San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1955 Page: 3 of 12
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(4.4 CP Lawyer Hails '54 as
Mil Rights Success Ye at
, __ _ ?» lh« AuoclaUd Negro Frm
IEW YORK—H&ilihg 1954 u ft luccebsful year in the fight
I for equal rights for Negroes, Thurgood Marshall, NAACP
Igal Defense fund director, said that "the encouraging march
Iward complete desegregation is so itrong, ai to give those of
I who have been working in the field renewed conviotion that
I'tory is in sight."
I In a summary of the annual report of the Legal Defense
|l Educational fund, Marshall
nted out that the NAACP reached
•t of lt» goali la the fight for
i eradication of segregation la
areas—education, employment,
tlth, bousing, recreation and
asportation.
Marshall added, however, that
19M, once again we were re-
aded that we continue to face
> dual problem of consolidating
r gains uml at the same time
nnlng for the future."
The noted lawyer, who argued
> school segregation cases be-
e the Supreme court, asserted
lit "once again we find that the
rd core of nn-Amerlcan opposl-
n to the forward trend of de-
nary will not accept defeat."
tfarshall said that the ontstand-
: event of the year was the Ku-
'iii# court declaration Mny 17.
said that In moving to Imple-
nt the decision, the NAACP hns
ployed three educational s|ieclnl-
1 who are n-orklng with local
inches, church groups, labor
inps and other* who desire to
ng about peaceful (fcsegregntlon
erever possible without legal ac-
n.
Vernon McDanlel, Loftus Carson
1 Dr. Margaret Just Butcher
re named as the specialists.
Turning to other areas, Mrrshall
d "we were- also successful In
mi challenging Jim Crow public
islng project* In San Francisco,
|llfornla: Camden and DMraheth,
J., and Detroit and Hamtrack,
Icb.
'Decisions In still other cases
isecnted by our attorneys re-
red a private amusement park
ICInclnnntl and public recreational
[mill's In Atlanta. Houston, Ixnils-
Nsshvllle and the Oklahoma
te park systems to cease exclud-
Negro cltliens."
rfnrshall said another mark of
>gresx was the recommendation
an ICC trial examiner that the
mission Issue an order decreeing
discontinuance of racial segre-
lon on railway conches and rail-
d walling rooms.
le pointed out that legal victories
been scored in areas not eov-
il In the specific goals outlined
last year's re|iort.
For example," he said, "the Ru-
me court reversed the convic-
of n destitute Negro sentenced
death for rape In Dlrmlng-
s.-AIa., end a lower federal court
*d that certain discriminatory
in* registration procedures utll-
l by Bnllock county, Ala., offl-
Board
s were unconstitutional."
tressing that all gains made last
Jr were not produced as a result
■'litigation, Marshall said that
a result of the community edn-
ion program and the dlssemlna-
i of technical Information to
.1 lawyers and community or-
Izatlons, "additional breaks In
color line were made."
s an example of progress, he
.ited to the desegregation of pull-
recreation facilities In some six
. acceptance _ -
Ai-mite elementary, secondary and
legiate Institutions. This occurred
1 stutes such as Oklahoma and
Incssee which make it n criminal
[■nse lor private schools to oper-
I on a nonsegregnted basis.
Ilurslmll indicated Unit the NA-
would expand its fight for
[grated housing this year, stating
t litigation in the housing field
been stopped Inst year.
ji an attempt to give some Idea
[the amount of work shouldered
the legal staff, Marshall said
It NAACT lawyers participated In
re than 100 Judicial and admln-
latlve proceedings.
I'en briefs were submitted to
J e Supreme courts and federal
|rts of appeals.
l'he number of pleadings, mo*
lis and memoranda of law pre-
Jed and filed fur exceeded the
l-plns proceedings in which we
le Involved," he said.
l'here Is nothing, absolutely
ling," he said, "on the horizon
Jinterfere unless It be the faint
Irted hope of the die-hard Dlxle-
ls that we ourselves will falter
Jthe last stages.
live, as an association, as an In-
Vited body of Americans of all
J's, have news for these die-
lilsjto the effect that their fond-
1 hijie of a collapse from wltliln
oup of Negro Americans and
Ir [supporters of other racla1
jipi Is completely without foun-
I on]
(Continued from Page 1.)
