Evening star. [volume], May 04, 1948, Page A-5, Image 5

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THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED—The 100 block of Bryant street N.W., a quiet row of two and
three story red brick houses, nicely furnished, neatly kept by their white and colored owners.
On the other side of the street the land is open north to the McMillan Reservoir. Inset, lower
left, is Mrs. Isabelle J. Rowe. At the right is Paul R. Stewart. Theirs were two of the four fam
ilies which the white people sought to oust.
Opinions on Ruling Vary in Block
Where Covenant Battle Began
For the 8-year-olds in the 100
block of Bryant street N.W., it
was all pretty confusing.
"It means I have to move." said
Dottie Purdue, who lives at, 146
"Mother says our house goes on sale
tomorrow."
"Gee," said Irene Endo of 120.
"Do I have to move, too?"
Dottie shook her head. "I guess
not, probably," she said. You re
Japanese, and that's different.”
All up and down the block, news
of the Supreme Court's decision
that racial covenants are unenforc
able evoked its particular reaction
on each particular family. This
was where it had all started, with
the legal battle of the white families
to prevent the sale of covenanted
properties to three colored families
and a man who said he is a Mohawk
Indian.
87-Year-Old Perks Up.
One of the colored families in
volved is that of Miss Pauline B
Stewart, at No. 150. She was away
when the word came but the rest
of the family was there. Her
brother-in-law, Charles E. Reed,
explained the development to her
87-vear-old father, Paul R.
"Covenants voided?" said the old
man. when he finally heard what
was being said. "Oh, thank God."
Tne family said later they hadn't
seen old Mr. Stewart perk up so
much in years. He rocked in his
chair for a moment, then said:
"I never have been able to seej
why a man's color is a question.!
If you live a decent, respectable,
life, what more can they expect of
you?" j
All up and down the block, that
was the nub of the question. The
white people had nothing but1
praise for their colored neighbors
They are, they agreed, good peo
ple: they keep their homes nice, are
quiet ana polite.
Negroes Fine Neighbors.
Mrs. Purdue, /or instance—Dot
tie x mother—came from Georgia
and said the colored folks next to
her are fine neighbors, much bel
ter than some white ones we had
once." Why was she going to
move, then? She had a two-word
•nswei. "I'm white," she said.
Like many white owners in the
block. Mrs. Purdue was more re
lieved than anything else by the;
court's ruling Previously, she had
considered the covenant prevented
her from selling to a colored per
son, and now she could sell to
anyone who would buy.
"I'm kind of glad of it.*' she
said, "since the colored people have
already got in."
The only ones who were reluc
tant. to talk about the decision
were the white people who had
brought the original action to pre
vent the Negroes from taking pos
session of the covenanted prop
erty. They had tried hard to hold
the white owners to the covenant.
Some of their white neighbors re-1
Rented the idea they had been led
up a dead-end street, so these
people were a little embarrassed.
Family to Stay.
The Giancolas, one of the lasing
families in the case, were not at
home yesterday afternoon. Mr
and Mrs. Frederick E. Hodge were,
however. They live at 136. Mrs.
Hodge said she was "not surprised"
by the decision.
No matter what happens, were
going to stay here," she said. That
sentiment was echoed by the wife
in another "defeated" household.
Mrs. Victoria de Rita of 128. She
said she did not know whether the
decision was a good thing or not.
With one exception, no one in the
block seemed particularly aware of
the broad implications the ruling
had evoked Most of them were
thinking of it as a decision directed
at their neighborhood and their j
•pecial problem.
The exception was Mrs. Isabell
J Rowe of No. 118, one of the
colored purchasers involved in the
case. She is a registered nurse,
employed at Freedmens Hospital. "
"I hope we have settled this thing,
once and for all.” she said. "Not
Just for Bryant street, but for the
whole country.
Doubts Problem is Economic.
Mrs. Rowe said she thought her
white neighbors were motivated only
bv a prejudice they could not con
:vol in resisting the entrance of
Negroes in the community. She liked
them, she said, and they liked her.
