EVADE CIVIL
RIGHTS QUIZ
PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS SLOW TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS PUT BY N.A.A.C.P.
New York. Dec. lB.-Few of I portunity."
the Uldividuals who h v been Harold E . Stassen hn made
mcntioned as po ible candidates Ihe only fOl thnght comment Ul
for the pre idency on the Re· a td gram dated De«m r 5
publican or Democr a tic tickets from Columbus, OhIO. reading.
have been wilhng to date to " In r ,porue to your letter of
answer the request of the ~ o\ember 14 h I eo Ider the
.'A ACP for opim os on the Rt'- Rqlon 01 th Wd... .. ,. COmmittee
. t of th Pr .Ident's Commil- on C"'il Rights D be a .up.:rb
te,e on Chi! RIghts. On Nov"m·1dO<.;ument. ~t oP. Ig",'e It gen ral
ber 14th, Walter WhIle •• ' AACP upporl hOW and mtcnd to speak
ccrcta!')·. asked ea~h of the as- on Its r~o('ommendatJcos in dH .. I1
p tran "00 you appron of the In the coming months."
Committ ~·s recGmmendaticns' GO\'ernor Thomas E. Dew yof
II not, will you tell u~ whil'h,. 'W York made no dic",ct reply. E N ones you dlS3ppron' and the rea- Jam~s C. H~l;el ty. Ext·,·uti:e As·
sons lor your di....;.approval... '~lstan t t("l th CO\·t'rn r in.5trad
Sena tor Arthur Vandenberg of wrote his opinion as f.llows: "A
:MIchigan and Sena tor Wayne cardul read tn of the recom-
10rse of Oregon have replied mendations lead me to belie\'e
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~~~o~~':gha~:r~=~::;: ~~!P~~: a\~~~~~v ::er:;:;~<~~ JIM-CROW, BARS PRESEN T SCHOOL tions contained in Ihe repol t as ommends." Mr. Hagerty c"IIs a t-thorough
study as they \\'~h to te nt ion to the New York State
~;;·0:~a:.e~~t~7at~~\:ai~om' l ~a\\~I~~:'::lt ~~:~~i':'n~~~~tio~ ~ M AS U ED (' OUT '
;~i:~~!:~~i~~~itt~I~~a~:~:~~~;m~~:~:~{.~:~~~ I L., '- I L 0 .~ I' SY S TEM WA. ST EFUL ernor Earl Warren of CalifornIa is presumed to mean the F atr •
=:o~,~o~::!i~~ c~~ ~~~:s~~~ ~ft~~:,~~!~ae~iC~rA~!~:"~: WAllACE DIXIE TOUR SIGNifiCANT; .
a comment "at the earliest op- (Continued on Page 4) SAYS IT DEMONSTRATES POpUtARiri' "I TRUMAN'S (OMMISSION ON EDUCATION
New Yn"k, Dec. lB.-==-s~~r"-j Enr ... here he "ent his a udi.1 - ~ , RE(OMMEN~S SWEEPING (HA DEMANDS G 0 P gatlon "" tite \'ery heart 01 th: nCl< jam",.d ih e a\'a llable "u' ~ CHRISTMAS PRAYER 1 de~~a..~.:;.~nTr~~;,.,l<~-:P:'~~~l'°~· C" "In .'~ 1,
, • •• "y lem of e"plOlltng the Negro, .. to IUms and all GIlts, "''' bc,,~h Thee that Th) SPl'lt r;'a" l' . H:d1 "d' -0 • 0: d. 1 d. . ~'I.""a~ ~;;; the
.... - 'r PO[ICY CHANGE' ~~~n~~~;: i~~~~~:~ u~~t!o~o; I_'~~i.}~ warlike foreIgn pas:o::~~ : !~,~, t~~:s I~~~~:::' ~::~E::~'S~:~;: ~,: !;~n~::::~~~>:~': rj::~~ ~~~~~fi~:I~1 ~#:I~ § ,
