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V VOL. XXX.?NO. 47. "V* | Educators To S^?. t Desegregation At I Noted educators, worth and south, will meet at the Booker T. Washington high school here Nov J ember 28 to December 1 for the 22nd annual convention 'of t h e < Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. _ Convention discussions- wiUdjwell ? ? 071 the theme "Critical Problems _ i-i the Kdncation of Negioes?ttt the Southern Region." According to Dr. I.. S. Cozart, president of Barbcr-S. '.ia College j '?> at Concord, N. C., r...d aecretarytreasurer of'the Association, the ' ? program this venr Knilf nunimid . \H' the same theme used last year, but with emphasis on the subject u "What is Being Done With Refer-* ence to the Supreme' Court Decision." - ? Many of "the convention speak( ' ers, he said are people "who have been doing things." Dr. Cornelius V. Troup, president of Fort Valley State College and president of the Associalton, will preside at the opening session when Dr. J.'Curtis Dixon, vice president and executive director, Southern Education Foundation, ij will deliver tlie main address Monday r.iglit, November 28. Dr. Iiufus E. Clement, president > of Atlanta University, will present the speaker. 'y'-l?In a panel discussion Tuesday morning Dr. B. R. Brazeal \vill preside as" four well known educators reveal -"Progress in the Implementation of the Supreme Court Decision." ' X Tho pannl will inelude Dr. John W. Davis, chairman, Department of Teacher Information and Security, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Dr. J. L. Wallace, president, West Virginia State College; Reverend Father ?Vancy, S. J., Spring Hill College; Dr. Charles H. Thompson, Dean o f Graduate School, Howard University, and Dr. Daniel E. Byrd assistant director of Teacher Infor-4 mation and Security NAACP, Ue? gal Defense and Education Fund. * In the Tuesday afternoon session Dr. Guy H. Wells, executive director, Georgia Committee on Interracial Cooperation, will speak. The primary theme of the convention_wilIJbe intensively studied during a symposium Wednesday morning with Dr..Troup again pre"The Story of Jesu . tional Use Of Com ?~~ "A reverent and moving acc&UllL ???of"t*Thfe"Sfbry'of Tesus" makes.use of the modern comic book technique and religious leaders are endorsing the trend to reach young f h?*nt!nrVi niotnvof vwl they understand." The publishers of CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED (Gilberton Company, New York) are publishing a first edition of a half milli >n copies of the 35 cent book, confident that religious leaders and the public will welcome their novel yetAdevout handling of the religious theme. The 9(1 page book ineludes~over 300 -full color pictures and is available at newsstands. More than five years were devoted to the preparation of "The _ Story of Jesus" by the publishers, the writer, Lorenz Graham, and the artists, William A. Walsh and Alex Blum. -Particular attention was paid to details. ReligiousTeaefers and historians were consulted to insure accuracy. Mr. Graham the editor, is a religious social worker in New York City specializing in work with young people and their problems. He believes that they will respond more je^ljjy to. religious, literature which is presented in the style and formant to which they are accustomed and accept. Associated With the Queens Federation of Churches, Mr. Graham, Ithe son of a minister, is a former missionary anti has be?n active.in. religious work through his lif^ He - is the authdt of several btheFTTooks for young people and believes that today's youth must he addressed in modern terms and techniques. Other CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED have made famous literary classics, including Shakespeare, available in comic book form, which have had wide acceptance from parents, edueatorsT and young people. "The ? Story of Jesus" will soon be pub-"" lished in England and is also being translated into the German, Dutch and the Scandinavian languages. ? A J ^ / Progress Of - . 