Memphis World
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1960-12-07
Stanley S. Scott

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A Good Suggestion
It is a move in the right direction on the part of a committee
for the re-appointment of Henry Cabot Lodge U. S. Ambassador
to the United Nations, to petition President-elect John Kennedy
to name him for that post. This committee originated out of Chicago 
and is headed by John Watkins, David M. Tyner and George
schaffer.
Such well known characters, known for their non-partisanship 
should be of powerful impact in the retaining of the services
of one of the best prepared men of long and effective experience
in the field of foreign service.
Henry Cabot Lodge comes from a long line of New England
statesmen and world diplomats whose contributions form no
means place in American history and government administration.
He Was, it will be recalled, the choice of the Republican National
Convention for Vice President of the United States, In his own
right he has made an enviable place in the annals of foreign
service and on the United Nations.
It would, therefore, be fortunate if his services could be
had as one of the country's valuable assets in the incoming administration. 

The vote which relegated him to the rear Was one of the
closest in history; it was nearly a fifty-fifty affair, the closeness of
which, Would suggest that the best men be chosen for technical
and strategic places regardless of political faiths.
President - elect Kennedy has an enviable opportunity of
rendering a world service as well as solidifying the overall efforts 
of the country toward the goal of a unified compact.

Educate Yourself
Conscious of a lack of educational training, some people, bemoan 
the lost days and sink into a state of semi-ignorance, without 
making any effort to become better informed. We would
call their attention to the fact that there are only two requisites
to a good education — reading and thinking.
Their is no person of any age, who cannot become wellinformed 
in a year or two of intelligent reading, supplemented
by a little real thinking. Stop the habit of taking opinions from
any and everybody, and begin trying to study some subjects for
the purpose of being able to make up your own mind.
To the individual who does not know where to start, we
suggest selecting a subject in which you are most interested. If it
is the general state of the World, involving the contest between
Communism and the free nations, get some good books from
your library, from a friend, or buy some books on the subject
and read about it and then read some more.
If it is a technical subject which Entrances your imagination,
ask advice from some person who knows something about the
subject. Get a book on the subject and, even if it takes you six
months, read it until you understand it.
There is little excuse for a man or woman going into old
age without making the effort to become more intelligent. Even
if you have only a halt hour a day, take advantage Of it and
begin to acquire new information. Never mind about the better
educated; make it your business to improve your own mental
outlook.
We Know many excellent individuals who have failed to
take advantage of their own leisure time to read and learn, but
who constantly lament that they are not as well "educated" as
someone else. The matter of becoming well-informed does not
?\nge on a college degree. It is a matter of reading and thinking.

Kennedy On Trial
President-elect John F. Kennedy is on trial in the next four
years to a greater degree than some Democrats realize. First, he
is the only Catholic ever elected to the White House. The votes
of millions of Protestants were necessary to put him there.
Therefore, he knows quite well that the eyes of those who
voted for him—and those who voted against him—will be keenly
focused on his actions. Any question concerning Church and
State Will be very delicate and he will probably lean over backwards-according 
to all indications—–to prove that he will uphold
the Constitution in every respect.
But even more of a test for Kennedy will be the job of being 
President at a time when the communist world poses this
country with a grave challenge. Kennedy has said he would get
this country "moving again." That means, in his own words, that
he will stimulate a faster economic growth rate and improve
this country's comparative defense posture with the communists.
This is a tall order. And looking at the huge vote polled by
Vice President Richard Nixon, one can easily see that Kennedy
could have very formidable opposition in 1964, from the same
man who ran against him this time. If he fails to get the country 
"moving" if he blunders on any front whatsoever, he is
likely to pay dearly for his mistakes in 1964.
In the last election Nixon was saddled with the job of deFending 
the out-going Eisenhower Administration. Yet he could
not take the major credit for its accomplishments. In the next
election, if it is between Nixon and Kennedy, it will be Kennedy
Who Will be forced to defend a record, not Nixon.

Mobutu Extends

ville.
Stanleyville is the main source
of Lumumba's strength. Kasavubu
is strong in Leopoldville and in
Thysville. Mobutu's strength lies in
individual army units scattered
throughout the country, and centered 
in Leopoldville.
But Lumumba is a spellbinder
and he has strength in the African 
district of Leopoldville, too, or
wherever he can use his silver
tongue.
Mobutu had no intention of giving 
him the chance.
"Lumumba is fine where he is,"
Mobutu said, "and will remain
there until he is judged" at a trial
that will raise charges tantamount 
to treason.
The U. N. command was reported 
to have urged that Mobutu's 
men stop mistreating Lumumba. 

