Memphis World
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1956-01-13
Raymond F. Tisby

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The Cobb Court Jury Probe In Order
Possibly making a beginning with an all-out probe of a
jury system that has long hampered the grind of justice, the Department 
of Justice is revealing its disclosures of Negroes, being
excluded from jury duty in Cobb County.
Despite the tirades made by the Georgia delegation, the
Justice Department will continue to press the investigation in order
to determine whether there has been such a systematic exclusion.
There is no wonder that Congressman Lanham made use of such
unseemly and extravagant statements which were not representative 
of a member of Congress in a Democratic capital. Quite naturally, 
he now would impugn the motives of the Justice Department
and brand its attempt to inquire into what has been sustained as
systematic irregularities as "wholly unwarranted and flagrant
invasion of the right of a sovereign state to enforce its own criminal 
laws."
In such on outburst, bordering on defiance even J. Edgar
Hoover, chief of the FBI, was not spared.
While the occasion of the investigation was possibly unleashed 
upon the conviction of Amos Reece, a semi-literate, whose
conviction and death sentence were set aside upon the contention
by counsel arising out of the alleged irregularities, nevertheless,
such an investigation was long overdue.
It will inquire into such systematic exclusion as the impaneling 
of "impossibles" — over aged, the sick and the infirm; such
as it is alleged was used in Cobb County to get around the law
governing and regulating our jury system.
At any rate, the cognizance of the Department of Justice
occasioned a unanimous opinion in the striking down of an 1882
ruling which required a defendant in a criminal case to challenge
the composition of the grand jury before he was indicted.
Justice Tom Clark, a Texan, wrote the opinion of the court
in which he said that Reece had presented at the hearing "uncontradicted 
evidence" to show that no colored man had served
on the grand jury in Cobb County for the previous 18 years.
The abridgement of the law governing the time-honored
principle of a trial of a citizen by a jury of his peers, constitutes a
menace to justice a challenge to the fundamental laws underlying 
our form of government and a threat to our jury system.
According to Louis Lautier, our Washington correspondent, the
Justice Department will continue the probe in Georgia the
hurling of. broadsides at Attorney General Brownell and his able
assistant, Warren Olney, III, to the contrary, notwithstanding.

From The Atlanta Daily World
Possibly making a beginning with an all-out probe of a
jury system that has long hampered the grind of justice, the Department 
of Justice is revealing its disclosures of Negroes, being
excluded from jury duty in Cobb County.
Despite the tirades made by the Georgia delegation, the
Justice Department will continue to press the investigation in order
to determine whether there has been such a systematic exclusion.
There is no wonder that Congressman Lanham made use of such
unseemly and extravagant statements which were not representative 
of a member of Congress in a Democratic capital. Quite naturally, 
he now would impugn the motives of the Justice Department
and brand its attempt to inquire into what has been sustained as
systematic irregularities as "wholly unwarranted and flagrant
invasion of the right of a sovereign state to enforce its own criminal 
laws."
In such on outburst, bordering on defiance even J. Edgar
Hoover, chief of the FBI, was not spared.
While the occasion of the investigation was possibly unleashed 
upon the conviction of Amos Reece, a semi-literate, whose
conviction and death sentence were set aside upon the contention
by counsel arising out of the alleged irregularities, nevertheless,
such an investigation was long overdue.
It will inquire into such systematic exclusion as the impaneling 
of "impossibles" — over aged, the sick and the infirm; such
as it is alleged was used in Cobb County to get around the law
governing and regulating our jury system.
At any rate, the cognizance of the Department of Justice
occasioned a unanimous opinion in the striking down of an 1882
ruling which required a defendant in a criminal case to challenge
the composition of the grand jury before he was indicted.
Justice Tom Clark, a Texan, wrote the opinion of the court
in which he said that Reece had presented at the hearing "uncontradicted 
evidence" to show that no colored man had served
on the grand jury in Cobb County for the previous 18 years.
The abridgement of the law governing the time-honored
principle of a trial of a citizen by a jury of his peers, constitutes a
menace to justice a challenge to the fundamental laws underlying 
our form of government and a threat to our jury system.
According to Louis Lautier, our Washington correspondent, the
Justice Department will continue the probe in Georgia the
hurling of. broadsides at Attorney General Brownell and his able
assistant, Warren Olney, III, to the contrary, notwithstanding.

