Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1958-04-05 Thaddeus T. Stokes MEMPHIS WORLD AMERICA'S STANDARD RACE JOURNAL The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO. Every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 546 BEALE — Ph. JA. 6-4030 Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE W. A. Scott, II, Founder; C. A. Scott General Manager Entered in the Post Office at Memphis, Tenn. as second-class mail under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1870 THADDEUS T. STOKES Managing Editor SMITH FLEMING Circulation Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year $5.00 — 6 Months $3.00 — 3 Months $1.50 (In Advance) 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. Holy Week The important significance of the American principle, is that it is intensely religious. The early Plymouth settlers had this in mind upon their determination to brave the widerness and the Indian peril to found a new colony in which they could serve God as they chose,—"under their own vine and fig tree." The Constitution of the United States is punctuated with essense—sprinklings from Bible quotes; the Ten Commandments are the basis of all law from the Magna Charter to the rituals of the humblest organization within our confines. Without the Bible we would have no Gettysburg address, and certainly no ethical guide by which our "institutions are governed. This week, the Holy Week coming up to the Crucifixion, is being heralded all over the land. This country under God has set aside certain periods of prayer and thanksgiving; Almighty God has vouchsafed the harvest blessings that the seasons bring to man, and on every hand there is an abundance of things for which the land is eternally grateful. It is well, therefore, and in keeping with the American principle, that the various churches set aside this as a week of Holy observance; the passion and suffering of our Lord and our own sins which also make Him suffer in these days of discrimination and cold war rigors. We make Him suffer in our dealings with our fellowmen and our open denial of privileges to those of our fellows who do not come up to our own handmade standards of society eligibles. Our Lord is suffering now on the cross of a Little Rock, where the unruly youngsters, through their prejudices are boasting of "one down and eight to go." (Having reference to the one pupil they have run out of school and the eight left, which they are bending every effort to dislodge.) The ministers of our city of both races have an enviable opportunity which it is hoped that they are seizing. Holy Week is a fine reflector of man's inhumanity to man and wherever he sermon on the mount is lifted there should be a powerful aggregation harkening unto that voice of soothing caressing comfort, which enjoins. "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy ladened and I will give you rest." Thusly we hail Holy Week and happily may the populace remember well the passion; the suffering and the anxiety of the season. South Carolina Recollects The Spirit Of Nat Turner South Carolina following true to her ancient Reconstruction pattern, comes forward with two prospective candidates for the House of Representatives. A. P. Williams, a funeral director of Columbia and Wilson Miles, a member of the American Federation of Labor and a printer by profession, will probably make their bids for state house offices. Williams has announced already and Miles says that his announcement will soon be made. South Carolina was the last stronghold of the Negro in state government. At one time Negroes had charge of the legislature, the University and sent members to Congress. It is well that as South Carolina led off in another era, and went down only when her struggles were against odds, that she is early in the face of this Civil Rights legislation, beginning to be the votex in this new political renaissance. South Carolina does not have as heavy a Negro population as Georgia and North Carolina. The latter two are the only states in the nation having over a million Negroes in population. It is well that states so heavily populated are beginning to alert themselves on representation for their people. So, South Carolina again is pointing the way at least. Whether her candidates will get any place in their initial try or not, the gesture has been made and it does bespeak that somebody is trying another remedy on a General Assembly, which obviously spells out its attitudes of intolerance, than weeping around what it says and does. South Carolina remembers Nat Turner. AN ANGEL TOOK HIM BY THE HAND WISHING WELL Registered U. S. Patent Office. H is a pleasant little game that will give you a message every day. It is a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. If the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. If the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper left-hand corner of the rectangle and check every one of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the letters under the checked figures give you. Easter Morn Jesus saith unto her. Touch Me not; for I am not yet ascended to My Father: but go to My brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and your Father; and to My God, and your God. — John 20:17. Dr. Clifford Addresses Deans, Registars Meet In a challenging message climaxing the four-day sessions of the thirty-second annual conference of the National Assoication of Collegiate Deans and Registrars held at South Carolina State College March 18-21, Dr. Paul I. Clifford, Registrar, Atlanta University urged re-thinking and re-evaluation of personal and academic values. Closing