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from white problems community
Jewish community aggregation" had special
meaning then And had heard the he
be hired and the first o fred"
But trip New York. st. Pauu had first
Of worshppng which there Ne
And began wonder why all churches for all people
And about % tins Cullen
cooks Black Majesty Claude McKays Harlem
books Of PeterkIn and DuToas Hayward
However didn't begin until during
years In Minneapolis.
Housing for Negro employee u terrible problem the
s sections where Negroes
segregated Negro blood donors In the public hospitals where worked
Negro oil those months knew the national
need for There could
be trained Why weren't they rAnsd
Why hadn't Negro doctors been tTalnsdf
learned from tho Planned
Of coored mothers and babies the South and the
expectancy Of Negroes Of the lack Of hospital beds medical
for them Now had long known that life held cheap
states knew that Massachusetts,
denied preventive medical preserve
wife and mother Of four children felt bond with
whose lives held cheap varying degrees fortyegh
More books AongBask Boy Strange Fruit Road
and the life Of George Washington Carver
The Minneapolis Spokesman and learned Of ces
men, Of butales UNPUBLISHED Of ssnsssss Determinations
30 when there fine talk hghtng
freedom and human and civil rights angry
Hypocrisy Basic freedoms and rights
United States Unless nation while preaching
abroad worked make good at home those
Negroes dishonest world
white. would not trust Why should i'll
had taken long time but when League
me To join Il, was certainly than ready.
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Assets.
The report Of the PrSadsnta Commission Civil Rights
Issued This and should be the base which
the Negro struggle Rhould bs wAgsd In isGS
There weakening u the seemingly mprOgnahlo
barriers against Negroes In the field Of education.
Jackie Robinson became the hrst acknowledged Negro
baseball In the big leagues Ito Branch Hickey hSnks
Liabilities;
The Negro group In the low bracket and the In
crsasng spiral imitation h him harder than other
The housing situation bad for Americans but for the
hemmsd by restrictive covenants Many
places available others denied the Negro his
color. In addition he paid higher rent because Of his color
burned and nched and In other denied equal
protection Of the They the only suffer this
There are many both sides Of the ledger
easily the year V17 particularly good year
nor q particularly bad u just another year.
The year 1913 approaches Negroes wish TO make eOnd
better their for them The chief
which have consistently fought the NsgOS battles the
NAACP and the Urban Leagues neither has had from
Noero And this would like the
Negroes Cities that each Negro make New Years rSou
NAACP and Urban League ios By these single
you might make happy New Year. but Il will assury
be better
People we would iSts should Wallace
President . third party Tickets
leader attempting toll his followers WHY they should
for Truman Taft rather than Wallace.
Negro leader attempting 20 tell Negroes WHY they should vote
for Truman Taft rather than Wallace.
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BY ROBERT DURR

BIRMIN CHAN, Ala. - Ny
friend, CoIumnist John Temple
Graves, whom ! regard A. the
spokesman for q certain school Of
Southern thought, and whose syn
dieatsd column appears In . lot Of
nswSpspsTs In the South, IL q mas
ter Of WOrds--words that some
times bleSs and burn.
He had this TO say In his col
umn, This Afternoon" In The
Birmingham Post recently:
"Are colored people being put
out Of their homes cruelty and I'M
justly In this community So many
Of them think so, that II 10 i'm
portant either 10 correct the i'm
preston or right the wrong. II
makes for worst degrees Of racial
bitterness 10 have them telling each
other Of this and that family haV-
Ing been suddenly put out into the
street in the rain" by q collection
agent whose very name they have
come 10 fear and hate. Especially
when they tell you what ! know TO
be q fact, that the agent makes
them pay him Q fee Of ~ for col
Letting n rent Of as little as SO.
"It Is all too true that many
eolorsd people are careless or ir.
responsible about their rent and
that agents have 10 protect them
selves with q strict policy for pay
ment, But II is also true that with
the terrible shortage Of houses
there Is much temptation to put
people out In order TO get other
people In. And Il is also true, I'M
happily, that some Of our white
people make n business Of cheat
Ing eolorsd people, the msanest and
most anti-SOuthern sin you can
think Of.
THE Birmingham Bar Assn. and
the Birmingham Real Estate Board
could do no finer thing now than
establish u joint committee TO re-
eeive and act beforehand on COM
plants by eolorsd people In the
matter Of being put out Of their
houses. A FIRST thing on such .
committees program should be TO
decide and proclaim out loud
whether IL IL fair for q collection
agent TO take IS from q colored
person for collecting IS.
Meanwhile, all eolored people
who want TO 60 on complaining TO
me are welcome. BE sure and give
the name Of the real estate firm
and what receipts you have. And
remember that you may be right,
but, then again, you may be
wrong"
I don't want Mr.. Graves to be
disappointed by tho few who viii
find courage enough to lodge COM
plants with him, because the folk
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LETTERS
Harmon, Brooks Attacks
Commander Labels Story
Replete With Errors

