TRUMAN PROMISES END TO VIOLENCE
MOB VIOLENCE
COMMITTEE GETS
PRESIDENT'S
WORD OF ACTION
WASHINGTON, D C.—President
Truman today held a conference at
the White House with a delega
tion from the recently formed Na
tional Emergency Committee Against
Mob Violence. The Committee,
formed at the cai'i of the NAACP.
r»‘pr* , -wnt£ 17 r*. ' -s-w, church,
womens, publishers’, lawyers', civ
il rights’ and fraternal organiza
tions.
Its delegatkn was warmly r; -
ceived by the president. His inter
est in the subject was so great
that he spent 35 instead of the pre
arranged 15 minutes discussing the
situation with She group, which
included Dr. Charming H L-bia..
Frederick E. Rcissig of the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America, James Carey, Secretary
of the CIO, Boris Shishkin of the
AFL and Walter White, Secretary
and Let lie Perry, Administrative
Assistant, of the NAACP.
I Serving as spokesman for she
group, Mr. White urged the Presi
dent to act to stem the rising tide
us lynching* and violence against
Negroes. He described to the Presi
dent circumstances leading up to
the blinding of Isaac Woodard, call
ing attention to the fact that Sher
iff L. M. Shull of Batesburg. S, C„
boasted that it was all hi: handi
work.
Mr. White further p. in ted out the
fact that the NAACP has submitted
tc the Department o' Justice fir
names of participants in the quad
ruple lynching in Walton County.
Georgia, and the blow-torch, meat-
Cleaver lynching in ’.linden. Lou
isiana—emphasizing the fact that
the Department has not yet moved
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EMES
SHE AM.
tEADEHSMi
ELKO, 5.. C. (ANpi Elko mob
bists, many of whc«m were member
of a group which lynched Janie.
Walker, Jr., near here August jg
claimed another Negro victim Sas
urday night, September 7. it was -an
nounced this week.
Tile -victim. Freddy Pryor is con
fined at home recovering from
wounds inflicted by- crank east,
handle and divers other weapons in
the establishment of -Jkhn Crtdg,
brother tc William Craig, who bus
been charged with the Walker slay
ing.
Witnesses said Pryor entered the
place to make a purchase and im
mediately became the target of sev
eral white men present who made
insulting remarks. When Pryor ig
nored the remarks, a white man
known only as -Mr. Morris.” is said
to have walked up to him and said,
"nigger, you took like you don't like
".hat we say. Do you?”
When Pryor e ntirmed io remain
quiet Morris is said tv vc slapped
him reeling and as the victim
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Charlotte Veterans
March On Capital
Raleigh, N. C. Twenty Negro
veterans of World War 11, went
in a body to the State Capitol
to call upon Governor Cherry to
allow the opening of the De-
Luxe Barber College, in Char
lotte. owned by Trezzvant W.
Anderson, one of them, so that
they might begin their courses
of study as barbers under the
GJ Bill of Rights, and Anderson
WAR DEPARTMENT
TAKES FIRM STAND
R. C. (NNTA)
■The War Department last Wednes
§y night reaffirmed its position re
■kfcting suspension of voluntary
SHKltstments and cancellation of in
-.’{actions of colored men into the
B&ny following a suit to enjoin the
| ege-d discrimination filed in the
States Court here last Tues-
By.
|WAn Army spokesman said volun
ejmy enlistments of colored men,
gßcfipt those former Gls with ce- -
■Smi occupational duty specialties,
■Ss suspended in August because
ratio of colored to white per
gffmel in the Army exceeded thst
IgHthe civilian population.
wßlhc Gillem Board in its report
■H the effective utilization of col
9Md personnel recommended that
WT Army maintain a 10 per cent
5 iored personnel ratio, he said,
H d at the time voluntary enlist-
MLnts of cole red men were suspend -
l§| the ratio was about 18 or T7
Ur. cent, the spokesman said,
M Inasmuch as voluntary enlist-
IWents of colored men bad been sus
jMn»ded, the Army also decided it.
