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_ _BY join M. LEE ____
HOUSING—A NATIONAL HEADACHE
The indicated recession, for which wise heads are now pre
paring, will he a greater national calam ty, because the basio
dement of our national family security is in a sad and neg
lected state. During the previous years of depression there
were few if any headaches in lliel local communities occasion
id by the problem of finding housing for the unfortunate.
^ hen and if the blow falls again, the Health and Welfare a
gencies will be heseiged with requests for shelter, any kind of
shelter, for the hordes of doubled-up families throughout
the nation.
Already there is evidence that badly-overcrowded families
are thinning out, thus puting a further strain on the acute
shortage of housing. The agonized cries of returned veter
ed that they can do nothing.—nor promise anything for the
uns and their families grow louder every day, and the Veter
an's Housing authorities in almost every state have announc
immediate future.
I'lie theory bus been advanced that the shortage of housing
is a city problem, caused by the shifting of large groups of
rural and suburban <1 welters to the urban centers because of
tiie lie <1 of manpower in these centers to build the supplies
and instruments of war. It was believed that when the great
mass of war workers returned to their home communities the
pressure would light n in the cities. However, it devlops
that not only has the shortage become more alarming in the
eitis. hut those worekrs who have returned to their home
communities have found it impossible to locate any kind of
housing accomodations.
Despite the fact that thousands of housing units, previous
ly condemned as being unfit for occupation, have been re*
luibilitated and put back into service in many communities,
there is still no evidence that the local, state and Federal gov
ernments have a problem of lesser proportion than it was
this time last year—if anything it is growing daily.
Prior to the war, the Negro minority and a portion of ths
white populations on a similar economic level were the only
victims of the housing monster. Their problem was one of
quality rather than quantity; there was an abundance of low
grade, blight'd bousing that rented for prices that suited
their meager incomes. Far-sighted leaders urged, at that
time, that the Federal, State ami local governments cooperate
with private interests to build adequate, low-rent housing on
a large scale. This proposal met with stifling opposition,
whenevi r and wherever it was introduced. As a conse- j
quence, the war-time concentrations of war worker popula
tions. |iut a strain on the limited accomodations, and the
creating of new family units by the marriage of maturing
youngsters, created the bewildering scarcity we now have.
Dir< et appeals to President Truman to use executive au
thority to get some sort of program started seem to be( the
only avenue leading toward a solution at this time. Because
of the deserved priority accorded veterans, a limited building
program would not make a dent in the shortage. It must be
remembered that we were over our heads before the boys
came home.
Mos» important among the many reasons that can be ads
vaneed (or a building program that will equal our'war effort
is the discrimination against Negroes. Little consideration
is being given to the Negro minority yin over-all discussions
and planning. It is expected that the Negro will not get1
housing benefits until the white population in most commun
ities lias been adequately sheltered. The Negro and his
friends, then, must act immediately to support the campaign
for big -calc housing programs all over the country, for,
while liousing is a national headache today, it can easilyl re
vert to its old position of being the Negro’* headaehe.
-a. a.
WYATT OUSTER BLOW TO VETS
(BY HENRY C. FLEISHER from CIO UNION NEWS SERVICE)
NOTE Mr Wyatt's Housing Program was Fully Endorsed by the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The foundation dropped out of the government's housing
program last week, and war veterans were the worst sufferers
V\ ilson Wyatt, who had built up one of the capital's bright
est records in his eight-month tenure as National Housing
Administrator, submitted his resignation to the President,
llis departure from top government ranks—the latest in a
series which has seen the Administration lose’ many of its
most capable executive*—was a victory for private-profit
housing interests, which have been gunning for his scalp and
for the demise of the National Housing Administration.
W \att's resignation was based on his fuilure to get Presi
dential backing in his demands for RFC support of a big
scale program of prefabricated homes, and for retention of
sufficient price and priority controls to keep the home build
ing plans on the beam.
