Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1957-10-09
Thaddeus T. Stokes

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A Birthday Anniversary Greeting
The Memphis World salutes the George W. Lee U. S. Post
Office on its first anniversary.
The post office is a little unique. . . . it is believed to be the
only U. S. Post Office named in the honor of an American Negro.
We salute you and your staff of .24 headed by Supt. William, 
F. Owen for accomplishing a commendable job in your
infancy.

Increasing Support For The President's Position
A general survey over the country as our cable-tow would
provide, there has been seen through the week increased support
for the position of the President in the Little Rock crisis on the part
of white people.
Such high personage as Winthrop Rockefeller, deplored in
vigorous terms the situation which President Eisenhower had to
take over command in the Little Rock affair. Owning business!
interest in the state of Arkansas, naturally Mr. Rockefeller would
become aroused as any other business entity would When a peril
threatened the area.
Last reports were to the effect that he was considering resigning 
an important industrial position in the state in protest
of the action taken by Governor Faubus.
Large business interests in the state of Arkansas and especially, 
Little Rock, comprising influential white groups, have gone on
record as supporting the President's plan to bring normalcy in
that area.
It is also noticeable that a majority of the white ministers of
Little Rock went on record through their sermons and their clearing
unions, as supporting the position taken on the side of law and
order in the city of Little Rock.
The Federal Council of Churches was quick to establish its
position on this occasion, in which the only Christian stand the
President could take was the upholding of law and order and protection 
of the Negro citizens and their rights under the federal-Constitution. 

All thinking Americans desire a peaceful solution, and it is
still agreed that Gov. Faubus' failure to announce his willingness
to uphold the federal Constitution and abide-by an order of the
courts, precipitated the situation, and it is still up to him to sound
the signal of truce.
It was quite fitting that the executive committee of the Republican 
Party in Georgia, in a special meeting earlier in the
week, went on record as supporting the President's stand and
Insisting faith in his leadership.
So, another week that has entered into history would notch
up more support for the tall statesman, who is today making a
bold stroke for the full support of the federal Constitution where
the rights of members of our race are concerned.

The Billy Graham Crusade
The Billy Graham Crusade in New York City has now been
ended. Looking back over the effects of this crusade, one cannot
help but be impressed with the figures, both from the standpoint
of attendance and dedications.
There are those of course, who look upon the Billy Graham
type of religious meeting as something of a circus and more of a
show than a religious meeting. But,, for many people, in this
World, that type of meeting is just what is needed to bring out
their religious interest and stir them to the point where they will
dedicate their lives to the Christian goals.
Though many of us may feel that we do not need this sort
of treatment, and look down upon it — in a way — it is nevertheless 
true that the Billy Graham Crusade in New York made many
thousands of people think about Christ, the Bible and the Christian
way of life, and it no doubt persuaded many to dedicate their
lives to the Christian concept.
Anything that creates such a result is on the credit side of
the ledger. And the Billy Graham Crusade in New York certainly
created those results. Therefore, it did a great deal of good to
many people and we feel that the great effort and the money
expended were very worthwhile.

All Denominations

this special occasion of player
The council represents 30 denominations 
in the United States
At the same time, a similar
pledge was made in a wire from
Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, the
president of the American Hebrew
congregations.
He told Little Rock churchmen
that he would urge "efforts similar 
to yours" in communities
"throughout the nation — both
north and south.
Plans for a special service at 11
a. m., October 12 to pray for a solution 
in the integration crisis
formulated this week at meeting
of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant 
clergymen in Little Rock.
All Arkansas churches were in
vited 
to participate
Meanwhile, Gov. Orval Faubus
remained silent Saturday on Millionaire 
Winthrop Rockefeller's
plea for a quick settlement of the
Little Rock problem, but there
were indications that behind-thescene 
moves were afoot.
The governor, locked in a stalemate 
with President Eisenhower,
over the use of Federal troops to
enforce integration at Central
High School, generally adopted a.
"wait and see' attitude in the crisis. 

But mounting pressure was being, 
brought to bear for a speedy
solution of the dispute which'
Rockefeller, an influential adopted
Arkansan, labelled as "tragic" and
damaging to the state's industrial

development.
Rockefeller, joining a growing
movement of business and church
leaders who hope to break the
deadlock, decared in a nationwide
television appearance:
"Every citizen . . . who believes
in the American 'institution must
subordinate individual feelings to
the common good and unity of the
country.
A spokesman for Faubus said
governor had "no comment' on the
Rockefeller, settlement and that
Rockefeller had not talked to him
before Issuing it.
Behind-the-scenes activity was
hinted by Faubus when he report
edly 
told state legislators that
there were moves developing
which might be meaningful or
hopeful.
Among these moves was the pursuit 
by a newly-created businesscivic 
group of "several ideas" aimed 
at securing a compromise solution. 

The groups temporary chairman,
W. M. Shtphard, who heads the
Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
told International News Service
that his associates have discussed
"come concrete propositions" but
declared to give any detail because
the Ideas were in the "formative
stg."

30 DENOMINATIONS

this special occasion of player
The council represents 30 denominations 
in the United States
At the same time, a similar
pledge was made in a wire from
Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, the
president of the American Hebrew
congregations.
He told Little Rock churchmen
that he would urge "efforts similar 
to yours" in communities
"throughout the nation — both
north and south.
Plans for a special service at 11
a. m., October 12 to pray for a solution 
in the integration crisis
formulated this week at meeting
of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant 
clergymen in Little Rock.
All Arkansas churches were in
vited 
to participate
Meanwhile, Gov. Orval Faubus
remained silent Saturday on Millionaire 
Winthrop Rockefeller's
plea for a quick settlement of the
Little Rock problem, but there
were indications that behind-thescene 
moves were afoot.
The governor, locked in a stalemate 
with President Eisenhower,
over the use of Federal troops to
enforce integration at Central
High School, generally adopted a.
"wait and see' attitude in the crisis. 

But mounting pressure was being, 
brought to bear for a speedy
solution of the dispute which'
Rockefeller, an influential adopted
Arkansan, labelled as "tragic" and
damaging to the state's industrial

development.
Rockefeller, joining a growing
movement of business and church
leaders who hope to break the
deadlock, decared in a nationwide
television appearance:
"Every citizen . . . who believes
in the American 'institution must
subordinate individual feelings to
the common good and unity of the
country.
A spokesman for Faubus said
governor had "no comment' on the
Rockefeller, settlement and that
Rockefeller had not talked to him
before Issuing it.
Behind-the-scenes activity was
hinted by Faubus when he report
edly 
told state legislators that
there were moves developing
which might be meaningful or
hopeful.
Among these moves was the pursuit 
by a newly-created businesscivic 
group of "several ideas" aimed 
at securing a compromise solution. 

The groups temporary chairman,
W. M. Shtphard, who heads the
Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
told International News Service
that his associates have discussed
"come concrete propositions" but
declared to give any detail because
the Ideas were in the "formative
stg."

FAUBUS SILENT

this special occasion of player
The council represents 30 denominations 
in the United States
At the same time, a similar
pledge was made in a wire from
Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, the
president of the American Hebrew
congregations.
He told Little Rock churchmen
that he would urge "efforts similar 
to yours" in communities
"throughout the nation — both
north and south.
Plans for a special service at 11
a. m., October 12 to pray for a solution 
in the integration crisis
formulated this week at meeting
of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant 
clergymen in Little Rock.
All Arkansas churches were in
vited 
to participate
Meanwhile, Gov. Orval Faubus
remained silent Saturday on Millionaire 
Winthrop Rockefeller's
plea for a quick settlement of the
Little Rock problem, but there
were indications that behind-thescene 
moves were afoot.
The governor, locked in a stalemate 
with President Eisenhower,
over the use of Federal troops to
enforce integration at Central
High School, generally adopted a.
"wait and see' attitude in the crisis. 

