberties department. 

Hobson was one of the 16 signers
of the statement of Aug. 7, issued by
the so-called "Leadership Conference," 
urging acceptance of the
Senate bill.
Johnson not only sent wires to
President Eisenhower and Representative 
Joe Martin of Massachusetts, 
the House GOP leader, urging
a Presidential veto of the Senate
bill, but is reported to have told
Hobson that he had no right to
sign the statement on behalf of the
Elks and that he, Reynolds, could
not speak for either the Elks or
their grand exalted ruler.
The American Civil Liberties Union 
statement of July 26, which
reportedly prompted the "Leadership 
Conference" to issue its statement 
declared that unnecessary injection 
of the jury trial amendment
into the voting rights bill "will only
hamper and delay the Department
of Jutsice and the courts in carrying 
out their constitutional duty

This statement was signed by
Jefferson B. Fordham, William C.
Warren and Eugene V. Rostow,
deans of the University of Pennsylvania, 
Columbia University and
Yale Law. Schools, respectively.
George M. Johnson, dean of the
Howard University Law School,
also signed the statement.
Law school professors who signed
it included James M. Nabrit secretary 
of Howard University, professor
of civil rights law in the law school
a member of the NAACP National
Legal Committee, and counsel (with
George E. C. Hayes, chairman of
the District of Columbia Public

Utilities Commission) for the colored 
and their parents in the District 
of Columbia school segregation 
case, in which the Supreme
Court ruled segregation in local
public schools unconstitutional.
Attorneys who signed the statement 
included Sadie T. M. Alexander 
of Philadelphia, who was a
member of President Truman's Civil
Rights Committee; Theodore M.
Berry, vice mayor of Cincinnati and
a member of the NAACP Board of
Directors, and Amos T. Hall, Tulsa,
Okla.
Others were Oliver W. Hill, Richmond, 
Va., one of the lawyers in
the Virginia school segregation case;
Carl R. Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.;
Sidney Jones, Chicago; Edward P.
Lovett, Washington, D. C; Loren
Miller, Los Angeles; Bob Ming, Jr.,
Chicago; T. Gillis Nutter, Charleston, 
W. Va.; Loring B. Moore, Chicago 
Sidney R. Redmond, St.
Louis; Frank D. Reeves, Washington, 
D. C.; Alex Tureaud, New Orleans, 
and Austin T. Walden, Atlanta, 
all members of the National
Legal Committee of the NAACP.
The Rev. Marshall L. Shepard,
pastor of Mt. Olivet Tabernacle
Baptist Church, and councilman-atlarge, 
Philadelphia, writes:
"Thank you so much for the
consideration you have given our
point of view on matters concerning 
the National Baptist Constitution. 

"The convention in Louisville will
definitely determine the future of
the National Baptist Convention.
"If the delegates, who are standing 
for the constitution win and the
integrity of the constitution is
maintained, the future of the Convention 
will be bright and we shall
never again have to go through
this struggle.
"However, on the other hand, if
the group that opposes the constitution 
wins out, we can only expect, 
a future characterized by perjuries, 
disputing, vindictiveness that
will seriously endanger the fellowship 
and peace of the Convention
and definitely jeopardize the effectiveness 
of its work.
"It may even lead to law suits
and far reaching strife, the end of
which will be long delayed.
"So men and women of good will
and clear heads are praying and
planning, too, that the integrity of
our constitution shall be maintained. 

"I am very keenly interested in
our denomination. My father was
a minister and my mother was, for
35 years, president of the Women's
Home and Foreign Mission Convention 
of North Carolina. She was
one of the founders of our present
National Baptist Convention.
"I joined the National Baptist
Convention In 1925 and have missed
only one session since that time
"In 1931, I was elected Assistant
Secretary and in 1941. I was elected
chairman of the Foreign Mission
Board.
"Throughout all my political career, 
I have been loyal to the National 
Baptist Convention and its
objectives.
"The good Lord has blessed me
with the privilege of serving as
pastor of the Mount Olivet Tabernacle 
Baptist Church since 1926.
"The Pennsylvania State Baptist
Convention, of which Dr. E. Theodore 
Lewis is president has endorsed 
Dr. S. A. Owens (Memphis,
Tenn.) for president and me for

vice president at large as a successor 
to Dr. Owens.
"I have had pledges of support
form leaders in various sections of
the country for presidency or vice
presidency.
"Of course, I would accept either
position, but I think that the paramount 
objective of every faithful
Baptist leader should be that all
pastors or leaders should, maintain
the intergrity of our constitution.
I will support any other aspirations
that I may have that the law of
our Convention may be preserved."
Dr. Shepard is 58. He received his
education at Virginia Union University 
and Pendle Hill Quaker
Graduate Center, Wallingford, Pa.
He began his services in the ministry 
as assistant pastor, of Abyssinia 
Baptist Church, New York
City, from 1923 to 1926.
He was elected Recorder of Deeds
vania Legislature in 1934, 1936 and
1940 and was cited for meritorious
service by the Governor of Pennsylvania. 
President Roosevelt appointed 
him Recorder of Deeds of
the District of Columbia in 1944.
He was elected Recorder of eDeds
of Philadelphia in November, 1951,
and councilman-at-large to 1955.
He is a member of the Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity the Masons
and the Elks. Honorary degrees he
has received include Doctor of Divinity 
from Lincoln University (Pa.),
and Doctors of La wfrom Allen University, 
Virginia Union, Birmingham 
(Ala.) Theological Seminary
and Wilberforce.
He was a delegate and speaker
at the World Baptist Alliance in
Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1947. He
is presently chairman of the Board
of Managers of the Christian Street
YMCA Philadelphia.

SHEPARD VIEW POINT
SOUTHERN SENATORS, who voted against Senate passage
of the weak Senate-amended voting rights bill, have been urging
the delegations from their states in the House to accept the
measure.
The problem of the House Dixiecrats 
is now to do what their Senators 
did—openly vote against the
bill while privately accepting it as
not hurting their states.
Bob Johnson, grand exalted ruler
of the Elks, pulled the rug from
under Hobson Reynolds, director
of the Elks' civil liberties department. 

