Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1957-05-25 Raymond F. Tisby MEMPHIS WORLD AMRICAN'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 564 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 RAYMOND F. TISBY Managing Editor MRS. ROSA BROWN BRACY Public Relations and Advertising ALYSON E. WISE Circulation Promotion SUBSCRIPTION RATES Year $5.00—6 Months $3.00—3 Months $1.50 (In Advance) The MEMPHIS WORLD is an independent newspaper—non sectarian and non-partisan printing news unbiasedly and supporting those things it believes to the interest of its readers and opposing those things against the interest of its readers. Change in Tactics? The southern offensive against the NAACP continues unabated. The Association is being hit on all sides — by investigating committees, by restrictive legislation and by court decrees. The object of this harassment is to put and keep the NAACP on the defensive to hamstring it to such an extent that it cannot pursue its civil rights objectives. The organization is caught on the horns of a dilemma: if it throws all of its resources into the fight for survival it cannot wage its civil rights battles; if it neglects the fight for its own existence it will go out of business and its civil rights battles will go with it. There is no easy solution. The immediate need is far redoubled support in the north and west to swell the NAACP's war chest. The long range solution seems to call for a change in tactics. Since 1930 the Association has depended more and more on court action to vindicate civil rights. Its brilliant successes in the courts nourished the belief that litigation furnished the entire answer to the Negro's problems. In the main the South yielded to court decrees and progress was steady. In the case of the school decision, the Deep South has refused to yield. To the country, Dixie has used state machineryexecutive, legislative and judicial — to nullify the court's orders. It took the initiative away from the NAACP and it has kept that initiative. The NAACP problem of the moment is how to regain the initiative, how to marshall public opinion to put brakes on southern courts, public officials and legislators. That's no easy job. However, the task is not beyond the capabilities of the Association. The same kind of ingenuity and resourcefulness that went into legal battles must be brought to bear in the struggle for public opinion. We have no blueprint for this new tactical offensive but it does seem to us that if should include both extensive and intensive use of all media of public communication: radio, television, newspapers. Their use must not be haphazard or hit-and-miss. Rather a plan ought to be worked out as carefully as the legal offensive was plotted twenty years ago. It is plain, too, that the NAACP cannot go it alone. Labor unions, churches, and other organizations must be prodded into action. The Prayer Pilgrimage may furnish some useful lessons as to how organizational co-ordination can be achieved. We believe that most Americans are on the NAACP side. Thus far their support has been passive. That support must be rallied and channeled into action on local, state and national levels. Nothing is mightier in a democracy than the compelling power of public opinion. The NAACP must find ways and means of using it. Fred D. Joseph Welcomed With Open House; 'Y, Head Open House was held at the Abe Scharff Branch YMCA last Monday evening to "welcome" Fred R. Joseph, newly selected executive secretary of the branch. Joseph asked the executive officers and members of the YMCA "for support and guidance in my new position." Brief speeches were made by the following representatives: L. B. Hopson, education; A. MaCeo Walker business; Harold Jamison, labor; Rev. Charles Williams, fraternal organizations; Dr. Leland Atkins, professional groups; Mrs. Marie Adams, federated women's clubs; John Parker, Greek letter organizations; Mrs. Harriett Walker, National Council of Ne gro Women; Rev. S. A. Owens, churches; and Mrs. Melvin Robinson, president of the Women's auxiliary. Also participating in the program were Rev. A. McEwen William, J. W. Whittaker, Mrs. Myrtis J. Ewell, a vocal soloist; and Frank Lockhart, a piano soloist. The welcoming address was made by B. T. Hunt, chairman of the Y's committee of management J. T. Chandler, secretary of the committee, and L. E. Thomas, executive director of camps, also spake briefly. Dr. E. Frank White presided Refreshments were served following speeches. "A Memphis World In Every Home" MEMPHIS'WORLD Circulation Deportment 546 Beale Ave., Memphis, Tenn. Name . . . . . . 