Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1954-03-23
Mrs. Rosa Brown Bracy

MEMPHIS WORLD
AMERICA'S STANDARD RACE JOURNAL
The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper
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under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1870
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The GEA Speaks Out
(From The Atlanta Daily World)
The vigor and forthrightness in which the Georgia Educational 
Association of white teachers expressed themselves by resolution 
and otherwise, regarding the abolition of the public school
system carry much significance at this particular period when so
much is being said to that end. In addition to seeking additional
time in which to study the loyalty oath, the teachers went on record 
as almost a unit, in fighting against the ending of the public
system of education.
Even the address of the governor did not quell the opposition 
to abolish the public school system. The voice vote on the
loyalty both study was unanimous. A few faint murmurs of "no"
were heard, on the vote to fight against the amendment.
A discussion arose over the amendment, in which Delegate
M. L. Powell asked the teachers to vote it down because, he said,
"If we vote to fight this amendment we will be Saying to the Supreme 
Court, in effect, make your decision and we will abide by
whatever it is."
Kankakee Anderson, former GEA president and superintendent 
of Polk County Schools, spoke for the resolution.
He declared that he will "never agree to abolish public schools
under any conditions, and I ask the legislature to find another
way to preserve our southern customs." He added.
"Asking a school teacher to give up the public schools, is just
like asking a preacher to abolish his church.
Two things are clear—in the heated opposition on the part of
the educators relative, to the ending of the public school system,
the teachers showed themselves decidedly against the measure.
This added up to the loyalty oath and the failure to get a positive
reaction to the question of salary raises, the amendment for the
ending of the public school system to be voted on this year, lies
in grave peril.
The teachers are hereby commended for their positive stand
to preserve our educational standards, which it took so long to
bring up to the-present stage.
The stand taken by them was in keeping with-the spirit of
growing tolerance and the much needed sanity to "hold fast to
that which is good."
If this attitude is carried over into the campaign, the candor
and courage of the teachers will assuredly receive the hearty support 
of every citizen desiring to maintain our given standards in
the public school issue.

Editor Daniels Says His "Piece"
Jonathan Daniels, a southern newspaper editor and an authoriry 
on southern conditions made a speech a few days ago before 
the Urban League in New York. In this speech he said —the
Supreme Court's decision on segregation in the public schools
"will be met the south with the good will of the people of both
ros."
Here Editor Daniels ventures a prophesy, and while in his own
Country, he may be without honor, he is most certainly not without
that rational reasoning fortified by volumes of records that there
always have been tolerant and sane minds to accord to the court
the final status of a referee.
Editor Daniels further said—" Governor Talmadge of Georgia
will not get out his militia to resist the declared law of the landGovernor 
Byrnes of South Carolina will not end public education
in the South where it is needed more than anywhere else in America." 

These ringing words of a worthy son of a worthy sire are having 
their reactions all over the country. While there are no apprehension 
over a possible secession of the states over the school
issue, it is well that are those viewing such a transition if it
should come, in the light of sane reasoning.
We are one country now, working in harmony for the best
interest of the state; we are for the welfare of all the people, struggling 
under a dual system of taxation and industry which has
made our schools the step-children on the back-door step, with
the colored children the most neglected.
In his conclusion, the Editor of the Raleigh News and Observer 
left upon the forum of public thinking these words: "The great
moss of the good people, white and Negro, in the South show
themselves capable of living and working, growing and gaining
together."
Daniel's is editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, a son of
the late Josephus Daniels, who preceded him as editor and was
Secretary of the Navy in the cabinet of Woodrow Wilson.

MY WEEKLY
SERMON
REV. BLAIR T. HUNT,
PASTOR
MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN
CHURCH, MEMPHIS


The subject of this discourse is
based upon sentiments embedded in
the words of a sweet, lilting refrain
of a waltz tune of years ago... an
easy whistling tune.
"After the ball is over.
After the break of morn.
After the dancers are leaving...
After the stars are gone.
Many the hopes which could
Have vanished
After the ball."
A little girl... curious... begged of
an old man a story.
"Why are you lonely? Why are
you sad?" she asked.
The old man unbosomed his soul
to a mere child. Her returns in
memory to the halycon days of his
youth. He visualizes again that far
off night when to him the world
was young and when he was young
and felt that the world was his...
when he could say... "My only
books are women's looks."
And his sweetheart, she too was

young... possessed of all the winging 
visions and vaulting dreams of
youth. She possessed the beauty
which men craved... whose petaled
ears listened to men's sweet northings, 
that set her soul on fire.
The old man heard again the lilting 
song of the mocking bird which
sent its melodies of the mantle of
night with its overcast of stars.
The night was young and the lady
beautiful. Bright lights were flashing 
in the ballroom, soft the music
... the setting superb. The dackdrop 
was redolent with romance.
Then enters the serpent... then
comes the weighing of values!
A tragedy occurs... after the ball.
Tears, torn hearts, jealously. This
is so true of life, unless we take with
us the invisible-Christ. How often
we are filled with remorse... "After
the Ball."
There are many "balls" in this
life. The ball of youth... going
down the slippery lanes, lower and
lower... no breaks. There is the
ball of selfishness, which leads to
the friendless cold of an abandoned
and cheerless old age. There is the
ball of lust which leaves us with
only the empty husks of existence

and a mountain of griefs and regrets. 
There is the ball of continued 
sin which leads to the torments
of hell..... "The wages of sin is
death... the gift of God is eternal
life."
There is the ball of the alcholoic
indulgence which steals away the
mind and opens the flood gates of
sinful indulgences... serpents will
coil themselves around your neck..
Hiss in your ears and seize you
with their fangs. You shall have
woes and woounds.
Then there is the ball to which
you may go with Jesus the Christ as
your unseen companion. Then and
then only, will your nights be carpets 
of star dust spun from a loom
ever, spinning, and your days, be
gold as the pollen the daffoild
hides in his mold."
"Be sure your sins will find you
out." "Whatsover a man soweth
that shall he also reap." After the
ball is over, after the break of
morn."
Don't let It be "a weeping and
wailing, and a gnashing of teeth."
but one of eternal bliss... with nothing 
else save sweet memories.
Remember, now; Jesus the Christ!