Hobson was one of the 16 signers
of the statement of Aug. 7, issued by
the so-called "Leadership Conference," 
urging acceptance of the
Senate bill.
Johnson not only sent wires to
President Eisenhower and Representative 
Joe Martin of Massachusetts, 
the House GOP leader, urging
a Presidential veto of the Senate
bill, but is reported to have told
Hobson that he had no right to
sign the statement on behalf of the
Elks and that he, Reynolds, could
not speak for either the Elks or
their grand exalted ruler.
The American Civil Liberties Union 
statement of July 26, which
reportedly prompted the "Leadership 
Conference" to issue its statement 
declared that unnecessary injection 
of the jury trial amendment
into the voting rights bill "will only
hamper and delay the Department
of Jutsice and the courts in carrying 
out their constitutional duty

This statement was signed by
Jefferson B. Fordham, William C.
Warren and Eugene V. Rostow,
deans of the University of Pennsylvania, 
Columbia University and
Yale Law. Schools, respectively.
George M. Johnson, dean of the
Howard University Law School,
also signed the statement.
Law school professors who signed
it included James M. Nabrit secretary 
of Howard University, professor
of civil rights law in the law school
a member of the NAACP National
Legal Committee, and counsel (with
George E. C. Hayes, chairman of
the District of Columbia Public

Utilities Commission) for the colored 
and their parents in the District 
of Columbia school segregation 
case, in which the Supreme
Court ruled segregation in local
public schools unconstitutional.
Attorneys who signed the statement 
included Sadie T. M. Alexander 
of Philadelphia, who was a
member of President Truman's Civil
Rights Committee; Theodore M.
Berry, vice mayor of Cincinnati and
a member of the NAACP Board of
Directors, and Amos T. Hall, Tulsa,
Okla.
Others were Oliver W. Hill, Richmond, 
Va., one of the lawyers in
the Virginia school segregation case;
Carl R. Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.;
Sidney Jones, Chicago; Edward P.
Lovett, Washington, D. C; Loren
Miller, Los Angeles; Bob Ming, Jr.,
Chicago; T. Gillis Nutter, Charleston, 
W. Va.; Loring B. Moore, Chicago 
Sidney R. Redmond, St.
Louis; Frank D. Reeves, Washington, 
D. C.; Alex Tureaud, New Orleans, 
and Austin T. Walden, Atlanta, 
all members of the National
Legal Committee of the NAACP.
The Rev. Marshall L. Shepard,
pastor of Mt. Olivet Tabernacle
Baptist Church, and councilman-atlarge, 
Philadelphia, writes:
"Thank you so much for the
consideration you have given our
point of view on matters concerning 
the National Baptist Constitution. 

"The convention in Louisville will
definitely determine the future of
the National Baptist Convention.
"If the delegates, who are standing 
for the constitution win and the
integrity of the constitution is
maintained, the future of the Convention 
will be bright and we shall
never again have to go through
this struggle.
"However, on the other hand, if
the group that opposes the constitution 
wins out, we can only expect, 
a future characterized by perjuries, 
disputing, vindictiveness that
will seriously endanger the fellowship 
and peace of the Convention
and definitely jeopardize the effectiveness 
of its work.
"It may even lead to law suits
and far reaching strife, the end of
which will be long delayed.
"So men and women of good will
and clear heads are praying and
planning, too, that the integrity of
our constitution shall be maintained. 

"I am very keenly interested in
our denomination. My father was
a minister and my mother was, for
35 years, president of the Women's
Home and Foreign Mission Convention 
of North Carolina. She was
one of the founders of our present
National Baptist Convention.
"I joined the National Baptist
Convention In 1925 and have missed
only one session since that time
"In 1931, I was elected Assistant
Secretary and in 1941. I was elected
chairman of the Foreign Mission
Board.
"Throughout all my political career, 
I have been loyal to the National 
Baptist Convention and its
objectives.
"The good Lord has blessed me
with the privilege of serving as
pastor of the Mount Olivet Tabernacle 
Baptist Church since 1926.
"The Pennsylvania State Baptist
Convention, of which Dr. E. Theodore 
Lewis is president has endorsed 
Dr. S. A. Owens (Memphis,
Tenn.) for president and me for

vice president at large as a successor 
to Dr. Owens.
"I have had pledges of support
form leaders in various sections of
the country for presidency or vice
presidency.
"Of course, I would accept either
position, but I think that the paramount 
objective of every faithful
Baptist leader should be that all
pastors or leaders should, maintain
the intergrity of our constitution.
I will support any other aspirations
that I may have that the law of
our Convention may be preserved."
Dr. Shepard is 58. He received his
education at Virginia Union University 
and Pendle Hill Quaker
Graduate Center, Wallingford, Pa.
He began his services in the ministry 
as assistant pastor, of Abyssinia 
Baptist Church, New York
City, from 1923 to 1926.
He was elected Recorder of Deeds
vania Legislature in 1934, 1936 and
1940 and was cited for meritorious
service by the Governor of Pennsylvania. 
President Roosevelt appointed 
him Recorder of Deeds of
the District of Columbia in 1944.
He was elected Recorder of eDeds
of Philadelphia in November, 1951,
and councilman-at-large to 1955.
He is a member of the Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity the Masons
and the Elks. Honorary degrees he
has received include Doctor of Divinity 
from Lincoln University (Pa.),
and Doctors of La wfrom Allen University, 
Virginia Union, Birmingham 
(Ala.) Theological Seminary
and Wilberforce.
He was a delegate and speaker
at the World Baptist Alliance in
Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1947. He
is presently chairman of the Board
of Managers of the Christian Street
YMCA Philadelphia.