his address on the subject "The Improvement of the Quality in Collegiate Education" he said, "I sincerely hope that some of the things which I have said this afternoon have disturbed your equilibrium to the degree, that all of us, students, faculty, and administrators will re-think and reevaluate our personal and academic values to the end that each of us will discharge with vigor, our responsibilities in improving the quality of our college education. New officers of the association elected after the report on nomination Friday morning are President Jomes R. Smothers, Jr., Registrar, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.; First-Vice President, C. W. Morris. Dean-Registrar, St. Phillips College, San Antonio, Texas; Second Vice President, Poster T. Payne, Dean, Shaw University, Tallahassee, Asst. Secretary, Mrs. Frances E. Clark, Registrar, Knoxville. Tenn.; Treasurer, J. J. Hedgemon, Registrar, Southern University, Baton Rouge, La. For the 1958 - 1959 Executive Committee Dean T. E. McKinney, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N. C.; Dean-Registrar David H. Bradford, Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ky.; Registrar Julia B. Duncan, Livingstone College, Salisbury, N. C.; Z. B. Edwards, Oakwood College, Huntsville Ala.; Registrar Ralph Lee, Alabama A.& M. College. Normal, Ala. Dean David H. Bradford, Kentucky State College. Frankfort opened the season with his annual mesage. Dean Bradford discussed, the national crisis in education and suggested means by which the quality of our institutions might be improved. These included (1) more selective admissions coupled with improving secondary education (2) raising the level of college Instruction and (3) greater attention to the gifted student. The second session centered around the academic, cultural, social, and moral qualities needed in college teachers. Dr. James P. Brawley of Clark College presented the President's point of view, while Dean John B. Cade of Southern University discussed the subject from the perspective of a college dean. Both President Brawley and Dean Cade identified qualities which they considered desirable in the overall behavior and attitudes of college teachers. Considerable discussions centered around a set of expectations which President Brawley identified as a set of principles to which faculty and staff members of Clark College are expected to subscribe. A symposium concerned with qualifying students to meet requirements of standardized testing comprised the third session Participants included Dr. Warren G. Findley of the Atlanta public school system, Dr. Herman Branson of Howard University and Dr. Nettie P. Parler South Carolina State college. Dr Findley indicated that one of the major values of standardized testing is the assurance which the user of such tests hns that extreme care and technical skill have gone into the creation of these instruments. Another value identified by Dr. Findley was the use of such test data in terms of intra and interinstitutional comparison. The results of the 1955 Study of Learning and Teaching in the Atlanta Public schools were presented in the forms of graphs which were explicated by Dr. Findley. Dr. Branson recommended a vigorous search for the talent which lies submerged in the culturally disadvantaged groups in our nation. He suggested rigorous selection and retention policies coupled with superior instruction on the part of the teacher and correct motivation on the part of the student as means pf improving the recipients of our college degrees. He emphasized instruction in the sciences, mathematics and English. Dr. Parler discussed the qualifying of students to meet requirement of standardized tests in the field of communications. In her discussion Dr. Parler indicated that the Communications Center of South Carolina State College held during the two years of its existence, contributed to improved competencies in communications as these are measured by standarized tests. Registrar Ralph H. Lee, spoke at the public session, Wednesday night. He said among the most pressing of needs vital in today's education, especially that of the Negro youth, is the necessity of increasing awareness of problems and changes, attendant upon desegregation in education and other community functions. The fifth session was a panel discussion which involved Dr. Roy Armstrong president of AACRO, Dr. William Brown of N. C. College Dr. John F. Potts, of Voorhees Junior College and Principal Harry B. Rutherford of Booker T. Washington, High School of Columbia, S. C. These discussants considered the selection of students for post high school education. Dr. Armstrong pointed out that in arriving at an admission policy, th feollowing things should be considered: 1. What the College is trying to do. 2. What are the purpose of the institution? 