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AN INTER-RACIAL FAVORITE WITH CONNECTICUT AND NEW ENGLAND COVERAGE NEW HAVEN FEATURING BRIDGEPORT VOL. VI, NO. 24 HARTFORD, CONN., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1946 PRICE TEN CENTS Weekend Briefs By J. B. S. President Truman probaJbly -wishes he were back in the 'Senate 'with his carefree days of invest igating committees. In addition to the difficulty of appointing a wor thy successor to Henry Wallace Ihe must also give some satisfac tion to the cross section of groups -that uetitioned him to do some thing: besides issue high sounding talk in regards to the wave of terrorism now sweeping the coun try. "With the Federal Council of Churches, both labor groups and the NAACP "on" him it would seem as though with an eye to the party's chances in 1948 he would cause some definite action to be taken. Bishop . Gray's resignation from the inter-racial commission puts -our .governor in the midst of i ticklish situation. With (both par ties seemingly endorsing FEPC legislation many people wonder whether or not the commission will be necessary should an FEPC bill be ipassed. "Dame Rumor" alleges that the Republicans might want to make tfhe inter-racial commission strong er rather than see the fair employ ment practices bill enacted. One method to spike "Dame Ru tnor" would be to appoint a strong liberal to the post vacated (by Bishop Gray. The strong liberal should be a uerson whole life work is dedicated to the better ment of the minorities. We can think of no better choice than that of Father Loughlin whose excel lent work at St. Benedicts, center , in the North End among all (groups is becoming nationally known. Cuinff -a a fisrar almost PVPTV .ftVM w t newspaper and radio commentator ; are taking Henry Wallace apart for taking Jan honest American 1 - n i:j.jn - A Jtt. economically, jwuhmmj auu mm a show of armed might to domin-' ate world affairs, we may just as well stick our oar in. . AUJ viiUV f w ummm itarian such as Henry Wallace ut ters statements that might camse the Republican dominated press and radio to excoriate him, he i must be sincere. To our mind' the proving factor is that he may cause himself to lose ta place on the next national ticket. The legislative council - of our state announces a public hearing on September 28 at 11 a.m., in the hall of the house. Legislative members and representatives of all veterans groups are invited and Tirged to present their views on the bonus proposal. Scheduled for a hearing at the same time is a -proposal for a change in the ad . ministration of the soldiers, sail ors and marines fund now admin istered1 by the American Legion, McKinney-King Post, please ob serve, i The armed forces will receive -this week from the treasury 13,- 500,000 bonds to pay off former -service members for unused fur lough time. If a poll were taken we believe a comfortable majority would vote -for the money to be used to re lieve the housing situation among the veterans. - Over objections 'by county com missioners the legislative council voted to recommend to the 1947 legislature a new program with "regard to keeping small family groups together. The proposed program states: thsat children in a single family -group having a child under 6 years ' of age and- others over 6 of age are to be committed to state guar- -dianships in order to keep small -family groups together. : Further recommendations sub mitted by a subcommittee and rep resentatives of child welfare as sociations were adopted as follows: Establishment of psychiatric home for children, the training of 'certain types of children, particu larly slow types so that they can take care of themselves when guardianship ceases and strength ening laws on parental responsi bilities. Children under 6, now committed to state care, shall re main in state care until guardian ship ceases. Your trade school offers train ing in more than 50 types of work in evening courses starting Sep tember 30 at 6:30 p.m. ' Registration will (be held Sep tember 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. Daily GLAD TO BE HOME AGAIN s j? 'VI Elected Grand Master CORP. RICHARD D. FORD, JR, Mr. Richard D. Ford, Jr., of 65 Pliny St. has recently returned home, after spending 25 months in , the army. He spent four months in the E.T.O., that is Bel gium and France; thirteen months in the Asiatic-Pacific thea ter, that is Okinawa, making a total of 17 months overseas. Ford did supply work with the 1330th Engineers, for ' 17 months, and was Post Exchange manager in the 1st Air. Division for eight months. At the time if his dis charge he was holding the rank of corporal, and has said " I have gained a world-wide experience in theA rmy, but I am mighty glad to be back home again." Ford is planning to enter Lincoln Uni versity this September. Prompt NAACP Action Alerts N, C. Governor To Lynch Threat Vigilance and prompt action on the part of the NAAGP and .the North Carolina police on Septem ber 17th saved the life of a Ne gro veteran accused of having assaulted a white man, after words had passed between them on a lonely road. It is alleged that the white man was knocked down by the veteran whom he cursed, and that the man walked off and later died in a hospital. Medical reports indicate that the real cause of his death was a heart condition but word spread quickly of "murder" throughout the white community