l In the uth:' In the current r the Adrr.mist rat ion . gr~titude. ~ . ,_ -. _. . . l th:S~l 1~7Id:r b~" t~: r;::.c_ll~!n;: a~ea;.~· ~·~'e c::un~~ 01
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LS,ue of ,he magaZIne. AI Atlan ta. t radItional head,;;. Grant u .. 0 1.ol(i. ,'·IOJ I,) a nd co\lt:.ge for Ihe )ea: te> 1 Ci" il RIghI> C'on.",,,,«> ... "!v ;" thdl many of the European con-
Furth .... )" on III the same art l cl~ q ua rters of the K1a n. over 3.000 I ~ ,-f'm~. CJ\" us nt'\\" ~tt~n th to endure the monotony of umc.. ~o\"em be r. . c.-eplo;: Ol t:ducation ~~(h.l1 d be
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~_ 18 h I Ott the former Vice P reSident s tates: whites and Negroes crowded I ~ tha t we May In our d 3J ly tasks ",'ork n ot for ourselvts alone .3 fhe cOMmu..sion headed b,'" Dr. abandonro and the .~ m't'T I
Washmglon. D. " u=. - mmee. W 0'" po JCY comml ee I"M d 1 r b t f Th Gl d H I ~
Senator L;inger of rl ()rlh D3-i mN thiS 'all In P hil.delph,a. un- vtnc~r~h:tn fh;;;:1 u~m ~o~i into the cit,··s largesl Neg ro ~ u or y ory an onou r n ways.. ~ ' George F . ZOok . p~e,.d€r.1 e tne .system ,!locld be aHur.ed ! the
k ola. rose in the Sena te No\' 24. der the chmrmanshtp of R H ma'lntalnmg J im CroP," apond ra.. Ba ptist church to hear Wallace'l lI' Help us to put aSl~e a ll preJudl~, v a in g lory and h a t l'«!. ~ ' .\m..:ncan CvUJlC'il O~ Ed lcaLO~. neeC. of the "frPe C'it i7e.r:~ ()1 ur
,." The meeting was a vic tory fOfl i G rant to each the ~\'Isdom to ac~ Justly. to spea ~ the t ruth ~ lean fur swt.:.epmg chanr(-_ to) democr.\t'y:' The AmenC"CJl rot-to
seek .un~n lmous coment for I Church, Imd dr~w up a plan to, cia l segrega tion in public meet . bo ld l\' to s tand vallanl fol' the Ight to be m f I nde I ~
the repllnttng In the . Congres- WID back Ihe ='O egro. voter. '. I ings is n ot hat red of the Negro :~: ~~~~~:~~eg~~O~el:I~CeY fOo~ i standl~g .and lo.v ing towa rd ou : feu~w. men e~~;~~o;·h~l'e .•- : dl~~obieancod 1I~:let,,~nrfie;lI"',.~C.~"'.',:~r ~~~.' iIteogre s~~\dOe'~ld'" n~,·u·zteon.!"'h.i~,', P"a'nedd slMal Record of an art 'cle ISSUed To> accomph,h thIS obJectl\e, h ' . th . 0 C D ~v ~ ,,, , ,_.. • , L '
by prommEnt Negro Republicans th" rommiUee belle," thaI "11 I so muc hdS It IS . e d e;tre to Human We lfare. i our ;~~~ th:
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;:::: an~Yd~~r:~:Yio~I~; ~h;u~'i~~at';:-:t a\~.~ i Youth t('r hfe in 2(:'-C'lntlory must Il'arn .. bout hE' c"'~nms
wh~ch a ttacked the national in- i~ rlece~~ary that the entire al- ~;:;~~r~t s~n~i~:~~e~Slo~h: u~~~~: In an earher s peech to s tu- 'JI rna\' help bring Thy Kingdom to reign on earth and that _ d.emocrncy. l.t urJ!cd t..C elJ:'!.m.:r- ~nd ~~and.Jrds of t he!!" Y);I len" ,
