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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-23

AND IT. is doubtful If Avery
Brundage, chairman of the board
of the LaSalle Hotel and former
pal of Hitler and Goering, would
go along willingly with the pro-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-23

AT A hearing before Judge
John T. Zuris on November 4.
Mrs. Dorothea Allen, chairman
of the Back of the Gold Coast
Citizens, Inc, demanded law
yer.
Judge Zuris attempting to in
timidate Mrs. Allen, shouted,
You're trouble maker." But
she stood firm and Pride was
granted right to counsel.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-23

was taken to the Chicago, Ave.
police station and held until
friends posted S25 bond.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-23

THESE facts emerged most
sharply.
1. There is no private or pub.
lie building in progress or un.
der consideration that will be.
gin to solve the housing crisis.
2. The situation In which the
vets are forced to squabble
over a few available places,
such as in the Airport Homes,
has given rise to new racial
tensions and opened these sit
uatiOns to the work of profess
si0nal race-baiters.
3. A temporary solution to
the crisis lies in occupation by
the vets of such available
places as the LaSalle Hotel and
the hundreds of unoccupied
buildings in the Chicago area
which would be suitable for
housing.
THE government had no trou-
BILE taking over such places as
the Stevens and Congress Hotels
during the war, vets say. Why
not now?
If no action is forthcoming on
such places, many vets, even
those who did not fully support
the recent squatters' action at the
Airport Homes project, have in
Dictated that they are ready to
rent rooms in these buildings
whether the owners are ready or
not.
DURING the war, the govern
ment remodeled many buildings
for housing, by arrangement with
the owners, who usually made
pretty good deal of it. 1t was done
under the Public Conversion
Program" by branch of the
National Housing Agency.
This program has been dis
continued. But it can be reinstat-
ed by the MIA without legisla-
tive action.
Unfortunately, although rein
statement Of the program would
make it possible for the MIA to
remodel large buildings into fam
lily units where the owner could
not afford to do it, the MIA has
no present authority to bring un-
willing owners into line.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-23
Legal Steps;
Legal Steps;
How LaSaIIe Hotel, empty
mansions could he vets homes


Right heart Chicagos Loop is OOOroom "housng
occna
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-11-23

It's the LaSalle Hotel, now al
most completely repaired after
the fire of June 5.
This week, with the vet hous-
ing situation growing more
tense and the "squatters' move
ment' apparently here to stay,
the Star checked into the LaSalie
Hotel and other housing possibili
ties.
The southern news., 1946-11-09

Cleveland (ANP) - Speaking
at a Cuyahoga County Republi-
can dinner held at the e Hotel
Statler here Friday night, Con-
gressman Frances P. Bolton, who
represents one of the Cleveland
districts in Washington and is a
potent influence in the national
Republican party scene, made a
plea for unity among the peo-
pic of the country.
eve must face reality even
though we keep our eyes upon
the stars. Mrs. Bolton said as
she pointed out that "the Repub-
llcan party is a again becoming
the symbol of freedom"
Reality contains many prob
lens, many situations far re-
removed from tn e dream that
brought the Pilgrims to our
shores. that fired Washington,
that sustained Lincoln. 1t is not
enough that there is more op-
pcrtunity here than in any other
land in all the the world.
"We must face the fact that
there are still minority groups
who find themselves restricted
on every hand. Certain it is that
The southern news., 1946-11-09
Italian Newspaper Depicts
C0L0red American Soldiers

Rome, Nov. (NNPA) - Th e
warped picture some Italian peo~
pie have of colored American
soldiers is described in one of
series of articles which have
appeared in tn e Communist
newspaper "L'Unita," attacking
some Anglo American occupation
activities.
One of these articles appear
ed under the heading, what the
Allied Occupation Costs Us"
and had a sub-heaoing, 'The Ne
groes on the Merry-Go-Round.
While other articles have en-
phasized the relations between
colored American soldiers and
italian girls, this article gives a
biased account of the effect the
presence of colored American
troops is having on the Italian
people.
The Rome Daily American, on
ly English language newspaper
printed in Italy, reported consid-
cradle dissatisfaction in Italisn
Communist circles with the ser.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
PREJUDICE
DUE ETOFALSE
EDUCATION