OWENS ENDORSED
SOUTHERN SENATORS, who voted against Senate passage
of the weak Senate-amended voting rights bill, have been urging
the delegations from their states in the House to accept the
measure.
The problem of the House Dixiecrats 
is now to do what their Senators 
did—openly vote against the
bill while privately accepting it as
not hurting their states.
Bob Johnson, grand exalted ruler
of the Elks, pulled the rug from
under Hobson Reynolds, director
of the Elks' civil liberties department. 

Hobson was one of the 16 signers
of the statement of Aug. 7, issued by
the so-called "Leadership Conference," 
urging acceptance of the
Senate bill.
Johnson not only sent wires to
President Eisenhower and Representative 
Joe Martin of Massachusetts, 
the House GOP leader, urging
a Presidential veto of the Senate
bill, but is reported to have told
Hobson that he had no right to
sign the statement on behalf of the
Elks and that he, Reynolds, could
not speak for either the Elks or
their grand exalted ruler.
The American Civil Liberties Union 
statement of July 26, which
reportedly prompted the "Leadership 
Conference" to issue its statement 
declared that unnecessary injection 
of the jury trial amendment
into the voting rights bill "will only
hamper and delay the Department
of Jutsice and the courts in carrying 
out their constitutional duty

This statement was signed by
Jefferson B. Fordham, William C.
Warren and Eugene V. Rostow,
deans of the University of Pennsylvania, 
Columbia University and
Yale Law. Schools, respectively.
George M. Johnson, dean of the
Howard University Law School,
also signed the statement.
Law school professors who signed
it included James M. Nabrit secretary 
of Howard University, professor
of civil rights law in the law school
a member of the NAACP National
Legal Committee, and counsel (with
George E. C. Hayes, chairman of
the District of Columbia Public

Utilities Commission) for the colored 
and their parents in the District 
of Columbia school segregation 
case, in which the Supreme
Court ruled segregation in local
public schools unconstitutional.
Attorneys who signed the statement 
included Sadie T. M. Alexander 
of Philadelphia, who was a
member of President Truman's Civil
Rights Committee; Theodore M.
Berry, vice mayor of Cincinnati and
a member of the NAACP Board of
Directors, and Amos T. Hall, Tulsa,
Okla.
Others were Oliver W. Hill, Richmond, 
Va., one of the lawyers in
the Virginia school segregation case;
Carl R. Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.;
Sidney Jones, Chicago; Edward P.
Lovett, Washington, D. C; Loren
Miller, Los Angeles; Bob Ming, Jr.,
Chicago; T. Gillis Nutter, Charleston, 
W. Va.; Loring B. Moore, Chicago 
Sidney R. Redmond, St.
Louis; Frank D. Reeves, Washington, 
D. C.; Alex Tureaud, New Orleans, 
and Austin T. Walden, Atlanta, 
all members of the National
Legal Committee of the NAACP.
The Rev. Marshall L. Shepard,
pastor of Mt. Olivet Tabernacle
Baptist Church, and councilman-atlarge, 
Philadelphia, writes:
"Thank you so much for the
consideration you have given our
point of view on matters concerning 
the National Baptist Constitution. 

"The convention in Louisville will
definitely determine the future of
the National Baptist Convention.
"If the delegates, who are standing 
for the constitution win and the
integrity of the constitution is
maintained, the future of the Convention 
will be bright and we shall
never again have to go through
this struggle.
"However, on the other hand, if
the group that opposes the constitution 
wins out, we can only expect, 
a future characterized by perjuries, 
disputing, vindictiveness that
will seriously endanger the fellowship 
and peace of the Convention
and definitely jeopardize the effectiveness 
of its work.
"It may even lead to law suits
and far reaching strife, the end of
which will be long delayed.
"So men and women of good will
and clear heads are praying and
planning, too, that the integrity of
our constitution shall be maintained. 

"I am very keenly interested in
our denomination. My father was
a minister and my mother was, for
35 years, president of the Women's
Home and Foreign Mission Convention 
of North Carolina. She was
one of the founders of our present
National Baptist Convention.
"I joined the National Baptist
Convention In 1925 and have missed
only one session since that time
"In 1931, I was elected Assistant
Secretary and in 1941. I was elected
chairman of the Foreign Mission
Board.
"Throughout all my political career, 
I have been loyal to the National 
Baptist Convention and its
objectives.
"The good Lord has blessed me
with the privilege of serving as
pastor of the Mount Olivet Tabernacle 
Baptist Church since 1926.
"The Pennsylvania State Baptist
Convention, of which Dr. E. Theodore 
Lewis is president has endorsed 
Dr. S. A. Owens (Memphis,
Tenn.) for president and me for

vice president at large as a successor 
to Dr. Owens.
"I have had pledges of support
form leaders in various sections of
the country for presidency or vice
presidency.
"Of course, I would accept either
position, but I think that the paramount 
objective of every faithful
Baptist leader should be that all
pastors or leaders should, maintain
the intergrity of our constitution.
I will support any other aspirations
that I may have that the law of
our Convention may be preserved."
Dr. Shepard is 58. He received his
education at Virginia Union University 
and Pendle Hill Quaker
Graduate Center, Wallingford, Pa.
He began his services in the ministry 
as assistant pastor, of Abyssinia 
Baptist Church, New York
City, from 1923 to 1926.
He was elected Recorder of Deeds
vania Legislature in 1934, 1936 and
1940 and was cited for meritorious
service by the Governor of Pennsylvania. 
President Roosevelt appointed 
him Recorder of Deeds of
the District of Columbia in 1944.
He was elected Recorder of eDeds
of Philadelphia in November, 1951,
and councilman-at-large to 1955.
He is a member of the Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity the Masons
and the Elks. Honorary degrees he
has received include Doctor of Divinity 
from Lincoln University (Pa.),
and Doctors of La wfrom Allen University, 
Virginia Union, Birmingham 
(Ala.) Theological Seminary
and Wilberforce.
He was a delegate and speaker
at the World Baptist Alliance in
Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1947. He
is presently chairman of the Board
of Managers of the Christian Street
YMCA Philadelphia.

