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Evening star., 1941-04-27
241Q 3Oth STREET NE,
COLONIAL, CHARM.

Beautiful Colonial home situated on nice
lot within walking distance to theaters,
schools. churches and stores, a block from
Wisconsin ave. and "a block from Bradley
rooms and bath, full basement with oil
h.-w heat large living room with open
fireplace. beautiful kitchen and large din
inE room with porch; bUilt-in garage;
located 4s05 wellington DR., Bethesda,
Nd r. r. SPEAR, INC, WI. 2lOs. BR,
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HOUSES FOR SALE.
(Continued.)

chevy Chase, D. -year-old stucco
house; roek-wool insulated; rooms, auto
matte oil heater: Ia baths, recreation
trees, roses, shrubs country ,atmosphere
yet near buses, stores, school, $1,000.
Take less for $4,000 cash. See to appre-
s0s sg5Gk sAIS SMs sboa DGTASHER sg75o
50l7 41st st. NV. Wo. Gill.
324 EAsT-wEsT HIGHWAY. BETWEEN
Connecticut, and Wisconsin aves.-Six
recreation room oS' and bar A outdoor 'e Stone
fnEEe6placsi nE6 three years old; bargsin at sl1,-
o%NER eSS No wiseonsin p5SassS 4sas r. commission
Chase. Nd; oil heat. 1719 K st. RE.
1868.
LAUREL. MD. oo-ATTRAcT1vE g.;
room and bath bungaloy. 8 bedrooms, fun
good condition and location: attractive
lot. 321 German ave. OWNER. Call
after Q am.
ARLINoToN-6-R. BRICK BUNGALOW,
OWNER. 100 So. Fenwick., - w 27.
CHARMING HOUSE. 3 BEDROOMS. 2
9etbssoa 9SFsT eayRg Wf 5dt s5ty 'SoS Wilson lane
Block from Lee blvd, Is min. downtown.
Living room with fireplace, dinette modern
kitchen, range included. 3 bedrooms. tile
bath, study. Dry basement, AUTOMATIC oil
heat. aforementioned, insulated. weather.
stripped, screened. hardwood floors; low
+ EiJ5.M i & payments. OWNER Falls Church ag!
GEORGETOWN, 29l1 DUMBARTON-,S11,-
950- Beautifully remodeled 6-rm. house.
real earden Call to IL. HO. S553.
pErWoRTH-HY OWNER ROW HOUSE.
brick, "a #, wide; lge., rms. north. south
expos. caulked. weather-stripped, Stag
roof. Barrett insulation, auto heat, refs,
hot water; 4 bedrmS., large closets, mod.
bath-shower. spacious stairway, mod. kit,
ment lfront.rear entr;l cold storase, laun;;
screened, front porch all brick and
cement, nice back yard. trees, shrubs, rock
garden q9Hiest' q9HiHes' Cony. SCHOOLS: churches
modelling into apts Basement conv for
business use and Office many features
SD,450, incl. Vudor drop shades, ivory
lacauered wicker furniture all 3 porcheS,
yard chairs, lovely r3sndbistoT I3nb covssTS Screens
3245 3sth ST. N.W-7-RooM HOUSE, 4
bedrooms, refrigerator. automatic oil heat.
See OWNER on premises.
3423 MT. PLEASANT ST NW-6-RooM
house, 3 bedrooms. refrigeration, hot-water
heat See OWNER at 3245 3Sth st. NV.
A REAL HOME; RMS, DOUBLE WOOD
ed lot, high elevation. brown brick. built-in
garage and screened porch built less than
yrs; owner selling account OF health;
S9,g50: down payment, $1,000 bal. SB5
St, Just of Western ave- on Nd. side.
oppos. Ellicott ST. NV. Enter Crescent st.
via Leroy St
Evening star., 1941-04-27
8 New Homes in Exclusive

