Pope Paul Names Negro Bishop for New Orleans BY CORINNE FREEMAN SMITH Roman ca� bishop. James Healy, consecrated a bishop can," she said, chucld1ng. Many people sald they felt non-Negroes 10 New Orleans NEW ORLEANS--The Very Rev. Ha­ 10 1875, was eye son of a Georgia slave girl and an Irish The Catholic Church has not always been so actively pro­ will not respect a Negro as their bishoP. planter. integration. Seventy-five years ago 80 per cent of New Or­ A promlnent white doctor said that feelingamong the white rold Robert Perry. aNegro whose an­ One of Father Perry's brothers, a surgeon at Meharry leans' Negroeswere Cathol1c. Now only 25 per cent are Cath­ Catholics he knows "runs from outright disgust to resigned cestors were slaves, has been named Medical School in NashVille, sald the new bishop has been oUc. Some say this drop came because of the Jim Crow po­ tole r ance." auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catho­ very lnterested in clvll rights. licies of the church. He sald that some devout friends, looking for something lic archdiocese of New Orleans. "He tried to get his priests interested In direct-action good to say about the appolntment, had told him: "Well, we There are still only two Negro priests out of the more than His appointment was announced last techniques," sald Dr. Frank Perry,. "and he ran Into some hopehe makes himself shown and known on TV soon, so that 500 in the archdiocese, which has the largest number of opposition there." Dr. Perry said hisbrother hadwritten ar­ the Negro people wlll see how holy and nice he is, and so week, just before Pope Paul VI flew on Negro CathoUcs 10 the country. ticles on civil rights for the newsletter of the Divine Word. that they wlll emulate his example10 raisingtheir standards a "peace mission" to the United States. In the last 10 or 15 years, New Orleans Negroes have begun missionaries. of conduct," to feel differently about theCatholiC �hurch."Durlng the in­ Father Perry, 49, was born in Louis­ Negroes In New Orleans sald they felt the appointment of a A woman in New Orleans'growing community ofLatln Am­ tegration. problems, the Roman Catholic schools were the iana's Cajun country, near Lake Char­ Negro bishop showed that the Catholic Church was taking a erican refugees said (10 Spanish} that she didn't care 1! the only schools which were really integrated," Mrs. Collins les. His father was a rice-mill worker strong stand in favor of integration. new bishop was a Negro: said, with a fifth grade education. Hls forebears 11ved in slavery. "It's a good move," sald Mrs. VIrginia colllns, a well­ "We are children of God, and I would gladly receive com­ The 10 l/2-parish (county) area for which Perry wUl be known political organizer In New orleans, "and the Pope Is "A lot of white church people left when the churches were munIon from any priest, colored. white; Chinese,whatever ." bishop has 1,330,981 people. Almost half of these are catho­ obviously saying to the South that he means business." lntegrated, But the Church didn't give an loch, It didn't give Asked whether he thought white cathol1cs would be able to liC. "The White Citizens CouncU people were standing in llne up its stand. They preferred to have churches empty rather get along with Father Perry, a white priest 10 New Orleans lt has been 90 years since an AmericanNegro was named a at the telephone booths to make angry calls to the Vati- than segregated," answered, "Well, It should work--in theory." THE SOUTHERN COURIER VO L. I. NO. 13 Weekend Edition: Oct. 9-10, 1965 TEN CENTS Feder�l Examiners Come to Montgomery BY ROBERT E. SMITH