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Tribunal Nixes Plan a freshman class of more than 1,000 students and that if all qualified persons were admitted without restriction, the physical facilities would be overtaxel and the college deprived of its accredited standing and membership in the Association of Southern Colleges. At the time there were white outside students attending the college. The defendants set forth in their answer a proposed program for the definite desegregation not only of Memphis State College but of all other state institutions under their control. This program provided for the admission of colored students in the graduate class in 1955, the graduate and senior classes in 1956, the graduate, senior and junior classes in 1957 the graduate, senior, junior and sophomore classes in 1958, and the graduate, senior, junior, sophomore and freshman classes in 1959. At the hearing there was no controversy over the facts or the invalidity of the Tennessee constitutional and statutory provisions requiring racial segregation in public schools. After the hearing, the District judge held that the proposed plan was in keeping with the Supreme Court decision. On apeal the circuit court reversed and held that the plan was not in accord with the principles announced by the Supreme Court for desegregating public schools. LONG-RANGE PROGRAM a freshman class of more than 1,000 students and that if all qualified persons were admitted without restriction, the physical facilities would be overtaxel and the college deprived of its accredited standing and membership in the Association of Southern Colleges. At the time there were white outside students attending the college. The defendants set forth in their answer a proposed program for the definite desegregation not only of Memphis State College but of all other state institutions under their control. This program provided for the admission of colored students in the graduate class in 1955, the graduate and senior classes in 1956, the graduate, senior and junior classes in 1957 the graduate, senior, junior and sophomore classes in 1958, and the graduate, senior, junior, sophomore and freshman classes in 1959. At the hearing there was no controversy over the facts or the invalidity of the Tennessee constitutional and statutory provisions requiring racial segregation in public schools. After the hearing, the District judge held that the proposed plan was in keeping with the Supreme Court decision. On apeal the circuit court reversed and held that the plan was not in accord with the principles announced by the Supreme Court for desegregating public schools. Tornado Death Toll Mountain View. However no injuries were reported there. Rain hampered cleanup operations today in the suburan Kansas City area, scene of a deadly twister Monday night Householders rushed to get their belongings under shelter. Red Cross officials estimate one million dollars will be needed to assist stricken families. Gov. James T. Blair, Jr., of Missouri has asked President Eisenhower to declare four stricken suburbs a disaster area and to make 25 million dollars available for cleanup and rehabilitation of public works. Turkey breeder hens on North Carolina farms as of January 1, 1957 were estimated at 42,000 birds, compared with 41,000 a year earlier, an increase of two per cent. DEADLY TWISTER Mountain View. However no injuries were reported there. Rain hampered cleanup operations today in the suburan Kansas City area, scene of a deadly twister Monday night Householders rushed to get their belongings under shelter. Red Cross officials estimate one million dollars will be needed to assist stricken families. Gov. James T. Blair, Jr., of Missouri has asked President Eisenhower to declare four stricken suburbs a disaster area and to make 25 million dollars available for cleanup and rehabilitation of public works. Turkey breeder hens on North Carolina farms as of January 1, 1957 were estimated at 42,000 birds, compared with 41,000 a year earlier, an increase of two per cent. MEALTIME MELODIES BY LEODA GAMMON A molded dessert is a delight to the busy hostess or homemaker who wants a special dessert at the close of the meal, and wants to spend her time with the family guest. A dessert made in advance such as this would be a wise selection for luncheon supper or party occasion. The Coffee Mold is a nutritous dessert with its generous quantity of milk and eggs and is good tasting too Chocolate curds and instant coffee blend together to give an interesting mocha flavor. Use an unsual shaped mold in making this des sert, and garnish with whipped cream just before serving time. It is so attractive it makes an ideal dessert to serve the family or guest at the table. 1 enevelope u flavored gelatin 2 cups milk 3 tablespoons instant coffee 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2-3 cup sugar 1-4 teaspoon salt 3 eggs, separated 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped chocolate curls. Soften gelatin in 1-4 cup cold milk. Heat remaining 1 3-4 cup milk: add gelatin: stir until dissolved. Add coffee, sugar and salt. Beat egg yolks; gradually add milk mixture Cook over hot water; stirring constantly about 5 minutes or until mixture coats spoon Chill until slightly thickened. Beat egg chites tiff; fold into coffee mixture. Add vanilla extract Pour into mold, which has been rinsed in cold water; chill until firm. Unmold Garish with whipped cream and chocolate curls. Makes 6 serving. MOLDED DESSERT SPEEDS FINAL MEAL PREPARATION BY LEODA GAMMON A molded dessert is a delight to the busy hostess or homemaker who wants a special dessert at the close of the meal, and wants to spend her time with the family guest. A dessert made in advance such as this would be a wise selection for luncheon supper or party occasion. The Coffee Mold is a nutritous dessert with its generous quantity of milk and eggs and is good tasting too Chocolate curds and instant coffee blend together to give an interesting mocha flavor. Use an unsual shaped mold in making this des sert, and garnish with whipped cream just before serving time. It is so attractive it makes an ideal dessert to serve the family or guest at the table. 