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' ' I ^ . ?-? - VOL. XXX.?NO. 47. ?4 'V* Educators To St^, ! Desegregation At ] k ?1?^ : ~~ Noted educators, north and I south, will meet at the Booker T. Washington high school here November 28 to December 1- for the 22nd annual convention of t h e Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. 1 r.rmvflHtjnrt digp^jl] d"'"^ ?the?theme "Critical?Problems" in the Education of Negroes i n the Southern Region." According to Dr. I,. S. . Cozart, president of Barber-S. -'.ia College J at Concord, N. C., r...d secretaryj treasurer of the Association, the * program this .year is built around the same theme used last year, ? hut with emphasis un?the subject I "What is Being Done With Reference to the Supreme Court Decision." "7 * i* Many of the convention speakers, he said are people "who have been doing things." Dr. Cornelius V. Troup, prosi? -dent of Fort Valley State College and president of . the Associaiton, will preside at the opening session when Dr. J. Curtis Dixon, vice president and executive director, Southern, Education Foundation, will deliver the main address Monday night, November 28." D>"? RuPus E. Clement, president of Atlanta. University, will present the speaker. ^ In a panel discussioji__TiLfisdaymorning Dr. B. Ri Brazeal Nvill .preside as four well known educators reveal "Progress in the Implementation of the Supreme Court Decision." ? The panel will include Dr. John W. Davis, chairman, Department of Teacher -I'nYornriatiion and Security, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Dr. J. L. Wallace, president, West Virginia State College; Reverend Father Yaney, 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 Information and Security NAACP, Legal 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 con?-yention will be intensively studied ^ during a symposium Wednesday morning with Dr. Trotip again pre"The Story of Jesi tional Use Of Coin A reverent, and mnvinf account of "The Story of Jesus" makes use of the modern comic book technique and religious leaders are endorsing the trend to reach young people through pictures and text they understand. The publishers of CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED (Gilber.tbn Company, New,York) arc publishing a first.eclj^ron of- a half million copies of the^35 cent hook confident that religious leaders and the public will welcome their novel yet devout handling of the religious theme. The 90 page book includes over 300 full color pictures and is available at newsstands. More than five years were de 1 ?ulBd IIJ till1 (U'eparation 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. Religious leaders 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 readily 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 the son of a minister, is a formei missionary and hag, been active-ir religious work through his life. Ht is the author of several other book; for young people and believes thai today's youth must he addressed ir modern terms and techniques. Other CLASSIC ILLUSTRATE! have made famous literary classics > including Shakespeare, available ir comic book form, which have ha< wide acceptance from parents, od It ucators and young people. " T h < Hi Story of Jesus" will soon be .pub HI lished in England and is also being H* translated into the German, Dutcl and the Scandinavian languages. . ?.A t X / Progress Of "(1 Miami Confab HEADS ASSOCIATION OF L COLLEGES." II; I 0 111 ' K .-j^pWW | BjWfe# Jpfwa n t jm l I < I)r. Cornelius V. Troup, presi- 1 dent of the Association ol' Colleges and Secondary Schools, \vili.j ^ preside at the opening session of i ' the 22nd annual convention?Tw;. 