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GET
RESOLUTION ON EQUALITY
Top Government officials Tuesday 
received a set of resolutions
from the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity 
urging Federal action to protect 
the constitutional rights of
colored people.
The resolutions, adopted, at the
41st general convention of the Alpha 
Phi Alphas in Chicago last
week, were telegraphed to President 
Eisenhower. Attorney General
Herbert Brownell. Jr., J. Edgar
Hoover. director of the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, and Senator
Thomas C. Hennings. of Missouri,
chairman of the senate Committee 
Investigating Civil Liberties.
The text of the resolutions follows: 

"We the delegates and members
of the 41st general convention of
the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
representing more than 24.000 college 
men in 242 chapters located
throughout the nation, call upon
you in the name of American democracy 
and religious idealism, to
invoke the authority and coordinate
jurisdiction of the National Government 
in the protection of the
traditional rights of Americans of
life, liberty, property and happiness 
of Negro American citizens
who have been and are now victims
of the antagonists of the decision
of May 17, 1954, of the United
States Supreme Court.
"We believe that the constitutional 
rights of American citizens
are being vioated Hundreds of instances 
of these violations are
known to us and should receive investigation 
by the proper agencies
of the National Government.
"Such investigations have been
conducted in individual cases in
strikes. in disasters and calamities
affecting the people several
states. In our opinion such situations 
now exists in many parts in
the states of the South and particularly 
in the State of Mississippi.
"The facts supporting these assertions 
can be and should be ascertained. 
The neglect to secure
these facts by the agencies of our

National Government is inexcusable
and cannot be defended.
"If the rumors of incidents are
false, then the assertions of falsehood 
should be made by the proper
officials after investigation.
"If found to be true corrective
action should be undertaken.
'Organized efforts are being
made by representing of eleven
states to nullify the purpose and
effect of the Supreme Court decision 
against segregated education. 

News reports are being sent to
the nations and peoples of the
world describing the atrocities and
repressions which are being perpetrated 
in Mississippi and the preparations 
for actions in other
states.
"The opinion and attitudes of
these nations and peoples are not
conductive to good international relations 
as they view the chasms
between our words and our deeds.
"The world's majority peoples of
color are concerned about these
situations as they are about South
Africa. The differences are only of
location.
"We call upon you to secure the
facts of terrorism economic coercions 
and boycott the repression
of the freedom of speech, action
and choice resulting in the loss of
employment and the continued
lowering of standards of living and
after the facts have been obtained.
to recommend and to undertake to
protect the rights of citizens who
seek only to perform their duties
as citizens of our great republic.
"Unless some such action is undertaken 
nullification of Federal
processes will again raise its ugly
head in our history. Prompt action
now rather than neglect will aid
our advance toward greater, democracy 
and the practice of religion. 

"We urge that action be taken
upon this request."
The resolution was unanimously
adopted by the convention.

MEALTIME MELODIES!
By LEADA GAMMON
Homemakers can look forward to
another year of abundant food supplies 
at the food stories. Among the
plentifuls are meat, dairy products,
poultry and eggs, fruits and vegetables. 
This month special emphasis
is being placed on the plentiful Potato. 
This year's crop is of the highest 
quality and the growers are
sending their best
to market. This
combination 
means potatoes that are
"tops" for the homemaker. so
madame homemaker 
get out
your potato recipes 
and take advantage 
of the
market. If you eat
potatoes daily
they provide as

much as one-fourth of your vitamin
C quota along with the other food
nutrients. And there are any number 
of ways to serve them for example, 
chowder, salads, baked,
mashed, creamed, scalloped and
good french fries. You will think of
other ways also to serve this energy
packed food.
Grapefruit is plentiful now, so
why not try a grapefruit and apple
salad with one of those meals highlighting 
potatoes. Home Economists
say this salad apples to most persons 
because it is crisp, tasty and
slightly tart. A combination of
grapefruit sections slices of unpeeled 
apple and a mound of cottage
cheese on crispy lettuce is especially
good tooped with tomato French
dressing.
Ingredients are: 1. grapefruit 2.
apples, 1 cup cottage cheese; tomato 
French dressing and lettuce. Peel
grapefruit and carefully remove the

grapefruit sections. Wash apples and
cut into quarters without peeling
Cut in thin slices to one size, place
a mound of cottage cheese, Top
with tomato French dressing.
Tomato French Dressing: In a
quarter jar mix together 1 cup tomato 
soup 1-2 cup salad oil, 1-2 cup
mild vinegar, 2 teaspoons sugar and
1-2 teaspoons each of salt, thyme,
and majoram, Seal with rubber
ring cover, and shake well. If desired 
use lemon juice for half the
vinegar.