Editor: Attacks Brooks Post re-
grsts the necessity Of taking ex-
csption to statements made by Ben
Peery ST., In last weeks Recorder
q Spokesman newspapers.
In his article Pssry purports to
summarize the activities Of u "VOl-
untser Veterans Committee" form
cd 10 fight racial discrimination and
Jim Grow In the National Guard.
His account IL 80 rsplsts with er-
rOrs and misstatsments a. to cause
those acquainted with the facts to
question his motives, principles,
and journalists honesty.
Psery stated, a.. one post (prs-
sumAbly Attueks-Br withdrew
and ceased TO cooperate with the
committee" THE FACTS ARE
that AttuekS- Brooks IL on record
10 work and has worked with the
Volunteer Veterans COMMITTEES"
on the National Guard issue.
PSery's own article written under
Q "StAR Correspondent" bylinel in
the August LIST Recorder and
Spokesman. and the official min
utes Of Attueks- Brooks Post con-
firm this fact. However, In spite
Of the announced willingness Of
Attueks- Brooks 10 cooperate on
this issue. Alvin Harmon, Jr, com
mandsr and official delegate Of the
Post. has not been invited 10 .
siasls meeting Of the Volunteer
Veterans COMMITTEES" held since
July ~, 1871.
PeSry stated, .. members Of
Attacks Brooks went before
Governor YeungdAhl. and accused
Stats officials Of insineSrity.' THE
FACTS ARE that the sincerity Of
Governor YoangdAhl and other
State officials - except AdiutAnt
General walsA--has never been
Questioned
walsA's sincerity vas guess
tioaed became Il hls position oa
he lSto-ll Hoas Guard Sight
and became % statemsnts Ne
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-12-26

December 81 when you walk In a
VA hospital or clinic for treatment,
your word alone will not be taken
when you say that an aching tooth
iS hurting you because an Army
doctor didn't all Il properly that
day in Italy. Or that your back Is
hurting you now because you fell
on that truck going to Paris that
day.
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John Temple Graves
Wins Praise of Durr
AS New SOutherner''

who cheat cOlored people have the
benefit Of statute, ungOdly tradi-
tons and the backing Of q lot Of
people who have the religion about
Jesus instead Of the religion Of
Jesus.
Here II evidence, Il seems 70
me Oi = struggle 20 be born again
In this writer Of an increasing
sense Of social justice. May his
tribe increase.
In the South I have discovered
some very, very whits people for
whom l have the highest regard.
Among them, rs with Columnist
Graves, there are those with whom
I differ on some questions, but you
will agree with me when l hold
forth that we are making progress,
because, in matters on which we
disagree, We have achieved the abil-
ity not TO think Of advocating or
resorting 70 violence, or striking
below-ths-belt practices 10 settle
our differences.
And on many things, we have
achieved . oneness Of mind. Behind
the mighty walls Of envy, hate,
prejudice, ignorance and supersti-
ton, behind which 90 many whites
and blacks struggle for freedom In
the South, are some Of the sarth'S
truly great and finer peoples.
Hate and greed has 20 scared
the souls Of many blacks and
whites In the south that Il has
become impossible for them to
enjoy and appreciate the very
things for which they have
lOREsd, once II 10 acquired.
Capable writers like Mr.. Graves
can take q handful Of words and
set the world on FIRE, or they can
do more to liberate men from those
who are incapable of rendering
just judgment based upon keen, OBJ
jective anAlyEation Of all the facts
involved, and who, therefore, be-
lieve that Il 10 right to cheat Ne
grOes not only in matters Of rent,
but In every avenue Of life bearing
on their welfare a. children Of God.
All Negroes are indebted TO Col
umnist John Temple Graves for
crying out against this business Of
some white people cheating Ne
gross.
Perhaps no single person in the
South today can be n greater in
fiusnes for good, or cause the South
TO 20 forward by going forward
than COlumnist John Temple
Graves. And vice versa. He causes
4 lot Of people 70 think as they
think without their knowing II.
From what I hear, his father
wanted that he should make that
sort Of contribution. I am happy
to note his efforts in that direction.
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SHOW ME