acuo'l of their party [or JLlck of t ltude 3'ld ~trategy of our party . il ed f b h Y., dents a t Atlanta's :Morehouse I the~ le4st of us rna be led b the st ill wa ters int r n 2 hen of raCial ,~egr€p'.~.c.n L:>d Includtng R~13~
inter t In the problems of la rg- 3' 'I .ffects Ihe colurtd CI tizens I pnv eg .0 ot races. College Wallace warned of the II d h ~ h f II y b h h ,0 g eo .. quota ,-y> em. '" rl'l.~ Too Thl' cnmmlsslon ree( ('tlIZlng
est racml minority in the naUon. m,-,~t be changed." \Va llac( 5 recent tour of the d a nger' of 3 " bac~w ing which ~ ~::~'.J~:~ ~a:e.e rmc~.O a may e t e ~~~t~f ~~\~:.~u~-~! I03- pul!l: reJ~)rt,. t:n:. (: !' .. , '-'\.: - RlI5~i:l a... .,ne of . th~, . v_urh:!' s
The arlJcle was printed In the As ~pt)ke'man h,r he l;:ar~ ~t South 1 regarded in political may perha ps agam make the ;,~'t.3f~~~ )'."2.~*~~Ji~ ... ",,.:);,.,.,.:a.J;.".~.Jl:-... i.~,.);;.~:a; umec tt.".ng p:qJo:(C Y ,,...t. greatc!~'"t powers .~rd . I·,f· ave-
Rl'publican. :l p{1rty organ, at ringle m nonty in ~hc l:!litcd eirel s here n.~d in Washington S tate of Georgia a his ing by. Cor:unitlcl: (:( :l~\, cftee :.-:( ~ ... c:- I'age AmLr:c .... n colleg f"!.lduate
the behe:t uf lhe Rcpubh("c..n Stl..l.tC!". thl· cc,Jmmltt£-e (xpr{~~t.d as an irr.prcsslve demonst ration word in liberal clfclcs in the a(;~ental d.fft.·It:,.(:(~ ct.: "t,.- ·lkno\l,,·s alHI,)-..t nothmg .... wut the
AlT'eClc::.n commlltce. a r. •• mp lol .in,cere dbapPUIDt!f<,nt in the of his p :.o"al popularity and VDltcd States.' I CHRISTMAS SEALS BOOTHS OPENED AT de, ''i,."r::"",c und .. ..::h'".:~r .•• n I So"IH t:ni, n. ! he sludy 01 the
• Negro GOP leade~. I'ee(,rd 01 C"n~re». I the glo "I:-g support to hIS pro- Wallace latel' spoke in Nol'- phIlo,<>pt'ec> "nd 'a;(. :-:< e ,'(r.- IV.S.S.R. In • sincere ~~I £m,..t to
pr~n~Cfo~~~:::e"ional Record re- fa;;~:ee~~~ t~~t~~~Re~~I~,c~~~ I gram. (COnllnued on Page ~) BUSY POINTS THROUGHOUT (1T'f ~~~(;;~~.c :~:t:7,:,~~;:: P~~lIoi'~; ~;:::~~~~:;""I~~e~~s~!'e ~i:~' ,~~
Th Rppubhcan party h~s not ""n trolled Congre.. In 16 )e"I" OHIO GOVERNOR REFUSES TO GIVE . , .' , re,p"n>lolhty "I hi!:"e" lputed hall I> d"r.n,t_'c. t -\
t('(:t" th<: ~e rll clllzc:n"" he death .s<.nt('nt(~ Imposm on Eddie I·JU1Y lIon condition It. 1 ,rC_ I ta fferl b i t 01. Ralph J Bu:tcht.·. d.lN.:C t c~:>n~ld . "Bustcl'· p", ton. ~lts~i&;ippi all finar.cial ~id from the state. MEMPHIS DOES IT iJ1, Rr-d C~Q~:~::be~ ~~ ~~~~ r the UX True: C'e-.hlp dl\.t510n.\
Th~t l.. u:e. (:':l! n~t ~'llml m t'l I youth. wa· M.:l asiut: y(:~terday CU\. Thom~~ J Herbel t mad, t ra l High School. a nd s t ud£: nts '7<0; I thCjdlly • arrcd ,t'hu:1 (If the- . .
