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NO RACE AID IN MAKING GOP PI f&II
THE CAROLINIAN
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N C. BUSINESS LEAGUE MEETS
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NAACP Head Assails Congress
Walter White Scores
Eightieth Congress
For “Cheap Politics”
Kansas City. Mo. 7ho SOtn
Congres was today accused by
Walter White, NAACP Sec: clary,
of “playing cheap and pa-lisan
politics with almost total con•
tempt for the weltme eittu-i . *»f
America or of the v >rkl. M”.
White mace this cha ge >a t.v
closing address .(A the Ass
tion’s 39th Annual C.;nfeienc<-
here.
The NAACP secretary re vow
id the failure ol Congress item
by item and concluded that th.
American people themselves had
to share the blame for this co
ord because of then failure t.-
go to the polls in 1948 in suf
ficient numbers to assure o1 elec
tion of a progressive Congress.
“The major job ahead for in
telligent Americans is th- wise,
critical and non partisan use of
the ballot to stop the paralysing
trend toward reaction m th
United States today. In 1943
many of you in this audience did
not take the trouble to register
and vote. In this apathy, you were
joined by many others in organ
ized labor, the church and othei
groups. What was the result? Toe
election of the most ineffective
Congress, particularly with re*
sped tfi human rights, in the his
tory of America.”
Cites Housing Need
The ineffectiveness of Congress,
he said, was demonstrated not
alone by its failure to pass civil
rights legislation but also by its
neglect of the pressing country s
Rankin Hints Truman
And Southerners May
Effect Reconciliation
Washington (ANP) A hint
that the south and President Tru
man may come to terms of agre
nient was given by Rep. John E
Rankin of Mississippi last week
President.
after a conference with the
Rankin, who opposes civil
rights vehemently, after talking
with Truman for u half houi
fcaid:
“I am not without hope that
the Democratic convention will
reach a satisfactory agreement, on
Embree Awards
Spingarn Medal
To Dr. €. Tobias
KANSAS CITY, Mo. i'ANP)
Edwin R. Embree. president of the
Rosenwald fund, presented Ihe;
Spingarn award to Dr Channing 11.
Tobias Sunday at the NAACP con
vention here.
in making his presentation speech,
Ernbree reviewed the gains made
on the civ«l rights front during me
past year and reviewed the achieve
ments of Dr. Tobias.
He read the following citation to
Dr. Tobias in presenting ihe Spin
gain award:
"In recognition of his consistent
role as a defender of fundamental
American liberties 1 His medal is
being awarded to Dr. Channing 11.
Tobias. Ho brought to thy Presi
dent's Committee on Civil rights
intellectual vitality, courage and
the richness of ins lons experience
NORTH CAROLINA’S LEADING WEEKLY \
___ j
RALEIGII, NORTH CAROLINA WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY :’>, 19-18
housing needs, the failure to cum
inflation, its denial of opportun
ity to the dispossessed of Europe
and its thwarted attack upon ba
sic civil liberties.
The failure ut Congress and the
admim ■ ration to take eflective
measures against t:u: racial dr.
abiliti- - con!renting the Negro in
America today has stimulated,
among eeitain N'eg* > citizens, an
enthusiasm for the Third Fart''.
The support of Henry Wallace,
particularly among Negroes, is
significant chiefly in its reflection
of despair and disgust with the
two major parties.
This, despite the fact that Hen
ry Wallace’s brave words against
discrimination tend to obscure
his almost total failure and even
refusal to do anything about seg
regation and discrimination its
the Department ol Commerce
and Agriculture when he headed
those departments. A recent stu
dy on discrimination and segre
gation in the nation's capital re
veals that the departments he
headed are among the worst in
Washington."
Cites Evasion
Commenting upon th- Repub
lican Presidential n mince, th-.