BB'Ould obtain no colored men thru
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The Carolinian
r \•• • > /• *V. . « • •.... --y ;
! VOLUME XXVI. Na 13 ' WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER'' 2«,’”l ''•> wE I* ALK.w \ ~H. NORTH CAi;ni,tN a U 1
Smith Head Not To Retire
******* ******* ******* *******
STRIKE SETTLEMENT HERALDED
CHARGE OF AUTO
LARCENY BRINGS
SUICIDE TO JAIL
ASHEVILLE Ripping host a
scarlet, cord which had been used
in reinforcing the edge of the m,.t
tres.v in his ceil in lac city jail |
Bruce WiHii-ir-s ye--i -old Sv a •
u-r.o-;. Negro, fashioned it into
no se and hanged himself from ;
] bars yesterday afternoon.
Williams was » ».: held -in
j charge of larceny f ■>> -lUiornobili
! on a warrant tn out by •>
I Body. Ho v,u: locked up at 11.Jo
!a. m yesterday. The jailor - repog:
i shows :hat the check was made j
I at 3 p. m Th' body was discover*!
i about 3 25 p rn
i In the cell with Willum-.. p iicv
said was Buck Boyd, another
| Swannano; Negro and brother of
| Palace Bovd who charged the pair
| with taking his automobile. Buck i
I Boyd told police that he heard hie j
j cellmate tearing at the mattress, j
| but, thought nothing of it. Boyd j
ftsald that he fell asleep and that j
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- -V i
GRAND JURY INDICTS|
S. L LA NCHERS
BARNWELL, S. C ■ AN?) - A
■ murder indictment against William ,
Craig, whit* farmer charged with I
firing the shots which executed!
I James Walker, Jr., near Elko, S. j
j C-. August 12 in h mob action, was j
j returned by the Barnwell County ’
i Grand Jury here Monday night,
j At Columbia, John H. McCray ;
j editor of the Lighthouse and In- j
] former who uncovered the lynch- I
| mg. -aid while the grand jury ao !
j lion was gratifying, jt had probably;
! resulted ft-.im state-wide interest j
in the case which drew no interest
from Gov. Ransome J. Williams to
whom several persons and organi
zations had appealed.
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' charged that J. M. Cheek. Chair
,, man of the State Board of Bax
i I ber Examiners, had taken a
i ! bribe in return for circumvent
■iing set rulings in April 194 b,
■ ! when the school was owned by
. | Woods Morgan, Negro candidate
I for the Legislature in 1942, and
:!tbat the Barber Board was de
ijliberateJy delaying the approval
. of his school, for the purpose of
diverting GI Negro students to
the Modem Barber College in
Winston-Saiem, allegedly owned
land backed by M. C. Whitney,
| a former member of the Board,
j who resigned after Anderson
| had filed charges against him
j with Governor Cherry earlier,
’ j foi unethical use of his official
’ i position to “ freeze out” Negro
'! college operators in the state.
Arriving from Charlotte in a
| bus, the Negro vets called at the
■ executive offices and there py>
J sented their claims and an affi
- davit stating that Chrmn. Cheek
' had accepted $500.00 from Mor
gan in April, and had asked for
■ a thousand dollars in return for
* certain things which Mr. Cheek
- promised, to do for Morgan, who
» was then having difficulty with
- the State Board. Morgan’s school
was later disapproved, and his
t students sent to the Winston in
stitution. after Veterans Admmi
t, stration officials had withdrawn
- the Federal support for their
? continuance.
i On August 21st Anderson, also
Chairman of the Charlotte Negro
’ Veterans Welfare Association
" bought the barber college, then
f idle, from Morgan, and engaged
Morgan to serve as head instruc
* tor. The school was recently in
- speeded by Board Member Me*
t Coy, and the veterans alaim that
i the Board is deliberately with
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A lie t:s <l . tu ck lor $25.00 that
has hern received for the csp»"
-•lost pr**ar<r.! at the Oxford r«|or
>n Orpbanate «as given by the
first rn-ii; of the state, His litv
crHenry FT. Gregg Cherry Gover
nor of N-rth Carolina, shown in
(he pieture above with T. A.
lisnime, superintendent of the or
phanage.
