People of many racial identities Jal Fund Committee which raised VOLUME 29, NUMBER 81 MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1960 end from sundry walks of life pack­ Wie contributions for the statue. ed sardine-like into ..and sur­ rounded ithe park and stood an roof­ tops, hung from windows and trees to hear Handy’s immortal ‘St. Louis Blues" played by modem Negro and White musicians; listen to the great oitatary of George W. Lee, master of ceremony; to hear rational po­ liticians, editors, local city officials, a rabbi, choirs, choruses, a president of a rational musical organization imd Others. ita?A - W A hush silenced the crowd as the widlow and ton of the tote Handy walked to the ateltue and ripped the cord from the white covering which was concealing the statue. A burst of "Oh! oh"! went up from the au­ dience when the white covering fell" to the pink granite pedestal from which the Statute Is erected, look­ ing southward. Mm. W. C.' Handy, Sr„ the widow and the son, W. C. Handy, Jr., “Murderer, Murderer, ” -lighted up With - facial - expressions which were interpreted to mean they were very pleased at the life— Shouted At Minister likness of their husband and fa­ ther, respectively. MUSICIANS PLAYWORKS By NORMAN RUNNION Preceding the unveiling a par­ (United Press International) ade originated at. Court Square and LONDON (UPI) - An angry crowd of Londoners shouting ended alt Handy Park. Four local "Murderer, murderer," demonstrated against South Africa Ex­ high school tends — Booker T. Washington, Mlannassas, Douglas ternal Affairs Minister Eric Louw Wednesday after he clashed and Hamilton and battery of ma­ publicly with critics of his nation's racial segregation policies. jorettes marched and danced down the pairk. In the park, “Bowleg” Louw, who is deputizing for fended the apartheid racial policy Miller and Ids orchestra and the wounded South African Premier ait a stormy news conference a few HISTORIC "FIRST" IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL - Herman Handy. In the center is Cunningham. At his left hours after he conferred with fel­ Memphians, a white orchestra, play­ Hendrik Venwoend, defiantly de- low Commonwealth leaders openly (left), of Washington, D. C. is one of the first two Negro rodmen* ed some of Handy’s most famous ever to be referred to a Federal construction project In the Diet» - works, St. Louis Blues, Memphis hoHhlle to his government and Uh Blues” and Beale Street Blues.” policies. rict of Columbia by the local Rodmen's Union, whose member­ Mahalto Jackson, internationally South Africas whites, Louw told ship is oil white. He is pictured with Ernest Seabolt, white famous os the world’s greatest gos­ the news conference, “are not pre­ man foreman, at work on Federal Office Building No. 6 Ins pel'singer, stood beneath the statue pared to abdicate." Washington. Along with another rodman, Marshall Brooks, also of Handy and etettrified the crowd “South Africa's domestic affairs of Washington, Mr. Moore went to work on this project recently With several of Handy’s spirituals. are its own.affair," he declared. "I after gaining access to the local's referral list through thè jbìhf Miss Jackson, said "I am ill, but have (»me to London and the Com­ efforts of the President's Committee on Government Contract! ft was the least I could do is to monwealth conference neither as on come here today and 'participate in accused ,nor. as, a penitent sup­ and the District of Columbia Commissioners' Council on Human; this (tribute which is being paid to pliant. That must be clewiy un­ Relations. The building contractor is McCloskey & Co., of Phila- a great. American.” derstood." ■ delphia. _ . ... CROWD WAITS FOR LOUW “South Africa is for us, the Eur­ opean - descended population, our only home. We cannot return to the countries of our forebears. We and our descendants are determin­ ed to remain in South Africa and to maintain our nationhood." icted—wins the 1960 Republican But Nixon is opposed to party leaders trying to pressure Rocke­ feller Into accepting the nomina­ tion Because he believes the next Vice President should be a willing teammate who can take on even As the South African minister ap­ heavier duties than Nixon has peared, shouts of “murderer" rose shouldered. r ■ ■ ■ ■ 'j X from sections of the crowd and the cries continued as he drove away. ference hare Wednesday, Reliable sources said afterward that the public facilities, since theÿ conferees agreed that J Communist supported.” By TIIOMAS J, FLANAGAN China eventually must be brought MYSTIC SHRINE AUDITOR­ into disarmament talks. IUM, LOS ANGELES,' CALIF. - LLOYD MAKES REPORT Almost in the next echo after the — British Foreign Secretary Sel- ATTENTION ON annual sermon preached by Bishop wyn Lloyd, just book from the NA RUNNING