1 veniher 28 to December i at the j 1 Booker T. Wash"' lgton liiglr school 1 in Miami. l)r. Troup is president ; . of Fort Valley State ( nilege, Fort' Valley, Georgia; x ^ siding and Dr. James A. Colston, j < president, Knoxville, ('ollege, a s j moderator. Symposium speakers scheduled ' are Dr. Omer Carmichael, superin- , , tendent of "Schools, Louisville, Ky.;' j Dr. Stephen J. "Wright, president,!] Bluefield State College; Dr. Ralph , j Waldo Long, president, Maryville , College; Dr.. Alonzo Moron, presi- j dent, Hampton Institute, and Dr. j Uuy U. Johnson, University o fr j"North Carolina. , The banquet session will b e ' held Wednesday, November 20 at+~ 7:30 p. m., in the school cafeteria. , I?r.' F. D, Patterson, director of j the Phelps-Stokes Fund,, will deli \ ver the address. I Officers of the Association o f j Colleges and Secondary Schools i are 'Dr. Troup, president; C. W. ( I Seay, principal, Dunbari high' school, Lynchburg. Va., first vice president; Dr. H. Liston, presi- . dent, Johnson C. Smith University. Charlotte, N. C., second vice pre-"' sident. an<l D?' Coxart^?seeietaiy- " treasurer. is" Makes Exceptic Book Technique J Vl...... .~~ ? .umi^ rvn^iuu.^ irmii'i >, iiinuu 111J4 j Hi .hop Edgar A. Love (Methodist) j Baltimore; Rev. Rolajrt Y. Condit | (Episcopal) president, Queens: (NYC) Federation of Churches' and Canon F. J. Nicholson, Cana- ( dian JCouncildof Churches, have expressed keen enthusiasm aliout ' "The Story of Jesus." Dr. Daniel A. Poling (Christian Herald) said: i "The Classics Illustrated ediI i >).ion of 'The Story of-.JeSus' is I j t.he sort of tiling I have been waitdng-for. It deserves the j success I believe it will ach> I ieve. It should be circulated - j on merit - in the millions. "I am h'MTV >Ll ill 1 cript follows the gospel texts >' in the classic King James verI j naciilar, and that it tells that j I [ immortal story, tbhe greatest I ' i story ever told, without dis1 tortion or interpretation." 1 ; < A&T PROFESSOR PRAISED rn? wooif *'p o untcp I LABORATORY I 1 , GREENSBORO, N. C. ?(ANT) I | The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, Tenn., has for-. I warded a letter to North Carolina college praising one of its faculty members for his work as a member ' of a 62-man group of college teachers _jjAXticipatiu?- in-frfrft^gram 1 he laboratory this^. ; -siinimcv.i ~ ^ 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. Rlu- i , ford. i ' The project, arranged through J 1 the cooperation of educational in. stitutions, the O&k Ridge Institute j ; of Nuclear Studies, and the Labor. atory, operated by Union Carbide i r Nuclear Co., aids college p^ofes- j 1 sors in gaining* experience in the field of nuclear research. ETfje | COLUM Jnited Negro Colleg ro Distribute $450,0 -NKW YORK. N. Y;-, "NOVEM-; hi !ER 17 - The United Nejrro Col- sc und is currently distributing oi 4J70,DUQ tu its member college* for -hi 'Derating expenses, it was announ- ! ni ed today t?y W> J. Trent, .d r.,_ex.-_j.ia entive director. The foui'trledist ri- pi ution nia'de hy t.he KfTiui this year, t brings the total allocated to date hi or this purpose to $1 ,(h!j'?,;{4K.(J0, N dr. Trent said. . | (' Now in the final, period of its } welfth animal nation-wide cam?aijrn in sujipyrt of ->1 private, ae- 11 redited colleges and universities, he United Negro College r uimI is H i'1'k in'.- ' ! C1 "onon 1 ] i i. 1 i sir. Tlie K<>iil represents approxi* 11 tel'y ton per rciit of. the ebl- ' :js* co?\bined educational hud- p cV, and is the amount needed to .1 ridge the yap between income 1 \\ 'ruin endowments, tuition and n lurch hoard giants. and the act- a la I cost of operation. The money will be used by the ii Fund's 31 beneficiary institutions C 'or such yearly expenses as facul- 1 C y salaries, student scholarship j e lid. library books, classroom and j e ai oratory equipment and student ( Little Rock Opens F ana Playgrounds T< LITTLE ROCK, AUK. (AND? ' e 1'he l'ufiTs and Recreation Com- r mission of Little Rock announced ast week that they had no autho- ; n rity to prohibit anybody from us- ' C ny a public facility, including.golf ?'i . ourses and playgrounds. J e The announcement came after a o meeting to consider a ruling by the (sL SL?Supreme Court that "Negroes t< cannot be barred from using pub- a lie recreation facilities. !c The Little Rock commission '1 cited 11)54 policy