r
I
NEGROES WELCOK V-E
Resigns In Protest Soldier Treatment
Thf fin;il of foinuny
was so dftuiiti'ly fnri-shadn\v«-d,
and ihi- ni-ws o'. i*U' ond so halt-
hi-arti*dlv and unsucoossfully ra-
out, that V-K Day wj.;
sc.nii'What of an anticlimax. \V'
vvcic all much in th(‘ positjiin of a
child who ha.N disr«»vcn‘d and i x-
am led all hus ChiLstmas luvs a
wci k before Ci.ristrnas Day. Nat
urally he cannot develop tin- en
thusiasm which othc’Wise would
have expre.ssed itself in w.ld
; but lie IS happy ovei
of the thinK.s, notv-
shouts of oy;
the possess
thi-less
So
happy and thankful
over the cominn of Victoi v in Eu-
n.pe. Its value is not underesti
mated. evi n thou rpushasir
mated, iviii thouKh .surprise i
not an element in our reaction to
11 The arhievemenl of that much
pri/ed ano once so far off ohjer-
liv«', total defeat of th«' .•\\’s. an I
unconditional sur render, hrinp.s a
.s*-nse of -salisfaciion. relief, and
platitude more appropriately ex
pri ssed in the siber anl thoueht-
tul manner oh.sen'ed here, and in
peiieial thmuphoul thi- country.
.•\nd even mole so in view of
the part of the job .still untinish-
ed. Ne\er before in the hi.sloiy .>[
our country ha* .su .di a complete
and overwheimiitK victory found
u.- with such a preal task still re-
maininp bi-f*ire the full fruits of
peace could be enjoved. In hun
dreds and titousands of homes V-E
Day could mean no mine than the
certainty that the full weight of
mil war might will now be thrown
inti the task of shortening the
\va: against our othiT eneinv. Ja
pan. V-E Day is meaningle.Hs to
thi m. and in a sense, to all nf u.s.
apart from the fact that final vic-
tery is hrought m-an-r
.Although the analogy i.s f v
fiom complete. im natiiially
thinks ef the closing part of l.in-
cfln's Gi ltslnirg .Address The best
v\av to tionor both flu- living and
tile dead who are fighting and
h.'Ve fought in this war .-o far. i;
to do all we i-an to hasten the final
and eomplete victory The real re-
ioiring will rome with Victory
Dav N' . V E Dav. V-peiiod.
AN
BUSINESS AS
USUAL IN CITY
ON V-E DAY
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Race Is Happy That '
Conflict Is Over In Europe *
By Geo. F. King
With loinial announcements >1
European vicloiy. V-E Day was
pioclaiined by PiesideiU Truman,
i’nme Minister Churclull and
Marshal Stalin, ovei the radio,
P a m., Tui'Sday. May H, a. in.
Following the lormal antuiunce-
nu nt over the ladio by I'limi'
.MinistiT Churchill tiiere wa.s an
olficial two-day celebiatiun in
England.
The announci-ment and pro-
el. niatiun by P^l■^ldenl Truman
were bum full of ulteraiu-es thai
levealed that he wanted the p>'u-
plt III this eountiy to tempe:
their celebration with prayers
ano thankiigivmg and with the
thought war against Ja
pan must be p?Ssecutod to the
limit. Sunday, May lit, is the day
sti aside by f^resideoi TruiMia,
in his proclan^tion, as a Day of
Prayer.
The victory over Gennany and
hei E’jrop«>an allies v/as .siniui
taneously announced by President
Truman in Washingum. Prm: •
Minister Churchill in London, and
Ihnmiei Stalin in Moscow.
wushing that the great factor in
ihe down • fall of Nazism ano
Eacism and Japan—the late Pres-
idtnt Franklin Delano Rooseve.t
liad lived to si-e V-E Day.
Sunday the colored ehjrche.s
will wholeheai tedlv joiiu-d in the
observance of ’hat Dav of Piuyer.
Indications are that .Mr. Churc
hill will meet President Truman
soon after V-E Day and that iht
ir.ceting will be widened into a
Big Three conferenci- with Prem-
liT Stalin, The pre.senl Polisn
problem, with its latest di'velop-
n)ent.s. Is believed to Iw among
the urgent factors in bringing lo-
g'thei Pnsident Truman. .Mr.
