The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, February 19, 1955, Image 1
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VOL. XXX?NO. 7
's Impressive Attend.
| Lincoln Day Celebi
>S H1NTON CALLS FOR
COUNTY ORGANIZAI
E '
The Lincoln Dav celebration
sponsored in the Allen university
. -auditorium, Columbia on Feb. 12,1
L_h v the Lincoln Emancipation j
Clubs, Inc., ofSouth Carolina, 1..
Leevy, president, drew large J
rcnresohtnfirm f
? . iiinujr [miVS |
of the State, t .h c registration
showed Registrars lis'e! vepvc-!
sentative from 2" . ; cbun-'
ties, -? =
I Feature of the meeting Wiethe
keynote address by James M.
Hinton, president of'the S. C.i
? Conference of NAACP, and thej
temporary organization of delegates
by counties represented. i
Hinton finalized his dynamic
address by declaring that durj
chief' busniess of the day is to]
get more and more people registerad
and out to the p o l'i s on
every election day. Four hundred
thousand Negroes voting intelli-'
gently in every ejection would;
change the minds and campaign I
speeches of politicians very quick
ly, Hinton asserted.
Declaring that he is a "Demo^l
crat and intends to remain one,'
Hinton said that there is ample
room in South Carolina for all,
political a c t i. o ji. organizations j
-fchould aim for full registration
Of their members. He charged
?the^ Lincoln clubs and similar organizations
to open their rolls to'
both races and to raise money to
assist worthy candidates, H e
scathingly denounced 'misleaders'
.who sell out their followers, and
individuals \vho sell their votes t
for ""a. dollar or" a half pint."
Sthte Club President. Leevy
gave some interesting sidelights
pon early citizenship problems fac-1
ed by Negroes, particularly those
that arose because action taken!
(InVing the lien Tillman RegfmeT1
and expressed joy that Negroes
have continued to face upward
f . - -
una onward toward full citizenship:
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Leevy also suggested a county
Negroes To Gain I
Merger, Leaders S
MIAMI BEACH, Flu. (ANI?)?
: Negro labor leaders agreed last
? week that the decision for merger
of the CIO and the AFL
would be a boon to colored workers
as well as the entire talJOT"
movement in the United States.
Negotiating committees of the
_ two unions met here last week
and agreed on the merger whioli'i
I has been rumored for sometime.
(Before it will become final, both
nati rnal conventions of the unions
will have to ratify it.
However, last week's action is
i expected to he continued without
| difficulty, for leaders in both
. unions long have expressed a dcI
sire to bring about unity, so that
| woi !:ers could present a unified
\fvo\ t to the nation.
I.abor leaders?Negroes as well
<J as Whiter?have said that the 15
million workers in the two unions
~"j wor ld**he i v a better position- to J
j bargain under one banner than
thev now are under two.
The ? colored leaders maintain
that unity is good for the labor
mo ement and what is good for
all labor is good for the Negro
worker. Those who have made
statements on the proposed merger
Include Willard Towsend, International
president of the United
Transport Service Employees,
CIt), and Charles Hayes, director
of pistrict 1, United Packinghoi
Workers of America, CIO.
The Black Worker, organ of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
*. .. --is* i u., a r>v,:is? ?
i Lt;i 5f euiicu uy SI. I III1I|J JX.CXIIloh,
president of the internanpl,
also commented on the
rger.
I'owsend said in part: iThe
bringing together of these
ong organizations is designed
place the American workers in
much hettter bargaining posimJnsofor
as it relates tcr tho
economic, social and political a<T^
[vaneemenfc of t h e American
forking men and women,
"The "Negro has become 'tfflST-'"
Rratfd into the main stream of
organized labor; therefore, h -e
will enjoy the same gains as other
-vvrtr^Ara
?"With?th?. /'pnitiined power 6P
both organizations, the struggle
/
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t-5? :
aisi; At
rt ? in '
4? )0 NEGRO VOTERS
riON PLAN INITIATED
plan by which clubs would mee
preferably ut the county cour
houses at sometime during 41
last week in eiu.h month so thi
plans coul I be laid for the voti
1 registration on each first Mm
<^ay?Leevy listed the Lincoln Imancipatioiil^Proclamation.