Bui she' doubted it was an economic
problem that had caused the trouble.
The colored people pay more for
their homes than the whites do."
she pointed out.
But for all the talk, the kids still
were pretty confused. It was all so
complicated. The Endo children,
foi example—Eddie, 10; Irene, 8,
and 5-year-old Cary, the baby
•ister. When they first came to the
block last August, the white chil
dren didn’t play with them be
cause they were Japanese. So they
made friends with the colored chil
dren. and played with them.
But because, as Japanese, they
were allowed to go to a white schooi.
they soon were accepted, too, by
the whites. Now they have friends
tn both groups—but the two groups
t
A
of friends do not play with each
other.
One of Eddie's pals is an 8-year
old Syrian named Jimmie Sayih.
who lives with his mother and
father at No. 138. They rent their
home, so they have no objection to
the court's decision. Jimmie's
mother said the colored residents
of the block "are all nice people.”
"Are you kiddin ?" said Jimmie.
"There's one guy I don't like—
Stanley. Meanest kid I ever saw.
Someday I'm gonno beat him up. '
"Now, David,” he added. "I like
David. There's a real guy.”
Palestine
'Continued From First Page.'
in months yesterday as Scottish
infantrymen enforced a truce be
tween Jews and Arabs in the
Katamon district. Only sporadic
shooting was heard and most of
that was on the outer fringes of
the city.
The British hope through nego
tiation to extend the cease-fire to
cover the whole city and its Chris
tian. Jewish and Moslem shrines.
A truce also has been arranged in
the Arab city of Jaffa, which Jewish
forces virtually encircle.
Syria Denies Attacking
North Palestine Towns
DAMASCUS, Syria, May 3 'de
layed! iVPi.—The Syrian government
denied today reports by Hagana,
Jewish militia, that Syrian forces
attacked Jewish settlements in
Northern Palestine.
An Associated Press correspondent
in a 300-mile tour of the border area
saw no signs of fighting.
Unconfirmed reports reaching gov
ernment officials here said one Jew
ish reconnaissance plane and three
British aircraft circled the border
area yesterday.
Heavy Lebanese Shelling
Reported by Hagana
TEL AVIV. Palestine. May 4 i/P).—
Hagana reported that "heavy shell
ing from Lebanese artillery” began
falling on the Jewish settlement of
Ramat Naftali at 10 a.m. today.
A spokesman of Hagana. the Jew
ish militia, said he did not know
whether the guns were firing from
Palestine or Lebanese territory. The
settlement is less than 4 miles from
the border.
Hagana said Saturday that Ramat
Naftali had beaten off an attack
by mechanized forces of Lebanon's
Army.
The Hagana reports were denied
by Arabs, and newsmen found no
confirmation. British Foreign Sec
retary Bevin said today reports that
armies of neighboring states had in
vaded Palestine were not true.
Defense
'Continued From First Page,' i
matically after a temporary draft
expires.
Argument in the Open.
The argument over coupiing UMT
and the draft, or leaving them sepa
rate. was brought into the open yes
terday by Representative Arends of
Illinois, assistant Republican leader
and a member of the Armed Serv
ices Committee.
Mr. Arends voted for the Andrews
bill, but said he would suport it only
so long as he was sure no attempt
was being made to combine a UMT
plan with it. He said he reserved
his right "to take any action I see
fit” if “some things are changed in
the picture.”
Secretary of Defense Forrestal and
Secretary of the Army Royall had
told the House committee they wel
come the Andrews bill, but would
like to get the Senate's combination
plan if they can.
Mr. Arends said later he was
'aware of reports that somebody
might offer the long-pending UMT
bill as an amendment to the An
drew's draft measure when the lat
ter reaches the House floor for de-1
bate. The UMT bill was approved1
bv the Armed Services Committee
last summer but has been bottled
up since by the Rules Committee.
House Bill Summarized.
As it stands the House bill would:
• 1. Raise the authorized strength!
of the military forces to 2.005,882.
