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31 — No. 49 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SAT., JANUARY 28, 1950 two parts - part one
Who’s Who!
and
What’s
What
by Lausayale Brown
Capt. Harry B-. Deas was the
first to organize The Junior
Police on the southside in order
to protect our youth from juve
nile delinquency. A few weeks
ago Sheriff Elmer Michael
Walsh came tb the Wabash Y.
M. C. A. at 3763 S. Wfcbash
Aver to deputize Junior Sheriffs
bn the southside.
Among those present were:
Lausayle Brown, General Man
ager of the Chicago World; J.
Sengestacke of the Chicago De
fender1; Tony Zble, former
welter-weight champion; Capt.
Harry B. Deas of the 4th Dis
trict; Mr. Milton Rozner, Com
mitteeman Horace Gardner of
the 20th Ward; Wm. E. King,
M. C. Atkins, Luther Reddus,
reporter from the. Chicago
World; Cliffod J. Burress, pho
tographer, George C- Beatty,
photographer, both from the
Chicago World; Mrs. D. N. Ar
mant, secretary, Chicago World;
Mr. Gardner Buford, Mr. James
W- Luke, Sgt. A1 Sakowick, John
io. xxugu DHKei, i\uy n.
Neerman, Mr Carmen Mauro of
the Chicago Cubs; Mr. Albert
Decuir and Eand Boone of the
Michigan Theatre; Mr. Henry
Ronda of the Amio Theatre;
Charles Browning of the Chica
go Defender; Packy Schwartz,
trainer of the Chicago White Sox
and Mr. Ed Stanwyck, director
of the Juvenile Delinquency pro
gram.
USE YOUR VOTE;
IT’S IMPORTANT
The right to vote is one of the
most precious things a Negro can
have; with his ballot he can put
into office the representatives
whom he feels is fighting to bet
ter the conditions under which
he exists.
Regardless of party or color,
registered voters MUST remem
ber who has done the most for
the race and act accbrdingly.
For many years the Negro has
been taught that the only party 1
worth voting for was that fos
tering Abraham Lincoln, who
was said to have freedTne slaves. '
I
It Those devout party members
will but read the Emancipation
Proclaimation for themselves,
-they will discover that Lincoln
had a very good reason for his
action at that time. Off hand I
cannot quote the exact wlorcls of
this memorial document, but it
seems to me that it reads some
what along these lines: "If by
freeing the slaves I can save the
Union, then I will do so, and if
by NOT freeing the slaves and
save the Union them, 1 will also
do so.”
Therefore it appears that the
great Emancipator feed the
slaves in order to muster man
power for the war between the
north and the south which was
iminent
Tradition has taken it' from
there and impressed" upton the
Negro that he owed allegience to
one party and one party alone.
Children have been endowed with
this allegience and w-hen of vot
ing age have (blindly gone to the
polls and voted for a decadent
tradition.
Without calling names, we all
know who was the greatest pres
ident and humanitarian that we
have ever had, and we also k’now
who is man enough now, in spite
of terrific opposition (the same
man the Chicago Tribune said
See WHO’S WHO — Page 12
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New York CRC Accuses
D. A. of Protecting
Police Slayer
Two key witnesses in last summer’s police shooting of
George Westray, 21-year old Negro truck driver, in the ad
mitting room of Lincoln Hospital, were threatened with "ar
rest on Friday. January 20th. by Walter Goldsmith, assistant
district attorney of Bronx County, the New York State
Civil Rights Congress reported.
“In order to protect Westtrays
murder-in-uniform, the Bronx dis
trict attorney’s office is intimidat
ing witnesses,” Melbourne B.
Mitchell, administrative secretary,
New York State Civil Rights Con
gress, charged! “But just as we
helped expose the Trenton Sir
frame-up, so will we relentlessly
continue demanding the indict
ment of Westray’s murderer and
fight the crude attempt to white
wash the case. Police brutality
and terror against the Negro peo
ple must be stopped.”
The two witnesses, Dorothy
Jackson and Reese Williams, were
summoned by Walter Goldsmith,
Bronx assistant district attorney
to his office for questioning. They
appeared as requested accom
panied by counsel, Julian Trupin,
who was the American Labor
Party' candidate for the office of
district attorney last fall.
Goldsmith refused to question
them before counsel, threatened
o have them arrested and held
in so-called protective custody,
See POLICE SLAYER—Page 8
BOY GANGS ON
UPTREND, ONE
HURT IN ATTACK
Sunday, January 22, a 14 year
old boy was hurried to the Mi
chael Reese Hospital, for treat
ment for a possible skull fracture
and several bruises in thf face
and mouth. He was on his way
home from the movies when at
31st and Calumet, he was at
tacked bv a neighborhood gang.
