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THE CAROLINIAN
VOL. XXVI, NO. 18
RALKU’.II. NOKTH CAROLINA WKLK KNDING SATI UDAY, OCT. 18. 1946
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Student Strike Leaders Arrested
CLOSE COURTHOUSE WHEN HOST
OF REGISTRANTS APPEAR TO VOTE
NAACP HAILS
RELEASE OF MEN
FOR “MUTINY'’
NEW YORK — The restoration
to duty uf 52 soldiers who were con
victed of mutiny last fall Li Hawaii
was hailed by the NAACP last week
as vindictaion Its orieiAgl con-
■ ttnttoh that ttHr ttWf*WtMnJWv5kd ■
fo action by the operation uf color
prejudice In the outfit. '
The case was brought to the at
tention of Walter White. NAACP
aecretary. personally when he vis
ited H.Twaii l;i>-t Decerr.ber. The K.
A. A. C. P. requested a transcript
to duty of 52 soldiers wno were con
victed of mutiny last fall Ui Hawaii
was hailed by the NAACP last week
as vindictaion A its .pricl|g|l con-
a.i.iMMiviitWwiiaM
fo action by the operation of color
prejudice in the outfit. ‘
The case was brought to the at
tention of Waiter White, NAACP
eecretary, personally when he vis
ited Hawaii last December. The N,
A. A. C. P. requested a transcript
of the court martial prjceedings of
Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Jr,
with a view to filing an appeal. In
response to a lequrst from Private
William A. Alien of the 1320th En
gineer General Service Regiment,
and 66 ethers. Upon his return to
America lost April from a four-,
month tour uf Pacific bases. White
conferred in Washington with Un
der Secretary of War (now Secre
tary) Robert P Paterson asking ac
tion by the War department in be
half of the men.
Last June 17 the NA.\CP was ad
vised by Lt. Gen. Richard.son, Jr.,
that 67 of the 69 men originally tried
had ben .'^signed to a rchabilitatiun
• Continued on naae)
Dailies Fan “Riots” At
New York High School
MARION. S. C. 'ANP) — Hucing
run out of delaymg ta.lics l>i avert
large registration of colored citi-
rns, thp^Marion ccunty courthouse
Kir.ply cl-sed up for the day when
a host of Negroes journeyed hire
from over the county to register
on Monday.
1.1 d by J L Morgan and Ceurge'
li Chism, chairman and aecrt-tary'
respectively of the county Progrrs-
Mve Detnocratic parly, the applt--
cants w’ere told B'. .M. Boatwright.'
registratijn officer, wasn't in and
probably wouldnt' be in during the
day although he had personally as-
*urei retistration on" Monday to a
delegatoin which had consulted
him last Thursday
Spurning the woman's sugges
tion that they return later, about
of the applicants crowded into
■he officer's roam at nine o'clock
and M'nt out a committee to local”
cants were told f. M. Hoatwrlghi,
registratlan officer, wasn’t in and
probably wouldnt' be in during the
day although he had personally as-
•urel refistration "on'' Monday
delegatoin which had consulted
him last Thursday.
Spurning the woman's sugges
tion that they return later, about
30 of the appliennts crowded into
'.he officer’s room at nine o'clock
.and sent out a committee to locate
Boatwright who had een seen in
(own that morning. At eight min
utes to 10 so.mebody in an outer of
fice closed the door to the room
the applicant.^ had entered but no
body moved, emerging finally at
two o'clock, breaking a five hour
wait.
The searching committee reported
having spied (he officer who took
to flight but what puzzled those
wh.) remained in.s)de more was
that every office in the courthouse
had been elo.«:ed and there wasn’t a
-■out in sight Attaches and office
workers had left less than an hour
after the applicants arrived, the
leaders were informed later.
'ConTnued on bf.ck page) i
NAACPWARNS
AGAINST POLL
TAX AMENDMENT
RECORD CROWD
EXPECTED TO
ATTEND CONFAB
DEMONSTRATION
I AGAINST NEGRO
CAUSES ACTION
WASHINGTON, DC. — Thv
NAACP Washington Bureau hailed
the action of the Senate judiciary
committee in reporting to the Sen
Ue.H. B. 7. Uie.AnU-PoU Ta«. B4U4*t0ttH«»‘to hmcHe fbi^ aiosCbn/
on October 1. It warned that Sen
ate Join R( solution 92. providing for
the abolition of the poll tax by
nican.s of a Constitutional amend
ment. which was sen*, to the Sen
ate at the same time, will "wreck'
. the fight to eliminate the poll tax
Chicago (ANP) — Police fron
Gresham station arrested 11 white
student strike leaders here Thurs
day to effectively block the la*-
ft anti-Negro demonstration by
l.'/OO Calumet High school stu
dents.
