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AVC Carries Fight To Oust Senator Bilbo In Congress
BR, BROWN
GUEST SPEAKER
WINDSOR N. <J.—Dr. Charlotte
flawhln? Brown of Seda Ha de -
livered the main address for the
Education tray procranr
es the BTC to more than 1.000
mtmh+rv and visitors here Thurs
day.
if>» Rev. E. f Jrtt'f in naUnr
of the First Baptist church, Nf!
folk, Va„ presented <l»e speaker
and the Rev ,J W White. State
BTC director, presented rertif'
tales.
N. C. Students Stage Protest
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CoMiessional Action Taken On 111
/ Justice Department T ©
Make Investigation
WASHINGTON. D C. ■ NNPAi
The Department nf Ju: tiee dis
cl scd last Tuesday that it h- in
vestigating persistent report? that
the German-American Bund is try
ing to make a comeback in wp
fration with the KKK
The inquiry. according to Marc- ‘
Caudle, chief of the department's
criminal division, ir- in the n.-nris
nf agents of ;he interns! recurity
WHITE MAN AMONG
- CONTRIBi TORS TO
HERBERT KNOX ( ASF,
Witniftegion A iwaa • w-feni
- man was among those who sent
contributions to Herbert E. Knox,
former Wilmington youth, who*
was sentenced to 30-20 years m
Georgia prison foi accidentally
running over a white child.
Knox, who made h : • appeal
about a month ago thiough in.,
columns of the WILMINGTON
JOURNAL, is located at Georg's
State Prison, Reidsvillc. Ga„ and
he will use the money sent hire.
to effect his release
A letter from Knox which foi
lows list.:- those who rontributetl
to his case:
Drar Editor:
Due to restrictive mailing rules
here in prison. I ant unable to
ynte individual letters to the
kind friends that contributed n
i>ber*Uy ana have made it pos
| stole for me to gam parole which
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Lumberton Schools In
Deplorable Condition
LUMBER TON, N C ■ ANP '—-
Ti; piuiest against "deplorable
j conditions no* worthy f<jr humnr.
brings” a! two Negro school
ur<its. approximately 300 Negro
school children held a meeting s
• GIBSON TELLS OF
CONDITIONS IN
IU. S. FORCES ;
I | CARLISLE. Pa -ANP) A
1 I graphic picture of the army's i
| £ progress in race relations since!
& | 1940 was painted here Monday •
» Iby Truman K. Gibson Jr.. JormcT ,
S | civilian-aide to the secretary of;
P Sv.-ar, before the army information
and education school here.
“During my service in the war
department. 1 witnessed radical j
changes in the approach to mo
rale problems.” he said. "From;
the essentially haphazard, hit and j
miss method employed in the j
1940’s there developed the hip*"
Iv scientific and specialized metis- j
tiddly that you now consider at !
this splendid school.
“The fad. that the army has |
moved so far in six years is an j
encouraging indication in thesis j
tiSp days of a rapaidly expanding ci
tizen army.” he lemarketl.
He called the army’s improve
ment within a six-year period'
“balanced progress," then added
4 that “-this necessity for balance
applies in the field of race. So 1
problems have perplexed the war ]
department any more than those
arising out of how and to what
ex gent Negro soldiers should lie
utilized.”
Gibson warned that ‘the surest
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VOLi’ME XXV! NO. 15 >' -11 d: tj, •: ?»i ."i I{ »* \ I'lOl ~| f V.TI l l’f>l •o, : AT! R.l>A'> . CX.'TOHI-J-‘ 1 !94fi 1’ 1 • *' ‘ >'■
se.-rtion It i - ' -’r ( : nushed .*p <mm *
junction vitb the - -'t i ::a‘: or r, t
Klpo ?c*jv;tK" ir. sevorat o
Mr. f audle ■ ■■•-■<':\:r- i 'hat ' ,vm
; *--if hir.g the Department of Jus
tice indicate tl at ‘he Bund . try
ing to revive under 5 new asm
and :-a! : : Is reaching ■■• i’ f r as
filiati' r, and e.rillaboration not only
with the Klan but w ith o' her un
Afnei less groups.