WASHINGTON (ANP)-Rev.
J. L. Horace and Mrs. Estellc
Massey Riddle, only colored
members of the citizens commits
sion attending the three-day
meeting sponsored by the U. S.
Office of education in Social Sc
curity building here beginning
last Monday, brought the issues
of unequal pay and Negro ed
ucation" into the open for free
and frank discussion. The meet.
ing was called to deal with prob
lens in elementary, secondary
and vocational education; high
er education. school administra
ton and international education
Taking care the int as.5 OF
colored people and other minorl-
ties were not shunted aside, Rev.
Horace opened the ISSUE of teach
ers' pay, declaring that though
teachers are not adequately paid,
Negro teachers, however, are
even less adequately paid. ex
cept in one or two localities. He
proposed a minimum salary of
$500 per- year for all teachers,
saying where states, counties or
cities were unable to pay the a
mount, the government should
underWrite it as an investment
Continued on back page)
The southern news., 1946-11-09

New York:-Mrs. Aldena B.
Runnels receives the first fell
lcwship award of $1,000 spon-
sored by the Adam Hat We'll
fare Committee. and given
through the National Urban
League for graduate study in
social work. Others in the
photograph are. Julius A.
Thomas. Director of / h g
Leagues Industrial Relations
Department. h Honorable
Francis E. Rivers, Justice Of
the City Court of New York,
and Joseph Sails, member of
the Adam Hat Welfare Com
mittee. Mrs. Runnels. who will
study at the New York School
OF Social Work. is a graduate
ct Prairie State College, Prairie
view. Texas. and was formerly
Assistant TO the Executive Sec.
retarY of the Portland (ore-
son) Urban League.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
Congresswon1an Pleads


we must accept the challeneg OF
their need and find the way that
will unite the ropes of prejud-
ice, intolerance and ignorance
that bind them, remembering
that no man is free when an
other man is bound,
"The old days are finished, a
new world is being born, a new
era comes into being. Things can
be better only through a new
Interpretation. Only as we speak
tomorrow's language, only as we
envision tomorrow's needs shall
we, who are Republicans, build
strength into this nation"
Many colored political leaders
ard workers were at the Statler
dinner. Mrs. Bolton represents q
district in which there are many
voters of colored origin as well
as of foreign descent. She is
famed for her work among the
underprivileged especially in the
field of nursing and health. In
Congress she serves on the for
eign relations committee and
last year toured Russia and much
OF Europe and North Africa 10
see at first hand what the prob
lens of the people were.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
COTTON PRICE
DROP Affects
FARM FAMILIES

WASHINGTON (NNPA)-As a
result of the loses from the re
cent drop in cotton prices, near
Ily all of the $4,000 colored far
r crs in the South who are large
I ~ dependent upon cotton for a
1lieS6NaAod, ii common with other
J ;: /: ::': g. g. II e; !; :''i;s 'i;s
&'ilIle they missed the chance
to sell at peak prices, they may
hold their cotton off the market
by obtaining government loans
at ninety-two and half per cent
Of parity, the Agriculture De
partment pointed out recently.
Under the Agricultural Adjust
ment Act of 1888, as amended and
supplemented, the Commodity
Credit Corporation is directed to
make loans to farmers on sir COM
one of which is cotton.
The loan rate fo rthe 1916 cot
ton crop is ninety-two and half
Fer cent of parity equality of
purchasing power between the
selling price of cotton at a given
period of time and now.)
President Truman took the cot
ton situation under advisement
last Thursday. Just as the cot
tor market was going up for the
second day as fast as it went
down during the six days of de-
cline Reconversion Director John
R. Steelman last Friday ordered
the Office of Price Administra-
ton to remove price regulations
governing cotton textile mills.
While Mr.. Steelman was act
ting cotton went up $40 a bale,
the full amount permitted in one
made up 40 per cent of the de
day. Market operations last week
cline the market experienced in
the sixty-day break of October.
More than half of the 10000
farms raising cotton in the South
are operated by colored farmers.
Asked to state specifically the
possible effects the recent panic
on the cotton market might have
on colored growers in the south,
Agriculture Department experts
CONTINUED on back page
The southern news., 1946-11-09
URGED TO
STOP
ON NEGROGI's

