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*o Pragma Without Struggle
"If titer* is no straggle, there to
# progrew. Those who profess to
•vor freedom, and yet depreciate
(Citation, are men who wani eropa
Tithont ploughing np the gronnd.
.. Power concedes nothing without
< demand. It never did and never
rill."
»—Frederick Donglaaa
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Woman Claimant
- To Policy Fortune
Gets Six Months
Woman Sentenced for
Falsely Claiming to be
Policy King's Daughter
Negro Press International
CHICAGO—One person who tried
lo lay hand* on the $701,000 left by
the lata policy king Lawrence Wake-
field haa been sentenced to a jail term
far her effort*.
But, there la no acarclty of claim-
ants, the latent being a Michigan
• brother and aiater who claim they are
lecend cousin* to Wakefield.
The wall-to-wall fortune waa found
scattered around Wakefield'a aouth
aide Chicago home after he was fa-
tally atrickea with a heart attack.
♦ TTie new claimanta are James (Join-
by and Elsie Gamby Hell, both resi-
dents of Michigan, who aaid they
were first couHlna to Wakefield'a
mother.
The elnim wna filed less than 72
bourn after Mra. Constance Stein-
berg Wakefield wan sentenced to six
Months for contempt of court.
The court ruled that Mra. Wake-
field wan lying when she claimed to
Ite the daughter of the dead policy
Un*.
Still to be heard is tht claim of
Mra. Rone Kennedy, who waa living
with Wakefield at the time of his
Heath, plua claims of about 15 per-
ions who state they are relatives of
the dead man.
Not to be forgotten are the several
governmental ageucies—including the
department of ipternal revenue—who
lave filed claim to the fortune.
Authorities apeut aeveral dnjs
counting the money which waa found
Mattered throughout the houae, and
fm. tdrd coin* and bills of every de-
nomination.
Investigation also disclosed that
Wakefield had ae\eral bank accounta.
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Medgar Evers'
Alleged Killer
f\ot to be Retried
Nigra Preaa Irternattonal
. -JACKSON, Mlu. — The aeeuied
murderer of eifll rifkts leader Med-
<ar Hrere will not bt broofbt to trial
for a third tlM aobM Ml •vidrn«
ia uMovtrtd. M
Thto la tha dccialaa of William L.
W a liar, dlatrlct atWMW. Pr««e-
rattd Vyroa Be la llrtaW In the
two trlala which rtavHad la hunt
juries. '
Erara, leads* 1 Ike WAACP In
Miaataalppi. waa aho* d#»« outaide
hia hoaM ahwtlr alM atMalfht on
Juna IS. IMS.
IlMkwiih waa arreted a taw dajra
later kj tha FBI after lnapettlos of
a high-powered till* found la a clump
of bashra direct lj wiHiaite tha apot
where Erara waa ahot.
Waller aald that tha outcome of the
two prerloua trlala led him to the
conclusion that another trial would
not ba hald unlcaa there waa addition-
al evidence.
Although the itate presented evi-
dence that Beckwith owned tha fatal
rifle and hie fingerprints were an It,
Beekwith'a attorney! produced wit-
nemea who utated they aaw the de-
fendant no milea away at tha time the
idi.Hiting took place.
lteckwith testified that the rifle hod
heen stolen from a closet in hia home
or from hia ear shortly before the
ahouting.
Meanwhile, Beckwith la still free
under a *10,000 bond granted by
Judge Leon *. Hendrick after the
aecond trial. Beckwith had been in
(See BILLBR. Page a.)
MAJ. WAKIiKN l>. AUCXANDKIt
FROM .MILITARY TO PCLT1T
—From military adminiBtrntive prolt-
lenia to the pulpit la the route War
ren D. Alexander, formerly of Hon
Antonio, now of Denver, Colo., baa
selected aince hia retirement from the
United Sin tea Air force after 12!
>ears* service. He ia the brother of the
lav. Karl 1>. Alexander, now of 1018
I'll I ni drive, ('orpin Christi.
Alexander, who retired iu the grmle
of major, was in the admiuiatrntive
field at Lowry Air Force bnae. Cola
Now he is nerving na an aaaiatant
minister at Bcott Methodist church
nnd Is president of the Northeast
I'nrk Hill Civic association in I dri-
ver. He also is the Methodist repre-
sentative on the Men in Service com-
mittee of the Denver area Council of
Churches.
