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VOL. XXX—No. 27 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS SATURDAY JUNE 5, 1948 _ ___PRICE 10 CENTS
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Outstanding Republicans Who Will Attend the Convention In Philadelphia Beginning Jun^l9
1 GREEN of Illinois fM
Eaeaummaam mm M
Governor Dwight H. Green, Ill
inois, Temporarp hairman and
Keynote Speaker of Convention.
Republican National Chairman
Carroll Reece, Tennessee. Pre
sides at official Convention
opening, /ormer Congressman.
[| PEWEY of New Yofkj
Governor Thomas E. Dewey,
New York, 1944 Presidential
nominee.
Speaker Joseph W. Martin,
Massachusetts. Probable Per
manent Chairman (the first ever
to serve as such for three con
secutive Conventions).
I^TAFT^of Ohio
Senator Robert A. Taft, Ohio
Chairman of Senate Republi
can Steering Committee.
I WARREN of California j
Governor Earl (Walrren!, (Cali
fornia.
j MARTIN of Pennsylvania
Senator Edward T. Martin,
Pennsylvania, former Governor
SALTONSTALL of ^ass!^^j*£^jp
Senator Leverett Saltonstall,
Massachusetts, former Governor,
Paul Robeson Defies Senate Committee Probe
Refuses To Answer
Query Whether He’s
A Communist Member
WASHINGTON, — Paul Rob
son, cited 71 times by the house
unAmerican activities committee
for his associations with Com
munist front organizations, re
fused to tell a senate committee
today if he is a member of the
Communist party.
nl testifying before the sen
ate judiciary committee on the
Mundit-Nixon ommunist control
bill, the Ne'gro singer praised
the communist paiitjt for its
fight against this legislation. He
said he would refuse to comply
with its provisions if it becomes
law.
Robeson was testifying under
oath when he reufsed to answr
the question of Sen. Ferguson
(R., Mich.), “Are you an Ameri
can ommunist?”
“That question is the very
basis of the struggle for Ameri
can civil liberties,” Robeson re
plied.
“Have you a Communist card?”
Ferguson then asked. . _
“That’s part of the other ques
tion,” Robeson said. “I refuse
to answer.”
QUESTION OF CONTEMPT
Committee Chairman Wiley
(R., Wis.) said it will be up to
the lull 12 member committee to
decide whether Robeson should
be cited for contempt. Ferguson
said that be would submit the
question to the full committee
but he did not say when. Fergus^
son told reporters that the ab
sence cf ’ a quoi urn when Robe
son refused to answer the ques
tions constitutes a legal problem
which has been raised in court
in other contempt cases. Thiere
is smoe question whether eon
tempe actually can be committed
when ' a committee is conducting
hearings without a quorum. Only
three members ; were present
when the questions wer put to
Robeson. They were Ferguson,
Langer (R., N. D.), and Moore
(R„ Okla.).
In refusing to answer the
questions, Robeson said:
“That * is an invasion of my
right of scret ballot.”
Robeson added that the ocm
mittee could send an agent to
take his ballot away at the elec
tion if it wished.
"MAGNIFICENT STRUGGLE"
He called the Communist party
» a legal party which is “making
a magnificent struggle."
..The Mundt-Nixon bill, he said,
is "part of the hysteria to break
th/e civil liberties" of the Ameri
can people.
TiConfmunkt^” Robeson said,
“stands, as far as I can see, for
the complete equality oi Negro
people in America.
lie said it is “a truggie or the
few against the many” and part
of a world wide—“stiugg.c ci' the
people to get control of some of
the wealth" which began with
the industrial" revolution in
Great Britian.
A SPARSE AUDIENCE
Robeson was applauded by t ie
sparse holida yaudience when he
refused to answer Ferguson s
questions.
Later, Joseph F. Kehoe, sec
retary treasurer of the CrO
American Communications as
sociation, also refused to tell the
committee if he is a Communist.
