St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-11-22

WAS HIN G TON, ID. c.
(NNPA)-An eleven man faculty
student committee at George Wash
ington University here last Friday
sought to have Don Rothenberg'
neutrality-suspicious. Of the American
Veterans Committee, expelled from
the school because Of his leader
ship in the fight to force the insti-
tuition TO admit colored people to
its LisneF Auditorium.
Announcement that George
Washington's president, Cloyd
Marvin, was considering q resolu-
ton 70 expel Rothenberg high
lighted fast moving events here
as the ave and other Organiza-
tons sought TO break the Capitals
Jim Crow theater policy.
Other events included a protest
against the race ban by the cast Of
apple OF His Eye, in which
Walter Huston Is starring and
which ended a two-week engage
ment at the National TheateT last
Saturday night, and an announce
ment BY the Committee for Racial
Democracy that Marcus Heiman
Of the f Street Theater Corpora
ton Of New York had promised to
admit eolOred people TO the Ma
tional Theater II he could be "as-
sured that no serious incident"
would occur here.
The faculty-student committee
at George Washington mentioned
only Rothenberg by name in its
resolution but asked "that stu
dents who would destroy the uni
versity be removed from our midst
Tor the benefit Of the general
welfare"
The resolution did not specify
how RothenberR and the AVG was
destroying the University but said
that more than a year ago Roth
enberg had been warned not to use
the uniVersity's name In cOnnec-
ton with the ave and that he had
ignored" all warnings by fragrant
" violating the rules Of the uni
versity in this respect.
Members Of the ave, however,
insist that the move to expel the
ave students stems from the or
Ranization's fight against the
schools white-only policy.
d. C. ave Backs "U" Chapter
Jack Motley, president Of the
Greater Washington Area Council
Of ave, last Friday gave warn
ing that AVC's twenty-five chap
ters in the District stood solidly
behind the George Washington
chapter which has spearheaded the
fight against race discrimination
at the Lisner auditorium.
"If the University Is going to
make an issue Of expulsion Of lead
ers Of ave or remove the chapter
there, the area council will come
out in full support" Mr.. Motley
said.
ave reaffirm our determination
10 end discrimination against Ne
groes who seek admission TO Lis
ner. We seek no strife, no friction
and no dispute with any other stu
dent organization. We feel that the
resolution calling for the expul-
sion Of our chapter leaders adopted
by the Student Life Committee is
based solely on disagreement Of
Chapter 341 (The George Wash
ington chapter) with the univer-
sity's policy Of discrimination at
Lisner," Mr.. Motley said.
Reasons Spacious
1.-THE points advanced by the Stu
dent Life Committee as reasons for
expulsion Of leaders Of our chap
ter are specious and a denial Of
civil liberties and n denial that
there exists on the campus room for
an honest difference Of opinion" he
concluded.
Miss Ida Fox, executive secre-
tary Of the Committee for Racial
Democracy, made public q letter
from the cast Of apple Of His
Eye" joining with thirty-three
members Of the Dramatists Guild
in a protest Of Jim Crow in Wash
ington theaters.
Washington-born Mary James,
co-starred with Walter Huston in
the play at the National. said:
81 was born in Washington and
l think / know something about
people here. There is no doubt in