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i. t ' ? 1 1 I .1 * st, rr; -? 5 ? e*? - - '? Q- ?* "<r 4 VOL. XXX.?NO. *41. a r? __________ . p ? 1 Negroes Have | America, Rev. -5 * ' " ?a * * Mv Itev. (Jardncr C. Taylor, "Concord Haptist Church (Thin is (he third, of four articles' in 'which leading Negro clergymen ox press. thcirviowK on fhe ctmtfr - ?lion of the Negro church today and "what their ministers are doing' t<; meet now and challenging situotion*M Editor) - ? ?? ?; ? ItlMUth'l vv xt v ??/?n \vti> ? A minority * 'ing toward freedom cannot afford the luxuries which soften, weaken and ruin ?-the??#ajorfty-class in any. society The Negro. preacher must stress i, now, as he had done in other years the certitude that we have a Hes_ liny Us a race in this land w.MtT jvc must forever seek to clarify and the awareness thaUwill o u 1 _ sufferings can yet he the mean oi our blessing this land. For this reason, I believe ther< is truth on both sides of the argu ^ ?n ent fur. and again st -Pr-N wo a r Vincent Peale's "easy rel'gionf ''"hose v ho condemn the "cult" oi renrsirar.0'.* are the right in insist i:vr that vligkm turned inward i: ^ a p: -'I'-.dicn of earth's hi'rhesl ecu.nip-pert. Dv* Peale. however . ? '"r. : '.ing the perfectly valid j(joa adequacy f o i :vi..'t, 1 * faith in God leads people in 'h.: ihvcshhold of Christian life Tinny people would lik?_to set .-.ore c\;'crn for the fleaminp c 'i .! : -of race and war, etc. irom the converts to Dr. Peace's rThe Negro churel ?. ril.?. i1 ' j tl.o discussion in the sense that it v. -; he led away fron r i nf iiwliiTi.lnnl p?.n u fin individual members huddled off ir their individual burrows. Tim Negro church must be the Christian conscience of America although itself a sinner by beiup a church of one race, with its members committed to making out land really democratic and Christian. - In these crucial years of out thrust for " full integration, w c cannot afford the luxury of a faith ?which Is concerned almost exclusi vely with individual happiness, Such religion among Negroes now ought to he haunted hy the spectnr? r. f I4..vv,r M,.,..... O.... f ..... x.. .i.wwn, nu*. Viau^l Lte and Kmmett Till. Today's Negro minister must remind his^people that "man shall not live hy broad alone" ? what Jesus, was sn.vinjr-wa& that all notions of sniritual life unrelated tc streets and houses and jobs arc counterfeit. The Negro pre.u'.ber must remind " . h!!t ^,">l u" h!"'n tnf> a' stake to waste our.energy i r soft living. This must he a generation of dedicated heroes and heroin vs. .South Carolina St llreaks All Previo ^ COI.-tJ MnIA?'rThe 4wwt Fair ir t .e history of the Association' v as- the byword of officials and y .ockholdcys at the close on Sat ( ?t. 20 at the fifty-first annual South Carolina State Colored l^air A new record for total attenda.ice was set for the Big week which began Monday with a preview attendance of 20,000 first *S ' " , nlghters. Fi icfaj/'s "altenLfarice was an all t'me high for one day when more than 50.000 school children?and t( achdfs were special guests of the Fair and Prells Broadway Shows. Wednesday's attendance was second .highest when more than 10,000 New Farmers and Now liomemakers of America in South Carolina came to the Faii\, The ~ 'Fair CKisTe on Big Thursday between Benedict College. Columbia, , S. C- anrKClaflin College, Orangeburg, S. C. drew the third highest attendance for the week. , Judges, after selecting more t.han five hundred prizfe winners, said exhibits were of highest quality and most attractively displayed. Exhibits whlch~ were centers, of attraction during the week included the general exhibit of farm pro lucts and .handicraft of the New Farmers and New Homemakers in South Carolina, the Poultry exhibit and Hog Show of 4-H clubs in South Carolina, the canning and needlework display of Home Demonstration division in South Carolina, the trades exhibit of the Denmark Branch of the South Carolina Area Trade School and many ini ~ F" | 4 r L 3 1 - ny As Race !n ar Declares iLis-a, faet^that -Negrn- in iui-tors' 'to not discuss enough with their congregations matters of frugality 1 ami thrift. 