The new information sen ; dep:-;:
attorneys back to theur 50 e*.
war fu»s on the Bund, which shov -
ed that between 1937 and 1941 thto
was a definite liaison he!w<*en the
two groups Th> evidence, j depai t -
men! official said, proves that (hi
two organizations collaborated o
promote racial and re] i cm-us dissen
sion prior to the ivar.
An overt meeting nf the two
groups at Camp NordJund, New
Jersey, a Bund retreat, ->n A.;g- |
ust 18 3940. war tesrified ;o w; j
borne out by documentary evicton-- • !
at the 1944 sedition trial hep-
Nothing ever - ame of it then b - >
cause the trial ended n ith the deu’u :
of the presiding justice Defense j
IK Cons to drop the indiHroetr* are I
now pending
Other eviri«*nce now in the dt- !
partmenf-. hands, it was stated.!
shows that in 1837 'he Klan and {,
Bund ciiscu-sed infoi'matinn of ■■■ j,
anti-labor third part', a.- a move ?
lo align labor against other ele- !
saenis of the population, and that j
the Bund also cooperated with "sim- j
Uar organizations" hwrouse. in the}
w-'S'ds cl an assistant Bund diiec
t' r." our aim are similar ir, many 1
ways
and staged a parade down the
• city's main street, here last Tues
day. Supported by several adul‘s
the children waved flags and pla
cards. and also hinted tha 4 a slat
! investigation into the school sit
uation may be requested.
Placards bore statements such
as * How Can I Learn When 1
Am Cold.” ‘We Want a School.”
and other messages. There we; •
some 25 cars in the parade, r *1
lowing the march, the children
i w«re guests of the management
of a local theatre where a snow
ing of ’ Jesse James” waas made
! foj them m sympathy with their
| protest.
Gu- Ballard, advisor of the ln
; cat youth council of the NAACT’
i termed the activities as "only a
| protest” but that “unless in -
, proveanenls are made at the in-
I cal Negro schools, the movement
may culminate in a strike.” The
protest meet and march w a
- sponsored by tiie council headed;
j locally by Charles Peterson.
Unofficial inspections of tin;
; Thompson institute and Redstone
| academy buildings by Dr. C. I.
j Smith, dentist and Rudolph'
. Means, carpenter, brought the re
; port that they were inadequate
land “not worthy for human be- ,
i Inga.” They declared that there
j is no running water in the build
; ings, no inside toilets available.
; windows are falling out, and
there are holes in the roofs. Many
of the windows are filled with
!r id doors and boards, preventing
proper access to light. Heating
j systems are not sufficient, cither.
The academic work of the
■ schools was also rut by Dr.
j Smith, who declared that the j
| practice of “padding reports” ex i
jisted. together with the revela
| lion that students coming
; through the eighth and ninth
grades cannot read, subtract and
ada. .
Uhwymnl '—c cturact wvi is itvd-uo'-» bank since July for construction of Negro schools,
Ac-Sdcmy, enr of the two high um-ds to Negroes bin no construct.-m had been atten.ptod beceus -
, , , . . , of scarcity of material;,. The sc pool is own'd by
’ n Lumber ton which sinking siuocots termed up- I>cs , it . Pui ,, rdi L);rn berion buriness man. and rent
worthy of human beings". County Manage: E, K u Rrbease county school authorities. Tie-./
Buiier said more than 5187,000 has been :n Ifcc ana Obs>-vei photo by R vV. Stephen
,
OUTSIDE TOILETS There is no running
water r.x inside toilets at Thompson Institute, the
outdoor toilet for girls, above, and a similar one tor
boys, constituting the sanitary facilities for 400
students at the school.
Gus Bullock, advisor of the local Nations?
AVC Promises Clean
Up in Washington
WASHINGTON. P C. < MNP A' -
' Abolition of race r-r cel;or, m. i
discrimination in the District of
Columbia and the oir-ling nf Sen,
i tor Theodore C. Bilbo. Demepi .
f Mississippi, from the Senate were
called for in the platform adept,-rf
by the constitutional convcritso.: of
chapters of the American Veterans
; Committee in the greatci Washing
ton area held here ’ ■ • Saturday
; night.
