Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1958-07-16
Thaddeus T. Stokes

MEMPHIS WORLD
AMERICAN'S STANDARD RACE JOURNAL
The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper
Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO.
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Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE
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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
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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 things
against the interest of its readers.

Freedom To Advertise
"Another vicious invasion of our dwindling freedoms was
chalked up last month when the Bureau of Internal Revenue
took action to try to gag private industry from using advertising
to fight government competition." Thus begins a long editorial
in The American Press, a monthly magazine which speaks for
the weekly newspapers of this country.
The ruling in question was that advertising placed by
electric utility companies, and presenting their side of the public-vs-private 
power controversy, could no longer be deduced
as business expense for income tax purposes. Needless to say,
all the proponents of socialized power greeted this act with
shouts of joy.
The American Press also says: "We can't think of a more
American way for business to battle for its rights than to take
its ease to the people by the use of advertising space. Surely
this is more to be desired than secret, behind-closed-doors
lobbying, which seems to be the alternative.
"It is our hope that the electric companies will not only
fight this ruling in the tax courts but will go a step further and
use part of their advertising space to acquaint the people with
this attempt of the government to 'gag' them.
"Freedom to advertise is an important part of freedom of
the press, and should be guarded with equal care. It is, in
many cases, the one vehicle through which business can 'speak
out in open meeting."
This goes far beyond the fight over who is to produce this
country's electricity. If a tax penalty can be used to prevent
any man, any industry or any group from stating his side of
a case, one of the most essential of the freedoms supposedly
guaranteed by the Constitution is on its deathbed. And government 
bureaus, tax weapon at the ready, will decide what can
or cannot be said in the advertising pages of our newspapers
and magazine.

Memphis, The "Noiseless City"

Memphis, Tennessee started something a few years ago
that at last has borne fruit to that progressive city's prowess.
Memphis was experiencing in that rampage of needless
noise that adolescence stage through which the automobile was
passing. At that early date wide open cut-outs were in vogue
and it was nothing strange to see youngsters let loose the wild
rampage of their brain through the automobile exhaust pipe.
In addition to this, there was the temptation of honking the
horn at every street corner, when one desired to attract attention 
to a new car he was driving, or upon the seeing of an old
acquaintance in the street or at the crossing.
The pastime became monotonous and menacing to the
extent that Memphians looked about to see if something could
not be done about it. Hence their "Noiseless Week." Memphis
also has a city law against unnecessary horn blowing.
With our ever growing populace, our street improvements,
modern residential sections and huge expressways, there are
no reasons why we should not make an added improvement,
one that will cost nothing, and in the end rebound to our civic
pride, our cultural enterprise and the good health of the city.
It would do no harm whatever should we stage at some
time along with our procession of weeks, one to be known as
"Noiseless Week."
With an ever increasing rate of automobiles, trucks and
repair vehicles and the temptation on the part of some to unconsciously 
touch off a horn, it would be in keeping with our
reach for progress and making more inviting our surrounding
if we could do a little educational job once a year in indoctrinating 
our people with a little "Take it easy for a while"
hint to those who must use the thoroughfare.
Who'll head up something like Memphis' "Noiseless Week?"

CAPITAL SPOTLIGHT
Daisy Bates, who chaperoned the nine colored 
kids who attended Central High School in Little Rock during 
the last school year, will work with George W. Lee, Elks'
Commissioner of Education, in raising funds for the Elks' scholarship 
fund. She will begin in October.
The nine children will get scholarships 
from the Elks their annual
grand lodge meeting in Washington,
D. C., in August.
"Incidentally, the Elks are worried
about the outcome of the suit filed
against the grand lodge in New Jersey 
courts. They hope for an amicable 
settlement.
The Central YMCA in Washington 
will be picketed in September
because the Woodward School,
which it runs, will not admit colored 
persons and because the Central
Y itself will not admit colored persons 
to membership.
The reason given by the Y for refusing 
to admit colored persons to
membership is that they would be
eligible to use the swimming pool
and a lot of white members would
quit.
An interracial committee has been
organized to carry on the fight
against the Y's exclusion policy.
One of the persons who attended
the 49th annual convention of the
NAACP here last week was P. Patrick 
Mandawa of Tanganyika. East
Africa, a British trust territory.
Mandawa is in the United Stages
on a scholarship under a trade union
program sponsored by the AFL-CIO.
He is a trade union leader in Tanganvika 
Federation of labor. At
Howard he is studying the labor
movement. He has been in the
States for five months and will be
here four more.
There were two other Africans also 
 the NAACP convention. They
also are in the States on scholarships 
furnished by the AFL-CIO

and are attending Howard.
Friends of Bertram (Slim) Hamilton, 
a Pittsburgh lawyer (he's a
native of Atlanta) were shocked to
learn of the death of his wife Marie.
Both Slim and Marie are well
known in Washington.
The Rev. Julian A. Taylor of
Ansonia, Conn., pastor of Macedonia 
Baptist Church, attended the
NAACP convention. He is a hearing
examiner for the Connecticut Civil
Rights Commission, chairman of
the Ansonia Planning Commission,
and the first colored Kiwanian in
the world.
Also taking part in the convention 
was Mrs. Delia H. Martin of
East Orange, N. J. She is state
secretary of the New Jersey Conference 
of NAACP Branches, legislative 
chairman of the New Jerse
Federation of Colored Women's
clubs, a member of the board of
the New Jersey Consumers League,
and a real estate operator.
Greetings were sent to the convention 
by Senator Irving M. Ives,
Republican, of Now York: Lester
B. Granger, executive director of
the National Urban League: A.
Philip Randolph, a vice president
of the AFL-CIO, Paul Butler, chairman 
of the Democratic National
Committee and Miss Dorothy
Height, president of the National
Council of Negro Women.
Charley McClane of Steelton, Pa.
public relations director of the
Elks, came to Cleveland from
Washington to enter Cleveland
Clinic for a checkup, hut tools time

to visit the NAACP convention.
Senator Paul H. Douglas. Democrat, 
of Illinois, told this story during 
his speech at the NAACP convention: 

Judge Dorothy Kenyon of New
York, who is quite interested in
civil rights was trying to pet her
friend to do something about civil
rights. The friend said she could
not do that because she believed
in gradualism.
Judge Kenyon said: Well, I might
believe in that if it were "perceptible 
gradualism."
The friend replied: "I cannot do
that. That is too fast for me."
One of the busiest persons at the
convention was Frank Horne, executive, 
director of the New York
City Commission on Intergroup Relations. 

Theodore M. Berry, former vice
mayor of Cincinnati, who attended
the convention is now practicing
law and is interested in renewal
planning, particularly housing.