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EMORY O. JACKSON
Two weeks ago an ambitious,
$200,000 budgeted, Dixie-wide voter
registration campaign was announced 
by the re-named Southern
Christian Leadership conference in
session at Montgomery, Ala.


Under the SCLC ballot multiplying 
drive, central headquarters
will be set up in Atlanta, Ga. Staff
personnel will have to be selected.
The budget will have to be raised.
Organizational plans will have to
be formulated.

The alms and goals of the SCLC
register-to-vote campaign are clear
—But it will need more than a budget, 
central, staff and prestige
names to get the job done. A name
which might have mass meeting
value does hot necessarily nave the
same influence in getting non-voters 
to add their names to the registration 
lists.

Majority of the Negro population
still lives in the rural. The six remaining 
poll tax states are in the
South. In Alabama there are only
four months of the year the poll
tax can be paid. Oct. 1, to Feb. 1.
There is one-spot registration and
the session, except for the first and
third Mondays of the month, vary
widely. In some places there are
various types of voucher systems.

It seems to me that three projects 
could be Immediately launched 
in Alabama while waiting for
the SCLC regional campaign to
tike off. Let a committee catalogue
the various state, county, city and
community organizations working
for an elaborate electorate. Another
committee could compile the registration 
laws of the state, fee rules
and regulations of the 67 county
boards of registrars. Thirdly, organize 
a group of idea men whose
job it Will be to think out new
ways to attack apathy, to effectuate
bulk-style registration and to build
a favorite climate for shared suffrage. 


In the meantime, the local voterregistration 
organizations and leadders, 
should not wait on the SCLC
campaign. Many of them long have
been on the firing line for increased 
voting and know some of the
nagging problems. They must keep
at it even when the new efforts is
initiated. The task is so big, so
tough, so formidable that will take
the combined manpower, strength,
strategy and inspiration of all to

make the showing demanded by
the challenge.

That means, leadership will have
to be built lip, uncovered or divined
in the Black Belt that would be
willing to pay the price for the
right to vote, Until the ballot takes
on a value that one would lay
down his life for it, it is likely to
be withheld. One who can not vote
is politically dead anyway.


Methodist Youths
Call For End To
Discrimination
A national
gathering of Methodist youths, including 
Southerners and severa.
Negroes, Wednesday night called
for an end to racial segregation
and discrimination in industry,
housing and churches.
The young people, who came
from a cross section of the United
States, attended the National
Congress of Methodist Youth voted 
on a series of recommendations
drawn during a conference this
week of the campus of Denver University. 

Approximately 225 voted on the
issue involving segregation.
William Hearn, who acted as the
spokesman for the youth conference, 
revealed that the recommendations 
were passed, and added
there were "no changes as the race
relations committee presented
them."
Another move was made during
the meeting. The conference called 
for an interracial work camp
to be held during the summer of
1958 at the Fellowship of Southern
Churchmen Center near Black
Mountain, N. C.
It was further stated that there
will be interracial youth groups in
churches and study, projects on racial 
discrimination in the community 
and churches, from which reccommendations 
can be made to
town and church officials.

Television Industry
Does Big Business
The nation's 
television broadcasting industry 
is approaching the billiondollar 
a year mark.
The Federal Communications
Commission reported that TV networks 
and stations received $896,900,
000 in revenues in 1956—a Jump of

more than 20 per cent over 1955.
The profits, before federal income 
taxes total led $189,600,000
more than 26 per cent over the previous 
year.