DEWEY SAYS
RELIGION MUST
BF ASSERTED
NEW YORK 'NNPA' —Organized
I -.'elision must assert leadership in
the effort to re-C'-tablish world •
] peace. Coventor Thomas E. Dewey
said last Thursday night in assert-
I tig that a chief world need is to
! “re-establish he ascendancy i
! mor 1 principle over mere exped
i ier.cy."
He spoke at Carnegie Hail, at. the
I an squicentennml celebration of th<
| African Methodist Episcopal Zior
j Church. Founded in New V'-rk tn
l 1796. the A. M. E. Zion Church is
' one of the country's oldest, colored
religious < rganizations with 500,001
communicants and 4,500 churches
in thirty-seven states.
Presiding at he meeting w;<-
Bishop William J. Walls, of New
York and Chicago, who praised ;
Governor Dewey's effc rts to bring
about equality of opprtunity for
i colored people.
j ' The * iff- rt io create a permanent
j world peace require-- tb- - a r ■
| tinii of men of all nations, creed* j
! and races.” Governor Dewey said ;
. adding that -i, • bring about unity i
I throughout the world - c roust, of
I course also achiev- unity at homo
"Every real New Yorker is do
lermined that the blight of bigotry j
shall not, turn back the clock, W* :
have strengthened our civil right.- j
laws, but in addition we arc de j
terminer! that the tar brush, th* j
lyncher's rope and toe Klanman' I ’. j
sheet for which Bilbo stands have ,
iiO pi , <_•- in New York or anywhere j
else in America.”
Governor Dewey asserted that j
the N< w York State law against j
discrimination in employment has i
been "an unqualified success.” H< i
said the state does not attempt to
limp sc itself as an arbiter of ~o
cial or personal likes or dislikes,
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charge's, c.
FLOOTING CAINES
DECISION
COLUMBIA. S- C. (AND- ]
Disclosing that South Carolina!
initiated this fall out of state j
scholarships for 15 Negroes j
studying medicine, Aired T. But- j
ler. executive secretary to tne j
Palmetto State Teachers' associa- j
tion, charged an attempt was be- I
mg made to dodge the Gaines do- j
cision, handed down in federal I
court against Missouri some years j
ago.
Mr. Butler’s disclosure • of the ;
scholarships, amounting to S4OO j
plus travel cadi, came after a I
conference with president M. F. ;
Whittaker of the state colored j
college at Orangeburg who, he i
said, revealed the fact. The dis- j
closure was considered highly' I
significant and indicative by the
GEN. McNARNEY
SAYS HE DIDN’T
SLUR NEGROES
Beilin (NNPA) —Denying U)Y
he had slurred colored Amen- . ,
can soldier-.. Gene -al J > *-Oi. T
McNamey last Satin df.' aH
they needed "now and wid' * op
portunities" to develop .Jand.-rds ,
of leadership demanded in cer
tain types of c.ijrin.il duties
Truma* Q. Gibson. Jr.. '<'■ (
n.or civilian aide to >!-e Scci *- i
t<ijy ot Wav, who (cmred Aruf i
ican Army installations in the
Mediten ancan ’n d Europe..un j
theaters during the war io >b- I
s< rvc and report on U|e activi
ties of colored troops, had attn- ,
bated to General Mc-Narncy a
statement that, colored soldiers
were- a failure.