MONTGOMERY--Fede.l.·al examiners Wednesday began to register Negro v.)ters in Montgomery Coun­ ty. This made Montgomery the first city area in the na­ tion to have federal examiners sent in by the U. S. Justice Department. The examiners' presence in Montgomery's Post Office Building came atter weeks of effort by local Negro groups. Gov.Wallace As Wiley Branton, President Johnson's votlng rights trouble-shooter, said, . It took "protest. protest, protest and terence and the NAACP collected 20 more protest." Seeks Four complalnts from Negroes who were re- "You ilave to apply pressure at the fused registration. right places," Branton said here last More Years week. .. First. you have to go to your The Voting Rights Act says that 20 BY MICHAEL S. LOTTMAN local registrars." complaints must be received from a Monlgomery county Negro leaders county before the Justice Department MONTGOMERY--About a dozen de­ did just that, Ten days atter the Voting will decide to send federal examiners termlned state senators this week were Rights Act became law. theywere 10the there. blocking passage of an amendment that office of the county Board of Reglstrar� The Montgomery Negroes sent the would allow Gov'. George Wallace to with a list of complalnts. complaints With a letter to Jacques E. run for another 'four years in oUice. They said that Negroes were turned WIlmore, director of the Mid-South re­ And the question of how many sena­ away time and time againbecause they gion of the U. S. CommiSSion on Civil tors there were in "about a dozen" did not f111· out a one-page application Rights. His ottice Is 10the Federal Of­ Visiting Federal Official Hears grew more important as the week wore form properly. They said the form was fice Building In Memphis, Tenn. on. so long that lt discouragedpoor readers A second letter was sent later to U.S. TUesday night, the Alahilma House and Illiterates. Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katz- passed the bill allowing Wallace to suc­ And they sald the registrars' office enbach, _ Complaints About Voting Law ceed himself. The vote of 74 to 23 came 00 was not open enough days. Last Saturday, Montgomery Negroes BY ROBERT E. SMITH Many of the government speakers at after an attempted fll1buster was broken At that Aug. 16 m�t1ng. the chair­ along with the rest of the city andstate, the conferencetold how the voting rights uP. man of the boarel c1 registrars, Mrs. learned that federal examiners were MONTGOMERY--The man from law is supposed to work. They assumed That left It up to the Senate, where Barbara'Dent, made her reply. comlng to Montgomery. Washlngton came to Alabama last week that local registrars andpo11cemen had a f1I1buster was going strong. She sald that rectstration dayslAre Katzenbach said more than two­ . to tell about the Voting Rights Act of to Obey the law. There was no question that the suc­ set by Alabama law;aDd'the hoors are thirds of Montgomery County's 23,000 1965. "That just Isn't the case," cried cession amendment could get the three­ set by federal court. not by her. Negroes of voting age were not regis­ Before the day was over, he was not three young people 10 the audience. fifths majority It needed 10the senate-- She said she thought the application tered, One-third of the 63,000 whites talking, but listening to the young peo- 21 01 the 35 votes. ' They had been trylng to get Negroes form was proper. II It is not a test," were not registered, Katzenbach said. ple of Alabama. registered in Alabama counties. The question was whather Wallace's she said, " This is information we He sald at least 74 people were re­ The Visitor was Wiley Branton, who "Whom can we turn to for protec­ supporters could get the 24 "yeas" need." jected by Montgomery County because had just been appolnted by President tion?" asked Miss Martha Prescott, necessary to cut ott debate, stop theti­ they could not read or write. The new Johnson to check on whether the new SNCC worker 10 Selma. She sald Ne­ lIbuster and bring the amendment to a Mrs. Dent refused the Negroes'otter federal law makes it illegal to reject votlng law is worklng groes were afraid to register, for fear vote. to supply volunteers to help out at the people for that reason. He said at the end of a day-long con­ of losing their life or their job. As long as 12 senators refused to vote registration desks. .. There are never ference last Saturday, "I came here to "Nothing is done to enforce the fed­ for cloture (stopping debate),. the fUi­ long llnes--only when big groups come Mrs. Dent immediately called the speak, but I have learnedmore thanyou buster could continue. Wallace said In a eral law 10 Selma," she said • . at once," she told them. Justice Department's action "unjustl­ have. R. B. Cottonreader, SCLC worker In wednesday night press conference that The NAACP political activity com­ ned," I< And [ assure you this: I shall tell Greenville, said, .. They havea double his Senate supporters were still not mittee's version ofthe meeting was that She noted that federal examlners the President In a few days that I can­ poUce force at the doors to the court­ sure enough of their strength to ask for the registrars in Montgomery did not would register people who could not not do the job he wants me to do, un­ house. They ask the Negroes what they a vote on cloture. plan to obey the new federal law. read or write, and said, "The ab1lity less there are some basic changes in are doing there, but they'let the white No one knew when the vote would The Montgomery Improvement Asso­ to read and write Is a necessary re­ the federal government's policy of en­ folks go about their business 10 the come. Until It did, senators like Bob ciation, the Alabama Democratic Con- quirement to vote In Alabama." WILEY BRANTON forcing the law." courthouse. GllchrLst (Morgan county), vaughan "What can the federal government do HUI Robison (Montgomery county), BlII about that?" McCaln CI'usCaloosacounty), Ed Horton There was no answer. (Limestone County), George Hawklns for Justice The federal government has a policy (Etowah County), L.D. Bentley (Blount Few Attend 'Rites' Alabama against enforcing Its laws 10 the civil County), E.C. Hornsby (Tallapoosa BY GAIL FALK Tuskegee Institute Councll, to protest a A few women stared at the marchers. The coUin labeled "Alabama Jus­ rights area, charged Richard A. Was­ County), Joe Smith (RussellCounty) and TUSKEGEE--lt was a sunny satur­ Lowndes County jury's flndlng Thomas A man in a shiny car honked angrUy. UCe" lay in the hall of the student un­ serstrom, dean of Tuskegee [nstitute's John Tyson (Mobile County) talked on. day afternoon 10 Tuskegee. Coleman not guilty of manslaughter 10 as he lost the parking space he'd had ion, where the four boys had put it School of Liberal Arts. The amendment Wallace wants would the fatal shooting of Jonathan Daniels. his eye on because he was blocked by down. On the TUskegee Institute campus. However, Branton and others said allow him and seven other state offi­ students walked to dorms from Tuskegee studentsJimmy Rogersand marchers crossing the street, Students walking down the hall,read­ back the time and again, "Complaln to the Jus­ cials to serve two terms In a row. U their classes, books under their arms. Ruby Sales--both now on leaves of ab­ Scarcely anyone else gave the 50 log the' new Issue ofthe Campus Digest, tice Department." when people told of the amendment passes the state Senate, Band members in bright redand yellow sence--wttnessed the shooting. students a second glance. absent-mlndedly stepped around It, threats against Negroes who planned to the people of Alabama will vote qn it un1forms drifted over pre-game The InStitute Council had called fOl' The marchers turned back toward • • • • to register. 90 days later. practice. 2,000 students to march, .. to teU the Tuskegee Institute. MONTGOMEHY--A final Irony was It Is now a crime to threaten people Some opponents of the amendment Downtown It was shopplng day. country that Alabama justice Is dead," They passed a drum majorette in added to the tragic death of Jonathan who are registering or people who are were agalnst it tor reasons of prln­ Through the bustle ofthe town square. said Miss Gwen Patton, Council presi­ white leather boots. She listened to DanJ els las t week. helping others to register. clple. They sald a governor should not four boys carried a coftln draped 10 dent, their slnging--"Which Side Are You Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. But, said Howard Glicksteln of the be allowed to pass a bUt extending black, with the words II Alabama Jus­ The 50 students stopped at the Con­ On?"--for a second, then went back to dismissed charges of parading without U.S. Civil Rights Commission, the fed­ his own term of office. tice" written on the side. Fifty TUske­ federate Monument for a 15 minu e med­ her twirlIng. t a permit against Daniels and 29 other eral government does not make arrests Otbers were agalnst it because they ge Institute students followed them 10 itation--"for Tom Coleman, because he They passed a good-looking boy 10 a cl vll rights workers. for these violations. didn't like Wallace, or becausethey fa­ two s tralght lines. needs it," said Miss Patton. They stood Tuskegee Institute sweatshirt, He kept Daniels and the others were arrested Alabamians complalned that Gov. vored some other candidatefor govern- They walked the Confederate Mon­ Silently, with lighted candles. walking in the opposlte direction, but to on those charges Aug. 14, as they began George Wallace has stopped local pro­ (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) unment in the center of town, gravely Then the students walked on, stUl ln quietly hummed "Oh, Freedom" with a demonstration 10 Fort Deposit, bate judges from accepting names of slnglng "We Shall overcome." two orderly lines, slnglng "We Shall the marchers--untll three band mem­ They were suddenly released from Negroes properly regtstered by federal The march had been called by the Overcome" a llttle more lntensely bers, on their way to the game, picked the Lowndes County jall in Haynev1lle examlners In Dallas. Hale, Marengo, up the tune and shouted It off key to one on Aug. 20, and Daniels was kllled Perry, Lowndes and Wilcox counties. another. shortly afterwards. The voting law says local probate On the same day, Aug. 20 • .Iawyers judges must record these Negroes' The march ended up 10 the Institute for the demonstrators asked that the names before they can vote. cafeteria, where many students were picketing charges be removed from Branton said he did not know about finlshlng lunch. Miss patton led the Lowndes County to a federal court. the governor's action. march--coffln and all--up to the front And Judge Frank Johnson dismissed A Justice Department lawyer 10 of the cafeteria and took the micro­ the charges Sept. 30, Just hours after phone: Washington this week refUSed to say a Lowndes County jury acquitted what the federal government plannedto "We're fighting for all of you, and Thomas Coleman, accused kUler of do to get these Negroesregistered. you just sit there eating lunch, Jona­ Daniels. He did say, "We are not going to let than Daniels was killed and you sllly The judge said the charges against anyone stand 10 the way of these people people just eat your lunch," DanJels and the others "were nothing voting." Spoons and trays clattered as stu­ more than a subterfuge." Atkinson, chief federal dents kept walking through the cafe­ William T. examiner In Alabama, sald that Negro teria line. Only people sitting Cl to registration In five of the counties with her could hear her shout Q.\I!.... You Presiden t III � President Johnson announced this federal examlners has come to "a complaln that you don't have anyt ng, standstill." but then you woo't do anythingabout ltl" week that he would enter the hospital Examiners wUl now be available to The marching students dispersed. Thursday D1ght for surgery to re­ register people only on Saturdays Gwen Patton went to her office. "They move his gail bladder. 10 those counties, Atkinson said. think that only SNCC and civil rights The gall bladder is a pear-shaped As of the end of september, he said, workers are supPOSedto demonstrate," organ attached to the liver for stor­ 21,794 Negroes had been registered by she said, "They don't realize this Is age of liquid bile. federal examlners Alabama. for them." The President sald that he would 10 She said she planned to write Con­ spend from ten days to two weeks 10 The day-long conference was spon­ gress, askJng that f�eral courts han­ U. S. Naval Hospital 10 Bethesda, sored by the Alabama Council on Human dle all civil rights cases. Md., near WashlngtO:l, Relations. SEN. BOB GILCHR[ST PAOI,..O THE SOUTHERN COURIER • The SOUTHERN COURIER Is publlshed weekl� by the SOuthern Educational C(.n­ Odetta Sings In Birmingham ference, [nc., a non-profit; non-share eduL'aUonal cnrporatlon, for the �tud� and dl"l>emlnaUon at a"curate UIlormaUon about e\enb and affatr� Ul the field at hu­ man relaUOIlI>. E:11torlal and buslnes!