1 Miami Confab ' ; ' HEADS ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES jl ; i I c I apq i |HHp K^j i Dr. Cornelius V. Troup, president of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, will , preside at the opening session of i the 22nd annual convention Xt ^1 fTember 2H to December 1 at the ! 1 Booker T. Wash'jigtoii high school!' in Miami. Dr. Troup is president . of Fort Valley State College, Fort Valley, Georgia. aiding and J)r^ James A. Colston; 1 president, Kn'oxville College, a si" moderator. Symposium speakers scheduled are Dr. Omer Carmichael, suporin- ! , tendent of Schools, Louisville, Ky.; ] Dr. Stephen J. Wriirht. presidmit 1 1 Bluefield State College; Dr. Ralph , j Waldo Long, president, Maryville ( College; Dr. Alonzo Moron, presi- j Hent, Hampton Institute, and Dr. j ' Guy B. Johnson. University of! j North- Cardlina. j ( int iiitiiquti session win o e ' held Wednesday, November 20 at i 7:30 p. m., in the school cafeteria. J, IIr. F. D. Patterson, director of ( the Phelps-Stokes Fund, w,fll deli ; vei the addf6Ss" T I Officers of the Association o f | Colleges and 'Secondary Schools j, are Dr. Troup, president; <C. W. j | ! Seay, principal, Dunbar high' i school, Lynchburg, Va., first vice prcsidonti Dr. H.?Liston,?presi- -j dent, Johnson C. Smith University, i pCharlotTe, N, C., second vice president, and Dr. Co/.art, secretary- i treasurer. ** is" Makes Excepic Book Technique -M-any-re) i g it> J V TcTi <Te rsTTn cTu d i ng j Pi .hop Edgar A. Love (Methodist) j Baltimore; Rev. Robert Y. Condit (Episcopal) president, Queens (NYC) Federation of Churches , i aim wunon r. .j. Aicnoison, C anadian Council of Churches, have ex- pressed keen enthusiasm about "The Story of Jesus." I)r. Daniel ; A. Poling (Christian Herald) said: "The Classics Illustrated edition of 'The Story of Jesus' is the sort of thing I have been waiting for. It deserves the j?success- I "believe it will achieve. It should he circulated - j on merit - in the millions. "I am happy that the manus- j in the classic King James ver, nacular, and that it tells that | immortal story, t.he greatest story ever told, without distortion or interpretation." . j A&T PROFESSOR PRAISED FOR WORK AT OAK RIDGE LABORATORY . . J^EENSBO?Or^.-e: ^(AtfPrp The Oak Ridge National Labora- j : j tory, Knoxville, Term., has for- i I warded a letter tb .North Carolina I college praising one of its faculty 1 members for his Work as a member < of a G2-man group of college ' teachers participating i*1 a.^ro-, 1 gram at the laboratory thisj "summer. " Prof. D. A. Edwards was commended for "the splendid cooperation and effective assistance which he gave on the program in a letter addressed to President F. D. Rluford. "J ' < The project, arranged through the cooperation j>f educational institutions, 4he Oak Ridge Institute"]^ of Nuclear Studies, and the Labor- , Htfiry, operated l>y~?(jnion Carbide Nuclear Co., aids college professors in gaining experience in the field of nuclear research. KfjiH col mi United Negro Collet lo Distribute $450,fl NEW YORK, N\ Y.,. NOVE.M- ' h 3IyR 17 - The United Negro Col- s cge Fund is wurrent'ly distributing ' o >450,000 to its member colleges for ! h jperating expenses, it was announ- ! n ed today by W. Jj Trent, Jr., ex- I c icutive diroctoj1. The- 1'oitrLb distrf- ' -p >ution made l>y t.be Fund t^jis year, t briiurs thetot-**! iilliyitod 111 li-ile?b 'or tilts purpose to 1 ;Oilli,.14X.0U, > Mr. Trent said. ' ,: [ ( Now in the final period, of its.-' :we!fth annual nation-wide cam- ' aaUuiun- suppoi t of private^at?-1' rwlit nil ?U the Uhitetf Negro t'ollege Fund is ' u'eking to raisle -$1,750,000 this ' ar. The goal represents approxi- " ely ten per cent of the col- j FT? .combined educational hud- ) i. , and is the amount needed to .1 ridge the gap between income v horn endowments, tuition. and'Xn .hureh hoard grants, and the act- t a ual cost of'operation. is The money will be used by the ii Ftgid's 31 beneficiary institutions C for such yearly expenses as facul- j t L-y?salartesr student "scholarship * e lid, library books, classroom and f c al.oratory equipment an*d student C Little Rock Opens I and Playgrounds T< ????'