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THEWEEKEND E DIT lO?\: JA!\CARY 7-8,1967VOL. III, NO. 2TE N CE NTSCourt Upholds School Guidelines'Last Ticli for Tolienism Offi ial SaysEffect SlightBffiMINGHAM --"Now I tell you,"said Jefferson County Schools Superin tendent Kermit Johnson, "whether wecan move much faster with peace andharmony--well, I just don't know."Johnson said he was uncertain aboutthe county school board's tuture policy,In the light of last week's federaiscbool-desegregation ruling.Jefferson County and two other Birm Ingham-area school districts--Fair field and Bessemer--were directly in volved in the cases decided by the U. S.Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.'"We're waiting to hear from our law yers," said JohIison this week. "As Iunderstand it, the court ·recommendsthe (U. S. Department of Health, Educa Uoo, and Welfare) guidelines as policyfor school districts under court order.Whether or not the court laid down theguidelines as'absolute law seems to meto be open to question."But If the guidelines are now the law,what will be the effect on JeffersonCounty schools?"Very Slight," said Johnson. "Itseems the court stipulates mandatoryfreedom of choice, but this shouldn'tmake much dUference, because we havebeen accepting all appUcations fortransfer, anyway."Orzell Billingsley Jr., a Blrm Inghamlawyer who helped present the cases inthe appeals court, disagreed."Freedom of choice as it now oper ates," he said, "requires the parents'initiative. This considerably slows therate of desegregation, as many parentsare naturally reluctant to take such iso lated Initiative." Under the Fifth Cir cuit's ruling, desegregatiOll w111 be come more the responsibility of school')tricials.Bmlncsley said the schools can han dle Increased desegregation wi thout en dangering "peace and hllrlllony.""They could do It tomorrow If theywanted," he said,Few ChangesIn '67 GuidesBY ROBIN REISIGTUSCALOOSA -- The new 1967-68school desegregation guidelines, mail ed this week to school districts com plying with this year's guidelines, re veal no major changes In federal pollcy.The only substantial change in the1967':'68 guidelines Is that school sys tems uslnc a freedom-at-choice deseg regaUon plan can schedule the 30-daychoice period to begin right now, Insteadot wattlng until March 1. Thls Is intend ed "to give tree-choice districts great er time to adjust to changes in enroll ment patterns" before classes open Inthe tali.The new guidelines use the same per centage "expectations" fordesegrega tioo as the present ooes. This meansthat In most cases, school districtsmust at least double this year's degreeof desegregation.In districts with a "slzeable percent age" of Negroes, '''If a sign1f1cant per cent of students, such as 8 or 9%, trans terred from segregated schools for the1966-67 sctiool year, total transfers onthe order of at least twice that would beexpected," says the 1967-68 Statementof Pollcies of the U.S. Department ofHealth, Education, and Welfare.School districts where ooly 4 to 5% ofthe Negro students have transferred are"expected" to triple this neure, anddistricts with lower percentages oftrlUl8fers are expected to sh ow "pro portionately greater" Increases.DIstricts that do not comply with theguidelines face loss at federal aid,AFace;Integr ationSpeeded UpOwls and AlligatorsNEW ORLEANS, La.--There areowls and alligators all over the of tice ofU. S. Clr ult Judge John MinorWisdom, the man who wrote lastweek's school deCision.But the animals aren't alive. Theyare pictures and statues that friendshave given the Judge, because he saysthose animals are symbols of hiswork.The owls stand for wlsdom--whata judge Is supposed to have, and alsothe judge's last name. The alliga tors, he says, stand for the backlogof cases always snapping at him.A lot of Southerners have alsosnapped at Judge Wisdom since hejoined the clrcul t court bench In1 957. He has become known for hisstrong deCisions in defense of civilrights.But no one can call Wisdom a"carpet-bag" judge. He grew up InNew Orleans, and comes from one oflouisiana's most respected fami lies. He attended Washington andLee University in Virginia, andgraduated from Tulane Law School InNew Orleans In 1929.As a member of the Fifth CircuitCourt of Appeals, Judge Wisdomhears cases on appeal from lowercourts in Alabama, louisiana, Mis sissippi, Georgia, Florida, and Tex as. The only court that ranks abovethe Fifth Circuit Is the U. S. SupremeCourt.Before last week's important rul Ing, Judge Wisdom had written thed lslon saying James Meredith hadto be admitted to the University ofMiSSissippi.BY GAIL FALKNE W ORLE ANS, La.