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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
Civil Rights Comm.
To Hove AlI-Cut
NAACP Aid

New York. - II cooperation
with the fIfteen-man Civil Rights
Committee, recently appointed by
President Truman to study viola
tions and recommend legislation
to strengthen the federal govern
merits hand in dealing with
problems OF racial discrimina-
ti0l and mob violence, Walter
White, executive secretary, NAA
CP, or January 14th sent let
Ter t. all NAACp branch Off
GERS, The letter requested them
to forward Immediately to the
national office Of the Association
specific instances and detailed
descriptions of cases of which.
they have direct knowledge, in
the following categories: lynch
ings, police brutality, denial Of
right TO vote and register, dis
elimination in employment, hous-
ing, transportation, recreation,
education and health.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
y)awa cn Spot
Over E.nli-Biias


Albany. n, y -tCNS1 - Gov
ernor Thomas T. Dewey's presi-
Dental ambitions in '4S werc
somewhat diminished this weel
when the controversial issue
aiscr limitation in TIE field O.
education came UP and put tn,
Governor on the spot.
The cause Of Dewcy'5 inccm-
fiture Was the introduction Of
the Austin Mahoney Bill which
calls for a state commission
Against Discrimination to be sci
within the State Dept. Of Educa-
ton. The bill also specifically
defines discrimination and the
definition includes asking either
orally or in writing questions
having to do with race, creed.
color or national origin of pros
pective students or employers.
Side stepping Dewey has al
ready carefully omitted any men
ton OF the bill or of diScrimina-
ton against minority groups in
education in his message to the
State Assembly. The omission has
caused much unfavorable COM
ment from members Of the Re-
publican majority a. well as the
Democratic minority.
Dewey's position on the Austin
Mahoney Bill is expected to be
luke-Warm to cold lie has al
ready alienated southern Repub-
hcan delegate to the Presidential
convention because Of the Ives
Quinn, and has every hope Of
keeping that gap from widening
by sitting out the Austin Ma
honey Bill.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
.Biaho S New Booss
Segregation vs. Moagrelization

Segregation vs Moagrelization
New Orlenag -- (CNS)-Scna
tor Bilbo, while awaiting opera
ton on his mouth, has announced
the gist of his new book soon
to be published Take Your
Choice--Segregation or Mongre-
lization", With proofs of five
chapters ready Bilbo said 81 en-
terrain no hatred or prejudice
against any human being on ac-
count of his race or color - God
made them So"
But he added 1t is indeed q
sorry white man or white Wu-
man who, when put on notice
Of the inevitable result of mon
grelization of their race and are
yet unwilling to put forth any
effort to save themselves and
and their offspring from that
great national calamity"
Bilbo has in mind to provide
resettlement Of the American
Negro in his homeland, Africa"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
Lawyer Cites
Precedent For
Saving Francis

New Orleans, La, - New hope
that the life of Willie Francis, II,
die in the electric chair in Louis
lana, may yet be spared, came
this week from A. p. Tureaud,
NAACP lawyer here. Speaking
for the association, Mr. Tureaud
today wired Governor j. H. Davis,
pointing out that on April %,
1921, Governor Parker set a pre-
cedent when he committed to
Eaton whose execution date had
been forgotten by the sheriff of
Oauchita parish. Stating that
second attempt to execute Willie
Francis would be cruel and I'M
usual punishment" MIR. Tureaud
urged %the Governor to commute
his death sentence to life i'm
pri onment.
E&ACP Barred Fran Case
Eafe Walter White
l. week. Walter White, exeeu-
ave secretary, NAACP, said that
tae Association had been barred
acG the While Francis case by
ne l4wSet selected by FranciS's
father, who told Mr.. White, fol
lowing the failure of the first
execution, that he preferred
handling the case himself and
AID not want the advice pre-
ferted by the Association at that
time.
However, when the Supreme
Court. by a five to four vote, up
acid the decision of the State OF
4olieiana, Francis's lawyer sent
de Association a telegram de-
m4nding that he be given large
sum OF money to file a further
appeal.
SAID Mr., White,
1t should be clearly under
stood that the NAACP is in no
wise responsible for the legal
handling of the case, although in
every way possible, it is attempt
ing to arouse public opinion to
get the Governor of Louisiana tc
be merciful and commute Willie
Francis's sentence to life"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
NAACP To Petition US.
Supreme Court for The
Lives Of Miss. Youths

