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Newspapei Guild Backs Press Club Stiuggle
Fayetteville Man Injured
by Hit-Run-Driver
Fayettf-ville — Tom Littk*,
3^, of Smitli Stn-et, was serious
ly hurt when he was struck by
automobile on theil^rchison Rd.,
jbou! 9:30 Friday r/ji.it. The driv
er of the car kept on going, leav
ing hLs victim in tiie road. Little
was rushed to iligtiMiiliti iiosp:- i
tal in an ambulance where ir>
as tound to iiave sufleied po>
ib’.e skull fracturi- and lacera-
.ims on the toil-head. At the tim ■
if this writing, he was still undi .•
leatnu-nt at the haspital.
According to witnesses, the m
man was sliuck as he wa'
Iking till tile lelt sidt lit tin
Coiitihtied on bark page)
ler.
THE CAROLINIAN
v'oLi Mt: XXVI. NO.:i
kAlJClGH, NORTH CAKOUNA
PRICE 5c
Barristers Criticize Easteriand
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GEORGIA POLITICS REA CH PEAK
01 BILL REPORTS
TO HIGHLIGHT
ACTION MEET
'ANl--. Heport from
Wa'iiif.glon aReiicies rcnpuiisible for
ihe utliiimeliaimii .,i tiie GI bill
wiii have priority on tiie agenda
of Ui. .Nall n.a At till,1 C'cnler. nee
■>ii Miaiii'iiy V'lieiaiis prublein,.
v.n.ii ii couviiieb 111 Ntw York CUy
dt.lv (.'ulleil by the Anit-iicuii
Courit'it on {(:■• .elulions. the .
j*ren-e is a follow-up on the nation-
-J en*er»;i iicy c lUt-ieiKr which met
•n April
kai I.e.palion by iiii>re than 11)0
velenui.s’ groups and civic orgaiu-
lalion- is expected at the confer
ence. to be held at me Willkie Me-
iiiorial budding. 2i) W -totii Stieet.
lu hear officials of federal ageiicie-
•iucuss their piogrebs m the elimiii-.
tlioii of discriniinati n and mad--"
hIUci«.s in (he letenns' program. !
Kepre.-o-matiVb from nilioiial vetei-
nr. ui» wili digcuu bow their
e'ptviive orKai.tziitiuns are meei-j
uit tiu Npecial piohicins t>f Negro'
^ Japjiii «- A-iiiiiai. .rul other nun-
• riiy g> up veterans.
Wiiinen III do- ar.i.id loi ces w"l
t.e rrpir'eiited by lurmer WAC
.ilaj I'hariiy b Adanis. cummarud-
Uif, uiticei of tile only Net;r> AC
uiot ^s-igi.til loi uiei-eas duly, Lt
Negro Paper Center of
Attraction On Hot
Political Unrest Issue
Show'll above Is "Greater A.
and T. ('iiUeKr ' as sin-ge' lert In .1
W. It. (•rand). 11. professor uf
butani and landscape .esignlng.
at and T. (ollege I'rofeSMir
(•randy started (his Ariginal prn-
jeci during the sprinR of ItHS and
completed il in .April of this year
.^lUnugh Mime students whom he
biMrueted prniitled some help
for the project, almost all of the
work was done by blm during
his '.•■Uure time. Professor Gran
dy, who is an alumnus of .\. and
T. follei-e an t'oriicll fniversi-
i>, inienils making luriarr eii
largrment of the iiresent plans.
'I'he key to the model future
rumpus is us foilou'sr |. science
buildini; with gn-enhnus*- on roof.
i. .Noble Hall ‘agrlruKural build
ing . infirmary. I. Richard K. Har
rison .Vuditorium, 5. Dudley Build
ing. B. science and general class-
room building. 7. girls' dormitory
8- .\n!ie W. Ilull.tnd Hall. D. chem
istry snd' upronemjr building, la
home eronomica faolldlng. II. Mur
phy Hall. 12. laundry. 13 girls'
.urmitory. It. rbopel. 15 men's
dorml’nry. '(». Florenre Garrett
rractiri- House, 17. stadium and
dormitory. 18. men's dormitory.
19. r. D. niuford Library. '’0.