- When the U.C QurtS.handedSupremedowngationla stin 1954,deci sionyear' shighschoolsenior s hadn't yet enteredfirst grade.At that time, many people thought thatalmost all beginning Negro students inthe South would be going to Integratedschools by the time they graduated.But, sald a panel of federal judges forthe Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals lastSCENES LIKE THIS MAY NOW BECOME MORE COMMONweek, "For all but a handful of the Ne gro high school class of '66, this right(to a non-segregated education) hasbeen 'of such stuff as dreams aremade.' ""Now, after 12 years of snall's paceBY MARY ELLEN GALEprogress towards desegregation," saidTUSKEGEE--"Sammy Younge wasthe judges, It Is time for integratfon toan Important part of this community,"proceed with "more speed and less de said Benny James, president of theliberation."Tuskegee lnstltute Councll, the studentThat statement was part of a decisiongovernment aSSOCiation, . "We want tohanded down by Circuit Judges John MI pay tribute to what he lived and diednor Wisdom and Homer Thornberry,tor."with District Judge Harold Cox dissent That was Tuesday morning, one yearIng, after they had heard cases Involv from the day that Samuel L. Younge Jr.,Ing seven school districts In Alabamaa Tuskegee lnstltute student, was shotand Louisiana.and killed In downtown Tuskegee.The decision, written by' Judge Wis At that time, James said he planneddom, did more than tell the seven schoolto bold a memoriai service in the down boards to desegregate. It also gave thetownsquare.court's approval to the federal govern But the only memorial service took ment's 1966 school guidelines, and setplace In Greenwood Cemetery shortly up desegregation standards Intended tobefore 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, whencover all schools under court order InJames and four other students quietlythe Southeas t.latd a wreath on Younge's grave andThe seven dlstrlcts--Bossler, C ad stood for a moment of silent prayer.do, Claiborne, and Jackson parishes inWhat happened to the plans for aLOUisiana, and Jefferson ounty, Bes march dOwlltOwn? James said only, semer, and Fairfield In Alabama--had"We decided it would be tutile." But argued that they shouldn't have to fol other students said that the colle e ad low the desegregation guidelines Issuedministration and Macon County Sherlff by the U. S. Department of Health, Edu elect Lucius D. Amerson joined the cation, and Welfare (HEW).Tuskegee City Council In asking the stu They claimed the guidelines were un dents not to go downtown.cOllstitutional, and went farther thanThe city council Issued Its statement Coogress meant to go In passing theIn respoose to James' request for a 1964 Civil Rights Act. (This Is one ofparade permit. The city "has no ordl the areuments the state of Alabama hasnance dealing with parades" the .been using In the big school suit now be council said.tore a lower tederal court in MOIItgom But, the council added, during past ery.)demoostrations "law and order have notGRAVESIDE SERVICE FOR SAMUEL L. YOUNGE JR.The school districts contended thatalways been maintainedThe emo they couldn't be forced to do any moretions of students and other citizens are than open the doors of the white schoolssuch that we think any parade, demon to any Negro child who wanted to attend.stration, 'or similar activity would beBut the Fifth Circuit opinion saidill-advised."Congress had authorized the guidelinesTuskegee Institute PreSident Luther In ths 1964 C ivil Rights Act, because ItH. Foster said the administration did wanted to make schools desegregatenot forbid the students to go downtown. taster than they had done under courtBY MARY ELLEN GALEflclally desegregated two years ago, she me I had the wrong ticket to sit down "We have tried to give them all the order alone. And that's just what thesaid, Negroes still sit upstairs and stairs, but) Just went on In.''EUFAULA--Mrs. Rosie Jordan in facts as we knew them and encourage guidelines do, said the court.Mrs. Jordan said she went to the mov tegrated the Kwlk Kleen