But mounting pressure was being, 
brought to bear for a speedy
solution of the dispute which'
Rockefeller, an influential adopted
Arkansan, labelled as "tragic" and
damaging to the state's industrial

development.
Rockefeller, joining a growing
movement of business and church
leaders who hope to break the
deadlock, decared in a nationwide
television appearance:
"Every citizen . . . who believes
in the American 'institution must
subordinate individual feelings to
the common good and unity of the
country.
A spokesman for Faubus said
governor had "no comment' on the
Rockefeller, settlement and that
Rockefeller had not talked to him
before Issuing it.
Behind-the-scenes activity was
hinted by Faubus when he report
edly 
told state legislators that
there were moves developing
which might be meaningful or
hopeful.
Among these moves was the pursuit 
by a newly-created businesscivic 
group of "several ideas" aimed 
at securing a compromise solution. 

The groups temporary chairman,
W. M. Shtphard, who heads the
Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
told International News Service
that his associates have discussed
"come concrete propositions" but
declared to give any detail because
the Ideas were in the "formative
stg."

GROWING MOVEMENT

this special occasion of player
The council represents 30 denominations 
in the United States
At the same time, a similar
pledge was made in a wire from
Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, the
president of the American Hebrew
congregations.
He told Little Rock churchmen
that he would urge "efforts similar 
to yours" in communities
"throughout the nation — both
north and south.
Plans for a special service at 11
a. m., October 12 to pray for a solution 
in the integration crisis
formulated this week at meeting
of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant 
clergymen in Little Rock.
All Arkansas churches were in
vited 
to participate
Meanwhile, Gov. Orval Faubus
remained silent Saturday on Millionaire 
Winthrop Rockefeller's
plea for a quick settlement of the
Little Rock problem, but there
were indications that behind-thescene 
moves were afoot.
The governor, locked in a stalemate 
with President Eisenhower,
over the use of Federal troops to
enforce integration at Central
High School, generally adopted a.
"wait and see' attitude in the crisis. 

But mounting pressure was being, 
brought to bear for a speedy
solution of the dispute which'
Rockefeller, an influential adopted
Arkansan, labelled as "tragic" and
damaging to the state's industrial

development.
Rockefeller, joining a growing
movement of business and church
leaders who hope to break the
deadlock, decared in a nationwide
television appearance:
"Every citizen . . . who believes
in the American 'institution must
subordinate individual feelings to
the common good and unity of the
country.
A spokesman for Faubus said
governor had "no comment' on the
Rockefeller, settlement and that
Rockefeller had not talked to him
before Issuing it.
Behind-the-scenes activity was
hinted by Faubus when he report
edly 
told state legislators that
there were moves developing
which might be meaningful or
hopeful.
Among these moves was the pursuit 
by a newly-created businesscivic 
group of "several ideas" aimed 
at securing a compromise solution. 

The groups temporary chairman,
W. M. Shtphard, who heads the
Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
told International News Service
that his associates have discussed
"come concrete propositions" but
declared to give any detail because
the Ideas were in the "formative
stg."

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

SEEING and SAYING
I AM A student of history, so one of my daughter's history
books attracted attention as I sat down to rest. They are printing 
them in bright caver colors and with improved illustrations
nowadays.
I flipped the pages to the section on the Civil War. The
authors were clearly biased, stating that the slaves were brought
over by Yankee dealers, that the war resulted only because of
economic differences and abolitionist agitators such, as John
Brown who was hanged at Harper's Ferry. The glory of the
Confederate South, its cause and its victory in defeat was enhanced 
oh every page. I pittied the children who got no reference 
of conviction by the authors that the holding of slavery was
an immoral issue that God was on the side of Emancipation.
THE NEXT CHAPTERS of this history book
were on "The Reconstruction." The freed slave
and his role in the so-called "Carpetbag" governments 
was played up in the economy of the
"pillaged and pitiful South." In reference; to
South Carolina, the authors ironically pointed
out that the "illiterate" freedmen, who had
dealth with a few pennies during slavery,
made a total "mess" of dealing with thousands 
of dollars of tax money along with their
transplanted Northern "scallawags." The Ku
Klux Klan is actually glorified in its role of re
construction 
of the South, or the attempted return to the days
of magnolias and servants.
Nowhere is there a citation of the establishment of Negro
educational and business institutions, or of Negro leadership roles
in the South and the nation. Neither are the hopes and aspirations 
of the freed black folk espoused, or their contributions to
growing, industrial America told.
These history books being used are similar all over the South,
whose textbook commissions have done their "grandest" jobs of
seeing to it that the Negro is never mentioned except in derogatory 
or passing terms.
It is no wonder that little white children possess such a hostile, 
non-understanding attitude for their Negro neighbors. They
know nothing of the American Negro, because his history of contributions, 
his blood, sweat and tears are not in the state-approved
history books. And, unfortunately, many little Negro children
grow up to know nothing of their forbears' past, except that they
were former slaves.
Only in a few homes is it known that there were black peopie 
in the South who were not slaves and whose parents were
free long before the Civil War. Some people do not know that
most of the forbears of present white generations were themselves
slaves at one time or the other in history, if being descendants of
slaves takes away present manhood and freedom.

They Can't Learn Our History...
I AM A student of history, so one of my daughter's history
books attracted attention as I sat down to rest. They are printing 
them in bright caver colors and with improved illustrations
nowadays.
I flipped the pages to the section on the Civil War. The
authors were clearly biased, stating that the slaves were brought
over by Yankee dealers, that the war resulted only because of
economic differences and abolitionist agitators such, as John
Brown who was hanged at Harper's Ferry. The glory of the
Confederate South, its cause and its victory in defeat was enhanced 
oh every page. I pittied the children who got no reference 
of conviction by the authors that the holding of slavery was
an immoral issue that God was on the side of Emancipation.
THE NEXT CHAPTERS of this history book
were on "The Reconstruction." The freed slave
and his role in the so-called "Carpetbag" governments 
was played up in the economy of the
"pillaged and pitiful South." In reference; to
South Carolina, the authors ironically pointed
out that the "illiterate" freedmen, who had
dealth with a few pennies during slavery,
made a total "mess" of dealing with thousands 
of dollars of tax money along with their
transplanted Northern "scallawags." The Ku
Klux Klan is actually glorified in its role of re
construction 
of the South, or the attempted return to the days
of magnolias and servants.
Nowhere is there a citation of the establishment of Negro
educational and business institutions, or of Negro leadership roles
in the South and the nation. Neither are the hopes and aspirations 
of the freed black folk espoused, or their contributions to
growing, industrial America told.
These history books being used are similar all over the South,
whose textbook commissions have done their "grandest" jobs of
seeing to it that the Negro is never mentioned except in derogatory 
or passing terms.
It is no wonder that little white children possess such a hostile, 
non-understanding attitude for their Negro neighbors. They
know nothing of the American Negro, because his history of contributions, 
his blood, sweat and tears are not in the state-approved
history books. And, unfortunately, many little Negro children
grow up to know nothing of their forbears' past, except that they
were former slaves.
Only in a few homes is it known that there were black peopie 
in the South who were not slaves and whose parents were
free long before the Civil War. Some people do not know that
most of the forbears of present white generations were themselves
slaves at one time or the other in history, if being descendants of
slaves takes away present manhood and freedom.