REVIEWING
THE NEWS
BY WILLIAM GORDON
Managing Editor, Atlanta Dally World
This man from Asia had been
running about the grounds of
the institution for weeks trying to raise funds. He wanted to travel 
and see more of the United States. I was later informed that
he was not able to get funds, even after sending a wire to his
bank in India.
Unable to obtain funds, I suggested he hitch-hike part of the
trip. Many Europeans who come to this country, told him, have
no funds either. But they complete their trips by hitch-hiking.
Arhan Prakash and I had made many trips together in and
around New England and our friendship, I thought, had developed 
to a very substantial level. When I suggested that he hitchhike 
around the United States, I was given the kind bf response,
one seldom gets from human beings.
We laughed about the matter later, when he told me why
he behaved in the manner he did.
"You see. Bill", he began to tell me, "I'm afraid of what might
happen to me on the road if I try to hitch-hike." My European
friends can get away with this, but the moment some "pistol-happy" 
sheriff or highway trooper looks at me, the feeling won't be the same."
The man from India seemed deadly serious about this. He
did not believe me when I told him that hostility on highways and
in the small towns about the United States was declining.
"My main objection," he said  one that I don't like to discuss." 
He finally told me, "I'm afraid people might take me
for a Negro."
This reasoning by Prakash was not without foundation. Even
though he had no feeling against Negroes, he realized the implications 
back of being classified as a member of the race. Negro
Americans realize this much more than anyone else.
There is the story of the man traveling on the highways in
Florida. He had trouble with his car about ten miles from Daytona 
Beach. It was late at night. In order to avoid the inevitable, 
he walked to the nearest town, and went straight to the
sheriff's office and told his story. He wanted to be sure that those
who execute the law, knew of his whereabouts. He also wanted
to make sure that if anything went wrong in the area he would
not be picked up and accused of some wrongdoing.
Such stories are numerous and Negroes encounter them almost 
every day in the region where they do not enjoy first class
citizenship. The net result of this of course-costs the United States
millions of dollars in bad reputation, frequently turning away from
our doors the friends we need in times
of crisis.
The worst feature is that Negroes are hurt, but not as much
as the country as a whole. The good things we do here have not
traveled abroad with the same speed as that of the bad. Foremost 
in the Indian's mind was the intimidations, insults and the
racial sickness that penetrate our
culture and way of life. He
liked Negroes but wanted to avoid the stigma associated with the
race.

He Was Afraid Of The Stigma
Associated With The Race
BY WILLIAM GORDON
Managing Editor, Atlanta Dally World
This man from Asia had been
running about the grounds of
the institution for weeks trying to raise funds. He wanted to travel 
and see more of the United States. I was later informed that
he was not able to get funds, even after sending a wire to his
bank in India.
Unable to obtain funds, I suggested he hitch-hike part of the
trip. Many Europeans who come to this country, told him, have
no funds either. But they complete their trips by hitch-hiking.
Arhan Prakash and I had made many trips together in and
around New England and our friendship, I thought, had developed 
to a very substantial level. When I suggested that he hitchhike 
around the United States, I was given the kind bf response,
one seldom gets from human beings.
We laughed about the matter later, when he told me why
he behaved in the manner he did.
"You see. Bill", he began to tell me, "I'm afraid of what might
happen to me on the road if I try to hitch-hike." My European
friends can get away with this, but the moment some "pistol-happy" 
sheriff or highway trooper looks at me, the feeling won't be the same."
The man from India seemed deadly serious about this. He
did not believe me when I told him that hostility on highways and
in the small towns about the United States was declining.
"My main objection," he said  one that I don't like to discuss." 
He finally told me, "I'm afraid people might take me
for a Negro."
This reasoning by Prakash was not without foundation. Even
though he had no feeling against Negroes, he realized the implications 
back of being classified as a member of the race. Negro
Americans realize this much more than anyone else.
There is the story of the man traveling on the highways in
Florida. He had trouble with his car about ten miles from Daytona 
Beach. It was late at night. In order to avoid the inevitable, 
he walked to the nearest town, and went straight to the
sheriff's office and told his story. He wanted to be sure that those
who execute the law, knew of his whereabouts. He also wanted
to make sure that if anything went wrong in the area he would
not be picked up and accused of some wrongdoing.
Such stories are numerous and Negroes encounter them almost 
every day in the region where they do not enjoy first class
citizenship. The net result of this of course-costs the United States
millions of dollars in bad reputation, frequently turning away from
our doors the friends we need in times
of crisis.
The worst feature is that Negroes are hurt, but not as much
as the country as a whole. The good things we do here have not
traveled abroad with the same speed as that of the bad. Foremost 
in the Indian's mind was the intimidations, insults and the
racial sickness that penetrate our
culture and way of life. He
liked Negroes but wanted to avoid the stigma associated with the
race.

General Conf.

Program Committee.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, Rev. J.
E. Robinson, Rev. T. M. Smith. Rev.
H. C. Bunton, Mrs. Katie Tipton,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Rosie
Norfleet, Mrs. J. C. Martin, Mr. O.
C. Suttles, Dr. W. S. Martin, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, Mrs. Hattie Lewis,
Rev, F. M. Dickey, Rev. C. D. McKelvy, 
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, Rev. C. R.
Thomas, Mrs. Alma Hogman, Mrs.
Lena Exum, Mrs. Alice Danner,
Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ira Rhodes
Mr. O. T. Peoples, Mrs. Ulilla
Holmes, Mrs. Hattie Marable, Mrs.
Almeda Mitchel.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, chairman; 
H. C. Bunton, Vice Chairman,
J. E. Robinson, secretary, F. M.
Dickey", chairman of Housing Committee; 
Mrs. Alma Hogan, co-chairman; 
C. D. McKelvy, Chairman of
transportation committee; O. T.

Peeples, co-chairman, M. S. Martin,
chairman of hospitalization.
Mrs. Lillian Martin chairman,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Katie
Tipton, Mrs. Alice Danner Mrs.
Rosie Norfleet, Mrs. Louise Ward,
Mrs. J. F. Lane, Mrs. Lena Exum,
Mrs. Ira Rhodes.
Mrs. O. C. Suttles chairman, Mrs.
Susie Spencer co-chairman, Mrs.
W. A. Johnson.
Rev. C. R. Thomas, chairman.
Mrs. U. Holmes chairman, Mrs.
Hattie Marble, co-chairman.
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, chairman Mrs.
Ella Bell Raines, Rev. C. E. Chatman, 
Prof. James G. King. (a) publicty; 
(b) Contact; (c) City regulations. 

Mr. O. C. Suttles, chairman, Mr.
John Cox.

GENERAL CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE

Program Committee.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, Rev. J.
E. Robinson, Rev. T. M. Smith. Rev.
H. C. Bunton, Mrs. Katie Tipton,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Rosie
Norfleet, Mrs. J. C. Martin, Mr. O.
C. Suttles, Dr. W. S. Martin, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, Mrs. Hattie Lewis,
Rev, F. M. Dickey, Rev. C. D. McKelvy, 
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, Rev. C. R.
Thomas, Mrs. Alma Hogman, Mrs.
Lena Exum, Mrs. Alice Danner,
Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ira Rhodes
Mr. O. T. Peoples, Mrs. Ulilla
Holmes, Mrs. Hattie Marable, Mrs.
Almeda Mitchel.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, chairman; 
H. C. Bunton, Vice Chairman,
J. E. Robinson, secretary, F. M.
Dickey", chairman of Housing Committee; 
Mrs. Alma Hogan, co-chairman; 
C. D. McKelvy, Chairman of
transportation committee; O. T.

Peeples, co-chairman, M. S. Martin,
chairman of hospitalization.
Mrs. Lillian Martin chairman,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Katie
Tipton, Mrs. Alice Danner Mrs.
Rosie Norfleet, Mrs. Louise Ward,
Mrs. J. F. Lane, Mrs. Lena Exum,
Mrs. Ira Rhodes.
Mrs. O. C. Suttles chairman, Mrs.
Susie Spencer co-chairman, Mrs.
W. A. Johnson.
Rev. C. R. Thomas, chairman.
Mrs. U. Holmes chairman, Mrs.
Hattie Marble, co-chairman.
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, chairman Mrs.
Ella Bell Raines, Rev. C. E. Chatman, 
Prof. James G. King. (a) publicty; 
(b) Contact; (c) City regulations. 

Mr. O. C. Suttles, chairman, Mr.
John Cox.

