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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-19


Income the Outcome is bad"
SAGE SAYINGS
GOV. TOBIN'S removal of
William Harrison from the Bay
State delegation to the Nation
al Freedom (?) Day celebration
in Philadelphia Implying open
ly that man may be of any
race, creedor religion in Ameri-
ca is being rated in some quar-
tiers as a prize political boner by
the Governor.
THE MORAL issue. is ad-
vanced that Harrison is a Com
munist party member, which is
not unlawful, else he would be
in jail. Harrison is not a true
Communist, he is not an atheist,
does not advocate the overthrow
of Uncle Sam. I know Harrison
as well as I do the paper he
writes for,
BILL HARRISON, the last
time I saw him, was thanking
God for a miraculous escape
from train wreck. Colored
men by nature Of their religious
background can never be athe-
lists. The Governor should
know this, A Harvard grad fully
as brilliant as Mr.. Tobin, Bill
Harrison never had the fortu-
nate breaks" of Mr.. Tobin
Harrison may wax bitter, but he
is loyal and sincere.
WITH BOTH the major po-
litical parties eVading FEPC,
the poll tax, anti-lynch bill and
other issues, some colored land
many white) citizens joined the
Communists and PAC to get
more political action. Bill Har-
riSon was one of these, and he
worked for theelection Of Mr..
Tobin's political party. 1t was
all right then. Mr.. Tobin'S
party victory was aided by the
PAC and CLIO. He knows it.
THE POLITICAL REASON be-
hind Mr.. Tobins move is there
fore interpreted as due to his
Washington aspirations and a
desire to associate himself now
from the Communists. 1t reads
good in print, but it raises the
question whether his act is
prompted by selfish or moral
reasons. Harrison provides the
"news vehicle" but he may be
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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-19
Masons Installation
Notable Event

A. F. and A. M. Scottish Rite
Masons made a grand occasion
of the installation of their new
ly elected Grand Lodge officers
last Tuesday night at the Ma
sonic Building, 1912 fremont st,
which the order has recently
purchased.
The entire membership was
invited to the ceremonies and
the commodious assembly hall
was filled to capacity. The Off
GERS installed were William A.
Howard, most worshipful grand
master; John w. Bigham, deputy
grand master; Frederick L. Her
bert, grand senior warden; Jos.
A. Benn, grand junior warden;
SVt. Clair Kirton, grand sec;
Nathaniel Reid, grand treas;
Harold F. Roberts, grand lectur-
er; Arthur P. Collins, grand mar
shall; Luther N. Martin, grand
Continued on Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-19
RED SCARE" AT NAACP MEET
Poet Countee Cullen Dead at AZ John j. McIIvaine Dies
WAS NAACP ELECTION LEGAL?

The postponed meeting of the
NAACP Boston Branch in Peo-
pies Church last Tuesday night
was attended by several hundred
persons and began promptly at
$3.50 with President Julian D.
Steele in the chair. After an in
vocation by Rev. Richard NJ.
owens, communications we're
read from the National Office
reaffirming the ineligibility of
the Youth Council members to
vote and approving the holding
of the meeting. Several members
then informed the chair that no
check had been made as to the
number Of non-members present
in the meeting, and a ruling was
asked for. The chair ruled that
non-members were not eligible
to vote. However, no provision
was made for separating mem
bers and non-members.
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After considerable wrangling
among those present over pro-
cedures, the chat rwas asked for
a ruling on the status of the
Nominating Committee and rul-
that the committee had been
improperly elected due to the
presence OF one or more of its
who were not members
of the Boston Branch. The chair
then ruled that the results of
its deliberations were therefore
void. The ruling of the chair
was Immediately challenged and
an appeal was called for from
the floor. Speaking on the ap-
peal, Rev. Mr.. Minor stated that
the entire Executive Committee
had agreed with the chair that
the Nominating Committee had
been improperly constituted,
therefore he was calling upon
the body to sustain the ruling Of
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-19
Says VictOryFreed
Whites Only