General McNarney denied that ]
he had ever made any such !
statement He admitted he had ■
said that leadeiship qualities in j
colored soldiers were below the 1
required efficiency standard for
certain types of combat duty,
but that, this should be atinbet- i
ed to the inability of colored :
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Theatre Killer
Still At Large
Takes 6 Phone Calls To Bring
Officers To Scene Os Murder
RALEIGH Polico Wednesday
were still searching f«,-t Albert Wig- •
gins who shot and killed Herman i
Watson. 17-year-old Smithfield <
youth, with a .22. calibre pistol in <
the Lincoln Theatre about 8:30 here i
Monday evening. .
Th mas Hinton, manager oi the
theatre, said lie acted immediately :
at the :Ouno of the :irsi shot ana i
no'iiied the police department ove- '
the telephone in the 12-12 Restau
rant on the ground II or of the ’
building near the ticket booth, and •
after he had seen the condition of
the victim, called an ambulance.
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HERMAN WATSON
SMITH U. HEW
SPIKESRTrOOT
iTTBHETI
CHARLOTTE - D,-. Kfnry 1.
McCr-!■»-.y, -?,!->car rid prc.a-.i< iil, •A
J <ji.p-.on C bmith Ij.’.'vi r ■ itj tola 1
THE KAO! I !.e i --k th .< n*
Old !. •! I -;r< presidcjlt of liiC
= ’l-j - --: u'y this yc;ir. contr.i'y to :
p’-c-vious :; pm A’ th- hi lm of
(he instiui£ie« fur -h-- •-<-( M yean.
pi .-siwnt. j.u ,\u:i , i.»i t-\ i.-. •> i). --
ter j-ic'un of health now t>sn >n ■
m,.r,- -- rv ii. ii ( t; >’ < ! n-.r |
Ins h-Hith v uld have nothing to do
w>t is retirement, when it c",rr.i |
The i temenf put an end io queries
a- !--■ i’.it- attitude on th<- matte 1
He wa- unable to be located !.is> i
u-i-ck when the dory of his rumcred !
r. i.i ■•inent. broke in THE EAGLE
Ur. McCrorey stated th it the pub
lishing s tirce which originally car- I
•j# -J ti.<- new. of hi- reported r»-
cr-iem "had no authority” to)
‘' snch -■ statement, in saying l
i bad no ir.trnti -n of retiring, j
T;e iii”i."i iii.'ij. :t' ties were firm - :
li.ted in Xurtbern church journal;-
of ’ln Prwbyie-j'i-n Assombiy of »jjc
LSA. hei-r, Brunch. nri is .o.- I
i coin idea;-- rpr-eived when Or. Me-
Ci'Oi-.-v Jvcii -u-ation -f th*-1
Geucral A ---mbJy f *fr- Presbv- :
■ Cor-rino; d on hack page)
V
Hosnila! (jjrtails
Utibulanrc Scrvitr
WILMINGTON - In keeping j
'vc- the prac‘ic« of other Southern
iiospiials, the C- mmuni'j Hospital
thru it;, -uperint- ndcut. D. I'. Ad- ;
kin.-;, announced Mori la.- that (he
hospiial discoutinued its ambnlyricc
' c- as of Scptf mr.r-r 15.
The Shaw Funeral home immed
iate);- purchased *i;e ambulance
and extends ’he sane service a.s
aiven by the hospital.
He said that officers came about
la minutes af'er the smbulance ai - '
rived after City Hail had been call
cd six • r seven times, and that be- j
cause of the officers’ delay in ar- 1
riving at the theatre Wiggins had J
ample time to escape
After the first shot was tired
! the theatre was ‘ excited and in a
panic", but Hinton cleared the au- i
ditorium and found Mr« Hattie j
Wiggins, and Mrs. Savannah Martin j
her mother. Both were temp rarily I
detained in the manager's offices as
witnesses.