Major Alexander, brother of Mra.
Johnnie Taylor of 14«0 West 47th
street, Loa Angeles, was commission
ed upon completion of Officer Can
didate school in 1M3. During World
War II. he was a member of the
famed 477th Bomb group, all-Negro
R-2R bomber nnit. and then was base
adjutant at Lockbourne AFB, Ohio.
The major was command yoatal of-
ficer for the Alaskan Air command
It Elmendorf Air Force base. lie also
was I postal officer at Lackland Air
Tort* baae, Texas, and later became
a squadron commander there.
I*rior to hia assignment It Lowry,
ke via with the USAF liaison office
It tha United States embaaay in Bei-
rut. Lebanon.
Major Alexander ia a graduate at
Phiilia Wbeatley high school in San
Antonio. He attended tha then St
Phillp'i junior college there, ind in
1958 received his bachelor'a degree in
general cducatioa from Oauka uni-
versity. .....«»
The major and hia wife, tha formw
Mary Catherine Bryant of Denver,
and their three children llVt at U540
Ivanboe street, Denver.
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FCC Checking
On Radio 'King
For President' Ads
Negro Press International
WASHINGTON — The federal
Communications commission has be-
gun ab investigation of a pre-election
radio campaign urging Negro voters
to write in the name of Dr. Martin
Luther King for president.
Bozell and Jacobs, a Chicago ad-
vertising agency, attempted to pur-
chase time on "Negro" stations for
a series of three one-minute commer-
cial^ two a< which were anti-John-
son.
The oth«*r ad urged Negroea to
vote for King for president. It is
reported that fire of 15 stations
turned dewa all three ads; others ac-
(Sea FCC, Pago 8.)
Pro-Bias Vote Proves
Calif. No Promised Land
By A. S. "DOC" YOUNG
For Negro PreM International
LOS AN0ELE8—Well, now we know.
Neither Loa Angeles nor California if Paradise-West.
• r« not yet ready to agree with the Negro leader who aaid,
Lm it worse than Birmingham." But I am ready to
My "Excuse me, "fc tpr being1 *> cauatic in my criticism of
'ih&t statement." "
for the reaoMtting. two-to-one winning majority millions
nl California Caucasians turned out ■<"'—> •"> » «nd
ia defeat of the Rumfqrd Fflx Hous-
ing act, Via "Yea" Y*W W Pt«80«i-
Hon 14, proved conclusively that we
^ride in sn area wfiich is be»i|PU«t|.
i e., a» area which Exists in n ,^ote
U intellectual, moral, and aoclal dark-
"'when tha majority "ftucaaiSn
votera, led and fad by calcula ng
tdgots, voted vve." .n
14 they were voting to Keep >egroe».
Other niinoritie*. wfc.e? '
neiifkborboodai they were voting for
discrimination, tor segregation; and,
ia that context, they weiM no better
• has their Dixiecrlt brolhers aud sis
t«s in Miaaiaaippi.
•Cheir anti-Negro vote was so strong
tfr mostly anti-Negro vote It was,
ifeanite all that talk about i "profi-
erty rights"—Hint they forgot tb.;ir
i.,..i, Kennedy romcnce nnd l)lci+ an
wlvoeate •aw10'* ®1.. *■ " ""
;«rlal aaadidatc line -I.
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into defeat because he stood up and
snld "Vote No on Proposition 14."
The success of Proposition 14 was
the slap of cold rage in Got. Ed-
uiunA O. <Paf) Brown's face and a
resounding setback for the liberal
CaucasiauB and the minority voters
who voted in accordance with the
United States Constitution and the
mqcn-trtimpeted "equality of Ameri-
cah citiscns."
Fact is. the winning votes cn»t
by California Caucasians proved that
they are, predominantly, a sadly-
confused, aadl j-misinformed, and
shockingly-fragile group.
They voted against fair-housing
practices, claiming protection of their
"property rishts," and, yet, they
voted out pay-TV, In direct violation
of a citiwn'a property rights. And,
jo top it off, they iiiainii'd tremen-
dous morality by voting against I le-
VOTE, Page «.)
