GRO LEADERS HEAROi AT G.O.P. CONVE TIO
DEMAND ACTION
ON CIVIL RIGHTS
SAY RACE DHPlY DISAPPOINTED.
POWER IS CITED; PLANK INSERTED
Philad Iphia, J u n e 24. - tire committ • the anti-lynch­Spokesmen
for twenty-one na- ing and the anti-poll tax bills.
tiona! Negro business. church. But a combination of conserva­professional.
labor and civil live Republi an and Democratic
rigbts orlaniutions, with a total members of Congress bave used
membenhip of 6.0M.000. ap- every possibl lecislative devire
peared before the Republican to avoid enactment of this prom­Platform
Committee today to ised and sorely needed lecWa­voire
the disappointment of Ne- tion."
gro voters at the record of the ~ the attention of the
80th Congress and to demand Republi"an Party to the fact
aroOD by the Republiean Party that the Negro vote. wbich holds
on civil rights lecislation. the potential bala1Ire of power
Complete Coverap
LOCAL - STATE - NATIOMl.
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• WHY PAY MORE?
The statement prepared by the in reasonably close elections in
continuations committee of the seventeen states with 29S e1ec­Negro
organizations dedared : toral votes. has become increas­''
We would be less than honest ingly an independent vote duro
with you and ourseh-es jf .... e ing the p t thirty years, the
did not say frankly that the Negro spokesmen dem=ded to
members of our organizations I kno.... wheth r or not the Re­have
been deeply disappointed publ;"an platform for 1948 is to
by the complete failure of the be meaningful.
Republican·controlled 80th Con- A subcommittee of Republi­gress
to enact any o{ the civil f can platform writers voted in
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FEDERAL COURT I
MAY GET CASE I
AGAIN DENIED ADMITTANCE TO I
tHE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Turned down the second time pealed to the University of Ken-
ASK PROBE OF
POLICE KILLINGS
COlOIB) PEOPLE ALARMED A D.CENSED
OYER SLAYIH6S AMD OTHER .IDBRS
TWO ARRESTED IN
DELINQUENCY CASE in the attempt to enroll as a lu(:ky trustees. and Frank D. B JTltllhr;I,:d .i, .Iunt! 24--Gre ... t · th;o Negroes were ~ said
student at the University of Peterson, secretary. said the ly dJartttt',l allt l ir.\.--ensed OVPl'! f r.rh c~se has been investigated
Kentucky. it comes to Th~ Lead· malter was under advisemenL th ! laY'"1: ~ (members of tho? anrl "'s eviden~ agreed with
A man who allegedly kept indicates Mattingly has carried er. that ~-ma n T. Johnson. Johnson said he would file in ra("£ loy p member of the faculty of Cen- Federal Court charging that the oth'" ""'uto>" ". Negro lead '"S I '['I •. ' committee asked that a
girl at. the residence of a WO-I' Indiana as far as Charlestown. tra! H ig~ School ~ a prom!- laws are contrary to the ~4th of Sl'v"r;li gnlU])5 havi! mad.! ~' ~l'rI jury be assigned to the
man {rlen~. wa~ taken .nto .cus- Clayton. the girl's father. ac- =nt CIVIC leader. w1ll carry his Amendment to the United prot ... t ",,,t IIav~ appealed • ~ Ir'i'Stig l tiOn. It also urged an
t~y by Juvenile court officers cording to reports. sent a broth- case to the Federal Court. States Constitution. Govern.Jr J~mes E. Folson anlt I InQlli ry into "the methods, prae-this
week on a warrant sworn I er of the girl who {aces delin- Johnson. who is being sup· 9th", st;atc an. \ ,.",unty ctfic:ia'S! ti ........ md policies" of BinoIioag_
~ ~ ~·s f:atho;r. char&ing quency charge.. to spy 011 h<:r. ported by We Lowsvilk Brolnch YOu--m 17. AJUU:STii> ' f r &II Ulv~"If.\l1on. . h'H,' volicemen and all peace
him Wlth contrlbutmg to the, The brother supposedly returned N.A.A.C.P.. was denied admit- FOR LARCENY Th.. ,,..bll n \Vas Signed Y tTi.·.·rs of the county
detinquency of a nunor. The and told his father he saw hi, tance to the institution as a rep rese"t.ltiy.~ of 6S !'oregro Of- '1"h~ petition asserts the "claim
woman involved faces a similar I sister in a "ar with the accused graduate student at Lexington. Two seventeen· year old youths gaDJza l1"~. Thpy formed tt.o? " r rPsisting arrest and self~e-charge.