'We* are bohentian It y j 1 nature. Nor is it valid to dislmss I ~-IragaUty?T-wrthotrl. relittiTTjr'it t oj. I something,more ayorthy than big-} * ger bank accounts, bigger ranch-'; . styk house, or what '-have y?flj. . J Olir* churches have not 'yet p6r- j ~ fueled the technique ot_.assim.ila- { tion of the masses coining to out 1 ' urban centers. Our hit-and-miss - j < ff"vts must cause all of us great ,? ? ? it. i i ihm'i 1 | ship brt-wem the Southern ! | ohuj-ches ami their Northern > counterparts may help to answer tl ii iirnlileiw. ? ? 1 1 liven so. the apparent relation sn ? i !' h: rc.h meni!iersliip-i rime. iT.ie sties is grossly mislead-.; t ii ':!< '. N,i pv edo in otti , (Miles, more clvurch members, more - , criminals. Tkn't this a natural se , que nee'! However, if we address' ( t" OUl'selVes to i i icr ea sing "The myyh; ting of Christian life, we will help Mower the rate of crime in o tt i -1 areas. " . > j People turn to cults and store? M-front?chinvlics?because?many of > our huge Negro churches hoc Mine ' , roo impersonal and leadership dp ' portunitv is deferred by the fact of numbers. Intimacy, opportunity for leader ship. and sometimes more uninhi-. bited emotional expression account . > hi part for the growth of stoi^e' front churches. 1 I know of some of those chnrch' es w!;eri' diwot ion to t'ne eolll.? 1 ?n unity's-best interest is astound' mg. Others are obviously praying ' on the. credulity and supersition of hordes of our people. ' j As for the young l^eojile, tho i' church Iras forever, been "los* .. : ing its hold'' on them. Hut, many > college jieople do go to church. My [ c hurch in Baton Itouge, La.,- a j college community, had great nupir hers of college people. I know of i ' many others. / ! To a very real extent the pulpit j i | is failine- to supply?informative? i and truly inspirational leadership - to the intelligent? sections of the J audience. Any conscientious minis- ' j ter would he the first to say that_ t., he needs, to he doing his job better. Churches need to get down where jieople live, while getting 1 ' jieople up to a sense of their re.' lationship with God. In other words, preaching, and practice ' which do not touch peojile wlicre ! . they live do not reach them. A | religion which is only another U-mC?hy, a-Honsliiji tint.- " i , not helji. i i Our churches must speak to j people for God. Our churches- need : | their feet j dented deep in the I clouds. , ate Colored Fair us Records _L ) ' dividual, home and community dis' j plays. I ( The midway attraction brought j to the Fair by P rolls 1? road way ' Shows was bijjjjer. .and better than last year. On the midway and jroiny fall?blast?every?day?of?the : wee!.- were ?..-l7 ,,, j,, . i, included four new rides and twelve side shows. ATony wif.hmote than, one hjxuduud- ponces-b sioTTs, the fairgrounds and mid! way realed with aetion and furL nisheiL gain aitd thrlllhif nmiK..,~ 1 ments for the fun seeking crowds. During the initial meeting of the 1 directors, Dr. A. J. Collins, was L reelected president, of the Association for the twenty-ninth consecutive-year. Saturday was closine1 da v. E>c hibits were released and more than five hundred .premium* were pabL? The midway ran full blast until -mid.night when the curtain fell on the finale of the 105 f> Fatr: Before the close of the hit; week Dr. A. J. Collins and