Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1954-07-06 Mrs. Rosa Brown Bracy MEMPHIS WORLD AMERICAN'S STANDARD RACE JOURNAL The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO. Every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 164 BEALE — Phone 8-4030 Entered in the Post Office at Memphis, Tenn., as second-class mail under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1870 Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE W. A. Scott, II, Founder; C. A. Scott General Manager Mrs. Rosa Brown Bracy Acting Editor The MEMPHIS WORLD to 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year $5.00 — 6 Months $3.00 — 3 Months $1.50 (In Advance) Are You A Registered Voter? Memo: From Memphis World Staff to all Memphians of voting age. Subject: Voter Registration. Comment: Remember July 16 is the last day to register to become a qualified voter to take part in the August 5 primary! To be a citizen carry a citizen's responsibility and register to become a voter. Go to the court house and register today! Remember our government is only as good as the government you voted or didn't vote for! Become a citizen and register to vote! Don't delay as time is running short! This Newspaper Has A Stewardship At the outset, we elected a service of dignity and honor for the people. We have striven through the years to afford a national journal of opinion and are ever on the fore front, observing the weather conditions of things, in order to occupy a sphere of authentic and consistent dissemination of what will inure to the best interest of all the people. This service it is felt, is the only approach that will in the end be profitable. During our long tenure, many things have come up in the normal order of a changing era. In the first place, we strove to enlighten the state and the nation of the grave peril in affording a condition of second class citizens. We battled this principle on every front of human endeavor. In our observations, we found that a system of second class citizenship was a liability and not in conformance with the pattern of democracy. When we came up on the scene, we found few people voting in primaries and general elections, so negligible, as to be mere gestures of formality. We knew all along that a government of the people and for the people could not exist under a minority form, so negligible that a minority form of government took over to the detriment of the majority. We could not see the wisdom of an intelligent body-politic submitting to a minority regime in levying its taxes, spending its resource and regulating its franchise. We have lived to see the end of white primaries, with all the qualified voters taking part in the naming of their officials. We have seen better men come into the picture as contenders for office. We have seen a condition in which office seekers have come to the realization that all the people must be bargained with in order to win office. We have seen the Supreme Court throw segregation out of the window, with its dying worshippers floundering in the wildest frustration of disorder in an effort to find themselves. We have fought on this front for areal America; an America of honesty and decency in which all citizens may come in for a full share of the privilege paid for and deserved by every American. We elected a position of service; that service was founded on honor-and to this end are we dedicated. "Equality At The Sales Counter" In its article on the 15-billion-dollar Negro Market in the United States, Time Magazine concludes that the growing purchasing power of Negroes is winning for them "equality at the sales counter of many department stores. This pattern of courteous treatment of Negro customers has been the custom for some time in the larger, mercantile marts of Atlanta. In these places, Negroes are treated with courtesy, addressed with courtesy titles and not forced to buy hats and other clothing without trying them on. The success of the establishments which practice this courtesy is evidenced by their preeminence among local retailers. There are still, however, a great many other retailers, in various lines of goods and services, who have not yet been told that it's good, business to treat Negroes decently. And, not having been told, they have no way of knowing for there are still, unfortunately, those Negroes who trade at these places and submit to insults and indignities while, at the same time, spending, their money for the perverted privilege of being familiarly addressed by some cynical clerk. There are till those Negroes who gleefully confess the most intimate details of their personal lives to merchants (of usually third-rate stores) for an approving smile or guffaw. If Time's prediction is to some true that is, if Negroes' money is to win for them more respect and dignity - then Negroes, themselves, must realize that when they, walk into a business establishment with the money or credit to make a purchase, he is the one in command of the situation. He, too, must realize that he is entitled to the honored heritage of the American customer being always right. In a business transaction, it is not necessary for one person to humble himself before another in order to exchange legal tender for goods or services. The Negro consumer, then, will be the one to decide if and when Time's prediction will come true. Money, almost omnipotent in a capitalistic economy, can, by its possession, be a prime deciding factor in the end of indignity for the Negro. WISHING WELL Registered U. S. Patent Office. H is pleasant little game that will give you a message every day. It is a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. If the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. If the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper left-hand corner of the rectangle and check every one of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the letters under the checked figures give you. REVIEWING THE NEWS BY WILLIAM GORDON Managing Editor, Atlanta Daily World The dead silence in the early morning breeze was broken only by the thundering sounds of artillery fire. Every muscle and every fibre stood perfectly at attention. All eyes were focused in one direction on the little man with the beard who stood between two top-ranking Army officers. The Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, was being paid the highest United States tribute to a visiting dignitary, the 21-gun-salute. Minutes later, when the big guns had completed their mission and their crews stood at attention, only the echoes could be heard in the distance. This was broken by the strains of the Ethiopian National Anthem, played by the Fort Benning Army Postband. Following this was the Star Spangled Banner and the music never sounded better. Once again silence prevailed while cameramen and news reel men scrambled for choice positions to get shots of the. Emperor and his immediate family. Meanwhile, the crowd, gathered about to get a peek at the little man from Africa, continued to watch in silence. At this point, people were waved to two sides to make room for an army jeep. Driven by a soldier, the vehicle rolled in the direction of the, Emperor