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SYMPHONY SOLOIST: Miss Margaret Ann Porter, talented and pretty 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Porter, will play with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in its first children's concert Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Murat theater as result of winning last week the young artists concert sponsored by the Women's Committee of the Indiana State Symphony Society. The youthful pianist, already a veteran artist with a symphony orchestra, having won a chance to play with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra almost exactly a year ago from the Indianapolis date, Nov. 4, 1954, will play the first movement of Anton Rubinstein's D Minor Piano Concerto. She has been studying piano 13 years, first under her mother and now at the Evansville College preparatory school. The local concert will start at 10 o.m., Nov, 5. Mayor Clark, Wife Head International Tea At Simpson Church Sunday

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Mayor Alex M. Clark will extend greetings at the “Interational Tea” to be sponsored by the Courtesy Committee of Simpson Methodist Church at 5:30 Sunday evening at the church, 30th and Capitol ave-

nue.

The mayor will accompany his wife, judge for the “Nationality Doll Contest” featured in connec-

tion with the tea.

A colorful display of the 32 flags of the United Nations members and other program features are designed to create an internationaJ atmosphere for the tea, and sixteen children and their dolls dressed in costumes of various nations will be presented as an interesting part

of the program.

Miss Ruth Noller, guest artist from the Wilking Music Company, will render organ selections thruout the evening. Vocal selections will be given by Mrs. Ruth Hill and George Colbert, and a trumpet solo will be played by Paul Terry Bat-

ties.

PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS to appear are Mrs. H. N. O’Brien of Scotland; Miss Peggy Yoneda, Japan; Rev. Samuel Holder, British Guiana; Mrs. H. C. Karsh, who visted in Jerusalem, and Mrs. Jean-

.vho visited Hawaii last summer. Mrs. Paul A. Batties is chairman >f the Courtesy Committee, other nembers of which are Messrs, and Mesdmaes Charles Edmonds, Robert Lytle, Joseph Waits and 'Joel Overstreet, Mesdames Orville irant, Nellie Rogers, Cora Rawls, Lutie Moore, Wilson Lennear, B. tlthel White, Asa Sawyer and J. nman Dixon, Miss Leotha Sturdi/ant and Messrs. George Height md George Ransaw. Rev. J. Inman Dixon is pastor of .he church. The general public is invited to attend the tea.

African Refuses To Bow To King; Killed KAMPALA, Uganda.—A seethng mob stoned, beat, and kicked to ieath last week an African who refused to kneel in homage to King Kabaka, newly returned to his throne in Buganda, and his queen. Thousands of tribesmen were gathered around the royal pavilion when the African came riding by bicycle. Told to dismount and

Rep. Chas. Diggs To Join Till's Mother At Rally Congressmon Charles C. Diggs Jr., (D., Mich.) will appear on the program with Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of the Mississippi lynch victim Emmett L. Till, during the NAACP-sponsored mass meeting Friday, Nov. 4, ot Bethel AME Church, Vermont and Toledo streets, beginning ot 7:30 p.m. Confirmation of the popular young congressman’s appearance was received late last week by the local NAACP which is sponsoring this meeting in an effort to acquaint Indianapolis with the full details of the infamous trial. It is also hoped that through the meeting local citizens will contribute to the NAACP Fight For Freedom Fund, used to fight injustices such as the brutal lynching of 14-year-old Till. Mrs. Bradley, who defied numerous threats against her life and journeyed to Sumner, Miss., to testify in the trial 0 of the two white men charged with murdering her only son, will tell of the horrors and ill-treatment Negroes suffer in this Southern state at the hands of frantically-prejudiced whites. The courageous mother will tell of her role in the trial and will describe the unprinted story of her treatment while in the Mississippi

town.

Mrs. Bradley has spoken to throngs in many places as she has traveled thousands of miles since the infamous verdict freed the men who admitted kidnaping her son. Her appearance here will be the first stop in a swing which will take her into California and

other Western states. CONGRESSMAN

Sell Unde Tom's Cabin Site For Half Million NATCHITOCHES, La. (ANP) —The site of Uncle Tom’s Cabin where Harriet Beecher Stowe received the inspiration to write her immortal story, has been sold for a half million dollars according to reports. The branding irons used to mark slaves by “Old Robert” McAlpin, inspiration for Simon Legree, are still on the plantation. Still ip the city also is a statue dedicated to the “Good Old Darkey.” This is a statue of an old antebellum Negro man, standing with his hat lifted and with the other hand scratching his head. It was erected by whites of the city.