FBI Director
Calls Martin
Luther King 'Liar
J. Edgar Hoover Also
Lumps 'Sippi Sheriffs
With Rattlesnakes
(From Press Diapatchea)
WASHINGTON—J. Edgar II.wv-
er, 01), director of the Federal Hu-
rcau of Investigation, bitterly criti-
cized the Warren commiHNion, and
called Dr. Martin Luther King, No-
l»el prise winner, the country's "most
notorious liar," in a three-hour ses-
sion, Wednesday, Nov. 18, with a
group of Wnnhington newswoinen.
He also blasted Deep Houth law
enforcement officers nnd justice, and
lumped "red-necked Mississippi sher-
iffs" with water moceasinM and rattle-
snakes. "They are nil in the same
category an far as 1 am concerned,"
Hoover snid.
Hoover's wrath fell on both aides
iu the civil rights struggle.
He charged that agents investigat-
ing civil rights complaints in the
MissiMMippi swamps had been ham-
pered because that area is "filled
with nothing but water moccasini,
rattlexnnke* and red-necked hlieriffs.
aud they are all in the same category
as far as I am concerned."
In saying tlint Mime sheriffs and
their deputies had participated in
racial violence, he distinguished tin-He
officials from members of the Miss-
issippi highway patrol. lie reported
that highway patrol members hnd co-
opersted in the FBI probe of the un-
solved murder of three civil rights
workers near Philadelphia, Miss.,
last summer.
Hoover deacribed as "a acundalous
thing to do" the suspension by a
Mct'omb, Miss., judge of the sen-
tences of nine men convicted of bomb-
ing nnd burning a church. He snid
the men were not young, as claimed,
but ranged in age from 30 to 44.
No Ijiw Enforcement
"Around Philadelphia, Miss.,'' Hoov-
er continued, "law enforcement is
practically nil and many times sher-
iffa nnd deputies participate in
crime."
He aaid great progress is being
made If! solving the murders of three
drH rights workers who were buried
at a dsm site near Philadelphia.
Hoover alao asserted there ia po-
lice participation in crime in seversl
Midwestern cities. He said tkls is
en# reason he Opposes a national po-
lice force.
'If they (local police) could write
to a central clearing houae for infor-
mation Ton can imagine what harm
Ihtf as»M do," Hoover said.
Uoovff called Dr. King "the most
notorioua liar In the country" for
claiming that FBI agents in Albany,
fll,, would take no actiou on civil
fiflhte* «o«plaints because they—the
agenta—were Southerners.
*The truth is," the FBI director
waa reported to have said, "that 70
per cent of the agents in the Bouth
were born in the North and four
out of five agents in the Albany, Ga.,
office are northerners."
The four northern agents in the
Albany office were born at Kingston,
N. Y.; Auburn, Ind.; Arlington.
Mass.: and St. Peter, Minn., "and
Mr. King knew it," an FBI spokes-
man added.
King Feels Sorry for Hoover
Dr. King, commenting on Hoover's
allegation, hus said:
'I cannot conceive of Mr. Hoover
making a statement like this with-
out being under extreme pressure. He
has apparently faltered under the
awesome burdens, complexities and
responsibilities of his office, there-
fore, I cannot engage in public de-
bate with him. I have nothing but
sympathy for thin man who hns serv-
ed his country so well."
Accusing the Warren commission
of nn unfuir report on his agency,
he said the commission's report on
President John F. Kennedy's assas-
sination was "unfair and unjust"
in its criticism of the FBI.
Kef erring to the portion of the
report in which the FBI is reported
as failing to notify the Secret Serv-
ice that Lee Harvey Oswald was in
Dallas, Hoover said angrily: "It is n
classic example of Monday morning
juarterbacking."
Dr. King has answered Hoover with
the following statement.
'I waa appalled and surprised at
your reported statement maligning
my integrity. What motivated such
nn irresjwnsible accusation is a mys-
tery to me. I have sincerely ques-
tioned the effectiveness of the FBI
in rucial incidents, particularly where
bombings and brutalizes against Ne-
groes are at issue, but I have never
(See DIRECTOR, Page 3.)
♦
S. A. Man Says
Wife Shoots
At Him, Twice
A 24-year-old Lincolnshire drive
man reported to police, last week,
that hia wife shot at him twice, as
he stood outside the family resi-
dence.
The man told officera that he was
standing at a window asking his
wifa to giee him hia work clothes.
He alleged that, instead of giving
him the clothing, she fired at him
twice. JJe esenped injury and fled,
with .hls^ telephoning police to con-
tact klm It a certain address.