decision, in which v it declared that Negroes should he , r allowed to play on municipal golf j courses. | t Elsewhere in the south, the ki: I court decision was met with less r good-will. The citizens council of v Charleston, S. C., adopted a re- j. solution asking the state to close i its public parks rather thaJt^per^" ate them -on?a- integra ted-hasis.?r~ The 'council said that "in our :i opinion liotTf races, jvhite and col- j ored. could get along very well t without any state parks at all be- f cause only a very smalt percentage of our citizens now use these parks 1 anyway." j i The reaction from Virginia, \ Louisiana, South Carolina, and i Vice-President ! l|K$NillK *. 1 Dr. ('. A. Chick, Sr. . J Dr. C. A. Chick, Sr. wan elected j ! vice president of the North Carolina Negro College Conference at its thirtieth annual /meeting Wed- "j nesday, Nbverfih'er 1(5, 1!*55, a t.! Shaw University, Raleigh. Dr. Al- i bert Turner, Dean of the School j 1 y of Law, North Carolina College at Durham, was elected" president of ^ t-hc 'above'?rrattT??U" Icorffe rfj ice of distinguished scholars. I i NOTICE!!! i 1 I PINEVILLE, S. C.?The Anti-'j oah Bible Seminary for the preach-if ers will open for class the first j f Monday in Dec., 5th, 1955 with the \ Rev. L. W. Williams instructor of J c Sumter, S. C. j t . . Very truly, i , Rev. H. Hasgill, President Rev. I. L. Prioleau, Secretary s for the Institute of PincVille, I ? S. C. o I o Jaime HIA. SOUTH CAROLINA, S ;e Fund 00.00 < alth programs. Located In eleven >uthern states where 73 per cent ; ' college-age Negroes live, they i jve a combined-student; body o f ~ arly 23,000 students, or 90 per ] ml -of?all- Negroes .enrolled i n m rtvate colleges. """ ~~ i In an effort to improve t h o < igher educational opportunities of i egro youth, the United Negro ] allege Fund was founded in 1944. lie first "of the college groups to, j i* formed for cooperative fund- j ] lising purposes, the organization ] as raised $14,103,752.65" to dato : j ?r operating purposes and $14,- j sT.LT.d.on tan lauilal imnriivr ...Ml , f I I)r. Limlsley .F. Kimball, .vii^e-j resident of the* Rockefeller. Founalioii, is lP5!rTTtain?a?. Serving ( 'i Ik-. Kimball are vice-chair- I ten I r. T. K. Lawless of Chicago ml Daniel K. Koshlaml, vice-preicjent of Levi-Strauss & Company 1 San Francisco. John J. McCloy, hairntan of the Board of the hase Manhattan Bank,is treasure) r, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. is I liaiDnan of K'te F""'1'* \ntirinnl-j_ 'ouricTI. 'arks ) All lississippi were what was expect* d; there will be no mixing of the 1 aces. Negroes use state parks on a on-segregated basis in Texas and Oklahoma; some cities in Texas, ave opened facilities to Negroes It her _yo,luntarily or by court rder. There has not been the saute bit- ; erness over the new ruling that j ttended the school segregation deijfion by the Supreme ** Court, "here are many cities in the South i here Negroes already use public; eereatiop fnnRitiiiti}, _a L Iti 1952, the Southern Regional Council said there were only 12 ntrk areas open to Negroes, i n lire states as compared to 100. fq: i-Viifoc TVio ctntss- FMnruin Cenr rift,' Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississ- i ppi. South Carolina, Oklahoma,1 Arkansas, and Alabama. Tire oities~\vil t~play ah importtnt part in the .desegreiralion?of-daygrounds and jrotf coursesj sTnce hoy operate the majority of such y acilities. One-survey showed that Negroes lave some degree of admission, usmlly on a segregated basis, t o vhite recreational arOas in at least 1 Of 'he southern t-t-itm - ? . S. COLONEL DENIES COLOR JAR LV EN(iLANI) ly R. Slepheson LONDON? (ANP) ?Colonel' :L B. Manson, commanding offier of the American jet fighter uise at Manston, Kent, in an open etter to his airmen, has denied hat discrimination is practiced arainst U. S. serviceman in England. Col. Manson's letter was in answer to charges. by New York ,'ongressmah Adam Clayton I'ovmII that iIu'I'il i.i di.n i iniin.Ul"ll ' igainst Negro