> office: Room &22, } rank Leu Butldlng, 79 B\ ERNESTINE TA YLOR Odetta sang many of the sones for Commerce st., Monlgomer , Ala. 36104. Phone 205-262-357:l. Price: ICC per 1.000 BIRMINGHA"4--ODly people wb1ch she Is well known. Her tlrstwas cop'" $5 per )ear 10 the SOUth, ,10 per }ear elsewhere In the U.s., patron sub­ came toMunicipal Auditoriumbere Iut "U I Had a Hammer." Shesanc"Houae scription �25 per ) ear, used to defra) the <'ostl> of PI mUng and public auun. Sec­ Saturday nl(ht to bear Odetta sine. at the Rising SUo" as only sbe cansing ond-clas� postage paid at Montgomery, Ala. That IS not a large number when you It, and then "Joshua Fit de BatUe at consider that this was the first time president: Robert E. Smith Jerlcha." Odetta, one of finest folk singers The applause seemed to crow attar Editor: Michael S. Lottman � In in the world, ha sUD( Birmingham, Executl\'e Editor: Gall Falk each number. the place where he was born. Circulation Manager: Palt J. Da\"5 She dedlcated "Ain't No GraveGonna When the curtaln didnot openon Ume, Hold My BodY Down" to all the people, oct. 9-10, 1965 It seemed that the whole program might Vol, I, No. 13 "not excluding Malcolm X," who gave be a tremendous fallure. of themselves to the civil rightsmove­ But before the end at the evenlng, ment, An Abuse Puwer Odetta sang two encores and received several standing ovations from an en­ "Help sing this song. Even Ifyou are of thusiastic audience. not in favor of the civil rights move­ The house was dark except for one ment, there must be somethlng youwant Gov. George Wallace wants to succeed himself, spotlight on center stage, where Odet­ to befreeof," Odetta sald before she and he will probably get his way. Even if we ap­ ta stood wearing a long white gown and sang ber last number. The audience proved of everything Wallace has done up to now, pla)'1ng an enormous guitar. The set­ Joined in singing"I Woke Up This Morn­ we would still oppose this flagrant abuse of the pow­ Ung against the huge velvet curta1nwas ingWith My M1nd stayedOnFr�m." impressive. FIVE) er of the governor's office. (CONTINUED ON PAGE There is nothing basically wrong with the principle of succession. If Sermon01 tbe Week a man works all his life to become Free governor, he should be able to spend ACHR: Ala. Schools To Make a Society more, than four uninterrupted years MONTGOMERY --Freedom, charac­ Mr. Thomas. "u any one of the three in the office. When every governor, ter and responslbWty are allnecessary Is missing, the whole structuretopp les. good or bad, is turned out after four Avoid Inte ation for good citizenship in afreeworld, the "The communlsts have beeD busy gr hacking away at all three legs of the years, the state never has a chance Rev. Joe T. Thomas said Sunday in the to settle down to business. And many HUNTSVILLE--lD the first year of This Is "a poor start," the ACHR First Baptist Church of GreaterWash­ stool, The hour Is late, If we Intend to school desegregation under the Civil sald, especially when 84 of Alabama's restore stablllty to our troubled people have argued that it takes four ington park. Rights Act, "the cities of Alabama have 118 school districts had desegregaUon These three things, "Uke the three world," years in the office for a man to learn .. managed only a token of tokenism," plans approved by the Office 'Of Edu­ legs of a stool,are all necessary, said Freedom today means many things how to be governor. says the Alabama Council on Human cation, nine others had plans approved to many people, the mlDlster said, But succession is not the real is­ Relations. by federal courts and one more prom­ To some people, he said, freedom Is sue before the state legislature. Nor Other places In the SOuth have done Ised to comply with the law. something to get away from. Young far beller than Alabama's major Cities, The problem, according to the ACHR, people In the HlUer Youth Organiza­ is Wallace's record the real issue, bad as it is. the ACHR said last week In a special Is that all the approved desegregaUon tion boasted that they were "free from The issue is this: should a man in office be al­ report, plans were "freedom at choice" plans, freedom," he said. "by which they lowed to use the power of that office to further his The report was sent to the U.S. Of­ which leave too much respoosiblllty up meant they had been relieved ofthe re­ own political career? We say the answer is no. fice at Education, which supervises to Negro parents. sponslblllty of making up their own No succession bill should be passed, in the leg­ school integration under Title VI of the The way thlngs are In Alabama,free­ minds about anything." Civil Rights Act, andto school superin­ dom of choice plans simply say. II This "Freedom cannot exist where there islature or by the people, unless it applies only to tendents In Alabama. school system wID now malcean excep­ Is not character strOllgeDOUgh to main­ future governors, and not to the present one. We Title VI requires school districts to tlon to the rule for all Negro children tain it," Mr. Thomas said, "Converse­ would say this even if the present governor were not desegregate if they want to keep getting whose parents insist upon It," the re­ ly, character Is not developed where George Wallace. For we do not believe that any gov­ federal money. pOrt said, there Is not freedom enough to allow ernor has the right to shove himself down the throats In Ruby, S.C., all the schoolchildren Responsibility for desegregating the it to grow." II of the people, 'by forcing passage of an amendment --454 whites and 120 Negroes--went to schools should be placed on school ad­ Finally, respoosiblllty develops the the same school without trouble, the re­ ministrators, not Negro parents, said ability to choose wisely and well for that lengthens his own term of office. port said, the ACHR. one's self," he said, About 2,000 Nl'groes attend school And, the report concluded, admll11s­ Mr. Thomas concluded, "Letus then. Federal Action Needed with whites In Atlanta, Ga., 1,000 Ne­ trators who do integrate their school as Peter counsels us, 'Uve as free men. groes do the same In Houston, Tex., and systems should be protected from in­ yet without using freedom as a pretext If the Justice Department doesn't hurry up u.s. 1,200 are integrating the schools In New terference by Gov. George Waliace and for evil.' Let us 'live as servants of and do something, many registered Negroes are not Orleans, La. other state officials. God.' going to be able to vote on a second term for Gov. But In Birmingham, Mobile and Mont­ George Wallace. gomery, the report said, there are only Almost a month ago, the governor won court or­ 53, 39 and 32 Negroes attending school with whites. Sunflower Gets ders that kept the names of people registered by In the entire l>tate,the Alabama Coun­ NAACP Chapter BY DAVID R. UNDERHILL had come from other parts ofthe coun­ past when he and others took Negroes federal examiners off the voting lists in six Ala­ cil estimated, there are between 1,000 ty. to the courthouse in Chatomto register, bama counties. and 1,200 Negroes enrolled In formerly SUNFLOWEH--Flve months of work he said, And the registrars regularly go Wallace obtained injunctions in the state cout"ts white schools. led to the first atnc1almeetlnl: of Wash­ This was the best turn-out so far. this to the towns outside the county seat to This Is 10 times as many as the 101 ington County's NAACP branch In SOme members were disappointed against the probate judges of Dallas, Hale, Marengo, register new voters. Negroes In white schools last year, the small town last Sunday evening. that more people did not show up for Lowndes, Perry and Wilcox counties. Garner said he was worried thatsome report conceded, You must have 50 members to get a this first official meeting. But an Negroes may not want to register, es­ It was a clever move by Wallace, because the But, said the ACIIR, it Is still only charter from national NAACP head­ NAACP lleld worker from Mobile said the pecially since the Klu Klux Klan has probate judges were very cooperative defendants. one-third of one per cent of the total quarters. Eugene Garner, of SUD!lower, even Mobile chapter often could not been more acttve In the areadurtng the In fact, they agreed with the governor. And since Negro school populaUon of 300,000. and a few other people started hunting get that many people to Its meetings. for those 50 people last May. past iew weeks than at any tlme lDrecent Wallace didn't sue the examiners or any other U. S. Those present elected regular offi­ cers, made prellminary plans for the years. official, it was hard for the federal government to Pike Integration branch's work, and signedup a few more About three weeks ago, the Klanheld fight the injunctions. BY MRS. JOHNNIE �f. WA RREN members, bringing the total to 67. a big rally in Mountvernon, just south A Justice Department lawyer in Washington said, PIKE COUNrY--Pike County was Garner was unanimously elected at the Washington County line. represented at the Conference on the "We are not going to let anyone stand in the way of preSident. Other oUicers are J. H. Atter the registration and member­ Voting Rights Act of 1965 at the Jeff­ these people voting," but he wouldn't, or couldn't Woodyard, vice-president; Lonnie ship drive, the new NAACP chapter wID erson Davis Hotel In Montgomery last say what was being done about it. Moore, secret.lry, and WilUam HUl, begin testing the Civil RightsAct of1964 Saturda) by Mrs. Johnnie M. Warren treasurer. In the county. Well, the vote on whether Wallace gets another of and Mrs. Mattie Lee Carry Troy. A membership drive and a county­ of four years in office may be less than 100 days away. Pike County was one the few Ala­ wide voter registration campaign wlll The main speaker at Sunday's meet­ And there are a lot of Negroes who would like to bama counties represented that had had be the group's flrst projects, according Ing was Clarence Moses, an NAACP have a say in that decision. no racial violence. to Garner. lawyer ,rom Mobile. He explained the There has been no trouble in getting He sald he didn't expect local regis­ act" urged the people to take advantage Negroes registered In Pike County. The trars to obstruct the voter regtstratlon of it and assured them that the NAACP Mobile's s n only trouble has been In getting themto Les o campaign. They have cooperatedin the would send legal help If needed, the courthouse. "Is the Head Start office in Washington interested Pike County has four Negro police­ in education for Negroes or not? We ran a program men. Two previously all-white schools that had over 1,000 Negro children and only about 50 were Integrated this fall. white children in it. and they're holding up our money And they are fixing to opena nursery simply because we didn't have quite as many white so the Negro working people wlll have teachers as they wanted�" someone to care for their children while they work. CALLING THE ROLL People around Mobile's School Administration The city will open the nurser} on OCt. Building have been talking like this since August, be­ 18, at the Troy Recreation Center. The 50th signed up and paid his dues cause they are educators but not integrators. They Two college-tratned teachers, Mrs. about the middle of July. Then the mem­ ran a large Head Start program very well, and they Doroth} Dlx and Mrs. JohMle Mae Mon­ bers met InMcIntosh, elected tempora­ It's a big week for sports on televi­ SATURDAY, OCT. 9 ey, will take care of the children from ry officers and sent In for the charter. can't understand why Washington should complain. Sion, with the October madness of the 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. They wID play When the charter arrived, last SUn­ But the federal officials directing Head Start and World series added to the usual football World Serles--Mlnnesota at Los An­ games with the Children, serve them a day's meeting was called. About 40 peo­ the rest of the poverty program are concerned about games. geles (third game), 1:30 p.m. Channel9 hot lunch and start to tllach them their pie attended, Most of them were from The Series pits the Los Angeles In Columbus, Ga., Channel 12 in Mont­ integration, because they beli�ve that poverty and seg­ numbers and ABC's. SWlflower or nearby towns, but some regation feed on each other. And they are probably Dodgers of the National League against gomery, Channel 10 In MobUe, Channel the Minnesota TWins of the American 13 In Birmingham. right about this. League. So they have insisted that people receiving Head U.S. Pays Head Start The Dodgers, who staggered to a pen­ Start money work actively for integration. If only a nant without a single powerbltter In the SUNDAY, OCT. 10 The program cost MobUe $143,000.· few white teachers in Mobile volunteered to work for BY DAVID H. UNDf,RHILL lineup, will rely onthe fantasUcpitching The OEO hadcriticized Mobile'spub­ Head Start. Washington wanted the school district to of SandY Koufax(2 6-8) and Don Drysdale World Serles--Mlnnesota at Los An­ licity about Head Start integration, al­ (23-12) In the World Sc;rles. put non-volunteers on the teaching staff. MOBILE--The 6chool district here geles (fourth game), 1:30 p.m. though one news release printed in the Behind Koufax and Drysdale, how­ is apparently going to get paid for the There's an important lesson in all this for citiel:> local paper just before the program ever, the Dodgers aren't much ot a NFL Football--New York vs. Minne­ Head Start program It ran last sum­ I In started said, I Enrollment isopen to all team. Little shortstop Maury Wllls, sota, 1:15 p.m. Channel 4 Dothan, like Mobile, that have kept race relations calm so mer. children regardless of race, color or who stole 94 basel> this season, holds Channel 20 In Montgomery,Chanoel5 in far, and have not had much federal intervention in No official word and no money had creed at each of the centers." L.A. together. Mobile. their affairs. arrived from Washington by Tuesday But the OEO mainiy objected to the The Twins, who had an easy time of afternoon. Racial peace in these cities no longer guarantees slaffing of the program. Thirteen of it in the A.L. race, have a real Mur­ that the government will allow them to progress at But Bargent Shriver, head of the Of­ the Head start centers In Negro neigh­ derers' Row of sluggers to go wlth bet­ MONDAY, OCT. 11 their own pace, as they have in the past. Federal fice of Economic Opportunity, an­ borhoods had all-Negro stalfs. ter-than-average pitching. nounced late last week that the OEO Jack C. Gallalee, president atthe Mo­ World Serles--Mlnnesota at LoaAn­ legislation in the last two years has created a civ­ would "reluctantly" pay the eight bile County SChool Board, hasrefUsed to geles (fifth game, if uecessary). 1:30 il rights program requiring major changes in the FENCE-BUSTERS Southern communltleswhose Head Start comment on which side Is right. p.m. race relations of even the most progressive South­ funds had been held uP. But he did say Monday that the school A. L. batting champion Tony Ollva, The OEO feels that these communi­ ottlclals running the program here ern cities. Harmon KIllebrew, Jimmy Hall, Bob The Mobile school officials have learned this the ties did not comply with the Integration shOUld have realized from the first that Allison and Don Mincher all havefence­ WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13 reqUirement of the program. An OEO the OEO would not approve ofthe staff­ hard way. In the process, many people have suf­ busting power. official has called Mobile's Head Start Ing arrqements. Minnesota's Mudcat Grant, a so-so World Serles--Los Anreles at Min­ fered--the teachers and suppliers, whose pay was program " one of the worst" In the coun­ has The OEO announced that any fu­ pitcher lor many years, suddenly be­ nesota (sixth game, ifMceasary).12:30 delayed for months; the children, who probably will try on civil rights compliance. ture requests for Head Start money came a big winner this seasoo with a p.m. Shriver said his office decided topay from Mobile schools would get special have no Head Start program next year, and the city, 21-7 record, Carollo Pascual and Jim only because non-payment "would be studY before belne approved, which has gotten a lot of bad publicity. Kaat are two more soUd starters. unfair to hundreds of law-abiding people Dr. R. W GUUard, presldeDt of the Even the school officials themselves may suffer. . But with the Tw1ns as wltb the Dodg­ THURSDAY, OC'T. 14 who bore no responslbillt) for the vlo­ Mobile NAACP, said Macroesmay have if a strong right-wing reaction to this affair forces ers, It Is a little sborstop. Zollo Ver­ laUon ln the program, and whoturnlsh­ to submit a Head Start planof their own salles, who leads the team. World Serles--L08 Angeles at MID­ them to cut down on other federally supported pro­ ••• ed goods and services expecting If Mobile Is to have IlDOther Head Start nesota (seventh game. if necelSary). The TV lineup: grams besides Head Start. in good faith to be paid," program. 12:30 p.m. PAGE THREE

