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VOLUME XVI—NUMBER 31 __JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1958_ZZZ PRICE TEN CENTS Thurgood Marshall Refuses To Become Candidate ★★★★ * * ★ ★ ★ ★★★******** ★★★★ Harvard Educated Earl Brown Onetime Life And Time Magazine FIRST LITTLE ROCK STUDENT GETS DIPLOMA Scribe Candidate To _ Likely Replace 5000 At Commencement See 1st Adam Powell In New Negro Racial Peace More South Africa Gov’t See Moscow Race Issue In Clayton York Graduate Of Little Rock’s Central NEW YORK GOVERNOR ENTERS MOVE Industry For State In Move To Put Propaganda Trinidad Sparked TO OUST HARLEM CONGRESSMAN School Presented Diploma New — High Governor’s Aim Chiefs Back Aimed At Africans East Indians York, May 26 Tammany Police And Detectives By Hall leaders appeared ready last Soldiers, Uniformed to choose Governor Coleman night City Councilman Stationed To Prevent Demonstrations In Authority On Increase And Negroes Earl Brown to run against Repre- Has Twenty More sentative Adam Clayton Powell Little Rock, Ark. — A Negro See Aim To Restore White Settlers Seen Sensation Caused By Jr. of Harlem. Earlier Governor received a Central High School di- Months In Office Harriman tried and failed to get ploma Tuesday night while a small Local Tribal Rule Withdrawing Into Anti-Indian Speech two others to make the race. Gov. J. P. Coleman said Tues- The Governor threw army of uniformed and plain Of his pres- day that keeping the peace between South Africa, May Defensive Enclave Negro Leader clothes policemen stood guard UMTATA, tige into Tammany's feud with the races is one of his Govern- a of about major goals 26.—The South African Mr. Powell. Mr. Harriman un- throughout crowd 5,000 Capetown, Africa, May 26 — Port of Spain, Trinidad.—Race- in his remaining 20 months in of- ment is trying to put tribal chiefs either Thur- onlookers. Two more instances of Soviet “en- bloc voting is an old political story successfully sought senior fice. He said he will not call a back into positions of authority. good Marshall, counsel for Ernest Green, 16-year-old terprise” in Africa are being in the United States', but for an special special legislative session. The left to their the National Association and one of the original nine Ne- chiefs, largely in thisHdHo afObtwu/tl American observer in Trinidad for the is the state diplomats whose entrance into the “Mississippi only own devices fof more than fifty Advancement of Colored or groes ! weighed Western there are some varia- People, which hasn’t had a riot or a law carefully, by dip- fascinating all-white school years, are the focal of a the Rev. James H. a previously high point lomats in this continent. tions on that theme. Robinson, suit or else” in the touched off the Little Rock inte- something way drive to make Africans in the Harlem clergyman, as the Demo- of racial he told his first The first is the Soviet Union’s Here on this teeming green is- took his trouble, native reserve take of their cratic candidate in the 16th Con- gration battle, diploma charge land eat news conference in about six bid for membership in the pro- the g game of politics is and returned to his seat in the own local administration. gressional District. weeks.. jected United Nations Economic played with an exotic twist involv- football stadium. No sound was the .is not Both declined to run on grounds Although point Commission for Africa. ing the two dominant racial blocs made in the crow’d. “How long we can maintain this of previous commit- stressed here in the headquarters Radio’s professional situation a whole lot on The second is; Moscow —the East Indians and the Ne- There was applause for only one depends of the Transkei Reserve, the Gov- ments. who is sitting in this chair reported announcement that it is groes. The latest development is white student, Robert Van Shaw, next,” ernment’s is to offer the Tammany leaders in Harlem con- policy beaming a new daily radio service a that three members of a victim who had done his (Continued on Page Six) report ferred yesterday on a choice and polio Africans a degree of local auton- at Africa in and -n English French, (Continued on Page Two) U. S. REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. were close to classwork by way of a intercom- in for their1 designating Mr. omy exchange repre- to be followed broadcasts in —- —.. n.. j by A. W. Dillard Brown it was munications system between home 1 Dent, President, last night, reported. sentation in Parliament. several languages. j and school. : University, above, represented the A councilman since 1950, Mr. Is Prime Minister Johannes G. Both of these developments are About 100 police took positions Stampley United States last week at the Brown who is 52 years old, was a Strijdom indicated recently