The lettWing nationalist leader
was beaten nearly senseless by
Mobutu soldiers Friday before they
dragged him by the scruff of the
Deck into a cell at Camp Binza.
His hair was pulled he was re
viled, 
punched and shoved at the
camp before he was flung into a
cell.
Mobutu, who had been name
Army chief of staff by Lumumba
just five months ago, "neutralized"
both Lumumba and Kasavubu last
September. He pledged to rule to
the end of the year in an effort to
restore democratic law and order.
But Mobutu Saturday decided
not to re-convene the parliament
which has given Lumumba votes of
confidence in the past - and to
continue his rule with the "college 
of high commissioners," composed 
of young, college - trained
Congolese.
"As of Jan. 1 I intend to change
the Commission's title to provisional 
government of the Congo
republic," Mobutu said.
"Lumumba is completely finished." 


HAIR PULLED

ville.
Stanleyville is the main source
of Lumumba's strength. Kasavubu
is strong in Leopoldville and in
Thysville. Mobutu's strength lies in
individual army units scattered
throughout the country, and centered 
in Leopoldville.
But Lumumba is a spellbinder
and he has strength in the African 
district of Leopoldville, too, or
wherever he can use his silver
tongue.
Mobutu had no intention of giving 
him the chance.
"Lumumba is fine where he is,"
Mobutu said, "and will remain
there until he is judged" at a trial
that will raise charges tantamount 
to treason.
The U. N. command was reported 
to have urged that Mobutu's 
men stop mistreating Lumumba. 

The lettWing nationalist leader
was beaten nearly senseless by
Mobutu soldiers Friday before they
dragged him by the scruff of the
Deck into a cell at Camp Binza.
His hair was pulled he was re
viled, 
punched and shoved at the
camp before he was flung into a
cell.
Mobutu, who had been name
Army chief of staff by Lumumba
just five months ago, "neutralized"
both Lumumba and Kasavubu last
September. He pledged to rule to
the end of the year in an effort to
restore democratic law and order.
But Mobutu Saturday decided
not to re-convene the parliament
which has given Lumumba votes of
confidence in the past - and to
continue his rule with the "college 
of high commissioners," composed 
of young, college - trained
Congolese.
"As of Jan. 1 I intend to change
the Commission's title to provisional 
government of the Congo
republic," Mobutu said.
"Lumumba is completely finished." 


LeMoyne Wins

of Negro memberships to 41. there
is only one year left for the other
22 approved Negro colleges to gain
full membership. Those who fail to
make it by next December will even
be removed from the approved list.
There was no fanfare or demonstrations 
on the LeMoyne campus
when word was passed along that
"We're in." However, there was a
warm feeling among the faculty
and staff and the student body.
President Hollis F. Price was quite
pleased. "Now, if we can get us a
library building this spring, I'll be
more than happy," he said.
Admitted as full members were
LeMoyne College of Memphis,
Tenn.; Bethune-Cookman College of
Daytona Beach, Fla.; Fayetteville
State Teachers College at Fayetteville, 
N.C.; Grambling College at
Grambling, La.; South Carolina
State College at Orangeburg, S.C.;
Wiley College at Marshall, Texas,
and Winston-Salem Teachers College 
at Winston-Salem, N.C.
More than 200 Negro educators
of the college and secondary level
were in Memphis for the annual
meeting of SACSS. Non-segregated
meetings were held in the downtown 
Peabody Hotel. Most of the
200 also attended sessions of the
all-Negro group the Association of
Colleges and Secondary Schools,

which convened at Hamilton High
School.


A FEVER in the BLOOD
From the novel published by St. Martin's Press, Inc. Copyright ©
1959, by William Pearson. Distributed by King Features Syndicate
LATE in the morning of Labor 
Day, Judge Hoftman
called a press conference at
which he read a prepared statement 
reciting that some months
ago Senator Alex S. Simon had
tried to bribe him with a promise 
of a Federal judgeship if he
would declare a mistrial in the
Har murder case. The judge
reminded the reporters of the
tact that there had been a mistrail 
motion made at the trial
and that he had turned it down.
In the months since the trial,
however, he had become convinced 
that he had denied the
motion because of a wish to
prove himself above the conditions 
of a bribe rather than because 
of any lack of legal merit
in the motion. Norman Hart's
recent attempt to kill himself
had borne heavily on his conscience, 
and he ow felt compelled 
to bring out all the facts
so that the defendant could receive 
the new trial to which
Judge Hoffman believed he was
unquestionably entitled.
SENATOR SIMON, unaware
of the development, was coming 
in at a small airport outside
the little town of Bugleville,
famous as the birthplace of
Aimless Artie Smith, the only
man from Bugleville to receive
two votes for Governor at a
state convention. When the
Senator's airplane landed he
heard someone call his name.
The stranger shouted, "Senator, 
there's a long-distance call
for you in the Administration
Building. A newspaper reporter
named Stimson. He said to tell
you that it was urgent."
"I'm always available to the
press. Particularly the opposition 
press. I don't care what
they say about me as long as
they say it. If the day ever
comes when I can't stand the
heat, I'll get out of the
kitchen."
A few minutes later Simon
sat down in the State Fair Superintendent's 
office. He lit a
cigar then, with smoke spiraling 
around him, picked up the
phone. "Yes, Phil?"
"Senator, a little while ago
Judge Hoffman held a press
conference in which he asserted
that you tried to bribe him with
a promise of a Federal judgeship. 
According to him you
wanted him to declare a mistrial
in the Hart case because you
thought this would have the effect 
of shutting the District Attorney 
out at the June convention." 