' The men who were called to jury duty fo r the trial of Thomas L. Coleman last week waited outside the courthouse for th e start of the seSSion. They would have to decide whether Coleman was guilty of manslaughter for the shooting of Jona­ than D aniels.

The jurors chatted and talked togeth er. Th · ey all knew each other. They were all wh ite men )Vho lived in Lowndes County. And they all knew Tom Coleman as Lowndes County Justice a frie nd and ne ighbor in Lowndes County.

PHOTCXiRAPHY BY .JAMES H. PEPPLER; TEXT BY ROBERT E. SMITH

Miss Ruby Sales, 20, ot Se lma, was one rJf two girls Robison: "Just answer th e ques­ who were with Daniels when he was shot to death in tion. Did you know Jonathan Dan­ front of a grocery store Aug. 20. Miss Sales' loud iels?" and clear account of what happened caused the big­ Miss Sales: "I worked with him, gest sUr in the courtroom. She refused to be afraid ye s." of Vaughan Hlll Robison, Coleman's lawyer, who shouted questions at her. She was the only witness Robison, chuckling: "You worked who said, In so many words, "Tom Coleman kllled for him, hey? .• Did you say th is to Each time Coleman emerged fro m Arthur Gamble, circuit solicitor Jon Daniels." Time and AP and UP: the second-floor courtroom, photo- in Lowndes, went th rough th e mo­ This Is part of the exchange between Mls,> Sales graphers were there to snap hispic- . ' "'The white man came out and told tions of prosecuting his friend, Cole­ aii,d � 9�isq(i: : ture. The accused man looked seri- man. Gamble, who aVOided talking us the store was closed. ,ije had a - - --- " ous, but he relaxed each time anold reporters, told the jury, "I al­ Robison: "How are you employ­ shotgun and he sa id, "Get off my gOd­ to friend or a relative ca me by to em- most want to apologize for th e way ed 1" damn property before I blow your goddamn brains out, you •••" brace him, or pat him on the ba ck. the state has handled th is case ." Miss Sales: "1 am a field secreta­ ' ry for the Student No nviolent C oordi­ " 'Suddenly there was a shot and nating Com mittee." th e next th ing I knew I was on the Robison: "Isn't th at SNIC K?" ground. Somebody, evidently Jon, Miss Sales, loud and clear: "Stu­ push ed me down. Next th ing Iknew, de nt Nonviolent Coo rdinating Com­ th ere was another shot, and Jon had mittee." fallen down by me. I shook him but Robi so n: "What kind of work do he would n't move. yo u do'?" Miss Sales; "1 ____ ,J Miss Sale s: "1 work to rid th is ar­ Robison: "YES OR NO? ISTHAT ea of its racial ba rrie rs." TR UE 7" Robison: "What were you doing in Judge T. Werth Thagard: "That Ft. Deposit?" question can be answeredyes or no." Miss Sales: "A group of people Robison: "IS THAT TRUE?" were there picketing for the ir con­ Miss Sales: "Yes. some of it." stitutional rights, their prop er con­ Robison: "Some of it. Th at is stitutional rights." all. "