and the two top-ranking Army officers. Accompanied by the officers, he took a seat in the vehicle and began to inspect the troops. Within a short span of thirty minutes, a most significant ceremony had taken place on the grounds of Fort Benning, Ga. Respect was paid an African leader, one who is perhaps the one single link between a thriving and awakening continent and the free world. This tribute may not have been paid this leader twenty years ago, for history had not yet taken the turn it has today. At this time strong feeling of nationalism and self government by nations deprived of the right to freedom, showed only faint sounds in the distance. But leaders like Emperor Haile Selassie saw further than most leaders of his day, even those in the Western world. When he warned of aggression in the thirties while his country was being invaded by Mussolini's armies, some countries stood by without even moral support. The United States took a different position. It did not take sides with Italy. And as a gesture of fulfillment, the Emperor was invited to the United States and given a, welcome that rated second to none. For those who stood on the sidelines and watched the ceremonies at Fort Benning, I am sure there were deeper implications. Paying respects to the Emperor of Ethiopia was also giving recognition to the facts that, this country was a great power when recorded history began. Ethiopia has produced scientists and scholars and the land about it once harbored one of the world's oldest civilizations. Evidence of this exhibits itself even today in the fighting men of Ethiopia who gave their lives in World War II and more recently in the Korean conflict. Leadership ability reflects itself through its Emperor who looks to the West for additional skill and capital to help exploit his country's abundant natural resources. The people are proud and they stoop to no faction or bloc. According to the Emperor, they look to the principles of collective security and will go along with nations of the world Working in the interest of freedom and respect for all peoples. This might account for the half-century of diplomatic relations it has had with the United States. I am sure that those who stood on the sidelines and watched with keen interest the tribute paid this little man who is today the symbol of dark peoples the world over, viewed the reception from other angles. The real fact is, this little man with the broad perspective, represents the emergence of colored people every where on the scene of leadership and respectability, a privilege rightfully due all members of the human family. Haile Selasse, The Little Man With A Broad Prospective BY WILLIAM GORDON Managing Editor, Atlanta Daily World The dead silence in the early morning breeze was broken only by the thundering sounds of artillery fire. Every muscle and every fibre stood perfectly at attention. All eyes were focused in one direction on the little man with the beard who stood between two top-ranking Army officers. The Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, was being paid the highest United States tribute to a visiting dignitary, the 21-gun-salute. Minutes later, when the big guns had completed their mission and their crews stood at attention, only the echoes could be heard in the distance. This was broken by the strains of the Ethiopian National Anthem, played by the Fort Benning Army Postband. Following this was the Star Spangled Banner and the music never sounded better. Once again silence prevailed while cameramen and news reel men scrambled for choice positions to get shots of the. Emperor and his immediate family. Meanwhile, the crowd, gathered about to get a peek at the little man from Africa, continued to watch in silence. At this point, people were waved to two sides to make room for an army jeep. Driven by a soldier, the vehicle rolled in the direction of the, Emperor and the two top-ranking Army officers. Accompanied by the officers, he took a seat in the vehicle and began to inspect the troops. Within a short span of thirty minutes, a most significant ceremony had taken place on the grounds of Fort Benning, Ga. Respect was paid an African leader, one who is perhaps the one single link between a thriving and awakening continent and the free world. This tribute may not have been paid this leader twenty years ago, for history had not yet taken the turn it has today. At this time strong feeling of nationalism and self government by nations deprived of the right to freedom, showed only faint sounds in the distance. But leaders like Emperor Haile Selassie saw further than most leaders of his day, even those in the Western world. When he warned of aggression in the thirties while his country was being invaded by Mussolini's armies, some countries stood by without even moral support. The United States took a different position. It did not take sides with Italy. And as a gesture of fulfillment, the Emperor was invited to the United States and given a, welcome that rated second to none. For those who stood on the sidelines and watched the ceremonies at Fort Benning, I am sure there were deeper implications. Paying respects to the Emperor of Ethiopia was also giving recognition to the facts that, this country was a great power when recorded history began. Ethiopia has produced scientists and scholars and the land about it once harbored one of the world's oldest civilizations. Evidence of this exhibits itself even today in the fighting men of Ethiopia who gave their lives in World War II and more recently in the Korean conflict. Leadership ability reflects itself through its Emperor who looks to the West for additional skill and capital to help exploit his country's abundant natural resources. The people are proud and they stoop to no faction or bloc. According to the Emperor, they look to the principles of collective security and will go along with nations of the world Working in the interest of freedom and respect for all peoples. This might account for the half-century of diplomatic relations it has had with the United States. I am sure that those who stood on the sidelines and watched with keen interest the tribute paid this little man who is today the symbol of dark peoples the world over, viewed the reception from other angles. The real fact is, this little man with the broad perspective, represents the emergence of colored people every where on the scene of leadership and respectability, a privilege rightfully due all members of the human family. BETWEEN THE LINES Subversion is one of the live issues, before the nation, crying for attention. If would be national suicide to minimize the gravity of the current situation, which has revealed that there are subversive forces at work which threaten the survival of our great nation. Those who would minimize the current threat of subversion are dangerous to the common weal. The abuse of prerogatives of guilty, is his greatest sin, and not the careful utilization of those prerogatives. This country, unfortunately, needs some one to do what McCarthy has over done, and thereinlies the path to greater national security. More than once, this column has belabored the point that it would be traitorous