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I
mv;y ■ 'a *9f ■'
ALBERT WIGGINS
61 -Day Tobacco
Fray Ends With Joy
WINSTON-SALEM With Ilia t
* announcement f the Snkc at Pu d- r
mom 1.-ens T >banco Cc-mpan'-" m.
hut Satuiday Mwt.hvi people '
; hcoughout tnis city wee jubilant
in iiarning that the first time <o 1
- Ail Xc;r Slrlltc had been settle-?! i
-vitfa the striking employee* aher <■
ilivh} como. om'smade rkfioti*' ;
gains for ihems ives in a conlin- 1
: nous picketing of the plants for 61 l
day* Principal gains were listed *.- <
. . rni r 'htvo™ of fy* i>< r hour <
\ which is liO cents ab vt the floor •'
LEND A HAND
IN DIXIELAND
In his first pub! <; ppearanee ]
.tier *.ht 23rd succ*- --.-iul deicnsc <
ft his utie. Joe Louis champion-.- ;
the cause of fteedtnn and equality j
lm a Step Murder, lynch Sij-ie* ;
j rally iic-id Tnursslay, Sept. i'J. at j ;
i 12:30 in the hear: of the garmen l : ,
i < istrict - n 3«ih St. bs tween 7th -n .
i'ih Avenues. NYC. ;
The rally -officially op-w,.ih - ,
• Lend-a-Hand- tn-Dixieland" street
collection campaign of the Southern ,
Conference for Human W- ;f i- -, ,
which will continue tbr ugh Safer- ,
: day. | -
Before an estimated audicnct -.-/ <
15,1*00 p«:oyplc Mr. Louis, u h - is co
i :-i.-u:-i r- of ihe c:T,p,un s:-id ’<<■■
'l'-rjes and v/hjto people must march ,
t- geiher to fight all -.h* v,.y fm
I iruxlom lor -*ll the .pie. Di.scab- j
! ing the Southern Conlc t ncr fur i
| Human Welfare, Mr. 1 nuis declat |
: ed. "The Southern C nf<:-rene<- for , •
liumaii Wolfai-i. is a iuhting - rgani
i ?.,eic>ii; I’m 100 percent for it”
Mis Mary McLeod Helium, prc.-
> ident -and founder li.e Bcthuxu- ]
Cookman College, introduced J e
Loui* a “a real fighn r for 'he , \
j cause of humanity”. Speaking of
the growing unity between large ,
numbers of Negro and white people. -
Mrs. Bethune said, "We cry now as !
one ’ nice from the Southland. Those
of us clothed in black skin and
those in white skin wh-> feel keen
i; the sense of justice- and freedom
for all Americans. We are joined
together- in a determined battle to
stamp out lynching and mob bru
’•aiity." she declared.
Other speakers who called ior
mobilization of all progressive for
ces to fight for federal anti-lynch
ing legislation were P nil Robeson. .
f imis artist; James Waterman Wise,
director of the Council Against In -
tolerance and author o f flu Spring
field Plan; and Councilman Michael
; Quill, president of ‘he Transport
Workers Union.
Senator Claude Pepper who wa
! scheduled to appear wired his
j "deepest- regrets and stated that
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Term. Cops Say They Were
Shot From Ambush
Lawrenceburg, Term. (NNPA) ;
I Two policemen testified in Cir
j nuit Court here last Friday that;
j they vere shot from arnbusn and
I w’ounderi one h ur after they had
j assured colored people of CoJ'otn
; 'oia, Tenn.. that reports of impend -
: 'ng mob violence were mere ru
; mors during the disturbance there j
irt»L Fcbiuai.v.
