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TEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVIII Presidential Candidates to Face Each I CDC to Present Mr. Hood At Mass Meeting, Aug. 6 - .. ...... JOHN S. HOOD The Citizens Democratic club will hold a mass meeting on Saturday, August 6 at 7:30 p. m. at St. Paul C. M. E. Church, West Bioad and Maple John o. Hood, candidate lor Senatorial 1st District in September 11th primary will be the principal speaker. The public is invited to attend this meeting. Jim Crow PLATFORM COM.’S Ended in Greensboro NEW YORK—News that counters were desegregated Greensboro, N. C„ on July 25, city where the current wave git-ins was .set off by four college students, brought comment from one of the demonstrators. One of the youths, Joseph MeNeii, an A & T sophomore working this as an NAACP field secretary youth, said here today: “The move really inspires We've got 13 more lunch to integrate when we get back school this fall.” Man Foretells His Death a Week Before Tragedy lakes Place By Samuel P. Perry, Jr. Boston. Mass H. Elliott. 66, who was one three, men killed by a 121 foot crane at a tion site, had foretold his a week before the tragedy place. Elliott hod shaken hands his friends among the excavation workers, telling ho had expected to die July 27. He was killed July 23. T> e construction worker portedly had a dream which he told his wife, to make arrangements for funeral. Elliott also went to 1). Buck, secretary of Local the Tunnel Workers’ Union, lated ti e dream to him bade him farewell. Nations’ Morticians To Meet Aug. 15-18 PITTSBURGH. Pa. — More than 1.000 members of National Funeral Directors and M'lrtWan- Association are ed here, August 15 thru 18. New amendments, new funeral directors and Embalmei lawn, and » recommendation ting the term of the president one year will be considered. Social activities have been ed by Hie local committee, the dependent Funeral Directors As¬ sociation of Western Some of the outstanding sppak ers to appear on program will Gov. David Lawrence, of vania. Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, pre sideut of Morehouse College: Marshal Shephard, of Philadelphia and Dr. William H. Borders Atlanta. M There will be a streamlined cational program daily. Over million dollars worth of roiling stock, funeral supplies, (Continued on Page Tnreeji mwmub Srtfeiite AD ana 4-3432 i . EDWARD B. KING, JR. For twenty long weeks, Sa¬ vannah Negroes have support¬ ed the NAACP movement for justice and equality in every phase of human activity in Sa- 1 h The unity of vanna purpose thati - s ev j ( j ent in fchp {act thousands of Negroes have been w jthoIcli n g patronage from Broughton Street stores, from hp varifJUS shopping ren ters, anfi have been registering as direct resuit of thc magnifi . ........._........__ < Continued on Page Seven: Segregation ended quietly at the counter of two variety store: — Woolworth and Kress — in Greens boro where store managers agreed with thc Mayor’s advisory com¬ mittee to begin service on an in¬ tegrated basis. Eating facilities were also de¬ segregated this week iu the Nor- folk-Portsmouth area of Virginia. Young McNeil recalled when he and friends sat down for coffee on February 1 in Greens- boro, a waitress warned him would be in trouble. She said, 'It's your kind __ Continued on Rage Four The scenes above are ing some of the activities the Science Workshop, Teachers in the Schools during its program. Savannah State lege. .Savannah, Georgia. in the top picture, Mrs. Ed die Lee Edwards, Glenn ly. is explaining to tfie sters some of the principles scienre which she has on play. The:;* young seem to have a great in the work, and can wait for school to begin. The bottom is a little ent. Miss Rhina E. Chatham County, is SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 19ti0 Mrs. Hurley to Speak Sunday at Asbury MRS. RUBY HURLEY Mrs. Ruby Hurley, Southeast- 'Regional NAACP Secretary will address the meeting' 21 st j afternoon mass by the Savannah National Association the Advancement of Colored according to W. W. Law,. __________________________ __ (Continued on Page Three) CH1CAGO— (ANP) Follow ing is the text of the civil rights plank adopted by thc platform committee: 7 his