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Evening star., 1947-01-17
Police Sergf. Sullivan
Promoted 10 Lieutenant

Promotion of Police Sergt. Pau.
Sullivan to lieutenant was an
nounced yesterday by the District
Commissioners.
Sergt. Sullivan, now on military
leave, returns to duty January % at
No. precinct. His promotion is ef-
fective February /, after which he
will be transferred to No. II pre-
cinct, officials said. He fills va
cancy created by the promotion Of
Clyde N. Strange to captain last
July l.
Capt. Strange's promotion was
temporary but becomes permanent
February l as a result of the va
cancy created by the recent ad-
vsncement of Capt. Lloyd Kelly OF
No. 8 precinct, to inspector.
At the same time the Commits
sioners approved assignment OF
Precinct Detective Wilbur r. Cof1ey
to the detective bureau with addi-
tional pay of $812 a year Pvt. Ben
jamin D. Clark was assigned to de-
tective duty at headquarters with
additional pay of s325 year.
Evening star., 1947-01-17
'Psychiafrisfs Disagree
On Sanity Of Diqqs

Further medical testimony BY
Government witnesses was in pros.
pect today in District Court in the
trial OF Charles r. Diggs, colored
"a, of the 300 block Of Twenty-Five
street NE. for first-degree murder
He is accused Of killing his wife
Mary E. Diggs, %, on March 80.
DR.. Joseph L. Gilbert, Gallingel
Evening star., 1947-01-17
Checker Champs to Give
Exhibit at 'Y TONIGHT

Checker champions will give ex-
hibitions at the YMCA, 1876 G street
NV, at $3.50 o'clock tonight, with
Tommy Wiswell, author OF severa
books on the subject, meeting al
challengers and giving a demon
stration match blindfolded.
Three former Virginia cham.
pions who will challenge Mr.. Wis
we'll are George Vidlak, 1945 crown
holder; Carl Guss, 1914 champion
and E. E. Workman, 1888, 1889 ano
1910 title winner. Harry Lieberman
q member of the United States In
ternational checker team in 1927
also will play
Evening star., 1947-01-17

Hospital psychiatrist, yesterday told
Justice Alexander Holtzon and the
jury Diggs is sane.
DR.. Benjamin Karpman, st. Eliza
Evening star., 1947-01-17
Coffrey Hopes for Return
OF SEC Eventually

Chairman James j. Caffrey of the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion said after White House call
yesterday he hoped the commission
eventually would return to Wash
ington from Philadelphia. He added
ne didn't think there were "any def
mite plans for the shift"
The SEC was sent to Philadelphia
in the decentralization move at the
outset Of the war to provide space
here for war agencies.
Evening star., 1947-01-17

James Downey's bar in Dublin has
been picketed for over seven and
one-half years.
Evening star., 1947-01-17

Dry weather goes against our
grain" says an Australian crop re-
porter.
Evening star., 1947-01-17

beth's Hospital psychiatrist, testified
Diggs was OF Cnsound mind, both
now and at the time the alleged
crime was committed.
Evening star., 1947-01-17

DR.. Karpman was appointed By
the court after his name was sub
mitted by Defense Attorney James
j. Laughlin.
Evening star., 1947-01-17

The manufacturer oveproduced! We bought them and
you benefit! Unusuo? Sure it isl moene getting 5-tubs
phonoooph with record changer for only 9
Even good old preor days brought such value
as this ocuo sovnes Of S23O5. The wonderfully eeor-
tone phonoooph pos twelve Oneh ten Finch records ouo-
otcoly single loading moving from your choir The
fvene speaker gives excellent tono quo records odo
has oero Listen to its rch resonont
tones and strong volume We suggest you shop early at loe
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
Patterson In
For Buddy
At IIIini

CHAMPAIGN III Tb Uni
Negsty 81 Illinois 1912 Rose
B9~ chaUpo wll depend a
great ceal upon PAU Patterson
~ lake BGdGv Ymnl place ia
.1 d.r7n Patterson ha, been
lo4ng S undC study IS weec.
q hts tWo wears %. football Tho
tfo playci ,ogctho il 1914 and
.n 1876
The I.liri COACHES have placed
all thci chips Oh Patterson ana
have little doubt that nc viii
coro through
lie set Up many touchdowns
and Nas an outstanding blocker
for Young who is now IN pro
football
The Sis foot l65- pound half
back PLAYED with Young at Fleet
{ ,y during the was picking UP
l69 wards IN Al tries thus bring
ire his two year average 20
5 9 Yards per Try
In the 1913 season, Patterson
suffered broken ankle bones
which threatened 10 keep him
out Of football forever bat Pat
recovered In time 10 star on has
school team IN Aurora
Patterson was the understudy
81 Young last wear but THIS sea-
On be- steps from the shadow
to the spotlight on the fighting
Him eleven
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
Va. Union
In I'd Week
Of Practice