Automatic whites sit downstairs.them to think for themselves," FosterForcing the state to take responsi The theater charges 75 for balcony ie alone because she couldn't find any Laundry on Broad St. in downtown Eu said . . There is no question about Its bUlty tor tearing down segregatedfaula two Saturdays ago. And she liked seats and l for downstalrs seats. When one to sit downstairs with her. But from being dangerous to go downtown."school systems, as the guidelines do,it so well she went back again last Fri Mrs. Jordan went to see "The Ten Com now on, sh said, "whenever I go to theAmersoa said he had surveyed the Is not Imcoostitullonal, said Judge Wis mandments" last month, she gave the mOVie, that's where I'm gOing to sit." op1nions of Macon County citizens, Ne dom's opinion, because the state setday,She said she deliberately picked the 'gro and white. "A larger percent do up the dual system up to begin with.Mrs. Jordan said she didn't have civU ticket-seller tour quarters.rights In mind when she went ott to do"He picked up three of them and gave showing of "The Ten Commandments" not teel that demonstrations for noThe circuit court went farther thanme an upstairs ticket. I handed him the to move downstairs: "You know, that's worthwhlle purpose Is going to serve saying HEW's guidelines were all right.the famlly wash. "But the laundry up town--where the colored gOo-was just extra quarter and said, 'No, I think I'll about Moses leading his people out of any benefit to the county, morally and It Issued a decree almost Identical to(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE, Col. 2)so crowded, I decided to go to this other sit down here.' Then they tried to tell slavery. It seemed to flto"HEW's guidelines, that school boardsone instead. It's nearest to me anyway."under court order must now follow.The Fifth Circuit has never beforeThere wasn't anyone around whenset comprehensive standards for de Mrs. Jordan entered the Kwlk Kleensegregation. Most school systems un coin laundry for the first time. So sheder court order have had less strictjust plunked her clothes Into the wash standards than HEW requires, and al Ing machines and sat down.most every desegregationplan bas been"Some people carne In, looked, turn different.ed, and went out. But a few minuteswants to see you.' "BY MARY ELLEN GALEThe appeals court's decree calls forlater they came back. No one said any Mrs. Blakely, who manages the Hill desegregation at all grades by 1967-68,FITZPATRICK--Mrs. Vinnie ElUst hing to me."top Inn (owned by Mrs. ElUs), said sheunder strict regulations to make sureBut last Friday, Mrs. Jordan said, was in the back room Ironing when Bul already knew the Inspector thought shethat freedom-of-cbolce plans are reallylock County's OIIly Negro deputy sher "I made me a couple atwblte frlends."was selling cooked food without a per free. Apy students who don't hand InShe said one white lady started talk Iff, Tom "Preacher" Tolliver, drovemit. But she didn't know whether anychoice forms must be assigned to theIng to her "about how many children we up to her gate OIIe day last week.charges had been tiled against her.Dearest school, regardless of whether"He blow 011 the horn," Mrs. ElUsbad--things Wee that." She said the"I asked, was he taking me to Jail?it 18 white or Necro. All school activl lady asked her If she always had to do said, "I told him, 'Come In,' but heHe said no. But when we got down theUes, Includlni sports and' PTA's, mustsaid, 'Come out, girl--come In town andso many loads of wash.road a ways, he turned oft, drove mebe' open to everyooe."I told her s was a llght week- sign bond for Cora Blakely. She's InInto town, and took me to the jail.""Faculty Integration Is essential toonly 11 loads. I said that since I had jail.' "as loog asstudentdesegregation .Mrs. Ellis said she didn't believeseven children, most weeks I tUled 12Mrs. Ell1s--who was cliarged witha school has a Negro faculty It w1ll al Tolliver. "I told him I had done heard assault after a quarrel with her hus or 13 maChines,"ways have a Negro student body," saidhe was comln' out here to pick me up, band--sald she asked Tolllver to showAnother lady aftered to help Mrs.But he said noAll the way Into ber his warrant, but he retused.!be op1n1on. And desegregation meansJordan told her clothes when she tookmore than just one teac r ct