"It's a rotten lie!" Simon
putted terociously on his cigar,
blinding himself with his own
smoke.
Stimson laughed. "Senator,
you seem to have lost your
customary aplomb."
"You're damn right I have!
Things have reached a sorry
state when the opposition stoops
to tactics like this. The District

Attorney, a New Deal sneak
who goes around drowning little
Jewish boys, forms an unholy
alliance with a gin-soaked rummy 
who passes himself off as
a judge. And between them they
hope to steal the election with
a fairy story. Why, that pair of
mangy, bubonic, conscienceless
liars, cowards at heart and yellow 
to the core, wouldn't know
the truth even if they ran into
it at high noon. When was all
this bribery supposed to have
taken place?"
"In February."
"In February! Then why
didn't Hoffman speak out before
now?"
"That's a good question, Senator. 
I'm looking into it. In the
meantime, do you have any
comment on this: Callahan says
the Senate has the duty to investigate 
the charges against
you."
Simon, gradually recovering
his poise, said with the slightest 
of smiles, "It the members
or some rump committee are
going to try to embarrass me,
I'll see what I can do about
embarrassing them. I'll venture
to predict that the scrambling
among potential committee
members to have important business 
outside the Washington
city limits during the investigation 
will verge on panic. Besides, 
it seems to me that the
man who needs investigating is
the 'Honorable' Judge Hoffman.
If his story is true, then he had
the duty to do something about
it at the time, and let's have
him tell us why he didn't. The
truth of the matter is, he probably 
dreamed the whole thing
up in his cups and doesn't even
know he's lying himself. That
alcoholic has no business being
on the Superior Court Bench,
and I'd like to ask the Rowton
Bar Association what they intend 
to do about it. Let's have
Hoffman tell us whether he
keeps a little silver flask in his
desk drawer!"

"Words and music by yours
truly, Phil."
"Well... all right. Any other
comment?"
"Yes! If you print Hoffman's
accusation, it amounts to libel.
I'll sue. The Herald will end up
supporting me in my old age,
and I'm serving notice I intend
to live to be a hundred and
twenty." He squared his shoulders. 
"But if you do print it, be
sure to spell my name right, or
I'll ask for treble damages! Alex
Sisyphus Simon. A as in admiral, 
I as in ion—oh, to hell
with you, Phil." He hung up.
IN ROWTON District, Attorney
Dan Callahan, Bert Bosworth,
Larry Cosmo, and a campaign
press agent were arranging the
final details of the hour-long
state wide television appeal
planned for Primary Election

Eve. But the day's astounding
revelation that Senator Simon
had once tried to bribe Judge
Hoffman made any orderly discussion 
impossible.
Each man could sense certain
victory, and the phone had been
ringing at intervals with promises 
of support from key Democrats 
who until now had felt it
their unpleasant duty—and they
hoped Dan understood this — to
force themselves to remain neutral 
in the primary battle.
Less than thirty minutes ago
the District Attorney had
scored another triumph. Dave
Redstone, on behalf of his client,
Mrs. Thomas, had accepted the
District Attorney's latest offer
for the settlement of injuries
received by her son on the
Fourth of July, Tomorrow they
would petition the court in an
amicable proceeding for the appointment 
of a guardian to approve 
the settlement.
Larry Cosmo, the portly campaign-fund 
raiser, beamed. "The
news about Alex and the mistrial 
even seems to have
reached old Uncle Charlie Hart
on his Sampan County farm.
While you were over at Redstone's 
office, Dan, he came in
from his bantams and pheasants
long enough to pay his respects
via long-distance phone. He
doesn't think Simon can bounce
back, and he even suggested
that in the few days remaining,
you and young Charlie campaign 
as a team. Jackie Eubanks 
must be giving young
Charlie a better run for it than
the old man expected."
"I hope Eubanks heats him,"
Callahan said. "I don't want to
be saddled with Charlie Hart
Junior and his basketball in the
November race. I never did have
any use tot the seven-foot—"
"You have to remember sir,
that if Charlie Junior wins in
the primary, then until November 
he's our seven-foot—, and
we might as well resign ourselves 
to the fact that while
you're making speeches, he'll be
making ook-shots. Never forget 
that the Fourteenth Amendment 
gave basketball fans the
vote. Well, maybe it wasn't the
Fourteenth, but they picked it
up somewhere."
"Perhaps," Bosworth said
tartly, "we ought to get back
on the track. The Primary Eve
telecast."
"Yes," the press agent said.
He took an embossed folder out
of his briefcase. "I've set up
a rough plan here. We open
with Dan and his family in their
living room. A fire's burning."
"We don't have a fireplace."
"Check, Anyhow, it'd be too
warm for a fire in September.
Now what we want to create is
a really intimate feeling: we're
inviting hundreds of thousands
of people into your home — we
hope—and we want them to feel
welcome. In fact, I suggest..."


