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Vol. 4, No. 35___Lincoln, 3, Nebraska Off icial and Legal Newspaper Thursday, June 22, 19.10 Bishop Shaw To Preside Over Calif. Methodist Conference SAN FRANCISCO. (ANP). A new precedent in Methodist his tory will be established next week when Bishop Alexander Preston Shaw, of Baltimore, will preside over the Southern California-Ari zona Annual Conference on the Redlands University campus (June 19-25). This will be .the first time for a Negro Methodist bishop to pre side over a so-called “white” con ference. There are several colored churches, however, in the confer ence served by colored pastors. Negro Methodist bishops, how ever, are assigned to areas cpm posed of the colored congregations of the denomination numbering some 350,000 members. The assignment of Bishop Shaw to the presidency of this great conference was made by the Council of Bishops in response to a formal request to the council that a bishop of the Central (Ne gro) Jurisdiction be assigned to preside over the conference dur ing this quadrennium (1948-1952). Bishop Shaw is well and favor ably known in California. He was for 17 years pastor of Wesley Methodist church in Los Angeles, from where he was elected to the editorship of the Southwestern BISHOP SHAW. Christian Advocate, official jour nal for Negro Methodists, in 1931. He was elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1936 and assigned to the New Or leans area. In 1940 he was sent to the Baltimore Area. He will retire on the limitation age in 1952. In New York last week, Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam announced that Bishop Shaw will preside over the annual session of the New York conference next spring. Negro Enrollees At Oklahoma; Medics Invite Negro To Meet OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl. (ANP). Negroes attending insti tutions of higher education are shunning the state’s small normal colleges, it was revealed here this week as registration for summer school entered its final week. Five teachers colleges and one college for women have not had a single Negro Applicant, accord ing to school officials. The state’s two largest schools, Oklahoma university and Okla homa A&M university, have the colored students. Already 82 have enrolled at the university in Nor man. An undisclosed number have been adimtted to A&M. Dr. D. C. McIntosh, dean of the A&M graduate school, pointed out that his school kept no record of the number of colored students there. He said: “We don’t keep track of whether a student is white or Negro. If they’re eligible to en ter, they are enrolled. We think it’s better that way for both the students and us.” U. of Oklahoma May Show Negro Athletes NORMAN, Okl. (ANP). Bud Wilkinson, University of Okla homa athletic director, said re cently that if Negro under graduates enroll under the new anti-segregation ruling of the U. S. Supreme Court, they will be allowed to go out for sports “like any other student.” No Negro has ever played on an Oklahoma athletic team. State laws had provided for separate schools of higher learning until recent Supreme Court rulings Oklahoma is a member of the Big Seven. Last year, Kansas State was the first Big Seven team to use a Negro player. Oklahoma Medics Invite Negroes To Meetings OKLAHOMA CITY, Okl. (ANP). Oklahoma Negro physi cians, numbering 100 in all, will have the opportunity to attend scientific sessions of the Okla home Medical association’s house of delegates, it was announced here last week. The 86 delegates approved the move to “invite Ne gro physicians to future meetings held outside of local hotels.” Since the association’s annual convention has outgrown hotel accommodations, the hotel re striction is believed to be of no consequence. The group recently met in the municipal auditorium. The invitation to Negro physi cians is believed a means of pro viding them “an equal opportu nity” to keep up to date on medi cal advances through professional conferences. Funeral Held Monday For Hastings Woman Mrs. Elizabeth Burton, 46, of Hastings, died Wednesday. Sur viving are her husband, Samuel of Hastings; sisters, Mrs. Edward Qualls of Lincoln, Mrs. Fannie Schrutchen and Mrs. Mozella Murry, both of Columbus, Ga., and Mrs. Clara Dozier of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Clara Dozier of Atlanta, Ga. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p. m,, at Mt. Zion Baptist church with Rev. William I. Monroe officiating. Church choir furnished music. Fairview. Umbergers. Douglass Hospital Grounds To Be Paved QUINDAIRO, Kas. — Pavement is to be laid from the city limits to the entrance of Douglass hos pital. Bids for the concrete paving will be received by the board of county commissioners on July 13. The contract will call for pave ment 27 feet wide, and the con struction of gutters and curbs. The improvement will extend 1,500 feet north from the city limits. Urge Purge Of Senators Who Barred Negro Votes Agree on FEPC Second Show Down 'July 12 WASHINGTON - The senate democratic policy committee Tuesday agreed for a second showdown July 12 on the Fair Employment Practices bill. Democratic Leader Lucas, (111., said after a committee meeting that the unit agreed to call up the FEPC bill, July 10 and file a mo tion the same day to “gag” debate. This he said, would mean that the vote on the civil rights issue would automatically come July 12. Lucas said the FEPC bill will be called up July 10 regardless of what is then the senate’s pending business. He said he was giving this advance notice so that all senators could be present. The “gag” can be applied to debate only by a vote of 64 of the senate’s 96 members. The democratic leader said two defense measures will be brought to the floor after the senate con cludes its current debate on so cial security extension. The measures are the draft con tinuation bill and legislation to keep synethetic rubber plants in operation. The draft act expires June 24. Carol Brice on CBS June 25 NEW YORK. (ANP). The voice of contralto Carol Brice will be heard singing Stephen Foster’s “Ah, May the Red Rose Live Al ways,” on the CBS “Columbia LP Record Parade” aired 1:30 to 2 p. m. (e.d.s.t.) Sunday, June 25. The song will be taken from the recently released LP 10-inch disc collection “A Carol