t h
.Waring decision against t h
??. " -...I
|/t|iuuit), LUC UIIUII
-HWys?UtS,?Supreme Court dot
i-.'on < ' last May 1.7 as the grc:
milestones in ri izcnship progre
of Anjerica ail I in* Negro peopl
vHinton and Leevy showed
g-.vc-v 't that 'the second eniai
ciprt'oy is to |'e found at the bn
.lot 1. : :nd that the desire
full hi' ' ' e 111 t be born a.
reniai : ' ufii'le within every pe
son who pfOjA-i l,. evaluates H
' hian? dignity and constitution
-liberty for all men.
The Lincoln Clubs will oelebra
the 147th birthday of Abraha
Lincoln in Columbia, February 1
1936. Plans are to .have ,evoi
county in South Carolina organi
'eiLTuLy by?that time.?lVi sui
who are interested in those plai
should contact Mr. Leevy at 18:
Taylor Street, Columbia,
LINCOLN CLl'lI. MEETING
EEBIU AKY, 27
The temporary officers of tl
Lincoln Emancipation club o
i.iciiland county have announce
the first regular meeting of tl
organization to be' held in t.!
chapel of the Leevy funeral lion
on Sunday, February 2.7, at fui
o'clock. Later meetings will ; 1
held regularly at the. Kichlai
county courthouse, ? _j
The Reverend II. O. Ilass, -pa.
I ir of Sidney Park CMf5: churt
will speak fb TRe group, ITT
plans for t.he immediate mont'
ahead will be outlined by club o
ficiais. The nublic is invite*! m
all persons interested in politic
action are urged to he present.
}y AFL-CIO
ay
-fur civil rights?will therefore I
stepped u p , immeasurably; <
course, the challenge for stronj
er and more alert Negro leadei
shin must be fully recognized
?Tn~ the January -Issue?of TV
Black Worker, an editorial prai:
ed the proposed merger but poin
ed out the need for some chanj
es. It said:
"Now. a unified labor mov<
ment will still need to be proddo
to the recogniton of the necessit
of cleanlng- its house entirely <
the virus of racial discriminate]
for the I?ig Four brotherhoods i
the railways will come into ti'
larger federation with- color clau;
es in their constitutions and
long practice of discrimination :
gainst workers because of rat
and color. We are confident thj
when all of labor is united undt
one banner, problems of this soi
can be corrected, so that lain
may march forward to a bettc
tomorrow, dedicated to the cau.of
democracy, freedom and peace
Hayes of the Packinghous
Workers sees in the merger
chance to speedup the Negro
fight- for complete equality.
"Let's* put it this wayi," he sail
"Unity of the AFL and CI
means, among other things, th<
the goal of Negroes in Americ
"for complete- unconditional equal
ty can be won even sooner tha
1063, the date set by the NAAC1
"It means the bargainin
strength of 15 mifiion workei
can be used to press forward t
wipe out every vestige of discr
mination, segregation and unequs
pay. It seems that Negro wome
who?represent growing labc
force can secure equality wit
workers throughout the countr;
ii trie principles ot equality upo
which the new movement is foun
?d, are carried -tmV :
The labor leader, howeve
pointed out that the Negro ca
not sit back and feel secure tha
-iiv the merger all his problem
will be solved. Hayes says b!i
merger imposes a responsibilit
on the colored worker to becom
a member of a union. And, h
uddeti, if he already is a mombtu
Continued On Page H
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' DR. BENJAMIN E. MAYES TO j V
Sl'EAK IN FLORENCE ' 1
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5- - The- Horenee branch . ?d tin- '
n- \ACP is sponsoring l)r. I'.i-i;i.
K. Mayes*, to terminate n
.':n)i?fshvp dt'i'.c. In., Mayes, nit?