CHAPTER 21
From the novel published by St. Martin's Press, Inc. Copyright ©
1959, by William Pearson. Distributed by King Features Syndicate
LATE in the morning of Labor 
Day, Judge Hoftman
called a press conference at
which he read a prepared statement 
reciting that some months
ago Senator Alex S. Simon had
tried to bribe him with a promise 
of a Federal judgeship if he
would declare a mistrial in the
Har murder case. The judge
reminded the reporters of the
tact that there had been a mistrail 
motion made at the trial
and that he had turned it down.
In the months since the trial,
however, he had become convinced 
that he had denied the
motion because of a wish to
prove himself above the conditions 
of a bribe rather than because 
of any lack of legal merit
in the motion. Norman Hart's
recent attempt to kill himself
had borne heavily on his conscience, 
and he ow felt compelled 
to bring out all the facts
so that the defendant could receive 
the new trial to which
Judge Hoffman believed he was
unquestionably entitled.
SENATOR SIMON, unaware
of the development, was coming 
in at a small airport outside
the little town of Bugleville,
famous as the birthplace of
Aimless Artie Smith, the only
man from Bugleville to receive
two votes for Governor at a
state convention. When the
Senator's airplane landed he
heard someone call his name.
The stranger shouted, "Senator, 
there's a long-distance call
for you in the Administration
Building. A newspaper reporter
named Stimson. He said to tell
you that it was urgent."
"I'm always available to the
press. Particularly the opposition 
press. I don't care what
they say about me as long as
they say it. If the day ever
comes when I can't stand the
heat, I'll get out of the
kitchen."
A few minutes later Simon
sat down in the State Fair Superintendent's 
office. He lit a
cigar then, with smoke spiraling 
around him, picked up the
phone. "Yes, Phil?"
"Senator, a little while ago
Judge Hoffman held a press
conference in which he asserted
that you tried to bribe him with
a promise of a Federal judgeship. 
According to him you
wanted him to declare a mistrial
in the Hart case because you
thought this would have the effect 
of shutting the District Attorney 
out at the June convention." 

"It's a rotten lie!" Simon
putted terociously on his cigar,
blinding himself with his own
smoke.
Stimson laughed. "Senator,
you seem to have lost your
customary aplomb."
"You're damn right I have!
Things have reached a sorry
state when the opposition stoops
to tactics like this. The District

Attorney, a New Deal sneak
who goes around drowning little
Jewish boys, forms an unholy
alliance with a gin-soaked rummy 
who passes himself off as
a judge. And between them they
hope to steal the election with
a fairy story. Why, that pair of
mangy, bubonic, conscienceless
liars, cowards at heart and yellow 
to the core, wouldn't know
the truth even if they ran into
it at high noon. When was all
this bribery supposed to have
taken place?"
"In February."
"In February! Then why
didn't Hoffman speak out before
now?"
"That's a good question, Senator. 
I'm looking into it. In the
meantime, do you have any
comment on this: Callahan says
the Senate has the duty to investigate 
the charges against
you."
Simon, gradually recovering
his poise, said with the slightest 
of smiles, "It the members
or some rump committee are
going to try to embarrass me,
I'll see what I can do about
embarrassing them. I'll venture
to predict that the scrambling
among potential committee
members to have important business 
outside the Washington
city limits during the investigation 
will verge on panic. Besides, 
it seems to me that the
man who needs investigating is
the 'Honorable' Judge Hoffman.
If his story is true, then he had
the duty to do something about
it at the time, and let's have
him tell us why he didn't. The
truth of the matter is, he probably 
dreamed the whole thing
up in his cups and doesn't even
know he's lying himself. That
alcoholic has no business being
on the Superior Court Bench,
and I'd like to ask the Rowton
Bar Association what they intend 
to do about it. Let's have
Hoffman tell us whether he
keeps a little silver flask in his
desk drawer!"