? ?r? LITTLE ROCK, ARK. (ANT)? c i'he harks" and Recreation Com- r mission of Little Rock announced iast week that they had no autho- n rity to prohibit anybody from us- "t~C 111 yr a public facility, including golf ,'i courses and playgrounds. j'e The announcement came after a o meeting to consider a ruling by the C. S. Supreme Coart that Negroes t cannot be barred from using pub- a lie recreation facilities. ! c The Little Rock commission '] ,-ited 11)54 policy decision in which v it declared that Negroes should lie i allowed to play on municipal gulf courses. . Elsewhere in the south, t h e j court decision was met with less r good-will. The citizens council of \ Pharleston, S. C., adopted a re- j. solution asking the state to close i Its public parks raihdr than oper- J ate them on a integrated basis, i. The council said, that "in our'si opinion both races, white and col- ( ored. could get along very well t without any state parks at all be- f cause only a very small percentage of our citizens now use these parks 1 anyway." j i The reaction from Virginia, \ Vice-President ! I ^ Dr. ('. A. Chick, Sr. * ""7* Dr. C. A. Chick, Si1, was .ejected I J rice president ji>7 the Nor th Caxu?i? ITna Negro College Conference at its thirtieth annual meeting Wednesday, November 16. 1 ?? tj Shaw University, Raleigh. Dr. Al-j bert Turner, Dean of the School :>f Law, North Carolina College at " Durham, was elected president of the aliovtt fonfprfinr trf distinguished-?irhnlaia. ----? i I NOTICE!!! 1 PINEVILLE, S. C.?The Anti- r och Bible Seminary for the preach- t era will open for class the first a Monday in Dec., 5th, 1955 with the ! v, Rev. L. W. Williams instructor of 0 Slimier, S. C. t Very?truly, n Rev. H. Hasgill, President Rev. I. L. Prioleau, Secretary a for the Institute of Pineville, s S. C. o ^ i % V mlmt IHIA. SOUTH CAROLINA, je Fund 100.00 . e-alth programs. Located in eleven outhern states where 73 ppr cent f college-age Negroes live* 'V ave a combined- student body cj f early 23,000 students, or 90 per ent of all Negroes enrolled i n In an effort to improve the T?.trfn vmitH the United Neirrn dilege Fund was founded in 1944. :ho first of the college groups.to. e formed for cooperative ? fundai*ing purposes, the organization irs?) aii'od?lj;i4.1'i:),TolJ.().ri to?date or operating purposes and $14,K7.95d.U0 "for capital improveuent/. Dr. I.indsjey F. Kimball, viceiresident of the Rockefeller Founlalion, is 1955 chairman. Serving li.'i Dr. Kimball are vice-chairlien Dr. T. K. Lawless of Chicago nd Daniel K. Koshland, vice-preident of Devi-Strauss & Company n San Francisco. John J. McCloy, Chairman of the Board . of the 'hase Manhattan Bank is treasurr, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. is han-man of t?he Fund's National Council. 'arks ) All rlississippi were what was expectd; theyc will be no mixing of the aces. ... Negroes use state parks on a on-seglegated basis in Tevns ami )klahoma; some cities in Texas lave opened facilities to Negroes ither voluntarily or -by court rder.. The re has no t_been JJre-same biberness over the new ruling that ittended the school segregation deision by tiie Sujireme Court, fhere are many cities in the South chore Negroes already use public (. creation facilities.' =? 111 iut>'.?, the Southern Regional Council said there were only 12 iark areas open to Negroes, i -n line states as compared to 100 f/u vhites. The states; Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississppi." South Carolina, Oklahoma, \rkansas. and Alabama. The cities will play an importmt part in the desegregation of daygrounds and' golf courses, since hey operate the majority of such acilities. One survey showed that Negroes lave some degree of admission, uslall.v on a segregated basis, t o yhitc recri'pt.ional areas in at least Hfla-of-t.he southern states. S. COLONEL DENIES COLOR tAK IN ENGLAND Iy R. Stepheson LONDON? (ANP) ?Colonel L B. Manson; commanding offier of the American jet fighter >ase at Manston, Kent, in an open etter to his airmen, has denied hat discrimination is practiced arainst U. S. serviceman in En rl a nil.. - ? ;? Col. Malison's letter was in aniwer to charges by New York Congressman Adam Clayton Povcll that there is discriniination igainsi Negro airmen in England. "Let me set you straight," the olonel said. "The U. S. Air Force las no color bar. I?