Churchill and Mr. Stalin at a lu-a-
dale.
White Minister Quits In
Protest Soldier Treatment
Why the smile
have piiichiised
Tne.M' C.ulr 1
Ivor $;',ittKJ 1
War ^iolld^. lliey have .
l>c jub.ioiil. ,
North Carolina Organizes
Progressive Voters League
WAR MOTHERS
HOLD DEDICATION
SERVICE
RALEKdl — Ti.e American \V i-
Molhcj - Chapter i held their dedi
cation sirvin at Chavis Park, May
4, at o’clock. Al which time ■
tree and .-tone bench wen d*-riic.u-
ed to the boys and girU who have
and arc now M-iA inn in me .irnu-d
forces, TJic ire,- in r of those
living, the bench in ni« n.iy of tho.se
who have p.ii--- the .premo sacri
fice An i.vertoie by ihe Wa.-hiiij;-
ton High School Baini umler the
dlrcclien .f .Mr. .h hii C. I.evuigston.
, Invocation hy Revi rcnri J, W .tones,
paator of 'he F„yeti. \ die S'reet
Baptist C’.urch ifie W. shiiiglon
Higli School Glee Clab, under the
dlmiinn of Mr.- E .M, .M Kelly,
sang the following r.umers: My
Country Tis of Thee. Americn thc
Beau^ul ant) God Ble.-r America.
w T} - mode ny Mrr. I.d-
lian l^gan. pn*sideni of the chap
ter. A few of Ihe war mtither pre-
.sented a pagent, ’•Tr.mite fr the
Ti- After wt-iih th - ImIhI played
Tin--- Till' '•rioaker;. ol lln- afii i
iiotiii Were p-r-a iiti-d' .Mayor {« 11
Aiidiev- ami I’ -ttr Pi.yiw. de..ii of
I L'i.i\er ily tiy M'.s N S. l)e
■ ' .nui .Mr- Ethel young, re-pee-
’ '.. ly The meyur g:aci>>usly ae-
Rev. llerlierl Quits
SciaiiT (ammission
Wilmington — Tin? Looney case,
in which charges a city policc-
n'e n aiTuseil of being drjnk on
du.y were diiimls.>se(I by the Citv
Civil Service Commission. Is
iig.dn in the limelight. Rev. J.
F’urman Heihcrt. a membe-r of
tie Commission, has resigned in
protest to the Commission's hand
ling of the case, He stood out
ag;.in.sf the dccLsion of the major
ity of the Commission in the
Ltieney case and took a stand for
v.hat he called absolute justice.
His utterances regarding the case
in which ;i discharged colored ser
viceman and white waitress al
ready w re mistreated by the po-
liecman, were pronounced and
.significar t. Negroes here .say Rev.
Herbert effectively nwealedjiow
a Chi istiun should apply Christi
an pnoripk-s in iiiterr: cial ma*.-
tirs.
• RALEIGH — Except for a con
scious feeling of deep gratitude and
pniyerfullnses on the part of Raleigh
citizens on V-E Day, the city's work-
I.MW PfcrvTQ aetivilies moved along us
I fvlv,li I I V r., lo usual. Perhaps, the anticipation of
' " — " the day was greater than the reali
zation of it when It finally was
upon us.
It would be erroneous to say,
however, that our pulr.es were not
heightei>ed to some degree, but
such a "set-up," we believe, served
as an Impetus to work harder than
I ever to get the whole thing over
and done with. Now, that we have
tasti'd of the sweetness of victory.
■ how avid must be our determina-
.tion to get our rightful share!
i The day found us listening wflh
intense interest to the radio speech
• by President Truman, which prov-
'cd to be sobering and thought-pro-
1 voking, reminding us of what the
' wa** so far has meant in the loss of
' loved ones, materials and health.
His prod!imalion followed.
In prnelically every church In Ra
leigh were found individuals gath
ered with H feeling o*f “logether-
ness" in offering special prayers of
lhanksuiving, and petitioning the
Almighty for victory over our re
maining foes.
I Governor Cherry also iss'ied a
• pr.iclamation which .said in text:
'The present achievement of our
armed force.s is but a milestone in
our war program. The war Is not
over, a'ld this is no time for an "all
• out" expression of our restrained en-
thusaism and pent-up personal emo-
.tions On the fighting fronts of the
Japanese Axis powers, much re-
rr.ains to be done, 1 beg you not to
let any essential war work slow up
or stop."