REVIEWING
THE NEWS
BY WILLIAM GORDON
It was enough to make one tremble. The three guns, fully
loaded, were in full view on a table in the hallway.
"I've been getting telephone calls," he said, "calls from the
Klan and a group of mobsters who say they will visit me any
night now."
His words caused me to shake; the simple thought of a mob
was frightening.
Only a few weeks before, a businessman in this little Georgia
town had been taken for a "ride" by a group of men. He was
taken out of Georgia and across the South Carolina state line.
it was by accident that a decent white couple saw the mob and
reported the incident to the police.
Fear, a thing which exists in the heart of every mobster,
forced the group to release the man more than five miles from
the city and he made his way back by catching a ride.
The man with the guns in his hallway was ready to face the
mob and die if necessary. Fortunately, no one ever came to
visit him.
But back of these incidents of violence, are results of seeds
planted generations ago in the souls of men. Here lies the hatred,
the fear and hysteria that cause men to impose their will on the
law abiding. The feeling had to be planted. Less than 30 miles
from' where this man waited with his shotguns many years ago,
a Negro farmer and his five sons had been shot down in cold
blood. The reason: He had killed a member of a mob when a
group invaded his home after midnight.
There have been other incidents in the area, incidents which
would not be safe to mention.
Increased fear arises when one examines some of the reasoning 
and criticisms by those against the President when he sent
troops to Little Rock to avoid further mob rule and to prevent
the seeds of violence.
The South, which has had far more than its share of lynchings, 
mob rule and gangsterism, should be the last to yell about
bayonets at its back. As one distinguished writer puts it, the leadership 
in the South has deceived the people. We have had our
share of Tom Watsons, "Pitch Fork" Ben Tillmans and others who
have fanned the fire of racial prejudice. There are still those
around who are attempting to make political stock out of the
Little. Rock situation.
Before yelling about Little Rock, they should remember what
happened at Duck Hill, Miss, during the middle ninteen thirties
when a mob used a blow torch to torture its victim, the Monroe,
Georgia lynching in the middle forties, the Till case and the more
recent insane act of sexual surgery of an innocent human being
in Birmingham, Alabama. These criminal incidents leave their
marks of blood across the souls of the South. The children in Little
Rock who jeer and humiliate the nine Negroes at Central High
are results of seeds of mob rule. The "proud" Southerner who
got his head bashed by a paratrooper for interfering' was only
incidental to what has been the practice against innocent Negroes
for generations. If it takes bayonets to stem mob rule and give to
the South a soul of respect and understanding, i am sure, many
of us welcome the letter.

Sowing The Seeds Of Mob Rule...
BY WILLIAM GORDON
It was enough to make one tremble. The three guns, fully
loaded, were in full view on a table in the hallway.
"I've been getting telephone calls," he said, "calls from the
Klan and a group of mobsters who say they will visit me any
night now."
His words caused me to shake; the simple thought of a mob
was frightening.
Only a few weeks before, a businessman in this little Georgia
town had been taken for a "ride" by a group of men. He was
taken out of Georgia and across the South Carolina state line.
it was by accident that a decent white couple saw the mob and
reported the incident to the police.
Fear, a thing which exists in the heart of every mobster,
forced the group to release the man more than five miles from
the city and he made his way back by catching a ride.
The man with the guns in his hallway was ready to face the
mob and die if necessary. Fortunately, no one ever came to
visit him.
But back of these incidents of violence, are results of seeds
planted generations ago in the souls of men. Here lies the hatred,
the fear and hysteria that cause men to impose their will on the
law abiding. The feeling had to be planted. Less than 30 miles
from' where this man waited with his shotguns many years ago,
a Negro farmer and his five sons had been shot down in cold
blood. The reason: He had killed a member of a mob when a
group invaded his home after midnight.
There have been other incidents in the area, incidents which
would not be safe to mention.
Increased fear arises when one examines some of the reasoning 
and criticisms by those against the President when he sent
troops to Little Rock to avoid further mob rule and to prevent
the seeds of violence.
The South, which has had far more than its share of lynchings, 
mob rule and gangsterism, should be the last to yell about
bayonets at its back. As one distinguished writer puts it, the leadership 
in the South has deceived the people. We have had our
share of Tom Watsons, "Pitch Fork" Ben Tillmans and others who
have fanned the fire of racial prejudice. There are still those
around who are attempting to make political stock out of the
Little. Rock situation.
Before yelling about Little Rock, they should remember what
happened at Duck Hill, Miss, during the middle ninteen thirties
when a mob used a blow torch to torture its victim, the Monroe,
Georgia lynching in the middle forties, the Till case and the more
recent insane act of sexual surgery of an innocent human being
in Birmingham, Alabama. These criminal incidents leave their
marks of blood across the souls of the South. The children in Little
Rock who jeer and humiliate the nine Negroes at Central High
are results of seeds of mob rule. The "proud" Southerner who
got his head bashed by a paratrooper for interfering' was only
incidental to what has been the practice against innocent Negroes
for generations. If it takes bayonets to stem mob rule and give to
the South a soul of respect and understanding, i am sure, many
of us welcome the letter.

CAPITAL SPOTLIGHT

Mrs. Eisenhower did not accompany 
him but drove to Gettysburg
later in the cay.
At Hagerty's morning, press conference, 
reporters wanted to know
what would happen if there were
important developments in the
Little Rock school desegregation
situation.
Hagerty explained that flying
time between Washington, and
Gettysburg wais only 29 minutes,
and from the White House door to
the Eisenhower farm door took
only about 45 minutes.
If there were important developments 
in the Little Rock situation;
Hagerty answered, the President
could return to the White House,
or he, Hagerty, could go to Gettysburg. 

A reported wanted to know if the
White House had been in touch
with Representative Brooks Hayes,
of Arkansas, or Governors LeRoy
Collins of Florida, Luther Hodges
of North Carolina, Theodore McKeldin' 
of Maryland, and Prank
Clement of Tennessee.
Higerty's answer to that was
"No."
(Congressman Hayes, president
of the Southern Baptists Convention 
acted as the intermediary in
arranging for Gov. Orval Faubus
to see President, Eisenhower at
Newport, R. I., and the four governors 
thought they had arranged
an agreement between. Faubus and
the President, whereby Federal
troops would be pulled out of Little
Rock but Faubus pulled the rug
from under them.)
Reporters then turned to quizzing 
Hagerty about a statement
made in Chicago by Governor Mc.
Keldin that the Government should
make public the information it
has refuting Faubus' assertions that
he used the Arkansas National
Guard to keep the peace in Little
Rock by barring nine little colored
children from entering Central
High School.
The more Hagerty sought to explain 
that the reports could not
be made public at this time the
more reporters pressed him as to
why they should be made public.
Hagerty's explanation was that
one of the, reports was requested
by Judge Ronald Davies who enjoined 
Faubus from using the National 
Guard to bar the entry of
colorec children into Central High
School — that this report was made
at his request to him by the JusticeDepartment 
to help him evaluate
the facts.
This report was not filed in the
court proceedings.
The second report, Hagerty explained, 
was made for the use pi
the Executive Branch OF the Government. 

Every single day he said, the
President talked with the Justice
Department and Attorney General
Brownell and, as he said before.
some of these talks concerned the
issuance of the proclamation commending, 
all persons engaged in
the obstruction of justice in Little
Rock to cease and desist, and on
the executive order directing the

Secretary of Defense, to call into
the federal service the Arkansas
National Guard and Air National
Guard, and to use Federal troops
to enforce the Federal court orders
for desegregation of the Little
Rock schools.
Reporters asked if Governor
Clement or Frank Bain, executive
secretary of the Council of State
Governors — all the governors, that
is — wanted to get in touch with the
President, how would he do it.
Hagerty replied that he did not
know that either Clement or Bain
has been in direct touch with President 
Eisenhower, but the staff can
switch calls to the White House
that they thought the President
should get in Gettysburg.
The big question was — Was the
President going to Milwaukee to see
one of the world series games?
Hagerty would not douse all hope,
but left a glimmer by saying he
did not know. Whereupon some of
the reporters wanted to know if
their best chance of seeing one of
the games would foe to go to Gettysburg. 

Hagerty replied "yes", but nobody 
took him at his word.
At least 22 candidates are seeding 
appointment to the judgeship
from which Judge Herman E. Moore
of the United States Court for the
Virgin Islands Is retiring.
If this is any news to them —
President Eisenhower has approved
the retirement of Judge Moore;
effective Nov 15.
In a letter to the President, Judge
Moore said he had reached the age
of 65 years and has completed 18
years of continuous service as the
judge of the District Court for the
Virgin Islands and signified his
intention of retiring on Nov. 15.
In a letter to the judge approving 
retirement, the President expressed 
his appreciation to the
judge "for your long, and faithful
service, as a member ot the Federal
judiciary."
Judge Moore was first appointed
Aug. 4, 1939. He succeeded Judge
William H. Hastie as the judge of
the District court of the Virgin Islands. 
Judge Hastie is now a judge
of the United States Court of Appeals 
at Philadelphia.
Judge Moore has built himself
a fine home in the Virgin' Islands,
where he will continue to reside and
not return to Chicago.
Those who are willing to accept
appointment to the vacancy which
will be created by his retirement
include Euclid Taylor and George
Lawrence, both of Chicago; John
Ada-ma, Jr. San Francisco Wilbur
Grant and Rufus Kuykendall both
of Indianapolis; Charles (Dog)

Anderson, Louisville, Ky.
Ulysses Plummer, Portland, Ore.
Z. Alexander Looby, Nashville
Tenn.; Judge A. B. Howard, Kansis 
City, Kan.; Willis Ward, Detroit; 
Leon Miller, Welch, W. Va,;
Edward Brooke, Boston; John Ross,
New York, William D. Graham,
Hartford, Conn.; Willard Brown,
Charleston, W. Va.
Chester Gillespie and Judge
Perry B. Jackson, both of Cleveland; 
William Lovelace, Cincinnati;
Judge Theodore Spaulding and
Lewis Tanner Moore, both of Philadelphia. 


