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Roy Wilkins Urges Probe Of Terror In Missis
NAACP Secretary Wants Prompt
Action By Department Of Justice
NEW YORK
The mounting tenaion in the
State of MissiMippi accompanied
by threats of death to registered
Negro voters and others acts of
intimidation require prompt fed
eral intervention, Roy Wilkins,
executive secretary Jot the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People,
said last week In a letter to At
torney General Herbert Brow
nell.
Mr. Wilkins eaoloMd nnsifn-
death threats received throngh
the mail by are Lowndes coon-
ty school teacher and his wife
two Negroes registered to vote
in that eonnty. He also cited
the action of Tom t. Tnhh,
chairman of the Clay Consty
Democratic executive com-
mitte, ordering the ballots of
all Negro voters In Tnesday's
Democratic primary tnraed
over to him. A United Prm
dispatch qnotes Tnbb as say
ing: “Wo don’t intend to have
N^oea voting in this prim
al."
Reports of NAACP officials in
the state indicating widespread
terror in connection with the
gubernatorial contest and the
school desegregation issue were
also cited in Mr. Wilkins’ letter.
The situation is such, he told Mr.
Brownell, that “the president of
our state organization in Jackson
has had to request protection.”
These incidents and threats, the
NAACP leader told the Attorney
General “warrant prompt action
by your department to avert
violence and to protect Negro
citizens in their right to vote.”
“No responsible official," he
continned, “from the Gover*
nor and the United ftates
senators on down, no institu
tion nor any leading white cit-
Isen In the entire state of Miss
issippi has spoken out for de
cency and falrplay these hy
sterical weeks Jurt past. In
deed, the White Cltiiens Coun
cil, assertedly composed of
substantial leaders in each
county, have encouraged the
baiting and Intimidation of
Negroes.”
—Negroes in Mississippi, Mr.
Wilkin said, “have no recourse
except to their Federal Gov
ernment. In the midst of a
civilized nation in 1955, they
are in a Jungle of race hatred
and terror, at the mercy of
any hoodlum who choose* to
attack. The ballot, the weapon
of free men, haa been taken
from them by force. They are
helpless except for such other
weapons as they may posseas
and may not choose to em
ploy.” \
The Department of Justice,
the NAACP spokesman said,
“should act without delay” and
send in outside agents, uninflu
enced by local contacts, to make
a thorough investigation in pre
paration for court action.
Improving human relations
calls for balanced emphasis
upon what experience has
proved to be sound together
with the courage to experi
ment with new methods that
have demonstrated their abili
ties to improve living situ
ations. Experience i» repre
sented in the above photo-
ytaph-, the- S.
bury, principal of Grifton
School, Kinston, and a man
who practices what he preach
es in trying to find new ibays
to improve human relations.
He's shown above giving the
benefit of some of his ripe
knowledge of educational mat
ters to Herbert L. Tatum of
Durham, a young candidate
for a principalship from Dur
ham.
A WORD ABOUT SCOUTING
BY HENBT W. onJ.ia
DIatrlct Scoot BzeentlTe
(Contlnned from Last Week)
‘*WHAT MAKBS BOTS TICK"
This is the last of the three
issues but not the least
6. He needs to understand the
limitations in life, the rules of
the game, the limits of his free
dom in his living with others,
the place of laws in his commtm-
ity^ and the plan of God for his
children. He needs to under
stand why rules are necessary
and how they add to the joy of
the game, as well as to living.
Theae are some ot the major
taska at which the bey in latia
childhoodl has bMa wt^clng,
though he doea not pot them
bi these words. Fortunate, In
deed, Is the boy who has an
an aadnlt fHend who nnder-
stands him and provldea oppor
tunities and guldamee s» he
saa win at these tasks. Wtir
men are in a better position
than a Sooutnuster to be his
friend and guide.
