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Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25
BIOGRAPHY
OF WILLIAM
JOHN GRANATA

William John Granata, Repub-
lican candidate for Clerk of the
Circuit Court, born in Chicago,
ILL.,, studied business administra-
ton at De Paul and Northwest
ern Universities. He received his
law degree at the University of
Illinois in 1880, was admitted to
the Illinois Bar in 1880; served
as Assistant City Prosecutor,
1881; appointed member Indus
trial Commission Of Illinois,
1911; former vice president and
director Hull House Association;
chairman, War Finance Commit
tee, AZ, '43, IA and AS, receiv-
ing Silver Award US. Treasury
Department; member, Chicago,
Illinois and American Bar AS
sociations and the American Ju-
decatur Society.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25
ClCims CT Bill Locks
" O C dti on al
Guidance Phase

LOS ANGELES, Calf. CO.
AS social experim the CT
Bill of Rights doesn't go far
enough" because it doesn't in
clude adequate vocational guild
ance, according to Byron H. At
kinson, coordinator of Veterans
Affairs at the University Of
California here.
Writing in a recent issue of
"School and Society,"" he points
out that cducationally speaking,
the program seems to have been
4 success. Veterans in college are
making better academic records
than their non7vetcran fellow
students.
But the social and economic
aspects of haphazard mass edu-
cation at the college level are
now beginning to show up.
Three times as many engineers
are being trained in all areas Of
training as the market can alb
sorb. Professional schools Of
medicine, law and dentistry are
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25
Tucker Stock

DR.. A. B. Carter, member CT
he Securities Stock Brokers' As
ISOLATION, urges Negroes to con-
yinue the buying Of TIL au-
.omobile stock. While the stock
offered at a low Coz, it Of
fers a safe and sound Investment
70 the public and will in the dis
ant future bring the holder Of
said stock big divideE Is. Dr.
Carter states that these remain
ing shares o. class ga" common
stock is selling between $500 and
$500 per share and is being han
died by Barclay Investment Com
pany located at 80 South La Sale
St., 18th floor, the only stock IN
vestment company that has a
Negro stock salesman on their
staff. For further information
concerning any kind OF class Oh
stock or securities, call on write
Barclay Investment Company
phone ANdover 7O55 or pr. Car
ter, Dorchester 28O9.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25
Injunction Asked in
Rent Chczrge Cose

A iandlady accused Of rent
overcharges and Of taking cook
ing range and sink from a COM
munity kitchen, disconnecting
gas service and denying kitchen
privileges to a tenant is named
in an acton started Sept. Is in
federal court by the Chicago area
rent office, through the filing of
case by William f. Morrisey,
litigation attorney of the Office
If Housing EXpediter.
Mrs. Marie Conway, 1924 S.
Michigan Ave-, operator Of the
rentals at that address, is named
in the suit as overcharging Louis
and Ellin Griffin $21O.5O from
April l, 1947 to Aug. %, 194s.
On the latter date she refused
further rent, it is alleged, and on
Sept. l took the range and sink
from the community kitchen,
;urned off tie gas and denied the
tenants kitchen privileges.
Injunction is asked by the
rent office to restore the services
and privileges and to refund the
overcharges, and to bar further
rent law violations. The case was
assigned to Judge Michael F.
Igoe.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25
1.1O2 VETS FILE FRAUD
CHARGES ON HOME SALES
Complaints Are Made in Seven States

first complaints indicated that 70
per cent involve instances where
contractors allegedly failed to
live up to construction specifica-
tions, it was explained. Typical
Of such cases was house for
which hardwood flooring was
specified, but different wood
was used.
The remainder Of the COM
plants consist mostly of charges
by veterans that they had to pay
more than the specified sales
price.
Chance for Adjustment
He explained that when an in
Vestigation shows a violation, the
contractor will be called to the
expediter's office for a "com-
pliance conference" and given an
opportunity to make an ADJUST
.ment. If the contractor declines
to adjust the matter, the case
will be referred to the United
States attorneys office, Bidstrup
said.
Few cases are expected to be
taken up for prosecution, Bid
strip said, because most contrac-
tors have agreed to adjustments.
The drive against fraudulent
home sales to veterans was begun
July 26. Other agencies co-opera-
ting in the campaign. are the
veterans administration and the
federal housing administration.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25
CLIO Public Workers
FIGHT Discrimination