1 enevelope u flavored gelatin 2 cups milk 3 tablespoons instant coffee 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2-3 cup sugar 1-4 teaspoon salt 3 eggs, separated 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped chocolate curls. Soften gelatin in 1-4 cup cold milk. Heat remaining 1 3-4 cup milk: add gelatin: stir until dissolved. Add coffee, sugar and salt. Beat egg yolks; gradually add milk mixture Cook over hot water; stirring constantly about 5 minutes or until mixture coats spoon Chill until slightly thickened. Beat egg chites tiff; fold into coffee mixture. Add vanilla extract Pour into mold, which has been rinsed in cold water; chill until firm. Unmold Garish with whipped cream and chocolate curls. Makes 6 serving. COFFEE MOLD DESSERT BY LEODA GAMMON A molded dessert is a delight to the busy hostess or homemaker who wants a special dessert at the close of the meal, and wants to spend her time with the family guest. A dessert made in advance such as this would be a wise selection for luncheon supper or party occasion. The Coffee Mold is a nutritous dessert with its generous quantity of milk and eggs and is good tasting too Chocolate curds and instant coffee blend together to give an interesting mocha flavor. Use an unsual shaped mold in making this des sert, and garnish with whipped cream just before serving time. It is so attractive it makes an ideal dessert to serve the family or guest at the table. 1 enevelope u flavored gelatin 2 cups milk 3 tablespoons instant coffee 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2-3 cup sugar 1-4 teaspoon salt 3 eggs, separated 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped chocolate curls. Soften gelatin in 1-4 cup cold milk. Heat remaining 1 3-4 cup milk: add gelatin: stir until dissolved. Add coffee, sugar and salt. Beat egg yolks; gradually add milk mixture Cook over hot water; stirring constantly about 5 minutes or until mixture coats spoon Chill until slightly thickened. Beat egg chites tiff; fold into coffee mixture. Add vanilla extract Pour into mold, which has been rinsed in cold water; chill until firm. Unmold Garish with whipped cream and chocolate curls. Makes 6 serving. HEADACHE Ease PAINS Of HEADACHE, NEURALGIA, NEURITIS with STANBACK TABLETS or POWDERS. STANBACK combines several medically proven pain relievers ... The added effectiveness of these MULTIPLE ingredients brings faster, more complete relief, easing anxiety and tension usually accompanying pain. Test STANBACK against any preparation you've ever used. Rev. S. A. Owen College Auditorium. Forty-six students will receive the Bachelor of Science Degree Listed below is the schedule of activities to take place: May 22-8:00 P. M. Senior Class Night College Auditorium. May 26 9:45 A. M. Baccalaureate Sunday School College Auditorium May 26 3:00 P. M. Baccalaureate Exercises College Auditorium. May 26, President Reception, Immediately After Baccalaureate Service. May 27 2:00 Alumni Meeting, Shop I, Room 4. Mother Of Six degrees. Candidates for graduation are: Candidates for Associate in Arts degrees are: Dorothy Jean Anderson, James William Freeman, Sarah Frost Gray Earl Harts, Chester Henry Johnson, James Clay Maclin, Lee Ander Mead, Roger Pruitt, Evelyn LaVerne Smith, Mrs. Lucile Brazil Thompson, all of Memphis; Velma Marie Sias, of Mound Bayou, Mississippi; and Tommie Winfrey of Arlington, Tennessee. Candidate's for Associate in Applied Science degrees are: William Allen Adkins, Dover Crawford, Jr., Mrs. Lillian Varnado Watkins, and Marvell Woods, Jr., of Memphis; Helen Marie Pugh, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Sadie Jean Pugh, of Millington, Tennessee. Candidate for Associate in Religious Education degree is Nelson William Beasley, of Memphis. Nine candidates for non-degree diplomas are Sylvia Joy Bonds, of Millington; Flossie Mae Campbell, of Memphis: George Norvell Chambers, of Fulton, Kentucky; Gene Everett Cumby, of Memphis; Dorothy Jean Dockery, of Memphis; Jerry Vernon Finley, of Memphis; Ronald Gene Foster, of Memphis, Charles Jones Marshall, Jr., of Memphis, and Mary Nell Moss, of Memphis. Two Killed of the station. The officers are reported to have started pursuing the men who ran to the rear of a house on the southwest corner of Pratt and Guasco. Officer Dickey fired and Reed dropped to the ground dead. Bennett leaped a wire fence and landed in a drainage ditch. Officer Winfield saw Bennett crouching in the drainage and fired two shots but missed his target. Moments later Bibb spotted Reed running toward the drainage again. The officer fired a 12-guage shotgun and Bennett fell to the ground dead from gun wounds to his right side. The dead