Diary Of A White House Reporter:

Mrs. Eisenhower did not accompany 
him but drove to Gettysburg
later in the cay.
At Hagerty's morning, press conference, 
reporters wanted to know
what would happen if there were
important developments in the
Little Rock school desegregation
situation.
Hagerty explained that flying
time between Washington, and
Gettysburg wais only 29 minutes,
and from the White House door to
the Eisenhower farm door took
only about 45 minutes.
If there were important developments 
in the Little Rock situation;
Hagerty answered, the President
could return to the White House,
or he, Hagerty, could go to Gettysburg. 

A reported wanted to know if the
White House had been in touch
with Representative Brooks Hayes,
of Arkansas, or Governors LeRoy
Collins of Florida, Luther Hodges
of North Carolina, Theodore McKeldin' 
of Maryland, and Prank
Clement of Tennessee.
Higerty's answer to that was
"No."
(Congressman Hayes, president
of the Southern Baptists Convention 
acted as the intermediary in
arranging for Gov. Orval Faubus
to see President, Eisenhower at
Newport, R. I., and the four governors 
thought they had arranged
an agreement between. Faubus and
the President, whereby Federal
troops would be pulled out of Little
Rock but Faubus pulled the rug
from under them.)
Reporters then turned to quizzing 
Hagerty about a statement
made in Chicago by Governor Mc.
Keldin that the Government should
make public the information it
has refuting Faubus' assertions that
he used the Arkansas National
Guard to keep the peace in Little
Rock by barring nine little colored
children from entering Central
High School.
The more Hagerty sought to explain 
that the reports could not
be made public at this time the
more reporters pressed him as to
why they should be made public.
Hagerty's explanation was that
one of the, reports was requested
by Judge Ronald Davies who enjoined 
Faubus from using the National 
Guard to bar the entry of
colorec children into Central High
School — that this report was made
at his request to him by the JusticeDepartment 
to help him evaluate
the facts.
This report was not filed in the
court proceedings.
The second report, Hagerty explained, 
was made for the use pi
the Executive Branch OF the Government. 

Every single day he said, the
President talked with the Justice
Department and Attorney General
Brownell and, as he said before.
some of these talks concerned the
issuance of the proclamation commending, 
all persons engaged in
the obstruction of justice in Little
Rock to cease and desist, and on
the executive order directing the

Secretary of Defense, to call into
the federal service the Arkansas
National Guard and Air National
Guard, and to use Federal troops
to enforce the Federal court orders
for desegregation of the Little
Rock schools.
Reporters asked if Governor
Clement or Frank Bain, executive
secretary of the Council of State
Governors — all the governors, that
is — wanted to get in touch with the
President, how would he do it.
Hagerty replied that he did not
know that either Clement or Bain
has been in direct touch with President 
Eisenhower, but the staff can
switch calls to the White House
that they thought the President
should get in Gettysburg.
The big question was — Was the
President going to Milwaukee to see
one of the world series games?
Hagerty would not douse all hope,
but left a glimmer by saying he
did not know. Whereupon some of
the reporters wanted to know if
their best chance of seeing one of
the games would foe to go to Gettysburg. 

Hagerty replied "yes", but nobody 
took him at his word.
At least 22 candidates are seeding 
appointment to the judgeship
from which Judge Herman E. Moore
of the United States Court for the
Virgin Islands Is retiring.
If this is any news to them —
President Eisenhower has approved
the retirement of Judge Moore;
effective Nov 15.
In a letter to the President, Judge
Moore said he had reached the age
of 65 years and has completed 18
years of continuous service as the
judge of the District Court for the
Virgin Islands and signified his
intention of retiring on Nov. 15.
In a letter to the judge approving 
retirement, the President expressed 
his appreciation to the
judge "for your long, and faithful
service, as a member ot the Federal
judiciary."
Judge Moore was first appointed
Aug. 4, 1939. He succeeded Judge
William H. Hastie as the judge of
the District court of the Virgin Islands. 
Judge Hastie is now a judge
of the United States Court of Appeals 
at Philadelphia.
Judge Moore has built himself
a fine home in the Virgin' Islands,
where he will continue to reside and
not return to Chicago.
Those who are willing to accept
appointment to the vacancy which
will be created by his retirement
include Euclid Taylor and George
Lawrence, both of Chicago; John
Ada-ma, Jr. San Francisco Wilbur
Grant and Rufus Kuykendall both
of Indianapolis; Charles (Dog)

Anderson, Louisville, Ky.
Ulysses Plummer, Portland, Ore.
Z. Alexander Looby, Nashville
Tenn.; Judge A. B. Howard, Kansis 
City, Kan.; Willis Ward, Detroit; 
Leon Miller, Welch, W. Va,;
Edward Brooke, Boston; John Ross,
New York, William D. Graham,
Hartford, Conn.; Willard Brown,
Charleston, W. Va.
Chester Gillespie and Judge
Perry B. Jackson, both of Cleveland; 
William Lovelace, Cincinnati;
Judge Theodore Spaulding and
Lewis Tanner Moore, both of Philadelphia. 


ARKANSAS SITUATION

Mrs. Eisenhower did not accompany 
him but drove to Gettysburg
later in the cay.
At Hagerty's morning, press conference, 
reporters wanted to know
what would happen if there were
important developments in the
Little Rock school desegregation
situation.
Hagerty explained that flying
time between Washington, and
Gettysburg wais only 29 minutes,
and from the White House door to
the Eisenhower farm door took
only about 45 minutes.
If there were important developments 
in the Little Rock situation;
Hagerty answered, the President
could return to the White House,
or he, Hagerty, could go to Gettysburg. 

A reported wanted to know if the
White House had been in touch
with Representative Brooks Hayes,
of Arkansas, or Governors LeRoy
Collins of Florida, Luther Hodges
of North Carolina, Theodore McKeldin' 
of Maryland, and Prank
Clement of Tennessee.
Higerty's answer to that was
"No."
(Congressman Hayes, president
of the Southern Baptists Convention 
acted as the intermediary in
arranging for Gov. Orval Faubus
to see President, Eisenhower at
Newport, R. I., and the four governors 
thought they had arranged
an agreement between. Faubus and
the President, whereby Federal
troops would be pulled out of Little
Rock but Faubus pulled the rug
from under them.)
Reporters then turned to quizzing 
Hagerty about a statement
made in Chicago by Governor Mc.
Keldin that the Government should
make public the information it
has refuting Faubus' assertions that
he used the Arkansas National
Guard to keep the peace in Little
Rock by barring nine little colored
children from entering Central
High School.
The more Hagerty sought to explain 
that the reports could not
be made public at this time the
more reporters pressed him as to
why they should be made public.
Hagerty's explanation was that
one of the, reports was requested
by Judge Ronald Davies who enjoined 
Faubus from using the National 
Guard to bar the entry of
colorec children into Central High
School — that this report was made
at his request to him by the JusticeDepartment 
to help him evaluate
the facts.
This report was not filed in the
court proceedings.
The second report, Hagerty explained, 
was made for the use pi
the Executive Branch OF the Government. 