Work For Mrs. Bates
Daisy Bates, who chaperoned the nine colored 
kids who attended Central High School in Little Rock during 
the last school year, will work with George W. Lee, Elks'
Commissioner of Education, in raising funds for the Elks' scholarship 
fund. She will begin in October.
The nine children will get scholarships 
from the Elks their annual
grand lodge meeting in Washington,
D. C., in August.
"Incidentally, the Elks are worried
about the outcome of the suit filed
against the grand lodge in New Jersey 
courts. They hope for an amicable 
settlement.
The Central YMCA in Washington 
will be picketed in September
because the Woodward School,
which it runs, will not admit colored 
persons and because the Central
Y itself will not admit colored persons 
to membership.
The reason given by the Y for refusing 
to admit colored persons to
membership is that they would be
eligible to use the swimming pool
and a lot of white members would
quit.
An interracial committee has been
organized to carry on the fight
against the Y's exclusion policy.
One of the persons who attended
the 49th annual convention of the
NAACP here last week was P. Patrick 
Mandawa of Tanganyika. East
Africa, a British trust territory.
Mandawa is in the United Stages
on a scholarship under a trade union
program sponsored by the AFL-CIO.
He is a trade union leader in Tanganvika 
Federation of labor. At
Howard he is studying the labor
movement. He has been in the
States for five months and will be
here four more.
There were two other Africans also 
 the NAACP convention. They
also are in the States on scholarships 
furnished by the AFL-CIO

and are attending Howard.
Friends of Bertram (Slim) Hamilton, 
a Pittsburgh lawyer (he's a
native of Atlanta) were shocked to
learn of the death of his wife Marie.
Both Slim and Marie are well
known in Washington.
The Rev. Julian A. Taylor of
Ansonia, Conn., pastor of Macedonia 
Baptist Church, attended the
NAACP convention. He is a hearing
examiner for the Connecticut Civil
Rights Commission, chairman of
the Ansonia Planning Commission,
and the first colored Kiwanian in
the world.
Also taking part in the convention 
was Mrs. Delia H. Martin of
East Orange, N. J. She is state
secretary of the New Jersey Conference 
of NAACP Branches, legislative 
chairman of the New Jerse
Federation of Colored Women's
clubs, a member of the board of
the New Jersey Consumers League,
and a real estate operator.
Greetings were sent to the convention 
by Senator Irving M. Ives,
Republican, of Now York: Lester
B. Granger, executive director of
the National Urban League: A.
Philip Randolph, a vice president
of the AFL-CIO, Paul Butler, chairman 
of the Democratic National
Committee and Miss Dorothy
Height, president of the National
Council of Negro Women.
Charley McClane of Steelton, Pa.
public relations director of the
Elks, came to Cleveland from
Washington to enter Cleveland
Clinic for a checkup, hut tools time

to visit the NAACP convention.
Senator Paul H. Douglas. Democrat, 
of Illinois, told this story during 
his speech at the NAACP convention: 

Judge Dorothy Kenyon of New
York, who is quite interested in
civil rights was trying to pet her
friend to do something about civil
rights. The friend said she could
not do that because she believed
in gradualism.
Judge Kenyon said: Well, I might
believe in that if it were "perceptible 
gradualism."
The friend replied: "I cannot do
that. That is too fast for me."
One of the busiest persons at the
convention was Frank Horne, executive, 
director of the New York
City Commission on Intergroup Relations. 

Theodore M. Berry, former vice
mayor of Cincinnati, who attended
the convention is now practicing
law and is interested in renewal
planning, particularly housing.

D. C. PICKETING
Daisy Bates, who chaperoned the nine colored 
kids who attended Central High School in Little Rock during 
the last school year, will work with George W. Lee, Elks'
Commissioner of Education, in raising funds for the Elks' scholarship 
fund. She will begin in October.
The nine children will get scholarships 
from the Elks their annual
grand lodge meeting in Washington,
D. C., in August.
"Incidentally, the Elks are worried
about the outcome of the suit filed
against the grand lodge in New Jersey 
courts. They hope for an amicable 
settlement.
The Central YMCA in Washington 
will be picketed in September
because the Woodward School,
which it runs, will not admit colored 
persons and because the Central
Y itself will not admit colored persons 
to membership.
The reason given by the Y for refusing 
to admit colored persons to
membership is that they would be
eligible to use the swimming pool
and a lot of white members would
quit.
An interracial committee has been
organized to carry on the fight
against the Y's exclusion policy.
One of the persons who attended
the 49th annual convention of the
NAACP here last week was P. Patrick 
Mandawa of Tanganyika. East
Africa, a British trust territory.
Mandawa is in the United Stages
on a scholarship under a trade union
program sponsored by the AFL-CIO.
He is a trade union leader in Tanganvika 
Federation of labor. At
Howard he is studying the labor
movement. He has been in the
States for five months and will be
here four more.
There were two other Africans also 
 the NAACP convention. They
also are in the States on scholarships 
furnished by the AFL-CIO

and are attending Howard.
Friends of Bertram (Slim) Hamilton, 
a Pittsburgh lawyer (he's a
native of Atlanta) were shocked to
learn of the death of his wife Marie.
Both Slim and Marie are well
known in Washington.
The Rev. Julian A. Taylor of
Ansonia, Conn., pastor of Macedonia 
Baptist Church, attended the
NAACP convention. He is a hearing
examiner for the Connecticut Civil
Rights Commission, chairman of
the Ansonia Planning Commission,
and the first colored Kiwanian in
the world.
Also taking part in the convention 
was Mrs. Delia H. Martin of
East Orange, N. J. She is state
secretary of the New Jersey Conference 
of NAACP Branches, legislative 
chairman of the New Jerse
Federation of Colored Women's
clubs, a member of the board of
the New Jersey Consumers League,
and a real estate operator.
Greetings were sent to the convention 
by Senator Irving M. Ives,
Republican, of Now York: Lester
B. Granger, executive director of
the National Urban League: A.
Philip Randolph, a vice president
of the AFL-CIO, Paul Butler, chairman 
of the Democratic National
Committee and Miss Dorothy
Height, president of the National
Council of Negro Women.
Charley McClane of Steelton, Pa.
public relations director of the
Elks, came to Cleveland from
Washington to enter Cleveland
Clinic for a checkup, hut tools time

to visit the NAACP convention.
Senator Paul H. Douglas. Democrat, 
of Illinois, told this story during 
his speech at the NAACP convention: 

Judge Dorothy Kenyon of New
York, who is quite interested in
civil rights was trying to pet her
friend to do something about civil
rights. The friend said she could
not do that because she believed
in gradualism.
Judge Kenyon said: Well, I might
believe in that if it were "perceptible 
gradualism."
The friend replied: "I cannot do
that. That is too fast for me."
One of the busiest persons at the
convention was Frank Horne, executive, 
director of the New York
City Commission on Intergroup Relations. 

Theodore M. Berry, former vice
mayor of Cincinnati, who attended
the convention is now practicing
law and is interested in renewal
planning, particularly housing.

AFRICANS AT NAACP MEET
Daisy Bates, who chaperoned the nine colored 
kids who attended Central High School in Little Rock during 
the last school year, will work with George W. Lee, Elks'
Commissioner of Education, in raising funds for the Elks' scholarship 
fund. She will begin in October.
The nine children will get scholarships 
from the Elks their annual
grand lodge meeting in Washington,
D. C., in August.
"Incidentally, the Elks are worried
about the outcome of the suit filed
against the grand lodge in New Jersey 
courts. They hope for an amicable 
settlement.
The Central YMCA in Washington 
will be picketed in September
because the Woodward School,
which it runs, will not admit colored 
persons and because the Central
Y itself will not admit colored persons 
to membership.
The reason given by the Y for refusing 
to admit colored persons to
membership is that they would be
eligible to use the swimming pool
and a lot of white members would
quit.
An interracial committee has been
organized to carry on the fight
against the Y's exclusion policy.
One of the persons who attended
the 49th annual convention of the
NAACP here last week was P. Patrick 
Mandawa of Tanganyika. East
Africa, a British trust territory.
Mandawa is in the United Stages
on a scholarship under a trade union
program sponsored by the AFL-CIO.
He is a trade union leader in Tanganvika 
Federation of labor. At
Howard he is studying the labor
movement. He has been in the
States for five months and will be
here four more.
There were two other Africans also 
 the NAACP convention. They
also are in the States on scholarships 
furnished by the AFL-CIO

and are attending Howard.
Friends of Bertram (Slim) Hamilton, 
a Pittsburgh lawyer (he's a
native of Atlanta) were shocked to
learn of the death of his wife Marie.
Both Slim and Marie are well
known in Washington.
The Rev. Julian A. Taylor of
Ansonia, Conn., pastor of Macedonia 
Baptist Church, attended the
NAACP convention. He is a hearing
examiner for the Connecticut Civil
Rights Commission, chairman of
the Ansonia Planning Commission,
and the first colored Kiwanian in
the world.
Also taking part in the convention 
was Mrs. Delia H. Martin of
East Orange, N. J. She is state
secretary of the New Jersey Conference 
of NAACP Branches, legislative 
chairman of the New Jerse
Federation of Colored Women's
clubs, a member of the board of
the New Jersey Consumers League,
and a real estate operator.
Greetings were sent to the convention 
by Senator Irving M. Ives,
Republican, of Now York: Lester
B. Granger, executive director of
the National Urban League: A.
Philip Randolph, a vice president
of the AFL-CIO, Paul Butler, chairman 
of the Democratic National
Committee and Miss Dorothy
Height, president of the National
Council of Negro Women.
Charley McClane of Steelton, Pa.
public relations director of the
Elks, came to Cleveland from
Washington to enter Cleveland
Clinic for a checkup, hut tools time

to visit the NAACP convention.
Senator Paul H. Douglas. Democrat, 
of Illinois, told this story during 
his speech at the NAACP convention: 