This friendly Understanding
Scoutmaster will not be content
to press only the achlevonent
program of touting; he will see
what the boy is trying to do, and
use the Scouting program as the
vehicle through which the boy
can arrive at the goals that are
so vital to him.
As the lAiy goes Into early
adoleacene (lS-lS-14),^he con
tinues to experiment with
these same tasks, but on their
next leveL niese are further
complications that confuse
an^ bewUder him. He ta hit by
pubeaeenee, whleh floods hhw
with feelings he Is unable to
handle evenly and ealmly.
Never before has he been'as
worried about what Is the
rIght tUng to do. He tans a-
way from adults ta hls taitl-
niate friends. They become his
authority, and he is In the hey
day of gang loyalty. He begins
to dlseovOT that ^Is are not
the horrid creatures he ple-
tared them, and yet dMmt
know how to m«ve toward
than. He seeks to enter this
MW worldt bat always ■ata*
taina opening for a quick re
treat. nils Is the period when
he is loud and defiant to cov
er up his inseeurities. He be
comes like the boys of the
opening story. Friendly adulta
can be so helpful and Scout-
maaters are that kind of per
son.
Many of our Explorer Scout
and Leaders are returning from
the Navy Cruses during the
Summer monttis. Pictures and
Newly elected ‘^ueensP* of ths l light wel|4it worsted. | Miss Shirley Richardson, the new
Army BOTO regimental united They are frmn left to right: “Miss A and ,T” Wilmington, rad
at A. rad T. College weu their Misses Margaret Martin, Me- Evelyn Dillard, Martinsville,
new summer unifonns, la wlilte I brae; Margaret Bell, iaeksra; Vlr^nla.
Olga James Wins
NEW YORK
Those raves down in Rio are
all for petite Olga James, the
little singer who was such a
big hit as "Cindy Lou" in the
movie Carmen Jones.
Now singing at the exclu
sive Copacabana Palace in Rio
de Janiro, Olga, a graduate of
the JullJard School of Music
here in New York, has taken
Rio by storm.
Originally, her contract call-
short tallcs about the Navy Cruse
in the Atlantic Ocean and week
ends in New York City will be
shown and told you at .our Sep
tember 13, 1955 Roundtable
meeting at the S. L. Warren Li
brary on Fayetteville Street.
Thursday night, August 11, at
the McDougald Project Com
munity Center at 7:00 we will
have our County-Wide Court
of Honor. All Troops and Ex
plorer Post are to be.present.
Training Certificates for Adult
Leaders finishing the Basic
Training Course will also re
ceive their certificates.
OFF WE GO TINTO .the wild
blue yonder at the POPE AIR
FORCE BASE for Explorers and
their leaders only. August 12
13-14 at Fort Bragg, N. C. Flight
in Air Force Plane. Saturday
night social. This will be a won
derful week-end for your Ex
plorers. Contact your Commis
sioner on Executive today.
Capitol Close-Up
(Continued from Page Two)
rooms. Observers point out that
the Democrats are hopelessly
tied to the deal, but the Re-
publicana can pull out if they
will. They still have a chance to
make themselves a record.
Oo's And Oon’ts
i
i
Conftnentitf
“Don’t Spread Filth. Put Trash In The
Can Where It Belongs.’’
Fame In S. A. City
ed for a two-week appearance
in Rio. But she was such a tre
mendous J)it, the management
held her over for another
month.
Her personal manager, Abe
Saperstein, said this week that
the Hotel management wanted
to extend the engagement for
six months. "That was impos
sible, however, because she
must return to the United
States for a cross-country tour
of night clubs and theaters.
We have also just completed a
series of engagements for her
in Europe.”
Few American entertainers
have won the affection and
popularity in Rio that Olga
has. The little girl from New
ark, N. J., rocks the customers
with her zippy rendition of
“Fancy Free,” followed by
“World on a String,” “Autumn
Leaves,” and an impressive
spiritual, “You Can Tell the
World.”
