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During the celebration of the American Education Week, McKinley Franklin, president of the local chapter and the Arkansas State Federation, was crowned. Mrs. Marsh, the queen of the year, was honored. Hartford Lets Robeson Sing Hartford, Conn. — The Board of Education firmly refused to knuckle under outside influences that Paul Robeson be wired from the use of Weaver school auditorium for a concert. Twice they had been asked to rescind their original decision and twice they refused. The "White veterans' group demanded that the board cancel its permit but the board voted 6 to 5 for Robeson to have the audience. The second time the city council passed a resolution that when it was banned, the board would not allow Robeson to sing. A final meeting of the board was held, with the board meeting in the form of a "A Flight Around the World." The chapter presented a program for the Blue Revue, which was a success. The chapter presented a program for the Blue Revue, which was a success. The chapter also presented a program for the Blue Revue, which was a success. The chapter presented a program for the Blue Revue, which was a success. Wibers in the foto make up the committee. Naacp's State-Wide Meet Draws Crowd Sit Tight, And Stand By Your Rights, Roy Wilkins Tells Huge Crowd Here Sunday The white man's utterances that the Negro in dixie prefers segregation to a life with freedom of action were dispelled Sunday when Negroes from every station in life and nearly every section of the state, crowded Mt. Pleasant Baptist church for a mass meeting which theme was the death blow to Arkansas's segregation. The main speaker for Sunday's meeting, Roy Wilkins, top figure of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, from New York. The occasion for the meeting was to secure cooperation on a state-wide level to attack the state’s controversial jimro statute in intra-state travels. Not since the mass meeting in 1942 calling for immediate action in the brutal murder of Sgt. T. P. Foster by a Little Rock police, has the Negro gathered in such large numbers, and displayed as much interest over an issue. The forthcoming attack on segregation outlined by the state conference of branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, resulted from the arrest of a prominent minister from Detroit, Michigan, who was arrested here and removed from a city bus for violating the jimro law. After the minister was fined, the Naacp entered the case. Mr. Wilkins, who was very inspiring all in his address Sunday, explained the latest decision of the Supreme Court in outlawing segregation in interstate transportation. He advised the group to. Remember your rights when you travel, because the segregation in interstate travel is unlawful. Mr. Wilkins praised the state conference of branches for its endeavor to wipe out segregation in Arkansas. He told the group to sit tight on its rights, and you will win because you have the law on your side. Mr. Wilkins also explained the fight that the Naac is carrying. Left to right standing are Mrs. Annie Gillespie, Mrs. Johnnie Washington, Mrs. Corrie Jarrett and Mrs. Elsie Moore. Seated are Mrs. Myrtle Williams, chairman, Mrs. Estelle Anderson, Mrs. Hilda Carter, Mrs. P. M. Parr and Mrs. Helen Curtis, basileus of the chapter. —Foto by Davy. In the foto, first row, left to right: Misses Alberta Jones, Ouida Harris, Ella Vera Bizzel, Roehell Spivey and Ora Marie Harris; second row: Misses Mae Emma Wilson, Jerrylyn Carmichael and Rita Smith. —Foto by Davy. To destroy the myth of white supremacy in housing. He stated that the association will use its legal weapon to make Negroes. See MEETING — page four. Arkansas Lions Hold Langston to 6 - 6 Deadlock By John Howard The Golden Lions of AM&N college made a last minute touch down against the Langston Lions in Oklahoma Saturday, and tied the homecoming affair for the Jayles' team 6 - 6. The Langston team led the Lions throughout the game by the six point margin. The situation still remains a total of 9 won for Langston and 7 for Arkansas during the past 16 years. In their final home stand, the Lions will take on the Grambling college Tigers. Grambling lost to Prairie View at Grambling Saturday, 27 - 14. This puts the Arkansas team and Grambling on a fairly even keel for the contest Saturday in the Lions stadium at 2:15 p.m. Farm Bureau Federation At ABC Next Week The fifth annual convention of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation will meet at Arkansas Baptist college, November 24 and 25. The opening morning session will be highlighted by addresses by Mrs. Theodosia Cooper, instructor of handicapped children at Jacksonville and Mrs. Dave Tate, president of associated women of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation. In the afternoon music will be furnished by the AM&N college choir and Governor-elect Francis Cherry will deliver the address. The executive committee is composed of John Gammon, jr., Marion, president; Floyd Brown, Fargo, Picken Black. Auvergne; Prentice Monk, McNeil; Willard Whitaker, Madison; V. S. Clemons, Casscoe and Wyatt Raleigh. Popular Grove. Dr. Ross Heads Music Committee Dr. Reinhart Ross, associate professor of music at Philander Smith College, was elected chairman of the musicology committee of the state music teachers association at a special luncheon for college music teachers in Hot Springs recently. Philander was admitted to the association and there is every reason to believe that this new relationship will strengthen the enriched and enlarged department of music at the college. There are four men in the department of music, each having done work beyond the master's degree in his particular field. The main purpose of this new formed organization, according to Dr. Ross, is to achieve better relationships among the music departments of the colleges and universities of the state. State Students in Who's Who By John Howard Seventeen students of the AM &N college have been accepted for recognition in the 1952- 1953 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. The announcement was made this week by H. Pettus Randall, editor of the sixteen-year-old publication. The students, all seniors, are: Mary Louise Allen, Barbara Jean Banks, June Ester Burks, Jefferson R. Donaldson, Gwendolyn Finn, Wanda June Jones, Dorothy Littlejohn Magett, Robert Owen McDaniel, Dorothy Ann McKinney, Rufus William McKinney, Gordon D. Morgan, Margie Evelyn Murrell, Hanley James Norment, Samuel Ray, Lois Geneva Roberts, Anna Lillian Smith, and Anita Jeanne Wilkins. Recognition