The resolution concerning race
declared;
.discrimination ,«nd segregation here
i “We condemn discrimination at d
I segregation on the basis of race,
creed or color in hospitals, medi
cal, professional, and other schools,
medical services, restaurants, chur
ches, public auditoriums, places of ;
amusement, and governmental a«n- :
Youth Council of the NAACP, said the strike of
400 students in Thompson Institute and Redstone
Academy was She last resort after years of coir
t or. hr. responsible Nr-gro leaders had brought
no results. (News and Observer photo by R, W.
Stephens!
{'■j uc ..nr; tt/d <~j,. ;.■> • -;i jr Cllii
t: t h. i olcrnrwc i,c eliminated
turbing cvi'iem-c of racial arrogant •;
"I: t< rs i-ntcf hr individuals r
umups with i.hc Pmrl-unenla? civil
right protected from -~t;i:c m fed
cr.d infringement by the Unit-cl
; Suites Cons l if;itioii snoulti he pro
hibited by statute.'”
Ar. other resolution ■ Purged ihit
Senator Bilbo has demonstrated his
unfitness tor a seat in the Senate
“by hi- cor.slanf preaching of ihc
Hitlerite doctrine of -acial suprem
acy. his aAniitted membership in
the Ku Klux Klan. his recent at
tempts to incite Mississippians into
Negroes attempting u> exercise their
right to vote.”
The resolution continued -suit it.
i was in insult to the people of
tConfitiUfeo vl* t>w.k page) i
INFORMATION
SOyOHI ON
KLAN ACTION
WAS!I!Nf JTON (ANP ) -- Ap -
p-oxjtmileiy 275 organizations j
j-avc received Ring questionnaires
from ih-' hour,** campaign <-xpon-
Hdures fijinmitw to determine
whether they are engaged nt po
jhties. and. d so. to what ex
tent..
According In committee rhair
mnn Pi jest (DJ of Tennessee, the
jtie'pOSt til tie- qUfc U'C IS
to assemble information for in
vestimations and public hearing
in such cases as deemed nee
err-ary by the special committee”
Some cf the organizations re
ceiving questionnaires were the
Ki- Klux Klan. the CTO, the AFL,
* iConnnued on hack pagu)
;;AN VKA.NC ISCO (A.'fF)- 'v
..., ; ->,!<•• art- ■if W'.l'H W - !
s'; -,vt>rr by the!: '■••hi 4 '
ii'-ddi"-; ben WednerMay morning
, _ - ,|, ... .-. t~ • I• -' *• *- ‘-t **- •
25': b stimuli American ’
, -nvcnt'or; for di-MTiminati'ig 1
. .. ... ;.o ...... • ..j,...;;,-,
..... • ■ ;i ’| i>■ *■• r !;h<" rnii-'rfiv.
,\ ;hrr-n£ ‘-f • c ■’■
■:i :b/ pu-W. ' wit" •••< t i> •
; .(i -int* In f*put of " ■. b ■ 1
486'. , »:Prd n d tr. d* •
Mwm. Pirsfep - rizna were •<n- . »
•/. the i.' r• ■ ! ■ i ;jrs - i he
i pickets? : ;i;d io Se> " : '
iV-i; 5- .van! \ ■
Big n V B "•••' .vi. . :
. I i,f ftiV the LogKJf: i’iUlvS;:li-yH,
• • a 3 o<i the BO picket.' up<i •• t «*-
,i n .economically I Before arr
much can be dotu abo.-i
I; ir)» : r Ttiua 1 ''nnv' to fie s;i.b (
i (ignition that, her cotton roar
3-. -s world market >n th"
Ktsns*' is gone f rower and thm
,:.e must herself to -i row r< "
• imy
There must come P; bo -•■ >11 1 ;•
>i eugniti'-n the! she will m-v i
have ■- real devnoi'i hcv v r cis.
~. he denies halt fv*r popuhilion,
-.■■jute and black. 'u* - netd 11
! f- anehise through such ro**a"in
~.. lie not! tax and the white su
: :>■ <imacy."
The white publisher referred lr >
Missi.-’Mpi nud Georgia'- ""
. ns as "t h<* lowest from m' iero
: i>f,ppry and cowardice to Ih-<
| trey \ver<> pitched upon ih«- b-<
[ o! ho roan minority," and as
! . lied t.l'.s; -there must come
i: i south the recur.ni'jon * !
