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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1956 NAACP Convention (Continued from Page One) ! raising. l At the- opening of the conven- tion the delegates were welcomed 1 by Mayor George Christopher; C. l. Dellums, chairman, the ! XAACP’s West Coast Regional 1 Committee, and II. .1. Reynolds of San Francisco, who served as gen chairman of the branch’s con- vention committee. ; LOREN MILLER NAMED j Loren and Miller, head Los of the Angeles NAACP at- j torney | West Coast legal redress commit- j tee, was named to fill an unexpired term on the NAACP national 1 Board of Directors at the Board’s meeting here during the conven- tion. | The Board chose Mr. Miller for the vacancy created by the death last month of Dr. Joseph A. Berry of Tuskegee, Ala. Dr. Berry was re-elected to the Board last year for a three-year term. Mr. Miller, a member of the NAACP National Legal Committee, was one of the atJorneys who successfully argued tl\I destrictive covenant eases be¬ fore the U. S. Supreme Court ii. 1948. PRIZES, PLAQUES More than 700^ NAACP dele¬ gates crowded into the luxurious Gold Room of the world famed Sheraton Palace Hotel here for the annual Freedom Fund dinner at which branches contributed $38,- 580.03. This sum, added to con¬ tributions previously sent into the national office, brought' to a total of $110, 551.07 the Fight for Free¬ dom fund raised since January 1 by local units of the NAACP throughout the country. In addition to Freedom Fund re¬ ports submitted by regional rep¬ resentatives, the dinner was fea¬ tured by the presentation of the Thalheimer and Ike Smalls awards and life membership plaques. A special feature of the festive af¬ fair was the presentation of a beautiful loving cup by Roy Wil¬ kins, NAACP executive secretary, in appreciation of his 25 years of service to the association. The pre¬ sentation was made by Edward Turner of Detroit, president of the Michigan State Conference of NAACP branches on behalf of the presidents of the various NAACP state conferences. Carl Johnson, president of the Kansas City, Mo., NAACP branch also presented Wilkins with a gift for in Kansas City. On behalf of the Texas State Conference, U. S. Tate, southwest regional counsel, pre¬ sented to A. Maceo Smith, the re¬ tiring executive secretary of the conference, a handsomely hound booklet containing testimonials to Mr. Smith’s twenty years of serv¬ ice in that office. GORDON’S w IT'S H« ML. PROOF There’s no Gin like GORDON’S Clearly Americas Favorite l 4 4 proof, 100% NEUTRAL SPIRITS DISTILLED FROM RENFIELD IMPORTERS LTD., NEW YORK Kivit- Kaplan, co-chairman of the NAACP Lift' Membership Committee, presented life member¬ ship plaques to Thurgood Mar¬ shall, New York; Franklirr H. lianiE, San Francisco; Matrons Civic League, Berkeley? Calif., resented by Mrs. E. Tucker, presi- dent, and Mrs. Frances Albrien; Jones, Last St. Louis, llli- nois aml Dr - Ed H ar v - Woodson, East St - 111., whose plaque was acc ®Pted by Dr, John Eubanks ,llat Presentation of the Ike Smalls awards was made by Ur. Naihan Christopher of Cleveland. Pre- tilting the Thalheimer Awards were Dr. J. M. Tinsley of Rich- mond. Va.. Mrs. R. P. Beshea*"* St. Joseph, Mo., and Samuel Wil- bams of East Orange, N. J. For increasing its membership by 822 per cent during 1955, the largest percentage increase in the association, the Albany, N. Y„ branch won tlie Ike Smalls tro- phy. The branch increased its neinbership from 50 in 1954 to 461 iy the end of 1955. Ike Smalls awards for youth work went to the Dallas Texas, youth council, and its adviser, Mrs. S. E. Craft. A itution was also given to the Uimbia University Chapter of NAACP. The following iwards were ma le for ichievement to branches paid personnel; San ’’exas, first prize of $100 for cess in -breaking down in public swimming second pools; iHe, Ky., prize of $50 retiring the opening of state without racial restrictions; ce, S. C., honorable mention, nr recruiting 100 new “despite tremendous mil for helping various members; the Hillsboro, iranch for success in a school segragation case; and the branch for exceeding its quota 10,000 