.\le\.inder Gruhum Hull imechan-
icul building). 'Jl. gymnasium. 22.
Student I'nion Building. 2$, Stu
dent Activity Building, ‘24. build
ing for ItOTC and Aviation. '25.
Market SIreel. 27. Mitchell Street.
:ig. Dudley Street and Lirtlaay
Street.
Faculty hometi and dormitori-s
for giadoati ■tndcitis gr^ proi • -
••d to be plaeed immediately be
hind the eampna. to the rear of
Holland Hall. The following fea-
turrs are proposed: I, 3. ti, 7, 9, 10.
13. 14. 1.1. 17. 18, 21. 22, 'JS, 24. 2.1
itnd 27.
TO
FIGHT KLANS
GRlN'MinX, la. -ANPy — Plans
tu cuiiibat the Kii Kliix Klaii and
all >1.111.11- movements that con
tribute tu the ''increase of bigol.-y
and iiMuieraitce,' us well as a check
agaiii-t ihe spread of juvenile de-
liqueniy wen amuim objectives
plfiliiv.: lor the 194(i-48 biennium by ivtlJ XI, (gKOl I
the General Council -if Coiigrctia-
MISS. WITNESS
DISAPPEARS
JACK.SON Mljta (ANP) - A
growing conceni wus felt here ear
ly last week over the sudden disap
pearance of Eluy Fletcher. World
War II veteran ana student at
: Jackson Collt-ge here, who was beu ■
ten by a mob of white men when
he attempted to register m Rankin
'county
College authorities have been u'l-
I able to locate Fletcher since Ifrd
Saturday when they rwught to ques
tion him regarding an affadavit
pubtl.shcd eegaidiim Uit Raru(,*i
I County incident.
No information as to his where-
I ah'iuts could be oblaiiied from th-u
pLce where he roomed at 1810 Cox
Street while attending school
ATLANT.^ lANPi — The Geor
gia political scene r-“uched.red hot
prupoitions last week with raci-
bating Eugene Tulniadge cunlinuing
hi> ''whltt suprem-icy' campaign
ond Negro supporters of candid.ite
cx-Cnv K IJ. Rivers attacking the
.-Mi-mla iJaily World I i suppurtiog
a liberal candidate in the race
The Woild was subjected to u
blistering attack by James O.
blade, funner c -liege professor, and
the Rt-v D T Babcock, both of
whom are stumping the state m ati
effori to turn back the swelling tidv
of resentment among ^egr-' \oteis
iver the reported affiliation of E
U Rivers w'lih the Ku Ktux Kl.
and thus deliver the Negro vote to
his banner in the gubernat.
..mpuign
The attacks upon the Worlo w
mad* nc'j' t'le close of a ir.mt
held at Hanleys Ashby Street T-y
eral home, and attended by .Vlr
River> and a stalewilde strategy
grvup of Negro workers in behalf
uf Mr Rivers candid.icy.
Appearing tired fmm the rigors
of a 'iitf ->peakiiig scheduti and a
QlTTs FISK — Dr. Thomas
blasa Jonei^ president of Fisk
University, leaves the University
this month to sssuise h!a duties as
new president of Earlhan College
CoUese. Richmond. Ind. In a let
ter of appreciation of his services
ul Fisk, the facu.t) of the Uni
versity listed Mhievement of the
".A " rating by the Southern As
sociation oil Colleges and Secon
dary Schouls and the AssoclatlOQ
of American Universities, devel
opment of one of the largest libra
ries for Negre Institutions In the
South, acquisition of an endow-
inent of more than S.1.500.00 for.
the University and his work in
helping to make Nashville a cen
ter of world attraction fur I'nl-
verslty scholars amonc Dr. Jones’
achievements at Fisk.
N.J.60V.HuLiiS
FATE OF MAN
quacies in the veterans' prugram. \
Bepresentativb frum n'Jtional veter-j
SOS groups wiU dtacuw bnw Uikeir|
reeptctivr orgsiiiziiiluns are meet-]
mg thv >peciul piobUms uf Negro i
^Japjiit.i- ATrnf.i!. ami other min-
•'riiy gi up veterans.
IVuiiieii jii ih* ar.i.id furces
be rrpie*enied by former WAC
•lUj Ciiarity E Adams, (.uirmand-
MiK utfict'i of the uiiiy Negro AC
unit us.-'ignvd fur overseas duty; Ll.