The 1.700 students, representing
riiore than half the schuol’.-^ «-n-
rollment of 3.026, stayed awav
from classes to protest the pres-
czu.-e of 2d Negro pupils at Calu-
^mel They had also planned to
ittge picket di nonstrations in
■ ■ ■ of the Chicago Vocational
whore -a- la^ number of
are* cnreHeitf.
Oscoolu E. McKaine. executive sec-' Acting Capt. Bart J. Moran
ictary of !hc PDP: C. A. Scott and ;V.resham station, immediately dL-
A4W ft -p VI' 1,^.. ft.i,.„»» patched police to the scene at C al-
Atty. A. T \t.ildtri. Atlanta. Sam yni» t High school to break up the
B. Solomon. Miami; R. H. Beatty. anti-Negro demonstration and lat-
K..yttcville, N C. A G. Shield#,,*-1 prevented the pupils ftom
Lillie Hi,Ik. Ark: I.iwU O, Swfno •’'irowmB pilkct lim-s arcui.l Ch,
COLUMBIA. S C. .ANP) —'A
'ccord attendance of persons from
mcr the nation is expected hert
for the two-day session of the Na
tional Council of Negro Democrats
Monday and Tuesday. Oct. IS and
!6, John H. MbCray, state chairman
of the Piogre>8ive Democratic Par
ty. host to the meeting sakf Tuesday.
Highlight of the meeting is a cloi(y
ing panoramic discussion th#
status of Negro voters in thefsoul
.Members ui B'idelit-. 1.'due end
> d their 2.5th Aniiiveisary celebra
tion last Monday nisht by burn'
mg the inertgage on their recent
home, locatid on Wile
Street Surrounded j.
’ members and Daughter i ^
FJxultcd Ruler Luciu>- , gone
>x. under whose gui ance
Raleigh lodge has rapidly
forward.
NAACP Washington Bureau hailed
the action of the Senate Judiciary-
committee in reporting to the Sen
aU.S. B. 7. tbeAi>U-JHiU takftiU..
NEW YORK — A pace one news
•lory In the New York Times writ
ten by Alexander Femberg on the
bo-called "riot" between white and
colored students at the Benjamin
Franklin high sch-iol was charac
terized by the NAACP as "highly
inflammatory" In a telegram from
Walter While to the Bidito.* of the
Times.
The Times sent a repiese itative
to the NAACP to explain it: po-si
lion and secure a statement from
Secretary White who declartni that
the violence in New York Cilv
■chooLs and other schools in the
Middle West were "part of an oi-
ganizbd attempt to foment lacial
strife in the nation’s schools ”
The NAACP also wired Police
Commisisoner Arthur WalUnder
who called a conference within an
hour constituted of six top officiah
nf the poliie depai .mi nt, the Rev,
.I'lhn H. Johnson, police chaplain
•-.nd rector of St. Martin's Episcopal
^'hurch III Harlim. Commi.ssionei
.^.imuel Batle. formerly a police
mtain. and Walter White.
The "riot" at Benjamin Franklin
I’hool uuieted down over the
ueek end with (he vast miajority
■•f (1 It.ifd and w-.ite students going
p an folly to their i‘la.>ses and noi-
n al acliviti.s The disturbance wii-
'•'tid (o havi‘ been initiated by
very ^^lall group
TVA Housing Policy
'^Separate But Equal**
NEW YORK — The housing
policy of the Tennes.see Valley
Authority fur its Negro and white
employees is "separate but equal"
according to Gordon R. Clapp, gen
eral manager, speaking for David
B Lilienthal, chairman
In response to a letter of Inquiry
from the NAACP Mr. Clapp wrote:
“It is the policy of the TVA to
provide recreational and education
al facilities and health and medical
services fof the temporary commun
ities located at its construction pro
jects. The facilities provided for
Negro employees are of the same
standards as those provided for
white employee.^ and the cost to
em'v’''veeo for similar accummoda-
“The housing facilities, both fami-
Uons is the same.
“The housing facilities, both fam
ily units and dormitory acommoda-
Ions, pnividcd for Negro employees
It cjnstiuction projects are separ-
•led from similar faedities provid-
d for white employjes. Tiiis con
forms to established laws and cus-
oms in th area which we believe
annot be ignored without delrei-
mentally affecting TVA’s ability to
carry on its construction and operat
ing responsibilities.
"The extent to which customary
arrangements of racial segregation
can be or .should be disregarded on
projects such as we carry on is a
question about which there Ls, of
course, much difference of opinion."
