VIRGINIA " CROW" LIW I
OVERFLOW COURT
CROWD TENSE 5 CENTS
DECISION IS PENDING FOLLOWING
LLIANT ARGUMENTS BY ATTORNEYS
WMhingtoD, D. c., _\pril 4 -I ism. Our lovernment must be
Virginia's Jim Crow bus law reo based on a rerognition that they
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lenced in the U. S. Supreme there is nothmg unronstituhonal
Court by lnme Morgan. Miss III his state's statute requiring
Morgan was fined SIO in the Vir- rigid separation along racial
gini Courts for refusing to lines.
~hance 8 Jim-Crow seat on a I Thurgood arshall presenting
bus 01 the Riclunolld Greybound the facts to the court argued that
Lines mc,. Representing M1SS du to the elpment of interstate
organ w re Thurgood Mar-I travel involved the federal go\'-
General Abram P . Stapl"" re- dIStinctions in a m.anner termed ~~~.~E~§·E~~~~~ EIN TEl llre5enled the Commonwealth of "brilliant" by a listening official,\ ;;~;;~~;;,,~:::::~;;,,:::::;;;;;;;;~::::==========================~
;s~.~~~; ~:=ib;g;§.~: WILLIAM WARLEY TENANTS CAN INSURE COTfO~ CROP
cognttes human nature" and is clear that national policy is op-u
VICTIMS AID
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by 8 reality. Laws ~lUlOt alter The case was argued in 8 LIST GROWS human nature or raee antagon- ,Continued on page 4)
EXTOLLS C. M. E. MILITANT EDITOR AND RACE LEADER'S
PASSING IS SHOCK TO CITIZENS
FAMOUS SCIENTIST HEADS LIST
OF OUTSTANDING AMERICANS
LEADER to~\T!.~I~~e ~~::~ill:~~:, e:::~ I :~~iOliC and courageous writ- NEW York . April 4-Respond- of th theater.
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Bf Marion GUyiOll.-l)e-1egat-e-lo--the -E-akri-dg- e- nad Paxico Circuit. the Iliness of Mr. ~arley was ,. -egroes could not be measun:-1. Grant,
over him. That man is Dr. J . R. , ing the sam., thing paying off c.ty, was a ~ock to .all: Warley - l'.bington, D. C , April 4- firsthandandcxactinfonnaticm MEMORIAL ENDORSED NATIONAllY New York, April4-Si.'C lead- l presJdenl of th~ Chase National Speakers w.1I be Dr. F rank __ General D''\I~ht D EJSenbower 0 contrIbute."
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lllg hgur in the f.eld of art I Bank. '5 na t.ona l campa.gn P. G raham, pre> ldt nt of Ln" t;nt~ . I " ho recentl~ appotnted ,a ~ Earher m the .... eek Mr. While
form the panel of ludges who I chaJrm:lO. "ersllv of North Carohna, . lr.! LIttle Rock. ArK., Ap rtl 4 - ?,an board to tnvest .gate caste (Continued on pa£e 4)
Rocky mount. Va .. Mar~h 28-1 castIng da lly .n the interest of wiu selecl the wmner of a sym- Fr~nkhn D. RooS(.vdt, J r.. " nd ' Southern leaders .... ere urged last tn the a rmy receIved a sugges~
S J . Ph illi po;, presIdent of the (Continued on page 4) bol contest "'hJch has been con~ WOULD OUST Dr. J . Ra} mond W .. Ish. author. Friday n o;:h by form ... r Gov~ I hon from Wa ller White. se<:re-
Booker T. Washmgton Birth~ ! dUCled among the 33 member leclurer and rad., ~"mmtntalor. emor :J~mes C Alfred of T('"aS'l ta~ of the AACP ~o appoml BUSINESS LEAGUE
place Memon~ 1. announcts thal .nstltubons of the Un.ted egro Dr. Graham IS h, nOl .. " ;1I<'Sl- to take .mmedlate steps lo abo- a. N~g.o to the n '; created
