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She INDEX i 0F STATE pa 1 rkS.SJFIED ADS P9e 6-9, Sec. Ill P9 4 6, See. Ill EDITORIAL p. ec I FINANCIAL .7.7.7 7 PoVe 5 See RADIO LOG p0. 7 cc II SOCIETY r9 7' II sports TV-OGS Established 1837 rf FRIDAY FORECAST Cloudy, occasional rain; slowly rising temperature.

Expected low 41. expected high 54. THURSDAY RECORD High 47 at 11:30 a. low 39 at 6 a. rain .47 Pearl River at Jackson 5.3.

down 0.2 foot. Mississippi River at Vicks-burg S.l feet, up 0.1 foot. Vfl CiKY rif CLOUDY Mississippi's Leading Newspaper For More Than A Century 5c PER COPY Jackson, Mississippi, Friday Morning, December 2, 1955 VOL, CXVII NO. 224 Full AP and INS Reports ESS" 1 nx mx 1 I I I 11 I I I Of Burns urder, Guilty Council Members Urge South-Wide Segregation Group ets Life Imprisonment Former Truman Officials Face U.S. Charges Conspiracy To Defraud In Tax Case Claimed ST.

LOUIS. Dec. 1 (INS) A leaders of the nation are insincere in their efforts to obtain desegregation. "Even President Eisenhower, despite his advocacy of integra Millsaps Singers To Perform Tonight In Front Of Mansion Weather permitting, the Mill-saps College Singers, directed by Alvin J. (Pop) King, will present a 30-minute program of Christmas music on the Mansion steps tonight at 7 o'clock.

Presented a Chamber of Commerce feature, various local high school and college groups will perform holiday music each Friday evening. The 30 minute program will be broadcast over radio station WSLI. Walter Beard, chairman of the local firms to mail in their "fair share" of the costs of this year's downtown decorations. checks should be in soon as possible," he said. Chamber officials noted that the area in front of the Man-v sion will be "blocked off" for the 7 to 7:30 p.m.

Christmas music concert Friday night. Jury Deliberates For Five Hours Defense To File New Trial Motion By ED GOINS After almost five hours of deliberations, a criminal court jury Federal grand jury today indicted two Truman administration officials and a Kansas City lawyer on charges of conspiring to defraud the government in a tax case. Named as defendants were Matthew J. Connelly, former appointments secretary to Presi dent Harry S. Truman; T.

Lamar Caudle, former assistant attorney general, and Harry I. Schwimmer of Kansas City. Among the 24 "overt acts charged was that Connelly accept ed as transferee an oil royalty in terest in Logan County, Oklahoma, and was- paid $1,650 at the behest of Schwimmer. The tax case involved Irving Sachs and Shu-Stiles, a wholesale shoe company headed by Sachs. Sachs and his firm were named as co-conspirators but not as defendants in the indictment.

Also "named as a co-conspirator was Ellis N. Slack, of the Justice Department's tax division. The Justice Department said Slack has been relieved of duty pending procedings looking to his remov al. The indictment stated: "It was an essential part of the conspiracy that co conspirator Sachs, having willfully evaded and defeated laree amounts of in come tax due the United" States over a period of years should nevertheless escape indictment, and, if indicted, should escape prosecution, and, if convicted, should escape imprisonment. The indictment said the conspiracy provided that Schwimmer, Sachs and his firm "would prom ise, offer and give money and oth er things of value" to Connelly and Caudle with the intent to influence their official decisions.

The indictment charged overt acts in connection with allegedly corrupt handling of the tax case. These acts, it said, started with a conference between Schwimmer and Connelly in Washington on Jan. 20, 1948, and continued until Feb. 27, 1952. COMMISSION ORGANIZES Rubel L.

Phillips. Corinth, was Thursday afternoon unanimously named chairman of the new Mississippi Public Service Commission which takes office here Jan. 16. Norman A. Johnson.

Philadelphia was named vice-chairmm. The thr-i commissioners, left to right, are W. E. (Bucky) Moore, McComb, southern district; Phillips, northern district and Johnson, central district. (Photo by Ralph Atkinson).