WeStgate.
These new houses setting among dog.
wood and pines have rms, 2 baths.
screened porch and garage. A liv. rm,
large enough for usuals furniture and
piano and porch FROM liv. rm., over
looking rock garden Complete kitchen
with dinette and basement planned for
future maids room and recreation room.
Prices range from S1O,950 to S11.e50.
Houses open from 30 pm, Drive out
Mass ave, across District Line blks,
to Baltimore ave and Westhaven Gats,
turn right 3 blks to houses
D. G. DEVELOPING CO.,
Owners and Builders.
1892 10th st. NE. DU. 1885 or WI 97s0.
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LOOK! D. C. BUNGALOW!

rooms. Beautifully Handicapped. Modern
In every respect Only ST.a50! Call
EDMUND J. FLYNN. RE. 1915.
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SURPRISING VALUE.

Near Wisconsin ave. car and D C.
line Extra large rooms, pig baths
floor, center hall. large side porch,
built-in motor room; s3-it, corner lot
with beautiful trees: Sl3,950. We know
EDMUND J. FLYNN. RE. 1918.
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Sc 85O-DETACHED

On large beautifully Handicapped lot,
not too far out; rms. bath, h.-w.h. (oil
burner, screened and weather stripped.
For complete details and terms phone ewes.
Shepherd 1913
HOWENSTEIN BROS,
7th and H SITS NE FIR 5000.
Evening star., 1941-04-27

s5.5O0-FIRsT AND NEW YORK AVE.
n.w.-6 rooms and bath brick, h-w.h;
terms. Second commercial zone For ap-
pointment. call Mr.. Britt evenings. EN-.
R. A. HUMPHREYS,
MA. 673O. RealtOr SOS N Capitnl
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IMAGINE FOR S11,85O!

Colonial in American Univ Park. D.
G Has lsthoor den: garage. Call
EDMUND J. FLYNN. RE. 1918.
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HITLER CANNOT WIN,
SAYS NAZI REFUGEE
Whites Seeking
Gold Found By
WPA Worker

OAKLAND, lif.-(ANP)-One
morning, a year ago, as he went
to work, George w. Leggett was
just a lowly, WPA worker, but be-
fore many hours passed he had dis
covered the "pot of gold at the
end of the rainbow"
Leggett was working with other
WPA Wrecking house at 866
Willow street, On the site of a
Housing Authority slum- clearance
project. Suddenly, Leggett felt his
shovel strike something hard, and
digging deeper, he soon unearth an
old pot, filled with gold. With few
erish haste he seized his prize, re-
ported its find to the proper Off
cials then went to his lawyer, Jay
Maurice, for advice.
Atty. Maurice, also colored, turn
ed the gold valued at more than
$1,5OO over the U. S. Mint and
Leggett was given a receipt for it,
which he still possesses. Soon as
the new Leggett's find became gen.
orally known a long list of white
claimants began to appear, among
them patrolman, a physician, the
local housing authority, and "all
persons claiming an interest in the
property"
Last week, bringing the matter
to a head, a suit Ito quiet title"
Attorney Arthur IG7. Potter, Jr.,
was brought in Superior Court by
(white) in behalf of Mrs. Sarah
A. Lilley. 81 years old, who says
she believes the gold was secreted
in the building 20 years ago, by
her late husband.
In the suit she asks that her
claim to the gold be recognized
and that claims of all other per-
sons be rejected. A year ago,
shortly after his lucky find, Leg
gett asked the Oakland Township
Court for a ruling to determine
ownership of he gold, but the mat
ter has remained undetermined.
Meanwhile, he retains his receipt
from the U. S. Mint, keeps his
fingers crossed, puts his faith in
the old adage: possession is nine
points of the law"
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. CHICAGO-(ANP) Letters re-
ceived by Irving Pflaum, foreign
editor of the Chicago Daily Times,
from Judge John Gutknecht, Chi
cago's traffic court judge who is
vacationing i'll Brazil, shed inter-
esting light this week on the fate
of the white southerners who fled
Dixie after the Union soldiers won
the Civil war and settled in Bra
zil,
Judge Gutkneche reported \that
several of the families can still be
traced up the Amazon country
while others had settled in Sac
Paula. that section of Brazil which
corresponds to our own South, with
an abundance of blacks and where
the principal portion of Brazil's
cotton crop is raised. The eX-
patriates were not very successful
in either place. The ioea for which
the South fought could not be
carried successfully to a country
which has definitely-both politl-
cally and socially-accepteo racial
equality.
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NEW YORK CITY-(ANP)-An
unfounded rumor to the effect
that Opportunity, journal of
Negro Life, organ of the National
Urban League, had been included
in a list of "subVersive magazines
banned from the readings Of the
army, circulated here early this
week The report was first carried
in the New York Post.
Inquiry ait the office of the
league, disclosed that they had re-
ceived no notice of such action by
the army. A telegram sent to Will
liam H /Hastie, civilian aide in
the war department, brought the
response that Opportunity" had
not been banned, and that had it
heenso he would have Immediately
known oft and protested.
Among the publications said to
be in the list we're Father Cough
Inns Social Justice, the Daily
Workers, New Republic, and
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sons sailed with him.
SANG IN FRANCE