YOU CAN DIE LAUGHING
By A.A. FAIR (ERLE STANLEY GARDNERS)
The well-known Cool & Lam private
investigating agency has a troublesome 
case involving a missing person. 
After letting drop an indication 
that his problem is a mineral
rights deal, Texan Lawton Corning
employs the agency to locate a Mrs.
Drury Wells. Donald Lam and his
partner. Bertha Cool, find the assignment 
to be more complicated than
Corning had connded to them. Upon
driving to the home 01 Drury Wells
in Southern California, Donald finds
Wells to be both uncooperative and
unconcerned about his wife. Wells
story is that she walked out on him
three days earlier. A neighbor Mrs.
Frances Raleigh, tells Donald that
she suspects Mrs. Wells was murdered 
by her husband. Alter reporting 
this to Corning, Lam notifies
Frank Sellers, of police homicide, of
the suspicions. Angered, Corning
orders Lam to drop the case.
Research in newspaper files by
Bertha discloses that a short time
previously, Mrs. Wells, the former
Yvonne Clymer, Inherited California
property and $15,000 from an uncle
in Texas, Aaron Bedford. The date
on which Drury Wells rented his
home was a few days after that.
Bertha has a hunch there is oil on
the inherited property, and tells Donaid: 
"We'll round up this babe and
gel her mineral rights for ourselves.
Then Corning can deal with us."
While Donald is arguing that this
would be unethical, because Corning
was a client. Frank Sellers arrives to
question Donald. Now, it seems, both
is Wellses are missing. A phone call
comes in to Sellers, notifying him to
report to the Wells place. At Sellers
insistence, Donald is accompanying
him. ...
FRANK SELLERS didn't use
the red light or the siren of
the police cruiser, but he didn't
bother too much with traffic regulations, 
or speed limits. He was
on his way.
Tell me what happened," I
said.
"I got a phone call," he told
me.
"I know that," I said. "What
was said over the telephone?"
"We'll get there and take a
look."
"Is Wells there?"
"I told you we'd take a look."
I saw there was no use trying
to get anything out of him, so I
lapsed into silence and thought
over various possibilities of what
could have happened. I thought
of his insistence that I bring
along the newspaper clipping, and
that brought up a possibility
which I found highly disquieting.
We made time over the freeway, 
finally turned off, went down
a side road for four or five miles,
and turned into Frostmore Road.
A car was parked two or three
doors down the street from the
Wells place. Frank Sellers, slid
his car alongside and stopped.
"Still there?" he asked the man
in the other car.
The fellow nodded.
"Okay," Sellers, said. "You
won't need to sew it up any
longer. Stick around. Keep your
radio on. I'll relay any instructions 
over the radio through our
police coruscation system."
Sellers started the car again,
and We rolled up to the Wells
residence. "Come on, Donald,"
Sellers said.
I followed him up to the house,
Sellers pushed a thumb against
the bell button.
The door was opened by a
knockout in a Jersey and very
short shorts. She had red hair,
blue eyes, and a figure like one
of the babes in the comic books.
"Well, hello," she said. "What
are you boys doing? Working
your way through college selling
magazines? Demonstrating vacuum 
cleaners? Or selling brushes
. . .? You'll have to pardon my
appearance. I came home to find
every dish in the house dirty,
the bathtub with a ring around
it. . . . I'm a busy little woman."
Sellers pulled back the lapel
of his coat and showed her his
badge. "I'm police," he said.
"Oh-oh, what have I done
now?"
"Well, what have you done?"
She looked up at him with impudent, 
smiling eyes. "Damned
near everything," she admitted.
"Tell us about it"
"Want to come in or stand
there? I've had my hands in
dishwater and if I'm going to
take any length of time talking
with you boys, I want to put
some cream On them. A woman
has to watch her skin these
days."
"You seem to be doing all
right," Sellers said.
"I aim to," she told him. "Come
on in."
We went in the dollhouse living
room. The place smelled of stale
tobacco, but the ash trays had
all been cleaned, and in the kitchen 
I could see a stack of clean
dishes on the kitchen table, with
more dirty dishes piled on the
side of the sink. Steam curled
up from the hot water in the
dishpan.
She was humming a little tune
as she went into the bedroom.
She came out smelling of hand
lotion. "All right, boys, what's
the beef?"
"You're Mrs. Drury Wells?"
"That's right."
"First name?"
"Yvonne."
"Where you been?" Sellers
asked.
"Places."
"How did you happen to go?"
"Is this official?"
"You might call it such. They
don't pay me to spend mornings
talking with beautiful redheads
about lost weekends."
"That's a shame," she told him.
"You'd be good at it."
"I am," Sellers told her, "but
right now we're talking about
where you've been."
"Okay," she said wearily. "My
husband and I had a fight. He's
all right except he has a beastly

temper, and I suppose I give him
grounds for getting excited now
and then. Whenever be gets mad,
he breaks up housekeeping. He
takes a roll of blankets, throws
them in the automobile, goes out
and sleeps under the stars. Sometimes 
he'll stay away for an hour
or two until he cools off. Sometimes 
he'll stay away for a week.
This time we had a fight and he
took off as per usual with his
blankets over his shoulder. This
time I got good and mad myself. 
I waited until he'd gone, and
decided that when he came back
wouldn't be here.
"I didn't even bother to pack
a suitcase. I just took a toothbrush, 
some undies, and a Jar of
cream."
"How did you travel?"
"I walked."
"To the bus line?"
"It was after the last bus. I
walked to the boulevard."
"And then what?"
"I hitchhiked."
"Wasn't it dangerous, hitchhiking 
alone at night that way, a
good-looking woman like you?"
"It depends on what you mean
by dangerous. The first car that
came along, the guy had his wife
with him and he almost ran off
the road twisting his head back,
but he didn't stop. The second
car had two fellows in it. They
burnt rubber getting to a stop."
Then what?" Sellers asked.
What's your name?" she
asked.
"Sergeant Sellers."
"Your first name?"
"Frank;"
Her eyes were laughing, but
she said, "Now then, Frank, if
you've found out everything you
want to know, I'll go back to the
dishes."
"You came back this morning?" 

That's right."
"Why?"
"I'd had my fling. I'd got over
being sore at Drury. I thought
I'd come back and be a good little 
wife and wash up the dishes."
"He's older than you?"
That's right."
"You don't get along too well?"
"Sometimes not"
Sellers glanced at me.
"Just what do you see in him?"
I asked.
"Sometimes I ask myself the
same question."
"Where and when were you
married?"
She looked me up and down and
said, Now wouldn't  come up
with something like that?"
"Well, it's still a good question," 
Sellers told her.
"As far as I'm concerned it's
the jackpot question." she said.
"You'll have to figure that one
out for yourselves. I'm going
back to the dis.