PSC Will Oppose All Integration tion of the races, is sending his own grandchildren to an all-white Episcopal school in Alexandria, Eastland declared. "The politicians from the Presi dent down want integration for the other fellow, but not for themsel ves," Eastland declared. He spoke to some 3,000 people seated in the Municipal Auditor ium here, paying tribute to the Citizens Councils for efforts to solve the race question sanely and legally. "We have nothing to be asham ed of in our efforts to maintain the integrity of the white race. he declared.

"We must expose the NAACP as a tool of Communism and the Negro as the pawn." Congressman John Bell Wil liams, of Raymond, master of cer emonies, told the audience that a marked change is being seen in the attitude of many people in other sections as they learn the truth about de-segregation." He said that he is proud to be a member of the Mississippi Cit izens Council, and that there will soon be a million members in the South. Senator John Stennis and Congressmen Colmer, Whitten, Ab-ernethy, Winstead and Smith telegraphed greetings and support to the council rally. Gov. Hugh White and Lt. Gov.

Carroll Gartin were present and Gov. elect J. P. Coleman sent regrets that illness prevented his presence. Another speaker.

Prof. W. M. Caskey, of Mississippi College, told the Council membership that he could not go along with Adlai Ste venson as the Democratic candi (Co mr Oa Fere Claim GM Forced False Registrations Says All Dealers Forced To Comply WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 Two Senate witnesses testified today General Motors Corp.

representa tives asked them to make false car registrations to help Chevrolet maintain its national sales pace. The testimony, before the Senate Antimonopoly subcommittee study ing GM operations, came from 1. Sumpter Priddy of Waverly, southeast of Richmond. He said he went along with the re quests he cited but despite this and other efforts to please GM executives, was unable to get the Waverly Chevrolet dealership his father-in-law had held until his death last year. 2.

M. L. Ward of Albany, a former Chevrolet dealer, who said he did not like "bogus registra tions, but we were all constantly asked to do it." Both Priddy and Ward said the arrangement was for the deaier to register, as sold, all the cars on his showroom floor and those scheduled for later delivery to the agency. Priddy said GM representatives said this was necessary "because Chevrolet was on the spot and the competition was doing the same thing." Priddy said he used the name of his wife, his mechanics and a grease monkey to record fictitious sales. SHOPPING DAYS LEFT Help Fight TB U-Buy Christmas Stab.

6,000 Brave Rain To Attend Shrine Ceremonial Here u. b. senator James O. East land, speaking before the first statewide assembly of the Missis sippi Citizens' Councils here Thurs day. recommended that the Sou- ADDRESS IN FULL Senator Eastland's address before the Citizens Councils meeting in Jackson Thursday Is printed in full on Pages 4, 5 and Section 2.

thern states form a regional commission to "answer attacks upon us." He declared that the political AF Keeping Its Jet Force Plan No Deviation, Headquarters Says WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 The Air Force insisted today "there has been no change in the intent to supply the Air Force 137 wing program with the most modern equipment." The statement was obviously directed at recent criticism by Sen. Stuart Symington (D-MO). The Air Force issued a brief statement by Asst. Secretary Dud ley C.

Sharp. Sharp reaffirmed the plans for modern equipment. Symington said Monday he had received reports the administra tion was dropping plans to step up production of two new types of jet fighters the F101 long range jet and the F104, the latest type of day fighter. Symington said these plans are essential to meet what he described as Russian superiority in jet fighters and light bombers. An Air Force spokesman, asked about the Sharp statement, said there has been "some adjustment in the F101A program to help accelerate" production of the F101B, the all-weather version of the F101.

It was said that there has been jio cutback in production of the F104. The Air Force earlier said there would be a stretch-out in deliveries of B47 jet bombers. It also has been disclosed there will be fewer deliveries than planned originally during the fiscal year ending next June 30, of the new C123 transport planes. Church Council Seeks To Help Ousted Parsons OMAHA, Dec. 1.