His resignation was also a victory for George F. Allen,
“court jester*’ of top government circle*, chairman of the
RFC and an intimate friend of the President. R. J. Thomas
head of the CIO housing committee, Inst week described Al
len as a “fifth-column agent” of the private-profits housing
lobby.
In a final statement. Wyatt charged that the housing crisis
is now at a peak. Housing, he added, “as our number one
domestic problem required the rentention of present
federal controls.”
ith powers granted to it from the Pattman Act, the Na
tional Housing Administration had had wide authority to al
locate building materials, spur construction of low and me
dium cost housing for veterans, subsidize processors of build
ing materials, mark loans to producers, and regulate all
phases of the housing program.
In seeking to use that authority, however, Wvatt found
himself at constant odds with other government agencies
which were reluctant to admit that the veterans housing
program was a top-grade emergency measure.
In a statement following Wyatt's resignation. Pres. Tru
man argued that the first phase of the housing program had
been completed, and that it could be continued within the
existing government framework of decontrol policies,
“Speculators and profiteers have apparently convinced
Pres. Truman that ample bousing is just around the corner.
That concept, without the support of a determined govern
ment program is as illusory as the prosperity that kept hid
den behind the corner of Herbert Hoover’s imagination,”
declared Chairman Thomas of the CIO housing group.
Thomas scored smear propaganda of the real estate lobby
directed against “government interfemce and bureaucracv"
*
LEGISLATIVE PRO GRAM OF REPUBLICANS DISAPPOINTING
OTIS LUSTER FOUND OUILTT OF MANSLAUGHTER IN DALTON KILLING
Jury Deliberates
4^ Hours
(BY BILLY DAVIS)
Wednesday, December 11th, a
jury of ten women and two men
returned a verdict of manslaught
er against Otis Luster who on
October 20, 1946 stabbed to death
Ted Dalton at 26th and Q Street
in South Omaha.
Witnesses for the State testified
that Luster attacked Dalton with
out any warning at all. They
said Dalton tried desperately to
get away from Luster but he tried
in vain. After being stabbed in
the back by Luster several times
he wondered off a distance then
fell. 'Lawyer Jamieson for the
defendant, pleaded self-defense to
the jury and put up a stiff argu
ment to the jury in his closing
remarks. The trial lasted three
days before a crowded courtroom.
The jury was out four and one
half hours before reaching a ver
! diet.
Otis Luster was a World War
n veteran and was wounded in
action at Saipan in the Pacific.
Dalton's wife, Dolly Delores,
was the last one to take the wit
ness stand. She didn’t know much
about the case so did very little
testifying.
Joe Hartfield, the prize fighter
was also a witness. He was driv
ing the car that took Luster near
the scene where the tragedy oc
cured. On the witness stand Hart'
field testified that he was una
ware of what had happened after
he had let Luster out of the car.
A few minutes later coming across
Luster lying on the ground try
ing to get up and assisted him to
Ido so; taking him to Doctors
Hospital where they couldn’t take
him in. So he took him to the
Lutheran Hospital where he was
accepted for treatment.
Luster’s wife, Virginia and her
sister were also witnesses for the
State. According to the evidence
in the case Luster’s wife had
been keeping company with Ted
Dalton the deceased. She had been
missing from home for a couple
of days before her husband (Lus
ter) could find her. On the second
day Luster had gone on a hunt
ing spree trying to find his wife,
and while doing so came across
Ted Dalton at 26th and Q Streets
and attacked Dalton with a knife.
Otis was very calm during the 1
entire trial. He was on crutches
and limping very badly. He show
ed no emotions of nervousness.
The prosecuting attorneys were
Philip R. Kneifl and Joseph D.
Houston. Judge Dineen was on
the bench.
Luster was a resident of South
Omaha; also Ted Dalton.
