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SPIRIT OF ‘S3—Miss Rose V.
Murray, tht 1953 Spirit of
Cotton/' is shown presenting a
miniature bale of the fiber to
Assistant Secretary of Agricul
ture J. Earl Coke in Washing
California Court
Raps Southern
Pacific Jim Crow
LOS ANGELES.—The practice
ot the Southern Pacific Railroad
in segregating south-bound Ne
gro passengers hoarding trains in
California has been declared “an
illegal denial of equality" under
California law by Municipal
Court Judge Lucius T. Green.
In response to a suit brought
by the Los Angeles branch
NAACP on behalf of four plain
tiffs, Judge Green filed an
option and an order on April
1 banning the railroad's dis
criminatory practice.
In so doing he overruled lfi
lui :>d.et Mittal objections raised
b'' attorneys for the railroad. The
ruling wus on the company’s
motion to dismiss the NAAC'P
eompLurft
Segregated in L. A.
On ,»•; Sunset Limited, South
ern Pacific has followed a prior*
l,tt of segregating Neßro passen
°u‘ of Los Angeles in a
ii apart from white pas
wngers.
Resent.ng an effort to so srg
regate them, J. E. Whitmore,
furrie Williams, James Martin,
$r and Mae E. Dupnrt appealed
,fl the hi.inch and filed a cum-
against the company. They
I represented by Herbert W.
•"nmon. Jr., a member of the
ranch's legal redress committee.
The haste violation charged is
* of equal treatment."
,i^ sp Green’s opinion asserted.
”'is comprehends in the broader
*? n, * p <*vrry factor—physical, psy
t ologiehl or otherwise that such
cniaj may conceivably produce,
his hern held unqualifiedly
the courts of this state that
'■l. ia| segregation is discrimina
01ond n violation of said civil
rights section.
Saparat, Still Not Equal
„ n our niinda and to our way
Getting Southern
N «*ro in Union Told
remarkable story of union
“nation In the South is fea
°f Lal' n r 'l issue of March
picture story with dramatic
n '/ relates the many-sided
' u rdes nnd solidaritv of the
ur/ 0 Tn<>n fishermen organ
»r ,'. n Fur & Leather Work
m union.
un!u P Rrow * n g demand foi labor
»ue V keynote of the is
i Practical proposals of
•he * PBf^er * Hugo Ernst of
p ej f ,* R, staurant Employ.
' . nr irr, mediate united action
indetail.
*»»«# h On-
Commentator 3
Editorial
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“Hi* ... A
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Mo( *«rn Crusader -- «
ton. The Texas Southern Uni
versity sophomore modeled a
complete wardrobe of cotton
garments. Her traveling com
panion is Mrs. R. Q. Venson of
Memphis. (Newspress Photo)
us thinking upon existing laws
in this state the full and equal
of the waid civil rights
section are not at all satisfied by
separate and otherwise equal
accommodations.
Anything short of a lull meas
uie of equality upon exactly the
same conditions and restrictions
applicable alike to all other pas
sengers regardless of race, creed
and color,, is an illegal denial
of equality."
Denying a motion to strike.
Judge Green gave the railroad
company ten days in which to
file an answer.
Hot Springs
Club Gets
Czar's Ok
HOT SPRINGS. Ark. (Special)
—Owners of the Hot Springs
franchise in the Cotton States
league were jubilant this week
following a ruling that will per
mit then team to play in the
league—even with two Negro
players.
George Trautman, former
general manager of the Detroit
Tigers and now ciar of minor
league baseball ordered the
league to reinstate Hot Springs.
James and Leander Tugerson.
Negro brothers, were signed by
the Hot Springs club. Objection*
were raised by one or two own
ers. and a two thirds vote
(allowable under the league con
stitution) expelled the Arkansas
club.
A. G. Crawford, president of
the Hot Springs club, refused to
drop the two colored players
from hi* team, stating. "I signed
them to a baseball contract and
I intend to honor it—in states or
cities where they can plav.”
The league opens April 21 and
owners of the complaining clubs
had no comment on the Trautman
edict. Only Clyde Rawlings, pop
ular sportsman of Meridian. Miss.,
when questioned, said: "I’d
rather withhold comment. W«*
may have to have another league
meeting to get it straightened
out."