Mr. Clapp then stated that the
effect of any housing policy adopt
ed by TVA would probably dimin
ish .18 the years go on because as
each project is completed, almost
all TVA employees will depend
upon established communities for
residence and services.
on October 1. It warned that Sen
ate .loin Resolution 92, providing for
the abolition of the p.ill tax by
means of a Constitutional amend
ment. which was sen*, to the Sen
ate at the same time, will "wreck"
the fight to eliminate the poll lax
requirement If It is considered by
the Senate before H. R. 7.
Even if S. J. R. 92. which seeks
to abolish the poll tax by means oi
an amendment to the Federal Cen-
stitution should pass both Houses ot
CongresH, thirty-six state Icgisla-
turse would have to ratify it before
it would become the law of th'j
land, the NAACP pointed out. The
NAACP rec lled that an amend
ment to the- Constitution to ban
child labor w-as passed by the 68th
Congress on June 2, 1924 but that
after a twenty-one year figh’l only
Iwonty-Cight state ie.*islatures have
ratified it. There is no reason there
fore to assume, the NAACP con
tinued, that the states would move
any faster on a poll tax amend
ment than they have to outlaw prac
tices which have destroyed the
health and lives of hundreds of
thousands of the nation’s children
As further proof of the hopeless
ness of abolishing the poll tax by
the method of amending the Cen-
stitution, the NAACP pointed out
two statements made by Senators
Theodore G. Bilbo (D, Miss.) and
Allen J. Ellender D.. La.i. Bilbo
lender said that, though he would
not filibuster against It. while BM-
lender said thta, though he would
(Continued on back page)
GA. POLLTAX
REPEAl RETURNS
VOTERS TO LISTS
Atlanta (ANP)—A ruling which
will add between 200,000 and 300,-
000 voters, thousands of them N'-
g'oes, to the lists uf Georgia was
made by Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook
last week.
Cook ruled that Georgians
whose names were struck from
tl - registration lists for nonpay-
II vnt oJ poll uxes were automat
ically restored to such lists when
the poll tax was repealed.
Thousands of Negro men and
w-men, prevented from re-regi-
stiation and voting by.the accum
ulative feature of the outlawi-d
poll tax. will now find their namci
on the list of voters in the wake
of the attorney general’s ruling.
The ruing stated: "Since the
poll tax is no longer a prerequis
ite for voting, a person who is
otherwise qualified as an elec
tor is entitled to have his or hv r
name placed on the qualified vot-
or?' list and to participate in all
elections.
• As 1 construe the law. when
a pc-raon has once registered he
remains registered until and un
less the general assembly provide.s
for a re-registration."
A few weeks ago the attorney
general ruied that back poll tax
es were uncollectible.
Georgians of color have planned
mass registration and re-registra-
Uon effortg.
mgniigni oi me mecung >■
Ing panoramic discussion t
status of Negro voters in the^jgntl
They had also planned to
piiAet demonstrations in
It cu the Chicago Vocational
Osceola E. McKaine. executive sec-, Acting Capt. Bari J. Moran,
letary of the PDP: C. A. Scott and 'Gresham station, immediately dis-
Aff., ft -r A.io.™.,. -oatched police to the scene at Cal-
Atty. A. T. Walden. Atlanta; Sam ..p ,|,p
R. Solomon. Miami; R. H. Beatty, anlt-Negro demonstration and lat
Fayetteville. N. C.; A. G. Shields,
Little Rock. Ark; Lewis O. Swfng-
ier. Memphis; C. C. Dejoie. New
Orleans; Ro.scoe Dunjee, Oklahoma
City, and Carter G. Wesley, Hous.
tun.
Sessions arc to be held in the
auditoriums of Allen University and
Benedict College. The body is ex
pected to hoar addresses from Tom
B. Pearce, white Richland county
chairman Democratic i party and
Garp Paschal, mayor pro tern of
prevented the pupils from
throwing picket lines arouifl Chi
cago Vocational.
After arresting 11 of the strik
ers and taking them to the sla-
ticn, he joined in advising them
against participating in anti-Negro
denioastrtaions along with Thom
as Wright, executive director of
the Mayor’s Committee on Raco
Ri-)ations. The parents of the 11
arrested strikers backed Cap*.