.1 international personality. Prc-ir
dent%cf Morehouse College. minis-_
u- tor, lecturer and- author, needs no
nl introduction to,-Small- Carolinians
ar well as any other State ill those
to United States, lis v.iil speah at
m Trinity Rnptist Church, Sunday,
2, February 27. 1055 at -1:00 I'M.
y Dr Mayes* appearance lorn in
'/ - Florence is an effort not only to,
t.'i ppru'jrago - ini'iidnu . I'.ip?w 1' h?ah*
NAACP, hut to evaluate lite liio*1
rits of this organization in . its aim
to continue tin* great and beneficial
advancements of the NK(JRl)
'1o attain the respect of a First
rClass 'Citizen.
An offering for the Fighting' j.
Fund for Freedom will l.e ace pled.
!0
f CEORCIA PRINZE HAIL MA- i
" stnvst ni'l'V II'VAI. DI'Fl'NSI j
M- SPECIAL FI ND lCUSINC
10 DRIVE WITH $?i,500 Feb. 11. 'V.
If.
1'' N F. \y YORK ? 01 a m 1 Mas t-. r
1l'" John 1 )ohl(s 77T the "Co'ii'g'n PC.i
^ Hall Masons' gave a l?ig?pu.-h to' J
- 4 . 1
NAAi P Legal I)t fci'.sc and |
Educational *: Fund 1 specs. I
'I fund raping canipsi gn ln< . w. <
with a check fur :'?>.5pti.H) Gvrtt
i" " .'rrisilict'op Ma '?i
Thy Legal Defense 19a" special
N campaign began February. 5 and
,l will continue for thirteen weeks,
i It has the support of the. entire
| Netrro press with SI members of
the National Newspapers P.ih!
hers Association, plcdj::iittr extensive
drives. Grand
Master Dob!), and the.
Georgia Jurisdiction Ma* awv?iov
e annual contributor-: to NA.D'i' 1
if Legal Defense and Kdueational
- Fund. The Prince Halt Mason?
i- contribute S-b.noO annually to I.cgal
Defence and uiaiiualne - ? ':<?
h??P-t4++ce?Mall?ilasuiis !.) - :.! Re- _
* ; search Department.
t-i Leaders in the religious, hibof
I . - . ., !
j- and business fields w.l. contiiouj
weekly article* on why the Legal. 1;
Defense should be sappurleu. 1
,f]. :
>' E ARTH A K ITT, LPSET. FLE1>
>f: FROM STAGE
n'i
,fj NEW. VORK (A N"P ) lenni
10' the classic adage, "the show rnu t
c"' go on," Earl ha Kilt, la t week .
ai fled from _the stage ?! 11 sti*jT a *
l* I presentation of "Mrs. I'at.ei s< i."
:e i here.
lM . According to members of t
JVj cast, the siiltra singer w.ko rky|-t
j rocketed'--to- fame two y etuis -iivr*
>r~Tosr T-<>liriTol" of Irerself :-ayirg sr.:"
!r | "could'ht do it again," ai;d "1
!? can't face them."
' ! Some IHiO patrons at tlit? XL.iC
ional theatre wore given a n\uiid
a of their money.
s j Miss Kitt, meanwhile, reported- I
I ly is under the cariTTif three <!Tii> =
i.; toI^~ j |
U; According to Leonard Sil.ma: , ?
H producer of the play, the star's j
a 1 lawyer said she was "emo? ionaliyJ
1- t upset," Tint "that??woutl h c 11!
able to go on the next night.
"
.J VIRGINIA MEDICAL GROl I'
0: ACCE1TS FOl'R NEGROES I
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ilj RICHMOND, Va. (AND)?The!
n Medical Society of Virginia v:
j.J week admitted its first Xegin <,i
I,t physicians. fcS?
i A . --I - - 1 - - 1
u!\vas made possible last November!.?1 j
j after the society voted to delete pj
_ t.he word "white" from its meni-' si:
p- bernhip?requirement. j?
nl & Although four Negro physLoin^vv it
j*| were reported gecepted last we^":,, tv
JL.JIO Jliimes wore iPV.-aled Unwove -I
e! one of them is a meniher of the 1>
v) Albemarle County Medical So- ,>
e ciety, w.hich includes mostly Chnv- at
e lottesville doctors, two are ivi?m- p>
Iters of the Frederick hurt; Modi- IP
* cal Society and the tour'TTr-p?t?~t 1 o 1.1
Alexandria Medical Society. lev
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.eater
195."?