for us to sit supinely by and let our great moral heritage go by default. Our lovely land and our glorious liberties have been bought, with a price and are worth fighting for. This nation of ours must be preserved against any and all subversives! We have not done our whole duty until we attack with equal vigor subversism wherever found. It is not enough to fight unto death the subversism that storms from Moscow: but if we would be true to God and native land we must fight the subversism that stems from Columbia, South Carolina and Atlanta Georgia. There is little to choose between these, who would emasculate the Constitution and those who would emasculate democracy and Christianity. It must be admitted that opposition to the spirit and letter of the Consitution is no less subversive than fellow-traveling and communism. In the last analysis one is as deadly and dangerous as the other. The story goes that once a girl and her lover were pranking with a gun in the parlor, and there was an explosion and the girl fell mor tally wounded with a bullet in her heart. Her lover caught her up in his arms and cried, "Maud, Maud, darling, I didn't go to do it!" But Maud was as dead as if he had been aiming to do her to death. The person who dies by accident is just as dead as one who dies on purpose! Subversion by Negrophobes is just, as deadly as subversism of the Kremlin. When governors and attorneysgeneral and other officials meet in conclave and seek ways and means of circumventing the mandates of the Constitution of the United States, we are witnessing a specicies of subversion. The sooner this sordid fact is faced the sooner we will be prepared to fight unto the death the battle that communism in a hundred forms is forcing upon us. A divided nation cannot defeat communism. Russia was started and stunned and thrown off balance when the Supreme court outlawed segregation. Their long silence on the decision was studied and calculating. But Russia's silence has been broken thus: The Russian newspapers further declared, "The decision was of a purely masking, character and it has been undertaken with propagation aims alone. "Touching in one of his press conferences on the decision of the Supreme Court, United States President Eisenhower gave an egative, reply to the question of Whether he could advise the Southern States how they are supposed to react. "Those behind a formal position of non-interference, "which is by itself sufficiently revea1ing offcial support of race discrimination is being concealed." Isvestia, a national organ has this to say: To prove its case Isvestia quotes from Byrnes of South Carolina Gov. Hugh White of Mississippi Giv. Talmadge of Georgia Sena tor Russell of Georgia and Senator Eastland of Mississippi. Just how accurately Russia has diagnosed our situation is a serious matter and one which conceivably involves the future of democracy in the world. It's, our move! DEALING WITH OUR SUBVERSIVES Subversion is one of the live issues, before the nation, crying for attention. If would be national suicide to minimize the gravity of the current situation, which has revealed that there are subversive forces at work which threaten the survival of our great nation. Those who would minimize the current threat of subversion are dangerous to the common weal. The abuse of prerogatives of guilty, is his greatest sin, and not the careful utilization of those prerogatives. This country, unfortunately, needs some one to do what McCarthy has over done, and thereinlies the path to greater national security. More than once, this column has belabored the point that it would be traitorous for us to sit supinely by and let our great moral heritage go by default. Our lovely land and our glorious liberties have been bought, with a price and are worth fighting for. This nation of ours must be preserved against any and all subversives! We have not done our whole duty until we attack with equal vigor subversism wherever found. It is not enough to fight unto death the subversism that storms from Moscow: but if we would be true to God and native land we must fight the subversism that stems from Columbia, South Carolina and Atlanta Georgia. There is little to choose between these, who would emasculate the Constitution and those who would emasculate democracy and Christianity. It must be admitted that opposition to the spirit and letter of the Consitution is no less subversive than fellow-traveling and communism. In the last analysis one is as deadly and dangerous as the other. The story goes that once a girl and her lover were pranking with a gun in the parlor, and there was an explosion and the girl fell mor tally wounded with a bullet in her heart. Her lover caught her up in his arms and cried, "Maud, Maud, darling, I didn't go to do it!" But Maud was as dead as if he had been aiming to do her to death. The person who dies by accident is just as dead as one who dies on purpose! Subversion by Negrophobes is just, as deadly as subversism of the Kremlin. When governors and attorneysgeneral and other officials meet in conclave and seek ways and means of circumventing the mandates of the Constitution of the United States, we are witnessing a specicies of subversion. The sooner this sordid fact is faced the sooner we will be prepared to fight unto the death the battle that communism in a hundred forms is forcing upon us. A divided nation cannot defeat communism. Russia was started and stunned and thrown off balance when the Supreme court outlawed segregation. Their long silence on the decision was studied and calculating. But Russia's silence has been broken thus: The Russian newspapers further declared, "The decision was of a purely masking, character and it has been undertaken with propagation aims alone. "Touching in one of his press conferences on the decision of the Supreme Court, United States President Eisenhower gave an egative, reply to the question of Whether he could advise the Southern States how they are supposed to react. "Those behind a formal position of non-interference, "which is by itself sufficiently revea1ing offcial support of race discrimination is being concealed." Isvestia, a national organ has this to say: To prove its case Isvestia quotes from Byrnes of South Carolina Gov. Hugh White of Mississippi Giv. Talmadge of Georgia Sena tor Russell of Georgia and Senator Eastland of Mississippi. Just how accurately Russia has diagnosed our situation is a serious matter and one which conceivably involves the future of democracy in the world. It's, our move! The Doctor Disagrees By Elizabeth Seifert Copyright, 1968, by Distributed by King Features Sysdicate DR. BOWSER was sure that fouling would take place, when Shelly Carr appeared that evening, close behind the two men, but not with them. Shelly had dressed carefully for the occasion. She looked exactly what she was, a beautiful young woman, a lady born to grace and honor. Perhaps some of the doctors detected her nervousness. To the casual eye, it was not apparent. She came into the room, slender, lovely, her golden hair gleaming, her violet eyes wide and dark, her face serene. She wore a black dress, slim, banded at the throat and wrists with an embroidery