In the school ..."
Marshall stated that, nt one time,
the Marshall and llroadus families
and the Marshall and Ciillls fami-
lies were friends, and visited each
other's homes.
Marshall said that he had respect
for Dr. 0. A. Dudley, prominent
physician, who opposed Marshall.
"I think that It was very unfor-
tunnte," Marshall said, "that Dr.
Dudley and 1 could not see eye to
eye on Issues." .
He continued that he and Brond-
U9, and be and Callls "had discussed
the doctor when tbey were all
friends." After Callls, Broadns,.and
Marshall fell out, Marshall declared
that the other two men "Joined
hands with Dr. Dudley, and used
their Influence In making other
people dislike me."
Marshall declared that many of
the people who signed petitions
against him admitted that they
"knew notlilug on him." Callls, Ry-
dolpli and Rev. Broudus all admitted
In the various bearings, Marshall
stated, that tbey knew nothing on
him.
Marshall also charged that Ruby
Mumphord, Miss i Travis Rydolph,
and II. H. White all hail been con-
tacted anS asked to testify against
Marshall.
STI'DENT MARRIED,
WITH BABY'
Marshall also said that In
the rase of Miss Mumphord,
who testified that she had ha<l
sexual relations with Marshall
when she was a senior, that she
was married and had a baby at
the time. Marshall said that
when lie came to Victoria in
1947, Miss Mumphord hail mar-
ried. had a child, and had drop-
ped out of school, but was de-
sirous of coming bark and com-
pleting her work to get a high
school diploma. She was re-
admitted to school to get her
diploma. It was at this time,
in 1947, that the relations are
alleged lo liave taken place.
Marshall declared that "the citi-
zens in Victoria know that the peo-
ple here who oppose ine arc doing
so liecausc of the active effort of
■ few leaders."
Marshall admitted that he had
some "strong citizens" against blm,
but that lie also had 3ome strong
citizens for him.
He pointed out that there are
"between eight and fifteen churches
In and near Victoria," but that nono
of these pastors had been either
for or against blm In the contro-
versy.
"They have been hands off," he
salif. "Some ministers have tried to
get Rev. Vroadus to drop the case
Debt
.i
(ContlnusS from Fag* 1.1
police, Kendricke said he found
Mills seated on a chair, in his room,
a .22 calibre rifle nearby. '
Mills told police that he and
Lambert (had been out drinking
together, prior to the shooting, and
that Lambert had asked him to loan
him a dollar with which to "buy
whiskey." Lambert already owed
him (145, he said, In addition to $2
which he had borrowed a few days
previously. Mills said he became an-
gry upon request for the additional
loan.
Continuing his story, Mills said
that he took Lambert homo and
then went out again. "The more I
thought about It, the madder I got,"
Mills declared, with his finally
making up his mlnil to kill Lambert.
Ho said he returned to his room,
got his rifle and tried to persuade
Lambert to come out of bis room.
When his efforts fulled, he said, be
fired one shot through the door,
"more to scare biin than anything
else."
Taken to police headquarters,
Mills was booked for assuult to
murder. The rifle, a spent cartridge
from which wns found In his room
was held by police.
"My altitude now Is tills," be said
moVe Texas communities nnfl" ?} regret very very much that the
acceptance of Negro students - nation developed. I have told
fliers
(Continued from Page 1.)
1 imlnary bearing last week,
[liraham L. Pierce, 33, operator
|a rensncola tavern, and Elijah
I esse Pierce, 10, a freshman at
Ivard university, have been
Irged 'With taking the money
In the Bank of McCullough, ac-
f ling to the FBI.
I ond was set at $10,000 each by
ICommissioner George P. Went-
J'th, Jr., and the two were placed
I the Escambia county Jail here
]*n they failed to make bond.