Rounding out a full week OF
practice with two three-hour
sessions per day Head Coach
Samuel B Taylor ordered body
contact as the second week Of
practice gets under way today.
A squad Of fifty fnen, seventy
per cent freshmen. greeted
Coach TAYLOR and his aids on
Monday of last week and team
work and school spElt are run
ning high as each man is doing
ms best 20 make Union a strong
eleven Assisting Coach Taylor
are II ,B Hucles director OF
athletics and Bernard Smith. all
ClAA center some few years
ago
Many Of has friends and team
members VIII best rememb Der
Srit,y as the center VINO
played the entire sixty minutes
for each game during me twenty
nine season
On THURSDAY night the team
wss the guest OF the alumni as
they watched fuli-lcnCth MO-
ton picture ot the 1876 Army
Navy game On Saturday they
were the guest 81 the Distric,
Theatres for theatre party.
With one @. the toughest sched-
LleS p tae history 81 the school
rsfsIrs |ftr af.rs rf
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27

Eddie Prince, whom il
appears is ON a constant los
ing spree. suffered another
loss last week. Buddy Car
cia. a CLASSY Newcomer.
scored a Seven-round tech
nical knockout over the De-
troit slugger.
Prince and the Mexican
were fighting on even terms
until the seventh when Ed.
die attained a cut eye. which
caused the referee to stop
the contest.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27

There are many people who buy
and cat tho brains OF various anl-
mails. believing that in this way
they strengthen their oun BRAN
cells. Or Donald Laird says OF
this IT will not improve your
brains one whit and the idea may
ruin your appetite for awhile
This reminds tho Dcbunkcr of the
Leopard Society men he once met
IN West Africa Who ate the hearts
OF their slain victims believing
that this would make them
"Strong-hesrled as a resul,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
CoURTIN' SPORrss|
ISN'T an,

THERE ISN'T anything
j better than just plain
truth Your nosey nooz-
er. if you recall. predicted
that Jackie Robinson had
an excellent chance in be-
coming the l947 rookie-of-
the-Year. This statement
was made when the Dodger
first sackcr's surprising bat
tang average was the main
attraction in the National
loop.
Just two weeks ago, Rob-
inson received this highly
respected tribute BY the
Sporting News.
The Rookie-of-the Year
incidentally. was once sec
ond choice TO Frank Shea.
hurler for the New York
Yankees. who had already
been recommended. that is,
until his strong winning
streak was snapped
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
CHAMP WINS AGAIN

w orl d Heayyv.,..
Champion Joe Louis |,
amateur medalist las, ~,
in the first Chicago y, ~
golf tournament al the X.
kakee Shores course n,
champ won top honor, NJ
a one-under-par 70 mari :
Louis collected birdie.
the first and fftcen,b NJ,
and an eagle On the ~.
teenth =
The champ played .
golf ON an othcr holes \
cept on the second. wsm
he was one over bar and /
the twelfth. whore he 70,
two over.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
MAXIM VICTOR

Over at Cleveland. Joey
Maxim punched his way to
ten-round decision over
the CLASSY John Thomas.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
CHARLES WINS
A Ringside View

falo, New York. Ezzard
Charles defeated Joe Ma,
tisi in ten rounds. Matisi
spotted Charles BY twenty
one pounds
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
TIGER DATA

This should bring all
smiles TO Tiger fans The
Detroit Tigers. and owner
Walter O. Briggs, can right
fully claim ownership on
Roy Campanella. sensation
al catcher with the Montreal
Royals. property Of the
Dodgers.
A reported price Of one
hundred Gs was paid for the
star backstop, who polled
81 Of 81 votes To become the
most outstanding catcher in
the minors. Well well.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
CLOSER
Detroit, II