airmen in England. "Let me set you straight," the olonel said. "The U. S. Air Force las no color bar. If you or y our "riends feel you are being discrininated against I want to hear ibout it. "The mayors of local communiies have assured me that there is 10 discrimination under British aw, and that local authorities will lot tolerate, deviation from t h i s ? aw. & "Every' person in this place has in ei|ii:il 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 lear about the letter. There-is no olor bar here." LINCOLN C PROFESSOR GETS ?OST ON STATE BODY .. ' 1/ 'JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.? (NP) [ >r Milton (I. Hardiman, head o f be department of Foreign Lan- J fuapes ?t Lincoln university here, t"l va,s recently elected vice-president' i >f the Modern Language Associaion of Missouri, the school has an- , i lounced. Dr. Hardiman was elected at the 1 issociation's annual convention i n 1 5t. Louis last week. He will take ( ffice in 1957. tto 1 ATUK 1)AY, XQVE-MBEK 2<i, Western North Car< Closed Successful S ARHKYILI.K. N\ C.^-Novombiii-' 1 20?Auuointnitints for the four dis- 1 tricts of Western North Carolina 1 AhnuaT Conference of the Second . Episcopal District of African Me- 1 ihodisi I'.pisc'jpaLchiirch-uau^'-r4^rd < at?the tlpsu?6f the final session 1 of the conference-on Sunday after- ' noon l>y Bishop Frank Madi on < Reid. The five day. sessions which If- \ ?an Wednesday November Hi were hold at St. James*"'AMK church, ( Reverend ('. Scott, entertaining , pastor. .Many high churchmen and general officers participated i n i.ho ilnlilnuati?foi. dmiiii1" tin o '?.< I Otis. Bishop Frank Madison Reid. pre- ( siding for the first tinte over a part of the second Episcopal District, since the passing of Bishop ] L. H. Hemingway, read the following appoint ments: DURHAM. Rev. .1, 1 >. Davis, Sr.,'* Presiding Elder: St. Joseph, Durham, L>. A. Johnston; St. Paul, Chapel Hill, T. P. Duhart; Roxboro, A, M. Jones; Crahani Circnit, T. W White; Muxnpahaw,?S. - C. Strdud; Hillshoro, A. J, Holmon; ( Elland Circuit, S. Thomp|>in; , , Milton, B. P. Pickett; Rougeniont ( Circuit, T. R. Spencer; Yancey- ; ( ville. .!' I). I Y i v; Iviriiinim ) tr r Jeter; Mary H. Shvphurd Temple, , ( J. C. Cross. GREENSBORO DISTRICT, Rev. i D. Williamson, Presiding Elder: , Bethel. (Jreenshoro, M. ('. Swan; St. James, Winston Salem,. I.. M. . ' TTohipsCm; Union Bethel, J. R. 1 Annual Statewide C Day on Lincoln's B ' \ j_ I. S. Leevy, President of the of South Carolina, Inc.. annour Good Citizenship day on Line* 12, 1956 in Columbia. One of t Clubs is the formulation of a in South Carolina. Leevy saj registration and voting of our participation and employment mental agencies in South Caro bring the New emancipation Stiite Legislature, by petitioni on Boards of Education. Trust Schools, Grand an d Petit -lurie have to-do with the welfare oT County, City, Town or com nun The year 1956 challenges us of our government ITorff'Presul cinct chairmen. Let us meet th The time of our arrival cam world know. We are on our wa Li Nt T)LN KM A Nf TP The Importance of Legal Defense Func By A. Maceo Walker President National Insurance Association Are Negrbes free to vote as they please in all sections of the United States? Are Negroes free to attend all public schools and colleges in ill I ections of the United States? ,\re Negroes free to enjoy a 1 1 > yunnitiuiiul t'n, ililiiA 11 tl[i]H)t tt'tl hV public funds? The answer to those questions is .in emphatic "No." The United States is the great- . est democracy on earth. Vet, i n many areas (the State of Missi.-sippi is an example), Negroes are denied the right to vote. The right to vote is the inalienable right of all citizens under a democratic lorm ol government, i jjjitil all qualified Negro voters I ire,, granted this right.every where i in tKe United States, we are =i 11 need of the NAACP Legal Defense i and Educational Final. All Americans who love Demo- \ eracy, White or Negro, and most t certainly all Negroes, should con- < tribute to the Legal Defense Fund? ( The May 17. 