Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1962-12-01
J. A. Beauchamp

FAMU INTERNS —
Shown here are a group of
Florida A&M University students who are interning 
in various Florida cities during the first trimester 
of the '62-63 academic year. Left to right:
Annie P. Yearn, Marianna; Warner Singleton,

Jacksonville; Carol L. Cooper, Miami; Dr. Walter
A. Mercer, director of internship teacher at A&M;
Virdin C. Brown, Jacksonville; Arnette Ward,
Jacksonville; George R, Sloan, Jacksonville; and
Sarah L. Johnson, Miami.

Oliver Lofton Named
Asst. Attorney Gen.

A graduate of Cheyney State
Teachers College in Pennsylvania
and the Howard University School
of Law, Lofton will work out of
the office of u. S. Attorney David 
Satz at Newark, N. J.
While at Cheyney, he received the
Omega Psi Phi scholarship plaque
for maintaining the highest scholastic 
average among all fraternity
men at that institution.
Lofton was a charter member and
president of the Alpha Phi Sigma
National Scholarship Fraternity
and was the only member of his
race ever elected to the six - man

executive committee of the Pennsylvania 
State Education Association. 

At Howard University, he was
elected president of his class the
first, year and vice president of
the Student Bar Association the
second year. Before graduating
cum laude with a master's degree,
he was editor of the Howard Law
Journal and held the position of
captain of the Moot Court Team.
Lofton was a law clerk in the
office cf Asbury Park Mayor Thomas 
F. Shebell before coming, to
Washington in 1960.

National Leaders Express Hope
For Interreligious Conference
National leaders — both laymen
and clerics — have high hopes for
a new and better era of race relations 
in the United States resulting 
from the National Conference on
Religion and Race.
The historic Conference — the
first national meeting to be convened 
by all major faith groups in
the U. S. —will be held January
14-17. 1963, at Chicago's Edgewater
Beach Hotel.
"It is truly a great challenge to
Justice and love when the National
Council of Churches, the Synagogue
Council of America, and the National 
Catholic Welfare Conference
tin lead the people of the United
States through thought end prayer
in regard to the opportunities and
problems of religion and race," says
Right Reverend James A. Pike.
Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of
California. "It, is good to know that
the problems of religion and race
transcend the differences within
the Judeo - Christian heritage
and that a real recovery of the idea
of the brotherhood of man is stirring 
in the hearts of men all over the
world."
"The dedication and spirit of trotherly 
love with which the religious
denominations undertake their work
in the National Conference on Religion 
and Race are the best guarantees 
for success in improving race
relations throughout the world,"
said Francis Cardinal Spellman,
Roman Catholic archbishop of New
York.
Rev. Eugene Carson Blake, stated
clerk of the United Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A.: "One of the
most embarrassing phenomena to
thoughtful leaders of religious
bodies is the great gulf between the
actual practices of their constituents
in matters of racial relations and
the traditions and principles which

are professed. Race relations in the
United States is a national, not a
sectional, problem. Unless the religious 
forces in this country exert
effective leadership among their
own members and in society as a
whole, they will prove the ethical
irrelevance of a great deal of
American organized religion."
Dr. Ferdinand M. Isserman, rabbi
of Temple Israel, St. Louis, Mo.:
"Seeing that all men enjoy this
heritage of equality is the moral
responsibilty and a duty of everyone 
who believes in one God. In
our country, how essential is it now
to proclaim this from the housetops." 

The Right Reverend Arthur Lightenberger, 
presiding bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal Church: "The
interreligious Conference on interracial 
justice to be held next January 
in Chicago will be an event
of immense significance for all the
people of our country. It will be
concerned with one of the most
crucial problems of our day."

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Lena Horne Heads
Holiday Seals Drive
Popular songstress
Lena Home again serves as national 
chairman of the NAACP's
1962 Christmas Holiday Seais campagin, 
Roy Wilkins, executive secretary 
announced here this week.
This marks the 13th consecutive
year that Miss Home has chaired
the 35 - year -old fund - raising
drive.
Miss Bobbie Branch' of the Association's 
national office staff,
again serves as director of the Holiday 
Seals Campaign. The attractive 
red, white, green and gold
seals come in quantities of 100
per sheet, priced at $1.00.