• :de is no substitute !'•" b’»’ >
j- ■ eo UC eii'ii j'or the till I -'I
: •> nef>ts of eiviluation. end
■ . i obtain • fi*;. we must caJl ■ l .
,n th" rest of ttV 4 nation rv r.ei
■ !(-5 just U*i* l>U - also f m h'-lp
v’
*F rS AUTY VI*3HT
MKRTDIAN. Mi s 'AMPi T>>
I View the; the south eusuopt.
jon low wag<?s and tue »rononn:c
I suhjectif.m of a race Mas fsk'-n
| rs,• Mar;: TC!bridge, whist publish
• r of the Louisville Courier Jou
Mo and Louisville Tones in an
| {.ddress before the E*er.utive - s
; club here lost Saturday nigh;.
itb Ethridge, a native M rt
i dan, pleaded that "as a matter of
I fairness and justice, the nation
| employ some of the reserves it
j .has drained from us >n re pan the
: ravage.; to ’hr land and ?«-• the
j people of this section."
Declaring that much of the
[south's natural resources had
i bc-en wasted and nv>-' 4 of its pop
| ulation had migrated t - •■lh* , r
'crtions of the country because
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Enlistments Open, Army To
Call 1,000 Negro Inductees
WASHINGTON (ANP)- As a
j reversal of its older ibarring gen
i rxal induction and enlistment of
| Negroes, the war department in
structed the selective service
system to induct 1,000 Negroes
daring the month of October, it
was announced here last Thurs
day. Draft quota for this month
is set at 35,000 men.
Thi« reversal in policy steins
from a law suit brought in d;s
trio* court recently by a Wash
ington youth who had been re
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TUDFNT;, PROTEST SCHOOL CONDITION—Ann.■
vie ■>} ci Redstone Academy, above, reveals, a fire escape end a
tjat-h-d-up floor and bridqc between tb main buildinq and ar.
anno, where toilet facilities for cirls «rc located, the rotting
we. i :her hoarding and a sagging door S’"dents entered the third
day <>■ thou : trike in protest against these conditions which are
ievr: ■■•■-. "safe" by school authorities. CNcws and Observer photo by
St*' phens!
In terstate Travet
* ijf
r' i"iKi , C i’hp r ,oi-a| Rian' I '.
• port tlrat Vtt©
*',::■■• o-a -i.ee s<-ful ill '.’l.
<Bg the firs! -ass to lest the legaliL
■d 'he !j- S, Siii nmi I'oui f d<"
si cm in lie Morgan v: t'lrimw
; •■" Virginia
T';o cfef'Tidyat in An ■ a,--■ vis
n*i Loon Pri rigor, ■ minisfci
e-ii ted'ni. ivr.o was «n his way
to Norfolk. Va. from Raleigh. N. C.
'Viii |: 'be pi'veVii i’firlg. ii hi aid
■■ <' .‘•oliiui Ci.aeh Cm bus in
Ralemh. nu Sa: i!; ■ !:i • . Septeinn'
;‘fl. cnrouic <o \orfolk, hr took a
'Pat in ac front of 'he bu>. Ti s'-
driver, A. F CoHier. i !:-d ttie Rev.
OFF! p E«S
m
. ii-ii npvjv
i:s : i tt hlLii l Q
■K\.:A;vc,iObi L> C VS7FA
' ; . .-.,.! i .i :tft ji ; • • in
• S, f - 51 y , fdxi r r ;s,*G.. ..♦• tu ' : jrii
na, i .a joti <>; iup i a partne nt ■ f
fit i,'/•<•, i t< d ti ’.initeri States
y 111. oev in pi i enting eviHnce to
h* grtuid jury which returned in
dip?meets in. ihi Con; district
ae.n.-: for *he tiorth-Tn district of
•• v . ai police officails
111*i iitle i . in Rockwaii C' untv. Te <
"hargin : viol di ti of the Bill of
ii’irlU", Attorney General Tom f.
c;i irk rii-clos' d 1 a,si ip nday
■j i... ■ 1 ''.'ndarits in the second iii
!i. io; of, in addition to Price and
Pullen. »>!••• William x.ifr, con.-ua
lie, of 1 11, Texas. Kaufman
a, .i", . : ai;h *i Hiintec. the jailer
if Roi ;■::*• d] County: and Norris
pj. i ri-, ~ no' iiv/ali County farm?
