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Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11

In the interests of our country
and our people we issue this ap-
peal. We address it especially to
the Negroes because the status
of our people has long been the
barometer Of democratic liberty
for all,
Every Negro in the United
States can testify to the need for
extending rather than limiting lib
critics Our unavenged dead,
lynched in Monroe, Georgia, the
blinded Negro veteran, Isaac
Woodland. the raped Reey Taylor,
the Ferguson brothers, the A
lynched Negro citizens since VI
Day are mute testimony to
this simple truth.
Our freedom to think and act
on issues affecting the welfare of
our people have been jeopardized
by President Truman's proposal
to Congress on March II, 1947.
For the Administration, backed
by the GOP-dominated SOth Con
gress. to give financial aid to the
reactlonary Greek monarchy
against the long suffering Greek
people is the same as to give
financial assistance to the re
gimes which have produced Bllbo,
Rankin. Talmadge and other re-
dictionaries in our country, I'M
der the guise of rehabilitating the
South.
The foreign loans are to be
used to support feudalism In taa
Far East and tottering monar-
chios in Europe and Asia Minor.
Unless checked now. as happened
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11
TRUMAN URGED
TO CREATE BY
ORDER FEPC

George L. p. Weaver, director
of the CIO Committee to Abolish
Discrimination, last week urged
that President Truman create by
executive order a Fair Employ
ment Practices Committee with
jurisdiction over the executive
agencies Of the Government,
which in many Instances set an
unhealthy example for American
industry 10 follow.
Appearing before the Presi-
dents Committee on Civil Rights,
Weaver also called for federal
legislation to guarantee fair EN-
pioyment practices. the need for
which, he said. was shown by the
experiences of the ClO during
and since the end of the war"
Weaver also told the Presi-
dents Committee that "discrimin-
atory practices which have and
still do prevail in the United
States Employment Service high
light the need for state and fed
cral fai? employment practices
legislation
The GRO Committee. director
called for good housing for ev-
eryone,' pointing out that "the
critical housing problem facing
Negroes is more difficult OF solu.
ton than providing housing for
other groups of our population"
Weaver described the work of
the committee which includes for
nation of antidiscrimination com
mttees in Clio industrial union
councils and CIO international
unions, publications OF education
al material for the clio member
ship and the general public, and
cooperation with governmental
agencies and with social, civic
educational and other groups in
an effort to abolish discrimina
ton.
He also called the u S. com
mittee's attention to the first OBJ
jective Of the clio Constitution
which pledges the organization
Ito bring about the effective or
A ganization OF the working mer
and women of America, regard
less of race, creed, color or ma
tionallty, and to unite them FOL
heir mutual aid and protection"
James y. Carey, clio Secretary
8reasurer, Is a member OF thu
residents Committee and chair
aan OF the clio Committee L
kbolish Discrimination.
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11
INTERRAC|AL
GROUP TO TOUR
UPPER SOUTH

Beginning this week an inter
racial deputation representing the
Fellowship of Reconciliation and
the Congress of Racial Equality
will begin a two week tour of the
upper South, touching at points
in Virginia, Kentucky. North Car
DINA, and Tennessee, to speak be-
fore church, civic, and student
groups to discuss the question Of
segregation in travel. The group
viii travel together during the
two week period Of the trip.
The decision OF the Supreme
Court in the case OF Irene Nor
gan, announced last June 3rd, de-
elared unconstitutional state laws
demanding segregation of inter
state passengers. One purpose OF
this deputation Is 10 acquaint
people who will be reached with
the legal facts about segregation
OF passengers In travel, and
practical methods for implement
ting the Morgan decision OF the
Supreme Court.
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11
Independent Civil Rights
Agency Urged By wDl

Rowland Watts, secretary OF the
WDL's legal committee requested
an opportunity to testify and pre-
sent briefs.
Recent Supreme Court dec'.
sions further restricting applicar
ton OF the federal civil rights
statutes and failure Of the Depart
ment of Justice to secure convic-
tions in such fragrant cases -
the Minden. La. lynchings point
up the inadequacies Of both the
law and its enforcement" Watts
pointed out.
THE WDL has hsd hing -
perience in this field. IT. On =
vestigators have repeatedly 20
duced evidence for use by the De-
partment OF Justice, only to have
the case die In the files Of thA
Civil Rights section or in ~
jury room because OF inadequate
laws to cover admitted cfvn
rights violations, inadequate or
improper investigative Pro c o
dures, conflict OF interests be-
tween various divisions OF the De-
partment OF Justice or inadequate
See CIVIL RIGHTS page five
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11
Wage-Hour Bill
Dangerous Terms
Dr.. DOmbroWski

