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>• Progrni Without ■trngc'"
"If there ii no struggle, there I*
o progreM. Those who profess to
tyor freedom, and yet dcpreciate
(itation, are men wlio want crop*
fithout ploughing up the ground.
, . Power concedes nothing without
demand. It never did and never
ill."
•—Frederick Douglass
San 'Antoni® Register
RIGHT • JUSTICE PROGRESS
City Edition 12e
City Edition 12e
'ALL
•he SAN ANTONIO and
SOUTH TEXAS N E W S
While It is News. Com-
plete National and World
Wide News Coverage.
•I. SI—No. 14
With 8«ppl—unit, Oat •( City, IK
BAN ANTONIO, TltXAfl,
ndia Official
'wice Jim CrowH
n Mississippi
United States State
Department Apologizes
For Incidents*
By the Associated Negro Press
JACKSON, Mis*—Just nliout the
Ime that the remains of the lute
'rime Minister luwnbnrlal Nehru
were being given the trnditionul Hindu
•Hmntiou, rite*. ono of. bin country-
men, nnd u political rivnl iu the legis-
nture, wan being turned awny l»y the
anngemcut of n restnur:int Imto.
]»r. Ham Mn miliar Lohin. lender of
India's So^iflis: ps.rty ami metfher of
larliainenf. *ninde bit second attempt
o » titer Morrison's cafeteria in a sub-
fb of tlfis cit\, iAi'l was barred,
lie wns m-'oftipiiulori by Mr*. JIntb
\m. a while annuoa from New
I; CityVtVbcd wi^-cured at the
afeteria. hf» w.r- his national
—n robe find sandals. However,
anuager Vernor* ifill blocked tin* door-
ray, saying "We don't want your busi-
er a'*. Thin is private property. I uni
inking you t« ',jnve."
Dr. I<ohia replied, "I am not leiiv-
r. I toll yon with the greatest hu-
illity I am not lenvinic."
At this point. Police U. C. It. Wil-
Mm took over and escorted IH*. I .obi a
the police van. Neither of the two
nere arrested. but just "ewtirtnl away
ind released." In cause llill refused!
press charge*-
Karlicr ft* the week. Dr. l.ohin at-
tempted to dine et Morrison's iu cum-
uy with Dr. A. 1). Beitel, president
Toiignloo college. Both were turned
iwny.
I'r. I.ohla snid the I'nited States
State department bad s|>ologized to
hint for the incident.
ft. IM4
With Bnppltift. Qui W City, It*
Man Changed With Teen Attack
Seaman
*, V. •
Sea Murder of Captain
H« th» v^H'-. -tated Nearo Prees
rpAMPA, Fin —A rcri !-ic drama with all the ingredients of a
Jack London adventure tale—mutiny, death, a search and
clia^e cn the hirh sens which snannt'.<l the Gulf of Mexico-
ended Saturday in a locked room in Tampa General hospital.
Locked in that rcom with a United States marshal is
Henry Weaver. 23, the goateed. young Nejro seaman who was
San Antonian's
Skull Fractured
With Golf Club
ClubWielder Reportedly
Wanted to Use
Victim's Shoes
INTIIKNATIONAI. Mil.It ItHI.AK
India (left), a graduate Mtndent ii. home economic* at Jlowaril university,
and Campns tjue-n .Marsha J». Pippin (right), of Washington. a senior, take
a milk break between clnsses. More milk breaks by young people were eu-
(ouraged Inst week by Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Kreenuin when
he called attention to the 2Mb annual June Dairy month obitervauce. Last
year the American people consumed neurlv 04* billion ipinrts of milk and
m ha led two and one-half billion <|iinrts with |»eople in other hindn. India
received about 00 million quarts.
