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WRITES GOVERNOR:
STRONG LETTER'
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Compiete Coverage
LOCAL· STATE · NATIONAL S¢
WHY PAY MORE7- SA YS MANKIND IS BOUND TOGETHER
BY BOND AND THAT PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE ~VO~L~M~E~~~I ====~;;::::~===S~A~TUR~D~AY~'~JUHE~;12;' 1~94~8 =====::=::=======!~~~~~~~~~
"I believe that mankind is bound t gether by bonds so strong I ==~=~===============;;;;;:;;;;;;,,;;;;;;~~~============================~JfUMJI~~ER~32
that hard as we may try, we can ne,'er break them. These bonds
might be-should ~nds of lov . 1 am af raid that orten
are nol
"When one portion of the human family is denied
with another portion, tensions grow up, fears de"clop, wars come.
Over and over again we have seen it happen-that un-Christian,
undemocratic cycle. We hate it with our Innermost beings, yet
we foster it here In our own State of Kentucky.
"People are people, no matter what color their skin. Tbt)'
love alike, they h3te 3like, they learn ahke--they are alike.
Tbose are the words whicb began the letter of Miss Betty
Marie Ellis. 23, a student of religious education at the College of
the Bible in Lexington. Kentucky. Governor Earle Clements
and Boswell B. HodkLns, Superintendent o( Public Instruction,
brgln Monday, was rejected by PreSident R B Atwood Atwood a~3~e ~:Itl:~~ ~~~C~heh~~g~r:,h~~~~,~ee~rs:!::,s:'~;~o ,,~~;~u~~~1 MUS T V 0 TEl N explained to the young white student that Kentuck)'s "Uay
La\\" plohiblts operallon of an) school \\ here both white and I
Negroes are recc",ed as pupils
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"ood. the white gu-I said, "I am very sorry that the aos\\er hod ;\Il' 'ICII'AL'S I-lO~OR GRAD ATES
to be 'No.' Had 1 U,e financial and legal b3ckmg. 1 would like SAYS ATTITUD~ "ery much to contest the law as It stands." Miss Ellis declared.
She said she was o[ '·the firm opinion" that the Day Law was not " ii', ~:r":~~~dtl~~'~cr~~~a';"~:~~'~~~~~'~f ~h:f (~~~.a~d_~';"~~nnt~:~~:~~ i I ~ , U
of Kentuck,·... II I SHOULD CHANG "Governor. 'How Would You Like
To Be A Negro?" I Stating that sh h3d to be content wi h protl'shng, Miss :
EJ1is:.d~~~:~n~Or. ~:::~~:~:~:I;l;:t ~~~ ~~(~ ~P~.('!I~k~~u C~:~~du:.~~ I
would you? You would ne,'er hah' iJ,'n,me Gon.nor. 1\1ore th'ln a1~I{ME~ GIlADUATE TH ~aATIVES
:~.lli:~I:~~U~~~~idth~~O::~l~\.(~:\';; \~~~;~~. h~~ut~~'o~~a~:~.e~~ h~(:~ AND FRIE,.,)· HHiROB SHOU DOTE
had the chance to m~~;n~cu~~ie;:sp;:gO~ ~,)'ant(,(!, to .. at In the II I t;' )!UII':,II, S. C., JU!l I-':::, t stalcm\~n\~ ("\.f:r madct:f're
MAN S SHOT
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tI~{{ rl II i tiS \"eLf! told 'lie t • ~ ........... agaln \ 'llhir tht' last few
.i'.:1 U :It 1 h.'" sti t~ ~huu: 1 c! - - .' .) 1~.
