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PACE 2 THE NEW COURIER SEPTEMBER 2, 1967 Betw Appears By ETHEL PAYNE WASHINGTON The split between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Lyndon B. Johnson is deeper and more permanent than it appears on the surface. King closed the door on any possible compromise between the two when he said in Atlanta that he saw no need for discussion between them because both of their minds were already made up.

For more than a year, the cleavage between the two leaders had been widening over the war in Vietnam, but up until a few months ago, King was still welcome at the White House and indeed the President was trying even in recent weeks to have private talks with him, only to have the Nobel Peace Prize Winner spurn his efforts. Being a practical man, Lyndon Johnson recognized that Martin Luther King possesses a certain mysticism of a crusader who can touch the emotional well springs of people and inspire them to demonstrate in a non violent way. True, his phrases of "creative rebellion" and "massive civil disobedience" have omfnous overtones, but at least they are not harsh incitements to riot and pillage. His philosophy offered some hope of accommodation as an alternative to the explosions in the ghettos. However, when King became the leading apostle of the peace movement and split with other civil rights leaders over his insistence on linking the struggle for freedom at home with the war in Vietnam, this put him in diametric opposition to the Johnson Administration.

As the war went on, the more clamorous the issue became. Sharing King's opposition were Son. J. William Ful bright, the Arkansas liberal intellectual who has been consistently segregationist on civil rights and Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon who has been a staunch supporter of civil rights legislation.

In speech after speech, King attacked our involvement in Vietnam, calling it immoral and criminal and denouncing the alleged cruelties to civilians and the use of Negro soldiers. His evangelism attracted thousands of whites to the peace cause, but it failed to stir the Negro masses until a new kind of dialectics entered the civil rights movement. On a hot summer's day deep in the heart of Mississippi, Stoke ley Carmichael who had taken over control of the Student Non Violent Coordinat sen Beyond sog, l)K. MARTIN LUTHER KING xX PRESIDENT JOHNSON ing Committee used the phrase "Black Power" and joined it to the anti Vietnam sentiment with the slogan, "Hell no, we won't go!" Now, the ghettoes began to explode. In Watts, it was burn baby burn and that cry was repeated as city after city experienced violence.

By group and individually, the President met with the Negro leaders, Whitney Young, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, then head of CORE, and Martin Luther King. King never wavered in his condemnation of the war, even though he called for a halt to the violence in the streets. His war views were buttressed by his wife, Coret ta King was dedicated to those who wanted an immediate pullout from Vietnam and she became an active member of Women Strike For Peace, an organization cited by the House Un American Activities Committee because a delegation of its members made a peace mission to North Vietnam. Sorry ST But We Can't a Good tTtfO Thing Quiet fei 5f9 4a if! 1 jffijfyg fete 1 gfc SJ 9 5 "wrnvrtjiMt enmtm OF COURSE iht could, and to con YOU! That's what ViGENE is mod to DO! Comfort Aching Fstt a4 Logs Koop 'm oeling GOOD all day I Great for Aching Mutclt To fMfiittsiciiiii Or Send Money Order Vigene Products 1 far Repair King was faced with two serious problems in his organization, the outhern Christian Leadership Conference, formed 10 years ago in the aftermath of the Montgomery bus boycott; a dwindling membership and a shortage of funds and the steady takeover by the militants of the whole course of Uie Negro revolution.

By the time of the Newark holocaust and the Black Power Conference, it was clear that he had to move fast to try and win back the leadership of the activists elements. Into his speeches began to creep oblique references to the personal responsibility of the President in the crisis and his failure to act decisively. From the White House there was a grim, tight lipped silence to the charges. From Vietnam came reports of growing restlessness among Negro troops over the riots at home, even though the majority of colored soldiers were super patriots. A noticeable awareness of the peace issue at home was felt among Negroes, nevertheless, the hard core angry ghetto youth were not flocking to the King standard.

As Willie Ricks, SNCC national field secretary, said in Atlanta about the small turn out of Negroes for an anti Vietnam rally, "They're preparing for the revolution. Black folk don't want no peace." Last week in Atlanta, King took the irrevocable step. He all but directly called for the defeat of Lyndon Johnson in 1968 and for the first time, he got the approval of the SCLC on opposition to the war. He left the door open for a possible draft of a King Spock a ce ticket which may be further defined during the New Politics Convention which will meet in Chicago over the Labor Day weekend. Dr.

