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Especial to the
BY INSIDER

General Omar Bradley, new Chief
of Staff of the Army, is going to
get some unexpected but much
needed assistance in his efforts to
liberalize traditional Army racial
policies. Look for one of the big
newspic magazines to do a story
on how Bradley's known attitudes
on race relations helped the Vet
Grams Administration, and will help
the Army, in giving Negroes a
much better break . Bradley will
need all the assistance he can get
from every source to break down
these barriers, but no one who
knows him will doubt that he will
certainly try it Discount all
rumors that Albright is going to
the Office of the Secretary Of Ma
tional Defense. The VA aide is
completely sold on service to vet
Grams, and leaders Of national Negro
organizations whose confidence he
has won have strongly advised him
to stay where he is and carry on
Incidentally, Albright bluntly
told General Spaatz, Chief of Staff
of the Air Force, in IA conference
in the generals office recently, that
Negroes will expect and insist that
the Air Force will lead the way in
giving them full opportunity for
training. (Air Force was Albright's
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Truman's Civil Rights Program

interesting the different the Civil
Rights program President Truman recently asked Congress
u political device to offset the appeal that
admittedly Negroes To another it the sincere
genuinely interested impemenng and strengthening
democracy force eventual monge
upon Southern white womanhood
Walter White secretary the MACE said
the President sincere and when
committee which member informed the President Of
ynchngs other minority practices "Trumans
pale His trembled with emotion
taken Immediately stop this
his and his WELL
many years would preclude that he could
be easily duped.
The Negro whole the President sincere and
herad the he recently announced the prelude to better
United States Whether such acceptance based
strategy expression real belief matter of conjecture
professional of the Souhthe Eastlands the
Ranins Wrgh accept the President
sincere they vigorously cagate him for sending the
Congress- their be raised whether their
based their whether they the
opportunity their constituents the
they alert all times guard their interests in the
field Of relations.
Another represented by the New
vigorously Congress- there ground for suspicion that is
designed mainly favorable consumption the voters of the
North" similar view is taken by the Governors of the
states Of Florida They criticize their Southern colleagues
ridiculous the of the rest of the country
Tey say political rather than faith in the program he
the basis for the Presidents action When the chips
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The United Nations and Palestine

oil interests the State Department and the Armed
Forces opposed the partition Of Palestine Their opposition
supplemented by which pointed that Palestine
parOned the Arab rulers would into the Russian orbit
No than they that the Arab rulers would not
Soviet influence the Middle East with cordially
than the UnAmeran Committee would welcome Soviet influence into
United But confusing the injection
However this backhed for few days before the United
decision the USSR for partition
This stand caught them short there enough time
their strategy few later the United Nations
with u S. support voted the partition of Palestine.
anyone enough opposed
partition would the United Nations decision the
should dspe such
public opening campaign hghghted the
interrogation Secretary Defense by Rep Dewey
Short R MOI In the questioning of the Secretary Representative
Short received the information that the partition had grav under
security the United States That the questioning
there but little doubt for enabled Secretary
FOesa make public declaration under committee questioning
that he could well otherwise make.
campaign the of of
has of information
within Department having
able balloons sound public opinion
Of these coumnsts recently that
it was time for Americans not to dismiss national interests beneath
contempt" The implication that who partition
the future either fool traitor This is slight modification
~ the ecbpoe IN regard all opinions m benp tainted with
disoyalty.
reported President who
said 1.-THE American zOn had let him down by leading him believe
that partition could be achieved without violence And when President
feels has let him down. generally he
getting ready let them down. The State Department. the Secretary
Defense American oil interests ubant the change for
feand usaby otha the President would either modify
the United States support for partition.
But of clear blue sky the Oppoons time table again
What H Was it consideration for the
of Jews that had survived Her and
camps2 that Was consideration for the United
Nations because that organization still hopes for pace
neither of these ideals that do humans much credit Then
it, The Democratic National Committee had simply informed
the President that he should change modify the position of the
United regard the partition of Palestine he might well
the State of New York the coming
elections.
the United Nations Palestine Commission five
assigned enforce partition without military will ask the
Security Council provide aid them carrying the
of
They FIRST that of the small members of the
Nations such forces available for duty and second that
provided by members of the Security Council Russia
would into Palestine and the of Russian
jeopardize Americas the Middle East
close examination Of the above shows their obvious
fasiy United Nations could supply soldiers the
smaller Palestine As for the
objection supplied by members of the Council
would Onefth Of the needed And four
French, British the
the Amercanscannot Offset threat real implied by the
presence troops then badly the
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Washington
SPOTLIGHT
By LOUIS LAUTIER