Detroit Cadet Wins
Stemg in Academy
ROCK CASTLE, Va. (Special)
—Ross Tavlor, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roaa Taylor of 6738 Sootten,
Detroit. Mich., was promoted to
Cadet Sergeant at the annual
Faster Review hg»** last Sunday.
A junior. Cadet-Sgt Taylor has
received Honor Student awards
several times and is one of the
most popular students here at
St. Emma Military Academy.
PLUG FOR STATE FEPC
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Committee Stops Two Similar Bills
State House
Aftairs KOs
'Surprise'
LAKSIXG —(Special)
Fair Employment practices
legislation still was left with
no leg to stand on last week
when two bills were defeat
ed in the House State Af
fairs Committee.
This double set-back
came as a surprise to sup
porters because of a state
FEPC mobilization here in
February which sought
and gained legislative sup
port from both Gov. Wil
liams and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Reid.
In hi* regular press release last
Friday. Gov Williams termed
the action as "indeed deplorable."
"Both political parties have
promised such legislation to in
sure equal job opportunities for
all Americans of all races, creeds
and nationality. Again the ma
jority group has conveniently
[ forgotten its promises." he added.
Introduce Bills
The bilLs were introduced by
i Louis C. Cramton (Rep., Lapeer),
i and Kd Carey, Democratic Floor
' loader of Detroit.
A long-time champion for
FEPC. Rep. Crnmpton had faint
hope for survival of the bill dur
ing the eleventh-hour burst of
activity, but expressed high
hopes of gaining the one-vote
necessary to keep it a live issue.
Carey acknowledged that per
haps his bill could not be pulled
out of the committee, but told of
plans to place committee mem
bers down on record in a formal
vote.
Last-Year Fata
Three similar FEPC bills met
the same fate in the Committee
the same time last year.
Civic, labor and political or- \
ganizations, however, told!
through spokesmen of an unre
lenting program of concerted ef
forts to continue to fight for
FEPC state legisltion.
Church Marks
75th Year,
NAACP Night
NEW YORK.—Two great or
ganizations honored one another
last week when Mt, Olivet Bap
tist Church, as part of the ob
servance of its seventy-fifth an
niversary. presented “NAACP
Night,* dedicated to the furth
erance of the program of the
National Association.
Dr. Channing H. Tobias, chair
man of the NAACP board of
directors, spoke on the role of
the church in the fight for civil
rights and paid tribute to Mt.
Olivet for the consistent support
it has given to the NAACP.
One of the highlights of the
program was a dramatic presen
tation given by the New York
NAACP branch. Entitled, “Forty
Four Years of Fighting for Civil
Rights." the play reviewed the
Association’s achievement* over
the years.
Ike Likes Frontiers
President Dwight D. Elsenhow
er told a group of national offi
cers of the Froniters of America,
Inc., recently that he would be
happy to accept an honorary
membership in the organization.
The presentation will be made
at a later date.
The delegation, headed by
Nimrod E. Allen. Columbus
Urban League executive aecre*
tary. founder and executive
secretary of the movement, and
Dr. Bernard Harria of Balti
more. national preeldent. were
presented to the President by
Congressman John M. Vorye of
the 12th Ohio District.
Detroit Tribune
VOLUME 31—NUMBER 9
CARVER SCHOOL BOARD
HEARING CONTINUED
Contractor Charges Trio
Failed to Refund $750
By Special Correspondence
PONTIAC.—The hearing lor three member* of the
Koyal Oak Township school hoard indicted for conspiracy
to commit fraud was continued until May 14 after opening:
last Friday.
Circuit Judge Frank L. Doty
continued the Leering ei'.*H>
heering three witnesses, indud
ing the pleintiff.
Defendants are Sidney Thom
as, Lonnie C. Cash and the Rev.
Chester Carter, officials of the
George Washington Carver set il
board
Say Got Bond
The trio is charged with col
lecting $750 of a SIOOO (perlonn
ance) bond demanded of Aaron
Bowie, contractor, for painting
Carver School and tailing to ob- j
tain the bond or refund the
•m *
ANOTHER FIRST: John T.
Simmons, first race Vocational
Counsalor with tha Michigan
Security Commission, chalked
up anothar first whan ha was
namad chairman-alact of tha
Vocational Counselor's Section
of tha National Vocational Guid
ance Association in Chicago re
cently.
