FEPC LAW TRULY WORKS ***> Fourth Os US Population | Already Covered By FEPC NEW YORK AlUitH'i a fourth of tile people in the United Stales have :i iiv.iu. and working un tie r FEPC for a number i f . With inert Uinsvlv >!'.C'V.-.-duj Mills, raordiii* to I. C. Furnas, magazine write!', wh* re exhaustive | study ol region® now oyeraiue: un-j tier Fair Employment l.w.- forms ! Hit ba.-is for :.ji nek appearing | in the issue of Look, on the n*-ws- [ r lands Employers who were originally doubtful hate been surprised a' foe success of ‘inUvuatlon,” Mr Furnas reports. Tile predicted re orcussions among, other employ ee,- failed t.i matin ializc. and r,< •.•nstoiner bo.vcoils followed when : tores started hii tng qualified Ne gro sales -help, Evasion, however, still is rife, 'ire Lou!-: artiel- slates. Some •.ores folio-v tin letter of the la-, 'ey hiriiV' tv o Negro salesgirls »th complexions so light that cus tomers wont notice. And employ - ti .. urtihU- s' advertise di.scrhn jimtoniy, :tii! recruit help through word - o f - mouth among their cur -cm white employees. T’«- i.ts• ■< of FEPC i- considered such a "hoi potato" that both Republican and Democratic plat forms sidestepped a clear - cut , EPC plank last July. Mr. Furnas declares. Yet the experience gained j •n 7 state: and 3 cities with FEPC i laws, Furnas adds, indicates that j FEPC is h cood idea and does; work The states having passed FEPC laws nr.* New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connectieut. Rhode Island. Or. yon and Washington; I #A'.v V, -w . • •"• •• .-**** If r KAOE OF IHBRMW The sensation s>t the l&Si Berlin Festival i mint the premiere of George Gershwin's immortal folk opera, “Forgy j sMid Two good reasons for the critic*' delight were the yoothfui I aoapSr* ofcwe, William Wwftelt* sun# Leontyne Wet, Recently married. | tkeir ptrZotxwM* ** '•Porjfs'" and “Boon’* haw won erlthal -'clain* ; ties «*» tHi#-*pv»»osmk shose- CN swat-pa*;,**. Photo.). ® the cities a:e Piiiladtliin'a Cleveland and Minneapolis Their ■ p(ip ~ 1 :'>o comprises 35,000, '.TOO people, almost a fourth of the in ti-.i are.,:. the keynote for j FF-PC enforcement has been edu i ■-■'.ueii .;;,i persuasion, in over 50(|h -cipir-:srt- filed, th- ten existing ; FEPC'.-: nave resorted to public | hearing-, only five times and to. van only four times, the Look . tit le- states .Few Northern cm-j levers care to go on public rec- J .ird as persisting: in illegal discrim-j nation. Mr. Furnas says, and u<- j i ally tiie inert: mention of a pußHic ; •••!!>:• i: effective Oi ’ .of tire South, many ! •; tmpanics begun non-discrhnina- j ion employment policies well be- j ! fort the various FEPCs started,; tv.-rding to the Look article j riics.- include international Har- j .ester. Pitney - Bowes. Hartford's! G Fox department store, (he Perm j Ft uit Company chain markets in J Philadelphia, General Cable and j •he New York Telephone Com- j party As FEPC looked inevitable, i ; number of bis department stores: uegan to fall info line, such as! Mitcy’s and Girnbei's in New York, j 3amb . . r',-. in Newark, N. J., and j GimbelY- Philadelphia store. Lord j end Taylor blazed a trial in New I I York -by hiring the first Negro; j -ale: girl on Fifth Avenue. Even in the South, where the; : going is much tougher, local j trends toward integration have I j’'made startling progress in the j yrst fifteen years.” Mr, Furnas de-j claves. Weil - integrated plants i with Negroes and whites working • —— : I i ( . ... . .... ... ... . ‘ - .■■:■■&•' ' * ’ ” ;• ... : : ; ■ ■ •••■•'•. .'.^fev' y;V- ■:, •• :■ . i I ' _. I' ft ■ SAM SMITH. JR i HAS DISTINCTION Sam Smith, Jr., has the unique dis ! Unction of holding a master | plumbers license in two south | ? iMPmin iWffiHHHHH A \' BMbBSB jMMBi AL ■£* •■«a^s , g^wßßMßSß SKI* *HPb-|BMBBKBBBk . Jswmr - i: MBfgBK l ’ lwii^l»P^ OFFICERS OF LAND GRANT « 01.1 lOk OP.GA NIZATION Above are th key officers of the | Conferem e of Presidents of Ne i n> Land Gram Colleges, which j i? set to hold its 30th annual ses j sion in Washington, 1), C., Octo- I her 21-28, at tiie Federal .Security ! Building. Left to right, the iejri- I I" . : Grass-Roots Campaign For Stevenson Underway i WASHINGTON. D. C. Con- I tressman William L. Dawson. Vice Chairman of the Democratic Na ional Committee, has announced Nut a four - week grassroots cru sdo *oi the election of Gove mot Yrtlai E. Stevenson as President vill be launched this week fol lowing a meeting of independent nd Democratic leaders