Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1959-09-12 Thaddeus T. Stokes MEMPHIS WORLD The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspapers Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO. Every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 564 BEALE — Phone JA. 6-4030 Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE W. A. Scott, II, Founder; C. A. Scott, General Manager Entered in the Post Office at Memphis, Tenn. as second-class mail under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1870 THADDEUS T. STOKES Managing Editor SMITH FLEMING Circulation Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year $5.00 — 6 Months $3.00 — 3 Months $1.25 (In Advance) The MEMPHIS WORLD is an independent newspaper — non-sectarian and non-partisan, printing news unbiasedly and supporting those things it believes to be of interest to its readers and opposing those thing against the interest of its readers. Senate Panel Approves Civil Rights Funds The United States Senate Panel in voting funds for the Civil Rights Commission, was purely representative in this enabling act to carry on the needed good work of the commission. The Civil Rights Commission only seeks to carry out the provisions already on the statute books, germinating from the 14th and 15th Amendment to the Federal Constitution. The right to vote shall not be denied any citizen on account of race or creed, and the commission seeks to go no further than fortifying that right in its fullest. No person can logically contend subscribing to the American Way and the Constitution of the United States while contending that the civil rights provisions are outside the cardinal principles of the basic law. In order that the right to vole be fully protected, the right fo register most go along. The contention of one member of the advisory committee that the appointment of a federal registrar "would place in the hands of the federal government a vital part of the election process so jealously guarded and carefully reserved to the states by the founding fathers," would refresh the memories of those who have known times in which the states carelessly, realized such a factor; that it not only denied Negroes the right to vote, but passed certain evasive laws, establishing such as white primaries and other prohibitive measures openly stated by authorities, that these were meant for keeping certain citizens away from the polls. Again, one has but to cite the Tuskegee situation to illustrate the extent to which some registrars have gone to prevent registration. In that case the whole board resigned. So, the Senate panel voted funds for the Rights Commission; this presages the future of the commission, so well poised for the accomplishment of a specific task, strictly within the framework of the law and in spirit and letter, intensely and genuinely American. Decrying The Honest Sweat Of Emissaries Of A Lasting Peace The President of the United States returns from a lour of the old world top Republics and bring home the tidings of goodwill and that assurance of cooperation on the part of those responsible world powers to the realm of peace. His conferences were cut short because of urgent business here at home. However, it is encouraging to note a continued tendency on the part of world powers to invite talks over situations that in former years precipitated war. Vice President Richard M. Nixon has also been on a journey which included, the Soviet Union. He made many friends to the cause of peace and a wide acquaintanceship. The late Secretary of Stale, John Foster Dulles literally wore himself out on missions for the peace of the world. Now, in the face of the preparation for a visit of Russian Premier Krushchev, come along several southern Senators denouncing a commission which stands for the basic principles upon which this Republic rests. How on earth a United States Senator, a representative, of the people can stand up in the United States Senate and decry the sincerity of his fellow lawmakers in such caustic language as to impune their motives and high honor is inconceivable. Not desiring to place our good offices and influences for the peace, drastic federal action to end racial discrimination in vofing and education drew the fire of the Southern bloc and those whose modesty would allow them to stand up on the side of those principles which go along to protect all the people and guarantee such rights at home as we would sell abroad. The War In Laos Could Prove An Explosive Mine The small-scale war in Laos, which has produced a situation which now threatens this Indo-Chinese stale with partition or dismemberment, or complete communist control, is arousing surprisingly little counter-action in the West. The communists, quite rightly, assumed that the democracies were not willing to fight a major war over Laos, and continue to follow their policy of nibbling at little chunks of the free world, one of two at a time, in the constant and insidious world-wide expansion which is the communist goal. In spite of the fact that the communists have used the sham that natives of Laos are responsible for the revolt, it is a known fact that they have been trained in North Vietnam, under communist auspices. North Vietnam, of course, is that part of Vietnam which was turned over by the French to the communists in the 1954 Geneva Agreement. What may have helped spark the recent communist move in Laos was the fact that the United Stales government recently chartered two transports to fly supplies to one of the northernmost cities in Laos, Sam Neua. The planes were rented from the Nationalist Chinese commercial airline, and flown by Americans and Chinese. Of course, had some aid not been forthcoming, the communists would have continued to gainstrength and take over in Northern Laos, just as they are doing now by more open moons. All of this happens at a time when President Eisenhower is gelling ready to entertain Nikita Khrushchev and when the Russians are threatening to freeze us out of Berlin. It is questionable whether the United Nations will become involved in the small war of aggression in Laos, for — according to tome neutrals and the communists — this is an, "internal" affair. While this may be adjudged an internal affair, it is precisely the pattern by which war lords have all down history, begun their aggressive crusades. This "small" scale war in Laos, while it might seem unpretentious, deserves the strictest scrutiny of the United Nations and if this is one of the "painless" wedges driven by an outside nation it should be nipped in the bud. WISHING WELL Registered U. S. Patent Office. 