3. What are the Students are expected to know. 4. What Standards the institution expects the student to meet. Dr. Brown discussed three facets of the problem: 1. How selective colleges can afford to be (2) the impossibility of applying a common selective admissions policy to all college curricula and (3) our apparent lack of ability to discover 3. National Association of Collegiate Deans and Registrars Meeting: valid predictive indicies of success in college. According to Dr. Brown few colleges can afford to eliminate many students at present without threatening the future of the college. Thus, any selective admissions policies designed to deliberately eliminate student should be accompanied by a more positive program by helping students to develop the drive, the study skills, and maturity to succeed. This approach needs to be explored under experimental conditions, for it may turn out that rigid selective admissions policies constitute a luxury that many of our college cannot afford. Dr. Potts noted the emergence of the two divergent notions that (1) college education should be selective and (2) a college education should be available to the masses rather than being restricted to an intellectual elite. Dr. Potts referred to Benjamin Fine's list of entrance requirements derived from his study of the admissions date of the nation's accredited colleges. These include in rank order of importance: (1) high school grades and rank in class (2) CEEB Test Score (3) special entrance examinations (4) extra - curricular activities (5) terviews (7) high school evaluation terviews (7) high school evalutation Dr. Potts called for increased degrees of cooperation and understanding between secondary schols and colleges as the two levels of education attempt to achieve their individual and collective objectives. Mr. Rutherford spoke on "A High School Look Its self". In an effort to improve the instruction in the Booker T. Washington High school of Columbia, S. C., a study was made to determine what revisions should be made in the in-service program and the goals to be accomplished in the course offered at the various grade levels. As a part of this study, the graduates of the high school were contacted for the purpose of finding out what needs were not met by the high school. The responses received from the graduates indicated that the courses were not complete, and they were not able to read rapidly enough to satisfactory complete their assignment. As a result of this study, the faculty and staff attempted to see what could be done to meet these needs. Tests were given to students the year prior to their entrance into the high school. Intelligence test were administered upon entrance into high school. Efforts were centered around those students with IQ above 100. These students were divided into two groups based on results of their Basis Skills Test. Class schedules were arranged whereby the students could move from one group to the other going into the group into which he fell according to his test scores. Since the initiation of this program, it has been observed that the children working in that set-up are doing a good job. The six teachers selected for this program are very interested in the program. The Banquet speaker was Dr. Benner C. Turner, President of South Carolina State College. President Turner stressed the importance of quality college instruction as the single most important factor in improving college education. He noted, however that good teaching has an elusive intangible factor that differentiates it from run-of-the-mill instruction. This is probably a personality factor which educators call "dedication". President Turner questioned the motion that private institutions manifest a greater degree of freedom than the public institution. He noted that all institutions of higher education whether public or private, face common problems and a common task. President Turner predicted a better and highter day in education in which good teaching will be rewarded by being accordedhigher community regards as well as more adequate financial reward. He noted however, that the greatest reward that good instruction brings to the educator is the realization that he is making a significant contribution to an improved social order. The seventh session was devoted to committee reports, the installation of the officers of the Association and an interesting and profitable question and answer period which focused upon certain significant problems of deans and registrar which were identified by various members of the association. Delegates adopted report of the Time and Place Committee which was as follows: (1) That the 1959 meeting of the NACDR be held at Southern University, Baton La. (2) That the 1960 meeting of the NACDR be held at N. C. College at Durham. J. D. McGhee, reporter. Says "Separation Not Segregation" In New Orleans Many here are pondering the difference between segregation and separation. 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Write Elmira Card, Box A, Elmira, N. Y. BUSINESS FOR SALE Grocery-Sundry, equipped, rent or sell. 2603 Carnes. IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL The referral by Senator James D. Eastland, Dixiecrat, of Mississippi, of the nomination of Gordon MacLean Tiffany of Concord, N. H., to be staff director of the bipartisan Civil Rights Commission, to the Constitution Rights Subcommittee is only to delay the Commission in getting on with its work. After consultation with the members of the Commission, three of whom are conservative Southerners, President Eisenhower nominated Mr. Tiffany on Feb. 20. The provision requiring the President to consult with the Commission before naming a staff director, and making the appointment subject to Senate confirmation, was written into the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to make it difficult to find a staff director. Any man of standing would be reluctant to subject himself to the insults and taunts he knows he would have to take from Eastland and the other Dixiecrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee. At its first meeting on Jan. 3 the Commission agreed upon three names. Dr. John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State University, and chairman of the Commission, called them "distinguished people." None of them would take the job. At the second meeting the Commission agreed upon another panel of persons who were acceptable. All of them declined. Finally, the