I Lights came on again In the
streets of Raleigh, lifting the brown
-out which has existed, as in other
cities and towns, for months. And
in every theatre the National
Anthem was played and vigorously
; Sling.
NNW ESSAY
RESULTS
ANNOUNCED
LOlII.SVn.I.K. KY, - Winners
in the Nalion.il High School E.SMiy
i nnicxi sponsored by the Negro
New>paper Publishers Association
were announced this week by the
organization's Newspaper Week
Committee
The prize-winning essay on the
subject "The Negro Ne*wspaper,
Crusader For Peal Democracy" was
written by Janies Burns. Jr., sopho-
more student at the Sumner Hign
School of Kansas City. Kansas. Scc-
01x1 prize went to Aiidire H. White
of tlie Hampton Institute High
School. Hampton, Va, Third place
went to Rita Thaler, Morris High
School of the Bronx, New York.
The es.says were adjudged the
best of more than one thousand ori
ginal entries. They first won prizes
as one of the three b>p-ranking
ccoiributlons to the local contests
(Continued on back page)
Mr.
near
Why the smilt-7 These Cadehs
have purchased over $2.1)00 tn
Norih Carolina Organizes
Progressive Voters League
pi. in this country to t.rnpc: ^V\hc^'‘Prt^“ident "TrumiT^^^
their celebiatiun with C'liurchill amt Mr Stalin at a
and thankaglvuiR and with the
thought Uiiii^he war against Ja-1 . .
f ian must ijp iffost-cutca to the
imit. Sunday, May 13. is the day
set aside by I^rwideBl Trunian.
in hit proclamation, as a Day of
.Prayer
The vicUiry over Gennany and
het European allies was simul
taneously aniiounceij by Preskl.’itl
Truman in Washington. Prime
Minister Churchill in Lundon. and
Primier Stalin in Moscow.
At the lime of this story, there GREENSBORO - A soeci-.l com-!
wa.s a complete absence of ficht- L, "■“I P'-PPl-- '"'ve I"'
ini, except on lone fronts wheie Carotin,, Proeresslve Voters "“V ■" « H.
circumstances were such that the
fightius hadn't been fully reach
ed. Credence, from reports main
ly from Stockholm, was that
Germany had decided not to make
a battlefield. Grand Admiral
Doenilz and his henchmen, from
the proclamations issued bv Pre,«-
idenl Truman. Prime Ministt‘r
Churchill and Premier Stalin,
had surrend red on all fronts in
cluding the Russian.
The capitulation of Nazi Germ
any has brought much joy tc^Af-
rr-Americans everywhere,
have
and joined
War Bonds, they have a right to
be jubilant.
Durham Editor Defeated
In City Council Race
Staff Cor«>pmdent
Durham — Although Louis K,
2.196 votes against W. T. Carpen-
Austin, Durham editor and stalc
u^lle|•s■ head, polled nearly 1,000. .
voles in this city's councilnuituc “ J ** .....i, w nitn
'“Aust.p''™t'"red‘’tli''^‘ra“' tn Du,'- S.S...Iiepnll.v. in the Wo «^rd,
a‘'S''wrde b^is"""”""' ":S' leavm'.;"nea''riy “400 vlj;e.s To
All Durham'incumbents, in-|PP'’'P '™"’
cludinB Mayor W. F. Car, who fc,"
v;as unopposed, were returned to
North Carolina Progressive Voters
r.cague rrct on Friday, May 4. at Beatty of Fayetteville. "W.- can get
Ihe Market Street YMCA in more Negro p .Ucemen, public li-
Greensboro. bnirios. and playgrounds throiiuh
The meeting was opened by the organized use of the ballot. This i-
• iiiuijin of America; then the iiivo- being done in s'tme conuntinifles.
cation was offered bv the Rev. E- ^hil it must become Siate-wirie W-
F Oi pgg of Gasloniii T V Man-, f"re it can achieve fuilrst re.-viiUs. "
gum of Statesville explained the or-' he continued Focusing attention on
vaiiizatinn and wirk of the Progros- the striiggh’ of our group to atta.n
>ivc Voters League stressing the full deinoeiacy in our State an.) in
values of the proposed Slate Organ- oor Nation, Mr. Beatty slirr.*d the
izatinn ! reprcsenfalive'- by quoting the
"The purpnes nf this League is to, "Weary Traveller."
elfare of the Dr C, C Spaulding. H V. Price.
