VOTED AGAINST
BARKLEY RULING
NAACP OffiCIAL CAW ROLL OF 23
DEMOCRATS AND 23 REPUBLICANS
Los Angeles. Aug. ~Defeatllhan protesL We must work In I ~ SATURDAY. AUGUST 6. 1949 ~f aj~~~ t~:n;;:~e;h~;t~. ~:~~ :,dt~:er::~;~~~or o~he~~ l ----===============,,;;;;;;=:::;;~;;;;;;;,,;~~============================~~~~
facilltat the enactment of cIvil parties who voted against the
rights legislation, was demanded I Barkley ruling."
~ry~~~ ~~~lki;;:~.:~t~n~d7rc:~ I Reviewmg the 40·year rerord
which op ned the 40th annual ~~o~~:s,t m~~~~t~~. ~\~'~i:t~
Conference of th ahonal As· minded lhe audIence that much
~~~:~~o;~:~e fa'!~'a:,:~ent I remalns to be done. " 0 people
"A vote against the Barkley e,'er won lhelr freedom ~,n a
r uling was n vote against civil ) ear 0,: five years or ten. he
rights:' Mr. Wilkins tol~ . lhe I ~';;, be~n~~~~~t:;erans~ar~,:!
cheering delegates and VISItOrs b lp.~ed their way so far against
who crowded the Second Bap- h odds Wh t I
t~t Ch'f~ ~~ i~'T~pening s~- ~~:e done 'since ~86;,u~:e;~a~
~l:~O~na~. ~ver~ not ~:~~e~'~ our Association has done in its
Let no doubletalk fool you." ,pe~head role m Its 40 years
Tbe NAACP official ~alled lhe of life, rea~s hke a miracle. But
roll of the 23 Democrats and 23 1 we know It was no mlr~cle. It
Republicans who voted against was the result of the daring lhe
the Barkley ruling. "Does any- detenrunatlOn, the sacnfice, and
one expect the people who want the cr~dlng zeal of the black
civil rig!::!:; to sit quieUy by and ! and whIte heroes and 'le:C1~es
allow the men wbo voted for; who wanted a (ree Amenca. '
this government by filibuster to The Associahon will continue
continue lheir careers in the to demand and work for equal
S enate?" he asked. "We cannot I rights in an America free of
accept this without protest. It racIal discrimination and seg­is
clear that we must do more gahon, saId Wilkins.
NOMINATIO OF LA W CE U
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PENALTY OUBTIOMEO IVOTERS GET A IN KUlNAPIN5 CASE
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lU~;::;n~y t~~e '~~:;~:~nt:ra'~'i I
RARE CHANCE" l~. y lhis ",eel', nll'luded II ,,' OIf ~. i'iS Alice S. J .hnson. 23. o~ 507 cpringer AUe-y. who \' ;L.,
charRed with the kidnar>ll ~ u!l POLICE TERROR ~;~"~~~~t·:~th,:~~ I~~~I_ I SAYS (4 'DIDAlE fOR STATE LEGISLATURE
;:t~ses/,om hIm home. 111 r;'1 U. USUALLY CLOSE TO THE MASSES
IN BROOKLYN A('('ordin~ to police, :"::"'S
';ohns<>n said that she d t1.~ i About J... ... H l.awrence,
:.ct hecause she \~3nted a b~h~'l ('anuldatc r Jr Sla'e Reprr. ('nta­of
her 0\\ n. Following lht n.\ tj,'e from the 42nd Le.<:i.lati,·e
~\:~~l~~n~tt~~;t~n:rl ~~~~~ .. :~ t ~~~ri~; _1~~~:~C~:t~lr~ha~" ~C:eu~~
reported as having ca!l .''1 ~he lcadcr5 If tLc La\\"rcr.c~·
attention of Judge Loraine f\.11~ eampaibO has n1uch to !'3\', and
to the fact that tce penalty f.lf he is quoted as follows'
is cea th or lile im. "Every now and then
ard t:niversity which he put 1ft
as football coach at two coi·
le:;<:s, all of his productive
working lire t.as been Sl"'nt
rit-!ht here in Louisville.