man had only $33 on his person according to police. Police Chief J. C. MacDonald termed the deaths as "justifiable and in line of duty." He also praised Robbery Squad under Capt. G. A. Lawo and the Homicide Squad under Capt. W. W. Wilkinson, and Shelby County Sheriff's office for co-operation in solving the crimes. The chief is also reported to have said he does not intend to suspend the two officers. Records show that Reed was convicted of stealing a bicycle February 1948 for which he served four months. In January 1951 he was sentenced to 10 months for stealing an overcoat from a locked automobile. In December 1955, he was sentenced for driving while intoxicated without license. Officers said Bennett also had a number of minor arrests and convictions. SCHOOL AID President Eisenhower has called again for Federal aid to education as the House Education sub-committee approved a compromise version of the five-year $2,000,000,000 program. The President said schools were more important to national defense than anti-aircraft missiles and radar more powerful even than the energy of the atom." M. L. King, Lehman Get Rights Awards The Rev. Martin Luther King former Senator Herbert Lehman and the Rev. Father John LaFarge. S. J. received awards for their fight for human rights recently from the Religion and Labor Foundation at its annual awards luncheon. Speaking on the occasion was IUD Director Albert Whitehouse who emphasized the necessity for "brotherhood" in the world today. WHITE HOUSE CALLERS — Co-recipient of the 1956 Inter-Forth award, former Dodger star Jackie Robinson (left) and comedian Joe E. Brown (right), are shown during their recent visit with President Eisenhower at the White House. The pair were honored by the Washington D. C. Inter-Faith committee. (Newspress Photo). Boy Scout Summer Camp At Fuller State Park The annual Boy Scout summer camp will start at Fuller State park June 16 and will continue through July 14, announced Fred Harris division scout director and camp director. Camp will be divided into four two-week periods as follows: June 16-22; June 23-29; June 30July 6; and July 7-14. Boys applying to go to camp should indicate which period is desired. Medical blanks must be filled out by a family or troop physician and given to your scoutmaster. Each camper should bring the following items: 1 sheet, 2 blankets or old quilts, flashlight, Scout uniform (if you have one), Jacket, bath towels swimming trunks, tooth brush and paste. Scout handbook, Sunday School Book. Leather Hiking Shoes, change of unredwear, soap, pajamas, extra clothes for change. Memphis And Mid-South Homemaker To Push Milk June promises to be an ideal month for Memphis and Mid-South homemakers to feature milk and other dairy products in family meals whether served indoors or outdoors, according to Leo W. Smith of the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Food Distribution Division. The month will see milk production reaching its seasonal peak and the Department lists milk and other dairy products at the top of the "Plentiful Foods List" for June. In addition to fluid milk various dairy products such as cheese, ice cream, sherbet, butter, evaporated milk and non-fat dry milk will be in generous supply. Smith reports. Among the other foods on US DA's plentiful list for June are: beef, turkey, eggs, frozen and fresh strawberries, potatoes, canned freestone peaches, canned purple plums, peanuts and peanut butter, halibut and vegetable fats and oils. Strawberries are expected to be plentiful on June markets in view of the increased acreage this year for the spring crop. At the same time, food stores will have liberal supplies of frozen strawberries from last year's heavy pack. Supplies of high-quality beef are expected to continue liberal in June, especially since marketings of fed-cattle usually reach their peak in this month. The number of cattle on feed in 13 major feeding states on April 1 was 4 per cent larger than a year earlier. With heavier new-crop marketings, and cold storage stocks still large, June markets will be well supplied with turkeys, USDA re ports. Egg production has been at a high level this year, and June production is expected to be the same as a year ago, or possibly somewhat larger. T. M. Alexander national prominence. After the polls had closed, Alexander was being hailed among Negroes here as though he had won One spokesman offered: "He won. He won a moral victory for Negroes everywhere." Alexander, who was recently named member of the national board of the Young Men's Christian Association, is founder-president of Alexander - Calloway Realty Co., Inc. on Auburn Avenue. NEW LIGHTER SKIN loveliness and charm of Thousands reveal clearer, brighter younger-looking complexions Don't get discouraged because your skin seems darker, duller, older than it should be. The creamy, dreamy complexion you long for may be only a few days, a few finger-pats away! Palmer's SKIN-SUCCESS Bleach cream has proved that it can work wonders when neglect, weather and the sun of passing summers make your complexion too dull, dark, old-looking. See for yourself how this fragrant white cream helps clear away