Judge Dorothy Kenyon of New
York, who is quite interested in
civil rights was trying to pet her
friend to do something about civil
rights. The friend said she could
not do that because she believed
in gradualism.
Judge Kenyon said: Well, I might
believe in that if it were "perceptible 
gradualism."
The friend replied: "I cannot do
that. That is too fast for me."
One of the busiest persons at the
convention was Frank Horne, executive, 
director of the New York
City Commission on Intergroup Relations. 

Theodore M. Berry, former vice
mayor of Cincinnati, who attended
the convention is now practicing
law and is interested in renewal
planning, particularly housing.

MRS. HAMILTON DIES
Daisy Bates, who chaperoned the nine colored 
kids who attended Central High School in Little Rock during 
the last school year, will work with George W. Lee, Elks'
Commissioner of Education, in raising funds for the Elks' scholarship 
fund. She will begin in October.
The nine children will get scholarships 
from the Elks their annual
grand lodge meeting in Washington,
D. C., in August.
"Incidentally, the Elks are worried
about the outcome of the suit filed
against the grand lodge in New Jersey 
courts. They hope for an amicable 
settlement.
The Central YMCA in Washington 
will be picketed in September
because the Woodward School,
which it runs, will not admit colored 
persons and because the Central
Y itself will not admit colored persons 
to membership.
The reason given by the Y for refusing 
to admit colored persons to
membership is that they would be
eligible to use the swimming pool
and a lot of white members would
quit.
An interracial committee has been
organized to carry on the fight
against the Y's exclusion policy.
One of the persons who attended
the 49th annual convention of the
NAACP here last week was P. Patrick 
Mandawa of Tanganyika. East
Africa, a British trust territory.
Mandawa is in the United Stages
on a scholarship under a trade union
program sponsored by the AFL-CIO.
He is a trade union leader in Tanganvika 
Federation of labor. At
Howard he is studying the labor
movement. He has been in the
States for five months and will be
here four more.
There were two other Africans also 
 the NAACP convention. They
also are in the States on scholarships 
furnished by the AFL-CIO

and are attending Howard.
Friends of Bertram (Slim) Hamilton, 
a Pittsburgh lawyer (he's a
native of Atlanta) were shocked to
learn of the death of his wife Marie.
Both Slim and Marie are well
known in Washington.
The Rev. Julian A. Taylor of
Ansonia, Conn., pastor of Macedonia 
Baptist Church, attended the
NAACP convention. He is a hearing
examiner for the Connecticut Civil
Rights Commission, chairman of
the Ansonia Planning Commission,
and the first colored Kiwanian in
the world.
Also taking part in the convention 
was Mrs. Delia H. Martin of
East Orange, N. J. She is state
secretary of the New Jersey Conference 
of NAACP Branches, legislative 
chairman of the New Jerse
Federation of Colored Women's
clubs, a member of the board of
the New Jersey Consumers League,
and a real estate operator.
Greetings were sent to the convention 
by Senator Irving M. Ives,
Republican, of Now York: Lester
B. Granger, executive director of
the National Urban League: A.
Philip Randolph, a vice president
of the AFL-CIO, Paul Butler, chairman 
of the Democratic National
Committee and Miss Dorothy
Height, president of the National
Council of Negro Women.
Charley McClane of Steelton, Pa.
public relations director of the
Elks, came to Cleveland from
Washington to enter Cleveland
Clinic for a checkup, hut tools time

to visit the NAACP convention.
Senator Paul H. Douglas. Democrat, 
of Illinois, told this story during 
his speech at the NAACP convention: 

Judge Dorothy Kenyon of New
York, who is quite interested in
civil rights was trying to pet her
friend to do something about civil
rights. The friend said she could
not do that because she believed
in gradualism.
Judge Kenyon said: Well, I might
believe in that if it were "perceptible 
gradualism."
The friend replied: "I cannot do
that. That is too fast for me."
One of the busiest persons at the
convention was Frank Horne, executive, 
director of the New York
City Commission on Intergroup Relations. 

Theodore M. Berry, former vice
mayor of Cincinnati, who attended
the convention is now practicing
law and is interested in renewal
planning, particularly housing.

DOUGLAS STORY
Daisy Bates, who chaperoned the nine colored 
kids who attended Central High School in Little Rock during 
the last school year, will work with George W. Lee, Elks'
Commissioner of Education, in raising funds for the Elks' scholarship 
fund. She will begin in October.
The nine children will get scholarships 
from the Elks their annual
grand lodge meeting in Washington,
D. C., in August.
"Incidentally, the Elks are worried
about the outcome of the suit filed
against the grand lodge in New Jersey 
courts. They hope for an amicable 
settlement.
The Central YMCA in Washington 
will be picketed in September
because the Woodward School,
which it runs, will not admit colored 
persons and because the Central
Y itself will not admit colored persons 
to membership.
The reason given by the Y for refusing 
to admit colored persons to
membership is that they would be
eligible to use the swimming pool
and a lot of white members would
quit.
An interracial committee has been
organized to carry on the fight
against the Y's exclusion policy.
One of the persons who attended
the 49th annual convention of the
NAACP here last week was P. Patrick 
Mandawa of Tanganyika. East
Africa, a British trust territory.
Mandawa is in the United Stages
on a scholarship under a trade union
program sponsored by the AFL-CIO.
He is a trade union leader in Tanganvika 
Federation of labor. At
Howard he is studying the labor
movement. He has been in the
States for five months and will be
here four more.
There were two other Africans also 
 the NAACP convention. They
also are in the States on scholarships 
furnished by the AFL-CIO

and are attending Howard.
Friends of Bertram (Slim) Hamilton, 
a Pittsburgh lawyer (he's a
native of Atlanta) were shocked to
learn of the death of his wife Marie.
Both Slim and Marie are well
known in Washington.
The Rev. Julian A. Taylor of
Ansonia, Conn., pastor of Macedonia 
Baptist Church, attended the
NAACP convention. He is a hearing
examiner for the Connecticut Civil
Rights Commission, chairman of
the Ansonia Planning Commission,
and the first colored Kiwanian in
the world.
Also taking part in the convention 
was Mrs. Delia H. Martin of
East Orange, N. J. She is state
secretary of the New Jersey Conference 
of NAACP Branches, legislative 
chairman of the New Jerse
Federation of Colored Women's
clubs, a member of the board of
the New Jersey Consumers League,
and a real estate operator.
Greetings were sent to the convention 
by Senator Irving M. Ives,
Republican, of Now York: Lester
B. Granger, executive director of
the National Urban League: A.
Philip Randolph, a vice president
of the AFL-CIO, Paul Butler, chairman 
of the Democratic National
Committee and Miss Dorothy
Height, president of the National
Council of Negro Women.
Charley McClane of Steelton, Pa.
public relations director of the
Elks, came to Cleveland from
Washington to enter Cleveland
Clinic for a checkup, hut tools time

to visit the NAACP convention.
Senator Paul H. Douglas. Democrat, 
of Illinois, told this story during 
his speech at the NAACP convention: 

Judge Dorothy Kenyon of New
York, who is quite interested in
civil rights was trying to pet her
friend to do something about civil
rights. The friend said she could
not do that because she believed
in gradualism.
Judge Kenyon said: Well, I might
believe in that if it were "perceptible 
gradualism."
The friend replied: "I cannot do
that. That is too fast for me."
One of the busiest persons at the
convention was Frank Horne, executive, 
director of the New York
City Commission on Intergroup Relations. 