ORGANIZATION OF THE
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE

Program Committee.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, Rev. J.
E. Robinson, Rev. T. M. Smith. Rev.
H. C. Bunton, Mrs. Katie Tipton,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Rosie
Norfleet, Mrs. J. C. Martin, Mr. O.
C. Suttles, Dr. W. S. Martin, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, Mrs. Hattie Lewis,
Rev, F. M. Dickey, Rev. C. D. McKelvy, 
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, Rev. C. R.
Thomas, Mrs. Alma Hogman, Mrs.
Lena Exum, Mrs. Alice Danner,
Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ira Rhodes
Mr. O. T. Peoples, Mrs. Ulilla
Holmes, Mrs. Hattie Marable, Mrs.
Almeda Mitchel.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, chairman; 
H. C. Bunton, Vice Chairman,
J. E. Robinson, secretary, F. M.
Dickey", chairman of Housing Committee; 
Mrs. Alma Hogan, co-chairman; 
C. D. McKelvy, Chairman of
transportation committee; O. T.

Peeples, co-chairman, M. S. Martin,
chairman of hospitalization.
Mrs. Lillian Martin chairman,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Katie
Tipton, Mrs. Alice Danner Mrs.
Rosie Norfleet, Mrs. Louise Ward,
Mrs. J. F. Lane, Mrs. Lena Exum,
Mrs. Ira Rhodes.
Mrs. O. C. Suttles chairman, Mrs.
Susie Spencer co-chairman, Mrs.
W. A. Johnson.
Rev. C. R. Thomas, chairman.
Mrs. U. Holmes chairman, Mrs.
Hattie Marble, co-chairman.
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, chairman Mrs.
Ella Bell Raines, Rev. C. E. Chatman, 
Prof. James G. King. (a) publicty; 
(b) Contact; (c) City regulations. 

Mr. O. C. Suttles, chairman, Mr.
John Cox.

COURTESY COMMITTEE

Program Committee.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, Rev. J.
E. Robinson, Rev. T. M. Smith. Rev.
H. C. Bunton, Mrs. Katie Tipton,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Rosie
Norfleet, Mrs. J. C. Martin, Mr. O.
C. Suttles, Dr. W. S. Martin, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, Mrs. Hattie Lewis,
Rev, F. M. Dickey, Rev. C. D. McKelvy, 
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, Rev. C. R.
Thomas, Mrs. Alma Hogman, Mrs.
Lena Exum, Mrs. Alice Danner,
Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ira Rhodes
Mr. O. T. Peoples, Mrs. Ulilla
Holmes, Mrs. Hattie Marable, Mrs.
Almeda Mitchel.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, chairman; 
H. C. Bunton, Vice Chairman,
J. E. Robinson, secretary, F. M.
Dickey", chairman of Housing Committee; 
Mrs. Alma Hogan, co-chairman; 
C. D. McKelvy, Chairman of
transportation committee; O. T.

Peeples, co-chairman, M. S. Martin,
chairman of hospitalization.
Mrs. Lillian Martin chairman,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Katie
Tipton, Mrs. Alice Danner Mrs.
Rosie Norfleet, Mrs. Louise Ward,
Mrs. J. F. Lane, Mrs. Lena Exum,
Mrs. Ira Rhodes.
Mrs. O. C. Suttles chairman, Mrs.
Susie Spencer co-chairman, Mrs.
W. A. Johnson.
Rev. C. R. Thomas, chairman.
Mrs. U. Holmes chairman, Mrs.
Hattie Marble, co-chairman.
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, chairman Mrs.
Ella Bell Raines, Rev. C. E. Chatman, 
Prof. James G. King. (a) publicty; 
(b) Contact; (c) City regulations. 

Mr. O. C. Suttles, chairman, Mr.
John Cox.

BUREAU OF INFORMATION

Program Committee.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, Rev. J.
E. Robinson, Rev. T. M. Smith. Rev.
H. C. Bunton, Mrs. Katie Tipton,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Rosie
Norfleet, Mrs. J. C. Martin, Mr. O.
C. Suttles, Dr. W. S. Martin, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, Mrs. Hattie Lewis,
Rev, F. M. Dickey, Rev. C. D. McKelvy, 
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, Rev. C. R.
Thomas, Mrs. Alma Hogman, Mrs.
Lena Exum, Mrs. Alice Danner,
Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ira Rhodes
Mr. O. T. Peoples, Mrs. Ulilla
Holmes, Mrs. Hattie Marable, Mrs.
Almeda Mitchel.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, chairman; 
H. C. Bunton, Vice Chairman,
J. E. Robinson, secretary, F. M.
Dickey", chairman of Housing Committee; 
Mrs. Alma Hogan, co-chairman; 
C. D. McKelvy, Chairman of
transportation committee; O. T.

Peeples, co-chairman, M. S. Martin,
chairman of hospitalization.
Mrs. Lillian Martin chairman,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Katie
Tipton, Mrs. Alice Danner Mrs.
Rosie Norfleet, Mrs. Louise Ward,
Mrs. J. F. Lane, Mrs. Lena Exum,
Mrs. Ira Rhodes.
Mrs. O. C. Suttles chairman, Mrs.
Susie Spencer co-chairman, Mrs.
W. A. Johnson.
Rev. C. R. Thomas, chairman.
Mrs. U. Holmes chairman, Mrs.
Hattie Marble, co-chairman.
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, chairman Mrs.
Ella Bell Raines, Rev. C. E. Chatman, 
Prof. James G. King. (a) publicty; 
(b) Contact; (c) City regulations. 

Mr. O. C. Suttles, chairman, Mr.
John Cox.

PARKING COMMITTEE

Program Committee.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, Rev. J.
E. Robinson, Rev. T. M. Smith. Rev.
H. C. Bunton, Mrs. Katie Tipton,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Rosie
Norfleet, Mrs. J. C. Martin, Mr. O.
C. Suttles, Dr. W. S. Martin, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, Mrs. Hattie Lewis,
Rev, F. M. Dickey, Rev. C. D. McKelvy, 
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, Rev. C. R.
Thomas, Mrs. Alma Hogman, Mrs.
Lena Exum, Mrs. Alice Danner,
Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ira Rhodes
Mr. O. T. Peoples, Mrs. Ulilla
Holmes, Mrs. Hattie Marable, Mrs.
Almeda Mitchel.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, chairman; 
H. C. Bunton, Vice Chairman,
J. E. Robinson, secretary, F. M.
Dickey", chairman of Housing Committee; 
Mrs. Alma Hogan, co-chairman; 
C. D. McKelvy, Chairman of
transportation committee; O. T.

Peeples, co-chairman, M. S. Martin,
chairman of hospitalization.
Mrs. Lillian Martin chairman,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Katie
Tipton, Mrs. Alice Danner Mrs.
Rosie Norfleet, Mrs. Louise Ward,
Mrs. J. F. Lane, Mrs. Lena Exum,
Mrs. Ira Rhodes.
Mrs. O. C. Suttles chairman, Mrs.
Susie Spencer co-chairman, Mrs.
W. A. Johnson.
Rev. C. R. Thomas, chairman.
Mrs. U. Holmes chairman, Mrs.
Hattie Marble, co-chairman.
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, chairman Mrs.
Ella Bell Raines, Rev. C. E. Chatman, 
Prof. James G. King. (a) publicty; 
(b) Contact; (c) City regulations. 