Dyiag Man Accused of Netting Fire
Three Childrea Burned
As Trash Fire "Explodes"
THREE San Antonio children—agea 12, 6, and 3—were burn-
ed, Friday, when a trash fire, in tha back yard of their home
in the 800 block of Yucca, and near which tkay were itanding,
"exploded."
Carried to the Bobert B. Green hoapital by a San Antonio
ambulance, were Pauline Moaely, 12; Eddk Waym, 6, and Ro-
chelle Mosely, 2, all of 874 Yucca. Paulina and Rochelle have
been releaaed to the care of their
home, but Eddie Wayne remained hos-
pitalized.
Pauline said that they hud col-
j lected trash, and had been burning it
for about 20 minutes, when "it sud-
denly exploded."
A neighbor on "F" street, told In-
vestigntors thnt she heard a loud
r.oiae, then saw "a big red fire, aud
smoke."
A fire department inspector said he
detected a strong odor on the clothing
of explosion-sprm "1 Kddie Wayne,
that smelled like alcohol,
None of the children knew what
set off the exploMon, and its cause
was not immediately ascertained.
Natioa Pays
Tribute
To JFK
Nejiro Press International
CHK Adll—Many rail him the
"Abraham IJnroln" of our
tlin*%—and surely one of the
ireateat Presidents who ever
lived.
A silll'stunned nation stopped
In tribute Sunday, on the first
anniversary of the trade and
untimely death of John Fitzger-
ald Kennedy, who was assassinat-
ed in Dallas an Nov. U. m«i:t.
Not only AM he atrlve to forte
an America Into a whole nation,
but ho aouiht to ereate a true
"ona-wwld" philosophy.
Taaai Kennedy worked to
create a new and vlgas ■■■ imaje
of Aaaerk*. The dream at a new
America motivated him whoa ha
declared, daring hia Inaogoral
addrraa In January of tMO:
"Let Mm ward to forth fraa
this Una aad place, to. friend
and foe alike, that the torch has
been passed to a new generation
at Americans . , .*
The warts and the tokens of
tribal* wan —ay all over the
nation mt all ever the world.
FrIMMM Chicago mortlelaa
A. K. Leak probably echoed the
sentlmenta of alliens when he,
speaklnt over his weekly WVON
radia program. 'It's Time Truth
8peaka," aald:
"Tha world is a better place
because John Fitagerald Kennedy
lived. But t»od aaw fit to take
him from among us and give him
an honored place among the he-
roes of history."
♦
Charles Z. Smith
Sworn in as
Seattle
Till Tapping
Among Week-
End's Thievery
Alleged till tapping was listed
among the past week-end's thievery.
In nnother incident, a youth who was
seen breaking Into hu automobile was
apprehended at the aeene.
A fM-year-oli groceryman snid that,
for some time, he had suspected a
woman employes of "tapping the till."
Thuradny, when the employee left for
lunch, the grocer checked the register
and alleged that S41..*>7 was missing.
The employ^t did not return from
lunch.
C.eorge Bailey, 55, 2>18 Nebraska,
told police that he parked his auto-
mobile in hia driveway at tl o'clock,
Thursday evening At o'clock, he
discovered that the battery had been
stolen. The license number of an au-
tomobile operated l»y a suspect in the
case, was giv«4 police.
Tsnosr, 22. 2126 Wyo-
ming. i i7i»Ui I, J wpolice, Friday,
that a persott^B M itayed at the
house for abotHkMMfeJa^L^ watfe
had vaniahed f)3BWte^ma vtfsed
at $206. A fitneM ssld that the
suspect, and % man in sn air force
uniform, hsd taken the property
which included aaaorted bed sheets
and pillow canaa valued at $60;
Judge
Negro Presa International
SEATTLE, Wash. — Negro Atty.
Charles Z. .Smith, 117-year-old trans-
planted native of Lakeland. Ma., was
sworu in last week to the position
of municipal court judge, to fill the
vacancy created when Judge Walter
MctJorern won election to the King
county superior court bench.
Smith waa formerly »i>ecial assist-
ant to the former Atty.-CJen. Robert
Kennedy, nnd is credited with the
successful prosecution of the govern-
ment's case against Tenmsters union
(See SMITH, Page S.)
(See THIgVFKV, Page S.)
Death Claims Mrs.
Katie Logwood
Brooks at SI
Mrs. Katife Logwood Brooks. 81,
died Sunday, November 22. at Santa
Rosa Medical center, where she hnd
been confined since Thursday, No-
vember 19, following an illness of
several years duration.