nation was created to expression, validity and to our spiritual heritage — the supreme worth of the individual. Ill such a naliou nation dc dicated to the proposition that all men are created equal — racial i discrimination has place. no “ can hardly ^ reconciled c, a ‘ Uai < J ,n,l, Protection ‘ ut ;? n under that ? law u aranteen to all persons. In a deeper sense, too. it 1 4 is it- immoral i m and n li/I unjust. ■tiiiii-l several principles of science with tie teaching aid; which ho prepared in the workshop. Mrs. W. IS. Nelson and Mrs. B. J. James observe with great j enthusiasm. But the young fellow seems to think that, is trouble for someone during next, school term, especially if he i; Mi s Miller’s room, The Open House was the cul- minuting activity of. the Science Workshop for Teachers in th* i Elementary Schools. Everyone j j seemed to have enjoyed this ac- tivity, and went away j more secure in attempting teach the natural sciences to pupils in Hie elementary schools. WASHINGTON—(ANP)— eyes of the nation will he upon the Presidential candidates botli political parties when the tone session of Congress venes next week. It is expected that a battle over the platforms of parties will he sounded off these legislative halls. Republican Presidential Richard Nixon has said the istration should seek further tion on civil rights from this gress which will go back into sion on August 8. The Democratic Vice tial candidate Lyndon who will still preside as majority leader, feels that grei.n should stick tu business. lie hopes to dear the in a short session of about weeks so that the candidates get onto their business of paigning. In an apparent effort to matters and start a fight Democratic ranks, Republican ator Kenneth Keating of N.Y. he will introduce one bill in session which will in the entire civil rights adopted at the Democratic But the more realistic realize that it will be to attempt the further civil rights m this session since Congress i As to those matters within reach I of political action and leadership, we pledge ourselves unreservedly | to its eradication. ! Equality under law promises mmt , than th( . equal rijfllt tw vote tl . anst , ends relief from discrimination by government. It becomes a reality only when all persons have equal without distinction of race, reli¬ gion, color or national origin, to acquire p^.^g, the essentials of life education and employ ment> T he Republican party - | lhe party of Abraham Lincoln fnim its vefy beginning has stri- vim to make tins promise a rea¬ lity. It is today, as it was then, un¬ equivocally dedicated to making the greatest amount of progress toward that objective. We recognize that discrimina¬ tion is not a problem localized in one area of the country, but rather a problem that must be faced by North and South alike. Nor is discrimination confined to the dis¬ crimination against Negroes. Discrimination in many, if not all, areas of thc country on the basis of creed or national origin is equally insidious. Further, we recognize that in many conimuni- 1 groes L. li. Youth Who Bombed Carlottu Walls’ Home Gets 5- Year Prison Term little rock (ANP)—Her-, hurt Odell Mont", 17. last w^ek , was sentenced formally to five years In the state penitentiary; for t-l e February 9 bombing of; the home of ( 'arietta Wails, who' was graduated from Central! High school in May. An all-white jury which tried! May 17 fixed his punish-! ment at. a maximum five years, Boston Woman Gets Back Hv S miiiel V. I’crrv, Jr m VST'< >N. MASS. (ANP) - Mrs. Cecilia Reid, 64, who lives alone in a $30-a month apartment was upset, last week. Bhp bad a good reason. .She had Ipf* ! er life .savings of $3,063 stuff¬ ed in old nylon stockings iaside i a green school bag on a public bus. 1 She immediately went to Wil¬ j liam H. Brooke, him a station had er, and told she thousands of dollars on a Brooks thought Mrs. Reid joking, but decided to in Next already approved the Civil Rights I Act of 1060. Recalling the amount of time spent on the civil rights debate ^ t „ prinKi Senale Minority Lead er Everett Dirksen felt that an other attempt at such legislation would be impractical at this time. Dirksen pointed out that South ern Senators, for whom renomina- tion is equivalent