WHAT IS HAPPENING
By A.A. FAIR (ERLE STANLEY GARDNERS)
The well-known Cool & Lam private
investigating agency has a troublesome 
case involving a missing person. 
After letting drop an indication 
that his problem is a mineral
rights deal, Texan Lawton Corning
employs the agency to locate a Mrs.
Drury Wells. Donald Lam and his
partner. Bertha Cool, find the assignment 
to be more complicated than
Corning had connded to them. Upon
driving to the home 01 Drury Wells
in Southern California, Donald finds
Wells to be both uncooperative and
unconcerned about his wife. Wells
story is that she walked out on him
three days earlier. A neighbor Mrs.
Frances Raleigh, tells Donald that
she suspects Mrs. Wells was murdered 
by her husband. Alter reporting 
this to Corning, Lam notifies
Frank Sellers, of police homicide, of
the suspicions. Angered, Corning
orders Lam to drop the case.
Research in newspaper files by
Bertha discloses that a short time
previously, Mrs. Wells, the former
Yvonne Clymer, Inherited California
property and $15,000 from an uncle
in Texas, Aaron Bedford. The date
on which Drury Wells rented his
home was a few days after that.
Bertha has a hunch there is oil on
the inherited property, and tells Donaid: 
"We'll round up this babe and
gel her mineral rights for ourselves.
Then Corning can deal with us."
While Donald is arguing that this
would be unethical, because Corning
was a client. Frank Sellers arrives to
question Donald. Now, it seems, both
is Wellses are missing. A phone call
comes in to Sellers, notifying him to
report to the Wells place. At Sellers
insistence, Donald is accompanying
him. ...
FRANK SELLERS didn't use
the red light or the siren of
the police cruiser, but he didn't
bother too much with traffic regulations, 
or speed limits. He was
on his way.
Tell me what happened," I
said.
"I got a phone call," he told
me.
"I know that," I said. "What
was said over the telephone?"
"We'll get there and take a
look."
"Is Wells there?"
"I told you we'd take a look."
I saw there was no use trying
to get anything out of him, so I
lapsed into silence and thought
over various possibilities of what
could have happened. I thought
of his insistence that I bring
along the newspaper clipping, and
that brought up a possibility
which I found highly disquieting.
We made time over the freeway, 
finally turned off, went down
a side road for four or five miles,
and turned into Frostmore Road.
A car was parked two or three
doors down the street from the
Wells place. Frank Sellers, slid
his car alongside and stopped.
"Still there?" he asked the man
in the other car.
The fellow nodded.
"Okay," Sellers, said. "You
won't need to sew it up any
longer. Stick around. Keep your
radio on. I'll relay any instructions 
over the radio through our
police coruscation system."
Sellers started the car again,
and We rolled up to the Wells
residence. "Come on, Donald,"
Sellers said.
I followed him up to the house,
Sellers pushed a thumb against
the bell button.
The door was opened by a
knockout in a Jersey and very
short shorts. She had red hair,
blue eyes, and a figure like one
of the babes in the comic books.
"Well, hello," she said. "What
are you boys doing? Working
your way through college selling
magazines? Demonstrating vacuum 
cleaners? Or selling brushes
. . .? You'll have to pardon my
appearance. I came home to find
every dish in the house dirty,
the bathtub with a ring around
it. . . . I'm a busy little woman."
Sellers pulled back the lapel
of his coat and showed her his
badge. "I'm police," he said.
"Oh-oh, what have I done
now?"
"Well, what have you done?"
She looked up at him with impudent, 
smiling eyes. "Damned
near everything," she admitted.
"Tell us about it"
"Want to come in or stand
there? I've had my hands in
dishwater and if I'm going to
take any length of time talking
with you boys, I want to put
some cream On them. A woman
has to watch her skin these
days."
"You seem to be doing all
right," Sellers said.
"I aim to," she told him. "Come
on in."
We went in the dollhouse living
room. The place smelled of stale
tobacco, but the ash trays had
all been cleaned, and in the kitchen 
I could see a stack of clean
dishes on the kitchen table, with
more dirty dishes piled on the
side of the sink. Steam curled
up from the hot water in the
dishpan.
She was humming a little tune
as she went into the bedroom.
She came out smelling of hand
lotion. "All right, boys, what's
the beef?"
"You're Mrs. Drury Wells?"
"That's right."
"First name?"
"Yvonne."
"Where you been?" Sellers
asked.
"Places."
"How did you happen to go?"
"Is this official?"
"You might call it such. They
don't pay me to spend mornings
talking with beautiful redheads
about lost weekends."
"That's a shame," she told him.
"You'd be good at it."
"I am," Sellers told her, "but
right now we're talking about
where you've been."
"Okay," she said wearily. "My
husband and I had a fight. He's
all right except he has a beastly

temper, and I suppose I give him
grounds for getting excited now
and then. Whenever be gets mad,
he breaks up housekeeping. He
takes a roll of blankets, throws
them in the automobile, goes out
and sleeps under the stars. Sometimes 
he'll stay away for an hour
or two until he cools off. Sometimes 
he'll stay away for a week.
This time we had a fight and he
took off as per usual with his
blankets over his shoulder. This
time I got good and mad myself. 
I waited until he'd gone, and
decided that when he came back
wouldn't be here.
"I didn't even bother to pack
a suitcase. I just took a toothbrush, 
some undies, and a Jar of
cream."
"How did you travel?"
"I walked."
"To the bus line?"
"It was after the last bus. I
walked to the boulevard."
"And then what?"
"I hitchhiked."
"Wasn't it dangerous, hitchhiking 
alone at night that way, a
good-looking woman like you?"
"It depends on what you mean
by dangerous. The first car that
came along, the guy had his wife
with him and he almost ran off
the road twisting his head back,
but he didn't stop. The second
car had two fellows in it. They
burnt rubber getting to a stop."
Then what?" Sellers asked.
What's your name?" she
asked.
"Sergeant Sellers."
"Your first name?"
"Frank;"
Her eyes were laughing, but
she said, "Now then, Frank, if
you've found out everything you
want to know, I'll go back to the
dishes."
"You came back this morning?" 

That's right."
"Why?"
"I'd had my fling. I'd got over
being sore at Drury. I thought
I'd come back and be a good little 
wife and wash up the dishes."
"He's older than you?"
That's right."
"You don't get along too well?"
"Sometimes not"
Sellers glanced at me.
"Just what do you see in him?"
I asked.
"Sometimes I ask myself the
same question."
"Where and when were you
married?"
She looked me up and down and
said, Now wouldn't  come up
with something like that?"
"Well, it's still a good question," 
Sellers told her.
"As far as I'm concerned it's
the jackpot question." she said.
"You'll have to figure that one
out for yourselves. I'm going
back to the dis.


