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anoKu aiBTom jbvxky week
BOB TRAVERS, pioneer ring warrior
tt British l«lei», was boro Charles Junes,
■ aline,. In Norfolk, Va., taken to KnKlniHl
■h elilld, put to work In crockery factory.
Won link' ilelmt against Jiiiiich Mnlvera
with K. O. in 1H hours. Buffered first
defcnI at hanils of Joe Cobley tn bruiting
J10-r0und fight, which contributed to
Cobley's untimely death three yearn later.
He won most of 50 bonis, fought In 10-
yeai' period.
San Awtomo Register
City'Edition 121
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ATTEND Nt'RSK EDl'CATION MEET- Here for the thirteenth annual convention of the National
Amoclatlon for I'ractlcal Nurse Education, held April 28 through May 1, at the Plaza hotel, were the persona
pictured above.
I^ft to right they are Mrs. Estelle M. Osborne, Father John J. Flanagan. J. B.: Miss Hazel Z. Gill,
•nd Mrs. Lucille Petry I-eone. Father Flanagan. Mica Gill, and Mrs. I/tone were sinkers at Thursday ses
•Ions, and Mrs. Osborne wan a speaker on Saturday.
Man, Wife Batter
Each Other in
Battle Over Meal
i
Woman Floored, Kicked in
14 Mouth, Mate Knocked
I" Out With Pipe
la a knock-down, drag-out family
■Vow over the preparation of a weal,
*ery early Monday morning, a worn-
an was knocked down and kicked
Jn the mouth, and she, In turn,
knocked lier husband unconscious
With a length of metal pipe.
In the melee, Mrs. Velesta Fron-
ts, 136 na«MB alley, ■«>/•
lnceratlona on the back of
head.
Kddle Freeman was carried nn-
_ mscious to Brooke Army hospital,
with the right side of his head being
lacerated.
Shortly after S o'clock. Monday
fcnorning, Patrolman C. E. Ellery,
cruising in a police car, was flagged
down at Houston and Olive streets
by Mrs. Freeman. She said that
the had "just knocked her husband
over the head with a pipe," and was
going to call police and an ambu-
lance.
Officers found Freeman nneon-
ncions, on • bed, in a Mood-spattered
room.
Mrs. Freeman said that Freeman
had come home, intoxicated, and
had wanted her to fix him some-
thing to eat. She said that when
the did rot prepare the food, he hit
Iter on the head with a smoking
Hand, knocking her down. Then,
jhe said, he kicked her la the
fciouth.
InUurn, she hit him with a piece
, if metal pipe, rendering him nn-
tonscious.
Mrs. Osborne is assistant director
of the National League for Nursing,
New York, N. Y.; Father Flanagan
is executive director of the Con-
ference of Catholic Schools of Nurs-
ing, St. Louis. Missouri: Miss Oill
Is executive director of the School
of Practical Nursing, Household
Nursing association, Boston, Mas-
sachusetts; and Mrs. Leone Is chief
nurse officer, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, Public
Health service, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Osborne holds a master of
arts degree in nursing education
from Columbia university, and, for
five years, from 1934 to 1931) was
national president of the National
Association of Colored Graduate
Nurses. At one time she headed the
national health program of Alpha
Kappa Alpha sorority. She is a
former Texan, and while here was
the honur guest of tfr. ana Mr*.
W. V. Hurd.
Two S. A. Women
Injured by Man
Police reported that two Sun An-
tonio womeu were Injured. Monday
night, by a man In an altercation
at North Centre and l'lne streets.
Investigating a report of a man
heating a woman, officers found
Mrs. Edna Hutchinson, 31, 21!)
Chestnut lying on the ground, ap-
(See TWO, Page 3.)
Shot Stops Auto,
Fleeing, Without
Lights, from Cops
A house-stoning, pistol waving
man, who led police on ft wild chase
of several blocks before a warning
shot finally stopped him, was ar-
rested and booked on four counts,
Wednesday night, April 28.
George King, 214 Potomac, was
booked for malicious mischief, oi>er-
ating a moving vehicle without
lights, failing to obey police orders
and disturbing the peace.
Officers, called to 306 St. George
street, were told by Mrs. Viola 8at-
tlewhite, that her ex-husband,
George King, armed with a pistol,
had thrown stones at the house,
with two windows having been
broken. He had left the scene when
the officers arrived.
