vot,. yvv-kn fs. Mixed Reaction Gi Court Implements By Alice A. Dunnigan t Washington?(ANP)-- The" Supreme Court's ruling, Tuesday, that the proceedure for dessgregating public schools be left to local federal courts,, was jnet with reactions. Some predicted that such ruliner would mean 'in im mediate start toward integration, while others forecast that separ ??trie rchoobravmiU be prTfhiittcd to continue for an iadd'T.iite ""period under suoh rull::,*. The unanimous ops:,ion of the high tribunal, read by Chief Justice Earl Warren, stated definitely that "tho eohrts will require that the defendants make a promfull compliance with our May 17, rnlim- On.-e such a start has been made, the courts may find that additional time is necessary to carry out the ruling in an ef~ fective manner." ----? But, "the burden rests upon the defendants to establish that such time is necessary in the public interest and is consistent with good faith compliance at the earliest practicable dute." The opinion reeniphasizc-d the fact that the court's ruling, of May 17, last year stating the "fundamental principle that racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional" still stands. And that "all provisions of federal, state, or local law, requiring or permitting such discrimination, ? must yield to this principle." The only thing which remains for consideration, said the Chief Justice, is the manner in which relief is to be accorded. Because of the preximity to local conditions, the" high court felt that the courts which originally heard these cases could best perform * this judicial appraisal. But the local courts must - require the defendants to "make a prompt and reasonable start toward full compliance with the non-segregation ruling," and that the 'Vitality of these constitutional principles cannot be allowed to yield simply because of disagree mailt with thnm " Because of this language, the Board of directors and officers of the NAACP issued an expression TOt determination that Negro school children must be given the rights as soon as practicable o n a non-discriminatorv basis." Since the ruling limits delay to necessary administrative details or adjustment, and specifically says that the delay cannot be sanctioned simply because of disagreement with the decision, the NAACP officials said they "could see nothing in the language o. f the opinion which sustains t h e view of same southern states that delay in compliance may be of indefinite length." On the other hand, however, supporters of segregation voiced relief at the tone of the order. Many were thankful that the high court did not see a definite deadline date for compliance with thj integration order. Former Gov. Herman Talmadge of Georgia, Whof^has been in the forefront in the fight to maintain segregated schoo-s, stated that integration would not be feasible in his state for a long, long time Gov. Allen Shivers of Texas because the matters will be harv db d by loral agencies of govern men*. Cong. William L. Dawson (D. 111.) declined to make an extensive comment before he had read the decision. He simply^ stated, U AinmmK V? o f fKo "nKcorvonPa n f law is liberty," and, added that we are law abiding people." The two other Negro representative could not he reached. Rep. Adam C. Powell of New York was - _ out of the cityt r Sen. Lister Hill (D., Ala.) "deplored" the order; while Sen. Walter George of Georgia "applau ded" it; and Sen. James O. Eastland of Mississippi simply stated that the "Southern people will never surrender their dual school system." Sen. George took the position that the court realized that the original order was a difficult one to carry out. But now the Justices are sayhig "to go slow, hut " to go; to proceed, but to proceed with care; it is a cautionary order, very cautious in tone. It is intended to appeal to the states to j help work out the problem." j* ? 