"Words and music by yours
truly, Phil."
"Well... all right. Any other
comment?"
"Yes! If you print Hoffman's
accusation, it amounts to libel.
I'll sue. The Herald will end up
supporting me in my old age,
and I'm serving notice I intend
to live to be a hundred and
twenty." He squared his shoulders. 
"But if you do print it, be
sure to spell my name right, or
I'll ask for treble damages! Alex
Sisyphus Simon. A as in admiral, 
I as in ion—oh, to hell
with you, Phil." He hung up.
IN ROWTON District, Attorney
Dan Callahan, Bert Bosworth,
Larry Cosmo, and a campaign
press agent were arranging the
final details of the hour-long
state wide television appeal
planned for Primary Election

Eve. But the day's astounding
revelation that Senator Simon
had once tried to bribe Judge
Hoffman made any orderly discussion 
impossible.
Each man could sense certain
victory, and the phone had been
ringing at intervals with promises 
of support from key Democrats 
who until now had felt it
their unpleasant duty—and they
hoped Dan understood this — to
force themselves to remain neutral 
in the primary battle.
Less than thirty minutes ago
the District Attorney had
scored another triumph. Dave
Redstone, on behalf of his client,
Mrs. Thomas, had accepted the
District Attorney's latest offer
for the settlement of injuries
received by her son on the
Fourth of July, Tomorrow they
would petition the court in an
amicable proceeding for the appointment 
of a guardian to approve 
the settlement.
Larry Cosmo, the portly campaign-fund 
raiser, beamed. "The
news about Alex and the mistrial 
even seems to have
reached old Uncle Charlie Hart
on his Sampan County farm.
While you were over at Redstone's 
office, Dan, he came in
from his bantams and pheasants
long enough to pay his respects
via long-distance phone. He
doesn't think Simon can bounce
back, and he even suggested
that in the few days remaining,
you and young Charlie campaign 
as a team. Jackie Eubanks 
must be giving young
Charlie a better run for it than
the old man expected."
"I hope Eubanks heats him,"
Callahan said. "I don't want to
be saddled with Charlie Hart
Junior and his basketball in the
November race. I never did have
any use tot the seven-foot—"
"You have to remember sir,
that if Charlie Junior wins in
the primary, then until November 
he's our seven-foot—, and
we might as well resign ourselves 
to the fact that while
you're making speeches, he'll be
making ook-shots. Never forget 
that the Fourteenth Amendment 
gave basketball fans the
vote. Well, maybe it wasn't the
Fourteenth, but they picked it
up somewhere."
"Perhaps," Bosworth said
tartly, "we ought to get back
on the track. The Primary Eve
telecast."
"Yes," the press agent said.
He took an embossed folder out
of his briefcase. "I've set up
a rough plan here. We open
with Dan and his family in their
living room. A fire's burning."
"We don't have a fireplace."
"Check, Anyhow, it'd be too
warm for a fire in September.
Now what we want to create is
a really intimate feeling: we're
inviting hundreds of thousands
of people into your home — we
hope—and we want them to feel
welcome. In fact, I suggest..."


THAT'S A FACT


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Golden Anniversary

amount that will make you (the
alumni) extremely proud of your
University's place in society."
Pointing the way to increased
alumni activity during the Golden
Anniversary celebration, W. J. Officer, 
Tennessee - Kentucky district
vice president announced that alumni 
membership has jumped 350 per
cent in the past year.
In priming the alumni for the
Golden Anniversary celebration, Dr.
Davis outlined the new growth for
the former students. He said that
two new dormitories, a new science
building (under construction), and
a new home economics plant will
be added to the present buildings
and that the entire campus: classrooms, 
library, and cafeterias will
be completely air conditioned.
By 1962 the University will have
a 46-building plant valued at more

than 20 million dollars designed to
give Tennessee State an ultramodern 
campus as the highlight
feature of its first half-century's
growth.

Prosecutor Late,

late.
However, Prentice said he would
not swear out new warrants unless
the sit-ins are repeated.
He said he got to the court about
1:55 p. m. — his time. But at 2
p. m. court time —– he was not present 
and Judge Brown Taylor dismissed 
the charges.
Freed were:
Richard Frank Parker, 25, of Andover, 
Mass., and St. Petersburg,
Fla., who was denied readmission
to Florida State University the day
before the court appearance.
Paul Edward Brooks, 21, of Cleveland. 