Police went to his residence, on
Potomac street, but King refused to
admit them, or tov come outside.
They had no warrant, so they left,,
but only drove around the block,
and parked.
In a few minutes, King left the
house, got Into his car, and drove
east on Potomac, with the officers
in pursuit.
King turned out his car lights,
and led officers on a chase that
went to Houston street, east on
Houston to Palmetto, to Dawson,
then east on Dawson, with King fi-
nally stopping after officers had
fired one shot.
jShivers, Sen. Johnson Blasted
f. By Walter White in Houston
By the Associated Negro Press
HOUSTON, Texas—Ben. Lyndon B. Johnson (Dem., Texas)
and Oov. Allen Shivers of Texat were boldly and heatedly
attacked last week by Walter White, executive secretary of the
lifetional Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
■ White also lambasted most of the other Dixiq governors.
He praised President Dwight D. Eisenhower as "an honest,
decent and sfneere man."
The NAACP secretary spoke to
1,700 Texans attending a Freedom
mass meeting at Antloch Baptist
church here.
, The 60-year-old pioneer for equal
iXlgbts for Negroes opened his ad-
dress by verbally jumping squarely
•ii the southern governors.
"They (the governors), led by
• their quarterback. Jimmle Byrnes,
- thought they had Klsenhowi-r In the
ling on the race Issue. I thought
go at first, too.
"Hut they bad forgotten the fads,
i They liatl. forgot ten the President Is
' fci honest, decent and sincere man.
lie doesn't tfhow a lot about politics
. . and still doesn't know about
some of the nuances of political
life, but he is learning.
"The President has assured the
NAACP, both publicly and private-
ly. that he will never permit one
per cent of public money to be spent
on projects which permit segrega-
tion."
Leveling his guns 011 Sen. John-
son, the secretary said the senior
senator from Texas past record on
civil rights "at least has the attri-
bute of consistency - it Is consist-
ently against civil rights."
lie said Negro voters in Texas
should have 400,01Kl to 500,000 reg-
(See SHIVERS, Page S)
Victoria Pastor
Answers Blast
By Ex-Member
Rev.Z.Broadus Says Fight
Against Principal Based
Only on Morals
VICTORIA. Texas—The Rev. Z.
Broadus, pastor of Palestine Hap-
tlat church, late last week answered
the latest blast directed at him by
J. B. Divings, in a controversy In-
volving a small group of now ex-
cluded members, and the church's
pastor and eertain officers.
ng^rever, durJnff the |»«Ht two
weeks, direct references t«» i»ersi«n-
alitles have been wade, and the
row now seems to have entered a
stage where direct charges and
counter-charges are being aired
against individuals.
Two weeks ago. Rev Broadus was
the specific target of a statement
issued by Bivings, former church
trustee.
Bivings is one of four men who.
among other allegations, brought
charges of either '"misapplication
or/ ^misappropriation of church
funds." At least $1,000 was allegedly
ihVolted.
Shortly after it was revealed that
the four men—Bivings, J. O. Mum-
phord, Oscar Small, and W. II.
Simpson—had filed suit In Victoria
county district court, in which the
allegations were made, and the court
petitioned to In>i>ound the church
records and books, until they could
be audited, it was announced that
the four, along with D. M. Marshall,
principal of F. «. Gross High school,
had been excluded from fellowship
in the church, by action of the
church.
Rev. Broadus, for many months,
has led a fight against Marshall,
seekiiig his dismissal on grounds of
immorality. The effort, so far. has
not lieen successful. It now seems
headed toward the state's highest
courts.
Rev. Broadus and the accused
church officers, in an answer re-
ported approved and adopted,
March 20, try the Palestine Baptist
church deacon board and congrega-
tion, categorically denied all allega-
tions and branded the accusations as
"'false, untrue, and without founda-
tion,."
The answer further charged that
the whole matter was a "scheme
aimed at the pastor and church
(See PASTOR, Page 3.)
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Collegians Honor
Negro Classmate
Who Drowned
By the Associated Negro Press
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. .7. — In
memory of Leon C. Saunders, .Ir.,
Rutgers university freshman from
Moutclalr. recently drowned in an
unsuccessful attempt to swim the
Raritan river, the Deniarest Hall
club, of which be was a member,
presented the university with a $100
bioscope in his honor. It Is for use
in the biological science course.
Charles E. Schank of Merchant-
ville, the club president, presented
the three-foot slide projector to Dr.