Housing Agency Intends
To Move Promptly: Weaver
Robert C. Weaver, administrator of
the Housing and Home Finance Agency, 
said his department "intends
to move promptly in implementing
President Kennedy's order against
discrimination in housing."
The man who was Mr. Kennedy's
choice to head a Cabinet • level
department of Urban Affairs, emphasized 
that the "order makes
clear the policy of our government
in an area which has suffered from
fear and uncertainty as well as

from prejudice."
He asserted that it "alerts all
Americana to their responsibilities"
and held out the "hope and belief 
that this responsibilities" and
held out the "hope and belief that
this order, by removing artificial
restrictions, will permit that demand 
to achieve its natural
growth."
Mr. Weaver promised that additional 
information would be made
available as each step Is taken to
carry out the order.
"I am confident," he said, "that
(the order) will lead to an even
more prosperous and healthy construction 
industry."

Urges Kenya Governor
Not To Unpack Luggage
On the
eve of the departure of one British 
Governor and the arrival of another, 
Tom Mboya, secretary general 
of the Kenya African National 
Union, said here Tuesday:
"This country does not want
Colonial governors. Let Mr, McDonald 
(replacement for outgoing
Sir Patrick Renison) not unpack
his luggage, for his stay will be
short."

Co-Op Movement
Forges Ahead In
Western Nigeria
Cooperative 
societies are here to stay
in Western Nigeria. In almost every
big town in the progressive Region
there is one type of cooperative society 
or another.
The Cooperative Leather Workers
Society is the pride of Oyo, and the
Cooperative Woodworkers Society is
a major influence in the commercial
life of Benin. There Is a cooperative 
woodwork factory in Ibadan
and there are various Cooperative
Produce Marketing Unions in virtually 
every town or village in Western 
Nigeria.
These marketing unions trade in
palm produce and in cocoa and
make appreciable profits annually.
The Ekiti and Idanre Cooperative
Marketing Unions, for example, each
made a profit of over $14,000 during
the last fiscal year.
Many people are encouraged to
join the cooperative societies because 
the societies pay a substantial
bonus on the sale of the products
by members. These bonuses are of
special value, particularly during
times of trade depression when nonmembers 
have to sell their products
at prices lower than usual. Considerable 
publicity is given to bonus
payments to encourage non-members 
to Join the cooperatives and
obtain similar benefits.
Another important benefit to
members of cooperatives is that
loans ere made available to them
either as individal members or as
a group to help them maintain their
farms or improve their industries.
Today, farmers are even encouraged 
to form Cooperative Thrift
and Credit Societies. These, when
formed, supply funds for loans to
members for productive purposes.
To enable these societies to continue 
to grow, a highly trained staff
is essential. To provide the necessary 
training ground for these cooperative 
officials and employees,
a Cooperative College was opened in
Ibadan in 1943.
This college provides training in
cooperative principles and methods.
The ultimate object of this training
and education is to increase the
knowledge, develop the skill and Improve 
the aptitudes of cooperative
employees, cooperative boards of
managements and the members of
cooperative societies.
The college, at the time it opened, 
was the only college of its type
in West Africa. It recruited students
from all the regions of Nigeria, the
Cameroons and some West African
countries including Sierra Leone,
Gambia and the Gold Coast (now
Ghana).
The Northern Region has ceased
to send students to the college because 
the Zaria Institute of Administration 
offers a similar opportunity 
for the training of cooperative 
officials from the North.
The Eastern Government is planning 
to ope na Cooperative College
this year.