New York Not for another
sixty days will the death chair
claim Charles Trudell, 16, and
James Lewis, 10, sentenced to
die on January 18th for the al
legged murder of their white en-
ployer. The NAACP, through its
representative. Walter D. Cole
man. was yesterday successful in
securing from the Mississippi
Supreme Court stay OF execu-
ton to allow time for the pre-
paration of petition for a writ
of certiorari to the United States
Supreme Court.
There is some hope felt now
that these youths will not have
to pay the extreme penalty for
a crime committee when under
the age most U. S. state Laws
prosecute criminally. Because Of
the denial of civil rights invol-
we'd in their case, and because
of their extreme youth, an outcry
has been raised here and abroad
against Furnishing them by death.
The Governor of Mississippi has
been deluged with letters and
kilograms Of protest from an out
ragged public which resents the
trend in some states Of demand
ing death penalties for child
rem under eighteen. Among the
many protests were two cables
from London, from the League o.
Colored People and the West
African Students Union.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
Tru1nan's Comm.
Gets Rubber
Siam" Label

New York City (WDL -
Pointing out the absence of any
labor representative on President
Humans recently appointed nine
man Advisory Commission on
Universal Training, A. Phillip
Randolph, president of the Bro
therhood of Sleeping Car Porters
AL, and vice-chairnan of the
Workers Defense League des-
cribed the Commission as rub
Der stamp"
Randolph made the accusation
in letters in behalf of the Work
ers Defense League to majority
and minority leaders in both
Houses of Congress. A copy to
Karl T. Compton, chairman of the
Commission, constituted the first
protest from labor to reach him.
The reason for not including q
representative of 100000 or
gained workers is that the Com
missions goose-stepping recon-
mendations a foregone con-
clusion even now will not
coincide with the anti-conscrip-
ton stand of the AFL., CLIO and
railroad brotherhoods," Randolph
wrote.
Representatives of Americas
missing-could only have proved
embarrassing to Mr.. Truman S
Commission, since the great
agricultural West and leading
educators everywhere have ira
ditionally been blilWarks against
RECOMMENDATION and saber-rattling.
Asserting that the National
Association for the Advancement
Of Colored People, the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters
and other Negro organizations
have opposed peacctime con.
scription, Randolph charged tha
Truman K. Gibson, the SOLE
Negro on the Commission, "can
not pretend to speak for $4,000,
600 coiored Americans wfgps,
wartime experiences with Army
brass viii not soon be forgotten.
He also stated that in picking
religious representatives for thu
Commission, President Truman
had to bypass the thousands Of
church spokesman who are on re-
cord against conscripting youth
Opposing the commissions hy-
pocricy in agreeing to remove
the word military from its
name" Randolph said: The
Presidents mandate to the com
mission is not to study the desir-
ability or hazards Of permanent
draft. On the contrary, Mr.. Tru-
man referred to his '35-year-old
dream Of conscripting American
youth, and confidently entrusted
to this hand-picked body the full
fillment of the dream"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
$4,000 Bequesi
From NY Lawyer
Swells UNC Funds

Three year-end gifts aggrega-
ting $1,000 were announced by
the United Negro College Fund
this week. The largest of these,
a bequsst of $4,000, was con-
tanned in the will Of the late
Howard S. Cans, New York
lawyer. Numerous inquiries a.
bout the fund were answered laAk
year for attorneys and trust &C.,
panies, according to w. y Trent
Jr., executive director who in
Dictated that a growing interest
is being exhibited by friends Of
the fund in their wills,
Two other gifts, each OF $500
were received from Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity and from the
United Supreme Council Of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite of Freemasonery, Southern
Jurisdiction. DR.. Robert p. Daniel:
president of Shaw University and
an Alpha fratman, made the APP
peal to the fraternity during its
recent conclave in Columbus.
President J. M. Ellison Of Virgin
ia Union University appealed to
the Masons.
The latter group said they plan
to give an equal amount to the
Fund each year.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
Founders Day At
Shorter College