Marion A. Johnson, professor of
botany. Schank and club secretary
Luis G. Gattoni of Tenafly, were
instrumental In establishing the
award.
Funds tn purchase the bioscope
were collected entirely from club
members, all Rutgers freshmen.
Saunders, an athlete, was a pre-
med student majoring in blologlal
sciences at the school.
Voters Stay Home, Candidate Loses
San Antonio's Shame
SAN ANTONIO Negroes must, this week, bow their heads in
shnmc and humiliation. ' . ;v
They -have heen humiliated, not by an arrogant majority
group, not because of second-class citizenship, nut by factors
OVer which they'hud no control. They have been humiliated by
THEMSELVES.
They had an opportunity, Saturday, to retain representa-
tion on the San Antonio union junior college district boned of
trustees.'They lied such a little to do to retain that represen-
tation. All they had to do was to go to the jkolls and vote, vote
for THEIR candidate. And vote for that candidate NOT because
the candidate was a Negro, but because that candidate was in-
telligent, well-prepared, well-educated, qualified, and familiar
with their problems only as a Negro can be familiar with the
jH'oblems of Negroes.
Hut more than four thousand stayed away from the polls.
More than four thousand didn't bother to vote. And the irony
of it is, that just six hundred of the four thousand and more
who stayed away, would have elected THEIR candidate.
Blood, sweat, tears, many years, and many thousands of
dollars went into the fight to gain for the Negro of Texas the
right to vote, even though a God-given right it was.
Saturday, more than four thousand Negroes in San Antonio
showed how much they appreciated that right, how much they
deserved it.
They might as well not have had it. They certainly were too
lazy, too lacking in race pride, too intellectually immature, or
too petty to use it.
San Antonio hangs its head in shame—while the rest of
the country mocks.
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Given
" Frozen Treatment " by N. Y.
It) CONRAD CLARK
For the Associated Negro rress
NKW YORK—Fewer limn 16
per rent of an invited guest
IHtl of-about 1.600 persons paid
tritmfr to Dr. Mary MrLrod
II c I h 11 n e, founder-president
emeritus of Rflhuiie-Coohmaii
college, at a recent testimonial
banquet held at the Hotel
.f
aona listed . _
present. AiMditrimtlre of the
niaulriiMl court, ISItU district,
Thoikas E. Dickens, and former
rlty magistrate, Mrs. Anna M.
Kress, now commissioner of cor-
rection, were there.
Not attentlinj was Congress-
man Adam C. Powell. Other
dais gneat* Hated far remarks
also were absent. So were Mrs.
Nettie Carter Jackson, (lie
grand daughter ruler of Elks,
IBPOE of W, Bishop 1). Ward
Nichols of the first episcopal
district of the AMK church, and
Mr*. VIvim', Carter Masoa, pres-
ident of Nie National Council of
Negro Whnen, founded by Mrs.
Bethune 19:15.
The trftfaionial banquet was
sponsorefrifHie Mary MeUod
Bethune tlmf No. 6, headed by
4,400 Fail to Cast Ballot,
Mrs. 0. M. Whittier
Loses by 500
SAN ANTONIO Negroes, Saturday, failed to retain the reft
resentation on the San Antonio union junior college district
board of trustees, that they gained six years ago, because somt
60 per cent of the qualified Negro voters failed to vote,
Mrs. O. M. Whittier, who sought to succeed G. J. Sutton aM
a trustee, received 3,352 votes. M. C. Gonzales polled 4,091, anq
incumbent Jesse N. Fletcher, seeking re-election, 3,860.
There were only two vacancies.
of fliC c
Following', her address, Mrs.
Kress had to leave tor a TV
show, but not before she hail
walked from her seat juhI pub-
licly embraced and kissed Mrs.
Bethune.
Before the dinner was con-
cluded Dr. Bethune had to
Victoria Principal
Upheld by State
Education Board
Group Will Go into Court
In Effort to Get Job
Of Principal
VICTORIA, Texfla—A group of
Vlctorin oltizens are r»'|M>rteil
IMiring to carry their fight apiinst
J>. M. MarHhnll, principal of F. W.
(IroHH. hiuli M'hool, into court, fol-
lowing the group's losing another
round in the battle to get Mnrshul)
(IImcIih rged.
In a decision announced Moudny,
Hie State ISonrd uf Kduc'lioa up
held J. W. Edgnr, state education
commissioner, who hud denied, in
March, "any and all relief" to tlie
group seeking Marshall's removal.