II :dh'II~ .... t \" a ·(:s I·"'; ~ • .;) S,lIth Cal·olin; Denlocratic
, '~~"I"'t . ,':y has I""t the" leg,,1 fights BY -S WIFEI n" s .I,h"-r.t', ., "'"G ~ ,l " ,,,' inlair i •• P' mary pl""ll,,"
~I"" h I I n. Bel·"tly Ite t. .. ,' ~ "private .frall'" In which
a gr;u:!u:t f"~ or tLe Jaw S,' ' i t n!u Jd dictate who could vote
.I Alued M. Carroll I~'~ ~~I.:~\I.\~;' . ': ';.·.~.;.! lcat~~~~l~er~-·~.",~ .t! 'I\'~" O could not. H . ' ! ,-,I/nmon Impu .' of buman- IS CliMAX TO TH EE MONTHS OF . Whc h~" annc,unced as " ",TO- ~:~~~'P~ Ipt':~~~' at ~h:":"~~:' "y ~~mand that w ceasc to
d.date tor Cengr :""" tL " ...... t \', hirh 426 ceg:."" , .-... I u.,," :,ate n eedlessly,,, large P.EPORTED ABUSES AND BEATINGS ' IThird Dlstnct on tT, Wall", .'Ollf"'·r'~ 1. I·' ~')f our,.p"pulatJon " Herbert
.... _ . I Leadmg honor gr.aduatej of. Louisville \iu.n lcipal College who were awardcd degrees at the ticke. t, .u nd~r sponsorshJp of trU'1 H.' rh.'l t Mid that ,'cg"".'."..l. .tr·:fIe tdh.a t oWurh iOt. i.; l i.Omn! 'cna llu nnedveer-r
"'. dW, ard W, right, 48, ,14 West d .hcr husband, accord, 109 to commencement exercISes Wedn sday night, Jun .. 2, are from len, J ames Robert Lauderdale Lou,svIIl and J .. fferson County :;houJ.l b~ allcwed vo~ \'; h -
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Liber ty, died at General Hos' m if:hbors. The de" d man Annl" Georgia Burton and Dorothy Louise Mu.rker. See article., • o. ganizallon. See article ".ut 4u''''li~n and. that "ea-! ;', :~~n' wor~d a~~i~('a: 10: ~-
pltal early last week-end after we!l:hcd 260 p"unds, - ---- - - - tlon:!t t. st~ foc voting shou'1 ~I - g s
bemg shot. In the abdom~n by On the night c,f the shooting. GET DEGREES ; GRANDSON REOPENS E. W. GlASS appl .HI t.) ~II vnters rega' 11/0 people m I"ok~ ,~pon
hiS Wife, Vlolct. Thursday, June Wright had been drinkmg and I ' f rn,  bealed as nf'n ors, t ~
3.. Charges,of m,aJlciOU,S wound-I'I"f, his home 10 go aro~nd the fUNERAL PARLORS IN HOPKI W, IUE It w." 'h,,' I f thc most ,'~ 'I" ,' lC t ;l'lIed.
mg were changed to murder. cornrr for some undisclosed I
~~e ~:~m~~ata;n se~~~;: ":o~~.~~=~ O:ehiSW:fes;:tsh:f~~~ . AT MUNICIPAL T!O~~~'~~~iu~~~a~ ~~::::I~~~r ~,:;~rs:t~~~~~V~: a:: CARROLL TO RUN Monday mormng under a S2.ooo . tempted to make him com lors. which prior to his death opening. dnd many c.".gr..tuJ; -
cash bond posted by a profes- I back.. in March ]9H, had been ope- tory expressions and 'b: .. ullf .. t I '
SlOnal bondsman. . '1 WrI~h t had been ar~ested rated in Hopkinsville for 49 desi~ were receiVed.
to T~e ~::! shm":::;~ ;,~~~ r.n:r ~~;!~d;~IY ~~':s~. f~e ~~:~;5~ Ch= = mler tOn m- --, ' !~=;~~:;"'07 ~. ~~~r~t! I 1 FOR CONGRESS beatings and eonsbnt abuse suf- fine 10 po\Jce cou~ on April 13 m( ncemen~ address es ~e~v:~ed ; ~~ e:a~~,;..,:,! ~~~ of:~~; , of Henderson, wa. reopened by I
fered by the slayer at the hands a fter se"eral contmuanccs. I by Pr ..... denl Charles S. Jobn- poor or lost or wretcl.red.~ i the late ownf'r'£ grandson, Ed-son
of Fisk Unjverslty at Q~inn "Truth IS to be SOu ht not ward Kennedy Glass, son of I
RETIRING SCHOOL I CIPA S Chapel last Wednesday ",ght, I' 11 . g Dr. and Mrs. Glass of Hender- PR N L I I President J ohn W. Taylor of the on ~o '~ .. co helle ~ In ~:::,e la~; ."n. With an appropri~tc ~f!a ir' l
HONORED BY FRIENDS AND CITIZENS I Umvcrslly of LoUisville Of~:; o~ I! L b ""';;; .t t ,Sunday, May 31. I
winch LouisnlJe MuniCipal Col- . r fie y e maIO en- After his graduat\(On from
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leg i a part, presented d iplo- ~~~.oa ':'11~~;~10 11l~Ul;~~: 0 glass lfigh and Tenncssc
th~ ~.;::n a~~~e~:ept~:~~~r:~ ~~,~~~~n~h~ ~~~,r~: ;~~::~ :r,,:~ :~ ~=I~~d o~a~:~~ vi~ced, "OdD r po,ct for fdcts. ~:~lS ~~.~;~'tc~ ::~~tcor:,J;::;