of gold thread and seed pearls. She wore snowy white gloves, and little diamond earrings. The doctors thought they knew why she had come—Bowser had asked her to present her night service plan. They looked a little befuddled when she explained to each one, who came to speak to her that she was present "in Stephen's interest." To each man's gallantry, she responded in her soft voice, and searched the group for Craig. He had promised to attend! That was all he would promise, but he had said he would be there. And—just before Bowser called the meeting to order, he did come into the room, his dark face blank of all emotion. He sat down at the far edge of the group and indicated that Bowser should go on with the business in hand. He was there, his manner said, but he'd contribute nothing! At a small table against one wall sat the secretary and the chairman, who now rapped upon the table with his knuckles and asked for attention. Briefly, he welcomed the guests, with a sly attempt at humor. There was, he suggested, a vast improvement in things when a wife came to the meeting instead of the doctor. Shelly blushed prettily and smiled at the daughter and the hand clapping. She was wishing that she had turned her chair so that she could catch Craig. Heaven knew what he'd do or say! The meeting started with some embarrassment, because in the minutes there was the account of the tabled motion which Craig had offered concerning Dr. Lewis. And tonight Dr. Lewis, sat, big as life and twice as gracious, not ten feet away from Dr. Talboy. Mrs. Lewis suit against him had been settled out of court, and the matter silenced. Nevertheless, it had taken a certain amount of brass to come to this meeting, to eat dinner with the other doctors, to joke with them and to sit at ease.. but Ervin Lewis had all the brass which was necessary. He had enough to turn and stare meaningly at Craig Talboy when Dr. Bowser was ready to take up the new business of the evening. "There has been an expression of intent," said Dr. Bowser unhappily, "but as yet no motion directly made which could lead to action However I think it will be necessary to place into discussion the events of Tuesday night, February twenty-first" (The night of Mrs. Armes' death) Dr. Talboy reached into his pocket, drew out cigarets and lit one, the match flame steady in his fingers He's got Indian blood, all right," Dr. Appleman said in a loud whisper. Craig's black eyes turned toward him. "Cherokee," he said quietly. "Great-grandfather." And half of the men in the room laughed. Shelly looked down at her white gloves. She wished Craig would try... He would not. He smoked his cigaret and listened inscrutably to Dr. Bowser's fumbling attempts to condemn him and be tactful all in the same breath. Bowser was endeavoring to be fair; one had to give him for effort. He made a nice little speech upon the subject of gossip. It was fun to gossip, said he, and all were guilty of indulging in the practice, often for getting to give a little thought—or a lot—to the dividing line between harmlessness and maliciousness. "There are two schools of thought about gossip, "he continued. "One is that it is better to ignore the talk, and hope, it will die from lack of nourishment." Somebody laughed. "The second is to take full notice of it, examine the elements within it and establish such truth, or falsehood, as exists. This most frequently, and completely, is done through the medium of the civil courts. You know, some sort of suit is filed, evidence is secured and given—the court's decision reached. And publicly accepted." "May I speak, sir?" asked Mr. Cornfeld. "Certainly." "We have to get a suit filed before we can try it, and establish a man's innocence. Now, there's no use bein' evasive here tonight. We'll gain time by namin' names. So I'll point out to you that if the Armes family had been willing to have an autopsy performed on the old lady, it might have been established once and for all that the doctor's, failure to get to her bedside had nothin' to do with her death. I understand a clot of a certain size in the coronary artery guarantees death. But in this case here we had a coroner who said it looked like a natural death from heart failure, and that was that. "Now, the second thing. Folks say the doctor was drunk that night, and that's why he didn't get to his patient, which, for the purposes of this meeting, could mean behavior unfittin' to a doctor approved by this society. That's what you plan to decide on tonight, isn't it?" "Well—yes, "said Dr. Bowser. "All right. Then you're goin' to Save to do one of two things. Prove he was drunk, or prove he was not. Depindin' naturally, on whether you're on the defense or he offense," "I'm neutral, Mr. Cornfeld." "You are, eh? All right, then, you should be ready to take proof on both sides. I'd recommend that you start by askin' for proof that Dr. Talboy was drunk." He sat down, and Dr. Bowser tried to juggle the ball which had been tossed into his hands. He dropped it. "Well, gosh sakes!" said Mr. Cornfeld. "The man was brought into your hospital, hurt—who handled him? Did that doctor smell liquor on him? Aren't there medicines given for alcoholism in such cases? Black coffee or something more scientific. Were those given?" Craig Talboy's eyes were shining like coals. His head was tipped upon one shoulder and he quizzically waited for the answer. "It was finally established that Dr. Ward had cared for the injured man, and—"I never said he was drunk!" he growled. "Did you hear somebody say it?" Ward tried to think. "Maybe the ambulance driver did—yes, I think he said that it looked like the doctor had one too many; he couldn't figure why else he'd wreck his car on that straight stretch of road." "And you accepted that idle remark as evidence!" said Cornfeld. "Now, look here, sir!" choked Dr. Ward. The harassed chairman pointed his gavel at Mr. Cornfeld. "Do you have something you want to present to this meeting as evidence that Dr. Talboy was not drunk?" Mr. Cornfeld beamed, "That's the question I want!" he declared, happily, and everyone laughed. "I don't know that it's inorder ... " protested Dr. Appleman. "Look, boy," said the magistrate. "Some day you may sit on a hot seat, and you'll be good and glad if somebody comes along—in order or not-to help cool the thing down. If you've got a personal grudge against Dr. Talboy—" "Oh, I haven't. Of course." "All right, then. Let's proceed. Now, let me see. Dr. Bowser wants to know if I have evidence. I do. It's simple. I've brought to this meeting a list of the night falls which Dr. Talboy answered as the three nights preceding his accident. We won't talk about his days. It can be established that he held office hours, did five surgical operations in those three days, attended thirteen patients in hospital, and probably, as many more out of it. "But let's look at the list of night calls. He was hurt you'll remember, on Tuesday night. More nearly Wednesday morning." CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR By Elizabeth Seifert Copyright, 1968, by Distributed by King Features Sysdicate DR. BOWSER was sure that fouling would take place, when Shelly Carr appeared that evening, close