the fair management began making plans for a higher and better-fair in 1050. -FAIR EMPLOYMENT BILL PASSED IN PENNSYLVANIA . IJARRISBURG, PA. _(ANP)? The Pennsylvania General As: sembly this week voted the state's first FEPC law, which was promptly signed by Gov. George M. Leader. The law will go into effect in SO j days, and will end discrimination in labor unions. ( <)! Pishop Reiff At Mt Dedication Cereira ? KI)ATI(jxAli. i;vir n I'oiirt.h Session <>i" the Xort'.a SwR)t S. )?l-~rLr~n?t'a- i~A: entertainment extended I y T Bniidinjr at Alt. Pisjrah. It i exclaimed it as a model lor IVrdnos; \ in; iv-.f 4-iv ov. 'n>- V .i .':.i .: ' W ' It1; . ! H r?;*M i V;,li'iv i ! the leii'ei):'.'-'. : ?The : i! no: !n I : cm a cloir : < ote-:-a -mi I'-a r.. a ; ' a- ai!i! 'J . I- . ' . . \ ' ' Tie- .Vjor Ida'vTTh;.!* lawn -he'.! :'??> !. Nn ivory -< .ill -t aria! iinr?Ty lu-Yeund t i.e..-ol/.n i.nTj.rim \v1iile SttlC?CKtS "Sfrc As Hcxie 5ckoo! b iH Ark. ? \ \'! i V. ('.] J>' C Vj: 1 m ;i 11 > . v i kk" ; ! w M< i:-i;t; * .vi: s'iTTT 1717^:1: ! vv:i; a rati: ul' w M i aw '.I'fli . t *.:? ??. I. - t:if l".?iwun* on hauii, lull uijy liaif ?f the u.iiiif .-vhaul ai'.d jiiiio:i !1111?J uaii-at > \vit? |>: i -i-nt v.iu n < ];; ? re >.!}?< I aft it a va> :*.i ion : in' rii: .i,;i piol.i'.i;;'. S..|;c; S: t< :l laid !\. \C Va:ac nstiiiiaU'<! that a Vn.a.jiT pi/tvi-a^aye of.the (-.!i :m r.:avy ' m.-1h)uI . papii won* ii. i lie i -a<.-: i.u.uy. iia .-aid-it \v:i> |V?a?i;,;.t.an- paivat- of ? !?-HR'Htavy v:>: do pupils v.*-.e hivpiritf ^ln-ii >i:li-:!'( !! ai-duee '!.?/. a faw .lav 'ei .i.ii ;. in?r t- va." ... . \aiue *au! _n had 'icoi C'llt Wild \\ t {o !]i?' CJlfUUl:.would lu- a!.;,. ' ;;i a fjj..- , anil i! i a 11 i . <? ! a i > > 11j i i i 11 < > n 11 i ? any .v'.jih'ia i. l-ii..: a. ; .' .? parent - w .j! i ; cei;-. 1 ills ( ().:! ! :i;ivc ?-a.. . ."! s.ji.-.c parents to k?\ j> yii.),'.!' r -( !,.! !; . a at homo. .Vance .-aid. The high ,?'< ! >! .mi .iitii!? r hi rh school atmndamo :?= r.nmrt T7r this time of yo:u- wlror. n.iiny pTP pils slill are picking- cotton, tin* supei :!iU'lld;l!lt added.-1""otton ])iuT<or.; ;i'V v'av/c in T.tVwrenei h oenty this fall, and farmers an- in need of'help in picking thp late maturing and bountiful crop. AF*??ul 1,000 white -pupils wore enrolled in the Hrrcrc srtjfiTSts wTk :> the school hoard ordered integration.?Theee was little opposition for about three weeks after the*, suiv.nier session opened in July. Then a citizens group led by fanner Herbert Ilrewer, started ;i protest action and led* parents t ? keep their ehihiren <<ut of the- integrated scliools. In August, the school board shut down the ho\>l two creeks before a mma~ sorfir cakolixa, .PisgahAM.Ee my Of Education B !>v<; :s xorthea nvt Soulh Carolina Annual Co I'' ~ . 11 so*. ';? ! 'Pan k .\!ailison i\ l-. (.lames and the mcnid s a .masterpiece in desijr-n and Jmildinys of its typo and sizo. s-dvo !"dnreis the qualify of ' ." i ij ('')!{'" /<* of OW!l(fd) It moiv thau_?iaD,000.00. The sisi <> ' a c'Hiii'oh oftico, a rece rn\pri' rooin. a snack hai\ a re v. -< :! is t'l.Hy equipped with <1 .: ? v'i:-ju'i 'folding tallies and ; Lms I.LV fonipltdd?l'or pho-?ip \s jevsi. in IV <.tiered to is he:.el:-niii.a* t<> continually .vs-iVe ( hris-iHen- Pm-ma iee.?VV. Vj home : teopens . ?? i! < ailcn.ts ' !' ' ?? '.! s-. - aiiii iUinotitH' - < -a inn-.-.ai<>;; onli-r : fi .s.si'U '."I'll. A juy 1 order sa ; .nil' any 11;!*i'iyrouji-, a local . . t./.l-.'l- e.in.!. i:t-ie Irt'Hilt'll 'liY IJri'VV e:\ V, kite Amerit ;t. 1 IK*., and the Cnuneii, frmu ia ?< ! ! crinv.' with uju rat ions of the ' ' '-""V j :iJ I''.' ll.Till k ' in?i:i;i ('. Tfisnl-le, who has - I ::l tiif t|](. dtlorniininu' if >;:s ai:;:iority to make the nrdt':' irrrrrcTTtr ?