But she really reaches her
zenith with her offerings of
the tunes from the Carmen
Jones movie—“That’s Love,”
“Rythm of the Drums,” and
“My Joe.”
Saperstein plucked Miss
James out of the cast of a
small Negro road show in
1953. She was practically an
unknown then, but since has
been ascending the steps of
stardom and international
fame with unprecedented ra
pidity.
Her greatest dream is to star
in a-r-.Broadway show. "I’m
sure,” s^s Saperstein, “she’ll
realize that (jlream in the very
near future.’'
/84 Kotorists
Lose Privilege
To Drive Autos
RALEIGH
As usual, alcohol and auto
mobiles failed toi mix in July the
Motor Vehicles Department said
last week in pointing out that
784 Tar Heel motorists lost their
legal driving privileges follow
ing drunk driving convictions.
Another 497 went down be
fore speeding counts during
the month, with most of the
convictions in the over 75 mph
bracket.
In ^ the agency reported
1,610 motorists were required to
surrradOT their driver’s license
for various traffic law viola
tions. Last year’s July tally to
taled 1,748.
Simple speeding (over M
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In a summary at traffie at-
fenses not requiring the loss at
driver’s license the agency
reported 743 arrests for driving
without a license, 506 for Ignor
ing a stop sign, 483 lor faulty
mechanical equipment, 435 for
reckless driving and 222 for
driving on the wrong side of the
road.
la all there were 5^54 North
Carolialaas cited .for traffle
offenses during the moatli.
Another 1,J17 out-of-ststers
ineressed the total to 8,4711.
-Double Cross-
(Continued from Page One)
"Yes, Bpb told me this past
Saturday that he was a can
didate and he means it. I
think that Bob (Reynolds)
will support Bob (Johnson)
with the understanding that
Bob wiU support Wm after
Bob finishes his term.” So, it
looks like Hob Reynolds is
getting luiifed in the back,
too.” Reynolds is a Jormer
Philadelphia Magistrate, who
also withdrew in 1952 to sup
port Johnson agairtkt Jones.
"Yes, the boys are out to
cut each other’s throats,” An
derson said, "but what record
couid any of them offer to
run on, after all? Only the re
cord of having been the best
^reasury raiders’ since Jesse
James."
Anderson charged that fur
ther chicanery had been bared
in the Elks high command.
Grand Secretary Hueston, he
charged, had wilfully refused
to incorporate three anti-ad
ministration legislative propo
sals nto propsitions submitted
to the Grand Lodge for con
sideration.
All three were submitted by
Washington lodges, and sub
mitted in ample time for in
clusion in the printed propo
sals. Hueston's alibi is that he
didn’t receive them. "Hueston
knows he received the propo
sals,” Anderson said, “he just
didn’t want them to come up in
the Grand Lodge. This admin
istration is too yellow to stand
up and face a fair fight.”
One of the proposals would
restore the secret ballot form
of voting, allegedly removed
from the constitution in an il
legal manner. Another, the
one loaded with the mott
namite, provides that:”
“Grand Lodge officer t
voice and vote, either
appointed, shall never be
more tlian one-fourth et the
Grand Lodge.”
This proposal would end the
"packing” of Uie vote lists by
the Grand Exalted Ruler’s ap
pointing assistants to every
thing and every body, as well
as special this aiVd that, An
derson pointed out. There are
two grand travelling deputies
in Hampstead, N. Y„ alone,
and 26 in Brooklyn.
A third proposal had to do
with the Grand Travelling Au
ditor, a Johnson appointee.
Anderson blasted the pre
sent administration as “the ad
ministration of ruin and bank-
ruptcy.’’ Disbursements jump
ed $58,000 in 1954 over 1953
with no new expenditures au
thorized, Anderson said, and
the Elks membership is now
approximately 83,000 brothers
“if that many, and still going
down.”
Anderson said charges may
be preferred against Secretary
Hueston for omitting the anti
administration legislation from
the propositions.
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