NEW ORLEANS, Lain con
nection with the Wage-lIour Bill
recently passed by both houses
of Congress and now awaiting
committee agreement and presi
dental signature, James A. Dom
browski. Administrator Of the
Southern Conference for Human
Welfare. this week hailed six
southern Senators and three SOU
thern Representative as real re
personalities of the people of the
south"
while more highly publicized
anti-abor legislation has been
temporarily slowed by popular
pressure against rising prices
and pegged wages" Dr.. Dom
browski said, this bill mutilating
the protection of the Wages and
Hours Law has been slipped thru
both houses of Congress under
the gulse of dealing with the por-
tal-to.portal issue. If signed by
the President, 1t would mark a
tragic backward step in the slow
but sure progress made in recent
years toward raising the living
standard and purchasing power Of
southern wage-earners"
The southern congressman who
opposed the measure, DR.. Dom
browsk stated, are Senators Lis
ter Hill and John ]. Sparkman
Alabama; Claude Pepper Florida
See WAGE.BlLL--page eight
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11
OPEN PRESS
GALLERY TO
NEGROES...W

NEW YORK CITY, (WDL)--
Revision of the 1887 eongression-
al press gallery rules and eXpan.
sion of facilities to admit editors
OF Negro and labor papers has
been urged by the Workers De-
Tense League.
The recent action Of the Sen
ate Rules Committe in treating
as a special case the admission
of Louis r. Lautier to the press
galleries, points up the need for
drastic revision of the 60-year-
old rules barring editors of non.
dailies", James Peck, editor of
the WDL news service and bull.
letin, wrote Senator c. Wayland
Brooks, chairman Of the com.
mittee "Lautier Is correspondent
for the Atlanta Daily World and
Negro Publishers Association
With the exception of the At.
lanta Daily World, there are no
daily Negro papers. There are
no daily labor papers. Weeklies
and monthlies do not secure ade-
quate coverage of congressional
news from the daily papers. They
are entitled to do so. Congress
itself is entitled to have its pri-
ceedings reported in the Negro
and labor papers. Beyond this,
Congress should not permit itself
to remain open to the recurring
charges of jimcrowing its press
galleries"
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11

NEW YORK CITY - (WDL)-
Pointing to the conflice of inter
ests between various divisions OF
the Department of Justice, the
Workers Defense League urged
that responsibility for upholding
civil rights be transferred to an
Independent agency of govern.
ment.
This was the outstanding re-
commentator in 7-point pro
gram presented by the League
to the Presidents Committee on
Civil Rights. In forwarding the
program TO Robert K. Carr, tn
Committees Executive Secretar,
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11
NEGRO COLLEGE FUND TO
LAUNCH FOURTH ANNUAL
CAMPAIGN APRIL 18th

The goal is S1,300,000, of which
New York City's quota is $3.50,
900. This money will be used to
meet the current operating ex-
penses OF the thirty-three affilia-
ted Negro private colleges.
Harvey s. Firestone, Jr., presi-
dent OF Che Firestone Tire and
Rubber Co., and Andrew w. Rob
ertson, chairman OF the board
See COLLEGES page four
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11
uNHb and THERE
Ted ||:|!aIsS'2a3!a

will be whether It shall proceed
to spend more than million OF
the tax payers money without
waiting for a final court decision
as TO whether separate education
for the Negroes meets the fed
eral constitution requirement OF
equal opportunity.
The first unit OF the University.
a temporary law school In Austin.
In a basement with six arm
chairs, three teachers desks, and
three chairs stated by 3 Univer-
sity of Texas White Instructors.
has been ignored by the Negroes
See HERE and THERE-paos s
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11

THE
[HS!!!E319[

BY A. NJ. Judge
Don't laugh now Butch, but the
City Park and Recreation Com
mission has approved another site
for "A park for Negroes No Butch
no plans have been made to ac-
quire the site. ....,
Two years ago this month. Frank
lin Delano Roosevelt passed, and
the dusty sons of Ham have
been by-passed every since.
Louisiana teachers gave So, 900. 90
to back equal pay suit for the
teachers in that state. What did
Arkansas teachers give to back
their equal pay" suit?
Jackie Robinson has met all the
requirements to become the first
Negro baseball player in the ma
jor league since 1884 but one,
and that Is he failed to chose par
ents of a nationality other than
Negroes.
See ROUNDUP page five
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11
CIT
EDITION

