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! S. First : .
Ls ;1 wllle, Ky.
NEGRO SEAMAN WINS SUIT AGAINST BARBER
NKW Y()I:K—A Ili.K.kly li.-uhor l^a^ Ifariu-d that
lace discrimination is c -slly. «'Sp'Tia)l,\’ wIumi piacliciMi
ayaitist a Nc^Ki* nu-tiii)ci of the National Maniiioi- rnion.
TIu* scamaii. I.inwoinl (’ai iinj'tiiti, of ilancorv
Sln-ct. lirooklyn. this \\‘ck collect'd l«i fr»>nj tin* i)\vner
of a Noslc.iml XveMiii' harher shop, who refustal to >?ivo
liiiii a fifly-ceiil shavi' Iasi ino'ilh.
i’aji'iiij'toii, who liail aih ii AooTiian rncrehanf ships
into (latiKerous war zones throughout the war. visittd his
rieiKiihorhood barber shop on April Kith for a shave. When
the barber refused to accommodate him. Carrin>ftoii called
(Continued on the back pa^^e)
Interracial Diner
Plann^d for D.C.
i’us jeuchcll liie point whi*r
a;im and bilU-rly di-nuumed by »
WASHINGTON (ANH)~Tiif e.stablLshim'tU .jf a midUiwn u-.s
taurani mat would cater to uiJ people u tlu- objective ul a Kioup
iic ally oigaiiizeit lu upper Wa^:ullr'''0 Thi^ ijuestion of bairiiiK
Negroes in public eating pi
is openly discus'ied over tiie
standing whites. , . o . i .
At ttie .same time, a radio .speech by Hep. Kowan Sunday mgh
pnisid the roveiiiiiieiii cafelt 11.' the supreme couit i-arel -ii.i
jIkI the Union Station tor Iheii attitude m this toueh mattei
It had taeii repi»rt>d that Diie risiauiant on peimsylviiiua
iC'uiitiiiOeil Mil baek pagei
N'lJl.t Mi' .\X\1, NO Ih
u \i.i';it:n, NOKTii I Ai;oi.iN.\ wkkk I':.\i»i.\(: sa ri itHA'i. vIAV is, imui
‘•HICK 5f
White Students Clamof For Negro Professors
*
College Soon To
Have Negro
On Its Faculty
HAVEhFOHU, pj "VNlu Ih'v
young Ainericj l.^ moving lorwuid
uii &unie fronts is shown by an edt-
■urial 111 (he tlavertouJ (.‘ullege
News, altej the stiiik-ne liad he.nd
an jddrca;. by Ui Ir > iJeA Hi -d,
AtLnla I'naeihiiy KucidoKal. and
loriK of them hau tai elil bv l.iiu lo
j sociol 'g yclass.
Too ediluri.tl coll.t-.s lif htmlt j.iU
t>Ugge>lb to the \sell kimvio colkgo
lliai It employ Dr lieid to fill u
cuininr vaceiicy in the .sociology
deparitneot Dr Reid 'i.s the kind
of man we want un > ur faculty.'
the editorial closed There ib only
one Negro student at Haverfurd
Ur. Reid appeared at Haverfor'l
under a visiting lectuieship spoii-
fcored by the Americuii Fiieiidh
Service omndtlee 'race relations
‘eclioiii This lectuierliip mak-s
available to so'Cutled white col-
ICKO .julstandiiig Negro teachei .
.’lid M'hoUus who reiriain on Ihe
cainpos foi a week "i more, and
leach and leetunr In then o. •»
major field.s One of the puiposes
of the lei'll.re>hip is to present Ne
gi'oi s in .loiithei light then only as
••experl^ on the lace unesliun" 0*
’ relfpleadei's.