Hainet f'lckem. one uf the fii'it
Jiree Nigru w men niiiucted into
ihe WAVES, and iMrs Estelle Mur-
•ey Riddle, president uf Ihe Na
ttnnal Association uf Colored Grnd
iiate nurses
Charles H Huustun, vice presi
dent uf Ihe Aniencaii Council, will
act as chairman of the conference
He w'ill als > make u leport un the
action of the .special committee ap
pointed at ttie April conference to
discuss probknis of mlnurity group
veterans with officials administer
ing the Veterans' program.
honorIrTds
REBtfFF DAK
jeet during the spring of 1945 and
completed it in April of (his year.
AIMn-ngh some stqdenl* whom be
fi»tructFd pirnirfded some help
for (he prnjrcl. almost all of the
work was dune by him during
his !i-lture time. Professor Gran
dy, who is an uiumniis of A. and
T. ( oilere an UorncH I'niversl-
ly. intends muKIng furUier en
largement of the present plans.
ing. «. science ana general class
room building, 7. girls' dormitory
8. .Anne W. Holland Hall. 9. chem
istry and' agronemy tnrildlng, le.
home economics building, 11. Mur
phy Hall. 12. laundry. 13. girls'
.ormllory. i4. chapel, 15. men’s
dormitory. ’6. Florence Garrett
Practice House, 17. stadium and
dormitory. 18. men's dormitory.
19. F. I». Kluford Library. 20.
(•uoiey nireei >
Street.
Faculty homes and dormltorW
for graduate Btndents an. pro)^-
-d to be plaeed Immediately be
hind the campus, to the rear of
Holland Hall. The fallowing fea
tures are proposed; 1. 3. 8, 7. 9, 10.
13. 14. M. 17. 18. 21, 22. 23. 24, 25
and 27.
I lull t p i.niio
iR^I^EXL, la.
National Bar Association Against
Proposal of Senator Easteriand
NEW York 'CNS- - Two Amen-
can girLs, Fioivnee Kauffman and
Betty G: Idberg. tup ranking sen
iors at Steward Hig!) School are
proud&st today of hnving refused
medaks from the Daughter of Amer
ican Kevolulinn than trum any of
their other acnievemenls.
"I refuse l>» accept .'tiiything fro'ir
an organization that discriminates
H«e the D.AR." said Florence, who
if valedictorian of her closs with
a 98 average
nied Betty. "I'm prouder
to revise the medal than I would
be to accept it After all. we have
all races in our school and wc
have practiced tolerance. We ec*
along together fine, so why should
i do anything to recognize the
DAR which discriminate again: t
Negroirs esi.ecially'.'" The girls give
much of the credit for their tole.--
ancf to their history teacher
NEW YORK — In a strongly
worded statement, tin- .Natiunul Bar
Association Ihis week denounced
the proposed constitutional amend
ment offered last Tue.sday by Sena
tor Eastland of Mississippi desigi •
ed to 'unpack ' the United States
Supleme (Tourt by remo ving four
Kiiosevelt appointees.
I’ointing to the "relentlessness
with which the South is fighting:
progressivism." E:irly B, Dickerson '
N’B.A president, said that hLs organ
ization I'ould not permit ’’thLs un-
w ail anted attack upon oui highest
tribunal i > go unchallengL-d " He
then cited the 'superbly mcriior-
iuu.> service to the cause of libf -
ali-sm" that has been rendered by'
Associate Justice William O Doug-.
las. Frank Murphy. Robeit H.
J.:ekson, and Wiley Rutledge. »he
in.n who would be disptaced-
"Sviiator Eastland is motival>'d
;olely by his dislike for decision
t till- Court in such case.s as the
Virginia segregaiion law', the white
primaries, unior. roprcfentation for
minority groups in collective bar
gaining matters, and equal ptiy for
school teachers. " Dickerson stiid.
•'In the itUerprelJUion of its laws,
our own Supreme Court, more than
any other court in '.he civlUzi-i
world, has most nearly approached
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Extradition Case Won
by NAACP Attorney
CHICAGO 'ANP* - Charles
Houston. 45. resident of Chicago
Heights, .nllegedly a fugitive from
Mississippi, l-ist week was .saved
from extradition tu HoUandnle.