-7 I !>. niit.ih.-; I l?t> o'd. r ufo r eoi'ipiainiiiy that the t.i.f'Q -to [).- had ;..t '.en.nte.L to ..i"i j i opy rat ions -of ' !i<^ schools j aeeiiton nil ket and hoyeott tit- vhools. The <i fendnntha,1- denied the , i < ( nrnrrurx \ otk riKiKir ! <?!{ V IK'; IN i \ iN'I'I'XIR ATION '? V:.: (A,\l>> ' ! -i ilea this ' with a i -reposal i .. :-y in Tk??-y?Hete 1-e , 1 thf ' Vac-- ?it] . ' !s n i-..:: iofiv of 'e * ' ' :! for s ii.'i aelinn. 1 - h-o Widiant M -Tvftk ' " h 1-t ; iet. < ltd I'mirth J' ' ... M. AWf'l'l * . ,: .{?..?) to Gov. Kta ' op mission on I'lihlic f "111" (jlL_u_li'-LHtii?la [Stanley. saiil: "We tirtre that laws ' I'D. :' 1 \ -'livh will .make the paWrr f'.,rrr<rfiTft <uj?pV?i;f <>f iiiteyrr.ted public' se.hoo.ls ^dependent itpnn the will of the people of each i ?;?r.ty i r i i:y v'iu'rcin integration , uf the faces in the school* m .? > t..he t>'.:i e." t State Senator (larlaiul tl+uy, who ! 1i"nt.l- t.he commission, said he will ]we/ent tin proposal to the tjroitp f >tto 1 "sati k i T\ v, no\ i:mi1krtt hurch, Sumter, S,C mm WE v : ?*** .. ^1 ST COXFKRKXCR?Delegalos nference. which convonecl_ at_^. Koicl presiding, were not only ors of All. IM-guh Church, but accommodation. At the Dod constructions It was design o ?:gr.* Tim builder was.the .Aver owest IjicI was So5,000, and pi ion lounge, an auditorium, a creation room, a literature ro< It ruble type J'uruitiire.. .The ki chiiLU?serxice. oration of f>ay Xursery-ami halms and tots during tho Sum realize that under Die dynam ? R. Ik ? Voorhees Holds D( Menafee Men's Do Formal deification . jervhc-- for I . M . i'.H' r.cnvly converted .\n:i:itio Trades Hui!di?tr itrvm-a- -tvy'I'm1*' j liiitovy- were held Monday. < >1 >.-j" 2 1, with Hie Kijv.t Ki'Vv lit! j AIlVc d Colo, ]). I)., IU~hoii of the j Ij>por diocese of South Carolina presiding. . i? I'tvsidunt John- I'. I'otts -n'ave. liif background factors w-hicli cul?uiinatod in i*no romnl' !i renovation 1 tJnino-inu- struct ul'o as well what could l>c expected i n of it.'.; j<> nn-iVts to tin* i'ihypint:'!.' i i C.o ininio Uat" :i n 7T 1" futures. The cony ersion of edjflce cost, approximately : _j which iscs ily present inoperative Bapti: Convention To Hoi | I \ 111 :: . 1 of : Cooperative Rapt isC-Smu?Coirnoition will ciinvOne \vuh The Central [ I'.aptist (Mltr/ch, " Denmark, S. C. JIuw JC -4', Martin I'm 1 tnr-p f-r- o m Nov. 1C.-20. Tho welcome and I'reConvention will bejrin at TtoO on Wednesday November 1 d. Vt r? flip nskiiiir * i' T di'ti'icot i>i n n it visitor" to he prr-cnt-?to?vritrrrTr-r ?U+i*?(?+4H;'Ht+H--'fts-}s)H<)'HVs: ' I'RE-CON VKNTIOX AND WKK< ()>1K l'UOGIl AM. OK TDK , ( OOI'ER \TIV K BAPTIST ST A IK CON VKNTIOX I OKNTRAI. BAPTIST CIH HCIl ; ? DENMARK. S. C. ~ NOVEMBER IB. 1953 I REV. B. T. M ARTIN?Pastor REV. .1. S. WRIGHT, ' MASTER OK CEREMONIES ! Music Scripture Rev. N. I.. Hush j - Prayer _ Rev. ,1. W. Williams . Music ? Welcome-Central Baptist Church? llcv. H. T. Martin t 0 SSSct 1 <).">.> . Leads ( : ( I . ^ ^ and visitors, to the. Sixty- '!. It,, JL'isgah?X. -M. K, Church.? greatly impressed with the also by the Now Educational ieatory Service, Bishop Reid ]. 11 d by Rev, James and drawn y Lupiber Company ot' Sum- I <~ this was the actual cost of J kitchen, a communion room. !c >m. 1 rest j'ooms, 10 class- . !f U hen is cuuipncti. to serve 4 1 -that?this project will be-"""' lay nforning worship service ' ic 'leadership of Bishop Reid, < idication For rmitory 11 III .' iwCi'.i f| 1 ' al .ui' i^n in al.out S1 r,0,000. Tlic 'i11'c-lWti? of a stuilcnt union . 9 1 ?r-i:i;:tv nil! iu'LHT: in t!i0 near' fat um hum .r.r wnivi'i'Mdii ui a suui'fuve formerly used for a boy's dor- 1 mimry into faculty apartments, will follow. ^ Mr. K. V, CSfisby, Denmark Contractor. formaly presented the* keys to the buildin.tr to President 1 -d"un Pi Pot is. symboli/inir the ' final completion', of tins structure. 