I he money, In bills nnd dimes,
rrters and halves, has not been
livered, according to officers.
I Irs. Frances Morgan, 25, the
|k's cashier, said two unmasked
forced lier at gun point to
|> them all the money In the cash
I wer and In the vault nt the rear
] he bank.
I he Pierce brothers were picked
I by officers near Pine Barren,
H'hen Mrs. Morgan looked at a
acola police lineup, she said
I was "almost sure" the brothers
le theignnmen.
I he bank was robbed of $700 In
I by a gunman who killed himself
| iff leers closed la.
Willi sincere desire, each of these
men, that I regret the situation. I
have expressed a desire to them of
wanting to work with them, several
diflcrent times.
"I am still willing to work coop-
eratively with either or all of them,
for the best Interest of Victoria, nnd
America in general. I stand willing
nnd ready to sit down and talk
Willi either or all of them, and for-
get the whole thing, any time of
day or niglit.
"I have lived and worked In Co-
lumbus, Granger, Georgetown, nnd
Victoria. I lived In Houston. Rev.
A. A. Lucas, pastor of Good Hope
Baptist church, was my pastor ....
If there Is any one tiling In life that
has brought me through, It has been
my sincere prayers, and the sin-
cere prayers of my relatives and
friends—1 trust in God."
Sunday morning, he said the three
crossed the border into Mexico
where they bought three fifths of
whl.'key.
About 5.30 Sunday afternoon, they
left Del Itlo on the return trip to
San Antonio. Beverly described both
Grant and Miss Jackson as being
drnnk, and said that they became
Involved In n boisterous argument.
Some distance on Highway 00, he
said Grant requested him to stop
the truck so that ho and Miss
JaekBon could get Into the van,
declaring that they would get back
In the cab after they had driven
about 10 miles.
It wos when Beverly made a
coffee stop, some time later, that
the murder wus discovered,
lie Detector
Both Grant anil Beverly were
subsequently given lie detector tests,
however, as a result of which Bev-
erly wits absolved. Results In the
case of Grant, however, Indicated
that he was not telling the truth
and following further questioning,
he asked to be returned to Hondo, j
declaring that he would make a !
statement.
Sheriff 11 Itz.felder, who had gone j
to San Antonio to conduct an In- j
Tcstlgntlon, returned the uinn to
Medina connty, where he was Jailed.1
Grant later penciled his confession !
on a writing tablet.
In his statement, Grant said
that he and Miss Jackson had quar-
reled frequently, preceding the slay-
ing. Once, he said, he choked her
dmlng one of these disagreements.
They were both drunk, he said,
and the woman wns crying. She ac-
cused him of "not treating her
right," especially since she had
come from Alpine to San Antonio
Just to be with him. Blows; In the
form of slaps, were exchanged,
nnd then they got Into the van.
There, Grant ndmltted that he
killed Miss Jackson.
At the time of the murder. Grant
Was on probation In n marijuann
case, and wns also facing an aggra-
vated assault charge brought by
a woman described as liis common-
law wife, who accused him of having
hit her on the head with a brick.
Woman, Brother
Almost Get Away
; With Murder
By th* Associated Negro Press
BROOKLYN—The quick eye of a
police sergeant foiled a cold effort
to conceal the body of a murdered
man In a neat apartment In the
Brownsville section of Brooklyn,
A 27-year-old mother and her
brother, 10, who casually led the
police through the apartment, were
reported to have confessed the ham-
mer and ice pick slaying following
the discovery.
The officers were about to de-
part following their investigating
n tip, when one observed a curtained
door and suggested checking behind
It, thinking It a closet. They fotiud
Gilbert Chnpmnn, 23, factory work-
er, lying In the center pf a room,
with his head crushed and an Ice
pick protruding from his neck. They
immediately arrested the pair, Mrs.
Gladys Chapman, wife of the dead
man, nnd Lonnle Hamilton, her
brother.
