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78 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS TEARS SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXVIII
U. S. Court to Review Arkansas Teachers Law
Southern White Educators
of Schools
ATLANTA—(ANP) — A
of 33 distinguished white
ern educators, including four
lege presidents, told the South
week that it would be calamitous
close the public schools to
integration.
From the beginning, they
it has been the public school
has nurtured the American con
cept of democracy.
“How can this ideal
live on in a society that
the principal institution
ed to preserve it?” the
asked. "Every democratic
in the world has a
system of public schools.”
Their views were given in
statement, the first to be
by leaders in the profession
a cross-section of the region.
Four College Presidents Sign
The signers, who included
college presidents and
three education department
in institutions of higher
emphasized that they were
pressing personal opinions.
The statement was
primarily to the South
“that is where the problem is
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Wilkins Urges White House
Youth Conference to Study
Public School Segregation
NEW AORK, (ANP)—Unless
the program of the 1960 White
House- Conference on Children and
Youth is revised to deal adequately
with the “all-pervading issue” of
school segregation, the conference
“will stultify itself,”' NAACP ex¬
ecutive Secretary Roy Wilkins
warned last week in a letter to
Ephraim It. Gomberg, executive
director of the conference.
The preliminary program for
the conference provides for consid¬
eration of public school desegrega¬
tion and “the myriad discrimina¬
tions against Negro children,”
Wilkins pointed out, “only in the
most oblique fashion, and only
upon the initiative of individual
delegates in an insulated and ex-
ALL-WHITE JURY FREES NEGRO ALLEGED RAPISI
THREE TIMES
ATLANTA, Ga. — Special
ANP — A 22-year-old father
three children was found
guilty of the criminal assault
an Atlanta white woman
day afternoon after an
jury had deliberated only one
and 30 minutes in deciding on
verdict in the defendant’s favor.
The "not guilty” verdict came
the third trial ordeal Melvin
TOMPKINS NFA CHAPTER
RECEIVES NEW FORD
__Left to right in photo:
colm Blount, Agriculture
structor; J. Lytjen, director
Vocational Education for
ham County; Henry
president, NFA chapter;
R. Dekie, vice president
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PLAQUE PRESENTED—Samuel .1. Brown, member of the Board of
Directors of Happy House, is shown here presenting Mrs. Ayler Mae
Lovett with a plaque in recognition of outstanding service in the
movement for retarded children. Mrs. Lovett organized Happy House
school and served its first
tremely limited number of
, groups.”
Moreover, Wilkins
“even if the topics be
discussed in the six
handling ‘Children and Youth
Minority Groups,’ the
structure of the conference is
that at best a sliver of a
mendation may wind up in
final document.”
ft should be made plain to
forum and workgroup leaders,
Wilkins contended, “that
of the Negro angle must not
barred from their groups as
thing which is programmed for
confined to” the six
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i Smith has been put through on
criminal assault charges. The first
hearing was declared a mistrial
when the all-white jury dead¬
locked.
Sentenced to Electric Chair
Smith was convicted and sen¬
tenced to the electric chair last
March after another all-white jury
found him guilty as charged in
that indictment that named an-
general sales manager of J. C.
Lewis Motor Co.; James E. Lu-
ten, principal; and D. Leon Me- j
Cormac, superintendent of j
schools.
The J. C. Lewis Motor Co.,
has made its third gift to the
Tompkins High School Agricul
ture Department since 1953.;
Com. Iluict Reports
To Gov. Vandiver
Georgia’s Commissioner of
Labor, Ben T. Huiet, reports that
the Chatham County area help¬
ed Georgia set an all time record
of over one million non-farm work¬
ers in 1959. Workers in
employment numbered 740,090
June 1959. Statewide, the
of insured wages paid in the
cal year 1959 totaled over
billion, which figure reflects
gain of $181 million from the
vious fiscal year. These and
interesting facts are revealed
Commissioner Huict’s 23rd
nual report to the Governor
| ,, the ,, General , Assembly. . , ,
The Department of Labor’s
ployment Service local office
located at 28 Abercorn Street,
is open Monday thru Friday
8-15 A.M. to 5:00 P.M» The
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' other woman a the victim.
was at that point that a Melvin
Lewis Smith Defense Committee
was formed to spark efforts aimed
at gaining for Smith the right
to a third trial.