behind the two men, but not with them. Shelly had dressed carefully for the occasion. She looked exactly what she was, a beautiful young woman, a lady born to grace and honor. Perhaps some of the doctors detected her nervousness. To the casual eye, it was not apparent. She came into the room, slender, lovely, her golden hair gleaming, her violet eyes wide and dark, her face serene. She wore a black dress, slim, banded at the throat and wrists with an embroidery of gold thread and seed pearls. She wore snowy white gloves, and little diamond earrings. The doctors thought they knew why she had come—Bowser had asked her to present her night service plan. They looked a little befuddled when she explained to each one, who came to speak to her that she was present "in Stephen's interest." To each man's gallantry, she responded in her soft voice, and searched the group for Craig. He had promised to attend! That was all he would promise, but he had said he would be there. And—just before Bowser called the meeting to order, he did come into the room, his dark face blank of all emotion. He sat down at the far edge of the group and indicated that Bowser should go on with the business in hand. He was there, his manner said, but he'd contribute nothing! At a small table against one wall sat the secretary and the chairman, who now rapped upon the table with his knuckles and asked for attention. Briefly, he welcomed the guests, with a sly attempt at humor. There was, he suggested, a vast improvement in things when a wife came to the meeting instead of the doctor. Shelly blushed prettily and smiled at the daughter and the hand clapping. She was wishing that she had turned her chair so that she could catch Craig. Heaven knew what he'd do or say! The meeting started with some embarrassment, because in the minutes there was the account of the tabled motion which Craig had offered concerning Dr. Lewis. And tonight Dr. Lewis, sat, big as life and twice as gracious, not ten feet away from Dr. Talboy. Mrs. Lewis suit against him had been settled out of court, and the matter silenced. Nevertheless, it had taken a certain amount of brass to come to this meeting, to eat dinner with the other doctors, to joke with them and to sit at ease.. but Ervin Lewis had all the brass which was necessary. He had enough to turn and stare meaningly at Craig Talboy when Dr. Bowser was ready to take up the new business of the evening. "There has been an expression of intent," said Dr. Bowser unhappily, "but as yet no motion directly made which could lead to action However I think it will be necessary to place into discussion the events of Tuesday night, February twenty-first" (The night of Mrs. Armes' death) Dr. Talboy reached into his pocket, drew out cigarets and lit one, the match flame steady in his fingers He's got Indian blood, all right," Dr. Appleman said in a loud whisper. Craig's black eyes turned toward him. "Cherokee," he said quietly. "Great-grandfather." And half of the men in the room laughed. Shelly looked down at her white gloves. She wished Craig would try... He would not. He smoked his cigaret and listened inscrutably to Dr. Bowser's fumbling attempts to condemn him and be tactful all in the same breath. Bowser was endeavoring to be fair; one had to give him for effort. He made a nice little speech upon the subject of gossip. It was fun to gossip, said he, and all were guilty of indulging in the practice, often for getting to give a little thought—or a lot—to the dividing line between harmlessness and maliciousness. "There are two schools of thought about gossip, "he continued. "One is that it is better to ignore the talk, and hope, it will die from lack of nourishment." Somebody laughed. "The second is to take full notice of it, examine the elements within it and establish such truth, or falsehood, as exists. This most frequently, and completely, is done through the medium of the civil courts. You know, some sort of suit is filed, evidence is secured and given—the court's decision reached. And publicly accepted." "May I speak, sir?" asked Mr. Cornfeld. "Certainly." "We have to get a suit filed before we can try it, and establish a man's innocence. Now, there's no use bein' evasive here tonight. We'll gain time by namin' names. So I'll point out to you that if the Armes family had been willing to have an autopsy performed on the old lady, it might have been established once and for all that the doctor's, failure to get to her bedside had nothin' to do with her death. I understand a clot of a certain size in the coronary artery guarantees death. But in this case here we had a coroner who said it looked like a natural death from heart failure, and that was that. "Now, the second thing. Folks say the doctor was drunk that night, and that's why he didn't get to his patient, which, for the purposes of this meeting, could mean behavior unfittin' to a doctor approved by this society. That's what you plan to decide on tonight, isn't it?" "Well—yes, "said Dr. Bowser. "All right. Then you're goin' to Save to do one of two things. Prove he was drunk, or prove he was not. Depindin' naturally, on whether you're on the defense or he offense," "I'm neutral, Mr. Cornfeld." "You are, eh? All right, then, you should be ready to take proof on both sides. I'd recommend that you start by askin' for proof that Dr. Talboy was drunk." He sat down, and Dr. Bowser tried to juggle the ball which had been tossed into his hands. He dropped it. "Well, gosh sakes!" said Mr. Cornfeld. "The man was brought into your hospital, hurt—who handled him? Did that doctor smell liquor on him? Aren't there medicines given for alcoholism in such cases? Black coffee or something more scientific. Were those given?" Craig Talboy's eyes were shining like coals. His head was tipped upon one shoulder and he quizzically waited for the answer. "It was finally established that Dr. Ward had cared for the injured man, and—"I never said he was drunk!" he growled. "Did you hear somebody say it?" Ward tried to think. "Maybe the ambulance driver did—yes, I think he said that it looked like the doctor had one too many; he couldn't figure why else he'd wreck his car on that straight stretch of road." "And you accepted that idle remark as evidence!" said Cornfeld. "Now, look here, sir!" choked Dr. Ward. The harassed chairman pointed his gavel at Mr. Cornfeld. "Do you have something you want to present to this meeting as evidence that Dr. Talboy was not drunk?" Mr. Cornfeld beamed, "That's the question I want!" he declared, happily, and everyone laughed. "I don't know that it's inorder ... " protested Dr. Appleman. "Look, boy," said the magistrate. "Some day you may sit on a hot seat, and you'll be good and glad if somebody comes along—in order or not-to help cool the thing down. If you've got a personal grudge against Dr. Talboy—" "Oh, I haven't. Of course." "All right, then. Let's proceed. Now, let me see. Dr. Bowser wants to know if I have evidence. I do. It's simple. I've brought to this meeting a list of the night falls which Dr. Talboy answered as the three nights preceding his accident. We won't talk about his days. It can be established that he held office hours, did five surgical