Benjamin Spock gave his blessings to the civil dis obdicnce campaign announced by King. The famed baby doctor is said to be anxious to have a third party formed as a peace demonstration even though the chances for victory are less than a fraction of one per cent. Ironically, while King was blasting the President for short changing the domestic programs, he had at least four requests for Great Society funds to finance projects of the SCLC. This is said to have angered the President considerably. Those in the know in Washington inner circles relate how many times SCLC and Dr.

King have been bailed out of difficult financial ruts. nil md )Ml mV ft). Dtpwl ch Si III for $1.25 plus 25c for Packing and Postage to 2400 S. Michigan Chicago, lllinios 60616 Is 111 1 I 1 DOUBLE WEDDING The Brown Twins, Vivian, left, and Hilda, who once danced in the famed Cotton Club chorus, are happy brides folowing their double wedding by Rev. Willard Monroe at Memorial Baptist Church in Harlem.

Vivian wed Los Angeles businessman Leon Veal, left, and her twin Johnson Turns Down Request For Visit By Mother Divine First Negro Trooper Is Hired In N.C. DURHAM, X. C. Charles Harrell Johnson, 21, a former first string center on the North Carolina College football team, Wednesday became orth Carolina's first Negro highway patrolman. Johnson was sworn in with ten other new troopers at the Department of Motor Vehicles headquarters in Raleigh.

He is the son of Mrs. Hilda Fisher Johnson of 1611 Merrick Street, Durham. She teaches special education at a son Elementary School. A spokesman said the Department of Motor Vehicles attached no special significance to the hiring of Mr. Johnson.

A sistant Commissioner Joe Garrett said "It is the policy of the Patrol to accept qualified applicants as needed without regard to race." Johnson, who played football at Hillside High School and NCC, was first string offensive center for two years at North Carolina College. He left school after one semester of his junior year. After being sworn in, Johnson left for Greensboro, where he will be stationed with Troop D. He will ride with a veteran officer in Winston Salem until the beginning of the Patrol's next recruit school in Chapel Hill. Johnson's ther said her son was "very enthusiastic" about his Patrol career and wanted to "go as far as he can" in the ranks of the law enforcement agency.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol has as its primary responsibility enforcement of the state's motor vehicle laws. However, the patrol is frequently used for crowd control at sporting events, and has been used for riot control in circumstances. Seeking Help NEW YORK Pan American Airlines has appointed a Negro, Horatio S. Hill. as a personnel supervisor with the duty of concentrating on the airline's program of equal employment NEW PREXY Perry J.

Brown, of Greensboro, N.C, was elected president of the National Funeral Directors Mortciaus Association, Inc. at their 30th annual convention held recently in Chicago. More than 800 delegates from 40 states and two foreign countries attended the confab. Mrs. Esther LaMarr Well Known East Coast Matron Dead DETROIT ral services were held here last week for Mrs.

Esther Bernice Randall a Marr, special assistant to the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, who died in George Washington University Hospital. Aug. 21. after a short illniess. An unusually dedicated civil servant.

Mrs. LaMarr continued to work from her hospital room from July 19 until the day of her death. A prominent Detroit attorney, a civic and social leader, Mrs. LaMarr was appointed Special Assistant to the VA Administrator on April 6, 1964 by President Johnson, in line with his policy of advancing qualified women in highranking government positions without regard to race or sex. The President's appointment of Mrs.

LaMarr marked the first time that a Negro woman held such a top level job with a government agency. In this capacity she served as Chief advisor on racial relations in all phases of VA activities and maintained 1 i aison with the White House civil rights subcabinet group of which she was a member. Mrs. LaMarr is survived by her son. Bernard II.

LaMarr. and a brother Dudley Randall, both of Detroit, and by a second brother. Randall, of Flint, Mich. 1 1A JCl iiiiiiiii'riitii sister took the vows with Grace steamship line Chief Purser Edmond Lyons. The man in the middle is rJteclub owner Luther (Red) Randolph, who once employed the brides as managers of his Shalimar nite club in New York City.