TA- fust indictment against Pru-e
and Puliei; charges them ivith •>
ini', piracy t.o violatf* Section u 2.
Title 13. United Slates Cotie. b.v
depriving w. coi red men. A Lee
Price and A valois Hannon, of rights
. i red !«> them by the Constitution
i o Uvi ? of the United Slates.’
T : is the right to be free from
illegal arrest, ’he right to be secure
in their per-ons. and to o° immune
from illegal assault and battery It
is the right and privilege also to
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fused permission to enlist, said
t. n < war department spokesman.
This youth, Robert R Kelly, 19,
received special orders from the
i nr department 'art Thursday,
oi dering him to report to Fort
Mead, Md.. for processing.
At the same time, other Nt
groes trying to enlist were giv
en applications and told to re
turn for further orders. One re
quirement has beer, set for their
; acceptance, however—they mu-s* i
show evidence of having com- i
' ! ':di>i.n to m ve to a soot in the
<>f the bus. The «lefcmdant. re
and tinned bis refusal on the
gro nd. th!.! "t.e posse -i.prl an in
t-crstaU ticket, and I ha! he #a.- en
titled ride in am ecti"n of .if
uu in chose." At this laoi'it, a city
p ii"■•: msii '.‘. as railed, who arrestfed
the Rei Mi P'idgen charging him
"•it!, disorderly eonduet. by his fail
ing i.n oecupv .. seat in the rear of
the out bound bus
The defendant had us oil lawyer.
Mr. Fed •! Carnage a praetidsug
a'.u»rney of long standing in the
-.ai! ij Ndi'Th t'ai'o ’Ui -uid Hue
’.vl.u i, is bad ninei ; i :, s vith me
•' ucoiiiia Coach Co. an;: the Caro
power and Fight Co. ■ intra
city Bin. Company).
Jn ,ni interview with Attorney
Caroag- , he reporter; to T L slpiag
I! , . , 1 ■ Scot it:.! . of ;.he
Ral'.'islt Branch of the NAACP. tb-c;
iir 1., i• tr* tn ti e Toii*’ifor, Alfonso
Lloyd, .’hat ! h*> Pridgen rase- was
ii.iube: t« tue Morgan case and
li.iijM :,(i ;i,i "vt nu' of court At
tor>icv t'c.nag' used the following
a iiunierus of Mr JusUce Rutledge
to -oh fatiti.d.r hi*, case, namely,
fl at iivtcr,*.-str. pciiiiiengs: .ravel
Hut* via ist* : oi iic'wi'i’n North and
South oi K. • and West, may pass
through Virginia on 'hr ygl: lines
jn the day or in the tugiit. Tb.-
largo buses approach the comforts
‘ ;he ptillm<in .service and have
sf it? coii.vcniftni for r fi sl. Ots >uca
.■(.' : : ,u' i'/nirnrys t.hr ement
of the requirempiit-s t r ro t- eatitig
•• '.•:!(! b<- fiicturbmg/' Therefore, to
mak>* defendant move would
placi undue burdens on interstate
inmerce Hence, as Mr Rutledge
stated. "It seems clear to us tha
s&a' Im: cc‘'angeHi?: , .'itr for the dif
f ..,.|,i ra••••!. in inte.state motor
travel require a single, uniform
,ui«. wj prnmoie national, travel”
Thu- after Solicitor Lloyd baa
ievcs’.icated argument of At
inrncv Cnrnagc, he crime to tilt
conclusion !h»t the State could not
obtain a cotividi' rt on the disorder
ly conduct charge against the Rev
Mr Pridgen because •' insufficient
evidence Consequer ■ y, the prose
cuii), tolh the fudge e was unv. il!
inc jo prosecute th* case At this
point, the court to* a No l Pros
■withdrew the cas( !- om 'he court
docket) in the case of the Rev. Mr
Pridgen. __
pitied a high school education.
Last September, the war de
partment halted general induc
tion and enlistment of Negroes on
the grounds that the ouota had
ben exceeded. Negroes are admit
ted into the army under a TO par
ent ratio to whites. This ratio i#
based on the country’s Negro
population. At present, Negroes
form 15 percent of the srmy’s
strength.
According to Joseph C. Waddy,
the attorney representing Kelly,
fComimteh on back page)