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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS ?UBUC VOLUME LXXVIII Census Crew Leaders Appointed Among the nine census crew leaders appointed for Chat¬ ham rt'unty are Mrs. Fnod- ricka L. Martin and Mrs. Ru¬ by S. Kennedy. The leaders will helen their training March 14. It is expected that fifty workers will be supervised by Mrs. Martin and Mr . Kenne¬ dy when the official census begins on April 1. 19th Annual Art Exhibit At A. U. May 1 ATLANTA Tim Nineteenth Annual Kxlrl.il -.n of Painting'-. Sculpture and Prints by Negro artists will open for a moi'tli’ showing on May I at Atlanta Uni¬ versity. Eleven purclia o awards amounting to $!4<)0 are offered by the University and Radio Station WAOK, tiie prize-winning work to become part of Atlanta Uni¬ versity’s Contemporary Art Collec¬ tion. The closing date for receipt of entries is April 9. The Jury of Selection, which will choose the entries to be exhibited and award the prizes, will meet on April 20. For a week prior to the opening of the Annual Exhibition the Con temporary Art Collection will be closed to the public. For painting in oil or tempura there are four award. . $260 for the best landscape, $3l)0 for the best portrait or figure, $150 for the first in any subject and $100 for the second, the last to lie given on the popular ballot of those at¬ tending the exhibition. ' In water colors, pastel or gouache there arc two awards, one of $125 and one of $75. The prizes « i on nfrvf Settnfi $200,000 Defense Fund Started For Martin Luther King Last Rites Held Tuesday for Mr. Alford j FREDERICK l>. ALFOItl) | Funeral services for Frederick | Douglas Alford, retired letter carrier and a World War I vet¬ eran. were held Tuesday morn¬ | ing, 10 o’clock at his residence, 627 W. 39th street. Mr. Alford died on March 2 after an ex¬ tended illness. j Rev. C. S. Stripling, a fellow postal employee and friend, was in charge of the services iliree Zetas Observing Finer Womanhood Week, Mar. 7-13 Alpha Theta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority is observ¬ ing its Finer Womanhood Week a national observance. Plans fo> this week include activities in the area of community services, cul¬ ture, and religion. Presentations will be male to Charity Hospital, Frank Callen Boys’ Club, Y.M.C.A. for Camper ships, a former “Blue Revue” con¬ AT)ana 4-343* EIGHT GEORGIANS among Re¬ gional Camp 4-If delegates greeted by Vice President Richard M. Nix- National 4-H Club Week Observed National 4-H Chip Week, March 5-12, is being observed by approxi¬ mately 48 thousand Georgia Negro 1-11 Club members, according to M. Little, Assistant- Club Agent for the Agricultural Extension Service. The theme is “Learn, live and serve through 4-H.” First Cardinal CHICAGO — Pope John XXIII last Thursday made world history when he appointed the first Negro member of the College of Cardi¬ nals of the Roman Catholic Church. At the same time, the Pontiff gladdened the hearts of Negro Catholics throughout the world who had anticipated and hoped for such an appointment for more than NEW YORK (ANP) — An 80- year era in the history of Ameri¬ can journalism will come to an end on March 15, when the New York Age, one of the oldest Negro newspapers in the United States, will go out of publication. It was founded in 1880 by T. Thomas For¬ tune, dean of Negro journalists. Announcement of the closing of the Age, which was founded in 1880, was made by S. B. Fuller, publisher-treasurer, who stated that a continuing decline in read¬ ership and in advertising revenue made the move necessary. Acquires Age In 1957 Fuller, a successful cosmetics Manufacturer, acquired control of the Age from the Robert S. A Idiott, Company, in 1957. At that time it had beer, for two years i part of the Chicago' Defender .