Must Move from Fort Valley Discussed Deters Official

If ■ j : ■ sg I' ' ? \ i» CITY EDITION % í - ' s R, A C E VOLUME 27, NUMBER 70 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1958 PRICE SIX CENTS Á HERE FOR "FREEDOM MOVIES" are some of the who was on the official welcoming committee, members of the cast who came to Memphis for Manasseh Boerane, Ray Foote Purdy, Mr. and Ike Orders Fast Spending the widely ccclaimed "Freedom" film; Mrs. Harsant W. Opperman, Melson Mundang- ‘I — , -They are:- - —*: ■ •_ .----------- i---- — -epfuufu, Isaac Vandir—Puje, Edem Bousey, Left, J. A. Beauchamp, Boy Scout Executive Magneys Adiele, Nicholas Keans, (story below) On 2 Billion In Contracts By ALVIN SPIVAK WASHINGTON — (INS) — President Eisenhower spelled out for a delegation of governors Wednesday his anti-recession Chandler Resignation Discussed plan for using Federal funds to continue unemployment pay ments. to jobless workers for an additional 1.3 weeks. After the conference, there was confusion on the part of several of But LeMoyne Deters Official Act the governors oyer whether ' the funds would be given t° the states Mississippi No offitial action was taken by the LeMoyne College's "considering resigning.” It was noi as an outright grant or in the form board of trustees on a demand of the LeMoyne Chapter of the confirmed. of repayable loans. President Price stated at the An administration spokesman de NAACP for the resignation of Walter Chandler, a board member, news conference concerning the because "the trustees were pressed for time." However it was clared that the ’help would consist statement from the trustees, “I ot non-interest bearing loans that indicated that it would be discussed at the June 2 meeting. do not wish to comment on the would ultimately' have to be repaid statement; ""wisdom here dictates On Delta Bus The announcement was made in can ...Constitution,. by .the,.states. -Î ■ .1 should not.attempt to interpret This contradicted thé impression JACKSON, Miss. (INS) — The a type written statement from the “The Trustees also recognize Wil the statement because it Is clear the views of the individual members given by two of- the eight state ex NAACP said Tuesday its Mississip board, passed out at a new con ly . stated in simple- understandable ecutives who conferred with Mr. pi field representative was beaten ference by President Hollis Price of the Board, of Trustees do not English.” Eisenhower for more than two hours reflect the views of the college by a white man on a bus en route immediately after the two-day an He' added witli a smile “for ad that the program would be on a to Jackson for sitting in a section nual session of the. board last ■ “The Trustee has freedom of ditional information consult the crant basis. freedom of action and free- reserved for white pasfangers. Tuesday and Wednesday. speech, Webster's dictionary." TWO BILLION SPEEDUP A spokesman for the organiza President Price said Atty. Chand dom in the______ exercise . of. his. vocation. , ..The annual election of trustees is - The president met with the gov tion said the incident toak place “LeMoyne college is dedicated to. ler, a former mayor of Memphis scheduled for the June 2 meeting. ernors shortly after ordering an just outside Meridian, Miss., last i-r.- ■' and a former congressman, did not the education of young people with Officers of the board are elected anti-recession speedup on morer— March 11 after the field secretaiy, attend the meeting, “but a notice in thè principle of the brotherhood at the same meeting. than two billion dollars , worth of Medgar Evers, "def.ed all efforts ALL GOT ONE TIME— Nine of the eleven mém- Lucille Ornhcm; Johnny, 6, Kenneth, 3; sitting of the announcement was sent to of man under the fatherhood of However he did reveal that the housing, slum clearance and rural to move him to the i-enr (ot the bers of the Graham'family, 1020 S. 40th Street, in the chair is Winta. 10, and the.baby, Sylvia, God. It has felt it more fruitful him by the chairman of the board, board discussed the need of a new i electrification projects already au bus)." Louisville, had thoir tonsils removed at Red eight weeks. Absent from the group in Genrose, to practice this principle and to thorized by congress. The spokesman said that Evers said the president. plant to house the college’s library, Cross Hospital. Left to right: Barbara, 7; Phyllis, a 17-year-old freshman at Kentucky State Col .The statement said, the letter preach it as occasion offered ratina Gov. Orval Faubus of- Arkansas was finally- removed from the ve which is -being housed in parti- of 14; Robert, 1?; Dannie, 10; the mother, Mrs. the end h^s^nd, Frod. deipan'din" Atty. Chandler's resig » than condemn those' who differ. the science