Lowndes County's segregated way of life wason display, as much as To m Cole man. Negro witnesses, like Miss Ruby Sales, who saw the murder, were not believed. White witnesses who did not see the sh ooting were believed. Wh ite residents of Lowndes County, most of themfriends or kin of To m Coleman, fille d the co urthouse. Wh ite witnesses (above ) cha tted downsta irs in the sheriff's office during th e trial. Ne gro witnesses, most of them from Dallas County, were told to wa it out back, behind the courthouse (at left). When it rained, they waited in their cars, until a court officer yelled out of an upstairs window, "Come on up here." Ne gro folks in Hayneville usually sit and talk in fron t of Harrell'.s St().r� (below). Wh ite to wnsme n sit in front of the courthouse. The day of the trial was no exception. They chatted, as th ey had tefore and will again, abo ut the way th ings are in Lowndes County. PAGE POUR The Men Who Make the Laws

BY ELLEN LAKE slapping a back here, shaking a hand there, microphone. stopping to joke for a few minutes in a group A senator ambles up to the second mike, MONTGO MERY--The pre­ at the back of the chamber, then moving on. throws a question at the senator who Is speak­ siding officer of the Alabama occasionally the chatting concerns the bill Ing, then wanders of! without listening for an Senate raps for order. But no at hand or a political deal. More often It Is answer. one is listening. "How 's the wUe and fam ily?" or "You know A representative grasping a vanilla Ice cream cone in one hand steps up to speak. The For something even more who I met along the street the other day •••" cone comes In handy for gesturlng untll the Ice i mportant is taking place in Secretaries walk briskly In and out of the cream beglns to melt. the le gislature. The ba refoot chamber, carrying papers or messages or peanut boy is making his dai­ records. Anll -year-old page brings a senator An In�rruption ly rounds through th e galle­ a candy bar, teases a photographer to take his picture, collects empty gold and black plasUc In the midst of a spirited debate, a senator ry. Wearing a faded plaid sh irt coffee cups from the senators' desks. asks permission to Interrupt. He wants to and an even more faded hat, The crowd got so noisy at a recent House welcome the eighth grade of a school In his he slips between th e desks, session that lhe chairman finally had to rap district. All eyes turn upward at the fttteen selling little ba gs of peanuts his gavel. "Could you be a lltlle more quiet," little girls In Identical blue dresses sitting In to hungry legislators. he pleaded, "Several ol the representatives the spectators gallery. There Is a brief round are trying to hear the speaker." of applause. Debate resumes. Perhaps the folks back In Hometown, Ala. think with awe at their representatives up in Work Is an IntrUSion, When the House was In the center of the floor, the press table Is the capltal. But for the lawmakers themselves wading through 11 proposals on reapportion­ otten thronged with legislators, asking the re­ a day In the House or Senate Is llke Saturday ment, trying to get something passed,one rep­ porters questions, com menting on a recent If at the market-place, resentative suggested, Let's pass all the story or getting advice. It's a chance to greet old friends, exchange plans and send them over to the Senate. Then Bob Ingram, a Montgomery Advertiser re­ ,, cigars, compare notes an "what the damned we can go home and let them thrash 11 out, porter who has been covering the legislature federal registrars are doing In your county?" Debate Is casual. A senator pasSionately for 12 years, presides with style. Each legislator Is assigned a desk, but It's pleading for an amendment looks up from his "How're we dOing, Bob ?" a senator asked a rare senator or representative who spends notes to see that no one In the chamber Is pay­ Ingram anxiously during the reapportionment much time sitting down. There Is constant Ing any attention to him. He continues, undls­ session. motion as senators wander aroundlhe fioor-- couraged, pouring forth all his passion to the "You're all just playing," Ingram replied.

, He joked with senators standing near out. the microphone: Someone asked lor a quorum call. • • 'Let "I hear they're going toput a subma­ Brog Taylor from Butler county, sitting rine in Smith Lake up in Walker Coun­ temporarily In the chairman's seat, the Debate Proceed"Let the. senators be governed accord­ BY GAIL FALK ty." looked perplexed. "I'm not sure I can InglY,tI Allen proclaimed, "Let debate "Well, that's a good thing. It's very call a quorum call," he said. MONTGOMERY--lt was a se rious question that the proceed," important to have a submarine inSmith There were shouts from the floor The senators had sat still much long­ Alaba ma legislature met th is week in special session Lake." "Yes, you can." "You can call one ev­ er than they were 'iccustomed to, and to discuss. And Lieute nant Go vernor James B. Alle n, ery half hour." "No, every hour." ImmedIately movement on the floor be­ Senator Charles Adams, from Hous­ who is chairman of the Senate , tried to set a serious So the ac ting chairman asked the gan again, The clusters of senators in ton County, walked to the other micro­ clerk to make a count of senators on the tone fo r the debate. the back of the room tookup where their phone and asked permission to Inter­ floor. The clerk reported that there was He rapped his gavel fo r order Monday afternoon, and conversations had been lnterrupted, rupt. "I see the spirit has moved you," a quorum. announced that he wished to make a The page started np his round, find­ he said to Senator McCain. "Take note of that," said the acting statement, Senators-in the back of the Ing out which senators wanted coffee. " Yes, the spirit moved me." chairman. If There shall not be another room continued talking among them­ "My god, I wonder what kind of spir­ And the filibuster began in earnest. quorum cail for ••••" He stopped, selves, just as loud as before. its they were," A senator can talk for as long as an "A half hour," caUed a voice from the The.. lIeutenant governor rapped his At suppertime, the �hamber thinned hour, and the anti-succession senators floor. "An hour ," called another. gavel again. Then, like a stern school­ prepared to take turns filling up hours. "It seems to me thal last time we had teacher, he set his face and sat silent, Senator Bill McCain, from Tu:;ca­ a filibuster •••tt sald Taylor. "Well, staring out at his chattering "chil­ loosa, started his hour by recalllng the the lieutenant governor should be back dren." And, llke a stern schoolteacher, first time he'd ever spoken at length be­ in the chair by the next call anyway," he had his way. Gradually, the noise fore the Senate, He said he brought to The debate did not lose Its light tone, Where was the lieutenant governor subsided until finally everyone In the the rostrum an enormolls stack of books no matter how serious the subject. who wanted the senators to debate a se­ chamber was obediently listening to and notes and figures, and filled his hour "Mighty fine job you did up at that rious subject seriously? the chairman, with scholarly debate. trial," the Senator Adams told vaughan He had left the rostrum and was' Then Allen read a formal statement. He knows better now. Anything w1ll Hill Robison. "U I get trled for murder, laughing with a group of senators.at the It explained that he was In favor of the fUi up an hour. He is careful to include I hope you'll be my lawyer." back the chamber, an orange milk amendment allowing Gov. George Wal­ wanted to block the amendment. just enough seriousness for the papers Robison was the lawyer for Thomas of carton in his hand. It had been many lace to succeed himself. However, he The statement ended with rlnglng to quote In the morning. L. Coleman, who was found not guilty as of manslaughter last week In Lowndes minutes since he'd listened to anything did not Intend to use his power chair­ words, that sounded as though they ought SOmeonf\.handed him the Birmingham going on In the of the room. man to stop a filibuster by senatorswho to be the start of a momentous debate. News, He read an article aloud, county. front Here's How the LegislaturePa sses a Law