READ “ALONG MY WAY" BY
Lawrence P. Lewis Weekly
Courageous Negroes Flock To Testify
At Senator Theo, Bilbo’s Hearings
24th Street Brawl
Injurious To Two
Ernestine Williams and Mary Canady, are confined in a
local hospital as a result of street brawl early Sunday morn
ing about 2 a. m., in front of 2507 North 24th street at
which place, a plate glass window wai broken during the
scuffle and each participant received injuries therefrom.
NEGROES ON GA. J8RY
ATHENS, Ga...Two Negroes
are members of the Federal Grand
Jury which convened to hear evi
dence in the presentation that
grew out of the cold blooded lyn
ching of two Negro men and two
Negro women in Walton County
last July. The jury, composed of
thirteen farmers, two coal deal
ers, a clerk, a barber, a laundry
manager; a ginner; a banker and
a retired businessman, heard
Judge T. Hoyt ask them "to in
quire. . (into the case). .fearlessly
and fairly."
Over one hundred persons have
been supoenaed to testify in this
case that shocked the world last
summer when it was revealed
that a mob of about twenty men
removed the four Negroes from
an automobile and riddled their
bodies with rifle bullets. It was
pointed out during the opening
session of the Grand jury hear
ings that should it develop that
the Federal Government does not
have jurisdiction to prosecute the
case the evidenc will be turned
over to the stats.
2a Congressmen, 2 Senators
COMMITTED IN FAVOR OF
ANTI-LYNCH LEGISLATION
,Twenty-five Congressmen and
two Senators have alreads com
mitted themselves in favor of
Federal anti-lynching legislation,
it waa announced today by Im
manuel Neumark, executive se
cretary of the American Crusade
to End Lynching. These commit
ments have been obtained in re
sponse to a letter sent by the or
ganization last week to all mem
bers of the 80th Congress.
A number of the legislators, in
their replies, expressed themsel
ves forcefully against lynching
and in favor of Federal legisla
tion. "There is no greater nation
al crime than murdering people
by mob violence”, stated Senator
Chapmen Revercomb (W. Va.) in
his letter.
“I am unalterably opposed to
any form of lynching” wrote Con.
elect John Davis Lodge who came
from the Fourth District of Con
necticut which was formerly re
presented by Clare Boothe Lace.
"Purely aside from anything else
it is nothing leu than insurrec
tion.”
Fourteen of the legislators who
have committed themselves are
from New York State. Three are
from President Truman’s home
state of Missouri. There are two
each from New Jersey and Ohio
and one from Connecticut, Indiana
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and Wisconsin.
“It is gratifying to note” stated
Neumark in releasing the informa
tion, "that twenty-seven members
of the 80th Congress have respon
ded favorably in the period of
less than a week since they have
received our leter. However, it
i will rquire the support of 218
| Congressmen, or a majority of
I the House of Representatives, to
pass a Federal anti-lynching bill
and it may require two thirds of
the Senate, or 64 Senators, to stop
a filibuster on the bill by voting
cloture. The American Crusade to
End Lynching will not be satis
fied until the necessary number
of members of the 80th Congress
have committed themselves to
full support of an anti-lynch law.
We are urging all public-spirited
citizens to write their Congress
men and Senators urging that
they immediately make known
their willingness to work for the
passage of this legislation”.
SAINT PHILIPS CHURCH
TO PRESENT RECITAL
The St. Philips Episcopal church
1121 North Twenty-first Street,
the Rev. S. G. Sanchez, rector,
will present Mrs. Elizabeth Pow
ell in an organ recital Sunday,
December 15, at 5 o’clock p. m. A
cordial invitation is extended all.
ANTI-NEGRO POSTERS
DISPLAYED IN MANILA
MANILA (AP)—Extra details
of American military police in ar
mored cars cruised the streets of
Pasay Sunday night after a score
of posters, demanding that Amer
ican Negro soldiers be sent home
had appeared.