Commission turned to the Council of State Govern ments and asked for suggestions. Frank Bain, executive director of the council, suggested Mr. Tiffany. The former New Hampshire Attorney General, "with some he tation," accepted. Eastland permitted the nomination to stay in the committee files from Feb. 20 to March 26, and then referred it to the Constitutional Bights subcommittee, of which Senator Thomas C. Hennings, of Missouri, is the chairman. Sen. Hennings promises prompt action on the nomination. If the subcommittee promptly approves the nomination, the dirty work will then begin. Hearings by the full committee will be requested. Eastland will grant the request. These hearing will be prolonged probably until the end of the session. The full Judiciary Committee has had before it for two or three months now the nomination or W. Wilson White, a distinguished Philadelphia attorney, to be the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department. Mr. White has twice appeared before the committee and testified fully concerning his role as the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Legal Office of the Justice Department in looking up the law on which President Eisenhower acted in sending Federal troops to Little Rock, and in federalizing the Arkansas National Guard, to enforce a federal court order for desegregation of Central High School there. Sen. Joseph S. Clark, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, has also testified before the committee in behalf of Mr. White, a Republican. Mr. White was told he would have to return a third time for questioning by Sen. Olin D. Johnston. Democrat, of South Carolina. Nearly two months have elapsed since then. The Washington Post - Times Herald has called the latest action of Senator Eastland in requiring George H. Carswell to take an oaths as "a piece of arrant nonsense." Mr. Carswell appealed before that committee in connection with his confirmation to a Federal Districts judgeship in Florida. He was asked to swear that he understands that his judicial oath to be taken when he assumes office will require him to support the constitutional provision vesting the legislative power in Congress and that as a judge he will not knowingly participate in any decision designed to alter the meaning of the Constitution. Mr. Carswell swore as requested. The Post said editorially that Eastland "grossly overstepped his authority in asking the nominee to take any kind of oath..." The oath Air. Carswell took was laid before the Judiciary Committee by Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming, as a proposed substitute for the bill sponsored by Sen. William E. Jenner Republican, of Indiana, to strip the Supreme Court of part of ifs jurisdiction. Eastland Delay The referral by Senator James D. Eastland, Dixiecrat, of Mississippi, of the nomination of Gordon MacLean Tiffany of Concord, N. H., to be staff director of the bipartisan Civil Rights Commission, to the Constitution Rights Subcommittee is only to delay the Commission in getting on with its work. After consultation with the members of the Commission, three of whom are conservative Southerners, President Eisenhower nominated Mr. Tiffany on Feb. 20. The provision requiring the President to consult with the Commission before naming a staff director, and making the appointment subject to Senate confirmation, was written into the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to make it difficult to find a staff director. Any man of standing would be reluctant to subject himself to the insults and taunts he knows he would have to take from Eastland and the other Dixiecrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee. At its first meeting on Jan. 3 the Commission agreed upon three names. Dr. John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State University, and chairman of the Commission, called them "distinguished people." None of them would take the job. At the second meeting the Commission agreed upon another panel of persons who were acceptable. All of them declined. Finally, the Commission turned to the Council of State Govern ments and asked for suggestions. Frank Bain, executive director of the council, suggested Mr. Tiffany. The former New Hampshire Attorney General, "with some he tation," accepted. Eastland permitted the nomination to stay in the committee files from Feb. 20 to March 26, and then referred it to the Constitutional Bights subcommittee, of which Senator Thomas C. Hennings, of Missouri, is the chairman. Sen. Hennings promises prompt action on the nomination. If the subcommittee promptly approves the nomination, the dirty work will then begin. Hearings by the full committee will be requested. Eastland will grant the request. These hearing will be prolonged probably until the end of the session. The full Judiciary Committee has had before it for two or three months now the nomination or W. Wilson White, a distinguished Philadelphia attorney, to be the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department. Mr. White has twice appeared before the committee and testified fully concerning his role as the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Legal Office of the Justice Department in looking up the law on which President Eisenhower acted in sending Federal troops to Little Rock, and in federalizing the Arkansas National Guard, to enforce a federal court order for desegregation of Central High School there. Sen. Joseph S. Clark, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, has also testified before the committee in behalf of Mr. White, a Republican. Mr. White was told he would have to