TRUMAN ELECTION TOPPED ’4B NEWS
By JOE SHEPHARD
To head it.- : selection of the top-ranking n ' - sturics
<'! D’-IS, a year marked hy major tfains in th>- hr i
oi politics, the c >urts and race relations, the ' Aid.'
LI XIAN picks the election ol Pvo.sidmit firirnki!. the
MO EMPLOYMENT -
BOOT MAILS m
ON SEGREGATION -
, Kansas City . ANPi - rs»-li
'■'..l' 1 (ho Mi [)■, i.sii.'i) oi I',
ployim-nt S.-nu in ; t
capital. Jeffers n City, wants
maintain jin.', row wti.p in K.
sas Ciiy !ms spread ihrougli tr
t ur«-a bf can -i m i • .
ti'Cnnaii’c spin ' Mil ; (’niplui ri
Coming fr< rn tbn i.i:. of M
chad i (..■■{ . ■ •••-!*■> ,• i
dau- Dnc IT !!..• IcMvr ci':in
be an impartial question,.su
its vvordir,!-, indicaK ;k,V. inc- ■'
vision favors scgi’c. ! ,ation “i 1 c 3c
ter roads:
"Mr. Employer Kansas Ciy nr:
“Sc ; ;f { . *'i: •
coii'n ed mi a , v. . .’ i
crnployos ■ 'a'-i. . ■
Kansas Cits rvcr 1C ven
ago. Tim policy a: ;• .a m
with the community piarfisv
hr ■.)•, * i,
!' aid- :; .! : :< i .. ■■ <-
ti !) ).: - I : c i‘>! ■<l . •
, people
"The f)tn has t;,cc-n ms
roiicorniiig Mie ca:nitiiiaia ■ • ; ■ t:
.segre; l . IPi'i employment and clam
oMioes We c< r:f: •• t ! with ; •
practical r;!c-a. (,! aelfi/minii
j co
pact ami ■■■••/■ ,' il );:> >■.:); i* sl i
an "x; oi, . ; Vi<- < ■ >
and worker a • i.vc.
"I-, order ,i i .. .. r
be c Ij:e pm ... . .
fi\6 that yon canplrG- .in- qi.l<-
tjcjii.taii >■ to lav. and irUnr: 'o i
in '.‘re ej i\ elope p s’ vided on i
betcre Dv-c. Ji. 1949.
This caiiva-' f en.aio'm (an
'.Continued ■. i, buck ji;iys
Eisenhower Asked To
• Ban Fraternity Bias At
Columbia University
RAP AMA LEVY TO
FIGHT HEALTH
INSURANCE BILL
Xt w York tANPj -t- The leviiip
of $25 oi;Ch on xtr nit lYtocrs t»
;ai3t* j $3,000-000 fuxk! firo’ :
health insurance le&iDat ion, by ii:
*
termed a “vi :;*?ion oi i>s own
cii«MlUit!«»n and possibly the cor,-;
•tiUdion pf hi United St;-.:-
by the board of directors 'i the;
Phy ricians forum licre last week.
j T. 1 ., i l'C-c' • ?•:. ;..(.-(i '■ «
AAIA • ai.Lln;: in com;.e! 1::;g
member t > finance a fiylii ago joM
a ''.specific piece of ion
amoumts iu> "irmg ihe whip a. ;
holds over t:-. :d# «l American,
doctors who iavm that legislation
"F'-r ma st pt.y.-it urns at. ta - :
pendent upon their membership in ;
the AMA Jot hospital runnectio ■
..ud they can be impeded, in tnany •
mhers v. .-..v, in their practice of i
medicine if they lose tneir AMA {
numccrship,” tits board said. This j
;• <'M!Cciaiiy (mo (j| ly eg rocs in j
tat- "North who have men. m-.
v. iji AMA
Ht \TS KI'KOI AKV RAT. BUT
FACES I.llf bKNTFNCT.
