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SOUTH BALKS ON PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION
Case Not Probed As Angler
White Men Still Walk St.
■ 1 . ... A;
Angiei Two Harnett Count;,
white men who killed one man
and critically wounded another
more than a month ago in gang
ster style shooting at Augior |
were still walking the streets her.: ;
Monday in complete freedom and
still had not been questioned by j
city and county officials.
Identity of the killers has been ;
made in report.; filed with the |
Angier police department, the j
office of the Harnett county shoi
iff, a private prosecutor and the i
office of Governor R. Gregg;
Cherry, but until Monday no at
tion had been taken t.> bring
them to justice
The victims fell under bias's j
of shotgun fire which originated j
in a moving green automobile!
cither on the morning of Sun
day, November 22. oi on Noveln
her 22. according to its report j
but. VV, E. Salmon, Harnett Cum
ty sheriff, said the date was Sun
day. No vein he. 23.
The victims .-.re Cm rf.c "Bus"
Smith who died instantly and
Daniel Lee ftrassford ivin u
shot through his abdoim n ,u; •
was still under medical care the;
week.
In answer to telephone mquis .
ies Saturday night members oi 1
the Harnett countv sheriffs of
fice and Angie.' Police Chief A'
ton Cobb said that no effort had
been made to question eithe; >f
the men suspected of being in
volved in the murder.
District Solicitor Jack Hooks of
Ken.lv said when informed of the
killing Satuiiay night that >v .
personally'. wax beginning an iir
mediate investigation.
(Continued on cacti page}
Porters, Breakinen
Win Saute Fe lob Tilt
CHICAGO iANPj _ Judge
Walter 1.. I.aßuy of r. S. His
trifl Court handed down a
three-pase decision here lass
week upholding the right of 500
Negro porters and hrakemen of
the Santa If railroad to con
tinue in their jobs and thus
temporarily ended a five-year
old light to block efforts ol
'while breakman to take .heir
jobs., because ihr-v v. . c not
union member-.
The dlseh. : •.«•<« workers, some
of whom bad -ten employed i>v
the railroad sun.- i’Cth. ». id be
allowed to w ork despite the fa< t
that the union will not admit
them as members, but they will j
not work according- to seniority
rights. The Negro train workers
were represented by Atty. Rich
ard i. Westbrooks.
Leading Citizens Explain
Their Interest in Race Issue
New York Three distin
guished Ameren ns—all of when
are editors - tell the readers of :
OPPORTUNITY. Journal of Ne
gro Life, hove they became in
terested in racial justice. Writing
their exclusive articles for the
Winter Issue of the official pub
lication of the National Urban
League, due off the press next
week, the authors are Mrs. Eliza
beth Bates Cowles, prominent ci
vic leader ot Minneapolis. Minn.:
Louis B Seltzer, editor. The
Cleveland Press, and Edga: W.
'Ed) Ray. managing editor. The
Tampa (Florida) Daily Times.
In this same issue of the Jour- 1
nal of Negro Life, John Garfield
and Canada l.ee co-stars : n tb
nationally -hailea, current motion
picture “Body and SouT give
their personal views in an article
title Then Par! in Bod. and
Soul ." Th< off-stage comments oi
these Hollywood star- set new
goals tor iac- relations in the
entire moving picture industry.
“How, I Got My Start." is the
title oi an exceptional first-person
story by Mr- Mildred Staples
White Southern Educators
Oppose End of Duel Schools
WASHINGTON < ANT’ - p. :
.ients oj nine white .- uthern o > : -
1 v.<- bitterly at lacked the recoil--
m ndeiioi: o. i.hi P-csi.h mj. C n:
mission < n Higher Education ;in. ,
lii<- du,i, syytem r,r -eh v is. n,.w >l, '
Judge (iobb Named To
D. L„ Library Beard
Washington (ANPi For- !
mer Judge James A. Cobb,
one of the best known Wash
snglottiiins. was appointed
fast week to the board of i
trustees of the public library !
of the District of Columbia
by the commissioners. Judge
Cobb succeeds Dr. George C
Havenner who was the first
person of col-or ever to serve
on the library board and who
retired because of HI health.
J”dgc Cobr., former muni
cipal judge from tr 183&.
is one of the distinguishad
lawyers of !hr- enwMry
Happy
New
Year
„ ~
NO ACTION NET
ON NCC i’ll EX A
Raleigh (NCNN Exclusive)
—Trustee? of the North Caro
lina College at Durham have
taken "no action" yet on the
nomination o: a successor tc
the late President James E.