Juvenile delinquency is high in
any restricted area where the
residents are Disseminated
against in job and social oppor-
tunities, are forced to work at
low paid jobs to make ends meet,
are forced to live in inadequate
housing, and both the parents
and children are denied any Sc
curity or opportunity to materi-
ally improve their standards Of
living.
AS long as the children living
in such areas are forced to en-
dure these conditions even in
good times there will be many Of
them coming into conflict with
the forces of law and order.
1t is my opinion, said Allan
Bjorklund, field representative Of
the United Public Workers, CLIO,
in Wisconsin, that the removal
of the whole pattern of discrim-
ination against the Negro people
and other minority groups is nes-
essary to prevent the develop
ment of excessive juvenile delin-
The United Public Work.
ers will continue to fight against
discrimination as long as it eX-
lists.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25
READ MIKE CASEY every WEEK IN THE world
e. e.: II HOME FRAUD SUIT :
WARREN WON'T
DEPORT NEGRO
BACK TO DIXIE

SAN FRANCISCO-Governo1
Earl Warren of California struck
telling blow for human values
this week when he refused to
permit the return of Jesse Stew
art, Negro resident Of Oakland,
Calf, to Mississippi chain gang.
Stewart was convicted and SEN
fenced in Mississippi in 1925. He
escaped in 1927 and went to
Memphis, Tenn. He has been liv-
ing in Oakland for the past IS
months. Since moving here, he
established a small business and
won the respect of his neighbors.
Stewart was picked up when his
fingerprints were taken for a
secondhand dealers license.
After reviewing the circum-
stances under which the escape
occurred and making a thor
ough check of Stewards record
since his escape, with full under
standing Of with it means to re-
turn Negro to Mississippi,
Warren said he did not believe
the present equities of the case
warranted sending Stewart back
to Mississippi"
Stewart is married and has
two children. He has not been ar
rested for violation of the law
since his escape.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

The fe deral governments
breakdown on fraudulent home
sales thus far has produced LUZ
complaints from war veterans IN
seven midwestern states. Dudley
Bidstrup, deputy regional hous-
ing expediter for veterans, re-
ported yesterday.
Of this total, 760 or nearly SO
per cent of the complaints came
from veterans who purchased
homes in the Chicago area. Bid
strup said. The Chicago region
of the expediter's office includes
Illinois, Wisconsin,, Iowa, Min
nesota, North and South Dakota,
and Nebraska.
Complaints Continue
Bidstrup also reported that
complains are continuing to pour
in to the 27 rent area offices in
the region, the first point of conz:
tact for veteran home buyers
having complaints. Most Of the
complaints concern homes built
in 1916 and 1947 with material
priority authorization.
Screening Of the complaints to
determine if an investigation is
justified has been started, Bid
strip said, and some field inves-
LEGATIONS are under way. Within
month, the regional office eX-
poets to have it's authorized 35
investigators, Bidstrup said.
A cursory examination of the
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

Since Miss Dorothy Enders has
announced her retirement after
SO years service with the recra-
ton department Of the Board of
Education, homes are humming
with stories of the extraordinary
service this woman gave to Mil
INDEPENDENTLY to young
people. ~
Miss Enderis did an especially
fine job in migrating the Sixth
Ward into the -city-wide .recrea-
ton program, dissolving the in
terracial problem under warmth
of her humanness and efficiency
as she went along.
Miss Enderis herself said, zone
Of the fondess memories of my
So years of service in the De-
partment of Municipal Recrea-
ton and Adult Education will
ever be the memory Of my work
with the fine people of our Ne
gro community. 1t has been a
great satisfaction to see how
their interests in leisure-time &C
tivities have grown. We still have
great possibilities ahead of us.
"There are among the colored
people such vast talents in mu-
sic, art, dance and drama, which,
if more fully developed, would
make Milwaukee an outstanding
center in Negro culture. Not only
would the colored people be en-
riched through the development
of these arts but the cultural life
Of Milwaukee as a whole would
be greatly enhanced"
Miss Enderis conducted an in
stitution for training efficient
leaders among the youth. Many
individuals chose their vocations
or professions through their eX
periences on Fairgrounds or II
social centers.
Mrs. Turney, former Urban
Lea que social worker said tina
J Miss Enderis' contributions tt
our city is listed among the fac
tors that have made Milwaukee
known throughout the world a!
having less delinquency ant
crime than any city its size.
Mrs. Turney cites one example
similar to hundreds Of others
which shows how aprreciativ'
parents were Of the work Of His
Endoris.
otis mother, often brough
her three small children to tn
play ground and watched them il
the sand box. One day the mothe.
watched a craft class where us'
was made Of waste materials
She watched the results that ca,
be obtained when skillful teach
ing excites the creative minds O
children. The following day, thi
mother sent note to the leade
saying, 81 like the fine way yol
entertain my children. Perhap
this donation will help with tn
trinkets."
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