Every single day he said, the
President talked with the Justice
Department and Attorney General
Brownell and, as he said before.
some of these talks concerned the
issuance of the proclamation commending, 
all persons engaged in
the obstruction of justice in Little
Rock to cease and desist, and on
the executive order directing the

Secretary of Defense, to call into
the federal service the Arkansas
National Guard and Air National
Guard, and to use Federal troops
to enforce the Federal court orders
for desegregation of the Little
Rock schools.
Reporters asked if Governor
Clement or Frank Bain, executive
secretary of the Council of State
Governors — all the governors, that
is — wanted to get in touch with the
President, how would he do it.
Hagerty replied that he did not
know that either Clement or Bain
has been in direct touch with President 
Eisenhower, but the staff can
switch calls to the White House
that they thought the President
should get in Gettysburg.
The big question was — Was the
President going to Milwaukee to see
one of the world series games?
Hagerty would not douse all hope,
but left a glimmer by saying he
did not know. Whereupon some of
the reporters wanted to know if
their best chance of seeing one of
the games would foe to go to Gettysburg. 

Hagerty replied "yes", but nobody 
took him at his word.
At least 22 candidates are seeding 
appointment to the judgeship
from which Judge Herman E. Moore
of the United States Court for the
Virgin Islands Is retiring.
If this is any news to them —
President Eisenhower has approved
the retirement of Judge Moore;
effective Nov 15.
In a letter to the President, Judge
Moore said he had reached the age
of 65 years and has completed 18
years of continuous service as the
judge of the District Court for the
Virgin Islands and signified his
intention of retiring on Nov. 15.
In a letter to the judge approving 
retirement, the President expressed 
his appreciation to the
judge "for your long, and faithful
service, as a member ot the Federal
judiciary."
Judge Moore was first appointed
Aug. 4, 1939. He succeeded Judge
William H. Hastie as the judge of
the District court of the Virgin Islands. 
Judge Hastie is now a judge
of the United States Court of Appeals 
at Philadelphia.
Judge Moore has built himself
a fine home in the Virgin' Islands,
where he will continue to reside and
not return to Chicago.
Those who are willing to accept
appointment to the vacancy which
will be created by his retirement
include Euclid Taylor and George
Lawrence, both of Chicago; John
Ada-ma, Jr. San Francisco Wilbur
Grant and Rufus Kuykendall both
of Indianapolis; Charles (Dog)

Anderson, Louisville, Ky.
Ulysses Plummer, Portland, Ore.
Z. Alexander Looby, Nashville
Tenn.; Judge A. B. Howard, Kansis 
City, Kan.; Willis Ward, Detroit; 
Leon Miller, Welch, W. Va,;
Edward Brooke, Boston; John Ross,
New York, William D. Graham,
Hartford, Conn.; Willard Brown,
Charleston, W. Va.
Chester Gillespie and Judge
Perry B. Jackson, both of Cleveland; 
William Lovelace, Cincinnati;
Judge Theodore Spaulding and
Lewis Tanner Moore, both of Philadelphia. 


CONTACT INFORMATION

Mrs. Eisenhower did not accompany 
him but drove to Gettysburg
later in the cay.
At Hagerty's morning, press conference, 
reporters wanted to know
what would happen if there were
important developments in the
Little Rock school desegregation
situation.
Hagerty explained that flying
time between Washington, and
Gettysburg wais only 29 minutes,
and from the White House door to
the Eisenhower farm door took
only about 45 minutes.
If there were important developments 
in the Little Rock situation;
Hagerty answered, the President
could return to the White House,
or he, Hagerty, could go to Gettysburg. 

A reported wanted to know if the
White House had been in touch
with Representative Brooks Hayes,
of Arkansas, or Governors LeRoy
Collins of Florida, Luther Hodges
of North Carolina, Theodore McKeldin' 
of Maryland, and Prank
Clement of Tennessee.
Higerty's answer to that was
"No."
(Congressman Hayes, president
of the Southern Baptists Convention 
acted as the intermediary in
arranging for Gov. Orval Faubus
to see President, Eisenhower at
Newport, R. I., and the four governors 
thought they had arranged
an agreement between. Faubus and
the President, whereby Federal
troops would be pulled out of Little
Rock but Faubus pulled the rug
from under them.)
Reporters then turned to quizzing 
Hagerty about a statement
made in Chicago by Governor Mc.
Keldin that the Government should
make public the information it
has refuting Faubus' assertions that
he used the Arkansas National
Guard to keep the peace in Little
Rock by barring nine little colored
children from entering Central
High School.
The more Hagerty sought to explain 
that the reports could not
be made public at this time the
more reporters pressed him as to
why they should be made public.
Hagerty's explanation was that
one of the, reports was requested
by Judge Ronald Davies who enjoined 
Faubus from using the National 
Guard to bar the entry of
colorec children into Central High
School — that this report was made
at his request to him by the JusticeDepartment 
to help him evaluate
the facts.
This report was not filed in the
court proceedings.
The second report, Hagerty explained, 
was made for the use pi
the Executive Branch OF the Government. 

Every single day he said, the
President talked with the Justice
Department and Attorney General
Brownell and, as he said before.
some of these talks concerned the
issuance of the proclamation commending, 
all persons engaged in
the obstruction of justice in Little
Rock to cease and desist, and on
the executive order directing the

Secretary of Defense, to call into
the federal service the Arkansas
National Guard and Air National
Guard, and to use Federal troops
to enforce the Federal court orders
for desegregation of the Little
Rock schools.
Reporters asked if Governor
Clement or Frank Bain, executive
secretary of the Council of State
Governors — all the governors, that
is — wanted to get in touch with the
President, how would he do it.
Hagerty replied that he did not
know that either Clement or Bain
has been in direct touch with President 
Eisenhower, but the staff can
switch calls to the White House
that they thought the President
should get in Gettysburg.
The big question was — Was the
President going to Milwaukee to see
one of the world series games?
Hagerty would not douse all hope,
but left a glimmer by saying he
did not know. Whereupon some of
the reporters wanted to know if
their best chance of seeing one of
the games would foe to go to Gettysburg. 

Hagerty replied "yes", but nobody 
took him at his word.
At least 22 candidates are seeding 
appointment to the judgeship
from which Judge Herman E. Moore
of the United States Court for the
Virgin Islands Is retiring.
If this is any news to them —
President Eisenhower has approved
the retirement of Judge Moore;
effective Nov 15.
In a letter to the President, Judge
Moore said he had reached the age
of 65 years and has completed 18
years of continuous service as the
judge of the District Court for the
Virgin Islands and signified his
intention of retiring on Nov. 15.
In a letter to the judge approving 
retirement, the President expressed 
his appreciation to the
judge "for your long, and faithful
service, as a member ot the Federal
judiciary."
Judge Moore was first appointed
Aug. 4, 1939. He succeeded Judge
William H. Hastie as the judge of
the District court of the Virgin Islands. 
Judge Hastie is now a judge
of the United States Court of Appeals 
at Philadelphia.
Judge Moore has built himself
a fine home in the Virgin' Islands,
where he will continue to reside and
not return to Chicago.
Those who are willing to accept
appointment to the vacancy which
will be created by his retirement
include Euclid Taylor and George
Lawrence, both of Chicago; John
Ada-ma, Jr. San Francisco Wilbur
Grant and Rufus Kuykendall both
of Indianapolis; Charles (Dog)

Anderson, Louisville, Ky.
Ulysses Plummer, Portland, Ore.
Z. Alexander Looby, Nashville
Tenn.; Judge A. B. Howard, Kansis 
City, Kan.; Willis Ward, Detroit; 
Leon Miller, Welch, W. Va,;
Edward Brooke, Boston; John Ross,
New York, William D. Graham,
Hartford, Conn.; Willard Brown,
Charleston, W. Va.
Chester Gillespie and Judge
Perry B. Jackson, both of Cleveland; 
William Lovelace, Cincinnati;
Judge Theodore Spaulding and
Lewis Tanner Moore, both of Philadelphia. 