the mi town, he kept sayin', 'I'm gonna bring"I didn't see It till I was In jail. Thethem out of the dryer. "I told her no, Inority race on a faculty, warned theyou right back, girl.' But when we got jaller stuck it through the bars. It washad my son to help me. But she was realthere, he put me In jail."op1n1oa.too dark to read., I didn't know what Inice."How strictly theae standards are IP.was charged with till I was booded the"I had to stay there all night," Mrs.Mrs. Jordan said she wasso encour pUed to court-order school systemsqed by the way things went that she ElUs said. "My five children was left next day."w11l still depend 011 the district Judre inTolUver, who has been worJdng forplans to take her washingrw"two more here alone. I never stay from my chil TOM "PREACHER" TOLlJVEReach area. Now, however, school om laundries where the colored just don't dren without gettlnc grown people to Sheriff C . M. Blue Jr. for about fourwhere they wu golnc. They seed the clals, Negro students, and the districtmooths, said he remembered carrylncrOo And I'm trylng to get all my friends stay with them, even In the daytime."judges all w1l1 Imow In advance wbat thewarrants."While Tolllver was talk1ng to Mrs. Mrs. Ellls and Mrs. Blakely to jail. Butto uae the closest laundry to their homesTolUver, who wears a tin badge Fifth Circuit Is IQ1Dg to require in anywithout worrying about who else goes ElUs, Mrs. Blakely was In the COWlty be said he didn't really arrest them.cue that comes to them."I would have arrested them If they marked "private watchman," sald belajail in Union Springs.tber ."Although !be opln1OO aald treedom nevertheless a regular deputy sheriff"He got me first," Mrs. Blakely said, h8.ctn't of went with me," he exPlabIed.She ba8 some other Ideas about mak withthe authority to arrest anyone who ot-cholce plans would still be acceptHe denied telling either lady )IelDe In terratiOll a fact of Ufe In Eufaula. "He come here, talk with me a Uttle(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO, Col. 3)(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE, Col. 1)AlthOU(b the loca1 movie theater was of- While, and said, 'The Inspector man wasn't taking her to jall: "TheylmowedAfter a Year, Tuskegee Remembers Mrs. Jordan Integrates Laundry; Then--On t o the Movie Theater!Without Really Being ArrestedHow to Get Locked Up Jfore on Pase Threeitsoriginal school desegre

Speeches Mark Emancipation DayTHE SOUTHERN COURIERROOM IOU, FRANK LEU BUILDINGMONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36104PHONE: (205) 262-3572T HE SOUTHERN COURIER 18 pubUshed weekly by a non-protlt, non-share edu cation corporation, for the lltudy and dissemination of accurate Information aboutevents and aftatrs in the field of human relations.Price: l per CqlY, 3.50 per year In the South, 10 pet }oear elsewhere in theU.s., patron subscription 2 per year used to defr:ay the costs of print1ng andpubUcatiOll, Second-class pastap paid at Montgomery, Alabama.Editor: Michael S. LottmanExecutive Editor: Mary Ellen GaleBusiness Manager: Andrew CurtisPhotography Editor: James H. PepplerB lrmlngham. a.t'eau Greenville Bureau (Henry Clay Moorer) ;322-43523 82-8770433-6236262-3572 483-6757January 7-8, 1967Vol, rn, No. 2Editorial OpinionOne WaytoHelpThe council advises all adult citizens--men and wo men, Negroes and whites--"to offer themselves forjury duty and get others to do the same.""All youhave to do," the· council suggests, "is go to the juryfor jury duty.your county courthouse and applyIt's almost that simple."In most Alabama counties, the local commissionersdo not make a very strenuous effort to find Negroes forthe jury rolls.And in some counties--like Lee andMontgomery--the jury boards don't seem too interest ed in getting even a cross-section of the white com But if people go down to the courthouse andask to serve, the jury board will be forced to do itsjob.Of course. just getting your name on the rolls is noguarantee that you'll be called for jury duty, and evenbeing called is no guarantee that you'll ever sit on aLetters to the Editorchanged, and which should not,--THEEDITOR)know what you are doing when you giveTo the Editor:Now--I very much hopefliat you don'tfree advertising space to the John BirchSOCiety. I refel' to the ad LET FREE DOM RING! We have had thls going00in the Westchester area for quite aI