Austin, Texas--Governor Beau
ford II. Jester this week named
five white and four Negro direct
ors for the so-called Texas State
University for Negroes with ac-
ceptance from all The Univer-
sity only exists on paper.
When confirmed by the Senate,
the board will be called to meet
In Austin by the Governor who
will address them along with
Atty. General Price Daniel, col
laborator in writing the act Great.
ing the University.
One of the first major decis-
ions to be made by the board
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11
Second Class Citizenship Must Co.

our people to the full and com
plete recognition of the value OF
lawyers to community In Ark
ansas. the observance is under
the direction of the Regional Di-
rector, Attorney w A. Singfield,
who has called upon attorneys w.
Harold Flowers and T. ]. Jones
of Pine Bluff; Attorney w. l..
Purifoy. Forrest City; J. A. Hib-
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11

With the support of President
Truman, the United Negro Col
lege Fund will launch its fourth
annual nation wide campaign on
Thursday afternoon, April II,
with a meeting In the Rainbow
Room of Rockefeller Center,
Frank M. lotion, vice president
of the Chase National Bank, and
the Funds national campaign
chairman, announced today.
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11

THE various white primary
laws, II they stand up, will have
disfranchised everybody in four
Southern States" warns an ed-
torial in AMERICA, Catholic
weekly review published here,
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11

Slogan of Arkansas lawyers as
they join the nation in obser-
vance of Natl Bar Week by pro
clamation issued by Attorney
Earl b. Dickerson, President of
the National Bar Association,
Chicago. Illinois, proclaiming the
week of April 6th-13th as Nation
al Bar Week. The major purpose
of the observance is to arouse
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11
White Primary Laws Will Disfranchise
Everybody, Catholic Review Warns

Commenting on attempts OF the
State Legislatures in Mississippi,
Georgia, SO. Carolina and Ala
bama, TO circumvent u, S. Su.
preme Court decisions on the
See PRIMARY page five
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11

bier and j. r.. Booker, LIST Vice
President of this city.
For the past few years many
legal battles have been projected
and won by lawyers representing
minority groups in a varied array
of cases. numbering among them
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11
MAYOR THREATENS PRESS AGENT

General Delivery
.....,.t...., Arkansas
March IS, 947
STATE PRESS
Little Rock, Arkansas
Sir:
Du. to conditions over which had control, | am
oono to you will send any STATE
PRESS, as | cannot be the agent any longer.
am sending the money for last weeks papers have
enjoyed being agent for the paper your files VIII
show steadily Increasing customers each week But the
MAYOR Of selling
more Of the STATE PRESS papers. that the
thank you for considering me a agent and hope
may be able o again some later date
truly,
r..
Ed,ors Note This is happening in America while Mr.
Truman Is irving Reds in Greece ihe BLACKS are
on the verge being boiled by loyal Americans
Cor reasons @ emitting the name OF the
town and parties because the life of black isn't
worth much when thinks she is safe from enemies)
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11

Joseph Seagram and Company,
liquor distillers, have revealed
their true colors in refusing to
hire young woman supervisor
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11

who met all their requirements
but one. Her fatal mistake was
being a Negro. This discrimina.
tory practice OF a major distiller
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11

the Texas Primary Case, the Ed
ualization Salaries cases or Al
ston VS.. Virginia, and Mrs. Susie
Morris Williams in Arkansas, as
well as the cases asking equal ed
ucational opportunities as indica-
ted in the case Of Lloyd Gaines,
Arkansas State press., 1947-04-11

See MIXED GRoUP-page
The frontiersman., 1947-01-11

THIS FOR OUR CHILORE0?
 AS the time for the convening of the ter and propos ed amendments to exi sting bills are beg ginning make their appearance throughout the territory.
 There have recently appeared in Se1dovia copies of three bills authorized by the Board of Public "elfare for adoption at the coming Legislative session. Theso bills are concerned with (l) the establ tsarent of an adoption law, < (2) a licensing law for all individuals caring for children, and (3) law which would legi timatize the birth of children whose parents subsequently, were mari ed.
 most thorough. It provides for complete in- v7stigation of the child and the adult who seeks to adopt it. Consent of legal guar dian the child's living parent, except child is asked, if that. child is 12 years of age older. A trial period of one year must elapse before a final decree of adopt ion is given, and during that inc any in terested person nay file objection to the decree of adoption.
 One of the finest features of the pro- pos sed bill is it's provision for subs Ii tute birth records, the final decree of = doption is granted. This provi sion is ret roactive and all children adopted prior to the bills becoming law, may be provided inal records are scaled and may not be re- opened except at the request of the adopted upon reaching legal age.
 Not so satisfactory is that provision of the bill which gives the head of the Depart 7 C.,
The frontiersman., 1947-01-11