Theodore M. Berry, former vice
mayor of Cincinnati, who attended
the convention is now practicing
law and is interested in renewal
planning, particularly housing.

FRANK HORNE BUSY
Daisy Bates, who chaperoned the nine colored 
kids who attended Central High School in Little Rock during 
the last school year, will work with George W. Lee, Elks'
Commissioner of Education, in raising funds for the Elks' scholarship 
fund. She will begin in October.
The nine children will get scholarships 
from the Elks their annual
grand lodge meeting in Washington,
D. C., in August.
"Incidentally, the Elks are worried
about the outcome of the suit filed
against the grand lodge in New Jersey 
courts. They hope for an amicable 
settlement.
The Central YMCA in Washington 
will be picketed in September
because the Woodward School,
which it runs, will not admit colored 
persons and because the Central
Y itself will not admit colored persons 
to membership.
The reason given by the Y for refusing 
to admit colored persons to
membership is that they would be
eligible to use the swimming pool
and a lot of white members would
quit.
An interracial committee has been
organized to carry on the fight
against the Y's exclusion policy.
One of the persons who attended
the 49th annual convention of the
NAACP here last week was P. Patrick 
Mandawa of Tanganyika. East
Africa, a British trust territory.
Mandawa is in the United Stages
on a scholarship under a trade union
program sponsored by the AFL-CIO.
He is a trade union leader in Tanganvika 
Federation of labor. At
Howard he is studying the labor
movement. He has been in the
States for five months and will be
here four more.
There were two other Africans also 
 the NAACP convention. They
also are in the States on scholarships 
furnished by the AFL-CIO

and are attending Howard.
Friends of Bertram (Slim) Hamilton, 
a Pittsburgh lawyer (he's a
native of Atlanta) were shocked to
learn of the death of his wife Marie.
Both Slim and Marie are well
known in Washington.
The Rev. Julian A. Taylor of
Ansonia, Conn., pastor of Macedonia 
Baptist Church, attended the
NAACP convention. He is a hearing
examiner for the Connecticut Civil
Rights Commission, chairman of
the Ansonia Planning Commission,
and the first colored Kiwanian in
the world.
Also taking part in the convention 
was Mrs. Delia H. Martin of
East Orange, N. J. She is state
secretary of the New Jersey Conference 
of NAACP Branches, legislative 
chairman of the New Jerse
Federation of Colored Women's
clubs, a member of the board of
the New Jersey Consumers League,
and a real estate operator.
Greetings were sent to the convention 
by Senator Irving M. Ives,
Republican, of Now York: Lester
B. Granger, executive director of
the National Urban League: A.
Philip Randolph, a vice president
of the AFL-CIO, Paul Butler, chairman 
of the Democratic National
Committee and Miss Dorothy
Height, president of the National
Council of Negro Women.
Charley McClane of Steelton, Pa.
public relations director of the
Elks, came to Cleveland from
Washington to enter Cleveland
Clinic for a checkup, hut tools time

to visit the NAACP convention.
Senator Paul H. Douglas. Democrat, 
of Illinois, told this story during 
his speech at the NAACP convention: 

Judge Dorothy Kenyon of New
York, who is quite interested in
civil rights was trying to pet her
friend to do something about civil
rights. The friend said she could
not do that because she believed
in gradualism.
Judge Kenyon said: Well, I might
believe in that if it were "perceptible 
gradualism."
The friend replied: "I cannot do
that. That is too fast for me."
One of the busiest persons at the
convention was Frank Horne, executive, 
director of the New York
City Commission on Intergroup Relations. 

Theodore M. Berry, former vice
mayor of Cincinnati, who attended
the convention is now practicing
law and is interested in renewal
planning, particularly housing.

SEEING and SAYING
By WILLIAM A. FOWLKES
Managing Editor Atlanta Daily World
"THE TASK AHEAD is enormous!"
Those were the key words of warning last week from
NAACP Board Chairman Dr. Channing H. Tobias as he delivered 
the keynote address to the 49th annual convention of the
Association in Cleveland, Ohio.
The venerable "old fighter" could not have said anything
more descriptive of the present state of the struggle of America's 
largest minority to achieve full human
stature in our democratic nation's complex society. 

—o—


Sounds of fury and violence attend the death-bed watch
of this monster, a strange animal indeed on the shores of the
melting pot "land of the free and home of the brave."
—o—
THE BIG JOB facing America, not alone Negro America,
is to "move speedily and effectively to get rid of conditions
which keep colored people in a status of second-class citizens."
As Dr. Tobias added, there must be built up community support
for the new court rulings and laws, a change in the mind and
heart of those "so used to seeing the Negro back yonder" and
so intent on keeping him in an inferior place of life.
It is not alone the Negro's task; it is all America's task.
—o—



Eisenhower Hosts

portant state on the African continent 
experienced many of the
hardships which confronted such
men as the late Mahatma Ghandi.
India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru, and other fighters for nationalistic 
freedom. Twice he was
thrown in jail by the British as "a
bad egg," after he had engineered
a boycott in Gold Coast of European 
shops and products and called
a general strike. He could not be
held back, however.
A shrewd politician, who had won
widespread popularity for his Convention 
and People party, he won
a resounding victory while yet in
prison. The party captured 34 of
38 seats in the legislature in the
Gold Coast general elections in 1950
and his people petitioned for his
release. On Feb. 12. 1951, he was
freed from James Fort prison in
Accra, amid cheers by more than
100,000 jubilant supporters.
Nkrumah continued to work and
fight for his country's independence
from colonial rule, and five years
later on March 6, 1957, his dream
came true. At ceremonies attended
by leaders from throughout the

world, he heard Britain's Duchess
of Kont read a message from
Queen Elizabeth II making the Gold
Coast an independent nation within
the British Commonwealth.
The ceremony over, Nkrumah
quickly hauled down the "Union
Jack" hoisted a native pennant in
its place and proclaimed the name
of the new state as Ghana.
In the brief span since that
time, Nkrumah has risen rapidly
in African continental affairs. A
diplomat, he is considered the most
influential figure, outside of Egypt's
Nasser, in the newly formed Federation 
of African States, an organization 
closely watched by the
major powers, including the United
States.

FIGHT RENEWED

portant state on the African continent 
experienced many of the
hardships which confronted such
men as the late Mahatma Ghandi.
India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru, and other fighters for nationalistic 
freedom. Twice he was
thrown in jail by the British as "a
bad egg," after he had engineered
a boycott in Gold Coast of European 
shops and products and called
a general strike. He could not be
held back, however.
A shrewd politician, who had won
widespread popularity for his Convention 
and People party, he won
a resounding victory while yet in
prison. The party captured 34 of
38 seats in the legislature in the
Gold Coast general elections in 1950
and his people petitioned for his
release. On Feb. 12. 1951, he was
freed from James Fort prison in
Accra, amid cheers by more than
100,000 jubilant supporters.
Nkrumah continued to work and
fight for his country's independence
from colonial rule, and five years
later on March 6, 1957, his dream
came true. At ceremonies attended
by leaders from throughout the

world, he heard Britain's Duchess
of Kont read a message from
Queen Elizabeth II making the Gold
Coast an independent nation within
the British Commonwealth.
The ceremony over, Nkrumah
quickly hauled down the "Union
Jack" hoisted a native pennant in
its place and proclaimed the name
of the new state as Ghana.
In the brief span since that
time, Nkrumah has risen rapidly
in African continental affairs. A
diplomat, he is considered the most
influential figure, outside of Egypt's
Nasser, in the newly formed Federation 
of African States, an organization 
closely watched by the
major powers, including the United
States.