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 litters in your first name. If the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. It the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper left-hand corner of the rectangle and check every one of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the letters under the checked figures give you. NOT BY GUNS ALONE By E.M. Barker © B. M. Barker published by arrangement with Reynolds & Sons distributed by king Features Syndicate SLADE CONSIDINE Battened his body behind the tree and heard a bullet thud into the trunk. Tony Miller and Wynn Thomason were running toward him again. Slade raised his pistol and this time took time to draw a bead. It was Tony he aimed at and apparently Tony he hit, for the man whirled, stumbled and started running back toward the big jut of rock at the mouth of the valley. For another half-dozen jumps Wynn kept coming, end the thick growth of aspen made his body a difficult target. Then a bullet through a dead, hollow aspen trunk in front of him suddenly sprinkled a shower of rata nest dust in his face. He Jerked to a halt, whirled, and followed Tony on a crouching zigzagging run. Slade tossed another two shots after him. One bullet tilted Wynn's hat askew. The other must have clipped some side meat, for he staggered, and when he ran again, Slade saw that he was limping. But now Tony had reached the shelter of the big rock where apparently he had left a rifle, for a bullet ploughed clear through the aspen behind which Slade was trying to make himself thin. It was inches too high, hut Slade realized that against a 30-30 he would have to seek thicker shelter. Cautiously he twisted his head around and eyed the spruce he had first marked as a refuge. Sturdy and wide-trunked it stood, not more than fifteen yards away. The aspen growth was thinner that way. For a few feet he would have to run in the open. He took a long breath, hunched his shoulders forward a little and ran zigzagging for the spruce. The next instant a veritable hail of shooting began. He knew a moment of grim hope that he was going to reach the spruce unscathed. The next instant a searing, tearing rip along his aide lurched him sideways, then as he somehow regained his balance a shocking impact upon his right heel tripped him. He felt himself falling, saw that the spruce was only a few feet away, and somehow gathered strength, to throw his tottering body past it as if making a flying tackle. Panting, he pulled, himself up behind the tree. His right leg was hard to move. It had a numbed, tingly feeling, but he saw that all that had happened was that a bullet had knocked off his boot heel. The wound, in his side was real enough. Moving and even breathing was torture, His shirt was already soaked with blood, and he could feel its sticky warmth oozing down his leg. But when, his fingers probed it, he decided that it was no more than flesh deep. Then his probing fingers discovered something else that for a moment seemed to stop his very heartbeats. The rifle bullet that had creased his sides had also ripped the bottom of the pocket of his Jacket. The spare shells he had carelessly dropped in there this morning without taking time to load his belt were gone! And only one shell was left in his gun! Hopefully he scanned the ground near the base pf the tree. A bullet sang past close to his head, and he jerked Back. He stood up and twisted his head to peer at the gap. The sudden movement turned everything black before his eyes and he had to catch hold of the tree to keep from falling. He felt a fresh spurt of sticky warmth ooze down his hip, and he knew a moment of sheer, instinctive panic. It was funny what the loss of a little blood did for a man. He couldn't afford to faint new. If he did he would never wake up. He took off his jacket, rolled it, and tied It tightly around his waist with the sleeves, grinning a little at how Doc Evans in Barrancas would snort at such an unsanitary bandage. The moment of faintness had awakened him to a keener sense of danger. He couldn't stay out here and wait for night to even the odds between him and the other two. He would have to do something quick. His eyes narrowed as he studied the valley. Here on this side the aspen fringe was deeper. Perhaps if he backed into it, keeping the spruce between him and the gap, then he could circle the to the housed Cautiously he began backing away from the spruce. Once in the thickness of the trees, he quickened his stride. The dizziness in his head was growing worse now, and he had to fight it with every ounce of his will. Sporadic firing from the gap had started again, but it still seemed to be directed toward the big spruce. Reeling like a drunken man, Slade crossed the open, apparently unseen. The back window of the cabin was open. He pulled himself over the sill and rolled inside. For a moment he lay on the floor fighting desperately at the weakness that threatened his chance for life. Then he got to his hands and knees. He crawled over to the dark corner by the door and pulled himself to his feet. On the back of a nearby, chair was a grimy towel. He folded it, and tucked it inside the tight leather roll around his waist. He sank into a chair, and fought down the desire to go to sleep. The shooting from the gap kept up intermittently. Wynn and Tony seemed to have plenty of shells with them. Then, although he thought he was feeling better, he must have dozed or fainted sitting-in the chair with his head against the well. When he came to, a half-hour, later, dusk was already beginning to grey the shadows of the timber that fringed the meadow. Slade started around him blankly, then as memory came rushing back, felt a momentary panic as he realized that the guns at the gap were finally stilled. He peered through the window but he could no longer see Tony and Wynn. Cursing at his carelessness and his weakness for going to sleep —he got up and crossed the room, then suddenly, flattened against the wall beside the window, his gun ready in his hand. Tony and Wynn, creeping across the open not six feet from the cabin, must have seen him move, for a bullet came whistling in and buried itself in the wall beyond. The two men jumped the remaining distance to the cabin, almost as if they had been fired from a gun themselves. Wynn's head came through the window first. Doubtful, of his strength, Slade raised the gun barrel and brought it down with everything he had Wynn tumbled into the room and fell in an unconscious heap at his feet. Outside there was dead silence, as if Tony were debating with himself what to do. Then the next instant the front door crashed open and the two strange punchers Slade had seen with Tony in the saloon the day before bulged in. Slade's one remaining bullet caught one of them in midriff and he toppled without a sound. Then as Slade whirled at a sound behind him, Tony. lunging through the window, clubbed him on the shoulder with his rifle barrel. Slade staggered, raised