those dark skin particles to bring out the full glowing beauty of a brighter. younger-looking complexion. The Brass and the Blue By JAMES KEENE Copyright 1956, by James Keene, Reprinted by Permission of Random House Inc. [King Features Syndicate] THE infantry officers assembled before Lieutenant Emll Schwabacker. "Gentlemen," he said, "It is an hour until dawn. You have that time in which to position your companies with their backs to the lake." "I don't want to make a stand!" Captain Blaine said testily. "You have little choice," Schwabacker said. "Had you remained at Crazy Woman's Fork, you would most surely be fighting, now on unsuitable ground." He waved his hand toward the timber. "The Sioux will come from there, although they have a deathly fear of timber." He swung around to face the lake. "The Sioux have two tactics, the circle and the frontal assault, in waves. Since our position against the lake prevents their circling, nothing remains but a frontal assault, and even that is extremely limited. It is their habit to ride through the enemy, regroup on the other side and ride back. As you can see, the lake makes this impossible. Hence our defense is ideal. They will have to slow their attack at fifty yards or ride into the lake. At best they can only engage us in hand-to-hand fighting, and at great cost to their numbers." Blaine grumbled under his breath, but if Schwabacker's plan was not written up in the manual, it was at least sound. He went away with his officers and placed his infantry companies along the lake shore. Shovels bit into the dirt and entrenchments grew. Sergeant Sean Finnegan waited, for the cavalry would have to be dispersed. Drawing him to one side, schwabacker said, "Sergeant, pick eight good men and leave immediately for Fort Kearny. By hard riding you should raise the gates in an hour. Advise General Wessels of our position and tell him that we are sitting in the middle of the Sioux nation. I don't think it's necessary for me to point out our precarious position. It's my firm belief that we will soon be under severe attack, and I think we can hold for three hours, certainly no more than that" He offered his hand. "Good luck, Sergeant, and get going." I 'll bring th' whole danged post back, sor," Finnegan said and made his selection of men quickly. When they mounted and rode out. Captain Blaine hurried up, his manner anxious. "Lieutenant, where are those men going?" "To Fort Kearny, sir. It's an hour's ride from here." "If it's that close, why don't we march on in?" Blaine stormed. "Because I don't believe we'd make it, sir," Schwabacker said calmly. "The Sioux would cut us to pieces while we were moving." "What's to stop them from cutting up your sergeant and his detail? Cavalry superiority.?" Schwabacker refused to rise to the bait, "Sergeant Finnegan knows Indiana, air. He'll stay to the thickest woods, where the Sioux hate to go. We'll make our stand here, Captain." "This is all your doing," Blaine snapped. "Unfortunately I allowed my unexperience to sway my judgment, subjecting my command to the whim of a gloryhunting yellow-leg." "Are you finished, sir?" "Yes," Blaine said, a little shamefaced. "But I'll make a full report of this, you can rely on it." "Captain, let me inform you of a few facts. The Sioux were ringing your bivouac last night, and they meant then to give you a licking. The Fetterman massacre is fresh in their minds, strong medicine. I don't propose to add to it by getting myself killed. is the ground upon which I will fight." "Get something straight Lieutenant! I didn't come out here to lose half of my command!" Blaine slapped his thigh impatiently and studied the dark outfringe of timber. "I have never believed," Schwabacker said, "that it was a soldier's duty to die for his cause, but to make sure the enemy soldier died for his. Now if you will excuse me, Captain, there are many details that require my attention." Blaine's expression froze, for no man, especially a superior, likes to be pushed out. And yet he was, and he knew it and felt completely helpless to counteract it. There was superiority in Emil Schwabacker, in manner, in grasp of command, that left Captain Blaine feeling incompetent, and a little foolish. He whirled on his heel and rejoined his own command. Schwabacker then walked over to Dr. Cove Butler's ambulance, which had been pushed to the lake edge where the rocks all but bid it. Butler was sitting on the dropped tongue. "How's Captain Jocelyn, Cove?" "I gave him some laudanum to quiet him," Butler said. He found a cigar, pared off the end with a scalpel, then popped the smoke into his mouth and touched a match to it "Nice place you have here. Better than Jocelyn would have picked. He really meant to make a fight of it at Crazy Woman's Fork, It's h— when a man gets to the point where he can't go any farther, and yet's so proud he won't listen to anyone else." "Don't run him down," Schwabacker said. "He taught me everything I know about Indian fighting." Butler pursed his lips. "You seem original enough, Emil Don't sell yourself short." He looked to the east where a grayness was beginning to thin the black night sky. "In another