Labor Camps Endorse

tical Tennessee Committee on Political 
Education, and other organizations. 

Allen is the only candidate in the
gubernatorial race who has not
come out politically for segregation. 


Mrs. Ruby Hurley

a step which brought her to the
attention of the national office.
In 1943, Mrs. Hurley became
NAACP Youth Secretary with responsibiljity 
for the organization of
the NAACP Youth Councils and
college chapters and the direction
of the youth program. In that capacity, 
she served on the boards of
a number of youth-serving agencies
of national and international importance. 

In 1951 the late NAACP head
Walter White called on Mrs. Hurley
to take a temporary assignment to
coordinate membership campaigns
in five Southern states. The next
year the Southeastern Region was
established with offices in Birmingham, 
Alabama, and serving Alabama, 
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
North and South Carolina, and Tennessee. 
Mrs. Hurley was appointed
regional secretary over a region
which embraces more than 350
branches and 50,000 members.
As a result of her work in the
case of Reverend George Lee and
Emmitt Tillm who were murdered in

the Mississippi Delta by biased
white people who to this flay have
not been convicted, Mrs. Hurley's
picture appeared on the cover of a
national magazine, Jet. Previously,
she was cited as citizen of the year
by the Birmingham Chapter of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. She was
placed on the Chicago Defender
Honor Roll for 1956, following the
Till and Lee murders, for her courageous 
work as Southeastern Regional 
Director of the NAACP "in
the face of open hostility and
threatening violence." She also received 
citations from the friends
of the National Council of Negro
Women in 1957.
When the state of Alabama obtained 
an injunction against the
NAACP and banned its operations
in that state. Mrs. Hurley was instrumental 
in opening regional offices 
in Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Hurley is a member of numerous 
organizations in the field of
human relations, including the
YWCA and the YMCA. She is a
member of the Methodist Church,
having been active in the St. Paul
Methodist Church in Birmingham,
and having served as president of
its Wesleyan Service Guild.
W. C. Patton is the director of
the Non-Partisan group which seeks
to get 60,000 Negroes registered before 
the July 18 deadline.

NAACP YOUTH SECRETARY

a step which brought her to the
attention of the national office.
In 1943, Mrs. Hurley became
NAACP Youth Secretary with responsibiljity 
for the organization of
the NAACP Youth Councils and
college chapters and the direction
of the youth program. In that capacity, 
she served on the boards of
a number of youth-serving agencies
of national and international importance. 

In 1951 the late NAACP head
Walter White called on Mrs. Hurley
to take a temporary assignment to
coordinate membership campaigns
in five Southern states. The next
year the Southeastern Region was
established with offices in Birmingham, 
Alabama, and serving Alabama, 
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
North and South Carolina, and Tennessee. 
Mrs. Hurley was appointed
regional secretary over a region
which embraces more than 350
branches and 50,000 members.
As a result of her work in the
case of Reverend George Lee and
Emmitt Tillm who were murdered in

the Mississippi Delta by biased
white people who to this flay have
not been convicted, Mrs. Hurley's
picture appeared on the cover of a
national magazine, Jet. Previously,
she was cited as citizen of the year
by the Birmingham Chapter of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. She was
placed on the Chicago Defender
Honor Roll for 1956, following the
Till and Lee murders, for her courageous 
work as Southeastern Regional 
Director of the NAACP "in
the face of open hostility and
threatening violence." She also received 
citations from the friends
of the National Council of Negro
Women in 1957.
When the state of Alabama obtained 
an injunction against the
NAACP and banned its operations
in that state. Mrs. Hurley was instrumental 
in opening regional offices 
in Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Hurley is a member of numerous 
organizations in the field of
human relations, including the
YWCA and the YMCA. She is a
member of the Methodist Church,
having been active in the St. Paul
Methodist Church in Birmingham,
and having served as president of
its Wesleyan Service Guild.
W. C. Patton is the director of
the Non-Partisan group which seeks
to get 60,000 Negroes registered before 
the July 18 deadline.

IN EMMITT TILL CASE

a step which brought her to the
attention of the national office.
In 1943, Mrs. Hurley became
NAACP Youth Secretary with responsibiljity 
for the organization of
the NAACP Youth Councils and
college chapters and the direction
of the youth program. In that capacity, 
she served on the boards of
a number of youth-serving agencies
of national and international importance. 

In 1951 the late NAACP head
Walter White called on Mrs. Hurley
to take a temporary assignment to
coordinate membership campaigns
in five Southern states. The next
year the Southeastern Region was
established with offices in Birmingham, 
Alabama, and serving Alabama, 
Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
North and South Carolina, and Tennessee. 
Mrs. Hurley was appointed
regional secretary over a region
which embraces more than 350
branches and 50,000 members.
As a result of her work in the
case of Reverend George Lee and
Emmitt Tillm who were murdered in

the Mississippi Delta by biased
white people who to this flay have
not been convicted, Mrs. Hurley's
picture appeared on the cover of a
national magazine, Jet. Previously,
she was cited as citizen of the year
by the Birmingham Chapter of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. She was
placed on the Chicago Defender
Honor Roll for 1956, following the
Till and Lee murders, for her courageous 
work as Southeastern Regional 
Director of the NAACP "in
the face of open hostility and
threatening violence." She also received 
citations from the friends
of the National Council of Negro
Women in 1957.
When the state of Alabama obtained 
an injunction against the
NAACP and banned its operations
in that state. Mrs. Hurley was instrumental 
in opening regional offices 
in Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Hurley is a member of numerous 
organizations in the field of
human relations, including the
YWCA and the YMCA. She is a
member of the Methodist Church,
having been active in the St. Paul
Methodist Church in Birmingham,
and having served as president of
its Wesleyan Service Guild.
W. C. Patton is the director of
the Non-Partisan group which seeks
to get 60,000 Negroes registered before 
the July 18 deadline.

Jarvis Annual Work
Camp Scheduled
July 27-August 22
The annual interracial and international 
Work-Camp at Jarvis
Christian College in Hawkins,
Texas, will be held July 27 to
August 22. Twenty-five young
people from many sections of the
United States, from China, Africa,
India and the British West Indies
are expected.
The Work-Campers plan to
transfer the Jarvis' Lake Front
into a Camp Resort. They also
plan to beautify the Jarvis Mountain 
just east of the campus so
that it may be used as a Retreat
Center.
Frank C. Maybee, Jr., director of
Christian Education, Texas Board
of Christian Churches, Fort Worth,
Texas is assisting the college in
planning for the Work-Camp.

'King' Cole, Others
Honor Ambassador
Nat King Cole,
the celebrated vocalist, attended an
informal reception given in his
honor recently by Liberian Ambassador 
to the United States George
A. Padmore and Mrs. Padmore.
Mr. Cole was accompanied by
his wife, Marie, to the Embassy at
3507 Fulton Street, N. W., following
his evening performance at the
Carter Barron Amphitheater where
he is appearing this week.
Guests at the event were United
Stales Department of Stale officers 
Robert W. Ross, of the Liberian 
desk; George D. Lamont, deputy 
director and C. Vaughan Ferguson, 
Jr., director of Middle and
Southern African Affairs.

