Bronze Reporter [Volume: 4, Issue: 42]

Over Civil Rights

The Senate voted 71-18 late Tuesday to, take up the tivil

rights legislation for. debate

set themselves for'a showdown fight.. ~ }
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President Eisenhower issued
a statement immediately after
the vote reaffirming his support of its basic provisions.
However, Michigan's Senator
Potter said he didn~t think
more than five or six Republican Senators would vote for
any amendments to the administration~s bill, passed by
the House last month. |

Dixie forces have already
drawn support outside their own
group, from both Democrats and
Republicans, to delete and mod
Wants Prison

KNOXVILLE, Tenn~Special~

Self made Anti-Negro leader. Washington,

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John Kasper 27, formerly of
D. C.- and New
York, took~ upon words of a
pseudo martyr by saying, if it
would bring about the freeing
o fhis fellow 15 Clinton codefendants he would be willing
to spend a year of two in jail.

Kasper made the statement to
newsmen. ai a small, rain-drenched rally sponsored by the
White Citizens ~Counci.

A black-and-white sign bearing the legend ~Callahan Road
~KKK~ maerked the turn-off
point from the main Knexvilleto-Clinton highway to the scene
of the rally.

Rain caused members of the
crowd to run for their cars before Kasper could introduce one
of the main speakers William
Hendrix of Clearwater Fla., who
described himself as ~imperial
officer of the Southern Northern
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.~

Kasper said the rally was not
a Klan meeting.

He said the meeting was
mainly a religious affair but
that ~quite a few~ White Citizens Council members were
present.

Kasper and 15 Clinton-area
residents are charged with criminal contempt of court for alleged violation of a Federal ing

and action, as opposing sides

ify key points of ~hie bill.
Their leader, Senator Russell
(D.-Georgia), said the Southern
rank ~were~ prepared to expend
the greatest effort ever made
in history ~to prevent passage
of this bill in its present form.~
The Dixie bloc will be free to.
filibuster if this fails, It takes
the votes of 64 senators or twothirds of: the membership to
stave-off a filibuster.
_ Senator Morse~s (D.-Oregon)
motion to send the measure to
its-Judiciary Committee for a
week's.study was rejecied
54-35.

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~the civil rights bill; but voted
against-the motion to refer the

~| bill back to the Senate Judiciary

Committee.

Reeves Scores

African Law

NEW YORK, N. Y. ~ Dr.
Richard Ambrose Reeves, Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg,
said there would be an open
conflict. between- Church and
State in South Africa if the government enforces a recentlyenacted law which bars Ne-'
groes from attending worship
services in white communities.

He warned that if the Minister of Native Affairs uses
his authority to keep Africans away from ~white churches~ the Anglican and other
Churches ~will tell the people
to disobey the law and then
stand by them to the end.~

Dr. Reeves an outspoken, foe
of the South African government~s apartheid (segregation)
policy, was here for a sevenweek speaking tour. The tour is
sponsored by. the American
Church Union, an _ Episcopal
group, an the South Africa Defense Fund.. -

The bishop heads the Trea{ son Trials Defense Committee
which is seeking more than
$400,000 tor the legal defense
and family support ef 156 persons accuséd by the South

junction against hindering court-. African government of high
ordered integration of Clinton treason bécause they resisted

High School last fall..

- Pabty

Both Michigan Senators, Pots

the Senate decided ~to aake up:

To Head Fund?

Publicity and promotion for
this~ Fall~s. Pontiac Area United
Fund drive will be handled by

Bernard W. Crandell, public re- |):
General |.

lations: director - for
Motors Truck and Coach Div:

Campaign. Chairman Dr,
|-Dana P. Whitmer today an-,pounced. the appointment of,
Crandell to ~the key post of

man,

Crandell, a niebaber of the
Fund~s Public Relations Advis
publicity and ss oe

ory Committee sinte its incep-{'
tion on April 4; 1956, will super |-ti
vise the preparation. Of all pro- }
motional materials to be used |)