(AP) The Gen eral Board of the National Council of Churches today sought to help five Southern pastors it was told had been ousted from their pulpits because of their stand on race segregation. The action was taken following a report by Dr. J. Oscar Lee, head of the council's Department of Racial and Cultural Relations, on major developments in the South growing out of the Supreme Court's decision outlawing segregation in public schools. Lee identified the five ministers singled-out in the resolutions as the Rev.

Roy C. Delamotte, a Methodist minister from an unnamed Mississippi community; the Rev. Marsh Calloway, Durant, the Rev. Ed Jones, Parkin, the Rev. Robert Trotman, Ferrell County, and the Rev.

C. Jack son Stafford, Batesburg, S. C. MANY RIGHTS WRONG MONTREAL, Dec. 1 13V-A thief broke into the parked car of a traveling shoe salesman and made off with samples valued at $1,500.

All the shoes, salesman Pierre Bedard said in his report to police, are for the right foot. Why By RUDOLF FLESCH Chapter 7 If you are a mother and have a child in second or third grade who can't read and spell, you'll sooner or later go to the school and complain that your child isn't taught the letters and sounds. You'll then be told, one way or the other, that phonics is utterly out of date; just wait, and your boy or girl will suddenly catch on. But if your child is in first grade, the answer you'll get will be considerably shorter, strongly resembling a brushoff. The teacher will tell you, with a rather indulgent smile: "He isn't ready, you know." When you get to the subject of "readiness," you approach the holy of holies, the inner sanctum of the whole "science" of Young 'Coon Naps In Garbage Pail A cavorting garbage can at the home cf Lloyd Hawkins, 4206 Hanging Moss Road, prompted Hawkins' inspection Tnursday morning.

Opened, the lively receptacle yielded a half-grown raccoon. Hawkins says he is at a loss to say why the fugitive from Pogo wandered in from the woods and used his garbage pail for motel accomodations. However, he theorized that the animal, which he says appears somewhat tame, might be someone's pet. If you're looking for a half-grown Rackety-Coon Chile, call Hawkins' home, 64234. Faure Expelled By Own Party Premier Still Keeps Office PARIS, Dec.

1 (-Radical So cialist party leaders today voted to expel. Premier Edgar Faure be cause his government's decision to dissolve the National Assembly flouted party policy. The move will make, no change in tne dissolution procaeure, nor will it require Faure to give up his place as premier. In the forthcoming election for which no date has yet been set Faure will be able to run under the same party label as he did in 1951. At that time he was listed as a member of the Rally of the Republican Left RGR), a loose alliance of Radical Socialists who actually are moderates and small er parties.

Faure is president of the RGR and its leaders are resisting ef forts of the Radical Socialists, un der the leadership of ex-Premier Pierre Mendes-France, to dictate its policies. Faure's ouster was announced in a communique issued after ameet ing of the Radical Socialist Steer ing Committee. Accusing him of "persistent in discipline," i charged Faure had led "the maneuvers destined to provoke slap dash elections witn an obscure and unpopular election system." The order takes effect immediat ely but must be ratified later by a two-thirds majority of the par ty's 36-member Executive Com mittee. Woods Is Named Jaycee President Ben Woods, of the Deposit Guar anty Bank's loan department, was elected to serve as president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce dur ing the coming year during Thurs day night's Jaycee meeting. Woods, a graduate of Hinds Jr.

College and Millsaps, has been in the organization since March, 1952. Chosen to serve as vice-president were Jack Gary. Jeff Underhill. and Stan Hart. The Junior Chamber also chose nine directors to complete the 18-man Nine old directors remain.

Woods defeated Paul Bardwell, assistant treasurer of Mississippi Valley Gas and Boyd Pickens, of Employers Mutual of Wau-sau, for the presidency. COMMUNITY ANTENNA GRANBY, Dec. 1 OR Granby is reaching up for better reception of big city TV. A community antenna will be in use by next spring. The town is 40 miles from Montreal.

liamson called attention to a book display in the hall of the school. This consisted of books for parents to read and books for children. Mrs. Wallace then met with a group "of parents, who came with pencils and paper for taking notes. The pictures drawn by the children were exhibited and their in terpretations were read.