Biiminglh.rn. - ANP)— Though j
Andrew Lovcret. 45. was acquit-;
ted lasi week cn ciiaic.cs .a bur
glary and grand larcencv by a cir- '
cuii t■■t ■l l jury he may serve a!
life sentence in prison. Fit is a
1 roiee rwrt pr.-on when h». •
erving a life tiuence.
NAACP Asks Un
To Decline Md. Bid
To Locate FA AO
To locate an agency of the Unit
ed Nation;, i;i such an environment,
\Tr. White's letter continued
‘•would be to expose non-white
-representatives of tile UN to hu
miliation and embarrassment.
Moreover, it would be to negate
* the principles for which ‘be Unit
ed Nations stands as expressed in
the recently adopted Declaration
of Human Rights and in other- jf
lidal documents.
"in view of these considerations,
the Board of Directors of our Asso
ciation has adopted a resolution
strongly urging tlrat you. on be
half of the Unit'd Nations, decline
the invitation of the University of
Maryland, or ibat of any other in
rtitution or organization suniJarly
situated. Our Baltimore branch has
already requested such action. The
National Office re-affirms the re
q.ue&t of our local branch.'
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NAACP RETAINS
COUNSEL TO AID
; IN LYNCH CASE
CORDELE G.i W W T-ursen
e of Dubln.. Gii.. sdi.ciior gener.d u s
the Dublin Circuit, has been i
i.-meci !.• the Nntrnnl Acsuciaa '■
■ t->: tile Advancement of Colm. d
-pie It a. i t ,n Lite rroesi i■ .
" ,4 die nifii held responsible for tin
N’ovem'i/' r 20 Tot mbs County high*
: way lynching of Ruben. Mallard, if
•• •• amunmeocs this week by the
f cii: i.u s. Conference N
\. A C P I».inches
Wilhi-n; I. Howell and Roderick
>• . L C 5 j J;; ij. churned with the rnm
dor ot M.il'ard. will lie tried :.t a
■i >;>i'ciai cmut term • n January ii
*e Tic- • '.vo men wr re Indicted before
l! ' .: special T 'diitbs County grand
u mry on Decc-mher 11, following
O’ ■' ‘joc-av i v ai i :•' '.'.in',, .
4 * c u. *:.:/• Them «»t si; ving -
jy band.
At ,i<t .seventh onnua} meeting
mi t\> «• <' i-t ' , {he C •. . t
«’> Ch>.ih-K:iv.\* d a a ( :
!V rjiMmhes rtwAutiom o;?i
--•* 4 :leri;r>.ing Lhc- knauv i state Jaw
u- enforcement officers to appreJten.d
a. and convict, those guilty of ivi-.'b
'■■■ , If specifically called upon
(Contined -n back uape)
New v !•;• .... jp :i letter v_>
Pifsident Dv.'i ;h: D Eisenhower es •
(.'ntnoi!:.ia University, members of
tbe Columbia chapter of the Nu
tt A: - i I- , the
, ...c! inco: of Colored People th.s
eek U c..:,f diar frtsif-criities
"Columbia v. Ah her widely tn
-11-1 n'iti;"i:o. ir.tc: rr.ci d and in;Pi
der.'ji'.uiMati'uml 'Judti'ilt inn uf.*
Unit ;■ morally and civilly sidigai
id: Chun asserted that the sur
pension of th- Am ires si College
chaptci of the Phi Kajipu Psi fra-
Ocnii', t-era.esc f that ch..ui<
decision to pledge a Negr . student
•' fn ced all colleges and um
• In exan mt and eitlici
ct.'iTirm or fieriv . their loyalty u
the ceneept -f demociatic fret-
N t inc • i H‘«■ • :>:g ;»y
quirur.er.is f r atimissi-n to C.o
iumbin should be denied admis
sion to university Paternities or
.my o' "cr n n-denominalional clubs