Unlike Robeson, however, the
CIO official was not under oath
when he testified.
Bicycling Accidents
Increase 140 Percent
In Month of March
One bicyclist was killed and
77 injured in 74 traffic accidents
involving bicycles during' the
monthe of April.
Bicycling injuries resulting
from collisions with, motor veh
icles increased 140 percent com
pared with the month of March
and showed an increase of 32
percent over April, 1947 accord
ing to Charles O’Regan, chief of
the Traffic Division.
Review of the records show
j bicycle accidents rise sharply in
| the spring and continue to in
i crease during thie summer va
cation months .
“Due to the instability of bic
ycles and because most of their
| riders are children, who won’t
i be too careful, motorists must
I he especially alert if we are to
save lives and reduce the num
ber df injuries to fcfhildven,1,”
cautioned Chief O’Regan.
“If you own or operate a bic
ycle keep in mind that you are
subject to the traffic laws just
! as much as drivers of automo
I biles. Keep your bike in good
repair, keep to the right of the
road, yield to pedestrians at in
tersections, stop for all stop signs
give hand signals When truming
and do not ride more than two
abreast when ridThg in groups.”
— VOTE REPUBLICAN —
Hotel Woman
Beats Slander
Charge In Court
NEW YORK— Wealthy Maria
Kn mer, who owns a chain of
hotels including the Hotel Lin
coln, which hired Erskine Haw
kins’ orchestra for two seasons,
manged to have dismissed
against her a disorderly conduct
complaint for slapping Puerto
Rican Miguel Casillas and call
ing him a "n——r”.
Casillas, a resident of Harlem
and a former official of an air
line which recently suspended
operations, was the plaintiff in
the case. He charged that Mrs.
Kramer, whose late husband,
Max, originally owned the hotels,
j slapped him and called him the
I ’'ames on Friday in the lobby of
the Lincoln hotel before his
jmny friends. kri,,.ne<j|ia.tely> jhe
VIrs. Kramer with the
disorderly conduct charge hut
w,hen she denied it, the case was
dismissed in Mid-Manhattan
— VOTE REPUBLICAN —
Hey 15 Pleads Guilty
n..apo Slaying
NEW YORK—Clarence Arthur
Henry, 15 year old Bronx resi
dent, has pleaded guilty in the
second degree to the rape and
slaying of 27 year old Dorothy
Thomas, a dancer. Auctual sen
tencing has been set for June
i 15th by Judge James Bfernett.
: Clarence faces a possibly 20
years to life for the crime which
I was conin, tted last November
< 8th.
Musical Festival
|to Take Place
| On July 17th
! The American Music Festival,
i which has become a land mark
here .'in Chicago for the past
nine year, will £ake place at
Cc^miskey Park on Saturday,
July 17th, W. Louis Davis,
; founder and president, announc
j ed this week.
i The Festival, which features
I non-professionals as well as
I professionals as well as pro
fessionals, has received the en
dorsement of President Truman.
This gesture marks the nineth
consecutive time the Festival
has received White House ap
proval. For President Roosevelt
sent his best wishes along with
the White House endorsement
of the American Music Festival
on March 23, 1945, just twelve
days before his death, in pro
bably one of the last letters to
. he personally signed bw him.
j — VOTE REPUBLICAN —
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Non-Jim Crow
Trains South Says
Pennsylvania R.R.
Mr. Homes Bannard, General
Passenger Agent of the Pennsyl
vania Raildroad in New York,
said today that any Negro tra
' veiling s'ofjth on a reserved
I coach train can ride on other
than a seat in a jimbrow car if
] he requests it. All ticket sellers
• have been instructed not, to as
I sign a Negro a seat in a segre
gated car if he dods not wish to
be placed there. This statement
was made to George M. Houser
of the Racial-Industrial depart
ment, Fellowship of Reconcilia
tion, and Margot Dukler, ongress
of Racial equality, at a meeting
with Mr. Bannard and Mr. Otto
Buerger, attorney for the Raild
road, on May 27.