1 Mrs. Martin A. Menafeo, Sr., t.he ' widow, of the late -Martin A. Menii^ ' * fee. Sr., for wliom the building-idnamed was present to lout the rib- , 1 bon marking formal*enjtry into the ' ft State V ! itB2nd Session i \\ idvonie-t'ity of Penmnik Ml. W. ' K. Brook err Mayor J \\ elcuioe-7TaptIst Chure.bes? Rev. . | ^ 1>. C. Tschudy , ' j Welcome-Daymen And Business Mr. J. ('. Home , 1 I Welcome-Missionarx, (Roups?Mrs. * Kil?ie Anderson Walter Robert? Music I v I Welcome-Methodist Churches ? Rev. Mr. Drennan j Welcome-The Schools?-Prerf. John j . F. Potts Response _? Rev. W. 15. Coleman v Music ' ' Sermon Rev. C. D. rfowling Offering I)r. J. P. Reeder, Rev.' * a. W. lirightharp, t>ea. D'.Vv~A. ( f Jones. Dea. John CJinyard, Deacon j John Jamason. I F Remarks Rev. J. II. McKissick, | ' President i '' Announcements _ Remediation . . n THE-PUBLIC IS INVITED e f Thursday the Parent Body will s Continued on Page 8 COLUMBIA NEGI .OMM1TTEE TO A meeting of the Negro Citizens o mmittee^uf-( olttrrr+naranet Rie h ml County is called to meet Sun, ovember 0, 11)55 at .'1:00 P. M. at lien University Auditorium.. While a major business is t h e eetjon of officers fur the" organiitiun, other most important matrs may come up tor discussion. Ministers and the heads of a 1 1 her organizations arc urged t o , "olumbia Schools < { :: c J unencan cuucaui 1* rom .November G-12, the nation ; asked to pay special attention f its schools, and many families ill have an opportunity to learn lore about the classes and teachrs in their own communities. T4ie theme of the 35th Obsersince of Natiofial Education Week Schools?Your Investment In merica?and the patrons a n d riends of the schools of Columbia re asked to take advantage o f 'pen House liny. ' ? - The schedule for Open House ml the names for the schools are s follows: iK I) NHS DAY? H. T. Washington High I'errin-Yhomas 1 Wheeler-II ill > Saxon t T jcnci ai liiurmum ;or Well Trained 1 Columbia, S. C., Oct. 2fi?SpoakJencral-in the United States Army teserve, J. Strom Thurmond, the unior United States Senator from sooth Carolina, last night stressed >ofore officers and en Listed men >f t.he Army, Isaval and Air Force Reserves stationed in the Aiken Lraal-Ahat a Roadv Reserve force if well-trained men must he ready or speedy mobilization. During the evening General rhurmond discussed and explained 3ul>lic Law No.f 30S~ (The Reserve Tnces Act of 1055), which w a s lasscd by the 84t<h Congress o n Vugust 0, 1055, and which will-ex)irc August 1, 1050 unless extcnd d by an Act of Conerress. All >hases of the Reserve Forces Act >f 1955 were covered by General rhurniond, including the structure ind slzil 61 the Act, the Reserve rraining obligation, recruitment Fop Industrialists nation Can Be Wi] WASHINGTON AND Sixtyive of the nation's top industrialsts agreed Tuesday that racial rrrd religious Jot) discrimination an be wiped out by a "firm and letermined" management policy a ainst it. Vice I'residenU.jjNixon reported his at a news conference followng a closed session of governUent 1 eadels and cprpnmt ion eve. utives culled by Rresident Kisenlower to combat job discrimina* ion based on race, religion, color !T ll.iition.il origin 1? "Kvery man. woman and child n the I'nited States is affected by lisciliiilnation ) n e.mplo\.auinI3] S'ixon saiii during a radio inter, dew over the -Mutual RraadcTTsti:g System. - RoporHttg-tmrt "substantial prorress" had been made toward elini tuition of jobjliscrimination araiust the Negro in the deep South, the vice-president *sai(t, "we d411- 4>nvi' a dons \\a> to go." He said the conference came up vitlt three main conclusion: 1. That the problem now was lot of .hiring but of promotion. 