Detrolt : SANDY Saddler.
who Is now a strong conten-
der for Willie Pops feather
weight crown, disposed If
Angelo Ambrasano in the
first round in New Works
Jamaica Arena.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
7 H E FL A NJ {
Part 9, By Kenneth &. Brown

| HOPED back into my warm bed;
Gee, my spots still warm" said
pulled the covers over my face.
As lay so still
In my warm place.
"A~, this feels much better, too
The bed is warm
And the air is cool"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
Grid Drill
Underway at
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
RATFoRD, WRIGHT
DRAW

Doug Ratford. a n.
weight. entered the v ~.
weight class last weeL v
battled the CLASSY Ro, ~ .
Wright TO a Stunnine 4. .
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
| Ne w
| EDISON
| OFFICE
IN 81 { D { RS
D R U G st Q R E

u YVVI "
SSH Chene neor Ferry
We have opened new customer Office in
Sleders Drug Store located at SSH Chene
near Ferry. Our old office located at 6463
Chene Street has been closed. Any Edison
business can be transacted at this new loco
tion-bill payments (eUrrent or overdue
occounts), lamp bulb and appliance cord
exchanges, appliance repairs, new service
orders, disconnects and trouble coils. The
Edison man is ready TO help you get the most
from all the current you use. His Office is open
Monday thru Saturday from 9 om to $50 pm.
The DETROIT EDISON Co.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-09-27
AND SO 1T GOES
By kenneth [. BROWN

BIRDHuRsT LOSES TO sEMIPRos, l4.o
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22
TERE'S my $64 question:

HERE'S my $64 question:
How can l be peace
monger, in line with the recent
United Nations resolution, and
not be considered 'subversive"
by the Thomas-Rankin commit
tee?
What theology should I fol-
low, that for peace and secur-
ity transmitted by the many
peoples of the world through
the UN resolution, or the big
oted, disruptive belief of the
un-Americans?
1 live in America and am
therefore subjected to the
thought police of the IMAM
erican committee legalized by
Congress, rather than to global
opinion. Because am primarily
interested in Negro equality
and have learned the fate of
all minority groups is inter-
woven with that of labor, since
I know there can be no equal
ity until the stranglehold of
Wall Street is broken, 1 have
a growing number of citations
as ''Un American" by the
Thomas-Rankin gang. Another
won't hurt.
The national atmosphere is
such that today one cannot fight
for peace without being labelled
a Communist. That is because
the only possible war now is
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22

should be required so that
wealthy taxpayers cannot avoid
taxation by shifting part of
their incomes to wives or other
members of their families.
Above all, the drive of big
business to eliminate all or part
of corporate taxes should be
defeated. The present corpor-
ate tax should be retained and
an excess profits tax enacted
to siphon off exorbitant prof
its.
Unless labor starts fighting
hard right away for taxation
in accordance with ability to
pay, Wall Street and its stooges
in Congress will shift even
more of the tax, load to the
backs of the people through
sales taxes. Every unwarrant-
ed reduction in corporate taxes
and the income taxes of the
wealthy will bring heavier bur-
dens to the 80 per cent of the
people who desperately require
tax relief,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22

These two changes in the tax
law should be approved imme-
diately by the special session
of Congress, so that lower in
come taxes for those earning
less than $4,000 a year and low
er excise taxes can go into eff
feet at the beginning of 1948.
After this quickly tax mea-
sure has been approved, Cong
ress has the responsibility of
overhauling the whole tax
structure so that it is truly
based on ability to pay. Tax
reductions are in order for the
low and middle income groups.
Excise taxes on essential COM
modities should be eliminated.
ALL loopholes in the exist
ing law should be plugged so
that the rich really pay in ac-
cordance with what they re-
ceive. Income from tax-exempt
federal, state and municipal Sc
curities should be fully taxed.
Joint mandatory family returns
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22
Frank D avis

are labelled 'pro-Russian apol-
ogists." The un-American COM
mittee leads the pack.
This seems to me suspiciouslY
like the white supremacist at
titude which has long been that
mo Negro has any rights a
white man is bound to respect"
internationally. the Soviet I'm
ion has about the same position
Negroes have additionally held
in Dixie. Those who concede
equal rights TO the Russians are
Russia lovers" just as those
white southerners who believe
in complete Negro equality are
coniemptuouslY called "nigger
lovers"
This parallel, I suppose,
makes it especially easy for me
as a Negro to feel sympathetic
toward the Soviets, for we are
both victims of the supremacy
myth. I want equality and Sc
curity and a chance to live a
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22
BY ADAM LAPIN