Proctor Harvey Freeman,, 22, of
Morristown, N. J.
Joseph Carter, 22, of Brooklyn,
N. Y.
John Lewis, 20, of Troy, Ala.
Bernard Lafayette, 20, of Tampa, 
Fla.
Parker is white. The others are
Negro students at American Baptist 
Theological Seminary here.
When arrested, Parker identified
himself as a student at FSU. He
later said he has been out of school
this semester but hoped to return
next February.
Parker was described as a leading 
figure in the Jacksonville, Fla.
sit-ins which led to citywide violence 
last August. While in jail
there he was badly beaten by another 
inmate, Merrill Imus, 21, an
Indian construction worker.
The six refused to make bond
Sunday night and stayed in jail
overnight. They had vowed not
to make bond or pay fines, but
Prentice's late arrival in court made
further jail unnecessary.
The group said they had "no
plans" for further sit-ins.

DISMISSES CHARGES

late.
However, Prentice said he would
not swear out new warrants unless
the sit-ins are repeated.
He said he got to the court about
1:55 p. m. — his time. But at 2
p. m. court time —– he was not present 
and Judge Brown Taylor dismissed 
the charges.
Freed were:
Richard Frank Parker, 25, of Andover, 
Mass., and St. Petersburg,
Fla., who was denied readmission
to Florida State University the day
before the court appearance.
Paul Edward Brooks, 21, of Cleveland. 

Proctor Harvey Freeman,, 22, of
Morristown, N. J.
Joseph Carter, 22, of Brooklyn,
N. Y.
John Lewis, 20, of Troy, Ala.
Bernard Lafayette, 20, of Tampa, 
Fla.
Parker is white. The others are
Negro students at American Baptist 
Theological Seminary here.
When arrested, Parker identified
himself as a student at FSU. He
later said he has been out of school
this semester but hoped to return
next February.
Parker was described as a leading 
figure in the Jacksonville, Fla.
sit-ins which led to citywide violence 
last August. While in jail
there he was badly beaten by another 
inmate, Merrill Imus, 21, an
Indian construction worker.
The six refused to make bond
Sunday night and stayed in jail
overnight. They had vowed not
to make bond or pay fines, but
Prentice's late arrival in court made
further jail unnecessary.
The group said they had "no
plans" for further sit-ins.

Seven Memphis

logy. Labley further stated that "I
appreciate the orderly manner in
which you men handled yourselves."
Goldsmith is due back in the city
today and an appointment has been
set up for conference between the
Negro leaders and the department
store head.
Strangly enough, the old policy
of railing the police when Negroes
start a sit-in did not come off.
Store officials appeared to want as
little disturbance as possible. Upon
leaving Goldsmith's only a few
Negro customers were seen in the
store.


61, Never
Slept, Not
Sleepy Now
Valentin
Medina, a 61-year-old farm laborer 
who says he hasn't slept a
wink in his life, left Madrid Tuesday 
for home, carrying a prescription 
for a sleeping potion he
hopes will end his "total insomnia." 

Doctors examined him at Provincial 
Hospital to check his remarkable 
record of sleeplessness
but have not made public their
findings, Medina expects them to
confirm his home town doctors'
diagnosis of "total insomnia."
Medina because so worried about
his lack of sleep he finally walked 
140 miles into Madrid from
southern Castille and asked for
help, Doctors were so impressed by
his story they looked him over and
bought him a railway ticket home
Tuesday.
Medina said his doctors who
"checked and checked and checked" 
told him his body was worth
its weight in gold and "I have
promised them to give it to a medical 
school faculty after I die."
Medina said he walked the 140
miles to Madrid in four days and
four nights, "just resting a little
bit from time to time."
He called his life "easy if often
boring."
"Look," he said. "I work like a
beast. I never get tired of working, 
I still sign my name with my
finger, but would like to know how
to read and write, Nights would be
shorter if I could read books. Now
I have to sit in front of the kitchen 
fireplace and do nothinguntil
the cock crows."