from hrourhout the country in Was-h --f.stton, D. C., Saturday, October ■5 This same group will talk with ! he Democratic candidate for Vice President. Senator John Spark nan arm Stephen -V Mitchell. Vhairmar of the Den >;.’atic Na tional Committee The Chicago Tongressman said this meeting is. ■he resp.lt of and in response to hu ,sards of requests from over he Nation for the promotion of itizens clubs for Stevenson and Iparkman. '"lt is especially gratifying to me personally.” Dawson said, ‘‘to know that so many citizens are just wait ing lor the opportunity to help in the grassroots campaign to put 85th Annual State Fair Opens Tuesday Oct. 14 RALEIGH Mama has baked her prize-winning cake, papa has j nis exhibit seed selected and jun ior has -his calf groomed for the, opening of the 85th annual N. C. State Fair— the biggest annual | event m the State from a stand-! point of attendance and paricipa-: ion. It will open >n Raleigh next j Tuesday, October 14, and continue: through Saturday, October 18. Robert YV. Shoffner, assistant cjirector of the Stab- College Extension Service and aide to Dr,' J. S. Horton in the man agement of the Fair, says ail indications point to the “finest | exposition in hist-ory, with 500,- 000 persons expected to attend | during the five-day festival of education, inspiration and fun” One reason we expect the best j I fair, and a record attendance, said . j Shoffncr, is that there will bo ■ more to see. more to enjoy and j more to iearn.” He listed the fol- ; lowing features: A greatly expand-j j ec* exhibit area, inncluding partial : ! use of the big new coliseum of ficially named the “State-Fair A rena," plus new livestock, poultry, »y.*' . Y.w:v r. fw, .yw,, Vr,-. ‘V,.P ;■ C-u-,-v ’- ( i” 1 I - - ■ . .. , 1 As election time nears, many USD clubs are helping servicemen with voting information. Here two members of the Great rails, Mont, I provisional League of Women Voters show two Gif at the local uSO I club km they .mey vote In tlieir home stales in November* Fwjjjda for i US© are being sought by United Defense Fund through Red Feather IJ -sad *th«r kaitul tMwawtlty sa tup-alga*. 6 . ers are I>r. E. B Evans, confer rcnce president, president of j Pruarie Y iew A. and M. College, Prairie View. Texas; Hr. R. E. Clement, vice president, presi dent of Atlanta University, At lanta. Ga.: Hr, R. B. Atwood, sec retary, president of Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Ken Governor Stevenson >:i the White House. The common man the worker, the farmer, the small bu sinessman is wondering whether: ■>; not the apparent coalition be- 1 tween the Republican Party and c< r’.niu C'xiecrat leaders in a .so called "Democrats -for - Eisen hower” movement is but the sign of a sell - out by these leaders and :he Republicans is one and the same as far as the common f ; a i- concerned. You have but t.. read the record. Wc- have been flooded with letters, wires, oer •onrd visits, and calls from every section of the country This re sponse hr.s L>em one of the great est that 1 have ever witnessed." The citizens crusade will be formed at the Washington meeting which will open a four - week in- ; tensive, drive for the election of; Stevenson under Congressman Dawson’s personal direction. Mass; meetings, radio and television pro grams. door - to - door canvasses, j campaign literature telling the success story of the Democratic. administration will be employed to • educational and commercial dis ;pluj buildings. Also, new rabbit and pigeon shows, a new dual-purpose cattle j Department, new competition for : Brahman beef cattle, and compel!- jt’on "open to the world" in ail Hour breeds of dairy cattle and the j Hereford and Aberdeen - Angus ; breeds of beef cattle, i The entertainment features will jalso be largely new, the Fair o(- i Ificial said, except for the return :of former favorite attractions by | the James EL St rates’ Midway, the j George Hamid grandstand revues, I Jack Kochrnan's Hell Drivers, iAa A--anctioned big car automo i bile races, harness horse races and i nightly fireworks. VV> especially invite farm people to attend the Fair,” shoffner said. “Because we consider the agricultural exhi bits one of the best ways of j exchanging Information about better crops, better livestock and poultry, and aii the con veniences which bring more prosperity, dignity and con tentment to country living." tucky. I>r. Felton G. ( lark, trea- ; surer ,president of Southern j University, Baton Rouge, Louisi- i ana; and. Hr. John YV. Davis, I chairman of the executive com mittee, president of YV'est Vir- ! gin la State College, Institue, YV. ! Virginia; Hr. YV. K. Banks, prin cipal - nuerituv Frairir View A, rru-.ke ’h one of foe greatest cru sades by Negro voters in every F'ate in the union or, behalf of a political candidate, Dowson said, “1 know there , must be many thousands more ! who will join us, and it is our in ti ntion to see that every voter who wants to work for the elec tion of Ailai Stevenson will l:e riven an opportunity to do so AUer the Washington conference : detailed plans will be available to everybody who wants to work in Uu grassroots crusade. A par ii.