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With Governor Timmermai f.nd Johnston. h> -ay nothim f y?chiefs of Police and nro-whil fiance of the courts,- it is not lum element has felt free to ' Greenville. * Alter two weeks of invest Claude Cruell, 58-year-old up] farmer, it has been learned tl members were among the mo in the crime. Cruell said the men broke ii north of Travelers Rests, cha with blackjacks ajad sticks. T friendly*' with his white neig Turner" az tn? time.the beating oc( -caring for seven of the '1 nrm lice he left the children while . the hospital-. . . .." Greenville police began act suspects in the case, and thu with participating in the boa One of the suspects ? Aadmitted in a signed statemer that went to the Cruell horm president of'the "Ku Kliix K1 Several other suspects have of the Klan organizationThe Klan for a year or so Y eraV)l? revival in Gdeenvillc < stride the l>order between S close to the coast. Except for and cross-burning and the 1 dene any tiling to cause headl One other distressing Klan past year occured near Cam< masked men seized Guy Hub bandmaster, and severely flo ! . svmpathetc views on iptegra1 ; the case, but the county gran them charged with conspirac rights statute- As for the ott cnFihe charge from an offens of np to 10 years' imprisonni punishable by 110 more than ! meffct. t It cannot pass unnoticed th ville came at a time when Co diehard southern segregation " in the matter of non-discrimi Greenville law enforcemen seek a quick Indictment of tl case. It remains to be seen whet fare better than the Camden . . Klan, and see that justice is tfe- ' ' ' ' ' -r , THE . ? r.tto.TCeo&ar lmetto Printing Company, lnsoriptuuis. Your .'tor expiration date. . :? J f ? .. . ' * ' . ' drafts and Postal- or Express !e payable lo t.fic order of The >t responsible foV advance pnv- ?* distributors until the in .'iey is ication. Advance payments for direct to the PalnietHJ Leader , lit homed agents. I HE CRITELL CASE 1 and U. S. Senators Thurmond * . r of judges, niav'ors, - -sheriffs. te newspapers all shoutinjr er Greenville County Xegrd int a number of Kii Klux iKlar* b of 15 white men taking part N rito his home located four miles .imwl t;.. '?? 1 ^ 111 iv\i i tin ti iiim (tllll IH'ill llin'l pi hey accu-ed him of being "too m llbors, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood or Ih Mired, Cruell and his wife were ?r children. '1 urner. 3 i told pohe v i s i t e d his wife in ve' ... - >t}1< in# immediately to roundup vei is far have charged eight men . ling. ? . i " Marshall Rochester. 30 ? has e,e it that he was one of the group i and has identified himself as su an at Greenville." i.lv i also admitted being members jj(, tas been experiencing a censid- *ge County and other counties a- ja outh and North Carolina" and 't^( organizational activity, rallies a ike,- however, the Klan ha.su'' ines- '' .* lfhi -type of incident during, the* t len. where a small group of ?hins, Camden High School l 1- - - - i- - Kiiv.i mm oecause qtalleged ; is tion. Six men were arnifsted in of d jury refused to indict two of th? y to violate the stated civil j pl< ler four, the grand jury reduc-. ar e carrying a maximum penattyto? lent to one of simple' assault, He ?100 fine or 30 days' imprison- sit j tie at the Cruell beating in Green- be ngress, despite opposition from ! (b ists, was taking steps forward ' he. natory citizenship- . !vo t officials have said they willich he irten 'charged Tn the' Cruell de thi her the Greenville officials will ca officials against the resurgent es done- J an t .. \ lLMETTO LEADER^^ , / ^il( lr ? isSf -?w XJmi I -fr'A, % ; < i m - ' Vli/riilililg Tiy Roy Wilkin* ational Association lor th< For the first time in 87 : issed by the United ?tafes any civil rights measures llv to succumb to a Dixie lis bill met no such fate s i The fact that no filibuster d loped on t.he motion to take 1 ? bill (where it has always <3 loped in the past) is a tribu Xejrro voters in the Moventh< ction who demonstrated the xibility and determination pport issues rattier than hi in to support parties. The Xovei r election shift, coupled wi n pressirre?for a change in tl nate filibuster Rule 22 la nuary, awakened both parties tf foolhardiness of a filibust ainst takinp up the bill. T tpro voter of.n thank 'Mmse'** f p fact that there was no filibu I*. As passed by the Senate b not as s trope n ?neasuK" us v the National \.