members. The branches with paid nel: First prize of $100 to troit and second prize of $50 Baltimore. The Detroit (he largest in the country cited for its victory in a segregation case and for its role securing enactment of a FEPC law. The Baltimore was instrumental in securing abolition of segregation in parks. kOR PLEA POLITICAL In an open bid for the of Negro voters in the presidential election a for each of the major parties addressed the and claimed for his party for civil rights advances j blaming the other for failure Congress to pass a single rights measure in nearly 80 Addressing the Friday session of the convention closed Sunday, Hugh Scott (R., Pa.) and Yates (D., 111.) laid before NAACP Delegates from 38 I | ! J J I i 1 ! MARTHA KITT, brilliant American nite dub singe.- and actress, is 1 shown here in a scene from her first “live” appearance on BBC Tele- vision in (he strong dramatic part of a prisoner awaiting for murder. The play, written by American authors Holsworthy Hall and Robert Middlemas, also stars Bill -Nagy (left) as prison chaplain and Natalie Benesch (center) as warden. Earthn plays the role of Jane Dyke, a convicted murderess in an Oregon penitentiary. (ANP)• the dvil rights records" o7 their respective parties. Each told the i delegates that his party would have passed urgently needed civil rights hills long ago had not the ither party blocked such efforts, i cion And each of his gave assurance in 1956 that would flee- J j party enhance the opportunity for en- j aetment of such legislation. WILKINS WARNS PAKI1LS With the conventions of the m.a- , ! jor political parties at hand, Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive seme- (tary, warned that Negroes would ’■ demand “strong civil rights plans j ; j in the platforms of both major parties” in an address at the ctos- I ing session of the convention. “Hecause much has happened since 1952, these planks must be much stronger than those of four ycars ago. “We now have the Supreme j Court decision in the school cases, and the ruling on public yecrea- ! lion and travel discrimination,” .he NAACP leader pointed out. “We have had Montgomery, Ala., with all of its implications. We have had open defiance of the Supreme Court and the Constitu¬ tion. We have hail nullification resolutions and a congressional manifesto insulting the highest court ' n the land and advocating virtual rebellion. “We have had U. S, Senators traveling up and down the land urging the people not to obey the supreme Court. We have had vali- ication,-terror and violence visited upon sections of our population who have asked merely that the law of the land he observed.” These developments, Mr. :ins declared, have created a new ituation calling for affirmative lctior.. “No party piatfoim that : gnores these developments and n-etends that 1956 is the same a * 1952 can command the allegiance of Negro voters and of other Americans who love their coun- ry,” he lie asserted. asserted. It will not he sulficient to state i-hat the Supreme Court ha* spoken and that its decision is the Gw of the land,’ he warned. ‘There must he a declaration dodged affirmative-action to see ‘.hat the court’s decision is made •ffeetive, that prompt beginnings m good faith are made toward chool desegregation. The use of the power and prestige of the fed- oral government, especially those if its executive. '‘In this election year, we have a right to ask the major parties and their candidates what they have done and what they propose to do for civil rights. For some of this information wc do not have to depend upon their smooth statements. We can go to the roe- :>rds. The record shows that neitb- er political party has passed a single civil rights bill— not the Re- publicans when they controlled 43rd Congress, and not the Dcm- ocrats thus far in their control of the 84th Congress. THURGOOD MARSHALL Keynoting the six-day conven- lion, Thurgood Marshall, the As- sedation's special counsel, review- ed the year’s legal, political and serial developments in the area of ! civil rights and submitted a series j of recommendations to speed up the desegregation process. Here Mr. Marshall denounced