half-hour you may be either living or dead, Emll but either way, you'll be a hero." Schwabacker laughed at this "Did you just finish a bottle?" "What are you laughing at? I'm serious." "I was thinking of what my father would have said had you told him that." Schwabacker shook his head, "Heroes are born Doctor." "That may be your opinion," Butler said. "But this is the third time you've challenged the hostiles to come and get you. You puzzle me, Emil. Is there something personal between you and Red Cloud?" "Red Cloud?" Schwabacker laughed again, softly. "Cove, I'll never see Red Cloud." "That's a pretty positive statement to make," Butler said. "Not for me," Schwabacker said. "You want the story of my life, Doctor? It's the things that happen when I'm not there. When I was young my father took me to see General Andy Jackson. We stood on the depot platform for three hours waiting for the train. Then I had to go to the toilet. When I came back, the train had come and gone." He smiled ironically. "That's it, Doctor. I wanted to go with Carrington and build Fort Kearny, but I missed out by a week. Then I hoped for a transfer, but I missed that too. You know, Jim Bridger was supposed to come back to the post but I had already left with this patrol and I missed seeing him. Doctor, I'm going to miss the whole thing! That's the way things go with me." "What does it take to convince you?" Butler asked. "It could be that you're doing more than your share of fighting." "Ryndlee's?" He snorted, "A piddling backwash engagement, It'll never be mentioned against the Fetterman massacre." "All right let that one go," Butler said. "But you picked your ground and fought Red Cloud's Cheyenne friends to a halt. We heard about the licking Spotted Tall took clear back at Laramie! That was big, son!" "Big? Doctor, I tricked Spotted Tali. In a stirrup-to-stirrup fight he'd have slaughtered my entire command." Schwabacker paused, "No, Red Cloud's after Fort Kearny and C. F. Smith, not me." "Now you're all set to pick arother fight" Butler pointed out. "Emil, if you're not careful, Red Cloud's going to get fed up with you cutting up his bucks and come after your hair personally." "The invitation's open," Schwabacker said. "Unless I settle down to business, the campaign win be over before I can get into it." "Man, you're into it nowl Up to your ears!". "Not quite," Schwabacker said softly. "But I will be when the sun comes up." He looked east where the day was being born. I'm wondering why we ain't dead, sir. We ought to be," one of Emil's troopers has reason to say in tomorrow's installment of "The Brass and the Blue." Don't miss it. CHAPTER 19 By JAMES KEENE Copyright 1956, by James Keene, Reprinted by Permission of Random House Inc. [King Features Syndicate] THE infantry officers assembled before Lieutenant Emll Schwabacker. "Gentlemen," he said, "It is an hour until dawn. You have that time in which to position your companies with their backs to the lake." "I don't want to make a stand!" Captain Blaine said testily. "You have little choice," Schwabacker said. "Had you remained at Crazy Woman's Fork, you would most surely be fighting, now on unsuitable ground." He waved his hand toward the timber. "The Sioux will come from there, although they have a deathly fear of timber." He swung around to face the lake. "The Sioux have two tactics, the circle and the frontal assault, in waves. Since our position against the lake prevents their circling, nothing remains but a frontal assault, and even that is extremely limited. It is their habit to ride through the enemy, regroup on the other side and ride back. As you can see, the lake makes this impossible. Hence our defense is ideal. They will have to slow their attack at fifty yards or ride into the lake. At best they can only engage us in hand-to-hand fighting, and at great cost to their numbers." Blaine grumbled under his breath, but if Schwabacker's plan was not written up in the manual, it was at least sound. He went away with his officers and placed his infantry companies along the lake shore. Shovels bit into the dirt and entrenchments grew. Sergeant Sean Finnegan waited, for the cavalry would have to be dispersed. Drawing him to one side, schwabacker said, "Sergeant, pick eight good men and leave immediately for Fort Kearny. By hard riding you should raise the gates in an hour. Advise General Wessels of our position and tell him that we are sitting in the middle of the Sioux nation. I don't think it's necessary for me to point out our precarious position. It's my firm belief that we will soon be under severe attack, and I think we can hold for three hours, certainly no more than that" He offered his hand. "Good luck, Sergeant, and get going." I 'll bring th' whole danged post back, sor," Finnegan said and made his selection of men quickly. When they mounted and rode out. Captain Blaine hurried up, his manner anxious. "Lieutenant, where are those men going?" "To Fort Kearny, sir. It's an hour's ride from here." "If it's that close, why don't we march on in?" Blaine stormed. "Because I don't believe we'd make it, sir," Schwabacker said calmly. "The Sioux would cut us to pieces while