his own gun, but not in tine to parry the next blow that caught him on the head. His knees buckled and he went down. CHAPTER 29 By E.M. Barker © B. M. Barker published by arrangement with Reynolds & Sons distributed by king Features Syndicate SLADE CONSIDINE Battened his body behind the tree and heard a bullet thud into the trunk. Tony Miller and Wynn Thomason were running toward him again. Slade raised his pistol and this time took time to draw a bead. It was Tony he aimed at and apparently Tony he hit, for the man whirled, stumbled and started running back toward the big jut of rock at the mouth of the valley. For another half-dozen jumps Wynn kept coming, end the thick growth of aspen made his body a difficult target. Then a bullet through a dead, hollow aspen trunk in front of him suddenly sprinkled a shower of rata nest dust in his face. He Jerked to a halt, whirled, and followed Tony on a crouching zigzagging run. Slade tossed another two shots after him. One bullet tilted Wynn's hat askew. The other must have clipped some side meat, for he staggered, and when he ran again, Slade saw that he was limping. But now Tony had reached the shelter of the big rock where apparently he had left a rifle, for a bullet ploughed clear through the aspen behind which Slade was trying to make himself thin. It was inches too high, hut Slade realized that against a 30-30 he would have to seek thicker shelter. Cautiously he twisted his head around and eyed the spruce he had first marked as a refuge. Sturdy and wide-trunked it stood, not more than fifteen yards away. The aspen growth was thinner that way. For a few feet he would have to run in the open. He took a long breath, hunched his shoulders forward a little and ran zigzagging for the spruce. The next instant a veritable hail of shooting began. He knew a moment of grim hope that he was going to reach the spruce unscathed. The next instant a searing, tearing rip along his aide lurched him sideways, then as he somehow regained his balance a shocking impact upon his right heel tripped him. He felt himself falling, saw that the spruce was only a few feet away, and somehow gathered strength, to throw his tottering body past it as if making a flying tackle. Panting, he pulled, himself up behind the tree. His right leg was hard to move. It had a numbed, tingly feeling, but he saw that all that had happened was that a bullet had knocked off his boot heel. The wound, in his side was real enough. Moving and even breathing was torture, His shirt was already soaked with blood, and he could feel its sticky warmth oozing down his leg. But when, his fingers probed it, he decided that it was no more than flesh deep. Then his probing fingers discovered something else that for a moment seemed to stop his very heartbeats. The rifle bullet that had creased his sides had also ripped the bottom of the pocket of his Jacket. The spare shells he had carelessly dropped in there this morning without taking time to load his belt were gone! And only one shell was left in his gun! Hopefully he scanned the ground near the base pf the tree. A bullet sang past close to his head, and he jerked Back. He stood up and twisted his head to peer at the gap. The sudden movement turned everything black before his eyes and he had to catch hold of the tree to keep from falling. He felt a fresh spurt of sticky warmth ooze down his hip, and he knew a moment of sheer, instinctive panic. It was funny what the loss of a little blood did for a man. He couldn't afford to faint new. If he did he would never wake up. He took off his jacket, rolled it, and tied It tightly around his waist with the sleeves, grinning a little at how Doc Evans in Barrancas would snort at such an unsanitary bandage. The moment of faintness had awakened him to a keener sense of danger. He couldn't stay out here and wait for night to even the odds between him and the other two. He would have to do something quick. His eyes narrowed as he studied the valley. Here on this side the aspen fringe was deeper. Perhaps if he backed into it, keeping the spruce between him and the gap, then he could circle the to the housed Cautiously he began backing away from the spruce. Once in the thickness of the trees, he quickened his stride. The dizziness in his head was growing worse now, and he had to fight it with every ounce of his will. Sporadic firing from the gap had started again, but it still seemed to be directed toward the big spruce. Reeling like a drunken man, Slade crossed the open, apparently unseen. The back window of the cabin was open. He pulled himself over the sill and rolled inside. For a moment he lay on the floor fighting desperately at the weakness that threatened his chance for life. Then he got to his hands and knees. He crawled over to the dark corner by the door and pulled himself to his feet. On the back of a nearby, chair was a grimy towel. He folded it, and tucked it inside the tight leather roll around his waist. He sank into a chair, and fought down the desire to go to sleep. The shooting from the gap kept up intermittently. Wynn and Tony seemed to have plenty of shells with them. Then, although he thought he was feeling better, he must have dozed or fainted sitting-in the chair with his head against the well. When he came to, a half-hour, later, dusk was already beginning to grey the shadows of the timber that fringed the meadow. Slade started around him blankly, then as memory came rushing back, felt a momentary panic as he realized that the guns at the gap were finally stilled. He peered through the window but he could no longer see Tony and Wynn. Cursing at his carelessness and his weakness for going to sleep —he got up and crossed the room, then suddenly, flattened against the wall beside the window, his gun ready in his hand. Tony and Wynn, creeping across the open not six feet from the cabin, must have seen him move, for a bullet came whistling in and buried itself in the wall beyond. The two men jumped the remaining distance to the cabin, almost as if they had been fired from a gun themselves. Wynn's head came through the window first. Doubtful, of his strength, Slade raised the gun barrel and brought it down with everything he had Wynn tumbled into the room and fell in an unconscious heap at his feet. Outside there was dead silence, as if Tony were debating with himself what to do. Then the next instant the front door crashed open and the two strange punchers Slade had seen with Tony in the saloon the day before bulged in. Slade's one remaining bullet caught one of them in midriff and he toppled without a sound. Then as Slade whirled at a sound behind him, Tony. lunging through the window, clubbed him on the shoulder with his rifle barrel. Slade staggered, raised his own gun, but not in tine to parry the next blow that caught him on