the Slate of Vlrgtnla m the G,n· SEND LETTER TO CoUege Fund. NAACP PRESIDENT dent of the - uthcm CO!'!CT,n~ h-h the poll ta.'C bv stall- aCII(,n $.xman board to mqUlr.l tnl~ GI TO MfET IN 1,1 UST erM A mbly wh .ch c!OS<.>d on I Th Leo Id Ar d' f H V' If as a mme to bring more voters cr,mplamts ncgar,img l'agte III ~
March 9 a ppropria ted $15,000 to· I d an C~f ~;: $Ch: of 8'C~~:. - - "~r. u';:'7,,,: :o-:r~~.rm= " ,th IlO lL .. polk th ... army. __
wards ~ $2,000,000 tcmorlal. l GOP COMMITTEE t u re, Columb.a Unl\'ersll} : Puiladclph14. Apnl 4-Cbarges Mr.;. J ohn H9mmond. J r .. of the Allred tolo the al lorntates thaI, if I ~on tn a telegram whIch ! laled, 46th Annual Convenuon of I'
place 01 Booker T. Washington. I ~ -- I art scbool, Pratllnslttute: Stev.- h on of ~e P hdadelphl:l cl.ap er York Commttlee, IS retlfmg I th stales aboltsh the poll tax, 'If.t IS not too lat may I rug- Nat ocnal egro B iness LeaGUe
Thl$ appropriatIOn was made lo- New York, April 4-A I tler I art KlonlS, d.rector of Art Stud- of the AACP, headed by Mag-, from hIS work WIth the YMCA I then southern senators WIll not I gest that a most useful I?urpose w ' be held in Philadelph.a ill
wards the ~blishment of per- "as sent last ~turday lo the ents League; James J . Sweeney, IStrate Joseph H. Ramey have I May I. 1946 10 become director bave 10 filibuster to kiU a sim.- would ~ sen;ed by addJtlon of August from the 25th 10 the 29tIL
manent buildings and to pro- I Repubbcan National Comnuttee I director. department of painting been ftl~ w.th the' abonal of the Phelps _ Stokes Fund lar federal law. He satd th pro- a quahfted Negro to SJX ~ The local branclJ of the organa_
mote the general .dea of the asklng cons.deratlon of the f.ve and sculpture Museum of Mo- cbapter lo New York by 11 'h b k ' th' _ .... federal anti·poll tax law I board appomted by you to Ill- t the Philad I b' ... ~-
emor. Items-- ,.e Ii· yn~ • dern Art; and E. Somms Camp- members o( I' local group, .t fields of egro education and was unconsbtubonal. qUlfe IlltO caste tn the U. S. Leagu . will launch a popuJui-
M al. FEPC th An ' L h' th ' "JC sponsors wor III e ~ ... la IOn, I' P 18 .., ..... ~
The idea of eslablishmg a tng BtlL ':he AntJ~Poll Tax Blll, beU and Char!es .AIst:m. was :E:vealed lasl week. race relations in the Uruled "We are all welded to thc I ~y. As you and 1. know from y contest, 'and a TracIe Wet:k
Memoria~ to ~ker T. "!Ia bing- the H~usmg Bill and the con- One hundred (lo!\ars in cash Ulilwng a loosely dawn doc- Slates and Africa, and Negro theo that the rights and ha hrst hand observation no ele- Exhi ibon from June 3e to ~
ton at hIS birthplace III appre- servatlve Republican ~ Southern Sa ' B nd th . ument, couched III brazen verb- h mg N Y k C'ty ry p- ments suffers more from caste 16 . nnecli ·th the
cialton (or hIS conlributions to Democratic coalilion _ al its or . a vmgs . :) IS I' pnze lage and crammed w.th trIllU- ous m ew or • . pmess of the people can ~ ~ I and racial dISCrimination than . ~ 00 on Wl CClIIY_
National welfare has been en. meeting in Washtngton on Mon- go~g to the ",".nner of the co?'- endo, suppos.tlon, unfounded Dr . Anson Pbelps Stokes wiu secured through state ~J n, the N gro. From our conversa-dorsed