MATE I. H. Bonner, of South Caroline, TO meeting in Istanbul, reported Nixon’s views were disclosed to a motion was made to adopt the lieront in tùie sit-ins — that li1 newsmen by'sources In a position to the'ministers on disarmament report of the credentials commit­ and the nuclear test ban talks; rlghit of all 'Citizens to Ise' pul to know the vice president's ap­ tee, Wednesday. proach to these matters. Louw and 10 other leadens of facilities. ;■ y ’ After the adoption, Dr. A. J. Car­ Nixon currently is the only ma­ (Continued on Page Eight) jor contender for the GOP presi­ ey, of Chicago, nearly throw the dential nomination and generally conference into confusion when he is considered a shoo-in barring made a motion to seat the general some unexpected political upheaval. board members. Bldhop Sherman L. As a result, most GOP attention Greene, who was presiding, had has been focused on selectloh of a previously called for a report of running mate. .the judicial council. The oouncil, not being ready to Rockefeller has the qualifications with his trumpet. , A- Nixon deems desirable for a vice- report, Bishop Greene was almost Even In death, Handy is j$ep- president. But he believes other Re­ Shouted down when he called for ing good company .... Sousa ¿nd •Dr. Carey's morion. Delegates paced publicans also have these qualities Cohan. ta . up and down the floor shouting, and he is determined to wait and Sousa was an American, band­ "No! NO! No!" see what the situation will be when DENVER - (UPI) - Delegates master end composer. Di -1880 he the Republicans gather at Chicago Bishop Greene’s voice was drown­ to the Methodist Oeneral Confer­ became leader of the Marine, Band in July. ed out. ence engaged Monday in an emot­ in Washington, D. C. In lM;h» NEW DEVELOPMENTS Tie Fire Marshall -ordered the ional but inconclusive wrangle over resigned and formed his own,' Bwd» POSSIBLE aisles cleared, and those who were radial segregation in the church-ari not seated to dismiss'themselves. issue that has dominated tdie oon- The vice president was said to Bishop Greene's voice not being realize that much could happen to audible, Dr. Russel S. Brown, secre­ In a two-hour debate marked by alter the vice presidential picture tary undertook to State Greene’s Impassioned oratory from both between now and then. ruling, whereupon so much confus­ sides, ttie conference delegates; Rockefeller withdrew last Decem­ ion ensued a motion to adjourn 1. Defeated overwhelmingly a ber as a GOP presidential conten­ was passed, Amidst the the shout­ move to cut off church support der and said flatly that he would ing in the hall. from Kude University Divinity not accept second spot on the tick­ School, Durham, N. C„ until ft ac­ et — a position he has reaffirmed Dr. H. Ralph Jackson, of Mem­ cepts Negro theological students. City Sol. Inman P. Crutchfield several times. phis, who got across sweeping re­ "Handy returned from whence he 2. Approved a non-mandatory ap­ told the-judge the suit failed to However, he has not yet given vision' legislation at the Miami peal to all sections of the church show specific instances where Ne- Nixon a flat endorsement for the general conference, seemed to be to “formulate and promote pro­ # a- (Continued on Page Eight) (Continued on Page Eight) (Continued on Page Eight) grams" designed to "develop great­ er inter-racial brotherhood." 3. Bogged down In heated contro­ versy over setting up organization­ al machinery to carry out the pro­ pped racial brotherhood program, and referred, (the whole matter to a special commission for further study. .. il Í i The proposal to withhold church ■ funds from Methodist-related Duke $ ri* . Divinity School was offered by ! Í tata Chester A. Smith of Peekskill, N. Y., . tata. rabble rousers,” said Mason, a Bi­ ordered for Airmen.' at Kessler Air veteran delegate who has attended I ii i ■ loxi physician. “The course now. Is Force base here. every Methodist general conference 1 ■■ ■Í wl through the courts.” The beach controversy was' dis­ since 1912. Ships in the National Associatilin >;< ... for Advancement of Colored Pep®# 1 • I A law providing prison terms up cussed Saturday in ¡a meeting of . i to 10 years for persons convicted of Harrison County supervisors, may­ It was supported by Thurman L,. since last year and certificates wU inciting a riot was quickly apprqv- ors of several coastal communities Dodson, Negro attorney from Wadi-, be given to ou'tstandihg wortterijta i the local NAACP 1960 membership ? • ed by the Mississippi legislature and representative of, the' Sover­ ington, D. C., who said he was "slot eignty Commission, a state agency and tired" of the conference equi­ campaign which is scheduled to W\ $ this week because of rumors that 1 Negroes again would Invade the to maintain segregation.