In other words, the VA 10 going
to start asking you to "Show Me-"
As Il stands now, and until De-
esmber 81. you can walk In q doc
tors or dentists Office. or VA clinic
and get almost any type Of medical
treatment you need and have the
VA pay the bill simply by saying
that your ailment started back
there when you were In uniform.
Your word, plus your discharge
In such u case, h "prima faeis
evidence" and the VA will ash no
further question.
After December 81. however, the
VA Is going TO tell you that your
discharge and those other httlS
worn out papers which you carry
In your wallet IL not enough to con.
vince e that that same tooth Is
hurting you two years after the
war.
The VA Is going to ask you what
have you been doing about Il all
this time--Or how you have man.
aged to live with that aching back
for so long without going TO q doc.
tor.
And u yea have been to . doc.
tor, What doctor. and what did he
do Tor you, and where are his
records.
II you can't answer all those
questions satisfactorily. the VA Is
going TO tell you that your ailmsnt
L. no, connected with your former
military service and that you viii
have 10 pay for medical service Just
Ike your country cousin who never
got around to putting on q uni
form.
You don't need 80 bowling bloody
murder either. Joe, because there
il nothing In the CT Bill which says
the Government Is going to keep
you healthy the rest Of your life al
taxpayers expense.
II Jour ailmsnt 10 service con-
nScted yOa1l 10 well taken care Of.
II not, lbs going TO cost you some
cash.
But in either case. your word is
no longer ~primA facis.-
The $50 employees Of the J. c
Penny store. Fifth and NieOIlst. 70,
their Christmas bonus last week.
u vas two weeks salary.
AmOag the happy employees ID
Mrs. Martha Clayburn. SSts Snsll.
ing Ave. Minneapolis, william,
NHfSiEsr b manager Of Tie store.
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which has three eolored officers
and 30 per cent Of its eolOred en-
listed personnel In the msssmsn's
branehf
Clarence Mitchell, NAAcP labor
secretary. WAs Walter whitss
proxy at the dinner meeting Of the
National Council for . Permanent
FEPC at the willard Hotel the
other evening. Incidentally, the
willard stin doesn't want sOlOrsd
Russss 10 use It's passenger sls-
waters.
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Washington
Spotlight
By LOUIS LAUTIER

WASHINGTON. d. c. ssers.
tAry Of Defense James Forrestai
and Lester Granger, executive Sec
rotary Of the National Urban
league, called Mt the White House
the other day to sec President Tru-
man. Could Il have bosn that they
discussed eliminating race ssgrega-
ton and discrimination from tho
armed forces. including tie NAVY
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the children sang In the choir. That
one dark face among the white faces
10 the sen Of white robes was a
point Of interest as we're the candles
on the altar. Just . part Of the
usual Sunday scene.
In 1918. ii my Smith College gym
class, Q southern white student once
was rude TO q Negro student The
southsrnsr embarrassed Us. No
strong emotions were aroused. II
was simply q question Of manners.
When during early married years
In the twsntiss In Dss Moinss I took
part In civic and charitable causes,
Negro problems did not seem distInet
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Editors Note This revealing art
lsla BY Elizabeth Rates Cowlea Ut
Minneapolis appears In the Winter
Issue, tgts, Of Opportunity, official
League. Mira COwleH II quietly acs
tive In . number Of important Min.
neApolis organisations, Hha II .
member Of the hoard OF directors OF
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-12-26

Hot Park Community House, Mime
sofa Planned PRrsnthood League and
others. In private life she IL the
wis., OF John CoWlsa chairman OF
the board Of LOOK MaKaEina and
prealdent OF tho StaF.TTibuns and
Daily Times newspapers.
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IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT
1T Is