i As a result ol this lectoisinp. WU-
I lian. Penn College is lowa appuin' -
■ i-d Mrs Marelnie C. Foreman in-
( structor in biology last year Dr
j Hi'id a few weeks ago wa.' named
(Continued on back page
STREET CAR
SLAYER FREED
BY GRAND JURY
1^'eJ '•
M
WAR HERO FACES
JIM CROW BATTLE
NAACP SECURES
STAY IN SECOND
EXECUTiGN
MONTGOMERY lANFi
M.ldii i.- who had 'lii-.i
invitation wa.s extended to Mr and the four freedoms, w
I Mrs S. W. While wl this city u ahh- loi Negroes
eeiitly. rvipeslmg them to attend Mr Whiti- wm- w
the Civitan club sponsor«*d World attend the inemoii;
, Wai 11 memorial to W--ntgomeiy > son hud paid the ;
' war dead Members, appuientiy fire a> a niembei .if
•hadn't reckoii.-d that a hero'.s pur- suit siiuadi.n. was
ienls mmht be colnred Reserved u|M.n pieseutalmn "f
a- seleeti-d to
1 because his
upreme sacn
the HUth Pur-
•* fiisi*d .» s '.i
his iiivitr'.i.
HF.VI) -NFU (OOl'FR.VnVF
Pietured above an- members .n'
the Jilvlsorv board nf the tireat
Southern ( n-operaUve nf Fayette
ville. Left to righl they are; Mlv*
(i, M Ryer. Cumliei land Cnuiity
lluiiie liemuiLslratioii .Vsenl; I’ruf.
F. A. AriiislnmB. ehainiuii; the
Kev F, .1. (ireKg: the Rev. ’I'. 11.
Ilwelle; Mrs. It Itf. (Jllloril; Prof,
• VV S, Maize, Secretary; ai»i the
Rev. II T McLean. Two «»lhi r
members not shown are ihe Kev.
II. L. .\she and F. L. rilley.
Tile new organization if under
the guidam-e and direetion of J.
1.. Kreswitz and Prof F. A. Arui
New Industry Created
By Colored Citizens
kg,.:
NEW OHI.KAN.S Altornev.
Jorepli Thornton and A 1^ Tureand.
lepresenting llie -Nall nal Av.«h'1;i-
lion tor ihe AiK:>nci-inent of CNjIui-
Medics, Dentists
vi-rtiMT last work. Mr While wrote;
1 was MirpriM-d to know that
Hu- iiivitati -ii did not include fain-
ilu-s n| Negi" i-it:/.en> who h.id I'-sl'
War Mothers
To Meet Here
.oii> III till' war .iiid was iiiucli do-
* presM'd to iiii-'t -uch uni. uul .o.'i
Close Meet Here
uniiec'-;ii> di'cnimiialioii in .
areal deii.ocraiy a^ the United.
FAYK'ITF.VILI.E A new iii.A. -
Ill' III III 'he pooling "( laiman
lions and good will n beiiig eiithu.--
liLstieuIly reulizea .i.s the Gre.d
youlhern Co-opeiative. .i new in-
'h.ttty built ••for he pi ople by the
pi-ople” liiimches its memheish.i'
cainpa.gn.
Organized .ifter c.n-lul pbinning.
«> •—w. , n,
vKle new and oadly i ledi-d y o "p-
p'li'tuiiities and to enable its mcni-
bei's to purchase iieces-sities of lif.‘
at gre.itly reduced prices. Becau'a-
'.f the large luimbur of perzon.s
who haw aheady nuiivalixi their
desires to become nu mbers of the
t'o-opi ralive offici.il.>- ..le utg.n.:
' all oitnlieunls to become iiu-mbe:'-
Sawyer. 1. M. l.n('k..ny. t'U-.. Hiowii
and Uiairiee F Kvan.. .Mr.- Maggie
Mauel. Miss Cora 1. Mcl'herson.
Mibs Ruth Cl.iik, Mis- Annie Mae
Galbrith. Miss Ruth Allison. Mi‘'ai
Mattie Anil Graham, Miss Funnie
Mae McNair. Jim Elvin Bowser;
Miss A Lu'-ii.s, Mjs.s Edna Pran
ces Gik'hi'iM .M's> Maude HocuJ
rn«»o.>mea .Vlll'.altib. lv..>iv
Anders. Kaolu Ctirlls. Caldon
Wiight. Muggii Tayhir. Minnie
Hodges, Ethel E Htighes. Francis
Mcl.eati, Cicila A Clark. Barbai.i
B Wser Croinuitie. Marie Cogdell.
.Manaii Sawyer, l.sabelle Allison. E.
J Elhott. Annie B. Harriiigton,
Hattie McKoy, Mary Hendon, Mur-
ATLANTA (ANFi Efforts to
secure iiidiciinents ^gumst T H.