~y.gu or y our riends feel you are heilifT dlsgrininated against I want to hear ibout' it. ""The mayors of local ' corn muniies have assured me that there is 10 discrimination under British aw, and that local authorities will lot tolerate deviation from this aw. - . "''Every person in this place has in equal right to enjoy the faciities* in the-neighboring towns as ong as he behaves himself." "The major of Margate, Aldernan Lieut. Col. Charles S. F. Vitts, commented "I was glad t o iaar-aLowL-the letter. There fs~no" nlnr bar haiW ->--= -y .INCOLN C PROFESSOR C.ETS ?OST ON STATE BODY JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.?INFO >r Milton G. HardinTan, head o t he Department of Fbreipn Dan- j :uapes at Lincoln university here, /as recently elected vice-president f the Modern Language Associaion of Missouri, the school has an- ( ounced. Dr. Hardiman was elected at the ssociation's annual convention i n it. Louis last week. He will take ffice in 1957. t? " *tto 1 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2b," Western North Care Closed Successful S ASHKV1LLK. X. C.?November" 1! 20?A p po in tin en ts for" the lour'disr 11 "Tncts of Western North Carolina 1 Annual Conference of the Second A ' Episcopal District of-African Me- I j thodist-Episcopal ihuich "were read ( j ivt ?he close of Tile final session 1 of the conference on Sunday alter- ( j noon by -BishopFrank Madison ' i Reid. ' .A The five day sessions which lie- m Kan Wednesday November 10 were held at St. James AMK church. ^ Reverend CVC. Scott. entei lainirie . ; pastor. Many high clnirchmen and | ! general offi< ers participated i n ^ the deliberations during the sess- j I ions.- . - j, Rishon Frank Madison Reid. ore - - v ! sidintr tor,the.Xiriil?time-over a j |mrt of the*, second Kpiscopal Pis! triet, since th?' passing of Mishap j. L. II. Hemihyway, read the .follow- ^ j iny appointments: . " i i. DURHAM, Rev. JJ.L Davis, Sr.,1 y 1 Presiding Elder: St. Joseph, Dur-j ham. D. A. Johnston; St. Paul, [Chapel Hill, T. P. Duhart; Rox- ? ! boro, A. M? Jones; Graham Circuit,j T. W. White; Saxapahaw, S. C...j j; I Stroud; Hillshoro, A. J. I.Ioluion; c. i Klland Circuit, S. G.: Tliompkin; , ^ Milton, 11, P. Pickett; Roiuremont ^ ,'Circuit,~TV R. Spencer; Yancey- ( j villi.*, D. Davis; Emanuel, II. J. ( j Jeter; Mary H.^Shephard Temple, . q ' J. C. Cross. v I GREENSBORO DISTRICT, Rev. \ i D. "Williamson, Presiding: Elder:I A [-Bethel. Greensboro, M. C. Swan; St. Y James. Winston?Salem, ~fn M.r \Y Thompson; Union liethel, J. R. II : Annual Statewide G Day on Lincoln's Bi ? I. S. Leevy, President of the | of South Carolina; Ine:, annouiu I Good Citizenship day on* Lineo | 195B in f riliimliin ytCTT j Clubs is the formulation of a ' in South Carolina. Leevy says registration and voting of our participation and employment ( mental agencies in South Caroli I bring the New emancipation b ' State Legislature, by^ petitionin on Boards of Education. Trust* Schools, Grand and Petit Juries . h&A?_?o do^wfth the^weTran^ ol' ; CouJity,* City, Town or communi The year 1956 challenges us i of our government from Preside cinct chairmen. Let us meet tht The time of our arrival, canm world know. We arg on our way LKNCOLN 1CMA.\( ;|Pj* The Importance of I Legal Defense Fund By A. Maceo Walker President tl National Insurance Association v Are Metroes tree* to vote as they l. please in all sections of the Uni- ii ted States? y - F public schools and colleges in all ections of the United States? tl Are Nop rocs free to enjoy a 1 1 h; recreational facilities' supported l?y?sa public funds ? hi The answer to those questions is s\ .in emphatic "No." The United States is the great- ly "est democracy on earth. Vet, i n di many areas (the State of Mississ- . gi ippi is an example), Negroes are th denied the right ttf vote. s,\ The right to vote is the inal- gi ' ienable right -bf all" citizens under - la a democratic (form of government, ni Until all qualified Negro voters fa ire granted this rigid, .everywhere w in the United States, we are i^n need of tlie'NAACP Legal Defense eel and EdueationaT Fund. ' * All Americans' who love Demo- w eracy, White or Negro, and most fo certainly all Negroes, should con- or tribute to the Legal Defense Fund, co The -May?L7r"in54' decision and ty the May 31, 1!