4 , - 1 , J'll ^o;V reets High lion Ruling Sen. Hubert II. Humph rey (D., Minn.) said he expected "much more detailed programming;" while Sen.. Herbert Leham (D., N, Y.) hailed the decision as very 'heartehinir." "Tt ele-irly reflects a determination under the Constitution," he stated, "that segregation in schools shall come to an end as soon as possible." The Assistant Corporation Couti sel of the District of Columbia Milton Korman, said tliat much o! ' c credit for the high court's ru ' 15: ihould gr to the U. S. Solicitor General Simon E. Sobeloff whe had previously offeredc" YCcOiiV merdations to the high court thai - the "cases should be-remanded tc the lower courts with diYoctons tr carry out this court's decision a rapidly as l.he particular circurn j st r. c ; permit." If bT assume* thu- the Justice department's re commendations had the approva of the administration. Judge Soveloff commented sim ply that he wai "naturally pleasec that the court had decided along the line he argued for." I think,' he added, "that'the disposition o! people everywhere is to obey th< highest court in the land." ' Counsel Kreman said the corpo ration counsel took the pgsit'ior that the District-of Columbia cast was "most" as integrative ha: already been accomplished and nt further action is necessary. Bui he said, the case has been aenJ back to the District court where il " ruight also be declared "mott.' j Atty. James Nahritt, counsel ii | Die District of Columbia" ca^e, sait I he invisioned extensive litigatior | in the states, but "we got essen | tially what we asked for in t h < I District." They asked t.hat t h < I court issue such orders as it find: I nppacgnrv tn inciirp full intpfrrfl I tioii. The lower court now has" thai opportunity. . ^ Thtr- .Supreme court opinior specially stated thqt "substantia progress has been made in t h < District of Columbia and in t h < communities in Kansas and De laware involved in this litiation.' - Hut the defendants?in the?case; coming from Virginia and Soutl Caiolina awaited the decision o : the lr.gh court concerning relief; Thurgood Marshall, chief XA A ; CP counsel in the cases, said th< I Tuesday's ruling "gives the state: j the initiative to move forward ! He feared, however, that the As soeiation might have to push for ward the cases still pending i? Virginia and South Carolina. I The court ruling made an ex j ception in the Delaware cas< 1 where both the district and stab ! supreme court had ruled for inte : gration in certain schools becausi of physical inequality of the Ne | gro schools. The judgement of thi j Supreme court affirmed the rul ings of t.he state courts in the De ' laware case ordering the "irnmedi ate admission of the plaintiffs t( schools previously attended onlj liy white children." SRC ENDORSES COURT DECISION ON IMPLEMENTATION ATLANTA?(ANP)?The Sou thern Regional Council last wceli endorsed the Supreme court's ru ling on how segregation in puhli< schools should be brought about. In a statement issued by Marior A. Wright, president of the council, the organization saw the de cision as ."wise, moderate a n c workable." Calling it an opportun ty for the South, the statement said in part: "Complinnce with this ruling i : not, however, merely rporal obligation. If we choose to make it so. it can be -a . great ovmnvtiinitj to eryish and benefit southerr life. j.? "By working together, whit< and Negro, for orderly transitior to integrated sohools, we can demonstrate the Vigor of the Hemocratic process to our own countrymen and doubting millions throughout the world. . "We can realize, at home, resources, of skill and public service in the Negro segment of our population that have KarT little chance for expression in the past. By abandoning te cumbersome and expensivp practices imposed by legal segregation, we can release a large amounts of money and energy for the progress of the whole region,..." Egej I A Well Known *r ? ii.niil i ??--^H ngaH ?1 ? ... , I2^--- > ^ . jhhk ^HHHR r~? 