The present total strength is
1.384.500.
2. Require that men 18 through 30
register, w'ith those from 19 through
25 liable for two years' service.
3. Exempt most veterans of World
War II; those under 31 still would
have to register.
4 Make doctors and dentists up to
45 liable for two years' service.
5. Exempt ministers, divinity stu
dents and some conscientious ob
jectors. Those objecting on re
ligious grounds could be drafted for
noncombatant service if they were
willing.
6. Give the President the job of
determining deferments for school
ing. dependency and occupation.
7. Authorize the Government to
take over industrial plants if they
refuse to give first place to arma
ment orders, or if they charged
prices the Secretary of Defense be
lieved to be too high.
Hearings on Tightening Up
Hartley Act Set for May 24
§y th* Associated Press
Congressional hearings on the
question of tightening up the Taft
Hartlev Labor Act have been ordered
beginning May 24. Senator Ball,
Republican, of Minnesota in calling
them today, noted the threat of
Nation-wide railroad, coal and steel
strikes.
Senator Ball is chairman of the
special "Watchdog" Committee set
up by the 1947 law. This Senate-1
House group will hold the hearings.
Railroad brotherhoods now’ are
exempt from the act. Senator Ball s
mention of the railroad strike
threat suggested the committee will
study the question of bringing them
under the law.
R. V. Brownell Sworn In
As Deputy U. S. Marshal
Russell V. Brownell, jr.. 33, of 3900
North Fourth street, Arlington, was
swmrn in yesterday as deputy United
States marshal for the Alexandria
division of Federal Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia.
Mr. Brownell has been a deputy
marshal in District Court in Wash
ington since 1941. except for three
years in the Army. He succeeds G.
Stuart Hamm of Charlottesville
who retired.
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These children of the block were confused. Left to right:
Irene, Cary and Eddie Endo and Jimmie Sayih.' The Endos are
Japanese. Jimmie is Lebanese. They found most of the colored
children made good playmates, like any one else.
—Star Staff Photos.
Truman and Lehman Hold
Conference on Palestine
By the Associated Press
Herbert H. Lehman discussed
Palestine with President Truman
today, but refused afterward to say
whether any shift in United States
policy on the Holy Land might be
in the making.
The former New York Governor
told reporters he called at the White
House at Mr. Truman's invitation
to “talk about Palestine." He re
fused to disclose what was said at
the conference.
However, Mr. Lehman said he
favored a “limited" truce between
warring Jews and Arabs and an im
mediate trusteeship for the Jerusa
lem area.
He suggested the truce should last
three or four months. During that
time, he added, no final decision
should be made on either a trustee
ship for all Palestine or on parti
tioning of the country between Jews
and Arabs.
The truce, he added, should pro
vide for “substantial immigration
and land purchase” and the exclu
sion of all armed forces from Arab
countries.
Irish War Bride Who Killed
Gl Husband Is Paroled
By Associated Press
i CARSON CITY, Nev., May 4.—
Bridget Waters, Irish war bride who
killed her American husband, may
have her freedom if she returns to
her home in England.
That is the effect of a parole
granted last night by the State
Board of Pardons. Mrs. Waters
served 17 months of a one-to-flve
year sentence for involuntary man
slaughter. The parole was made'
subject to her immediate deporta
tion.
Both trial judge and prosecutor
opposed parole at this time for the
27-year-old woman who shot Frank
Waters on Labor Day, 1946, in Las
Vegas. She had come to Nevada
from England to oppose her hus
bands plans for a divorce and he
had gone to her apartment to visit
their child, now 3 years old.
The boy, Frank, jr.—called John
by his mother—has been staying
with a Carson City family. Twice
weekly, on Wednesdays and -Sun
days, he has paid his mother six
hour visits.
M-G-M Head Testifies
Briefly for Defense
At Trumbo's Trial
Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, took the
witness stand today in District
Court as a defense witness in the
; contempt of Congress trial of Dalton
Trumbo, movie writer, but didn't get
to say much.