The Department of the Army
showed its cloven foot in the matter
of integrated National Guard units.
Secretary Of the Army Kenneth
C. Royal had an excellent oppor-
tunity to rise above sectional and
political considerations and do the
statesmanlike thing. But he had to
hold the line for the Confederate
forces, and continue as a candidate
for the North Carolina governor
ship.
In deciding that Federal recog-
milton will not be withdrawn from
the New Jersey National Guard be-
cause Governor Alfred E. Driscoll
had decided that the State Militia
had to be organized in conformity
with the New Jersey Constitution,
and not on the basis of race, Mr..
Royal really decided nothing.
AS Secretary of the Army, Mr..
Royal no longer has Cabinet
status. Evidently, the President did
not discuss with him the special
message Mr.. Truman sent to the
Congress on February 2 on civil
rights. Mr.. Royal had better read
it.
During the recent war and in
the years since its close we have
made much progress toward equal
ity of opportunity in our armed
services without regard to race,
color, religion, or national ORIGIN"
Mr.. Truman said. 81 have instruct
ed the Secretary of Defense to take
steps to have the remaining in
stances of discrimination in the
armed services eliminated as rapid
ly as possible. The personnel poll
cies and practices of all the services
in this regard will be made con-
sistent."
Perhaps, Mr.. Royal does not
regard race segregation as race
discrimination. But in the Ma
tiOnal Guard it definitely is.
The Army is trying to build up
a National Guard of $4,000 men,
involving twenty-seven divisions
and twenty-seven air groups, be-
sides certain supporting troops.
Except in the District of Column
bia and the States of California,
Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Mary
land, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
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observations as a member Of the
District Of Columbia Committee and
the District Appropriations Sub.
committee make me wonder why
Mr.. Truman is not doing something
about the shameful disregard of the
civil rights of Negroes and other
uninfuential people in the District
of Columbia.
President Truman could do some
thing about that situation without
consulting congress, because he ap-
points the three commissioners who
run the city government of Wash
ingtOn and who in turn appoint the
police administration which is re-
spOnsible for law enforcement here.
Mr.. Truman likewise appoints the
U. S. district attorney who is Wash
ington's prosecuting attorney.
Eliminating economic discrimina-
ton against racial and religious
minOrities is important, but it is far
more important to make sure that
those fundamental civil rights guar
anteed in the Bill Of Rights are
protected. Article " says: 1.-THE
right Of the people to be secure in
their persons, houses, papers and
effects against unreasonable search
es and seizures, shall not be VIC
lated" That is the peoples protec-
ton against gestapo police
methods.
Here in Washington, the nations
capitol, a new police chief, one
Robert Barrett, was appointed last
summer. Barrett once was con-
victed of beating up and Gripping
a man he arrested on suspicion, who
later was proven innocent. A re-
trial was ordered but was never
held. Barrett is the kind of police
man most cities have avoided for a
generation.
The rough treatment which
Washington Negroes receive at the
hands Of the police here is so no
torious that few of them will carry
a complaint to the police any more.
Last fall, a Negro war veteran,
Willie Clegg, employed by the
Washington Post, was arrested one
night on suspicion of molesting wo-
men, held incommunicado "a hours,
cutfed around and bruised and fin
ally released, hours after any intel
ligent policeman could have ascer-
tanned that a mistake had been
made. 1t is, of course, a violation
of law to hold any person incom-
municado.
am cO-author of resolution
for an investigation of Washing
toms police administration. Action
so far has been blocked by Dem
Ocratic senator, but the resolution
will be pressed. Meanwhile, if Pres
ident Truman is really interested
in protecting civil rights, would
respectfully suggest that he call in
the three district commissioners
who are his appOintees, and tell
them to do something about pro-
tecting civil rights and cleaning up
police administration right here in
Washington.
Yours sincerely,
JOSEPH H. BALL.
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President they will be the right side by
right side they presumably the side of the South
perhaps better indication Presidents
be gained by observing the action of of his official
family Secretary of the Army Kenneth c. Royal In letter Gov.
Jersey Royal said that the Army had
of the provision in the New Jersey constitution that fd
segregation the militia because of religious principles color,
ancestry national origin The Secretary that
would defer the State Of New Jersey for the
be emphasized that where discrimination
established Federal Difference local custom justified
basis of States Rights In the of New Jersey Federal difference
justified the basis of States Rights but the
Those who claim the President is sincere in offering his
Civil Rights in the awkward position being
the action of Secretary Royal defiance of the
United States The of Army officials who
defy President usually very short will
Secretary Royal acting defiance of his
correctly interpreting the intentions of the
fort the
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WASHINGTON CAPERS