LARGE BONUS PAID
Cooperative 
societies are here to stay
in Western Nigeria. In almost every
big town in the progressive Region
there is one type of cooperative society 
or another.
The Cooperative Leather Workers
Society is the pride of Oyo, and the
Cooperative Woodworkers Society is
a major influence in the commercial
life of Benin. There Is a cooperative 
woodwork factory in Ibadan
and there are various Cooperative
Produce Marketing Unions in virtually 
every town or village in Western 
Nigeria.
These marketing unions trade in
palm produce and in cocoa and
make appreciable profits annually.
The Ekiti and Idanre Cooperative
Marketing Unions, for example, each
made a profit of over $14,000 during
the last fiscal year.
Many people are encouraged to
join the cooperative societies because 
the societies pay a substantial
bonus on the sale of the products
by members. These bonuses are of
special value, particularly during
times of trade depression when nonmembers 
have to sell their products
at prices lower than usual. Considerable 
publicity is given to bonus
payments to encourage non-members 
to Join the cooperatives and
obtain similar benefits.
Another important benefit to
members of cooperatives is that
loans ere made available to them
either as individal members or as
a group to help them maintain their
farms or improve their industries.
Today, farmers are even encouraged 
to form Cooperative Thrift
and Credit Societies. These, when
formed, supply funds for loans to
members for productive purposes.
To enable these societies to continue 
to grow, a highly trained staff
is essential. To provide the necessary 
training ground for these cooperative 
officials and employees,
a Cooperative College was opened in
Ibadan in 1943.
This college provides training in
cooperative principles and methods.
The ultimate object of this training
and education is to increase the
knowledge, develop the skill and Improve 
the aptitudes of cooperative
employees, cooperative boards of
managements and the members of
cooperative societies.
The college, at the time it opened, 
was the only college of its type
in West Africa. It recruited students
from all the regions of Nigeria, the
Cameroons and some West African
countries including Sierra Leone,
Gambia and the Gold Coast (now
Ghana).
The Northern Region has ceased
to send students to the college because 
the Zaria Institute of Administration 
offers a similar opportunity 
for the training of cooperative 
officials from the North.
The Eastern Government is planning 
to ope na Cooperative College
this year.

TRAINING PROVIDED
Cooperative 
societies are here to stay
in Western Nigeria. In almost every
big town in the progressive Region
there is one type of cooperative society 
or another.
The Cooperative Leather Workers
Society is the pride of Oyo, and the
Cooperative Woodworkers Society is
a major influence in the commercial
life of Benin. There Is a cooperative 
woodwork factory in Ibadan
and there are various Cooperative
Produce Marketing Unions in virtually 
every town or village in Western 
Nigeria.
These marketing unions trade in
palm produce and in cocoa and
make appreciable profits annually.
The Ekiti and Idanre Cooperative
Marketing Unions, for example, each
made a profit of over $14,000 during
the last fiscal year.
Many people are encouraged to
join the cooperative societies because 
the societies pay a substantial
bonus on the sale of the products
by members. These bonuses are of
special value, particularly during
times of trade depression when nonmembers 
have to sell their products
at prices lower than usual. Considerable 
publicity is given to bonus
payments to encourage non-members 
to Join the cooperatives and
obtain similar benefits.
Another important benefit to
members of cooperatives is that
loans ere made available to them
either as individal members or as
a group to help them maintain their
farms or improve their industries.
Today, farmers are even encouraged 
to form Cooperative Thrift
and Credit Societies. These, when
formed, supply funds for loans to
members for productive purposes.
To enable these societies to continue 
to grow, a highly trained staff
is essential. To provide the necessary 
training ground for these cooperative 
officials and employees,
a Cooperative College was opened in
Ibadan in 1943.
This college provides training in
cooperative principles and methods.
The ultimate object of this training
and education is to increase the
knowledge, develop the skill and Improve 
the aptitudes of cooperative
employees, cooperative boards of
managements and the members of
cooperative societies.
The college, at the time it opened, 
was the only college of its type
in West Africa. It recruited students
from all the regions of Nigeria, the
Cameroons and some West African
countries including Sierra Leone,
Gambia and the Gold Coast (now
Ghana).
The Northern Region has ceased
to send students to the college because 
the Zaria Institute of Administration 
offers a similar opportunity 
for the training of cooperative 
officials from the North.
The Eastern Government is planning 
to ope na Cooperative College
this year.