that indicative of the significant new House Group throughout the stadium and chal- i 10th commemorative session of the sponsor of the Sharkey-Brown-Is- COLLEGE PRESIDENT: Dr. R.' the three white members of Par- interest which the Soviet Union anyone who stirred from At World Health Organization in aacs bill outlawing racial discrimi- lenged Speaker who Commu- | W. Stevens, former of Pearl liament represent Africans and other countries of the their seat. Entrance to the com- pastor Approves Anti Minneapolis, Minn. (Continued on Page Eight) Church who last would lose their seats once African nist world have latterly been ex- mencement exercise was by ticket Street AME here, of Masonic Meet (Continued on Page Six) (Continued on Page Seven) only and each graduate w’as al- week was named president Civil Bill (Continued on Page Three) Campbell College here. Rights Vicksburg, Miss., May 27—J. W. Washington—The House Judici- MAY ENTER who has won fame in LIBERAL PARTY Stampley ary Committee today approved a activities earned the many reputa- Jackson Advocate Editor Attends state’s rights bill to prevent federal Southern Sets 44th tion of being the greatest orator laws from superseding state legis- THE FIGHT TO BEAT POWELL University of this generation. The occasion on Institute lation the same subject except New York, May 31.—A possi- of Mr. Powell but would introduce was the annual Press Club pilgrimage of Capitol under circumstances. that the into the one of the na- bet- special bility arose last night Congress Prince Hall Masons to the By ALICE A. DUNNIGAN 1 the southern problem could be Annual Commencement Exercise graw» The measure was approved over Liberal forces with tion’s leading lawyers and outstand- ter solved without' northern inter- p&rty might join — i of Dr. Thomas WASHINGTON.—The prominent Baton Rouge, La., May 26. mental Baptist Church, Chicago, Stringer. Stampley objections of Chairman Emanuel an effort to un- :tk-'ns.” Mr. Marshall belief that the the Democrats in ing Negro hold its held the audience with editor of an influential Southern ference. Green’s Southern University will 111., will be the Baccalaureate spellbound Celler (D-NY) and the Justice De- seat Adam in argued the school segregation case more in the south Clayton Powell, Jr., an exhibition of and rea- newspaper ably defended his posi- vote is important 44th Annual Commencement Exer- speaker, oratory partment. Manhattan’s Sixteenth Congres- before the United States Supreme son. tion on school segregation last at this time than school integra- cise, Monday, June 2 at 5 p.m., on The president said that both cer- Celler charged that its main pur- sional District. Court. week before a group of critical tion, drew bitter criticism from the University Quadrangle, it was emonies will be held at 5 p.m., on The crowd estimated in excess of pose was “to curb the rights of the Baron, the Liberal Mr. Marshall had barred a con- northern newsmen. Murray 1000 stood as statues under a hot northerners. The debate took place He told newsmen that announced this week by Dr. F. G. the Quadrangle, but in the event Negroes.” party’s chairman in New York test with Mr. Powell after the at a held at the Green electrified his listeners Clark, president of Southern. of inclement weather, they will be noon day sun. A veteran reporter press symposium “of course it is unconstitutional.” said the Democrats decided last week not I so outlined the County, organization 1 said it to be a case Willard Saturday, under the when he vividly The How- Dr. Clark, in his announcement held in the New Gymnasium. appeared of hotel, bill, sponsored by Rep. with the Democrats to rename Mr. Powell because of in the South would rally mass Reserved James auspices of the Capital Press Club. history of segregation ard W. Smith would estab- also stated that Dr. Joseph F. Dr. Drake, the commencement hypnosis. (D-Va), behind a “candidate of the stat- his support of President Eisen- was ed- from the of Reconstruction. Alabama A. & M. has had a C. Gilliam, Grand Master of Under fire Percy Green, days lish rules for court interpretations Drake, president, speaker, distinguished ure of Thurgood Marshall.” hower in 1956. Mr. Marshall said, ! Prince Hall Masons in itor of the Jackson Advocate in And perhaps shocked them when of the effect of federal acts on College, Normal, A.la., will be the career as an educator. He has Mississippi He said that Mr. Marshall, coun- he and Representative Powell said he had heard Mississippi, for his contention that (Continued on Page Two) state laws. It declares that no fed- Commencement speaker and Rev. served as school administrator in speakers sel to the National Association for “stood for the same things.” throughout America, but never one eral law could be construed as ex- Morris H.