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q T T Page 8 New _!. |w * i? V i\UL (Reprinted from ? \ U; "'! 1M. _ official organ of ?Lt_AnU-i-eia Southern opposi* - n 'to dese; Tiew ^legislation in Wes from a serious threat t?- -m voh.ntai relations activities.""! e nowyt - Stop desegregation." Hut-un an with the activities ' fate inv that they have the potential < of. citizen and edivat; v...l vr> worked successful - i.? imp-'ox A new .Virginia luw, <<?\1cmI 'Aot. tn ??. j/.v/invu i:ii . . .t*; i\I - \ woj?y" and tratiqu'H*; lllustrat?!?' the process. .Tin? law i alls f o r . registration of mtnil.. ami a report of contriK t>. ?>. and l\. j '. pendilures by . all' ;;:a! groups engage.! in " 1 in oppdV ng in any ma: > :<page of legislation by _ ..era'. Assembly affectan:./- ~ r~ color." The law a m- : ,;vgjstraat i>>u of ' all I . s f ::i <1 group* "whose uctivh a- .. tend to cause racial conf.i . xaaci* riKs r i ak(.i:t 'Iihe first largiT -d* JLhe .Na?ipnal As.- ?? :.. ' . : < Advancement -<>f ('? .1 ik.ylc |vvhich Sj.-oiiso; . : ' "ktitrnl \\.v.ich resttl.'.cd in _.! Supreme Court decision tat segregation in the public" schools xialv.u ? equat protection of tite lav - c lar-necd ly the Constitution. ba ina:.\ parts of the 'Sw.'.h today. ' any ptograni of education, r.o matter hove modesi. wh!sj_v seek- .to bring about eventual e unp'ia.r.e with; the* Suprei *. ' 'our: d'-'. i-km. may } e cpiistrt. i as ":?-:vIi a." *? create rac:ai uns'.n. ,)ny v.ijVntary pragma a in (>? ;.aif of bct'o: ir.terrrup jvlath>.:? may canto. ur.-k-r the strict uu ? the Virginia law. Here is a rattia! listing of other recently institute! ive. administrative an i ' .indicia! action->vlv;?; may haiv.pc'v t.-.o operations of htiman right's agencies: Virginia as passed -two more > laws setting u i> itivestigaiing committee called the firtrmw'ree?n Law Reform and Racial Activities" and "Committee on offenses Again-; t'-.e Adminl-traVtlunteer information :.} at .t.'it-i ' rtiffa'"TftUs rti-v jio>t? a- law-? itl>:>.ntr g:oc;n> in contra.-'. i? t hi NAACP which. '.'(.cause *>i i>.?ytplt . t.hreats. Lt '.iyves it cannot yield its ];>:?. In fact, tbrwctph their tration. the Cithten Council.- h"*".? i<> can ac cetc>' mHuT-TTrr a!y'.it ; .h e~~ NA ACP?\vi i it ' i ' 'V '-an . u.-o in th'eir campaign to destroy it, Like all such entities. .Vuinan lights agencies are re?iuiro<l to incorporate in one state only, even . I Villi i.iii . . -.... . a.? ; WAN | 1000 cus I ' 3000 I50TTL H i Q Old Stajic ; ? ('ah 0 Segrams ? Old LOOK! K?0 Proof Vodk {DONT MISS Ed Khoury's 1305 I.ady St.. Ph. 4-88,39 i threats HAHTMAN ") i issue of The ADL Rulletii million League of R'nai TLritk grogation has brought with i Virginia to Texas that offer fy*"agenc?es Engaged in humai atutes are designed to slow o a!;, sis of these laws, togethe estimating committees, reveal effort ?>f curtailing the right ,),uu< whic.li for years hav e interjrroup relations. though they operaate 011 a na tionwiilo basis. In Texas Hint Ala bania old jaws dealing witJi th activities of ont-?>f-state corpora tions nave lie.en invoked for th fir-t time against the XAAC1 incorporated in New York. Who; rlu- Texast state court ruled t.'ia the XAACl* was sal ject to regis ,:.i' a- ail .?i-::-<>?-stalo ora'ani '.at uii. it ?! ; ? deckle.'! that tli -XA.A-CL! v.is . a prol'it-uuiklmi?ui aaaiti'/.ation. that it. intlulired ii a. ! . . ' v!;y* . a-ttvitie ,.t i worl i . ' 1 Ik havt; stint t invy-i-riif.-mo'n . ' : iii' latijruau'i* o : i'lo I 1 OllOUU'h f?? ' tost any hunut CST. iiF.nfMa.; South Cava liiui: an i Texas have authorize investigation?. of t It < XAACI with a view t<> ex;.