"Mr. Lawrence is a mIln of
"aried interests aI,d wide ex-
10 secure an indictment Judge tbat wh n nr, a rein of police against police officials who have ransom is demanded U ".,!~lute .j. c i' J e., .. , I 1..:"'·1'('11<" do" has led him to take
terror unprecedented in recent victimized Negro citizens in A program at Sbelbyville, K Y., in honor provides a penalty of fro::, tw i •. entel·ed in the Ren'lhlican pa,-( In his ell rch,
New York history," J ames A. Kings County, City of New Funeral Directors Association and a veteran civic and leader, was a ttended to 21 yea.... Ipmnar
y
$peking tho right to) I Y.i\1 .C.A. and dozens of olhe.
Powers, P resident of the Brook- York. than i! is in some of the by several State funeral directors recently. In t!1e picture from left to right, first row: William r"present h,s par y ,., thp No· community plt>jl'<'ts. It is sig-lyn
branch of the National As- most lynch-ridden places of the Wooten. Sh('lbyville; W. H. Johnson, Lancaster ; frs. G. W. Saffell. Shelbyville; G. W. Saffell; !PPOINTED ASS'STANT ';ember elect,on. A lew rra."on
O
niCican that hi; associates in
sociation for the Advancement South." .. It seems," the state- ~.1r3. \' ina Ha\\ kins. Lexington; Mrs. Rachel Brv",n. Versailles: Mrs. E. B. Delaney, Covington; lY'ay be c,' ed t·, .r.",. that a 1 these ente!'prises are unanirnous
of Colored people on Wednes- ment added, "that there are ~1rs. A. R. HUllhes. Louisville; Second TOW: W. W. I>c«dt, Louisville: ~1iss Anne Ha wkins, FIRE MARSHALL vote for M e La' ·r .. nee I, an m- in their tes\;mony that he is a
day, July 27, petitioned Judge SInister p~techve connections Lcxmgl.on; C C. Jennings, Hopk!RSViile: Dave R oss.. nlay~ville; Squire Collins, Richmond; Third .. vestment In ,got')d gl'l\"cmrncnt. hard worker. He gives evecy-
Nathan R. Sobel of the Brooklyn among police, prosecutors, mag- row : J . Nathan WIlson. Harrodsburg: J . D. Rog ',5. Lou Loville: Jack,'on Robb, Frankfort; J. W. H""s ton F. Bro,,\l to examlnc the eye-witnesses to the occurrenoe. I Police Cb f Herbert ;renklns to :; "a-,; H.· " 1 member of hc
Newton, Q Negro resIdent ~f In many other recent occur- the Negro complenlalt of At· ,.,f th ~ ~~asr,mo order, and the
Grand Jury minutes In the case. Powers said that "circumstances put on more pol:ce, nr.d to "rlnil D:,,,,' ytNia Chu;'Ch. a member WITH NEGROES
Brooklyn, was shot to ~ealh In rences gave us ample cause to lanta's poIrce force llP to full American Le~"n He II\"es a t
a traffic dispute Memonal Day, distrust the District Attorney." Los Angeles, July 21>.--GOV- 1 ~us i~fringemer.t of the css .. nt;al strength. , ~~23 Grand AY"nue, and has a
by Donald Mullen, a Brooklyn Referring to the "reIgn of ter- ernment must be color blind. li~ of .a tree people. I At lhe same time. the Mavor \\ If" and 11 """ and daoghter.