we were moving." "What's to stop them from cutting up your sergeant and his detail? Cavalry superiority.?" Schwabacker refused to rise to the bait, "Sergeant Finnegan knows Indiana, air. He'll stay to the thickest woods, where the Sioux hate to go. We'll make our stand here, Captain." "This is all your doing," Blaine snapped. "Unfortunately I allowed my unexperience to sway my judgment, subjecting my command to the whim of a gloryhunting yellow-leg." "Are you finished, sir?" "Yes," Blaine said, a little shamefaced. "But I'll make a full report of this, you can rely on it." "Captain, let me inform you of a few facts. The Sioux were ringing your bivouac last night, and they meant then to give you a licking. The Fetterman massacre is fresh in their minds, strong medicine. I don't propose to add to it by getting myself killed. is the ground upon which I will fight." "Get something straight Lieutenant! I didn't come out here to lose half of my command!" Blaine slapped his thigh impatiently and studied the dark outfringe of timber. "I have never believed," Schwabacker said, "that it was a soldier's duty to die for his cause, but to make sure the enemy soldier died for his. Now if you will excuse me, Captain, there are many details that require my attention." Blaine's expression froze, for no man, especially a superior, likes to be pushed out. And yet he was, and he knew it and felt completely helpless to counteract it. There was superiority in Emil Schwabacker, in manner, in grasp of command, that left Captain Blaine feeling incompetent, and a little foolish. He whirled on his heel and rejoined his own command. Schwabacker then walked over to Dr. Cove Butler's ambulance, which had been pushed to the lake edge where the rocks all but bid it. Butler was sitting on the dropped tongue. "How's Captain Jocelyn, Cove?" "I gave him some laudanum to quiet him," Butler said. He found a cigar, pared off the end with a scalpel, then popped the smoke into his mouth and touched a match to it "Nice place you have here. Better than Jocelyn would have picked. He really meant to make a fight of it at Crazy Woman's Fork, It's h— when a man gets to the point where he can't go any farther, and yet's so proud he won't listen to anyone else." "Don't run him down," Schwabacker said. "He taught me everything I know about Indian fighting." Butler pursed his lips. "You seem original enough, Emil Don't sell yourself short." He looked to the east where a grayness was beginning to thin the black night sky. "In another half-hour you may be either living or dead, Emll but either way, you'll be a hero." Schwabacker laughed at this "Did you just finish a bottle?" "What are you laughing at? I'm serious." "I was thinking of what my father would have said had you told him that." Schwabacker shook his head, "Heroes are born Doctor." "That may be your opinion," Butler said. "But this is the third time you've challenged the hostiles to come and get you. You puzzle me, Emil. Is there something personal between you and Red Cloud?" "Red Cloud?" Schwabacker laughed again, softly. "Cove, I'll never see Red Cloud." "That's a pretty positive statement to make," Butler said. "Not for me," Schwabacker said. "You want the story of my life, Doctor? It's the things that happen when I'm not there. When I was young my father took me to see General Andy Jackson. We stood on the depot platform for three hours waiting for the train. Then I had to go to the toilet. When I came back, the train had come and gone." He smiled ironically. "That's it, Doctor. I wanted to go with Carrington and build Fort Kearny, but I missed out by a week. Then I hoped for a transfer, but I missed that too. You know, Jim Bridger was supposed to come back to the post but I had already left with this patrol and I missed seeing him. Doctor, I'm going to miss the whole thing! That's the way things go with me." "What does it take to convince you?" Butler asked. "It could be that you're doing more than your share of fighting." "Ryndlee's?" He snorted, "A piddling backwash engagement, It'll never be mentioned against the Fetterman massacre." "All right let that one go," Butler said. "But you picked your ground and fought Red Cloud's Cheyenne friends to a halt. We heard about the licking Spotted Tall took clear back at Laramie! That was big, son!" "Big? Doctor, I tricked Spotted Tali. In a stirrup-to-stirrup fight he'd have slaughtered my entire command." Schwabacker paused, "No, Red Cloud's after Fort Kearny and C. F. Smith, not me." "Now you're all set to pick arother fight" Butler pointed out. "Emil, if you're not careful, Red Cloud's going to get fed up with you cutting up his bucks and come after your hair personally." "The invitation's open," Schwabacker said. "Unless I settle down to business, the campaign win be over before I can get into it." "Man, you're into it nowl Up to your ears!". "Not quite," Schwabacker said softly. "But I will be when the sun comes up." He looked east where the day was being born. I'm wondering why we ain't dead, sir. We ought to be," one of Emil's troopers has reason to say in tomorrow's installment of "The Brass and the Blue." Don't miss it. Jackie Robinson