Brice Re cital.” Race Pictures Part Hollywood * The recent wave of pictures dealing on the tolerance theme is no “flash in the camera” senti ment or daring experiment. It is really just a part of a Holly wood cycle this one on preju dice. It all began with Dore Schary’s “Crossfire” on anti-semitism and has moved on to the anti-Negro theme .. Bishop Gibbs Seeks Fund For AME Work in Africa JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ANP). Bishop Carey A. Gibbs, prelate of the AME district in West Africa, is currently engaged in the task of raising $30,000 to help finance a $150,000 rebuilding and re habilitation program of the de nomination in West Africa. The bishop recently returned here to make a report of his findings to the council of bishops and the connectional council. When he arrived in West Africa more than a year ago, he found many church and school doors closed. He immediately set a program in motion which is de signed to reopen all churches and church schools in an attempt to contribute definitely to the people in the area the church serves. Disorderly Acts Charged By National Negro Council WASHINGTON. (ANP). The Senate subcommittee on Privileges and Elections was urged last Thursday to hold public hearings, before Congress adjourns this summer, on the idea of purging the Dixiecrat senators elected in 1948 in violation of the Constitutional rights of 2,000,000 Negro Urban League Activities Began June 19 The Urban League outdoor summer activities for children between the ages of 5 and 12 years began Monday, June 19th, 9:30 to 11:30 a. m., at the league annex. The program consists of games, singing, handcrafts, story telling and paper-craft. Assisting with this program are the follow ing persons: Miss Marie Collins, Mrs. Virginia Johnson, Mrs. Betty McWilliams, Mrs. Estelle Davis, Mrs. Harry Peterson, Mrs. S. B. Monroe, Mrs. Roberta Mol den, Mrs. Charlotte Jackson and Mrs. R. Simpson. cScottsboro Boys’ ! Lasl of 8 Youths Leaves Ala Prison MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The last of the “Scottsboro boys,” first sentenced to death here in 1931 for the alleged criminal attack on two white women riding a freight train with them, left prison with “no hard feelings” toward any one. He was Andy Wright, now 38. Andy, along with eight other youths, was convicted of attack ing Mrs. Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, white. The circumstances of their conviction aroused nation wide interest in their plight and the executions were halted. Three went free after six years and others periodically until Andy checked out with $13.45 parole pay. ' Leaving for a “parole” job somewhere in New York, he stated: “I’m not mad because the girl lied about me. If she’s still living, I feel sorry for her be cause I don’t guess she sleeps much at night.” Jackie, Roy Lead Poll CHICAGO. (ANP). Jackie Rob inson and Roy CampanelJc of the Brooklyn Dodgers were ding the all star poll for second base man and catcher of the National league team here last week after the first week of balloting. Jackie had polled 8,921 votes to rank second in the total vote, fol lowing Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals with 9,384 votes for first base. Campanella leads the catchers with 7,422 votes. In other National league voting outfielder Sam Jethroe of the Bos ton Braves has polled 6,117 votes to rate fourth in the outfield, and Henry Thompson of the New York Giants has 4,064 votes to rate fourth among third baseman. Over in the American league Larry Doby of the Cleveland In dians is the third outfielder with 6,613 votes, not far behind Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yan kees and Ted Williams of >4he Boston Red Sox. Doby’s teammate, Luke Easter, is third among first basemen with 4,976 votes, behind Walt Drope of the Boston Red Sox and Ferris Fain of the Philadelphia Athletics. voters in Louisiana, Georgia, Mis sissippi, Alabama, and South Carolina. This request was made by a small delegation from the Na tional Negro council, led by Director Edgar G. Brown. Serv ing as spokesman for the group Brown told reporters that the delegation was acting on behalf of 16 Bishops for the African Methodist and Churches of Christ and ministers of all faiths, to gether with some 2,000,000 lay men, laywomen and veterans of every creed, race and color. Sen. Guy M. Gillette, (d., Ia.) chairman of the subcommittee said it was the function of this com mittee to hear any reasonable complaints that any groups or in dividuals want to make, give them sympathetic study and then turn them over to the committee’s counsel for instruction on further action. Complaints might be com ing from all sections of the coun try on different matters, he said, and since some will merit action while others will not, the subcom mittee will rely upon the coun sel’s decision and advice. Sen. John C. Stennis, a member of the subcommittee, was quoted by Brown as saying that since he had the experience of serving as judge in Mississippi he was will ing to consider this matter judi cially because he had no preju dice against colored people. Brown thought this an important statement coming from the Mis j sissippi senator who succeeded the late Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo who was denied the oath of of fice by the 80th congress pending public hearings and investiga tions initiated by this same com mittee which was then headed by Senator Ellender of Louisiana. The three-man subcommittee of the senate which is a part of the Rules and Administration commit tee is headed by Senator Gillette and composed of Senator Stennis and Sen. Andrew F. Schoep pel (r., Kas.). The subcommittee met the National Negro council delegation in executive session, after which both Brown of the council, and Senator Gillette of the committee talked with mem bers of the press. The subcommittee chairman could give no definite answer as to whether public hearings on this matter would be held, and if so, he had no idea when. In a prepared statement made by Director Brown, the subcom mittee was told that “Dixiecrat senators should be expelled from their present seats in the senate i for “disorderly behavior." He de manded that this ouster of the Dixiecrats is necessary if the President s Civil Rights program would move forward.