Propaganda Weapon
Radio
South Africa (SABC) has been
completely aborted to become a
propaganda weapon for the NaUonist-ruled 
government. Daily, 10
minutes are devoted to "The South
African Scene," a program which
discusses sabotage described as "the
evil underground non-white movement" 
directed against the government. 


LBJ Lauds Business,
And Labor's Equal
Opportunity Effort

More than 1,200 persons, representing 
commerce and industry,
labor, government at al llevels, private 
agencies and organizations,
plus hundreds of individuals who
support the nationwide UL program,
attended the event, held in the
Grand Ballroom of the WaldorfAstoria 
Hotel.
Whitney M. Young, Jr., NUL
executive director, also addressed
the traditional gathering.
Vice President Johnson, chairman 
of the President's Committee
on Equal Employment Opportunity,
noted particularly the response of
businessmen and labor toward resolving 
the complex problem.
"If these efforts have not succeeded 
in breaking down all barriers 
of job discrimination, and certainly 
no such claim can be made,"
he said, "they have succeeded in
bringing down the barrier of doubt
and uncertainty about the willingness 
of American business and labor 
to move beyond the habits, customs 
and prejudices of the past."
Precisely this was exemplified —
in an EOD tradition set by the League 
in 1956 to commemorate the
anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg 
Address — in presentation of
the NUL's 1962 "Equal Opportunity
Day Awards" to two distinguished
Americans, one from industry and
the other from labor.
The awards are conferred in recognition 
of the contribution made
by those honored over the years to
the League objective of equal opportunity 
for all citizens.
Recipients this year were Thomas 
J. Watson, Jr., chairman of
the board, International Business
Machines Corporation, and A Philip
Randolph, president, International
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 
and vice president of the AFLCIO. 
Presenting the awards were
the 1961 EOD honorees - Walter
H, Wheeler, Jr., chairman of the
board, Pitney-Bowes, Inc., and
David Sullivan, president of the
Building Service Employee's International 
Union. Presiding at the
commemorative affair was John I
Snyder, president and chairman of
U. S. Industries, Inc., who was
chairman of the 1962 EOD event.
The Vice President said much of
the credit for the progress attained 
belongs to "the leadership of
Americans acting voluntary- like
thec Urban League, like the leaders
of many of our industries, like the
leaders of many of our unions."
He noted that employment of
Negroes by the federal government
increased in the last year by three
times the anticipated number, with
10,270 Negro Workers added compared 
with 3,772 additions anticipated 
at the outset of 1962.
He also reported the promotion
of 4,481 Negro federal workers to
middle-level white-collar jobs and
343 to top executive posts.
In its continuing efforts, he added, 
the President's Committee on
Equal Employment Opportunity will
strive to eliminate considerations of
race, religion and ancestry completely 
from the economic scene.
A telegram from President Kennedy 
was read at the ceremonies,
In it the President said:
"I am pleased to send greetings
to the National Urban League as
you again observe Equal Opportunity 
Day. The anniversary of the
Gettysburg Address is indeed a most
fitting occasion for the nation to
measure its actions against Lincoln's 
words and give new dedication 
to the goals which ha set
forth.
"The record of this administration
will continue to be one of determination 
to insure that America will
become more and more an open society 
rather than society closed ty
tacit agreement and unconstitut
ional 
laws against millions of
Americans.
"I commend A. Philip Handolph
and Thomas J. Watson, Jr., two
outstanding leaders who have worked 
tirelessly to eliminate racial
barriers in employment, and I commend 
all the devoted supporters of
the National Urban League for the
important contribution you have
made toward achieving true and
complete equal opportunity."
Mr. Young, in his address, stressed 
the great Increases in intensity
and dimension which have occurred
in race relations and problems arising 
from It during the year just
past.