tecausv i.t hi.- nationality race, o:
re lit.-sous convictions." c- iitir.ucd
Mr. Cam. nri-ing :!;•.•! the utuvC.'-
sitv administration "insist on me
inclu.-i rn ol aiti-discriminalorv
clause m the charuter of vjtch fr ;
tensity recognized by Columbia "
In the absence of Gen. Enser.-
hi'.wer, .Mr. Cain’s letter was sn
:'vered by University Provost Al
bert C. Jacobs, who expressed as
r.LrcTiCC thi-t “the JlbCiti] (rudi- i
t ten.* of Columbia and of the i.a- •
(Continued on page four;
■ NEW YORK Trygvie Lie, sec-:
! retary general of the United Na- j
jtions. was today urged to decline*
i the invasion of the University of I
! Maryland to establish headquar- j
j ters for the UN Food and Agricul* j
j tural Organization on the Univer-;
| rity campus
i In a letter to Mr Lie, Walter j
[White, secretary of the National j
l Association for lire Advancement of:
Colored People, called attention to;
j the color discriminations establish- 1
Jed by law and custom in Maryland. |
i "Not only does the university ex- J
1 dude Negro students from ail ot j
[its department* except the College J
iof Law, but the State of Maryland j
j imposes Jim Crow r< gul .lions m J
! inti as late travel and customs of I
J the commonwealth exclude Nc-J
! free.- front restaurants, hotels', |
! porks and theatre;, frequented by]
i oUcefr persons."
■ , i"f • i: 1 ..it;..- in < j-ii.ri etivp Aoveoanfs uisi
oo i uicatoiu uid on arc h and I ,'wl.ed inn-t fiCadi in
i I ''.i: : I ! ) 1 '1 - ' l ;l!A] 1 (\ (l \ 'll tit - , ill I .
i ■ ■ '! i . - the • >ul .'f a ltd i n.e. ;ie' ■: :; ;• 1 !" the
vo.’tr are (’rosidetif ii a rry S. Tntf'dan, Dr. Rat pit J.
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HOSPITAL TO GRAD (JADE 22 ■
ONE WHITE, ONE
NEGEQ, VICTINIS
of ms n ue
$ Ti'tC* yp"’. r <-> f 2943 rrxCtYVrd by
•j two iynchiG *, one \A * wiiiic*
i; nd one of Negro according lo
the Ac. : i. 1 report, jelea-cd Kri-du>
, tne Department of Record:- ond
Ih ( n-p Tuskoyee institute.
T‘. ' Hvi> ri< urly detmcd lynch
| in' i \\nsv .! Wnnam B- Turner,
. 2C'Vear*okf whiti lorm fen am i
. o Ko'nert .ilifila'iti, 37-yc: • aid
;m ; * icicti itupply r.-.lcsn::jn as
well ar a third kixliii " whici* the
< ■. .. .ed in ihe > :aie of Georgia.
i ip ** >i at ni ve ease was tac
c.f I-.aii Nixon, 2«-year uid
i '; t_ieorg;a s OeiTtocrotJC
primary after having been warned
In the lynchi;;;.' of Turner one
: person was sentenced to deaTi
| and tlirce to life ini orison men*.
The text - f the report, signed by
j Iji . F. D I’S 'lc: o;, follows;
j ‘Cunmuied on back jst st-efi. n) |
ALA. LAW (JU ICERS
JAILED IN BEATING
01" mm: NEGRO MEN
MOBILE. Ala. .ANPi Clarke'
1 County Sheriff! Anpus fFU and ;c.
dy, Willie R■ > Ha; re:!. .- • •
vrerii.;; ching. ; violating the;
civil light., of n..., Negroes in fed- i
!era! court, turned in a plea T In-,
j.ocen: thriuikh their a Homey here
• ii.?£ week
The t,,i> were indicted by a fed-,
if raj grand jury las? month cut r> j
j charge iT “iliegM assault, beatings :
" v.V:i)tpi;igs. and olher cruel tnal
: rew and physical abuse".