Tho Victoria school board had
previously refused to fire Marshall.
With their charging immoral con-
duct, a group of Victorians has
been trying, since June, 11153, to get
Marshall discharged. At that time,
,'H2 taxpayers signed a pelilion ask-
ing that the principal be fired.
The Victoria school board, say-
ing that the charges were too gen-
eral, denied the petitioners a hear-
ing.
Then the group appealed to I he
county boi.rd of education, which
ruled that it had no jurisdiction.
They then carried the case to dis-
trict. court. They sought a tempora-
ry injunction to restrain fhe school
board from hiring Marshall or pay-
ing his salary.
The court ruled that they had
not followed the proj»er channels
of appeal from the local school
board, and ruled the case was out-
side its jurisdiction.
To follow proper, channels, the
taxpayers started all over, and for-
mally petitioned the Victoria school
board to discharge Marshall. At a
closed hearing, the petition was de-
nied.
The group next appealed to the
tuiiniMHlouu* of vrtucntton. A seven-
ifcg lir Manbehalf and nine
ngtlnxt blui. conviction of unlawfully obtaining
The commissioner ruled In March. / $j, 171.01/ In
Sutton, whose six-year term ex-
pired. did not seek re-election.
Fletcher, whose term was also ex-
piring. was a candidate to succeed
himself. (Jonzales. an attorney, ran
on a ticket with the Incumbent
Fletfher.
It is estimated that Mrs. Whit-
tier polled some 700 white and La-
tin-American votes, and 2,000 Negro
votes.
It is conservatively estimated that
at least 4,400 eligible Negroes did
not vote.
Six hundred of that 4.400 would
have elected her, observers point
out.
When Sutton was elected to the
board, in 104N, history was made in
Texas and the South, its marking
the first time a Negro lia«I been
elected to such a position.
In last week's election, it had been
apparent that if Xegro voters turn-
ed out, Mrs. Whittier would be
elected, and her supporters attempt-
ed to impress on citizens the im-
portance of a big turnout at the
(tolls.
Woman Who Gets
Charity byFraud
Given Six Months
By the Asnockated Negro Frees
RICHMOND, Va.—A 29 ye*r-oU\
Richmond vroman was sentenced
last week to six months in jail on
V iolence, Sat.,
Sun., Sends Six
To Hospitals
Woman Loses Job, Takes)
L y e in Attempt
To End Life ^
Xo less than six jiersons ^enp
hospitalized—including one atternut*
ed suicide—in an outbreak of vlo»
lence. Saturday arid Sunday.
Mrs. Ola May Griffin, *'»-i Nortli
Centre street, was reported to hav$
swallowed a quantity of lye. f*atur«
day night, in an attempt to kill her*
self. She insisted that she did nofc
want to live, and that she wa* 'go-
ing to try It again." In an effort
to forestall another suicide attempt^
she was placed In police custody.
Mrs. (I tiffin was upset over bar*
ing lost her job. Some months ago.
her son is reported to have l»ee»
found dead in an eastern city.
She said that she had lost her sott
and her job, and she did not want to
live anymore. A Carter ambulanc4
carried her to Robert B. Green hoaf.
pltal for treatment, with her theflt
I being detained. .
In an altercation early Saturday
night, reported to have occurred n
an east aide hotel room. Ml«« l<aar#
Blackburn, address listed as 181#
Eaut Hon*ton, was stabbed in tin(
rIfiht WrJSt with an Ice pick.
(See TREATMENT, Page 3.)
Ex-Employee Sues
Railroad for $75,000
Because of DDT
By the Associated Negro Tress
TOLEDO. Ohio — A former
employee filed suit here last
week for ngainnt the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
contending that the company
failed to ascertain that he use
allergic to III)T powder.
Clyde Huberts, the employee,
said while employed by the
railroad he handled the powder
and, he said, it caused a skin
ra.sh and severe illness. The ef
feets of the rash and illness
caused him to lose hair and im-
paired his lirer and kidneys,
he contended in his petition.
British Ignore
Protest, Telecast
Amos,Andy Show
By th« Associated Negro Press
NEW YORK — Protests by tlic
NAACP on the Amos 'n' Andy film
sale to the British Broadcasting
company fell on deaf ears. Last
week, the films were shown for the
first time In the British Isles.
Reception in London was varied.