Sir Jan \
~and célebmated- classic, ~Peter
~Pan, 6 emi Pllished with. music
~and da will be presented

|at the Mufical Tent beginning

July 23 fori a week:
This mugical comedy version

lof Barrie~ invocation to the
magic word of Never, Never
~Land, rétgins the. whimsical
flavor ~Phe original, - spiced

with the jgusty _exhuberance
eharacterist ie of modern Ameri
~version in which
"| Mary Nv ~starred as, Peter in
New Yorks during the 1954-55
in the. first great

tho wouldn~t: grow

paign.

in the forthcoming Fall cam- |i

at: been altered, The

iM. Barrie~s beloved

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Darling ~children. ~stilt. fly: fight
out of~ their nursery window to
partake of high adventure.on a
make-believe island. populated
with fearsome pirates, renegade
Indians and wierd animals.
~Tinker Bell, the entrancing
little fairy who speaks only with
blinking lights. and ~ tinkling
sounds, is ~still on hand to save
the children from a terrible fate.
Wendy mothers the little lost
boys. Peter doés noble _ battle
with the. wicked pirates the tick
ing crocodile ~ pursues. Capain,

Hook~and good still triumphs
over evil.

Jo Wilder will have the leading role of Peter. Pan which was

immortalized by Maude Adams
in 1904 and. immortalized all
over again 50 years later by
Mary Martin ~in the meas
version. a~

asi

one of Virginia~s ~hurried~
Thé proposed Jaw - would
have set up 2 fhree man
state board to be appointed by
the governor which would |
have given it all powers formerly held by ~the school
boards of the state and the
right: to\assign pupils as they
saw
Decision. Upheld
The U. S. 4th Circuit Court
of Appeals handed down its decision: here today in upholding
District Judge. Walter E. Hoffman of. Norfolk, in hig decision
in Norfolk and Newport News
school segregation cases.
Hoffman ruled
constitutional ~ and. -said that;
schools ~cle be desregated ~in
the two cities. -by this Septem
ber.
ie eds ~This statute furnishes.
no adequate remedy ~to plain's

of the. school authorities with
respect to and because. of - ions of:
(1956 Virginia law)~ which pro
and withdraw therefrom of -
state. funds upon eny departure. from this policy in any

school,~ the Circuit Court said.

This was in refererice to Vir
the official. apartheid ~policy.

the act un-|

vide for the closing of schools: |

ginia~s appropriation act which z:
provides. that: all state funds | ~
shall be cut~ off from elemen-|
tary or high ~schools of a local
schoo] @ivision if one elementary
or high scheol-in that division
admits a single Negro child.

gelhardt, of ane

* RicttonD: ~Va. Sedtens pis the = beed
court in Virginia threw out aa~ being ~unconstitutional

segregation: laws,*

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The: pupil Weokinenk act prowvided for a system - of appeals}
from the assignment board to

etnor to'the state courts up
through ~ the State ~Supreme
Court.

The state and Norfolk and

| Newport News ~school boards,

defendants, had argued that the}
cases should be dismissed or proceedings stayed until administrative remedies ~had beén exhausted under the pupil placemeént act.

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| the United Negro College

3 Drenap mre

year leave af absence. President

| M.-K. Curry, ~Junior. says. Miss

Barbara J. Emory of Marshall,
who has served as his secretary
(for more than a year, will. serve

the governor and from the gov-}as: Secretary: to. the Project

~Director of the Indonesia-Tuske
gee Project. for the next two
years.

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The project ~ateatng sponsored
by the United States govern~ment, It has been ~underway
since 1954, and will exten to
June 30; - 1959,.
to improve = Bn teachers, therefore, educational, sci
and also-a former Business. Manager of Howard University.~

In addition to serving as Secretary 2 the Project Director,
Miss Embry will -be: responsible }.
for training an Indonésian counterpart. All members, in addition

~|to providing théir technical, sci
entific and administrative skill>
are expected to conduct them
selves as ambassodors of goodwill.