Shepard.
Juie B. Warren of Raleigh,
i secretary of ibe college trus
tee beard and a key member
of Dr. Edgev W. Knight's
nominating committee, gave
this information to newsmen
in Raleigh Tuesday after
noon.
Warren said he "assumed"
ihef Dr, Kreght would call
the committee together "dur
ing January, 1
JIM CROW .HALTS
FREEDOM TiMIN
FOR BIRpSHAM
BIRMINGHAM ■AN pl Bir
mingham's big. dry med th;
p. ..ranee of Freedom ream in th >
eny Monday Dec. . be-,' 23.
Ire Amo real i Her.iage found..
■ n canceli d the Birmingham
(Continued on it.
'BEECH FORBIDDEN
NlAt YORK C \m Noted
uovcii>,t Howard l asl author of
freedom Road' was forbidden
I to speak at a City College ra!l\
because he i>. under sentence for
contempt ol Congress Fast is an
avowed fellow traveler of th
Communist Party
who reveals to OPPORTUNITY
readers the tnsicui story of a suc
cessful window, 'ic-.'orator A resi
dent of Matssil i. Ohio, Mrs. Sta
ples applies her skill? to an oc
cupation in w hich few N e r o
Americans are engaged. Her story
is us exceptionally told as any
of the “unusual occupation ser
ies published in OPPORTUNITY
Continued on p gc- eight
Restrictive Housing Case
Amued Before U.S. Court
Washington - The cases pr.
m-tiled before the United Stab >
Supreme Court beginning Jan
uary 5. contesting the validity >f
court decree? evicting Negroes
from their homes in Mu.-hig. u,
Missouri. and the District of r C -
lunibia. 'pursuant to race r--strh -
live agreements. represent the
culmination of a battle begun by
i fleet it) i7 states, be clitnin-iU*;
.rod agreed with tour south.
iv.;"h rs of the c./umission that u
! would b, '‘impractical and >imvisv'
|i i end the scgregaiit-n Oi Neg:-<
I and white children in ths soutu
. f.y any povt-iwnent e.ik-i
i Th>- mm urrsidt tits wet . CV-l
jg He W Da den Jr University of
i Virginia: Bcnnrt H B, arvu-a >O,
j V ndertiit University: Isa,ah 80.
j man. John H-tpkins.: Hamilton Hop.
! Rollins Ci liege. John D. WilU.m;',,
' University ;f Mississippi Fatboi
! Patrick J H iloran. Si Lotus Uni-
I versify: Rufus C. Harris. 'Titia; 1 .
I Univ . s:ty; T S. Painter. Uriivo .-.
i itv of Texas, i iid Lewis W. Jones
| University of Arkansas
The rtisscn'.ing bloc of the com-
I mission <nchid d Douglass Southal
.Pi reman, editor T the 'Richmond
I ' an. H Comp
t chancel lor Washintton University.
! 'em: Lr-vvis tv Jones, and
■ Goodrith C. White, president. Emo
' Ci mi tinned -v;-i p n•< eight
THE
| VOLUME XXVII, NO. 'J« UALNIOIi, NORTH (‘ AU‘sii\A\\Ki ’■ i. i' 1 >i. ' • S.'Ti ,UI)A V, JAN* AR’i 10 1S PIUCL 4 ’ 7c
favors Tar Reel For ICC Proxy
! FIRE CONTINUES DEATH TOLL
Educator Warns Successor
|To Be Approved By Alumni
State Superintendent of Public Inst ruction 1 hd< A.
‘Erwin favors the appointment of a X- i "nz'iii of Xmas
■ Carolina as a president ol the North ■ aroinm ( •a I .•<'-
i Durham.
■3 <mi»RE.N PERISH
! Dekalb, Tv;. vANP) A fire,
j believed le ha\ e .started from an
! over-betted stove, took the lives
lor’ eight Negr j children hero last
! Set..irdn ■ when the;; th v-e u
I home burned while the chi hire a
! were asleep The eight varied in
j ages i tom 13 vt ..u> s months'.
| Tite parents ;>■ away at T 1
j time of the iire.
Voters Urged To Make
Race Police GOP Issue
| NEW ORLEANS ' a.NP I - R<. p
j front over mrcs rncico cO .