1054 decision and t the May 31.. 1055 -implemenfftttrm?* order of the'Supremo Court "a r e | great and unprecedented victories, i Many of us are under the impression that there was an absolute i finality involved. This is not true, r This is the only the starting point, t Some of our Southern governors ^ have pledged to fight to the ^qst c :litch. In some instances, it will b e f necessary that the NAACP Legal n Defense Fund press suits county i by ?tuinty an<i t'ify by city. This j win beViot only a long but a very " :ostly project. Many thousands of > dollars will be required to press n _ . i eaijei i ?:>.-> - )lina Conference iession I'viiltfc. Koidsvilli'. K. JcJfi !< -; SI, ['an! - St. Aiiy, ' .J. T. iioloatch; 1'arlinirt?rn~ ( iirnit. f". 1L_M alLuv.; Altatnahaw Circuit, .1. A. 11 utftof; Liberty Circuit- .-V. bilwni't )i: . S rkVfn^TirrrfT. .1 f'n.r.i lli,.a Point. ('. I.. Stephen; Oak Uiiitte A. Holt; K. l'lirlina'toii i t.. .1 Foster"1'ersinmion (irove- <t. \!. I/. .loimMni: (onfernici' K\?ui icli-l. Albeit KUi>on. .MOKCAXTON 1MSTIMCT. lb-. A. Stii>U'l. Presidio;; lilder: <ia: ?oi Chapel. Aioryanton..- \K". A I 'aire: St . .lames..- r C Scott: P.ethel, * Imilotti'. I' (i lames; St! Paul.Lenoir.M T Phillips; Alt. Pistrah, Hickory, (i t\ . I'roiiLle.ffold: Shilo Circuit \ I,. \\ lute; Mar.-i. IIill Cireuit. II. I'. McDonald; RridgeWater. Mission K. M. Jenerette; Yadkin Yall<\ Mission, J; D. 1\. Smith: St. .lame E, A. Williams; Connelly Spring Missions, A. Gathers. ' RALEIGH DISTRICT. Rev. G. S C?ant, Presiding _Elder: St. Paul Raleigh, h>. S. J'enn; St. Matthew Raleigh. R. L. XJpsaw; Method C.ir uit, Nathaniel Guylard; Pittshon Circuit, ('. W. Parker; "Santon Circuit, .). S. T. Decker; St. Join Circuit. lv?K. Worthy; I.aurinbur; Circuit, J. D. Cowan; Zion Chape Circuit, Robert LeeSane; Lincoln ?ille Circuit, J. D. Tre-adwell; Erii Mills Mission, To Re Supplied Apex and P.ovlan Ali?-.:j?ni p -y Mclvel-:' Kitttell College. R. W A'isner; Conference Evangelist, J EL. Garrett. T ZH lood Citizenship irthday, Feb. 12th Lincoln Emancipation Clubs ices tiio "Annual Statewide dn's Hirthd-iy SnmLcv^-PVh he objects o t' the Lincoh Two Party Political System ' C tVtof HrtO VtSirt+lvA/l bliUC \Sll\3 ilUilUi CU [JC1V.CU people, with an eye towarir of our people in all governlina, is a great need. Let us by placing representation ii ng for Neg ru i C|vresent alio? ;ees- Hoards?of?the Put die s, and all other" Hoards that all the people in - e v v. r y lity in the State, in the election ul'-.aU otlicerent of the U. S. down to Preie challenge. iot be?stated: but let the v. ' _ AT1 ()N ri.LHS "f'S P T.'v S. LkM V, President the NAACP 1 those suits. This is why it is s < vitally necessary that we. reall; to the support of the NAACI Legal lU'fonse Fund with our gift: id money, large and. snyill. 1 In Kund is ! n need of money. Li] service will.not aeeomplish the job It is a sail and lamentable fat" that the Southern governors win have, pledged to fight in behal?_iil Vgregaied schools the harde.-i have provided the poorest sehoo systems for Negro ehildren. Inferior education has been largi y the means (along with' jol liscrmiinatioiO of keeping tile No ^ro a second-class citizen. That i.the reason why segregated .sehoo systems must he abolished. A so arrogated school system will alway.>e inferior. This has been true foi linety years. There is no basis oj "act to support the statement Altai .vevtsin have "separate but equal." Our children- must have equa ducat ion. .Xlut ?time?has?lai+g- s+m-t?pn < set ivhen a child, poorly equipped i i 'urinal training, can compete i i >ur advanced civilization. It is he 'OJttihg more thrill more difficult o pull ourselves up by our qwi ronfsli'iips unless-Ave have t h i irojter educational background. \\\ annot fail our children now. The fight for full citizenship has lot been won and will not be won is long as N'egroes and other niin irity groups are discriminated alainst in-tmy phase-trf-rmr'TtTTm^ ratie way of life. While the NAACP Legal Deense Fund can proudly point t c i long line. o.f continued success n cases in its-struggle for "equal ustice under law," our old man 'Jim Crow" is not yet dead. The CAACP Legal Defense Fund and one of us can afford to relax ' ? *' i r Lawmakers Map S Bitter Civil Rights ] WASHINGTON I \NI') ? T: hoUe-r.'eivil right : liat ' If in. many ytSws i?in?th?