Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-13
Mass Meeting Here
Asks BiIbo's 0uster as
D. {. Committee Head

Removal of Senator Bilbo from
the Craftsmanship of the Senate
District Committee was requested in
a resolution passed last night at the
conclusion of mass meeting of
about 1000 colored and a scattering
of white persons at the Asbury M.
E. Church, Eleventh and K streets
NV.
The American people at large
realize that when a man like Bilbo
speaks as he does" said Eugene
Cotton, assistant general counsel of
1.-THE CLIO, "he undertakes to aid the
enemies of the country-that he does
not speak for the people nor for
the principles of this country
Denounces Segregation.
Charles c. Houston, colored Wash
ington attorney and a member of
the Presidents Fair Employment
Practices Committee, denounced seq
regation. He spoke of the commit
tees efforts to open employment as
bus operators in Washington to COL
ored men. Every time I ride in
them and realize that the bus oper-
ator is being granted deferment
as employed in essential work and
that Negro family is being broken
up to meet the draft quotas-it tries
my patience" he said.
Il don't want to see the Negro
suffer and then get nothing. It's
got to be just one thing-democracy
or else"
Joseph D. Phillips, Federal
worker who is president of the
washington Industrial Union Coun-
Gil, CLIO, was chairman of the meet
ing. DR.. Calvin Keene of Howard
Universitys school of religion was
listed as chairman in the announce
ment OF the meeting, but he was UNI
able to attend.
Charles S. Hill, colored, of the
Hotel and Restaurant Workers. A.
F. OF L., told of his visit to Senator
Bilbo's office with a committee toll
protest the Senator's utterances on
racial segregation
He took look at my frosted
poll" said Mr. Hill, who is over so
land said, Come on in, boy!''
Il said to him, Senator, men grow
where you come from"
The audience roared With
laughter.
"The Senator told us: If you think
you're going to get all that you're
talking about in the postwar world
you're dreaming" Mr.. Hill said.
He reminded the audience of the
Negroes role in the war and added:
1.-THE boys over there are not
going to take it when they come |
back"
S557 Collected.
Mr.. Hill led the taking of the |
collection. He called for some $40
contributions. Two were forth
coming from colored groups. He
called for S. contributions. One
hand went up. The 81 contributions |
were numerous, however, and the
meeting raised $557, it was an
nounced, for the Sponsoring Com
mittee to Gust Senator Bilbo, of |
which Layton Williams of the Hotel |
and Restaurant Workers, AFL, Is
chairman.
Thelma Dale of New York, acting
executive secretary of the National
Negro Congress, drew the biggest
applause Of the meeting when she
told the audience that they must |
work forsathe rcturn of Roosevelt |.
TO the White House for a fourthf
term.
Earl j. Amedee, president OF the |
Youth Council, National Association /
for the Advancement OF sColored /
People. also spoke. Samuel Levine
Washington attorney and member
OF the National Lawyers Guild, who
was scheduled to speak, was unable
to appear. i
The Rev. r. M. Williams, pastor
OF the church. closed the meeting
with a benediction