Here's q cute phrase which you
never heard in your fOxhols, Joe,
but one which the VA 10 kicking
around these days and which has
= lot TO DO with you.
The phrase 10 "prima facis evil
dcnee" and the lawyers toss Il
around quite . bit In jury rooms
and at cocktail parties.
According TO Mr., Webster.
"prima faeis evidence" Is evidence
sufficient In law 10 raise . pre-
sumption Of fact or establish the
fact In question unless rSbutted."
Doss that mean GaytAlAE TO
yOai Ne. too. Clear ~ mud.
Webster makes Il q little ditfi-
cult. but any first sergeant or your
favurile guArdhoOse lawyer viii
tell ysa that prima faeis evidence
means something shat looks like
what Il Is the arst time you see
a."
IL that elsArH Did q arSt sergeant
ever make anything clear to yOaf
Well. anyway. the Veterans Ad-
ministEatiOn says ~prima faeis syi-
denes win no longer b accepted ~
sufficient proof for veterans 10 e.
tahlisA service connection for medi.
cal and dental treatment after De-
esmbsr 81. iStT."
What The VA means 10 that Afss
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Walsh regards a. necessary in the
National Guard. 2. Whether Walsh
intended to open an avenue Of
escape when he stated las reported
In the November 18th Sc. Paul Dis
pateh) that, e. Guard enlist
msnts may close entirely within
supply additional money to pay
new recruits" 3. Whether Walsh's
educational program" IL not Aetu-
two months II Congress does not
ally q device to delay indignation
until the passage Of pending Uni
versal Military Training legisla-
ton brings the National Guard
under U. s. Army SsgrsgatOry reg
ulationS.
Peery further stated, O.. short
ly after the Sunday December
lGth) meeting conference &.
held with Attueks- Brooks rsprsssn-
tAtives was followed with an an
nOunesmsnt that differences had
been ironed out :" THE FACT
IS that Commander Harmon, At
s-BrOOks official representa-
tive, knows Of no such conference
having been bald.
Il IL perhaps essential 10 an un-
dsrstAnding Of Psery's misstats-
ments (made under the pretense Of
unbiased reporting and sometimes
from behind the shielding byline
Of STAFF COrrespondsnts") to know
that Psery ID . disgruntlsd, former
member Of Attneks- Brooks Post.
However, the Post hopes it win not
BE- required 10 engage In fruitlsss
personal recriminationa
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Dear Joe
MERRY XMASl
BY JAMES l.. HICKS

The Veterans ADMINISTRATOR
Christmas present to you. Joe, il an
extension Of the time In which you
can renew your lApssd insurance.
Last Tuesday, after the House
had unanimously passed n resolu-
ton TO extend the time to Decem-
Der 81. l0Is, the VA, on Its own
authority, moved the time up TO
July 81, ip4s, for fear that the
Senate would not act on the resolu-
ton before the dsadline, December
81. iaI7.
The vas action gives you u new
lease on your OH .again-Oh-agAi in
Surance life but u can't last forever,
In case you were sleeping. 10.
ssmbsr 81 would have been the
last day on which you could have
renewed your Insurance without
. physical examination. Now yO0
have sin more monthz.
You can DO Il by paying up two
premiums and swearing that YOU
are a. healthy now a. you were
on the day Of your discharge.
Oh, you already knew that, huh,
Sounds like . broken record In this
column, doesn't III
Well, why the hell haven't you
acted like Il and rsinstated that
polieyf
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New Yeor
GREETINGS to All

on mGY be q good thing. On
some mdinAuin. 10 stop md tukS
stOck Al The end 81 he yen. 10
review. 10 molYIS. and 10 TO
solve grOotsE accomplishmSnAs
IN The New YSm.
. win lsts immSdiGsslY 0hsGd
81 ~ lot m rOmomheg only In
bssL forget he worst end Iook
confidently ohsod MdY tlhAn
TSdz hold iog you more blsas-
hgs th0n mY that has SonS
before.
Representative
Thomas N.
Christie
S0ah Dinaxiea
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How One Woman Became
Interested In Rueiul Justice


How Why interest In ths Negro problem
upstate childhood there Negro
ay Of the Epopaan Church One Of
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Alvin Harmon. Jr.

Alvin Harmon, JT-
Commander. Attneka-Brooks Post.
Editors Note; There are no shield.
Ing hylines- Ia this newspAper, ny
lines are run at the editors descre-
ton aud not Tor the purpose Of
shieldinE anyone
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This paper costs 10 cents and IL
worth i'll
Evening star., 1947-03-18
Merqer
Continued From First Page

taries of land, sea and air forces.
The three latter officials would be
Undersecretaries of National De-
fense.
The unification proposal is long
pending one and the Armed Forces
Committee is not primarily con-
cerned with foreign policy matters.
Last year, Mr.. Forrestal and all
other top-ranking Navy men Stren-
uously opposed a similar merger bill
| The Navy head said the present
bill is compromise and asked that
Congress not alter it lest the plan
"be thrown out of balance
War and Navy Departments have
agreed, Secretary Forrestal said.
that the present plan lis a sound
and workable accommodation" be-
tween differing points of view.
In the event of another war, Mr..
Forresta1 said, both manpower and
materials must be controlled to
greater degree than was done in
the recent war He added:
I'VE should be sure, for example,
that we do not induct into the
armed services young men who are
of greater value in the field of
scientific research"
The Navy Secretary said great
economies" under the merger plan
would not come in peacetime but
In war.
Evening star., 1947-03-18
Pudqett
Continued From First Page.)