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~his month; has. seen
Bro

not signing it, > \
The Bill which: w

sens lose their City vot

~eabas Gov. James E. Folsom ~(D:) allowed a bill|*
which has recreased the size of the city limits to pass 44

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lat tates Sow or vate-tt oF adore it to pass by 1 not
ponte 3 ue shapers

MONTGOMERY, | ~Ala, (Special) This. little college fdas
town of Tuskegee, whose main employer_and pride of
the. ~town, Tuskegee Institute om pe its 76th anni
nt of its Ney Highte this. week.

He had the ote sign
<n

College has been granted 4.1 two-|

ed |.

Mrs, Gladys Payne of 90
~Clovese street, was solicited: by a telephone call on Saturday, July 33th, by a phone
representative of the studio..
The saleswoman asked Mrs.

Payne had~ she seen the Arthur
Murry ~television program and
did: she. know what dance the
studio was featuring that week
'Mrs,..Payne. said ~yes,~ ~and
that the dance was the ~Lindy,~

correct and that she had ~won
three~ free. dance lessons for
herself arid husband. -

--Mrs: Payne explained to the
woman that ~her husband worked
and could she bring someone
else, her. sister. This _was all
right with the ~studio.. Studio Calls

gee Seles and her sitter,
~Miss: ~Gwen Ramsey, of 73 Lull,
arrived at the studio at 7:45
p.m, -amid stares and toughs
from employees and customers.

Filled Up

She~ informed the receptionist
that she had an appointment to
which the - receptionist replied,
~Well, ah, ~are: you sure?~. ~

that she had an appointment _
hfor that evening. The~ girl said, |
~just @. minute,~ and-Jeft,; ~
Returning, she informed Mrs,
Payne and Ramsev. that ~they
were ~all filled up~ and there
had ~ been: @ mistake. She then
asked, them had they tried the
~other studio;,they take colored.~.. Both ~women. relate they were
becoming: increasingly impatient
at the. run: around they were
being given and;that this time
one spoke up. and asked the girl,
~Well do: you take colored or
don~t. you? Why did you call
me if vou don~t?~ -
~Booked Solid ary, a
~~No,~. the young ~girl

~its not that.... we're om
booked solid.~

t this time both women left.

is reporter interviewed the.
manager of the studio on ~Wednesday of. this week. Robert

-| Derek ig: a young. handsome,

clean shaven man who informed
me that he took over 23 s office
in May.~ *.

The. Murry setup on. E. Law-. | rence street boasts a receptionist

booth ~at the end of. along hall,
private~

po Sees He 5 are
Derek said he was not informde: of the situation: until I

ne:
The Wolver

vention of F

ge

National Con
Of nee ~ et

The Arthur Murry dance studio located
in downtown Pontiac refused Monday of this. week to honor
three ~free! dancing lessons won by. a eam Bouney er:;

To ~which she was told, she was.

Mrs. Payne informed her of:
the call and ~free lessons~ and;*

tician were held |.
hacia ~11. imi}.

at 25 E. re eS?:
Son, ee 2G

_ Someone: from~: thé ~ studio me

GWEN RAMSEY.
arrived and that~he always takes.
care of such things.

~I~m sorry,~ he saidy
eannot force my people to work
without amyone they do nots ~

~put I

want... like people with body
odor~ (not ~meaning Negroes).

i eT manage, this office but have
to do so under the: ~policy set up
in~ Detroit..I- am...sorry,. about
this; we ~refet these people to
the Peter Ford Studio (which is
in Detroit) they take colored.~

I pointed out to Mr. Derek
~that it seemed) to me. that employees had I ttle to~ do in the
matter. that they follow the employér~s policy and if they didn~t
they wouldn~t be employees. The
fact was that it is apparent that
the national policy~ was ~not to
teach Negroes and not one of

oars desires, ~. 5

in Pontia~ for many years. Both
are well known and widely respected, Mrs. Gladys Payne, the |
wife of Henderson Payne, is.active in. Bethune PTA work,

-}eommunity ~and church activi| ties. She has five children ~and
~ }attends Trinity: Baptist Church.

Her sister, Gwen Ramsey, an
attractive, well mannered young
woman, is employed as a
girl at.the Sew 'N/Save
in the Tel Huron Shopping
ter: She lives with her
at 90 Clovese.

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