SEEK VIRGINIA JUDGESHIP

Mrs. Eisenhower did not accompany 
him but drove to Gettysburg
later in the cay.
At Hagerty's morning, press conference, 
reporters wanted to know
what would happen if there were
important developments in the
Little Rock school desegregation
situation.
Hagerty explained that flying
time between Washington, and
Gettysburg wais only 29 minutes,
and from the White House door to
the Eisenhower farm door took
only about 45 minutes.
If there were important developments 
in the Little Rock situation;
Hagerty answered, the President
could return to the White House,
or he, Hagerty, could go to Gettysburg. 

A reported wanted to know if the
White House had been in touch
with Representative Brooks Hayes,
of Arkansas, or Governors LeRoy
Collins of Florida, Luther Hodges
of North Carolina, Theodore McKeldin' 
of Maryland, and Prank
Clement of Tennessee.
Higerty's answer to that was
"No."
(Congressman Hayes, president
of the Southern Baptists Convention 
acted as the intermediary in
arranging for Gov. Orval Faubus
to see President, Eisenhower at
Newport, R. I., and the four governors 
thought they had arranged
an agreement between. Faubus and
the President, whereby Federal
troops would be pulled out of Little
Rock but Faubus pulled the rug
from under them.)
Reporters then turned to quizzing 
Hagerty about a statement
made in Chicago by Governor Mc.
Keldin that the Government should
make public the information it
has refuting Faubus' assertions that
he used the Arkansas National
Guard to keep the peace in Little
Rock by barring nine little colored
children from entering Central
High School.
The more Hagerty sought to explain 
that the reports could not
be made public at this time the
more reporters pressed him as to
why they should be made public.
Hagerty's explanation was that
one of the, reports was requested
by Judge Ronald Davies who enjoined 
Faubus from using the National 
Guard to bar the entry of
colorec children into Central High
School — that this report was made
at his request to him by the JusticeDepartment 
to help him evaluate
the facts.
This report was not filed in the
court proceedings.
The second report, Hagerty explained, 
was made for the use pi
the Executive Branch OF the Government. 

Every single day he said, the
President talked with the Justice
Department and Attorney General
Brownell and, as he said before.
some of these talks concerned the
issuance of the proclamation commending, 
all persons engaged in
the obstruction of justice in Little
Rock to cease and desist, and on
the executive order directing the

Secretary of Defense, to call into
the federal service the Arkansas
National Guard and Air National
Guard, and to use Federal troops
to enforce the Federal court orders
for desegregation of the Little
Rock schools.
Reporters asked if Governor
Clement or Frank Bain, executive
secretary of the Council of State
Governors — all the governors, that
is — wanted to get in touch with the
President, how would he do it.
Hagerty replied that he did not
know that either Clement or Bain
has been in direct touch with President 
Eisenhower, but the staff can
switch calls to the White House
that they thought the President
should get in Gettysburg.
The big question was — Was the
President going to Milwaukee to see
one of the world series games?
Hagerty would not douse all hope,
but left a glimmer by saying he
did not know. Whereupon some of
the reporters wanted to know if
their best chance of seeing one of
the games would foe to go to Gettysburg. 

Hagerty replied "yes", but nobody 
took him at his word.
At least 22 candidates are seeding 
appointment to the judgeship
from which Judge Herman E. Moore
of the United States Court for the
Virgin Islands Is retiring.
If this is any news to them —
President Eisenhower has approved
the retirement of Judge Moore;
effective Nov 15.
In a letter to the President, Judge
Moore said he had reached the age
of 65 years and has completed 18
years of continuous service as the
judge of the District Court for the
Virgin Islands and signified his
intention of retiring on Nov. 15.
In a letter to the judge approving 
retirement, the President expressed 
his appreciation to the
judge "for your long, and faithful
service, as a member ot the Federal
judiciary."
Judge Moore was first appointed
Aug. 4, 1939. He succeeded Judge
William H. Hastie as the judge of
the District court of the Virgin Islands. 
Judge Hastie is now a judge
of the United States Court of Appeals 
at Philadelphia.
Judge Moore has built himself
a fine home in the Virgin' Islands,
where he will continue to reside and
not return to Chicago.
Those who are willing to accept
appointment to the vacancy which
will be created by his retirement
include Euclid Taylor and George
Lawrence, both of Chicago; John
Ada-ma, Jr. San Francisco Wilbur
Grant and Rufus Kuykendall both
of Indianapolis; Charles (Dog)

Anderson, Louisville, Ky.
Ulysses Plummer, Portland, Ore.
Z. Alexander Looby, Nashville
Tenn.; Judge A. B. Howard, Kansis 
City, Kan.; Willis Ward, Detroit; 
Leon Miller, Welch, W. Va,;
Edward Brooke, Boston; John Ross,
New York, William D. Graham,
Hartford, Conn.; Willard Brown,
Charleston, W. Va.
Chester Gillespie and Judge
Perry B. Jackson, both of Cleveland; 
William Lovelace, Cincinnati;
Judge Theodore Spaulding and
Lewis Tanner Moore, both of Philadelphia. 


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BY A.A FAIR (ERLE STANLEY GARDNER)
© 1957 by Erie Stanley Gardner. Reprinted by arrangement with William Morrow &Co. Distributed by King Syndicate
STOPPED in Yucca for another 
cup of coffee, picked up
a map and asked a few questions.
The place, was crazy over uranium. 
People were, coming and
going with all sorts of outfits:
tents, bedrolls, tarps, shovels,
naps, compass — all the paraphernalia 
of prospecting.
The best way to avoid attracting 
too much attention was to
pose as a uranium prospector.
I found a place that rented
Geiger counters and scintillators,
sold pamphlets filled with istructions 
for locating uranium ore,
telling how to stake out mining
claims, and furnishing bits of
advice.
I went the whole works. I
bought pamphlets, rented the last
Geiger counter they had, asked
a lot of foolish questions and
managed to get myself sufficiently 
oriented so I felt I could find
the "section of land I wanted.
As I started out, I felt certain
that no one had pegged me as a
detective. I was just another
weekend prospector looking for
uranium.
Uranium!
Suddenly something clicked In
my mind. How did I know that
Corning was interested in oil? I
had told Bertha there was no oil
up there, that when you dug
down you'd come to granite and
when you got down below the
granite you'd find more' granite.
That wasn't oil country, but it
was darn good uranium country.
There had been a few strikes up
there, and people were combing
the mountains, for the most part
staying away from ground that
bore any evidence of private
ownership.
My discreet inquiries had resulted 
in information that a man
had lived on the section of land
at one time, that there was an
old cabin on It, that the tenant
had gone broke trying to sink a
well. He bad been an old-time
miner, bad picked up a bunch
of railroad ties cheap and, using
them to Umber a shaft, had started 
sinking a deep well looking
for water. When the well turned
out to be a big dry hole and he'd
gone broke digging it, he'd
thrown up his lease and moved
away.
I picked my way along a network 
of dirt roads over a rolling
plateau country and finally came
to a place which looked to be the
place I wanted.
The road ran along the section
line and I was able to find the
section corner. I followed the
road to the other, section corner,
checked with my compass, and
had a pretty good. Idea of the
lay of the land.
The old dilapidated cabin had

been put together out of available
materials and been patched with
any old thing that came in handy.
There were scrap lumber, pieces
of corrugated iron, five-gallon tin
cans that had been cut open,
spread out flat and nailed into
place.
A cockeyed door had developed
a hole and the hole had been covered 
with canvas. The door
swung lopsided on its hinges. The
interior of the place smelled of
pack rats and that peculiar stale
odor which inevitably comes to
an uninhabited cabin.
A pile of old magazines down
in the corner showed where mice
had been nibbling at the edges
of the periodicals to get material 
for nests. A bunk bed against
the northeast wall was still covered 
with the remnants of old
pine boughs, now dried to the
point of brittle harshness. A
stove with one good leg had been
propped up with bricks so that
it was fairly level. A cupboard
even contained the remnants of
some crockery. The floor was
littered with paper, broken glass,
and rubbish.
I looked around the place and
for some time couldn't find any
Indication of the well. Then I
saw a mound of earth, walked
over and saw what appeared to
be an old platform of some sort.
I picked up a corner, raised it
and almost immediately felt the
chill of cold air. I was looking
down a hole some five feet
square, which descended straight
into the darkness of the earth.
I replaced the platform which
was serving as a wooden shield,
went back to the car, got my
Geiger counter, and started exploring. 