-maktng for t h c ; next session of (.'ongress, i?- t j) H' m in fuL-m-i' If 111 II I'i ,i I 11?!~r? . .1 i l{e.|.!0>e.!+la! ive< ami Senat-.:. t Congress men A'Jam flay oh . Howell (1>-NY Chain(.1 >--,\I {eh, i, .latin- I\ i ! .(1 "alt'f. i ami.' 11 ugh S? <>t-f ilt-l'n.i tu\e alj a'r.no menu plan.- ' > a n r!I-.".ul- out t!,- in see j r?* civil ! gh' ' ley! faOon. , II, Of. Ii !-.< (.n,ah ' (h-.\Vi a; -o ..ai'i iu-wj'l! .-eel. pa"" -age of a i i\e-point ,ivil ii, jm.eiain in the Senate "<frv? itVg tin .fe.vt session. !*o>\ell aniiouiiee.l the opgun.iza*ion ?ir fo.ratal "ei'vil tiuJif 1,1 "ii tlie._ IIon. Hi- ha . hired lM . Marie Woo.I of State College a-, i'niltiin'e' staff eo-oLil-irt at or ??f the.. bloc. e Tin- New York Representative* said that when Congress copvene.1 on Jam 1 "we will have ready a bipartisan system" which will command support on ?l! civil rights : ' .matters'. "T T'o'wel! estimated that Mime 1 r??? I metuln i < of the House wiil' !>c included. in the group. la lniian--sai?l be- plan* his fight *j to a-i-uie; N'egrovx and other min.ority ..group- "equal human right-.. ' "calling it "one of the most im[? portanC tasks we- face .for the sake ' of out national' 'prestige abroad. and for'our sense .of trausquility > and -u-c-tiri.ty at homo." Lehman revealed hi- program in a speech t?> a civil rights- meeting sponsored by the National Trade Union Committee for Racial Just-, ice. The program Tnohiilps: 1. v\ ban on federal aid to school ... districts- which try to evade the Supreme Court decision- outlawing > racial segregation. 2. Federal leg' - /'/ C Cni.-V. law) to curb conditions which 1 "made possible such tragic and ' shameful incidents the murder of ^ Emmett Till" and the "actual acquittal of his assailants." " . 3.Federal laws protecting soilders j j1 of a "minority" race and national | I C 1 O ' XT? opeciai session va Called To Consider ! PJCHMOXD, Va. ?i ANT? ? Public criticism of the Gary com* > mission's report has'set the stapo XiJU ,._uuaU p r? h v+-? ey 1 n? "ti ccaTp nuted ?in iii iio Nov. hb " ion of tiro Yirpinia General As* . einlily, called. l>y Gov. Thomas 15. Stanley as the fir.?t stop ir. a ppoposetl propram to. avoid public rTtio'ol' InfepriitTon. Stanley issued the call for the extra session of the lthr>4 Tepisla* . ture to approve a constitutional k. han on using public funds for pri> vate education. s Meanwhile, lepislatvir-.^penoinl ; '.y approved the commission's. re , . oinmendatinns for the constitutional change. Put some re.-ervaL tio!).-. -mostly fioui the Northern , Virginia and Norfolk- area, ineludi i t! fears 'in- . nmMtU<-nfi'. m ..h-ivum I . "?')'" " ' L would endatiifbr public education. ] There was some criticism, too. of the j>!a;i to 1'ini? tuition grants to sit,limits who'would attend non-. , sectarian pfivatri schools. Robert Whitehead, an anti-or. L'ani/.ation deli-irate from Nelson j County, t o o k the commissions report apart,, piece i<v piece. . and expressed doubts :1s to how the . commission headed by State Senp at or tiarland (I ray proposed to aei .co'mplish its_purpose-.-m the-face of a constitutional requirement I that "thy (ieneial Assembly shall establish ami maintain an pfl'icienl i system of public free schools thr( ouyhout the state.". i , The Cray commission made no proposal to alter or repeal this , this remi+rvtluort. although it urjred ! adoption of a policy that would j , permit abandonment of public ...a.--i j .