CHICAGO 1.-THE next war
will be a race war unless the
United Nations face frankly the
problem of the darker peoples
of the Pacific" Brig. Gen. Carlos
P. Romulo, resident commits
sioner of the Philippines to the
United States, declares in an
article "a Billion Betrayed" in
the January Negro Digest.
Warning that the Allies must
make good their promises to
brown peoples in the Pacific,
General Romulo states that Far
Eastern countries have found
that these promises provided
freedom for white peoples
caught under the Nazi yoke, but
not for them. They look upon
themselves as a billion people
betrayed, a billion people to be
fought over and shufled about
in the white mans scramble
for colonies again.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-19

Boston is impatiently awaiting
the appearance of Ellabelle
Davis to be presented by st.
Mark Congregational Church at
Jordan Hall, Monday evening,
Feb. Is, The New York Herald
Tribune says" The colored race.
has given us another diSting-
uished singer in Ellabelle Davis.
Her soprano voice is of extraor-
dinarily persuasive texture,
cleaning limpidly throughout its
wide range. She has an innate
musicaIity and sense of style
found only in the true artist.
She should soon occupy an i'm
portal place in our musical life"
Miss Davis, native of New
Rochelle, N. Y, has just COM
pleted a tour in Mexico, Central
and South Amrica where her
triumphs have been chronicled
in the various capitals news
papers, and her success is the
talk of all artist centers. The
Mexican paper Ell Universal
Grafico says, "The fantastic
triumph of Ellabelle Davis is the
talk of all artistic centers and
all agree upon the fact that hers
is a voice of the rareSt beauty
which happens once in a CEN
fury"
Boston will recall Miss Davis
last Boston appearance at which
time the Boston Herald wrote,
1T seems possible in the case
of Ellabelle Davis to throw dis
erection to the wind and say that
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-19

at $3.50 a. M, clad only in his
shoes, by officers on Gorrell st.
across from the brick wall which
marks the campus boundary.
Taken to the L. Richardson
Memorial Hospital, he died at
8:45 a. m.
Police said that someone's
clumsy and obvious effort to
enter the dormitory had awak-
ened residents once before dur
ing the night, at 3 a. M, and
that some of the students
thought that the intruder had
entered it at that time and had
fled when lights were thrown on
in various rooms.
Continued on Page Four
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John MCIIvaine
Dies At SO

Funeral services for John F.
McIllyaine Of 70 Hammond st.,
well-known and popular South
End citizen, for many years
proprietor of the billiard parlor
at fremont and Davenport SITS,
were held Wednesday afternoon,
Jan. Is, at Columbus Ave. ANdE
Zion Church. Rev. A. A. Perry,
the pastor, conducted the serv-
ices and Rev. Enoch o. Wood
house rendered solos. Many
friends were in attendance. A
profusion of floral pieces sur
rounded the casket John A.
O'Brien's Service had charge Of
the funeral an dinterment was
in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Pail
bearers we're: DR.. Silas T. Tay-
lor, Robert Russell, Arthur
Davis, Lincoln Pope, Balloon
Taylor and Frederick Wheelock
John F. McIlvaine was born
in Newbern, N. c., SO years ago,
but for many years was a resi-
dent of Boston where he was
widely and popularity known.
His health began to fail several
years ago and he was several
times hospitalized. Surviving are
a son Howard, recently returned
from overseas, brother-in-law,
w. S. Sparrow, sister-in-law,
Mrs. Bessie Mcnvane, many
nephews and neices and a host
Of friends.
Out of respect to the mem
DRY of Mr.. McIlvaine the Lin
coin Drug Store was closed
during the services.
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the chair.
A letter was then read from
the Nominating Committee to
the Executive Committee stating
that the Executive Committee
had no authority over the Nomi-
mating Committee and that the
Nominating Committee refused
to recognize any authority of the
Executive Committee. The chair
was then asked to further clari-
fly the status of the Nominating
Committee and stated that in his
opinion the Nominating Commit
tee having made its report ear
lier in the meeting and having
had its report voted received was
discharged automatically. There
fore, it could not reconvene. An
appeal was made from the ruling
OF the chair and the chair was
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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-19
NUDE PROWLER SHOT
DEAD BY GIRL STUDENT