Sunday afternoon. June 6, to Tnbute. by l\!rs. Emma Bcn- degrX!S on 20 gradu&tes. Truth aL.~ IS to Ix culu\'at- ward's grandfath .. r. was a native
pay tribute to Mr. G. H. Bro\\ n. nett. upervlsl')r o( J efferson I In the course of IUs addr ss c~ In our I dattO?" With ur of Hopi..lnsvtle. He was edu­PrinCipal
of Ule Douglass and CounlY School" "nd letters o[ Dr. J ohnson, the f,n,t 'egro f;lf'nds. our 3SSlICIClle:,. and , In "ated a t Roger Williams Uni­B;
mnecker Schools. who rellrcs et11ll:ratulatJons were read from president of F ISk, who admon_ll!~neldl With tho "c,rki m "lueh v'rsny, Nashville, Tenn. He
at the end of th.s school year. Qu,n Chapel A .. 1 E. Church and ished the graduates to carry v.e find ou.."ehes.. " ,,.. one of Ille fi rst colored
after 32 years of service In th from ~Ir. A. E Meyzeek. , ... th them the three talismans. "We ha"e to recognIZe t~,a' I£ .... hers tn Christian county and
LoUi v.l\e PuhlJe School syst",n. (C(nllnu,-d on page 4) love of truth. love of beauty truth today, like th other old, the first . egra elected con.tablc
Edward Adams. Sr., acted a and love of man, said: "On I fa.sll1oned vir t u e S, mvolves I In Chr istl.i:in county. For sevcr-master
of ceremonJes, The scr, 0 WilO has learned the lo\'e o f somethtng mOre than upright "I :i ars he was In the Int rnal
vice opened With the slngmg f C LLEGE STUDENTS FOR ---I (Continued on page 4) rlev~nu" Service, and "as the
the II nal egro Anthem. RA DOl PH'S PROPOS RACE VOTERS SUE /I:.t pditioner for organization
and the Invocallon by Rev. E. _ ALI GEORGIA FOR S5OQ.OOO WRIT ' GO 'of Kentucky State College a t
L. Hickman. Pastor of Qumn ", ' . FI"nkIort. He was for sixteen
Chap.;1 A.lIt E. Church. MUSIC ' , -- . Savann:lh, Ga., J ur.e 10,-
was fucOlShed by the Green t. 1 e',' York, Jun 10.-R suits Damag .. s of 500,000 .... ere askLd
BaptISt Ch("~ , . I 'i ~~::~~;! ~:u~~~~o~n~~::! ~a~ew:~ b:o~~~~t ~~~~: ft~~ I ' .
A tribute, 'To Our PnncIP~1 Wide support of the proposal fGr cia .. " d nled 1,800 ''gro voters I •
was gi ven In a ."ery touc:hmg non-partIcipatIOn In J 1m Crow In Laurens county the b3110t I •
manner hy Flonnc Fairley, a armed. rvices as ed"ocated by Illegally I
pupil of the Dougl3S School. A A. Philip Randolph and Grant Defendan are Superior Court
chorus .from Dougl~s . &hool. Rc'·r.olds, I "dcrs o( th Com- I J udge Earl Camp, Sta te Rep.
drcs ed In cap' and gowns, sang mttt '" Agam.,t Jim Cra m H rsch I Lovctt and members
two appr pnate numbers. I IllItary ServlC' and Tlaming. of thc Lilurcns County Board of
Tobut to t r. Brown were' A ~u ··V(·y, ("onducled by the f r gjstrars C~unty commissions.
then given by irs, L,zZJe Fou , yo th diVISion of the atlonal Form I' A' t. Atty. Gen. Dan
Lexmgt"n. Ky .. and R v. !lICk-1 A 'ociatJon for the Advanc-' Duke of Atlanta filed th .. pc­::.'~~
~lli~IOT~~~t:n!e~~ ~:~ m nt of Coolred People, re\'eals I Ullon In behalf of the N .. groes.
given by MISS Mary Browning.! that 71 per I nt of th 2.280 chapters to male gro students ' Misa llis
rep senttng the L ou I S V I II e young men who r sponded favor attendmg 34 mS~ltutions. Res- Bett., M. E is married to th' former Uss
Board of Education, who sbted ,the Randolph- Reynolds pro s, :~sOfw2":~:;':;'~::;~:; s~; su::;,:,u:~oo~';t~dre~~~~ ;~~ l\Una Hughes, LoUISVille School
that, although .he has been in I a!. A tobl of 13,000 question- cent of those responding op- tucky Sbte College wrote a t acher, the daughter of Mr.
the LouisVllle , hool system for naires was s nt out for dlstribu- posed th anti-Jim Crow pro- I tier of protest to Governor and Mrs. George Hughes.
twenty y ars, It was the first tion through NAACP college posal. Clements, See article. Many citizens and Sri nds
Ed ... 1[, Gw.