The prisoners told police that
Chapman had long been brutal to
Mrs. Chapman nnd that ho had
threatened her with n pistol dur-
ing a quarrel over bed welting by
their three-year-old daughter. They
reportedly attacked him with a claw
hammer nnd Ice pick. They mulled
over the deed for a day, liefore con-
fiding. In a friend who called the
police.
I
A
rAuc ran
Toledo Operators
Name Negro "Phone
Girl of Month"
By the Associated N'egro FreM
TOLEDO, Ohio-Mrs. Jackie
Simmon*, a service assistant at
Uie Ohio Bell Telephone com-
pany's wife here, bas been
named .Jfc other long distance
operators, and co-workers as
woman tt the month,
Her selection was made by
secret ballot and announced by
|—
workers.
publication ef the
Mrs. Sipamnus, who was hired
by the telephone company in
June, 1980, Iuik boon m NcrvU-o
Asnistant since February, 1953,
and Instructs teletype and long
distance operation.
Ike
I
First Negro. Circuit
Judge in St. Joe, Mo.,
Dies in Chicago at 92
13y tho Associated Negro Tress
CHICAGO—Funeral services for
Atty. John II. Kclley, 92, were held
liere Inst week.
Kelly was the first Negro circuit
Judge, as well ns the first Negro at-
torney, to practice In _ Buchanan
eounty and St. Joseph, Mo. A grnd-
",t? 'he University of Michigan
I K,'"-v entered law practice
in .St. Joseph In ISiiO, practicing for
«1 years. He moved to Chicago three
years nj?o.
Surviving are the widow, Mamie
B-.and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Irene B.
(.alnes president of the National
Association of Colored Women
(Continued from Tnge 1.)
continue Its program to help our
Indian cltliens improve their lot
nnd make their full contribution to
national life."
In reviewing the administration's
record over the p;ivt two years the
1'rcsident did mention that historic
progress" had,' been made In "elim-
inating from .aiming our iieople de-
meaning practices btiM'd on race or
color."
The chief executive urged the
dcmocrntlc-c6ntrii!l<il congress to
work with the Republican adhilnis-
trittiou in hariiK.in and goodwill
toward enacting legislation so fun-
damental In our national life.
"Cooperative, constructive rela-
tions between the executive nnd leg-
islative branches of our govern-
ment," he said, iliould Is? a "yard
slick on every great Issue of our
time."
In recomnnuiiilti^ the passage of
legislation which would Improve
the highway .Jitogram, the Presi-
dent stated, that hii examination of
existing federal tniu«|K>rtation poli-
cies Is now M)n{ mailt- by a cabi-
net committee to determine their
effect on the adequacy of transpor-
tation services.
He made no specific mention of
legislative measures which were
widely publicized in the last con-
gress and have ilrendy lieen Intro-
duced In this congress to abolish
discrimination in Interstate travel.
He stated rather generally, how-
ever, that for the first time the
executive branch ef the govern-
ment Is examining major problems
facing the various modes of trans-
port, and is studying closely the
Interrelationship of civilian anil
government requirements for trans-
portation. Legislation will bo rec-
ommended to correct policy de-
ficiencies which are found, lie said.
The President recommended legis-
lation to broaden the public works
program, and asked that greater
attention be directed to the needs
of low-Income families. He further
called for an extcuslon of the Small
Business act of 1(133 to encourage
smaller enterprises.
en to the unemployment sltuntion
which existed In various localities
ami industries due to the changes
and readjustment of the war-time
economy txi conditions of peace.
He recommended tbut the mini-
mum wuge be increased from 75c to
UOu per hour. This recommendatiou
wus offered In spite of measures
which have been Introduced, and
recommendations offered by such
organisations as the CIO aud the
AHA, that the minimum wage be
not less than $1.25 jut hour.
The President further recom-
mended that the Labor Manage-
ment Relations act of 1U17 be
amended. He also endorsed legisla-
tion to Insure oecuiuitlounl safety,
workmen's compensation for long.