of Sylva and 'Waynesville. Two white men followed the bus taken by the Negro after the alterca tion and, at its first stop, tried to get him. The police of Sylva had been alerted, however, and they, too, followed the bus in their squad car. At the bus stop, the police stepped in ahead of the other two pursuers, arrested cation of the Most Worshipful the Negro and placed him in jail ; Grand (Lodge, F. and1 A. M. of illliwllili ! t- Race Covenants Branded Illegal LESLIE I. DUNCAN NEW LONDON, CONN. The pages of history roll back to the dawn of civilization and the fellowship of man marched for ward to the threshold of modern ity as with age-old ritual and de corum the 73rd Annual Communi- Skating Palace Discriminates On 'Friday evening, September 20, a group of high school girls, one of whom was colored, attend ed" the Hartford Skating Palace on N. Main Street, accompanied' by one of their teachers'. - - - . Upon arrival, the girls made application for skates. The white girls were able to procure "shoe skates" whereas the lone colored girl was told that there were no more of thiaf type of skate left and was offered the "clamp skates: which she refused. She reported this to her teacher and the teacher was also told that there were no more shoe skates to be had. Further observation, however, showed that others in the same party as well as others not in the party who came after the colored girl, did" secure "shoe skates." Elected President Of Joseph L. Robinson Club The Joseph L. Robinson Veter an's Clufl met Saturday afternoon at its quarters on Pearl Street and elected officers for the balance of the year. K. David Holmes .was elected to fill the presidency which was vacated by Thomas Petteway, who in a few days will .be leaving to resume his studies at North Carolina State College. Ivan Mitchell was chosen vice president, Ralph Gary replaced Jack Bauk- night as treasurer and Henry Ga ry was named as recording sec retary. registration will be accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 to 12. Special courses will be organ ized where there is a demand by 10 or more persons. Here in a civilized' part of the country with such an opportunity offered' it is hard to believe that our youth are failing to take ad vantage of it. Perhaps and ex change of plan with some of the Mississippi students for a few months would prove to the street corner gangs that are misguided, the advantages that they are let ting go by. Rhode Island was represented in the Foot Guard parade Saturday by a Negro group of state militia. Many of our young Negroes would like to become a part of the local branch of the National Guard, but j have been discouraged by narrow minds when they sought admit tance. in Sylva. There, a lynch mob of about 350 persons from the ru ral and country areas tried to get the -prisoner- and "take ... care of him.' He was then transferred for safekeeping to Waynesville Heading a radio report that the mob, which had dispersed over night, had returned and was storming the Waynesville jail, the NAACP wired Gov. R. Gregg Cherry to intervene if he had not already done so,( to prevent a lynching. The Governor im mediately wired 'Walter White, Secretary, that there had been no violence and the prisoner was safely in jaid. This assurance, however, contradicted radio and on-the-spot reports. ;,The prisoner is now in jail in AsheviHe. ; ' True Reformers Hold 36th Session; Broaden Presides Suffteld, Conn. On Thursday, September 26, the Grand Fountain of the True Order of Reformers held its 36th annual session at the Third Baptist Church. Grand Wor thy Master Lee R. Broaden opened and presided over the sessions'. The other Grand officers' in attendance were Henry G. Hill, Springfield Mass., Grand Worthy Mistress; Mrs. A. F. Johnson, Hartford, Conn., Grand Worthy Secretary; John N. Dishmond', Hartford, Conn., G. W. J.; William Adams, Springfield, iMlass., Grand Worthy Chaplain. The major matters before the Grand Session have to do with a review of the Orders program and objectives with an eye to expand ing the organization throughout the length and breadth of New England as a spiritual, social and econoic force for the group. The True Reformers originally had its' inception in Richmond Vir ginia sixty-six years ago and! flour ished a's the leading fraternal or ganization 'in' America among Ne groes. It is reputed that in its hey-day, it approximately a capi talization of $3,000,000 developing running a Bank, stores and an Old Folks Home. In 1910 when the Richmond de velopment became insolvent some men and women reorganized the Order in New England and have carried on until its present stage. The Grand Office of the Order is located in Hartford, Conn. Re cently the Order has taken on new Conn., , (Prince Hall Affiliation) met here this week for annual elec tion of a new slate of Grand Officers. A large attendance of Masons. guests of New London s Jeptha Lodge No. II saw the annual two- day state-wide communication, first held outside New Haven in 17 years, and its 30 delegates (3 from each of the state's 10 lodges) elect the following Grand1 Officers Leslie O. Duncan of Excelsior No. 3, Hartford, Conn., was elected the new Grand Master, succeeding Fred N. Groves of Oriental No. 6 New Haven; Joseph Alsop of Dor ic No. 4, Bridgeport,' Conn., R. W, Deputy Grand Master; Harvey H, Walker, St. John's No. 14, Stam- f ord,-Conn. - R.