CHAPTER 9
By A.A. FAIR (ERLE STANLEY GARDNERS)
The well-known Cool & Lam private
investigating agency has a troublesome 
case involving a missing person. 
After letting drop an indication 
that his problem is a mineral
rights deal, Texan Lawton Corning
employs the agency to locate a Mrs.
Drury Wells. Donald Lam and his
partner. Bertha Cool, find the assignment 
to be more complicated than
Corning had connded to them. Upon
driving to the home 01 Drury Wells
in Southern California, Donald finds
Wells to be both uncooperative and
unconcerned about his wife. Wells
story is that she walked out on him
three days earlier. A neighbor Mrs.
Frances Raleigh, tells Donald that
she suspects Mrs. Wells was murdered 
by her husband. Alter reporting 
this to Corning, Lam notifies
Frank Sellers, of police homicide, of
the suspicions. Angered, Corning
orders Lam to drop the case.
Research in newspaper files by
Bertha discloses that a short time
previously, Mrs. Wells, the former
Yvonne Clymer, Inherited California
property and $15,000 from an uncle
in Texas, Aaron Bedford. The date
on which Drury Wells rented his
home was a few days after that.
Bertha has a hunch there is oil on
the inherited property, and tells Donaid: 
"We'll round up this babe and
gel her mineral rights for ourselves.
Then Corning can deal with us."
While Donald is arguing that this
would be unethical, because Corning
was a client. Frank Sellers arrives to
question Donald. Now, it seems, both
is Wellses are missing. A phone call
comes in to Sellers, notifying him to
report to the Wells place. At Sellers
insistence, Donald is accompanying
him. ...
FRANK SELLERS didn't use
the red light or the siren of
the police cruiser, but he didn't
bother too much with traffic regulations, 
or speed limits. He was
on his way.
Tell me what happened," I
said.
"I got a phone call," he told
me.
"I know that," I said. "What
was said over the telephone?"
"We'll get there and take a
look."
"Is Wells there?"
"I told you we'd take a look."
I saw there was no use trying
to get anything out of him, so I
lapsed into silence and thought
over various possibilities of what
could have happened. I thought
of his insistence that I bring
along the newspaper clipping, and
that brought up a possibility
which I found highly disquieting.
We made time over the freeway, 
finally turned off, went down
a side road for four or five miles,
and turned into Frostmore Road.
A car was parked two or three
doors down the street from the
Wells place. Frank Sellers, slid
his car alongside and stopped.
"Still there?" he asked the man
in the other car.
The fellow nodded.
"Okay," Sellers, said. "You
won't need to sew it up any
longer. Stick around. Keep your
radio on. I'll relay any instructions 
over the radio through our
police coruscation system."
Sellers started the car again,
and We rolled up to the Wells
residence. "Come on, Donald,"
Sellers said.
I followed him up to the house,
Sellers pushed a thumb against
the bell button.
The door was opened by a
knockout in a Jersey and very
short shorts. She had red hair,
blue eyes, and a figure like one
of the babes in the comic books.
"Well, hello," she said. "What
are you boys doing? Working
your way through college selling
magazines? Demonstrating vacuum 
cleaners? Or selling brushes
. . .? You'll have to pardon my
appearance. I came home to find
every dish in the house dirty,
the bathtub with a ring around
it. . . . I'm a busy little woman."
Sellers pulled back the lapel
of his coat and showed her his
badge. "I'm police," he said.
"Oh-oh, what have I done
now?"
"Well, what have you done?"
She looked up at him with impudent, 
smiling eyes. "Damned
near everything," she admitted.
"Tell us about it"
"Want to come in or stand
there? I've had my hands in
dishwater and if I'm going to
take any length of time talking
with you boys, I want to put
some cream On them. A woman
has to watch her skin these
days."
"You seem to be doing all
right," Sellers said.
"I aim to," she told him. "Come
on in."
We went in the dollhouse living
room. The place smelled of stale
tobacco, but the ash trays had
all been cleaned, and in the kitchen 
I could see a stack of clean
dishes on the kitchen table, with
more dirty dishes piled on the
side of the sink. Steam curled
up from the hot water in the
dishpan.
She was humming a little tune
as she went into the bedroom.
She came out smelling of hand
lotion. "All right, boys, what's
the beef?"
"You're Mrs. Drury Wells?"
"That's right."
"First name?"
"Yvonne."
"Where you been?" Sellers
asked.
"Places."
"How did you happen to go?"
"Is this official?"
"You might call it such. They
don't pay me to spend mornings
talking with beautiful redheads
about lost weekends."
"That's a shame," she told him.
"You'd be good at it."
"I am," Sellers told her, "but
right now we're talking about
where you've been."
"Okay," she said wearily. "My
husband and I had a fight. He's
all right except he has a beastly

temper, and I suppose I give him
grounds for getting excited now
and then. Whenever be gets mad,
he breaks up housekeeping. He
takes a roll of blankets, throws
them in the automobile, goes out
and sleeps under the stars. Sometimes 
he'll stay away for an hour
or two until he cools off. Sometimes 
he'll stay away for a week.
This time we had a fight and he
took off as per usual with his
blankets over his shoulder. This
time I got good and mad myself. 
I waited until he'd gone, and
decided that when he came back
wouldn't be here.
"I didn't even bother to pack
a suitcase. I just took a toothbrush, 
some undies, and a Jar of
cream."
"How did you travel?"
"I walked."
"To the bus line?"
"It was after the last bus. I
walked to the boulevard."
"And then what?"
"I hitchhiked."
"Wasn't it dangerous, hitchhiking 
alone at night that way, a
good-looking woman like you?"
"It depends on what you mean
by dangerous. The first car that
came along, the guy had his wife
with him and he almost ran off
the road twisting his head back,
but he didn't stop. The second
car had two fellows in it. They
burnt rubber getting to a stop."
Then what?" Sellers asked.
What's your name?" she
asked.
"Sergeant Sellers."
"Your first name?"
"Frank;"
Her eyes were laughing, but
she said, "Now then, Frank, if
you've found out everything you
want to know, I'll go back to the
dishes."
"You came back this morning?" 