MANILA (ANP)-Action by
the u. S. embassy may be need
ed to stop thes continuous attack
en- Negro GPs here by five lead =
ing Philippine newspapers.
In an exclusive interview with
Louis A. Johns, Jr., AMP repre-
sentative, Comdr. Julius E. L..
Edelstein. advisor to American
Ambassador Jaul V. McNutt, re-
vealed that 1--WE are attempting
TO formulate a program through
which we hope to be able to ori-
entate both Americans and Fill
rjnos alike on the significance of
friendly relationship"
Johns, waging one man
fight against local newspapers
anti-Negro propaganda, called at
the u. S. embassy twice last week
to deliver two communications in
protest of the "undemocratic ard
unjust" reference towards Ameri-
can Negro soldiers that are un-
fortunately stationed in this re-
public" His letter to Cipriano
Cid, president of the Philippine
Newspaper guild, was withdrawn
while his letter to the u. S.
embassy was the basis of Comdc.
Edelstein's revelations.
Edelstein termed the embassys
proposed orientation program a
timely" and urgently needed"
project, spearheaded by Ameri-
can Negro officers. They will be
the means of disseminating the
information to Negro soldiers, he
revealed. The program will also
be directed to all elements of civil
han classes.
"This matter has been brought
to the attention of Ambassador
McNutt, Edelstein said, land he
Is deeply concerned over it,"
The southern news., 1946-11-09
MURDER, FIGHTS
CONTRIBUTE TO
CRIME UPSURGE
CHARLOTTE. NJ. c.

O1AhLOI Il, IN. y. -
A fresh murder, and some fifteen
cutting trays, plus few extra fights,
kept the Charlotte Police Depart
ment buys over the week END, and
caused more concern-to Chief Frank
NJ Littlejohn, whose Negro cops
numbering eight, are not sufficient
to police the Negro sections as th2
Chief wants them policed.
The shotgun murder of a young
resident of Greenville Saturday
night set off the incidents, which
ranged from the usual ice-pick stab
bings, to razor cuttings The he spitat
on West Hill Street treated num-
Der of cases, and two or three Of
them are serious. Street brawls and
hold-ups, while at minimum,
continue to plague the department
sporadically. However, on the
whole. the comparative crime rate
here for this year, as compared
with last year. shows much I'M
prnvement over the situation. There
are now is Negro eigibles on the
police register, but no funds for
salaries q pay them With II sh'as'
are appointed.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
Vets Housing Ready
At Morris Field
CHARLOTTE. N C

III EARLOIIE, N. L.
Applications will be accepted
from colored vets for housing
units by rental at Morris Field,
on and after November IL, at the
Veterans Information Center,
316 West Hill Street, it has been
announced by DR.. W. H. Webb.
director o fthe center. All appli-
cants must apply in person and
bring with them their honorable
discharge papers, their marriage
certificate, or copy, and units will
be let in the order of necessity.
They are one and two-bedroom
units. the former renting for
$27.5O and the latater for $50 per
month, respectively The full al
lotment of units for Negro vets
is not complete, but will be aug
mented until the number set
aside for them has been reached.
All interested veterans may con-
tact the Center.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
BARBER BOARD
RACKET TO FBI


L. W, Anderson, owner of the
Deluxe Barber College here. ad-
mltted that he had been to the De-
partment of Justice in Washington
and that representatives in the FRS
criminal Division had seen evidence
Wnlcn WI, ne presented charging nj. c.
whitney, former member of the
I N. c. Board of Barber Examiners
ana j. B. Cheek, present chairman
OF the same body, with heading up
a scheme to deprive Negro barber
college owners, by devious meth
DDS, of the opportunity to operate
schools for Negro GIs, while the
Barber Board members owned and
backed schools for Negro GIs. with
Negro "fronts" in charge. Andel
son also admitted that the office Of
Assistant Attorney General Wen
dell Berge, in the FBI's Antitrust
Division had also been contacted
on the same matter, and that s.rle
effort was being made to effect ac-
tration, through General Omar
tratroin, through General Omar
Bradley's office in Washington. Mr..
Anderson said: Governor Cherry
has had the evidence and has not
seen fit to break up this vicious cir
Gle, so there was on other alterna-
tive. When the wheels of justice
within the State break down. as
they have done in this case, there
is no other choice except the Fed
eral Government. have made my
appeal, and am willing to let the
chips fall where they may will not
comprise the issue
Representatives of the Criminal
Division, expressed the feeling that
to Jail the board members would
still fall short of opening the
school, and were seeking to develop
means of getting Mr. Anderson's
college open, DESPITE the allegations
of the Barber Board Mr.. Ander-
son said he would insist upon Grim
Continued on back pagej
The southern news., 1946-11-09

les of articles, particularly the
prejudiced light in which color
ed American soldiers are por-
trayed.
Other sources reported that the
"Unita" series was being watch
ed closely at Caserta a n d that
the small remaining British and
American occupation forces have
chosen not to interfere with The
Communist papers free press
privileges"
The article in question follows:
Hey, Hoe! Here we are more
free than in America
"LEGHORN, August: On his
horse with the stomach burst by
anti aircraft shrapnel, Victor
Emanuel II, with his chest fill
ed-up like a baby-nurse, is there
looking at the powdered ruins OF
what was once the center of Leg
horn. Not even one of the houS-
es around the large square is
habitable.
"At the corner of Via Grande
and along the foot-path there is
The southern news., 1946-11-09