GREENSBORO, N. Can ear
ly morning prowler was shot to
deasn Thursday Of last week by
Bennett C9Esz. student. as be
attempted t. enter Pfeiffer Hall,
a girls tlora'itoly
Police said the incident was an
obvious intent to enter. The
student, Miss Estelle Watson,
senior, of uffolk, Va, was ex-
onerated following an investiga-
ton by Dr.. W w. Harvey, Gull
ford coroner, WHO termed it
Unsuitable homie. &C..
jackson, who was shot once in
the groin, died from loss of blood
following an attempt to flee the
scene, police said. He was found
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-19
Throngs At
Cullen Rites

NEW YORK - Thousands of
persons last Saturday morning
packed Salem Methodist Church
and the sidewalks for funeral
services for Countee Cullen,
noted poet, who died Wednesday,
Jan. 8, at Sydenham Hospital
after few days illness.
Rev. Charles Y. Trigg, pas
tor of the church conducted the
services, assisted by Rev. Jo-
seph G. Hill. Tributes were al
so paid by prominent persons.
Honorary pallbearers includ-
ed: CaSka Bonds, william Stan
ley Brathwaite, Elmer Carter,
Judge Hubert T. Delany, DR. Al
pheus Hunton, Rex Ingram,
James W. Johnson, Canada Lee,
DR., Alain Locks, John Mitchell,
Paul Robson, George Royal,
Ridgely Torrends, Carl Van
Vechten, Justice James S. Wat
son, Richard Wright, Charles
Sebree and Augustus Granville
Dill.
Countee Cullen was born in
New York city on May 30, 1908,
the adopted son of Rev. Freder-
lex A. Cullen, founder of Salem
Methodist Episcopal Church. He
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she as almost certainly destined
for the best the American con-
cert stage can offer, I swear I
have not heard such distinguish
ed singing"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-19
BOSTON BAKED
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By MABE KOUNTZE

III man liueS beyond his
Income the Outcome is bad"
SAGE SAYINGS
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-19
Brockton Students
Refuse Scholarships

BROCKTON, Mass, - High
School students here went on
record this week in upholding
the principles of democracy
when they refused the offer of
scholarship from local Deborah
Sampson OAR Chapter. They
we're upheld in their action by
HeadmasGer Ralph w. Haskins
and the superintendent Of
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-01-19

schools, Edwin Nelson.
The local chapter were deeply
chagrineo, calling the act i'll
advised. The students, however,
held that the undemocratic &C
ton Of the OAR in refusing use
of their Washington, D. c., Hall
to colored artists was sufficient
cause to refuse the scholarship
offer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
Popularity Poll

For years commencement orators have been asking, "Whther are we drifting?" And now in of the most interesting nationwide polls that his organization has ever conducted Dr. George Gallup has with what seems to be tolerably accurate answer.
 This of answers, from all walks of le to the Gallup Poll question: What living today do you admire most" And it indicates that drift ing right down the middle of the road.
 Americas Mo- pin-up boy is General MacArthur with General Eisenhower in second place. National attention may focused foreign relations and domestic econ Omy Congressional sentiment antimiltarlstc Yet these soldiers not politicians Perhaps the people haven't forgotten the after a and are expressing ad- mration for records unbemshed and perhaps hanced in the months of peace.
 The remaining eight favorites in the top 10 asso ciated with politics The President of the United States is running third and his predecessors widow is in fourth place The only living ex-Presdent, conservative Republican IS sixth in front of the younger and more liberal Republican hopefuls, Thomas B. Dewey and Harold Stassen
 But before Mr. Hoover that doughty, conserva- tive British statesman Winston Churchill And behind MT. Hoover ahead of Messrs Dewey and Stassen Henry Wallace ardent New Dealer if there Sec reay of State Byrnes gets vote of confidence and tenth place.
 Dr. Gallups top 10 interesting enough, but the list of prominent also-rans ntrgues You won't find John L. Lewis James c. Petrillo or any of the du Fonts among them but Frank Snatra and Betty Grabe there
 Justice Jackson made the aso-rans but not Justice Black Clark Gable got here but not Maurice Evans Bob Hope, but not Fred Allen Jack Benny Fibber Mcee Helen Hayes, but not Katharine Cornell
 And what does it all mean? Apparently if Dr. Gallups pusefeeng to normal accuracy 1t means that our most vocal citizens and groups not the voice of the people It that labor hasn't captured the pubc nor has big business been enshned in the hearts of it's country men.
 Those who claim to speak for the common man would do well to study this list of the mans current ldos It reveals that while remain sharply divided the travail of and the turmoil of peace have not brought sharp changes It may be confusing it is enightening But the revolution evidently isn't just around the corner
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
Curb on GOv't-Spending By Peter Edson

