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EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
are those of the writer and not necessarily
a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—
Pub. x
Sweatt to Attend School
In North if He Loses
Jim Crow School Case
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Her
man Marion Sweatt, central fig
ure of the “separate but equal”
schools case now facing the U. S.
Supreme court, told ANP re
porters last week he will attend
law school at a northern univer
sity if he loses his case.
“If I win,” he told them, “I shall
study for my law degree at the
law school of the University of
Texas.”
His case is one of two big cases
facing the high court today. The
other is the Elmer Henderson case
for equal service in interstate
transportation.
The Sweatt case was argued
before the Supreme court April 3.
Sweatt, himself, 37, is here in
Washington waiting to hear
whether he will be allowed to
pursue an education in his home
state that already is offered to
white citizens of his state.
Since 1946 Sweatt has been
trying to enter the law school of
the University of Texas, mainly
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because no state Negro school of
fered an accredited law course.
When he first applied for admis
sion he was rejected because of
his race.
To ward off a lawsuit the state
in March, 1947, rented quarters
for a hastily set up law school
for Negroes in a basement in
downtown Austin, and invited
colored students to enter. The
state leased the law school for six
months but Sweatt refused to en
ter, and no one else applied. Since
then Sweatt has been in court I
after court seeking a chance for
an education in his home state.
Here in the capital Sweatt does
not comment on what he thinks
will be the outcome of his case,
but he does talk about his future.
He’ll come north if he loses, if he
wins his case he intends to attend .
but will stay south if he wins.
Sweatt is employed as a postal
carrier in Houston, Tex. He be
came interested in law after he
got what he considered a bad deal
when he first passed his test for
postal clerk but was given a job
as a carrier instead.
In the second big case Elmer
Henderson is seeking permission
to eat freely without any discrim
ination w’hile traveling on trains.
His suit has been pending much j
longer than Swreatt’s.
It dates back to May 17, 1942,
when as a member of the federal
Fair Employment Practices com
mission he could not get a table 1
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AMOS ATTACKS
SOCIAL INJUSTICE
MEMORY SELECTION—Hate
the evil, and love the good, and
establish justice in the gate.
Amos 5:15, RV,
By Frederick I). Jordan
Los Angeles, Calif.
The Pennsylvania courts de
cided that alcoholism is a self
inflicted injury. A man who had
two insurance policies providing
for a waiver of”- premiums and
; monthly payments in the event
I of disability, claimed these bene
fits. He was an alcoholic, unable
to keep a job, and broken in
health. The insurance company
refused his claim, inasmuch as
the policies stated that these
benefits were not to be granted
in the event of self-inflicted in
jury. The supreme court of the
state ruled that alcoholism is in
deed a self-inflicted injury. Man
drinks because he desires, intends
and wills to experience the effect,
said the judge. If a sane man
chooses to use destructive forces
upon himself the law will not re
lieve him from his folly. The pic
ture that Amos drew' of self-in
dulgence and w'aste can be dupli
cated today. If the billions Amer
ca spent last year for drink
alone, could have been used to
relieve distress, w'hat a difference
w'ould be made in our country!
in the dining car on a train from
Washington, D. C., to Birming
ham. He could not even get served
at the Jim Crow table hid by cur
tains.
Hendex-son’s case now has one
government agency fighting an
other in the final disposition of
the case. The Supreme court has
taken it as an appeal from a de
cision of the Intel-state Commerce
commission. Fighting for Hender
son against the ICC w'hich up
holds the Jim Ci’ow' doctrine.
Is the justice department with
Atty. Gen. J. Howard McGrath
presenting a brief in person.
Probably the most active agent
i,n both cases has been the NAACP
which has taken the c^se for both
men w'ho have been fighting fox
years for their rights as citizens
of this nation.
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STATE miTOBIC AL SOCIETY
A stone pyramid at Fort Rob
inson, near Crawford, honors the
memory of Crazy Horse, noted
Oglala war chief and probably
the greatest military genius of
the Sioux confederacy.
Crazy Horse has always been
a man of mystery. He remains
an enigma, although his authori
tative and beautifully-written
biography by Nebraska’s Mari
Sandoz (Crazy Horse: Tnc
Strange Man of the Oglalas, Al
fred A. Knopf, New York, 1942)
toes much to clear away the
clouds of uncertainty surround
ing his career.
The great chief, called Curly
throughout much of his boyhood,
was born on Rapid Creek in the
Black Hills sometime in the
early 1840s—we don’t know the
exact date. As a very young boy,
he became aware of the irrepres
| sible conflict between red man
and white for control of the
west. He saw Conquering Bear
shot by soldiers sent out from
Fort Laramie under Lieutenant
Grattan to avenge the loss of a
Mormon cow. He took part in
battles with other tribes, and
was given the name Crazy Horse
for his heroism and achievement.
Young Crazy Horse took an ac
tive part in the campaigns of the
famous Oglala chieftain. Red
Cloud, against the forts erected to
protect travelers on the Bozeman
road, from Fort Laramie to Mon
tana. These campaigns wrere so
successful that in 1868 the United
States agreed to close the road
and remove the troops from the
forts.
Crazy Horse refused to follow
Red Cloud and others onto reser
Speoial Notice
Mrs. Virginia Brown, a patient
at St. Elizabeth hospital since
Friday, March 17 is reported in
grave condition as we go to press.
Mrs. Brown is the mother of
Clayton P. Lewis.
10-25-39f
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vations. and became a leader
among the Sioux and Cheyennes
who would not trade their old
way of life for reservation status.
They retreated into the hills
from whence they conducted
forays against the Crows and
isolated parties of whites.
The final years of Crazy
Horse’s life were spent in leading
the bitter last stand of the In
dians against the whites. Gen.
George Crook and a detachment
of troops tried to bring him into
the reservation early in 1876, but
though they caught him unawares
the best they could do was to
capture the Indians’ ponies—most
of which were later recaptured.
Again in June, Crook made an
other unsuccessful attempt to
capture the young chief and his
band.
Almost immediately after re
pulsing Crook. Crazy Horse and
his band took part in the Battle
of the Little Big Horn, in which
Gen. George A. Custer’s com
mand of 212 men was annihi
hilated.
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