•bain of newspapers, published by the Robert S. Abbott Publishing Company. Since acquiring the Age, Fuller has staffed it, with top flight writ- ers and advertising personnel, made well-designed changes in edi¬ torial policies and topography, and instituted other reforms in an ef- flirt to bring the Age back to the leading position it once held in the field. However, a generation of “new” New Yoikers had turned to daily and other of testant who is ill, and a group of Sorors will take some children to visit, the Youth Museum. The climax of the week’s acti¬ vities will he the worshipping in a body with Rho Beta of Savan¬ nah State College and Amicae (Zeta Auxiliary) at Asbury Meth¬ odist Church. Soror Cornelia W. Walker is Finer Womanhood Week chairman. The main purpose of this 45th annual celebration of Natlorial 4-H Club Week Is to give 4 H Club members an opportunity to evalu- ate their achievements and to in¬ form the public about tlie new ob¬ jectives and the value of 4-11 train¬ ing. Miss Carrie Powell, Assistant State Club Agent, report >. that this week’s observance got off to a promising beginning. Each of the 55 counties in the State with or¬ ganized 4-H Clubs was represent¬ ed at one of the five district 4-H Council meetings held simultane¬ u decade. The new appointee, along 'with six others from France, Holland and Italy, is' the Most Rev. Luurin Rugamba, J.C.D., bishop ,,f Itutabo, TangfenVika, East Africa, a brilliant administrator and man of letters. In the group also were first Japanese hnd first Filipino appointed to tbh college. publications, and the decline of the Age continued. “Hard Decision to Make” In making his announcement, Fuller said, “It was a hard deci¬ sion to make. Since 1880, the New York Age has been a leader in its area. For more than three-quarters of a century it has been « part of the history of the Negro in New York, champion of his cause, re¬ porter of his victories and his de¬ feats. It is tragic that this his¬ torical newspaper should have to go out of existence.” Editor Charles Stone said the paper is suspending publications because of financial difficulties. Stone said the action was neces¬ sary despite a recent increase in circulation from 8,000 .to 11,000 and a reduction in tiie paper’s losses. He stated that the paper’s 20 staff members would receive two weeks severance pay. A MARKETING CLINIC and luncheon was one of the features of the hoard meeting held last weekend by the National Associa¬ tion of Market Developers at Phil¬ adelphia. Shown are board mem¬ bers and guests who participated. From left, seated: Frankie Dee, Schenley Distillers; Eugene If., - mer, convention manager, Conven¬ SAVANNAH GEORGIA SATURDAV, MARCH 12, I960 ously at Albany, Claxton, Griffin, Rochelle, and Sparta on March 6th. County delegates made prog¬ ress reports and spent considerable time discussing means of improv¬ ing present 4-11 programs and boosting 4-H enrollment. Through the state 4-H'ers are displaying National 4-H Club Week posters, staging window ex¬ hibits, and presenting special school, radio and television pro¬ grams designed to focus attention on their objectives, accomplish¬ ments and needs. His elevation to the highest body in the church, marked the second high appointment given to Afri¬ can prelates within the past month. Recently, Pope John named the first African Negro to the arch¬ bishopric when he placed the Most Rev. Bernardin Gantin, only 37, (inntinuen on Page Seven NEW YORK, (ANP)—Shocked that the State of Alabama has in¬ dicted Rev. Martin Luther King for perjury, Negro leaders from six cities came together here Thursday and established a Committee to Defend Martin Luther King. The Committee announced that it has set the task of raising a $200,000 budget to defend Rev. King in the State and federal courts, and to aid the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in its drive to register a million new Negro' voters' in the South this year. “It i. e ;entlal,” said A. Philip Randolph, chairman of tiie com¬ mittee “that every American real¬ ize that the charges against Rev. King are vicious and without the .lightest foundation in fact." Harry Beiafonte is chairman of the committee's cultural division. Other members include Mordecai Johnson, president of Howard uni¬ versity; Dr. Harry Emerson Fos- dirk, president emeritus of Union Theological Seminary in New Continued on Page Sever. tion and Visitors Bureau Philly; H. Naylor Fitzhugh, ard University marketing sor and research associate, Moss H. Kendrix Organization; LeRoy W. Jeffries, NAMED presi¬ dent and vice president, Johnson Publications; Keeton Arnett, ex¬ ecutive vice president, Chamber of Commerce, Greater Philadelphia; Over 30 Cities Braced Lunch Sit-Downer Uy the Aaajciatrd Negro Pres * CHICAGO — The lunch countei “sit-down” strike, auspiciously launched early last month by Ne gro students in Greensboro, N. C. in protest against discriminatory practices, has mushroomed to tin expected proportions, in that tin “sit-downs” now