return a third time for questioning by Sen. Olin D. Johnston. Democrat, of South Carolina. Nearly two months have elapsed since then. The Washington Post - Times Herald has called the latest action of Senator Eastland in requiring George H. Carswell to take an oaths as "a piece of arrant nonsense." Mr. Carswell appealed before that committee in connection with his confirmation to a Federal Districts judgeship in Florida. He was asked to swear that he understands that his judicial oath to be taken when he assumes office will require him to support the constitutional provision vesting the legislative power in Congress and that as a judge he will not knowingly participate in any decision designed to alter the meaning of the Constitution. Mr. Carswell swore as requested. The Post said editorially that Eastland "grossly overstepped his authority in asking the nominee to take any kind of oath..." The oath Air. Carswell took was laid before the Judiciary Committee by Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming, as a proposed substitute for the bill sponsored by Sen. William E. Jenner Republican, of Indiana, to strip the Supreme Court of part of ifs jurisdiction. REFERRAL MADE The referral by Senator James D. Eastland, Dixiecrat, of Mississippi, of the nomination of Gordon MacLean Tiffany of Concord, N. H., to be staff director of the bipartisan Civil Rights Commission, to the Constitution Rights Subcommittee is only to delay the Commission in getting on with its work. After consultation with the members of the Commission, three of whom are conservative Southerners, President Eisenhower nominated Mr. Tiffany on Feb. 20. The provision requiring the President to consult with the Commission before naming a staff director, and making the appointment subject to Senate confirmation, was written into the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to make it difficult to find a staff director. Any man of standing would be reluctant to subject himself to the insults and taunts he knows he would have to take from Eastland and the other Dixiecrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee. At its first meeting on Jan. 3 the Commission agreed upon three names. Dr. John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State University, and chairman of the Commission, called them "distinguished people." None of them would take the job. At the second meeting the Commission agreed upon another panel of persons who were acceptable. All of them declined. Finally, the Commission turned to the Council of State Govern ments and asked for suggestions. Frank Bain, executive director of the council, suggested Mr. Tiffany. The former New Hampshire Attorney General, "with some he tation," accepted. Eastland permitted the nomination to stay in the committee files from Feb. 20 to March 26, and then referred it to the Constitutional Bights subcommittee, of which Senator Thomas C. Hennings, of Missouri, is the chairman. Sen. Hennings promises prompt action on the nomination. If the subcommittee promptly approves the nomination, the dirty work will then begin. Hearings by the full committee will be requested. Eastland will grant the request. These hearing will be prolonged probably until the end of the session. The full Judiciary Committee has had before it for two or three months now the nomination or W. Wilson White, a distinguished Philadelphia attorney, to be the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department. Mr. White has twice appeared before the committee and testified fully concerning his role as the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Legal Office of the Justice Department in looking up the law on which President Eisenhower acted in sending Federal troops to Little Rock, and in federalizing the Arkansas National Guard, to enforce a federal court order for desegregation of Central High School there. Sen. Joseph S. Clark, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, has also testified before the committee in behalf of Mr. White, a Republican. Mr. White was told he would have to return a third time for questioning by Sen. Olin D. Johnston. Democrat, of South Carolina. Nearly two months have elapsed since then. The Washington Post - Times Herald has called the latest action of Senator Eastland in requiring George H. Carswell to take an oaths as "a piece of arrant nonsense." Mr. Carswell appealed before that committee in connection with his confirmation to a Federal Districts judgeship in Florida. He was asked to swear that he understands that his judicial oath to be taken when he assumes office will require him to support the constitutional provision vesting the legislative power in Congress and that as a judge he will not knowingly participate in any decision designed to alter the meaning of the Constitution. Mr. Carswell swore as requested. The Post said editorially that Eastland "grossly overstepped his authority in asking the nominee to take any kind of oath..." The oath Air. Carswell took was laid before the Judiciary Committee by Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming, as a proposed substitute for the bill sponsored by Sen. William E. Jenner Republican, of Indiana, to strip the Supreme Court of part of ifs jurisdiction. "ARRANT NONSENSE" The referral by Senator James D. Eastland, Dixiecrat, of Mississippi, of the nomination of Gordon MacLean Tiffany of Concord, N. H., to be staff director of the bipartisan Civil Rights Commission, to the Constitution Rights Subcommittee is only to delay the Commission in getting on with its work. After consultation with the members of the Commission, three of whom are conservative