—VSDA photo
A 04-> car-old man suffered a frac-
tured skull and face lacerations, Tuen-
Mr». iiniisu m. 1,1.1.,( Aiini..i.iimii, I served with a first degree murder warrant by FBI agent Her- *^j} ,'1!*,i,*^„r4u"y7ar'-'oi.t''r!n°
Pr/nce fclward
Racists Face
• - ■
Double Taxes
By the Anaociated Negro Preae
FAHMV1LI.K. Vo.—The impact of
• reported eiuietly planned b«»ycott by
whiten 'Jicatft*f I*rln<* Ktlward eoiin*
U^gubtiv nchtttda when ibey reopen
untitfr lant week's Supreme court or-
*r waa leaned by indication!* that
iwafirial prfMpfe will ^rntnally kill
boycott, nn ban been the cane in
leveral oilier Nouthcrn cities.
Since 121^.,when the count) elonetl
he public ochixdn to avoid feilerally
NHirt-wnlerrd integration, "ome 1,300
Vhita puinla in the area have been
ttending ubite-only "private school*"
n up by the Prince Fdwanl Sehoul
^nidation.
Negro pupils were left without
lioola for four >enrs, until lant fall
ii iutenitve remedial education pro-
rrom, fiuawed by eoutrlbntions from
broiiftboui. (be uutiou, was set up
them through the inten'eHwion of
4e federal govrrnment.
. 'ITie Supreme court, In a majority
fliniua delivered h)'. JiuUke Hugo L,
Shirk, ordered Vrinee Kdword county,
uie of the five counties involved in the
054 high com t desegregation decision,
H> reofN ii the shuttereil public achools.
I ml provided that a lower court could
fore.* imposition of taxes to support
them.
The Supreme court said "the time
for mere dcMI»erute speed* has run
tut, and that phrase can no longer
justify denying these Prince Kdwurd
•eunty (Negro) School children their
•on*titutionul rights to an education
iqual to that affdrded by the public
telioids iu other parts of Virginia/'
After the decision, last week, pri-
•ale •fNiiions re|N»rtedly were voiced
•i the county that the net result would
ke that the reopened public schools
sou Id be attended exclusively by Ne-
jioes, as the whites continued to at-
(Nee TAXKS. Page 4.)
Woman In jured
As She Walks
Into Moving Car
Mrs. Ida Browr, 58, 100 St. John
street, sufferwl bruises and lacera-
tions, Wednesday, May 27, at Sole-
dad und Travis streets, when she re-
portedly wulkcd into an automobile
operated by Alliert Herman Doepner,
£1, 015 LaManda boulevard.
Doepner, traveling west on West
Travis, on a green light, said that he
beard u thud, ami sa- Mrs. Brown
bit his vehicle and fall. There was a
Wge dent on tile right door.
Police reported. that Mrs. Brown
I, fill rod xlic III Irjins to crotw the
Mrwl. mill diil not kijow what hnp-
^ shl' whs trciit^f (it Suiitu Jt-mu M«l-
rnl (.'filter. Ilui'l>"4 «'»" booked for
JWrnvntrd in«|«l(,iO» « t»'d»^rinn
with a motor vlaicfe.
Lady Bird'
Tenants Spurn
Republican "Help"
By the Asso<'iated Negro Press
AITAI'tiAVIM.K, Ala.—The Ne-
gro tenants on Mrs. I.yudon B. Johu-
Hi.n's farm property near here were
astute enough last a*eek not to lie
pawns in the <i()P political race for
control of the federal government, mid
especially the "Cloldwater" contingent.
An eight-man contingent of Alabama
Republicans and Young Americans
for Fre«*<loui. descended upon the John-
sou property with a crew of hired
earpenters, two trucks nnd materials.
They were going to repair a leaky roof.
I'.ut t'barlic Cutler, one of the ten-
ant*. turned them uway, beeaus# he
was convinced they wsre only making
h rramlstaud play. Noting that they
jouly offered to fix the roof, nnd not
the entire house, be qolpped:
"That's like buying a new hat and
theu going .out nuked. It'll bare to
he worked up from the bottom aud
that's all there is to it," said the
canny 70-yenr-old tenant. .