cover more than 30 cities. While most of the demonst.ra tions are being carried on in the stronghold of segregation the South; there are quite a nuin her of “sympathy" demonstration;^ springing up in the North. The ever-shifting focal point of the “sit-downs” rested last week upon Montgomery, Ala., where nine students of Alabama State Col¬ lege were expelled last Wednes¬ day for taking part in recent, pro¬ tests against lunch counter bias— as typified in this city’s instance, by cafeteria facilities in the coun¬ ty courthouse. Their suspension followed Gov. John Patterson’s order that, the demonstrators be expelled from school. The governor later recanted and said that, all participants “might not deserve to lie expelled," . . . because of mitigating circ.um Links, Inc. to Hold Southern Regional Meet Here March 17-1! Ori March 17, 18, 19, the Sav¬ annah Links, Inc. will lie hosts to tiie Southern Region of Links, Inc. Over 160 Links are expect¬ ed, representing 2 2 chapters throughout Georgia. North Caro¬ lina, South Carolina, Florida, Ala¬ bama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Committees within the local unit are making plans and prepara¬ tions for business and social func¬ tions that give promise to a most profitable and enjoyable meeting. The following local Links are acting as chairmen of the variou' committees: Registration, Mrs. II. C. Ford; Housing, Mrs. HUM. Col¬ lier, Jr.; Program, Mi's. Luther Thompson; Hospitality, Mrs. J. W. Jamerson, Jr.; Kits and souvenirs, Mrs Augustus Sharpe; S o c i a I, Mrs. Nancy Collier; Banquet,, Mrs. J. W. Jamerson, Sr. Mrs. W. K. Payne, vice presi¬ dent of the Savannah Chapter will he the banquet speaker. Savannah State College will be headquarters for the meeting. Business sessions will be held in the beautiful new library. Mrs. Eunice J. Brown, local president, is general chairman. Ga. Association of Garden Clubs Plan For Macon Meet Plans are in the making for the annual convention of the Georgia Association of Garden Clubs. Inc , which will be held in Macon on April 3, with the Bartlett Garden club. A large delegation is expected to at¬ tend from the Savannah dis¬ trict. The theme will be “Gar¬ den Clubbing on the March.” Another project has been launched by the Association, (Continued on Page Seven - , Juanita Sims, Juanita Sims and Company; Moss H. Kendrix, pub¬ lic relations counselor, and William Payne, Pepsi-Cola Co. Standing; Otis N. Thompson, associate, Ken¬ drix Organization; Joseph Chris¬ tian, public relations counselor; Orville Swafford, Baltimore Coca- Cola Bottling Works; Eston Col¬ itances . . . which should be con¬ sidered. The expulsions were officially I At press time it was learned 'hat lunch counter integration attempts had been made in At¬ lanta, Georgia, by students at¬ tending Atlanta University. It is reported that James David Vineyard of Springfield, III., a while mathematics student at Atlanta University, and several Negro students were served at a restaurant In Rich’s Depart ment Store on Friday and Sai ■ urdity. However, when they re¬ turned to the store on Monday, they were turned away and questioned by the plain clothe;, men. No arrests were made. ndcred by the slate boat,; o* cdu cation and passed on to 1»i I! CoUneill Trenholin, pre ident, Ala bania Stale College, for compli¬ ance. In other areas, this highly vo latile Situation Is still Micky, with immediate solution being offered in any of the locales. It seem that instead of seeking a solution, 'Continued on Page Four Senate Filibuster Costs a WASHINGTON (ANP) The record-breaking Senate filibuster over civil rights which entered its fifth Continuous day Friday was In-ginning to liomrierang on the 18 tired, stubborn xouUicnniG VtuliiSi Were conducting it. Editorially, new popei : thmnrli out, t tht' .poun try, ware ebrfdkl^ili <'Siden^)ing it as a “di: graceful play that is doing irreparable dam age to the nation's pie ,t,ige ;*li road.” />' il.i,l)Hutvrn Called Olmlnirl uni ml a Instead of emerging as “ero a dors” and “statesman” making a valiant stand as some southern papers claimed, Sen. Richard Hus sell of Georgia, leader, and other filibustering southerners were he ing ealled "obstrurlioni.and "foolhardy”. Perhaps the mo.,I damaging re suit of the whole demonstration is that the thousand of insulting, libelous and irrational references being made about Negroc •: are go. mg into the ('nngri'ssiounl Record where the scholars in year to come can refer in them and recall bow intemperate and ignorant were many of onr lawmaker . In addition the whole Imw i costing taxpayers an additional $10,000 per day. The “package” civil right . lull before the Senate to which more than 100 amendment . have been of¬ fered, i qioOHOled by Sen. Fveret.t Dirkxen of Illinoi al the request of the administration. It provide.