These are our children which are being given into other hands, and while the bill gives proper attention to fitting square pegs in to souare holes, it some t ines seems to lose sight of the fact that this is a human be ing which is be ing pushed into the proper pigeonho1e.
 Loss regula t ion from a .centr ally To- cated government a. gency and more human ity dispensed through the hands of respon- sible loc al citizens would make it a bet- ter bill.
The frontiersman., 1947-01-11
NOV AT HOME.

Miss ette Jacob- sen, local publ ic heal tn nurse, is now at home. Miss Jac cob- sen had beeA a pat tent in Seldovia hos- pital since before the hol idays.
Evening star., 1947-09-07
Missing Minister S Auto
Is Found in Germany
By the Associofsd Press

BERLIN. Sept. 6.-The newspaper
Hessische Nachrichten of Kassel said
today that the automobile OF DR.
Rudolf Paul, minister president OF
Soviet-occupied Thuringia who dis
appeared from Weimar Monday, had
been found in the Russian zone
northeast of Kassel.
The car, its tires cut. was found
near a village In the Heiligenstadt
district close to the point where the
American, British and Russian zones
meet, the paper said.
Russian border police were re-
ported to have been carrying out a
close search for the missing govern
ment head. his wife and two police
officers who were with him.
United States authorities specu-
lated DR.. Paul may have taken ref
uge in the home of friends in the
American or British zones.
The only notice taken of the case
by the press of the Socialist Unity
Party (SED), to which DR.. Paul be-
longed, or the official Soviet army
paper was short announcement
that DR.. Paul had not returned to
Weimar and that "the strange cir
cumstances of his absence are being
Investigated.
Evening star., 1947-09-07
Oil Union Denies Suit
Is Clio Test Of Labor Act
BY the Asseeioted Press

FORT WORTH, Tex, Sept. g.
o. A. Knight, president of the Oil
Workers International Union. de-
MED eodav That ifs Unions suit
against a. National Labor Relations
Board official here is part Of a C1O
plan to test the Taft Hartley law,
but conceded sit may have the re-
suit of breaking through the law.
Mr.. Knight told a reporter the
unions sole purpose in asking Fed
eral Court to force Edwin A. Elliott,
'NLRB ditector sfoF Texas, Oklahoma
and New Mexico, to continue bar:
gaining election under way on Au-
gust 20, the day the Taft-Hartley
law supplanted the Wagner Act,
is to have the election completed.
The hearing, set before Federal
Judge Whitfield Davidson here
Monday, also will furnish a court
precedent for number of NLRB
actions pending when the new law
went into effect, including IS other
cases involving the OWIU.
In addition, the case may be the
country's first court test of whether
labor unions can be compelled to
submit financial statements and
their officers forced to certify they
are not Communists.
Evening star., 1947-09-07
Connecticut CI0 Proposes
Insurance Profits Probe
By ,he Asseeiated Press

WATERBURY, Conn.,. Sept g.
The State CIO wants Congress TO
investigate Connecticut's many in
surance companies and firms in a
dozen other classes of business and
industry. stating 1t is certain" that
most Of them are making proflts
and accumulating savings at a
startling rate"
The request was addressed to
Senator Baldwin. Republican. OF
Connecticut, a member of the East
ern subcommittee of Joint Con-
gressional Committee about TO
launch a nationwide investigation
of high prices. Hearings tentatively
are scheduled to be held in Connec-
ticut September Is and 26.
John J. Driscoll. secretary-treas-
urer of the State C1O Council, tol d
the Senator he believed specific In
vestigations should be made, not
only of insurance companies. but OF
food wholesalers and retailers. meat
professors and distributors, build
ing materials suppliers, metal goods
producers and fabricators, leading
mercantile stores, textile and gar
ment manufacturers, dairy firms,
laundries and dry cleaning firms,
rubber manufacturers and public
utilities.
Evening star., 1947-09-07