>55 implementation be order of the Supreme Court a r e pi great and unnreeedentod victories, cm Many of us are under the impress-, ion that there was an absolute no finality involved. This is not true, as This is the only the starting point, or Some of our Southern governors go have pledged to fight to the last or ditch. In some instances, it will h e fe: necessary that the NAACP legal a Defense Fund .press suits county in by county and city by city. This j.u will be not only a long but a very "J costly project. Many thousands of Xj dollars will be required to press no: . I eabei 195 5 ilina Conference ession Irhljrc. Ut'i<lsvi|!?'. Iv .1?. f* 1 i( ~; St 'iuil St. A-i-ry;? .1. T.?fratrratoh; turljii^lofi ('ii'cuit, ('. H.- Malloy; Utamahaw Circuit, J. A.' Hunter; .ilierty Circuit, A. i)ilui>rth; S. rccn>linru, J. U. Cheek:- Hie;! 'oint. I.. Stephen: Oak Iticiyariai'liiiptun ( l.; rt >. .Foster:Persimmon (?ri?ve ft, !. L. Johnson: < 'onforenvc' I-Xanelist. AtHert Kittson. MOItCAXTON IMSTItHT. Itev ^T^vVt-SI I-W*trt.-}-^rr' ^TITTI ' I;t" mi <1!IilJH-!. AinrJ-anViii. W. \ 'ajse; St. James. Asheville, C. ( irott: Bethel, ('harloMe, 1'. o antes;' St. Haul. I.rnoir. M. 'I 'Inllips: Ml. I'istrah, Hickory. <i V. Trouhlefiehl; Shilo Circuit, A .. White; Mars ilill ( ircuii. II. 1*. IcDonahl; l?ridKi*\vater Mission M. .leiHM'ct'tv; ^Yadkin Vulles lission, J, I). H. Smith; St. .lames !. A. Williams; Connelly Spring? fissions, A. Gathers. RALELGH DISTRICT. Rev. G. S !ant, Presiding Elder: St. Paul [aUdgli, L. S. Penn; St._Matthe\v taleigh, R. 1,. Upsaw; Method (,'ir nit, Nathaniel Gaylani; Pittshon ircuit, C. W. Parker; Sanfoi< Circuit, J. S. T. Decker; St, Johr ircuit. E. E. Worthy; I.aurinhur;j ircuit. J. I). Cowan; Zion Chape ircuit, Rol>ert LeeSane; Lincoln ille Circuit, J. D. Tread well; Eric [ills Mission, To Re Supplied pex and Roylan Mission, E. A I elver; Kittroll College, H W risner; - Conference Evangelist, .J V Garrett. ood Citizenship rthday, Feb. 12th Lincoln Emancipation Clubs os the Annual Statewide, ln's Birthday. Siindny, PYb re objects o 1' the Lincoln Two Party Political System 5 that One hundred percent people, with an eye toward )f our people in all governna, is a great need. Let us v nlacintr?ret^resenhi+inn in iff-for Negro representation >es Hoards d f the Public .. and-aU-other nomTtirThTTT all t htr people in e.v e'r y ty in the State, in the election of all ollicers nt of the U. S. down to Pre challenge. >t be stated; but let the me-N-ehUiis.m1. LEKVY, President the NAACP v lese suits. This is. why it is s c itally necessary that we really i the support of the NAAl'P egal Pefense Fund with oilr ^ifts i money, large and small. The and is i n need of money. Lip *rviet' viill not accomplish the "job. It i> a sad and lamentable fact >at the Southern governors ^who :iye pledged tn fight in behalf of m legated?schools?rtrr hardc.-f uve provided the poorest school ; steins for Negro children. Inferior education has been large the mriiiis (along with job scriniination) of keeping the Nero a second-class citizen. That is to reason why segregated school stems must be abolished. A sutegated school system will always inferior. This has been true for nety years. There is no basis of id to support the statement that e ean have "sepa rate ITuf' eijuaT." Ouj; children must have equal lucat-ioHr ' The time has huff? since passed hen a child, poorly equipped i n rmal training, can compete i n ir advanced civilization. It is homing inore ^JUliimure?dif fieul t ^pulI ourselves -U otstraps unless we have the oper educational background. We nnot fail our children now. The fight for full citizenship has if been won and will not be won long as Negroes and other mijiit.v groups are discriminated a linst in any phase of our d?moatic way of life. While theTTAXCP ' Lepal Pen?e Fund can' proudly point t o h?np line of continued success cases in its strUpgTc for ,requal sticc under law," our old man im Crow" is not yet dead. The \ACP ^epal Defense Fund and ne of us can afford to relax r -? f Lawmakers Map S Bitter Civil Rights 1 . . '-WASIUXCTOX 1 Wl'i - -Ti' ' ; hotte-t; TTvTl rijth.1-Wattle1 i.