A Tiitt. Ihe Rev. S i' '
Camage, the Rev. S. G.
Matihews and many otlurs wr. t
to Ihe Aiiini Presidri f expressing ^
their interest in the work. Other- '
slated Iheii regret at their in.ibilityi RAl F.IGH The V-E Day per- it Commission, warns,
to .ittcnd llir Ralhering. i'>d i> on' lo stir the spirit of satis- Dr. Dorton calls upon the more
• Officers ns follows 'vere «'lerled- f icti.jn and ;hankfulresF that one than 48fi employees of the War Man-
Pie-idenl: R H. Be.itty, Fa,vfteville; furniirialile enemy ha- been eliinin- power Ccmmis.sion and its U. S. Flm-
vlee presidents T. V. Mangum.' iied i>ot •■iioiild no; interfere wiih [ilo.vment Service to -et an example
State.sviHe. L W. Slui'hs. Aberdeen, the harder and possibly longer task to all workers, as well as to all em-
Z. E. Rate’neioi. Rocky Mopnt, J M feliminaiir.c the other .iiid more ployrrs, to stay on the job and work
In the other wards where run- R Gleave.- Winston-Salem: «ee.e. |di-iant enemy. Dr .1. S Durton. diligently mid constantly to com-
olLs occui'ivd, G. W. Munford, Se- tary. E. E Gregg. Gaetnnin; assis-• Si.ile director of .he War Manpow- (Continued on back page)
and WanJ ineumbenl. piled up
.c-..vm« ,>^,>-,....4- They promote the general .
sane ly expressed their jnv p*'‘’plp in every vlllaae. town, and the R. v, U
joined with the world in rity of the Stale. "The greatest sec- Daly, F G
loiiowing nuirers: My
!>untry TIs of Thee. America the
. and f^d Bless America.
► w^Tf'lnude by Mrs, Lil
lian Logan, president of the chap
ter. A few of the war mother pre-
.sented u pagent, "Tribute to Ihe
Tree." After which the band jilayed
Trees, The speakers o) the after-
'noon Were presented: Mayor G. H.
Andrews and F'oster Piyiie, dean of
Shaw University by Mrs, N. S. Dc-
j vane and Kirs, EUiel Young, rc.spec-
; lively. The mayor giuctously ac-
lecpted the tree and bench and said
that it is very fitting that the mnth-
tant Kcereiary. .1 C. Ji hnson Fay- er.s gave an oak to be dedicutoci us
etieville, irea-unT W r. Bidding. Raleigh was one ca forest of aks
Slalcsville; Sgl.-al-arins, John Fair, and for a long while was culled the
Winston Salem; chaplain, W, M, city of oaks
Jackson, Abi'ideeii; par'iameiitarinn, Dean Payne congr.ituinted the
N L, Giegg, Greensboro; legal nd- mothers on Hie fine work they had
visor, AllM-ney .1, S, I’.ow.ser. Ctiar- doen and said in part that the ser-
loltp viee meiia nil women’s task will
H H. Heaity of F'ay« tieville, pi.'- soon be over, but Ihe mothers must
sided ove ithe .si'Ksion.’; Miss Alma catch Ihe torch and eairy on.
.Mi'liilyr‘ of .\ and T College serv- After the band playert, "Evening
cd as eoiiference .■leniigiapiuT. Shadow," taps were sounded.
Dr. Dorton Urges All To
Stay On Job Dilligently
Paul Robeson Blasts Peace
Conference Saboteurs
Herbert effectively revealed^ow gj,tries. They first won prize* cities and towns, for months. And
; a Christian should apply Christi-jgj one of the three top-ranking I in every theatre the National
lim principle* in interracial ma*.-j contribution* to the local contest* | Anthem was played and vlgorouslj
J (Continued on back p-ige) jsung.
Paul Robeson Blasts Peace
Conference Saboteurs
Ian rraiici»c€ Ccnference
oil ice.
Durham election officials were
unanimous in their agreement
that the election was one of the
uuii’te.it ever held here. The en
try ol Austin, the only Negro
candidate, created little outward
vorieern.