INe4i*o voters ot New Orleans aiv
uisi a ■ ' ' mas ispir
ants for stale officers in tile Jann- i
! ;.rv 20 primary imlpinceri r, pi- = ;
ij’iJi'C m Nev. Orleans a praunpr ,
The plan was advanced by Wei> {
<?i Stevtns. pronvineni civic leacn.r,
|in an address to an Am.- rat chub ,
; v- it rally last week. ,
Stevens related that the city :.o
ministra'ii'. n is support iny Sam:
: Jones for Governor and that this t
j me city . dnnmsu; .ion has n. >1 ■. ,
| the Ni. tre etitnc : tie . . *
mpk'yrn .nt to Negro police as .<ls \
I approach :o : - siti..aii-on He . , .o
j that New roes should remembu th>« j
| issue when voting fur a gavert ;
Sir: Jrt ua *
j The i®::, • .n -; of Ni g: -p- li I
] -.>. as recently revised when a con' j
|! ; ne. jiC idcd b> Lv i, Lewis, ma.i- ;
iging cdiio 1 ij’i the Negro S- u:.:.
upon the suggestK!.-! 1 Mi.-y-.ii M
the- National' Association for the
Advancement oi Colored Pc. on
-30 years ago.
In ifilfi the Kentucky branch ?
of the Association appealed te the
national office for help in a cou
fight against an ordinance passed
by the City of Louisville forbid
ding Negroes to occupy bonivs ■
areas where the- majority oi re
sidents were white. The tight was
id) ried to tic .Supreme Court i .
tilC* CiiSQ of Bur ban an v. Warley.
and in IS 17 the Supreme Coui s
held that such an ordinance w -
unc on •-1 it ut'iona,.
It was in an effort to evade fhts
decision that restrictive eovenanrs
in deeds and restrictive neigh hov
hood agreement? came into us
, Since 1917 the NAACP has be< .i
battling the growing tide of rac
.rest;ictions on home ownersh:yi
throughout the nation,
(Continued on hack page>
Okla. Law School Case
Goes To Supreme Court
Washington. D. C. Lawyers '
. <-n be half of Ada Lois Sipuel on ■
fV\ '26 filed in the United States
j Simremr Court a brief for oeti
lioaer in her case against +hc;
... uiVi-ortv .L'klariorua.
T '' i.-i ease is the result of pc
‘ion for eer!iorar ; granted by;
-the Supreme Court on Nov. not. (
(10 of this rear to review the tic - j
partm. qt Difa..- .lJßait a. t Tues
day morning, Di. Et win said, T
would prefer a Negro citizen
North Carolina College. oevaoKS
I believe a North Carolinian i
would better understand our loca* j
problems and needs tor edac.r- 1
tif'oal expansion in the state.’'
* Dr. Erwin has served as State;,
super;: w mien- re Public Instruc ■
tion ibo pest 13 years. He is ;
V
i ri.'.on • ? ici f "blcf *>f j '(»i .■ •?< ■ \
The committi-e's re.-n u- the M..y j
Hlyyi «
FOUND i POM
Murfreesboro The body
of William Holly was recov
ered from Worrells Mill Pond
near here Sunday afternoon
following a long search tor
the victim by local police in
connection with the shooting
of his wife on Monday, De
cember 21.
Grady Hodges, Murfrees
boro sawmill operator, who
found she body had found
Holly's poeketbook Friday
and recovered .the body in
almost the me location two
days later.
.... .. i_,v err. ' n rhiv: of
rci.-'.s, _u.-.a mere was no evi
dence ot "foul play' and
Coroner Ed. Williams said
that after discussions with
local police he had decided
that Holly 'earns to his death
accidentally .
W'hen Holly returned to b. v
home on Decemoer 20 after
serving several years in State
prison for criminal assault
and found that his wife had
divorcee him. he went to Suf
folk and bought & shotgun,
and returned to Murfrees
boro where he lay in ambush
for his w:*e until she came
from work.
After he had fired two
shots at her, an employee of
the River-iice Manufacturing
Company rml'l where hie wife
was employee came up and
took the gun away from him,
ar.a Holly was lasi seen run
ning in the direction of the
i mill.
Williams .-.aid he had evi
dently slipped and ff.l'en
from the sluiceway.