- W;- Senior Grand Warden; . Haskel : Holman, ' Kellog, No. 5, Waterbury, Conn., R. W. Junior Grand Warden; Winfield S. Taylor, Oriental Lodge No. 6, New Haven, Conn., R. W. Grand" Secre tary; John P. Graham, Widow's Son No. 1, New Haven, R. W. Grand Treasurer; Walter Holland, Doric No. 4, Bridgeport, Conn., R. W. Grand Tiler. With the ending of the annual two-day Masonic Communication, members of this oldest Order known to man, and rich in its tra ditions of dignity and fraternity, returned quietly to their various walks of life with high satisfaction at the successful termination of another annual Grand Lodge Ses sion. Los Angeles (Pacific Press Syn dicate) Attorney General Rob ert W. Kenny last week filed pnei m tne California supreme court urging that body to forbid state court, enforcement of race restrictive covenants on the ground that such enforcement is violative of the fourteenth (amend ment of the U. S. Constitution. Clarence A. Linn, assistant at torney general, and D. O. McGov- ney, law professor at the Univers ity of California and Kenny's spe cial advisor, also signed the brief with Kenny. The brief was filed in the famed Sugar Hill oases which are set for argument when the state supreme court meets here on October 2. Involved in the cases in which the brief was presented is the real property lying between Adams and Washington boulevards and be tween LaSalle Street and Western Avenue. Among occupants of homes in that area land involved m the cases are actresses Hattie McDaniel Louise Beavers, and Ethel Waters and other well known business and professional persons. The case was tried before Judge Thurmond Clarke last December He refused to enforce the agree ment on the ground that enforce ment of race restrictive , agree ments by a state court would vio late constitutional guarantees. The plaintiffs in the case filed the ap peal. Schwellenbach Pledges To Abolish Bias Africa Looks Ahead African Academy of Arts and Research's first annual conference which will open at the Willkie Me morial Building, 20 West 40th St., on October 4th through 6th prom ises to be an event of unusual in terest. Out of seven papers to be pre sented by noted scholars dealing on Education and Culture, Econo mic Resources of Africa, Colonial ism and World Peace, which will open the panel discussion on ' Oc tober 6, three of the seven papers are being sent from Africa by African scholars to ;be read on their Ibehalf . 'Dr. J. B. Danquah, now a mem ber of the Legislative Council of the Gold Coast, author, of: Oases in Akan Law; Akan Law; and Customs; The Hero Ancestor Wor ship; The Liberty of the Subject; and The Akan Conception of God, will present a paper on "How Can African Customs be Best Pre- life and this Grand Session is in I served and Improved?" Mr. Wal- t&e process of developing plans ter Terry, dance critic of the Her- ' Pledging that his Department would 'put an end to the segre gated office set-up in the USES office in "Washington as quickly as possible, (Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach said no possible defense could be offered for the practice, since we have fast finished fiirhting a war against discrimination. His as surances that plans were being made to eliminate jim-crowism in the D. C. employment offices was given to the representatives of ten organizations called together by the Secretary following numer ous requests for such a confer ence addressed to him by prom inent persons and organisations urged to action by NAACP La bor Secretary. Clarence B. Mitchell. Mr. Schwellenbach said that while he was opposed to the pro gram of segregation in state of fices, he could not give a commit ment at this time on whether or not the proposals of the organi zations would be made a part of the minimum standards of opera tion, since the Department of Labor's effort to have adequate policing powers included in its legislation was not successful in Congress. The Department's only .method of applying pres sure would be to withdraw its funds. Several persons at the conference thought this would be a .most potent sanction . against discriminatory practices, but the Secretary said this action has many complications. . J A six point recommendation, formulated by the Community Service Division, American Coun cil on Race Relations, and pre sented by Robert C. Weaver, Di rector, stated the Council's op position to perpetuation of segre gated USES offices and urged im mediate abolition -of all forms of segregation in the District of Co lumbia USES; that a govern mental agency financed by the Federal Government condone dis crimination by refusing to accept raaon aaoQfts oil Bus VICTIMS OF BRUTAL ASSAULT ON CONNECTICUT CO. BUS - ...t$J.jft- irV 1 Mwi MRS. S. J. HILL - Mrs. C. J. Matthews of 84 Mather St. and her sister, Mrs. S. J. Hill, were victims of an un warranted assault by Harold Mc Nicholas of 55 East St., a nar row-minded exponent of "whites first." The two were attempting to board an Albany Ave. bus when they were restrained by the bel ligerent white so called man who let eight white women file in be fore them and then brushed them aside to step in himself. When Mrs. Hill attempted to enter the bus he struck her with his fist. During an exchange of words McNicholas turned on Mrs. Matthews and kicked her in the upper region of her thighs, briuises which, according to Dr. Allen .F. Jackson may prove se During the entire affair the Conn. Co. bus driver did nothing to protect his passengers. When the bus reached the tunnel he MRS. C J. MATTHEWS summoned an officer. His- very silence gave approval to the out rageous actions and indicated a guilt that reflects on the, company for all drivers are supposedly in structed to protect their passeng ers. The driver was guilty of lack ing the decency of any normal fair-minded man in a similar si tuation. , All three were sum moned to court, where they plead ed not guilty to disturbing the peace. McNicholas, in his testimony, stated before a seemingly indiffer ent judge that: "The women weYe going to knife me." , He denied hitting thejtwo, but later admitted it, and further stated: They hit me first." The judge fined him ; $10."