turning away qualified appll-
cants. College Of business admin
istration have two and one-halt
,imes as many students as III
1910; coupled with these facts Is
the shocking fact Of $4,000 UNI
employed veterans in Los Angeles
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

An old-fashioned American was
a fellow who thought nothing
should cost more than five times
what it was worth. Cuba (Mich)
News and Review.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

Bureau1art! One who proceeds
in a straight line from an unwar-
ranted assumption to a foregone
conclusion.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

Help for the Home Enecutive
New Rice and olive recipes
tried at the University of Cali
fornia in Berkeley has resulted
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

Another major step by the
Church of God, 62nd and Lang
ley AYES, under the able lead
ership of DR.. S. P. Dunn, Chi
cago's great radio shepherd. The
congregation announces the open
ing Of the beautiful rest home
shown in the photo above that
will bear the name of Dunn's
Memorial Rest Home.
The building consists of 88
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

meet the liberal qualifications
prescribed. by the church. Sun
day, Sept. 26 will be open house
for this home. The special eve
nings of the occasion will be 2
pageant, a touring service, brief
program and old time basket
feast. The public is invited to
come and enjoy themselves with
us.
Rev. Raymond S. Jackson, pas
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25
Cusey's
Column
By Mike Casey

One of the best organized cam
paigns for county office is that
of William John Granata run
ming for clerk Of the circuit
court Granata is well qualified
to fill the office Of clerk. Ora
nata as 9th Ward Republican
committeeman could give some Of
the other fellows a valuable les
son on how to organize precinct
captains and workers to the best
advantage.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

Sheriff Elmer Michael Walsh
is doing a good job. Any time the
"World's Greatest Newspaper"
is constantly lambasting you edi-
torially and in it's news columns
It is a sure sign the Colonel can't
control you. We say to Elmer
do as Roosevelt did-ignore them.
Three years after Roosevelt's'
death the Tribune almost daily
carrie editorial personally at
lacking the greatest President
since Lincoln. The Colonel just
can't forget that FDR didn't
even know. he existed. Neither
did millions Of voters who re-
turned FDR to the Presidency
four times.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

Much interest is centered in
the race for Congress in the
First Congressional Distri t
where the present Democratic in
cumbent William L. Dawson is
being opposed by Republican
William E. King and Earl Dick
erson running on Wallace's Pro
gressive ticket.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

Here's a recent potato tale
that's stranger than fiction. It's
about Maine potatoes and had
been fully corroborated by farm
ers and the Commodity Credit
CORPORATION: The government
paid Maine farmers $3.50 per
1O0-pound bag for the potatoes
and shipped them to Chicago at
the cost to the taxpayer OF well
over So a bag. The potatoes were
Their sold to hog raisers at L
cent a bag-meanwhile house
wives were paying almost seven
cents a pound for potatoes.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

Police captains in each of the
SO districts were visited by Com
missioner Prendergast Tuesday
and warned that gambling is
out" The Commissioner said:
eve know some gambling is 60
ing on, maybe little too much
on the Northwest Side. But you
can't stop it ALL" Does the Com
missioner really believe other
sections than the South Side have
had gambling. And here we
thought it was confined to the
nickel policy player living in the
slums and ghettos south of 18th
Street because he can't find any
other place to live.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

They used to say you can't
take it with you. Brother, with
the present high prices and ev-
ery kind Of taxation conceivable
yo. can't even keep it while you
are here.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-09-25