Letters To
The Editor
I would like to call to the attention 
of readers of the charitable
work that is being done for Negro
boys and girls in Greenwood, Mississippi 
the scene of the slaying of
the Till boy, of Chicago. The sisters
of St. Joseph, and the Franciscan
Fathers, of Pulaski Wisconsin have
conducted a school in this area for
the past three years for Negro children. 
They are working at present
under serious financial burdens as
more and more children seek admittance 
to the school. A school
lunchroom was built in September
of this year to provide decent eating 
quarters for the children. A
medical clinic which provides medical 
needs for the Negro people of
this area need medications of all
sorts. Clothes for children and
adults are sorely in need. It would
be a generous gesture on the part
of readers to help this noteworthy
cause by helping this Negro mission 
become a living foundation to
help this Negro mission? Write to:
Sister Mary Pulchoria St. Francis
of Assisi Mission Route 1, Box 28A
Greenwood, Miss Sister Pulchoria,
Superior of the Mission will personally 
acknowledge all gifts in
clothing, medications and clothes.
Vincent B. Mietlicki,425S south
Western Blvd., Chicago 9, Illinois.

ASKS AID FOR
MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL
I would like to call to the attention 
of readers of the charitable
work that is being done for Negro
boys and girls in Greenwood, Mississippi 
the scene of the slaying of
the Till boy, of Chicago. The sisters
of St. Joseph, and the Franciscan
Fathers, of Pulaski Wisconsin have
conducted a school in this area for
the past three years for Negro children. 
They are working at present
under serious financial burdens as
more and more children seek admittance 
to the school. A school
lunchroom was built in September
of this year to provide decent eating 
quarters for the children. A
medical clinic which provides medical 
needs for the Negro people of
this area need medications of all
sorts. Clothes for children and
adults are sorely in need. It would
be a generous gesture on the part
of readers to help this noteworthy
cause by helping this Negro mission 
become a living foundation to
help this Negro mission? Write to:
Sister Mary Pulchoria St. Francis
of Assisi Mission Route 1, Box 28A
Greenwood, Miss Sister Pulchoria,
Superior of the Mission will personally 
acknowledge all gifts in
clothing, medications and clothes.
Vincent B. Mietlicki,425S south
Western Blvd., Chicago 9, Illinois.

Mississippi Police

tion" order went into effect at midnight 
last night. The police assignments 
were ordered, the Department 
said, to "prevent any disturbance." 

Violation of the state's segregation
law subjects the violator to a fine
of $1,000 a jail term of a year.

South Shows Varied

tition and advised a 20 man degelation; 
"You will hear from us in due
time."
A. L. Haden. Jr., Director of the
county States Rights Council of
Georgia told the Commission it
should not consider itself bound by
the recent Federal decision which
opened Atlanta Municipal Golf
courses.
Louisiana and Mississippi resorted
to police powers to preserve segregation 
in disregard of the Interstate
Commerce Commission Order.
In Jackson, Miss., where railroad
end Eus lines removed "for Colored
Only" signs in waiting rooms city
police put up new ones and extra
uniformed police were on duty at
terminals to "Preserve order". Similar 
action was planned in Baurel,
Galfport and Greenwood.
In Baton Rouge, La. Governor
Robert Kennon termed the ICC order 
"unconstitutional" and ordered
police of all levels to enforce the
State's segregation laws.
There were no reports of attempts
by patrons to cross the segregation
lines.
Elsewhere in the South, the picture 
was one of transportation companies 
trying to observe conflicting
Federal and State directives.
Bus terminals said they would not
enforce segregation in Nashville,
but the traditional "white" and
"Colored" waiting room signs remained 
in place.
At the city's Union Railroad terminal, 
waiting room signs came
down, but passengers continued to
use separate waiting rooms, and
restaurant patrons were served on a
segregated basis.
At Tallahassee, Fla., patrons were
segregated at the airport and two
Bus Station. Seabord Airline Railroad 
took down a "White Only"
sign over its big waiting room, but
put up a new "colored intra-state"
sign. and announced only Negroes
holding ticket for Interstate transportation 
would be allowed in the
White waiting room.