BY MICHAEL S. LOTTMAN be paid and so on. chairman of the Committee on Publ1c in a row, he can never get any more Popular Introduces the bill in the Welfare, and he thinks Popular's bill mOlley under Popular's bill. A majority From the above story, it might seem th at Ala­ state Senate, where It Is read by the would cost the state toomuch money. He of the senators vote for this amendment, ba ma's senators and represe ntatives spend most of clerk and referred to a committee. The can take a long time before holding and It becomespart of the proposed law. th eir time eating ice cream co nes and telling jokes. full Senate would never get anything hearings on the b1ll, and then take some But sadguy still doesn't like the However, th ey do find time to pass laws--Iaws done if it had to work out the details more time before reporting the bill out b1l1. So he and his friends decide to of every proposed new law, So the mem­ of committee so the full Senate can vote that affect th e lives of eve ryone in the state. fillbuster- - talk on and on, holding up bers are divided up Into committees, on It, When people talk about the process of making laws, each covering a certain field of legis­ all the business of the Senate, untll they talk about bills , committees, resolutions , and Popular's bill Is beaten or withdrawn. lation. Senato,.. Com ro mile filibuste rs, among other th i ngs. Th ere are ma ny p It takes a two- thirds vote to cut off citize ns who don't know what these words mean, and These committees get the first crack a 111 Ibuste r In the Senate. (This Is at laws In their field, and they even­ Compromise plays a large part In caUed cloture.) For a week, Popular who don't understand how a law gets passed, tually make a report to the full Senate. getting almost every blll through the is afraid to try for cloture, because So me people ne ver bothered to find out how th e state Senate. First, leI's say, popular will he doesn't think he has the votes. Then legislature works, beca use they never though t they'd Popular'S guaranteed-Income law have to lower the guaranteed income to he moves to cut of! debate, and the fil­ have anyth ing to say about what the senato rs and rep­ would probably be assigned to the Com­ $3,000, before a majority of the mem­ Ibuster Is barely broken, by a vote of mittee on Public Welfare. The com mit­ rese ntatives did. bers of the com ml ttee wlll have anything 24 to ll. tee can hold hearings on the blll, to find to do with his b1ll. Then he has to agree But now that everyo ne is slo wly (but surely) getting out what people think about It, The to put In a section saying that no citizen Now the Senate can vote on the bill. th e righ t to vote , everyone has a stake in understand­ members can change the bill or rewrite can get the money unless he can prove he But the real battle--stopplng the f1ll­ ing what goes on in the legislature. It, so that It has a chance of being first tried to earn it. buster--has already been won, and Pop­ For those who ne ver learned, and for th ose who passed. Or they can decide that It Is a Now, let's say, the blll is acceptable ular's blll passes easily, 30 to 5. Now bad idea, and recommend against It. the b1ll will have to pass the House. U hu ve fo rgotte n their high school civic courses, here to half the members of the committee. The committee chairman has a lot to Popular needs one more vote to get a It does, It goes to the governor tor his is an explanation of how laws are made. It a plies to p say about what happens to POlJular's favorable recom mendation, and he signature, If the governor likes the bill, bill. Let's say that G G. Badguy Is the Alaba ma Legislature and, in general, to the U. S. . thinks he can swing Senator A.B, Wa­ he signs It Into law. Unot, he vetoes It, Congress. vering. and It takes a majority of the members The legislative process begins when It seems that wavering has Intro­ of bolh houses to pass a law over the someone has Idea for a new law that :in duced a bill to declare April 30 Grand­ governor's veto, SENATOH CHAI{LES ADAMS he thinks Is needed. mothers' Day In Alabama, and he needs If, by the way, the House passes a blll Let's say state Senator I.M. Popular votes for his blll. So, In exchange tor that Is different from the senate ver­ thinks Alabama should havea law guar­ a "yes" vote on the guaranteed-Income Sion, then a conference committee irons It lakes a thrf'p-fifths vote of both anteeing eV9ryone In the state an Income bill, Popular agrees to vote for Grand­ out the differences. Senators and rep­ houses to pass an amendment to the of S4,Ooo ayear, 11a person makes less mothers' Day. resentatives do a lot of horse-trading state constitution, and even after that, than $4,000 a year, Popular thinks, the So the b1ll flnally gets a favorable until they come up with a bill that they the people br.ve to approve the amend­