• again.-f their nine victims. Trii.l J
; date .has been for iat.e next ■
DENIED LAVi GOIRSE,
\SkS EXEMPTION
FROM BAR EXAMS
MOBILE Ala. ANP) Be
cause he was not allowed to
attend the University of Ala- /
lama School of law, a Negro
Harvard graduate asked that
he he admitted to the state bar j
without taking the Alabama
liar examination last v <•( k.
This request was made bv
Charles F. Anderson oi Bir
mingham in Iris application for
the bar. He based his reason- !
in.£' on the fact that graduates
of the University of Alabama
law school do not have to pass t
i Uie tests.
Since tie was not permitted I
to attend the university law
l school Anderson contended
j that his degree from Harvard
should be recognized and the
tests should be waived in bis
<ase. Ilis case has been refer*
! red to a state bar committee.
At the present time five hic- j
; gross are mcutbcr.s of Uu; Ala- |
bama state bar. I
! Endorse March of Dimes J
|rS4 I -A ;
National leaders urge support of the March of Dime-, annual fund-rais'itc; appeal of the National ’
Loundution I•> Infantile Paralysis, .iai.iuuy 14-31: (left to rightj: Ur-du! li. Davis. Vice-Pre ident,
.\e:;n. Newspaper Publishers Association Kansu City, Mo.; Mrs. Toki -chalk Johnson. Women’s Rage!
J ditor, i ittshiirgh < ourier New-paper, Pittsburgh. P. : 1J». Herba.i Marshall, President-Elect. No- ;
t,on E A.edival Association, Washington, L). P.; (irv. Jler.rine Simpkins Km:ive, President-Elect, XVomanX *
Auxiii.iry to the National Medical A- suciiition. Laurel. Miss.; ~..d hi. Harry Ptun. Gruiid Jiisiteus, i
t/iaega I s: Phi 1 raicrnity. •
® * ry I np
Dixie bolon i o
Introduce Bill
To Move Negroes
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. <ANPi
: A bill e. 1 a uraging moss miy ration
:of Negroes fi >■ >r:r ’.at' south similar
;to a plan advocated by a local at
! lorney Jo'eyh I>. Miuicl. will be
* iuiroouce to th'O : oiiaH*. Sen. Rico
| ard B Hu: sell ol Georgia :aid in a
| li-tiey last week.
According to Budd, Sen. Russell's
, aid, Leemun Andersen, sent him
a letter approving his plan for the
federal government to subsidize
Negroes who wished to leave the
; south for another area where they
I may have more opportunities.
Under the Mudd plur.. Ne/,t 'os
! would “voluntarily" leave the
southern state;-: to areas with tv m
\ paratively few colored people arid
[be replaced by immigrant:-; from
* Europe. The federal government
j would help the migrants financlui
-1 ly until they had settled down.
In hi* letter for the senator. An
ti ersen wrote; •• A>; you fnay kn:>w,
the senator ha:- prepared n bill de
.signed to help Lou undcrpnvilege.i
c*f both races by assisting them in
relocating where they will have
I more desirable living standards
j and job opportunities, with the
i general purpose of equalizing the
j distribution ot Negroes tbrougoul
l tiie nation.
j "It proposes, also, to move white
I people who desire if in an effort
Ito maintain a fail balance of popu
| !at.Ln'.
j Others seemingly interested In
* the Budd scheme are Sen. Kennein
| vlcKeller of Tennessee and Gov
j lien T. Lanct’y ol Arkansas.
■COLD CAI SES DEATH
!OF CHARLOTTE MVS
CHARLOTTE Cold wos the
i cause of at least one death in
! Charlotte, police reported, A Nc*
Lro man identified as Ben Burke,
i .‘>s, was froze.: to death in a field
jott Cemetery Street it was report
* fed.