operations in those three days, attended thirteen patients in hospital, and probably, as many more out of it. "But let's look at the list of night calls. He was hurt you'll remember, on Tuesday night. More nearly Wednesday morning." MY WEEKLY SERMON REV. BLAIR T. HUNT, PASTOR MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN CHURCH, MEMPHIS TEXT: "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's." Luke 20:25. Sunday July 4th was the 178th birthday of our great nation, a great universal festival. It ought to have been commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God almighty. We must never forget the Divine Providence which made and which has preserved us a nation. "Render unto Caesar the things that are caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's," said Jesus to His carping critics. In this the natal week of our nation, let us meditate upon these words, upon our dual citizenship. We cry "America forever!" What kind of America shall it be? Strange words, strange thoughts are creeping into our language, into our philosophy. The old independence bell sounded forth notes of freedom, justice and loyalty. But today we hear graft, greed, prejudice, intolerance, discrimination, segregation. What kind of America will these words and thoughts an dacts concomitant with these words and thoughts produce? We tremble. But back to our text: the temple scholars and theologians joined with the crafty Herodians and kept other Jesus with crafty questions. The enemies, the one group of the other, they cooked up a new strategy to entrap Jesus. A series of questions were asked Jesus. But Jesus, shrewdest of all debaters countered every question. Among the questions posed was a dangerous political and social question: should a Jew pay the Roman taxes? If Jesus said "no," He would be guilty of treason. But if He said "yes" all Jews would be offended. Jesus called for a penny and pointed to the image on the coin; tie profile of Caesar. "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's" was the astute answer, another trap had failed. Jesus thus taught patriotism and religion. It is a Christian duty to be a good citizen, to pay taxes, to register to vote to donate and work for our civic, character building and charity organizations, the Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, NAACP, etc. If you dont you are not a follower of Jesus, you are not a good Christian, taught Jesus. One must render a decent, loyal, generous, and patriotic citizenship to our government, which guarantees, justice and protection. In our patriotic zeal we must not overlook the high and holy duty we owe to God. As beneficiaries at the Hand of God, we must restore to God the things that pertain to our Christian citizenship... " our citizenship is in heaven.' Every Christian is called on to render to God devotion and worship, reverence and piety, thoughts and affections. We must make the world safe for Christianity which is brotherhood safe for all races, all peoples. Indeed there is no conflict between the love of the flag and the love of the cross, between love of the state and love of the church, between the love of, country and the love of God. PATRIOTISM AND RELIGION REV. BLAIR T. HUNT, PASTOR MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN CHURCH, MEMPHIS TEXT: "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's." Luke 20:25. Sunday July 4th was the 178th birthday of our great nation, a great universal festival. It ought to have been commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God almighty. We must never forget the Divine Providence which made and which has preserved us a nation. "Render unto Caesar the things that are caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's," said Jesus to His carping critics. In this the natal week of our nation, let us meditate upon these words, upon our dual citizenship. We cry "America forever!" What kind of America shall it be? Strange words, strange thoughts are creeping into our language, into our philosophy. The old independence bell sounded forth notes of freedom, justice and loyalty. But today we hear graft, greed, prejudice, intolerance, discrimination, segregation. What kind of America will these words and thoughts an dacts concomitant with these words and thoughts produce? We tremble. But back to our text: the temple scholars and theologians joined with the crafty Herodians and kept other Jesus with crafty questions. The enemies, the one group of the other, they cooked up a new strategy to entrap Jesus. A series of questions were asked Jesus. But Jesus, shrewdest of all debaters countered every question. Among the questions posed was a dangerous political and social question: should a Jew pay the Roman taxes? If Jesus said "no," He would be guilty of treason. But if He said "yes" all Jews would be offended. Jesus called for a penny and pointed to the image on the coin; tie profile of Caesar. "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's" was the astute answer, another trap had failed. Jesus thus taught patriotism and religion. It is a Christian duty to be a good citizen, to pay taxes, to register to vote to donate and work for our civic, character building and charity organizations, the Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, NAACP, etc. If you dont you are not a follower of Jesus, you are not a good Christian, taught Jesus. One must render a decent, loyal, generous, and patriotic citizenship to our government, which guarantees, justice and protection. In our patriotic zeal we must not overlook the high and holy duty we owe to God. As beneficiaries at the Hand of God, we must restore to God the things that pertain to our Christian citizenship... " our citizenship is in heaven.' Every Christian is called on to render to God devotion and worship, reverence and piety, thoughts and affections. We must make the world safe for Christianity which is brotherhood safe for all races, all peoples. Indeed there is no conflict between the love of the flag and the love of the cross, between love of the state and love of the church, between the love of, country and the love of God. Kefauver To put out, of business during his crime investigations. Accompanied by Edmund Orgill, Ed Dolseman, and Jack Fishman. head of the "First Voters Group," an organization of Memphians who have just become eligible to vote, Kefauver urged all unregistered persons to register before the July 16 deadline to be able to vote in the August primary Dr. J. E Walker, who was laudpd by the senator as a tribute to Tennessee and proof of what a "man can accomplish under adverse circumstance" was chairman of the program. He also urged all citizens to register to become vot ers to take part in what he termed the "most crucial election since the Emancipation." The Rev. J. A. McDaniel, pastor of Bethel Presbyterian Church, gave the opening prayer and introduced the senator. The Rev; William L. Bell, pastor of Clayborn Temple, gave the closing prayer. Thurgood Marshall agreement that while prejudice could be learned it could also be "unlearned." All of this added up to the realization that every day Negro children were compelled to attend segregated