LOUISIANA ACTION

tition and advised a 20 man degelation; 
"You will hear from us in due
time."
A. L. Haden. Jr., Director of the
county States Rights Council of
Georgia told the Commission it
should not consider itself bound by
the recent Federal decision which
opened Atlanta Municipal Golf
courses.
Louisiana and Mississippi resorted
to police powers to preserve segregation 
in disregard of the Interstate
Commerce Commission Order.
In Jackson, Miss., where railroad
end Eus lines removed "for Colored
Only" signs in waiting rooms city
police put up new ones and extra
uniformed police were on duty at
terminals to "Preserve order". Similar 
action was planned in Baurel,
Galfport and Greenwood.
In Baton Rouge, La. Governor
Robert Kennon termed the ICC order 
"unconstitutional" and ordered
police of all levels to enforce the
State's segregation laws.
There were no reports of attempts
by patrons to cross the segregation
lines.
Elsewhere in the South, the picture 
was one of transportation companies 
trying to observe conflicting
Federal and State directives.
Bus terminals said they would not
enforce segregation in Nashville,
but the traditional "white" and
"Colored" waiting room signs remained 
in place.
At the city's Union Railroad terminal, 
waiting room signs came
down, but passengers continued to
use separate waiting rooms, and
restaurant patrons were served on a
segregated basis.
At Tallahassee, Fla., patrons were
segregated at the airport and two
Bus Station. Seabord Airline Railroad 
took down a "White Only"
sign over its big waiting room, but
put up a new "colored intra-state"
sign. and announced only Negroes
holding ticket for Interstate transportation 
would be allowed in the
White waiting room.

Notes Signed

within the state, while the address
of the organization signing them.
The southern Regional Committee 
of the Communist Party" is
listed as "P. O. Box 464, St. Louis,
Mo."
J. St. Clait Favrot. Baton Rouge
District Attorney, said he is seeking 
to determine who is mailing
the pamphlets in that city. Some
of the pamphlets bear the post
mark, 
New Orleans.
Favrot said he has notified the
state legislative Commission on
Segregation of the investigation.
He said state law prohibits Communist 
activity and he is convinced 
this law has been Violated.
Meanwhile, it was learned that
the New Orleans Chapter of the
National Association for the Advancement 
of Colored People is also 
investigating the matter.
The pamphlets "Program of Action," 
according to one NAACP
official, "looks-like" it was lifted
right out of our program. "The official 
said privately that the pamphlets 
may have been distributed
by some one "trying to put the' NAACP 
in a bad light in Louisiana."
where a gubernatorial election is
scheduled for next Tuesday. Almost 
50 per cent more Negroes than
have ever voted before are expected 
to post their ballots. Tuesday
These votes, if they all Went the
same way could swing the" election. 

The NAACP is expected to issue
a statement on the pamphlets today. 

The FBI would not comment on
the pamphlets, other than to say
they had been sent throughout the
state. Asked if an investigation
was underway, Chiles said: "The
FBI investigates anything that is
a threat to the security of this
country."
The "program of action" "urged"
these things:
"1. Support the movement in
Congress to have the number of
Mississippi representatives in Congress 
reduced according to the
14th Amendment to the Constitution, 
until all people in the state
Negro and white, are permitted to
vote, 2. Federal investigation of
the recent lynchings and murders
of Negroes in the South— such as
Emmett Louis Till;"
3. "Support for the appeal of
Negroes for aid against banks and
businesses winch refuse them cred
it 
or to sell food and clothing 
and who fire them from their
jobs because they have spoken out

for freedom.
All these measures have recently
been urged by officials of the NAACP. 