♦
U. S. Won't Pay
*
For Riot Damages
To Ole Miss
By the Associated Nsfrn Preae
WASHINGTON, I). Unit
ed States comptroller geueral ruled
last aeek that the army. ahuuliL not
pay MMMH.". to the University of Miss-
issippi for tlatnage done to the campus
by troops during the riotous 1002
enrollment of Jauies Meredith.
An army spokesman said on Sat-
tirday last, that the matter is still
"under study," but he saw very lit-
tle possibility of payment unless evi-
dence cau lie found of a prior agree-
ment of damages between the army
and the university.
The enrollment of Meredith in Ole
Miss was enforced by action iu which
22.000 federalized troops were used.
Some of the troops were stationed
on the campus from Sept. ,'10,' llhJ2, to
May 20, 1SHCS.
Three claims, totaling 1104,544 were
presented by the university, nnd the
army was uotified that a fourth was
in preparation, on the theory *hat the
troops were in effect "tenants' on the
campus at Oxford aud were liable
for damages occurring during their oc-
enpation.
The army had scaled the original
claims by a third. More approving
them, but the comptroller general,
Joseph CamplM'll, rejected the theory
on which they were based.
In his ruling. Campbell said that
there was nothing in the record to in-
dicate the I'nited States "contemplated
paying rent" at Oxford or that the
troops used the campus with the per-
mission of either the university or re-
sponsible state officials.
The comptroller general further said
thut "To the contrary, it is our under-
standing thut state officials were op-
posed to federal troops using and
occupying the university property.
"It seems to us . . . the use and
occupancy of university property was
Anonymous Donor
Gives $500,000 to
NAACP DefenseFund
By the Assorted Negro Press
NKW YORK—An anonymous
donation of $.*>00,000 has been
made to the NAACP legal defense
fund, it was disclosed here last
week.
labeled the "large*t single con-
tribution to any organization in
civil rights history." the NAACP
said the money was givrn in an-
ticipation that "tens of thou-
sands. arrested in future non-
violent demonstrations, will need
legal representation."
Extended Illness
Claims Mrs.
Sally D. Bumbrey
Mrs. Sally D. Bumbrey, 18,'»6 Knat
Houston street, died Sunday. May .11,
at her home following an extended Ill-
ness. She was n native of Lntfrnng*.
und was the fourth child of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John Dobbins. She at-
tended the public schools of La-
Urange She came to Sun Antonio at
au early age. and had resided here
continuously since.
She was married to Robert E.
Bambrey. a pioneer citizen, who
preceded her ill death several years
ago. They were parents of six chil-
dren, four of whom survive.
Mrs. Bumbrey wan a loyal memlier
of St. Paul Methodist church, and
also of the stewardess board, until her
health failed. She was a member of
Rising Star chapter, Order of Kustern
Star, and this organization held grave-
side services.
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday morning. Juue ,1. st 11 o'clock
from St. Paul Methodist church, with
the pastor. Rev. T. M. Hruton. offici-
ating. The Sutton and Sutton Funeral
home had charge of burial.
Survivors include two daughters.
Mrs. Arlyue B. Wyatt and Mrs. Inez
Martin; two sons, Robert I.orenzo ami
Claude D. Bumbrey; a sister, Mrs.
Edna Butler. I^>»t Angeles, California;
two grandchildren, James Odis Wyatt,
Jr.. of Atlanta. Oeorgia; aud Miss
Sallybeth Bumbrey, this city; two
great grandchildren, Bonila Wyatt
and James Odis Wyatt, III.
man Littlejohn when he arrived Sat
urdav morning in Bayhoro Harbor at
St. Petersburg.
Thin, haggard-looking, a large band-
age on his head and smaller ones on
his arms. Weaver walked slowly and
methiMlicnlly up the gancplank of the
coast guard cutter Point Swift in St.
Petersburg, and got into an agent's
waiting car. The long search and chase
were over.