PHILADELPHIA Pleading the press of business, President Johnson turned down a request two weeks ago from Mother Divine who had sought an audience with him to discuss the "national crisis and impending emergency which threatens our nation." In her letter to the nation's Chief Executive Mrs. S. A. Divine, who took over the worldwide empire of the religious cult leader, Father Divine, who died two years ago, cited the past works of her late husband in bringing the races together and "in uniting people from every walk of life in one common bond of brotherhood." "Not onlv does Father Divine hold the solution to the racial problem, she said in her Aug. 1 letter to the White House, too "he holds the solution to all of the problems which are the underlying causes of the riots and many different uprisings which are plaguing our country today.

"I am writing to you in his name and respectfully requesting the honor of an audience with you wheresoever you may designate and at your appointed time that I may speak with you concerning this matter of such eat importance," wrote Mrs. Divine. White House spokesman, Marvin Watson, Special Assistant to the President, in declining to meet with Mrs. Divine said that the President's schedule "is such that we simply do not for soe a time when this could be arranged." Molly Moon's Mom Buried DETROIT Last rites for Mrs. Bculah Lewis, mother of Mrs.

Mollie Moon of New York City, chairman of the National Urban League Guild, were held here last week at the Scott Memorial Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Clarence T. R. Nelson officiating.

Mrs. Lewis died Aug. 16 at the Grace Hospital after a lingering heart ailment. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.

Virgil Rodgers, she was born in Meridian, Miss. She attended Rust College in that state. After marriage to the late Telious Lewis, she lived in Texas and in Cleveland, Ohio, and Gary. before settling in Detroit more than 25 years ago. She was a faithful and active member of Scott Memorial Methodist Church.

Previously in Cleveland and Gary, she had been an active worker in the Republican party. EX INK SPOT LEADER Marghuerite Mays May Manage Former Hubby, Bill Kenny By MAJOR ROBINSON NEW YORK CITY Will glamorous Mrs. Marghuerite Mays handle the theatrical comeback of the first of her three husbands, singer Bill Kenny, who is trying to recapture the fame and fortune he once enjoyed 20 years ago as the lead singer with the Ink Spots quartet. Now a successful theatrical manager in addition to owning a plush cocktail lounge md niteclu'o East Elm hurst, Long Island, s. Mays, it was learned, had indicated that she has been in touch with Kenny, who is currently headlining the show at comedian Redd Foxx's niteclub in Los Angeles.

Among the acts she's guided are Gladys Knight and The Pips, Lynn Roman and several other singers. Onetime wed to San Francisco Giant baseball star Willie Mays Marghuerite was married to Kenny when the Ink Spots quartet was the biggest such group of singers during their time in the late 30s and throughout the forties. They played the top theatres, niteclubs and traveled around the world singing such tunes as "If I Didn't Care" and "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie." Always flashy dressed, Kenny was the most spotlighted member of the foursome. The big diamond rings he displayed and his toothy smile won him the title of Mr. Ink Spot.

However, around 1948 the Spots passed out of the spotlight with each member going his separate way and billing himself as the original Ink Spot. Death also claimed several of the creators of that famous sound. Although he tried to make it as a single, Kenny just didn't seem to click with the public without being backed up by the other three whom he had shared fame with. At one time he was reported living u.p in Vancouver, British i "'if i meagre Extra I v.y fc: 4Ky 1 Seagram's Extra Dry SUGMM CO 50 lake if miniinjuitftfoiii'iiMMfL'l a MARGHUERITE MAYS Columbia. His debut at Foxx's club was a warm hearted one by oldtimers who had remembered him and packed the club to greet his comeback.

Critics wer: of the opinion that he had lost none of his superb showmanship and with the right guidance could reestablish himself as a head liner. When contacted by the Courier at her Marghuerite's Dugout cafe on Astoria Bou leavni, Mrs. Mays refused to comment directly on her willingness to add her ex husband to her list of clients. "It wouldn't be a bad idea if it happened," she commented. ie rocks? Seagram the perfect martini gin I'SCCt.

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