He was appearing IN recital IN
France when Poland was invaded.
His next recital was given in Lis
bon just before sailing.
MIR. Veasey will return to New
York soon to arrange concert
tour. -...
One of the first friends be Wis
tied after reaching Atlanta was
Miss Cora B. Finley, principal of
Yonge Street School He was once
a Yonge Street Sckool student.
With the experience of seven
long months of near starvation and
Nazi terrorism sill vivid IN his
mind. the Albanian landed in the
the u S., February S, on the liner
Siboney.
During his stay in Europe, he
studied in Paris under Marshall
Rusk, in London under Ira Aid
rich, and in Brussels as a pupil Of
Maurice deGroot.
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Swamp Carmody
With Jim Grow
Housing Cases

WASHINGTON, d. CLAMP
Since the publication of the
statement against discrimination
in the defense housing program.
the office of the Federal Works ad-
ministration has been flooded, it
is reported, with complaints from
all sections of the country, COW
ering all types of defense indus
tries.
Administrator Caamody's office
has to do only with the housing
constructed under the Lanham act,
which gives F'WA authority over
one phase of the construction. The
administrator has no power over
the construction of cantonmentS,
powder dumps, industrial plants,
most of which come under the war
department, but in his own sphere,
Mr.. Carmody tries to satisfy the
writers by telling them the matters
they complain of are not in his
jurisdiction.
However, there have been no Sc
rious complaints lodged with MI.
Carmody ON the phases covered by
his department and his office is
hoping for a continuance of the
operations under the circumstances
now prevailing.
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WPA Worker Gets
DiamondBracelet

inals are not permitted. Duncan
retrieved the article and went into
a nearby jewelry who set the ap-
praisal value. The finder forth
with delivered it to the office OF
Col. Simmons who commended th<
young man for his honesty.
The law permits such found ar
ticles to be returned to the finder
if legitimate claim is not made
within a period of six months.
I'm many cases of this kind Col
Simmons declared, large sums Of
money and jewelry, sometimes as
much as $4,000, are turned over
to me by people who are absolute
ly destitute; by people on home re.
lief or WPA jobs The honesty of
these poor people is to be COM
rnended''.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-08

BIRMINGHAM. -(ANP)-After
testifying, in the trial of Frank Per-
due, former manager of the Black
Barons baseball team, James
Turner, alias Buddy Wade, leaped
to his death Wednesday from
sixth- floor Courthouse window. He
died as his body crumpled on the
pavement outside the sheriff's Of
flee.
Turner, who had confessed to the
killin9 of George Mcdowell, store
keeper. of Powderly, was in the
custody of the court bailiff as he
walked down the main sixth floor
corridor The bailiff said: Instead
of turning left as I told him to. he
ran through the door of the Grim
inal clerks office, vaulted over the
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-08

