MISQUOTED BY
-PRESS SAYS DEAN
om NOT ftCOMMEND SAlAR~S LESS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TIAN OTHERS OF "u" OF "L" SYSTEM ~UXE:MI
Dean B~~~.~Yle. ad- I=ty~~ the current }·e:lr. the
minstrator at . ville Munici-I Wb.!n asked ho • the money
pal Collec • o!Il this week I was to be distributed. Doyle
that he I}lffiended. or wU- : d Jared h r«Ommeoded a 15
lincly a eli. any salary I per cent ino-ease "across the I'
~ed::' fo;;",~e~ed -:= j ~~ this was fouod to be
coU-: -&eS afCiliated with the Uni- cr ater than the amount avail­versJty
of Louisvill 3)'stem. able. he suuestcd a ~cost-of-
The Dean asser1ed that he had living boIlus,M sum "" had been _ _ _
been misquoted ID newspaper cranted in the larger universi-0 E :;:.,-:,' w=~e 1ec~ ~ ti"'!j"ose amounts bad ranged L I the impression that the disparity from $400 to $900 per person 09
of salary sched between the sum a basis, H the educator
Louisville M 'pal College pointed out. uHowever. the NEE ~th~~~V~~lsof~~"! ~-~v~ = ::n -:; ===================-
r«Ommended by him. sum provided." be added. HEARING FOR AMOl'liG THE MUfflERS OF THE ORGANIZED LEADER FAMJLY GROUP
Formal appearance of the "The increase had to be appor-
'luestion of equalization came tioned. !low",·.,... and a staodanl
when he conferred with the was needed as a guide. Up to
acting pr esident of the Univer- that time: Dean Doyle ex­sity
on the qUestiOD of increases I plained, "Municipal College had
to be g ranted to the Municipal (Continued on page 4)
P · OBE LYNCHING'
WILLIE FRANCIS
'N S.
Saton Rouge, La.. Feb. 2 •. -
Hearing on the petition to
rhange the death sentence of I
Will;e F ranc is to life Impri n­ment
will be held here March
10 before the p:.rdon Ooard'l
Francis. con,·icted of murder and
The u. s. Supreme Court. by 3
• 5-4 decisJon. held that he must CAROLINA ;::::~ ~~E::'~:ct::'1
- ------- again go to the chair. All \X.or­>
O!lS wOO ",ish to have the sen- ·
SAYS II TAXI DRIVERS CONFESS TO ~':-:~:~m~~~T~~,.~rl
State Capitol, Baton Rc.uge. La.
IHIGH AMONG··
I RACE CHILDREN.
I ''FAST TIMES" CROWDED CONDIJIONS ,
I~':~"rn~~~~~~~~~: tlle Juvenile Court after four I to the lack 01 interest and
ycars' service. declared t.'lls lion OD the part 01 Jl8ftDI8.
week that crowded concti:.italS Judge Wetherby further ~
and lack of proper recreation;.} Dedming to a1IInn
-a~~ ..• ~.a~~tr"u:~e. ~:~~~ ~~~b;y~Rt.~~9·~~IMIlIi~~
COMPLICITY 0 ANOTHER SOUGHT
New York. Feb. 27-The I lumbia. S. C. ASKS EQUAL PAY
IN LOUISIANA
ident's Commission OD Ch'U NAACP investigators said the
Rights is "deeply concerned" victim. Willie Earle. 25. was
over the lynching in Pickens. I subject to epileptic attacks aDd
S. C .• February 17 and the ease l was not regularly employed on
will "command our dQ6eSt at- this aecount. He is said to have New York . N. Y .• Feb. 27.­tentian."