service.) The general was keenly
interested in what his visitor had
to say . E. That Thomasina Johnson
Lawrence Oxley feud in the De-
partment of Labor has cooled down,
and everyone in Washington is sigh
ing with relief :. The Auchincloss
Bill to give the District of Columbia
home rule has less than an even
chance for passage because Of the
bitter opposition of the "vested in
terests" in the present Commits
sioner-rule set-up. Vested inter
ests" include Negroes who follow
the separate-but-equal line If
the bill to establish another All
Negro veterans hospital (S5,000,-
000) at Rocky Mount, Virginia
Booker T. Washington's birth
place) becomes law, look for a
deluge Of other such requests (from
other southern states) sponsored by
the separate-but-equal contingent
(colored and white) E. The Com
mittee Against Jim Crow In Mill
tary Service and Training is clearly
and effectively pushing its pro-
gram. The Houston Randolph group
has definitely won the ear of a pow
erful group of Congressman. Al
Black, former DuIuthian, is the ag-
gressive Washington spearhead for
the Committee.
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New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Washington and West Virginia, a
colored man may not enlist in the
National Guard.
In a given State, the National
Guard Bureau of the Department
of the Army may have allotted sew
eral types of units to a given state,
only one Of which has been desig-
mated for the enlistment Of colored
personnel.
National Guard units may be
scattered over the State and a
white man may enlist in the unit
nearest his home town. But that is
not true of a colored man. He must
enlist in the colored National Guard
unit wherever it may be located, or
remain out of the National Guard.
These are three types of dis
elimination which Mr.. Royal orders
continued in effect in every state
Of the Union, except New Jersey,
despite the instructions of the
COmmander-in-Chief of the Army
and Navy to the Secretary of De-
Tense to eliminate discrimination
in the armed services.
Moreover, there is nowhere any
cOlOred National Guard air unit.
The National Guard is the major
combat element of the M-day field
force. In the event of a major
emergency-an all-out warn day
is the day on which the armed
forces start mobilization. And mob
ilization may be started by calling
the National Guard into Federal
service ahead of time. The Guard
must be trained, equipped and
ready to move out of their armories
and localities into training camps
and any other place that duty
might take them.
In another all-out war this coun-
try will need it's total manpower.
But the determination made by Mr..
Royal in the New Jersey case and
the generally discriminatory poll
cies Of the National Guard Bureau
precludes the training and equip
ment of colored men in the Guard
for Midday and also precludes effec-
tive utilization of 10 per cent Of
the nations manpower in such an
emergency.
If Governors Thomas E. Dewey
of New York and James L. Nc
Conaughy will show the same kind
of determination in breaking down
race segregation in the militia of
their States that Governor Alfred
E. Driscoll showed in New Jersey,
it is doubtful that Mr.. Royal has
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Senator Ball Says
Truman Should Do
Something In Washington

Washington, D. c.,
February IA, 1913.
Editor: President Truman stirred
up quite a furore among Southern
Democrats by the report of his Civil
Rights Commission and his mes
sage to congress urging passage Of
anti-poll tax, anti-lynching, fair
employment practices and similar
legislation. Some of those bills un.
doubtedly are needed, but my own
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Anti-Prejudice Advertising

prejudice will be unpopular o." the advertising
with campaign it launching this
under of the United America Campaign Under
Council nc and with the
and of labor and
advertising will be distributed urging primarily people
rejected the basis of individual group
congratulations.
of the first displays the
organizations Possibly Army
Secretary Royal of North Carolina issued
order reamng 18th century regulation requires segregation
of colored troops.-S- Paul Dispatch.
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AND UNTO OTHERS