the “open j attacks upon the Supreme Court” ' We maintain an active sales force for selling houses, bun- X galows, business property, lots and Investment property We are ready to serve you whether you wish to buy or sell. *:* Insurance written at a 25% saving to you. - We collect rent*—Over 20 year* exper ence. X h J ‘tuying-Selling faians Insurance Savannah, Georgia % 9 York St., East Phones ADams 2-6292 — Adams 3-5025 XH-H-H-H-H-4-i -^rHHrHrHrAr^rHrA-irHririr^rH^ SAVANNAH /KIBUNE « alien.,,I*. “to de-troy the vali- of the Supreme Court’s cision” i,t the school segregation cases for “the sole purpose of try- ing to sell to the normally law- abiding southerners the impres- sion that there is still some pos- sible validity left in racial seg- rogation.” During the past year, he pointed We ... have ....... been ............ witnessing _— »mst unbelievable types of cv.ti- ° f <>*«-’ C ‘ )U,t ran * ln S fr0tn political tirades by southern sena- tors to deliberate distortions by southern governors and attorney* general. Countless words been written in magazines of na- tional ciidilation, indue ing one V(1, V recent ai tide »\ Imimi tiov * 1101 ^ ame '"’ *' • E ' ,w '’' ‘ 1 ' lhis &rtick ‘ wa ' s ostensiMy written by Mr. Byrnes as a ‘former justice of the Supreme Court,’ a reading of the article demonstrates that it was not written as a legal docu- mint, a law review article, or the type of critical legal analysis cus- tomary for former members of any bent'll. It was ... in fact, an art- icle not by a former justice . ,■ of , Supreme Court, 1>„! but rather rather an an article by a former governor - South Carolina and a leader in Dixiecrat movement who is, present, an exponent of white premacy, come hell or high In an effort to cripple NAACP, Mr. Marshall j “ sou thcrn politicians laid out • pattern af j state J us ng j aml , | 1( . , st ate courts either to law tile NAACP” or to make 1 difficult to continue | .< I!y ( j 0 ; nft - this they ! i ec . 0 g n ize the effectiveness of NAACP as an organization catL>< j to enforcement of the law ^ _ Despite this elaborate stra- tegy, the proponents of these |. I10W t | iat ,-aeial segregation will eventually be jomoved from this country.” Warning against the new Com- munist party line of “sweetness anil i i( , h t,» Mr. Marshall urged lhp convention „ti (m delegates ddeeatts to “ex- amine this new effort of Communists to infiltrate our g. an jzation. We must continue our membership abreast of new tact j cg of infiltration. mugt cont i n ue to make it lhat , hen . 5s )K) p i act . 5n „.. in j f . at i 0 n for Communists those wJl0 fo j| ow the Communist u ne ” The NAACP chief counsel call- ed for an accelerated registration and voting campaign, continuation of efforts to secure voluntary pliance with Supreme Court de- segregation orders with to legal suits only as a last “re-examination of our strategy in cases on, the university level, vdopment of a “more campaign against the , badges of slavery wherever exist,” a study and evaluation of the Montgomery bus protest nique “to determine to what 1 tent it may be used in addition : our other means of protest,” anti intensification of the drive eradicate residential segregation, Among the other prominent speakers to address the were the Rev. Martin Luther who is spearheading the cry. Ala., bus Boycott which now in its sixth month, and Philip Randolph, veteran leader, president of the hood of Sleeping Car Porters and a vice president of the CIO-AKL. 1957 Meeting in Detroit The 48th annual convention of the Association will be held in Detroit next June. Delegates to the San Francisco conven¬ i tion chose Cleveland as the site of the 49th annual convention to he held in 1958. ATA To Meet In Atlanta, July 29 lContinued from Page One) ATA projects are scheduled oi that Monday morning by Dr Wal ter N. Ridley of Virginia Stnt and Dr. L. I). Reddick of Ah. bama State College. Dr. Martin 1). Jenkim, Presi dent of Morgan State College, wi address the general session on tha Monday evening, -pi,,, climaxing banquet sessioi on Tuesday evening will he feu tun'd by the address of Dr. I * lu ’ 1 There will be departmental , d,s- . Tuesday