Dewey travelling in a 17-car
train pleading for votes. Tru-
man travelling in 17-car train
pleading for votes. Po' Henry
don't even have handcar-just
pleading.
Evening star., 1948-03-29

performing his or her morning ablutions
these are but sampling Of the things
that make this subject loom tremendously
large in the lives of millions of Americans.
Actually, despite DR.. Osborne, powerful
case can be made for the proposition that
the bathroom is the nerve center Of the
home. If things 60 wrong in it in the
morning the whole day can be spoiled
for the entire family. In fact, public
opinion poll probably would show that
great numbers of the American people
look upon 1t as being so terribly impor-
tant" that their outlook on life, their
moods, their hopes and fears are affected
by 1t almost as much as by what the
Russians are doing. The problem is not
to be belittled or laughed off. It will be
big one until every household can enjoy
the blessing of having at least two such
rooms to loaf and mess around in.
Evening star., 1948-03-29

informed that this meant nothing, and that
all employees were to report for x-rays
Upon reporting for this X-ray at work, pre-
sented the card to the X-ray technician who
then questioned why I was reporting for an
x-ray when had one already and with ia
vorable report. I informed him of the order at
work and he in turn questioned the personnel
manager. The personnel manager informed
him that this was an order by one Of the
members of the local x-ray campaign. He, as
mentioned, had been informed by our person.
mel manager that a number Of US had been
x-rayed, among whom were several former
TB patients living at the TB Hospital and who
receive regular examinations at the hospital.
Despite this information, however, the COM
mittee member informed the personnel man
ager that all employees were to be x-rayed.
And 1t was done. Well, this means needless
and useless work and expense, involving extra
records, examinations of films, filing. mailing,
etc., not to mention how 1t slows or curtails
the processing Of the drive, causing needless
delays Of people waiting in line, and the proc
essing Of the reports and examinations.
ROBERT EMMETT BURKE.
Evening star., 1948-03-29
The Bathroom Problem

At recent health symposium in New
York DR.. Ernest G.. Osborne of Columbia
University had some debatable things to
say about family life and the bathroom.
According to him too many husbands and
wives-particularly the younger, less
hardened ones-argue too much over such
failings as leaving rings around the tub
or being slipshod about putting away wet
towels. He made a particular point of
deploring the fact that a lot of people
regard these matters as terribly impor-
tant" In his judgment, apparently, they
are altogether inconsequential, and nobody
should give them a second thought
Theoretically, DR.. Osborne may be right,
but he probably is man who lives in q
house or apartment with two or three
bathrooms, and he therefore may not quite
understand the hard, practical realities
daily confronting the family in a home
equipped only with one. At any rate he
seems inclined to oversimplify the problem.
It is not Just matter of wet towels or
rings In the tub. 1t involves vast COM
plex of difficult physical and psychological
factors. The placement of soap, the condi-
ton of the wash basin, the question of
who does the most splashing around, the
struggle with nylon stockings and other
bits of laundry hanging up everywhere to
dry, the constant, deadly competition
between father, mother, son and daughter
for space in he medicine cabinet. the
time that elaptes as each takes turn IN
Evening star., 1948-03-29
The Sport (?) Of Fish Snuqqinq

Pity the poor fish when spring arrives
along the Potomac. Spring along the
Potomac means that fish-snagging time is
here again. And f1sh-snagging time is bad
news for migratory perch, herring and
shad bent on finding quiet spot to lay
their eggs and bring up family.
Right now the perch and herring are
beginning to run in the river. Soon the
shad will join the piscatorial pilgrimage
in great numbers. Then the snagging
season will be on in full force, with scores
of amateur fishermen casting their hooks
into the waters from every convenient
rock and vantage point. When snagging
Is at It's height in the Chain Bridge
vicinity-a favorite casting spot-the fall
ing hooks will fill the air so thickly that
not even humans will be safe from
snagging.
The unwary fish never seem to learn
their lesson. Year after year they respond
to the parenthood urge when the waters
of ocean inlets and bays warm up to from
f1fty-six to sixty-six degrees. Then, as
though by signal they start moving up
the estuaries and rivers along the Atlantic
coast, from Florida northward to the Gulf
of Saint Lawrence. The first migrations
of the shad and herring begin usually
late in March or early in April in the
Carolina regions, reach the Potomac early
in April and make their appearance
further northward progressively later
This year, because of the warm weather
recently, the shad seiners in New Jersey
and New York expect the big runs to
start within week.
This regularity Of spawning habits
makes the fish easy pickings for the
snaggers. The sport" of hsh snagging
requires no more equipment than a few
hooks on q line and no more skill than
is necessary to haul the hapless fish out
of the churning waters. Not even bait is
required to lure the fish. The shad or
herring are so preoccupied with finding
a spawning place that they pay no atten-
ton to the hooks, baited or undated They
just 60 blindly on until the hooks grab
them and end their journey.
&had and their roe are delicacies that
explain the popularity Of snagging Unless
Evening star., 1948-03-29
Crossword Scriptures