1 I i i . ' j~. I \ ^ THE REV. I 4 ' ? Columbia, S. C. Columbia, S. C. the Rev. Dr. 1 ~ I'J. i'ennis passed to the y'reat b< ^ yond March 28th, 1955 at 7:45 i ^ the Good Samaritan Waverly Hoi pital. He suffered a cerebral hen 5 morale at 7:80 A. M. March 28tl ^ and passed on at 7:45 P. M. He t survived by a wife ' Mrs. Ameli t Jenkins Dennis, two daughter , Mrs. Amelia Jenkins, Mrs. Eliz: both Love of Columbia, S. C., foi ^ sons, Mr. Nathaniel Dennis, Ne ^ York City, Mr. Zack Denpis, Ji Mr. ^George Dennis Columbia, I C., Rev. Samuel Dennis, Cha * lotte N. C., 27 Grand Childre 27 Great Grand ..Children.' Re Dr. Dennis one of the truly grei ^ .leaders of the state. Rev. Dr. Dei nis affectionately tt many amcr cans ( i Dotli l'ucys \v.".o knew hi j ar.d v. ill re sabdml to 'earn o his" r.ass ing the 27th of Maheh, c " J3und?y. He ascended the rostru and delivered a timely message I , his hearers, seemingly to have premchtion of his dopm-tino.?14_ ivarncri his momiws to kc?. ^ Christ jr. the >hu*ch and don't h sutaiJ got in. Ho was funeral izc Stt;da> April 2rd, at 8:00 P. M. ; - the 1 Hi '.ftwood BnptiVL" Clwrc " An estimation of five thousand i 3 , tended the fii.tl cites. Itev. I) Hennis" v:-.s the S. C. thi was pasturing. His first pastorihl > work ws the St. John Baptist 'Churc Booker Washington Hts.j Colun Ida which whs ImiUled under h administration. He puslorcd s verdl Churches over the state f< " del?years and at his death he \vi the efficient pastor of tiie 2n Mt. Beulah Baptist Churc.h of S Matthews, S. C. for-517'years, ar ; W?W. Wachtel El Legal Defense Bo , NEW YORK, June 1.?W. V , Wachtel of New York, preside! [ of Calvert Distillers Co., has bee . j elected to the Board of Directoi ' of the N A A O P T.ptml Tiofontp Educational Fund, Thurgood Ma: shall, dircctor-counscl, jum ounce today. Election of Mr. Wachtel brinp Legal Defense Bojjrd to a total c 33 members, consisting of bus nesfe, labor, civic, educational an "" professional leaders, Mr. Marsha said'. Mr. '\Vtachtel was recently cite for his famous Lord Calvert' "Men of Distinction" advertisini series of which he is the originator Palme COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA i Minister Passes ( ^ T ^ ; I I / ?si _ L ? -is >R. Z. E. DENNIS, | . i he founded the Ridgewood Dap- J| Z. tist Church in the month of M^r-' - ch in 1925 Columbia, S. C. in Jthe 1| it Ridgewood community and he aer3 ved this church as the most loving i- | and Competent efficient pastor "if h, throughout the history of 30 | is | years, and he also founded the f ia I Dennis chapel baptist church, | si Stark Hts., Columbia, S. C. which "f a- he resigned about two years ago. ir Due to .his pastorial work had | w become quite heavy, God didn't '# take our pastor from us, he only | r- beautiful rose when the petals fellj n, it was just a step from this JANu V. to live with the eternal .Godfttfj at: Heaven. Ah I n- Funeral processional. feifMrcC i- sang Nearer My God To^htYhXI mj Scripture Rev. F. N. f: er, Rev. W. S. Booker"? ' ' 'V | >n ! Servant Of God vWeIl ni ' tor, as I know him, to Bailey, remarks, Assistant\ pasjtor hi a Rev. J. AiL. AYitherspoow, pre- f -e?marks Rev. P. fl. 3levenson onIhis ~p >. >! life as a pastor and a brother and j\ i'i a friend. Acknowledgement of ?d condolences and telegrams and it reading the obituary Rev. tl n. ' F-. M. Young,?? u?l-o g "y, Rev ? i- v Dr. L. C. Jenkins. The m u s iy r. cal choir of the St. John Baptist a st- Church rendered music. He was j it lajd- to rest in the Lincoln ceme- t| .tcry under a mound of beautiful Tis floral. ' * h No man has found a thing on ? i- earth. is thats worthy of his all e-. The only life that is of worth a >r. Is of the spirit's Call. t! is Rev. R. t'. Wilson, master of e d, Ceremonies. 1 f t. Mortician in charge, Leevy's ti id Funeral Home. c prtpfl Tn vvivu M. \J p arri i i p 1 His company was the first nation- '' ! al advertiser to inject interracial j 11 j element in its advertising cam- j ; paigns. I A - recipient of- the George j c i Washington Carver Gold. Award I for the promotion of "hrot.'ierhood oPman," Mr. Wachtel is an honor- 2 l~nry member of the National Aau 0 Kappa Alpha,, a forensic society p in 150 colleges and universities, a j member of the American Institute v of Management, a member of the \ Board of Brand Names Founda- t tion and member of the Political Science Academy of Columbia U. n 0 %/t o 1 I Mass. Solon . Blasts ,l Colonialism > in . J Hy Alice Dunnigan e ld | WASHINGTON?