Mr. Houser was acting upon
complaints made by Negroes that
they were segregated into one
coach behind the engine on south
j bound reserved coach trains, and
I upon observations which were
| made of the set-up of these trains
| when thy felt Pennsylvania Sta
| Id Oil in r*t:vv luih,
j Mias Dukler’s observation has
■ revealed that each of the three
raildroads sending these trains
| into the south from Pennsylvania
! Station (Seaboard Air Line, At
I lantic oast Line, and Southern
! Railway), is practicing discrim
i ination on its served coach trains
: Rsponstfbililty fen" this ^olicjJ
1 rests partly with the Pennsyl
I vania Railroad because its tic
1 ket sellers assign tne reserva
tions on these trains.
In connection with an inter
racial Workshop held in New
York the weekend of May 14th,
icaliets exposing the practice
were distributed outside thie sta
tion. The leaflt quoted the Civil
1 Rights Law of New Yoik State,
and the Irene Morgan decision
of the Supreme Court a,3 legal
evidence challenging this dis
criminatory policy.
“Since the Pennsylvania Rail
road does not force the segrega
tion pattern,” Mr. Houser said,
“Negroes should request to be
seated in other than segregated
cars when travelling on a reser
ved coach train into the south.”
Any Negro who has a complaint
| against the Pennsylvania Rail
road is urged to contact the Fel
| lowship of Reconciliation, by
writing 2929 Broadway, or calling
I UN 4-2670.
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Pictured here are the Officers ,
aud Committee Chairmen of the j
Commonwealth Dental Society, ■
Newark, N. J., the Host Organi
zation’s Convention August 9-14 [
in Newark, N. J. This local So
ciety plans to entertain 700 den- :
tists plus their wives, children |
and visitors, which means that i
up to 1,000 people are expected
! to be in 'attendance at this
yearly meeting. Convention
j headquarters is Neward school
of Fine and Industrial Art and
the local President is Dr. J. H.
Jones. With Dr. E. W Taggart,
Birmingham, Ala, National Den
tal Association president.
Reading left to right, first
row, Dr. R. C. Proctor, chairman
Exhibits committee; Dr. J. R.
Fitzgerald, secretary; Dr Flem
ing Nonfljs,, Jr., vie president;
Dr. G. J. Hones, president; Dr.
Bennie Herbert, treasurer; Dr.
C. L. Kinkaid, chairman, Tran
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sportation and Sports Cornmit
| tee Second row, left to right:
| Dr. A. L. Thompson, chairman,
j Facilities committee. Dr. E. B.
I Patterson, chairman, Housing
Committee; Dr. E. B. Simmons,
j chairman, Publicity committee;
man; Dr J. B. Parks, chairman,
j Dr. C. E. Bomar, General chair
I Entertainment committee; Dr.
| J. E. Watte, chairman, Clinics
committee, and Dr. W. T. Harper
! assistant general chairman.
j Business Women
Oen Detroit Office.
Of Famed Salon
DETROIT, Mich.—The Rose
Meta, House of Beautyj Salon,
which is an exact replica of the
/fabulously 'successful pour-year
old Rose Meta of Nevitf Yorlc,
opened here on Sunday, May
30th, amid much splendor.
Launched by the same t-wo
talented business women, Rose
Morgan and Olivia larke, who
own the New York salon now
serving 100,000 customers yearly
Detroit’s duplicate will too
specialize in the head-to-toe
beauty treatments under one
roof.
Both Miss Morgan and Mrs.
Clarke were on hand for the in
j augural ceremonies—Miss Mor
i gan having been in Detroit for
1 three week; on the intensive
preparations and Mrs. Clarke
i having come in ovr teh week-end
They t<5ld of plans to open fu
ture Rose Meta branches in
Washington, hicago, Los Angeles
and thereby establish a chain of
the popular salons.