BARRIER OF DOUBT DOWN

More than 1,200 persons, representing 
commerce and industry,
labor, government at al llevels, private 
agencies and organizations,
plus hundreds of individuals who
support the nationwide UL program,
attended the event, held in the
Grand Ballroom of the WaldorfAstoria 
Hotel.
Whitney M. Young, Jr., NUL
executive director, also addressed
the traditional gathering.
Vice President Johnson, chairman 
of the President's Committee
on Equal Employment Opportunity,
noted particularly the response of
businessmen and labor toward resolving 
the complex problem.
"If these efforts have not succeeded 
in breaking down all barriers 
of job discrimination, and certainly 
no such claim can be made,"
he said, "they have succeeded in
bringing down the barrier of doubt
and uncertainty about the willingness 
of American business and labor 
to move beyond the habits, customs 
and prejudices of the past."
Precisely this was exemplified —
in an EOD tradition set by the League 
in 1956 to commemorate the
anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg 
Address — in presentation of
the NUL's 1962 "Equal Opportunity
Day Awards" to two distinguished
Americans, one from industry and
the other from labor.
The awards are conferred in recognition 
of the contribution made
by those honored over the years to
the League objective of equal opportunity 
for all citizens.
Recipients this year were Thomas 
J. Watson, Jr., chairman of
the board, International Business
Machines Corporation, and A Philip
Randolph, president, International
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 
and vice president of the AFLCIO. 
Presenting the awards were
the 1961 EOD honorees - Walter
H, Wheeler, Jr., chairman of the
board, Pitney-Bowes, Inc., and
David Sullivan, president of the
Building Service Employee's International 
Union. Presiding at the
commemorative affair was John I
Snyder, president and chairman of
U. S. Industries, Inc., who was
chairman of the 1962 EOD event.
The Vice President said much of
the credit for the progress attained 
belongs to "the leadership of
Americans acting voluntary- like
thec Urban League, like the leaders
of many of our industries, like the
leaders of many of our unions."
He noted that employment of
Negroes by the federal government
increased in the last year by three
times the anticipated number, with
10,270 Negro Workers added compared 
with 3,772 additions anticipated 
at the outset of 1962.
He also reported the promotion
of 4,481 Negro federal workers to
middle-level white-collar jobs and
343 to top executive posts.
In its continuing efforts, he added, 
the President's Committee on
Equal Employment Opportunity will
strive to eliminate considerations of
race, religion and ancestry completely 
from the economic scene.
A telegram from President Kennedy 
was read at the ceremonies,
In it the President said:
"I am pleased to send greetings
to the National Urban League as
you again observe Equal Opportunity 
Day. The anniversary of the
Gettysburg Address is indeed a most
fitting occasion for the nation to
measure its actions against Lincoln's 
words and give new dedication 
to the goals which ha set
forth.
"The record of this administration
will continue to be one of determination 
to insure that America will
become more and more an open society 
rather than society closed ty
tacit agreement and unconstitut
ional 
laws against millions of
Americans.
"I commend A. Philip Handolph
and Thomas J. Watson, Jr., two
outstanding leaders who have worked 
tirelessly to eliminate racial
barriers in employment, and I commend 
all the devoted supporters of
the National Urban League for the
important contribution you have
made toward achieving true and
complete equal opportunity."
Mr. Young, in his address, stressed 
the great Increases in intensity
and dimension which have occurred
in race relations and problems arising 
from It during the year just
past.