(ANfO Cong. C r' j jihn W. McCormack (D., Mass.) o 'd-j introduced- ir -resolution in t h e h | House of Representactives, Tues- ^ :s ; tiay, condemning all forms of co- C >f lonialism wherever it ia found. i d i- 'J he icsolution, which had the tl d | concurrence of the senate, stated V II ; that the ' United States shouV ad- ol minister its foreign policies and rA d programs, and exercise its in- "] s fluence through its membership a' g irv the United Nations and in other tl . Continued on page 5 Ir ttoj. larrie Lee Patterson 'rize In "Carnation's Annual Healthy Bab] Marilyn Patrice Palm Win Dianne Holloway Wins T1 ^1 1^ BB ^B ' ':';-:--"^^^-"-^'?'^vgB.:^MB ,x'*y$ :li g??;!:-M ;^K;J.|^t I J9K I Un the photo above from left 1 p:'.jn,* 'mother of Carrfe Lee Pa >radley, Nurse of the Good San lolding Carrie. Lee Patterson, fi tichard C. Strachan, Represental nmy ill this area, presenting- th( Irs. Patterson. Little Carrie Lee Patterson is quii le "Toast of Columbia" today. I Ltve This healthy, happy tot, age 1 j ,jQI ear, 5 months daughter of Mr. j nd Mrs. Milton Patterson o f' 112 1-2 Harden St. was chosen by !. x ie judges last evening as the . . 'irst Prize winner in the Second l n n u a 1 Hometown Carnation Healthy I'aby Contest." arj Some twenty youngsters fro m ta'' mong more than 100 entrants i n rmu liis year's contest appeared lust , veiling with" their parents and ^ riends at Allen University Audi- , orium where they displayed their harms in exchange for honors besuse owed on the twenty finalists. | (,0|. As "Queen of the occasion, hoi 'irst Prize Winner Carrie Lee "n ash. When interviewed after the ; an< resentation of this honor, your - MO eporter was rewarded by a beam- 1110 lg smile and happy assurances of ,j uc -oud pav?hts, that the money '"ild be used for Carrie Lee's . , .. : mg ducation. .... i -Mil Winner of the Second Prize o f ton years 9 m o n t h s daughter nea f Mr. and Mrs. I r v i n D. f hlo 'aim, 130*2 Heidt Street, Dianna thr lolloway age 2 years 1 month wo i*hose parents are Mr. and Mrs. ^ Vm. H. Holloway 1111 Pine St. , ook Third Prize honors of $50.00. i. ' , , , ; iii? In addition to these prize win- j .ers, te judges selected seventeen ^ ther finalists, each of whom were eva warded $5.00 in cash. The names i nd addresses of these seventeen j 'J inest can be found on page five. gra sur This year's p-aftej of judges was ^ eaded by Dri. C*. E. Morgan. ma 'ediatrist (child specialist); Mrs. ^ . E. Dickson, civic and club workr. Organizer of the Girl Scouts in / ol'a.; Rev. J. A. Holmes, Pastor sta f.Bethel A. M. E. Church, Co-j par imbra, the Mother4 Church Of the ' mo ifrican Episcopal Church of the but olumbia Conference; Mrs. Mil- has red Newton, Program Director of the le Taylor Street U.S.O.; and Dr. ing I. D. Chappelle, Pediatrist. Much enj f the success of this Second wai n n u a 1 Hometown Carnation par Healthy Baby Contest" can b e zen ttributed to the tireless efforts of tior lese judges who devoted many Bal ours to screening "snapshots" and con t eabei ?v ? i Wins First i Second f Contest" is Second Prize and lird Prijje. Other* i lli^^M B | :i-.-:-fc-?S^B ? W ??^^^^^ESKr :o right: Mrs. Milton Pattteraon; Miss Margaret ni)-itgii-V\/tiv'oi'lov TTr.oi-.ifo] irst prize winner and Mr. Dive of the Carnation-r.omi first prize of ?300i00 to difications of the entrants, .ike last year's contest the 1955 at was sponsored by the Carnal Company, makers of Carna1 Evaporated Milk, known t .h e rid over as the leading brand for jnt feeding. THien first underen, the purpose of this contest s announced as a means of turnthe spotlight on the high stand s of infant care being mainicd by the people of this comnity. . Ulded to the ever-growing numof parents who depend on Carion Evaporated Milk for forla feeding are the countless -rs who prefer it for creaming fee and for cooking. Satisfnci with the many benefits found using Carnation milk must be 1 quality control program the kcrs conduct to assure the utst goodness in every can. 