That's right."
"Why?"
"I'd had my fling. I'd got over
being sore at Drury. I thought
I'd come back and be a good little 
wife and wash up the dishes."
"He's older than you?"
That's right."
"You don't get along too well?"
"Sometimes not"
Sellers glanced at me.
"Just what do you see in him?"
I asked.
"Sometimes I ask myself the
same question."
"Where and when were you
married?"
She looked me up and down and
said, Now wouldn't  come up
with something like that?"
"Well, it's still a good question," 
Sellers told her.
"As far as I'm concerned it's
the jackpot question." she said.
"You'll have to figure that one
out for yourselves. I'm going
back to the dis.


MY WEEKLY
SERMON
By
REV. BLAIR T.HUNT
PASTOR
MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Text: "Happy is the man that findeth 
wisdom, and the man that getteth 
understanding." Prov. 3:13.
The text are words of a master
mind, Solomon who prayed for wisdom. 

Soon a fine group of young people
are to leave for college. We congratulate 
them and their homes
Yes, go to college.
So many fine ambitious young
men and women cannot go to college. 
In this day of books, magazines, 
forums, radio and television
one heed not lose heart if the privilege 
of entering college halls be
desired. He may limb if deprived
of college privileges, but the climbing 
will be more difficult. History
is filled with records of those who

have "come up through great tribulation." 
Say to your-self: "I can't
go to college, like other boys and
girls, but if they beat me they will
have to work." Then with resolute
courage and purpose study books,
study people; and with hard study of
people and books you will come out
on top.
If t were going to college again, I
would select a small church college.
There m chances to become religiousy 
acclimated are better. There
is a comradeship which the overcrowded 
institution cannot know.
There individuality is stressed as
it cannot be in a larger group.
If I were going to college again,
I would consider the faculty rather
than the curriculum. The biggest
thing about any college is its faculty. 
James A. Garfield, said he
would rather spend sly months, on
a log with Mark Hopkins as his
teacher than six years in the best
brick and mortar university on the
continent.
If I were going to college again,
I would endeavor to fit in properly.
If I were going to college again.
I would take time for sufficient
sleep and recreation. I would aim to
have both a "sound, mind and a
sound body." The body is the temple
of the spirit and that temple must
be cared for.
Keep in touch With the home folks.
One never goes far astray who keeps
the lines tight that lead from his
heart back to heart of his homefolks. 

Put nothing into your mouth that
with you and it will follow as the
forget to pray.
Don't squander your hard earned
money on idle romances.
But this above all... Keep Jesus
with you and will follow as the
night the day happiness and success 
are yours.
You are a shut casket of possibilities. 
Marvelous possibilities are
yours under the mastery of Jesus
Christ the Great Rabbi, the Great
Master. The heights of success are
yours if you give Christ "the continents 
of your personalities rather
than the corners."
Whether you go to college or remain 
at home studying books and
people, give Jesus Christ the reins
of your life. Remember you are becoming 
what you will be.

GO TO COLLEGE
By
REV. BLAIR T.HUNT
PASTOR
MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Text: "Happy is the man that findeth 
wisdom, and the man that getteth 
understanding." Prov. 3:13.
The text are words of a master
mind, Solomon who prayed for wisdom. 

Soon a fine group of young people
are to leave for college. We congratulate 
them and their homes
Yes, go to college.
So many fine ambitious young
men and women cannot go to college. 
In this day of books, magazines, 
forums, radio and television
one heed not lose heart if the privilege 
of entering college halls be
desired. He may limb if deprived
of college privileges, but the climbing 
will be more difficult. History
is filled with records of those who

have "come up through great tribulation." 
Say to your-self: "I can't
go to college, like other boys and
girls, but if they beat me they will
have to work." Then with resolute
courage and purpose study books,
study people; and with hard study of
people and books you will come out
on top.
If t were going to college again, I
would select a small church college.
There m chances to become religiousy 
acclimated are better. There
is a comradeship which the overcrowded 
institution cannot know.
There individuality is stressed as
it cannot be in a larger group.
If I were going to college again,
I would consider the faculty rather
than the curriculum. The biggest
thing about any college is its faculty. 
James A. Garfield, said he
would rather spend sly months, on
a log with Mark Hopkins as his
teacher than six years in the best
brick and mortar university on the
continent.
If I were going to college again,
I would endeavor to fit in properly.
If I were going to college again.
I would take time for sufficient
sleep and recreation. I would aim to
have both a "sound, mind and a
sound body." The body is the temple
of the spirit and that temple must
be cared for.
Keep in touch With the home folks.
One never goes far astray who keeps
the lines tight that lead from his
heart back to heart of his homefolks. 

Put nothing into your mouth that
with you and it will follow as the
forget to pray.
Don't squander your hard earned
money on idle romances.
But this above all... Keep Jesus
with you and will follow as the
night the day happiness and success 
are yours.
You are a shut casket of possibilities. 
Marvelous possibilities are
yours under the mastery of Jesus
Christ the Great Rabbi, the Great
Master. The heights of success are
yours if you give Christ "the continents 
of your personalities rather
than the corners."
Whether you go to college or remain 
at home studying books and
people, give Jesus Christ the reins
of your life. Remember you are becoming 
what you will be.

Teamsters Brewster
Sentenced To Year
Teamsters 
Union vice president Frank
W. Brewster was sentenced to a
year in prison Thursday for contempt 
of Congress dispite his plea
that he has the "greatest respect"
for court and congressional committees. 

U. S. District Judge John J. Sirca 
sentenced Brewster with the
comment that the head of the Western 
Conference of the powerful
union was obstructive when he refused 
to testify last January before 
a senate investigation subcommittee. 

Sirica also levied a $1,000 fine,
but permitted the union official
to go free on $1,000 bond while his
conviction is appealed.
Brewster was found guilty by
Sirica on June 25:

News Briefs
Charges of loitering
were dismissed against three men
Saturday, by Judge Boushe in City
Court after he learned two of the
men were waiting for theworker
had been working at the home of
Inspector Wilkinson. The three
men were waiting for the worked
who was waiting to get paid when
police drove up and arrested them,
the Judge was informed.