Their success they attribute to
their intuitive discovery that
Negro women are revolting
against the old beauty standards
! of heavy pressing of tne hair
j and lavish use of oil. Rose Meta
1 operators, who number 70 m
New York use little oil, spend
most of the appointment time on
styling to fit customers racial
contours and personality,
i —VOTE REPUBLICAN —
' Listening to Chairman Mc
Grath’s protests that Harry is
! just misunderstood brings to
! mind the shrewd statement ot a
j Southern preacher “Excuses am
: de skin ob de truf stuffed fid a
1 lie.”
Dr. Richardson
Addresses Snow
Hill Inst. Grads
SNOW HILL, Ala., “It will be
a racial tradegy if we permit
uoselves to become a landless
people,” declared Dr. Harry V.
Richardson, addressing the
graduating class ait Snow Hill
Institute here Sunday. “The race
will not only lose wealth, but we
shall lose our cthief source of
independent enterpirse.”
“We cannot be a great people
with all of us pile dup in ghet
tos, living on the crumbs that
fall from America’s industrial
table.”
Dr. Richardson, Chaplian and
director of religious activities at
Tuskegee Institute, is widely
known for hi sinterest in and
for his significant work on be
half of the Negro rural minis
try. His recent book, “Dark
Glory ,”has been well received. 1
The Tuskegee Chaplain spoke on
the subject: “Becoming a Man.”
“I know the difficulties involved
in trying to live and hold pro
perty in the South at the pre
sent time, he continued. “It
means a struggle. But life is a
struggle, and struggle is the
measure of a man.”
“We are often led to believe
that one can be a man only in
sections where most rights and
privileges are enjoyed. This is
not always true. Only the best
soldtcf' Can stand where the
tightest is fiercest. Sometimes
i you find your strongest men
I where difficulties are greatest.”
Don’t BeA Railroad 1
f resspasser
ATLANTA CITY, N. J.—559,
671 persons were put off of the
nation’s railroad right of ways
last year, according to W. J.
Melvin, chief special agent for
the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way.
Despite this however, 1,416
tresspassers were killed and 1.
184 were injured in 1947.
Rededication Week
to Precede Arrival
of Freedom Train
Plans to salute the Freedom
Train in Chicago July 5 through
July 9 and observe Rededication 1
Week June 26 through July 4 I
went into high gear this week, j
John Balaban, appointed dir
ector of the Chicago campaign
by Mayor Kennedy, announce^
.that 46 committees have been
named to handle various phases
of the program.
The' train will visit Chicago
for a longer period than any of
the 307 cities in 48 states on its
13-month tour which started
• from Philadelphia Sept. 17. Chi
cago will be the 227th city on its
itinerary.
Rededication to the principles
of American citizenship will be'
observed in the Chicago area for
nine days with the program
patterned after that arranged for
the tour by its sponsor, the
American Heritage Foundation,
and carried out in other cities
visited.
Committees are planning a
series of parades, rallies and
other patriotic demonstrations to
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— VOTE REPUBLICAN —
Interracial ouncil
At Catholic Uni.
Elects Officers
WASHINGTON, D. C— Offic
ers for the coming year were
[elected a tih final meeting of the
Interracial Council, student or
ganization on the campus at the
Catholic university of America,
here. These selected were: Vin
cent Dean, president; John Ban
nan, vice-president. Carl Craig,
treasurer; and Sister Mary Jane
j secretary.
—VOTE REPUBLICAN —
Indian Government
Abolishes Caste
System On Jobs
NE DELHI,—What happens to
be a radical departure in India
from the customs keep in usage
by the English is the complete
aboilition of caste distinctions,
in applying for a government job
in India.
’48 College
Fund Drive
Underway
The United Negro colleger
Fund aunched its 1948 Chicago
area campaign with a dinner
meeting Wednesday night (June
2) at the Morris Eat shop, 4I1L
E. 47th st. Dr. Rufus E. lement,
president of Atlanta university,
was the principal speaker. Tru
an K. Gibson, Sr. presided.