NAACP S> -tary said: "Thomas
E. Dewov h . again been chosen
by the Republican Party as Hr
candidate f<-. President. Unde
his administration, N .v York'-:
legislature created a State Com
mittee Again-! Discrimination
• Continued . n png*. Ei. ).-.• S<m:,on)
the civil rights issue. If the con
vention adopts the same plank
on this question that was inserted j
in the platform of 1944, I am as - i
sured that it will be adhered to,”
The plank to which Rankin re
ferred reads:
“We believe that racial and re
ligious minorities have the right
to live, develop and vote equally
with all citizens and share the
rights that are guaranteed by our :
constitution. Congress shoud ex-i
ert its full constitutional powers
to protect those rights.”
in the. field of race relations
CITES PERSISTENCE
■i “Largely due to his persistence ■
and clear insight the committe pro
duced a report of historic signifi
cance in manV unending strugp
. i gle for justice. Selflessly he has
1 1 served his race, his church and his
country in varied eapaci .es. mo
tivated at all times by a consum
ing passion for social justice."
': Embree gave six pc-inls on why
he bc-lieves democracy is progress
ing in the United States. In citing
. thet>( points be said:
l “Most significant of all is the
; broadening of the struggle from the
.'defense of the rights of one group
-j to u common fight for common
s | democracy Jewish committees are
Ij joining heartily in the struggle for
: I (Cuntinned on page 8, Ist Section)
STATE BUSINESS 1
LEADERS ATTEND
NEW BERN MEET
By PERRY J. THOMPSON
NEW' BERN “Customers shy
away from any merchant whose .
sole interest is in himself and h.s
store, prefering to buy from the
businessman who takes an inter
est in the welfare of his «.
munity,” declared J. J. Hender
son. State president. N’eg:o Busi
ness League, Durham, N. C.. in i
' his remarks to the league which ;
met in New Bern Tucsdac.
Other speakers included, G. W.
' Cox. '-ice president North Caro- ;
I lina Mutual Life Inurance Com
pany, A. W. Midgett, president
of the New Bern Negro Business
| League. Mrmv DeShazor, presi
• dent of the DehSazor’s Beauty
' System of Durham, and EarSw
Thorpe, manager of the Regal
j Secretarial Agency, also of Dur
' ham.
! Continued on page 8. Ist section) j
TEACHER SUES
UNIVERSITY OF KY
LEXINGTON. Ky. • ANPi
suit was filed in federal district.
- court here ca i’ \ las: vvcc-k by Ly- ’
rnr-n T. Johnson, teacher 111 Lou’,.--
vlile's Ceidr.il High School, asking j
'trait too race segregation polity id:
the U:uv( i- a> .! Kt’utu; Sy l
rUuvd "iincc'ii-ti'-iUtional . 'll. it a
'permanent injunction be given t* j
stop tie school from retusiiu- iiiiti j
die light to enroll solely because j
i.i color.'' ad-'.l $1.8.090 damages n-r
. "illegal and wrongful acts" by
: university officials.
Johnson was twice refused admin-1
, sion to the school, the iir.-t on :
March 19 and the second timt June
it). His refusal, according to Dean
tear, was made under the state;
: Maurieec E Seay, university regis- i
j con-titution and the Day law The .
former bars Ni g-'oe.-' .-id wlh m ;
from attending the same tax sup-j
i ported .-•rheols: the latter extend
j tlial prohioitions to all schools a-'.e
I provides penalties foi violations.
In his suit. Johnson made no men- •
lion of the Day law. but applied lilt
t.h v e>>d; to tesi the conslhutumai
!ty of -he poli'-y His con-pi. uut. was i
that he had the necessary academic
! ciualdications but was refused ad-;
; mission “solely on the grounds -,-f i
; race and color." i
His first rejection was appealui
; (Continued on page 8. Ist Section),
I \A\ A Vsk* W lion On
Right* Front
By All Three Parties
WASHINGTON—(ANP) —
Loaders of the United Negro
and Allied Veterans of A
merica asked all. three politi -
cal parties to act on civil
rights in their conventions,
in an open letter last week.
The UNAVA opened its an- j
nual convention at ihe Uline
arena here June 26.
In its letter to the parties,
the UNAVA said:
"Wc- Negro and white vsis
are dissatisfied. The job of
safeguarding and extending
civil liberties has been neg
i lected. We need a change
for the better. We aim to
elect representatives that
will help us kill jimerow in
the ermed forces end out of
it. We want democracy now
?nd at home."