Segregation- -Almost a Religion · hearingKi would sayl leractually saw the "TheyCl triedear to deny seeinged the shoot­ Jackson he BY EDW... RD M. RUDD BY MARJORIE LEES LINN tures say 'every race to ItseU.' " I'd mistreat them 11 I wasn't afraid trooper shoot Jackson. Accordlne to Ing, to be very evasive, say that they BIRM1:iGHAM -- Woodlawn High The boy said be bad seen white stu­ my parents would flDd out. The nIg­ was knew nothing." MARION--Evldence that Jimmy Lee McLeod, 11 never established at School, lD Bl rmlnghaJll's eastern sec­ dents mlstreat1Dc theNegroes atWood­ gers are out to prove something, and the hearing whether Jackson was shot The only grand jury witnesswoo said Jackson did not haveto die from hisgun­ UOII, was desegregated last month-­ lawn. Recently, hesald, a white student I'd do anything to discourage them." saw a trooper shoot Jackson was a shot wounds was presentedto the Perry In the cafe or when he Oed out Into the he QUietlY and peacetully. "beat ODe them up out He laughingly described h1mseU ,as white man,MeLeodld. sa Tbewhite man f1 lD the hall." County grand Jury last �eek. The Jury street. How does a 14-year-oldwhite student However, he said, his parents have "a junior KKK," and then seriously said said was standing next thetrooper refused to Indict an unidentified Alaba­ "When they heard the shot, all they be to at Woodlawnfeel about lhe lDtegration ot he planned to "become a member of forbidden him to mistreat the Negroes. ma state trooper for IIrst-degree mur­ wanted to do was run " said McLeod. in the cafe when the shots were fired. his school? the Ku Klux Klan the day I'm old This Is not because his parents' views der. "When I saw them going In, my first about the Negroes are any different enough." Clrcult Solicitor Blanchard McLeod reaction was 10 kick their escort. I Just from his own, he explained: Since he believes lDtegration Is un­ exhibited two autopsy photographsat the wanted to kick him. I hate nlggers-­ HOW TO EN�OV "MY parents think theY're pitiful. godly, would he say then that his strong Sept. 27 hearlng, lD an attempt to prove that's all," said a studious, well man­ They pity them because their parents anti-Negro feelings are based on his that the bullet holes In Jackson's intes­ nered boy. are forclng themto go where they'renot rellgiOD? tines were not properly sewn up, He was eager to talk about school lD­ wanted." . The clear blue eyes behind the horn­ "It was clearly shown," said McLeod . tegration, and asked only that his name And, he hinted, there was money be­ rimmed glasses stared briefly lDto the this week, "that It Jackson had gotten not be used. hind the IntegraUon of Woodlawn: ci1i;tance. Then came the answer, hon­ proper medical cart....l!e would be alive He said he and his famlly attend the "One 01. the nigger boys up there told est and straightforward: today." Primitive Baptist Church, and he reads a friend of mine that he had to go now "Yes, Ma'aml" McLeod said a state autopsy Indica­ lbe Bible. Integration Is ungodly, he whether he liked It or not, because they At Woodlawn High School lD eastern ted that Infection from foodmatter leak­ said: had Just moved Into a new house and they Birmingham this week, school Integra­ Ing out ot the small lDtesllne Into the "Well, they're doingsomet hing that , needed the money." tlon was going along--quletly and abdominal cavity causp.d Jackson's r .. ·�NKINO I leel is against God's word. The scrlp- The boy grinned as he said, "SUre, peacefUlly. death eight days after the shooting. . .. . ' . ERVIC. "The food seeped out Into the body ...... 1/ . :, .�. cavity, peritonitis set lD,and that's wha� Wallace Seeks Selma's Clinic kllh!d him," said McLeOd. Dental McLeod saId Jackson had been re­ covering satisfactorily from the wounds �k� ��E ROOF A Second Term Can't Treat Children until he was given regular food...... 'f;) But the questioo of how Jackson died SELMA--Two kinds of poverty are the children of the four Negro and !Ive was still only a side Issue at the hear­ bothering the newly-formed Associa­ white elementary schools in Selma. Ing. He had to be shot before he could tion lor the Improvement of Medical Each school w111 send down Uve or six die In the hospital. Tait. advantage of all-around convenience ,n Services In Selma. first grade pupils to'the cUnlc. Each Many poor people can'tafford medi­ child will continue tosee the dentLst ev­ handling your everyday "SELF-DEFENSE" money matten. Here­ cal help, and the county health depart­ ery month until his teeth are fixed. Then at a cana ment also says It has no money. the school w11l sendanolher child to take As for indicting the state trooperwho single location-you A month ago, AIMS told poor Negro his place, shot Jackson, McLeod said he' had no parents that their children could get He said the change had heen In the doubt that It was a clear case of seU­ • Enioy checking account service ,.. . their teeth taken care oUree at the Dal­ making before the flood of Negro chil­ defense. las County Health Department's dental dren hit the clinic. "I don't see how the grand jury had • Build up your savings cUnic. With money, the health department a chance to Indict him," said McLeod, The cUnlc began maklDg appoint­ could afford to pay more dentists and "since he acted completely In seU-de­ • Borrow at low cOlt ments for the Negro children to see the stay open longer, according to Dr. Ross. fense." • Safeguard your valuabl.. dentist, and AIMS workers thought the Mrs, Perkins, a nurse at Good samar­ McLeod said both white and �egro hardest part 01 their job was over. ltan Hospital, suggested that one way to witnesses at the hearing testllled that But suddenly, the health department lick the money problem would be to ask Jackson had an ., RC or Coke botUe" In • , • and malt. u .. of the many special fadlhIM stopped maklDg appointments,aad can­ Selma's two Negro dentists to volunteer his hand as he struggled with the state celed the appointments already made, their time for the clinic. trooper. �ndthe varied financial .xper"�YCillab10 a publlc leiter, Dr. JamesS Ross, But Dr, Ross said he would have to Lr. GOV. JAMES B. ALLEN In . only at a fUU-scALE lANKsuch .asoun. Presides In Senate county health omcer, said school oUl­ pass that suggestion along to the coun­ Mrs. Norma Jean Shaw, who owns clals wdUld decide which poor children ty health board. He said he didn't have Mack's Cafe where Jackson probably (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) would get to see the free dentist. any objections, but he thoughtthe health was shot, said she told the grand jury OUR .AN. YOUR or In 1966--maln1y former Gov. John "Lack of time, money and personnel department employes, all whites, would she did not see II any fighting or bot­ MA.a Patterson. to properly treat all peopleseeking this have to be "humored" In the matter. tles," Wallace supporters have said the PIIiANCIAL H.ADQUAlITa�.1 service" was the reason he gave for .the "The only thing I saw belDg thrown people 01 the state should get a chance change. Odella Concert or hitting was those sticks they had," to vote on the amendment. Ther point­ Dr. Ross explained that his depart­ (CO�TlNUED FROM PAGE TWO) she said. "In fact I didn't see any A4B�'IAEXCHAN GE BA"NK ed out that "nearly 40" states allow ment had one denUst, who worked only As the song ended and Odetta left the fighting. All I saw was people with some kind of succession. four hours a week In the clinic. stage, the audience stoodand applauded their hands over their heads, trying Member "With the appointment system, we until she returned and sang" Ain'tGon­ to protect their heads." In his speech at the opening of the Federal Reserve Sy stem and special legislative session last Thurs­ were ge tting so far behind that It would na Let NolY.>d:' Turn Me'Round." Ev­ Jackson's mother, slster,and grand­ day, Wallace strongly hinted that he have been weeks or mout'ls before we erybody helped sing again, father said this week that they were with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation might run tor President some day : could have seen a child again to finish The crowd clapped enthUSiastically him when the state trooperscharged In­ "The llberals say that George Wal­ his teeth," Dr. Ross said. and sompone shouted, "We ShallOyer­ to the cafe. P.O. Box 128 Tuske,ee , Alabama lace wants to be President. What Is He said the new system was the best come." Odetla asked all to join hands None of the Negro wilnesses at the wrong with that? An /.labamlan Is as way to share the IImltell services among and sing. good u most and better than some," 1188l1wh1Je. a federal court In Mont­ gomery approved the Legislature's plan for reapportioning the state Senate, and another federal court In Mobile app rov­ Wiley's ed the plan for new U.S. House districts, Eat Shop But the Montgomery court drew Us own remap plan for the state House, DELICIOUS HOME COOKED FOOD creatl:lg five districts with Negroes In Need Mone ? One blod Lincoln G o� y the majority. fro m Tuskegee Institute , Alabama Mobile Storm 727-3560 BY DAVID R, UNDEHHILL

MOBtLE--About 128 m11l10n tons 01 rain fell on Mobile In one day last week. You could have meas.l'·ed it In Inches if you wanted to, but you would have needed a vardstlck instead of a ruler. EARN CASH And you would have needed a better rain gauge than even the Wea" ler Bareau had. Their gauge kept overflowing, so no one knows the eXlct amount of ralD. But It came to about 17 lOches In downtown YOUR SPARE MobUe. IN lIME In a way, the city was being reminded of how lucky it's been. Hurricanes seem to miss Mobile almost every time. The city has escaped from two just In the last month, Belsy was headed Ihis way before she wrecked New Orleans We need distributors in all communi­ instead. So was Debbie, but she flew YOU'VE SEEN HEll 0:-': TELE\'lSlO:\. HE \)) .\BOl T apart Instead. The rain that hit Mo­ ties of Alabama and nearby Mississippi lIEn I� TIlE NPERS, �o\V SEE m: n l� l'EHSO:\. bile last Thursday was one of Ihe " pieces, and Georgia. The SOUTHERN COURIER Some people couldn' t get out of their MRS. THOMPSON delivers papers to your hometo wn once houses, most couldn't get to work and GOD SENT GOD'S MESSENGER nobody went to school. Businesses, EVEIIYONE WELCOME WHITE Al'iD COLORED a week. homes and cars were flooded all over All Prayers and Healings Free town, but no one was seriously Injured. You sell the papers to your friends and When the rain finally stopped, the TIltIl:h of Ill'r hJnd will hNI )'ou. �ms. THO\IPSO:\ h,l� the Gud. water dralne:! away In j:Jst arew hours, ;il"n l'oll l'r to 110'. 11 h� PI ,I},l·r. \\'II.lt yolt WI' ",ith \'IlIlr ly"� '