Meanwhile Holly's wife is
reported re-covering satisfac
torily from the tw-o wounds
she sustained from the IS
guage shotgun blasts.
| vision of Uut Supreme Court oi
' OklalmPM In all inning the judg •
i ment of the lower court of Ok
I lahiVTia re-tush,to grant c- utior.
| for writ oi m:i.Kiaimas to rompel
* the ndmission of Mist Stout] to
. the Universilv of Oklahoms ln«v
| school.
j On .i inn.'i v 1-L Miss Sin
0. \ Alii , luOAKl)
* ap! w, ab»v. Uii ■ iusi been sp
»•,-> s;rvi' «»j. tin - American
Kct; <><!«:. Board o, < ■'■ overnors.
Dr. Path rson \-v ho joined the
Prcv ;:U-nt i on;rnatD't' on civil
rights in ree«>mWe»uting: the end «•
segregation ;ir:d ii crimination in
i niu-d sute.% is only one :*f tJif
two /1; \- ; :■(■.-> appointed
mean her ;, i the hoard, the othe"
being Rr. Yr. <>. Boasfifld. first
vii-c >? r ■ -ci, i ■ -m, T‘~i iidirer
tor i: tii »!proms* Liberty Life
litsurann- ( »>;o|»am of Chicago.
Restrictive Covenant
Cases Up To U. S. Court
! ■ - - j ' -- -- . - |
1-. X * ' N %'■ \lfi « V
t . *t-j tin 1,. wft SU 4 ? i i X
f n frftrcfitr mt
.. - til - ««
ft' s $ ? « C t/> & nii ri; .;
, •■”. l !.■'!*: fS it ial C’ lOt
IV; Finer T3 th-
K;.;;lS..u ■ U VoK .) “
Speaking m ‘.‘i l if- nation-wim
iiu* Company. Mr, "Wallkce gave
, , Lor i- is candidacy the
btoi- ‘ ihM Ihf -: -. .- ill C-OPTSC C's
Mr. SV.-rtlaceV uujtnu need cad
wiLh it.- Drivsitra;:■: party ,-r d
yiion of the .Republicans as .veP
An inrtc pendent partv is the
reepteV >niy .. i cct hetw r.p pr .-
«r-v> and .-•eaei.hv-, in 1«48. Mr.
Wallace >,U'L
I In it >~u-i eh that gave cvidem-e
■ ->f nruch fho-uete aac cartful t‘-on
; v i -*>.* t j.Ti't;o. • n b: di p': '
nth. a gradual, of L,anaston Uni
versity, possess. 1 r;g ail the p.;ali
ligations necc-saw for law scho ••!
training. epphe.-j for admission ro
a- first vest- ' w <lass ot th-
Utiiverrity c.f Oklahoma and wk
a fused adiniysion.
On Apt if 6. 194<i through her
(Continued on back page)
> . i
A n ti American
Actionßlamed
On Rada lßias
: mv. i\ flames
■\ IIOOM
— Two persons
were burned to death in a
fire that destroyed the-ir
ihree-room dwelling at the
rear of 250 West Whittington
Street here early Sunday
morning, Greensboro police
have repot ted.
Dr. W. W. Harvey, Guilford
County Coroner, said ihey vic
tims —Isaac "Dock" Wilson,
75, an i Mrs. Eliza McAdoo,
$5 :U.;d front burns and that
their charred, bodies w«tr
found at the rear entrance
of ifce house.
Both were on the floor, ac
cording to local officials,
Wdson at the door and Mrs.
McAdoo about four feel be
hind him.
It was be Meved that the
fire originated in the front
be drocm. that both of them
were blocked by lisroes at
the front door and that they
attempted tc escape by the
rear but were overcome by
smoke before they could open
the door.
WASHINGTON. :• C". SiSP.v
| v/as ot:.:; • :„- sob, -nul:-d foi Pc
i }y set ter January 14.
1?; one of the i ut a-ses to bc
, tbe petition: rs. "in and Mrs. James •
i.. i, c. l . at ii ii B r\ ::: i Sti out
:.)!tirvesi. W.-shii yon D. C.
V .-.uoher. Mr : nr! Ms. Ho ....