Moran and Wright by pointing out
that their action was "undemo
cratic and un-American” "and ex
plicitly forbidden by law. where
upon all of the strike leader
Columiba. Congressman A, Clayton agreed to return to clas.s and
Powell and William L. Dawson and prombod to use their influence
Mrs. Mary McLe>>d Bethune are to persuade other Calumet stu-
nlso expected to attend one or more dents to do likewise,
of the sessions. (Continued on Pack page)
Elks Burn Mortgage On
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
RALEIGH - • B'ldelity Lodge of
Elks No. 277 of Raleigh, clothed
itself with community integrity
SutiHay afternoon in presenting the
Rev. D. Ormand Walker as their
25th anniversary speaker. Exalted
Ruler L. S Wilcox, who introduced
the >penker, told how Fidelity
Lodge hud struggled for many years
in the hope of owning their home
Tlie Ri-v. Mr. Walker in his master
.''ul address, held the audience to
rapt attention as lie paid tribute to
.Mayor Andn-ws of Raleigh, to^^e
lodge and citizens: in general:' he
ijrcA fully called attention to the
new world order. How the common
man had found his pisce in rlglitful
thinking. How the upsurge uf com
mon humanity had awept to obli
vion those who would lie world
opprt-s.sors, arni how this name up
surge was gathering in its tide men
with vision, and courage who arc
wliling to march with the common
herd to u new understanding He
voiced the hope thta Uu- day will
soon come when educational insti-
i tutions will send forth men that
are fearless, both white and Negro,
to point the way in a progressive
march to a new day
Mayor Oialiam H. Andrews spoke
I encour.agingly of the progress of
Raleigh and congratulated the
Lodge on tire succeks uf their pru-
I (Continued on back page)
Truman Names Mollison
U. S. Custom Court Judge
Chicago (ANP) — President
Truman appointed Ally. Irvin C.
Molison last week to the judge-
ship of the U. S. Customs court in
New York City, marking the first
time in American history a Negro
has been named a federal judge
Within continental United States.
The United States Custom-s
court, with headquarters in New
York City, is one of the nation’s
most impoilant federal courts
where questions affecting govern-
nient revenue and castom duties,
Which vitally affect the nation's
indu.stry. business and itss com
mercial relationships with other
nations of the world.
Molison. a graduate of the Uni
versity of Chicago Law school, has
had an extensive law practice her'*
since 1923 and i a member of U.
S. Suoreme court bar, the U. S.
Cijcuit court of appeals, 7th cir
cuit: the district court of the Unit-
,ed States, northern district of 11-
Imois; the U. S. orgeocy couxt
of uppt als, the U. S. Tax cimrt
and is also licensed to practice bc-
fere the treasury department
I "I am deeply grateful to Presi
dent Truman for his appointment
of me a.s a judgt of the United
Slates Customs court," he said.
/‘This app'.inlment is an importati*
recognition of colorc-d citizens of
our country, and is another -x-
pression of the President’s an
nounced policy of justice and fair-
ni 5.S to all Amtricans."
The 47-yeai -old lawyer was giv
en a thrc»*-vear appointment as a
member of the Bmard nf director?
of the Chicago Public library by
Mayor Edward J. Kelly on Oct.
11. 1038. and was reappointed for
another throe year term on Juno
23, 1945. Ho w’a.s made a memb t
of the board of education here on
Jan 7, ’944. for a term expiring
on Aori! 30. 1944. and was reap-
Dfinted for another three-year
.torn on June 23, 1945. He was
(CooUnuad on back page)
Shaw Honors Missionaries —
Misses M. Kathlicn Shaw and
Ann Bowers, griidualos of Shaw
University, who are going a.s mis-
siunnrles to Haiti, were honored
recently at special services at the
2 SHAW GRADS TO
DO MISSIONARY
WORK INHAITI
RALF.IOH — Two graduates of
Shaw University, who tecently com
pleted training for missionary work
in Haiti, will leave the ci-untry
Monday for the Ne;ri Repuhlic.
TTie young women. Mi'-s Ann Bow
ers. cla.sB of '37 and Miss M. Kath
leen Shaw '43. were honored at ves
per services at the university S.'n-
day afternoon on the eve of their
departure.
Remarks at this tim' were made,
by Dr W. C. Somerville, executive
.secretary of the Lott C.Trey Bapti'l
Foreign Missionary C'.mvcntion. un- ‘
der whose auspices the missionarU s
are being sent. Or. Somerville com
mended the spirit of the young
women and of the institution which
produced them He w)s introduced'
by President Robert P Daniel, who
pointed nut Shaw’s lor.;> and splcn .
did mlsslm.ary history.