Dedicates Railways Line
Japan National 
Railways Sunday dedicated
a 212-mile line that was 40 years
in the building. The line runs over
and through the rugged mountains
of the Kii Peninsula of Central
Japan. A total of 145 tunnels dot
the route which links the cities of
Wakayama and Aukauchi.

Catholic School

the Catholics who send their children 
to desegregated parochial
schools belong to the 'power structure' 
more or less, executives and
managers; while in South Carolina 
more than half of the white
families who send their children
to the Catholic desegregated schools
are mill workers.
Thus at each level of the Southern 
culture the Roman Catholics
have shown that this can be done,
among the 'proprietors' and 'managers' 
as well as among the 'working 
people' without any of the
dire consequences with which we
have been threatened."

Use It Or Lose It
Text: He shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; 
his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 
(Psalm 1: 3.)
I began to learn something in my
conversation with a missionary, as
she told of the experience in her
home town. She stated the streets
which she lived on was lined with
beautiful trees, all were uniform in
appearance, tall, stately, heavy
with foliage.
One night there was a violent
storm. The street was soon littered
with broken branches and leaves.
Three trees well apart from one another, 
were uprooted and lay broken 
across the street.
An old forester walked among them
He said, "You will notice that each
one of the destroyed trees had
roots. For this reason they were unable 
to withstand, as the others did,
the pressures of a real storm."
That, too, is true of people. Shallow 
lives break beneath the stress
and strain of the storms that beset
us in everyday living. But those
whose roots of life are deeply anchored 
in the love of God able to
take the battering of the storms.
Although they may be scarred, they
remain standing, triumphant, a
living testimony to their faith.
Prayer: Our heavenly Father,
creator of an goodness and beauty,
help us to live within Thy love. So
may we have strength to meet the
tests of life and bring to thee the
victory Thou wouldst have us
bring. This we ask in Jesus' name.
Amen.

SHALLOW LIVES
Text: He shall be like a tree
planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; 
his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 
(Psalm 1: 3.)
I began to learn something in my
conversation with a missionary, as
she told of the experience in her
home town. She stated the streets
which she lived on was lined with
beautiful trees, all were uniform in
appearance, tall, stately, heavy
with foliage.
One night there was a violent
storm. The street was soon littered
with broken branches and leaves.
Three trees well apart from one another, 
were uprooted and lay broken 
across the street.
An old forester walked among them
He said, "You will notice that each
one of the destroyed trees had
roots. For this reason they were unable 
to withstand, as the others did,
the pressures of a real storm."
That, too, is true of people. Shallow 
lives break beneath the stress
and strain of the storms that beset
us in everyday living. But those
whose roots of life are deeply anchored 
in the love of God able to
take the battering of the storms.
Although they may be scarred, they
remain standing, triumphant, a
living testimony to their faith.
Prayer: Our heavenly Father,
creator of an goodness and beauty,
help us to live within Thy love. So
may we have strength to meet the
tests of life and bring to thee the
victory Thou wouldst have us
bring. This we ask in Jesus' name.
Amen.

Wilkins Charges
Ike Not Doing All
He Can For Rights
President 
Eisenhower is not doing all
he can for civil rights, Roy Wilkins,
executive secretary of the NAACP,
charged here at a press conference
Monday.
"The President is not doing all
he can for civil rights, except for
sending troops to Little Rock to
enforce the federal court order,"
Wilkins said, adding:
"The primary requisite is for his
administration to make itself clear
on the enforcement of the Supreme
Court decree. This he has never
done."
Wilkins conceded that the Eisenhower 
Administration had made
strides in eliminating racial segregation 
in schools and facilities on
military reservations, had acted to
end discrimination in places of public 
accommodation, entertainment,
and the public schools in the Dis
trict 
of Columbia.
He also admitted that the civil
rights of colored people generally
had improved because all legal efforts 
to enforce racial segregation
had been thwarted by the federal
courts.
Colored people "have made advances 
in all areas because it has
become unfashionable to discriminate 
against people for reasons of
race, creed or color."
The Little Rock school board,
Wilkins asserted, had abdicated to
the city's lawless elements and that
it was wholly mistaken in its decision 
to seek postponement of integration. 


ADMITS IMPROVEMENT
President 
Eisenhower is not doing all
he can for civil rights, Roy Wilkins,
executive secretary of the NAACP,
charged here at a press conference
Monday.
"The President is not doing all
he can for civil rights, except for
sending troops to Little Rock to
enforce the federal court order,"
Wilkins said, adding:
"The primary requisite is for his
administration to make itself clear
on the enforcement of the Supreme
Court decree. This he has never
done."
Wilkins conceded that the Eisenhower 
Administration had made
strides in eliminating racial segregation 
in schools and facilities on
military reservations, had acted to
end discrimination in places of public 
accommodation, entertainment,
and the public schools in the Dis
trict 
of Columbia.
He also admitted that the civil
rights of colored people generally
had improved because all legal efforts 
to enforce racial segregation
had been thwarted by the federal
courts.
Colored people "have made advances 
in all areas because it has
become unfashionable to discriminate 
against people for reasons of
race, creed or color."
The Little Rock school board,
Wilkins asserted, had abdicated to
the city's lawless elements and that
it was wholly mistaken in its decision 
to seek postponement of integration. 


JAMES KEENE'S powerful new novel
JUSTICE, MY BROTHER!
© Copyright 1957, by James Keene; reprinted by permission of the novel's publisher, 
House Inc.: distributed by King Features Syndicate.
AT MID-AFTERNOON the last
cattle car was filled. Bill
Hageman and I both signed the
cattle buyer's books while he
went to the bank for the money.
Wade Everett was a very tired
man. "It you'll not be needing me
any longer, Smoke, I think I'll be
getting home," he said to me.
"I'm certainly obliged to you,"
I said.
"I'm the one who's obliged,"
Everett said and rode away, elbows 
and legs flapping.
Bill Hageman and I walked together 
to Lanahan's Saloon.
Charlie Davis and his partner
joined us at the bar and I was a
little embarrassed because I didn't
have a nickel in my pocket with
which to stand treat, and I owed
the treat. But I didn't let a lack
of money stop me. Business was
thin and Lanahan looked at each
of us.
"I'm buying," I said.
"Well," Lanahan said, I've gotslow 
poison or quick."
"Slow for me," Charlie Davis
said. "You, Russ?"
"Beer," Russ said.
"Four beers then," I said, and
after Lanahan drew them, added,
"Just put that on the account
Pete."
He looked at me odd and quick.
"We don't charge drinks around
here, Smoke."
"You do today," I said, giving
him a blunt, affronted stare. "Hell,
you'll get your twenty cents!"
Pete Lanahan grinned foolishly.
"Yeah. What am I saying?"
Charlie Davis wasn't a man for
talk; neither was his partner,
which was probably why they got
on so well together. Bill nursed
his beer for a while, then I called
for a refill all around. Finally the
cattle buyer came in, a cold cigar
clamped between his teeth. He
had a fist full of bills and began
to count it out, shoving a pile
toward Bill Hageman, and the
other to me. I paid Pete Lanahan
his forty cents and pocketed the
rest. Charlie Davis drained what
remained of his beer and said,
"We'd best be riding, Bill."
Solemnly, Bill Hageman counted 
out their wages. "I wish I
could keep you both," he said,
"but I just can't."
"We understand," Davis said.
"Maybe we'll see you again."
"I hope so," Bill said, but I felt
sure that neither would ever come
back. The West was full of men
like Davis and his partner, nice
enough men, but drifters with no
home place of their own. A man
had to have a home place somewhere, 
a place where he belonged
and could always call his own.
I couldn't help but feel sorry for
both of them.
After they went out Bill Hageman 
said, "I'll see you, Smoke."
"Thanks for the help."
He grinned and waved and
went outside to mount his horse.
After he rode down the street,
the cattle buyer said, "There goes
a man who's finished. He thinks
he can ride this out, but in two
years he'll find put that he can't
get to his feet." He spoke without 
looking at me. "The range is
drying up. Another year of this
and there won't be enough for the
grasshoppers to come after."
"We'll get rain," I said. "It's
been dry before but there's always 
rain."
He laughed and shook his head.
"You people never give up, do
you?" He ordered whiskey but
did not drink it immediately. "Kid,
in this country you have to have
land. A lot of land to carry you
through the dry years. Sixty acres
at least for every head you run.
The good years, you can cut that
to a steer for every fifteen, but
you've got to have land to take
care of the dry spells." He slapped 
me on the back. "You O'Dares
used to have that kind of land
before the government moved you
out. You listen to Cord, kid. He
knows he's got to have land. A
lot more than he has now."
The buyer paid for his drink
and went out. Lanahan turned to
me and said, "You want another
beer? On the house."
"In that case, yes," I said.
When Lanahan straightened
with a foamy stein, he said, "That
fella made sense, Smoke. Bill
don't know it, but he's through,
selling off that way. He'll stick
it out for a year or two, but he'll
never survive it." He paused to
strip a wrapper from a cigar.
"How many head you got left
now?"
"Maybe a hundred and fifty—
two hundred."
Lanahan shook his head. "That
Cord. Don't see how he does it,
but he hangs on. Watches his
nickels and hangs on while the
others drop off. You think he'll
try and buy up Hageman's
place?"
"Bill wouldn't sell."
"Maybe he won't have any
choice," Lanahan said.
Since I didn't have anything
better to do, I stood there and
listened to him awhile. I nursed
the free beer until it got warm,
then offended Lanahan by not
buying another one.
A horseman came into town at
a gallop and Lanahan and I
turned our heads toward the door
as Luther dismounted out front
"Hot to be running a horse,"
Lanahan said.
Luther stumbled when he came
onto the saloon porch. His face