EMPLOYMENT INCREASES

More than 1,200 persons, representing 
commerce and industry,
labor, government at al llevels, private 
agencies and organizations,
plus hundreds of individuals who
support the nationwide UL program,
attended the event, held in the
Grand Ballroom of the WaldorfAstoria 
Hotel.
Whitney M. Young, Jr., NUL
executive director, also addressed
the traditional gathering.
Vice President Johnson, chairman 
of the President's Committee
on Equal Employment Opportunity,
noted particularly the response of
businessmen and labor toward resolving 
the complex problem.
"If these efforts have not succeeded 
in breaking down all barriers 
of job discrimination, and certainly 
no such claim can be made,"
he said, "they have succeeded in
bringing down the barrier of doubt
and uncertainty about the willingness 
of American business and labor 
to move beyond the habits, customs 
and prejudices of the past."
Precisely this was exemplified —
in an EOD tradition set by the League 
in 1956 to commemorate the
anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg 
Address — in presentation of
the NUL's 1962 "Equal Opportunity
Day Awards" to two distinguished
Americans, one from industry and
the other from labor.
The awards are conferred in recognition 
of the contribution made
by those honored over the years to
the League objective of equal opportunity 
for all citizens.
Recipients this year were Thomas 
J. Watson, Jr., chairman of
the board, International Business
Machines Corporation, and A Philip
Randolph, president, International
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 
and vice president of the AFLCIO. 
Presenting the awards were
the 1961 EOD honorees - Walter
H, Wheeler, Jr., chairman of the
board, Pitney-Bowes, Inc., and
David Sullivan, president of the
Building Service Employee's International 
Union. Presiding at the
commemorative affair was John I
Snyder, president and chairman of
U. S. Industries, Inc., who was
chairman of the 1962 EOD event.
The Vice President said much of
the credit for the progress attained 
belongs to "the leadership of
Americans acting voluntary- like
thec Urban League, like the leaders
of many of our industries, like the
leaders of many of our unions."
He noted that employment of
Negroes by the federal government
increased in the last year by three
times the anticipated number, with
10,270 Negro Workers added compared 
with 3,772 additions anticipated 
at the outset of 1962.
He also reported the promotion
of 4,481 Negro federal workers to
middle-level white-collar jobs and
343 to top executive posts.
In its continuing efforts, he added, 
the President's Committee on
Equal Employment Opportunity will
strive to eliminate considerations of
race, religion and ancestry completely 
from the economic scene.
A telegram from President Kennedy 
was read at the ceremonies,
In it the President said:
"I am pleased to send greetings
to the National Urban League as
you again observe Equal Opportunity 
Day. The anniversary of the
Gettysburg Address is indeed a most
fitting occasion for the nation to
measure its actions against Lincoln's 
words and give new dedication 
to the goals which ha set
forth.
"The record of this administration
will continue to be one of determination 
to insure that America will
become more and more an open society 
rather than society closed ty
tacit agreement and unconstitut
ional 
laws against millions of
Americans.
"I commend A. Philip Handolph
and Thomas J. Watson, Jr., two
outstanding leaders who have worked 
tirelessly to eliminate racial
barriers in employment, and I commend 
all the devoted supporters of
the National Urban League for the
important contribution you have
made toward achieving true and
complete equal opportunity."
Mr. Young, in his address, stressed 
the great Increases in intensity
and dimension which have occurred
in race relations and problems arising 
from It during the year just
past.

AJC Says Broad
Housing Area Left
Untouched By Law
President Kennedy's 
anti-discrimination housing
order leaves untouched a broad
area of public and private housing
that enjoys Federal assistance, the
American Jewish Congress declared
this week.
In a statement, the Congress said
the Presidential order would, "if
vigorously enforced, make a substantial 
start toward ending the
grave injustice of discrimination
and segregation in housing."
The statement pointed out, however, 
that the order has "only
limited scope" and does not cover
many aspects of the private and
public housing market among
them:
Already-completed housing projects 
that receive Federal subsidies
necessary for their continued operation. 

Housing loans by Federal savings
and loan associations.
All private homes.
The statement was issued by
Ephraim London, chairman of the
Commission on Law and Social Action 
of the American Jewish Coneress. 