Mrs. Wal lace elaborated further at this time on teaching methods, showing how children progress and how time is spent on those who for various reasons are slow readers. An open discussion was then held and Mrs. Wallace left this advice to the group: 1. Read to children.

2. Give them plenty of experience such as seeing the zoo, shopping, planning meals or tea parties, helping in the kitchen, making scrapbooks, cutting paper dolls, drawing and modeling with clay. 3. Encourage them and praise returned a verdict of guilty and secommended life imprisonment Thursday for Lawrence E. Burns, charged with the hotel-room slay ing of John R.

Murrett, Jackson interior decorator last July. Defense Attorney W. W. Pierce said he probably would enter a motion for a new trial. District Attorney Juliam P.

Alex ander Jr. told reporters he would go ahead with plans for the trial of 18-year-old Warren Koenig of Chicago, charged with murder in the same case, as scheduled, Dec. 12.. Sentencing of Burns was postponed until a later date by Judge Leon F. Hendrick.

Immediately after they had re turned their verdict and the panel was polled to see that it was unanimous, Judge Hendrick commended the jury for its civic service. "You have done your conscientious duty," he stated. The case went to the jury at 12:1,3 p. but the panel had lunch before beginning their de liberations. They returned to the jury room at 1:43 p.

m. and came out with the verdict at 6:35 p. m. After commending the jury. Judge Hendricks expressed appreciation of the court for the efforts of attorneys Pierce and William Waller, who were appointed by the court for the defense.

The lanky, 23-year-old defendant. who had sat impassively through the trial, took the verdict calmly and shook hands, with his attorneys before he was taken back to his jail cell. In their arguments to the jury. defense attorneys sought to show that Burns ana Koenig went to me hotel room with Murrett because they had been promised a night's lodging. Recounting testimony.

Pierce recounted Burns' testimony that Murrett made improper advances, painting a lurid picture of the alleged homosexual attempt. The defense contended that Mur rett was beaten, tied and gagged by the two youths in an effort escape "the act of a beast. The state, on the other hand. contended that the two youths went to the room with Murrett planning to rob him and that in the com mission ot the robbery, Murrett lost his life. "It was as cold an act of mur der as you will ever see," Alexander stated.

The district attorney and his as sistant, B. B. McClendon, told the jury that if a man is killed in the commission of a felony it is murder, whether or not the killing was intention. Opening his argument, Alexander commended the police department for its fair and efficient" investigation, which he said would stand up with any police department in the country. He praised Detective Chief M.

B. Pierce as "one of the firest officers I've ever known" ard told the jury that "this kind of police work you had better hope you have for a long time." West Coast Paper Advances Price SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1 Crown Zellerbach Corp. today an nounced a $4 a ton increase in the price of its newsprint, effective Jan. 1.

This wili bring the price to $130 a ton f.o.b. Pacific Coast ports. The company's newsprint is consumed principally in the Western states. Read- them even if their efforts are not especially good. 4.

Play rhyming games with them. 5. Help them find familiar words in the newspapers. 6. Take them to the library as often as possible.

To conclude our meeting, Mrs. Eunice Ely, of the Mississippi State Library Commission, discussed books for reading at home. She gave us two lists: one a reading guide for parents and another called "Growing Up With Books." Ely also encouraged parents to visit the library, stressing that if parents don't read. Johnny probably won't either. We feel that our program has- just begun, but that we already have accomplished a great deal to help the parents of our school see that Johnny CAN read and why and how he is doing it.