Weaver was charged with the mur-
der on the high sens of bis captain.
William Scliuck of Bartow, Flu., and
was then brought to Tampa, Here he
appeared before Acting I". S. Com-
missioner Don M. Sticbter. 'Hie FBI
said a preliminary hearing was post-
poned until Tuesday nnd bond for the
accused seaman set at £">0,000.
Neil Welch, assistant special agent
in charge of the Tampa FBI office,
said Weaver "appeared to be in a
confused state of mind. He is under-
nourished und our prime concern must
be bis physical condition."
Weaver, a native of Georgia, ap-
peared more tired than injured, de-
spite his bandaged head and arms.
His blank facial expression never
changed.
Welch, who talked with the seaman,
gave this account of his ordeal with
all »»f its ovtrtone
sea saga:
"Weaver had Wn shrimping three
or four ye#r*. tame to Tampa
about two trecl.- before April 2. ami
worked aroanil the docks. lie learned
tIi.- (Itdden Net r Mi xi-
co nnd he aignH «tn. He and Schuck
met and appm :1> liked ••.nh other.
"They ship! ■ out together April
2. nnd it took them about KM) hours
to reach the ('auipcche shrimping
grounds off Mexico They shrimped
for about diy*. The two men went
ashore toneilier -pverul times and ap-
parently their relationship was excel-
lent.
"Sometime Is-tweeii the eighth and
tenth of the trouble began. The
men bad been ashore enrlier in the
day nnd had just returned to the
boat " Wekh sahl the exact locn-
tiou of the boat ar that time is in
doubt
"The captain wss getting ready to
pull anchor ami some disagreement
aroee about whtthtr or not to leave.
The cuptain apparently wanted to
weigh anchor.
"Then a •U\)gjU»* t«w»k place on the
l>ow of tba vesftel. The captuiu went
(Seo BEAM AN. Page S.)
tory-book ' ,.r.
The injured man, Ira Aruistead, 22ft
Quincy, was first carried to Baptist
Memorial hospital, then transferred to
the Robert B. Green.
According to police accounts, Arni-
stead and a 40-year-old man reported
to have been rooming with Armstead,
became involved in an argument when
the roomer wanted to use Armstend'a
shoos.
The man allegedly grabbed a golf
club, aud beat Armsteud about the
face ii ml body.
$29,000 Chicago Postal
Quickly Cracked
daylight
pwUI station
By the ae -riaf#* s»er« Proas
STOOAOO—Within 84 hoori of the
^ armed robbery of the fouth aide Hyi
early lfurt weak, polio* had irraM (oar
all but 13,000 of tht $39,000 loot.
The key to the quiek arreati of thoa* implicated centered
around the California license plate* on the getaway ear, and •
tip that m' school teacher was known be a friend of the
T M ... IU1 li . I II I, Ll.t.
(8M DAMAGES. Pas* 4.)
June Chest
X-Raying
Schedule Set
The June schedule of the mobile X-
ray unit has been released by the
Bexar County Tuberculosis associa-
tion. The mobile unit provides easy
nnd convenient facilities for chest X-
raying iu every area of the city and
county.
The cheat X-raying program is part
of the association's year-around cam-
paign for early detection, and sub-
sequent early treutment of tubercu-
losis.
The aeeociation points out that
(See ell'NK, Page 4.)
owner of the car.
Artaigned befbre tJ. P. Commission-
er C. S. Bentley Pike on charges of
armed robbery were George Cameron,
27-year-old former local policeman,
former part-time postnl employee, and
I** Angeles bns driver: and I'ral
Johnson Hin'on. £1. Oklahoma City.
Both are being held under $25,000
bond.
Released in $1 CO0 bond on charges
of aiding and abetting the robliery
was Miss Theresa M. Kaxelle, 21-year-
old IBM operator and close friend of
Cameron, who had $1,700 in her apart-
ment. Cameron was staying there.