Mr. O. C. Suttles, chairman, Mr.
John Cox.

FOOD COMMITTEE

Program Committee.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, Rev. J.
E. Robinson, Rev. T. M. Smith. Rev.
H. C. Bunton, Mrs. Katie Tipton,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Rosie
Norfleet, Mrs. J. C. Martin, Mr. O.
C. Suttles, Dr. W. S. Martin, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, Mrs. Hattie Lewis,
Rev, F. M. Dickey, Rev. C. D. McKelvy, 
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, Rev. C. R.
Thomas, Mrs. Alma Hogman, Mrs.
Lena Exum, Mrs. Alice Danner,
Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ira Rhodes
Mr. O. T. Peoples, Mrs. Ulilla
Holmes, Mrs. Hattie Marable, Mrs.
Almeda Mitchel.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, chairman; 
H. C. Bunton, Vice Chairman,
J. E. Robinson, secretary, F. M.
Dickey", chairman of Housing Committee; 
Mrs. Alma Hogan, co-chairman; 
C. D. McKelvy, Chairman of
transportation committee; O. T.

Peeples, co-chairman, M. S. Martin,
chairman of hospitalization.
Mrs. Lillian Martin chairman,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Katie
Tipton, Mrs. Alice Danner Mrs.
Rosie Norfleet, Mrs. Louise Ward,
Mrs. J. F. Lane, Mrs. Lena Exum,
Mrs. Ira Rhodes.
Mrs. O. C. Suttles chairman, Mrs.
Susie Spencer co-chairman, Mrs.
W. A. Johnson.
Rev. C. R. Thomas, chairman.
Mrs. U. Holmes chairman, Mrs.
Hattie Marble, co-chairman.
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, chairman Mrs.
Ella Bell Raines, Rev. C. E. Chatman, 
Prof. James G. King. (a) publicty; 
(b) Contact; (c) City regulations. 

Mr. O. C. Suttles, chairman, Mr.
John Cox.

PUBLIC RELATIONS
COMMITTEE

Program Committee.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, Rev. J.
E. Robinson, Rev. T. M. Smith. Rev.
H. C. Bunton, Mrs. Katie Tipton,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Rosie
Norfleet, Mrs. J. C. Martin, Mr. O.
C. Suttles, Dr. W. S. Martin, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, Mrs. Hattie Lewis,
Rev, F. M. Dickey, Rev. C. D. McKelvy, 
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, Rev. C. R.
Thomas, Mrs. Alma Hogman, Mrs.
Lena Exum, Mrs. Alice Danner,
Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ira Rhodes
Mr. O. T. Peoples, Mrs. Ulilla
Holmes, Mrs. Hattie Marable, Mrs.
Almeda Mitchel.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, chairman; 
H. C. Bunton, Vice Chairman,
J. E. Robinson, secretary, F. M.
Dickey", chairman of Housing Committee; 
Mrs. Alma Hogan, co-chairman; 
C. D. McKelvy, Chairman of
transportation committee; O. T.

Peeples, co-chairman, M. S. Martin,
chairman of hospitalization.
Mrs. Lillian Martin chairman,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Katie
Tipton, Mrs. Alice Danner Mrs.
Rosie Norfleet, Mrs. Louise Ward,
Mrs. J. F. Lane, Mrs. Lena Exum,
Mrs. Ira Rhodes.
Mrs. O. C. Suttles chairman, Mrs.
Susie Spencer co-chairman, Mrs.
W. A. Johnson.
Rev. C. R. Thomas, chairman.
Mrs. U. Holmes chairman, Mrs.
Hattie Marble, co-chairman.
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, chairman Mrs.
Ella Bell Raines, Rev. C. E. Chatman, 
Prof. James G. King. (a) publicty; 
(b) Contact; (c) City regulations. 

Mr. O. C. Suttles, chairman, Mr.
John Cox.

POST OFFICE COMMITTEE

Program Committee.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, Rev. J.
E. Robinson, Rev. T. M. Smith. Rev.
H. C. Bunton, Mrs. Katie Tipton,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Rosie
Norfleet, Mrs. J. C. Martin, Mr. O.
C. Suttles, Dr. W. S. Martin, Mrs.
Elizabeth Harris, Mrs. Hattie Lewis,
Rev, F. M. Dickey, Rev. C. D. McKelvy, 
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, Rev. C. R.
Thomas, Mrs. Alma Hogman, Mrs.
Lena Exum, Mrs. Alice Danner,
Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Mrs. Ira Rhodes
Mr. O. T. Peoples, Mrs. Ulilla
Holmes, Mrs. Hattie Marable, Mrs.
Almeda Mitchel.
Bishop J. Arthur Hamlett, chairman; 
H. C. Bunton, Vice Chairman,
J. E. Robinson, secretary, F. M.
Dickey", chairman of Housing Committee; 
Mrs. Alma Hogan, co-chairman; 
C. D. McKelvy, Chairman of
transportation committee; O. T.

Peeples, co-chairman, M. S. Martin,
chairman of hospitalization.
Mrs. Lillian Martin chairman,
Mrs. Cora Winchester, Mrs. Katie
Tipton, Mrs. Alice Danner Mrs.
Rosie Norfleet, Mrs. Louise Ward,
Mrs. J. F. Lane, Mrs. Lena Exum,
Mrs. Ira Rhodes.
Mrs. O. C. Suttles chairman, Mrs.
Susie Spencer co-chairman, Mrs.
W. A. Johnson.
Rev. C. R. Thomas, chairman.
Mrs. U. Holmes chairman, Mrs.
Hattie Marble, co-chairman.
Rev. D. T. Alcorn, chairman Mrs.
Ella Bell Raines, Rev. C. E. Chatman, 
Prof. James G. King. (a) publicty; 
(b) Contact; (c) City regulations. 

Mr. O. C. Suttles, chairman, Mr.
John Cox.

WISHING WELL
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Speech Feature

to be admired abroad but to me
there is no place as the U. S. A."
"I cherish deeply the historic
ideals for which my country stands.
I like it. I like it so well, that I
wish democracy would work as it
was intended and designed to work.
Saying he realized he had attained 
a social and members of
his race, he said there is one
fundamental lesson which every
intelligent Negro should learn very
early in his career.
"There is no true escape or
haven for any Negro. No Negro can
walk with any greater dignity
than his racial brothers who still
suffer the handicaps and humiliations 
of racial prejudice and discrimination." 
Speaking only for
himself he said, he listed his
"simple" requirements for his role
as a Negro in society.
I ask no special treatment or
consideration. I want to cause no
one any trouble or concern.
"I just want to be an American
—an equal American, and an
American in full.
"Not a Negro American, not a
colored American, but just a plain

American.
"Nothing more—and emphatically, 
nothing less. That is plenty
good enough for me."
Then after a slight pause:
"I know of no Negro who asks
any more than this.
"I couldn't respect any Negro
who asks for less." He stated his
belief that prejudice and bigotry
are a matter of conditioning, Illustrating 
by mentioning prejudice
he had encountered against Itallans 
in Detroit where he was born,
against, Mexicans in Albuquerque
and against Japanese in Los Angeles. 


