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KANSAS CITY—(AN'
U. S. District court last,
held the right of Thurgo
shall, chief counsel of the N.
to appear as the attorney for
Negroes seeking use of a muni
cipal swimming pool here.
Judge Albert A. Ridge denied
a motion made by David M.
Proctor, city counselor, to bar
Marshall because he, was at one
time a member of the National
Lawyers Guild.
At a hearing in his chambers,
Judge Ridge pointed out that
Marshall was a member of the
bar of the Supreme Court of the
U.S.A., and one of the bar of sev
eral United States Circuit Courts
of Appeals.
Arthur E. Spingarn, president
of the NAACP, branded the mo
tion by the city counselor as pre
posterous and dangerous. He said:
“The motion by the attorney for
the city of Kansas City, Mo., was
a preposterous, but dangerous
move. Fortunately Judge Albert
A. Ridge promptly denied it.
“The National Lawyers Guild is
not on the list of subversive or
ganizations compiled by the attor
ney general of the United States.
The papers which were filed at
tempted to brand Marshall as a
Communist, as one who actually
believes in the overthrow of the
government of the United States
by force and violence.
Marshall at the moment is the
foremost civil rights lawyer in the
country. He won notable cases
before the United States Supreme
Court, the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals, and lesser
courts throughout the land . .
Light Hearted
Ruby Dandridge plays lov
able, irrepressible Oriole whose
ready laugh and candor have
endeared her to millions of
listeners to CBS Radio’s "Beu
lah” nightly series, starring
Hattie McDaniel.'
Detroiter Wins Star
DETROIT. (ANP). A Silver
Star for heroic action has been
awarded to a Detroit soldier in
Korea. He is Sgt. Johathan Wil
lingham of 8796 Gardoni, who
after running out of ammunition
and being wounded in a battle
near Unmak last June 26, contin
ued fighting using his rifle butt
to kill several Reds.
*che and Son
ake Over in U.N.
Activities
Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche
shared the spotlight with his son
and other youngsters in the com
memorating of United Nations
Week. Dr. Bunche appeared on
j the popular morning show as
I “Guest of the Week,” from 11:00
to 11:30 over WABD and the
Du Mont Television Network.
Dr. Bunche presented the
plague saluting the heroic efforts
of 15-year-old Richard Ebbert'
of Reno, Pa., chosen by the Pitts
burgh Junior Chamber of Com
merce as the “Kid of the Week.”
Herbert Coleman talented young
Negro artist who appeared with
Todd Duncan as the child in “Lost
in the Stars,” sang a hit from the
musical.
Bunche’s son represented the
United States with youngsters se-!
lected to recite the preamble to:
the United Nations Charter, at a'
ceremony opening United Nations'
Week at Rockefeller Plaza. He
shared the limelight with Mrs.)
Eleanor Roosevelt, Douglas Fair
banks, Jr., and Norma Dosir,
President of U.L. Speaks j
On Admission of Negroes '
LOUISVILLE (ANP) _ Dr.
j Philip G. Davidson, at ceremonies
which formally inaugurated him
fas the 14th president of the Uni
versity of Louisville, last week
lauded the voluntary decision of
the university to admit Negroes
to all branches of the school.
Dr. Davidson said in part:
“Recently the university has
brought a far larger measure of
democracy to the campus by clos-,
ing the Louisville Municipal col-^
lege for Negroes and opening the.
U. of L. in all its branches to
qualified students, regardless of
their race, or color, or faith.
“I pay tribute to the responsible
ITiiai BVitli Presents Gift to League Playroom
B'nai B’rith, Lincoln city Lodge No. 377
equipped the play-room of the Urban League for
children ages 3-8.
The program chairman is Mr. Herbert Burton.
The president ts Dr. Leon Chesnin, a teacher at the
Agriculture college, University of Nebraska.
The Lodge saw that the Urban league had a
need for equipment for this age group.
— Courtesy J-jacoln Journal.
The purpose of B’nai B’rith is to create good
will.
Pictured from left to right are: II. W. Burton
of 318 Witherbee bivd.; Lynnwood Parker; Dr.
Chesnin; Stephanie Cooke, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Cooke; Rodney Molden, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Molden; and Henry McWilliams, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry McWilliams.
Mrs. Ferebee Heads NCNW;
Women Pass C.R. Resolutions
I Campanella Voted
Valuable Player
Of Nat’l League
NEW YORK (ANP)—Catcher
Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn
Dodgers was voted the Most Val
uable Player of the National
league during the 1951 season, last
week, in a poll by the Baseball
Writers Association of America.
On a point basis, Campanella1
polled 243 votes to win over Stan^
Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals'
who garnered 191 points. Cam-1
panella snatched 11 first place [
tallies from among 23 men voting.1
Monte Irvin, the New York1
Giants world series hero, ranked'
third in the balloting with 166;
points. He polled five first place
votes, second to Campanella in
this respect.
Jackie Robinson, the man who!
kept the Brooklyn Dodgers in the!
pennant race on the last day of the
season with - dramatic game-win
ning home run, was sixth with 92
points. He gained one first place
vote.