The letter was signed by
I j Winston C. Edwards, naiion-
I I al chairman; George B. Mur
phy Jr., national commander,
, and Joe Louis, honorary |
1 i national command®!. J
Girl Scouts Officials
Ask Probe In Masked
Raid On Alabama Camp
New York An investigation
into a re-cont invasion of a Girl
Scout national training camp in
Alabama by masked men wa a
requested this week by officials
of the Girl Scouts of the. United
States.
In a letter to Attorney General
Tom C. Clark. Mrs. Paul Ritten
bouse, national director, asked
that the investigation “be made
on the grounds of unlawful entry
and search and that, if possible,
members of the masked and :
white robed group be identified
end brought to justice.” f
She added mat. the Girl Scon*
organization “believes that its
program should be open to ad
girls and. with the full support
and cooperation of Southern
members, is endeavoring to ex
tend membership to the Negro
Searched
The communication followed .
invasion ol Camp Pauline Bray
Fletcher in Bessemer. A la. iast
Thursday evening when 12
masked white robed men search- !
id while staff members. Mi.-.-'
Elizabeth Lams and Mass Kat:-
Nickel, and their personal iv
longing- ~rd quarters
The men said they were search-
2 Negroes Speak
As GOP Picks its
Top Candidates
By MARK HYMAN
1 ■ ;i;ch Iphia (ANP- ■ Govi-r
noi Thomas E. Dc-wv> was nom
inated for President, and Gov.
r., ; ;l Warren of California for
vice president at ihe National Re
publican Panv convention hail
»r> Philadelphia las: week.
she Party also worked out a
err:! rights plank without the aid
of a single Negro on the platform
coinnntlee. In the nomination of
('resident, one Negro spoke for
Dewey, ana none spoke for War
ren.
Bishop A. Preston Shaw of the
Methodist Episcopal Church led
'he convention in prayer June 24
P:on, among ;« Negro delegate.'
and 35 alternates only two par
ti ;patod in the nomination of the
candidates.
Speaking foi Gov. Dewey was
59-Year-Old Pastor Is
Charged With Assault
On Sunday School Pupil
Brooklyn (ANP) The ;
Rev. Thomas S. Harlem j
prominent minister of Holy j
Trinity Btptisl Church, was
arrested here last week on
charges of raping a 13-year
old girl in the church com
munity center. The child,
whose name was withheld
by police, is both a member
of the church and the Sun
day school.
According to police. Rev. |
Harten approached the girl
while she was playing She pi
ano in a recreation room of i
the Open Door Community
center. He lured here to his
office where he forced him
self upon her. The child lives
a few doors from ths center. |
The church edifice in located '
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ing for “hammer and sickle
cards and demanded that the
Camp be closed in 24 hours, be
cause "folks around here don E
like Negroes and whites living
together.
While the 12 hooded men
searched, approximately 100 oth
er men waited on the camp site.
The coarse was closed next
day on the decision of the stu-
Conunueil on page 8, Ist Section'
Dr. Watts Heads 1948
•Membership Campaign
RALEIGH The third an
nual membership campaign of
the BiOOiHvorth Street VMCA
will be commoted July 15-31.
llr >l. L. Watts, chairman of
the .Association membership
eonuniiteq. has announced.
A campaign organizatoin of
approximately 100 men is now
being completed for the drive
and will be announced later.
Last year's campaign headed
by Atty. 1- .! Carnage and Dr.
V L, Perry second over 1.000
members and $3, 1>00 in cash and
pledges.
the Rev. Arthur J. Payne of Bal
timore*. As the- fourth man to .se
cond his nomination, lie- .said that
Dewey was a liberal who sought
equality for ail people in his
state. He compared Dewey's ac
tions against the promises of oth
er leaders.
Virgin Islands
Roy Gordon and Jose Soha i
bah, representing the Virgin Is
lands, carried (banners in the wild
Dewey demonstration. Although
admitted to the convention, the
islanders had no vote.
Rcwcoe Conkying Simmons, sil
ver tongue d orator from the mid
west, seconded the nomination of
Sen, Robert A. Taft. Telling the
American story of freedom from
1776 through the Civil war, Sim
mons way greeted with mixed
'Continued on page li, Ist Section)
on another nearby street.
Arraigned in Brooklyn's
felony atari, the minister
was told by the magistrate
ihat his act was the "most
disgraceful thing" he had
ever heard. He was placed
under SSOO bail pending a
grand jury hearing.