cuss.on groups on morn- -ng as well as the reports and business deliberations on Monday ( j afternoon and on Tuesday after- j «<“»'»• * i The Georgia Teachers and Ldit- ^ j cation Association is serving as ,............... the host and will have - the shared assistance of the Atlanta colleges | » ntl local teacher organizations , of Atlanta and Fulton County, The convention headquarters and ! the majority of'the sessions wil | w at Clark College. The meal service will he at Morehouse Col- lege. i p or this 1955-195(5 ATA year, i the president is Principal Limn T. Hawkins of Garnett School at Chestertown, North Maryland. Dr. T. R. j Speigner of Carolina lege is the general vice Dr. II. Councill Trenholm of Ala¬ bama State College and Dr. How¬ ard II. Long of Central State Col- lege are continuing their extend- led period . . of , . executive service as 1 sem ’ ta *y and treasurer, respec- tively. .Dr. Miles W. ^Connor of Baltimore is the chairman of the six-member Board of Trustees. There are the additional regional vice presidents and secretaries for the six ATA regions along with state directors who thus share the responsibility for this organiza¬ tion which wilt report 20,000 in¬ dividual members for this year. NMA To Fight To 'Continued from Page Ono> are still too many Medical Col¬ leges that do not accept Negro applicants. Meharry and Howard ire able to take less than one-tenth -f the applicants. At the convention, special hon¬ ors will be accorded those doctor, who have served or are serving in (he Armed Forces. Also the diplo¬ mats of the various Specialty Boards and those who have been icocpted by various accrediting or¬ ganizations will he specially lion - nred. All sessions will be held at the Hotel New Yorker, 34th street at 4th avenue. Among some of the social activi¬ ties will he a smoker at Small’s Paradise, a free boatride around New York Harbor and a banquet uni dance on the last night. The Woman’s Auxiliary will lit* cepl busy with various uplift pro- -ram meetings, luncheons, parties, tc., to he tendered by the Man- haltan Central Host Society aml its Auxiliary. Cops Hold-up, Lose Guns fContlnued from Inge Onei ________ 0 rie of. the officers who was j Hearcfeing him, Newell stated. Hi* T PROTECT YOUR ROOF AND YOU SAVE THE .j- ENTIRE HOUSE | FOR ROOF MATERIALS *? MO ASPHALT - MO TAB V : -j- Cottonictd Oil Gum HARMON, Inc. Charlton and West Broad Streets Phone ADams 4-8883 Watch for next week’s an- I nouncementx. The public Is Invited Sunday. to wor- j ! ship with First Bryan Music will be furnished by the young People’s choir. The morning message will be deliv- orec’. by Rev. R. M. Williams, pastor. > Boycott Causes 21 i 1 fCvriirtmied front I>ge one> ■—---;--;- the office workers taken off 7 -- the payioll. Bngley said the cut leaves the. company with 37 drivers, five - | fj,. 0 workers, and a maintenance clew. The company had about 701 drivers when the boycott started last December 5. # | Only about a fourth of the 51 j forced the second officer up his artillery and budge, then used the police cruiser! make his getaway. The police ear was found wreck-j about 30 minutes later, and a, with city, Mecklenburg and state highway patrol all joining in, was launched.; E CROWD AT WILDING DEDICATION Contmucp rr..tn Page One) Lrmbers of the Youth Depart¬ server as ushers and re¬ were served by the leaders of the church. were named in honor of leaders: The Assembly room, Dr. M. P. Sessoms; the Men’s I.OUllge. Nathan Roberts; hildren’s Rcom, Mrs. Anna E. axwell; Women’s Lounge, Mrs. lary Ware’. 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COLTS SIGN GRAMBL1NG STAR GRAM RUNG, La. fSpecial) — Fullback Howard Scott, a pulver¬ line-smasher and psychic on Grambling’s 1955 National Negro championship grid will play professional foot- hall with the Baltimore Gaits, Scott, signed with Baltimore Mon- day. Described as "batty afoot and full of competitive zest,” by Coach Rol|inson> ttu . 220-pound ex- paratrooper averaged 5.30 yards nny - n fi0 ,. U8hing cfforU i as ). fall A science major, Scott is mar- vied and has three children. He played high school football ut 1. M. Terrell in Fort Worth.