r HAVE a bunch Rep.
i Everett Dirksen, that
staunch Illinois Republican, is
either a Communist dupe or a
fellow traveller.
Dirksen is the eager beaver
who got Congress to prepare a
booklet on the evils of the So
Wet way of life entitled Com
munism in Action"
And I can't help wondering
whether he is fully aware of
some of the Communist prop
uganda sneaked into the book
let prepared under his super
vision.
OF course, I'm no expert on
the subject. haven't studied
Communism in Action" with
all the zeal it deserves. My
readings in this masterwork of
congressional literature have
been rather limited.
IN FACT. they have been
confined to an occasional glance
at the so-called ism" page of
the liberal New York news
paper PM, which with splendid
impartiality runs side by side
Communism in Action" and a
pamphlet on 'Fascism in Ac-
ton" reluctantly authorized by
Congress.
But the other day I was at
tracted by the headline "Cul-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22

peaceful life as an American
citizen, yet I know this goal
will not be reached so long as
there is conflict between black
and white-a conflict which
will take more than report
from the Presidents Civil
Rights Committee to resolve.
IsKNOW also there is little
chance of peace or of finding
security from the threat of
atom bombs and bacteriologi-
cal warfare until the conflict
between Washington and Mos
COW is brought to an end. But
it will take more than a UN res
olution in favor of peacemon-
gering to bring this to pass.
But many of the forces that
have consistently blocked Ne
gro equality have shifted the
bulk Of their energies toward
blocking Russian equality. Our
warmongers are also aware
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22
BY THE ECONOMIST
THE Wall Street-minded

THE Wall Street-minded
tax advisers of the House
ways and means committee
have come out with soak-the-
poor tax program. The program
would put a so per cent ceiling
on 6-figure and 7-figure in
comes, strengthen the excise
tax structure" and legalize
some 81 new varieties of tax
lodging.
This program, drawn up by
Wall Street lawyers who spe-
cialize in developing loopholes
in the tax law for wealthy and
corporate clients, would in
crease the heavy burdens of
taxation borne by the 80 per
cent of the population which
makes less than $4,000 a year.
They would have to pay more
in hidden taxes = excise and
sales taxes-while the corpora
tons and the wealthy would
have lower rates and would
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22
-FRANK-LY SPEAKING $500
Now world rucism

between Russia and America.
Since our official policy is not
only to "get tough" but to wage
a "cold war" against the Sow
lets while our militarists and
extremists try to prepare US
for the actual shooting, it nat
urally follows that anybody
who challenges this program is
"disloyal" and dangerous.
WASHINGTON refuses to
believe this policy is wrong.
Our officials consider it a sign
of weakness to back down from
any position, no matter how in
correct. We work from the
theory that we are always right
and the Russians always
wrong. If we concede any point
to Molotov, no matter how just
his position, the anti-Soviet
press and spokesman say we
are weak. Fair-minded Ameri-
cans who advocate compromise
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22

will have one defense ready
made.
The Congressman always has
adhered strictly to the PROPOSE
ton that all culture, whether
American, Armenian or Ukrain-
ian, is strictly subversive.
Indeed, he was one of the
heroes of the congressional bat
tie which succeeded in scrap
ping federal theater and art
projects before the rest of
WPA was strapped.
Presumably, it was his no.
ton that readers of his PAM
phlet would gather from the
passages on Soviet cultural ac-
tivities how grossly un-Ameri-
can the Russians are.
But at best Dirksen has been
of serious carelessness.
For not all Americans may
draw the same conclusion. Some
may even be uninitiated enough
in the evils of communism to|
see through the menace of fox
trots, libraries and theaters in|
the Soviet Union.
That pamphlet should have
been censored some more.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22

have much greater opportuni-
ties for tax lodging.
What is needed is application
Of the democratic principle of
taxation in accordance with
ability to pay. The needy, and
not the greedy, should be given
tax relief SO that their pur-
chasing power is bolstered
against inflationary prices.
THE government in the cur
cent fiscal year (the IL months
ending June 80, 1948) will have
a surplus Of tax collections over
expenditures amounting to be-
tween $41a billion and STA bill
lion. This surplus can be used
to raise the exemptions and
lower the taxes of all those
making less than $4,000 a year.
A cost-of-living tax exemp-
ton should be enacted. For a
married couple with two chill
dren, the family exemption
should be at least $500, or
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22