Minister Wins
Honors, City's?^
Heart
- Kvansviile. In.l.-ANIMtev. Ford!"
minislor of Alexander j
vij.pil AMI> Church, along \s ith j
i hpersons,' received th">
Certificate of Merit from
i11e -junior Chamber of Commerce.
?e i ' 11 if fii 'timo a N'egro ha:. 'oeeii
so honored. '""f j"
Ii?.v. (lilt-on accepted the awani
before more .'-than 250 JCG nieniKei-s
ifs a hdsfr of city :
dignitaries* Harold Yates, p.resi .>:
-1 'tlie-.?CC made tire presi'ii-;
iution " . i
^yauncPTt^^^nfyo^TfTTT^TTofiTTn^
.5 ;he Kvansviile Housing Author
y. the 'minister previously serv- j
d on the school hoard screening]
committee,
in ertrng Kev. liibson, Yates!
, i
aid in part:
.."His'task' fls the firhf Negro to
msopre a member of the Scvrool
Hoard Screening Committee was
> unique Yfitd outstanding that It
led him again to he the first Nero
to become a member of the
Kvansviile Mousing Authority.
His Human Relations Radio' pro-'
iri'jim has done much to improve j
lin1'1 relations?and to put people
16 Clinking. *4 ' ~' j
Celebrities from all walks of
lil'e honored the bjilliaht ininisLer.
Telegrams from .. President
lyisenliower, Vice-President Nixon
'lev, George Craig and many
it hers were read.
Greetings were extended from!
Tie .Ministerial Alliance,?NAA('P,-i.
A ansvillc Council of Churches, j
ft i-State Community association \
ind vanotls Other lalnii, fij'tcnial;ti:d
Civic groups. ? .
Rev. Gibson was trained in J
luropVan and American universiies.
Scott, Lawhorn In
2 Piano Concert
'The Allen University Department
of Music will present Felicia
Scott and John B Lawhorn in
a Two-Piano Concert, 'SundayFebruary
26, 1955 at (5:00 p.m. ?
Miss Scott, a student at Allen!
University, has appeared on teleci-tcion
xi nrJ rnrlin ni'fHTi'nmc.
has been studying piano since the,
tigejof seven and has shown de- i
finite promise of a brilliant future:>n
the concert stage.
Mr. I.awhorn, has appeared in
.'oncerts throughout the Southern, j
Midwestern, and Eastern States,
utd has been enthusiastically accepted
in Canada. Mr. La-whorn re
.eived his' B. S. degree from Dana
Music School in Youngstown, Ohio,
and his M. A. degree from Colum- j
Ida, University. He haa been in-,
*tructor of piano and band at
Allen University for the past five
years.
Miss Scott and' Mr. I.awhorn
nave chosen a well rounded pro-!,
nam w ith numbers ranging from j
lassies to modern.
There will he no charge of ad- |
mission. The public is inivted to at]
tend
Orlando W'ootcn !
MIUDV WHITE ( HI ID H
DDHI'S MK1D,K"
t;n k knsborotx. ~c.~?tanimj
Two religious groups of different
racial backgrounds get together in1
this Southern town and worked
out a merger plan whereby the two
organizations may hold join session
under one roof.
I no two groups are me Megro-*(5reon>horo
Ministerial Alliance,
and the white Greensboro Minis- .
tors A ssoriafion- 1
- The merger notion was "announ- j
ood l>y tho Roy. Frank C. Smath- (L
ors, pastor of (frace Methodist
ohuroh hero, wht) stated the groups '
will hold a joint "luncheon mooting
March 7. Thereafter, said Rev.