Hie fourth was Alton Monan,
2S-y ear-old teacher of Park high
school, who bid telephoned postal au-
thorities juat before his orrest, to give
information about the robbery. When
arrested by police he had $13,400 of
the loot aM three revolvers in the
trunk of hia car.
The quick eolation and arrest re-
sulted from t^e that an off-duty
policemaa, Moonlighting with permis-
sion of tho polj<e department, spotted
the lice*i«a nuatbi-r of Cameron's 1901
beige Thunderlsrt] after they had com-
pleted tho lioblup.
A quick check with California au-
(See $39,000. Page 4.)
This is NOT
A Very
Funny Story
IT'S not as funny as it might
at first sound. It's not funny
at all.
Tuesday afternoon, a linear-
old girl and a girl. II, became
invidved in an argument In the
2100 block of Hedges.
It was over a 16-year-old "boy
friend" of the girl, 14. who re-
ni\fd numerous bruises about the
fa«*e in the row.
The youth is the father of the
eight-month-old child of the girl.
II.
Iatrader Enters Honse
While 17-Year-Old
Girl is ironing
CHARGES of rape were filed, Friday, against a 30 year-old
man accused of criminally assaulting a 17-year old girl,
Monday, at an Estrella street address
The teen-ager, according to police reports, was ironing,
when the man suddenly appeared in the house. He apparently
had entered through an unlocked rear door.
She asked the man what he wanted. Alarmed by his reply,
the jrirl ran toward tli>' front "f thi-'
hoiitM*, hut lif crabbwi Il»t. ii ml flappwl
his litinil over Iht mouth to prevent
her screaming.
She said be then foreed her onto
n bed, ami assaulted her.
The man. following tin attack, ran
from the house and disapiNwired, but
was later taken into custody.
The attack victim was examined at
the Robert B. Oreen hospital, and sub-
sequent investigation resulted In the
rape charges being filed against he
mnn.
Man Wounded
In Sunday Morn
Bedroom Shooting
Shotgun Wielder, 57,
Reportedly Uses Key to
Enter Woman's Home
A 40-year-old man was woiiihIhi
in the arm with a blast from a .410-
gnuge shotgun, and a r»7-year-old man
was arrested and I looked for a*«i ilt
to murder in n Sunday morning shout-
ing in the 1100 block of Virginia bou-
levard.
Shot in the upper part «»f hi-* right
arm was John I.ewi* Brown, nddrexg
listed as 103 Applin.
Arrested in the case was Odell Beaa,
757. 022 South Olive.
Officer Rex E. Ragen. Inveotiu.-iting
the shooting, sahl that h" found Ben a
walking in front of the house with a
„>i»re sti.len from tlie liunie i.£ | loadeil shotgun. When It.nen or.lere^
II. Rlnckwell. <127 South i him to lnv the son ilnwn. l "aIk
Depredations of
SA Housebreakers,
Thie\ es Continue
j Burglar* and thieves continued their
| deprivations against San Antonio
| businesses and resident* during the
past week.
In h daytime burglary, Tuesday.
May 2tl, item* valued at more thau
$1.10
John
Drifters' Lead
Singer Found
Dead in Room
Bv the Anaociated Negro Presa
NKW YORK—Death claimed an
other outstanding entertainment ce-
lebrity under mysterioun circumstunccn
last week, wheu Rudy Lewie. 27, one
of the lead singere of the Orifters, vo-
cal group, was found dead iu hia room
in the Cecil hotel here.
The cause of the death of the fa-
mous rock 'n* roll singer and com-
poser of spiritual songs was not im-
mediately known, but it was disclosed
by an associate that he hod attended
a big. all-night party for singer Jack-
ie Wilson at the Palme cafe prior to
his death. The medical examiner's
office was conducting a probe to de-
termine the cause of Lewis' death.
Ironically, the singer's mother, Mrs.
Viola I.ewis. 60, acting on "a premon-
ition" that something was wrong, had
put through a long distance cull from
Philadelphia to his hotel room juat
at the time a team of doctors, aum-
(See SINGER, Page 4.)
