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Start Communist Quiz in Chicago
CHICAGO—(ANP)—The fed
eral grand jury in Chicago Mon
day, began an investigation into
persons and organizations whom
it is asserted have had com
munist leanings. The effort is
similar to the drive which took
place in New York recently and
resulted ip conviction of 11 lead
ers.
Here as in New York colored
people are involved. This is espe
cially true where so called leftish
unions are concerned.
The C.I.O. United Packing
House Workers union is one which
it is reported will come in for in
tensive investigation. One of the
first witnesses to be called before
• the grand jury will be Samuel
G. Curry, president of local 347. j
At one time this union was ex
tending its influence into many
southside organizations. It bought
the old Bacon Casino at 49th and
Wabash avenue and opened it to 1
community organizations of vari
ous types. At the start many
groups began holding their meet
ings there until the purpose of the
organization apparently alarmed
them. This organization has a
Negro international vice president,
Russel R. Lasley.
The other union which will be
looked into is the United Electri
cal, Radio and Machine Workers
union. This group like the pack
ing house workers group has made
'a special effort to recruit Ne
groes. A large segment of the
membership of both unions is
Negro. They have taken advanced
positions on the Negro question
and civil rights, all critic for the
purpose of strengthening their
numbers and advancing the cause
of the party.
One difference between the two,
however, is that the packinghouse
workers are still in the C.I.O., but
he was ousted for alleged com-(
munist influence when the C.I.O. ,
had its housecleaning of so-called j
red unionists.
Famed 24th Infantry
Regiment Is Disbanded
WASHINGTON — (ANP) — A
piece of good news, which also;
may be classed as bad news (de
pends upon which way you look
at it) came out of the nation's
capital here last week.
The famed 24th Infantry regi
ment, the all-Negro unit currently
a part of the 25th Infantry di
vision in Korea, will become a
part of the historical past
The U.S. army, acting upon
recommendations from command
ing officers in Korea have de
cided to abolish the unit as such
and send its troops to other di
visions as replacements, integrat
ing them with white troops.
The 24th is the last remaining
Negro regiment in the army. On
one hand .the integration of Ne
groes and whites in the armed
services is what Negroes through
out the country have been clamor
mg for. But it’s a case of either
having your cake or eating it, for
with complete integration, comes
the end of a colorful all-Negro
unit which was responsible for
many of the daring sagas that re
pose on the pages of America’s
military history.
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•MTI ■IlTOaiCAL SOCIETY
During the 1840’s, with the
number of overland emigrants
swelling e^ch year, the federal
government was besieged with
demands for protection from the
Indians along the trail. One
means by which the government
furnished that protection was to
send troops over the trail with
the Indians and to impress them
| with the military might of the
'Great White Father.
Such an expedition was led
across Nebraska in the summer of
1845 by Col. Stephen Watts
Kearny, who with 250 men trav
eled from Forth Leavenworth to
South Pass and back again in the
99 days from May 18 to August 24.
They went out along the Oregon
Trail to South Pass, retraced
their steps to Fort Laramie, then
cut over to the South Platte, re
turning to Forth Leavenworth
along the valley of the Arkansas
and over the Santa Fe Trail.
Colonel Kearney’s soldiers were
well armed, and had two howitz-'
ers with them. Their guide was
the intrepid mountain man,
Thomas Fitzpatrick. Their mis-j
sion was to cultivate peace with
the Indians, while at the same
time impressing upon them the
danger of molesting the emi
grants.
Kearny felt that his expedition
was successful. He reported that
the Indians “were distinctly told
the road . . must not be dosed'
. . and that the white* people
traveling upon it must not be dis-1
turbed, either in their persons or i
jroperty.” !,
The howitzers, discharged for
the benefit and amazement of the'
Indian, appear to have a particu-1
larly salutary effect Apparently
the men’s uniforms and fine
horses had the same desirable
effect.
At Fort Laramie (then a fur
trading post rather than a mili
tary establishment) Colonel
Kearny held a council with the
Sioux. He told the thousand In-!
dians assembled on the Laramie
plain that he had come to open a
road to the waters of the setting
sun and that Indians who dis
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U.S. Air Power
WASHINGTON—(ANP) — Two
giant new strategic air bases in
North Africa are now ready for
shorter range A-bomb carrying
planes, according to high ranking
air force officials.
This information was revealed
by members of the House Armed
Services Committee after a closed
door session with USAF generals
last week.
The airforce “brass” further
testified that the United States
has only 87 B-36s ready for ac
tion, and that two fifths of these
are laid up undergoing moderniza
tion.
One member of the committee
claimed that he was “shocked” by
the news that so few of the craft
are ready for use. And another
thinks the evidence is an indica
tion that the B-36 is “obsolete.”
President Truman would neither
verify nor deny the testimony of
the generals which” was made
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turbed the emigrants would be
subject to swift punishment He
particularly warned the Sioux
against whiskey, stating that it
was the greatest enemy among
them.
Bull Tail, the principal chief,
present, promised obedience, after
which Coloney Kearny distrib-1
uted presents. Three shots from
the howitzers echoed down the
'Laramie Valley and the council
was over.
Colonel Kearny wah much im-!
pressed by the size of the emigra
tion. By the time he reached
South Pass he had overtaken
about 850 men, 475 women, 1,000
children, 7.000 cattle, 400 horses
and mules, and 460 wagons. He
was fully aware that the road he
was opening would be heavily
traveled.
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public by the committee. At a
press conference last week the
President said ho considered the
information furnished to him
about the B-36s as being confi
dential, therefore, he would not
comment on it.
Having just returned from a
trip to North Africa and Europe,
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg,
USAF chief of staff, said he was
“tremendously impressed” with
the progress made in building new
air force bases in Morocco.
I Heretofore nobody has been
'willing to discuss these bases
which have apparently been an
'open secret.
Dr, Mays to Council
ATLANTA—(ANP)—Dr. Ben
jamin E. Mays, president of More
house college, will sail this week
on the Queen Elizabeth for
Switzerland L attend the Control
Committee meeting of the World
Council of Churches at Rolle,
Switzerland, it was announced re
cently.
He will represent the National
Baptist Conveition, Inc., and is
also a member of -he Study De
partment committee of the World
Council of Churches.
Dr. Mays will be accompanied
by Mrs. Mays. vVhile in Europe,
they intend to visit some of the
Scandinavian countries. The pres
ident and his wife will return to
this country around August 27.
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