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THE ILLINOIS , * 0V* » ^ CHICAGO STAR Vol. 1—No. 2 fwSd “•»* Chicago, Sept. 18, 1948 ( 5 y Henry Wallace to Tom Clark: Henry Wallace this week called upon Attorney General Tom Clark to step in and block Republican and Democratic attempts to keep the Progressives off the ballot in Illinois. Clark, a Truman appointee, has jurisdiction because federal offices — President, Vice-President, and Congress — will be filled by the Nov. 2 election results, the former Vice-President pointed out in his speech to some 25,000 en thusiastic supporters at Wrig ley Field. He said that Clark must . “guarantee observance of the 14th Amendment to the Consti i tution.” (Wallace apparently was re ferring to that part of the 14th Amendment which reads: (“No state shall make or en force any law which shall abridge the privileges or im munities of citizens of the TJ.S.; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or proper ty without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protec tion of the laws.”) Wallace’s fighting words drew roars of approval from the vast crowd, which earlier had heard Paul Robeson, William Gailmor, and a number of Illinois candi dates speak. Wallace spoke from a high raised podium, flanked by the words “Wallace” and “Taylor” in huge white letters. The speak i ers’ stand was in the infield of the ball park. On the green grass between the speakers stand and the packed grandstand, colorfully garbed youths from the Metros Club, a Russian-American cul tural group, had presented folk dances before the meeting be gan. Three hundred and fifty uni formed police and plain clothes men were on guard against vio lence—so the Chicago Police Department claimed. If they WALLACE were, they were not very alert. The only egg that was thrown hit a cop. When Wallace, riding in an open black Cadillac convertible, entered the field, a great roar of applause and tribute thun dered out from the sprawling stands, and 25,000 voices merged in a single chant: “We want Wallace!" Continued on page 5 Un-dominate 'em! Congress—and especially the House Un-American Committee—is “Commun ist-dominated”! That’s what William Gailmor, radio commenta tor, told the Progressives at Wrigley Field this week. Here’s how Gailmor sees it: The House un-Ameri cans dominate Congress, and the un-Americans, in turn, are dominated by thoughts of what the Com munists may be up to. Gailmor’s solution to this problem of “Communist domination” is simple. Let the present congressmen find other jobs—“NOT in Congress” — and elect to Congress Progressives who’ll worry about peace, the high cost of living, a fair break for trade unions, and Negro rights. Nation shocked at firing of DuBois The summary dismissal of Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, one of the most honored leaders in the world today, from his post as research director of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People shocked liberals everywhere this week. Dr. DuBois, w o r 1 d-re nowned as historian, educa tor, sociologist and fighter for Negro rights, was one of the founders of the NAACP. Only last May Professor Hen ry Steele Commager of Colum bia University, himself an emi nent historian, had listed DuBois among the four living human beings who most influence the thinking of the world. DuBois, said Commager, “best represents the aspirations of the Negro people.” Sharply criticizing the NAACP’s action, Henry Wallace attacked those “men grown weak” who “compromise and bow to reaction.” DuBois, now 82, was fired be cause of the active leadership which he has given the Progres sive Party, Wallace charged. Walter White, head of the NAACP, is a Truman supporter now, although he was one of the leaders in the “dump-Truman” movement before the Democratic national convention. He has been trying to bring the nation-wide NAACP movement into the cam paign to re-elect the President, although NAACP is supposed to be nonpartisan. It was White who, during the “dump-Truman” period, praised Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as one of the best friends of the Negro people. He was forced to repudiate his own statement less than a week later, when Eisenhower publicly went on record in favor of Jim Crow in the armed forces. Paul Robeson, his voice sol emn and bitter, also lashed out at the NAACP in his speech at Wrigley Field. Continued on page 7 Behind the conspiracy to keep the Progressives off ballot By BILL CARR Political Editor A Democratic politician once accused of vote frauds . . . a Republican big shot who has been mixed up with gang sters . . . and the Democratic secretary of state. These are the central figures in the conspiracy to keep the Progressive Party off the ballot in Illinois, with the blessing of Jack Arvey and the Democratic machine The full, fantastic story re volves around these three men: Samuel S. Epstein, Democratic state committeeman from Chi cago’s 6th district. Sinon A. Murray, Republican candidate for state auditor. Edward J. Barrett, Democratic secretary of state who’s running for re-election. Murray is the Republican boss in the 6th district, while Epstein holds the reins of power in the same district’s Democratic ma chine. They’re old friends. Under terms of the deal, it is understood, Murray will get the support of Epstein and Barrett in return for his efforts to keep the Progressives off the ballot. The Democrats count on the elimination of Henry Wallace to help them. It was Murray who was re Continued on page 7 EXCLUSIVE IN THE STANDARD WHO ENGINEERED the bi partisan deal to keep the Progressive Party off the Illi nois ballot? . . . see Bill Carr's revealing expose on pages 1 & 7. For details of how Ger mano's thugs beat an en dorsement for Truman out of the Steel conference . . . see page 8. Will Chicago get an un-American committee of its own? . . . see page 2. Dr. Joseph Mayer tells of all-out fight for freedom in Palestine . . . see page 2. Democrats practice violence against Pro gressives despite their lead er's warning . . . see page 2. For highlights of the Wrigley Field speeches . . see page 3. A A A LABOR in the NEWS FOR DETAILS of the UE con vention last week in New York . . . see page 6. Harry Bridges wires Truman and calls the shipowners' bluff in the West Coast dock strike . . . see page 8. Canada has a "Taft-Hartley" law now too . . . see page 5. Teamsters hit with fhree-million-dollar suit in New York . . . see page 5. w ROBESON SPEAKS AT SHOP GATE THE GREAT Negro singer tells crowds at three workers' meetings that he'll follow Wallace's footsteps through Dixie . . . see page 3. ☆ ☆ ☆ W. E. B. DuBOIS FIRED BY NAACP FOR DETAILS of the dismissal of the great progressive leader . . . see pages 1 & 7, ☆ ☆ ☆ STANDARD FEATURES ISABEL CARR writes of the labor front in "Looking at Labor" . . . see page 5. METZ T. P. LOCHARD tells of the blow at Jim Crow in an edi torial . . , see page 4. AL VAUGHN covers the sports beat in the "Fan's Corner" . . . see page 8. BILL CARR writes of "Politics and People" . . . see page 4. "Our Town" . . . see page 4. Books and Movies reviewed . . . see page 6. ☆ ☆ ☆ Henry Wallace's own column in the Standard ... see page 4