Pitcher Don Newcombe of the
Dodgers rated 22nd with 3 points.
On being notified of his new
achievement, Campaneiia said:
“I had forgotten all about that
award. After we were beaten in
the play off by the New York Gi
ants, I just didn't think about H
any more. Surely am happy abou
fit now. I gave my best and I arr
grateful to the Baseball Writers
association for voting me in.”
He spoke from Houston, Tex.
where his all-stars featuring Irvin,
walloped a team of Negro Ameri
can league stars, 11 to 1.
leaders of both races in the com-|
munty and in the student body:
and faculty who have effected this
change, not with force or violence,
nor with drums loud beating, but
quietly, in good order, and in the
hearts of men.”
[]-_ WASHINGTON. (ANP). Mrs. Dorothy B. Ferebee of
Washington was reelected to her second term as president
of the National Council of Negro Women at its recent
meeting here.
V*0®, presidents are Mrs. Daisy George of New York;
Mrs Carter Wesley of Texas; Mrs. Fannye A. Ponder of
(Florida; Mrs. brcelle H. Moore of New York; Mrs. Sue
[Bailey Thurman of California; Mrs. Vivian Carter Mason of
i Virginia and Mrs. Ora Stokes Perry of Missouri
I Recording secretary, Mrs. Mar
ion H. Jackson of D. C.; assistant
recording secretary, Mrs. Otelia
L. Jackson, Virginia; treasurer,
jMrs. Regina Chandler, D. C.; par
liamentary, Mrs. Georgia Jones
Ellis, Illinois; chaplain, the Rev.
Olivia S. Henry, Pennsylvania;
national organizer of junior coun
cils, Mrs. Helen M. Meade, Illinois.
Executive committee members
i elected are Mrs. Daisy Lampkin,
Pennsylvania; Mrs. Eunice H. Car
eer, New York; Miss Dorothy 1.1
.Height, New York; Mmes. Edith
S. Sampson, Illinois; Jeanetta W.
Segregation End
Causes No Stir
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.—Four
j University of North Carolina Ne-1
gro students attracted little atten
tion Saturday as they sat in the
student cheering section at the
i Tennessee-North Carolina football
; game.
A The university’s five Negrc
. (law students were issued pass
t books entitling them to seats ii
t' the student section several week
l ago, but at the time the university
^administration urged them tc
| abide by the state’s segregation
f practices.
I Issuance of the student pass
books to the Negro students came
after many white student organi-i
zations criticized an earlier action
of the administration in issuing
the Negro students tickets entit
ling them to seats in a reserved
! for-Negroes section of Kenan sta
dium. The five returned these
tickets and asked that they be (
given regular student passbooks. (
Brown, D. C.; Thomartna Norford'
D. C.; Anne O’Ferrall, California
Henrine W. Banks, Indiana and
Josephine Brown, Michigan.
Regional directors are: Region
I, Mrs. Hortense Tate, New Jer
sey; Region II, Mrs. Ailene Ewell
D. C.; Region III, Mrs. Janie b!
Jordan, North Carolina; Region
iv, Miss Arenia Mallory, Mis
sissippi; Region V, Mrs. Bessie
Garvin, Missouri; Region VI, Mrs.
Vivian O. Marsh, California and
Region VII, Mrs. Lula Lowe
Campbell, Colorado.
What can Negro women do to
better implement a true democ
racy in this country, and by what
means can they correctly inter
pret real democracy to peoples of
foreign lands? Such questions ap
parently stimulated the trend of
ithought which ran through the
pntire four-day program of the
NCNW meeting here last week.
At th close of the 16th annual
convention, the 225 delegates
5 representing every section of the
country, went on record as con
-1 pemning segregation in public car
' piers and in places of jjuLflSc ««.•
ricommodation. It urged all of its
* j members to work unceasingly
^ until such practices are brought to
jan end in their various places of
(abode.
i It further called upon every
branch of the government, na
tional, state and local, to afford
to all the citizens of the United
States guarantees of equal pro
tection under the law.
The council urged the president
of the U. S. to issue an executive
order to eliminate every vestige
of segregation and discrimination,
based upon race, from all insti
tutions, agencies, or administra
tions in the District of Columbia
which are wholly or partially
supported by public funds.
The NCNW was high in its
commendation of those states
which have already enacted fair
employment practice legislation
with implementation, but reas
serted its conviction that the
passage of federal FEPC legisla
tion is a matter of utmost ur
gency.
It further called upon the
President, as Commander-m
Chief of the Army to immediately
order the abolition of all segre
gated military units occupying
foreign countries.
The women urged the continu
ance of efforts toward having
more Negro students admitted in
white colleges and universities
until there has been developed
throughout the United States a
non-segregated system of educa
tion.
They called upon the federal
government to prohibit immedi
ately racial segregation in any
housing developments owned by
it, and to assure that there will
be no such segregation in any
housing provided by federal funds
in the defense programs.
The flaunting of the Confeder
ate flag as an insidious propa
ganda device of anti-civil rights
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