This was the assertion lUTived in his bome in Liberty. Arguing that the payment to
of Charles E. Wilson. chairman, S. C, six miles ~ Greenville. Negro teachers of a lower salary In the above picture are employees and cooperating members of The Leader family group
in a telegram to the NAACP at 10:30 p.m, Saturday. The than that paid to white teaehen; which was organized a t The Leeder- Building. S aturday. February 15. for the purpose 01 push­February
17. n.bbery and fatal attack on a with the same experience and ing forward the expansion program outlined for this year. during the 30th Anniversary Celebra-
Earlier. Walter Wbite, NAACP white taxi dri\''er in .Greenville aII!!ity w:lS " violation of rights tion of the paper. and whieh should restore T he Leader hack to or beyooci its befor .... th .... w ar
sec ret a ~. y. had telegrnphed occurred Sat~rday ~ Ight. The guaranteed un state I brought to trIal If a grand Jury .chool dLtrict .... ith tha! of .u ~;early 2.000 pecp;e lammed K,ei ;-=ce Company. m. h .• r of (Continues the 'Fe • "'" ere __
the A.M.E BlShop ~' tid-Winter The site of the Quadrennial Mis- People are sticking closer to I publ~ or Llbena. h.",ld I first n.eetiq;.• \·. . "re pl..noc-d r,'r th(' the ni~ht .,..Jore re. su It~d m t~ .1"Pil.cc de res:i~nce·· to u,e 23 ~ruary 20• . 1?4
6
3$. the 10.1It
Council, the C nectional Coun- slOnary Society was ehan~ed thEir jobs tlus year. F igures ~=~tS~~c~/r~~~~.::..at~: fut..,.." Wlthd.;" ·al cf 'NAACP Pdttj rcpc 'U1)ati~(S of four local F~,":;\~fticialJY dISSOlved OIl
cil. the Boa..--d of EdUcati~D •. the {rom J acksonvllie. Fla., to New compiled by the !-lDited States I ticial, electcd ',vel'e :;5 1 )1\0 .... -.; ---_ _ - _ _ Iir.es rrom the I\1l:SlC Hall c.n thc t nc~pers drr-..nged by J.1, ~ f. lnacti~"8ted 00 November J"
Executivc Board of the lon-\ Orleans. ~. . Employment Servtce show that I rs. Lucy Har:h SmIth. Lex- _ day ct hu cbr.cerL At er her I !~ - eel, public .rela I'm l lr'8. t:naJ diAOJution of U.
ary Socie ty . the General Con- ' The SCSSIOns v.-ere held In the the ~otal employment figure for ingt..'n. chalman: Prof. Iie~,r... SC>EC.AL FORUM recital there hund .. ecls, o~ prop!e .",unsell r of the msu an"" 2.;th WlU deferred until tile
ference Commission and other I bu lld~gs of Allen UruVl'rSlty LoulS,·,Ue DOW stands a t 1~.6S0. Eo Cheaney. f'r..nkf"rt. SCCT·- AT Y.W.c.A.. melud tng.....,r of CIVIC leadc.'S, I ccm~y. . group of =0 o!Ti~ers and 535 ...
affiltated bodies. number~g I and m Beth I ~I.E. Ch~h. Employment Service Dtrec~or lary: Mrs. Ora 'Gi • .;,;. Henc!e .- • The ublic IS cordiaU ... ted flocked b:i~e to COngrntu-/ S •. S . on .pr~fessor of ~ l.i:;ted men, eh.-n for .......
about 2,000 persons. made t1J!s ~:op F . f: Re;! the~~~t l\.~ra He,: ~lDteJd out tha~~:.!> SOD. trea.eU Pro,.ldcn"e tant . ~nd tn 'b<>rder I.ne" t ·- buSIness to eultivate this station for tile
ence at LitUe Rock. Ark. Bishop D. W. ·icbok preached 1946. and 959 fo the same po!- se<:re~. • as.", ~"',,"""ty or !Au. , .11. an d I where j im crow still bolds sway initiativ e" in busin~
All f,ourteen of the active for Ie Bishops' Council and Rev. rlOCl this year. . 1'< un:C'1 p<>1 ~,~Clfe '" III nL«-USS In seating •• rrangrments bdween I Explaining that he '
bishope. except Bishop Williams Wayman Blakely of Little Rock. Expectaucns, are that job Th . Olit1 " med " ,,·cral ~ ~ject . Would n .",,-,!J t Negro :lnd wlute. subject, "Root. of Our
who is aiel<, were presenL I delivet'Ed the sermon for the p~men In February will a p- dozens or clh:en. or be Ih r oes. c n La~ I rr p~:- R.,. " too IeD&tl\)' tID be
11 will be remembered that Co t ional Coundl proximate that of February, I,,-:.oc throu~hout the \:lte ot UlIJ6 S 10 Kentu. ,,: .' . Rob- eDUre~ an the
Bi8bopa D. H. Sims and G. E. One of the mo&t tallt-about 1946. Ch·u 1.,200 persons sougbt Kentucky. as n .~STJ».,.,. of tile .. rt Warner l th< n.:~ .. nt I MISSIOIURY SPEAKER the yoatllfW - appoeu; .. ll~ ....
Curry "'-c.."1! expeUed a t Little events of the meetq was the and secured cmp1o}-ment in that Otizens J\d.-L.l