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Leader Scores Racial
Discrimination In Speech
Addressing
the Public Meeting of the convention 
at Zion Baptist Church last
Wednesday, December 28th before a
crowd of one thousand citizens of
the city, Dr. Iggers told those present 
that while there has been tremendous 
progress in race relations
in this country in the last decade
and a half, the end the legal segregation 
must not be confused with the
thorough integration of Negroes into 
American life. "Apathy of the
Negro," stated the educator, "in regards 
to his rights may lead to a
situation where the Negro, while
permitted to sit in the front of the
bus and to send his children to the
nearest school, will still be subordinated 
in regards to housing economic 
and education opportunities
for generations to come–even if he
may enjoy a slightly larger share of
American prosperity than in the
past."
Iggers stressed the inter-relation

of the defense of our traditional
American Civil Liberties with the
struggle for Negro equality. He discussed 
at length the case out of Carl
Braden, white Louisville news reporter, 
who was convicted to a fifteen 
year term under a Kentucky
sedition statute after having bought
a house in a white neighborhood for
a Negro family. "The point is," Iggers 
said, "that none accused Braden 
of bungling the House or of
actively conspiring overthrow the
government, but that under a vaguely 
worded law he was convicted of
holding certain unpopular opinions."
The college professor further asserted: 
"If heretical opinion, are the
basis of legal prosecution, then all
of us who see flaws in the status
quo are threatened with imprisonment. 

Finally, Iggers called on the ?
ternity to support the NAACP, to
challenge segregation practices, to
establish closer cultural ties with
the white community, and to provide
scholarships to train students for
areas of employment not traditionally 
open to them."
Aside from the regular business of
the Conclave which included discussions 
of the fraternity's Bigger
and Better Business, Education and
Social Action Programs, committee
reports, Graduate and Undergraduate 
Panels, special project reports
and other Conclave business, the
agenda included social activities of
many kinds for the delegates, visiting 
brothers and Sigma wives.

BUSINESS AND SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES
Addressing
the Public Meeting of the convention 
at Zion Baptist Church last
Wednesday, December 28th before a
crowd of one thousand citizens of
the city, Dr. Iggers told those present 
that while there has been tremendous 
progress in race relations
in this country in the last decade
and a half, the end the legal segregation 
must not be confused with the
thorough integration of Negroes into 
American life. "Apathy of the
Negro," stated the educator, "in regards 
to his rights may lead to a
situation where the Negro, while
permitted to sit in the front of the
bus and to send his children to the
nearest school, will still be subordinated 
in regards to housing economic 
and education opportunities
for generations to come–even if he
may enjoy a slightly larger share of
American prosperity than in the
past."
Iggers stressed the inter-relation

of the defense of our traditional
American Civil Liberties with the
struggle for Negro equality. He discussed 
at length the case out of Carl
Braden, white Louisville news reporter, 
who was convicted to a fifteen 
year term under a Kentucky
sedition statute after having bought
a house in a white neighborhood for
a Negro family. "The point is," Iggers 
said, "that none accused Braden 
of bungling the House or of
actively conspiring overthrow the
government, but that under a vaguely 
worded law he was convicted of
holding certain unpopular opinions."
The college professor further asserted: 
"If heretical opinion, are the
basis of legal prosecution, then all
of us who see flaws in the status
quo are threatened with imprisonment. 

Finally, Iggers called on the ?
ternity to support the NAACP, to
challenge segregation practices, to
establish closer cultural ties with
the white community, and to provide
scholarships to train students for
areas of employment not traditionally 
open to them."
Aside from the regular business of
the Conclave which included discussions 
of the fraternity's Bigger
and Better Business, Education and
Social Action Programs, committee
reports, Graduate and Undergraduate 
Panels, special project reports
and other Conclave business, the
agenda included social activities of
many kinds for the delegates, visiting 
brothers and Sigma wives.

Exchange of Courtesies

them, exchanged literature and
chatted during the session. The
white women also offered them
coffee.
Upon seeing the Negro and white
women together, Mrs. Blackburn
said; a second usher came up and
"informed us that colored people
couldn't sit on that side by the
white women."
The president, however, asserted
that they would continue to attend
legislative hearings.
"Were going to observe the sessions 
as long as they are there,"
she said.
The Dillard game was played in
New Orleans before a highly partisan 
crowd. The locals put up quite
a defensive battle but missed in
too many free throw attempts, there
by providing the victory margin for
Alcorn.
Alcorn will entertain the M.I.
College Tigers in their next home
game.

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