was flushed and from the iraegularity 
of his step I knew that he'd
had a few too many. He saw me
standing there and came up, flinging 
an arm around me, whether
in brotherly love or searching for
support, I didn't know.
"The bottle," he said to Lanahan, 
then stared at him until it
was placed on the bar, along with
a clean glass. Luther poured a
shot that was too big and then
drank it as though it were pink
lemonade. He stood there, blinking 
away the tears and breathing
through his open mouth.
"Ain't you had enough?" I
asked.
He looked at me in that studied
way all drunks have. "I've just
started, boy."
When he reached again for the
bottle, I Just pushed it out of his
way. Lanahan picked it up and
set it beneath the bar. Luther
looked at me, then, at Lanahan,
"Aaaay! What is thish?"
"Let's go home," I suggested.
"That's a quarter for the
drink," Lanahan said. "He had a
double."
I pulled out the roll and the
change and gave him a quarter.
While I was digging it out, Luther 
reached over and snatched
the bills from my hand. There
was nearly three thousand dollars
in that wad, enough to feed a
family for nearly three years at
the going rate. I tried to grab it
back but he was retreating.
"Ooooo!" he said. "Look at all
that money."
"You'd better give me that," I
said, trying not to excite him. I
groped for something to distract
him. "Come on and have another
drink, Luther."
He grinned. "Naaaa! This is
better than whisky. I just want
to hold it Never had that much
money before." He fanned the
ends of the bills. "Sure a lot of
money, Smoke. Won't have to
ask ol' Cord for money now, will
I?"
"Come on, Luther. Give me the
money and let's go home."
"I'm not ready to go yet," he
said. Before I could stop him he
lurched out of the place, driving
off the porch and across the
street.
Pete Lanahan said, "You'd
better get that darned fool,
Smoke."
Pete didn't often come up with
words of wisdom, but that sure
made sense. With Luther drunk,
there was no telling what he
would do next....


CHAPTER 18
© Copyright 1957, by James Keene; reprinted by permission of the novel's publisher, 
House Inc.: distributed by King Features Syndicate.
AT MID-AFTERNOON the last
cattle car was filled. Bill
Hageman and I both signed the
cattle buyer's books while he
went to the bank for the money.
Wade Everett was a very tired
man. "It you'll not be needing me
any longer, Smoke, I think I'll be
getting home," he said to me.
"I'm certainly obliged to you,"
I said.
"I'm the one who's obliged,"
Everett said and rode away, elbows 
and legs flapping.
Bill Hageman and I walked together 
to Lanahan's Saloon.
Charlie Davis and his partner
joined us at the bar and I was a
little embarrassed because I didn't
have a nickel in my pocket with
which to stand treat, and I owed
the treat. But I didn't let a lack
of money stop me. Business was
thin and Lanahan looked at each
of us.
"I'm buying," I said.
"Well," Lanahan said, I've gotslow 
poison or quick."
"Slow for me," Charlie Davis
said. "You, Russ?"
"Beer," Russ said.
"Four beers then," I said, and
after Lanahan drew them, added,
"Just put that on the account
Pete."
He looked at me odd and quick.
"We don't charge drinks around
here, Smoke."
"You do today," I said, giving
him a blunt, affronted stare. "Hell,
you'll get your twenty cents!"
Pete Lanahan grinned foolishly.
"Yeah. What am I saying?"
Charlie Davis wasn't a man for
talk; neither was his partner,
which was probably why they got
on so well together. Bill nursed
his beer for a while, then I called
for a refill all around. Finally the
cattle buyer came in, a cold cigar
clamped between his teeth. He
had a fist full of bills and began
to count it out, shoving a pile
toward Bill Hageman, and the
other to me. I paid Pete Lanahan
his forty cents and pocketed the
rest. Charlie Davis drained what
remained of his beer and said,
"We'd best be riding, Bill."
Solemnly, Bill Hageman counted 
out their wages. "I wish I
could keep you both," he said,
"but I just can't."
"We understand," Davis said.
"Maybe we'll see you again."
"I hope so," Bill said, but I felt
sure that neither would ever come
back. The West was full of men
like Davis and his partner, nice
enough men, but drifters with no
home place of their own. A man
had to have a home place somewhere, 
a place where he belonged
and could always call his own.
I couldn't help but feel sorry for
both of them.
After they went out Bill Hageman 
said, "I'll see you, Smoke."
"Thanks for the help."
He grinned and waved and
went outside to mount his horse.
After he rode down the street,
the cattle buyer said, "There goes
a man who's finished. He thinks
he can ride this out, but in two
years he'll find put that he can't
get to his feet." He spoke without 
looking at me. "The range is
drying up. Another year of this
and there won't be enough for the
grasshoppers to come after."
"We'll get rain," I said. "It's
been dry before but there's always 
rain."
He laughed and shook his head.
"You people never give up, do
you?" He ordered whiskey but
did not drink it immediately. "Kid,
in this country you have to have
land. A lot of land to carry you
through the dry years. Sixty acres
at least for every head you run.
The good years, you can cut that
to a steer for every fifteen, but
you've got to have land to take
care of the dry spells." He slapped 
me on the back. "You O'Dares
used to have that kind of land
before the government moved you
out. You listen to Cord, kid. He
knows he's got to have land. A
lot more than he has now."
The buyer paid for his drink
and went out. Lanahan turned to
me and said, "You want another
beer? On the house."
"In that case, yes," I said.
When Lanahan straightened
with a foamy stein, he said, "That
fella made sense, Smoke. Bill
don't know it, but he's through,
selling off that way. He'll stick
it out for a year or two, but he'll
never survive it." He paused to
strip a wrapper from a cigar.
"How many head you got left
now?"
"Maybe a hundred and fifty—
two hundred."
Lanahan shook his head. "That
Cord. Don't see how he does it,
but he hangs on. Watches his
nickels and hangs on while the
others drop off. You think he'll
try and buy up Hageman's
place?"
"Bill wouldn't sell."
"Maybe he won't have any
choice," Lanahan said.
Since I didn't have anything
better to do, I stood there and
listened to him awhile. I nursed
the free beer until it got warm,
then offended Lanahan by not
buying another one.
A horseman came into town at
a gallop and Lanahan and I
turned our heads toward the door
as Luther dismounted out front
"Hot to be running a horse,"
Lanahan said.
Luther stumbled when he came
onto the saloon porch. His face