Their testimony wa- given dur
i ing the second das- of the trial of
j twenty-five colored men who are
: charged with being accessories he
| fore the fact anc attempted mm
j der in the fi-st degree ar the re- i
i suit f the incident which followed
-1 an altercation between Mrs. Gladys
i Stepn'-nson and her son. James, and
: William Fleming, a white raido rc
: pairman ‘
The two o .’fleers, also sh!u that
■ previous to he time they were
: shot two of the def-mdanls, Jtjlius I
Blair and hir son. Sol Blair, cjvje
MINE WORKERS ]
VOTE TO BAR KEAN |
St«M->VHXE, Ps. NNPA)--
Helc.iates to tlir (jr,l ouadren
null convention of District
t nited Mine Workers (AFL),
representing 25,000 hard eoal |
digger*-, in tun Pennsylvania i
('niintics. sited last Ihurstlaj to
oar members of the t\n Kin* I
KI a n the Communist party or !
the Himil tron) joihint the ,
< MW
I
prices that exist elsewhere, an eh* j
initiation of th- exemption period j
-ud the gams of three (3) paid boll- i
days. Thi*- tpmeni permitted the j
official opening of the Winston;
Salem Tobacco Market with all
p) nts -d work. The company open-!
ed their plant on lasi Monday with |
a iv. able force of employee:- on ;
hand -ind willing to w< rk. II is the
plan oi the Piedmont Leaf Tobac
co Company to employ a total of
appe ximatcly TOO persons The- U.
S. Conciliation Sci vice .nac. cheir
rej'i-f-sentativvs present at the set
'v.cnt. in persun of -O Yates Heaf
ner he met in conference with C. T.
.love. Frc-ident of Piedmont L»:af.
H. Gardner Hudson, Attorney f‘ ;
iin Company; Ed Mcßae, liiterna
iuiir-1 Representative United Tobttc
ro Woiker. FT v-CIO and Clyde
Wit’-- Chairman of Local No. 22
United T bacco Workers. This set •
'icment followed shortly (he settle
i ien! si! Winston Leaf Tobacco Co.
The ivo mouth work steppage
hi ought wide attention to the plants
! which the picketing strikers
st ,:i .Spirii'.iais end kup*, (heir spirits
up by o lining in theii continuous
iria: ch pan the- company plants en
! ranees
Th vcttlemeot such was a
compromise on both -M-- as. The
union nad <-k<’d for a U week ox
• mptiori p'U-iod birr -ct: led for seven
The minimum of Sixty Cents ask
ed :«■ to be fully granted after an
emp! yment period of sixty days.
In c iterr-eijt tc- iu* press. Me
Heafner stated "f appreciate tnc co
ofj'. '-t’tioTi -hove by oil parties in
bringing the matter to a satisfactory
aei ilement.
WOMAN FOIND DEAD
ASHCVILLE - Miss Kissie King,
65 years old of Rock Hill section
vvtv se body was found Simdav
.night on Sweeten Oi-ok Road aied
as result of a fractured skull, it b
believed by citizens of that section
that she " as killed and robbed. An
investigation is underway.
MtGFNJYXA STILL HOLDS
ON TO KACr. MYTHS
WASHINGTON (NNPA)
The legend of racial superior
ity is still alive in Argentina,
and the democratic idea through
out the other Americas is
threatened both tr.m the far
right and the far left, Edward
’Tomlinson, National Broadcast
ing Company expen on Latin
America declared here last.
Thursday.
Summarizing his recent tour
of South America in a statement
issued to the press, Mr. Tomlin
son said many Argentines have
always looked down on certain
of their neighbors who have
Indian or African blood in their
veins.
ind business leaders among the col
ored people of Maury County, in
which Columbia is situated, told
(hem “to keep the while people out
‘d Mink Slide, because we’re ready
t’or them.”
Mink slide is the common name
for the colored business section in
TALMADGE SAYS GEORGIA WILL j
PATTERN AFTER SOUTH CAROLINA j
ATLANTA (A NF; t'he newly j
won right of Georgia Negroes to
participate in the Democratic Pri
mary elections will be shortlived if
Governor-nominate Eugene Tal
madge has his way and makes good
his aims and plans to restore the
party to a lily white status.