>niuui>. In Norfolk, State Senator K<I-. . Ward I.. ?Hreeden Jr. said he opfr-fl t posed effecting any changes i m < the Stat? Constitution-to avert racial integration in public schools until, with the help of Cod, wo ' see the end of segregation and i Jim Crow. . i : Let us all contribute to t h e N'AACP I.egal Defense and Educa- 1 i 1 tional Ffind!! Send you eontrihu- < > tions today?Now. The address is J( ; 107 West 43 rd Street, New York ' < 3G, N. Y. > -J PRICE r TEN CENTS trategy For Battle o.rgin whto are* attaeted in some ">;i n - of tin- country. " . 1. A compulsory Fair" Employment Practices Commission. l-cuislatioli to set up a federal eTci-tnr.'il Cnmmiasjmi - tO "injure /very individual in every part of the land the right to register and \t'reely^without intimidation or . " ryion of any kind. A'tnough he promised to press ' 'r :.aid lur passage of the bills, Loh- rUan said lie had little hope of siic . < \ ( pt j}h. idll designed to i-fU'-t minority group soildera ')n another front, Clarence Mit< I II nut! c,l the Wash trefoil bureau of the NAACP, has announced, an atempt to-organize a group of VongM'ssiunal leaders of both partes for the civil rights fight; lie said Powell, Diggs, Roosevelt and Scott will spearhead the drive to -c-cinrecruits for the program Each .has accepted the l'esponsibi* , lity <if aoiuirinu the suDnort of at lea^t 15 ^other members of tho House. . .. 7%IItcliell said a different plan will he tried in the Senate, but ad iled that he is hot at Liberty to reveal the details. Powell toTd reporters that ho 1<!?;h to. reintroduce his non-discriniitVntion amendment t o tho school aid_bilL when it comes> up' in the'next;session. He said he is going^to ask that none of the So million recommend-ed .for aid to schools be used in dis-. t rids which" insist on maintaining segregation for the next five years. Powell' added' "thai-he- might in- '?~ tioduce a provision to the amendment asking that a certain portion of the school fund be placed in rc-STTVP to aid those schools which . , . J might (iecide during the next'five years to comply with the integration decree. Civil rights bills have been en iii. (u'u-t-n oy mitjustering Senators from southern states. Howell has been one of the strong est advocates of the anti-lynch bill and a permanent FEPC. He has : received strong aid from Diggs, ; who served his first form i n the Inst session- ? ?r1* .Legislature Integration ? without having them passed by the voters of Virginia. If the sess ion approves ' mi- j-ten for ;i nitiTitilnlii nni? onvomiop, voters throughout the state will be able to make their "dews fi!t twice before tbe Legislature .has an opportunity to act on tbe substantive -proposals of the (iray commission. The people fir>t would say whether a limited constitutional convention should he held. If they agreed to this procedure, they later would elect their, own delegates to make the proposed changes. If both of these requirements are met. the UW?t> session of t h e . Genera' Assembly next spring would' he handed a package of do tabled legislative bills designed to kill itMOHid tin V. ' .Supreme r.mi ! s runny: against public school segregation. The .Virginia Conference of the N A Ad* has already in lien tod it will cany the commission's program to court in an effort to have it ruled ilk-pal. TI'SKKCMK VICE PRESIDENT TO VISIT 1 MM IN ESI A TI'SK HOKE INSTITUTE ? (.ANT) ?1??r. I. A. Dorbigny, vicepresident wf Tuskogee Institute, is to leave in December, for Djakarta. Indonesia, where he will confer* with members of the Tuskcgee Team "which is working there in connection with the project f o r Improving Vocational Education in t.hat country. The project, which is spons<tr?d^=s?by the International* Cooperation Administration, was initiated two years ago by President Luther 11 FpUer. A half dozen experts selected by Tuskegee from its faculty and elsewhere are directing the project. \-rc official named to INTEGRATED organization * HIGH POINT, N. C. (ANP) ? North Carolina college announced last week that Dr. Benjamin F. Smith, librarian of the James E. Shepard Memorial Library at the college, has been named a director :>f the North Carolina Library Association which met here recently. 1 ; '