to election, can stay in Washington all summer H neecssary and hold the floor against a Title HI bill. While Northern Senators are anxious to wind up the session nr August and get home to light for re-election in November. Republican Senator T h o m a s Kuchel of California said ha would iike to see a vote on a civil rights bill this session so “we can see who votes for it and who votes against it.” But Democratic Senator John¬ son thinks the Senate should con¬ fine itself to action on such social legislation as medical care for the aged, improvement of the mini¬ mum wage law, farm legislation and the foreign aid appropriation bill. Representatitve Joe Martin, for mer House Speaker, fears that the entire election campaign will be fought out on the floor of the legislative chambers. But he rea¬ lizes that whatever fights that might arise must be settled by Labor Day so that Congress can adjourn and Presidential candi- dates can get under way with their I fence-mending. ami tradition must be overcome, heartening and commendable pro gross has been made. The Republican party is proud of the civil rights record of the Eisenhower administration. More progress lias been made during the past eight years than in thc pre¬ ceding eight years. •* We acted promptly to end di; criniination in our iiation’t capital. Vigorous executive action was taken to complete swiftly the dc segregation of the armed forces, veterans’ hospitals, Navy yards, and other federal establishments. We supported the position of the Negro school children before the Supreme Court. We believe the Supreme Court school decision was light and should lie carried out in accordance with the mandate of the court. Although the Democratic con trolled Congress watered them down, the administration’s recom¬ mendations resulted in significant and effective civil rights legi: 1 .<- ( lion in both 1957 and I960 — the first civil rights statutes to he passed iu more than 80 years. Hundreds of Negroes have al¬ ready been registered to vote as a result of Department of Justice action, some in counties where Ne- to remain frep on the same $15.0011 bond he was under pend¬ ing an appeal to the state nu- prerne Court. He allowed 45 days for Shepherd to file a bill of exceptions to be made a part of the appeal record. Macro Antonio Binns, 30, con¬ victed in the bombing of the Wall; home was formally sen¬ tenced June 30 to five years and fined $500 He also is tree on bond an with the driver of the bus on which Mrs Reid bad been rid¬ ing. The driver found the bag and the money. He drove back to the station with a spe¬ cial escort from the bus com¬ pany's office. When the money was turned over to Brooks, he tallied the cash In small old bills up to $S,063. The counting took 17 minutes. Asked why she was carrying so much money, Mrs. Reid rp plied, “I dou'l trust banks." SEN. KENNEDY CONFERS WITH MBOYA Hyaitni'porl -Senator John Kennedy, conferring with Afri¬ can Rationalist, leader Tmn Mboya In Hyannispnrt, today, called for Increased attention to African needs, particularly in education. Mboya, 29 -year old Kenyan labor leader, arrived In Hyan nisport from New York City with his brother. Alphonse Okuku, 2d, and Frank Montero, President of the African-Amer¬ ican Student Federation in New York. After discussing African prob¬ lems with Mboya, the Senator said the u. S. Government should play a greater role” in broadening educational exchang- es with eastern central Africa. Rena tor Kennedy and Mboya discussed the United States PLANK new law will soon make it pos¬ sible for thousands of Negroer, previously disenfranchised to vote. By executive order, a committee for tlu; elimination of discrimina¬ tion in government employment has been reestablished with broad¬ fourth of all federal employes are Negro. The President's Committee on Government Contracts, under the chairmanship of Vice President Nixon, has become an impressive force for the elimination of dis¬ criminatory employment practices of private companies that do busi¬ ness with the government. Other inportant achievements in¬ clude initial steps toward the eli¬ mination of segregation in fede rally aided housing; the establish incut of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, which