The Grandson
Alf",f /, \ t" rroll, \Vell-J-~., ' 1"'P":r.g ,, po\Jllcal roarty whirh
7"IUU:! 1 .. ,1,' vll.:e attorne~·. an-. witt ~ccord Negroes an fqual
U( m: .. · .... 1 r:.t .. ~ J~ ",·eek hJS c:a n - d :;:n·, .:.-c."
,trtt. ... y f", 'Gcgress from t : ,~ H .. added that by bliny time
1111 r,1 1)1"'",'t under tt.e 0 n-I u,,' 17th, he would hav ov '
I f '\4 -oship I f th·... V/al1ace CVln· (Contmueo on P ... g~ 4) e r
IJlUU . ... ,r r".u·svJJ!e and Jot'Tt"'r-
~:'.:i:,~rt::f ;-:;;c~V:·;~:c: ~~ ,!M f TO PARTI( ATE
~:1::!":11;.: ~~~~:~z:~~ /r ::.:.=, IN 6.0.P. (OMVEITION
J t~ l;t(.1 . I .t (U1 mer pres!rie ........... f t
Uh~ u )uisvllJp ancj, .:.~,. l"',: . '. /;.:'~h ng n, June 10 _ In ad­aUt
' ILoM ,,. f""n a militar. a "'O~ : '!T t r, n to a num .~ of rolol ed
,aI" 'Jf r,vI I Righ fl)r th Ne-: 1'" 'rs being d"I~l;a severa'
gttl, .. Uhf o1n ur..Clmpron.ls:r.g: i I ') " ' ~ persons ":iIJ partJcipa tc
~J"'d(f.'r I." tt.' right fOI" in\C" . a_ l1n, ""~rlO, us r.ap.a(,l,tle~ In th Re-
111)1) ott.:; .agr.st ""' gre-galion. I fJ '·;an nationaJ , onvention
, noli, ,,~~ seeks th c' t1"t , h conven s m Ph.ladelphia
n '" he:,1 :J Thru n B .• lor-I ". J',ne 2 1, Perry W. Howard,
(In, ~"'pllbJican. said in .an. i ih: ubhc ... n natJonaI. CODl.,"l tee­n')
Ut!'~I·t!5 h;· cctnd:dacy, tha J".~;:; h n ~or ~hSSISSlpPJ, sa.ld last
~ 'f vu .~,-rl t.hat neIther mai"H. r ur ~ ay.
IH)hh a( par y inten~s to se~i-i ."5 a member of the commit­ou::
ty c nSirl r the plight of t c ' :' ", Ir. Howard said, he lie­N,'
C,, With tl.e 'determina"n j·'u" the selection o( Hobson
,.'0, t tl\,~ ineq uaulles. . ,II Rt!)inQlds, head of the Elks'
It "Mary of my critics arg c I ('IV II liberties d partment. to
h.lt 1'".:: ..-':ade a mistake by Irl('·,Y~r Ol ~elcome addr to
(,...-t be llg a iated With roe It':' ,'Onventlon on June 21.
IMJ' r party and then the OU", Bishop A P. Shaw of the
It ~. IJ t 1 c of not knov.ing I Mf'thodjst Episcopal Church,
~~~ t '~~~ pa~~i!e~::~:In ~,~~ltit7',:e;t W~! ~~~~~g t!f ;~"
ooo-ral,' Iti£clbhlP for eolor~ I ,-nhntion on June 22,
"" pl., 1 know that Amerl '30th rappornlm ntsannoun
"ann 1 sUTvi~e as a democracy ':I Ir. Howard Include Albert
""tb the . g vemm nt for the I ~atfing of Chester, PennlPople
being Iccted by selfish var ' , as a reading clerk, a
mt ...... sts who wish to nslave William Murray Simmons,
J).1r1 , tbe nation.......u.erefore 110f Roscoe C, Simmons, 01 Ch.i-
)Ollied tbe Wallace group, st· go. as page,
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