Dallas Pastors
Association Elect*
First Negro President
Bjr the A««". i.lte<l Xecro Pres.
DALLAS. T«»»—The Her. Z»n
Wnlr> Holmes. Jr.. pn.tnr of
tlM CtO-uieiiilier Hamilton Pink
lit Hiureh. last week was
Ki.)\ elected president of
Callus Pastors association
I Aarame the first Negro to
<• Mm croup in Its 40-jMr
61 Approved for
White Louisiana
High Schools
By the Associated Negro Preae
BATON ROl'GK, La. — Applica-
tions of 01 Negro students have been
approved by the East 2Uton Rouge
pariah achool board for admission to
hitherto all-white high schools this
fall. Forty-*i#ht were rejected becauee
of their academic standing or because
they didn't apply to be transferred to
the former all-white schools in their
respective school districts.
Last year the twelfth grades were j
integrated in a number of white
schools. Beginning in September, the
eleventh grades will also be desegre-
gated.
On the deadline date for the reject-
ed students to api»eal their cases, only
four filed appeals. Of these, two re-
portedly will lie approved.
According to the East Baton Rouge
schedule of admissions: Baton Rouge
will accommodate 17 twelfth graders
and 20 eleventh graders from the Ne-
gro group; Glen Oaken high, one
twelfth grader and 12 eleventh grad-
ers: Istrouma high, two eleventh
graders, aud I.ee high five twelfth
graders and four eleventh graders.
Pine. They inclnded three pairs of
men's shoes, n man's hnt. assorted
man's jewelry, a ring, snd an electric
coffee pot.
In nnother daytime burglary, re-
ported Thursday, May 2S, a piggy
bank containing some $20 was stoleu
to the police car. Bean quietlv com-
plied.
Police reported that Brown and a
wotnan were iu bed. when Bean, u-inf
a key. let himself into the house,
w«it to the bedroom, and shot Hn-wn.
Kagen reported that the day be-
from the residence of Mrs. V.rnent 1 fore, Saturday, the woman had ci.m-
Mne Kvans. :!tt. Montana street. I plained to police thut lv-.ui h.d
Mr.. Sat ah Wnliard. !*!. 44:< Hub. ["Tint to tet her to let him Into the
complained. Vridar. Muv at, thntjkouae. 8he told police ttisi .,uc» H-a,
her car w« parked in front of •>«'! recently ahe .lid not want
aiiisw between 1 end 0 •'-1
In the morning, the bettery wai
Rectf-ded Phonr
Message Urges
War wiNegroes
Bjr tht Aanx iated Negro I'resa
BOULtMDt. Colo—Tlie extent to
which uppom nts of civil rights legis-
lation will Koii. lust evidenced h) a
group miansinisi "Let Freedom lting.'f
The group has come up with a re-
(St» llffSAilK. ,>n«' s >
Man Hit With
Lead Pipe in
Fight Over Woman
Twelve stitches were necessary to
close a gash in the head of Ernest
Spencer, 64, 2017 North Flores, after
he was reportedly hit with a pipe in
n fight with another man. Thursday,
May 28, in the 100 block of Polk.
Spencer told police that he was
drinking wine with a 60-year-old man
when an argument developed about a
woman.
In the ensuing affray. Spencer said
that he was hit with a lead pipe, and
that the other man threatened to kill
him if the incident was reported to
police.
Whopper Burger drive-in, 1701 East
Houston street, wan burglarised Fri-
day night or Saturday morning, ap-
jmrently by aoiu«>one very familiar
with the place. Fifty dollars, left for
"opening up," was stolen from where
it was hidden. The counter was aleo
ransacked, hut nothing else ia the
place was disturbed.
Burglars broke into Jade lounge.
714% North New Braunfels avenue.
Saturday morning, aud looted a juke
box and cigarette machiue, obtain-
ing about $10.