H Hows. Mr. oj/Ci Mr, Ha bet B.
y..v.- :.;id M.s f’s one ,S. Slow
i,, NryiiTii S’ c"! rmaMi'-wi ■
. w-*' i i'' lv .n vV 1
■ ron> R;.-pnr?ei G. lyraoh'K a w;-,
j ; .11 . rj, r pi - .<•-of i.»> or t y >.ii tUe ;
The Dir-riel C’ouit r>r the D:s* |
FIhiKDOM TRAIN
Montgomery, Ala- Two
Negro girls were the first per
sons tc board the Freedom
Train Saturday in this birth- ;
place ot the Confederacy, and
where Mayor John I- Good
wye had announced earlier i
liiat there would be no .racial
segrecaiion.
The city has laws requir
ing segregation in busses,
theatres and other public
pieces, but Mayor Goodwyn
said both races stand in the
same lines to pay taxes., buy
roeexies. and make bank de
posits and he could see no
reason for raising the issue
for Jhc train’s visit.
Block-long inws formed out
side the train early and thou
sands of persons joined it
during the day to new Us
valuable collection of historic
documents.
The- Freedom train skipped
Birmingham Monday because
officials there assisted on
segreqatKvri of (he races.
V.ds.iiniimn, id C. .‘NS PA) ~~ j
■ ThStab.- Department admitted)
i. . : Tuesna?- that one of the un- :
deriving i nuof anti-American I
; feeling h; Po.naiiia may be dis-1
! criminatory practices in the CUv I
;nai Zoea. _ i
Anti • Anteri'vn feeling resulted .
last Tuesday ut tin? National At. - •
?,<-nibly of Panama rejecting an.)
agreement to pee mil the United !
; States to continue to occupy L 4
uii bases in P.nama, outside tns |
; Canal Zone. As a result, the Unit- j
\-d States decided to withdraw its j
! ioi cvs.
W Taxlvy Bennett, Panamian
: desk ofucoi <n the State Depart
ment. said he could not explain .
the unpopularity of the- United
: dimih ;n Panama, but admitted,!
mw fii.vstmn-os. tnat the double
i gold arid silver standaru whicn |
i the United States main tains there
may be "an underlying cause.’’ ■
When the Canal was being |
built, workers from the United
States were paid in gold, and na- ;
tiyes of Panama, chiefly colored,
Indians and mestizos were paid;
in silver.
This double standard was ex- ;
i-.ni'ied t■.,i procmcs racial oiscrim
,-nation against colored natives. :
. Indians and mestizos.
In United Sint us postoffiees in
• t a- • anal Zone, until recently, 1
■.Centime ct on back page)
»'■: \. t iSiL •i-f u:
SCHOOLS IK D.S.
STILL mm F!RF
WASHINGTON <ANPI j
ing ttiv si udi’iit strike |
Br J . uor High Schot/i
. rou <; .■fAiinsL ’ I
s Tjool miiJdingF J'oi Negro studov t••* i
n an rxaortation 'na r e by Di
Gk i• i'g• ’ io .more than SO pa:
. ents -Ir it'C l l ig at J«>ue.• m errioriel |
Cl uireh.
Dr I )evis denounced, the se*ho*>:S;
;c £ being •'inadequate, discrimiruv
:.• y end bu ti;V in the tuteri>
i i-Kiibre a N ea.ucation as coir.- i
Continued jn p ; :ge eight
Negro Excluded From Jury;
Cop Slaying Verdict Fails
V,'ASHJNGTON iANPi B. -
| . ihe supreme court found that j
’ T; .-i-oc.s had been systemalicah;';
■■.ch.idcii Jr m <'.<• ju>-y panel as;ii •
■.ii!-'. i)j«. us,. <i, a special “blue Go-.
ju:> violarted constitulioriitl •
•-.•-•.hi* m (lit defendants. Georpc •
; C> riH-ii!!.- Moore ano Lester Haisgr.-
UMi. both t i Now York, won .- I
: .■-o.iy oi t:xe<ruli<m Hbd a letritu, i
1 1):• c las: (•••. •„ j. ,
.Hit- ;\v i ifiuo ru<: u-._c-r; convu: '
.-d for the murotT <:t Detective i
1 James M. Bun;... white, member of!
j lise Police Honot -egio:.- -tsid hold i
i: ■ f cu»ht «iep-.'-’-nenl il -Hati
Nm'i-V a hold up : . New >o. . -
: liquoi s-tnie or ! Vc-.'iuwcr i ~.
, Gn y ••vcr. convicted jf tiv». de-J
. muniei lasi April in Bron?