was flushed and from the iraegularity 
of his step I knew that he'd
had a few too many. He saw me
standing there and came up, flinging 
an arm around me, whether
in brotherly love or searching for
support, I didn't know.
"The bottle," he said to Lanahan, 
then stared at him until it
was placed on the bar, along with
a clean glass. Luther poured a
shot that was too big and then
drank it as though it were pink
lemonade. He stood there, blinking 
away the tears and breathing
through his open mouth.
"Ain't you had enough?" I
asked.
He looked at me in that studied
way all drunks have. "I've just
started, boy."
When he reached again for the
bottle, I Just pushed it out of his
way. Lanahan picked it up and
set it beneath the bar. Luther
looked at me, then, at Lanahan,
"Aaaay! What is thish?"
"Let's go home," I suggested.
"That's a quarter for the
drink," Lanahan said. "He had a
double."
I pulled out the roll and the
change and gave him a quarter.
While I was digging it out, Luther 
reached over and snatched
the bills from my hand. There
was nearly three thousand dollars
in that wad, enough to feed a
family for nearly three years at
the going rate. I tried to grab it
back but he was retreating.
"Ooooo!" he said. "Look at all
that money."
"You'd better give me that," I
said, trying not to excite him. I
groped for something to distract
him. "Come on and have another
drink, Luther."
He grinned. "Naaaa! This is
better than whisky. I just want
to hold it Never had that much
money before." He fanned the
ends of the bills. "Sure a lot of
money, Smoke. Won't have to
ask ol' Cord for money now, will
I?"
"Come on, Luther. Give me the
money and let's go home."
"I'm not ready to go yet," he
said. Before I could stop him he
lurched out of the place, driving
off the porch and across the
street.
Pete Lanahan said, "You'd
better get that darned fool,
Smoke."
Pete didn't often come up with
words of wisdom, but that sure
made sense. With Luther drunk,
there was no telling what he
would do next....


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

Dr. Roulhac of Memphis told me of a patient who was
suffering excruciating pain in his lower abdomen. The patient
said: "Doctor, as long as I press my hand against the painful
portion of my body I feel o.k." The doctor replied: "Well you
keep on pressing and praying." The poor fellow obeyed and
in the course of time he was whole again.
Here is a lesson for us: Keep on
pressing, keep on praying. There
is healing through prayer.
True, many suffers have prayed
and received no physical healing. It
may not be God's will that the
person should recover. I believe it
is God's ideal intention for every
body to have perfect health of mind
and body and spirit. At the same
time remember there are various
reasons why perfect health cannot
be attained: Man's ignorance, man's
disobedience, man's lack of faith.
In failing to receive answer to
prayer for wholeness of body, remember 
God can and does weave
suffering into his own plan and
make his strength perfect in man's
weakness. We can have faith without 
healing, and healing without
faith.
If our prayers for health are not
answered... It is hot God's fault.
It may be there is some hindrance
to our cooperation with God. Remember 
God beheld his own son
stricken and dying on a cross. Behind 
it was a cause and man was
the cause. Man's sin, man's failure
to cooperate with God caused Jesus
to be railroaded to the cross as a
common criminal. God does not
intend sickness and sorrow. God
permits it. It is a tragic picture of
God's helplessness and man's free
moral agent.
Sickness is a new opportunity for
fellowship with God. If we track
our sickness back to some sin, get
God's forgiveness in the name of
Jesus Christ. Don't let sickness isolate 
you from God. Press hard on
God and the harder you press the
better you will feel.
Just as a loving mother will rush
to her crying sick or hurt child and
try to help and share that child
fight away its tears and ills, so
will our Heavenly Parent rush to
us. How closely and tightly an
earthly parent holds her hurt child
to her breast. She wants to draw
that child into her very body, her
very being. She would make her
child's hurt body an extension of
her own body. So it is with God.
Truly God bears our ills and sorrows. 
When we are hurt God is
hurt. "For in Him we live and move
and have our being."
Keep pressing on to God; keep
praying on to God.

Keep On Pressing, Keep On Praying
By
REV. BLAIR T. HUNT
PASTOR
MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Dr. Roulhac of Memphis told me of a patient who was
suffering excruciating pain in his lower abdomen. The patient
said: "Doctor, as long as I press my hand against the painful
portion of my body I feel o.k." The doctor replied: "Well you
keep on pressing and praying." The poor fellow obeyed and
in the course of time he was whole again.
Here is a lesson for us: Keep on
pressing, keep on praying. There
is healing through prayer.
True, many suffers have prayed
and received no physical healing. It
may not be God's will that the
person should recover. I believe it
is God's ideal intention for every
body to have perfect health of mind
and body and spirit. At the same
time remember there are various
reasons why perfect health cannot
be attained: Man's ignorance, man's
disobedience, man's lack of faith.
In failing to receive answer to
prayer for wholeness of body, remember 
God can and does weave
suffering into his own plan and
make his strength perfect in man's
weakness. We can have faith without 
healing, and healing without
faith.
If our prayers for health are not
answered... It is hot God's fault.
It may be there is some hindrance
to our cooperation with God. Remember 
God beheld his own son
stricken and dying on a cross. Behind 
it was a cause and man was
the cause. Man's sin, man's failure
to cooperate with God caused Jesus
to be railroaded to the cross as a
common criminal. God does not
intend sickness and sorrow. God
permits it. It is a tragic picture of
God's helplessness and man's free
moral agent.
Sickness is a new opportunity for
fellowship with God. If we track
our sickness back to some sin, get
God's forgiveness in the name of
Jesus Christ. Don't let sickness isolate 
you from God. Press hard on
God and the harder you press the
better you will feel.
Just as a loving mother will rush
to her crying sick or hurt child and
try to help and share that child
fight away its tears and ills, so
will our Heavenly Parent rush to
us. How closely and tightly an
earthly parent holds her hurt child
to her breast. She wants to draw
that child into her very body, her
very being. She would make her
child's hurt body an extension of
her own body. So it is with God.
Truly God bears our ills and sorrows. 
When we are hurt God is
hurt. "For in Him we live and move
and have our being."
Keep pressing on to God; keep
praying on to God.

LOCKHART DENIES
KNOWING MATHIS
Frank Lockhart, Jr., 1321 Hemlock, 
said Friday he doesn't know
singer Johnny Mathis personally.
His sister, Miss Ann Lockhart,
said, "I was only kidding when
I said Frank met Johnny Mathis
in Chicago last summer."
Lockhart said he has only one
letter from the singer, but still
plans to meet Mathis in Las Vegas
soon.

To Break Ground
For Children's Home
Ground breaking for the Goodwill 
Homes for Children, Inc., will
be held at 5 p. m., Sunday, July 20.
President John A. Parson has been
selected to officiate at the six-acre
site near Whitehave-Capleville and
Horn Lake Roads in South Shelby
County, near Geeter School.
Contact for constructing the
building was let to Edgar H. Davis,
who bibbed $74,889.
Building plans call for a three
one-story connections to provide for
22 children.