WASHINGTON, June 25-(NEA) When the La Toilette Monroney bill to reorganize Congress comes up for consideration sometime soon, there may be terrific fight over two sections which would tend to make the Government balance it's budget and econonize. whether 1t wanted to or not.
 All the executive departments of the Govern ment plus the Congressional group and al! the aoor organizations that supported the so-called "FuF Employment Act of 1946, will be opposed to any such idea On the other side the advocates Of econ- omy in Congress backed by strong lobby of anti Government spending groups and taxpayers protec- tive associations, will go all out in support
 The mechanics of this reorganization bill pro- posal for compulsory budget-balancing are little involved, but take them step at time and they're not too tough In simplified form the idea is this: At the beginning of every regular session of Congress four committees dealing with taxes and spending House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Sen- ate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees would meet jointly to consider estimates of Gov ernment receipts and expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. Within 60 days by April IS at the report to the House and Senate on the Governments financial outlook for the 12 months beginning on the following July l.
 If these four powerful committees found that government expenses would be higher than govern ment revenue they would be required to submit to Congress concurrent resolution" authorizing an increase in the public debt by so many millions lution neither the Senate nor the House Appropria- tions Committee would be authorized to receive or consider any general appropriation bill.
 Action by concurrent resolution is specified because such measure would not have to be signed by the President to be made effective further provision in the reorganization biu would Aswever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
Wisconsin Politics

MADISON WIS.-The political independence and lack of strict party regularity for which this state has been famous for many years because of the LaFol- ette influence is still prevalent From all present signs should pay dividends in the Aug 1S primary Translated this indicates that Bob LaFolette who has served 21 years in the Senate will be nom- nated which, in this state, is tanamount to election The Senator, still among the younger members of the Senate at 51 dissolved his all but disintegrated Progressive Party and espouSed the Republican label this year as matter of political expectancy for him. self and his followers
 But the regular Republican organization at it's convention refused to accept him as a Republican and nominated it's candidate. So the Senator is running in effect independently and as an irregular
 The regular Republican convention likewise, in the second place, refused renom1nation to the 8S- year-old Gov. Walter S. Goodland But this elder statesman also the likely winner over two other candidates because of the support he has among the rank and file for his independence. Senator LaFollette Is assured easy victory be- of the attractive figure selected by the regu- lars to oppose him. the 36-year-oh ex-Marine cap- tain and Circuit Court Judge, Joseph R. Mccarthy Joe Mccarthy came up the hard way that appeals to the sturdy ctzenry of this state. He was born on farm, worked his way through college and law school and Circuit JudgeShip at an unusually young age He in the Marine Air Corps 30 months He resigned his judgeshp, which Governor Goodland held open for him, and enlisted as private. He was an energetic campaigner, on the road constantly He has met criticism for retaining his judgeship while running for public office by personally in- terpretng the ban against this in the State Constu- ton to apply to state rather than federal offices He is fighting MT. LaFollette up and down and straight through the Senator's New Deal record, blaming New Deal policies for the situation in the sponsble with management This strikes response in this predominantly agricultural state.
 On international affairs he Is urging full support
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
Golden Sweepstakes

We missed the of Louis B. Mayer heading the list of the Treasurys roster of toppad Americans for 1944 Mr. Mayer Hollywood executive, had been there for era years And he seemed bet Assault to lead the field again this
 But Mr. Mayer not only didn't finish out in front He finished out of the moneythe published money that And to think of it. didn't the of John D. Rockefeller Jr the Henry Fords q and ID the list, either Instead, there a newcomer from Hollywood named Leo McCarey first place. His take-before taxes and doesn't he wish he could keep it!-was $1113O35.
 Somehow, don't think that MT. Mayer has had to take cut, any than think that the Rockefelers and the Fords haven't been able to attain the $7500 income bracket Rather, it likely that Mr. Mayer has aged to accumulate the others rich knowledge along with considerable wealth of his own and has contrived to keep his earnings from the vulgar gaze of the public
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
Hoosier Psychiatry