Southerners, President Eisenhower nominated Mr. Tiffany on Feb. 20. The provision requiring the President to consult with the Commission before naming a staff director, and making the appointment subject to Senate confirmation, was written into the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to make it difficult to find a staff director. Any man of standing would be reluctant to subject himself to the insults and taunts he knows he would have to take from Eastland and the other Dixiecrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee. At its first meeting on Jan. 3 the Commission agreed upon three names. Dr. John A. Hannah, president of Michigan State University, and chairman of the Commission, called them "distinguished people." None of them would take the job. At the second meeting the Commission agreed upon another panel of persons who were acceptable. All of them declined. Finally, the Commission turned to the Council of State Govern ments and asked for suggestions. Frank Bain, executive director of the council, suggested Mr. Tiffany. The former New Hampshire Attorney General, "with some he tation," accepted. Eastland permitted the nomination to stay in the committee files from Feb. 20 to March 26, and then referred it to the Constitutional Bights subcommittee, of which Senator Thomas C. Hennings, of Missouri, is the chairman. Sen. Hennings promises prompt action on the nomination. If the subcommittee promptly approves the nomination, the dirty work will then begin. Hearings by the full committee will be requested. Eastland will grant the request. These hearing will be prolonged probably until the end of the session. The full Judiciary Committee has had before it for two or three months now the nomination or W. Wilson White, a distinguished Philadelphia attorney, to be the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department. Mr. White has twice appeared before the committee and testified fully concerning his role as the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Legal Office of the Justice Department in looking up the law on which President Eisenhower acted in sending Federal troops to Little Rock, and in federalizing the Arkansas National Guard, to enforce a federal court order for desegregation of Central High School there. Sen. Joseph S. Clark, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, has also testified before the committee in behalf of Mr. White, a Republican. Mr. White was told he would have to return a third time for questioning by Sen. Olin D. Johnston. Democrat, of South Carolina. Nearly two months have elapsed since then. The Washington Post - Times Herald has called the latest action of Senator Eastland in requiring George H. Carswell to take an oaths as "a piece of arrant nonsense." Mr. Carswell appealed before that committee in connection with his confirmation to a Federal Districts judgeship in Florida. He was asked to swear that he understands that his judicial oath to be taken when he assumes office will require him to support the constitutional provision vesting the legislative power in Congress and that as a judge he will not knowingly participate in any decision designed to alter the meaning of the Constitution. Mr. Carswell swore as requested. The Post said editorially that Eastland "grossly overstepped his authority in asking the nominee to take any kind of oath..." The oath Air. Carswell took was laid before the Judiciary Committee by Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming, as a proposed substitute for the bill sponsored by Sen. William E. Jenner Republican, of Indiana, to strip the Supreme Court of part of ifs jurisdiction. DESPERATE MAN WAYNE D. OVERHOLSER'S new Western thriller © 1956, 1957, Wayne D. Overholser. From the novel published by The Macmillan Co. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. ONCE HOME, I turned my horse into the corral with the others. The house was bright with lamplight. Ma and Edna were home; the buggy was parked by the porch, forgotten. And Luther was home; his horse stood weary and three-footed, head down. As I crossed the yard, I could hear Cord's angry voice. Ma and Edna were in the kitchen and Ma was crying, with Edna trying to comfort her. Cord paced up and down the parlor, his face like a Kansas twister, dark and forbidding and full of danger. I looked at Luther, who sat like a whipped hound, his face dejected, eyes cast to the worn rug. Cord gave me no more than a glance, then went on with his lecture. "A damn snot-nosed kid, that's what you are! Something don't suit you, you run off, then come crying back. Where did you go after you left Overland's place?" "I told you," Luther said wearily. "Just riding around. You act like I done it!" "Well, somebody did," Cord said. He glared at me. "Not you, Smoke; anybody'd know that. You don't even like to spur your horse." "You can take your spurs out of me right now," I said, "and your mad to somebody else." Cord's eyes got wide. "Well, now, you just have your little heart set on crossing me tonight, don't you?" "Ain't we got enough trouble?" I asked. "You got to make more?" Cord slapped his thighs and went on pacing. Finally he stopped and stood in front of Luther. "Now listen to me. I know you wouldn't do a thing like hanging a man, but those farmers don't know it. O'Dare is a filthy word with them right now, and of all the damned times to go wandering around the country, this has to be it." "I wasn't anywhere near Everett's place," Luther said. "I swear it." "All right, all right," Cord said, waving his hand impatiently. "I believe you, but we've got to do something. Randolf wasn't fooling when he