A native of fllan Antonio, she had
spent her entire life here, living for
many yeara at f»12 Dawson stree
She and John Brooks were married,
and he preceded her in death several
years ago.
The o°ce<2£nt was an active mem-
l»er of 8t. Paul Methodist church
until her health filled several years
ago.
Services were contacted Wednesday
morning, Novemb- r 2f>, nt 11 o'clock
from St. Paul Methodist church, with
the paator, Ber. T. M. Bruton, offi-
ciating; Suttoa and Sutton Funeral
home waa ia charge of bunil which
took place in City cemetery No. 1.
Survivors iacludc a niece, Mrs.
Camills Taylor; Harold L. Madi-
son and Richard J. Madison, neph-
ews; grand aieccs and grand neph-
ews, and other relatives.
Iaeladiag Negroes oi Jury
May Be Uacoastitatioaal
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Negro Presa International
EW ORLEANS—The action laat weak at tha United States
Supreme court in upholding the United Itatti Circuit court
of appeals here in its ruling that the "deliberate" inclusion of
Negroes on juries ia unconatitutional, haa rahad a puzzling
question in legal circlea. Just how doea <hm decide whether
a jury ia "color blind" or not? V,.f
The ruling waa handed down in the eta of Woodman J.
Collins, an Iowa, La., Negro sen- gsl. *
tenced to execution on conviction of This occufred cflse
rape. In appealing to the circuit grnitd jury in?tfrtif#ti°" °' !ntu
court, Collina charged he was de- Walter L. Oofcen. whom the whites
nied equal protection of the law be- wanted to oust a» kead of theLouisi-
cause Negroes were "purposefully ana Kepuhlkaft' i*rty. r^wo Negroes,
included" on the grand jury list. H. E. Brain, Fr, «nd Frank Far-
There were five Negroea and aeven rell, wero raid to ,M,°n
whites on the grand jury in his case.
The Supreme court hns also ruled
that deliberate "exclusion" of Negroes
from juries is unconstitutional. Many
Negroes have had their sentence* de-
clared null and void because of thi?
latter ruling.
On the other bund, claims have
been made in many cases that Ne-
groes were included on grnnd juries
just to make whatever happen^ le
RKV. ERNEST C. E8TELL
KiTKs, SATURDAY — funeral
services were held Snturdny, from
St. John Baptist church. Pallarf, Tex-
as, for the Rev. Ernest C. Estell, pas-
tor of St. John for 28 yenrs, who died
Monday, Nov. 10. St. John is the
largest Negro church in the South.
The nationally-known clergyman had
been guest speaker in San Antonio
on numerous occasions.
IIo was a member of the original
Dallas Committee of 14, a biracial
group formed to provide leadership
iu the civil rights movement.
Rev. Estell was a native of Dech-
ard, Tenn., nnd a graduate of Sim-
mons Theological institute, Nashville.
Tenn. lie had been a minister for 44
years. He was founder and president
of the Dallas Interdenominstional
Ministers alliance, president of the
Texns District Baptist association,
and of the Texns State Baptist Mis-
sionary and Educational convention
of Texas; a former rice president of
the World Baptist alliance, and of
the National Baptist convention, U-
SA, incorporated.
He was s trustee of Bishop col-
lege. and of the American Theological
seminary, Nashville, Tenn. It was
through hia leadership that Bishop
college was moved from Marshall to
Dallaa.
Almost every major agency in Dal-
las had honored him. On Oct. 20, the
l)all«s city council passsd a special
resolution citing him for his work
th# rtlatisaskip hatwi
races, and crediting him with
playing a ley role in successful inte-
gration in Dallas.
He held the Alpha .Phi .Alpha Citi
senshlp award, the Sun Mutual Out-
standing Citisen n ward, and was
awarded A citation by the Stste ss-
sociatlon Of Teschers for hit efforts in
initiatlttl i Mlt to oqaillze Texas
teachers' MlAries.
Ad pAfttor of the 4,700-member St.
Joha Baptist thurch, he initiated a
plan for the church to sponsor s low
rent apartment house project, under
the provision of the National Hous-
ing act, with the approval of the
Federal Housing administration.
'Hie church-sponsored project in-
cludea the Highland Village ajtart-
ments, and the 5»Vncre St. John's rec-
reational i>nrk.