(By Wayne E. Murphey)
America is deafened by the cry of many voices
The black voice with the southern drawl,
The white voice with the non-Aryan bite,
The drunken "gob," the gospel singer,
The "coon," the "wop," the mick
All the voices sing in chorus America.
Yet the southern sranged in the great assembly
And the non-Aryan bite is jeered by brother man,
The inebrate criticized by the gospel singer
The fullness Of the chorus subdued
Others have written, others have sung:
Steinbeck Benet, Hughes;
Sweet voices, bitter voices
Yet each agreeing with one thing America.
CAN agree but completed
Riots in Detroit, strikes in Seattle,
Lynchngs in Atlanta, prejudice in Boston
A zymoic stigma of bigory.
The chorus sings in smaller voice.
Education will smash intolerance"
yet teachers teach bigotry)
Religion will break down barriers"
yet clergy forget to mention it,
All this and the Bill of Rights,
Sung shouted, proclaimed from Pennsylvania Avenue.
But in the porentous night of future
Quiet is the chorus.
America the land!
America, the place!
Yes, Sing it'll Shout it, Proclaim it!
But, Sing in harmony Shout Proclaim in solda
Let the chorus swell to full Amen
F. Murphey resident Rob6in"dA Minnesota
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the CUTS to order the Withholding
of Federal funds and equipment
from National Guard units of those
States.
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the direction of Schuneman ST. Paul Powers
Minneapolis the Urban Leagues for excellent selling jobs
Good work ALI
newspaper battling jobs for Negroes back when
a popular thing to do
that the the finest hearted white Americans
being constantly rewarded by
We wouldn't trade Caucasans for those of
other
Evening star., 1948-02-24
Rankin Suggests D. {
Return 10 Maryland
To Get Home Rule

Representative Rankin, Democrat.
Of Mississippi, an opponent of Dis
trict home rule, came up today with
a suggestion to cede all of the Dis
trict, except Federal holdings, back
to Maryland.
Then, if that is DONE" he said,
you could vote in the District, have
your own local government and
have your representation in the
House and Senate"
But he objected to the Auchin-
closs-Ball bill to give Washington
limited home rule. You would be
caught in the middle he told a
reporter.
He added that the white people OF
the District already had started to
move across the boundaries into
Maryland and Virginia.
Plan Under Study.
His remarks were occasioned by
reports an agreement had beer
reached to permit student physicians
from Freedmen's Hospital to treat
patients at Gallinger Municipa.
Hospital.
Such plan is under study, await.
ing final action, but Mr.. Rankin
took it as IAN order"
Taking the House floor yesterday
to outline his views, he said, in part
THE people of the District are
entitled to decent treatment at the
hands of Congress and the execu.
tive department. They are today
threatened with a situation out al
Gallinger Hospital that Is likely tt
bring race trouble.
Resentment Is Seen.
"It is already stirring resentment
and cannot possibly do any good
I refer to the order to put Negro
doctors in that hospital and give
them the same supervision ovel
white patients the white doctors
have.
''This is the seat of the Govern.
ment of the United States. The
people here have right to be pro.
tected. I submit that when this
attempt is made thus to humiliate
the doctors and white patients who
are bound to patronize Gallingel
Hospital, it is about time that mem
bers of Congress and the President
get off this cheap scheme of play
ing politics in order to get a few
votes in Harlem and in certain other
portions of New York City"
He added, 1T is about time tc
'"' put a stop to attempts by Ger.
tain Communistic elements to stil
race trouble all over the country
Members of the House Home Ruiz
Subcommittee, urging an elected
District government, have ASSERTED
there is no race issue in the limited
city home rule plan.
Evening star., 1948-02-24
by stoff Correspondent Of Tn. Star

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. IA d.
rect appeal to Gov. Lane of Mary
land to protect spawning rockflsh
in the Potomac River from haul
seining and q proposed Virginia
law to carry out this objective were
among measures before the General
Assembly today.
Senator Charles Crowder of Rich
mond is the author of proposed
resolution appealing to the Cow
ernor OF Maryland for support OF
the General Assembly of that State
Senator Crowder also introduced
a bill to ban haul-seining of rock
fish between February l and
May 81.
The Crowder resolution took note
of recent press reports in which $50
to 200 tons of rockhsh were said
to have been caught in a fishing
bonanza" on the Potomac River
near Colonial Beach. The resolu-
ton also recognizes that Maryland
has jurisdiction over the Potomac
River but the proposed law would
make 1t possible for this State to
cooperate with any similar ban
that the Free State might impose
The bill would make it unlawful
Evening star., 1948-02-24

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|Virqinio PIon to Protect Rockfish
includes Appeal to Maryland

for any person to bring ashore on
the soil of this State any rockfish
so taken with haul-seines) in
waters which are not under the
Jurisdiction of this State during said
period of any year"
The resolution calls attention to
the situation prior to 1900, when
rockfish were transplanted from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Coast.
Through adequate protective laws.
the measure states, the Pacific Coast
has developed the species to point
where it now outnumbers those on
the Eastern seaboard where haul