-, foi protect am of Ne¬ gro voting lights in the South by the judicial appointment of federal lins, Mitrana School of Modeling; James “Bud” Ward, Kendrix Or ganization; Julian Nicholas, Pepsi- Cola Co.; Thomas Dixon, Dixon Tire Co.; Abo Venable, Anheuser- Busch; James Avery, Esso Stan¬ dard Oil; and Robert Leatherwood, laatherwood, Cleveland and Logan Advertising Agency, A Rama 4-3433 JOINS INVESTMENT FIRM — Randall L. Tyus, well known in financial circles, Inis been appoint¬ ed to the staff of Buehe and Com¬ pany, one of the nation’s leading investment firms, and has been as¬ signed to its investment trust di¬ referees to supervise registration and balloting. Democratic Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois said this provision was J h e i tA f ’ lyrtliygl flriif tint. trunk n Cm an irWivinuaf, deprived of his voting rights, to go^Ahtttpgh a length" Judicial iy^c$Xri|gri>rc h<p m>.n t" vole. il)$t II (p Meffiitf* could be V'VIl Hi DsButibi a'' fiill t /*i 'also W provides criminal penalties for persons in¬ terfering with com I -ordered school integration p r o g r a in s; makes, bombings of churches and schools a federal crime; stamps emigre.-; ional approval on the 1954 Su¬ preme Four! deei-imi in the school egregation eases; provides federal a istance In communities under¬ taking school integration, and give , Inlutory authority to a Presiden¬ tial committee for creating equal job op poll unities. Douglas found fault with mod of the i. provisions, calling them full of loopholes. He said hi - group wa working out a “package” Gill of its own, stronger than any now pending. Organised lull) Three SliiflH Senator Russell, leader of the opposition forces, has organized the 18 hard core .Southerner ; into roughly three shifts. Six Southerners are assigned to .< .niitiriuen ori Fage fw*cu' Ala. State College Studi March to Courthouse By INF/, J BASKIN Eeelonire to ANP MONTGOMERY, Ala. We have in l watched a,me ”,MiO do ! deni, of the Alabama Stale Col ! lege, march to the courthouse with 1.. 0f of triumphant, release from the fellers of slavery, both ero 11., mir and educational. Among those viewing the inarch, mile younger spectators were say¬ ing, “I wish 1 was in college.” Viewing the «• marching “New Negroe ” removed all doubt that ihe pa ■ -ivc resistance movement p dead. A Dr. King often aid, “tlio movement was bigger than any one person and whether he I livid or died, the idea would live ! in the hearts and minds of the people.” It was brought home more force- ful than ever that youth on the march with an idea can infiltrate j a nation and pass it to posterity. Telephones were ringing in cafes, offices, and stores along the Price 10c NUMBER 23 vision. Founded 81 years ago Hacho institution is a mi ne r the New York Stock Exchan Tyus is a trustee of Fisk Unive ait y and holds a Master's Deg; in public relations from Ro university (ANPhoto) HOLDS RANKING POST NCU.I - Dr. Harold A. I. year ago, named assistant i director of the eomrni labor management organ discrimination in iitdie-.li participated in the frew i annual Brotherhood pi; ,e held at Hotel A.stor, Ne City, when 29 person- ft media of mass comniun received awards. Dr. Is- .iter Jones is NCUJ pi< - a (ANP Have you registered i f not, go to the Court,I k register before May 7, way a; the students nun heir goal the court Is, Asking one student " •onrthouse, the answer ea j piiekly, “why not, it is to represent all citizens,” the students know th have not Only the endorse Id churches of the city, I iold them in their rally | night at the Hutchin ■< n j Baptist Church, but of p«: I over the nation. Ilr. King, during th seemed to have given them ; determination and courn sr* . ', dated that persons in Cai f | where he planed from Mi i noon, said the actions of the i dents throughout the south given everyone a renewed con | As the watchers returne j their daily occupations alone I street, they seemed to br j a silent benediction on the y< I manning their “passive batik I tions.” •