Lui' ! . I.'N 'Mocliufcor to Palestine; Mry. Eicanoi D.
l;on.;."veit fm? her work on the I X cliArtvr. and Thut-,
y I '■ ‘;i -lifill, raokit);.- lcy.il coutisol for ihr Na
tional A •'■ u; Elliot! I'ui Ihe Advance;: f-m of t blolN- 1
Jh.'Oiilo.
SPIES WORRYINB
KLP.N OFFICIALS
I
WASHINGTON 'ANTT The
5Cu Klux Klan is. having spy tr u
| ale. it was rev* a led here in Drew
-' Pearson's syndicated column,;
i ■ Washington Merry- G o -Round." j
■! DM week.
In its program for the elimina-;
| ‘-ion of such things as civil rights |
i oi*.' Klan has learned ifun. :t has
| spies within it- group. They a:e,
- revt'.iiii;:; the group’s secrets 10;
Isdeii people as I’irev, P* arson and ,
| the new spa pert..
j In it;-, recent, nirt-tnig in Macon a
| reporter from a colored newspaper; •
!was thrown out. A mini: part of;
jGo.nd Dragon Green s talk was
itliat of getting rid of "Drew Pear- ' i
| _ _ „
, I Green also told klansmen to con-
I stilt kb.vern officers- before taking !
iaction. He said they could call him,
| ;ii any nour of the night if “things > •
I need to be straightened out."
He also fumed at- "s.rue sorry. •
ilovv down scoundrel” who hung a '
• kiansman in effigy. A full search ] ’
i for the owner of the robe used m;'
jthis effigy vra., promised if it is 1 ‘
' necessary to call in ail robes to;
I check for the rn issing one. i,
Speai;in; s of Methodist ministers;
! who recently condemned Chiefs
i Ellis of the county police for let-! 1
I iiisg the Klart parade December 4.;
! a klan rnunher said;
• "They are so called preachers!
I who ire trying to condemn every- j
j thing except Me thodis ts.”
NO NEGRO ON NEW YORK
SLUM AGENCY
(
| NEW YORK—fANP)— In nem-X
j in-.", his five-man shun clearance j;
• committiee, Mayi.-r CiDwyer emit- j c
jied apyointing a Negro tnemi-er. |
! Although .he Negro sections of,*
jXC:w York are chiefly slum areas.U
! standards, no member vms ss-|«
signed. —.
ARK: UAGRESSMAN
RAPS OPPONENTS
TO REGIONAL PLAN
WASHINGTON « ANP'i Us.tb
it . vbligations to give the N■ -
;V ! vq; ■;., rdtiWlitOJ) Rep. iI.
|Of 'Arl-'.L:: - denounced the NAACP
:(• slahd i -i.risl southern re
i :i■ ii vij;i rxi'!- tost week.
He called the NAACP’s actlvi- j
i ties' against regional schools ;'a:
! disservice to member:, of the Ke-j
I pro rare in the couth.' 1
•*:Fjoin o, aeration. I#
; with leading Negro educators.” he i
added. "1 am convinced that theyj
'are supporting the principles of;
the regional system.
‘•lt wijiii be tragic and unwise i
fi- Negro organizations to with*
; fold support from the plan sole-j
lv on the basis that it will eon-|
tinue the present social patterns j
of Hie region.
"Through this system the south- j
Prn suites are making a consci
entious and rincej c effort to bring!
tt c level ui higher education for i
Not’roes to that of white people
"We of the south have recog- •
ni/.c-c! that we are obligated to:
pic-vide equal educational ojjj •••.•?•*
tunities to the Negro and it is on- |
!y through cooperative action such j
i this that we can realize our;
worthy objectives.
Continuing in a similar vein the ;
Ai konsas soli-n used another old,
faithful argument that southern i
.••tsites alone cannot provide equalj
instruction, but working tngetberf
they can.
TWO ARE SHOT IN !
WINSTON-SALEM !