On the question of health Icglsla- shoremen anil burbor workers, and
tlon, Elsenhower said he would pro- ,h<" hour inuu" nnnilpable
pose a coordinated program to
strengthen and improve existing
health services in a special mes-
sage on Jan. 24.
This program will continue to
reject socialized medicine" lie stated,
but "It will emphasize lndlvlduul
and local res|ionsiblllty."
Under this proposed program,
according to the President, tl'e fed-
eral government will neither dom-
inate nor direct, but serve as a help-
ful partner."
Elsenhower nrged thnt the hous-
ing program authorized by the last
congress be carried forward. He
requested the authorisation of con-
tracts for a firm program of .13,000
additional public housing units in
each of the next two fiscal years.
By this time he feels thnt private
building industry, .ulilcd by the
housing act of 1054, will have hud
the opportunity to assume its full
role In providing adequate bousing
for low-Income groups.
Congress must take positive, af-
firmative action lu approving legis-
lation for federal aid for the con-
struction of more schools, empha-
sized the President. The federal
government enu anil should serve
as nn effective catalyst in dealing
with the classroom shortage, he
stated. This can be done "without
liupnlrlng In any way the respon-
sibilities of our states, localities,
communities, or families."
He proposed that ftslcr.il legisla-
tion be enacted to help the states
do a more timely Job In preventing
nnd dealing with Juvenile delin-
quency.
Earnest attention Is also being glv.
the "eight hour laws" applicable
to federal contractors. He called
for legislation respecting non-occu-
pational disability Insurance and
unemployment compensation In the
District of Columbia.
Voluntary health Insurance for
federal employees anil their dejiend-
ents was proiioseil by the President.
He also proposed increased pay for
postal field employees and for an
increase in postal rates to eliminate
the large annual postal deficit.
He suggested thnt certain provi-
sions of the Immigration law be
corrected in this session of con-
gress He recommended that state-
hood be given to Hawuil nnd Alaska
as soon as her complcx problems
are resolved.
Eisenhower again recommended
that a constitutional amendment be
submitted to the states to reduce the
voting age for federal elections; and
renewed his request tlint the princi-
ple of self-government lie extended
and the right of suffrage granted to
citizens of the District of Colum-
bia. lie again recommended that
the federal government work with
the states to preserve the voting
rights of citizens In the nation's
service overseas.
"I shall recommend the estab-
lishment of a federal advisory com-
mission on the arts within the De-
partment of Health, Education anil
Welfare, to advise the federal gov-
ernment on ways to encourage ar-
tistic endeavor and appreciation,"
stated the President.
I shnll also propose that awards
of merit lie established whereby we
can honor our fellow citizens who
make great contributions to the
advancement of onr civilization."
WalterWhiteGetf
3-Month Leave
To Gain Strength
(Special to 8an Antonio Reglsttr)
NEW YORK—Walter White, ex-
ecutive secretary of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, has been grant-
ed a three mouths' leave of absence
lu regain his health, Dr. Clianiilng
II. Tobias, chairman of the NAAC^
board of directors, has announced.
Upon recommendation of White's
physician, the board voted to grant
the leave at Its regular monthly
meeting hero on January 8. Action
followed n motion by Arthur B.
Spiugnrn, the association's veteran
president, who reported the doctor's
recommendation thnt White be re-
lieved of official rsponsibillty for
a period of three months so that
"he may return to work with full
strength to meet, the unusual pres-
sures and obligations of his office."
White's physician described lii)
cardiac condition as "most satis-
factory." However, it was added,
another three months would be re-
quired for him to fully recuperate.
The NAACP executive was hospit-
alized last October. Released front
the hospital on Nov. 20, he has re-
mained at home making his first
public appearance when lie reported
to the NAACP annual meeting here
on January 3.
In White's absence, Roy Wilkin*,
administrator, serves ns head of
the NAACP staff.
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Murder —
(Continued from Page 1.)
friend."
After the furniture was unloaded,
li.J. Slldlll
Funeral Director
430 N. Cherry St.
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