thf!' Republican Ameru:an co .. - b~ . thto, U. S. Supreme Court tJ,lI~ tatcrT£.nl, h 're I~~: ·.\·cek i. AGAIN- SHOW BANNEDI of LoU,1SVliJe :\lu n iclpal College. "l'Crelilna~ .ttc ... n p:.anylOg the B_.c~ H,.'I, F.,Jj",. P---- ~ ~ '_ I Tt..I~ JZ ! ... ~.lpIIC ,p,r ad t 1 • r,~ 1-
VETERANC BLACT contentIOn that "egro< wCle ot':JU Cu!zen" C.,mrr.lttet: to pe - -- d d b d th t d- \\ ··dne.x1ay ty T:yg\'a Lie, ~£"Cre- clpal r! r ... clal "'('~rep.:.( . . tt £" t!flno)l .llld lu·omotJonal ( ,.,!t.un
I\.\·hlch uph ·Id the defl:ndant"~ ar.~\.\·~r tn 0.1. requcst tr\)Jfj the ' The \."olun t ers wear head- P:.le..,lIr.c ("on.rnl~!'ll n here l r. tl (AP,-A\)(-J~hmt:n r·: .t·t ~r.n - v ·JlY n.;"I~t. .. 0 effccu· .. t \."fUhd-
J . J I ~\~temahcCtI1y (:xcludM !rom th4.! tit n thE:· ~1X-C131 M' ... ic.n of th~ lOt .. oh: . Tenn .. f\ec, It.-Tht ~£..: ~ anD ar;:; ~n Sed a
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15- la,-y gencrdJ (..1 the world 01'- :'\tHh( (L~t Churrh , ...... !to ,- ilT.J)()~:-ILh ~,nd mdlca·c t · ,· b- (OMMUNIST (HARGE J~:-V ~\.'illCh con\.·j ted him. lcgl~lature which opened Tu. - .:\ iL' ". 'e'w Orlean.:· whlch rn~:mtat~ona~Uem~le~r:f the ~~.~~ t:.dl~jzatl n. .. ":tnd d b}. \he \\·(1 .. ~r;! D:", - urdl1)" III .. uc-h CI di\ I~ •
-- . II J usttCe H ugo L. Blac~. who dOlY to de('(f o\'~r all tate ~ld- .e;~~~ - t~:peter c, 3,nd band sad eagamstluberculosis, Booths 1ht. gr;.H'd,',on of a slave, D~'15ItJn (1 Chn!'tli'co n..(t f<.of ,t.:e The \',(m'.n's dJ\".JSUJr. "'~ f~- wrote th' C Uft'S una nlmou In to the A :\1E~. The committEe .e Ul: Arm ~r mg .. WdS cd ' 666 Cl b J k Bunehe once ~r\.'ed as aS~ldlC. churc~ In J!"le<:tInl h ~ .as:· f'u'med 1', ,·pJ)05ltJCm (J' Uf)l~
Chicago. Dec. 18,;-The Umted op imon. saId all th lurists w.~ "'r ,,~ed (,f 1I1,Z",· from "~n'led flum llemph" l, GU\·. .. ...... rlean.· \.as th;C- ~~~te/ 6th ~~d ,;:rn~~: DI~~: ""rtmenl. DurlOg Ihe war. hel' J · D. Bragg of St, Lou.~ .c Ihe
cloth, a nd g lVIOg officIal sanc d"nc~ nf purposeful discrimma- H .1>< rt . aId that hl' had agreed "r," l!n1~(d Ar.. pr:xiuctlon D S 13 h d W In was connected w.th Ihe Office of poIlCY- r.'aO< IOg group fvr 1.3u3.'