Maj.-Gen Lewis B. Hershey, who Seective Service, thinks the present generation suffers from it's parents de- sire their kids have easier childhood than Pa and Ma did, He also thinks the juvenile job of keeping the woodbox filled might have helped many of the 100000 men rejected for mental instability to make proper adjustment to life.
 psychatry But maybe would work. Daily chores, pre- scrbed in moderation fine for disabusing the mind of any notion that life tournament of roseshoW much the young mind may resent them They're fine for the young body too And their gradual development of the of responsibility necessary to normal adult is probably beneficial the of sportsmanshp deve oped in games.
 And yet should know better than General Her shey how hard is to talk people out of the idea of pampering and shelterng the young Hasn't he testified before Congressional committees extension of the draft law?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
In Today's Mail

To be successful, a safety cam paign must strike the reader ol nearer with such impact that he ex- claims to himself: What fool I've been to drive like that, or to jay walk; or to say: That's a chance I'm not going to take"
 All the people in the community have stake in one another'S safety and in one anothers' carelessness Therefore, they should be induced and invited to participate in the campaign. They should be encourag- ed to talk and think about safety; their ideas, suggestions, letters and testimony should be welcomed and made part of the general safety program.
 In this way they will aid in mak- ing themselves and their neighbors more safety conscious, and thereby help make their community a safer place.
 I respectfully submit that the safety drive must not be permitted to become in the peoples mind, an activity of a group of downtown citizens. Each and all of us should realize that this campaign is a con- munity-wide effort. Everyone should feel that this is his own, as well as his community's drive to make Wa terbury better place in which to live. His every effort in this matter is part of the community's endeavor to make 1t safer for himself, his family, his friends and his neghbors.
 I can think Of no better commun- ity effort.
 Respectfully Yours,
 ROBERT B. BICKEL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
Which Will It Be?

The nation has learned the hard way that has vital stake in it's basic industries The coal strikes have srated this with disastrous fnaly The political and leg isatve trend in this country weighted heavily in favor of monopostic labor practices, have but endchaos and eventual destruction of private management and rep resentatve government
 Repeatedly, in time of war; the miners have struck Each time settlement forced in favor of the miners Strikes encouraged long the law permits party peases while restricting the actions of the other
 The coal miners latest demands amount to union taxa tion of industry and union control of management.
 The people of this country must realize that n- dusry and labor be treated equally under the law headed for government by pressure groups scale that win destroy opportunity and personal liberty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-25
By Thomas Stokes

for the United Nations as the hope for preventing another Here the issue is not clear-cut in some other states-for example, Minnesota, Senator LaFollette, who before the followed the stanch isolatonist tradition of his father has voted for the United Nations, for the Breton Woods financial agreements, for the reciprocal tariff program, and for appropriations for the import-expor bank for foreign loans.
 He voted against the British Loan the most re- cent test. But Judge Mccarthy has failed to make this direct issue as did Governor Griswold in Me- braska. In answer to questions at meetings, Judge Mccarthy says this country must make loans to other nations, but he is critical of the provision in the British loan legislation waiving interest for few years.
 He says too that Britain should not be permitted to use proceeds of the loan to make purchases in this country for time it would promote imitation. On one occasion he replied to questioner that he would have voted against the loan had he been in the Senate.
 In this state, with its large German and Polisk population, there is much anti-British well ant-R Russian sentiment. The Senator's vote against the British loan and the Laollette isolationis tra dition of the past helpful He also is condemnng Communist activity in this country in weekly broad casts from Washington
 The Senator's strength lies in the labor vote in Milwaukee and other smaller industrial cities in the southeastern part of the state and in the LaFollete tradition of public service exempified in his in his long, able career in the Senate.
 The LaFollette name still seems to carry enough magic after the 46 years since the Senator's father first became Governor and started series of social and economic reforms within the state They were carried forward in Wisconsin by his son. Philip, for mery Governor, and in the Senate by Bob. They have had much influence through the years other states and on the national government in the New Deal program.