F^xcepl for constant reference
to him as "Negro" appeared al-
must no interest on the part ot
white.s. There an* sources in Dur
ham, however, who charge that
a S’jbth' uiidercuver campaign was
staged to defeat him, sing hi.
r.'-ei- as reasons for oppiesmg him.
This corespondent talki*d with
citizens who were at the ptills a-
mariv a.s li;30 when tht*.v oitem-.i,
and he was among a group ol
half a dozen voters who stood m
thi corridor of the Durhajii Coun
ty Court IIousi* as Mayor W. F.
Carr and other city officials took
a final look at 6:.30 Tmusday nigh*
wht'n the polls elost'd.
No indication was giv»*n at any
ot the placu's the corespondent
visited of any attempt to incit"
violence or tn foil the orderly
ppoce.ss of goveinment.
On the surface. Durham took
the enrv of its Negro councilman
ic candidate in stride.
that a .substantial number of the
latter votes were from Durham
white citizens.
Austin's supporters were con
fident of victory until the last re
turns were tallied. Some semb
lance of organization was work
ed out over the wi'ekend. and
hr..-tily summoned conveyances,
driven mostly by voluntec work
ers. were seen carrying voters to
the polls.
*rotiiinuPd on back p;»f*e>
PA. GDP KNIFES
FEPC BILL
HARRISBURG (O— The l.xst
opportumlv to bring about enact-
iru nl of a lair einplovment prac
tices measure at the 1945 .se.ssion
of the Pi nn.-vlvania Gc-neral As
sembly has bci-n lu.st due to the
knifing nf Reoubliean Party.
Tile Republican majoritv or a
straight partv vote of 28-18 refus
ed Demeteratic efforLs to dlsehar^e
the ho.sfj!e Labor and Indu.s‘i*v
Committee from furlh»*r consid
eration of tht- bill.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The stop and "«'iici'al f.fovislnns, Costa Enforcement arrangements —
San FraiiiiM'o Conference of ilic Ric.i will l>i Cii.urinan, Haiti rap Chairman, Ecuador Rapporteur,
United Nalions moved forward at ail P'Oteur foi membership and Saudi F'ruiicr. Regional ArrangeiiicnLs —
increased pace, its political paihw.*y Arabia for general provisions. Chairman, Colombia; Rapporteur,
clear. South .-Xfiica obuiined the Presi- China.
Working atesignmenti: were hand- d«ncy nf t'.{ Commission on the ^ Entering il.s .-econd phase, the hls-
cd out tn each nf the participating Ctimral .\--vinl)ly which will deal luric World Organizatnin of an In-
imtioiis with definite jobs to be wiib the pioblem of whether the ternalioriHl Security liegim to tac-
done, Diiinb:i: Uiii O.ik. proposals should kle some of the .-crinus problem.-:
KEY POST TO NEW ZEAL.WI) be modified to increase the rights ba.sic to a permanent world struc-
One appi'iniment of special inter- > f the ^nlallol' natloiu In the Gen- lure to insure peace,
est was that of New Zealand as eral Asm mbly. ! It was appareiit this week, how-
Chairman of the Ccimmittee on ilie Panama rireived the post of rap-1 ever, that the Colonial is.sue would
International Trustee.sliip System porteiir and Liberia that of a«ii.slant j not be raised In this (Conference,
under the General A.srembly, New secretary general for this Commis-; beria aski*d for an “International
.cion. j Tru.steeshlp Plan" does not offer
The rommiMi ‘ po'nts structure , too much hope to the solution of the
Chairman. Tur- pressing Colonial problem.
White Rusfa. ' While neither F.thiopia nor L!-
Pr.litical and Security P'oiiclinns beria asked for an ’Tnlernatoinal
Zelaii dand Australia have views on
the control of iniindales and Japan
ese island.s captured in the 1 :ifie and proitcdun
differing considerably with th- key; Rats iteu
'sires of official circles in Lon'
‘ Belgium was pul in charge
Commission on General Prine
which will draft Ihe pie.oiiole.
.Stateineiit of purpose end priiH-ipU--.