Reed's barbecue idace, 022 South
Pine, was burglarised. Saturday morn-
ing. Twenty ring sausages and 80
pounds of meat were stolen, and vend-
(Set DEPREDATIONS. Page 3.)
J. E. Robinson,
Houston C. of C
Founder, Buried
HOESTON—Funeral services wire
held Friday. May 20, for J. E.
CTop") Robinson. Sr., 92, founder
of the Houston Negro 'hauiber <4
commerce, who died at his residence.
Tuesday. May 2t». He had been gravely
ill for about two months with a heart
condition.
Robinson became nationally known
for his work with youth.
For years he was active In the NA
ACP and the National Negro Business
league. He was also active in the
Houston Real Estate association, and
served the Houston Business and
Professional Men's club as chaplain.
He wss vice supreme commander
and a member of the Supreme camp
American Woodmen.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs.
Fannie A. Robinson ; two sons. J. E.
Robinson, Jr., of North Carolina, ami
Cullen Robinson of Houston; daugh-
(See FOUNDER. Page S.)
Only 2.3Per Cent of Texas Nogro Students Integrated
Vouth, ltf,'fe'ays
"Friend" Cut Hinr
Itounell UruiiiUvnleiK. TO, IMS
Ueuckacn. I» on incident nt /•«"■«-
■or:i nnd Menclmcn streets, lute I n-
l .y night, was cut on1 the hp vepofrt-
slly by a \Jo-year-old man with whom
V hnd been playing pool, earlier.
Broadwattra told police that the
knife wielder was hi* friend and,that
bc hi not presa cbargca agaiuat
k.a» .2 &.js9
(Special to San Antonio Regist^a)
VBJ ASH INC. y ON, D. C.—
W Though Texas has made?1
greater progress toward school de-
segregation than any other state
in the Deep South, only 1.3 per
ctnt of the state's estimated
310,341 Negro students attended
desegregated schools by 1JMI3, ac-
cording to a staff report released
today by tlie I niled States com-
mission oil civil rights. The H.V
page report was prepared for the
commission by Professor Harry
li. Wright of the Iniversiiy of
Texas law school.
The rriHirt is divided into two
sections. The first section deals
with general statewide desegrega-
tion developments from 19ft I to
led, wHfc ape rial attention Is
MaOsfield and Texas City. The
second section surveys develop-
ment In Houston, the largest city
In the state.
Summarising general develop-
ments in the state since 1954,
Wright nays: "Tlie story of de-
segregation of the public schools
in Texas is one of initial volun-
tary artion In the southern and
western sections, which was vir-
tually halted by resistance legis-
lation. then set in motion again
by a combination of economic
pressures in the small districts
aud federal court decisions In the
larger cities."
Wright notea that by the miui-
mer of 1956 it was reported that
73 of the 1,050 achool districts in
M initiated volun-
tary desegregation programs. But
the state's first court-ordered de-
segregation in Munsfiitis, near
Fort Worth, met with violent re-
action in the f»M of 1951. Wright
drscribe.s this reaction a<> a "physi-
cal manifestation" of the growing
resistance to desegregation in the
state. This resistance was further
reflected in a four to one antl-
d< segregation vote in a state-
wide referendum, nnd in tlie pas-
sage of a series of state laws
aimed at restricting, or prevent-
ing. school desegregation. W right
notes that these hns been no fur-
ther effort at school desegregation
in Mnnsfirld and that "all chan-
nels of cointuuniration" there have
been closed since 1956.
Communities throughout East
Texas, wfctre Negro school popu
latione are Aigh. were still resist-
antit*(|terj}«{:ation as the 1962-
63 SrlMyetr ended, though suits
hatttean filed in Beaumont. l ong-
view and ^>an. At the end of
the second rfad third years, respec-
tlveijr, of their srade-n-.vear plans.