schools their minds were damaged to the extent that we could no longer delay affirmative action to end this unAmerican practice. The conclusions of the child psychitrists that Negro children in segregated schools were injured by segregation came about as the result of a long continuing series of tests recognized by other scientists as being authentic and conclusive. Since that time these tests have been subjected to critical analysis by many other groups of scientists who have also approved the method of testing, so that as of this time there is no question but that it has been clearly established that imposed racial segregation damages the minds of children and young adults. We believe that we must continue our emphasis in this field so that the younger people can grow up without the feeling of racial inferiority which many adult Negroes now have solely as a, result of being exposed to compulsory racial segregation over a long period of years. Insofar as desegregation of public schools comes about we insist on offering to work with local school boards toward this end. We are now gathering all available information and within a month or six weeks we will be in a position to offer any local school board the results of these studios and trained personnel to help in the desegregation. Once again we are aided by scientific studies. Trained sociologists and community workers are now convinced that with strong and determined leadership from local governing authorities, desegregation can come about almost immediately. Many sociologists are now convinced that it is better to do it immediately than to do it in piecemeal fashion over a long period of time. At any rate, we will be in a position to give local school, boards the materials on both; sides so that they can, be aided in making their final decisions The important thing to remember in all of this is that there must be its recognition of the general principle of law that segregation in public school to now unlawful. Once; this is recognized the way of bringing about desegregation can be decided upon with reasonable certainty as the results of examination of the many studies made by reputable sociologists Primary concern is not the wh of governmental officials or people with fixed determinations one way or the other. The one single purpose is what- is best for the children and young adults. BIAS DAMAGES MINDS agreement that while prejudice could be learned it could also be "unlearned." All of this added up to the realization that every day Negro children were compelled to attend segregated schools their minds were damaged to the extent that we could no longer delay affirmative action to end this unAmerican practice. The conclusions of the child psychitrists that Negro children in segregated schools were injured by segregation came about as the result of a long continuing series of tests recognized by other scientists as being authentic and conclusive. Since that time these tests have been subjected to critical analysis by many other groups of scientists who have also approved the method of testing, so that as of this time there is no question but that it has been clearly established that imposed racial segregation damages the minds of children and young adults. We believe that we must continue our emphasis in this field so that the younger people can grow up without the feeling of racial inferiority which many adult Negroes now have solely as a, result of being exposed to compulsory racial segregation over a long period of years. Insofar as desegregation of public schools comes about we insist on offering to work with local school boards toward this end. We are now gathering all available information and within a month or six weeks we will be in a position to offer any local school board the results of these studios and trained personnel to help in the desegregation. Once again we are aided by scientific studies. Trained sociologists and community workers are now convinced that with strong and determined leadership from local governing authorities, desegregation can come about almost immediately. Many sociologists are now convinced that it is better to do it immediately than to do it in piecemeal fashion over a long period of time. At any rate, we will be in a position to give local school, boards the materials on both; sides so that they can, be aided in making their final decisions The important thing to remember in all of this is that there must be its recognition of the general principle of law that segregation in public school to now unlawful. Once; this is recognized the way of bringing about desegregation can be decided upon with reasonable certainty as the results of examination of the many studies made by reputable sociologists Primary concern is not the wh of governmental officials or people with fixed determinations one way or the other. The one single purpose is what- is best for the children and young adults. STRONG LEADERSHIP NEEDED agreement that while prejudice could be learned it could also be "unlearned." All of this added up to the realization that every day Negro children were compelled to attend segregated schools their minds were damaged to the extent that we could no longer delay affirmative action to end this unAmerican practice. The conclusions of the child psychitrists that Negro children in segregated schools were injured by segregation came about as the result of a long continuing series of tests recognized by other scientists as being authentic and conclusive. Since that time these tests have been subjected to critical analysis by many other groups of scientists who have also approved the method of testing, so that as of this time there is no question but that it has been clearly established that imposed racial segregation damages the minds of children and young adults. We believe that we must continue our emphasis in this field so that the younger people can grow up without the feeling of racial inferiority which many adult Negroes now have solely as a, result of being exposed to compulsory racial segregation over a long period of years. Insofar as desegregation of public schools comes about we insist on offering to work with local school boards toward this end. We are now gathering all available information and within a month or six weeks we will be in a position to offer any local school board the results of these studios and trained personnel to help in the desegregation. Once again we are aided by scientific studies. Trained sociologists and community workers are now convinced that with strong and determined leadership from local governing authorities, desegregation can come about almost immediately. Many sociologists are now convinced that it is better to do it immediately than to do it in piecemeal fashion over a long period of time. At any rate, we will be in a position to give local school, boards the materials on both; sides so that they can, be aided in making their final decisions The important thing to remember in all of this is that there must be its recognition of the general principle of law that segregation in public school to now unlawful. Once; this is recognized the way of bringing about desegregation can be