the library often in his free time in
the SOS when he owned fruit
store a few blocks away.
He added that his reading tastes
runs to law books and statistics.
."They have been my favorites, y
he said, lever since I used to come
to the old library to look up corpor-
ations and decide what stock to
buy"
Mr.. DeFerrari. straight and
iaunty despite "a years, conferred
with the trustees today dressed In a
new grey suit bought for the oc-
casion. The jacket pockets were
secured with large safety pins, as
Il often carry important papers and
I'm taking no chances with pick
pockets!"
He said he had never owned a
car, belongs to no clubs, has no
telephone-"although my father had
fruit stand near Alexander Gra-
ham Bells workrooms!"- does
his own cooking and housework.
r. H. Booth, trust officer of the
National Shawmut Bank of Boston.
co-trustee Of Mr.. DeFerrari's fund,
reported that at their first meeting,
the elderly philanthropist ratified
off from memory q complete list
of his securities.
More than 200 of them," Mr..
Booth said, "and when we looked
them over. we found he hadn't
left out single item"
Evening star., 1947-09-07
Nv the As.oe;o,sd Press


BOSTON, Sept. 6.-An 84-year -old
son of, Italian immigrant parents
who quit grammar school to earn
a living selling fruit. has given a
50 ,00O, 900 fund to the Boston Public
Library where spare-time reading
helped him make fortune.
John DeFerrari, still active in the
real estate business, has set up a
foundation Ito help Boston young
people. particularly young men. de-
velop their character and become
successful"
Amazed library trustees. who ad-
mitted they had never even heard
of their benefactor until recently,
said Mr.. DeFerrari's gift was one
of the largest ever received by the
city of Boston.
Mr.. DeFerrari,> . bachelor, lives
simply in an old North End house
once occupied by his parents and
their nine children. He said his
gift had only one string attached.
When the trust fund-now well
over a mili:on-reaches the $3,000,-
900 mark, he asks that new library
building or wing be named for him
and adorned with his portrait.
The library trustees not only
agreed to this, but have voted $1,000
for painting the portrait.
AS. Trustee Frank w. Buxton put
it-"five thousand for $3,0O0.000
seems a pretty fair exchange"
Mr.. DeFerrari said he visited
Evening star., 1947-09-07
Lady InverchopeI Pours Tea, r
Tells of Her Affection for u. S.

Iloves tennis and hopes to ride
horses in the fall and winter.
There undoubtedly will be con-
siderable entertaining at the en-
bassy, but only small groups will be
guests at luncheon and dinner,
which will be in keeping with
present-day English austerity. There
probably will be no large cocktail
parties which have become so popu-
lar in postwar Washington.
The Ambassador and Lady Inver-
chapel are planning a trip west in
October and shortly after their re-
turn will have visit from the lat
ter's younger sister. Sonora Olga
de Guzman Diez. There also will
be visits from their parents as their
father. Javier Diez, has extensive
interests in this country and comes
frequently to New York.
The ambassadress did not express
her tastes in dress. flowers or in
terror decoration. She wore gown
made in this country of pearl gray
crepe. The skirt was short and the
bodice. sleeves and peplum were
embroidered in silver sequins and
crystals. On her left arm she had
gold bracelet set with a topaz
half an inch square f1anked by
smaller square cut topazes. Her en-
gagement ring is large diamond
from a Brazilian mine and beau-
tifully cut. 1t is surrounded by
smaller stones and the whole is
about quarter of an inch square.
As for her taste in flowers and
furnishings. There were large
clusters of deep rose dahlias on the
tables and she said she had done
nothing to the embassy except add
a few of her own trinkets and some
meme comfortable chairs. 2ro iH''a
Evening star., 1947-09-07
julius F. Brenziinger Dies;
Pioneer Tin Can Inventor
By the Assoeiofed Press

. FAIRFIELD, Conn, Sept. g.
tMfus F. Brenzinsef.1 80, Inventor
and pioneer in the development of
the tin can, died today in his home
here after a short illness.
Mr.. Brenzinger had been active
as general manager and vice presi-
dent of the Max ANS Machine Co.,
with which he had been associated
fori55 years, until his recent illness.
A native of Baden, Germany, he
came to this country at the request
of Max AIMS in 1892. His early ex-
pertinent in double sealing tin cans
for the safe and sanitary preserva-
ton of food was regarded by some
as highly impractical at the turn
of the century. His work was con-
Quoted at that time in an attic lab
oratory on Washington street, New
York City.
The growth Of the new industry
was slow. However, the inventor and
his colleagues persisted in their con-
viction of the merit of their product
and by 1910 the Max Ans Machine
Co., which had moved from Man
haitian to Mount Vernon. N. Y. in
1903, had become a thriving con-
Germ.