Bi-Racial Unit
Probes Bias In
Monroe, N. C.
"Strong and
forthright" direction was given by
Mayor F. D. Wilson to a newly
formed bi - racial committee with
"responsibility for developing plans
and procedures to eliminate racial
segregation and discrimination in
Monroe."
The original committee, which
was formed by the mayor on behalf 
of the City Council, consists
of four Negroes and four whites
and has been called the "Better.
Citizenship Committee," The Monroe 
- Union County NAACP has
strongly endorsed establishment of
the committee which was set up
after consultation with the Council
on Human Relations, a voluntary
organization in North Carolina.
Negro members of die committee 
are Rev. E. A. Nixon, NAACP
branch president; Rev. W. D. Carson, 
NAACP treasurer; Mrs. Carolyn 
Blount, a retired, school teacher; 
and Dr. Hubert S. Creft, Jr.
White members of the committee 
include the president of the
Chamber of Commerce, a minister
and a member of the Monroe Recreation 
Commission.
The first meeting of the committee 
was held on November 14
to discuss areas of discrimination
in the city. The committee was
authorized to increase its size and
names of additional members were
proposed.
Because of the breadth of the
discussions, comprehensive recommendations 
by the committee are
anticipated. Areas to be included
will be employment, school desegregation, 
public accommodations,
recreation and amusement. The
committee agreed to meet on an
intensive basis an dits first recommendations 
may come early next
year.

Do's' And Don'ts


NATIONAL OFFICERS ATTEND DENTAL SYMPOS-
IUM —
Three officers of the National Dental Association 
attended last week the Fifth Annual
Alexander Hunter Dental Symposium, Included
in the group are, from left to right: Dr. C. W.
Floyd, Gastonia, N.C. NDA vice president; Dr.
J. E. Campbell, Durham, Chairman of the Symposium 
publicity committee; Dr. E. W. Jackson,
Charlottesville, Va., executive secretary-treasurer
of the NDA, and Dr. J. W. Holley, Portsmouth,
Va., third zone vice president of the NDA.

Voter Registration
Campaign Pressed
In Southern Areas
Despite reports 
that would-be Negro voters
are being given the run-around by
local officials, the NAACP is continuing 
to press Its voter registration 
campaign in Southern states.
The Gulport, Miss., area is a new
target of this Campaign. A kick-off
meeting is planned for Dec. 9.
NAACP Church Secretary Edward
J. Odom will be the featured speaker. 
Plans call for blanketing the
area with a large number of volunteers 
to work on simultaneous campaigns 
for voter registration and
poll tax payments.
W. C. Patton, NAACP voter registration 
specialist, has invited the
Justice Department to watch the
development of the campaign closely. 
Reports have been received by
the NAACP that town officials
have tried to evade registering Negroes 
by Insisting that the poll tax
must be paid before they can register. 
The poll tax collector then tells
them that they must register before 
the poll tax can be paid. This
has happened most frequently
around Pascagoula and Moss Point,
Mr. Patton said.
Another NAACP voter registrar
tion campaign was begun in Pensacola, 
Fla., on November 19 under
the dceritoin;
the direction of Mrs. C. J. DeVault
One hundred and fifty young adults
have been recruited for a door-todoor 
campaign.
In the St. Petersburg-Clearwater
area a drive was launched last week
under the leadership of Leonard
Shivers. More than 200 new voters
have already been added to the
rolls. A "Citizenship Day" ceremony
will be held on December 9 to
heighten the campaign's activity.

Predicts Supreme
Court Appointment
From Negro Ranks
Yale law professor Fred Rodell predicted 
Saturday the next man to be
named to the Supreme Court would
to a Negro.
At the City Club forum here, Rodell 
said President Kennedy would
probably "play it cute" when he
makes his next Justice appointment.
He said She chief executive probably 
would name an anti-segregationist 
southern Judge first and choose
Appellate Judge William H. Hastie,
a Negro, when the first choice is
vetoed.
Rodell said it was customary for
Presidents to play politics in their
high court appointments. He said
President Eisenhower and President
Truman both made political appoint
ments.
"The difference," he said, "is
that Truman's choices were bad
while Ike's were good."
He called Justice Tom dark a
"legal illiterate" and gave former
Justice Harold H. Burton of Cleveland 
a rating of "lousy," Both were
Truman appointees.
Challenged in a question period
on his description of Burton, Rodell 
said he was a "nice fellow but
a lousy justice." He added that one
national magazine had called him
the worst Justice of the last 100
years.
During the rainy season which
floods the low-lying coastland land
in southern Dahomey, cattle are
placed on life rafts, of straw inside
large wooden corrals.