2. That fears that industry had n nondiscrimination in the South cere not borne out by experience. 2. To be effective, a nondisrrinrnatlon policy had to come from he top and bo carried through irmly. Specific cases of how anti-bias iolicies were carried out effectively were given by various business eaders in the closed-door sessions. Upon request to a nondiscrimiation policy came mostly from mployes in plants and sometimes rom community leaders, Nixon The conference had the blessing A " PRICE: TEN CENTO' 10 CITIZENS " MEET? -? emphasize this announcement i n ; order thar^r fair attendance witt be -had at this meeting. ?i?Tiic -Columbia?Nt?gro?Citizens Committee, a local unit jjf t h t South Carolina Citizens Committee' was organized in 1940, has done outstanding work through the years in a program of . political and civic action. It has been announced by the Rev*. J.'P. Reeder, President. Observe )n Week Howard Crane Creek j Ridgewood g THURSDAY? 7 ' "" C. A. Johnson ,^r "" Sarah Nance ' - e - -Waverley -7- '?sr. . ing Roosevelt Village : J'ing -tnet 1 FRIDAY? \ Wh*" Carver .. Fair wold 1_?;?II 1?_ It is hoped that the week's observance will create a greater awareness on the part of every person, of the important" role of, education in -our democracy and j of. his personal responsibility for j maintaining good schools as t h c jcommunity's investment in Amerijca. 1 Stresses Need ' - _ Reserve Forces . 1 and training for the Reserve and I the military obligation. that President Eisenhower, in a n ! emergency declared by him, ha* . , I the anthnritv to rail a sneeified I number of Reservists in the Ready | Reserve-to - active duty without authority of Congress. Men in the Standby Reserve can be called only '< - -after-an-emergency has been de- 1 dared by Congress, General Thurmond added. General Thurmond stated that the new law reduced the period of i obligation" for"all personnel induct1 ed or enlisting in the Active services jn^enlisting in thcReserve to 'six (til years. The old obligation ? was for a period of eight (8) | years. Following the discission of the Reserve Forces Act of 1955, General Thurmond snent some, time .in. ] answering questions eoncerning the I Act. Say Discrimiped Out | of President Eisenhower, who originally was scheduled*to have the j industrial leaders as guests at a White House dinner after the meet ing. The President wired Ni\-f>n ask. ing "the"help" of the conference o> "\vi? mn move further ,towaril the goal of assuring every American equal opportunity for employment unhampered by consideration .. of race-. religion or national ori-? Resides' Nixon, other high gov- > ernment officials participating in Ve~ ? 11 h*?nme-t fnrh?dpd~h;7Th OT~Se e r e - t.uy Mitchell. Commence Secretary Weeks and I remit v Secretary See M iuhe.ll said business and industry should discard bias in employment just as they would discard - "outmoded machines." He pointed out that equality of job opportunity is "good lousiness" both for maintaining worker morale and cfieieuey and for_ pjaJfiTng the Rest use of Hre-nation's r^ourcesV" Robertson, in his remarks, said the defense department is striv-' fng for better enforcement of contact clauses prohibiting diar?r;?.; nat6Ty~emi>loynient practices. He said the defense department tries to use persuasion, education, meditation ami conciliation, beTioi-Tng these are "the right tools'' ' for us to use in obtaining the con sent Of a reluctant contractor and I to convince him to comply..." I ' WHITE METHODIST ACCEPTS I NEGRO CONGREGATIONS' TiOXJISVILTiE, KY. ?XANP) ? ] For the first time in-its history, | the all-white Central Kansas Annual Conference will .have Negro congregations as members. 4