Noted for his work in in
terracial efforts and active in
Democratic circles, Rev, Har
ten was to be a delegate to
the coming Democratic con
venticß. In 1932, he celebrat
ed Ms 10th jubilee anniver
sary. Married and the lather
of iUur grown children, the
58-year-old minister was also
prominent in many religious
organisations through -
| out Greats v New York,
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END OF THE LINE—A battered and semi-conscious Walcott lies cm the floor of the ring ai
Yankee Stadium as Referee Frank Fuilam begins the count after waving J o Louis to a neutral
corner after the Challenger had fallen beneath a barrage of blows unlimboted by the Champion,
THAT'S ALL, FOLKS —Louis connects with a right to the jaw ot Walcott to end the Jersey
fighter's hopes for dethroning the Brown Bomber in the 25th defense f his crown. A split sec
ond later, a 2-56 of the lith round, Walcott was on the floor.
Departure From Caution
Brings K. O. For Walcott
NEW YORK The lightning- struck a! 2 minutes an d •'»<> second of the 11th
round.
It wasn’t the conventional sort of lightning winch travels for miles before crash
ing 1■ > rest, instead, ii started in giove-sh <„• tithed fists of doe Louis and expended it
self against the jaw and body of of the hapless -Jersey Joe Walcott, challenger for
the heavyweight champin’ -hip of the world.
A total of 42.6t>7 fens who had - • - ~
paid a total of $841.7311 to entci
Yankee Stadium and who had
“camped out” in the Big Town fur I
two nights in order ro sc. me fight
provided the thunder.
BOOS AND CATCALLS
For the fir-4 i- n rounds it was
a lhund<-; of boo- and cate; ii--
from persons who had paid from ■
J. r > t SSO to si c what would happen
.11 the second meeting of the Bro
Bomber and the man whom many
ports devotees aid prtK'L.itnr-d ihe
unofficial heavy weight ch; -ripio-i
of the world "
What ' ivy sav up to the tenth
round gave them lit fie for then'!
money. True Wafrotl bad landed in,
the third with a right to the check,
which sent thp Champ to the ft.. -
for a count of one, but as te Chal
lenger said after the light, "he i"c ti
with the blow and 1 couldn't fol
low up
To sey that both men were fight
ing a cautious tight would he un
derstatement, for bo'h thi Referee
Frank Fullam and the /an: fell
that they weren't lighting.
KKi-EKEE CALLS FOR ACTION
Several times during the bout
Referee Fullam warned the fight-;
i ers to mix it up. but to no avail.
' Louis, ever patient, over moving
! in. connected even fewc-r times
;)s; r. he did in his fight with vVal
j cott Inst December. He threw even;
1 fewer punches
Continued on page 7, Ist Section »
Two Cops Beat Memphis
Woman With Blackjack
MEMPHIS- t A NR) —The sec
ond case of police brutality to
ward prisoner-; within the last
30 days came to light hove last
week when Mrs. Viola Moore, 34-
vear -ald house maid disclose-*
that she had been struck with
a blackjack and a revolver by
two policemen as they took her
afternoon ot June 19. The vieti n
to polio headquarters late in the
told her story from a bed in the
John Gaston Hospital, where she
is receiving treatment for cuts
and bruises.
Negro GOP’s
Okay Dewey
! Philadelphia The successful
candidac y of Governor Thomas
fi. Dewey for the Republican
presidential nomination has been
almost unanimously hailed by.
Negro GOP leadership in every
.section 'of the country.
1 Although in the initial stages
The be;: ting l’ollaw , d a distur
bance in the Jeffc-rson Food shop,
wh ro Mrs. Moore became involv
ed in an argument with a waiter
over ordering of n meal Police
were called in by the manager,
and !k was put into a squad
cat She- said that as she started
to smoke a eigarct, one of the
officers knocked it nut of her
hand.
‘Then he cursed me and threw
me off the sent and got on top
of my stomach with his knee.'’
• Continued on page If, hi Section)
of the ballots, the colored dele
gates followed their own delega
tions for the most part, they later
expressed their gratification upon
the final selection of the body
Governor Dewey's appeal- to
the race politics! head." is based
(Continued on page U, Ist Section)