helps tone lazy bowel muscles
Next time a laxative is needed,
take BLACK-DRAUGHT. I. Used at
bedtime by directions, it generally
permits a good sleep; acts gently.
thoroughly next morning; relieves
constipation's headaches, bilious
ness, sour stomach. 1t is economi-
cal, too. 25 to 40 doses: 25c.
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Admits Staying, Then
Leans To Sudden Death

counter and jumped through the
basement window.
He took glass and all: he struck
the glass a blow with his hand
cuffs as he leaped. -
The confessed killer exhibited no
reluctance in telling about his part
in the Mcdowell murder. He said
McDowell's wife and Perdue
matched" the crime and that Il
did the actual killing"
Turner landed on the pavement
feet first. Witnesses said he made
no cutlery during the descent, but
cid attempt to brace his body just
before striking the concrete.
The coroner returned a verdict
of suicide.
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BROOKLYN, N. Y.-(ANP)-A
$4,000 diamond bracelet was hand
ed to a 16-year-old WPA worker oy
the property clerk of the police
department Wednesday when its
owner failed to make claim for this
article within the six months since
July 2 when William Duncan found
it. This was disclosed by Col
Maurice Simmons, property clerk.
En- route to his home from work
on Staten Island, Duncan saw the
expensive bracelet laying in the
street near the entrance to the
Broadway-Nassau Street station OF
the subway which is at Fulton
street, the northern boundary OF
New York City's jeWelry and silver
district below which known Grim
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FIGHT FOR ENGLAND

"Black soldiers fighting FOR
France and England are not taken
as prisoners by Hitler's men, but
are shot down."
Mr.. Veasey related an interesting
incident in which. an American
Negro among 100000 captured black
soldiers, escaped death by pro-
ducing his passport. He was allow
ed to return to America, the others
were killed.
The Albanian saw plenty of blood
spilled by German bullets and
bombs while in West Dunkirk and
Brussels. He and other refugees
fled Brussels and walked to Dun
kirk, only to be turned around
and sent back to Brussels During
this trip, Mr.. Veasey said he saw
men and women shot down by
Nazi planes: missed death himself
by inches when a bomb exploded
several feet from him.
All of the money he had was just
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-08

MIR. Gibson is an ardent supporter
of the Presidents Lend-Lease bill
and never hesitates to strike the
welken" for the cause of democra-
cy. But judging from Mr.. Gibson's
own words. he has a strange in
depreciation of the word "democ-
racy." His democracy is not the
all-embracing thing that most Of us
would believe it to be.
Out of his own mouth we get a
clue to the kind of democracy, he,
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and MANY of his other Southern colleagues firmly
believe in.
INDICTS HIMSELF
His first words in the Congressional Hall indict
him He boaSngly asserts:
81 am the representative of nearly 100000 OF as
good American citizens as the ANGLO-SAXON blood
affords as loyal patriots as God has eve graced
Democracy with
One wonders just how Congressman Gibson is to
account for the nearly 175O00 Negroes who live in
The district he represents. He blandly admits to the
nation as whole that far as he is concerned they
have no voice in the national legislature They have
10 one to whom they appeal to look after their
interests to press for legislation vtally affecting
their welfare or to oppose laws that would clearly
jeopardze their rights.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-08
Lost S0utherners Are
Found Along Amazon

An English speaking Brazilian
told Judge Gutknecht that about
three months ago he was up in the
'seruoa" or back country" when
an old fellow came up to him and
said, stranger, 1 haven't heard
that language of ourn in nigh on
to two and 80 years" He turned
out to Be the son of one of the
confederates who had taken his
whole family with the colonizing
party of southerners who sailed up
the Amazon.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-08
Effective Laxative
Makes Happy Friends

This laxative makes friends that
stand by it because it acts just sS
thoroughly as harsher ones but is
a GENTLE PERSUADER when
taken by the simple directions
BLACK~ ~DRAUGHT is spicy,
aromatic, purely vegetable medi~
cine. It's chief ingredient is an
intestinal tonic-laxative h a
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-08
Army Denies Ban
On Opportunity