More than $5,000 was raided in
the defendant’s behalf and compe¬
tent legal counsel was hired to
h ad the defense effort The case
went to the Georgia Supreme
gift, a new 1960 Ford pick-
truck, helps to service our
areas Chatham
By use of this quick
(inn Malcolm Blount
able to administer serum to
livestocks in the area.
entire community benefits
this gift.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
WASHINGTON—An Arkan¬
sas law requiring public
teachers to list all their organ-
lzational affiliations will
subjected to the scrutiny of the
United States Supreme court.
In response to an appeal fil¬
ed on November 23 last by at¬
torneys of the National Associ¬
ation for the Advancement of
Colored People on behalf of B
T. Shelton, a school teacher,
and the Arkansas Teachers As¬
sociation, the Court, on Janu¬
ary 25, agreed to review a lower
court judgment upholding the
validity of the statute.
Through Robert L. Canter,
NAACP general counsel of New
York city, and J. R. Booker
and Thad Williams of Little
Rock, Mr. Shelton and the
Teachers Association contended
that the Arkansas law was de¬
signed to cripple the NAACP
and is in violation of the equal
protection and due process
clauses of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitu¬
tion.
The statement as to juris¬
diction filed with the Supreme
Court raised the question as to
whether a state may require
public school teachers to file af-
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NDA to Hold
Board Meeting
r
| DU. R. Q. VENSON
'
I y r j>. q. Venson of Memphis,
.
j Tenn chairman , Executive Board,
National Dentid Association has
issued a call for the mid-winter
meeting, February 13th and 14th
in St. Louis, Missouri.
Board sessions will be held at
| the Claridge Hotel where sche¬ the
47th annual convention ia
duled August 1-5.
Arrangements for scientific
clinics, exhibits and social events
will he made witli the Mound City
Dental Society, l)r. W. S. Gibson,
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Court, and that high tribunal
paved the way for a third trial
that Thursday say Smith's acquit¬
tal authorized by still another all-
white jury.
Technically, and in actuality,
Smith is still not a free man. The
22-year-old defendant was tried
on an assault indictment for the
third time that named only one of
the two accusing women as the
victim.
It is still possible that the state
can call up the second rape indict¬
ment from the files and bring
young Smith back to trial on al¬
most identical rape charges voiced
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Birchette Appointed
UNCF Controller
NEW YORK, Jan. 29—Mark G.
Birchette was named controller of
the United Negro College Fund,
W. J. Trent, Jr., executive direc¬
tor, announced here today. Mr
Birchette has served »■< chief ac¬
since joining UNCF in
1956.
Prior to 1956, Mr. Birchette was
an executive in the business admin¬
istration of two College Fund mem¬
ber institutions — Morehouse Col¬
lege (Atlanta) and Dillard Univer-
sity (New Orleans). He was as¬
sistant bursar at Morehouse from
1953 to 1956. Earlier he served as
business manager and associate
tion at Dillard.
Mr ; Birchette is also an alumnus
of , Morehouse, graduating with a
B.A. in business administration in
1938. He later received an M.A.
in economies and business admin-
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, I960
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Senator Hubert Ii. Humphrey
today accepted “with pleasure" an
invitation from the Wisconsin
AFL-CIO to debate issues with
Sen. John F. Kennedy at its
“school for practical politics” in
La Crosse, Wise., on February 27.
On January 21 Senator Hum¬
phrey issued a general challenge
to Sen. Kennedy to “meet together
on the same platform in the same
Wisconsin communities at the same
time” to discuss the issues.
The AFL-CIO invitation is the
first from a Wisconsin group of¬
fering facilities for such » head
on discussion.
The invitation came from
Charles M. Schultz, Milwaukee, di¬
rector of the state AFL-CIO Com¬
mittee on Political Education. The
school is a cooperative venture of
the state AFL-CIO and the local
unions of the area. Schultz sug¬
gested the encounter take place
“during an evening banquet or at
a time to suit your mutual con¬
venience that day.”
The AFL-CIO invitation said
“Only by intelligent debate of the
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Mr. Myer Retires
From Postal Service
JAMES O. MEYER
Another veteran local
carrier joined the
ed ranks of the retired
James O. Meyer checked in
badge and keys at Post
Station A. following
years of postal service as a
rier. He had served
forty years on the route
Included the area between
and 38th streets, bounded
East Broad and Bull streets.
As a reward for his
service he was awarded a
tificate of Honorary
from Postmaster General
thur J. Summerfield, which
presented by Postmaster J.