Paiwrs were divided on their opin-
ion.'
The News Chronicle called It
slapstick stuff, but slapstick of the
very liest." The Dally Mirror de-
scribed the show as a "slick pro-
fessional effort." The critic said:
'If this is the sort of comedy
series I'nited States viewers are
getting, we ought to start a fund
to fly someone from the BBC to
America so that he can buy up all
the shows he can."
The Sketch critic found the show
so dull that he "sat stuiiefied." "If
they laugh at It In the United
States," he said, "then the army of
American TV fans are children."
The Daily Express remarked that
the comedy formnla Is "obviously
geared for a country with a large
colored population and loses some
of its Impact here."
The Communist Daily Worker
protfftqd. that the film "shows Ne-
Broew' pre great, big lovable chil-
dren*^
Thirteen weeks of the show have
been purchased by BBC.
...» , ' ■ v"
Annual YMCA
Members Drive
In Final Stages
The annual membership drive of
the Alamo City branch YMCA en-
tered its final phases, this week, us
campaign workers girded for an all-
out cleanup in an attempt to put the
lagging drive over the top.
Last week's report revealed a to-
tal of 387 members had been en-
rolled. Although1 branch campaign-
ers are not satisfied with their
work, Alamo City branch, nonethe-
less, has been the top producer in
the city-wide effort.
E. M. Friday. Alamo City cam-
paign director, recently accepted a
challenge by Northwest branch, that
Northwest jlronid out-produce Ala-
mo. Last week's report showed Ala-
mo still leibling the race, with its
having a Mta 1 of 387 members to
Northwest's; 208.
Alamo lsfisinit « big league base-
ball theme in conducting Its drive.
The National and American leagues
are vying Jtgs4nst each other in
securing ineinhers. with each league
being compdscd'of eight teams bear-
ing the ngtiics of their real-life
counterpart*.
In both "fcngties," Philadelphia is
In. first pUl<v. but the American
league's leader is stronger, with
many more trninK Hum the Nation-
al league's Philadelphia.
In the America". Boston Is In
secoml place, and the second place
American lfcagne entry has more
points thallTthe National's first
ISgSjuwi"
(See jjMNt'AL. Page 8.)
— aid-to-dependent, chit- _
that the charges against Marshall dren funds from the state depart-1**** carried to. Robert B. Green
were not clearly established, or ment of public welfare. a Carter ambulance.
supported by proof or evidence. Police Court Justice Harold/ Vernon Taylor was treated
The evidence submitted, he ruled. Maurice imposed that sentence on I Robert P. (ireen for knife wound!
Mrs. Josephine Brown Crosby who j 'n the groin, said to have been Ja«
was not adequate or sufficient
to justify his overruling the
decision that had been made in
Marshall's fftv'or, in October, 1933,
by the Victoria school board.
It was also pointed out by Ed-
gar that two antagonistic factions
had existed In the school since the
beginning of Marshall's tenure, be-
cause of his "strict administration
of athletic funds."
The fight against him developed
from this dissension.
Following Edgar's decision, the
group appealed to the state board
of education. The board, Monday,
upheld Edgar.
The anti-Marshall group is now
preparing, it is reported, to appeal
the board's decision to district court.
The group announced in March
that if the state board ruled in fa-
vor of Marshall, the case would
lie taken into court.
St
Four Appointed
To High Posts
In Government
——♦-
Locked, Out, Woman
Cuts >Arm as She
s Glass Door
A 28->yea&nW1 San Anlonio wom-
an, locked int by her husband, suf-
fered laoeritinus of her left arm,
Thursday, April 2d. when she shut-
tered ^jgisss panel, in 'he back door,
to gain 'Mtftnce.
Mrs. Lillian Bland. 28. 1221 North
Centre;'told police tbat her liuband.
Alvis BlsnC .'U, had locked her out
of the house.
She broke the l>nok door glass,
she said, bSjiuslling on it. She was
treated ntllbbert It. Green hospital
for two cftf ou the lower left arm.
By the Associated Negro Press
WASHINGTON — Four Negroes
have received appointments to im-
portant positions with the federal
government, the Republican nation-
al committee announced last week.
They were George Maceo Jones,
architect and civil engineer of Chi-
cago; Rufus O. Kuykendall, In-
dianapolis-born attorney; W. D.
Morison. Jr., Detroit real estate
man, and Horace .Sudduth, Cincin-
nati, president, National Negro Bus-
iness league.