lion to. those .... ho .... o~ld stlf1~ tlon" agaln. t young PiOllon. in- '" gl\'e Ihe church full reo pun',- outl~'~ed In ~nt ,ron:h~. Trl' B;:;'g~ t;;';g ~tor": IOlh
a a~~ ·l1 .llcglc servIces. 452 :lletho.ellS,1 worn !'. MURDER SU S
tte VOIces of Negro ~ eterans. eluding th f. t that no Negro b,llly I 1\, I!d .h<,w abil,ty !v 1·lm C'urky wa ba nned bt:- Cb t d P I P h ' I Tb reco",m ndat.c.!1 \ -11 t-€
Ally G n. Clark'" characteriza, Ju ror hru "rved on a Lauder, wke ,,' H lull <>perallon 'f lil~ caU! It ,ho\·.cd . '",;r <> and ",hlle estn~2th an d ;'P s ~r- • PLA VERS' GUILD PRODUCES ... Iaced before th ch"rch', r n' -_
ti ' n f the orga nl2at iQn a an Idale Cou nt~ Jury In more than u • .:.uhJ.:I(,,o. ,H' dId fin t. ho,," e\"cr, ctilld 'n in he. me ~hooJ roolll. mad' Man B 11 ~tnut. C- I "BLYTHE SPIRIT" iCTal c('Inf rence n xt ".nl :. ~ ilncl of the t \" t f ~ d
"affiUa~:e of th Communist 30 ~eal·. - ".lY wI"' tncr the 1e \1§:lat ure- t.J .. yd T. Bmford ,. SO. y r ~ld C:~ m~:~ \~s. ~th t ~l ~~:::.:~ T .llahassee, Dec. l~.-T.b So ton. It s tr lkD; at l~' (.f 'dn'i~ M:n arr .:l'd for qu t o · mr in
party. \' ~ u!d l..e "". \ t:n dnl' ptw.· 01 the chO',rm:m (It the Cl y ... molion hZ.ed' s} gd , FlOrida A a nd 1\1 P layer GUild lallon of the l\teth,,-lt.t day of th WE"O( la\\31llng " d "ltn '" J ucl,(e Rt'" n gl\' n was that "It ..... ' BROTHERHOOD SPEAKER of Noel Cowa rd 's sophist icated un ified ,n 1939. Th .' J:ro Juris- m Pol! ("" r t, Mond , The
was affilJaled wllh no political on The Ltoader plant. no i. u ,,1 F rank J "hns<'n. court a l ~ '""i~ ~~mbhng p lclure m"d in U... T he Brotherhood of he Ca l- comedy, " Blythe Spinl." d ict ion-d _Ignated It ntral gill .., id -h. . "".: a c"I'~:.t ...: In
party. Murphy characl llZed the paper W,'II be published for Ion the IIl!,hlfUI <>wn ., h lp ", 1,,-<1 I~~t d,stnct of 'f'\\, r- \'ary Sapti, t Church Will pres nt l Under the direction of Ra n - I J unsdICUon- ls on ell c .... The n lnnmg I .. "", he a ppli ••. C\ ' 10'"
Clark's inclusion of UNAVA in IlIrda y. lJeeember 27. Turn t., 0':-/ II I,~ II on Ihe campus ar.d h'.lr,. ~ev. V. P . Offutt. J r., in a spe- d ol!,h Edmunds, and wil ~ the other fi"e juri Ie '''~. <, ,·cr. ! at (' lIIalkt't tr I .. n, ' ,·s,
hIS recently r leased black list I page 4 o f lhl> week's anm"ersary the • .., t n ghl to t he u. of the! ------ ':Ial program on unday evenmS'l aSSLSlance of Mrs. Lowe ll P I ero, I are based on g gr:lphl und- wh re Ihto \\oma n was " u" l un-a
"a cyn ical a nd callou a t- I and ho liday I  ton the floor. T' III n
tempt on th part of our coun- i a nnouncement o f The Le~dl' , I ·n '. we are a ttempting . to OffuU' ubject WIll be Th ners, wh ich is a rather c~'nical Tb"lma te\ n 0(: 1I",.~_lpp. were H~"ry Hober 3;;, PI 502
try's h ighest law nloreem n t , :lOth Ar.n1ve r.,ary 6-month ob- & a, faIr., w are. We mail rend r the r~ce and eornm~ty. Broth rhood of !\Ian. Music WIll commen tary on English upper xecutiv secretary of tt "'t)- . 6th. IIn.i William -n '''. 22,
official to intlmldale egro , ·ct · . erva r""'. rebUlldJng • .od ,""1>"'" ' h papu l' h w k. Why n t ,lut d not fmd urne to mail a ,. be fu rn i,,; hec! by the Brotherhood class ociely. assumed p ropor- man's dl\'lslon. d lared "1M 2~04 ("eel", S:n1th.''''' w.
crans m Iheir fight for Jusl i e, ,>Ion PI'''ltT •• m. naIl '" ,2,hl r.>r on y r. t , rem.l nce. ~bon J~ 5025 and Chorus and the chOIrs o( the " ti ns easily u nderstood by th I Central Junsd,ctlon H.,br char~cd oIoIth \agra ncy. .. II Id
freedom and seculity ." -Th Publu-h r. ~3