TO the EDITOR OF Inc star:
The person who makes up the crossword
puzzles that appear daily in The Star is q
little mixed UP in his knowledge Of the Bible.
In the puzzle appearing March %, No. %
down was listed as: "The mountain on which
Noah landed" Now, when the puzzle was
worked, this word came out "Sinai," and this
word also appeared in the solution published
the following day. If your puzzle-maker will
read Genesis via, he will learn that Noah
landed on Mount Ararat; whereas, in Exodus,
xxxi.18, we read that Mount Sinai was the
mountain in which God talked with Moses and
gave him the Ten Commandments.
am quite crossword puzzle fan and like
to come across new words and am intrigued,
not to say irked, to discover an unusual defini-
ton for word thought knew When it is a
word I do not know, give the puzzle-maker
the benefit Of the doubt. But could not re-
sist setting him right in this instance, as
obviously he has got his Bible stories confused
MRS. ROBERT TAYLOR.
Evening star., 1948-03-29
Forewurninq in Italy


leaders, the Italian Communists now have
openly warned that they will use force
to seize the government If they are denied
"the power the majority will give US"
in the April 1s elections.
This threat is real one. The major
ity' they have in mind Is not likely to be
an actual majority, but 1t Is entirely pos
sible that they will win upwards of 40 per
cent Of the vote and thus emerge with
roughly as much support as Premier de
Gasperis Christian Socialist Party. II
that happens, they will be in a strong
position to claim strategic cabinet seats
giving them power with which they could
later stage coup, just as their Kremlin-
serving comrades have done in Czechoslo-
vakia and elsewhere behind the iron
curtain
1t may be- of course, that the Com
munists will win far less than they antici-
pate and that their case for places in
the cabinet will fall apart. Assuming the
worst, however, assuming that they make
very strong showing, they can be ex-
cluded from the government only if the
Christian Socialists form coalition with
parties and refuse to let them in. But
If their prediction threat can be taken
at face value-and there seems little reason
to discount it-they will resort to violence
against any such move.
Thus there Is at least the possibility
that kind Of civil war will develop in
Italy after next months elections, with
the Communists amply equipped-espe-
cially in the north-to create a situation
considerably worse than the one in Greece.
Accordingly, unless the Italian people vote
overwhelmingly against them. the De
Gasperi government will either have to
yield to their demands for cabinet seats
or be fully prepared to fight them with
armed force. At any rate, that is what
they say in their warning.
In the circumstances, since it is hardly
conceivable that the Christian Socialists
and the other non-Communists will let
them worm their way into the cabinet 1t
must be assumed that the De Gasperi gov
ernment, having been forewarned, will
have measures in readiness for whatever
the situation may be after April 18. The
fact that the Communists may win
cA0oSAo FooC oA1AOuSA tAlC QclIlOCIdGlC
process ought not to be allowed to spread
confusion. What needs to be kept in
mind above everything is the simple but
grim reality that they must be excluded
because they are out to destroy Italian
freedom and bind Rome to Moscow.
Nor is this a situation that concerns
only the De Gasperi government. 1t is
situation in which the United States,
together with the rest of the free world,
has every reason to do all that it can to
stop the Communists from coming to power
in Rome. Indeed, our vital political and
strategic interests are so involved in the
issue that the President has pledged our
country to take appropriate" measures
against any direct or indirect threat to
Italian independence.
AS Luigi Longo has made clear, the
threat exists. If April 18 leads to serious
trouble in italy, our own Government, as
well as the De Gasperi government, will
be at fault if taken by surprise. Accord
ingly, while hoping for the best, now is
the time to be preparing for appropriate"
action In case the worst happens.