have been listening, working, andlooking.I have went in to many poorpeople hom es and others, and Hind thatthey are good cooks and they can sewIt for a long tlme, since last s ummerwhen we first heard about It because Itw as stirring up real racial hatred andfear. It finally had to Identity Itself whenthe law was passed, but as you listen tothe ldentiflcaUon It Is so blurred thaWcannot posslbly be understood, The restof the message Is quite clear. however.When we first heard about this, we gotin touch with the poUce to object, andthey told us they knew ill about It. thatclamatlon.sald, For Instance, he said, whites fearracial intermarriage.there was nothing Ulegal since nobodyhad to call that number, etc. We alsogot in touch with the phone company toobject, ud they also saJd the y werecompletely aware ot It. but that therewas absolutely nothingUlegalabout 11,that free speech was free speech. etc and I had to agree. But the thing Is soinsidiOUS, ealUnr Itself Let FreedomRing, and coming out with the mostrightistpointot view that can beImlg1ned,I 11lltened to It again when I noticedand was llhocked by your peper'sad,This week they are blaming the highcost of food on the Jobnson admlnlstra tion giving our food away all over theFinal judging Is now In progressinto get married, then no one else got any thing to do with It," Woods said.Line headUne contest. Winners will"They holler about Intermarriage.can quit bickering and make up theirminds. First prize In the contest ls 10 plus a year's subscription.a whole lot of that sort of thing. That'swhat somebody's afraid of. U you lookIn the churches' social registers, In themixing the races. That's already beendone."Complaining that Birmingham, 40C'cNegro, has only four Negro pollcemen,he said, "They gave us guns In the Re Sick people 65 and over will get newbenefits from the federal government'sMedicare program In 1967.volution.They gave us guns In WorldWars I and II. They give us guns In\'let Nam. How come they can't giveus a gun in our own home town?"As o! the first of the year, Medicarebegan providing for people who no long er need hospital care, but are stlll tooFor the most part, Woods spoke withslck to go home.But he took a differentMedicare w111 pay most or all of theview of the country's first Negroes- who came here not as slaves, he said,asIndentured servants.they were free,"thesecost tor up to 100 days' treatment In anursing home or other "extended care"faclllty. Basically, Medicare pays for"Afterhe said, "some ofall expenses during the first 20 days.Negroes who were Indenturedservants turned around and got slaves.just equal.Pm just as much afraid ota black Wallace as a white Wallace."SCHOOLS RULING(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)I think the Negro people need a bettereducation, so when he reads he canunderstand what he Is reading. If hereads about being a citizen and vot1ng,I would llke for him to understand,Without being register, he wlll not be aquallfled citizen or voter wherever heUves. He can cast his vote for whom ever he wants and who he doesn't wantIf he understands:I would like to see more adult schoolsthrOllghout the state of Mississippi andother places where they do not operateat this Ume.To hear someone talk about some thing and don't know the meaning of ItIs very pltyfUl. OUtofall you get, Solo Thethecourt warned that such plans might notbe enough for long."The clock has ticked the last tickfor tokenism In the name of deliberateFor the next 80 days, the patient Is re sponsible for 5 dally, and Medicarepays the rest.Under this program, people will nothave to use up their Medicare hospitalInsurance by resting up or recoveringfrom an operation in a hospital. Now,their doctor can transfer them to ato Social Security or rallroad benefitsSeveral Northern colleges are inter ested In giving scholarships to Southernshould apply at their local Social Secur and loans. A summer program helpsthese students prepare for college inthe fall.Tutors are provided duringthe regular school year. To get moreInformation about this program, writeto Mrs. Ruth Doyle, 935 UniversityAve., Madison, Wisconsin.Othercolleges have simllar pro For information, write to the2. You must have been In a hospitalfor at least three days before beingtransferred to a nursing home.3. You must have been transferred tothe nursing home within 14 days of