New Masses" Urban league Of
ficials we're inclined to think the
reference was to some other pub
LEGATION since there are two other
magazines published under the
same name, one of which is a
salesmen's trade paper.
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Official Says Jews Are Also
Target Of D. G. Prejudice

same thing persists. Although open
opposition to the Negro is practised
the subtle underurrent uses the
Negro question to get over its
hatred of the Jews especially IN
one department where there Is a
large number ofthe later work.
ing in the higher brackets.
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INDICTS HIMSELF
DIsFRANCHIsE EFFORTS

Mr. Gibson represents only those in his district
in whose veins flow "AngloySaxon' blood. And Mr.
Gibson and others dealing with the body polite in
the South are very careful to by the manipulation
of the white primary, poll taxes and other devices
that this huge minority, who by accident of BIRTH do
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Not Counted

PERUSiNG THE Congressional Record the other
6av this writer came across the maiden speech OF
Congressman John S. Gibson, Waycross. Georglas
Gift to Americas legislative halls.
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Veasey Tells
How He Fled
FromCermans
Bv ROBERT Nj. RADCLIFFE

Germany can't win J!
That's the frank opinion of
William Veasey, 38-year-old At
lantan who was in the midst o.
Nazi bornbings before he found
4 way to get back to the y. ,. "A.
A concert singer .lbass-bari-
tone), Mr.. Veasey is six teet,
three inches tall. He has smll-
ing eyes.
And now, after 21 years OF
thrilling and spectacular experl"
ences in Europe, he is back in the
Gate City visiting his parents, MI.
and Mrs. Fat Veasey, 102 Lucy
street, NE.
Although still weak and sick
from suffering in German-occupied
countries, Mr.. Veasey received
rewspapermen Wednesday and told
of his flirtations with death while
fleeing war zones.
CANT WIN"
Germany can't win," he said,
because she will not be able to
handle what she has. ALREADY,
people under the German le are
starving to death"
lingering a cigarette With his
long fingers, he declared II don't
think the United States of America
is going to allow Germany to win.
After long pause, MIR. Veasey
said, Hitler has no love for any
thing black and should he ever get
a foothold in this country, Negroes
would find themselves below slave
time conditions. The Negro is
wrong who thinks Hitlerism in
America would benefit the colored
race"
SAYS NAZIS WORRIED
T h ir o w n b t l :
h fps bot tie d up in the
Mediterranean. the Nazis are now
worried about England's success on
the sea, he pointed out. ..-
''The Germans lost 10000 men
while trying to invade England by
sea-" Mr.. Veasey declared.
He said the waters in the war
zone apparently were covered with
oil and gasoline and set afire, re-
sulting in severe burns to Na>i
warriors who were shot down from
the air or forced to leave their
battleships,
The Atlanta artist has appeared
in concerts in nearly every import
ant European city and was received
royalty by all nationalities until
Hitler began easing into the pic
ture. It happened over night, this
complete change of policy, he said
and then in the German-influenced
cities, black-skinned men began 20
feel the Nazi sting,
ENTERTAINER FLEES
He told of colored entertainer
in German cabaret who had to
flee overnight, and of German ant
italian children spitting on people
of Arabian end African descent
Negroes in Germany got out o.
the country Immediately after Hit
Ter gained foothold," Mr.. Veasey
told newspapermen.
Natives Of the countries invaded
by Hitler have way of getting re-
venge," he said. "In Holland, Nazi
policemen are thrown into canals
during nights; German soldiers are
shot down, factories are clogged UP
4 and communication services Gu:
| down.
"T'he Germans retaliate, however
by Lining Up SUSPECTS and shoot.
ing them down.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-08

enough to buy passage from Brus-
sells to Lisbon. German troops
guarded him and others in, a sealed
Car during the long trip.
After reaching Lisbon, the U. S.
Government made it possible for
him to board ship and reach
America. Eleven other colored per-
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-08