Survivors include the widow; five
sons—Itoscoe Estell, Robert Estell,
and Ernest J. Estell. all of Dal-
las; and Charles and Vincent Estell
of Dayton, Ohio; four daughters,
Mrs. Sarah I»wry of Washington,
I). C., aud Mrs. Juanita Hamilton,
Mrs. Alma Harris, and Mrs. Leona
Jones, all of Dayton; a brother, Athel
Estell of Dechard, Tenn.; 154 grand-
children, aud eight great-grandchil-
dren.
vest i gat or L. L. Findley told Regis-
ter.
He admitted that he had started
the fire at hia wife's present resi-
dence.
To gain entrance to the house, a
screen was torn, and a window brok-
Fire Chief Oscnr Ramirez said
that bedding, and clothes in s closet
were doused with lighter fluid, and
set ablaze. I'amage to the building
was act at $*00. to its contents. $500.
The man'a wife alleged he had tried
to kill her, Saturday, and possibly ^ ^ v v
started the fire. About 80 minutes jor obstructing police, in
after this conversation, Findley beard
With Same Pistol
Two Others are Also
Arrested, in Case,
For Obstructing Police
A man nnd bis common-law wits
were shot, Friday, with the same gua,
during a struggle in their resid«-see
in the 4*>0 block of Albert, and two
other persons were also arrested aad
the suspect say, in a telephone con-
versation :
"Yes, I set the ....on lire."
The man declared that he waa mad
at hia wife.
The man said that he would waft
for Findley at a certain address, but
he was not there, and mas pot taken
into custody until some hours later.
The man is reportedly dying of
cancer, and haa been given two
montha to live.
Klansman, Two .
Negroes Rejected
As KKK Jurors
NCNW's Treasury
L°j Empty, Financial
k StatusUnexpIained
Segro Preas International
WASHINGTON—Twe of the na-
tion's lesding Negro women hsve re-
signed from the Nstional Council <j!
Negro Women with the shocking dis-
closure that the organization tl broke
and deeply in debt.
Dr. I Deborah Pstridg* Wotfe aad
Dr. Lorraine Williams, both vice
presidents, stated they resigned after
a discussion concerning the finan-
cial atatua of the NCJCW;
Dr. Wolfe, high in government
circles, aaid ahe resigned after learn-
ing about the condition of the group's
finances. She aaid she wna "amazed"
at the diacloeure.
Dr. Williama aaid ahe relinquished
her post after finding it impossible
to gain certain information about the
financial status of the group.
However, Dorothy I. Height, presi-
dent of the NONW, feels that the res-
ignations were premature. She state-
ed:
We are not the only organization
with a financial problem. This is a
matter which should be discussed be-
fore the board. 1 would hate to believe
that important women like these two
do things in this way."
Dr. Wolfe stated thnt she learned
of the financial problems at a special
executive meeting, and "waa amazed
(See TREASURY, Page g.)
on the an** lory '<* thl' PurP,,s*- °[
legalising lilMlevef action occurred
against Cakea.'
An iinlitliatiL «u •miri'd, but in
a tnal, ««e tomi'Mely exon-
. rated.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fin Evidently
taking their cues from two receut
1 nited States Supreme court rul-
ings on jury bias, the prosecution
and defense in the selection of a 12-
man jury, turned down eight pros-
pective jurors here Inst week—includ-
ing two Negroes and a former Ku
Klux Klansmnu.
The jury was being selected in
l*nited States district court to hear
the retrial of four Klansmen charged
with bombing the home of a Negro
boy last Feb. 16. The boy ia six-
year-old Donald Godfrey, who had
nrolled In the previously all-white
Titus Gloason, 8.'!. 514 Blue
net, suffered multiple lacerations
about the face and head, Friday, whes
he was cut with s broken bottle la
an altercation in the 900 block ef
North New Braunfela avenue.
Police reported that Gloason becasM
involved in an argument with a 21-
year-old man, in a pool hall, over the
buying of some wine.
The other man snatched a large
bottle, broke it, then used the jag-
ged glnss to cut (tlosson about the
face and head. After slashing Glea-
(See BOTTLE. Page S.)
(See JURORS. Page S.)
S. A. Man, Shot
In Chest, Not
Seriously Wounded
Joseph Fields, 25, 61l» F street,
was shot in the chest, Saturday, in
a family disturbance nt the F street
address. He was carried to Robert
B. Green hospital. Field8 waa not
seriously wounded.