Two Negro enlisted men were
reported beaten and robbed by
armed Filipino gang in the sec
tion.
| North Omahm Organisations To Sponsor
Seven Golden Gloves Entrants
| Buddy McCrea, formerly athletic director at NSCC.. Boxing and Phys- I
| ieal [ raining Instructor In the Army and now of the Charles Street Ke- I
| creation Center is in charge of training seven aspirants for Golden Glove |
laurels, to be held in February of 1047. The following boys are now un- 1
| dergoing rigorous training at the hands of McCrea....all are amateurs: I
| Harold McDonald. 12(1 pounds: Reginald Hughes. 135 pounds: Joe Glass, 1
j 11$ pounds: ugene Brown, 185 pounds; Charles Martin. lfiO pounds: Sam I
I Williams. 147 pounds: Baby June Gray. 112 pounds. All these boys and f
| others will be sponsored by the following Northside Organizations: The I
| AMI El S Post No. 2; American Legion Roosevelt Post So. 30; Charles St. I
| Recreation Center. This Center is sponsored by the City and any boy 1
| may come and take lessons to learn the manly art of self-defense. Classes 1
§ are held .3 days a week. There are now 20 boys enrolled.
and add d:
It is discouraging that high government officials have
been taken in by this fast-talking razzle-dazzle. We com
mend Mr. Wyatt for his courageous efforts to build homes
for Americans at prices they can afford.”
First Time Since Emancipation
Southern Vets Turning Out
In Unprecedent Numbers
NEW YORK, Dec. 5th..Negro1
veterans for the first time in the
history of the south since the i
Emancipation Proclamation, are I
turning out in precedented num
bers to testify to the fact that the
rabble rousing tactics used by
Senator Bilbo in his primary cam
paign kept Negroes from the ex
ercise of the Constitutional right
to register and vote in the recent
Mississippi elections. Appearing,
as they are, without the protection
of Federal supoenas. to present
evidence before Senator Allen J.
Ellender, chief counsel for the
Senate Campaign Expenditures
Committee, meeting now in Jack
son, Miss., these courageous ve
terans are standing firm and are
speaking out in court, in spite of
the very real danger they face of
future reprisals from hometown
supremacy fanatics.
unaries H. Houston, prominent
Washington attorney, who attend
ed the hearings to present a brief
prepared by the NAACP, has been
a valuable behind-the-scenes ad
viser to witnesses and people in
terested in the investigation, altho
his application for permission to
file the brief during the Jackson
hearings was denied, in a sudden
reversal by the Committee on its
plans to hold other hearings out
side Jackson. The Committee li
mited presentation of the brief to
Committee counsel. Mr. Houston
then wired Senator Ellender that
the brief was “merely a prelimin
ary brief on jurisdiction, scope of
inbuiry, and standards of person
al disqualification of a Senator as
established by Senate precedents;
that the NAACP still desires to
present final brief and be heard
through counsel in oral argument
before your Committee.. ”
Mr. Houston was enthusiastic in
his praise of the witnesses, the ma
jority of whom were members of
local NAACP branches and the
Mississippi Progressive Voter's
League:
“I cannot give too much credit
for the quiet courage shown by the
Negro witnesses. They were quiet
dignified showed no malice, but
were steadfast in presenting their
facts and could not be shaken.
They refused to make wild sweep
ing guesses, limiting themselves 1
to personal knowledge, even when
guessing might have colored their
stories.
The atmosphere of terror was
reflected in the fact that the ma
jority of the witnesses who were
attacked declined to identify their
atackers. The general feeling
seemed to be. ‘We want our rights
and future protection.. not ven"
geance,.'5
One of the outstanding witness
es was Father T. J. Stype, a priest
whose parish is in Pass Christian,
Miss. According to Mr. Houston.
Senator Ellender tried all the
tricks of cross examination a
gainst him but he floored Ellender
when he said he taught the Ca
tholic doctrine, .fear of God and
good citizenship. In a eery quiet
impersonal way, he named names
showed that the U. S. Attorney in
Mississippi and the FBI had refu
sed to give his eighty-two veter
ans (parishioners) protection in
voting and laid their exclusion di
rectlyy to Bilbo.”