Their cases wiU l>E man. Ky .• !'ast Saturday by the regis- were arrested and charged with Negro Clluen5 Defense COT.l - fen ' foil al ' I
heard in Juvenile Court July 14. The <,ase came to the atten- trar. Dean Maurice Seay. who g~d larceny. from a se.-~~ce mit \(>(> "r Birmingham. SITIl~ the capitol steps
tingly said she IS merely trymg hi g h I y incensed probation In Washington.
~ ~~hthe ~Ie." Heh add~ worker srud. Court records show WOMAN; SEVERELY REPRIMADfD ------------------- NAA t.,~ toas;~ire~td:.;~ l thal the $500 bond was made BURN FIERY CROSS OM UWN Of HOME CP FEATURE denials. Tucker srud h., was In by Porter Young. a professional Cheyney. WYO-., JUhe 24-_ Aldent Truman. himself. came to 1M NEW Knnv. ALlIl1l!HJ VIGIL KEPT
pouession of information that bondsman, on June 17th. southern newspaper man on the her compartment and asked II;UI; I, nlv
---..-,,- special Presidenl1al train to the !lOW she was being treated on I ./lOUIS-STIU READY IN DELAYED BOUT' west coast, severely reprimand- the trip. When she said ev~ry-I Wan Township. N. J .. June l Association {or th" Advance- .' . . .
MOTHER UR61:f "A (11:1 .. W ,,' ed an MP on guard duty at the thing was all right, I:e ~rru~. 24.-A fiery cr(Oss. 7 x 10 : eeL I ment o{ Colored Peopl". Kansa. City. June 24.-A
1
,strahcn IS expected to exceed
U ~ IN RmREMENT governor's man510n when he shook her hand and S3ld That S 'I was planted here on F riday I The group arrivea at Hutson's first·hand slory. of the f""¥,o "800. For the first tIme. the NA
, insulted a Negro member of the good." n ight on the lawn of the home home armed with pitchforks, Ingram ("lK(' will be presented ACP branch in Hawaii wiD be
New York, June 25.-WaitinC I ring. they report. Presidential group . . of ~OY Hulson •. who formerly shot ~ns. rifles. baseball bats ~u~~~:~~~,,~:~: ~a~o~ rep~ted at the conference
two days to make the 25th de- Hopes For SI.000.000 J . Lacey Reynolds. a native of FLOORED BUT COMB resided at 960 Tinton Avenue. ~~ stJc~s. and kept an all-rught Assoc1al1on for the Advance-/ y de egate.
fense of h is heavyweight crovo'Il Gat. Wash Out Texas and represenl1ng the Bronx. N_ Y- vl(!ll until the dawn.. ment of c;., >d Pea I h ' .h ------
has ha~ little or no ~lJect ~pon i Hopes for a million dollar Nashville Tenn~an. cam~ to BACK; STABS MATE I On returning ~ome about 3:30. The r~dio-e.ngineer. wh o W. 'U be hP;~r;,ere, J~~ ;2-~7.' 1 TUCHER AND BISH. OP
Champion Joe Louis. r.,bable I gate. matching the gold n era I defense of Mrs: :Alire D~nnlng- -- Mr. Hutso". no~ced th~ glare , tUlS~f tgh~: t~b~ "The p ressure was more than Otficials of the group lauded tools early last Saturday mom- A detailed human interes1 hearing as velvet alfects \be and . ther bll.b affectJnc .the soo ~nty.
:!:are. IS ~;" a tirin a I could take. rve bucked the Reynolds for his action, and In' I ing after lie .. aa allegedly I story will be carried in next sen5" of touch ... through it ::"r~Ci aJId .. elfare of Uru\ed HI ell Poner presides -
1$ wo re e un- church, the fraternal organu.a-I . ca ht in the ru.r of the Weis week's issue of The Leader all you have lived a life fairer ta Ua.ell the )(enludl;y Conte.--.
clftfa ted. He is 34 years old tions, and the man in th., street structed Mrs. Dunni~~ to re· . ug - as seen from r ing-side by than any lOng you have nat- More Chan CI50 delecates from
and does not have the stamina since I said I was coing. And I port any unpleasant merdent to Sln~er-Gaulbert Apartments on Publisher I. Willis Cole. I eo~er upon you Boston lIlIi- thirty-f-: sta~ IIftlt in ad- ~ ~ can ....
wblch six years aco broucb. t know the pressure won·t let up th."., at <>Dee- ~ Street at 4:43 A.M. easel R.,ad The Leader for venuty'l hon~rary decree of -- recistraUons for the NA out t~ y-.H by IDokJac
terTOr to hia opponenb in the whea I got started." Later. du rina: the trip, J>reaj- continued. .. Ri. ... -side Report~_ doctor of mUSlC." ACP CGDI~; the final re,- tor other )IeOpIe.
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