Dr. Clement outlined the use
made by the 32 member Negro
1 colleges of funds collcted in tTiie
j 1947 drive. These schools pre
' pare most of the country’s
greatly needed Negro leaders,
l including teachers, clergymen,
j doctors, nurses, lawyers and
■ skilled artisans. The fund helps
its members to meet current
( operating expenses and provides
scholarship aid for deserving
students.
“Education has a direct rela
to the standards of health,
economic well-being and security
of any nation,” Dr. Clement
stated.
“By raising the educational
j level of America’s • -14>OOOJDOO
Negro citizens, who represent
one-tenth of our population,
every citizen benefits,” Dr. Cle
ment said.
The Chicago area campaign
! will seek to raise $100,00. toward
1 the national goal of $1,400,00. A
four-man executive committee
composed of Ernest S. Ballard,
attorney, Pope and Ballard,
; Truman K. Gibson, Jr., attorney,
Gibson and Gibson, John Holmes,
president, Swife and Co., and
i Fowler McCormick, chairman of
.the board, Intel-national Har
i vester Co., is heading the local
fund raising effort. Chicago
campaign headquarters have
been established at 69 West
Washington et.
—VOTE REPUBLICAN _
If you axe us what we think
of the President’s success in
splintering the Democrat party
we’ll remind you of the old saw:
“He’is not the best carpenter that
makes the most chips.”
— VOTE REPUBLICAN —
Havana, the capital city of
Cuba, was founded in 1511.
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(The following articles was ori
ginally published in The Torch,
author, a member of the 194*
graduating class /of (Nazareth
college, Rochester, N. Y., is the
daughter of an Austin, Texas,
phjltician. Majoring in science,
she has earned a scholarship as
medical technician at the U. S.
Marine hosiptal, Staten Island,
N. Y. Nazareth college is con
ducted under Catholic auspices,
by the Sisters of St. Joseph).
By GEORGIA CONNER
The day I recieved THE Let
ter accepting my application to
Nazareth college, Rochester, N.
Y., a new phase of my life began,
a new hope was born in myheart.
Being a Negro, and having
heard of read about so many of
my people who had been refused
admittance into “white’’ colleges
—I didn’t allow myself to hope
for, to plan on, or even to think
ofbeing accepted.
| Then when the ltter came and
11 knew everything was all right,
then I knew how very ranch I’d
wanted that message to read
“Yes”—how very much l wanted
to believe that there were good
“whit” people—becaus slowly but
surely, I was beginning to doubt
such a fact.
I thought constantly of the job
confronting me, of my boing tire
first colored student to attend
Nazareth college, but I couldn’t
have analayzed my feelings about
I undertaking such a job.
I was frightened at the pros
pect of posssible snubs, I had
all kinds of wild imaginings, and
II was amused, or at least l tried
' to be amused at myself tor T>e
! ing frightened. And then, 1
longed somhow for the adven
1 turey the excitement that ;w,is:
undoubtedly to come from it all.
I I constantly told myself I was
i ready lor whatever came.
| I never doubted that my ccm
i ing would meet opposition from
i at lotast half of the college—
I such was my state of mind dur
ing the rest of the school year,
through the summer, and up to
the first day at Nazareth.
Oil that first day at college,
I had a rude awakening—much
to my delight. No one seemed
in the least surprised that I was
there; there was no great re
joicing as I walked into the dor
mitory foyer where the girls
were gathered, nor was there a
strained silence dramatically
filled with hate, as I’d expected.
Rather, no one paid the least
bit of attention ti> me except for
a chorus of “Hi’s” and a num
ber of smiles—and I must admit
I felt more than a little fool
ish after all my defense build-up
and anticipation.
Mother, who had made the
trip with me to “protect” me,
went down to arrange for my
trunk, and got into deep conver
sation with the father of one of
the girls.
So I went hack to my room and
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