I had some faint indications.
I followed them back to a granite
ledge, followed the granite ledge
and ran out of indications. Here
and there i got enough reaction
on the Geiger counter to make
it Interesting. I walked and
climbed, explored and mapped
until my legs were weary. I'd
had a few interesting reactions,
but nothing definite.
I started back to my car. It
had been a good way to spend
the day and that was all.
I was easing myself into the
car when suddenly I got the idea.
I took the Geiger counter,
walked back to the well, raised a
corner of the platform, wrestled
it off the well, and looked down.
I didn't have a flashlight and I
couldn't see the bottom, but It
seemed to be well timbered and
a ladder was hailed to the timbers 
going down, a perpendicular
ladder which followed the best
mining practice. I tentatively
tested the rungs. They seemed
sound and solid.
I climbed up to a little hill
back of the well and took a good
long look all around. I realized
what a very vulnerable position
I'd be in if the wrong person
should come along and find me
down in the hole.
I tied the Geiger counter
around my neck, carefully tested 
the rungs on the ladder and
started down.
It was dark and dry with a
peculiar musty smell which for
he moment I couldn't place.
I went on down until the
square hole at the top appeared
to be about the size of a postage
stamp. The smell became more
noticeable. The ladder still
seemed to be firm, but suddenly
I decided I'd had enough. I had
t feeling of claustrophobia.
I clung to the ladder, looked
longingly up at the patch of blue
sky, unlimbered the Geiger counter 
and turned it on.
The thing lit up like a pinball
machine. I could hear a crackling
in the earphone which sounded
like machine guns.
I swung the Geiger counter
jack over my shoulder, gripped
the rungs of the ladder and went
up like a monkey, despite my
weary legs.
When I finally emerged into
the afternoon sunlight of the open
air, I sucked in a deep lungful
and found I was covered with
sweat and shaking like a leaf.
I climbed back up to the raised
ground and looked around. I
couldn't see a soul.
I tugged and pulled until I
had the platform back in place
over the well. I went back to
the car and drove back to Yucca.
I returned the rented Geiger
counter, got the balance of my
deposit and had to answer the
stereotyped inquiries: "Didn't find'
anything, did you? Well, you
have to keep looking, but it's up
tiers all right. If you could find
it in a day we'd all be millionaires. 
But It's here. You never
know when you're going to strike
It. . . Well, come back any time,
just prowl around up here; it
won't do you any harm, and it
may do you a lot of good. ... A
feller who's a bookkeeper been
coming up here every week for
the last three months made a
rich strike a month ago. Guess
you read about it in the paper?"
"West of here?" I asked.
"This was off to the east. But
it's all around here."
"Okay," I told him, "I'll be
seeing you again."
I got back In my car and returned 
to Banning.


CHAPTER 21
BY A.A FAIR (ERLE STANLEY GARDNER)
© 1957 by Erie Stanley Gardner. Reprinted by arrangement with William Morrow &Co. Distributed by King Syndicate
STOPPED in Yucca for another 
cup of coffee, picked up
a map and asked a few questions.
The place, was crazy over uranium. 
People were, coming and
going with all sorts of outfits:
tents, bedrolls, tarps, shovels,
naps, compass — all the paraphernalia 
of prospecting.
The best way to avoid attracting 
too much attention was to
pose as a uranium prospector.
I found a place that rented
Geiger counters and scintillators,
sold pamphlets filled with istructions 
for locating uranium ore,
telling how to stake out mining
claims, and furnishing bits of
advice.
I went the whole works. I
bought pamphlets, rented the last
Geiger counter they had, asked
a lot of foolish questions and
managed to get myself sufficiently 
oriented so I felt I could find
the "section of land I wanted.
As I started out, I felt certain
that no one had pegged me as a
detective. I was just another
weekend prospector looking for
uranium.
Uranium!
Suddenly something clicked In
my mind. How did I know that
Corning was interested in oil? I
had told Bertha there was no oil
up there, that when you dug
down you'd come to granite and
when you got down below the
granite you'd find more' granite.
That wasn't oil country, but it
was darn good uranium country.
There had been a few strikes up
there, and people were combing
the mountains, for the most part
staying away from ground that
bore any evidence of private
ownership.
My discreet inquiries had resulted 
in information that a man
had lived on the section of land
at one time, that there was an
old cabin on It, that the tenant
had gone broke trying to sink a
well. He bad been an old-time
miner, bad picked up a bunch
of railroad ties cheap and, using
them to Umber a shaft, had started 
sinking a deep well looking
for water. When the well turned
out to be a big dry hole and he'd
gone broke digging it, he'd
thrown up his lease and moved
away.
I picked my way along a network 
of dirt roads over a rolling
plateau country and finally came
to a place which looked to be the
place I wanted.
The road ran along the section
line and I was able to find the
section corner. I followed the
road to the other, section corner,
checked with my compass, and
had a pretty good. Idea of the
lay of the land.
The old dilapidated cabin had

been put together out of available
materials and been patched with
any old thing that came in handy.
There were scrap lumber, pieces
of corrugated iron, five-gallon tin
cans that had been cut open,
spread out flat and nailed into
place.
A cockeyed door had developed
a hole and the hole had been covered 
with canvas. The door
swung lopsided on its hinges. The
interior of the place smelled of
pack rats and that peculiar stale
odor which inevitably comes to
an uninhabited cabin.
A pile of old magazines down
in the corner showed where mice
had been nibbling at the edges
of the periodicals to get material 
for nests. A bunk bed against
the northeast wall was still covered 
with the remnants of old
pine boughs, now dried to the
point of brittle harshness. A
stove with one good leg had been
propped up with bricks so that
it was fairly level. A cupboard
even contained the remnants of
some crockery. The floor was
littered with paper, broken glass,
and rubbish.
I looked around the place and
for some time couldn't find any
Indication of the well. Then I
saw a mound of earth, walked
over and saw what appeared to
be an old platform of some sort.
I picked up a corner, raised it
and almost immediately felt the
chill of cold air. I was looking
down a hole some five feet
square, which descended straight
into the darkness of the earth.
I replaced the platform which
was serving as a wooden shield,
went back to the car, got my
Geiger counter, and started exploring. 

I had some faint indications.
I followed them back to a granite
ledge, followed the granite ledge
and ran out of indications. Here
and there i got enough reaction
on the Geiger counter to make
it Interesting. I walked and
climbed, explored and mapped
until my legs were weary. I'd
had a few interesting reactions,
but nothing definite.
I started back to my car. It
had been a good way to spend
the day and that was all.
I was easing myself into the
car when suddenly I got the idea.
I took the Geiger counter,
walked back to the well, raised a
corner of the platform, wrestled
it off the well, and looked down.
I didn't have a flashlight and I
couldn't see the bottom, but It
seemed to be well timbered and
a ladder was hailed to the timbers 
going down, a perpendicular
ladder which followed the best
mining practice. I tentatively
tested the rungs. They seemed
sound and solid.
I climbed up to a little hill
back of the well and took a good
long look all around. I realized
what a very vulnerable position
I'd be in if the wrong person
should come along and find me
down in the hole.
I tied the Geiger counter
around my neck, carefully tested 
the rungs on the ladder and
started down.
It was dark and dry with a
peculiar musty smell which for
he moment I couldn't place.
I went on down until the
square hole at the top appeared
to be about the size of a postage
stamp. The smell became more
noticeable. The ladder still
seemed to be firm, but suddenly
I decided I'd had enough. I had
t feeling of claustrophobia.
I clung to the ladder, looked
longingly up at the patch of blue
sky, unlimbered the Geiger counter 
and turned it on.
The thing lit up like a pinball
machine. I could hear a crackling
in the earphone which sounded
like machine guns.
I swung the Geiger counter
jack over my shoulder, gripped
the rungs of the ladder and went
up like a monkey, despite my
weary legs.
When I finally emerged into
the afternoon sunlight of the open
air, I sucked in a deep lungful
and found I was covered with
sweat and shaking like a leaf.
I climbed back up to the raised
ground and looked around. I
couldn't see a soul.
I tugged and pulled until I
had the platform back in place
over the well. I went back to
the car and drove back to Yucca.
I returned the rented Geiger
counter, got the balance of my
deposit and had to answer the
stereotyped inquiries: "Didn't find'
anything, did you? Well, you
have to keep looking, but it's up
tiers all right. If you could find
it in a day we'd all be millionaires. 
But It's here. You never
know when you're going to strike
It. . . Well, come back any time,
just prowl around up here; it
won't do you any harm, and it
may do you a lot of good. ... A
feller who's a bookkeeper been
coming up here every week for
the last three months made a
rich strike a month ago. Guess
you read about it in the paper?"
"West of here?" I asked.
"This was off to the east. But
it's all around here."
"Okay," I told him, "I'll be
seeing you again."
I got back In my car and returned 
to Banning.