-i oi hose expected to attend in 1 Vlrs Mary McLeod Be t-.K.ar- Rev. Milton Rook,-. Dr. Ira D v Fla: A tty. A. T Wakien. Waiter Aikens, Ga.: Robert Taylor, Tex : Councilman Theodore Berry, jC: nneibnan. Jean Caper.- , John Holly, Ohio: Mrs, Marjorie S. Joy ier, Atty. Edith Sampson, Robert j Miller. John H. Johnson, publisher !of ••Ebonv - ’, 111.. Arthur D. Shores, ; Emory H Jackson. Ala.: Dr. J M. 1 Robinson Ark.: D". Harrv Penn. Oliver W. Hill, Arthur W. Mit i*-il Va.; Atty. Sadie Alexander. | so, • John P Davis, publisher of 1 “Our World," J. Luther Sylvahn, • jA. Fay Bennett, New York; and • rev Green. Miss. - RFC SPORTS . See Pages 6-7 ! V This Section j ’wiiliMHHr I I * <■ ■■■•; n I “ '' •'djaaiKSi v»\w^ «-v. { 0 'ci 1 i 1 ■“ : c V: ’ ; /-.'h A V*" “ V; ' w;V f f 'j S.T . STAFFORD ELECTED FELLOW - S. Tan ! net Stafford, administrator of the Florida A. and M. College hos pital, was elected a Fellow in the American College of Hospital Administrators at the 18th an imal meeting of the college In Philadelphia recently. The col lege is an International, profes sional oranization of hospital j administrators with headquarter* ; In Ch‘cago. Candidates reeom i mended have qualified through j successful experience as hospital j administrators, outstanding ser vice in the field, and by meet ing the professional require ments of the college. Prior to his association with the Florida A, and M. College Hospital, Staf ford was superintendent «f Flint- Good ridge Hospital In New Or leans, and superintendent of the Kerfs 1 k Community Hospital ; where he built and equipped a ( SHm, addition. .. > and M. College, is a life member of the Conference. Land Grant. Colleges for Negro students are located in seventeen states. There are seven associate institutions in the Presidents' Conference One each In Ohio, the District of Columbia, Alabama, Texas ami Y’irglnia. Georgia has two asso ciated iio-rnberships. There are . , FA.YIt EE GRADUATE SYVORN INTO NURSES CORPS OF US | Air Rubye Mac Tiiomas or i Bradenton, Fla,, was recentlv i sworn into the Nurses Corps of the United States Air Force as j first lieutenant in ceremonies held in Lei* auditorium at the llorilda A. and ,YI. College, i Swearing Miss Thomas in Is (apt. George C. Hampton, adju tant of lh(* college ROTO de partment. At the left is Major Claude C. ( lark, PMS&T at the i ~ jfSnjS m^ - xfe*. M \> fiHpSPt $ ' * *• / | ' lip''' %.- gm. , *, . r J fl x ' 4# 'yli&'wm iaffiSiP;' * - AsJy-nEyßvgMj. y • jV^ffiSaKiflWjtlCTKSffi ■%*’?' ~~r t'|' agig ffiflf&KlriraFQK 1 w;l "T?! * !§§ M®l!k Jage -fgggft|i ■*’ Wil ■ j|jpr Wm ■ g IHi $1 ""‘MjBI.JE . w ..- HHaE jjagpyff •■“ • & ' lamp Mp j® sr* ; : ™i™ ■&**«* ■■ . \:%#«)9raK'3Kar Sat ' WVraMw l|fe speaks owi i* flrtsttft* **♦ |p|E drew t* Presidential •jaSB 6W'.rr*Jßjfy above. warned K T - 8> M»« WBBt s j tM iWi puttitni M»t»lctt«iM »(**>>*( HS^y^fefvi§^,^?rtys l - *"''' i.i'‘¥;-vcbif,' 1 " the. fit'.- WM jiimn, W«*tem-*iy!e i»wmfw-f«xurtJ» of *forU not b* kicked tirtiniffi J»t fWfr 1 * K.. «M Rn* idM (,Kmjw*» p*»®*»>> "g fywtygf&s WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 11, 19-72 twenty - fnin institutional mem berships in the Conference. The states in which Land Grant Col leges are located are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia. Louisiana, Kentucky. Maryland, Misslslppi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina. Tennessee, Texas, Vir ginia and West Virginia > -- *'* ■ />. a>.«- -- - - -•- • o» - .i^v^pp, nulls'-. >iis-, Thomas finished A. j lit) M. i£> 1M4!) ami 1* the first sratiiiate to be suorri Into the Nurses <'orp o! the I.'SAF. Shi has been employed at the 1 Fam tee hospital sim-e her gradia* tion. Photo by Jones of Fam tee. BFC TALLAHASSEE Sophomore i fullback Roman Gavins gained 20 yards in three carries against the Texas College Steers in ’52