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WOMAN WITH A MESSAGE: Mrs. Mamie Bradley, mother of Emmett Louis Till, Chicago youth who was lynched in Mississippi recently, will told of the harrowing and heart-rending experience resulting from open defiance of law and justice, at a mass meeting at Bethel AME Church, Nov. 4, sponsored by the NAACP. Another noted speaker who knows of the grave threat to the nation's posed by Mississippi and other Southern states will be Congressman Charles C. Diggs, Jr., Detroit, (D., Mich.), most active champion of equal rights and justice for the Negro. Stop Jimcrow In Hiring, US Urges Business Men

Negro Union Members Shot Down In Fla. UM’ATILLA, Fla.—Ai^mpts by Ideal officials to’, keep secret the shotgun wounding of 12 Negro CIO union members came to light last weekend when CIO Packinghouse Workers Union officials in Chicago sent telegrams to Florida Governor Leroy Collins and the FBI asking investigations. The workers, all citrus pickers, were cut down by a series of shotgun blasts outside a Masonic lodge nail where they attended a union organization meeting. A deputy sheriff said he was under orders from his boss not to give any news to newsmen while the sheriff, Willis. V. McCall was jut of town.

WASHINGTON (ANP)—Sec. of Labor James P. Mitchell told the Conferencei for Equal Job Opporlusity which convened here Tuesday, Oct. 25, that “equality of job opportunity is good business, both in the short run and over the long

run.”

Mitchell keynoted the meeting

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! chairmen or presidents of 65 of j the nation’s firms, who gathered Continued on Page 7 v, °

here to help the government plot

a course of action against racial discrimination in hiring. The conference was presided over by Vice President Nixon, who stated that the single purpose of the meeting was for “exchanging ideas on effective methods of achieving the ultimate elimination of discrimination in American in-

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JUST WANTED A BABY NORFOLK, Va. — Mother instinct, intensified by the loss of her baby several months ago, proved too much for a 20-yead-old young woman this week. Police arrested Jacqueline Wright after finding a three-day-old infant abducted from the Norfolk General hospital Monday, in her home. The baby girl, was unharmed and returned to the hospital. A sister of Jacqueline said the latter had been despondent and brooded quite a bit after losing her own baby.

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By HARRY LEVETTE LOS ANGELES (ANP) —Some 123 prominent Negroes arrested in an alleged gambling raid on the exclusive Pacific Town club last week charged that they were picked up because of the fight for integration in the city fire depart-

ment.

The raid victims also announced that they are planning a mammoth lawsuit accusing officers for false arrest. Among the captives were such men as Gilbert Lindsay, field secretary: Kenneth Kahn, supervisor, and Walter L. Gorden, Jr., and Earl C. Brady, attorneys. These and others in the group all are active in the NAACP fight to have Negroes integrated is the fire department. According to the Negroes the raid was engineered behind the scenes by Fire Chief John Alderson who has refused to integrate the fire department. The officers making the arrest claimed that they had stood out-

Julius C. Judkins, Young Richmond Lawyer, Buried RICHMOND, Ind.—Funeral services for Julius Casear Judkins, Jr., prominent attorney, civic and fraternal leader were held at Bethel AME Church Wednesday with many prominent persons in the •state and nation attending. Mr. Judkins died Saturday last week in the Veterans hospital in Cincinnati to which he was admitted Sept. 1 following a heart attack in his home, 617 12th street. He was 34 years of age. Bom in Marion, Inn., he attended public schools there and was graduated from Miami (Ohio) University, following which he attended ndiana university, Columbia University (N.Y.) and received his law degree from Lincoln Univer-

sity, St. Louis.

He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the intelligence division of the U.S. Air Force in the European theater. Admitted to the Indiana bar in 1950, he was associated in law practire with Attorney Cornelius Rirhardson, dean of the

local legal fraternitv.

His varied activities included: secretary of the National Bar Association, deputy legal adviser of the Imperial Council of the Shrine;

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“Get away from the tables and don’t give them any information.” EVERYONE at what police called the gaming table left it at once, and police confiscated a crap game layout cloth, dice, chips and other equipment. They also picked up blank check books. Also in their plcKup were two reels of lewd film. The officers did not arrest a group of girls whom they say were to put on a show for the club later on. Although the men picked up were booked on $1000 bail each, no charges of gambling were lodged against them because no one was at the gambling tables when offi-

cers entered.

According to Lt. W. F. Bornheeft, the game was set up by Roy fSonny) Howard, operated of a

pool hall.

Others arrested included Lt. Col.

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"SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT": Rev. James Jones, pastor, deacons and members of the First People's Temple, 15th and N. New Jersey recalled last week for renewed inspiration the sacred pronouncement of Jesus Christ to his Disciple, Peter: "Upon this rack I shall build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it." The church was threatened with destruction by fire because it wipes out interracial consideration in rhatters of mem-

bership. In the unalterable belief that the principle of true Christian fellowship knows no color line, the church officials and members have declared that no threat or wave of threats will induce them to move their church from the white neighborhood in which it is situated merely because some residents object to Negroes attending services at the church. "Race prejudice shall not prevail gaainst it," all officials and members of the church have pledged.

Believes Mixed Police Groups Spur Efficiency By JIM CUMMINGS A top police officer this week beep.me the first major city official ever to openly speak out in favor of a com-pletely-integrated police department as The Recorder continued its longtime crusade for equality in this important office of public service and pro-

tection.