normal size from the Infection. thing tunny about Martin Luther Kil!i. Muslim Leader Fears for Life, King Hurt But while It was easy enough to talk He doesn't have to 11e or cheat to you. about It outside the church, nobody to be :t.Qur leader. wanted to have to explain It to the peo­ "If anyone says tbIlre Is something BY EDWARD M . RUDD ple Inside. wrong wHh Martin Luther he Sends Aide to Tuskegee Meeting SELMA--After last Friday night, Klni, "I'm afraid to go In there," sald Ben might as well say there is something prete I' that he did not have to travel on people in Selma will believe the Rev. BY MARY ELLEN GALE Qwens. wrong wlth Jesus Christ," land to Tuskegee Institute," they said Martin Luther King Jr. Is coming when TUSKEGE E--EUjah Mllhdlll mad, In­ "The people thought we told them Dr. Williams told the people that there in a letter. they see him, and not much betore. ternational leader of the BlackMus­ King was coming just to get them out to were other things wrong wHh Selma, "Of course, we have almost enough Handllllls were passed around In the lims, canceled his plans to visit Tuske­ the mass meeting. Next time they won't too. He said he was worried ab out the guards to line the highway �or several streets Friday morning, announcing gee Institute last TUesday less than 12 come at all." splits In the Negro commllnlty. espe­ miles, five feet apart, but we do not that Dr. Klng wouldbeat Brown's Chap­ hOUl'S before he was scheduled to speak. When the leaders finally did get cially after Mr. Reese's arrest. el that night as part of a two-day whirl­ In his place, he sent another leader want to do that to get him there." Inside, they really gol maliat the people II The Musltm leader later agreed to wind "Peoples-to- Peoples" tour Selma had the greatest movement of of the sect, Dr. Lonnie Shahazz, head who hadstayed even though Dr. King was come by car, bringing several body­ throllgh the Black Belt. them all," Williams said, "Get togeth­ minister of Muslim Temple No. 4. He not coming. guards, also In cars. But about 6 p.m., the word started er. You. gave freedom to the enUre also sent a brief message. "I know what youcame out here tor ," But spokesmen from his headquar ­ around that Dr. King would not be able nation. You are now deallng with the Muhammad, self-styled Messenger said TurlJer. "Sometimes I'm glad you ters In Chicago told the institute Coun­ to make it to Brown's and Hosea Wil­ destiny of mankl nd, So get, together." of Allah and prophet of racial separa­ don't get it." cil Tuesday that Muhammad had liams would eome in his place. tion, did not explain his absence In the "I want it well understood," he told Mr. Reese was last to stand up be­ changed his mind because of "recent It was the second time this summer message. 11 said only that "because of the people, "that I love my people and fore the crowd. He gripped the pul­ events In Alabama." that Dr . King hadn't shown up after the unexpected changes of circumstance, I will do a lot for them. pit with both hands and spoke firmly Shabazz, a smooth, cultured speaker Rev. Harold Middlebrook, leatler of will not be able to be with you." "But I don't want folks whoonly come to the uudlence. Dallas County SCLC, said he would. HOSE A W!LLlAMS Earlier, however, Muhammad's designated by Muhammad as his offi­ uut here to see Dr. King. I don't bel1eve "I call on the people of Selma to cial representative, took the opportu­ The last time wa5 �a July l2, aCter the spoke men said they feared for his safe­ III building a kingdom on sand. forget what they might think or know Rev. F. D, Reese had been arrested on ty while traveling on the highway. nity to preach the MUSlim's standard "Those people who came here only to "Something has happened to Selma about F, D. Reese, and I hold my head charges of emhezzling funds from the "As you know, Mr. Muhammad has doctrine of black superlorlty, racial see Dr. King might as 'Nell stay In their when only this man), people sholV up to high. I knr>w the truth shall make me Dallas CounlY Voters' Lt'ague. enemies on the other Side, and we would separation a:Jd racial hatred. But he tin covered shacks Wlttl the fishing pole see Dr. Ma rUn Luther King," he said. free." "I just don't know w'lat to tell the peo­ ran Into a few surprises at Tuskegee. propped up In the corner, looking up at Then he told the people how special Dr. "If anyone can forgive Reese, for­ ple tltis time," said Mr. Mid,jl,t'> -.,ok, "The honorable Elljah Muhammatl the ceiling." King was: give him," he said, "because I know Eu taw'. Caner WIllS as he paced around outside Brown's BY CARRIE DANIELS love you so much he would !iO to the "Just Ilkp. there was �omething tunny what It Is to be forgiven. The day Jesus Chapel, where 300 people sat waiting EUTAW--The Carver steers 01 Eu­ end of the earth to get you truth before about Jesus Christ, so there Is some- Christ 10rgave Reese, he was freed," to hear Dr. King. SC LC OF'FICIAL3 ARRIVE taw deleated U, S. Jones' Blue Devils It 15 too la�e," he assured the audi­ Albert T'lrner of SC LC sat on the back from DE" nopolls by a score of 26 to 0 ence. A questioner took him up on It. "ea: of a car and held his head In his WIIUil Hosea Williams and Bernard last Friday, In the high school game of "If Elijah Muhammad holds Tus­ hands, Lee arrived, everybody stood up and the week. kegee Instltute In such high regard, why CARTER'S GROCERY & LUNCH He told hO'N 01'. King had "reared cheered. Tne whole crowd see ed quite The tirst touchdown came when Isn't he here?" the bo�' .lsked. m hack on his chair ," fallen over back­ happy to see the two hlgh- ranking SCLC Steers halfback J. C, Wesley threw a Another bol' said It wasn't realistic wards on n Jlass 'l:1:l h.ldly CUI his el­ officials, pitCh-back pass to the right, complete for Muhammad to ask the white men to bow. But the first thing WiIJl1ms dld w'le,\ to quarterback Taylor Y·:mng, who ranIt "dlvldp up Ame"lca with their sla'/es," �e said Dr. King had refused to see he got up was complain abollt the small for a touchdown, The extra point was and create a black state, a doctor and now his arm was twice Its size of the crOWd. made by Sylvester Wilson. "Given we deserve Ihe Ia.nd, and We lcome In the second haU, the Steers' klck­ Whitey Is 3S bad as we sa! ," he asked, • orf was returned to Ule Blue De,, :1 40)­ "what makl!s us think he'll give It to Laundry Strike 'R Greenville yard line. On fourth down, Carver line­ us? If he doesn' t, ho,v a re we b'oillt: to da�, "We asked for aralse,but he flat­ baclr'!r JOhn,P' �.Iarti� blocked lhe Blu!) get It?" BY GAIL FALK ly reflls�d." Students Devil punt. Tomm:1 Ga ines, a tackle, M,Il·.n,l n -Ilid lall:;hter greefed Sha­ GHEENVILLE--Seven laundl"l work­ Gratly Cadehead, owner of the Green­ reel) 'r, .)d 'he t.alt and rail it tor a bazz' reph' that "MuJlammad '1'111 force ers walked off their jobs at the Grpen­ " ville Cleaners and Laundry, said the steers touchdown. The extra point wal' him to give It to \15. ville Cleaners and Laundry Monday. workers hadn't talked to him ahout madu \: Illhmr.' Young. But the a'Jdience quieted when SlJa­ :v!rs. Lillie Shepard, one ol the seven a raise. RighI enr! T. J. Hili received a pass bazz added, "All over the world, the workers, said the walkout was to pro­ TUSKEGEE from the quarterback T:tylorYOllng, for black man is after the white mall." test 10Vi wages. "The',' left because they refused togo INST:TUTE, ano\her Carver touchdown. Tom Robischon, associate profess.)r "Wt! �., a' B In the morning and leave along with compan:' regulations," he In the last quarter of the game, Wes·­ of phllosophy .1t Tllske:;ee and a white a t 5. We work Saturdaj's till we'refin­ said. "They didn't wall� to leave their ALA. lei Intercepted a U.s. Jones pass, and man, suppl ied the evening'S most dra­ Ished," she said. own clothes to he cleaned, llke I do and I'an it back for a :ouchdown. The extra matic moment. "And we get S13.45 a weei<." a 11 the 'N orkers here dn." point was no good. "You talk about ' the w'Jite m:tn,' '' he Mr�. Shepa:-d said the laundry work­ "But there ain't no need for them to said. "You sa:; YOIIcannot live with him. ers were demaildin!; to ile paid :51.25an talk to me about raising par ," said I submit b) m)' presence, mr a�tions and hour, the fedura1 minimum wage In Cadehead. "I wouldn't do it. I couldn't

THINK In:; life that you :lI' e wrong ••• You are many Industries. d:> It. I'd ha ./e to close uP." - as prejudiced as the while mall rlown­ The \\'\)l'kt'I's dpcided �o walk oul last The laundry workers said Ihe'! hoped Phone 727 -0360 AND towll," The students applauduri. Saturday night, said ;'l rs. Shepard. to b'l back to work soo�--as soon as they "We':'e not Cooler!h,' your s�'rllpylaa­ "There's hot steam 3nd it's hard work. gl)t a raise. "We're going to ',\'ork wHh GRIN gua�e," Sha!nzz replied, "You're ju�t We've go� kids in school. And we can't the movem,!',t u:JtiJ we �et a raise," said an Individual. Y')u count for nothing. even pay the doctor bills when we get �I rs. Shepard, Jean: Jane, will you have �ome m')I·t! It's the collective I'm talking about. Ev­ sick." E\;' Cadphead said 'tondav that he al­ alphabet soup? ery white man !)enefltecl f� Jm Ihu "We talkp.d to Ihe boss man this read'i had another crew of workE'rsin Jane: No, thank you, I can't eat an­ ha'5 mornl:Jg," �l rs. Shepard said lasnlon- their pI ace. other s}, lIable. rape of thchlack manln Am�rlca."

Moe: What is the quietest spo�t you can plal'? Joe: Beats me� Bus inessmen ••• Moe: Bowl ing- -because rOll can hear a pin drop. • ' 'Teacher: Whnt are the three words Advertise In a student usos mos' often" Stud£'nt: I don't kno'N. GET THE HABIT Teacher: That's righI,

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