about the amount the Heller
committee of the University Of
California estimates is required
for a minimum standard of
health and decency.
An exemption Of this mag
nitude, when broken down,
would run about $3.50 for
single individuals, $4,000 for
married couple, and $500 for
each child or dependent. This
exemption scale is warranted
by the size of the governments
surplus and would give the
greatest tax relief to those who
have been hardest hit by infla-
tionary price advances.
AT THE same time, the war
time excise taxes should be re-
pealed. These consumption
taxes fall heaviest on the low
income groups and their elm
nation would further strength
en- purchasing power that has
been cut by initiation.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22
.Anti-red booklet full
Of red propaganda

tural Use of Leisure in Russia"
And my fears were confirmed
as 1 began to read the days
serial on the. bloody Soviet die
tatorship.
The theater in Russia is con-
ceived as place where current
problems are brought to focus
and solutions for them pre-
sented." says Dirksen's pamph-
let. THE Soviet Unions popu-
lation has an unlimited enfhu-
siasm for the theater and at
tendance is frequent and re-
peated."
OR CONSIDER this arrogant
piece of Communist propaganda
on libraries in the Soviet Un-
ion:
Libraries are widespread in
the Soviet Union. The two
largest are the Lenin Library
and the Saltykov-Schedrin Lii
brary in Leningrad, each with
over 100000 volumes and 600
employees. There are over 5000
libraries specializing in technics
and science, 5000 for children,
$4,000 for general readers, and
10000 migratory libraries for
harvest fields, logging camps,
and for the rest of the sheep
herders or shepherds OF the
steppes."
EVEN more sinister is this
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22

that because Of the Soviet at
titude on racism, they cannot
be too certain of Negro support
in their contemplated World
War III. So it has been neces-
sary to make certain conces-
sions such as the civil rights
report and its strong indict-
ments of jim crow, along with
other steps now being planned,
in an effort to WOO Negro back
ing for any national adventure.
This is elementary strategy.
But it is just as elementary
to keep working against war
and for equality of all minori-
ties. / believe will be just as
dead if an atom bomb explodes
near me whether I'm in the
black ghetto or the Blackstone
Hotel. I don't want the end of
jim crow merely to lay the
basis for integrated dying.
so I AM obligated to be
peacemonger by necessity. /
shall choose the UN with its
dream of ending war, with its
honest notions of the equality
of all mankind, over the mas
terrace beliefs of Thomas, Ran
kin and Co. My sole interest
in the un-American committee
is to see that it is abolished.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22

massage:
"One of the most impressive
developments in the cultural
use of leisure time in the Soviet
Union has been the extensive
cultivation of the folk cultural
heritage of the various nation
alities.
"In addition to the many To-
cal theaters, there are sew
eral language theaters in Mos
cow. These institutions perform
plays in the language of the
folk involving the traditions of
the individual national groups.
Similarly. gigantic folk fes-
rivals have been organized for
particular regions. In Leningrad
Province. some 1000 farmers
take part in a gigantic Festival
of Art which includes FLAX
dances. ensembles of shepherds
horns and reeds for musical ac-
compartment.
Dancing is cultivated by
each separate national group,
Great Russia, Armenian, Tx
rainian, etc. There are dance
circles in parks, mills, skating
Kinks and schools. Many popu-
lar Western dances such as the
foxtrot, tango and Charleston
are also in vogue"
IF THESE passages of Soviet
propaganda are ever brought to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22
A day late

Next weeks issue of
The Chicago Star will be
a day late in reaching
subscribers because of
til e Thanksgiving holt
day.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22

THESE bathers in the Moscow
River are typical of holiday
scenes to be found in all parts
of the country during the sum-
mer months. Everyone spends
as much time as possible in
rest and recreation outdoors In
parks or at the beaches. Swim
ming. boating. tennis. football.
volleYball. gorodki. hiking-ali
are popular sports.
the attention of the un-Ameri-
can committee, Rep. Dirksen
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22

IF THESE passages of Soviet
propaganda are ever brought to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-22

EVEN more sinister is this