said he'd send for the marshal. There's going to be a stink over this." "Ain't someone going, to think about Everett's widow?" I asked. Cord flipped his head around. "Smoke, you've got enough to worry about right here. I'm going to have to hire a lawyer before I'm through. You know what they cost?" "Maybe three hundred, dollars?" I asked. "The price of a half-section of good land?" He swore loud enough to attract Ma and Edna and he started for me. Always before I'd aloud and taken my licking, but this time was different the turning point or something. When he got within reach, I grabbed up a vase from the table and broke it across his forehead. Cord went down to one knee, bracing hlmself with his hands. He wasn't out, but he was seeing the prettiest stars a man could see. Ma rushed over and flung her fat arms around him. "Son! Son, are you hurt?" She helped him up, her plump hands patting his face, brushing back that lock of hair. Cord sort of staggered a little when Ma helped him into a chair and he sat for a few minutes with his head held between his hands. Ma looked at me as though she was ashamed I'd ever been born. "Smoke, the devil's in you, striking Cord that way!" Walking out on people isn't my habit, but I'd suddenly had a crawful. I wheeled and stomped down the hall and slammed the door of my room behind me. A moment later I looked up as Edna opened the door and stepped inside, closing it gently. "So you're revolting, Smoke." "Is that a cuss word?" She smiled faintly. "No. It might be a compliment." She came over and sat beside me. "Smoke, what's happening to us?" "We're coming apart," I said. "The O'Dare glue ain't as good as we thought." "It was bad enough when Cord lit into Luther. Now you." She put her hand over mine, "I saw you with Julie tonight. You haven't quarreled?" I shook my head. "Then that's good. I wish I could believe like that." "What do you mean?" I asked. "I mean, I wish I Knew Luther better. Believing would be easier then." She paused. "Smoke, that day he came home dusty he told me what really happened." "Well," I said, "he never could keep his mouth shut." "That doesn't matter now." Edna said. "If there's a trial, and there surely seems to be one brewing, can you put your hand on the Bible and lie for Luther?" I'd never thought of that and now that I had, I didn't want to consider it further. But I had to; there, was no way out. "I could skip the country." I said. "And be blamed for that man's death? That's no good and you know it." "What then?" "I don't know." Her voice was listless. "Smoke, I love my husband. Really love him. But I can see how bad this is going to look in court." "But maybe it won't get to court." I said. "Edna, maybe something will turn up, the real killer caught." "That's a slim hope, Smoke, and you know it." She stood up and stepped to the door. "I want you to help my husband. For me. Will you promise me that?" I nodded. "Sure, Edna. Luther didn't do it. There's no evidence to prove that he did. Not a bit." "Let's hope you're right." she said and stepped out. Later I lay on my bed, staring at the ceiling, trying to find the straight of it all, but I could only see frazzled ends. There was no use denying that Luther had had a fight with Wade Everett; Everett's wife would testify to that and I'd have to back her story. Right then I wished that I was the world's worst liar, someone who couldn't be believed under oath. But I wasn't. Whatever set of principles I had was cemented pretty solid and there wasn't much I could do about them. Sleep refused to come to me; I tried for an hour. Cord, Ma, Luther and Edna had all gone to bed and the house was quiet. I slipped out and walked across the yard to the barn. I saddled my pony, and led him clear of the place before mounting. Dawn wasn't tar away and the wind was starting to die down. Being in no particular hurry, I eased toward Wade Everett's place, but didn't go too near. Skirting it, I rode on toward Vince Randolf's. There wasn't any real purpose to this wandering, and I began to understand how Luther could have killed so much time just easing along, working out his problems. About a mile away from Randolf's place I saw a light come on. Someone was up and getting" breakfast. I walked the horse, not taking any pains about being quiet, and suddenly the backdoor opened and Randolf popped out. He didn't stand with his back to the light put stepped aside and covered himself with the predawn blackness. "Who's there?" "Smoke O'Dare! I come to talk!" "The hell you have!" Randolf yelled, then a bright blossom of orange bloomed momentarily and the echo pf the shot split the silence, rolling across the prairie. CHAPTER 23 WAYNE D. OVERHOLSER'S new Western thriller © 1956, 1957, Wayne D. Overholser. From the novel published by The Macmillan Co. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. ONCE HOME, I turned my horse into the corral with the others. The house was bright with lamplight. Ma and Edna were home; the buggy was parked by the porch, forgotten. And Luther was home; his horse stood weary and three-footed, head down. As I crossed the yard, I could hear Cord's angry voice. Ma and Edna were in the kitchen and Ma was crying, with Edna trying to comfort her. Cord paced up and down the parlor, his face like a Kansas twister, dark and forbidding and full of danger. I looked at Luther, who sat like a whipped hound, his face dejected, eyes cast to the worn rug. Cord gave me no more than a glance, then went on with his lecture. "A damn snot-nosed kid, that's what you are! Something don't suit you, you run off, then come crying back. Where did you go after you left Overland's place?" "I