Smothers, tho groups will moot
jointly, every other month. 1
Final -action on the merger will
rome this fall, when terms for of- i
fleers of both groups" will expire
Rev. Smathcrs said both bodies.,
roted without dissent to iin pie- !
nent the fall merger.- ?'?
singing an equal number of orches- j
tral eoncerts and recitals.
While she is under the managenent
of impressario Sol Hurok,
.his tour was arranged through the 1
London office. This marks Miss 1
Dobhs' first trip to Australia. Al- i
ready, enthusiam is being expressMi
over the signing of the rising
,-onng linger Cor the trip. i
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Senator Thurmond
90 Per Cent Farm ?
STATEMENT BY SENATOR ^
S I ROM TIIL KMOM) (D-SC) j c
IRON IN1TI10I)I CT10N OF 90 j ji
PER CENT FARM SUPPORT j s
BILE ON SEN ATE FLOOR. I(
.Mr._ President, I would like to p
send tn the desk for appropriate '.s
reference a hill that would amend n
amended'. Thlfc bill requires that f
priees of basic agricultural eomnio i p
dities be'supported at 1H) per cent s
of parity on a permanent basis, pt
i Miimm 1111s inn uecause l am I
bur farmers, who form a ..vital part f
of our economy. If we are to re- l
main economically strong*the farm !i
ers mjust have some assurance of a p
fair return from their labors Ana.
they should have this assurance on
a permanent rather than a tempo- ti
rary year-to-year bysis. n
I .would like to. call your atten- f
tion briefly-to figures cited in a re i f
cent issue of U. S. News and! a
World Report. These figures show I e
Articles On Preside
Put In Congression:
. tW
ASHING TO X ? (A X P) Sen.
Mike Mansfield (D.? Mont*.J" recent >
Iv expressed his personal delitrht ' c
in Iravin President and Mrs. Paul a
K. Magloire of Haiti to visit this ' a
country. .. v
In a speech on the Senate floor ' t<
last week, the Montana-Gentleman C
said, "it has been ah honor for the a
United States to have as its guest j C
this courageous, and gifted leader, r
a bastien of strength, among our tl
Latin American neighbors." ' h
Pointing out that the visit of the ii
Haitian President and his wife; e
long he remembered jn the states, 1;
the senator-added that he sincer-j
cl.v hoped that this would mailt "a j F
new era of continued cooperatio'n t
and friendship between the island-1!]
u?;.: ?...i ?v.- t' ?'i"-i ' 1
unv*?/i? yj. nam <IUU CIIU Vj UIVCU | ["
States." | T
He spoke of the problems with ! s
almost insurmountable dimensions 1
which President Magloire has had l
since he took office in 1950, "but" \
added Sen. Manfield, "he has sue j
ceeded where few thought hoc
would.''
- The Haitian president has hot- 1
UTi'd?relations among his people.?v
continued the senator, "and he ' I
has led a cointinual and winning ^
battle against fear, surpression, .1
ignorance and want in his coun- j
try." t
The people of Haiti are making a
great advances in improving their i I
standard of living through the United
States technical assistance a
program, according to Mansfield, h
"Continued cooperation between i:
our two nations in matters of <ie-j c
fense mutual assistance can lead I e
Elks Form Scholars
Group At Dee Cee I
WASHINGTON? (ANPl? At
a two-day educational conference t
held here last week. The National t
Klk-Alttmni Scholarship associa- s
tiun t'.jscnssed wavs and means to jj
mii>u-im*ui uie supreme court oe- j
l ision on segregated schools l>v al> i I
dishing "functional illiteracy.'* j F
Functional illiteracy was des- j |
eribed as the inability to read and j _\
write. I |
"It doesn't do much good to get 1
our constitutional rights ff our I t
men and women can't read and f
write," said a spokesman in ex- j a
plaining Fhe?educational?program . v
begun by the late Grand Exalted t
Killer J. Finley Wilson and carried t
on by Judge William C. Houston,
former Grand Commissioner of ! t
Education, sjnd the present Grand p
Commissioner George W. Lee. si
The Fllks are seeking passage of j ^
an adult education bill by con- h
gres to provide adequate training
for urrsehrmied adult citizens. . . p
Approximately 400 representa- v
lives of the Elk education com- v
mittees and (le|)ar^meuts ^along jj
ners attemled the conference held ; 7
last week at the Columbia Ixulge,
N'o. 85.