Talmadge told newsmen that- he
Si 10 DROP'
ICfUtIS
|ON CHIME NEWS
; CHICAGO < ANFj Race label
! 'in. f cruru ,-torie; in the Chiaa
go Sun. t local daily publish :d bj
M• i 1 n l l Field 111, will be discc ■
tinned, according to an announce
ment las* \vc k by E. Z. Dimitaman.
(hr in v. -oaper's executive ojSJtor
"The Chicago Sun '.'ill not refer
in crime ;-t; ries to the race, color
or creed of 3 person su-pected or
accused of crime unless ther
i a le< inmate purpose to be serve
thereby," read pimitman's order
lb toJd bis edit rs to exercise
■ Miir judgment in identifying crim
inals by race. In the case of racis
antagonisms, the order said, cec
should be stipulated to give fru*
meaning to a story. The identity o
Negro artists or others whes l
achievements arc of a matter
pride to the, nation wil be publishe
a? in *he post, pimitman directed
The Mayor's Commisison on Hi
crelation.- thinks that the mat
; ’.erne;u f the Chicago Sun h
1 in '■*), •: distinct contribution to go
; human relations in Chicago 1
| establishing this very sound policy
| said Th mas 11. Wright, executi
i director. “It is our judgment t !
vac; labeling contributes ur.t • *
harm to our community by
vekping -•tm-oiyped rractr n-
Ncgrocr and other groups tin 1
trca.'ing prejudice.
"We think you have taker
definite step forward in ’Un i
ins this practice from your *■<
papa*, W desire (■ - eoromNv
for the ?*ep you have taker ’
COURT BOIES
lOUT RAILROAD
! SEGREGATION
Washington Justice Eurre'
| Prcttymon o' the Court of A
; peals lor the District of Cola
'; hk. ruled that segregation of 1 ■
’ ig: ocs on railroad cars was ill
; !»1 in a reversal of a Dint
•jCourt ruling here Monday
! The opinion was deliverer
’ j reversal of the lower court’s
Mint in a $45,000 damage ;
*! against the Southern R&i
’! System by the Rev. Willian
’iJernigan, Ralph Matthews ;
; l William J. Scott wjjo had
; their suit in the District C
’. and had appealed the deeisi
The three men charged t
1 they ".'era forced to leave
train at Lynchburg, Va., v t
• irailroad officials contended
‘ they were riding in coaaches •
■ viced for white passengers
i r.ecoj'-dance with Virginia
Crow laws and that they
ordered oft the train by pc
and railroad officials.
There is no valid distinct;
! between segregation on bu
and railway cars, Justice Fret
man said in his decision, an '
called attention to the recent t
| cision of the Supreme Court r id
ling out Jim Crow and segrep
, i lion on busses in interstate r.; *
v cl,
‘ In sending the case Hack i
['District Court for a new trial L
! j said the jury in the first tria
i i was- erroneously instructed on.
>; the point asto whether or ,nc'
■Lynchburg, Va., police had act
ed as agents of the railway in
ejecting the thsee passengers
V
A rrangements Ready
For League Meet
To Be Held In D. C
WASHINGTON, V. c. fNNFA)-
. Arrangements were completed la.
| Friday for the housing and enter
tainment of 200 business men ai '
representatives of national organize
: tions who will participate October
j 17-19 in the second annuel confe
: enec on Negro Business being s?o:
sored by the Commerce Departme*
to emphasize the aids which it ..
able to give the small business mar.
■; Columbia in which four city po:
' men were wounded when they wen?
; Into the district following reports
iof mob violence February 25.
Boaard O. Skrfel, 27-year-old
war veteran, was the first wit
last Friday, and the third wiinos*
(Continued on back page?
| will ask the state convention at
Macon to uphold his plans to msb
the parfy a “voluntary party asso
ciation,”
Talmadge added that in his opin
ion, Federal Appeals Court J■■virr
Sibley s opinion in the Jtamus it
j King case pointed the way to white
primaries, ,■