by Who’s Who A. Among Students in American Colleges and Universities means that the student was first selected as a nominee by a student-at-law administration committee and then, accepted by the organization. See STUDENTS — page four. NAACP Issues Ultimatum On Railroad Segregation Plans Legal Action Against Any Interstate Segregation Remaining At End of *52 NEW YORK — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is "prepared to take the necessary legal steps against all of the southern railroads" if any segregation in Interstate commerce remains after the first of the year, Thurgood Marshall, NRA special counsel, said here last week. Commenting on the refusal of the United States Supreme Court to review an appeal by the Atlantic Coast Line from a lower court decision holding that segregation of passengers is an undue burden on interstate commerce, Mr. Marshall said this decision, together with State Press VOLUME 12—NUMBER 29 CINDERELLA — Miss Carla Warren, the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Warren, 3019 West 17th street, is all smiles as she anticipates her flight around the world when she plays the part of Cinderella in the Zeta Phi Beta sorority’s annual Blue Revue at the Robinson auditorium, December 11th. Miss Warren is a student of Dunbar High School, a majorette, secretary of her homemakers and a member of the Lucky 20 club. Naacp Board Comments On The National Election The board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, at its regular monthly meeting on November 10, issued the following statement on the results of the November 4th elections: "The American people have entrusted to the Republican party, with President-elect Dwight David Eisenhower and a Republican majority in both houses of congress, the responsibility of guiding the nation through the coming perilous years. "This is a grave responsibility involving not only the securing of peace and the maintenance of the common welfare but also the solemn obligation for the Republican party to put into effect its pledges regarding civil rights. "The party platform and General Eisenhower have pledged to abolish discrimination and to kill wife, Phones, and police. Police, killed herself. New York — (CNS) — A 34-year-old dining car porter, Verne on Police, called police to tell them he had killed his wife, Alvetta, 31. Police rushed to the scene a few minutes later, only to find Mrs. Polite dead on the bed and her husband dead on the floor. Notes were left to indicate that domestic troubles caused the homicide and suicide. Previous decisions striking down segregation in interstate motor vehicles and in dining cars, "should be enough to break down segregation in all interstate transportation." Past experience, Mr. Marshall said, has nevertheless made it appear "doubtful that the southern railroads will follow the law as set down by the Supreme Court." He added that the legal defense staff of the association, before taking legal action, would give the railroads until the first of the year to revise their rules so as to prohibit all segregation in the coaches as well as the pullman cars and the regulation in the District of Columbia and in all federally controlled services, facilities, and installations; to eliminate lynching and the poll tax; to enact federal legislation to further just and equitable treatment in the area of discriminatory employment practices; and to appoint ‘qualified persons, without distinction of race, religion, or national origin, to responsible positions in the government." The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which has continuously and consistently sought the elimination of racial barriers through legislation, legal action, and education, will continue to work toward this objective and pledges its full support to the president. See NRA—page for dining cars throughout the south. Mr. Marshall extended "heartiest congratulations" to the Virginia State Conference of NRA branches and its lawyers, who have handled the case from the time. That William C. Chance was ejected from an ACL coach in June, 1948, for refusing to move to a jimro car. He said the association considers the question of segregation in transportation “one of the most important issues of the country today" and added that the high court's action “signifies the early removal of all jimro transportation.” Father of Charles Bussey Passes Charles Bussey, sr. of Stamps passed Tuesday in a Lewisville hospital. Mr. Bussey was the father of Charles Bussey, local businessman and deputy sheriff who lives at 20th and Ringo streets. Mr. Bussey, Sr., was a long-time resident of Stamps. He was a member of the First Baptist church there and a 33rd degree Mason. He was well known in the southwestern part of the state and equally respected for his civic and religious interest. He will be buried Saturday at 1 p.m. with A. O. Smith company in charge. Mr. Bussey is survived by his widow, two sons and two daughters, and four grandchildren. Leering Case To Be Appealed Yanceyville, N.C.—Preparations were being made this week by attorneys for the National Association for the Advancement of Science. "Look — page four" ENDS VACATION—Mrs. E. J. Nash, prominent matron of Texarkana, was caught by the cameraman as she stepped from an American Airline plane en route home from a vacation on the West Coast. Mrs. Nash was house guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Nash, brother and sister-in-law of her husband, in San Diego, where she was the recipient of many social courtesies. Mrs. Nash, who is employed as statistical clerk by the Universal Life Insurance company, is active in the social and civic activities of her community. Her husband is one of the senior managers of the Universal Life Insurance company. —Foto by Davy. PRICE TEN CENTS New Diplomatic Posts Likely For Negroes Under Ike Washington, D.C.—(Globe)—The probability that a Negro might be named Ambassador to Ethiopia loomed prominent this week for Addis Ababa that the Imperial Government there would like very much to have the United States represented there by a member of the race. A spokesman in Ethiopia, who asked that his name be withheld, said, "I think the Ne. From the United States should know that our Embassy here and see GOF—page four. Ban On La Baker Being Considered Washington — (CNS) —Though in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Josephine Baker has declared that she shall count it an “honor to be barred from the United States”, the Justice department has begun to consider whether or not to admit the controversial singer to See BAKER—page four. 