the head. His knees buckled and he went down. Alexandria School Board Faces Suit In School Case The NAACP will sue the Alexandria School Board on behalf of 14 colored students whose applications for transfer to predominantly white schools have been rejected. The Virginia Stale pupil Board in Richmond, Va., Monday, notified Alexandria school officials that it had rejected the applications, School Supt. T. C. Williams disclosed. Otto L. Tucker, NAACP attorney said he would file suit this week asking the Federal District Court here to order the school board to admit the children. An earlier suit resulted in the court-ordered admission of nine colored students to previously allwhite schools in Alexander last February. Mr. Williams said Tuesday the school board still might review the latest action of the State Pupil Placement Board. Under existing Virginia law, all pupil applications for transfer must be referred, to the Pupil Placement Board in Richmond. Mr. William said earlier, however, that because of count orders issued in the first suit, the school board believes it must bear final responsibility for assignment of pupil. The State Pupil Placement Board thus tar has rejected all applications for transfer of colored pupils. Desegregation constitutional objective of equal opportunity in housing." The appointment in some areas of Federal registrars would work this way: When nine or more persons from a county or any other political subdivision of a State file with the President affidavits alleging that they have been denied the right to register because of race, color, religion, or national origin, the president would refer the affidavit to the Commission, if its lire is extended, for investigation. If the complaints were found to be true, the President, then would appoint a Federal officer or employee in the area to act as temporary registrar. The Commission, which ran into trouble, in both Alabama and Louisiana when it tried to got a look at registration records, also urged a Federal law requiring that all State registration and voting records be preserved for five years and be open to the public. Chairman Hannah, who also is President of Michigan State Unilottesville, Alexandria, Norfolk and Portsmouth. The latter city integrated only a parochial school. North Carolina, in its third year of token integration, was smoothly into the Second, week of mixed classes. Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina remained in the total segregation column. New Orleans is under a court order to produce an integration plan by March 1, 1960, and Atlanta must have one by Dec. 1, 1959. Another court order was handed down Tuesday in Tennessee. Federal Judge William E. Miller, instructed the Rutherford County School Board to produce within a week an integration plan for the county. The Little Rock Chamber of Commerce offered a $25,000 reward in connection with three explosions, that damaged an office in the school board building, the private office of Mayor Werner C. Knoop and a city-owned car. NORTH CAROLINA QUIET constitutional objective of equal opportunity in housing." The appointment in some areas of Federal registrars would work this way: When nine or more persons from a county or any other political subdivision of a State file with the President affidavits alleging that they have been denied the right to register because of race, color, religion, or national origin, the president would refer the affidavit to the Commission, if its lire is extended, for investigation. If the complaints were found to be true, the President, then would appoint a Federal officer or employee in the area to act as temporary registrar. The Commission, which ran into trouble, in both Alabama and Louisiana when it tried to got a look at registration records, also urged a Federal law requiring that all State registration and voting records be preserved for five years and be open to the public. Chairman Hannah, who also is President of Michigan State Unilottesville, Alexandria, Norfolk and Portsmouth. The latter city integrated only a parochial school. North Carolina, in its third year of token integration, was smoothly into the Second, week of mixed classes. Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina remained in the total segregation column. New Orleans is under a court order to produce an integration plan by March 1, 1960, and Atlanta must have one by Dec. 1, 1959. Another court order was handed down Tuesday in Tennessee. Federal Judge William E. Miller, instructed the Rutherford County School Board to produce within a week an integration plan for the county. The Little Rock Chamber of Commerce offered a $25,000 reward in connection with three explosions, that damaged an office in the school board building, the private office of Mayor Werner C. Knoop and a city-owned car. Louis Armstrong 50-year-old Batch, who was born on the Fourth of July. "My resistance was so strong that I warded it off. "And I wasn't in no coma like some of the boys reported. You gotta have money to go into a coma. I was in a trance for a while." What brought on his illness? "I Just played it up too much, pops." he laughed "Too much spaghetti. I don't usually eat at night, but I did this one time and went right to bed. I fell asleep and couldn't catch my wind, but the doctor had me up and around in an hour. "The average cat would still be in the hospital cause some people are lazy. But the way I live. I hit it right every morning and Just feel fine." 5 Memphians Appointed To Board Of Directors At St. Augustine School Five members of St. Augustine Catholic Church, 903 Walker Ave., were appointed to the hew board of directors by The Most Rev. William L. Adrian, D. D., bishop of Nashville, according to an announcement this week. The five appointees are: Dr. James W. Rose, M. D.; Louis Gardner. J. V. Samuels. Walter Gibson. W. P. Porter and Herbert Robinson, Jr. Their term of office will be for three years, expiring Sept. 1, 1962. Dr. Hose, a charter member of St. Augustine was appointed for his eighth term. Gardner and Gibson also charter members of the church have held this position, before since the founding of the parish in 1937. Gibson will be remembered" as one of the first altar boys of St. Anthonty's parish in North Memphis. Samuels and Porter are converts to the church. They send, their children to St. Augustine grammar and high school and were led into the church by their children who have graduated and have successfuly established themselves as professional people in the fields of social work and teaching. Samuels is in charge of the farming project of the new Pr. Bertrand High school, awhile Porter is on the high school faculty and the coach of the Fr. Bertrand Thunderbolts. Porter has been coaching for the parish high school for the last 15 years. Robinson, principal