During
this conference, the seho i
larship winners formed the Nft- I t
tional Elk Aldmni Scholarship As- ! w
socintion, electing Dorothy I | p
Height, president of the Delta Sig V
mn Theta suroritv, as national pre J
iulim?r7~ r
PRICE: TEN CENTS
? 1 v
Introduces
iupport Bill
(1 farm owners have had the lowst
buying power of 12 wage-earn
groups in 11)50 and 1954. The .
aine is expected to be true again
his year. v .
Figures-released by .the U. S^Pc-?,
artment of Agriculture demontrate
another poin^ I wish to
lake. As compared with the of
n-wrl?1'.* 10-1'.>14 base, from whieh
lu* parity formula is derived,
rires received by farmers now % \
taiid at 6nly 230 per cent, while
hey are forced to pay 279 per cent
or production costs.
In n.l.litif.n thn rworntT
aim parity ratio on December 15,
053, \vas~9i per cent, by Decemer
15, 1954, it had droppeii to 8'?
er cent. ' ..
Mr. President,"? I believe it is
f
ime* we give the farmers of our
at ion economic justice, not only
or the sake of our hardworking
arm population, but also as a stab
lizing influence for our national
conomy in these uncertain times.
nt Maglorie
etl Record
0 a very harmonious future."
Witjh these hrief remarks. Sen.
lansfield <gsked and received con
cut to insert in the Congrcssion
1 Record a number of newspaper
rticles on President'/- MagloireV .
isit. Among them was one wrtFn
by Robert M. Hallott fur the
hristian Science Monitor. .In this
rticle, Hallott quoted Rep. Adam
layton Powell, Democrat Cong-' "
essman of New York, as saying
hat the reception accorded the
laitians by President Eisenhower
i Washington was "a mighty
arth-shaking symbol of an order
y New World."
Referrirtg to the fact that Mrs.
n.-v niiuHvt wviiw nitu U1UIICI a\
he White House on the arm"of Pre
Isent Magloire and was followed
>y President Eisenhower with JMrs
dagloire, Powell is reported as
aying:
"The masters - of the Kromlin
;now that such integration on a
vorld basis carries more of an im>act
than the explosion of an^v hyIrogen
bomb."
Other articles on President Magoire's
visit instored in the Record
daily News, three from the New
fork Times, one from the Chicago
daily Tribune, four from the Wash
ngton Evening Star, one from
he New York Herald Tribune,.
,nd one from the Washington
'ost and Times Herald.
Unfortunately none of the cover
go given the Haitian President
y the weekly press was included
11 thi.s compilation of clippings reorded
for future historical refer*
ncc.
hip
Confab
f
The newly formed group agreed
o take over the sponsorship <>f
lie annual Education for Citissenhip_ilinner
and the focus attention '
n that aspect of the.Elk program.
It also accepted the responsilu
ity of taking over the Hall of
'ume program whereby famous
mrsons honored by the Eh.> each
ear would have their pictures
laced in a special "Hall of Fame"
bidding at the John Brown Farm,
ogether with theii?biugtaphics.
It planned to arrange a special
iffair each year to honor those
v.ho have given years of service
o the Elkr education department
hrough fund raising.
It was further suggested that
he alumni association publish a
amphlet containing the pictures
nd biographies of Elk Scholar1'inners,
with introductions by Com
nissioner Lee and Judge Hueston.
rXJve." group's most immediate
Ingram was the development ,,of f
/avs and means of putting for- ,
.am an active program implemen
ing the Supreme court decision of
00 scholarship winners to this
nd. " ,
Beside Miss Height, other naional
officers elected unanimously
ere Atty. Joseph Waddy, vice
resident; and Mrs. Ovella P.
I'hite, principal of the Francis
unior High evening school as secetary.
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