Stubbs during a ceremony
cently held in the Civil
Room of the Main Post
During this time he was
presented several gifts from
former fellow employees.
marks were made by Rev.
ter Borders, assistant pastor
the First Bryan Baptist
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HIGH SHOOL honor students
gather for a picture at Savan¬
nah State College during Hon¬
GOVERNOR ERNEST VANDIVER signs proclamation calling attention to the steps needed to
prevent dental disease and urging citizens to observe Children’s Dental Health Week, February
7-13. Standing (left to right) are Dr. John II Venable, director, Georgia Department of Public
Health, Dr. Claude Purcell, state superintendent of schools; and Dr. Robert Jordan, chairman of
Georgia Dental Association’s Legislative Committee, representing Dr. Minor O. Turrentine of Co¬
lumbus, president of the Association.
Gibson Forms Public
Relations Firm
NEW YORK, N. Y. (ANP)
Parke Gibson, former
director of the Chicago
Defender has formed D.
Gibson, Public Relations,
York and Path Associates,
cago, to offer public
consultation and services.
At the Defender, the
largest daily newspaper
ed by Negroes, Gibson was
sponsible for the company's
relatlons, and promotions.
Prior to Joining the
er, he was promotion
for the Johnson Publishing
Chicago, publishers of
JET, and TAN magazines.
GOLDEN JUBILEE
The Chatham Division of the
Coastal Empire Boy Scout Coun¬
cil will celebrate the Golden Jubi¬
lee of Scouting during National
Boy Scout Week, February 6 13.
The Chatham Division will open
Boy Scout Week with its annual
parade Sunday, February 7. The
parade will form at the corner of
West Broad und 31st Streets at
3 p.rn. and will go north on West
Broad St. to Bryan St. and dis¬
band at the First Bryan Baptist
Church.
The Boy Scout religious pro¬
gram will be held at First Bryan
Baptist Church at 4 p.jn. with the
Rev. Richard Williams us the
speaker.
The Boy Scout Week Court of
Honor will he held at the h irst
or’s Day celebration. Pictur¬
ed with them are Dr. E. K.
Williams, adviser of SSC’s
chapter ol Alpha Kappa Mu 1
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New March of Dimes
The I960 New March of Dimes
Campaign officially ended January
31 hut the loenl chapter has ex¬
tended activities throughout the
first week of February for the
remaining s p e rial events and
through February 13 for receiv¬
ing contributions and winding up
business affairs.
Due to inclement weather lad.
week, the Street, Sale will lie held
again on Saturday, February 6.
Persons wishing to volunteer serv¬
ices for this activity will please
contact the March of Dimes office,
AD 6-6972 or Mrs. Carrie Moon
at AD 4 3374. Peanut., will be
sold daily throughout February.
The highlight event of this week
Evergreen Baptist Church. Scouts
will receive advancements in rank,
merit badges and special scout¬
ing awards. All troops, cub packs
and explorer units will hold open-
house and parents’ nights during
the week. Some units will have
community window displays.
The Chatham Division covers
the operation of over 800 boys
and 300 volunteer adult men and
women. Units operating under
the Chatham Division are located
at the following institutions; Cub
units 241, Tompkins School; 244,
Spencer School; 247 Asbury Moth
odist Church; 2 5 0, DeRenne
I School; 255, Butler Presbyterian
| Church; 262, First Evergreen Bap-
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National Honor Society, Dr.
K. Payne, president of
nah State, Mrs. W. K.
and Dr. Matthew
NUMBER IS
will he the March of Dimes dance
to he held at the Flamingo ball¬
room, Saturday, February 6 from
!) p.m. to midnight. O. Travis
is chairman of this event and
Mrs. Pauline Manor is co-chair¬
man. Music will be furnished by
the Hunter Air Force Base dance
orchestra. Donation at door will
he two dime*. All proceeds will
go to the New March of Dimes.
Mrs. Dorothy B. Taylor, chair¬
man of organization*, is asking
all clubs and organizations to
mail their contributions to the of¬
fice, 704 West Broad street, so a
final report can lie made.
Report meeting will he held this
week.
CBS to Feature
Program on Nigeria
NEW YORK, (ANP) — "The
Freedom Explosion,” an hour-long
television report on the exciting
events in Nigeria as that country
prepares to take its place among
the modern democracies of the
world, will be the sixtli broaden t
in the “CBS REPORTS” series on
the CBS Television Network, Mon¬
day, Feb. 15 (7:30-8:30 P.M.,
EST),
CBS News Correspondent Eric
Sevareid will cover the inten *
I campaign period and popular elec-
(ion Nigeria’s first—of the Fed-
oral House of Representatives.
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dean of Columbia Teachers
College, Washington, D. C. and
Honor’s Day speaker.