yourdischarge from the hospital.Patlenls 4I.dmltted to nursing homesbefore the extended care program be gan Jan. 1 can sUl1 have their bUls paidby Medicare. To be ellglble, they mustmeet the tl1l'ee conditions llsted above.In addition, their stay in the hospitalmust have ended after June 30, 1966, andthings I know, where they can under following: Western Reserve Univers Ity, Cleveland, Ohio; Notre Dame Uni Even If sick people meet these condi tions, however, they may have a hardall people. I will not give up, and I shallnever turn back. Freedom Now!Mrs. Polly Heidelbergverslty, Notre Dame, indiana; White water State University, Whitewater,Wisconsin; University of California,Berkeley, 'Calltornla; University ofMichigan, Aqn Arbor, Michigan; Bos ton University, Boston, Massachusetts.Meridian, Miss.came to Tuskegee Institute sevenmonths ago as director ofreUgous ex tension.He said some of his whiteNorthern friends don't understand whathe's saying.One friend denounced the Negroes onthe Lowndes County jury that freed Eu gene Thomas In the kllUng of Mrs. Vio-Nursing homes taking part In Medi care must offer 24-hour nursing serv Ice, and must have at least one fUll-timeregistered nurse on their staff. Theymust also have a doctor avaUable tohandleemergencies, and they mustagree to do the paper-work associatedwith Medicare.These nursing homes must also com ply with the Civll Rights Act of 1964.This means they must admit and assignpatlents without regard to race. Theymust also treat Negroes and whites withequal courtesy and respect, and mustnot exclude Negroes from their trainingprograms.munistic adm1n1stritioo that we have Inpower. They seem to change the re In the corner of the building, a small, round-faced manDamed J"sse Allen stood quietly watching the bustle. Hecording about ooce a week around here,didn't say anything, but his eyes sparkled. It had been blsIdea to bulld the center so the chlldren of St. Mary could havea Head Start program of their own. Al1en donated the land,designed the building, put up most of the money, and super vllled the constructloo.When the government retused to re-fund CDGM (the ChIldDevelopment Group of M1IIsIIISippl) last fall, lote 01 peopletold Allen be would never have a Head Start center In h1s new()4rs.) Jean KeplerPleasantvUle, N. Y.bulldlng. But he keptonworklnganywaY,and by the time hisbuilding was flnlllbed, CDGM had been re-funded,Allen had plenty 01 help with the bulldlnr. The kitchen wastul1 of food donated by people In the community. Shelves Inthe clusrooms were full ot stuffed dolls sewn by the women(Mrs. Kepler'lI letter expla1ns LetFreedom Ring better than we could, n1. DOt our flvorlte lnIItltlltioo, either.at St. Mary. And the men at the neighborhood had helped wi thclearing the land, digging the well, and constructing the cent er.But TIle Southern Courier does not cloeeooIumDII to anyone. so10lIl u the adverUier avo1dlllllegaUtyHead Start workers from Jasper and Clarke counties spokeandJESSE ALLENyou're really as Uberal as you say, or ganize a movement that wUl back pe0pleup when they stick their necks,out. "Smith quoted a Birmingham ministerhe met up North. The white ministerwanted to "get together" with Smith andhis wlte In Birmingham.(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE, Col. 5 )The Southeast regional staff of theOffice of Equal Health Opportunity,which checks nursing homes for Civilrights compliance, was cut last monthfrom 55 to 15 members.The office's Southeast regional pro gram director, James T. WIIUams, saidcltlzens would have to help check forcivil rights violations."We're goingto have to rely on citizens' complaintsto separate the sheep from the goats,"he said.Complaints involving civil rights canbe sent to the Office ofEqual Health Op portunlty, U. S. Department of Health,Atlanta, Ga.Miss Brenda Stanford, a ninth grad er, Integrated the honor roll at EufaulaHigh School last month by earning threeA's and two B's. Miss Stanford, form cial Security offices.(CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX, Col. 4)The Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy of SCLClast week criticized the Investigation ofNew York Congressman Adam ClaytonPowell. "It Is tragic," said Abernathy,erly a top stUdent at all-Negro T. V."that so much of the opposition to Con "Is no different in the lessons, but youbeen r2.clally motivated." Some U. S.learning a Uttle more, but, really, thathis seat when Congress convenes thisMcCoo 'Hlgh School, said her new schoolhave long hours to study.I might beall depends on you, not on the school."Miss Jeanetta Britt, a 12th grader whogressman Powell through the years hasHouse members want to deny Powellmonth.'Switched from Barbour County Traln MidllJoyInr School to the George C. Wallace HighWilbon Thomas, president of the Mid way NAACP, spoke last month in theCalvary Baptist Church In Guerryton,on the subject, "The ResponslbUlty ofa CItizen." He sald there are some peo ple who refUse to pay 10 for a SouthernCourier, while there are other peoplewho give their llves for the cause offreedom.AbbnilleJohn Henry Porter and family, fromCalifornia, visited his parents, Mr. andMrs. Joe Lee Porter, for the hoUdays.Augusta HamUton Jr. and famlly, fromDallas, Tex., visited his mother, Mrs.of St. Mary and their visitors had on their Sunday best asnumbers, and please listen yourself fortwo or three weeD.tory, what would you dare to do? IfEufaulations.BY GAIL FALKST. MAllY, Mlss.--It was Monday morning, but the peoplePlease explain to your readers whatIt III they're llstenlnr ro If they call thOle"I said, 'U you were a Negro living I nLowndes County a t this moment In his At year's end, only 18 nursing homesIn Alabama had met all these qualifica 'What We Can Do Together'and each one 111 a IHUe worse than thelut.,REV. ROBERT SMITHla Gregg Lluzzo, Smith recalled. "Hetold me, 'They aren't ready to be equal.'Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, Ga.Information about any part of the Medl care program Is available at local S0-tion reqUirements before they can re celve Medicare patients.ing c4 the St. Mary Community Center.depends 011 a free ex-Smith, a native of Birmingham, waspastor of a church In Indiana before hemust meet both health and desegrega l1ne, since It'll all the faun of the com acealty.(). free lOCiit)'me justlce--and then perhaps we canlove each other."had to do six months ago, nursing homest hey crowded Into a sturdy concrete block bulldlng In ruralClarke County. They had come to celebrate the grand open adverta.lDrPresident Abraham Lincoln freed theslaves. "Now I have got to have somepower before (the white man) wlll givetime finding a nursing home that Is cer tified for Medicare. Just as hospitalsworld and thereby causing shortages,and they are saying the women whopicket the chaiq lltores are way out ofU.Smith said. "I say, we have been lovingall these years--l04 years" sinceIty oUlce, It they have not already dooethey must stlll be In need of continuingskllled care.I shall always work tor freedom torneighbors Is enough to gain equal rights.so.)grams.Director of Admissions at any of thestand.must set our own pace and not Usten tothe people who cry, 'Slow uP.' Thetime's out for that. We want to be freeand we want It now."Some people think that loving theirPeople 65 and over who are not entitledgreatest of all Is understanding."That's why I take so much of my timeday after day to talk to people aboutbe a reconclliatlon between equals- he's dishonest."We inust not be afraldofpower. Wemust organize and pool our power. We1. You must be eligible for Medlcarealready part of the hospital program.ject Awareness Is aimed at attractingInteIUgent "minority group" students.Those selected are given scholarshipssays, 'Come, come, let's be recon cUed,' and Is not willlng to say It mustTo quality for Medicare's nurslng ScholarshipAt the University of WisconSin, Pro Emancipation Day program here."It's power that makes the societyoperate," Smith said, "Anyone whohome coverage:Can WinNegroes who will be entering collegenext fall.the Rev. Robert Smith told 50 peoplewho came through the pouring rain to annursing home, where their expenseswill also be covered by Medicare.hospital Insurance. (U you are 65 orover and entitled to Social Security orrailroad retirement beneflts, you areABY MARY ELLEN GALEEU AULA--Negroes have to getpower before they can really be free,Medicare Insurance Now Cov

Court of Appeals, Judge Wisdom hears cases on appeal from lower courts in Alabama, louisiana, Mis sissippi, Georgia, Florida, and Tex as. The only court that ranks above the Fifth Circuit Is the U. S. Supreme A lot of Southerners have also Court. snapped at Judge Wisdom since he joined the clrcul t