WASHINGTON, D. G. lamp
Casual observations in the capl-
tai reveal a situation unhealthy in
the extreme as far as racial rela-
tions go. The general opinion Is
that discrimination is practised in
the governmental departments
against Negroes only-Which in
view of recent revelations, has
proved a fallacy There is strong
anti1Senlitic current alive lin
washington with the Jews catch
ing plenty of the same treatment
accorded Negroes.
An administrative officer in one
of the biggest bureaus here in an
interview said:
'eNot only do Negroes bear the
burden of discriminatory practlSeS,
but the Jews in my department are
also under continual fire. South
erners accuse me of being partial
to the Jewish workers. They claim
the Jewish Workers are held on
longer than others. This is true
because of the high efficiency rat
ing the Jewish workers achieve.
Zone southern woman told me
she did not want to sit in a wing
of the building where she could
look out of the window and see
Negro clerks at work.
"Another refused to enter the
building because of Jews and Ne
groes.
$50 you can see it is not a
pleasant task to administer the al
fairs of la department like this
where YOU have thousands OF work
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Subtle Undercurrent Puts
Across Program of Hate

ers of various na:iolalities, races,
creeds and colors."
And in other departments, the
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The Globe TrOtter
Bv cliff Maekay

not have Anglo Saxon blood flowing through thelr
veins shall not have voice in selecting those VINO
are to rule over them.
Of course when the census-taker comes around
Mr. Gibson would not limit the population OF his dis
trict to the 100000 of Anglo Saxon blood" which
he boasts to Congress he represents II he old thaC
Nh. Gibson probably would not be in Congress lie
needed to count all citizens, regardless OF ancesor9e
or blood, to have a sufficient number to form the
district needing representative. That is one way
the South has been defrauding the North for 10 these
many years.
And Mr. Gibson too would quickly forget about
any difference in blood when it comes to the collec
ton of taxes to obtain funds to pay him the SlOOOU
annually he draws down for representing the 30UOt0
HE HAS COMPANY
There are scores of others seated in legislative
halls throughout this country who have the same
twisted perception of democracy" as has MIR Glib
They able to obtain and hold these positions
only by their wellplanned efforts to frusrate gen
uine democracy and through the apathy of so many
toward exercising the sacred privilege of the ballot
Mr. Gibson could easily be taught that when he
is elected to the national Congress he to represent
not just the privileged few but all the citizens IN that
district But the only teacher is the ballot. Pc
ttions resolutions, and pleas from those who under
Mr.. Gibsons ratings So unfortunate not to be
possessed with "Anglo-Saxon blood will availeth
nothing.
Democracy works only for those who work for
democracy This axiom has been driven forcibly
home to those democratic nations under H1tlers
cruel heel 1t is just applicable to the minorities
within democracy. We will always be considered
the outer fringe by Mr. Gibson and others who
believe in the kind of exclusive democracy" he
does, until we make a concerted effort to get in.
That effort should Come in the form Of de
termned drive among those 175,000 Mr.. Gibson fails
to count to become registered voters block OF
votes like that would make Mr.. Gibson forget
about what kind Of blood flows through their veins
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-08

Most of the imported milk of
maqnesia sold in India is supplied
bv a few well known firms in the
limited States.
The Phoenix index., 1941-03-08

Miss Mildred E. Wardlaw gradu-
ate of Atlanta University School OF
Social Work is enjoying her work
rs director of the Nursery School
Department of the Southeast House
operated by the Washington, D.. c.
Welfare Association, Inc. with Miss
Mae C. Hawes serving rs Executive
Director. Miss Wardlaw is the
daughter Of MIR. and Mrs. G.. III.
WardIaw. S25 Fair Street. s. w.,
Atlanta, a graduate of Spelman Col
4ege and the sister of James III.
Nardlaw, executive secretary of the
MassiIlon (ObiO) Urban League.
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and many of his other Southern colleagues
believe in.