Miss., by the persistent efforts uf
his attorney. Robert E. Bryant, of
the Chicago Branch NAACF
Houston's return to Mississippi
WHITES BEAT
NEGRO WOMAN
BRA.NDON, Miss. ANP) Mr.s
Matilda Pickney, long lime resident
of Rankin County, was in critical
c ndilion early last week following
an attack by four white men who
administered a severe beating
Mrs. Pickney, a prominent church
worker, was returning from evening
servifvs when approached by ihe
men who asked her if she didn t
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wo.s sought on a charge of selling
mortgaged properly without liifurm-
mg the buyer that there was an'
outstanding mortgage against the
property. He was arresti-d May 28
and given 24 hours to file a writ
, of habeas corpus or accompany the
Mississippi sheriff buck to Hollun-
dale.
In his argument before Chief Jus
tice Harold G Ward on June 22,
'Brv:M -•-li ‘: i; tii. charge
... . Ul „ , nuietioppers' reia-
tii : ship in Mississippi where Hou-s-
Ion uccuppied a two room shack
t n a plantation belonging to C. B
Saunders and that Houston started
, working for Sounder In 1941 and
produced S8.5O0 worth uf cotton f-.r
Saunders.
Saunders, as is the southern cus
tom, in the course of his employ
ment furnished Houston with sup
plies. and equipment amounting to
St.500. The l.^ndlord has an automatic
lien on future crops being produc
ed until the cost of this equipment
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GRINKeXL, fa. fANP) — Plans
to combat the Ku Kl'ix Klan and
all hiirilar movements that con-
tribuK- to the "increase of bigoL'y
and iiiiuleraiice,’' as well as a check
^ against the spread uf Juvenile dc-
liquency. were among objectives
pledged tor the 1948-48 biennium by
the General Council uf Congrega
tional Christian churches which
closed its seven-day meet here last
week.
I Un the stand against fascist pene
tration of this country through or
ganizations like the Klan, council
delegates urged coo perative efforts
"as men of faith to meet the neeos
of the day." A chaplaincy service
' to Juvenile delinquents, through
federal, state and local councils of
churches throughout the country,
was suggested to offset the constant- { ‘
ly increasing incidence of delin-1 _
qucncy. “
Delegates voted 477-24 to retain a
political lobby in Washington thru
activities of the Council of Social
action of Ihe Congregational Chris
tian fellowship.
JUDGE WARNS
AGAINST J. C.
j able to locate Fletcner tince U«t '
i Saturday when they mught to ques-1
' tion him regarding an affadavit
{*pubti:dt*d Mvarding tit* RanK.ui
t County incident.
’ No information as to his where-
I abouts could be obtained from the!
I place where he roomed at 1810 Cox'
I Street while attending school.
IraciaiTgroup
NAMFS niPPTTORS
j RALEIGH — Cyrus M. Johnson
1 of Goldsboro has been named new ;
i director of the North Carolina Coni-
: mission on Interracial Relai. 'ms
i succeeding the Rev. Ernest J, Ar- '
I nold of Durham, both white, it was
! announced here Monday.
' The Rev. Leon Russell also ol.
' Goldsboro succeeds Bishop Edwin A.
(Continued on back page)
and thus delive. the N^m vote to
bU banner In the gubernatorial
...mpalgo.
The attavWs upon the World were
madv nec' the dote of a rrteetiny
held at Haftley s Ashby Street Fun
eral home, and attended by Mr.
Rivers and a statewilde strategy
group of Negro workers in behalf
of Mr. Rivers' candidacy.
Appearing tired from the rigors
Ilf a stiff speaking schedule and
failure of his Negro workers to
make any noticeable headway
among Georgians of color, Mr. Riv
ers called upon the Negro work
ers to get out among Negroes in
the rural counties like Worth,
Sumter, Decatur. Grady. Early and
others where the three major can
didates have an even chance to tip
the scale in his favor.