Annual observance o. Founders
Day will occur "Wednesday Feb
ruary II at Shorter College, Six
tn and Locust Streets, North
Little Rock. AT ten o'clock a. m,
the Founders Day address will
be delivered by President l.. A,
Davis of State A. Nj. and N.
School at Pine Bluff. At one p. IN.
the Fellowship Luncheon will be
held at which c. H. Jones, editor
Of the Southern Mediator, will
speak. AT three thirty, will con-
vene the Alumni Association,
Reverend ]. H. Gipson, presi-
dent. The Statewide Missionary
Program, Mrs. George w. Baber
general supervisor, will be held
a. aeven-thirty p. m. Mrs. Babei
j.. the wife of Bishop Baber
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
NAACP Urges War
Investigating
Committee Killed

New York, Expressing the
opposition Of the NAACP to the
continuation Of the Senate War
Expenditures Investigating Com
mittec, Walter White, executive
secretary, MACE, today sent
kilograms to thirty-one United
States Senators urging them to
vote against the Senate resolu-
ton which would enable the
committee to continue its work.
Mr.. White bases his attitude on
the Meader report, recently re-
leased to the press, over much
protest, which contains vicious
and unverified charges against
Negro troops in Europe and
against Jewish displaced persons
in the American zone of occupa-
ton.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
VIII Joe Boksi De
Zoe louis Next?

New York - (CNS) - Sol
saaus, who has Mike Jacobs
power OF attorney, has announced
> possible get-togethcr Of the
two Jous-Louis and Basisi- for
June, should Baksi win from
Bruce Woodcock in June next
Meanwhile, Louis, due
in Los Angeles January 10Th,
can't make the Boxing Writer'S
Association dinner honoring Mike
Jacobs here on January 22nd
Joe leaves for an exhibition tour
of Central and South America
from L. A. January Goth.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
Zhseal 70 Negroes Seem In
Move 70 Outlaw Closed &hso

WASHINGTON, D c. Effort -
Sanazo Joseph F. Ball to give
III i@a essi1c that passage =
anti-eloasd shop legislation would
Be beneficial 60 iriaosities #ase
challenged t1d5y bg the Lapo-
Department q tae National A.
sociatior FOR the Advancement
o. Ceiored People.
In a letter to Senator Ball, Cla-
renee Mitchell, the Associations
Labor Secretary, stated that:
''Tho Washington Post this
morning quotes you as contend
ing that the backing (Senator)
Morse gave FEPC legislation
would make it hard for him to
rcfute arguments by Southern
Democrats that the closed shop
is discriminatory, earnestly
hope that this quotation does not
reflect youI views with respect
to the enactment of FEPC legis-
lation II would be a terrible
blow to minoritics if, in your
efforts to attack the closed shop
you attempt to give the impress
ION that this will be a benefit to
minority group workers seek
ing employment.
AT this moment, | have on my
desk a matter in which I sin
ccrely believe chat the sole pro-
lection ci some 800 colored en-
ployees Of large plant is the
fact uat their bargaining re-
representatives. have negotiated
successfully a union shop agree
mon. with the employee Now
that there are white workers a
vailabl1 in the labor market, thi,
employer gives evidence Of seek
ing to displacc the colorcd en-
ploycos in the better jobs wiz
non-union individuals, Il you
bill to outlaw the closed shop
became law, if would place every
one oi these persons in jeopardy
THE arguments Of Southern
Senators that the closed shop i
discriminatory will have II
weight with minority groups, be-
cause legislators have advanced
every type Of specious argument
to defeat measures which would
benefit wage earners in general
and also minority groups.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24

HATTIESBURG, Miss Down
here in Mississippi these few
white people who run things and
have made a fortune out of the
war, during the war, exploit
ing Negroes on their plantations
and everywhere else, don't be-
lieve at all in the COP campaign
slogan Had Enough?" At least
not according to Felix T. Newton,
white contractor Of this city, who
gave Senator Bilbo four checks
totaling $4,000 but sho says that
Mississippi (tho Supremacy
Crowd would re-elect "the Man"
all over again.
"Bilbo is our friend, and we are
his friends, and we have already
perfected the organization and
have plenty Of money to elect
the man we want, drawls the
bulky Mississippi contractor who
CONTINUED on Page u
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
Survey Graphic" Sees
Improvement In
Roce Relations