>sinu' its_ mem I ership an<! fit muial supporter* I.nr.; XAAOi' units are reluetan to -submit their membership ii>. to inventiifiitiny committees fu n!-voits tea? .his; W.hite < itizei < m.ilicils \V(Hti?i welcome a n . quickly use such membership list in tiu'ir cmpnifn to boycott -al .inporters of the XAA(T. mTitk coi xcils, too Lejris'ativo committees in Flor: .lit and Vivtrin'a include the \V-!v.:< i ujr.ens Councils as well as tin NAACF in the scope of their in vestipation. Ti e .Councils, in turn sow casrcrnoss to cooperate am i .il-tcd 'n racial ha;'el that i 1!aeVccd Ta\v contrary to the can jiyr.A_.uf el hies.J ami that it cor. spired to evade iepul taxation. A a result of those conclusions instead of riMjuirinp iepistrat Ioj ? 'the court issued an injunctiai roT-ira+nrop?t-Ue XJLAClLl f: ' i: carry intr on tiny activities at all i: the state. In Alabama the state court won jo far as la bar the- NAAC'P fron repi.steri.njr hs an out-of-state coi poration thus putting it out of ac ~rron for the- futtmr as well sts <? nresent. It iinupsed a fine < JlOO.OtlO apains.'t tflie oortranivsit !<i for refu-inp to produce certain ? its records. In Georgia, t h NAACP V?ranch president w [TED TOMERS j ES IN STOCK ert Kes. ? Schenley's Kes. I ttuaker 0 C'orbj's 1 Hickorv Fleichman's Gin , a'? Champagne ? Vat (>9 j THIS CHANCE' LiquoV Stores 1401 Assembly, I*h. 4-1137 THE PALMETTO LEADER To 1 ' jailed in the course of a slate lax I, investigation under a one-year ) contempt sentence. He was releas t eil after a, few Tiours wITen- he" s agreed -to?give?the records - to the ll" state tax investigator. Tile orr ganization itself w a s fined 1* $"25,000. ^ ! C1TK S. C. HAW.' ^ I Among new laws which may he I used, to harness many types of . voluntary * organizations arc those i- of outh Carolina i*n<i Virginia - which strengthen existing legis<? lat'on aaav'^'t "barratry."' The 1_ term, which has a long history in e in Engliso criminal law,' means ' the habitual stirring up of n "groundless" suits- and querrels t between individuals. The legisln tors. had. to extend the meaning of tl-.e term far bewnd its original o scope in order to apply it to uhiu-c -?who sponsored reca nt dest gre" gat ion suits ? suits which have s almost always won out in /he ^ tourts and thus ohviouflv were G . - notnot groundless. *' . Some . Southern states have passed laws -prohibiting" school teachers from membership in the NAACI'. On March 28, the Texas House approved a bill barring - ni-Mnb-.'i s of NAACI' from all >t Ik- empioymeii,. in Texas. I* . Ali these measures- have had - .hea- effects "on theiy, target.; In hex is Alabama and Louisiana t the NAACI* hs been forced to oi>> continue its activities conmpl/tei ly. Every where , in the $out'n it iia> l become increasingly difficult for 1 !.ht NAACI'" to further its leader's ship in the fight to eliminate. 1; segregation and and disci iminaj tion. Without legal support from p\luntai;y agencies, individualF . are rarely able to assert their .. c-uiistitoitional riyhts effectively. i I.. . i.: - ? ? ..n: mis. way me light for implo. mentation of he Supreme Court ! ' , S decision suffers greatly ? ami to i \ the vleteriment of all minority t groups. . | TKACH KR.f<?TftST LAW Recently, seventeen X e g r o ;; school teachers who .had been (lis ? HOW DID THE PHRASE ll BURN" ORIGINAL^ | j; IFromW H&errof it" i ! ENGLISH SRILORS....8ACK. Si, VOYAGES... OF UGWTint, it fjt! I VJOH POUND MOTES To RSTo |j| [S<oT^E MILEAGE OBTAU g! G/VoOLINE A.FFECTEF) B |j; VEH\CUE^'I^BffE 1j! ' J^ls. f?Rce is r Ii fL?