Max M. Horton. MESC direc
tor, informed of tha honor con
ferred upon Simmons, said: I
regard Simmons as amply qual
ified in his field, both on a
professional and technical basis.
Civil Defense
Theme of Air Show
The need for better civil de
fense will be discussed by State
VFW Commander Jasper Kohn
on WJR’s “Speak Up For De
mocracy" program Saturday from
10:45 to 11 p m.
Commander Kohn contends
that the powerful atomic ex
plosion tests at Yucca Flats
present the strongest argu
ments for better life saving
measures against possible en
emy atomic bombing.
In his broadcast, Kohn will
name several of the more im
portant dtle* known to b a
marked as “prime targets" for
enemy bombing. All of those
pities, Including Detroit, are with
in 4.500 miles, or easy flying
distance, of Soviet air bases.
Crusader For The Invincible Triumphant Divine Rights ot Man
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1953
money.
In a *,j the TRI*
i BUNK. Cash on behalf of the
j other* insisted that politics was
I 1 behind the charges and that they
had received no money from
Bowie, who now lives in Detroit.
Wifa Support*
During the hearing. Bowie
testified that he gave the money
to Carter in two payments. His
wife corroborated his story.
Mrs. Loretta Barer, another
member of t tie 5-mem her school
board, testified she was present
when Bowie was given the con
tract for some painting in 1951.
The indictment was returned
in form of a warrant by Circuit
Judge John Simpson of Jackson,
who conducted a one-man grand
Jury Investigation of Royal Oak
Township as to various irregu
larities.
Note iVo Trouble in
School Integration
NEW YORK.—The admission of Negro students to
previously all-white schools in Delaware created no un
pleasant incidents, reports Dr. Frederick Wertham, noted
psychiatrist and director of the LaFargue Clinic in New
York City.
“Despite all the adults’ dire
forebodings and despite tha
mistaken theories of soma psy
chologists. Negro and non-Ne
gro children adjusted on the
whole constructive?'- and in a
friendly manner to tha new
situation," ha writes in the re
cent issue of The Journal of
Educational Sociology.
Removes Handicap
‘The abolition of segregation
removes a handicap that inter
feres with the sclt-iealization
and social adjustment of the
child,” asserts Dr Wertham in
his article, entitled "Psychiatric
Observations on the Abolition of
School Segregation “
Dr. Wertham describes experi
ments conducted in connection
with the suit against segregation
in public schools in Delaware,
one of the five school segregation
cases argued before the United
States Supreme Court last De
cember by attorneys for NAACP.
tential mental disorders and thus
to constitute a public health
C?teH by Dimes Drive
Worth Kramer. WJR vice pres
ident and general manager, re
ceived a certificate of apprecia
tion today from the Wayne
County Chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
for the Goodwill Station's out
standing cooperation during the
March of Dimes campaign.
It was the fifth time in 1953
that WJR was honored by a ci
tation hr an award for outstand
ing public service.
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THE BOVS ARE HOME-WVn the MAT. Ofit- iiPj[
MM I ml William WVint ldw hrd in the .Neu Vork harbor
lant week. nrnrl.v Jinn returning Korean veteran*
aero on board. Thi* bunch of happy 4>U aav.d
tOBm aildly aboard *hip, a» »omr of the moot fimou« >V
U*'*A- name* in Showhu*inc*ii acre “piped" aboard the *
££s£• transport to *ive an all n<#lu -irdtomr home" di«w. tV
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problem.
Nola Progress
In February of this year, a re
-1951 to children in the schools
involved. Dr. Wertham says, seg
regation was found to create po-
Asa lesult of test-* given in |
search team of staff members of I
Young Detroit Soprona on
Evansville Easter Air Show
By WILLIE EFFIE THOMAS
EVANSVILLE. Ind —When the
Evansville NAACP Youth Coun
cil presented its regular Sunday
morning broadcast over station
WJPS on Easter morning a very
promising youth soprano was
heard as guest artist.
She was Miss Gwendolyn
Walters of Detroit, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Walters, here
visiting her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Bonds. SI I
South Evans avenue, and her
cousin. Claudius Bonds, an
nouncer for the NAACP broad
cast.