New MISUNDERSTANDING
to the special issue of Survey
Graphic" which is entitled "Se-
gregation Color Pattern from the
past--Our Struggle to Wipe 1t
Out'--racc relations have de-
finitely improved in the last two
decades. Chief reason for this
progress, the special issue cites,
pressure Of economic and mill
tary crisis to our resort to eX-
tremes Of intolerance and perse-
cutien and to the old American
bent for freedom and human
worth"
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24

A. l.. Witherspoon, Of 52l East
22ad Street popular business
man was elected president of thr
week at a meeting OF the stock
holders. Mr.. Witherspoon sue
ceeded DR., T. j, Griffin Of Hot
Springs, who has held the presi-
dency since the Company organ
lied Mr.. Witherspoon is a Mason
and a member Of the Mt Zior
Baptist Church. He holds con
siderable real estate in the city
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
Little Rock Welcomes Her =

MRS. LUCILLE HAMILTON
formerly Of Detroit who has been
in Little Rock since September
was the sponsor of Wings Over
Jordan at the Robinson Auditor
ium Sunday evening.
This energetic person has MADE
a definite contribution to the
business and civic life in Little
Rock.
In addition to sponsoring pro-
grams, Mrs. Hamilton has done
considerable work in hospitali-
cation. Her latest achievement
in this field was the setting up
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24

up of a five point rehabilitation
program at the State Sanitar-
iun in Alexander and the audit
ing and installing of records for
Lena Jordan Hospital,
A native Of Georgia, she has
made her home in Detroit for
the past twenty-five years. She
attended the University Of Michi-
gan and University of Chicago,
is a widow, the mother Of two
sons and two grandchildren.
Mrs. Hamilton takes this meth
cd of saying Thank You to the
citizens of Little Rock.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24

SHREVEPORT, La Get out
of here. Both Of you ought t.
be sticking together instead OF
fighting each other" was Judge
ia two sisters in City Court this
weeks, Miss frankie Ansley had
complained that her sister Thel-
ma stabbed her in the back with
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24

DORIS JEAN LOWE, daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lowe,
Of l0l West 2lst street graduated
fran Dunbar High School on Jan
uary 23rd as valedictorian of the
class. She is a talented music
student vice-president Of the
Student Council, vice president
Of the National Honor Society,
Editor in chief of the Senior Bear
cat and is member of the Girls
Council.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24

New York, Arrested and
convicted for violating the Ar
Kansas separate coach law, Cha
{l,s Royal, a Negro, is being re
peesentcd by the MACE, which
la filed a brief in tie Arkansas
Supreme Court appealing his
conviction on the grounds that
taa statute, as applied to Royal
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24

torney j, r. Booker, of Little
Rock, Arkansas, the NAACP's
representative in the case.
IN Irene Morgan VS. Virginia
the U. S. Supreme Court on June
3, 1916, held that state statutes
that tend to enforce segregation
pattern in interstate commerce
are invalid.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24

MACON, Ga. Governor elect
Eugene Talmadgc is dead. Sena-
tor Theodore Bilbo is sick in a
New Orleans hospital with a
sore mouth" which has been dia-
gnosed as a cancer. After bring
ing his daughter, virginia, to Yves
leyan College here, Dir. Samuel
Green ot Atlanta, grand-dragon
of the Ku Klux Khan and Mrs.
Greene were seriously injured
when the car Dr. Greene was
driving at high speed went out
of control on a curve near For
syth, GA, plunged down an en-
bankment and struck a tree. Fate
is working in somebody's favor.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
Added To Police Force

Three more patrolmen were
added to the Ninth Street area
last week, bringing the total to
six insuring much needed pro-
lection for this section of the
city. The new officers are; left
to right, Lindsy Sharpe,Jr., Clyde
Swedeburg and James B. Bryant.
Other members Of the force pat
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24

Pictured above Is Mrs. HAROLD
Nj, NELSON OF 2l2l Cross Stree
who on January 10th became the
proud mother Of a daughter,
Saund"a Kaye Mrs. Nelson i
the former Eerniece Marion
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24

Jones and was a student of Lin
coin University. Nh. Nelson, a
Missourian, is music major At
Lincoln University and q member
of the Kappa Alpha Psi lrater-
nitV
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24
HERE and lIINHl

an ice pick at 1884 Ford Street
Sunday.
Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1947-01-24