"At this calling, the Negroes
start smiling and then begin to
shout out their sudden joy. Hey,
Hey! They have found once
again the unreal world of the
white men which waits for them
to feast them n d make them
laugh. Even tonight they will
feel themselves as free Ameri-
cans, free, as they never felt in
free America.
'And they laugh with their
teeth very white.
''Now from everywhere, pale
and lean children in dirty rags
arc coming to look at the Ne
groes who have fun.
"It is not the music of t h e
merry-go-round which accom-
panies the wooden horses, it is
a slow and harsh American song
"a blues. The merry-go-roun6
still turns empty and the little
white horses pass and pass again
before the white eyes of the Ne
groes. All of a sudden, big one
(Conrlnued on back page)
The southern news., 1946-11-09
TN TO HEAR ABOUT
!. G.. OF SOUTH
AFRICA'S INDIANS

NEW YORK (ANP)-Jimcrow
against South Africa's 250,OO0 In
dians is Item 81 on the present
UN assembly agenda. .
Presentation of facts in behalf
of the recently enacted ghetto
law" in South Africa will be
made by the Indian delegation.
headed by Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi
Pandit. sister of Jawaharlal Ne
hur( chief minister of India's In
terim government. Under the
ghetto law, Indians in South Af
rica are forced to live in certain
restricted areas and are not per
mitted to own land.
1--WE intend to raise the issue
of fundamental human rights and
their application to the people Of
South Africa" Mrs. Pandit con-
tlnued. "All the problems before
the United Nations are equally
important to us.
1--WE want to fight against dis
cIiminatory practices all over the
world. India feels so long as the
seeds of discrimination exits.
the seeds of future conflicts can
be sowed."
Mrs Pandit, a strikingly attrac
tive woman, has been imprison-
ed many times for her political
convictions and is now the only
woman to head a UN delegation
Trade relations between South
Africa and Indian have been Sc
vered because of the anti-Indian
ghetto laws.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
Prominent LAWYER
N. C. College Speaker

DURHAM-Atty Charles Phelps
Taft cf Cincinnati, ag raduate Of
the Yale University School of Law,
will be the principal speaker at
the North Carolina College vesper
services at $3.50 Sunday afternoon. It
has been announced.
Atty. Taft who holds the hon
orary degree of Doctor of Laws
from the University Of Toledo, tue
University of Rochester, Merietta
college, Miami university, and Ohio
Wesleyan university has served as
prosecuting attorney for the state
of Ohio, chairman of the governors
committee on county government.
and director Of economic affairs OF
the u. S. Department Of State.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
Mob Forms; Negroes
Taken Into Custody

NASHVILLE (ANP) = Three
Negro men were arrested last
week in connection with the
death of Marcus Lee, 70 year old
white man. All were held in an
undisclosed Jail where they were
taken after being threatened by
mob of some rs white men at
Berrien County jail.
The Tifton State Patrol office
sent help to the Berrien sheriff
and his deputies and moved All
bert Parker, of Ray City, Car
ey Bell of Ray City and Colling
Mcqueen of Willacoocheer to
safety. None had confessed the
crime at last reports, but police
said one of the men had rendered
500 bill in payment of small
debt early the next day after the
Staying.
The southern news., 1946-11-09

line of blue and green fair
coaches; at the foot of the Kings
statue there is a Luna Park. A
poor Luna Park with small
flying eight, a merry y-go-round
and two or three shooting stands.
"The first watermelon carts
arrive at sunset. Fresh and good,
fresh and good' cry tn e mer-
chants while sharpening their
long knives.
"But life in Piazza Vittorio,
Via Grande and Via San Fran
cesce begins only later, when the
first Negroes arrive They ad-
vance in small groups with their
hands opened and lolter in a
bashful and shy way at the en-
trance. Every evening atavistic
inleriority complex comes over
them for an instant.
"Then begins the calling from
the inside: Hey! Joe! Heyl Hey!
"The merry-go-round begins
to turn and the klason of the fly
ing eight calls the passers-by
harshly.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
BEATINCS STIR
HENDERS0NvILLE
NAACP TO ACT