Hodges Named To
Head Commerce
For Kennedy
President-elect John F. Kennedy
Saturday named Gov. Luther H.
Hodges of North Carolina secretary 
of commerce in the new government 
and charged him with a
great share of responsibility for
accelerated growth of the American 
economy.
Hodges, 62, a business executiveturned 
- politician who first
learned of commerce as a 12-yearold 
textile mill hand accepted with
a pledge to stimulate foreign trade
and to seek a "rebirth of confidence" 
in America business.
Hodges was Kennedy's second
cabinet appointment, Earlier this
week Gov. Abraham Ribicoff of
Connecticut was named secretary
of health, education and welfare.
Harvard Professor David E. Bell,
a veteran of the Truman administration, 
also was named budget
director this week. Kennedy said
the three men were bound together 
by their joint support of his
views of the needs of the nation.
One of the first results of Hodges'
appointment was an announcement
from Kennedy on how his administration 
will deal with depressed
areas. The announcement was expected 
late Sunday. Hodges said he
hoped the contract division of the
Defense Department would concern
itself more actively with help for
depressed areas, but that organization 
of a federal attack on the
problem would depend in part on
administrative decisions and legislative 
action.
As to prospects of a recession,
Hodges who was once vice president 
of Marshall Field and Co.,
said he knew something about
manufacturing and merchandising
and that he believed the national
economic situation was "worse
than the present administration
has ever led us to believe.
"I think that inventories are high
and that the orders on the part
of merchants and manufacturrs
are not as good as they have been,"
Hodges said.
"Unless we can get a new stimulation 
which I hope we can get
beginning Jan. 20 by a rebirth of
confidence .... we could have
trouble."
Hodges foresaw "nothing serious
because this country is too strong
to allow anything too serious to
happen."
As to how the economy should
be stimulated, the new cabinet
member-to-be said:
"What we need to do is to have
more confidence in our economy
and to work harder at it, and to
have some imagination at the federal 
level to do Whatever is necessary, 
even in public works or other
things, to see that employment is
kept at a high level."

FIRST RESULT
President-elect John F. Kennedy
Saturday named Gov. Luther H.
Hodges of North Carolina secretary 
of commerce in the new government 
and charged him with a
great share of responsibility for
accelerated growth of the American 
economy.
Hodges, 62, a business executiveturned 
- politician who first
learned of commerce as a 12-yearold 
textile mill hand accepted with
a pledge to stimulate foreign trade
and to seek a "rebirth of confidence" 
in America business.
Hodges was Kennedy's second
cabinet appointment, Earlier this
week Gov. Abraham Ribicoff of
Connecticut was named secretary
of health, education and welfare.
Harvard Professor David E. Bell,
a veteran of the Truman administration, 
also was named budget
director this week. Kennedy said
the three men were bound together 
by their joint support of his
views of the needs of the nation.
One of the first results of Hodges'
appointment was an announcement
from Kennedy on how his administration 
will deal with depressed
areas. The announcement was expected 
late Sunday. Hodges said he
hoped the contract division of the
Defense Department would concern
itself more actively with help for
depressed areas, but that organization 
of a federal attack on the
problem would depend in part on
administrative decisions and legislative 
action.
As to prospects of a recession,
Hodges who was once vice president 
of Marshall Field and Co.,
said he knew something about
manufacturing and merchandising
and that he believed the national
economic situation was "worse
than the present administration
has ever led us to believe.
"I think that inventories are high
and that the orders on the part
of merchants and manufacturrs
are not as good as they have been,"
Hodges said.
"Unless we can get a new stimulation 
which I hope we can get
beginning Jan. 20 by a rebirth of
confidence .... we could have
trouble."
Hodges foresaw "nothing serious
because this country is too strong
to allow anything too serious to
happen."
As to how the economy should
be stimulated, the new cabinet
member-to-be said:
"What we need to do is to have
more confidence in our economy
and to work harder at it, and to
have some imagination at the federal 
level to do Whatever is necessary, 
even in public works or other
things, to see that employment is
kept at a high level."

MORE CONFIDENCE
President-elect John F. Kennedy
Saturday named Gov. Luther H.
Hodges of North Carolina secretary 
of commerce in the new government 
and charged him with a
great share of responsibility for
accelerated growth of the American 
economy.
Hodges, 62, a business executiveturned 
- politician who first
learned of commerce as a 12-yearold 
textile mill hand accepted with
a pledge to stimulate foreign trade
and to seek a "rebirth of confidence" 
in America business.
Hodges was Kennedy's second
cabinet appointment, Earlier this
week Gov. Abraham Ribicoff of
Connecticut was named secretary
of health, education and welfare.
Harvard Professor David E. Bell,
a veteran of the Truman administration, 
also was named budget
director this week. Kennedy said
the three men were bound together 
by their joint support of his
views of the needs of the nation.
One of the first results of Hodges'
appointment was an announcement
from Kennedy on how his administration 
will deal with depressed
areas. The announcement was expected 
late Sunday. Hodges said he
hoped the contract division of the
Defense Department would concern
itself more actively with help for
depressed areas, but that organization 
of a federal attack on the
problem would depend in part on
administrative decisions and legislative 
action.
As to prospects of a recession,
Hodges who was once vice president 
of Marshall Field and Co.,
said he knew something about
manufacturing and merchandising
and that he believed the national
economic situation was "worse
than the present administration
has ever led us to believe.
"I think that inventories are high
and that the orders on the part
of merchants and manufacturrs
are not as good as they have been,"
Hodges said.
"Unless we can get a new stimulation 
which I hope we can get
beginning Jan. 20 by a rebirth of
confidence .... we could have
trouble."
Hodges foresaw "nothing serious
because this country is too strong
to allow anything too serious to
happen."
As to how the economy should
be stimulated, the new cabinet
member-to-be said:
"What we need to do is to have
more confidence in our economy
and to work harder at it, and to
have some imagination at the federal 
level to do Whatever is necessary, 
even in public works or other
things, to see that employment is
kept at a high level."