policeman. Mullen, ~t the ti,:"e. ror" In Brooklyn, Power s and until governm nt becomes He protested against ('CD reporlf'd tha t Frantz's amiablE' aL­the
Grand J ury. Negro cItIzens" Ith unlrldled Governor WIlliam H. Hashe que.lions asked by ftod ral for A tlanta 10 u... iI!w moli - oharg"" or .nb"ery, ... nd grand filed b' {;u';.' n the p.ppllcatlOn tnude toward Negroes and his
Powers' pellhon charged that hoense. The u,e of search war- told the dd""a ('S and ,·",tors agencIeS., he charged that In they have been on our fOl cp. Ian en" and peut larceny a tutal k J. t 8. FTan z to l'OnnecllolU> WIth t Progrcs
a whitewash resulted In the rants IS unkno\\ n. Frameups of attend 'ng the 40th Annual Con- I many msta!,ccs It was an at-I and e,'en our sc,""rest crlhcs I of SIX.- He 7-.., Idrnh!icd' by po_ ~~onebec~u!t.:~ i~~: onE~amlna. (Contlnu~d 0 I page 4)
Mullen case because of neglect :-/egm cllI.~ens ar .. common oc· fer nnN' " f th. Na IOnal Asso- t~pt ~o idenhfy fnendshlps now aR,ee that lho.'Y h""e bet.n hc~ as th~ man \Vb" sna ohed to Ne oes." - t TlPndly. -
of duty by D,SI.lct Attorney currcnccs. cIa It'" of the Advancement of wllh Negroes as a subversIve I the cau..., of a m~tcrlal redllC-1 t\\" 10 bIns fr"m t " ham!.; of . . gr I SHERIFF JELt' UOB
Coll)rcd Pro: ' la~ t week, acunty. tion of tnme of all klOds In the a wnman at It>iO Half,,, M(I"l'iav: Frantz. a Wf'1I known white J ('l
EARL BROWN
1!EW·PAPERMAN TAMMANY The \',r 10 l.hnd r.o~"rn"r . "As a propon~t of Amcrlcan- N(;:ro s~"h'ns of onr t,,:' j'" ,na!chll':& m"-e~ from "a ~~,~,::p~~ed t" ,ta~('. (' ex_ ASrUi 'G:"·";:; ~EGROEr
,.. l , ou ';~' d th.., ~n\· .... n"'rnt' re· "m. I rt~t such umpt,on "f At!1e pre_ent tiT:'~. the .\1- \hU~''''M"· clerk at 90: S. EI';hth I d I Jun< la ,md re CANDIDA IE AGAINST BENJAMIN DAVI~ Sl>"" 11 Iv f ,r cl\'1l n.h·. ,u;>eTlOrltv (or Commun:('ratlc CI ,. "He i. bound bv the prinCIples upon such 3SSOCIa tla:l." arm received in the line of d uty. ARRESTED OK lcctlon i. felt to hav .. some con- a~;:'u~ll ~h~ 1<1 ~hty and w~ ....