by 33 Governors over tbe day. The letter said in part: ~bhon, whJch closed at mid- ~onclusion, vague distortion and give the invocation at the din~ th~ former governor said. He tions I "m certain you agree that A d.inctory J.isting ner:Y :He­Nation,
th Press, the Cb~, As the Republican Nattonal ~.ght Marcb 17. The north Carn- immaterial techmcallties, the ob- nero Honorary guests will be: Dr. saJd .t was tun~, for s~th "!~ no really democratic army will gro busmess and ~
Departments of Education, or- Committee meets on Monday, lIma Mutual LIfe Insurance Com- structJonists aver thal Rainey Eugene E. Barnett, Mrs. Mary to prove that ~te ngh IS ever be acbi ved as long as such man and wo~ in e clt.7 will
ganizati n leaders, Womcn'$ we ask. on behaU not only of pany, D~rham, on of the .Ia~gesl should be removed because: (I) . lcLeod Bethune. Dr. Charlotte more than a polthcal phrose. ra ial d mar tions resulting in also published by the ftId eI
groups, and is being h£arltly re- 13.000,000 Amenc4ln cittzens of egro :surance. 3SSOC.altons, He did not read some minutes Hawkins Brown. Judge Hubert "We in the South have said discrimination and segregation July. The. l al group wiD ~
ce.ved by the general pubhc. • gro blood but as well on be- h;os put p the pnz . from a prev.ous IDee 109; (2) Delany, Fatb r George B Ford, that w ""ow best how to d al ccntinu . ay .... ., also 5lIgge t I do t aebv.tle5 from the JI~
Much publiCIty is being given h;.U of other AmerlC3ns coneem- Tbe Fund .s a voluntary group That h w ~pollSlble for rul- Dr. Clark !'oreman, fro Lester with the rada! problem and that ~allmg of qualified • '''groes to I W Hall, Brood Sl., aboge ....
lbe mov .. ment by th radlo. A ed with the fate of our country, I of .,gro p"va " coUeges ... hich ing out 3 resolutton d plte e G~ber, Bishop G. Broml y Ox- we resenl outsid intcrl ren(~," I\'e forst hand le;timoay. This I r.
Booker T. Washington M mori.1 that the Coml~\Jttee. take uneqw- annually conducts a ~tJon",rid,.e fa~l thaI the ruJm In. question namJ. Mr. Walter Wh.te and Dr. he slales. "'Is il now high I1me associat.on will be haPl1Y to fur- 0, .. r 3lI slates "ill be repre-
Quartet. composed.o( men who" '31 and aUtrmaltve action .on rmanc~al ap~aL ThIS year s was mad by Tbeodore Spauld- .{ax Yergan. thaI we begin to dcmonstra n ' na.mes of .. SU1 at the convention, ...
recently served With the Army the above ISSU Such actton I campaIgn. wh.cb otxJlS on Apnl mg. Esq, a forma- presIdent; (3) The dinner comm.ttee in addl- through real lead Ip that ... e' ish . gro <:nlisted lar cst and most ~
Corp. Group at Ft. BellJlin&. Ga. vas pledged on se .... eral of them 17, bas as its goaJ the raising of Thal be increased the ex ecutive lion 10 k WCJSS consists of Mr. can deal best with that prob- men, Uicers, war correspoll- event, nsored by ,e ____
has been organized and is bl'05d- III the 1944 Repubhcan platform. SI,3OO,000. Frank M. Totton, ice commJltee from 27 to 35. J Frank E. Karelsen, Jr., I rs. lern! dents =d CJvili:ms "ho hlive in the 46 years of cq .......
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