told you," Luther said wearily. "Just riding around. You act like I done it!" "Well, somebody did," Cord said. He glared at me. "Not you, Smoke; anybody'd know that. You don't even like to spur your horse." "You can take your spurs out of me right now," I said, "and your mad to somebody else." Cord's eyes got wide. "Well, now, you just have your little heart set on crossing me tonight, don't you?" "Ain't we got enough trouble?" I asked. "You got to make more?" Cord slapped his thighs and went on pacing. Finally he stopped and stood in front of Luther. "Now listen to me. I know you wouldn't do a thing like hanging a man, but those farmers don't know it. O'Dare is a filthy word with them right now, and of all the damned times to go wandering around the country, this has to be it." "I wasn't anywhere near Everett's place," Luther said. "I swear it." "All right, all right," Cord said, waving his hand impatiently. "I believe you, but we've got to do something. Randolf wasn't fooling when he said he'd send for the marshal. There's going to be a stink over this." "Ain't someone going, to think about Everett's widow?" I asked. Cord flipped his head around. "Smoke, you've got enough to worry about right here. I'm going to have to hire a lawyer before I'm through. You know what they cost?" "Maybe three hundred, dollars?" I asked. "The price of a half-section of good land?" He swore loud enough to attract Ma and Edna and he started for me. Always before I'd aloud and taken my licking, but this time was different the turning point or something. When he got within reach, I grabbed up a vase from the table and broke it across his forehead. Cord went down to one knee, bracing hlmself with his hands. He wasn't out, but he was seeing the prettiest stars a man could see. Ma rushed over and flung her fat arms around him. "Son! Son, are you hurt?" She helped him up, her plump hands patting his face, brushing back that lock of hair. Cord sort of staggered a little when Ma helped him into a chair and he sat for a few minutes with his head held between his hands. Ma looked at me as though she was ashamed I'd ever been born. "Smoke, the devil's in you, striking Cord that way!" Walking out on people isn't my habit, but I'd suddenly had a crawful. I wheeled and stomped down the hall and slammed the door of my room behind me. A moment later I looked up as Edna opened the door and stepped inside, closing it gently. "So you're revolting, Smoke." "Is that a cuss word?" She smiled faintly. "No. It might be a compliment." She came over and sat beside me. "Smoke, what's happening to us?" "We're coming apart," I said. "The O'Dare glue ain't as good as we thought." "It was bad enough when Cord lit into Luther. Now you." She put her hand over mine, "I saw you with Julie tonight. You haven't quarreled?" I shook my head. "Then that's good. I wish I could believe like that." "What do you mean?" I asked. "I mean, I wish I Knew Luther better. Believing would be easier then." She paused. "Smoke, that day he came home dusty he told me what really happened." "Well," I said, "he never could keep his mouth shut." "That doesn't matter now." Edna said. "If there's a trial, and there surely seems to be one brewing, can you put your hand on the Bible and lie for Luther?" I'd never thought of that and now that I had, I didn't want to consider it further. But I had to; there, was no way out. "I could skip the country." I said. "And be blamed for that man's death? That's no good and you know it." "What then?" "I don't know." Her voice was listless. "Smoke, I love my husband. Really love him. But I can see how bad this is going to look in court." "But maybe it won't get to court." I said. "Edna, maybe something will turn up, the real killer caught." "That's a slim hope, Smoke, and you know it." She stood up and stepped to the door. "I want you to help my husband. For me. Will you promise me that?" I nodded. "Sure, Edna. Luther didn't do it. There's no evidence to prove that he did. Not a bit." "Let's hope you're right." she said and stepped out. Later I lay on my bed, staring at the ceiling, trying to find the straight of it all, but I could only see frazzled ends. There was no use denying that Luther had had a fight with Wade Everett; Everett's wife would testify to that and I'd have to back her story. Right then I wished that I was the world's worst liar, someone who couldn't be believed under oath. But I wasn't. Whatever set of principles I had was cemented pretty solid and there wasn't much I could do about them. Sleep refused to come to me; I tried for an hour. Cord, Ma, Luther and Edna had all gone to bed and the house was quiet. I slipped out and walked across the yard to the barn. I saddled my pony, and led him clear of the place before mounting. Dawn wasn't tar away and the wind was starting to die down. Being in no particular hurry, I eased toward Wade Everett's place, but didn't go too near. Skirting it, I rode on toward Vince Randolf's. There wasn't any real purpose to this wandering, and I began to understand how Luther could have killed so much time just easing along, working out his problems. About a mile away from Randolf's place I saw a light come on. Someone was up and getting" breakfast. I walked the horse, not taking any pains about being quiet, and suddenly the backdoor opened and Randolf popped out. He didn't stand with his back to the light put stepped aside and covered himself with the predawn blackness. "Who's there?" "Smoke O'Dare! I come to talk!" "The hell you have!" Randolf yelled, then a bright blossom of orange bloomed momentarily and the echo pf the shot split the silence, rolling across the prairie.