'his care begins at the very ree of dairy production. Startwith the famous Carnation !k Farms near Seattle, Washing , herds of the finest Holstein rs have been maintained for irly half a century and their od lines projected into cattle ouphout- the natron and the rid. )ne of the finest central researlaboratories ever established is intained by the Carnation Comly at Van Nuys, California, t o ck the production of some 35 iporated milk plants. V major contribution in this pro1111 is made by Carnation Conner consultants who serve in the d to acquaint pcopTtrwith the ny uses and benefits for which iporated milk is unexcelled. Ml of this ties in with the eonnt effort of the Carnation Comly not only to improve its fans brand of evaporated milk, to recognize the progress that i been made, over the years by American people in establishthe highest health standards oyeif in the world today. Tord this end, the Carnation Comly looks orward with the citfs of Columbia^ to the continua1 of this Hometown "Ilealthy >y Contest" for many years t o le. 2 + . -? ? Roy Wilkins, NAA< Address Mass Mee Roy Wilkins, national executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will address thi- second annual statewide Freedom " Fund mass meeting to be held in the Allen University auditorium Columbia, at 3:30, it has been an npunced by James M!?Hinton o? the S. C. Conference of NAACP which fs~sponsbring the meeting. Wilkins, named unamimously by the NAACP national board of directors on April 11 to suceee< the internationally renowned Walter White who died on March 21 joined the staff as assistant ex-? eeutive secretary in 1931, and served as administrator of the organization from 1950 'until e'jection to his present post. Wiikins broad knowledge of race relations, gained in large measure as he served for eiglvt years as managing editor of tho Kansas City (Mo.) Call, was recognized by the U. S. Government Negro 'Newspapermen invited to Washington to consult on the training and use of Negro soldiers. He was also one of the NAACP consultants to the American delegation at the formation of the United Nations in San I Francisco In May, 1945. He^has made a nuriiber of investigations for the NAACP,- including a probe in 1932 fas a laborer)?of working conditions in construction camps along the Mis eissippi levees, a survey of the treatment of Negro flood refugees in the Ohio and Mississippi river vivlleys in 1937, and tours of a number of Army Camps in the Far West, and Southwest in 1942. He also served as acting secretary for two periods during, BAPTIST WOMEN ENDOWMENT R The Sixtv-sovent.h Annual Scss- I ion of The Woman's Baptist Missionary and Educational Convent ' tion of South Carolina will b e i held with the Trinity Baptist Church, Florence, South Carolina, June 22-24, 1955. Rev. J. J. Abney is Pastor of the Trinity Baptist Church; Dr. M. K. Howard,' President of the Convention; Mrs. C. H. Watkins, Recording: Secretary; Mrs. Alice ! Butler, Chairman of the Morris I College Endowment Committee Brive. [ The theme of the Convention is^-'Building A Spirit Of Fellowship Throughout the Missionary Socities." It is the sincere hf o p e that the spirit of the theme of ! the Convention will inspire the Missionary Auxiliaries throughout the State to build for a truer j spirit of fellowship. ? The slogan for the Baptist 'Women's Convention is "MORRIS ! COLLEGE MUST BE ENDOW ED." ^ : On Thursday afternoon, June 23, 1955, The Baptist Women pf the I State will make their beginning toward the Slogan, they so proudly adopted and are working to carryout. Every County will be responding. The Counties will make their dedication to the memory