DURING HOLIDAY |
WINSTON-SALEM. Dec 27 -- i
Tv. e men are in critical condition i
in hospitals here today as a re
roll of bullet wounds.
Robert Grover, of Winston-Salem l
was . hoi in the back Three timer, j
by an unknown gunman on u j
downtown street, police reported
Leroy Davis, alto of Winston,
was wounded when ills wife Mrs. j
Alice Davis fired on him in a,
quarrel. Investigating officers re-.
ported she admitted the shooting.
Fhc •;io ;t important, sdoi-y .'f tiif; year was thi oJec-
I’’•>n ui E •aicr I\l i.--ot'!’i ha'biri'dhf.KtT i*> .suc:;<:-*d him-
F* if ns Ei' utk'iif .*v thp I 'nithG State., clt■ • i?o di-Sshnitui)
H! i : hi.-. '. it pH! ty and !; . Ml .i:rh s.i;:>p, *i’t m .. .d
(fiontimiPii oil hack |,:iy ,• j
LOCAL NURSES |:
WILL MARK 52N0.'
COMMENCEMENT;:
I!.■ Si Ab: (•" if., n.tal 5<;;,....'.; ~! !
■Nu'Sirig will graduaie a class of 2Z ; 1
' :tttrse:< at its Fi it v-Second com-' 1
1 : . , . ! 1
•n* reement cxerch.e.; v. r.;c;; ai.
s»-h'.\:uled to be hc-id on Friday eve- ! 1
iin at 8 p M in tile auditoriutn ’•
i. T.c l.ucille Hunter School,
Among the commcnccm,. .it week .
j which will pi ece-du Fn- j r
< day in. Tit’s finals are included bac- ' ‘
..•alaureate service day w.Tch will
, be. •: oserved un Sunday January ,
■
!''d at 7•30 A -i : ■ which Una' the i
..id;;.;!<■.; vv; be if. red hoi; !j
. communion by the Rev. Lloyd ' ,
i Aie.cinder, chaplain t s». Angus- | i
m.e. Co! Ice c. i
The baccalnureat. tern:on will
:.)(■ delivered Pie ftev. ~ir. Alex- : :
• under at T I*. M in the St. Angus- j;
; a - College Chapel ii
Class night will oe observed * n ’'•
Monday. January J. and will br d
hhi.'Avcd by the junior-senior prom,;
ion Tuesday at 8 P. M 1 i:
i .vet- ti"i; ■• !• {);.• V (d‘ :j l
j wilt be lie Id in the l.virg*. of the .
S' Agl" • hot pi Ne'-'C; I'.e.alf
.f' ikevmg the eoinrac-iwomont ex- | 1
ere:aes. ' ’
Dr. Harold T.. Trigg will preside i 4
! over ihe commencement exercises.!'
The commencement addre. - wi11. ,!
• ■ delivt red by the" Rev. John S. |,
Dillon O P •,. 1',:.,. ■ po at or
•Si Monica’s CaihoUe cimreh.
Cithers who wilt appear on the
‘commencement program include: j
T. Curtis Mayo, head of the music . J
; department at St. Augustine’s;;
Miss Mentis Thomas, the Nurses'l
Clio--- Club. Mrs. Elm a Rose Man-;!
! rieife and Miss Evelyn Patterson.! I
The list of graduates follows. i
CLASS Os f !< t K>
R’ se Mi-rie Samuel;, president; j 1
1 Kathryn Mane Gainer, vice presi
! dent; Vera Marie Covington, see-I
: roiaiy, Lillian Lo*iise Jones, trea -
1 urer: Vcrdelle Frendessu Olive,'
; business manager
CRADUATING CLASS
!Corona Bailey. Si. Augustine, Fla
W;;!.., Raymond Beebe, Tar Heel !
. a;..'. Velma BentUy Mn.ini. Fla i
i.Contined on back page)
SEVEN OUT WHITE j
ER VTIN ROW OVER !