--- The N. A: A. C. P.,' aroused over the affair and its outcome, will send a letter to the Conn, Co. noting the negligence of the bus driver. . . Hartford Postal Alliance Seeks New Members A litte over a year ago through the efforts of John Dowden of Cleveland, Ohio, and a former resi dent of Hartford, the .Hartford Branch of the National Associa tion of Postal Employees was1 or ganized. The object of this1 Alli- :e is to "provide closer social relationship among Postal employ ees; to enable them to perfect any movement that will be for their benefit as a class, or for the bene fit of the Postal (Service. Any regu lar employee or certified substitute of the Post Office Department un der Civil .Service rules and regu- ations, shall be eligible to mem bership." This organization is national in scope owning and maintaining of fices in Washington, D. C. It pub lishes monthly an official paper "The Postal Alliance." It is divid ed into ten districts, taking in the whole of the United States. Some years back, Negroes were prevented from appointments to the Railway Mail Service, even though they took and passed a Civil Service examination for the same. To break down this (barrier, the organization was started. WE ARE IN THAT BRANCH OF THE SERVICE TODAY. The or- Negro Named To Seton Hall Faculty The appointment of Dr. Francis Monroe Hammond as the head of the , department of phttosophy at Seton Hall Cmege in So. Orange, N. J., has been announced by Msgr. James F. Kelly, President. Dr. Hammond, who comes to Seton Hall from Southern Uni versity, Baton Rouge, La., where he headed the foreign language department, is the first Negro to be named to the faculty of the institution. He studied at Xavier University, New Orleans, and at the University of Louvain, Bel gium, before entering Laval University in Quebec, where he re ceived his degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1943. for rapid and intense expansion. The delegates from the Hartford Charter Oaks iFountain No. i are Manuel S. Duplessis and George W. Goodman. Buy Saving Bonds Today aid Tribune, will speak on the same subject as Danquah, from" the view point of a westerner. Professor Eyo Ita, former grad uate of Teachers College, Colum bia University, and now founder and principal of the West African Peoples Institute, Calabar, Nige ria, West Africa, will present a paper on "New Education for a New Africa." A paper on "Recent Develop ments on Business Contacts be tween Africans and Americans" submitted by Association on mer chants and industrialists of Nige- ganization has been responsible discriminatory orders; refuse to for the upgrading of Negroes to further serve an employer who responsible positions in the Postal refuses a qualified referral solely I Service and for checking evidences because of race, creed, color, or of prejudice and for keeping Ne- national origin; that full utiliza tion of minority groups be made in local employment and training programs serviced by the agency; that there be assigned adequate qualified personnel to see that policies designed to prevent dis crimination are followed in local offices; that all persons have equal opportunity for employ ment on the staff of the agency. ' Present at the conference were representatives from 18 organizations. groes informed as to examinations and any kind of information per tinent to the improvement of the Negroes in the Postal Service. All persons emiployed in the Hartford Post Office are invited to become members of this organiza tion. We may not need the organ ization immediately but with vet erans returning, one never knows when the need for an organized j body may be urgent. For self protecion, join the Hartford' Branch, National Alii- Local NAACP To Present Speakers The Hartford Branch of the NAACP will present two speak- ersat its second membership meeting, Wednesday, October 2, at the Women's League, 20 Avon. Street, at 8:30 p. m. The sub ject of the speakers will be: "The Nogro and the Vote." The NAACP a non-partisan organization, will endeavor not to persuade their people to vote for any one party, but to vote for those men whose recordjs have been checked and found satisfac tory as far as minority races are concerned. The second issue to be dis cussed will be a "Questionnaire For Candidates" drawni up by a committee of three and pdesent ed to the audience for criticism or approval. The public ! invited to come and take part in the discussion. ance of Postal Employees now. The officers of the local branch are: Mr. Herman Lee, President; Mr. Alphonse Davis, Vice President; Mr. William Jones, Recording Sec retary and Mr. iFred Davis, Finan cial Secretary.