HENDERSONVILLE Stirred
to action by the brutal beating of
Sidney Copeland. of this city on
Monday night. October 18th, the
local chapter of the NAACP has uia-
dertaken an Investigation and mas
hired lawyer TO supplement the
services of white lawyer engaged
by the beaten mans employers, to
seek justice for the cop VINO
beat Copeland "to pulp as
it was described to NAACP officials
The white cop was Arnal Nix,
member of the local police force.
In addition to the brutal beating
of the man. it is further claimed
that Nix broke down the door of
Mrs. Copeland's home after having
taken her husband off to jail, de
spite her pleading to be allowed to
accompany him there. and then the
cop returned, broke into the house
where Mrs. Copeland was in bed
and undressed, and according to, the
statement, forced her to accompany
him to the Jail without permitting
her to clothe herself, carrying her
out bare-fcoted, and then thrust her
into jail
1t is claimed that when the roH
first began beating Copeland Mr3
copeland camax and begged him
idesist. ana Nie then slFpped NJ 4
Copeland, and carried Eirn off
jail, where they allegedly beat hire
again. Then about midnight the pc
lice went to Mrs Copeland's home,
and knocked on the door Sne
was undressed, and told them SO,
but they broke down the door and
refused to allow her to put on
either clothes or shoes, and toek
her to Jail also
Copeland was beaten so badly,
it is claimed, that he had to be TAX
en- to hospital. He will be tried on
charges on November l. if he is able
to appear The white people for
whom he works have hired law
yer, and the local branch of The
NAACP is trying to supplement his
service with an Association lawyer,
The affair has stirred up consider
able resentment among both white
and colored residents of this moun-
tain city.
The southern news., 1946-11-09
Lynch Probe
By U. S. Jury
Felt Enough

ATLANTA (ANP)-While At
torney General Tom Clark's or
dering of the U. S. Grand Jury
probe and indictment of Walton
county lynchers is commendable
and better than nothing" it is
not enough observers opined here
last week following the sensa-
t.onal announcement from New
York.
There was the persistent obser-
walton that under federal law, in
case of conviction. the accused
could receive no more than a
one year team and $1,000 fine,
while the state of Georgia would
be authorized to give as high as
the electric chair for the crime
of murder which shocked the
world on July %.
Gov. Ellis Arnall, in Milwau
kee to address a forum when
Clark's announcement was re-
leased, said he was delighted
that action is about to develop in
the courts" adding that "the peo-
pie of Georgia are most anxious
that the lynchers be apprehend-
ed and given the full penalty of
the law-each member Of the
mob deserves the electric chair.
AS governor of the state l express
appreciation to Atty. Gen. Tom
Clark and the federal authorities
fo1 the cooperation in the case. :"
John P. Cowart, U. S. attorney
OF Georgia's Middle district. said
IN Macon he would ask the grand
jury meeting in Athens to return
indictments in the Walton coun-
ty lynchings. He also said the
number of persons to be arrested
VIII depend upon the number of
persons the grand jury decides
to indict.
Cowart said no arrests were an
tlclpated before the grand Jury
convenes the last week in Novem-
ber or the first week in Decem-
Der. Federal court convenes in
Athens, Dec. 2.
The district attorney said that
the persons whose indictment he
will demand don't know action is
planned against them unless they
know they are guilty. It is under
stood that department of Justice
officials will come from Washing
ton to help U. S. Atty. Cowart
present the case. According to
reports over $500 witnesses have
been questioned by the FBI in
connection with the lynchings
Cowart would not speculate how
many witnesses will be called ua-
cn to testify before the Athens
grand jury.
Maj: W. E. Spence. director Of
Georgia's Department of Public
safety, whose Obi has been II
on the case frora the..stsrt. corr.
mented: I've always maintain
ed that the case would break anc
| still think it will l believe the
grand jury procedure will be
beneficial in showing people
what has been going on"
Neither Maj. Spence nor Gov.
Arnall had anything to say about
what the state of Georgia will do
positively about the trial and
ccviction of the culprits to be in.
dlcted by the U. S. jury, if
true" bills can be returned in
Clarke county, which adiorns
Walton and Oconee, where the
Continued on back page)
The southern news., 1946-11-09
Charlotte Crime WaveRiSeS
Smith U. Head Reported
Ready To Resign

This paper was reliably in
formed Monday that DIR. Henry
L. McCrorey, President Cf John
son G. Smith University. has
stated that he was considering
retiring from the post he has held
fer more than 80 years. No date
for the reported retirement was
given. Verification had not been
reetived at press time.