Meriiherstiip and Keiiera! provi.sioo-
includiog the secrcUrlut and ani-
ii.enUiiieiits 'I'tii- is wtiere the i.-sue
ji-f the .Mhiiitic Chart'T and Itie ad-
bereiici- of 'he .Ameiiea to piin.':-
ples of juvlic will eome up, as w.-ll
as lha' Ilf tiberali/ing the preitt'imi.s
f..r .iiiieiidiii': the Ctiart^r, To the
Ptiillipiiies went the pot i.f i.uni.a
tour for this roinmissjin. and !•>
L( xjon that of assistant secretaiy ll'uidii
I
he — rhairman. Bolivia; Raporteur,
Dominicim Republic.
Feoiioniic .Old Soeial Cooperation
— Cliairmaii, Indi.a; Ratipurleur,
(■aul4'ma1a.
Tnelee-tiip SvFtem — Chairman.
New Zealand .It.iiiporleiir. Luxen-
.\ppoUitnie
dent.
Two
■ undei
•ommiltees ore included In iril>utet :
11 the r.imniL-Jon
'ouiii d wiiieh will
•t' ariru'il f. > ees to
,1, were — I’re.sl-
\.ipp"rteui. Paia-
Si'cret ary-General,
s on the eommif-
i-: C'liiimi’—ion were dls-
foHow-s. Structure.! and
lairman Greece;
)ffie«
t'omini-'Sion. On oiu*. that «in 'rini-diire
preamble purposes and pnneiplev, napp..rleur. F.l .Salvador, Peaceful
Ihe (Tki'.iiiie vmU tiold tin- Ctiair- Selitem. nl of Di-pulev Ch.airman.
, manship aiKt Sviia that . f r.qjput - ttruguay; Raf.poittur, the Soviet
i teur. On the other, itiwl on iiieinU.T-, Union,
Bill of Rights." raising this question
was left to two small Central Amer
ican Republics -- Haiti and Pana
ma
Necessity of inlelh-clunl collabora
tion in the n)‘w world orgunization
•mw l«‘iiig drawn up at San Fran
cisco was stressiHl in the sixth plen
ary session of UNC 10 yesterday by
Hadian Foreign .Minister Gerard E
CHURCH CELE
BRATES I5TH
ANNIVERSARY
CHAPEL HILL — The Diamond
Jubilee Anniversary Celcbiation of
tlie Ruck Hill Baptist Church was
field with appropriate ceremonies
each night during the week of
April 1-8.
The celebration openc-d Sunday
, with preaching and Holy C'jmmun-
, ion by the Pastor. Highlighting the
week wre speciu] programs • by
the Negro Business Men's League,
the Orange County Training School
Faculty, featuring an addrc.':s by
Mr. D. M. Jernagin, principal, and
a special Candle Lighting Service
in memory of all those having serv
ed in the Armed Fo'-ces, and the
unveiling of the U. S. F'lag by the
Boy Scouts. Special music was ren
dered by Ihe Junior Choir of the
church with Mr. L. B. Booth as
Choirsler. and the OCT.S under the
direction of Mrs. Radsda. $1,015 was
th(' amount raised during the week’s
.service. $100 was given to Ihe Shaw
•University New Development Pro-
cram and $.50 to l.ott Carey Conven
tion. The remainder of the funds
will be used for church improve
ment.
The Church was founded in 1870
and Rev. J. H. Hackney was U.s pas
tor for 61 years. The Deacons of the
church are Messrs. C. Maddox. L. F.
CaldweP. George Trice. Sherman
Piirefny. Silas Pettiford. William
McCuIlay, Walter McCullay and
London Partin. Rev. J. R. Stanford
is the pastor of the church at pre
sent and composed a special anniver
sary hymn for the celebration. Mrs.
Katie Tinnie headed a special com
mittee to raise funds during the
celebration.
By TED WATSON
CHICAGO. Ill (CNS)—In a gi-
gcntic peace rally sponsored by
the Wilson Local 25 of the United
Packinghouse Workers, a branch
of the CIO, Friday, Paul Robeson.
cclebraU-d star of the stage, screen
and radio, and who is currently
appearing in this city in the pro
duction. "Othello", took side with
tile layman, whose fate is being
silted by representatives of world
powers al the San Francisco con*
*erenco.