The Quest
by ELSIE MACK

DALE listened idly through
world news lessened in impact by
constant repetition. Her thoughts
were "half on the blue of a vetchfilled 
field, half on the announcer's
voice when she heard him say
Lora Thornton's name.
As if drawn by a magnet, her
eyes sought the dashboard. Shock
held her still, listening. "Car out
of control on a treacherous curve,
crashed into stone fence... The
driver, Miss Lora Thornton of
Rockley, instantly killed... "
Dale turned the radio off. "It
was an accident," she said woodenly. 
"It  an accident."
But the token self-assurance only
deepened her certainly that it was
not; that Lora Thornton had
known exactly what she was doing
when she crashed into that stone
wall.
Dale plunged her face into her
hands, weeping silently. Of all the
forms of escape, Lora had chosen
the final the one of no returning.
Finally the trembling of Dale's
body stopped. Sharp in her mind
was a cricket's chirp tearing the
day apart, the rustle of a bird in
the heat-parched grass. That these
sounds registered clearly in her
consciousness was evidence of the
stilled motor. She lifted her face.
Phil had drawn off the road, had
pulled her against him. The solid
warmth of his shoulder, the curve
of his supporting arm were comforting. 

She whispered. "I—I didn't mean
to go to peces."
"I'm all at sea." Phil said. "Certainly 
it was nothing I said this
time! I've been a Trappist monk
for miles."
She shook her head. "This hasn't
anything to do with you."
"I'm not so sure about that if
you knew now seeing you cry tore
me apart! We're not so detached,
Dale. Other girls have cried on my
shoulder, and it never did this to
me before."
She only half-listened. "A girl
I knew is dead," she said dully, "I
believe she killed herself."
"That's very silly of her," he
said matter-of-factly.
"You can be casual about it,"
she said. "I can't."
"I daresay suicide is the final
refuse," he said after a moment.
'It is also a very conclusive admission 
of defeat. A friend of
yours?"
"I only knew her a week. One
night, we talked. I knew that she
was desperate. Tormented. Perhaps 
I could have said something,
done something more than I did.
I didn't know. Do you know what
I did I played Ethel Merman recordings, 
and told her that time
would help. Why do we always
fall back on that treitness?"
"We use the top of our minds

for someone else's grief, usually,"
he said. "We're decent enough to
feel sympathy, but it's a thing
a part from us. Even with someone
very dear. Grief is not easily penetrated. 
Don't blame yourself. Your
friend just didn't have the courage
it takes to wait for time's healing."
He met her eyes. His were darker
than ever, and unexpectedly kind.
None of his usual raillery was in
his long, lean face. "It does take
courage, doesn't it?"
"Don't be gentle with me," she
begged. "I'll only cry again."
He started the car and swung
back into the highway traffic. "I
don't feel like clowning;" he said.
"And I can't think of a single
wisecrack to get myself back in
character. Dale, what's happening 
to me? I've had matrimonial
ideas before and talked myself out
of them. Why can't I this time?"
"You will," she promised.
"Must I?"
She clenched her hands. "Yes,
Phil."
"Just between the two of us,"
he said not lightly at all, "it won't
be easy."
His graveness revealed the other
side of, the coin another phil. It
dulled her Senses to an ever-present 
fear that he might be another
Jeffrey Windsor. Why can't  believe 
in him, trust him she wondered. 
Why can't I stop being
afraid that any minute Dr. Phil
Jekyll will turn into Mr. Jeffery.
Hyde?.
But she knew it wasn't going to
be easy to trust any man again,
after the things Jeffrey had Said
to her in his office. Any man save,
perhaps, Don Parrish.
Agatha was right about Don, No
Woman ever would be as important
to him as his test tubes, So although 
Phil was the one who had
given her comfort, it was of Don
that Dale thought on the drive
back to New York. Don, who asked
nothing of her, expected nothing,
and hadn't the remotest, notion of
being in love with her.
At the narrow house in the Bas
Seventies, Phil said, "I'll come in
with you and say hello to Aggie."
Music came from an open window 
of the house as they walked
from the car. Not even Aggie's
out-of-tune piano could baffle the
superb artistry of the pianist. Phi
took Dale's arm, saying in his
lazy, voice, "It's Andy, home with
her laurels. She'll have a turner in
tomorrow to do something about
those sour notes, and she'll all
the house with mazurkas and polonaises. 
I hope you can take it."
His, voice changed, "She really is
good, you know."
A passage of furiously assertive
octaves stopped dead as they went
in, and a fair-hared girl swung
around on the bench jumped up
and buried herself at her brother

Phil, you big, handsome Jug!
Kiss me and say you're glad to
see me home. Where 
Dom said you were out of town on
some errand, for Aggie but you
know how annoyingly vague Don
can be And Aggie's being just
as secretive—" She broke off,
aware of Dale. Her eyes, as amazingly 
dark as her brother's, widwneed. 
"Hel" she said.
"Dale, this is my famous sister
Andrea. Pretty isn't she to be
so talented? Andy, Dale Fraser—
Aggie's protegee!'
"Since when did Aggie go in for
protegees?" Andrea murmured.
Phil Laughed. "Aggie has taken
Dale under her wing, to lure her
into the family. Legally. And since
Aggie certainly hasn't brother Don
in mind for her project, she undoubtedly 
has designs on me. I
hope! Dale won't co-operative,
though. I need an ally."
Dale said smilingly. "You have
a lunatic for a brother, Andrea
.... I heard you play once In Chicago 
about three years ago.
The one concert that had drawn
Dale and Kelly from the white
clapboard cottage, that "winter—
and kelly had whispered under,
the music's' voluptuous swell, 
Andrea Parrish seated herself
in a big chintz chair. The fluidity
of tier movements was stylized,
as if the habit of being the cynosure 
of a thousand eyes was hard
to break even, in the privacy of
her aunt's living room. She nodded
in reminiscence, and the curve of
her smile was rueful. "I remember 
 concert. The pian bench
kept sliding. It wrecked my nerves.
I thought I was going to end up
sitting in the footlights."
"Andy's nerves are as well insulated 
as high-voltage wires,"
Phil told Dale amiably.
Andrea laughed? at him and
turned to Dale. "I'm afraid I have
moved into your room. Do you
mind sharing it with me while I'm
hire? It won't be for long. I
have a concert at Carnegie Hall in
three weeks, and I'll be leaving
right after that."
"She snores," Phil murmured to
Dale. He dodged the cushion his
sister hurled and stretched a long
arm along the mantel, surveying
the fair-haired girl lazily and with
affectionate pride. "Carnegie
him? That we'll attend 
shall We, Dale? You can sit between 
Don and me, and let each
of us hold a hand. Real cozy, with
Aggie chaperoning."
"Go home, you fool." Andrea
laughed. "Dale and I want to get
acquainted since we're to be roommates." 

"Lucky you, Phil said ardently,
and this time it was Dale who
flung the cushion.