He said they gave no reason and
he was sure that he had did any
thing to offend them.
The attending doctor advised
his escort that lie should have
an X-ray, but the boy was afraid
cf hospitals and his escort would
not force him to go, in spite of
the fact that he became uncon
scious as the doctor was telling
bis escort to watch him close
when he got home, and to call
them if the beys’ actions were
not normal
Operations So. Center
Hits "Secret” Wages
by HILLARD J. McFALL
It is understood that the South Center department
store is a powerful concern and its head, Harry Rnglestein,
has much influence.” I may even say. that the store s
management could tell certain news publications to go to
the devil, say pig that they are too small and cheap to do any
damage to the reputation of the store.
While this may all be true —
I would like to emphasize that
the publie and their patronage
maintains the welfare of the
South Center.
Mr Englestein probably has
don ; a great deal of charity and
civic work in ;the community and
this is appreciated by the grate
ful citizens|pf the South Side.
However, fif is felt hat he
should not ejbject to releasing
the minimum wage scale carried
out by the stbfeT; that is provided
he has nothing, to hide. Robert
Mackey, who holds the spot of
head man at South Center stated
during a recent interview with
newsmen, that he thought it was
none of our business what wages
were paid to employees of the
South Center.
Another official wanted to
know, who were we interceeding
I for,” the employees or the union.
In answer to this I sav, neither.
' To us this is news and as a report
er and an editor. I write only what
I find in evidence.
Col. Jake Arvey had a few
“secrets” and it proved costly to
him because he evidently did not
conduct his business above sus
picion and openly.
Being a good philanthropist and
leading citizen in the community,
I know that Mr. Englestein would
not mind telling the public that
he is paying his help an adequate
living wage.
A store official recently stated
that department stores were ex
empted from the federal minimum
wage law. This causes us to won
der seriously about the wages paid
at South Center to its non-union
staff.
Of course we feel that the staff
member^ who are members of the
union are receiving adequate pay
and are afforded job security. But
since all of the staff is not in the
union, how do they stand?
AT OPERA HOUSE FEB. 5th
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"Duke” and His Band
To Play at Opera
House Feb. 5th
Duke Ellington, America’s foremost modern composer and his
world famous Orchestra will appear at th« Opera House in concert
for two performances only on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 P. M., ’and
evening at 8:30 P. M. ,r
h-llingion has played in ball
rooms, tobacco warehouses, arm
ories and all sorts of odd audi
toriums all over the world where
his product has been greeted
with cries of “solid!” and out of
this world! And, he has played
doncerts in Paris, at Carnegie
Hall in New York, and at the
Philharmonic in I.os Angeles
where it was hailed as revealing
Tho very aret of* the atom and
has claimed to have had an in
fluence upon such great compos
ers as Stravinsky and Ravel
in traditional fashion, Down
Beat Magazine will sponsor the
concerts ars they have in the
past, and will present Duke with
awards won in Down-Beat's an
nual poll, and to Johnny Hodges,
top alto man; and to Albert Hib
bler, picked as the most popular
band vocalist.
Featured soloists and instru
4-'
mentalists with Ellington are
Johnny Hodges, alto- sax; Ray
Nance, violin, trumpet and vocal;
Harry Carney, baritone sax;
Lawrence Brown, trombjone;
Junior Raglin, bass; A1 Hibbler
and Kay Davis, vocal. Added to
the troupe for the Chicago .en
gagements is the popular Orioles
Quintet.
Good seats on sale now at box
office and by mail order. Prices
$3.71, 3.10, 2.50, 1.85, 1.25 (All
Tax Included)
Strict Segregation to
End in the Army
C ■ I
Washington, D. C. — (Global)
— The Army will put into effect
a new policy on the training and
assignment of Negroes, under
which skilled" Negro personnel
can be integrated with white
units of all kinds, it was learned
this week.
Under the program, restrictive
assignment, quotas for Negro
troops possessing skills needed
in specialized fields will be dis
carded and Army Commanders
will be instructed to fill vacan
cies throughout the Service with
out regard to race or color.
Adoption of the policy, which is
viewed as a step toward ending
discrimination in the Army came
at a series of week-end confer
ences at the Pentagon, attended
by Civilian defense chiefs, high
ranking military leaders, and
members of the President’s Com
mittee on Equality of Treatment
and Opportunity in the Armed
Services
Acceptance of a non-discrimi
natory job policy by the Army
brings the Service in line with
the Air Force and Narvy. Both
have had racial poicies accept
able to Secretary of Defense
Johnson and the President’s
Committee.
Row Over Boxing Bout
Proves Fatal To Fan
by HILLARD J. McFALL
A Gary. Indiana man was fatally slashed during a dis
pute over the Ike Williams-Johnny Bratton tift at the Chi
cago Stadium last week. The dead man was identified as
George Tucker of 2548 Filmore street.