\ inai.v ; years is in the making' for. t h <j : ; next session,.of ('uiin'W| . a-?-a -ini" to info-finalion reloa.-^I !?y ?'?i n Li ltapio-antat i-ve un<l_. one?Sen;?n>T7 , ('onirressnlen Afla.ni Plavnn ~ J'n-.rell (1J-NV t. ' ( h:u 1. T) - (1 -.M i(-}i-1, .lani' .- i'1" -< \ 'I--. , ' aaii'iv I lu'.-ii S'-ot'. > It-1'a.' ;wiU' all anno ini-eO j ian"I'm- a : ?ji-o;it iutllr" to- seej.re ? :51 i.i;rV.*- !lil. m! H. I t * I I !. M:.yi . I I i-N V i a! -o "saiti hi w.i11.--?pa---:rjr? af a live-point civil rights , pi-oprani in the Senate 'luring tin- i n \t- 'session: Powell a!inonnee<I tliv oiyvani/.a- < * i??ri of a formal "<;ivi! rijrJtl 1.1?n-" < ' -n 1i... 11,. , . ii.. i... : i,;i 11. ' Miiiy- Wood <>f Alabama Stair j College' a> full time* staff <-o-oi<I5 fiator of tiii- lilur. Tin- New Vol I. Jtepresentative saiil that when Congress .convenes On Jail. 1 "Ave -will have ready a hi. ; partisan system" which %vill command support on all civil rights , matters. ) * ( . Powell-estimated that Lr>0. inoitilji'i's of the House wii 1 he included in the group. ' , i Lehman said lie plans his fignt. ^ . to assure Negro*-* and 'other nun--. oi;i.ty groups r,e<piul human rigV.s. . "calling it "one of the most important tasks we face for the sake \ | of our national prestige abroad , and Tor out- sense of -t ran solidify | ' and -einiity at home." v? Lehman revealed his program in a speech to a civil right-s?meeting ] sponsored hy the National Trade 0 .?Union Comnrirted-!or IT'acial Just- , , ice. The* program includes: 1 A .U.l 4~ -.a 1 -. ...... .... lw .-(.("Ul j districts which try. t'T evade the . Supreme_Cqtn;t decision outlawing racial scjffcegation. ' 2. Federal legislation n ' t M?'"'^ ' law) to curl) conditions which i "made possible such tragic and shameful incidents the murder of i Emmett Till" and the "actual ac- j cfuittal of his assailants." J i I 3.Federal laws protect ing-soilders t< of^a "minority -race -arrd Tiational jj Special Session Va. Called To Consider RICHMONf), Va. ?('ANI1) ? .1 Public criticism of the Gary com- \ mission's report has set the stage for what promises to be a spirited ' ileUat-o in thp?f'arv. 30 special session of the Virginia General Assembly. called bv Gov. Thomas P>. Stanley as the first stop in,n ppopu&exi program to avoid pifMic t school integration. ( Stanley issued the call for the ~ extra session" of the Ji*54 legisla- t ture to approve a constitutional \ ban on using public fund? for pri- 1 vate education. \ Meanwhile. legislators general- i !y approved the commission's recommendations fur the- cunstitnt- : iohai change. Itt;t some i;eso.rva- ( tion.-, mostly -front the Northern Virginia and Norfolk area, inelud- t e?I fears the Vbmmissioh's program i would I'hdanger" public education. c There, was some criticism, too. s of the plan to limit tnitiot."grants to students \vij,o would attend hoti- > sectarian piivate seJbools. v Robert Whitehead. an anti-or j ganizntion delegate*. from Nelson i County, t o o k t.he commissions report apart,..piece by piece. 1 and expressed doubt's as to how the I commission headed by State Senatotv (iarland (iray proposed to ac- ( coTTTplish its purpose in^ JUie, face |< i-oiistPin!ional requirement bt tin t "the tloneial- Assembly "s.hall f establish and maintain an efficient f system of public- free schools thr- 1 oughout the state." . V , The (iray commission made no I proposal to alter ur reptsaP this -ft this reuuii oiiiutUi although it urged ..udapiion--ef--? policy?KtfiT vv"<7fiT<f ! permit abandonment of public A schools. y Tn Norfolk. State Senator Ed- Iward L. llreeden Jr. said he op- l< posed effecting -any changes i n c th?? Sstnfp fnncf if nf f^ 4 cial integration in public schools until, with the help of God, \vg see, the end pf segregation and .Tim Grow. 1 h Let us all contribute to t h *4*j| NAACP Legal Defense and Educa- ' S tional Fund!! Send yhu eontribu- S I . j tions today?Now. The address~ts e J 107 West 43 rd Street, New York' o arv M Y. - rrrrr^rrrrr^ PRICE: TEN CENT! . trategy For Battle ??? i &im who art* att&cted in some :?