A.U. Carol Concert
Set Dec.9, 10, 11
The thirty-fourth annual Christmas 
Carol Concert of the AtlantaMorehouse-Spelman 
Chorus will be
presented three nights, Friday,
Saturday, Sunday, December 9, 10,
11, at 8:00 p. m. in Sister Chapel,
Spelman College. Appearing with
the Chorus will be the Spelman
and Morehouse College Glee Clubs.
Dr. Willis L. James of the music
departments of Morehouse and
Soelman has arranged the traditional 
program of carols of many
lands and will direct the Chorus
and the Spelman Glee Club Club.
Wendell Whalum is director of the
Morehouse Glee Club.

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CHARGE PLANS: 30-DAY -90-DAY - 6 MONTHS

Open Every Nite 'Til 9 P.M. Until Christmas
Tomprrow night the Lions take
on Manassas at Lester. Game time
7 p.m.

TALENT REVUE:
On last Tuesday afternoon in our
Gymnasium nine young men and
women were inducted into the National 
Honor Society. The program 
was truly a colorful one. Dr.
Floyd Bass of LeMoyne College
gave the principal address. Bobby
Collins President of the A. Maceo
Walker Chapter of the Booker T.
Washington High School Honor
Society conducted the induction
ceremony. Music for the occasion
was furnished by the BTW senior
Chorus under the direction of Mr.
E. L. Pender. Many complaints
were passed on their rendition of
"Roll Chariot."
On Last Wednesday morning in
our school auditorium some of
our best talent was displayed in
a talent show. A few of the many
tunes everyone enjoyed were
"Hardtime" a Ray Charles composition 
done by our Combo.
"Everytime" being vocalised by our
own John Bullock. "Hello Madem"
an original by some fellows who
call themselves the "House Rockers", 
really got house. Next Norma
Taylor was called upon to come
forth and satisfy the audience with
her rendition of "I Need You."
While Norma was singing Doctors
were called to revive some of the
spectators. Now with the show
well on the road Hubert Buggs
came on the scene to sing "Harbor

Lights." With the crowd or course
Shirley Thomas gave her version
of "Someday". "The Show progressed
and time brought the curtain down
on the show.
The Lester Lions an off to a
flying start on the hardwood this
year. On the road to a championship 
season they seem to be a
strong outfit. Friday night the
Lions opened their season by
handing Hamilton a 74-36 defeat.
Other victims of the Lions includ 
a 72-32 whipping of Ripley,
Geeter lost 61-41. Coach Spillars
outfit consist of 11 men Five seniors 
and six juniors.
Tomprrow night the Lions take
on Manassas at Lester. Game time
7 p.m.

SPORTS:
On last Tuesday afternoon in our
Gymnasium nine young men and
women were inducted into the National 
Honor Society. The program 
was truly a colorful one. Dr.
Floyd Bass of LeMoyne College
gave the principal address. Bobby
Collins President of the A. Maceo
Walker Chapter of the Booker T.
Washington High School Honor
Society conducted the induction
ceremony. Music for the occasion
was furnished by the BTW senior
Chorus under the direction of Mr.
E. L. Pender. Many complaints
were passed on their rendition of
"Roll Chariot."
On Last Wednesday morning in
our school auditorium some of
our best talent was displayed in
a talent show. A few of the many
tunes everyone enjoyed were
"Hardtime" a Ray Charles composition 
done by our Combo.
"Everytime" being vocalised by our
own John Bullock. "Hello Madem"
an original by some fellows who
call themselves the "House Rockers", 
really got house. Next Norma
Taylor was called upon to come
forth and satisfy the audience with
her rendition of "I Need You."
While Norma was singing Doctors
were called to revive some of the
spectators. Now with the show
well on the road Hubert Buggs
came on the scene to sing "Harbor

Lights." With the crowd or course
Shirley Thomas gave her version
of "Someday". "The Show progressed
and time brought the curtain down
on the show.
The Lester Lions an off to a
flying start on the hardwood this
year. On the road to a championship 
season they seem to be a
strong outfit. Friday night the
Lions opened their season by
handing Hamilton a 74-36 defeat.
Other victims of the Lions includ 
a 72-32 whipping of Ripley,
Geeter lost 61-41. Coach Spillars
outfit consist of 11 men Five seniors 
and six juniors.
Tomprrow night the Lions take
on Manassas at Lester. Game time
7 p.m.

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