Added Mr. Houston: Sheriff and
peace officers admitted shooing
Negroes from the polls to keep
the peace. Nobody ever suggested
that th way to keep peace is to
establish the dignity and majesty
of the law in protecction of citi
zenship rights rather than in ab
ject surrender of these rights. This
hearing is a great demonstration
and a historical event which puts
the spotlight on Mississippi. It is
doing great spiritual good to Miss
issippians, and should considerably
interest and convince a lot of peo
ple who did not think things as
bad as they are. Our job now is to
raise the struggle to national and
international heights."
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ELECTION PROBE SHOWS
¥ i o I e r c e
I Helped Bilbo
(To Win |
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(from CIO Union Service News)
MISSISSIPPI Negroes last week
arose to the challenge of race hate
designed to rob them of their pol
itical rights.
Led by veterans back from the
war against fascism, they paid
their own transportation costs to
testify in Jackson, the state cap
ital against Senator Theodore G.
Bilbo, admitted member of the Ku
Klux Klan, who is accused of in
citing white people to prevent
Negroes from voting in the re
cent Democratic Primary.
They testified over and over a*
gain to acts of intimidation at
polling places, to savage beatings
administered in some cases by po
lice officials, and to death threats
designed to keep the primary
“lily white.”
They told the Senate Campaign
Expenditures Committee that
since 1890 they have effectively
been denied the right to partici
pate in the only election that
means anything in a state that
has elected Democratic Congress
men year after‘year.
Testimony brought out the fact
that 66,972 war veterans from
Mississippi had been discharged
as of June 30, yet only 2500 of
them voted despite the fact that
they have been exempted from
polltax paymnts.
The witnesses, who jammed a
little courtroom to overflowing,
heard Bilbo accused of a radio
speech in which he urged white
people to ‘use any means to pre
Negroes from voting.’
Bilbo said he meant any “legal’’
means and added: “I meant
that white people should advise
and counsel with the Negroes the
night before. That’s what they
did in Greenwood and everything
worked out the way it should.”
The way it “worked” in other
places where Bilbo’s advice was
taken in the literal Mississippi
tradition was something else.
From the many Negro witnesses
came testimony that:
• Etoy r letcner. a, war veteran
tried to register for the Democra
tic Primary at Puckett. He was
told he would not be allowed to
vote. Leaving the courthouse, he
was seized by four white men.
who dumped him into a car, took
him out of town, and beat him
savagely with a 2^ foot long car
cable. He was warned that if he
tried to vote he would be killed.
• Richard E. Daniel, 125 lb.
war veteran, tried to vote at Gulf
port. He was beaten by two white
men in the corridor of the court
house. Then Policeman Robert L.
Williams, weighing 175 pounds,
took him to a cell and “beat me
up” Daniel testified. “He beat me
around the ears with his fist and
in the stomach and I fell to the
floor unconscious.”
• Vemado Collier, president of
the Gulfport branch of the Natl
Assn, for the Advancement of
Colored People, testified that as
he proceeded down a courthouse
corridor to vote he was attacked
by white men and knocked un
conscious. A policeman standing
by ignored the attack.
The record of the Committee,
headed by sympathetic to Bilbo
Sen. Ellender (D., La.) was pack
ed with other testimony of inti
midation designed to keep Ne
groes from the polls if they val
OUR
GUEST
Column
(Edited by VERNA P. HARRIS) ,
Upon The ;
Hudson ;
By Rhetta H. Arter,
Educational Director, Hudson
Shore Labor School
■
Since the learning of ideas oc
curs by the same processes for
Negroes as for others, it is pre
dictable that each year some of
the students at Hudson Shore La
bor School in West Park, New
York who have faulty ideas about
people of other races and faiths
will have brown skins also. It is ;
inevitable that at a school where 1
the subjects concentrated upon <
are those that relate to the pro- i
blems of workers today, the class i
room discussions, dormitory “bull !
sessions” and table conversations j
will include confused and unsound '
statements about groups of people. ’
Discussions about labor legislation i
democratic trade unionism and ]
labor’s role in the community ne- '
cessarily bares some of the misin- j
formation that has been picked up.
