I I "•_W/ r- '* > I MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1956 PRICE SIX CENTS First Court Test Fisk Univ. President Dies Suddenly; Won By Ala. Negroes .1 "TYPICAL CASE FOR NAA(T" seeking removal 'of the plaintiffs Funeral Services Set Wednesday FORMER GOV. CHARGES names until then. ' IN PLEA Sparks, who was speaking in be- CLAYTON, Ala - (SNSi- Cir­ lulf of two of the Negroes, raised cuit-Judge George C Wallace ruled objections during the preliminary Friday that 32 Barbour County hearing, although his clients were Dr. Charles Johnson One Negroes had the right to intervene not named as defendants in the in a suit seeking removal of their suit. names from the County's voting i • He (Sparksi although speaking lists Of Nation's Top Educators informally, demanded the right to The judge's decision came gfter | intervene or to appear as friend former Oov. Chauncey Sparks NASHVILLE, Tenn. - (SNS) - Funerei services for Dr. Charles 'of the court. If he iSparks: were S. Johnson, president of Fusk Universi)/.will be held Wednesd^- warned that the court action was allowed to intervene, he could have a "typical case for the NAACP." I the two Negroes be made parties u 3.30 p m. (CST) on the university campus, il has been disclosed The suit seeking to oust Negroes He was 63. __ DR. ('llARLES S. JOHNSON from the voting lists without a (Continued On Page Seven) | chance to be heard would be in­ The Internationally famous Race Relations viting the federal government to author and sociologist, died Sat­ He juilied-the Department of So­ step in, Sparks warned urday evening in Louisville, Ken­ cial Science at Fisk in 19'28 and WEDNESDAY. OCT. 31 President Eisenhower, Mante tucky, following a heart attack. Dr. was elevated Io the presidency in Judge Wallace instructed coun­ I Johnson was en route to New York 1946 sel on both sides to prepare written City to attend a meeting of the The degn of the university left Nashville Saturduv night enroute briefs giving their versions on how board of-trustee* ut the time of to Louisville to claline the body the law applies for the hearing to To Visit Memphis, October 31 his death. > There wfre no indications that be held Wednesday, Oct. 31 BRIEF STOPOVER LOCAL GOP STANDARD BEAR­ ute schedule through out the after­ tlie president was ill al the tune he The jurist put Off further con­ It was during a brief stopover ERS MAPPING PLANS TO HAVE noon, Mr. Turley said left Nashville for New York.'1' sideration of a mandamus petition in luouisville when Dr Johnson had 1M.U04) PEOPLE ON HAND FROGRAM COMPLETED live attack Witnesses said he left As an author Dr Johnson lived BY AL WISE Meeting Saturday to map final to become one of the most famous his coach on the train to pick up For lhe first« time in over 40- plans for the president's visit here in his field. a magazine from a newsstand at ; years, folks from the mid-south were: Lewis R Donelson 111. Tenn- Only recently, he was named to a the Union Station in Louisville He area will have a once-in-a-lifetime esse chairman of citizenship top advisory post by President Eis­ collapsed and was rushed to the opportunity of personally seeing Eisenhower: Hubert K Reese. Shel- enhower He was considered one of their President and the first lady by County chairmen of Citizens Louisville General Hospital. He the outstanding living sociologists | uf the land, when President Eisen- For Eisenhower; Mrs, W D Gal- was pronounced dead on arrival and contributed enormously to the' how'¿id hLs campaign party ar- breath, his co-chairman; Mr Wei­ There had been no previous re advancement of his profession. <1ve at the airport Wednesday at fold. Slicloy County Republican port Sf Illness by Dr Johnson. Among his Ixxiks were Negro in 4:30 p. m. for a campaign assign­ chairu.an: and Armstead Clay, lo­ SURVIVORS American Civilization. Slavery and ’ ment. cal Republican campaign manager Dr. Johnson gained an interna­ Forced Labor in Liberia, Negro' The White House announced Sat­ Other chairmeii include Bailey tional reputation as an educator, Housing, Shadow of the Plantation. urday that the President and party Campbell, program, which includes author and leader He lived to be­ Statistic:!) Atlas of Southern Coun- will.be here from 30 to 40 minutes bands which will play at the as- come one of the outstanding men 'les. Patterns of Negro Segregation during the campaign rally """' semby. Ar.dead Clay, decorations. In the field of race relations, and and others MISS ROBERTA CHURCH, Minority Groupv Consultant, U. & De­ Everett Cook traffic and parking. partment of labor, presents to Secretary of labor Mitchell a Re­ STATE TO GO GOP AGAIN was the first Negro president of The famous educator is survived I When he learned of the news Walker Welford Jr. airport arrange- the internationally known