Traffic Toll Light In State No Fatalities Reported Yet Safe-Driving Day, 1955, appear ed well on the way to being a success in Mississippi Thursday night despite poor weather conditions. nere naa Deen no Mississippi ia-talities and a scattering of accidents, concentrated in the northern quarter of the state where sleet- covered highways made driving hazardous, had produced only 13 injuries? A breakdown of the state ac cidents Thursday night showed accidents in the Greenwood Pa trol district with 6 injuries; 9 ac cidents in the New Albany district with 5 injuries; 4 accidents in the Batesville district with 1 injury; 4 accidents in the Starkville dis trict with 1 injry; 2 accidents in the Jackson district with no injur ies; 4 accidents in tne isrooitnaven district with no injuries; 2 acci dents in the Gulfport area with no injuries; 4 accidents in the Meridian area with 2 injuries and 4 accidents in the Brookhaven area with no injuries. A few scattered accident Since that time' have followed the same trend, the Highway Patrol said late Tnursday afternoon. In Jackson there had been 7 accidents between 7 a. m.

and late evening, all or them minor brushes which yielded no injuries. With some 6 hours left to go. S-D Day, 1955, appeared destined to be even more of a success than the first, held in 1954. Three Charged In Criminal Assault HATTIESBURG District Attor ney Lawrence Arrington Thursday filed charges of rape against Luther Hill, 'James Harold Lucky and Wilbur (Jake) Spiers. Arrington said Hill and Lucky raped a 21-year-old waitress after she was taken into the woods off the Old River road near McCal- lum by Spiers who "had arranged a date with her.

The district attorney said the young waitress told him Hill and Lucky "followed us out there in another car." Arrington quoted the young woman as saying Spiers did not have sexual relations with her her. Hunt For Slabbers Proves Unfruitful WASHINGTON Another day's search of Washington streets for two Negro men who stabbed them last spring proved unfruitful Thursday for three Mississippi Army privates. However, they were taken out again Thursday night by District of Columbia police in a prowl car to continue their search. iby the word. But there was no definition to be found.

So, since the experts don't seem able to help us, I'll offer my own definition. Reading readi ness means the readiness of the teacher to let the child start reading. If ever there was an example of reasoning in a vicious circle, this is it. You take a six-year-old child and start to teach him something. The child, as often happens, doesn't take to it at once.

If you use a common-sense approach, you try again and again, exert a little patience, and after some time the child begins to learn. But if you are twentieth century American educator, equipped with the theory of "readiness," you drop the whole matter instantly and wait until the child, on his own? asks to be taught. Let's wait until he's 7 until he's 8 un- Cant This was announced by the three- man group in organizational meeting at the Hotel Edwards here Thursday afternoon. Rubel L. Phillips, Corinth, mem ber from the northern section of the state, was elected chairman; Norman A.

Johnson, Philadel phia, central district, was named vice chairman and member of the Interstate Commerce Commission joint board; and W. E. (Buck) Moore, McComb, representing the southern district of the state will name the commission secretary. All were unanimously chosen The commission, however, set a new policy under which all of the for one year only. At its discre tion, the commission may after a year or in each of the four years of its term reshuffle its officials.

Commenting on the recent ICC ruling that bus stations and depots must be desegrated, Chairman Phillips said that "we are unanimously agreed that we will stand against intra-state observation of this order." Johnson said "I don't believe that we will have any trouble with that in Mississippi but, if we do, this commission will act to prevent it, if the matter comes before us." Mr. Moore told newsmen "anything we can do to maintain segregation, we will, do." The group said that they look with favor on proposals that the commission be given more authority to make its rulings stick. Johnson said that they had just talked by long distance telephone with Gov. elect J. P.

Coleman and that they expect to meet with him soon to discuss a proposed bil to strengthen the commission. Johnson said that the group is not familiar with the contents of a bill to that effect now being drawn, but that he believes they will agree, with it. It was unanimously decided that (Continued Fife 10) Mississippi's newly elected Public Service Commission will stand solidly against efforts of the' fed eral government to desegregate the bus station and railroad de pot facilities in this state. Nobles in attendence and several hundred wives of Nobles. They came from throughout the state and several surrounding states including Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama.

The day's program included: A luncheon for the ladies at' 12:30, where Mr. Guy made his first appearance of the day after arriving on a plane that was about 30 minutes late because of the weather. A business session at the Wahabi Temple at 3:30 p. which included the election of candidates. At 6 p.

m. Imperial Potentate Guy was principal speaker at a Ceremonial Dinner. This was followed by a Wahabi Band Concert at 7:30 and an all-Shrine Ball at 10 p. m. in the Victory Room at the Heidelberg Hotel.