According to reports from police of the Warren Station,
Tucker was cut by Felix Gofklay, 44, 15 North Oakley
HOSPITALS SEEK
VOLUNTEER AID
DURING CRISIS
To alleviate the shortage of
professional help in major Chi
cago hospitals, the Volunteer
Bureau. 123 W. Madison st , is
seeking to recruit 500 volunteers
this month to- act as hospital and
clinic aides.
Volunteers are needed to help
in clinics, X.-ray and physical
therapy departments, assist, nur
ses with simple bedside care, and
work in drug rooms, reception
and clerical offices
According to Mrs- Robert L.
Foote, chairman of the Volunteer
Bureau advisory committee,
training courses will start this
month at the University of Chi
cago clinics. St. Luke’s, Michael
Reese, County and Chidren's
Memorial Hospitals. Since clas
ses are usually restricted to 20
applicants each, anyone wishing
to do volunteer work should call
RA 6-8571 as soon as possible.
N. Y. CITY OFFICIALS
STRESS NECESSITY
OF SAVING WATER
New York City — City offi
cials stressing the water shortage
said even if the reservoirs gained
1,(XX),000,000 gallons every day
•until June 1, lOiX); they would
still be short 18,000,000,000.
U. N. To Explore
Prejudice
LAKE SUCCCESS — (Atlas)
—A dozen specialists in the field
of minrity problems will "open a
three-week session here Jan. 9 to
consider, among other issues,
the causes of discrimination and
the possibilities of preventing
such prejudice. They will take
tu in detail, a fifty-seven page
rtemoradum on the main types
and causes of discrimination'
which has ibeen submitted to the
subcommission bv the Secretary
Genneral.
The report itself makes no at
tempt to deal with specific prob
lems found in individual coun
tries, but simply analyzes types
of prejudice because of color,
nationality, religion, culture, lan
guage, social or political class.
Experts throughout the world
agree that while legislation can
geatly lessen the effects of prej
udice, such legal steps must be
accompanied by educational mea
sures. It also emphasizes the
rreel fr the widest' possible pro
' gram of adult' education.
Boulevard, when the latter became )
enraged over Tucker’s version of
the boxing match.
According to witnesses, _Goliday
drew a knife and slashed Tucker’s
throat, severing his jugular vein.
Death came as the victim lay in
a pool of blood in a tavern lo
cated at 2254 W. Madison St.
' 'The slaying took place last Fri
day. Citizens of West Town were
visably • shaken up by this, the
second in a series of brutal knife
assaults in the Warran district.
Although it is theorized that
Goliday did not intend to com
mit murder, that however, was the !
ultimate end — “Murder during a
Drunken Argument.”
Dr. Joshua M. Brown, Mayor
of West Town stated that the
West Town organization is stern
ly against "Knife Slaying on the
West Side and they will ask
States Attorney John Boyle and
Captain Jerome Looney of the
Warren Station to crack down on
cutting and knife murders.”
West Town Public Relations
Director’s office selected officials I
Maceo Simmons
Saved from ‘Justice’
of Tiptonville, Lake
Cunty, Tennessee
By Atty. Wm. H> Huff
It appears that cn Oct- 1, 1949,
Maceo 'Addison Simmons was
driving in the neighborhood of
Phillipi, Lake County, Tenn. be
tween 10:30 and 11:30 p.m., and
tat he was ordered to stop by
Haynes, the Sheriff of that coun
ty, and as be stopped and alight
ed, the sheriff commenced to
bea him across the face and
other parts of the body, with a
blackjack, cutting a gash under
his eye, and beating bruises on
his head and other parts of his
body; that the sheriff then shot
him, but "the bullet glazed his
stomach, but did not enter.
At this point, Simmons knock
ed the sheriff down, kicked the
gun out of his hand and ran back
to his car ,and ran toward his
home in Hickman, Fulton Coun
ty, Kentucky; that a mob follow
ed him across the line and ran
him so fast until he was c.om
See SIMMONS - on Page 8
of his staff to make full investi
gations of knife murders on the
West Side and make recommen
dations to district, commanding
officers to curb further 1 sosof
human lives as a result of knife
wielders.
Attorney Graham T. Perry,
West Town Corporation Counsel,
and Juvenile Delinquency' Com
missioner Ozell Greene, will head
the group.
SHERIFF WALSH and CAPT. DEAS
Captain Harry B- Ueas and
Sheriff Walsh arc shown on the
speakers stand as the Captain
addressed the assembly during
the ceremonies in which young
sters of the south-side were
sworn in as Junior Deputy
Sheriffs.
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