decided upon with reasonable certainty as the results of examination of the many studies made by reputable sociologists Primary concern is not the wh of governmental officials or people with fixed determinations one way or the other. The one single purpose is what- is best for the children and young adults. BASIC REALIZATION agreement that while prejudice could be learned it could also be "unlearned." All of this added up to the realization that every day Negro children were compelled to attend segregated schools their minds were damaged to the extent that we could no longer delay affirmative action to end this unAmerican practice. The conclusions of the child psychitrists that Negro children in segregated schools were injured by segregation came about as the result of a long continuing series of tests recognized by other scientists as being authentic and conclusive. Since that time these tests have been subjected to critical analysis by many other groups of scientists who have also approved the method of testing, so that as of this time there is no question but that it has been clearly established that imposed racial segregation damages the minds of children and young adults. We believe that we must continue our emphasis in this field so that the younger people can grow up without the feeling of racial inferiority which many adult Negroes now have solely as a, result of being exposed to compulsory racial segregation over a long period of years. Insofar as desegregation of public schools comes about we insist on offering to work with local school boards toward this end. We are now gathering all available information and within a month or six weeks we will be in a position to offer any local school board the results of these studios and trained personnel to help in the desegregation. Once again we are aided by scientific studies. Trained sociologists and community workers are now convinced that with strong and determined leadership from local governing authorities, desegregation can come about almost immediately. Many sociologists are now convinced that it is better to do it immediately than to do it in piecemeal fashion over a long period of time. At any rate, we will be in a position to give local school, boards the materials on both; sides so that they can, be aided in making their final decisions The important thing to remember in all of this is that there must be its recognition of the general principle of law that segregation in public school to now unlawful. Once; this is recognized the way of bringing about desegregation can be decided upon with reasonable certainty as the results of examination of the many studies made by reputable sociologists Primary concern is not the wh of governmental officials or people with fixed determinations one way or the other. The one single purpose is what- is best for the children and young adults. CAPITAL SPOTLIGHT Maybe it's time for the NAACP to reappraise its lobbying techniques. Ever since the Dyer antilynching bill was introduced back in the days of President Warren C. Harding, the association has been lobbying for some type of legislation. But in Congress after Congress, whether Republican or Democratic controlled, it has failed to get the bit of legislation enacted. Meanwhile the legal defense department under first the late Charles H. Houston and now Thu Marshall has rolled up victory after victory in the courts and other organizatins some of them existing merely on paper have succeeded in getting some type of anti-discrimination clause written into legislation. Frinstance, the late Edgar G. Brown's National Negro council, which got an amendment in a Civil Aeronautics Administration bl which resulted in the; training of colored pilots, or the Committee on Participation in National Defense which got an amendment into the Selective Service Act forbidding discrimination in the selection on training of draftees. Food for Thought: Republican big wigs were burned to a crisp over failured of the NAACP to invited any member of the Eisenhower team to take part on the program at its 45th annual convention held in Dallas (Texas) and over criticim of the Administration by, Clarence Mitchell, Washington lobbyis which they regarded as biased. There also were undertones among people generally about the N holding conventions in southern towns, specifically Dallas, while applauing Bishop Henry Knox She rill for moving the 1955 Episcop convention from Houston because places of public accommodation were, closed to colored delegates. Senator Homer Ferguson, Republican, of Maine,, is taking bows for the appointment of Doug William Ann Arbor (Michigan) civic leader as a member of the Federal Hospital Council, an advisory group to the Surgeon General of the, Public Health Service. Williams is a former superintendent of recreation in Atlanta. Ex-Judge James A. Cobb is chairman of the Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee for the District of Columbia. He was active in the pre-convention District of Columbia Eisenhower-for-Presi dent Club and the; subsequent campaign organization, Citizens, Eisenhower-Nixon Club. The Rev. Archibald J. Car Chicago minister, alterman and lawyer, and first alternate United States Representative to the of Nations, flew out here rec to attend, a dinner party friei tossed for Senator Everett M. D sen, Republican of Illinois Asked what, job the Adminis tion had picked out for him th are rumors floating around that slated for another high Federal P he quipped: "I've been offe my choice of janitor at the Wh House, janitor at the State Depa ment, and janitor at the United tions" At the Dirksen dinner party, M Jessie M. Vann, publisher of Pittsburgh Courier, was seated the guest of honor table with Senator and Mrs. Dirksen. Other guests at the party, h at the Wiilard Hotel, included istant Secretary of Labor J. Ern Wilkins, who had Just return from the International Labor C erence at Geneva, and Mrs. Wilk who had just returned from Chi go; Val J. Washington, assistant the chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Mrs. Wa ington; Mrs. Thalia Thomas, administrative assistant to Mr. Wa ington; Arthur J Wilson, a certified public accountant, who a flew here from Chicago for t dinner; E. Frederic Morrow, a viser on business affairs. Comme Department: Ethel Payne, Stan Roberts and Louis Lautier. AME Council Connectional Council endorsed B shop Green's address, the Thor Pension Plan and sanctioned D R. W. Mance's request concerni the Financial Building and re dence of the secretary. All statements on the position the AME Church on world affa will be released subsequently by joint committee of the Bishops a Connectional Councils. The Connectional Council hea speeches by the bishop's wives pr sent and all general officers candidates were presented. All committees will report at the February meeting of the Counc to be held at Waco, Texas in 195 Rev. I. m; Gray, author of " Observations of Europe And T in Middle East, "showed a motion picture of his trip. Also convening in special session the General Conference Commis sion, Bishop Reid, presiding, hear reports of progress on plans for th General Conference to be held i May, 1958 at Miami, Fla.