Purl, street car molermaii. and
Arthur Frledberg, railway tail
clerk both white, in eoniiecthm
' with the slaying of Madijoii Harris
and Phinizie Summerous. Negro
.youths, failed last week when the
' Fulton C'liinty Grand jury relurne l
' “ii.i bills ' favoring the accused.
Summerous was killed last fall
I as he was le.iving the Pine Forest
i bus. Frk-berg was released on cepy
1 and later bound over to the Junu-
i ary.February grand jury which
failed to indict on the murder
charge The white mao claimed thi
' Negro cursed at him and shot him
.IS he was leaving the bus.
Hums, veteran of World War IL
' was slam April Id on Mitchell Street,
his m-ilerman-slayer being released
on copy and freed a* Recorder’s
I court hearing when Judge A. W-
I Callaway ruled It a case of ••jusli-
I flubU- Iv-micide."
Nuont llurifeon who is on the
road to becoming a minister wt
Ihe age of three. Born Oct. 3, 194J,
to the Revs. Loreiize and Nettle
Harrison, she is the grand.laugh-
ter of Bishop M. L. McLeod Jew-
ell of the Church of the Living
God, Cleveland. The bay evan
gelist has led congregational songs
and helped minister to her par
ents' congregations. (A.NF Photo)
N.Y. OFFICIAL
REMOVED FOR
KLAN ACTION
S. Y. DEMs'^i’LAN
I'OWEIX
NEW YORK (ANP) — Quiolly
hm determinedly, regular Deinn- ,
i :i,i- of N«-w York arc planning!
ia coup against Adam Powell come ;
' I lection tune. Already feelers are |
going out to key men in various
parts uf the district and even out
side of Ne'w Yoork asking opin
ions and advice on .sponsoring a
■•party” candidate to oppose Pow-
eil in the primaries. Likewise the
! Ri publicans, w'.io also named
ALBANY. N Y 'ANP) — Hor
ace A. Demari-st. deputy state mot
or vehicle commisiuner and a Re-
pubicun leader in the borough of
Queens, was dismissed from his
stale job last week after an inves
tigation by Atty. Gen. Goldstein
revealed that he hud been connect
ed witii the Ku Klux Klan.
Atty. Gen Goldstein described
Demurest u.s "unfit to hold public
offiee," and said he refused to 00-
operute with legal authorities in
vestigating his klan activities when
he failed to give complete answers
to questions cuiiceriiing this alleged
f'lrmer interest.
Deniarest. who moved to Queens
from Manhattan in 1U116. has been
active in Repubicaii politics for 16
years. He wa.s appointed to his slate
iHMilion iu IfMJ v/iur G-JW I>'w*v
took office. Ally. Gen. Goldstein de
clares ,e was one of the incorpoT-
av-i> of Alpha Pi Sigma frulernity
found to have been klan sponsored,
ll was formed after the curpoorate
iixistence of the Knights and Wom
an of the Ku Klux Klan, Ine., was
nullified in 1923. OoUlstein said.
STAY IN SECOND
EXECUTIGN
the CivilaTi club sponsori'd World
War H memorial to M'-ntgomeiy.i
war dead. Members, apparently
hadn't reckun*d that u hero's par
ents might be colored. Reserved
seal.-!. iK-ld for iiivii'-.l lamiiiea oi
NEW ORLEANS Attorney.;
Joseph Thnrnloii and A P. Tureaut'.
lepreseiiting me Nall nal AvMicia-
tlon tor the Advancement of Color
ed Ptoplf. coiitiiiueil with tlieir ef-
lort.v to secure a coii>mutullun uf
seiiti-iice for Willie E’raiicis. 17-
>eai'-otd LouiMuiiu youth, whi^ie
freak •‘executimi" started a nation
wide demand fi>i' clemency Th-
condemned yoiitli i> assuu-d of a*,
leasi a flay ot executio’i not excei-d-
ing 30 days.
The N.AACP has til'd writs, one
tor hubea.-> corpus witli a loWvi
C'.uri v\hiL'h deitied yesterday iMay
6thi olid applicaliun lor certioruii
'p'ea loi Inglier court review ot
Ihe iowe coui'l's denial of liie tirsl
will). There lia.-- bee.i no decision,
on the latter plea.