!C- unty Court, .ttd sentenced t.j]
i >te: lb, ~ ve upaclti on Novcn,-i
Lit 21 by the New Court ot-
j Washington ANP) - A vveep
j ing program fellowships and
i .scholarships, to be administered
lon a completely democratic ba
sis in the interest of national in
| terest. as well as individual wel
j fare, was recommended last week
|in tin second :••. port by Pri--;T'Sit
T-uman’s Conthnission -»n H'eher
education.
The propos'd would grant; aid
up to 51.500 year fa, seven
j years to a single individual, and
j would be open to anyone posse,s-
ising the ability to pjoD; from a
j college and professoral educa-
I i.-on. The cost to th. , -Government
| would eventually- reach a billion.
| dollars annually,
! “Only as tile opportunitv for
! higher education is equalised for
j every potential student who has
i the interest and the ability to
! profit from college and univer
j sit.v .study at ’noth undergi iutuaic
(Continued on back p-’.-co
GIRL 808 l liVEJ
ON IRS0I! G, -;!
j ELIZABETH CIT’. >b .ht<
j cause- was found m P,,-Xj<ntom
j <’ount> R< <:• rdevs C-sul iicu: las*
! week charging Miss Margaret Fiera
-1 ing w ith ursop in connection with
| a fire which rl. ntathe hi nr of
| Marion and Ike Moon late Solar
j d.-.y afternoon
She (. oured a pin < not mi. -
! but was bound pending trial in
I .Superior Court in Ma ch.
Ike Moore, 'first witness in mo
least', tolii I fie .-our! iu.* asxe',! tiic
| girl whether she took some cigar
j etts from among some- other iUms
be had purchased and that, she de
: nied it
He said that Mis;; Flemming and
i Miss Hattie Holly w-ere i •:.*mnirig i.j
I the upstairs of Uv.- horse >vbilh -
(and his wife lived downstairs, and
■ i;, ■{ arter he had told her a sec-on r '
■ ume to "find her un-ath- place U
i Hay.' she left the house after
j.'Halting a fin- ir the r-••■;n wMcf
i destroyed fhrrilshiny Tr he; room
t ilizcns (ionimittee
lii \ ear Fjnii Meeting
C
R. —Maync Albright, for
mer Membership Chairman
of the North Carolina De
partment of the- American
Legion, and a candidate for
the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in North Caro
lina. will deliver the main
address at the Annual meet
ing of the Raleigh Citizens
i Committee Sunday afternoon
at three o'clock at the Blood
worth Street YMCA.
This occasion will mark
Mr. Albright's first appear
ance before a Negro audience
in Wake County since he an
nounced his desire to become
a gubernatorial candidate. Hi.
has been asked to speak on
Citizenship, but it is expected
that he will also declare his
policies as a candidate on la
bor and interracial matters.
Aside from the the main ad
dress, reports will be made
by Dr. Nelson H. Harris of
Shaw University for the Edu -
cation Comnnitee, by Law
rence Lighlr.er for the Recre
ation Committee, and by
James Shepard for ihe Trans
portation Committee. A gen
eral resume will be given by
the Chairman, Rev. M. W.
Williams.
The Rev. Williams will out
line the program of the Citi
zens' Committee for the- com
ing year. Members of the 58
affiliated organizations will
be present, and the re will be
election ox the city-wide
rnembf rship of ihe Ciiizens’
Committee fer 19<58. Music
for the occasion will be fur*
! rushed by the choir of the
Manly St. Christian Church,
Appcr.-ls. Execution war. set lor the
i week beginning; January 4 19-13.
A subsequent iippeal. which end
cri in the supreme court, was made
■'u the contention that Negroes ted
been systematically barred from
ihi jury piinel thnmpl- the i.-■. -.j
special “blue-ribbon jury rncth
i i'd. District Ally. Samuel «J, Foky
|of the Bronx, who prosec.ulaS the
| pair, said that I here bad been -ac
i unfair exclusion of Negroes from
i'he jury.
: However. Ally John F. Wilkin
j.-oti. for tht defense, re.-ulled that
■ he had raised the Question of the
No i iiu- original
ai out ihoi the trial had proceed
|ed wihou! any change-- ‘--ping made.
;Ke tc-vented that Negroes wore
j anion;, the s,tx-'ciai 800 juj\,rs cailc>a,
(but said it was just a chance that
- Negroes were not m the fin;?! pamL