of Manassas Elementary School is a convert together with his wife and children. He is the President of St. Augustine Men's club. Baptist Convention Dr. Jackson explained, adding: "My point was that it was very much more, important to get all the schools opened on the principle of integration than to file suit against the board, on the pupil placement problem, which would not be a problem unless the schools were opened." Dr. Jackson said he did not intend to reply to Mr. Wilkins, The purpose of his telegram, he said, was 'to give encouragement and strength" to the school board in its efforts to open the schools. In some quarters, Dr. Jackson's telegram was interpreted, as giving aid and comfort to the segregationists who were trying to keep colored children out of all-white schools, despite the Supreme Court decision against such schools. With Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas, the ultra segregationists, the potential mobs and the people who did not desire to follow the supreme Court mandate, Dr. Jackson said he felt that everybody who favored integration should have supported the board in its effort to open the schools. "Since the schools are opened, there is no longer, an isue," Dr. Jackson said. "That is a dosed book." Dr. Jackson made his statements about the controversy with Mr. Wilkins at a press conference shortly after his arrival for the convention on a 22-car all-Pullman train from Chicago. The conference was held at the Third Baptist church, of which the Rev. F. D. Haynes, chairman of the convention entertainment committee, is pastor. The only member of the National Baptist Convention lost because of the fight over tenure in office, raised at the Louisville convention two years ago. Dr. Jackson said, is the Rev. J. Raymond Henderson, a prominent minister or Los Angeles. Dr. Jackson said Dr. Henderson was a candidate for the presidency of the convention. "He is no longer a member of this convention," he added. The United States District Court in Washington before the Chicago convention last year ruled that the tenure provision had not been legally adopted. The tenure provision would have limited the term of office of the convention's president to two years. Dr. Jackson is ending his fifth term. Asked whether he was a candidate for reelection, Dr. Jackson said that was left entirely to the delegates. He said he has not campaigned during the year. "After you have been elected as president of this convention, you do not do much running," he said. "The people elect you every year if they want to." Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York was invited to address the convention. He turned down the invitation because of his schedule and his desire to confine his activities to New York State. Dr. Jackson said there was no "significance" to the invitation to Rockefeller, "We simply invited him." He admitted, however, that no other governor, except Edmund G. (Pat) Brown of California, had been invited to address the convention. The governor of the host state is usually invited to make one of the welcoming addresses. Gov. Brown was scheduled to speak Wednesday afternoon. Asked whether Gov. Rockefeller was his choice for the next president of the United. States. Dr. Jackson said, he has not yet made a decision on the candidates. He said he does not anticipate a fight over the office of senior vice president of the convention. The Rev, Thomas J. Harter, pastor of Holy Trinity Baptist Church, Brooklyn, is the senior vice president. He was elected a Junior vice president in 1931 and has held, office ever since,, moving up to senior vice president. He is called, a "maker and breaker" of officeholders in the convection. Reports were, current that an issue as to character might beraised on the convention floor against the Rev. Mr. Harter. A number of delegates Bald they had received from the Rev. Lloyd Burroughs of New York literature relatign to alleged misconduct by the Rev. Mr. Harten with Mrs. Burroughs. The Rev. Mr. Harten allegedly was found in a hotel room in New York City, with Mrs. Burroughs. The literature that Is being circulated is said to contain photographs of both the Rev. Mr. Harten t and Mrs. Burroughs in composing positions. The matter has been in New York courts. The 79th annual convention formally opened Wednesday morning in the Civic Auditorium. The emphasis in the convention was put on the importance of religion in national life and in the struggle for world peace. "This theme," Dr. Jackson said, "suggests the type of approach we are making in these difficult times. We must not expect an yeasy approach to the problems that confront us. They require patience, courage and some suffering." NO ISSUE Dr. Jackson explained, adding: "My point was that it was very much more, important to get all the schools opened on the principle of integration than to file suit against the board, on the pupil placement problem, which would not be a problem unless the schools were opened." Dr. Jackson said he did not intend to reply to Mr. Wilkins, The purpose of his telegram, he said, was 'to give encouragement and strength" to the school board in its efforts to open the schools. In some quarters, Dr. Jackson's telegram was interpreted, as giving aid and comfort to the segregationists who were trying to keep colored children out of all-white schools, despite the Supreme Court decision against such schools. With Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas, the ultra segregationists, the potential mobs and the people who did not desire to follow the supreme Court mandate, Dr. Jackson said he felt that everybody who favored integration should have supported the board in its effort to open the schools. "Since the schools are opened, there is no longer, an isue," Dr. Jackson said. "That is a dosed book." Dr. Jackson made his statements about the controversy with Mr. Wilkins at a press conference shortly after his arrival for the convention on a 22-car all-Pullman train from Chicago. The conference was held at the Third Baptist church, of which the Rev. F. D. Haynes, chairman of the convention entertainment committee, is pastor. The only member of the National Baptist Convention lost because of the fight over tenure in office, raised at the Louisville convention two years ago. Dr. Jackson said, is the Rev. J. Raymond Henderson, a prominent minister or Los Angeles. Dr. Jackson said Dr. Henderson was a candidate for the presidency of the convention. "He is no longer a member of this convention," he added. The United States District Court in Washington before the Chicago convention last year ruled that the tenure provision had not been legally adopted. The tenure provision would have limited the term of office of the convention's president to two years. Dr. Jackson is ending his fifth term. Asked whether he was a candidate for reelection, Dr. Jackson said that was left entirely to the delegates. He said he has not campaigned during the year. "After you have been elected as president of this convention, you do not do much running," he said. "The people elect you every year if they want to." Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York was invited to address the convention. He turned down the invitation because of his schedule and his desire to confine his activities to New York State. Dr. Jackson said there was no "significance" to the invitation to Rockefeller, "We simply invited him." He admitted, however, that no other governor, except Edmund G. (Pat) Brown of California, had been invited to address the convention. The governor of the host state is usually invited to make one of the welcoming addresses. Gov. Brown was scheduled to speak Wednesday afternoon. Asked whether Gov. Rockefeller was his choice for the next president of the United. States. Dr. Jackson said, he has not yet made a decision on the candidates. He said he does not anticipate a fight over the office of senior vice president of the convention. The Rev, Thomas J. Harter, pastor of Holy Trinity Baptist Church, Brooklyn, is the senior vice president. He was elected a Junior vice president in 1931 and has held, office ever since,, moving up to senior vice president. He is called, a "maker and breaker" of officeholders in the convection. Reports were, current that an issue as to character might beraised on the convention floor against the Rev. Mr. Harter. A number of delegates Bald they had received from the Rev. Lloyd Burroughs of New York literature relatign to alleged misconduct by the Rev. Mr. Harten with Mrs. Burroughs. The Rev. Mr. Harten allegedly was found in a hotel room in New York City, with Mrs. Burroughs. The literature that Is being circulated is said to contain photographs of both the Rev. Mr. Harten t and Mrs. Burroughs in composing positions. The matter has been in New York courts. The 79th annual convention formally opened Wednesday morning in the Civic Auditorium. The emphasis in the convention was put on the importance of religion in national life and in the struggle for world peace. "This theme," Dr. Jackson said, "suggests the type of approach we are making in these difficult times. We must not expect an yeasy approach to the problems that confront us. They require patience, courage and some suffering." NOT A MEMBER Dr. Jackson explained, adding: "My point was that it was very much more, important to get all the schools opened on the principle of integration than to file suit against the board, on the pupil placement problem, which would not be a problem unless the schools were opened." Dr. Jackson said he did not intend to reply to Mr. Wilkins, The purpose of his telegram, he said, was 'to give encouragement and strength" to the school board in its efforts to open the schools. In some quarters, Dr. Jackson's telegram was interpreted, as giving aid and comfort to the segregationists who were trying to keep colored children out of all-white schools, despite the Supreme Court decision against such schools. With Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas, the ultra segregationists, the potential mobs and the people who did not desire to follow the supreme Court mandate, Dr. Jackson said he felt that everybody who favored integration should have supported the board in its effort to open the schools. "Since the schools are opened, there is no longer, an isue," Dr. Jackson said. "That is a dosed book." Dr. Jackson made his statements about the controversy with Mr. Wilkins at a press conference shortly after his arrival for the convention on a 22-car all-Pullman train from Chicago. The conference was held at the Third Baptist church, of which the Rev. F. D. Haynes, chairman of the convention entertainment committee, is pastor. The only member of the National Baptist Convention lost because of the fight over tenure in office, raised at the Louisville convention two years ago. Dr. Jackson said, is the Rev. J. Raymond Henderson, a prominent minister or Los Angeles. Dr. Jackson said Dr. Henderson was a candidate for the presidency of the convention. "He is no longer a member of this convention," he added. The United States District Court in Washington before the Chicago convention last year ruled that the tenure provision had not been legally adopted. The tenure provision would have limited the term of office of the convention's president to two years. Dr. Jackson is ending his fifth term. Asked whether he was a candidate for reelection, Dr. Jackson said that was left entirely to the delegates. He said he has not campaigned during the year. "After you have been elected as president of this convention, you do not do much running," he said. "The people elect you every year if they want to." Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York was invited to address the convention. He turned down the invitation because of his schedule and his desire to confine his activities to New York State. Dr. Jackson said there was no "significance" to the invitation to Rockefeller, "We simply invited him." He admitted, however, that no other governor, except Edmund G. (Pat) Brown of California, had been invited to address the convention. The governor of the host state is usually invited to make one of the welcoming addresses. Gov. Brown was scheduled to speak Wednesday afternoon. Asked whether Gov. Rockefeller was his choice for the next president of the United. States. Dr. Jackson said, he has not yet made a decision on the candidates. He said he does not anticipate a fight over the office of senior vice president of the convention. The Rev, Thomas J. Harter, pastor of Holy Trinity Baptist Church, Brooklyn, is the senior vice president. He was elected a Junior vice president in 1931 and has held, office ever since,, moving up to senior vice president. He is called, a "maker and breaker" of officeholders in the convection. Reports were, current that an issue as to character might beraised on the convention floor against the Rev. Mr. Harter. A number of delegates Bald they had received from the Rev. Lloyd Burroughs of New York literature relatign to alleged misconduct by the Rev. Mr. Harten with Mrs. Burroughs. The Rev. Mr. Harten allegedly was found in a hotel room in New York City, with Mrs. Burroughs. The literature that Is being circulated is said to contain photographs of both the Rev. Mr. Harten t and Mrs. Burroughs in composing positions. The matter has been in New York courts. The 79th annual convention formally opened Wednesday morning in the Civic Auditorium. The emphasis in the convention was put on the importance of religion in national life and in the struggle for world peace. "This theme," Dr. Jackson