New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00184

Government agents feel they have made a dent in the Harlem ■knowing the son,isn't his is beau- narcotios trade this week withlSirls and the one who set •tlful to Swatch. " Other specific goals of the As­ sociation, he said, would be ,IT “to see that funds or money He was the pioneer Of|Which is geared for development, the Negro nightclub revue, Irenewal or otherwise, will not continue to find its way to Har- the first to glamorize Negro'lem last, just as jobs, conserva-iner-Da co Friday, April 5, at 8 positions, or pm. in the swank Huntington business opportunities,” and--an Town House, Huntington Station,, the convictions of three under-: the pattern for such clubs j an-°ut campaign to bring about; The dinner will be sponsored ' ‘programs in housing, rent and for the benefit of the African world characters on charges of conspiracy to violate the nar­ cotics laws. the relocation facilities that will be!Scholarship Fund. _i . . as the Cotton Club, Alabam and others.” to the advantage of the citizen^—Ernestine Dupont of Hemp­ stead is general chairman of the of Harlem, not their disadvan- Bandleader Noble Sissle was tage.” Island will hold a Benefit Din-1Collins, pres.; Minnie Askew. Spanish-speaking young crusad- Selma Clark, Ethel Finley, Peg-| ers w|,0 recently held a nightly gy Crichlow, Ruth Thorpe, Lois Samuels and Almeda Johnson, treasurer. Members are Eliza­ beth Chaney, Timmie Cooper, Helen Dishman, Mildred Finley, Una Flemings, Deloris Green, Ada Hamilton, Betty Hatchett and Frances Smith. Damascus Christian Church at 162nd St. and Prospect Ave., the Bronx, pastored by the Rev. (Gilbert Photo). Rosado. rally at the Bronx's Hunts Point Palace for drug addicts. The crusade was sponsored by the Suburban League Holds Benefit The Suburban League of Longi Other chairmen are Jacqueline' DRUG CRUSADERS — The Rev. and Mrs. Francisco Rosado (center) are surrounded by 27 of the hundreds of primarily Nationalists Entering Politics Declaring that now is the time for united independent leader­ ship in Harlem which is ded­ icated to work for overall po­ litical progress of Negroes, Lewis H Michaux, chairman of the African Nationalists in Amer­ ica. Inc . announced that the organization will now enter the Harlem political scene. He announced formation of the Human Rights Political As­ sociation, which he said would serve as a political action com­ mittee to help gain legislation and public improvement bene­ fits which have been given to other communities, but foi which there has been no action in Harlem. 'We also intend to bring about a price war in Harlem where there is so much unemployment, also combat crooked business practices,’ Michaux said. <* • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat., March IB. 19BS Letter To Floyd Patterson (Continued From Page 11) w^rvjches, and if you can make him ten, drop him a line and tell him to stay off that leg. He won't listen to me. ^Rachel was there with him as close as ijja quarter to nine. ** And the rest of the room was a who’s •♦who in the Big Town. •n It was Borough President Ed Dudley’s i birthday. He was there celebrating with •AisJovely wife Pam. Welfare Commis­ sioner Dumpson, the Hugh Delanys, >the Whitney Youngs, the Sil Carters, 5*the Billy Taylors, the Ghana Ambas­ sador, the Arthur Logans—but what am doing? You know the first team. And every '^member of the team was there paying ?and playing hard and backing you up. In case you are looking for that one name — you should be ashamed of yourself. Because you KNOW that if she had not been there, there would not have been any affair at all—or any Wiltwyck School for that matter. But it’s a pleasure to tell you that Judge Justine Polier was there in all i her radiating loveliness—the illustrious! daughter of an illustrious father. That’s about it, Floyd. I just wanted you to know that while j you are down there getting ready to take care of Liston, we are taking care) of Wiltwyck and Patterson House up; here. Later, Jimmy Hicks ^Compelling Drama . . . “Strange Interlude ” $No Interlude At All U.S. Shakes Up "Junkies" LEW LESLIE Lew Leslie Dies; An Era Ends X By JESSE H. WALKER t* '’It’s terrific," said the lAdy fitting behind me. And it was -««t times. For Eugene O'Neill’s ?<‘Strange Interlude,” revived by L<he Actors Studio Theatre at the £♦ vyudson Theatre is a strong dose Inaf dramatic power as it delves *4nto the life of a neurotic woman T«nd her five loves. • -• It's also extremely long — too j Jong. 