The pleas were made on grounds'
of cruel and inhuman punishment
and other grounds In addition to
tne legal uctiun, local branches '>f|
(he Associutoiii nr Louisiana have
h. Ol urged to ask their -meiiibei:
to send telegrams and K-liers to
the Guveriior urging a cominui •-!
Iiciii of the youth's death sentence j
Pi'inmeiit Americans added their
name to the rapidly growing public
sentiment against the mhunian sec-.
olid execution Letl by Marian An-1
Uerson. the group included:
Rep. Helei. G Douglas; Pliiliu
Murray. piei.sdent of the CTO. Hu
bert H Lehman, former governor
of New York; Arthur B. Spiiigarn.
president of the NAACP; Mrs. Rob-
eit L Vann, publishei of the Pitli-1
burgh (' oner. Funellu H LaGuai-|
dia. torinei Mayo of Nvw York, anil
UNRKA admiiiislialoi: Edward H
Embree, president ul the Julius
Rusenwatd Fund; Clarence Pickett,
American E'riends CuminiUee; Ui
U V Jeinisun and Mrs. Mursiud
Field and Walter White of the
NAACP
A wiie signed bv 'he group was
sent to Goveiimr Jai:it*s Davis of
Loui'iana pr"lesling the proposed
tecund execution of the youth.
Medics, Dentists
To Meet Here
RALEIGH — The Old North State
Medical. Ueiitul and Pharmacci.li-
cal Society and the Ladies Auxil
iary will be guest of the Medical,
Dental and Phurmaceiitical Society
of Raleigh and its Ladies Auxiliary
when it meet.-- in a tnree-day ses
sion here June 4-0. Dr, V A. Cole
man of Salisbury, p; io nt of the
Stale Society, announcce' this week.
The scientific sessions cn Wed
nesday and Thui'sdiiy - a sympos
ium un Tubercul'.sis and piiulic
Hialili, with demonstrations and a
Umii of the various laboratories
lieie - and all of Hu* business svs-
sUiii> will be held at Shaw Univv.'-
Mly A Public Hvallli Meeting wiil
'Continued on buck page>
attend the iiiemoiia) hecniise his
son hud paid the >upreme sacri
fice as a member of the HDlh Pur
suit squadron, was refused a s.al
u|K>n presgot^on of his iiivilntio.i.
i'll . '.wciw u»^!ne %otr'i,gi :i.«.i,i .'.u-1
verliser last week. Mr While wrote:
•1 was .>;urpri.sel t.i know that
tile invitati-n did nut include fiiin-
ilies "I Negio citizens who had h >t
^on^ III the war, .aid was niucii d*--
pres.sed to mevt .^uch iinusiiul ani
uiini-ccN.'-ary duscriminulioii in •'
great democracy as the Uniletl
Slates claims to be"
The Adverlisei '.- edilui, too, w.i-
chargrilled after the paper liad car
ried an adveitisement saying that
rcseivi'd .'eats would be given
families of Montgomery's soldier-
hei-'KS He replied:
"The experience of ihes'- Nvgr ■
parents ol a dead .Amcriean sold'or
is an unhappy commentary upon
dcmocrai'V Worst 'if a'l. it was an
.Ifroiii so eiMiiely unmeessary.
Even 111 slavery days, •.vhue owm-rs
gave then Neyroes seals In chure i.
In tile etloit to pres.-nl .i po.'sdjie
exphiiiallon of the incident lli *
Civitan club w.u olleii-it Hu priv
ilege ol prescnling .» slateinen'
.None was made
II. L. Ashe and F. L. rilley.
Tin- new organlzutioii U under
the cuiiUiM-e and directiiiii uf J.
L. BreswR* and I’raf. E. A. Arni^
•tfuef.
War Mothers
Close Meet Here
Ga. Y outh Shot
Bv Irate Officer
RALEIGH - The United War
.Mullu'is of the stale me! here the
3rd and 4tli of May. celebrating:
their frisl .iniiiversary as charti'r
h.ip'i'rs. with Mrs Lillian Logan,
pitsiuiiig. The Friday night’s ses
sion was held tii the Mary Talbert's
home, an informal rei'eplion. Dele-
gat's froni FayotU-ville. HamJe;
Pamelie, Fuquay Springs. Game-
SmilhfU'Id. Mebaiie, Greensboro
and R.ileigli aim Winston-Suk-m.
lepreM'iiled thi' Un cliarier chap-
•.ii's Tile UioU'd W;ii' -Mothers re
cently rt'ceiveU (lull state charle..