MY WEEKLY
SERMON
By
REV. BLAIRT. HUNT
PASTOR
MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN CHURCH


Poor Judas sinned; poor Judas,
sallow faced Judas committed suicide. 
Poor Judas! Remorseful, humiliated, 
heart broken sinned and
sinned again; he killed himself.
Judas was greedy; he carried the
money bag in which were deposited
the few coins used by the disciples
as they followed Jesus over Galilee
and Judea.
May we never elect a church treasurer, 
may we never elect a Bishop
who is greedy. The handling of
money tends to harden one's heart.
Money changed people. But back to
Judas. The handling of money had
hardened the heart of the Red
bearded Judas.
Remember when Mary anointed
Jesus in the house of Simon ..:.... A
street walker who crashed a party
............ Judas grumbled. Judas cared
nothing for the poor but this poor
hypocrit murmured, "this money
should be given to the poor." He
wanted the money for his greedy
self. He couldn't see the beauty of
the act committed by Mary. He
didn't have heart power, he didn't
have sympathy, he was a stranger
to benevolence. He couldn't be touch
ed by the sight of altruistic service.
Are we?
In the presence of the guests at
Simon's party Jesus rebuked Judas.
This rebuke made Judas mad Can
we stand a rebuke when we sin? Can
we take reverses when we are
wrong? Judas couldn't take it.
Stung by the rebuke, Judas began 
to lay his plans for conference
with the enemies of Jesus, that he
might surrender him into the hands
of enemies.
The vital hour arrived, and while
Jesus prayed yonder in the olive
"garden of Gethsamane, Judas and
his band came stealthily down the
I dusty lane where he knew he could
find Jesus. Ho hailed Jesus with a

kiss of deceit ............ A method of
pointing. Judas had received a
handful of silver, thirty pieces.
The crowd had melted away. The
chill of the air is upon the lonely
figure of the betrayer Judas Suicidal 
thoughts spill themselves in the
weak mind of Judas. He offers to
return the blood money to the authorities, 
it was futile. Abjectly Judas 
cries: "I have sinned." On and
on, up a pathway beset with briars
and thorns stumbles the tragic figure, 
until he reaches a neglected
spot. There, alone, he hangs himself. 

Yes, Judas sinned. He sinned for
money. Do we? Yes, Judas sinned:
He had a spirit of revenge, his big
game was "getting even". Judas died
and "went to his own place." His
eulogy is "in hell he lifted up his
eyes,"
Remember sins may be forgiven.
We have an access to the throne of
God where sins will be remitted, if
penitently-and in faith we ask forgiveness 
in the name of Jesus who
died for our sins.

A SINNER COMMITS SUICIDE
By
REV. BLAIRT. HUNT
PASTOR
MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN CHURCH


Poor Judas sinned; poor Judas,
sallow faced Judas committed suicide. 
Poor Judas! Remorseful, humiliated, 
heart broken sinned and
sinned again; he killed himself.
Judas was greedy; he carried the
money bag in which were deposited
the few coins used by the disciples
as they followed Jesus over Galilee
and Judea.
May we never elect a church treasurer, 
may we never elect a Bishop
who is greedy. The handling of
money tends to harden one's heart.
Money changed people. But back to
Judas. The handling of money had
hardened the heart of the Red
bearded Judas.
Remember when Mary anointed
Jesus in the house of Simon ..:.... A
street walker who crashed a party
............ Judas grumbled. Judas cared
nothing for the poor but this poor
hypocrit murmured, "this money
should be given to the poor." He
wanted the money for his greedy
self. He couldn't see the beauty of
the act committed by Mary. He
didn't have heart power, he didn't
have sympathy, he was a stranger
to benevolence. He couldn't be touch
ed by the sight of altruistic service.
Are we?
In the presence of the guests at
Simon's party Jesus rebuked Judas.
This rebuke made Judas mad Can
we stand a rebuke when we sin? Can
we take reverses when we are
wrong? Judas couldn't take it.
Stung by the rebuke, Judas began 
to lay his plans for conference
with the enemies of Jesus, that he
might surrender him into the hands
of enemies.
The vital hour arrived, and while
Jesus prayed yonder in the olive
"garden of Gethsamane, Judas and
his band came stealthily down the
I dusty lane where he knew he could
find Jesus. Ho hailed Jesus with a

kiss of deceit ............ A method of
pointing. Judas had received a
handful of silver, thirty pieces.
The crowd had melted away. The
chill of the air is upon the lonely
figure of the betrayer Judas Suicidal 
thoughts spill themselves in the
weak mind of Judas. He offers to
return the blood money to the authorities, 
it was futile. Abjectly Judas 
cries: "I have sinned." On and
on, up a pathway beset with briars
and thorns stumbles the tragic figure, 
until he reaches a neglected
spot. There, alone, he hangs himself. 

Yes, Judas sinned. He sinned for
money. Do we? Yes, Judas sinned:
He had a spirit of revenge, his big
game was "getting even". Judas died
and "went to his own place." His
eulogy is "in hell he lifted up his
eyes,"
Remember sins may be forgiven.
We have an access to the throne of
God where sins will be remitted, if
penitently-and in faith we ask forgiveness 
in the name of Jesus who
died for our sins.

American Prestige

to be done to suppress it." He,
therefore, contended that the president 
was altogether right in
sending Federal troops to Arkansas
to maintain law and order.
Three Negroes are among the 28.
members comprising this newly
formed committee. They are Mrs.
Edith Sampson of Chicago, former
Alternate Delegate to the United
Nations; Jefferson Bever, a business 
executive of San Francisco.
and L. Howard Bennett, a Minneapolis" 
attorney.
Acheson said "our foreign policy 
has become, so obscure that
people don't understand what the
problems are or what should be
done about them."
He charged the Administration
with failing to provide the type,
of leadership needed for a strong
foreign policy. He said his committee 
proposed to prepare a series
of documents, which If approved
by the National Advisory Council,
will give the Democratic Party's
stan don basic i foreign policy,
These documents will deal with
our economy and Its effect upon
the economy of foreign nations;
the Middle East; china, and perhaps 
some parts of Europe.
The courage we desire and prize
is not the courage to die decently,
but to live manfully.
Thomas Carlyle

FOREIGN POLICY OBSCURE

to be done to suppress it." He,
therefore, contended that the president 
was altogether right in
sending Federal troops to Arkansas
to maintain law and order.
Three Negroes are among the 28.
members comprising this newly
formed committee. They are Mrs.
Edith Sampson of Chicago, former
Alternate Delegate to the United
Nations; Jefferson Bever, a business 
executive of San Francisco.
and L. Howard Bennett, a Minneapolis" 
attorney.
Acheson said "our foreign policy 
has become, so obscure that
people don't understand what the
problems are or what should be
done about them."
He charged the Administration
with failing to provide the type,
of leadership needed for a strong
foreign policy. He said his committee 
proposed to prepare a series
of documents, which If approved
by the National Advisory Council,
will give the Democratic Party's
stan don basic i foreign policy,
These documents will deal with
our economy and Its effect upon
the economy of foreign nations;
the Middle East; china, and perhaps 
some parts of Europe.
The courage we desire and prize
is not the courage to die decently,
but to live manfully.
Thomas Carlyle