Miss Walters, a graduate of
Caas Technical high school, has
studied in scholarships at Wil
berforce University and Central
State College, Xenia, Q.
Wayne Junior
She is now in hot .iunior year
ihe Wayne University E\e
PRICE 10c
Iff
his clinic went to Delaware and
re-tested twenty-two children
who had been transferred from
segregated to integrated schools,
“All of the Negro children of
this study who changed from
segregated to integrated schools
made distinctly belter academic
progress,’’ the psychiatrist re
veals
‘The most potent reason is
emotional motivation. The con
flicts caused by state-ordained
segregation were removed.’’
ning College und is employed as
a stenographer at the Detroit Bell
Telephone Company.
She has appeared in recitals in
Ohio. Kentucky, Louisiana. lowa,
Michigan, Pennsylvania. New
Jersey, and Illinois and has done
television work in Cincinnati.
She is a student of Avery Crew,
one of Detroit's outstanding voice
instructors.
Sang in Morning
Miss .Walters sang at morning
I serices in Alexander AM E
Church, which recently acquired
I as pastor. Rev. Ford Gibson, now
engaged in his doetrorate's work
at Indiana University.
Also a guest on the Sunday
morning broadcast was William
Bell, a graduate of Evansville
' College now a mathematics
I teacher at Lincon high school.
Organist at MrFarland Baptist
Church, he accompanied Miss
Walter*.
Increase of
Bias, Red
Threat Told
Henson Ford was invited
, Monday to participate in a
I roiicerto(l effort to tfain state
t'air employment practice*
legislation by Walter P. Hea
ther, I'AW-riO president
In a letter to the vice
president of Ford Motor
Cos., Reuther based his re
quest on a speech made by
Tord March 10 in Miami
before the National Con
ference of Christians and
Jews.
Reuther stated th.it Ford's ef
forts were needed because of an
I increase in discrimination at the
employment Rate when our econ
omy is attempting to mobilize to
meet the challenge of Communist
tyranny and aggression.
Dispells Bias
In Ins Miami address. Ford
stated that the Detroit United
Foundation by its conceited ef
fort in harmoniously bringing to
gether ail elements of th* Com
munity for a common cau*e, was
dispelling racial perjudice.
"Your attack on racial preju
dice and the denial of opportuni
ties to minority groups is ex
tremely timely and welcome in
this period of increased practice*
of discrimination at the employ
ment gate.” Reuther cited.
“I am sure you will agree that,
at a time when our economy i#
mobilizing to meet the challenge
of Communist tyranny and ag
gression in the world, he added,
we cannot afford to permit a
continuation of these basic vio
lations of human and civil right*
in our society.
Invites Cooperation
In concluding, Reuther re
vealed *'l respectively invite you
jto join with a group of civic,
church, fraternal, labor and com
! mumty organizations who are
j working to secure a state feir
employment practices law in
Michigan.’*
Ford in pointing out how the
Torch Dnve dispelled racial bia*.
I explained: “With imagination and
sincere intent it should not be
difficult to open wider areas of
interfaith and interracial coop
erations.
“The bringing together of the
community’s religious, racial and
economic life into one coordi
nated program tends to have
prejudices vanish.” he added.
Mordecai Johnson
Guest Speaker for
Second Baptist
Dr Mordecai W. Johnson, pres
ident of Howard University, will
be guest speaker Sunday after
noon at Second Baptist Church
in celebration of the 6th anni
-1 versai y of its pastor, the Rev.
A. A Banks. Jr., and its U7th
year.
Presiding at the three-thirty
i service will he Dr. Clarence Hil*
I berry, act.ng president of Wayne
, University, and other personali
ties. including Mrs. Beulah T.
Whitby, acting director of the
' newly rrented Commission on
Community Relations, and R.
Coni ad Vaughn, president of
Tuskegee Alumni Association
Guest preacher at the ten
thirtv morning sendee will be
Dr Edgar Dewitt Jones, pastor
emeritus. Cent ral Woodward
Christian Church, and president
‘of the Federal Council of
, Churrhcs.
At the seven-thirty service the
' theme will be “The Church and
the News’* with Dr Gordon Her
risen of the Detroit News and
Charles Wnrtman of the Michigan
( Ct£onicle in charge. •