Gfficei's from Hie Greeiislioro and
Winston-Salem chaplei.-- were in-
dialled During the evening refresh-
iiieiils weie served; a short program
Was lenderecl by III*' War Mothers
of Raleigli chapter, with Mr Louis
Haywood and Veteran Clareiite
Lq-litiier helping with sopis.
Continued >in back pagi-i
di ilty built 'Tor he people, by the
people" launches its membership
campaign.
Organized after careful planning,
^ -reriiiiv'- .'»y-k. _ To-
vide new an'J b.idly i leded'j'.tj op
portunities and to enable its mcm-
bei's to purchase necessities of life
at greatly reducctl prices. Becaua-
of ihe large number of persons
who have already iiulic.detl Hieir
'U-sii'i's to become nii'inbcrs "f the
Co-oinrativi officials arc urging
all applicants to become nicinbe;---
as soon as possible.
I'nder direction -d J I. Hreswitz,
E. .\. Armstrong and W .f. Maigt’.
Hu- I'litcrprisc lia.- .-i|eudy been
launched Members of the cortact
committee are Mis.m-s l.aiidonia
uiuim-iin, .MISS nuin /iiiisun. MiU
Mattie Amt Graham, Miss Funnie
Mae McNair. Jim Elvin Bowser;
Miss A. Lucas. Muss Edna Fruii-
ces Gilchrist, Miw Maude H'lod.
'i.uelia •Vllii.tir.b. H,.aa
Anders. Kaola Curtis, Caldon
Wright, Maggie Taylor. Minnie
Hixlges, Ethel E Hughes. Francis
McLean, Ctcila A Clark. Barbaia
B Wbcr Cromurtic. Marie Cogdell.
.Marian Sawyer. Isabelle Alli.'on, E.
J. Elliot’, Annie B. Harrington.
Hattie McKoy, Mary Hendon. Mur
iel T. Coleman, Mary Elliolt. Bertha
Balclwin Brooks. Tiieiiiia Henley,
Ella Collins, Cornelia McKinnu.i.
Mary McLaughlin. Edna Smith of
Wade, and Mrs Ed. Covington of
Sl-adman
inuni wii
NEW YORK (ANP) — QuicUy
egular Demo-
V
I 'I' I f
I A «
i!i; .si'Ai!i:i)
Locust Cjiovi', Ga. (ANP) — Be
.aus'.- an uHicer didn't like th'*
grin on hi.s face, Kirby Sinus \v .-
.shot last Sunday night, according
Helo"
epoit;
*1 he youth, his brotiu'i', Joho.
and un aunt were at the local
Kilroad -station waiting for t h «•
tiain to .Atlanta whm the shoo’
il.g took place, It was reported
that several colored people wei -
at tile .station and were talkii'.'.
v.'lieii Hu- officers arrived and in
a vei'.v rude manner told them to
gel to the baek and cleai Hu-
p'ens where they were standing.
Without cumimnt, the people
were said to havi- slarleil Imvai.i
H.i bank.
Sims, described as a bignly jov
iul youngster, readily moved, b o.
-ai ril'd a .smile un his face, which
the offici:, liaiold Cia
.d and veiled, "Wha'
{,: inning foi, N
Sims could aii.swi'i. the olHci-r us
rt'puited to have kicked ban twit,
ill the sttimac!i A .scuffle lollow-
e':i all ! the victim -.va, simi in in.'
sti'inacb. Tlie kKUt broHier, --ei
mg Kiibv shot and iyinp aci'i-^
.h laihoail track, •^taite l to p;. .;
iull. up. hut till- Ollier "!l:r''i. li- •
It' as Glover Paliick. pat a gun
on him and loKl him not i> m>>v-
Later this otficei peimitted John
K.ii'.v m the laiiiily car. but jii-t
aljout wh n In wa-- I'-aiiv to ru-:i
hill to McDonough, changed h".
n.ind and ordci iinn out of th
las ami placed jiim umlei .iric-t
A unite youth was kind . nougii te
'Continued "i. ba,k pa;
NKW VuRK Ten promin'in
Amenc;iii .uldcd llieir naiiies U
Hie rapidly giowing public senti
ment ag.onsl the inhumim “secU'id
exei'iilion" of l7-year-'»lii Willie
Francis-, Louisi;ina yuidh, wiiu lived
thi'.ugh oin- i.-xecilion in Hie St.