building. ; told. newsmen- that theyV’dlseuss- hicle by police and questioned, but nation, published In the “Magician” •■’it has sought to communicate Price sale) "wo have to build a ed one plan that is to be submitt was 'allowed to .return to the bus »V i" •—’ a student ¿ublltatioh w&s discussed’ its ideals and to inspire rather than ed by the administration to con after shewing his identification.' -At library for.thc academic adequacies gress, T-- - But “no official action was taken.” coerce their acceptance. ”It *has“<■ »"-en of this institution." ' • Evers returned to the some seat, joyed and valued ‘the support, of Faubus 'said : “It does' not involve the' spokesman said, and the bus The statement said: / "The views The board also approved the began its Journey to Jackson. Just expressed in tire published letter I. many who did not fully agree will: the.- calling of state legislatures. Georgia Doetor Fined $500, annual budget which was set at outside of Meridian, the bus was and the views of canipus organi its Interpretation of those Ideals Therefore it is not a loan, since SERVED 88 YEARS $300,900 which is about $13,000 this would involve the calling of flagged down by a white cab driv zations do not reflect the views of higher than, last year's budget, said er, who according to the spokes the administration and trustees of “LeMoyne college hiis served the legislatures because money would President Price. He said the growth have' to be repaid. So there is only man, shouted to the -bus driver: LeMoyne College any more than youth of the Memphis community in the college and improvement in “If you can’t get- him (Evera) off, -does a “letter to the editor” ex for 88 years. During this long,period one thing it could be—a grant pro Must Move From Fort Valley the faculty salary as well as the I can.” r of service the aims and purposes gram." press the views of a daily news- addition of a foreign' language in California ' Governor Goodwin J.. The NAACP spokesman said the .papper. of the Institution have not varied. cab. driver then boarded the bus FORT VALLEY, Ga. - (SNS) - Dr. Olis Wesley Smith has the court calendar since June 25 structor accounts for the difference Knight confirmed the report of, 1957. ’ ’' “FACTS” QUESTIONED . It has always sought Ito educate He also said that .the present Faubus. and punched Evers several times in been given an eight-month suspended sentence following pay "The letter was impertinent, ill young peeople to be responsible student enrollment was 460. "We the face. ment of a $500 fine, being put on probation and ordered to Testimony revealed on that date Earlier, Gov. William G- Stratton Meridian police acknowledged advised, and did not provide facts citizens and to dedicate themselves are attempting to keep the student of Bllnols told a news conference move from the area immediately. the private telephone lines of the on which the conclusion it reached to tho task of building a community body at its present number,” said that the President “didn’t go into they had questioned Evers “for a young physician and-Mr», Inez were based. The board of Trustees in which all men can live together matter of- moments" but denied The 33-year-old physician, the only Negro physician in Crutchfield, a service station opera the president. details.” He said there were “no any knowledge of the attack. They Peach County, had been convicted March 10 and. sentenced to has always allowed academic free in mutual trust and harmony. Absent from the board meeting final decisions” except for Mr. El tor, became crossed. In qn «j»r.hangc dom of speech, and freedom of the Attempts were made to reach senhower’s assurance that it will said they would investigate. serve a straight eight-month term for allegedly "using opprobi- (Continued On Page Six) press to the faculty and students Chandler by' telephone after the (Continued On Page Six) not be necessary, under the admln- RUSSIAN BALLET SETS TOUR aus words in the presence of a white woman." in accordance with the best clemo-, meeting, However, prior to the ‘stration’s plan, for any “widespread cratlc practices under our Ameri- meeting reports stated he was special sessions" of state legisla LONDON. England — The Soviet Judge Long, of Macon District of held in jail. Clerk Wilson said Dr. tures to be called. news agency Tass has announced Georgia Circuit, modified the Smith had filed with the Judge the Birmingham, Ala. Knight said, “The federal legis that 122 members of the Bolshoi straight jnil term Monday, March request to leave the county. lation Is Imminent” and would en Ballet Company will leave Mos 17, according to Leonard Wilson, The charge against the young able states “to pay unemployment cow at the end of.

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