Tells Group To Unite For Rights Former baseball star Jackie Robinson's latest criticism is levelled against the failure of his people to unite and demand Civil Rights. Robinson in a keynote speech before 2,500 people at a "freedom Lay Celebration" in Raleigh last Sunday told the gathering. "If we could ever get the 13-million Negroe in America to join together, we could get our rights." He chided his people, among whom only 3500, "are willing enough to stand up for the Negro race to join the National Association for the Advancement of colored people in America." Robinson credited the NAACP for "opening the door for me" when he first broke into baseball. He said he was trying to "open the race barriers so young people wont have to face the barriers we did." "I would pass up a chance at it the hall of fame to get first class Rights for Negroes." Mrs. Ruby Hurley, southeast Regional Director of the NAACP, denounces both State Senator Sam Ervin and Governor Luther Hodges She told the Negroes, "they are cutting your throats every minute and spending all the time trying to put us in a hole." "Wake Up," Greet Civilization, Granger Urges Emphasizing the Supreme Court ruling on segregation had set off racial tremors throughout the Nation, Dr. Lester B. Granger, executive director of the National Urban League, last week urged the South to wake up and shake hands with civilization. Speaking at the second membership assembly of the Armstrong Association, Urban League of Philadelphia, Dr. Granger said racial problems have made people "jumpy and nervous and people don't act nationally when they are tense." The solution of this problem, he said, is vital both to this country and to the world. Installed as chairman of the group's 1957 membership campaign was Francis J. Strawbridge Jr., vice president of Strawbridge and Clothier. He was introduced by the outgoing chairman, W. Thatcher Longstreth. The associations membership goal has been set at 5,000. Presiding at the meeting, held at the Bright Hope Baptist church, was Lewis J. Carter, Jr., executive director of the association. Methodists Vote On Integration June 6 Proposed changes to the constitution of the Methodist Church, which would permit integration in church are slated to be considered by the South Georgia Conference on June 6. The changes were submitted by the General Conference in Minneapolis last year. They allow for the merging or affiliating of Negro and white churches and conferences after all concerned voted two-thirds approval. Millard Williams, former manager of the Wessels Project testified that he had never received "specific instruction" on the handling of Negro applications for residents. He said he "adhears to the manual for the management of low rent housing." The manual contains no reference to race Williams said. He denied that he had over received an application for admission from the woman or that he knew otherwise of her applying. LOW RENT HOUSING Testimony in the test suit over racial segregation in public housing in Savannah was completed Tuesday and the Federal Judge gave both sides six Weeks to file briefs. The plaintiff is Mrs. Queen Cohen, who is seeking $5,000 damages from the Public Housing Administration and the Housing Administration of Savannah: for "enforcing racial segregation in public housing units." U. S. District Judge Frank M. Searlett brought the case to an abrupt halt after testimony was completed. Both sides waived the right to argue and left the decision up to the Judge after they submit their briefs. Judge Scarlett said he didn't believe in repeating the facts of the case after all the evidence was in. He said he was going "fishing" and would make his decisibn after studying the briefs. The case is considered on important test to end segregation nationwide in public housing. It is the first such case since the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in pub lic school in 1954. Mrs. Cohen returned to the stand end repeated her contention that she whs displaced from the site of the Fred Wessels Housing Project and later refused admission because of her race. The woman said she was a housewife and mother and her husband earned $50 a week. Millard Williams, former manager of the Wessels Project testified that he had never received "specific instruction" on the handling of Negro applications for residents. He said he "adhears to the manual for the management of low rent housing." The manual contains no reference to race Williams said. He denied that he had over received an application for admission from the woman or that he knew otherwise of her applying. Teenagers Sought For Housebreaking Police yesterday were seeking three teenage youths who broke down a 42 year old man's door apparently because he failed to answer their requests for entry. The victim, identified as Ernest Radcliff, of 45 Yonge St., S. E. Rm. 7, was quoted as saying he was asleep about 5:15 a. m. Monday when there were several knocks at the door. When he failed to open the door one youth kicked the door down shattering it. The man was quoted as saying three others were with him. None of them appeared to be over 18-years old, police learned.