-Mai Uiisv illc pi isuti electric chai''
Led by Marian .Anderson, the
group included Ri p HcUii Gahagii'i
1) u«lj..ss. CIO leader riiilit) .Mur-
. r.. Ht'il'ei t H Lelini;iii. furmi r
.N Y G--scinor and CNRRA h.-aH.
Ai ilhi H .Son.gam. I'risuU'iit -‘f
the National NA.-\C1' .Mr.- Rob.-"
I. Vann, piibh'he; of the piH.--
bin c.li Cuui'ii'i. loi'inei N Mayor
Fiojiilo H LiiGiaiilia. UNRRA
lead; Edwin R Fiiibne. pu--ideiil
of Die Julius Rtcseiiwald Fuiid:
Cli.i.-iii'e Pickett. Ann I'lcan Fueinls
Ci)iiiiiiillei-
hut determinedly, regular
/.:bL' of New York are pianniftg
u coup against Adam Powell come
election time. Already feelers arc
going out to key men in various
parts of the district and even out
side of New Yoork asking opin
ions and advice on .sponsoring a
•■purty" candidate to oppose Pow-
'.'il in the primaries. Likewise the
Republicans, who also named
Powell in the primaries, feel that
they have been gyped and have
indicated their intention of nam
ing another candidate. This leaves
Adam with the “People" and with
the Amerieun Labor party, which
also bucked Vito Mareantonin for
Ct-ngiess.
Certain former officeholders,
disappointed with Powell's fai'-
uu to "conu- through" with ap
pointments for "deserving Demo
crats" arc in open rebellion. Whil -
plans are Ju.st being laid now, it
IS possible that they will be |x.‘i-
f cU-d befort the Democrats de
cide on backing Powell for a
.second term.
former interest.
Demurest, who moved to Queens
from Maiihultan in 1836. has beto
' active in Repubicun politics for 16
years. He was appointed to hta tta^
txxijlion iu ’{W3 -'iter Gov ,IVw«r
tiuk office. Atty. Gen. Goldstein 4*-
clurcs he was one of the incorpor-
aV'rs uf Alpha Pi Sigma fraternity
' found to have been klan sponsoreii
. 11 was fornieU after the curpoorate
(ixihtence of the Knights and Worn-
' un 'f the Ku Klux Klan, Inc., was
nullified in 1923. Goldstein Said.
Texas High School
Has Best Record
ish
school of this city was recently
I schoo
Ir-.ted by educators as having the
; hi st attendance record of any
high school in the United States.
Accord.ng to her principal, Prof.
T. D. Marshall, the percentage
of attendance was 8S.7^t. pupils
prest nl for the last year.
This .senior high .school is one
of the fill! St rducutionai institu
tions in the south from the point
of plant and building facilitiea.
Riot Victim
Home for Trial
Famous civic Icadi-r*- .ind i-du-
catur ( haiiiiiiiK Tohias rhaU wilh
.ViKlri-i ((runiyko, Soviet delegate
III the I'liiteil Nations Suourily
Cnunell. at a reieption in Kockc-
fell'-r Center. Riven by Hie (treat
er .New York t'liminittee for Kus-
nuii Relief to lautteh ;in Sk.oOO.OOti
drive fur urgently needed medical
Hii|i|)IU-s to he xeiil to the Soviet
Fniiin. Dr. Tiihias is a member
of the New York Exi-rutive ('um-
inittee of Ihe Kusian Relief So
ciety. Tile young lady (center
above) is Konnie rileasoii. actively
identiliiii with young women's
civic groups.
New York (ANPj — Julius
Bluir. one of the must venerable
citizens of Columbia, Tenn., le/l
l.en- last week after an NAACP
rally tour, enruute home to stand
tr.al on an "attempted murder'
charge in connection with th*
F( bruary riots there. Blair and
his sun. Saul, are amon^ 40 col-
o'-id residents of the not town
who face court prosecution begin
ning May 27. although while pri
son guards, who killed two No-
gioes in the Columbia jail, are
free.