■""" an«f Houston had only
earoilments in their
■white achools.
the state attorney
rulpd that the rcati ictlve
r pgssed by the state leg-
were not appllc-
«Ben a dual school system
was dhalUffd by Judicial decree.
This ftliiu- accelerate
the 4 desegregstion in the
<*»*> Mrhhl reiwrls that in
Te^tA-.. Citj • Moderate school
hoard and representatives of the
Negro community agreed to n
court-ordered desegregation plan.
San Antonio desegregated all
grades in 1962-63 and nearly 2.500
Negro students attended formerly
all-white schools there.
F.I Puso desegregated Its entire
school system. Austin accelerated
the grade-a-year plan it started
in 1955 and decided to deaegre-
gate all the remaining grades
at the beginning of the 1963-64
school year.
Abilene, in West Texas, began
desegregating Ha schools in Jan
nary, 1963.
Fort Worth, and at least seven
additional districts, announced de-
segregation for September. 1963.
W right states that n 1963 deci-
sion by the Texas court of civil
appeals may block further efforts
to delay desegregation by placing
new schools in racially segregated
areas and improving Negm
schools so that Negro pupils will
not seek transfers to white
schools. Aa a result of a suit
brought by a hi racial group of
citixens in Georgetown, an urban
community in central Texaa the
school hoard was enjoined from
spending district funds to con-
struct segregated schools.
Wright notes that dual systems
may continue in many communi-
ties because Negro students are
reluctant to seek transfers ts
white schools. Another deter-
bins aronud. Site sun ad»ised io call
[160*1 If he returned.
He returned, but «he didn't hare
an opportunity to call before t h- shoot-
ing started.
♦
Man, "Beaten to
Draw," Stabbed in
Dollar Diee Garce
A man who was allegedly ''5*»atea
to the draw'' was knifed iu a dollar
dice game affray, Sunday, at li imhls
and South Zarxamora.
Roliert Modkins. 2V 4«V'. Dartmouth,
who was stabbed twice in th* cheat
and once in the right forearm, said,
his version of the knitins. that
two men approached him and *«ked
for a dollar. He claimed h" did not
have a dollar, nnd they < »it him.
A wituess told police that ModkinS
and two other men wen* shooting dies
on the sidewalk for s dollar.
An argument developed, snd Mod-
kins allegedly pulled a knife. How*
ever, his antagonist reportedly »eat
Modkins to the draw nnH staMe-1 lnm.
Modkins waa carried to Robert B.
Green hospital.
San Antonian
Claims Attaek
By Gang of Bovs
A 36-year-old Lombrsno s - t man
complained to polii*e that. S.ihirdaf!
night, he was attack*! and itonipf^
by a gang of boya who took from hiq
beer that he was carr ing home.
were unsuccessful iu getting h;«
let.
Arthur James Wa%'.ii:igi >i*. loJi
I.«imbrano. said that as lie walked
through Lincoln park, l.ooihrano anJ
Menchaca afreets, en route home witV
some beer, a gaug of *" 1 •"» or more
boys sttacked him. t«H»k k:s f»eer. an|
tried to get his wallet out of his podfr
et.
He said he fought th -m off the hesl
he could.
During the melee, he was thrown
to the ground, and, li* said, his
tuckers began to stomp him in the fao4
Something caused them to flee, thelf
taking the beer s-itli tfiem.
ercatlon. Mojw
•or, 016 Nortl
d a man wltl
tying" a venf
(Sec (IMA, Pasco 4.)
SLASHED ...
McCiinton Williams. 4<*. 1il4 Bun
net, was slashed about the left ehoup
der and arm, In an altercation. Mnq
day, at the Sun S|»ot bar.
New Braunfela. He said a
whom he hnd been "playing"
ing mac! ine for a Wer. ktftfed him.
WOMAN BEATEN
Miss Erline Gibbs, 21, 10-* Ambro-
sia, complained to police, Motfdny, tb^
n 2S-year-old man broke ^own h«n
front door, entered. I»efit her. and Inl
her over the right eye.
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