His wife. Mrs. Dolores Fields, 25,
was questioned at homicide office in
connection with the shooting, and re-
leased.
No charges were filed in the case.
Survey Points Up Squalor,
Despair Afflicting Negroes
(Special to San Antonio Register)
NEW YORK, N. V.—An unprecedented aurvey of 68 citiee
by the National Urban league indicatea that the typical
American community haa a long way to go to wipe out poverty,
illiteracy and unemployment which afflicta Negroes.
The surrey, made of cities having Urban league branches,
was based on United 8tates census data, according to Whitney
M. Young, Jr., executive director of the national interracial
social work organization.
"We have sketched a statistical
portrait of the hopelessness, squalor
and deapair which afflicts Negro
families. The aurvey showa where
each city, North and South, stands.
It is not made to pasa judgment on
these communities, or to compare one
city against another, but only to high-
light the tremendous task before us
to right this historic neglect."
The Urbau league figures high-
lighted these facts:
Negro homeowners are improving
their property rapidly. In 30 of the
6S cities nnnlyzed, more thnn 70
per cent of nil Negro homea are now
rated "sound" by the government. Na-
tionally, this is about twice as many
as in the previous decade.
On the other hand, in 50 or more
cities, more than half of all rental
profit. It also explains their seal
in working against freedom of resi-
dence laws.
"Many aren't concerned with rights,
but profits—snd there is profit In
opersting slums," he added.
Unemployment, In 47 of the cities
surveyed, waa greater than nine per
ceut among non-whites. "The actual
figure," Young aaid, "is probably
higher If one considers the 'discour-
aged workers* who have dropped out
of the statistics."
In all cities, between 50 and 84
per cent of Negro workers are em
ployed. Young snld, "performing the
hardest, dirtiest, least desirable work,
r.a laborers, operatives, household and
service workers.
This reveals," he added, *tke tre-
mendoua need for improved education
to upgrade their knowledge, skilla,
units are "sub-standard." This. Young land other contributions to society. It
termed, the product of ''limiting the i also reflects the ravagea of racial bira
supply of housing by unscrupulous J
real estate oDcratora for their .j»ri 'See SURVEY. Pace 3.)
Maa, Reportedly Having)
Two Moaths to Live,
Starts $1,300 Blaze
A 37-year old man, suffering physically from an iscuraUt
ailment, and aaid to be dying, and who is also emotionally
upset, waa taken into custody, Monday night, and jailed, ia
connection with a $1,300 fire is reported to have set at tha
apartment where his estranged wife and three children are
livinf.
Charges were not immediately filed against the man. aa
efforts are being made to have biro ' —————————
committed to the etate hospital be-
cause of bis emotional state. In his k off liflfy \ A \liltl
present condition he is described as Udllllllg J. rte ifldlly
"dangerous," and, if turned loose.
there may be a murder," arson in- | VI/ A|f15)f! SllOt
unexplained development in the «asa
Shot with a .22-caliber pistol were
Mrs. Lou Ella Winn, Htf, nnd Bek
Gant, also 86, both of 4<ri0 Albert.
Mrs. Winn waa wounded in the
lower right hip.
QiUit wua shot in the left hand.
Both were treated at the Rol>ert B.
Green hospital, then booked. Gast
waa booked for assault to murder.
Patrolman Jesse Arzate also ar-
rested Qdell Gaut, 23, 11.72 M»-n« lines,
and Florenj* 8a*are, 30, 8tf7 Mickla-
john, far obstru<*ting police. Both
allegedly attempted to pull Bob Gaat
from Arsate, at the ssme time pul-
ing Arsgte swsy. Their sctions weee
not immediately eiplstned.
All during this melee, Bob Gsaft
kept his right hsnd in his pocket, aad
»Wdod himself behind Odetl Gsaft
aad Florence Sara re, the officer re-
ported, had Arsate ssid he got the
impression that Bob Gsnt still had
the gu* in his possession.
Mrs. Winn snd Bob Gsnt hsd bo-
coml !n\olved in an argument, ae>
fording to the police report, and eaa
of the belligeranta obtained a piatsl
that waa kept in the houee. Then thag
fought for poasession of the weapea.
Both were shot, esch by the other,
dtiring the struggle.
San Antonian
Slashed With
Broken Bottle
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