He testified only three or four
minutes and was permitted to reply
to only a few questions asked by
[Defense Attorney Charles Houston.
He established thatr Trumbo was
employed by him as a writer at the
time of the Hou^e Un-American Af
fairs Committee hearing on Com
munist infiltration in the movie in
dustry last October.
Trumbo is accused of refusing to
| answer the committee's question
whether he was a member of the
Screen Writer's Guild and the Com
munist Party.
Directed Acquittal Refused.
Just before Mr. Haver was called
to the stand, the prosecution rested
its case and Justice David A. Pine
almost immediately denied a de
fense motion for acquittal,
i Mr. Mayer was not permitted to
1 answer two questions regarding
Trumbo's authorship for the screen
of the movies “30 Seconds Over
Tokyo" and "Our Vines Have Tender
Grapes." The prosecution had ob
jected to the questions and was
sustained.
Chief Investigator Robert E.
Stripling It the committee then
was called by the defense and
asked whether cross examination of
witnesses who testified concerning
Trumbo at the Hollywood hearing
was permitted. He said it was not,
and added, under cross-examina
tion. that he believed this was the
usual procedure followed by Cap
itol Hill committees.
Assistant United States Attorney
William Hitz closed his case after
presenting testimony by Repre
sentative McDowell, Republican, of
Pennsylvania on the decision by the
committee to cite Trumbo for
contempt.
Subpoena Is Quashed.
Justice Pine granted a motion by
Mr. Hitz to quash a subpoena insti
tuted by the defense for minutes of
the House committee on its hearings
as a result of which Trumbo W’as
cited. The jurist also turned down
a defense move for permission to
King Feisal Feted
At Birthday Party,
But He Cant Attend
fty th» Associated Press
LONDON, May 4.—Six hun
dred guests, including members
of the diplomatic corps and the
British cabinet, celebrated the
birthday of King Feisal of Iraq
at a reception last night.
But King Feisal wasn't there.
It was his 13th birthday and his
mother. Queen Aliyah, thought
he was too young to attend. He
has been attending a school
here for several years.
inspect the committee minutes on
the setup of its subcommittees.
Justice Pine ruled that the chair
man of the committee had the
power to appoint a subcommittee.
Mr. Hitz read excerpts from the
transcript of the hearing, from
v» hich it was indicated Trumbo was
excused after committee members
and Mr. Stripling unsuccessfully
sought "yes or no" answers from
-turn on the two questions.
Trumbo insisted he would not
"refuse to answer any question" but
would not be held to "yes or no"
answers, according to the transcript.
Man's Charred Body Found;
Four Accused of Murder
Sy the Associated Press
NEWNAN. Ga., May 4.—A battered
and burned body, hardly more than
bones and ashes, was held by Sheriff
A. L. Potts today to back up charges
j that four men murdered "frail and
sickly" Wilson Turner.
It was dug yesterday from a shal
low pit after officers and posses had
searched two weeks for it. Identi
fication as the remains of Turner,
a 26-year-old tenant farmer, was
positive, said Sheriff Potts and
Sheriff E. F. Howell of nearby
Muscogee County.
The officers said the body was
found in a swampy woodland on the
2.000-acre farm of John Wallace.
Meriwether County dairyman.
Wallace and Herring Sivell of
Chipley, another large-scale dairy
operator, are accused of savagely
beating Turner after a wild motor
car chase April 20, throwing his
unconscious body into their car and
driving off. They are in the Cow-eta
Jail charged with murder.
Abo in jail, charged with murder
in the young snarecropper's death.
Sheriff Potts said, are Henry Mob
ley. a livestock dealer in Chipley,
and Tom Strickland, a cousin of
Wallace. An earlier murder charge
against Broughton Myhand, a filling
station operator, has been dropped,
the sheriff said, and he is now being
; held only as a material witness.
A 17-mile cross-country chase of
Turner began after the sharecropper
was released from the Meriwether
Jail at Greenville because ‘ there
wasn't enough evidence to hold him
on a charge of stealing a cow from
Wallace.