'A 6 p.m. curtain is necess- for the 54-hour play, with Xwo 10-minute intermissions plus ^5>ne-hour break for dinner at •*$30 p.m. It’s enough to sate the pkPPetite of the most rabid theatre But the compelling power of • ©’Neill's writing often compen­ sates for the long hours. And the acting of the Actors studio cast is of such magnitude as to keep one glued to his seat. 4 ' -« . Foremost Actress r»*Oftraldine Page has the role ■’< Nina Leeds, the roleLynn Fon- tanne originated in 1928. Playing role of a professor's daugh- tortured by the death of a “ sol(Tier lover in World War I, ' Miss Page demonstrates superbly that she is one of our foremost actresses today. Her portrayal of the pathetic girl who marries one- man to forget, has a son by another lover and her task Ben Gazzara is brilliant in the role of the lover and father of the son, a friend of the unsuspect­ ing husband, played admirably by Pat Hingle. William Prince is wonderful as the old friend of Nina’s who loves her all hjs life and finally wins her in the end. Franchot Tone has a brief role in the first act as the professor father of Nina’s and makes the most of it. Others who support admirably in small roles are beautiful Jane Fonda, Betty Field. Geoffrey Horne, and Rich­ ard Thomas. Jose Quintero has directed this nine-act drama of O’Neill's which has its moments of moving speeches, comedy and emotional moments. At tiroes the “asides” of O’Neill’s, in which the actors give out with their unspoken thoughts tend to confuse, but this in -jo way in the end-under­ cuts the power of the playwright’s pen. ' "Strange Interlude” is no inter­ lude in the theatre. Actually, it is a Ibng. compelling, engrossing play and a fine first production of the Actors Studio Theatre One of the best habits you can form is that of reading the Am­ sterdam News every week. Try ■-"of keeping the husband from it and see. ^JMTASTIQUE - The hlgh- piled bubble style hairdo is •destined to vanish from the ocenk or gain new-found pop­ ularity once some of these amazing new coiffures hit the streets. The four styles shown were demonstrated in the Cali­ fornia Spring Beauty Show. They are, “Erotica,” upper left, by Lyle Upton; “Fantasy Belle,” upper right, by Duke Alan; “Silver Swan,” lower right, by Flavio of Lapin's and "Elegance In Color,” lower right, by Louis Corday. BOARD A CHILD IN YOUR HOME Negro children of all ages need foster boarding homes. Yew receive monthly board of $76 4e $|| per child plus clothing and i medical expenses, w For information call — SPring-7-4800 mtEunoN or motutamt wiifak agencib, inc 251 fourth Avenue New York 10. N. T._ The three, James "Florida Jack”, Brown, 43, of 119478th, Place St. Albans, Qu ens; Cleve­ land Bethel, 37, of 2300 Fifth Ave., and Charles Sawyer, 27, of 223 W. 111th St., were cojyicted of conspiracy In FederafXourt last week after a.five-day trial and given stiff Jail terms. Brown, described by govern­ ment agents as the ringleader of the narcotics mob that sold dope in many Lenox Ave., spots, was giver ten years in Federal Prison by Federal Judge Ed­ mund Palmieri, while Bethel was given seven yerrs and Sawyer, five years. .All were immediate­ ly remanded to prison. Testimony brought out during the trial indicated that the three had as many as 20 dope ped­ dlers working for them during the period from March, 1955, to October 1962, when they were In­ dicted. One of their leading .pushers, an addict who testified for the government, said 6he had often made as high as $2,000 a-week, selling one - eighth ounce celo- phane bags of heroin at $20-a bag, keeping $5 for herself and turning over $15 to the ring lead­ ers. The mob allegedly bought an average of a kilo of pure heroin a week, and cut it at various locations, getting as many as 2,500 bags of heroin from a kilo which they sold the addicts, wit­ nesses testified. Jaddie Gets Suspended Sentence Jaddie Stewart, former claims examiner with the City Comptrol­ ler’s office who pleaded guilty ! ist month to accepting a gra­ tuity from a person doing busi­ ness with the city, got off easy in Supreme Court Tuesday when Justice Joseph A. Sarafite gave him a suspended sentence and placed him on a year’s proba tion. The 40-year-old Stewart, a for­ mer insurgent Democratic leader in the 9th A. D., Queens, had allegedly sent an advertising contract to