univer­ by his wife. Mrs Marie Antonnett port which embodies the activities of her office following her pros I State Republican Chairman Ouy mrnts. and George Sapldcr. press Attacker sity. Johnson; three sons. Dr, Charles motion last year. Miss Church is the daughter of the late Robert I Smith jubilantly predicted. '■This arrangements General publicity is A native of Bristol, Va., the dis­ 8. Johnson. Jr , of Dayton, Ohio; R. Church, Jr. of Memphis, Tennessee. The Report contain» Inta* will carry Tennessee for us again" being handled by Tom O’Ryan, tinguished educator was a graduate Dr Robert D Johnson, a research maTion about the Minority Groups Program's efforts to promote The Memphis stop by Mr Eisen­ Wallace Winner, and Mrs. Carey of Virginia Union University, Rich­ specialist for the’National Con­ Gets18-Years hower. completes extended plans Lester is in charge of newspaper mond, Va, and continued his edu­ employment on merit, opportunities for apprentice training, and publicity. gress of Christians and Jews; Jeh which have included Oklahoma and cation at the University of Chicago. Found gu.lity of criminal attack upgrading, based on performance without regard to race, creed« PERFECT VISIBILITY A noted sociologist, he conducted V Johnson, student at Columbia Texas on the flying itinerary charges, a 30-ycar old man was color, or national origin. In addition to these topics, th« Report Mr Elsenhower SDoke in Florida The committee in charge of ar- research and Investigations for sev­ University; one daughter. Mrs. Pa­ sentenced to 18 years In the peni­ discusses the need for vocational guidance to youth« development and Virginia last Mcnday. and the rangements announced that the eral agencies. Including the Chica­ tricia Clifford of Philadelphia. Pa . tentiary hire this week. of skills of the work force, and the employment problem® ef lour status, from which he won -peakers stand will be situated some go Union League. Carnegie Founda­ three sisters and eight grand- PRESIDENT EISENHOWER Sentenced by a Criminal Court from the supposedly strong Demo­ (Continued On Page Twtf) tion. and Chicago Commission on . (Continued On Page Two) workers who migrate from rural to uiban areas. President Eiaenhower. who will jury was Frank Fentress Jr who cratic block in 1952 .namely. Tenn­ speak here Wednesday at the was accused of criminally assault- essee. Texas Florida and Virginia Memphis Municipal Airport during l.ig a 16-year old girl In a field have been added in late plans his trip through the South The near Winchester Pike in the vn- TRAFFIC PATTERN <—• President has been pronounced by dnity ol Mt Moriah Road Local Boy Scouts To Spark Tom Turley, . who was named doctors as in "excellent health” Hie girl testified that Fentress chairman bf transportation, has was helping her carry groceries to following his “head-to-toe" medical outlined three-focal points where her home nearby She said that she examination at Walter Reed Army Leadership Of President Eisenhower Get-Out-The-Vote Campaign persons planning on attending the screamed and the defendant threat­ Medical Center on the weekend vast rally may obtain bus transpor- SEES NEW ERA OF RACE RELA­ i gram of local Epallon Phi and CM "men of character but warned that med to cut her tliroa' . Moie than 8.000 Cub Scouts. Boy ¡of 35.000,000 homes and lean os Among the Negro leaders to be I tation to and from the airport The Asst Atty. Gen 3. Minor Tait TION'S AS -JERICHO WALLS' 01 I'si chapters of Omega Psi Phi a Democratic victory would mean EnouU. |xpl i ers. and many of their doorknobs a Liberty Bell haaftt on the platform during the Presi­ ¡points are: Park and Octwell, i fraternity. ¡SEGREGATION FALL continued dominance of thy con­ introduced medical evidence Of adult leaders of the Chiukasaw urging citizens to vote. ; dent’s visit are: Lt. George W. Whitehaven Plara. and the Fair­ criminal assault Challenge» Negro Tn Do More Morrow, the first Negro to be gress by southerners Council will climax their part in They have been conducting a Mft- Lee, Rev. A. T. Westbrooks. Rev. grounds Busses will start the trips Hie defendant, whe resided in To -Foster Our Freedom' Sun appointed by any Chief Executive . .“The scholarly rhetoric of Stev­ their nationwide Get-Out-tlie-Vote partisan campaign, (without r«f«r- R W. Norsworthy, and Rev Her­ to and from the airport starting at the Oakland crea, admitted rela- to an aiiininiatratve post on the enson cannot drown the voices ol campaign on Saturday, November 3 ■nee to any candidate or party. If bert Brewster. lpm and will maintain a 30 min- BY RAYMOND F T1SBY White House staff, felt he "would Talmadee and Eastland." lie con­ Hens with the girl, but denied that has been sponsored jointly with The "great personal courage and he resisted his advances On that day.