Misses Shaw and Bi wers are
remembered as fine ftudents oi
Shaw University. Both were mem
bers of the .'-rhool’s ba.-.ketball team
and both were active in varied
phases nf campus life. In Haiti they
will teach in the modern high
sehnol at St Marc recently erect d
under the Lott Carry convention
at a cost if $18,000. The convention
maintains 13 sch ails in Haiti. The
young women recen’ly completed
work at Columbia University and
Union Thenhjgic.al Seminary as part
nf. their preparation In addition
they took an eight months c- ui >-
in h' mcmakiiiK under Mrs. S W
Yergin at the New York YWC.A
They wore enrolled abo in a con
ference on medical survey and a
conference for uutgiing misson-
aries in New York City.
Numerous missionary organiza
tions showered gifts upon the two
workers os they left for their as
signment. They will go thr .ugh a
6 months orientation period in
Haiti before entering upon their
leactuiig aud suMiotury duUes.
sch'Mi] They are pi.-tured above
with Di. Robert P, Daniel, I’rei-
Ident of Shaw, who pie.sented
them the Umv- rsity Scroll of
Honor, and Dr. W C Somerville.
Executive Secretary of the Lott
Curey Baptist Missionary Convert*
ti.'ii, under whose auspicni they
are sent. From left to right are.
President Daniel, Miss Shaw. Miss
Bowers, and Dr. Somerville.
Cigar Company Denies
Lily White Job Policy
NF:W YORK In response to
direct inquiry by the NAAP, Bayiik
Cigars incorporated uf Philadelphi;
Pa., has denied flatty that it receri'
ly requested l.OdO worr.en, “while
• nly." ftom the United States Em
ployment Service,
In u letter to NAACP Secretary
Walter While, President A. J. New
man of the cigar company declared
"Without reservations or qualificu-
ti >1)8 uf any nature, we wish to stub
:hat this report is absolutely untrue
■ t.d entirely without foundation.
■ "For your information, this coir-
i>:iny ha> not in the past nor due:
• it now or in the future expect U.
(i.scriminate against race, creed or
c dor. and the following facts prov*
beyond any question that any r-
i/orfs circulated to the effect th:;
. ve di.*criminate are ill-founded anc
p.cbably circulated to create dis
cord
' F’or many years w# cmploven
rmre Negr(«s in our plants than
•ny company in the State of Penn-
svlvania. with the exception of th-.
’' 'nnsylvania Ru.iroad. At that time
“Vgroes censfituted atiproximatelv
per cent of our employees, Today
' • ner cent of our employees are
N'egroe.s .and we are atlding to thi-
percentage at the rate nf appn-xi-
iT.ately lio per week.
"Negroes in this plant enjoy ex
actly the same advantages and op-
irtunlJle' as do the whites, do the
me •'•'.rk a-- the whites and ore
i.'i'd ;i* 'he ''me rn'e* as .ire the
i-i'r- The head shipping clerk in
one of our plants is u Negro. We
have 5tc: dlly '.p-graded mir Negro
women employees until today they
occupy positions as supervisors and
forewomen.
"Our future policy v.lll c.intinue
as in the pa.sf. and we do not ex
pect to lay off any worker, what
ever the race or creed, for any ree-
son other than those covenlng effl
cient work. It may Interest you to
'enw that ur Negro workers are
increasing in their ability and ef-
(CooUnued on back page)
TEACHERS WIN
SECOND BATTLE
IN PAY STRUGGLE
Newport News. Va. (ANP) -
The second- ba* i the equal
pay struggle foi .cachers hero ha^
men won.
The drama of the last of the
two battles to secure equal pay for
local Negro teachers camu to a
v'etonous and in the U. S. Dljtrlc:
court in Norfolk, Va., on Aug. SO
v.hen Judge Sterling Hutcheson
held Joseph H. Saunders, super
inUndent of the Newport New*
schools and the local school bear.!,
in civic contempt.
Judge Hutcheson also ordered
Siiunders and the school board to
obe y the decree of the late Judge
Luther B. Way, which was Issued
on Jan. 22. 1943, forbidding "tliet *
scliool officials to pay Negro
teachers less than white teachers
when they pcesess equal qualifi
cations and perform similar serv
ices.”
The background of the latest
fight for equal pay reveals a crim
inal conspiracy by members of
the local school board, including
Siundcrs. to nullify a U. S. Su-
prtme court verdict in favor of
equal pay for Negro teachers. ‘The
supreme court ruled that salary
discrimination was illegal but the
local school board decided to ig*
nore the decision.
Thcjre would be no equal nay
for Negro teachers, they decide.
Not even a teacher's petition, pre
sented to the school officials in
confidence, moved them. They re*
plied by intimidation, which
suited in the discharge of Dc« I*
F. Palmer, principal of Hunting*
tci: High schooL from Ihrf local
(CooUnued on back paga)