home they found he had disap.
peared. On information received
police went early today to the tour
ist home on Monroe street.
On the second floor they knocked
on the locked door of Sutton's room
and ordered him to "open up and
come out with your hands up"
Clustered in the hall were detec.
tives and uniformed police, waiting
with pistols and riot guns fixed on
the locked door.
Offers No Resistance.
There was no sound from within
the room as police started pounding
on the door. But they know what
happened.
Sutton, according to Inspector
Barrett, opened his back window
and thrust one leg over the sill
Then he looked down into the back
yard. There stood other policemen
calmly waiting with their guns
pointed at the window.
Sutton quickly scrambled back
into the room, unlocked the door
and surrendered. He was unarmed
and offered no resistance.
He admitted the shooting imme.
diately, Inspector Barrett said. Their
he took his police escorts to the
place where he had hidden his
weapon.
Inspector Barrett said Sutton
gave this explanation for the
shooting:
II saw this cop coming. All
could think of was four more years
had to do on my parole"
If the policemen had found gun
in his possession, he would have
Evening star., 1947-03-18

been returned to Xorton to serve
out the rest Of his robbery sentence
Inspector Barrett praised highly
the work of members of the Detec-
tive Bureau and the uniformed force
for their excellent and untiring'
work on the case. He said none of
the dozen men assigned to bring in
the gunman had slept since they
were placed on the case.
May Arrest Witnesses.
Although police wrote OF the case
as closed, Inspector Barrett said he
still had some unfinished business
He said he will try to arrest both OF
the men who witnessed the shooting
IT know who they are" he an
nounced, "and I want them as ac-
cessories for failing to come forward
yesterday. If either of these men
had come forward, we would have
broken this case yesterday"
Inspector Barrett had broadcast
an appeal to the two witnesses to the
shooting. One of them, he said, was
the man who rushed into restau-
rant at 1869 Benning road NE, and
told Pvt. Padgett that "a man Is
following me with gun"
1t was because of this mans COM
plant that Pvt. Padgett ran out of
the restaurant and started question
ing the man in the taxicab.
Arguing Over Girl.
The other witness was a man
whom Pvt. Padgett observed talking
to the cab passenger as the police
man ran out Of the restaurant. Pvt.
Padgett told police the man walked
across the street just as the police
man reached the cab.
Inspector Barrett said he was told
by Sutton that the man who called
Pvt. Padgett originally had been
arguing with Sutton over girl.
Another girl was waiting for SUIT
ton in Commissioner Turnage's office
when the accused man was brought
in for arraignment.
Detective Sergt. A. D. Clarke Of
the Homicide Squad, who accom-
panied the girl, said Sutton had
asked to see her. Sergt. Clarke said
she had no connection with the
case.
During the arraignment, the COM
missioner asked Sutton if he under
stood he was accused of shooting
Pvt. Padgett with the intention of
killing him.
Intended to Get Away.
The prisoner replied that he didn't
intend to kill the policeman.
my INTENT" he said, was to get
away
Before setting bond, Mr.. Turnage
asked Sergt. Scott about Pvt. Padg-
ett,s condition. When the detective
replied that he was ION the critical
list" the Commissioner asked:
You mean he's liable to be in
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the hospital a long time or not long
at all?"
That's right" replied the detec-
tive.
When the commissioner wanted To
know if the police had q tight case y
Sergt Scott told him Sutton had ad-
mitted the shooting and led police
to the gun.
"Well, I've set bond pretty high,
observed Mr.. Turnage. "The chances
are the man will remain locked up
Sutton said he wanted a lawyer
and was remanded to District Jail.
In addition to shooting Padgett
the gunman wounded the cab driver
John r. GLADDEN., SO, colored, Of the
1000 block Of Sixty-fifth place NE
He was shot in the right wrist and
left thumb.
According to police records, Sut-
ton was sentenced to Lorton to serve
three to nine years on nine charges
Of housebreaking in 1941. Earlier
arrests dated back to 1884 when he
was sentenced to National Training
School for Boys for unlawful entry.