WORLD OF RELIGION

The council convened Oct. 11.
On Dec. 8, it will recess for five
months to permit the assembled
bishops to return to their home
dioceses for the Christmas and
Easter seasons.
The next session will begin May
12 and continue until June 29.
So far, no major decisions have
been announced by the council fathers. 
The first five weeks were
Spent in debate on proposed reforms 
in the public worsip of the
church, including the use of moderr 
languages rather than Latin
in some portions of the Mass. But
if any votes were taken, it was
not disclosed in the scanty official 
news releases from the closed
sessions.
Since Nov. 13, the council fathers 
have been debating a document 
backed by conservatives in
the Roman Curia which would reassert 
the equality of oral tradition 
with scripture as a source of
divine revelation.
This document has encountered
strong opposition from reformminded 
bishops who came to Rome
hoping the council would emphassize 
the primary of the Bible as a
fount of Christian doctrine. The
reformers feel that the Curia document, 
far from advaning the
cause ot Christian unity, would
actually widen the gulf which divides 
Catholics from Protestants
on one of their chief points.
The reformers mustered a clear
majority-reported to be 1,358 to
822-in a vote this week to scrap
the Curta document. But the vote
was put in such a way that a twothirds 
majority was needed to prevail. 
The conservatives therefore
won a tactical victory, and debate
on the document continued.
The working commissions which
were created to expedite council
business by preliminary screening
of proposals will continue in session 
during the five - month recess, 
and it is possible that things
will move faster when the bishops
reconvene next spring.
Ministers are continually being
fleeced by "the quietest racket in
America," says the Protestant magazine 
Christianity Today.
The magazine says that many
"small - time con men, hucksters.
beggars and swindlers... are making 
substantial livings' by playing
on the easily-aroused sympathies
of clergymen with plausible - but
fraudulent—hard luck stores.
Although he often has to dig
into his own nearly-empty pocket,
to provide the aid which the swindlers 
beseech, the average minister
evidently prefer to be a ' soft touch"
than to run the risk of turning
away someone who is genuinely
in need of help.
Thousands of Algerians, displaced 
from their homes by a long civil 
war, may freeze to death during 
the coning winter unless a
large number of blankets are rushed 
to the country immediately.
Church World Service, overseas
relief arm of the National Council
of Churches, is launching an emergency 
drive to get American Protestants 
to contribute 650,000 blankets 
through their churches.
Baylor University in Waco, Tex.,
largest institution of higher education 
operated by Southern Bapthls, 
has authorized a special committee 
to study admission ot Negroes. 
The net ion was taken by
the Baylor trustees after the faculty 
had unanimously passed a resolution 
urging acceptance of "quallfied 
students regardless of race."
The National Capital Area Council 
of Churches is campaigning for
abolition of the death penal'y in
the District of Columbia.

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Detroit NAACP
Protest Of Book
Insulting Negro
The
education committee of the Detroit, 
Michigan, branch of the
NAAOP registered a strong complaint 
about the use of a book in
the public schools which pictures
the Negro in a false image and
lays the foundation for future
community problems.
Charles Wells, chairman of the
NAACP committee, said the book
is an insult to every Negro in
America. He identified the controversial 
book, which is issued to
seventh and eighth grade students,
as "Our United States," by Eilling,
King and Harlow.
"The image of the Negro in this
book is that of a dependent, servile
creature, who, with the exception
of his ability to sing and make
music, has contributed very little
to the development of this country,
and is incapable of being a responsible 
person," said the NAACP
committee.
Samuel Brownell, Superintendent
of Detroit public schools, has named
a committee to study parts of the
book under criticism. He admits
part of the book is inadequate but
said no action would be taken in
recalling it until a completion of
the study group of principals and
teachers.

Cancels Tour
The
Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. Circus, 
the largest caravan in Oklahoma, 
has cancelled plans to take
the show to Jamaica this year, Griginally, 
the show was to open Dec.
15 in Kingston, but the uncertainty
of the Cuban situation led the
owners to cancel the tour for this
year.