said, "suggests the type of approach we are making in these difficult times. We must not expect an yeasy approach to the problems that confront us. They require patience, courage and some suffering." Baked while you sleep Taystee Bread 9 Fined After New bruised and swollen lent thigh where he was repeatedly hit and kicked by policeman. Stitches were taken in his forehead and under his chin. He was also suffering from swollen lips where he was hit in the mouth, he said. The victim said the two officers used night, sticks and their gun butts to inflict the wounds upon him. The two policemen involved in the affair were identified as Patrolmen C. B. Balof and E. J. Clark. They testified in count that they were threatened by "a mob" outside of New Chicago Grill at 1302, N. Bellevue St. about 5:20 p. m. labor Day when they were called by an employee of the grill to stop an argument between one "Laurel Blackman and a man slue was sealed with." Mrs. Viola Carter, who is employed at the grill, said she called the police. She is the mother-in-law of grill owner Solomon "Fat Man" Baker of 1114 Clyde St. Mrs. Carter said while Mrs. Blackman was arguing with the man, she accidentally knocked over some beer Vessell and Miss Haynes were drinking at the bar. Miss Haynes and Mrs. Blackman exchanged, some words, when Miss Haynes asked Mrs. Blackman to either replace the spilled bear or pay for it, explained Mrs. Carter. "They did not pass any blows," Mrs. Carter continued. "By the time the police arrived, vessel lattempted to explain to the policeman that Miss Haynes was not involved in the original argument for which they were called. "I did hear one of the policemen tell Vessell to be quiet and be seated. The next thing I knew they were talking him out of the place. I did not know what went on after that, I did not go outside," said Mrs. Carter. All of the arrested parsons told the Memphis Would that both officers used profane language after they ordered them under arrest. Witnesses to the incident said the two officers arrested innocent bystanders CLYDE EVANS, a sophomore at Manassas and a football player, said he was not even at the scene he was returning home after going to a nearby, sundry for ice cream. CARL SMITH said he was using a telephone in a public booth outside of New Chicago Grill. "When I came out, the officers grabbed me and said that I was part of the group which was trying to mob them," Smith declared. JOHN ANDERSON said he had gone to the grill to hive his dinner", when I was picked up. I was not a pant of the argument." His brother, Milton Anderson, was arrested alter he had gone to the patrol car to ask for the keys to his car," John Anderson stated. FRED LEE SMITH said: "They Just picked me up. I was not even on the outside where the crowd gathered." Citizens in the area and the arrested persons denied three was a mob of Negroes at the scene. MRS. CARTER bruised and swollen lent thigh where he was repeatedly hit and kicked by policeman. Stitches were taken in his forehead and under his chin. He was also suffering from swollen lips where he was hit in the mouth, he said. The victim said the two officers used night, sticks and their gun butts to inflict the wounds upon him. The two policemen involved in the affair were identified as Patrolmen C. B. Balof and E. J. Clark. They testified in count that they were threatened by "a mob" outside of New Chicago Grill at 1302, N. Bellevue St. about 5:20 p. m. labor Day when they were called by an employee of the grill to stop an argument between one "Laurel Blackman and a man slue was sealed with." Mrs. Viola Carter, who is employed at the grill, said she called the police. She is the mother-in-law of grill owner Solomon "Fat Man" Baker of 1114 Clyde St. Mrs. Carter said while Mrs. Blackman was arguing with the man, she accidentally knocked over some beer Vessell and Miss Haynes were drinking at the bar. Miss Haynes and Mrs. Blackman exchanged, some words, when Miss Haynes asked Mrs. Blackman to either replace the spilled bear or pay for it, explained Mrs. Carter. "They did not pass any blows," Mrs. Carter continued. "By the time the police arrived, vessel lattempted to explain to the policeman that Miss Haynes was not involved in the original argument for which they were called. "I did hear one of the policemen tell Vessell to be quiet and be seated. The next thing I knew they were talking him out of the place. I did not know what went on after that, I did not go outside," said Mrs. Carter. All of the arrested parsons told the Memphis Would that both officers used profane language after they ordered them under arrest. Witnesses to the incident said the two officers arrested innocent bystanders CLYDE EVANS, a sophomore at Manassas and a football player, said he was not even at the scene he was returning home after going to a nearby, sundry for ice cream. CARL SMITH said he was using a telephone in a public booth outside of New Chicago Grill. "When I came out, the officers grabbed me and said that I was part of the group which was trying to mob them," Smith declared. JOHN ANDERSON said he had gone to the grill to hive his dinner", when I was picked up. I was not a pant of the argument." His brother, Milton Anderson, was arrested alter he had gone to the patrol car to ask for the keys to his car," John Anderson stated. FRED LEE SMITH said: "They Just picked me up. I was not even on the outside where the crowd gathered." Citizens in the area and the arrested persons denied three was a mob of Negroes at the scene. BY-STANDERS bruised and swollen lent thigh where he was repeatedly hit and kicked by policeman. Stitches were taken in his forehead and under his chin. He was also suffering from swollen lips where he was hit in the mouth, he said. The victim said the two officers used night, sticks and their gun butts to inflict the wounds upon him. The two policemen involved in the affair were identified as Patrolmen C. B. Balof and E. J. Clark. They testified in count that they were threatened by "a mob" outside of New Chicago Grill at 1302, N. Bellevue St. about 5:20 p. m. labor Day when they were called by an employee of the grill to stop an argument between one "Laurel Blackman and a man slue was sealed with." Mrs. Viola Carter, who is employed at the grill, said she called the police. She is the mother-in-law of grill owner Solomon "Fat Man" Baker of 1114 Clyde St. Mrs. Carter said while Mrs. Blackman was arguing with the man, she accidentally knocked over some beer Vessell and Miss Haynes were drinking at the bar. Miss Haynes and Mrs. Blackman exchanged, some words, when Miss Haynes asked Mrs. Blackman to either replace the spilled bear or pay for it, explained Mrs. Carter. "They did not pass any blows," Mrs. Carter continued. "By the time the police arrived, vessel lattempted to explain