Blair, a druggist and property
owner, was one of the citizens
who. at a suggestion of Sheriff J
J. Underwood, aided a prospec
tive lynch mob victim to escape
. the night before the "storm troop*
iiig" raid on Mink Slide, the Ne-
, gi'o section of Columbia. When ha
I returned and tried to provide bail
! lor other Negroes arrested dur
ing the raid, he was jailed.
An NAACP sponsored tour on
behalf of the Tennessee victims of
mob terror culminated last week
; when the 75-year-old Blair arriv-
' d here. A witness to most of the
terror, which began the week of
Ftb. 26. he heard the shots which
filled the two imprisoned Ne
groes. During his tour he describ
' t d the .shambles which the mob,
■ Continued on back page)
I El’C mtMMI 1\ DEI’.'I'
K) EMI'I.OVE! S
gome of the .Irlegstcs uul visit
ors at thr Eastern Kt-gluiial Coii-
iercDcc af Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority are sliowii ahuvr. Morr and Ihe District of ('oiuiuhiu. The I
Ilian one hundred i-urors were Cunfereiu'e was iiehl In Leonard
present representing seven stales [ Buildutg on the campus ul bbaw i
WASHINGTON (ANPi-- With
M. - than 111) days r. iiiaining to
i!id up th,- affairs of tlu- FEPC
si'iieduit'd lor liquidation on Jiuh
i 1.0, thi- coniinittee finds iLseif n
I;. iiiuddlf over inabtlnv to j)ay its
nnployi-.s $Ht).m)() du. them thru
;; ('■'lunulaled back leave.
Le.ss and less is heard of th.
1 i'KI’C these days as eongre.s>
jn.ove.s merrily on its way to stifi •
I libel projects which h:ive beti.-
ifi’.lid the common man. Ki'g;ir'!-
Ill'S- of impending! .-lecfian.s wheie-
-n the common man, us he is ;if*
j f-ciionately called, will have a
1 tremendous say in who is coming
back to congress, these officials
sue tipparentiy doing their upmost
-to lo.se their chances of retuining
I to till ii- lieloved congress seats.
What IS going to happen is Uji-
ki't wn to any one -but th'- linn- i •
•liiawing neater and nearer /nr H"'
j liquidation and eunipU fe disjoin
f lion uf the FKPC.
Wilmington Daily Flays
Work of Ku Klux Klan
WIL.MINGTON - The Wilming
ton Morning Star. --Ide.st dally hi-
North Curolinu, in an I'dilorial ap
pearing ill its issue of Saturday.
.May 11. I'oiidciniis the revival of
the Ku Klux Klaii.
Tile coiiipleii- editorial follows:
KF Kl.l’X REVIVED
Some twenty-odd years ago a
racket spiead like v.-ildfire. par-
licul.irly in tin- South, which ma;:'
queradcu behind the title and un-
dii- tlu- sheets of the Ku Klux Klan.
It practiced torture after dark
, and under masks.
Thousands of misguided men >1
luumineiice, indtidiug Bibb Graves,
laU-r twice governor of Alabama.
I and the present Associate Justice
I Hugo Black ul Uie U. S. Supreuu
Court, were numbered among lls
members.
Its c-ode was a deep secret, its;
campaigns were principally against'
Jews and Negroes, not because they
were law offenders, but becau/.e
they were Jews or Negroes, and
dared to hold up their heads and
engug'- in business in the communi
ty.
Many u victim uf Ku Klux attack
Ul those days still bears the scars ,
of bull whip beatings to which they
were subjected.
Now. with the people disturbed
by strikes and unrest general, an |
effort is being made to revive this
i urgutiizatiun It is reported that
.five crosses were burned on Stun-j
I cContinued on back page) I
GETS SELECTIVE
SERVICE MEUAL
NEW YORK — Among 26 mem
bers of inactive Selective Service
Appeal Boards who received med
als May 3rd fur their work was
Roy Wilkins. NAACP ussitant sec
retary. The awards were made by
Chandler Cobb. New York City di
rector. Mr. Wilkins was a mem
ber of Appeal Board Nu. five, which
handled appeals from 20 local boards
ill eastern Manhattan, from U8th
Street to 8th Street, and from Fifth
Avenue to the East River.