CHAPTER TWENTY
by ELSIE MACK

DALE listened idly through
world news lessened in impact by
constant repetition. Her thoughts
were "half on the blue of a vetchfilled 
field, half on the announcer's
voice when she heard him say
Lora Thornton's name.
As if drawn by a magnet, her
eyes sought the dashboard. Shock
held her still, listening. "Car out
of control on a treacherous curve,
crashed into stone fence... The
driver, Miss Lora Thornton of
Rockley, instantly killed... "
Dale turned the radio off. "It
was an accident," she said woodenly. 
"It  an accident."
But the token self-assurance only
deepened her certainly that it was
not; that Lora Thornton had
known exactly what she was doing
when she crashed into that stone
wall.
Dale plunged her face into her
hands, weeping silently. Of all the
forms of escape, Lora had chosen
the final the one of no returning.
Finally the trembling of Dale's
body stopped. Sharp in her mind
was a cricket's chirp tearing the
day apart, the rustle of a bird in
the heat-parched grass. That these
sounds registered clearly in her
consciousness was evidence of the
stilled motor. She lifted her face.
Phil had drawn off the road, had
pulled her against him. The solid
warmth of his shoulder, the curve
of his supporting arm were comforting. 

She whispered. "I—I didn't mean
to go to peces."
"I'm all at sea." Phil said. "Certainly 
it was nothing I said this
time! I've been a Trappist monk
for miles."
She shook her head. "This hasn't
anything to do with you."
"I'm not so sure about that if
you knew now seeing you cry tore
me apart! We're not so detached,
Dale. Other girls have cried on my
shoulder, and it never did this to
me before."
She only half-listened. "A girl
I knew is dead," she said dully, "I
believe she killed herself."
"That's very silly of her," he
said matter-of-factly.
"You can be casual about it,"
she said. "I can't."
"I daresay suicide is the final
refuse," he said after a moment.
'It is also a very conclusive admission 
of defeat. A friend of
yours?"
"I only knew her a week. One
night, we talked. I knew that she
was desperate. Tormented. Perhaps 
I could have said something,
done something more than I did.
I didn't know. Do you know what
I did I played Ethel Merman recordings, 
and told her that time
would help. Why do we always
fall back on that treitness?"
"We use the top of our minds

for someone else's grief, usually,"
he said. "We're decent enough to
feel sympathy, but it's a thing
a part from us. Even with someone
very dear. Grief is not easily penetrated. 
Don't blame yourself. Your
friend just didn't have the courage
it takes to wait for time's healing."
He met her eyes. His were darker
than ever, and unexpectedly kind.
None of his usual raillery was in
his long, lean face. "It does take
courage, doesn't it?"
"Don't be gentle with me," she
begged. "I'll only cry again."
He started the car and swung
back into the highway traffic. "I
don't feel like clowning;" he said.
"And I can't think of a single
wisecrack to get myself back in
character. Dale, what's happening 
to me? I've had matrimonial
ideas before and talked myself out
of them. Why can't I this time?"
"You will," she promised.
"Must I?"
She clenched her hands. "Yes,
Phil."
"Just between the two of us,"
he said not lightly at all, "it won't
be easy."
His graveness revealed the other
side of, the coin another phil. It
dulled her Senses to an ever-present 
fear that he might be another
Jeffrey Windsor. Why can't  believe 
in him, trust him she wondered. 
Why can't I stop being
afraid that any minute Dr. Phil
Jekyll will turn into Mr. Jeffery.
Hyde?.
But she knew it wasn't going to
be easy to trust any man again,
after the things Jeffrey had Said
to her in his office. Any man save,
perhaps, Don Parrish.
Agatha was right about Don, No
Woman ever would be as important
to him as his test tubes, So although 
Phil was the one who had
given her comfort, it was of Don
that Dale thought on the drive
back to New York. Don, who asked
nothing of her, expected nothing,
and hadn't the remotest, notion of
being in love with her.
At the narrow house in the Bas
Seventies, Phil said, "I'll come in
with you and say hello to Aggie."
Music came from an open window 
of the house as they walked
from the car. Not even Aggie's
out-of-tune piano could baffle the
superb artistry of the pianist. Phi
took Dale's arm, saying in his
lazy, voice, "It's Andy, home with
her laurels. She'll have a turner in
tomorrow to do something about
those sour notes, and she'll all
the house with mazurkas and polonaises. 
I hope you can take it."
His, voice changed, "She really is
good, you know."
A passage of furiously assertive
octaves stopped dead as they went
in, and a fair-hared girl swung
around on the bench jumped up
and buried herself at her brother

Phil, you big, handsome Jug!
Kiss me and say you're glad to
see me home. Where 
Dom said you were out of town on
some errand, for Aggie but you
know how annoyingly vague Don
can be And Aggie's being just
as secretive—" She broke off,
aware of Dale. Her eyes, as amazingly 
dark as her brother's, widwneed. 
"Hel" she said.
"Dale, this is my famous sister
Andrea. Pretty isn't she to be
so talented? Andy, Dale Fraser—
Aggie's protegee!'
"Since when did Aggie go in for
protegees?" Andrea murmured.
Phil Laughed. "Aggie has taken
Dale under her wing, to lure her
into the family. Legally. And since
Aggie certainly hasn't brother Don
in mind for her project, she undoubtedly 
has designs on me. I
hope! Dale won't co-operative,
though. I need an ally."
Dale said smilingly. "You have
a lunatic for a brother, Andrea
.... I heard you play once In Chicago 
about three years ago.
The one concert that had drawn
Dale and Kelly from the white
clapboard cottage, that "winter—
and kelly had whispered under,
the music's' voluptuous swell, 
Andrea Parrish seated herself
in a big chintz chair. The fluidity
of tier movements was stylized,
as if the habit of being the cynosure 
of a thousand eyes was hard
to break even, in the privacy of
her aunt's living room. She nodded
in reminiscence, and the curve of
her smile was rueful. "I remember 
 concert. The pian bench
kept sliding. It wrecked my nerves.
I thought I was going to end up
sitting in the footlights."
"Andy's nerves are as well insulated 
as high-voltage wires,"
Phil told Dale amiably.
Andrea laughed? at him and
turned to Dale. "I'm afraid I have
moved into your room. Do you
mind sharing it with me while I'm
hire? It won't be for long. I
have a concert at Carnegie Hall in
three weeks, and I'll be leaving
right after that."
"She snores," Phil murmured to
Dale. He dodged the cushion his
sister hurled and stretched a long
arm along the mantel, surveying
the fair-haired girl lazily and with
affectionate pride. "Carnegie
him? That we'll attend 
shall We, Dale? You can sit between 
Don and me, and let each
of us hold a hand. Real cozy, with
Aggie chaperoning."
"Go home, you fool." Andrea
laughed. "Dale and I want to get
acquainted since we're to be roommates." 

"Lucky you, Phil said ardently,
and this time it was Dale who
flung the cushion.


Wilkins Takes Oath For
Post Before Record Crowed
Before a standing-room-only audience, 
J. Ernest Wilkins, Chicago
lawyer aha prominent laymen of the
Methodist Church, took the oath of
office Thursday, as Assistant Secretary 
of Labor for International Affairs. 