Tammany Hall to seek Benl~- CounCIl slate for the burou"h of 1 of fa irness and i';',lioe whIch are MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE neetlon WIth the InvC>tlgatlon 11 0 e Il.an sou~t In 3.Q
when th~ fall lections comt: t<> t'1e cfT""t that the Rcpub· : t ra~iso~uot~r to u: s;,:~nt~e :,~: RACIAL SEC~EGA liON ENDS IN THE Roosevelt WIlkinS, 21, 911 S. ties by the State Ba; Council' man. .. ,
min Davi . place in CIt)' Cou nCIl Manhattan. There " re rumor, f d I I I of h IS alleged "Ieft .. t" achvi a eged attack on a white WOo-around
hcans would also endorse hIm . f h lit Se\'cn tn, was arrcsted ,Iond:>y F rantz saId that h t ded Sheriff H. H. Hug.'les S31d the
Bro~n, who began his news- In d loint ~ffort to defeat the I~: ~,~~n I. °the :man esse~~= :r GOVERNMENT CAFETERIA AT WASHINGTON a nd char;:ed WI t h ma n.;laugl,t<>r to reques t the 8oar~ ';'., e~tate man was seized at his horne,
paper career on lhe New York I lo;r ~~~'~U~S~ m~~~~ ~~~. our nati:nal poI~al creed. ~n the d ath of Edward J aok. n, the reasons for relectln/! hI ~:d ht~:t ~t';!.! the mob "that
TIm . in 1934 and Joi ned L ife's 0 • d l " ' t 745 L ~ h: Reviewing r e c e n t loyal ty Washington, Aug. 4 - Racial nagin, a . eteran employee of lhe 38, .530 . Seve.nth. W,lkin a pplication and to give hIm a bad e g dgroes here ~
staff In 1941, is being challenged ~~t';.,~;' """ a IC 0 probes, Governor Hasti~ said dise:iminauo.n In the ation's GPO. Colored employees of lhe :~:~~ J;~:nh;~",'l\t h~t Se~~ chance to ~rrect a ny defeet that to see t~lh:ng::: :.:. ~
for the post by Rev. J ",,?es H. No e: Ear l Brown was a memo lhat it was dIfficult 10 conduct CapItal receIved a new blow I GPO ~YCOlted the. restaurant en h and Cbestnut during an rrndcrs hIm I. ellglble. protccted.~ The sheritf said lie
Robinson. Rev. Robin on IS pas- be f th f ult r 1.0 ' 11 such investIgations without do- thIS w~k wben segrega t n was follOWing the e. xcluSlon of per- He decli ned to make any com- told lh th .
lor of the Presbyterian Church M~n~cipa~ c"01!~~~ °duri~~SV~h: ing s r ious injUry to many Inno- ended on Monday, July 25, in sons from the . ou tside public. :r~u;,e:'n~:~~:o;~ ~~:~~~~'h ment on what h t hought W8$ get the~el ~Yinw:~re'=b~
of the Maste~, I~ated ~t 122nd administration of Dean Rufus c nt persons and WIthout seri- lhe cafe tena of the Governm nt Clarence Mi tch~ll, NAACP . the reason for h.s relcction b~' t han lhey would ev
SI. and MornIngsIde Drive. I CI L P~ntlng OffIce, as a result of ef- labor secretary, enlISted the sup- the Board. of. er get out
Davis, who is on trial as one emen early t his week, b fed eral forts by the atlOnal Associa- port of MajOrity Leader John The Leader IS your own Ken· In addillon to h1_ bei ng en - Sheriff Hugh 'd tba
of the 12 Communist conspira- DR. HUDSON HELD ag nts for selling !'arcotics wilh- t ion for the Advancement of I McCormack of ~tassachusetts tucky newspaper, and your co- d"rsed by attorney Everett, he man the mob :U~'t 'was \:~
tors who ale edl lanned the ON KARCOTtCS CHARGE out a p~escn p~lon. He . was Coolred People, Con .. essman I and Senator F: 8ncIS J . lye';! o( operation in ItS 30th Anni\'er- has been favorably ~mmended as cool as anyone ou'd
gyp . \ charged WIth selling 20 grams of Adam C. Powell, Jr., and local PennsylvanIa m lhe fight against . . "y the presldent-ernerltus of the see. He t Id ' h
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overthrow of the Amencan gov- Dr. J . B. Hudson, well-kllown I d iJaudld , a d rlVatl ve of opIUm, newspaper reports. segregation, whicb bas been in sary su bscnptlOn and expansIOn University of Tennessee, lhc 0 wltb t~ ~ut e wouldn t
ernment, is serving his second d ru "gist, was arrested at h is I for $50. He was released on Spearheading lh fight within I effect at the GPO for many program- August 10-December hend of lhe Department of Phil- with m~ em, d tb would SO
term in City Council as Com- place of blUlness, 512 S. Sixtb, $1,000 bond. lhe ageney was Rev. Percy Jer- years. 12, will be appreciated. osophy at the UniversIty and a agreed.K ,an ey t\n~
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