Negro workers seek escape in <
moving pictures, they scan news 1
papers, laugh at cartoons and are i
hemmed in by the same stereotyp '
ing that besets other Americans.
What does the School do about
it? Students are encouraged to '
admit their feelings. The interra- 1
cial faculty operats on the know- >
ledge that an attitude which is ]
brought into the open is one that <
can be grappled with and which i
has a chance for constructive ]
change. The anti-Semitism that is <
encountered among Negro stu
dents at Hudson Shore Labor i
School is treated as are the other i
"anti-people” feelings we meet; ]
those who are blighted by bigotry i
are introduced to scientific infor- <
mation and are helped to accept i
facts. <
It is of no little importance that,1
while they learn, they have the I
rare opportunity to live closely |1
with Jewish students and to be j'
taught by teachers, some of whom :
obey the laws of Judaism- These 1
things usually hasten arrival at a
point where it is possible to realize 1
that Jewish people—like Negroes 1
—are individuals, and that the J
only sound generalizations about ’
them are those that apply to all J
people. As these Negro workers ]
begin to realize that the same *
poison pen which today writes 1
“the Jews have all the money” is *
the one which is inked tomorrow ‘
for preaching “white supremacy”, *
they come closer to clarity about *
the interdependence of workers the
world over. As they achieve in- 1
creasing freedom from the burdens 1
of bigotry, they are released to
join other workers in programs of
enlightened social action.
—APA— \
ued their lives. ^
At Greenwood, which Bilbo <
cited for “model” handling of the '
situation, 32 Negroes who had re- 1
gistered were warned that they *
had better not try to vote. They 1
didn’t.
The Pattern imposed on many I
Negro ministers among others j
adedd up to this: “There might ■,
be violence and you’d be the cause
of it.”
The militancy of the Negro re- j
sidents was surprising in view of .
the fact that Chairman Ellender j
denied them protection of sub
poenas, which would have been .
their best alibis when they re- ]
turned home to their mixed neigh <
borhoods. .
The hearing, which ended late
this w'eek was adioumed until |
December 16 when the Committee |
will meet in Washington to con
sider its report.
Ellender, a champion of “white <
supremacy”, predicted a unani- ]
mous report and indicated that he <
believed that the Committee would s
not recommend to the Senate the 1
unseating of Bilbo despite the tes- i
timony demonstrating that his
race-hate speeches had helped to i
incite white people to violence i
that kefit Negroes from the polls. <
Leslie Perry Write* To
Republican National
Committee Chairman
WASSHINGTON, D. C., Dec 4
—The NAACP Washington Bur
eau expressed great disappoint
ment over the legislative program
of the Republican Party as tenta
tively outlined in the December
issue of THE REPUBLICAN
NEWS, the official organ of the
Republican Party. In a letter to
Carroll Reece, Republican Nation
al Committee Chairman, Leslie
Perry wrote:
“The December issue of THE
REPUBLICAN NEWS headlines a
story titled ‘Majority Party Drafts
Its 1947 Legislative Program’ that
states that three items have been
definitely given highest priority by
Republican leaders: (a) econo
my in government and reduction
in income taxes; (b) elimina
tion of unessential war powers;
(c) enactment of new labor leg
islation.
“It was with a great sense of
disappointment that we noted that
the program outlined in the arti
cle wholly fails to indicate that
Republican leaders have any plans
1. Anti-lynching law
2. FEPC
3. Anti-Poll Tax legislation
4. Federal Aid to Education
“The wave of mob violence that
hast Chocked decent people the
world over, the ever mounting em
ployment discrimination against
Negroes and other minorities, the
brazen disenfranchisement of hun
dreds of thousands of Negroes in
the south, and the low state of ed
ucational opportunity for children
in certain sections of the country
makes it imperative that the cor
rection of these evils be given top
priority by the 80th CongTcss.