Thus Mr. Wilkins became the second 
color man in the history of
the United States to hold a "Little
Cabinet" position. The other was
the Late William H. Lewis of Boston,
who served as an Assistant Attorney 
president in the administration
of President William Howard Taft.
The oath was administered by
Justice Harold H. Burton of the
United States Supreme Court, who
had Mr. Wilkins to repeat after him
the long-form oath. Usually the
short form is used at swearing-in

ceremonies and afterwards the appointee, 
signs the long form.
But at the ceremonies at which
he administers the oath, Justice
Burton insists on the long form.
He even used that form in administering 
the bath to ex-President Herbert 
Hoover as chairman, of the
Commission on Organization of the
Executive Branch of the Government, 
in the presence of President
Eisenhower.
Repeating after Justice Burton,
Mr. Wilkins not only swore to support 
and defend the Constitution,
but he also Swore.
"I am not a Communist or a Fascist. 
I do not advocate, nor am I a
member of any organization that
advocates the overthrow of the Governament 
of the United States by
force or violence or seeks by force
or violence to deny to other persons
their rights under the Constitution
of the United States.
"I do further swear that I will
not so advocate nor will I become
a member of such an organization
during the period that I am an employee 
of the Federal Government."
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell 
again praised Mr. Wilkins for
the "skill that is seldom seen in
government with which Mr. Wilkins 
conducted the work of President 
Eisenhower's Government Contract 
Committee. He said he had
been impressed by Mr. Wilkins
"knowledge, efficiency and integrity'
and was very happy to recommend
his appointment as Assistant Secretaray 
of Labor to Mr. Eisenhower
when the opportunity occurred.
"I am confident that Mr. Wilkins
will do an outstanding job." Mr.
Mitchell said, "and will reflect credit 
on the country and the Department 
of Labor."
Mr. Wilkins, in turn expressed
his appreciation to President Eisenhower 
and Mr. Mitchell for his appointment, 
and to Justice Burton
for taking "time out of his bus)
life" to administer the oath.
Noting the presence of a large
number of his friends Mr. Wilkins
said:
"I can only promise you one thing
—that I shall faithfully, honestly
and sincerely, and I hope well, perform 
the duties of the office to
which I have been appointed, to the
end that our America, our United
States will take its rightful place at
the head of all of the nations of
the world, under the leadership of
Mr. Mitchell and our great and distinguished 
President Eisenhower."
Mr. Wilkins introduced to the
gathering the members of his family 
— his wife three sons and two
daughters in law —Mr. and Mrs.
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs.
Julian B. Wilkins, and John P.
Wilkins.
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. is a scientist 
with the Nuclear Development
Associates, White Plains, New York
John B. Willkins is a lawyer in the

Department of Justice here, and
Julian B. Wilkins will take over his
father's law practice in Chicago.
Other present included Dr. Samuel 
H. Sweeney, pastor of St. Marks
Episcopal Church, New York City
who is the father of Mrs. Julian
Wilkins, and Mrs. Effie Madden of
Chicago, mother of Mrs. J. Ernest
Wilkins, Jr.

"NOT A COMMUNIST
Before a standing-room-only audience, 
J. Ernest Wilkins, Chicago
lawyer aha prominent laymen of the
Methodist Church, took the oath of
office Thursday, as Assistant Secretary 
of Labor for International Affairs. 

Thus Mr. Wilkins became the second 
color man in the history of
the United States to hold a "Little
Cabinet" position. The other was
the Late William H. Lewis of Boston,
who served as an Assistant Attorney 
president in the administration
of President William Howard Taft.
The oath was administered by
Justice Harold H. Burton of the
United States Supreme Court, who
had Mr. Wilkins to repeat after him
the long-form oath. Usually the
short form is used at swearing-in

ceremonies and afterwards the appointee, 
signs the long form.
But at the ceremonies at which
he administers the oath, Justice
Burton insists on the long form.
He even used that form in administering 
the bath to ex-President Herbert 
Hoover as chairman, of the
Commission on Organization of the
Executive Branch of the Government, 
in the presence of President
Eisenhower.
Repeating after Justice Burton,
Mr. Wilkins not only swore to support 
and defend the Constitution,
but he also Swore.
"I am not a Communist or a Fascist. 
I do not advocate, nor am I a
member of any organization that
advocates the overthrow of the Governament 
of the United States by
force or violence or seeks by force
or violence to deny to other persons
their rights under the Constitution
of the United States.
"I do further swear that I will
not so advocate nor will I become
a member of such an organization
during the period that I am an employee 
of the Federal Government."
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell 
again praised Mr. Wilkins for
the "skill that is seldom seen in
government with which Mr. Wilkins 
conducted the work of President 
Eisenhower's Government Contract 
Committee. He said he had
been impressed by Mr. Wilkins
"knowledge, efficiency and integrity'
and was very happy to recommend
his appointment as Assistant Secretaray 
of Labor to Mr. Eisenhower
when the opportunity occurred.
"I am confident that Mr. Wilkins
will do an outstanding job." Mr.
Mitchell said, "and will reflect credit 
on the country and the Department 
of Labor."
Mr. Wilkins, in turn expressed
his appreciation to President Eisenhower 
and Mr. Mitchell for his appointment, 
and to Justice Burton
for taking "time out of his bus)
life" to administer the oath.
Noting the presence of a large
number of his friends Mr. Wilkins
said:
"I can only promise you one thing
—that I shall faithfully, honestly
and sincerely, and I hope well, perform 
the duties of the office to
which I have been appointed, to the
end that our America, our United
States will take its rightful place at
the head of all of the nations of
the world, under the leadership of
Mr. Mitchell and our great and distinguished 
President Eisenhower."
Mr. Wilkins introduced to the
gathering the members of his family 
— his wife three sons and two
daughters in law —Mr. and Mrs.
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs.
Julian B. Wilkins, and John P.
Wilkins.
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. is a scientist 
with the Nuclear Development
Associates, White Plains, New York
John B. Willkins is a lawyer in the

Department of Justice here, and
Julian B. Wilkins will take over his
father's law practice in Chicago.
Other present included Dr. Samuel 
H. Sweeney, pastor of St. Marks
Episcopal Church, New York City
who is the father of Mrs. Julian
Wilkins, and Mrs. Effie Madden of
Chicago, mother of Mrs. J. Ernest
Wilkins, Jr.

WILKINS SPEAKS
Before a standing-room-only audience, 
J. Ernest Wilkins, Chicago
lawyer aha prominent laymen of the
Methodist Church, took the oath of
office Thursday, as Assistant Secretary 
of Labor for International Affairs. 

Thus Mr. Wilkins became the second 
color man in the history of
the United States to hold a "Little
Cabinet" position. The other was
the Late William H. Lewis of Boston,
who served as an Assistant Attorney 
president in the administration
of President William Howard Taft.
The oath was administered by
Justice Harold H. Burton of the
United States Supreme Court, who
had Mr. Wilkins to repeat after him
the long-form oath. Usually the
short form is used at swearing-in