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"What this country amounts to depends on what happens to its homes”...
, That s why the life insurance companies and their agents arc bringing you this
series of messages from the nation’s foremost authorities, to help you plan for
happiness in the handling of your family money. (This is Message No. 35.)
Should wives
work, too?
Can a wife have a paying job and a
happy home, too? A well-known
authority points out some facts that
should be considered in each case
By FRANK J. HERTEL
General Director,
Family Service Association
of America
MORE THAN ONE IN FOUR
American workers is a woman
. . . and about one in three of
these women workers is mar
ried! Some w ives plan to work
just a short time to earn extra
money for the family. Others
work because they enjoy their
careers. Most of them must
FRANK J. HF.RTEL work to make ends meet.
Can wives work and run happy homes, too? In
many cases, yes. .. but it takes careful manage
ment. Let's look at a recent case in which the ad
vice of one of our family counselors w as sought.
When Helen and Bob Bates (not their real
names, of course), set up their home, they had to
go pretty heavily in debt. Helen wanted to go to
work for a while to help out. but Bob argued that
"a woman's place is in the home.” Helen finally
persuaded Bob to talk it over with a counselor,
and he felt better about her working after discuss
ing the pro s and con's. They asked us how- other
couples went about it.
Both must do their part
We told Helen that a job and housework can be
tiring—and that tired bodies can cause short
tempers. That was something to guard against.
W or*, ii out together!
Every minute counts when you run a home and a job!
We told Boh that he would have to give up some
home comforts, and would have to help around
the house.
How much extra money? We advised them not
to count on all of Helen's pay as extra income.
That s because her job would involve expenses
that she would not have as a full-time housewife.
Who spends what? The best rule, we said, is
to think of both pay checks as "our” money ...
and to manage it through a family budget, reserv
ing small sums for each for personal spending.
Part-time work? If the wife finds her load too
heavy, she might consider part-time work—often
a good solution if she is a mother. Or perhaps she
can find a less tiring job. Or perhaps there are
still more short cuts in housework the w ife can use?
Set a goal! In a case like Helen and Bob's, all
the w ife's income should not be used for day-to
day living costs. Some should be saved regularly
for a definite goal. Helen and Bob figured that if
she kept her job for two years, they could pay off
their debt. After that they could decide if she
would become a full-time housewife.
The important thing, in every case, is for the
husband and wife to sit down and discuss the
question fully ... with facts, not emotions!
What's your actual monay gain T
Don’t expect the wife * entire salary to be
extra income! To figure how much yon
both are really ahead, subtract from her pay:
1. extra money spent on clothes, carfare,
lunch, laundry, pressing, etc.
2. addition to income tax
3. cost of substitute care for children and
house
4. what she’d save as a full-time housewife,
by more careful marketing, etc.
How to PLAN for Family Happiness
• Planning a smooth-running household when both husband
and wife work is only part of sound money planning. You’ll
be more likely to have enough money on hand when you need
it if you'll follow these few simple rules:
FOE TODAY . . . The first thing, for most families, is to take care
of the larger fixed items such as rent, taxes, insurance, mortgage
and installment payments, etc. So start by adding up all your fixed
stems for the year divide by 52, and set aside that amount weekly.
Also, every family should have a ’rainy day” fund equal to at
least four weeks’ income. Set aside a little every , week until you
have that much. Then you’ll know how much you can spend for
food, clothing, heat, light, amusement, and so forth.
FOR TOMORROW. . . We live ip a changing world. Family
needs and circumstances change . . . living costs . . . taxes. If you
have not had your life insurance program reviewed lately, the
chances are 2 to 1 that it should be brought up to date.
There are so many ways in which you can use your life insurance
that you should have the life insurance you now own checked to
see if it is suited to your needs. This is a service that comes with
your life insurance.
The person best equipped to help you with this is the well
trained life insurance agent. Get in touch with your agent, or
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