Jones was appointed architectural
adviser in Monrovia, Liberia: Kuy-
kendall. a member of the UNESCO
National commission; and Morison
and Sudduth, National Board of
Field Advisers to the small business
administration.
Jones holds a Ph.D. in civil en-
gineering from the University of
Michigan, where he also received
his B.S. and M.S. in architecture.
He has gained experience in his
field in Chicago, Gary, Ind., and
Washington, D. C. He also has
taught at Howard university.
Organizations of which he is a
member include the City Planning
advisory board, Chicago Planning
commission; American Mathemati-
cal society. American Association
for the Advancement of Science,
American Institute of Architects.
National Association of Housing
officials, and Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity.
He lives In Chicago, with his wife,
Beatrice.
A graduate of the Indiana unlver-
was charged with making wilfully
false statements and falling to re-
port income and changes of dream*
stances.
Representatives of the welfare de-
partment testified that the woman,
one of the few Negroes ever to be
convicted under such circumstances
here, had signed statements in No-
vember, 1952, and in October, 11KT3
to the effect that she Mas unem-
ployed. They contended, however,
that she had been employed from
August. to November, 1053.
It was disclosed that the defend-
ant had purchased a new televi-
sion set and a washing machine
while she was receiving welfare aid.
Welfare officials also told Judge
Maurice that she borrowed the
money from a bank to make these
purchases.
The defendant told the court that
(See WOMAN, Page 3.)
Two Negroes Named
ToSouthwestY Board
By the Associated Negro Press
TULSA, Okla.—Dr. L. H. Wil-
liams, Tulsa druggist and civic
leader, and A. Maceo Smith of Dal-
las. Texas, are on the board of direc-
tors of the Southwest area of the
Young Men's Christian association.
The Southwest region includes
Oklahoma. Texas, Arkansas and
western Louisiana.
tlicted by his "girl friend'* In tb€
280O block of Nebraska. Taylor said
that he and the woman became In-
volved In an argument. When he go$
into his car, to go home, the woma^
H
(See VIOLENCE. Page *.) %
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Auto Polisher
Rescues Boy, 7, V
From Chi Rivei
Bv the Associated Negro Press T
CHICAGO—A Negro man last
week saved a seven-year-old white
boy from possibly drowning In tbj
Chicago river here.
.Toe Lewis, 35, snatched Robert
Goldstein from the swollen river a£
ter the boy had been carried a «,naf|f
ter of a mile. Robert later told hlf
parents he fell while playing wltjl
two other boys.
Lewis, an automobile polisheK
saw Robert as he was clinging t^
debris in the river. He waded Im
but soon was in water over his bead!
and
boy.
was forced to swim to thO
Robert's father said he had taugbi
his son to swim last year, but thfl
current was so strong the boy was
unable to make headway. The rivea
was swollen because of recent mint*
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Nurses Tackle Race Bias
At Biennial ANA Session
By the Associated Negro Press f
CHICAGO—The American Nurses association tackled the chal.
lenge of racial bias against minority groups in the nursing
profession last week as more than 3,000 nurses, including 200
Negroes, attended the bienniel ANA convention at the Conratf
Hilton hotel.
High lights of the ANA minority problems programs wer*
as follows:
(See FOt R, Paje S.)
1. Delegates passed a resolution
as part of the ANA platform calling
for all nurses and all state and local
asso.iatious to work for more in-
ter-group harmony In memberships
and hiring policy In their areas.
2. Mrs. Elizabeth K. Torter of
Cleveland, national resident of the
ANA, cited this question as one of
the great challenges to the nursing
profession in her opening address
to the convention.
8. For the first time, the Mary
Mahoney award for the nurse mak-
ing most significant contribution to
nursing and democracy in the field
went to a white person.
4. Miss Grare E. Marr assistant
executive secretary of the ANA HI
charge of the Inter-group relation^
unit, through interviews and oK
cussions, outlined progress made u
the ANA field, and explained prob-
lems yet unsolved by the ANA.
In its 1054-56 platform, the housa
of delegates, governing body of tM
ANA, passed the following plank om
inter-group relations.
Citing Inter-group relations as oafi
of the big challenges of AXA, Mnjt
Porter reported:
"On the home front we are moti*
Ing as rapidly as possible to remo#
barriers that prevent full develop
(S<« NI BSES, Pa#a u
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