ceremonies and afterwards the appointee, 
signs the long form.
But at the ceremonies at which
he administers the oath, Justice
Burton insists on the long form.
He even used that form in administering 
the bath to ex-President Herbert 
Hoover as chairman, of the
Commission on Organization of the
Executive Branch of the Government, 
in the presence of President
Eisenhower.
Repeating after Justice Burton,
Mr. Wilkins not only swore to support 
and defend the Constitution,
but he also Swore.
"I am not a Communist or a Fascist. 
I do not advocate, nor am I a
member of any organization that
advocates the overthrow of the Governament 
of the United States by
force or violence or seeks by force
or violence to deny to other persons
their rights under the Constitution
of the United States.
"I do further swear that I will
not so advocate nor will I become
a member of such an organization
during the period that I am an employee 
of the Federal Government."
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell 
again praised Mr. Wilkins for
the "skill that is seldom seen in
government with which Mr. Wilkins 
conducted the work of President 
Eisenhower's Government Contract 
Committee. He said he had
been impressed by Mr. Wilkins
"knowledge, efficiency and integrity'
and was very happy to recommend
his appointment as Assistant Secretaray 
of Labor to Mr. Eisenhower
when the opportunity occurred.
"I am confident that Mr. Wilkins
will do an outstanding job." Mr.
Mitchell said, "and will reflect credit 
on the country and the Department 
of Labor."
Mr. Wilkins, in turn expressed
his appreciation to President Eisenhower 
and Mr. Mitchell for his appointment, 
and to Justice Burton
for taking "time out of his bus)
life" to administer the oath.
Noting the presence of a large
number of his friends Mr. Wilkins
said:
"I can only promise you one thing
—that I shall faithfully, honestly
and sincerely, and I hope well, perform 
the duties of the office to
which I have been appointed, to the
end that our America, our United
States will take its rightful place at
the head of all of the nations of
the world, under the leadership of
Mr. Mitchell and our great and distinguished 
President Eisenhower."
Mr. Wilkins introduced to the
gathering the members of his family 
— his wife three sons and two
daughters in law —Mr. and Mrs.
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. Mr. and Mrs.
Julian B. Wilkins, and John P.
Wilkins.
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. is a scientist 
with the Nuclear Development
Associates, White Plains, New York
John B. Willkins is a lawyer in the

Department of Justice here, and
Julian B. Wilkins will take over his
father's law practice in Chicago.
Other present included Dr. Samuel 
H. Sweeney, pastor of St. Marks
Episcopal Church, New York City
who is the father of Mrs. Julian
Wilkins, and Mrs. Effie Madden of
Chicago, mother of Mrs. J. Ernest
Wilkins, Jr.

Mrs. Ann Reba

radiates wherever she goes.
She is a member of the S. K. C.,
YWCA, and she works with the
Girl Scouts and many other organizations. 

Mrs. Emma Tom Johnson, Basileus 
of Beta Epsilon Omega Chapter
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and
a long time friend of Mrs. Twigg
says, "I feel that Soror Twiggs
charming personality and outsatanding 
dramatic ability are some of the
things that the gods have bestowed
upon her. So successful have been
her undertaking on behalf of Alpha 
Kappa Alpha that adequate
evaluation of her work is almost
impossible.
Many of her sorors say "As a
theatrical director, Soror Twigg has
gone beyond the call of duty to the
sorority and to the cultural life of
Memphis and the mid-south."
Mrs. Ethel J. Perkins a general
chairman of the play, says that the
play is a fund raising project for
AKA to provide scholarships to worthy 
young girls who desire to attend 
college but suffer financial difficulties. 
The sorority contributes
much to many other charitable organization 
as well.
Tickets are now on sale by the
members of the sorority. Admission
to the orchestra $1.85 and balcony,
$1.50. Contact Miss Gentry for reserved 
box seats.

Masonic Order

words "Free and Accepted" in its
corporate name or otherwise.
It later amended the decree to
enjoin the Supreme Grand Lodge
from using the word "Masons" as
part, of its, corporate name or otherwise. 

In a 2-to-1 decision the Fifth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals 
at New Orleans affirmed the
decision.
Chief Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, 
Jr., concurred oh the point
that there was sufficient evidence
to support the injunction against
use of the words "Free and Accepted" 
but dissented from the
ruling that the Supreme Grand
Lodge was not a "legally existing
Masonic organization" and was not
entitled to use the word "Mason."
The Supreme Grand Lodge contends 
that the circuit court overlooked 
or ignored the following:
1. The words "Free and Accepted" 
were appropriated to the corporate 
name and activities of the
Supreme Grand Lodge in 1921
when it was incorporated in Alabama, 
long before there was any
competition between it and the
Most Worship Prince Hall Grand
Lodge.
2. It is common knowledge that
almost all Masonic bodies, white
and colored use the words "Free
and Accepted," in their names.
3. The same emblems ceremonies
and so forth, used by the Most
Worship Prince Hall Grand Lodge
were used by other colored Masonic
bodies, in Georgia and that the
applicable Georgia law requires, a
a condition to granting an injunction, 
that the intent to deceive
and mislead the public must be
proofed.
The record shows that the Supreme 
Grand Lodge has conducted 
a Masonic order in Georgia
since 1924 an that, at the time of
the hearing in the District count
it claimed "substantial number
of local lodges, scattered over Georgia, 
with approximately 2,200 members 
in the State.
The Supreme Grand Lodge also
says it had state organization
and local lodges in between 14 and
16 other states with a membership
of approximately 10,000.
According to the petition, there
are three principal colored Masonic
bodies in Georgia—the Most Worshipful 
Prince Hall Grand Lodge
the largest; the York Masons, the
second to size, using also the words
"Free and Accepted masons," and
the Supreme Grand lodge, the
smallest.

THE
TIP-OFF
BY EMORY O. JACKSON
TALLADEGA, Ala. —(SNS)—
grand to be the guest of the Press
Club of Talladega College during
the observance of National Negro
Newspaper Week.

Arriving on the
campus by foot (I
did this because
I wanted to walk
through the City
of Talladega and
pick up conversation 
from the
townspeople), I
went to the publicity 
office which
is under the supervision 
of Miss
Peggie Montgomery, 
also an instructor 
in English 
From there I went on a stroll
of the campus and almost was late
for chapel because, of a bull session
in the College Grill on the subject
of the Negro produced newspaper,
its defects, alleged sensationalist
and alleged failure to present international 
news.

The Negro-owned press has a
mission of not only presenting news
about and of interest to the Negro
group but of battling for his acceptance 
as a full and equal American 
citizen When the Negro person 
is short-changed in a democracy 
and fatally denied his rights
and these outrages presented in
bold display there is a tendency of
the enemies of the black man to
call this sensationalism.

Dr. Rayford W. Logan in his
recently-off-the press Look, "The
Negro in American Life and Thought
(The Nadir 1877-1901), published by
The Dial Press, Inc., New York, devotes 
two chapters to the treatment
of the Negro group in the Northern 
press (white) and the portrayal
of this group in the literary magazines. 
Those who read this book
will likely see how the enemies of
Negro advancement distorted the
news about the Negro group and
maliciously misrepresented their
cause The charge of sensationalism
falsely leveled against the Negro
press hardly originated among Negro 
students but was picked up by
them unconsciously from hostile but
unsuspected, sources. This cha
of sensationalism was obviously designed 
to weak the Negro-interest
press because it was loud, if often
crude, in the presentation of the
just claims of the group it came into
being to serve slug for, and speak
for. Truth is often sensational, in
the company of lies.

One of the delegates to the Alabama 
Constitutional Convention of
1867 was John Caraway, editor of
the Negro-produced Mobile Nationalist 
of Mobile Ala. This newspaper
carried on the same cry for freedom 
as did Russwurm's "Freedom
Journal." Since its beginning there
have been varying efforts to shackle,
and silence the Negro-inspi
press.

Back in the community I chatted 
taker R. E. Strickland the under 
taker and Rev. O. W. Holmes,
minister, Talladega Co. is considering 
setting up 2 all-Negro boxes to
be manned by Negro leaders. I am
not clear on the plan and for that
reason I am unable to report
whether it is an attempt to plan
all of the Negro voters in this b
regardless of where they live.