of t h e -great men and women lliut ploneer! ed for Baptist Missions and Educa t tion of South Carolina. The counties will report in groups of three, : four and five. The names of the counties and i the name of the person in whose ; memory each county will dedicate j 1 its endowment offering: jl. Greenville, Mrs. Fannie Davis ' 2. Newberry, Mrs. Fannie Davis 3. Spartanburg, Mrs. Fannie Davis 1 Mrs. Fannie Davis was a foun-[ der and pioneer of the Woman's Baptist State Convention. She' 198G/ | 4. Fairfield, Mrs. Cora S. Boykin j 5. Greenwood, Mrs. Cora S. Boykin j G. Kershaw, Mrs. Cora S. Boykin : n r* cj t>?1.:_ i. i ui A, mm. vuitt O. DU^KIII Mrs. Con S. Boykin, one o f the pioneers, and presidents of t h e Woman's Baptist State Convention,, 190G-25. The African stu| dent. Cora Boykin who was adopted by the Women's Convention was named for this sainted leader. 8. Chesterfield, Mrs. M. J. Ryan 9. Cherokee, Mrs. M. J. Ryan 10. McCormick, Mrs. M. J. Ryan Mrs. M. J. Ryan served from 1896-1899 as president of the Woman's Convention. f ' r _' " 'i ^ " PRICE: TEN "TENT8 -* CP Ex. Sec'y. To J ling In Columbia ^bvp|m i World War II while Walter White was in the European and Pacific ? theatres of war as a correspondent and consultant -on Negro troop morale; 1 *"* 1 _ 1 Wilkins has written' a "hu'mber of pamphlets and magazine, arti cles, and is author of one of Tfie chapters in the.book. "What The . Negro Wants," published by the University of North. Carolina Press. Wilkins was born in St. Louis Ja Mo., but was reared anil educated in St. Paul, Minn, where he finished the public schools and was . graduated from the Unviersity of Minnesota. He lives in New York where NAACP has its national headquarters at 20 West 40th St., New York 18, N. Y.J The First Freedom Fund rally sponsored by the S. C. NAACP Conference represented the late u aiier vvmie as speaker in J una 1954. f PLAN ILY " 11. Richland, Mrs. Rachel Robinson 12. Allendale, Mrs. Rachel Robinson 13. Lexington. Mrs. Rachel Wash ington Mrs. Rachel Robinson was a president of the Woman's State Convention 1899-1905 and was a pioneer in the cause of Christian Education. ? - _ 14T Charleston, Mrs. Connie Jones 15. Berkeley, Mrs. Connie Jones 16. Orangeburg, Mrs. Connie Jones Mrs. Connie Jones "served as President of the Woman's State Convention from 1925-1933. 17. Beaufort, Dr. I. P. Brockington 18. Chester, Dr. I. P. Brockington 19. Lancastex-, Dr. I. P. Brockington Dr. I. P. Brockington organized the Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention of S. C. in 1877. lie leaded in the organization o f the Woman's State Convention in 1888, and helped to found Morris College in 1908. 20. Dorchester, Dr. G. W. Raiford 21.,Hampton, Dr. G. W. Raiford 22. Jasper, Dr. G. W, Raiford Dr. Raiford was president o f the Baptist State Convention and one of the founders of Morris College. 23. Abbeville, Dr. J. J. Durham 24. Calhoun, Dr. J. J. Durham 25. Colleton, Dr. J. J. Durham Dr. Durham was president o f , -the-Stale M. & E. Convention from 1910-21. He also was a fou;nder of Morris College. 20. Florence, Dr. H. H. Butler 27. Bamberg, Dr. H. H. Butler 28. Barnwell, Dr. H. H. Butler 29'. Darlington, Dr. H. H. Butler 30. Marlboro, Dr. H. H. Butler Dr. H. H. -Butler, a great preacher, educator and Bapti$.t_ leader, a stalwart supporter of College since its founding. HtSifiv a s President of te Baptist Convention 1933 and Pres. of Morris College ' < 1946-48. *31. Anderson, Dr. J. J. Starks 32. Laurens, Dr. J. J. Starks 33. Oconee, Dr. J. J. Starks 34. Pickens, Dr. J. J. Starks Dr. J. J. Starks was President oi Morris College from 1912 to 1930. He did much to develop the educational and building program of the school. 35. Marion, Dr. E. M. Brawloy 30. Dillon, Dr. K. M. Brawley 37. Edgefield, Dr. E. "M. Brawley Dr. E. M. Brawley served as first President of Morris College, 1908 1912. He was a great scholar and pioneer. T 38. Georgetown, Dr. I. D. Pinson 39. Horry, Dr. I. D. Pinson ' continued from page 1 . -x? n