Attorney Sidney Flaum of the Bronx seeking a political ad for his club Jour nal, and he was arrested later and charged with attempted ex­ tortion Of $50 to speed up a pay­ ment by the Comptroller’s office of a negligence claim Flaum had In the office. He was arrested during the height of the 1961 Mayoralty campaign when he was active­ ly working for the Mayor’s elec­ tion. Fire Heroine Given Prize Cynthia Stith, 11-year-old hero­ ine of the five cdarm fire at 2412 Seventh Ave., February 7, was presented with a giant scrap book which was composed by the students of PS 116, 107-27 Wren Place, Queens, under the direction of Mrs. Dorothy Moore Guidance Counsel. The scrap book contains letters written to Cynthia, praising her for her 'heroic act in turning In the alarm which saved many lives. The book also contained pictures which were drawn by the students. A Teacher Fire Commissioner George C Thompson personally delivered the book to Cynthia Tuesday afternoon. Cynthia, her two broth ers, Tyrone and Ivan are temp­ orarily residing at 258 W. 123rd St. Her mother told the Amater dam News they are anxiously awaiting an apartment In a Bronx Housing project. Cynthia, who is a fifth grade student at PS 123, at Eighth Ave. and 149th St., told the Am­ sterdam News that she will be­ come a school teacher. “I would like to meet the boys and girls who sent me this beautiful scrap­ book,” she told the Amsterdam News. speaking of Lew Leslie, the pro­ ducer and onetime song-and- dance man who helped awaken the world to the Negro’s great musical talent. Leslie, 73, died Sunday at Rockland State Hospi­ tal at Orangeburg, N.Y. The famed producer who turn­ ed out such shows In the 1920’s and 193O’s as “Blackbirds” and "Rhapsody in Black” was still hopeful until the end of produc­ ing a new "Rhapsody,” recalling the great shows of yesteryear. Show business turned out Tues­ day for Leslie’s funeral services at the Gramercy Park Chapel, 2nd Ave. between 9th and 19th Streets. Among those seen at the services were singer Thelma Carpenter, Tom Mosely of the NAG, Alma Hubbard, Clarence Grey, Nat Dorfman, A1 Wilde, Noble Sissle,' Dewey Wineglass, Eubie Blake, Billy Butler, Marchand McRey­ nolds, Charles Buchanan, Tim Gale, Flourney Miller, Joe Glas­ er and Kid Thompson, the latter onetime husband of Florence Mills. A Ethel Waters Leslie Is credited with discov­ ering many Negro entertainers who went on to achieve stardom. Such as Ethel Waters, Lena Home, Florence Mills, Bill Rob­ inson and others. “Leslie's first Negro night ebb on Broadway was the Plantation in 1922,” Sissle revealed. “It was over the Winter Garden and Flor­ ence Mills doubled In there from our “Shuffle Along” which was playing Broadway at that time. He put a lot of people to work, ran high class revues and glam­ orized the Negro girl Just as Zieg- field glamorized his girls.” Eubie Blake, Sissle’s partner In ‘Shuffle Along” and who wrote and directed the music in Leslie’s 1930 “Blackbirds" had this to say about the late producer: He gave the Negro perform­ ers a showcase.” Blake’s “Mem­ ories of You” and “You’re Lucky To Me” were written for "Black­ birds.” Attended Funerals Another thing,” Blake recall­ ed. “Leslie attended the funeral of everyone he knew. Thaddeus Drayton, former in­ ternational entertainer, said Lew Leslie gave the Negro per­ former a new outlook. He gave the performers a sense that they belonged and made them take in­ terest in their chosen field.” Dewey Wineglass, former Inter­ national dancer; “I never perform­ ed for Leslie, but I do remember he played an Important part In the development of such stars as Adelaide Hall, Lena Home, Va lada Snow, Sammy Vanderhurst, Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham, Ed die Rector, Leonard Ruffin, Char les ’Cornbread’ Walker, Johnny Dunn, Ethel Waters, Tom ‘King- fish’ Moore, Pegleg Bates, Snake- hips Tucker, Rubberleg* Wil­ liams, Bessie Dudley, Minter Ca- tor, Danny Smal1, Ada Ward, Ives Andrews, Shelton Brooks, Hamtree Harrington and Cora Green.” Ida Forsythe recalled such hits as “Dixie to Dover" "Plantation Revue,” and, naturally “Black birds.” She said "he met Ws Wa terloo when he switched to a white International revue.” Four NIT GamesOnTV Four games of the 26th annual National Invitation Basketball Tournament will be seen In met ropolitan New York as part of "The Schaefer Circle of Sports" series. 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