"We understand that the Steer
ng Committee of the Senate and
:he House met on December 9th.
it is our sincere hope that you
wrought to their attention this ser
ous ommission in the current le
gislation program.”
Prior to the November 14 meet
ng of Republican leaders, Walter
>Vhite urged them to place on
heir agenda for critical consider
ition the passage of federal legis
ation needed to guarantee the
institutional rights and physical
lafety of 15,000,000 Negroes and
nembers of other minorities in
America. These recommendations
vere outlined in a letter addressed
o Senator Wallace H. White (R.
Maine).
NAACP FIGHTS IN OHIO
To Uphold Civil
Rights Law
NEW YORK, Dec. 5th.. The
'iAACP, on November 30, 1946,
iled a brief in the Supreme Court
>f Ohio counter attacking the eff
orts of reactionary forces In Ohio
vhich requires that a retail store
lell to Negroes without diacrim
nation in the case of Claude W.
■Vright vs. Thomas M. Garbet.
iVright is a Negro who went into
Jar bet's grocery store in Cleve
and to buy a bottle of milk and
vas refused. He brought suit and
n the lower court, secures a judge
nent against Garbet. Garbet then
ippealed to the Ohio Supreme
Jourt stating that the civil rights
aw is unconstitutional as applied
o a purely private business.
In its brief, the NAACP stated:
“During the past two decades,
here has been increasing restric
ion of the freedom of contract
ind freedom to use one’s private
iroperty, each step in this restric
ion being predicted upon the re
rponsibility of the Government to
irotect citizens who are helpless
o protect themselves.
“The attempt of appellant here
n to place his desire to discrimi
late against Negroes beyond the
)ale of the state’s police power by
■esort to ‘liberty of contract’ un
ier the Fourteenth Amendment,
nust be rejected against the valid'
sxercise of the states’ power to pro
ect Negroes from discrimination.”
Stating that the Ohio Legisla
:ure acted reasonably in protecting
he right of Negroes to purchase
'reely in retail stores, the NAACP"
laid:
“.. Obviously, however, in a conn
letive economy they must receive
airer prices, better quality and a
greater share of available goods if
he stores which eater to the Ne
rro people have to compete for
heir trade with stores in other
ireas to which Negro shoppers
rill eventually go in an effort to
scape higher prices and poorer
luality if they are left free to act
is reasonable economic men in
he situation.”
JEGROES HONOR UNITED
JATIONS DELEGATES
New York (CNS)..New York
JegToes honored three distingui
shed delegates to the United Na
ions Assembly last Friday night
/hen the Provisional World Coun
il of Dominated People joined
with the West Ihdies National
'ouncil in a testimonial dinner at
he Hotel Capitol. Guest of honor
/as Brigadier General Carlos Pi
^Romulo, Philippine delegate to
he assembly. Sharing honors with
tim were Mrs. Vijaya Lakahmi
’andit, Indian representative and
T. N. Molotov. Soviet delegate.
Richard B. Moore was the gen
:ral chairman for the history
aaking occasion, marking the ap
>reciation of the Negro people for
he efforts of the tree delegates
m bhalf of th independent peo
>les of the world Inez Matthews,
wprano, sang several French and
Jerman selections as principal
puest artist.
40RALS SQUAD NABS 8
N RAID ON HOUSE
Metz Manion. 60, of 2509 Maple
Street, was booked on a charge of
reeping a disorderly house early
Sunday after the police morals
quad raided a house at 2234
4iami Street. Eight other persons
vere charged as inmates.
Evidence taken by the raiders
ncluded eight decks of cante,
line pairs of dice and some
ihange.