--?o',!- ion fi Advance . i '*n p* Colored Pe i want ai' i belie\ e the peop e entitled to. It has been sho its most effe<*'!'p element nvever, even in the Senate ve >n there are residual potent ia s for (a> increasing t.he nur r of Negro voters in the Sout > discovering whether, as hi pn claimed, the vast majority ting cases will he disposed of dl actions without a jury; ( termining whether or'not, f e official record, southern juri n render verdicts in voting ca on the basic of the eviden d the law; (d) investigation ai D CPCAk-5 CM 6E6RE6 AFTER ALL,WE'RE ABOVE Th CCMMON JslEGEO^HSS NO : CLEAN A-5?, : rco/v OR'UM ? CfrwsZfVM ?aVn.m juiini i. 0 ' *.. " . '? . ;' ' .. . ;. '. ? of Civil F . Executive Secretary/ ? Advancement of Colored Peoplt rears a civil rights bill hnrs been Senate. During this long period, have been pa-sed by the House filibuster in the Senate."j That n itself significant. exposure by the federal govern? mem of the deprivations of voting liu.'ns; ami (e) establishment of an effective and fully manned to civil lights . division in the Deer 'partmenc of Justice. Whet} I testified, on behalf of to the XAACP and 25 other organ;d zationp, in support of the bill before the subcommittee on const itutional rights of the Senate J uu4l dietary Committee on Feb. 15 ..j li'dT, I said: "Our immediate and overriding interest is in making ji vr start, in taking a first step tolle ward breaking the congressional stalemate through the enactment s. of a minimum meaningful bill." The bill which the Senate anjjj proved is not that bill. It is onviously minimum; yet) it is still Br meaningful in that it. gives cono_ gressional recognition to the right ,]0 to vote and provides the federal rn government wit.h the lnstrUhVents s< with which to enforce the right. r. Neither* the Senate nor t.hc House |j. version of the bill confers any new right. The bill, as ih stands li; today, merely confirms constituas tional rights and promises wider of implementation of these rights, in It is noteworthy that the .principal labor, civior -frateth'ml, nnd or majority group organizations es which, year after year, h a v e s- fought side b y side with the ce NAACP on all civil, rights issues, ad joined the Association in_ urging - Satqrdayr August 17, 4.957- ~ " " ^ ' ' J"' ATION wmL JMAJW ) lA\ON 4 CLEAN j JO--2&Jk r lights Bill 'Senate supporters of rivil?i itrV.:; ; to vote for. the bill in the hope J " that some, means will be found to 1 t strengthen it in the House." These ; organizatiions expressed their bitter, disappointment" that the hill , had been altered by the Senate, Further they declared: "The action of the Senate in de? ; leting Part III of the bill and at-taching-a jury- trial amendment to Part IV seriously lestrieted a program which was modest and moderate to begin with." Nevertheless, they agreed with the N'AACP that the important thing: now is to make a start. "Anv bill nasseii now will lw? beginning, nut the end. of our i struggle," the joint statement &sj sorts. "We. shall continue to det mand legislation implementing the Supreme Court's decisions against I segregation, ^foi- fair employment practices, for anti-poll tax law and other civil rights laws." If finally enacted, the hill plac ? itiJiiii me ieqerui government a responsibility to see that no qualified citizen is denied the light t:> 'vote solely on the basis of race ol* color. It also- place upon the NAACP. and other organized groups the responsibility to redouble efforts to expand Negro vote not only in those districts where it i? now restricted by discriminatory practices but also in other areas,both North and South, to the end that Negro citizens may participate fully in the electoral process and thereby enlarge their share of I The FBI has a frecord of 94 .% j convictions in cases brought to court.