The Rev. Mr Babcock, pastor of
famed Big Bethel AME Church and
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TRENTON. N. J -CNSi Welh-
«.r 2.1 year old John Colter u to be
extradited to South Car- Una's chaut
gang where he was commuted lor
a minor burglary at the- age of 14.
dept lids on New Ji-rsev's Governor
Walter Edge Even Atlurne.'’ Gener
al AA'alter Van Ripei at un extradi
tion hearing agreei with Arthur
Garfi-ld Hays tha' fhr final deci
sion it-sb. with the conscious of
G'lvernor Edge
Hays proceeded to list various
.overnors - Franklin U Hoosc-
Alfred A Smith, governur of
Rkichigan oiid M««M«el>pau(ts wAc
had refused to give up BiglttVW
trom other state*
"All I'm trying to sh>w." Mid
Hays, "IS that the Uniieit States'
Consiiiiition imposes on a guver-
nor only a moral obligatioti. whi-^h
brings up the queslMui uf consci
ence '
Ckivemor Edge
Hays proceeded to list varleua
governors •— Franklin Room-
vrit, Alfred A Smith, guvemee of
, Mjcliigan wid gtaeieiijfiaeits itl»o
had rvfueed to give up tigittvitf
trom other states.
“All I'm trying to shuw,“ said
Hays, "it that the United State*'
: Constitution imposes on a gover-
I nor only a moral obligatior which
! brings up the question of ronsol-
ence."
Van Refer replied. "We are both
I in agreement that no power can
force a governor to suirender a fug
itive. How far do you think the
! Governor's conscience should go?"
Hays thought the facts of the
lease should be thoroughly investi
gated. Moreover, he cited that
South Carolina had lynched SO Ne
groes and that its governor wn*
[ proud of the chain gangs. “It's hijpi
time we people of the North show
ed them that we’re not going to
help them develop that system."
Combine Efforts of Negro Papers
Fight for Press Row in Both Houses
NEW YORK tCNS) — Judge
Samuel Liebowitz. who won his
fume as a lawyer in the Scottsboro
case, warned a recently picked
blue ribbon jury panel that “race
or prejudice can have no part in
this iriol — basis and bigotry have
I no place in a jury."
i The Jury is trying William Wash-
! ington. 28, and Arthur Johnson, '21,
both Negroes un first-degree mur
der charges in the rape-killing of
15 year old Rose Palernio. the
night of February 2nd. The girl’s
body was discovered by her mother
in a vacant house near her home.
SCRANTON. Pa. lANP) — The
weight of the 25.000 members of
I the American Newspaper guild was
thrown behind the Rght of colored
reporters'for admission to the senate
and house press galleries here las'
Friday when delegates to the na
tional convention unanimously
passed a resolution condemning
uiscrimiation in congressional prc:«s
galleries.
Drafted by Lowell Lomax «f the
Washington Afro-American, only
; Negro member of the 10-man Dis
trict of Columbia delegation, the
i resolution calls on the ANG to "pr --
test this outrageous injustice to mil
lions of American citUens."
Introduced at the convention by
the Washington delegation >f the
ANG the resolution reads as follows:
WHEREAS: The 13 million Ne-
' gro citizens of the United States |
lhave no duly accredited represenla-
I tive in the press galleries of the;
house of representatives and Uie;
senate of the United States, thus |
depriving these citizens uf direct \
I access to news of their government {
and whereas the Negro perss, still,
in its infancy, has more than one'
million subscribers who are entitled I
to correspondents cogizant of their {
particular interests and problems.
1 "THEREFORE: Be It resolved'
I that the American Newspaper guild j
1 protest this outrageous injustice to |
millions of American citizens.
! ‘'Be it further resolved that the j
{international executive board u(|
FEPC MEET
HELD IN^ARK
NEW YORK. N. Y, 'CNS) — It*
an open air meeting in the park at
24th Street and Madison Avenue,
outstanding speakers spoke to tiie
crowds for a permanent FEPC. Said
State Industrial Commissioner Ed
ward Corsl. "New York’s FEPC has
showed the way to all the other 47
States although a small group of
minor league Hitlers is blocking
national action ”
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ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL AND BTU TRAINING CONFERENCE
A g '^‘up of the 2-47 perbung eiiio]le(i in the Fourth Auiiua 1 Sunday School and BTU Training Conference held at Shaw University, June-28 and sponsored by the General Baptist State Conventior of North Carolina.