eiififrces federal civil rights laws, and the appointment of the hi partisan Civil Rights Commis- sion, which has prepared a signi¬ ficant report that lays the ground¬ work foi further legislative action cord of progress — not merely i Continued on Page Four) FICIITERE’ RE-UNION—Lt. CM. Daniel,“Chappie” .Tamer, left, fam¬ ed Air Force jet pilot, and W T orld War, II fighter companion, Wil¬ liam Curtis, right, enjoy re-union iu Atlantic C ity, jnnt prior to Col. Price 10c | ADaroa i UU helping the new Alrlcan nations with education and “building a viable pconomy," and the role of the United Nations In provid¬ ing trained personnel.” The Senator said, “The Unit¬ ed Nations rnay be a more sat¬ isfactory means than ahy oth¬ er" In assisting the African coun¬ tries. He saw a ncpd for the United States “to concern Itself far more than it has In the past In Africa- not only In time of cris¬ is." Senator Kennedy Is chair-i man of the subcommittee on Af¬ rica of the Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Kennedy has been meeting with national and in¬ ternational leaders at his sum¬ mer home to discuss campaign Issues. On the eve of Hip Republi¬ can National Convention nomi¬ nations, he challenged the Re¬ publicans to match the Demo¬ cratic civil rights plank which he said “sets a standard for the GOP in drafting its plat¬ form.” Senator Kennedy add¬ | ed, “I hope they write one as clear and effective as the Dem¬ ocratic plank.* NAACP Youth Gain To Swim in Dixie Pool CHARLOTTE, N. O. — The NAACP-sponzored wade-lu cam¬ paign has opened up previously all-white public swimming pools in this city. The city maintains three pools, one for Negroes and two for whites. After a period of negotiations, three teenage Negro girls were admitted without incident to the Revolution Park swimming pool, one of the two for whites, here on July 27. All threw .— the Misses Frances DeWalt, 19; Linda Stinson, 18; and Willie Mae Mc¬ Cauley, 16 — are members of the local NAACP youth council. Mrs. U. iS. Brooks, president of the Charlotte branch, praised the •Tamer’ departure to new command¬ ing port in England. Standing in, and holding scholar-hip check from Joe. Schlitz Brewing Com¬ pany, ir Ernie Harris, Philadelphia, who is; president of the National tftJMBER 44 Mr. Wells Is D«nied Validation Required lor Office, Register of Boston, Mr**. — Lemuel Wells, 18 Claremont Park, a known Negro cifizan of was denied tha validation to have his name placed in ination for the office of of Probata and Insolvency. charged that the Board of Commissioner* had arbitrarily fused and doubletalked him of the total of 260 signatures quired, Said Well*, a former press secretary in tha office Governor Furrolo, “First they j b ad only 219 valid Then it became 233 after the deadline wasn't they probably would say 249. thing but tha required 250.” continued by saying, “I am ing this Injustice." Wells, a gradual* of University in Washington, D. further elated that 1960 mental Registration Lists were available for checking eliminating for •iigihiiily sands of Boston Negro and citizens* signature*, “Just how millions of Negro citizen ; (he South ar* denied tha right even register, much less vote,” said. "And here in our own or freedom in Boston, citizens hava registered from I960 through July 18, 1960 denied the validity of their ture! on my nonpnation papers cause of an in*s.cu*abia he concluded. At. 1 I’.M. on July 26. 1960 filed a letter of protaat a hearing with tha Board of tion Commission*!*. He ed the latter to Russo. (In also submitted nomination papar* in question the office of the Secretary Continued on Page Seven Charlotte Park and Commission for opening the ming pool to all without restriction. “If this experiment at tion Park aurraeds,” Mr*. said. “Charlotta will vindicate claim to be the ‘Quaan City of South.’ This will h* a tion that it can h* done.” Kelly Alexander, state president, recalled that efforts break through hegsn iu 1958 a drive to open up th» park’s rourse to Negro players. I’ai k Commission'* decision to mit. Negroes to tha pool, ho said, is In line with earlier ruling. N"gro Licensed Beverage ciation. Mr. Curtis is executive rector of NNLBA, which was ing its first annual convention Atlantic City at the time.