Russell Hobgood, master of ceremonies at the ladies' luncheon, pointed out: "Behind the foolishness that we enjoy so much at these Ceremonials and other Shrine events stands the work of our great organization. Shrine-dom has more than $20 million invested in 17 hospitals for crip pled children." He recalled that the work of the Shrine was emphasized several years ago at the East-West (Ccntinnrd On Fate See. 4) (Editor's Note: The parents of students in Lester School have been stirred to action by the "Johnny" series, just as parents have throughout th nation. The following article outlines briefly what Lester School parents are doing to learn more about Johnny's school days.) By MRS. WOODIE ASSAF Lester School PTA Parent-Education Chairman In planning a program for par ent education for the year I con sulted Lester's principal.

Miss Mary Elizabeth Williamson. She felt there was a need to acquaint parents with the method of teaching reading. And in view of the interest created by the series in the 'Clarion-Ledger this past week, it certainly was a wise choice. Further planning was made with Qh.B ut Rain and the constructive good spirit of the nobles of the An cient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine descended on Jackson simultaneously Thursday. The Noble spirit wen over the wet drizzle from the low hanging Mississippi sky on every issue but the scheduled parade, which Personnel of The Clarion-Ledger expressed their appreciation to the Wahabi Temple Shrine Band for coming by in Thursday afternoon's cold rain for a street-corner concert.

The strains emanating from the Shriners' instruments could be heard throughout most of the building and were a pleasant respite from Tne sound of typewriters and machinery. was canceled. But the Wahabi band did perform at 4:15 under the protection of a ledge in front of the Clarion-Ledger, Daily News building. Center of attention at the winter Ceremonial were the 112 novices and Walter C. Guy, North American Imperial Potentate, from Little Rock, Arkansas.

The one-day convention was call ed the biggest in the state's his tory, with between 6,000 and 8,000, til he's 9. We Wouldn't Stand for It But our educators would hardly say out loud that they would post-" pone the teaching of reading until the age of 10 or 15. They know1 very well that people wouldn't i stand for it. So, the next best thing, they usei any device they can find to post pone the teaching of reading one.i two, three years in the hope that" by that time the child will be si little more eager to learn how to" read. The most convenient of these i devices is the theory that a 6- or' 7-year-old child is unable to learn i how to read.

The idea that a 6-year-old childi can't learn to read is quite new," and a purely American invention. To be quite fair, I should ex plain at this point that our edu-j cators don't actually that. They say unanimously, as far asi Johnny Johnny CAM In each of the fat volumes on how to teach reading, pages and pages are filled with profound discussions of what makes a child ready for reading, when does he get ready, how to tell whether he is or not, how to speed him up or slow him down, what to do with him before he gets ready, how to instill readiness, how to make it grow, how to use it, treat it, protect it, diagnose it, improve it, ripen it and direct it. Deep mys-ery covers this whole recondite subject, and work has been going on for decades to explore its inner recesses. Na Definition One of the "authorities" in fact went so far as to devote a whole book to the subject of "reading readiness." I went through that whole book in search of a definition of "readiness," being sincerely curious to know what was meant Harry Newman and a series ot meetings was scheduled for the parents of children in our school.

The first meeting was held Nov. 17 in the school auditorium. First and Second grade parents were invited. We might add here, that it probably is best to have only one grade at a time for such demonstrations, however. At this initial meeting, Mrs.

Ruth Buck Wallace, first grade teacher, and her students presented a tvoical classroom scene dur ing a reading lesson. Mrs. Wallace demonstrated how meaning is given to the words studied and showed how the children respond. Then the children were sent off stage to draw pictures of what they had just learned and parents were given an opportunity to ask questions. Much interest was shown and so many questions were asked the time had to be cut short.

Following the meeting Mrs. Wil-i the capable assistance of Mrs. (Cent1nne Ob Fafc Sec. 4.