Inspector Russell G. Carmichael stood firm on the side of democracy Monday during an exclusive interview with The Recorder and declared that the antiquated jim crow

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“will have to be changed and the force will have to be integrated all down the line"

Woman, Man Fed Force Of Drive Against Killings By JIM CUMMINGS An aroused public, speak* ing out against a deplorable local system which far many years has permitted Negroes to murder other Negroes without fear of punishment, felt a bit relieved this week as a woman and a man, charged with brutal murders, were given life sentences and Prosecutor John Tinder promised to prosecute every such case "to the limit of the law." Sent to prison for life Monday were Roberta Coe, 37, 1439 Mill, and Ezekial Baker, 29, 2138 Wendell. Both were charged with first degree murder, and both pleaded guilty to second degree murder, which carries the life sentence, a considerably stiffer penalty than most Negroes usually draw for killing other Negroes. THE RECORDER, in a series of articles begun seven weeks ago, pointed this situation out and drew wide response from its readers. Through Thursday, 27 homicides had been committeed here, 22 of which were committeed by Ne-

groes.

Attention was focused on this problem when the grand jury freed five alleged murders in a single report. In one instance the defendant shot his victim in the back. In others the stories of the defendants were accepted without

thorough investigation.

Mr. Tinder stated several weeks ago that prosecution was hampered by inadequate investigation on the part of police homicide investigators, all of whom are white. He ventured that Negro officers or mixed teams could jgaig more information In “Negro mur-

The Recorder throughout the years has advocated the integration of the force for the benefit of democracy and also the better utilization of manpower and the taxpayers’ money. Negro superior officers throughout the years have been superior only over a few Negro officers in all-Negro areas and have never had real power of decision and no actual command. Negro policemen are assigned tc only three patrolling squad cars and all these operate exclusively in he area surrounding Indiana avenue and include the homes of a very few white persons. The remainder of Negro officers walk exclusively in this “Black Belt” or are assigned to the letective division where they handle only those cases where a Negro is charged as the defendant. Spurgeon Davenport, the only Negro Lieutenant, is assigned tc whe homicide and robbery bureau but is never placed in a position of command. When Capt. Robert Reilly, head of the bureau, is away from his desk, a white sergeant takes over and makes the assignments and dishes out the orders including those given Lt. Daven port, the highest ranking Negrr officer on the force. On the Eastsicle where the greatest single concentration of Negroes in the city is housed, white team: patrol. Three Negroes split th( shifts and walk on Martindale avenue. The crime and deniquency rate is higher in this area than it is in Continued on Page 7

Capt. Robert Reilly, head of the homicide bureau, has steadfastly refused to assign Negro officers to investigate homicides. Mr. Tinder told The Recorder Wednesday that the sentencing to life imprisonment of the two people “was merely the first step in a new program” his office plans

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New KKK Rises In Georgia ATLANTA — Rebirth of the Ku Klu Klan has been officially recognized by the state of Georgia. Judge Claude D. Shew of the Fulton (Atlanta) Superior Court signed the order permitting formation of the notorious organization last Monday and the U.S* Klans, Knights „f the Ku KluX Klan. Attorney for the application for a charter was Samuel Green, Jr., son of the late Dr. Samuel Green of Atlanta, a former imperial wizard for the association of Georgia Klans. The charter of the Association of Georgia Klans was revoked several years ago by Attorney General Eugene Cook. The charter of the new organization said the purpose would be “to promote a better way of life among its members and to uphold its constitution.” The former Klans had as their main purpose the maintenance of •‘pure, white American supremacy” and the degredation of Negroes, Jews and Catholics.

Trick Or Treat" Comes Your Way Hallowe'en

The ghosts and goblins traditionally will nudge the adventurous spirits of young and old come Hal-

lowe’en, next Monday.

The irrepressive exuberance of youngsters will be particularly restive as they escape the restraints of normal activities and yield to the abandon primal impulses. Hordes of vivacious kids, teenagers and adolescents will roam the streets in small and large groups bent on having fun almost without thought of the rights and

privileges of others.

You older folks have heard it before and you’ll hear it again

Monday after sundown.

“Trick or Treat,” Mister, Madam, take your choice.” If you’re planning to be at home during this festive spree, you’ll be wise to decide on the “treat.” Since the custom sprang up, much to the delight of youngsters several years ago, many house-

pation by forearming themselves with the knick-knacks and tidbits. These are used, advantageously, to placate any possible impulse on rhe part of youth toward destruction of property or simple, un-

adulterated rowdyism.

This strategem is based on the ancient principle that “you cam catch more flies with sugar than with vinegar.” Although your callers will not be “flies,” they’ll undoubtedly in many instances exhibit the bothersome, annoying characteristics of these pests If given a free hand on Hallowe’en. You have it on the strength of past records that it’ll be better for you, your family, your lawns, and your property to agree to “treat” rather than suffer the threat of a

“trick.”

A few cookies, a handful of candy, nuts or other low priced tidbits will go far in turning the “trick” into a “treat,” leaving

holders have joined in its partici-pleasant memories all around.