NEGRO INDI CTION
SWAKTHMORE, Pa. (ANP)
Seven members of the
! Swarthmore College chapter of
PJii Kappa Psi fraternity, re
signert from ilie Greek-letter
organization here last week in
pretest against the- national
i council's decision to suspend ,
neighboring Amherst Colleg*.
chapter for initiating a Negro
pledgee. Thomas IV Gibbs of
Evanston, 111.
In. a tetter to the campus
newspaper the seven said they
could not “ju.'tUiiably belong
to any fraternal organization •
that chose its members *>n the 1
basis of race and religious
creed, rather than on merit.’
Included among those resigning i
was the. chapter's president,
Ht-inz Valplri, of Washington, !
X). c. ]
NEW 11
£ l-AK-gl
.Jll
HARRY S.'TRUMAN
MAN OF THE YEAR—Presi
dent Harry S. Truman, v\ hose
election in the face of dissen
tion within liis own party and
despite the opposition .'roused
i", Jits unflagging support of his
civ A'g*.l• ( program jirovided
cue of the major ltpsehs in Amer
ican political history and the
biggest, news story of 1948.
SUPREME COURT
TO REVUE ALA.
CON VI01! 0 N
WaslungJon Repeated effou •
by :. A NCP attorney.- t- obtain
ivview of the fuse >■; Samuel Tny
lui. Noyouth convicted of
it-.., white woman, resulted UGs
week in the qrantin;' of a writ of
;, ttorixfi by the United States Su
preme Court, v;t■ i. c, to review
ci;,i';is ii;at TayF-'f v ..... d-oGG u
p-ocess of law by Al.i'cama cour’s
Chru-oing !: ■.((. Tnylor was beot
ei. bv police and coerced into con
..-■ :!::«• h*. a oi-M ':-
;-ld white girl in the small A2a
bama town of Prichard two years
tiif NAAC-P appealed Tay
lor's conviction first to the state
Su;.:ro> v .e Court and then to the
U S. Supreme Court, ;;r,d later
u;..,t .; writ of habeas corpus in
th.,.- U S. ::ct C.-art. These np
i a;: were all Ueiuod. bi.; a re
] s ieve ■ Tavlor’s execution
ordered last '.July by U. S
S.;.'.rein,- Court Justice NVG y Rui
]e .j ;ri rerponsf Jo an .’ippc.T
bv 'Fratik Reeves NAACP attor
ney in Wasi ting ton.
A second petition bv tlie NAACP
,'X, •• licj; Vh.e Supi..‘me Court to
review •he validity of a lunvie
tion obtained through use of a
confession extorted by violence
ur.si fear in violation of the Four
t,.cntii Amendment .• r. eranted on
Dee-ember S 3. Tat- ease will be ar
gued cal ly in 1949.
FLORIDA REPORT
LAUDS NAACP
BALLOT FIOHT
S(. Petersburg, Fla. i re
(I! t tuv tiie important part
played by Negro voters in the
rect nt election was given to
;,'ie National Association lor
ltic- Advancement of Colored
People and its “militant fight”
to secure for Negroes in the
South the right to vote, in this
year's annual r; | ;rt of the
Florida State Conference of
NAACP branches.
(Harry T. Moore, evrcutvi'
secretary of the Florida State
Conference, noted in the re
post the effectiveness of the
Negro vote throughout the
country in the 1948 election and
stated that the Negro vote in
Florida provided the balance
of power responsible for the
election of Governor Fuller
Warren.
"Had it not been f#r Ihe
NAACP's nhliUnt fight against
the so-called white primaries
declared Mr, Moore. “Negroes
would have had no voice in se
lecting Hie next governor of
our state. If the NAACP had
done no more than this, it
would be worthy of the sup
port of cevry Negro in Flori
da."’
Mr, Moore also stated in his
report that 'the political unTty
of Negro voters in Florida this
year was another factor in toe
political success of this group
of voters.