to the policeman that Miss Haynes was not involved in the original argument for which they were called. "I did hear one of the policemen tell Vessell to be quiet and be seated. The next thing I knew they were talking him out of the place. I did not know what went on after that, I did not go outside," said Mrs. Carter. All of the arrested parsons told the Memphis Would that both officers used profane language after they ordered them under arrest. Witnesses to the incident said the two officers arrested innocent bystanders CLYDE EVANS, a sophomore at Manassas and a football player, said he was not even at the scene he was returning home after going to a nearby, sundry for ice cream. CARL SMITH said he was using a telephone in a public booth outside of New Chicago Grill. "When I came out, the officers grabbed me and said that I was part of the group which was trying to mob them," Smith declared. JOHN ANDERSON said he had gone to the grill to hive his dinner", when I was picked up. I was not a pant of the argument." His brother, Milton Anderson, was arrested alter he had gone to the patrol car to ask for the keys to his car," John Anderson stated. FRED LEE SMITH said: "They Just picked me up. I was not even on the outside where the crowd gathered." Citizens in the area and the arrested persons denied three was a mob of Negroes at the scene. NO PART OF IT bruised and swollen lent thigh where he was repeatedly hit and kicked by policeman. Stitches were taken in his forehead and under his chin. He was also suffering from swollen lips where he was hit in the mouth, he said. The victim said the two officers used night, sticks and their gun butts to inflict the wounds upon him. The two policemen involved in the affair were identified as Patrolmen C. B. Balof and E. J. Clark. They testified in count that they were threatened by "a mob" outside of New Chicago Grill at 1302, N. Bellevue St. about 5:20 p. m. labor Day when they were called by an employee of the grill to stop an argument between one "Laurel Blackman and a man slue was sealed with." Mrs. Viola Carter, who is employed at the grill, said she called the police. She is the mother-in-law of grill owner Solomon "Fat Man" Baker of 1114 Clyde St. Mrs. Carter said while Mrs. Blackman was arguing with the man, she accidentally knocked over some beer Vessell and Miss Haynes were drinking at the bar. Miss Haynes and Mrs. Blackman exchanged, some words, when Miss Haynes asked Mrs. Blackman to either replace the spilled bear or pay for it, explained Mrs. Carter. "They did not pass any blows," Mrs. Carter continued. "By the time the police arrived, vessel lattempted to explain to the policeman that Miss Haynes was not involved in the original argument for which they were called. "I did hear one of the policemen tell Vessell to be quiet and be seated. The next thing I knew they were talking him out of the place. I did not know what went on after that, I did not go outside," said Mrs. Carter. All of the arrested parsons told the Memphis Would that both officers used profane language after they ordered them under arrest. Witnesses to the incident said the two officers arrested innocent bystanders CLYDE EVANS, a sophomore at Manassas and a football player, said he was not even at the scene he was returning home after going to a nearby, sundry for ice cream. CARL SMITH said he was using a telephone in a public booth outside of New Chicago Grill. "When I came out, the officers grabbed me and said that I was part of the group which was trying to mob them," Smith declared. JOHN ANDERSON said he had gone to the grill to hive his dinner", when I was picked up. I was not a pant of the argument." His brother, Milton Anderson, was arrested alter he had gone to the patrol car to ask for the keys to his car," John Anderson stated. FRED LEE SMITH said: "They Just picked me up. I was not even on the outside where the crowd gathered." Citizens in the area and the arrested persons denied three was a mob of Negroes at the scene. Miss. NAACP they could not build in a white neighborhood a white man should not be allowed to build in a Negro neighborhood. Evers also criticized Negro publisher Percy Greene who wrote in an editorial published Saturday in the Jackson Advocate, a Negro newspaper, that Negroes "emphatically" do not want racial integration in the schools. "As long as he is paid by the segregationists you can expect him to say that," Evers charged. HAVE YOU SEEN THE BEAUTIFUL FALL • Quality Merchandise at Reasonable Prices • • East Point Pool Incident Firing May Be Appealed Friends of ousted park superintendent J. Roy Grayson, fired from his job because he allowed White boys arid girls to demonstrate water safety techniques in a Negro swimming pool, said Wednesday he will appeal to the City Personnel Board for reinstatement. City Council fired Grayson Tuesday night by a vote of 5-3. He had been superintendent of parks in East Point for seven years. Councilman W. O. Walters presented the motion to oust Grayson, citing inability of Grayson to operate the department "for manyyears." Several other councilmen came to the defense of Grayson, but they were overruled in the final voting. Former, East Point mayor J. B. Parham told the council members and an estimated crowd of 350 spectators there was but one decision to make— "Did he allow those girls to swim in the pool where Niggers had swum? Was he directing something you approve of?" Grayson was director of the water safety demonstration. He was suspended from his job 11 days ago, but had been quoted as saying he had no knowledge that white girls would appear in the demonstration. Grayson himself declined comment on the council's action pending a conference with his lawyer. Under the law he has five days in which to appeal to the personnel board. From Shine Boy To Successful Businessman Mr. John Swint, a native of Augusta, and son of the late. Mr. Virgil Swint and Mrs. Vinnie Swint. Mr. Swint is married to the former Miss Elizabeth. Green. They have two children, Gloria Elizabeth and John Swint, Junior. He started his business career as a shine boy for a local company. As a little boy be dreamed of and had great desires to provide in some community a type of business that would render services to mankind. From, that shine boy beginning, although thru many struggles, his dream has become a reality. Mr. Swint has risen to one of our most progressive businessmen. He owns Augusta's first Negro department, stores. 2 Little Rock suspect's connection with the case. The third man, Jesse R. Perry, a truck driver, was hel don an open charge. MEMPHIS WORLD Want Ad Information REPAIR SERVICE REMODEL—REPAIR—PAINT ADD—A—BOOM BUSINESS WOMEN — SELL NEWSBOYS WANTED GET YOUR VITAMINS REPAIRS HELP WANTED - FEMALE HELP WAITED MALE - FEMALE HOMES FOB SALE SALES PERSONS WANTED