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Florida Supreme Court Grants Walter Lee Inrin Stay Of Execution RAIFORD, FLA. C. A. Irvin, Interstate Pr«» Director, is shown above alter- a talk with Walter Lee Irvin in the State’s death house here be fore the condemned man had i^eived the good news that the Supreme Court had granted him a stay of exeCiJion. He is point ing to a flpot on body where a bullet entered and still remains. Physicians say its removal may dislocate one of his organs, thus causing him immediate death. Note the s{>ot on his neck where k bullet en tered the front leaving through the back of his neck. One of the men, Walter Thomas, was shot to death by a sheriff’s posse near the point wkere th^ crime is alleged to have been committed. Shepherd, another one of the accused, was fatally wounded by sheriff McCall while being taken from Raiford prison back to Lake County for a new trial, a mandate of the United States Supreme Court. Greenlee, 16 years old at the time of the alleged crime, is serving a^lUe sentence in Belle Glade, Florida, commonly call- je*l RtUford.” , Walter Lee Irvin, now in Rai- ford awaiting to be electrocuted and whose death werrant was signed and sealed by acting Governor Johns, was to have been executed Monday, Nov. 8 but given a new lease on Ufe Friday, Nov^ber 5^ interstate Preu, during this visit with Walter, uncovered some very vital information which was turned over to Robert W. Saunders, Executive Secretary of the Florida Bran ches of the National Association fHo^lel LAUNDRY- CLEANERS Sia WASHINGTON ST. . ti7 rosm iTBsn PHONI 1171 for the Advancement of Colored People. Highlights of this infor mation was: Walter Lee Irvin told us in the presence of prison officials that he was not guilty, that he had never seen Green lee at all. Irvin told us that, “If you want to help me, go to Grove' land and meet my sister; if you have any difficulty in finding her, her husband works at a service station. They will place you in contact with the doctor who was not called upon to tes tify. If he had been called upon he would have teAified that the woman had not been raped at aU.« Even though Irvin told a very straightforward story, we still wanted to get the record straight. At our own expense we went to Belle Glade, Florida, and had a talk with Greenlee; he told the same story, that he had never met Irvin. He also showed us whelps on his body where he had been manhandled, apparently bruised or abused. Friday, November 4 the Fla., Supreme Court declined to grant a stay of execution for Irvin after his attorney, Paul Perkins, contended the “deli berate killing” of Samuel Shep herd, a co-defendant, by Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall had prevented Shepherd from giving testimony that would have cleared Irvin. Hawley Students Visit Planetarium CHAPEL HILL Thirty-seven students of G C. Hawley High School of Creedmoor attended “Star of Bethlehem,” at the Morehead Planetarium’s annual tribute to Christmas, when they visited the campus of the University of North Carolina this week. The group included Edith Burwell, Fredman Crowell, Elizabeth Neal, Ray Dell Co- zart,'Armentha Greene, Burmas Green, Cora Greene, Nadene Bailey, Guffie Green, Melvin Greene, Shirlejr Green, Betty Grissom, Willie Ed Grissom. Emma Lou Gooch, Lucy J. Harris, Marshall Hawkins, James Montague, Douglas Mar tin, Victoria Taylor, Pennls Bailey, Sammy Parker, Willi am Hayes, Calathies Daniels, Marie Taylor, Joe Ann Watkins, Virginia Daniels, Floyd Landis, Annie K. Landis, Avan Daniels, Bruce Atkins, Sadie Jenkins, Daniel Burwell, James Brodie, Mozelle Cozart, ' Magdalene Illinois Legislator Dead At 5J; Was First Chairman Of Major Committee SATUSDAt, me. 18, 1M4 THE CASOLllVA WMB pAcs mn CHICAGO, m. state Rep'. Charles J. Jenkins, the only Negro to become chair man of a major committee of the Illinois legislature, died this week at the age of 57. For 23 years, he had represented Chicago’s 3rd district. A quiet mild-mannered man. Rep. Jehkins had the respect and attention of the House when ever he rose to speak. For two sessions he served as chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee. He was recognized as a parliamentary expert in the House. Moreover, it was his de cision to have a special com mittee staff to analyze all mone tary requests and this brought a special comAiendation from the Illinois Taxpayers’ Federa tion. Last year Jenkins was a nominee for Superior Court Judge on the Republican ticket but narrowly missed election. He declined to run again for state representative this year because of 111 health. He had been hospitalized three weeks before his death. To him, his great triumph came in 1053 session of the legislature when the House passed 81 to 30 an Equal Em ployment Opportunity : Bill which he had sponsored. The big margin of passage came af ter he took the floor—in his last major address and delivered an impassioned pie* for the bill. With tears streaming down his face, the legislators switched their votes and Jenkins thanked them for “one of the last favors I shall ask of you.” Grissom and Marshall Allen. They were accompanied by N, Brown, advisor, and James Ragland. DropDismlssmal Charges NEW YORK Dismissal charges against two civilian employees of the Arm ed Services Medical Procure ment Agency in Brooklyn have been dropped and adjustment in the status of other Negro workers at the installation have been promised following inter vention of the National Associ ation for the Advancement of Colored People. Miss Ethel Jones and Miss Phyllis McLaurin were assured of withdrawal of dismissal charges against them after Her--^ bert Hill, NAACP labor rela tions assistant, had conferred for six hours with Col. Howard F. Currie, chief of the agency; Col. John E. Haughey, inspec tor-general of the agency; Cap tain Alfred Eyer, U. S. Navy and Lt. William E. Hogan, special assistant to the cliief of agency, representing the U, S. Air Force. In response to Mr. Hill’ charge that the dismissal actions stemed from mi^l bias. Col. Currie said that the actions were ‘Terrors*’ which develop ed as a result of “poor adminis tration” rath^ than manisfes- tations of racial prejudice. The Colonel promlaed to initiate a five-point program to curb in terracial tensions within the agency. Mr. HUl is to meet with agency officials in Febru ary to review developments within the agency and to make additional proposals. 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