-uf-tbe-eottntryr?!? 1 " ? i. A compulsory Fair Employment. Practices Commission. . ' "..-Lcgislat Unj-lo-set up a federal flerforal commission to "insure 1 cry individual in every part, of i? < land liit.' light to register and T~ vole !'recl.v%without intimidation or "*i < urn of any kind. J - - A Ationg-tr?he promised to press hard lor passage of the bills, Loh"i'"i-said he had little hope of sue pi?the IdH designed 10 " i-roi.ee; minority group soilders. On another front, Clarence Mitiv.ell viiief of the Washington bureau of tiic XAAGP, lias announced an atenijit to. organize a group of congressional leaders of both part .es lo? tin. civil rights fight. He said Powell, Diggs, Roosevelt and 'Scott, will spearhead the drive. t i secure recruits for. the program r.adi lias accepted the responsibility of acquiring the support of at least 15 otl .it member* of tho House.-, 7 . IVntchrtl 5>atcl a different plan will be tried in the Senate, but ad- . ilc(i thai 'l>r is not at Liberty to .? , v, leVeal the details. . r l'.iw.ll told 'reporters that ho plans to reintroduce his non-dis* crimination amendment t o the school- aid bill when it comes up in the nex't session. ' He said he is going to ask that nohe of the $5 million recommended for aid to schools be used In district, s- 'ahirh insist" on maintaining segregation for the next five years. Poweji .inided . that- he-might introduce a provision to the amend.lieni?a-k+ntr-thaC~tr"etudai n "portion >f the school fund he placed in receive to aid those schools which night decide during the next five .ears" to comply with the integration decree. Civil rights hills have been talk- _____ ?d to death bj. filibustering Senators from southern staves. Powell has been-one of trie strong est advocates of the anti-lynch bill and a permanent FEPC. He has received strong aid from Diggs, .vho served his first?form?$?n ~ asts e s si on. ? Legislature Integration ivithout having them passed by the .otcrs of Virginia. If the special session approves 1|V l~iw- ;""p f,.i. -rTVrrg'HTTiriy.np| ~ (invention. voters throughout the itate wi!] be able to make their iews felt twice before the Legisatur'e .has an opportunity to ttet ort *? Tii- substantive proposals of the Iray commission. ?-? The in'o.iiie first would say whe-? her a limited constitutional con rntion should be held. If they arreed to this procedure, they later vould elect thejr own delegates to nnke t'ne proposed changes. If both of these requirements t h e tonera! Assemljv next spring vould be handed a package of de ailed legislative bills designed to '_p- O's.ll'd ton rtii|lllJIH? - ' ourt's ruling against public ichool segregation. The Virginia Conference of t.he CAACP has. already-indicated i^t v ill' carrv th.< r-nmnucU,,..'.. rani to court in an effort to lLive ; ruled illegal. TSli KGKF. VICE PRESIDENT O \ IS IT INDONESIA Tl'SKEGEE INSTITUTE ? ANTi ?Dr. I. A. Dorbipny, vice- * iresilient of TusTiepee Institute, is n leave; in I >ecemWr -for' DJiSkara, Indonesia. whei'c he will con(l with members of the Tuskepee 'earn which is working there in onneotioh with the project for mprovitip Vocational Education in hat country, ' The piojec?r^whick_-is sponsored iy the International Cooperation Administration, was initiated two cars apo hy President Luther H. 'oster. A half dozen experts seeded by Tuskepee from its faulty and elsewhere afe directing ? ire project;?? ICC OFFICIAL NAMED TO NTEGRATED ORG ANIZATION HIGH POINT, N. C. (ANP) ? lorth Carolina college announced week that Dr. Benjamin F. mith, librarian of the James E. hepard Memorial Library at the ollepe, has been named a director f the North Carolina Library Aaoeiation which met here reca&Uy.