Press photo by Binna
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-10-23

| disadvantage. Root rot seems to
thrive when the plant is short OF
phosphorus and nitrogen. Root
rot may be bad in a field the first
year after grass or legumes are
| plowed under, that is, before the
green manure has rotted, but for
number of years afterwards
root rot is usually of slight i'm
portance. Eventually it will be
necessary, even in the dry Horse
Heaven, to attempt some kind of
rotation. Experimental plots in
this region are needed, plots which
can be maintained for long periods
of time.
FERTILIZERS: This matter has
been limited at above. Ii might
be desirable TO test small areas in
the Horse Heaven using about 100
pounds per acre of a pelletform
of commercial fertilizer such as
ammonium phosphate d6-20-0
formula). In the Dakotas the nj
trogen-phosphorus balance was
sometimes lowered to where root
rot could be somewhat reduced by
using such materials. In the dry
country commercial fertilizers are
risky because of the danger of
burning, but at 100 pounds per
acre it probably would not be too
much of a gamble.
VARIETIES: Turkey wheat and
various improvements of the olo
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-10-23

and will probably show the dry
land crown rot.
ROTATION: One reason that
root rot is on the increase in the
Horse Heaven is the fact that you
have had series of good years
and wheat has been growing on
your land along with the root rot
fungi without the cleansing effect
of your all-too-frequent drough.s
of former years. If the drought
years return you will find that root
rot is no longer as important. You
have been blessed with crops and
beset with their parasites at the
same time. If rotation were prac-
teal root rot can be held down.
Where it is possible to grow grass
for time it probably pays. Right
now, in most cases, wheat is too
valuable to consider grass. When
this condition ceases to be, crested
wheatgross, or some other grass
suggested by the specialists in these
fields, may be a good bet. Crest
ed wheatgrasS is highly resistant
to root rots or "going-out" disease
as they are sometimes called, but
some native grasses such as the
bearded or beardleSS bunchgraSS
do carry the root rotS. If grass is
plowed under the fertility of the
soil is increased and the soil fungi
which compete with the plant for
food in the soil seem to be at a
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-10-23

I original Turkey or Kharkov are
mainly grown IN the dry winter
wheat area. They are. unfortun-
ately, very susceptible TO common
root rot. There is no wheat that
can be substituted and no new ones
in sight as far as we know. Ii
seems TO us that this region war
rants some consideration in
wheat breeding program. The
former head of the coordinated
western wheat project was well
aware of this and pointed out that
common root rot would likely
drive the Turkey wheat area out
of existence if the trouble contin-
ued to become progressively worse.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-10-23

His words have been considered
overly pessimiStiC but they have
lad The effect of turning plant
breeders towards the problem.
Eventually better wheat tolerant
o comnlon roo, rot will be de-
veloped. The immediate prospect
is not bright for them, however.
To Summarize: Dry land root
rot is caused by fungi carried in
the soil, which fungi are favored
by continual cropping to one grain
too early seeding and soil which
may be starting 10 show hepletion
ia nitrogen and phosphorus. The
adapted varieties in the Horse
Heaven country are susceptible.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-10-23
Wheat Growers
d,e Feriilizer

r.o use of commercial nitrogen
In 1;uer is catching the interest
fertil lneers all over the wheat belt
Of lexington. Many wheat farm,
IN H ore hoping that nitrogen will
.fs s. ar them to utilize their wheat
help ;, and stubble more easily, &C
straw straw 10 M. D. Butler, extension
e0rGn rsonservationist, Washington
''a r,.e ,,se of nitrogen in fields ON
l iae straw and stubble has been
VIZ; e a fairly new practice In
e. ., + which has shown good
Vas ,1te In field trials conducted
l e. ,ear by the experiment sta
thS and the United States Soil
uon. .eryaion service, wheat yields
gon .rashy fallow ground were in
,ssed approximately 7 bushels
are by the addition OF 20
,rds Of nitrogen on trashy fall
M land. Mr.. Butler said.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-10-23
PEPPERMINT GROWERS

You are invited to attend a
meeting of the Washington State
mint Growers, Inc, at the Benton
County AGA, 800 Kennewick Ave
Oct. "a, at 1880 pm.
In addition to our local business
Cooperative Marketing agreements
with the Mint Growers of Mich
gan Will be discussed. Several
representatives will also be select
ed to attend the annual meeting
of the Clatskanie Mint Growers
League at Clatskaanie, Oregon.
All growers are urged to attend.