*R ?T HIGH : /TT VjONN SPEED BECAUSE IV7 I WfT^S pi I V ' f*. \ . " i r 4 lights _ miffed un.l"r a South Carolina law forbiding the employment of X'AACP members by agencies of the state and school (list rids, >| ] challenged the validity of the law befre a federal coo i t. Federal ' Judge John J. -Parker commented on this kind of legislation: . . Pa IVie right to join organizations whih seek bv lawful means- to support ami Turt.'ior l.-j. what their members regard as the public interest- oi' i it "4 the interest of a particular ' part erf the public, is protect- ln* cd by the constitutional guarnhfees of from speeih ami dj freedom of assembly; a n d gt audi right is one of the hul- la| wnrfcs of 'i'M-rl.v and .social *i. progress. The fact that or- j,.t ganisatiohs may rrmrc^-t-r-em jjp selves unpopular vvTtiT t h o majority in a -commun'ty is Tnoreason vh??the ma boiiy eoi may qsre its power to emu t toi legislation denying to their tin members t h e fundamental C. .rights of constitutional liber- dii ty." ' Fi The Atlanta Constitution, in . even blunter language, comnionled <?n the defeat of a resolution in 101 the Georgia legislature that would 1111 have set up a eo<hmitt"e to Hives- tl'1 tigate those organizations which ',v 1 "direct thought o r torment P? strife." "No Japanese -.warlord go\ t in .! &>; c;c-;i?.u.*.y. '.? ,1. elsewhere over jiroHosoii' a ln??it ...i r i k i .1 thought-ventral measure than was. t/ii.. It was un'imited., j.';, It allowed the eonmrttea probe wha men were thinking- ami to (.. Vc V pass Judgement thereon. It via- \ uiicu rvi-ry provision >>1 const lit;- ]j tional guarantee,. <>r fiv 1? ni of ( ;. uhou^ht aiul sikjech...." yA I); Tlie number of North- Carolina tnl farmers who have expanded their operations by renting additional land has steadily increased since " the end of World War II. s'1 ; 1. an riLUMES "MONEY TO | I V/HRfT \S 1 V 9 - I I I Art/? - > - ^ 7 ^ 4. MK&L& rSpg- feg'fs WISH FRlENOSf WPir.LJc- ma I < nv * + , ^ 4EO FROM I DOE^ THE VTHE THE EGG E SPEED THAN VP REStSTfiNCF ^ kslssit white rigg SPEEDS fl f** BECOMES f ' ? Saturday, May IS, 1957 Groups NGSTKEE DISTRICT ICETING GREAT SI ( CESS BY REV. JAMfiS'--:..' The Kinirstree District of the lmetto Conference hold its I)isct. meeting with the Bethlehem , klK Church, Hcmminjrway, Rev. ank Kinloek, pusor. T-ho meet i w cvrs vj?jjcii?ru mui liic I ri'SIUUl^ tier, Dr. R. "K. Brogdon, presidr# The annua! sermon was deliverhy Rev. David Sbott, pastor of . Raul Circuit. His text was ken from the 18th chapter of St. it I. Invitation was extended by, \\ .1. ('. .juntos, pastor of Francis owrT :VM K Chmx-br Chid leston. A very fine-panel discussion was nducted by the District modern* r, Rev. C. Burgess, Pastor-oi ' t? (lomdine Circuit, Gouffline, S. Subject:?"The Over-rail Conion of the Kingstree District, natv-'ally. Morally, Spiritually, lucawonnlly and the Field of ssions." Interesting: contributes were given ' from various Blisters and laymen' of the Disci Tln? eVenintr mcssaire was de ered by Rev. \V. H. Barnes,, stor of St. Luke AME. Church, larlestou. -v Tiie meeting was dignified ' by e ollowing dignitaries: Dr. Gar(l. 1 i"siding Kider of the orjretowu District; Dr. L. L. .inter. iTesidinjr Khier of the [. 1 leasa.il District; l!r. J. C. ;aries, pastor of Morris Brown M. R. Churoli, Charleston, Dr. 1!. Butler, pastor <>f Kbenezer illicit, ( harlest >n; Rev. William vin. .pa.storing; in the Marion strict; Rev. J. R...Jerman pasriny itt the Georgetown District; 'V. M. R. Hudson. pastor of niniinirway Circuit and Rev. illie Willipms, pastor of Friendip A. M. K. Church. Mt. Pleast. fHE SIZE OF THE **7 ! t_vchov/M FRoa?Ji __ *( FROG OF CENTRAL! Z4r feet long and RE "THAN /4fL POUNDS! \ VOLK OR ViH\TE OF ! lECOMElHH CHlCI^N?^ j / jjL?' Hfl*'!#!* l~ ' OF the EGO "TOE CHICKEN f i-,s