' Robeson avowed that the warp*
td minds that sponsored the sell*
'oul of many European countries,
are the polluted faculties which
vs'Culd like to commit sabotage to
the San Franci.'ico conference but
in view of the overall importance
to out' w war. the common peo
ple are well aware of such dis-
frvor and won’t stand for it. Al
this rally approximately three
thousand workers forfeited their
lunch period to listen to Robeson
and fiayor Kelley emphasize the
impoi lance of unity, so that they
and oU'.r*'' working class people
of the world might enjoy a per
manent peace.
Robeson, standing on a sound
truck bedecked with flag.s of 46
United Nations, told the workers.
“II you don't believe the twisted
mind.s are still at work, read the
Chicago Tribune”.
"You are the people, who ior
the fir.st time in history, are tak
ing your rightful places in direct
ing the destiny of the world; vou
arc the people who know the deep
meaning of the ideal that we must
live in a world where all m''n are
free”. Rohesnn concluded.
Mayor Kelly bemoaned the loss
of President Roosevelt, under
whase guidance it is believed,
would have brought about nnny
of the realities which we are fight
ing for. He emphasized th.? need
foi unswerving support of the
ideals as were being carried for
ward by President Truman.
No Reduction In Draft In Spite Of V-E Day
WASHINGTON — Tlic "call totee. the Chief of Staff pointed out
Lc.-i
itl.
•nt. Haiti said: "Col-
iifci'ssary. Htimim
III itsi slati
laboiiilioii
Rights Guarimtet’s are asked.”
Addressing the session in French.
Mr Lescot pointed "ut that the Dic
tators used education to their own
endV and a repitition of Ihe use of
schools for purpiises inimical to
IM-ace and security nuisl bt' prevent
ed in th»‘ future.
(Continued on back pa$e)
!irms" by the Army’s draft boards
of about 100.000 men r. month will
remain as Is for an indefinite time
in .spite of our victory in Europe.
There had been hope that a re
duction in those calls would follow
V-F) Day, but this hope wa.s dashed
when an announcement from Gen
eral George C. Marshall that May
and June replacement needs of the
Army cannot be met with ttie pre
sent inductions.
In a letter to Chairman May (D-
Ky.), of the House Military vunimll*
that the present shortage would
probably be increased "by some
50.000 men over the next three
months," and the capitulation of the
Germans will have little or no ef
fect on this number.
However it Is of great necessity,
Gen. Marshall maintaleed, to start
an increased flow into the Pacific
area where replacements are need
ed for the casualties suffered in that
area, and for the men who should
be relieved after many months of
hard fighting under the most dis
agreeable weather condiUons.
EDITDR MITCHELL
VISITS PRES.
TRUMIN
NEW YORK (O—J. E. Mitchell,
Editor of the St. Louis Argus,
was received by President Tru
man at the White House during
his brief stay in Washington, D.
C. where he had gone to attend an
Executive meeting of the National
Negro Press Association.
At the close of the Press meet
ing Mr. Mitchell came to New
York to visit with his sister, Mrs.
Hatttie Powell. While here he saw
a few friends, among whom were
S:. Louis' own Lou Swartz—Ac
tress and Entertainer, Lt. Ina Me-
Fadden (WAC) and Joe “Ziggy”
Johnson. Producer. He left New
York the last of the week for his
home in St. Louis.
Saint Agnes Holds
Second Induction
RALEIGH — Honoring the sec
ond anniversary of the United
States Cadet Corp Saint Agnes
School nf Nursing will induct 38
Pre-Cadet Nurses Saturday after
noon at 2 p. m. on the lawn In front
of the Nurses Home.
Dr. T, L. Umphlct will induct the
Cadets. Miss Thelma Anderson wilt
.sing the Cadet Anthem.
Dr. A. W. Tucker, admlnlstratorr
of the hospital, will preside at the
oxer ses. The Boy Scout of Amer
ica iroop .59, will lead the proces
sional. Mr> R. M. Godley, director
of the school, will present the Ca-
det.s for induction.
The public is invited.
Man’s Body Mangled
By ACL Train
ROCKY MOUNT — The life of
Mnnce Hargrove, about 60. was
snuffed out under the wheels of a
south-bound Atlantic Coast Line
train Saturday morning about 9. at
the Grande Avenue Crossing here.
The crossing Is equipped with lights
and a bell, but has no gate.
According to a police report, the
man had waited for a north-bound
train to pass, and attempted to creas
the tracks without seeing the ap
proaching south-bound engine.