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Evening star., 1948-07-18
Partial Text of Revolt Keynote Address

goes far beyond the old iniquitous
Force Bills. It was written patiently
and obviously to buy the Negro vote
in the doubtful States-we Of the
South know that there Is no lynch
ing in the South. They Of the North
know it. And they also know that the
race riots and the killings which
have made some Northern cities
famous in these last few-years have
no duplicate in any State or city in
the South.
Cites Laws Against Lynching.
They know also, these who seek to
create police state, that the surest
way to do it is to take over the en-
forcement of criminal law. Lynch
ing Is murder. There is a law in
every State against 1t, and these
laws are enforced. Bring the Fed
eral Government into the field of
local law enforcement and you have
broken down one Of the great safe
guards OF personal freedom. -"
In this so-called civil rights pro-
gram, Truman advocates granting
the power to the Federal Govern
ment to invade these and all other
freedoms. The program is aimed
at uss OF course, since it is to secure
Negro votes in the doubtful States.
But those leaders hostile to us will
find their people, as well as we. come
under such a program. They will
find that their freedom, as well as
ours, Is gone. Properly UNDER
stood in all Its viciousness and dam
ger, this program will receive the
condemnation of risht.thinking peo-
Pile everywhere. We will not stand
alone in this fight.
The term States Rights" is an
unfortunate term. It does not ex-
press the meaning of the thought
which Is in our minds. In the be-
ginning OF this republic the States
were supreme. They surrendered
Q portion Of their power to the
Federal Government in order that
the union might exist. But there
were three great bodies Of rights.
There were the rights which the
State had over its citizens-there
were the rights which the States
surrendered to the Federal Govern
ment-there were the great body of
rights which neither State nor Fed
eral Governments ever had over its
citizens, those rights which contain
personal liberty and the freedoms
which make life worthwhile. When
the Federal Government moves
against rights which the States had,
then the term States Rights" Is
applicable. When it moves against
that great body outside any Govern
ment to control, as 1t is doing now,
then it becomes the enemy Of every
free American. That will not stop
Government-that thought, since
Government lives and thrives on
power. But it behooves those Of us
over our citizens in a republic still
free to be on guard always against
this invasion of our freedoms and
Evening star., 1948-07-18
Astor's Newport Villa
Sold 10 Drug Chain Owner
BY the Assoeintsd Ptss,


NEWPORT, R. l., July 17-They
sold John Jacob Astors 14-room
French villa today to one buyer for
$4,000 but short time later, the
second highest bidder-$70 O00-an-
nounced that he was the new owner.
James O'Donnel, drugstore chain
owner with homes in Middletown.
r. l., Catonsville, Md, and Palm
Beach, Fla, reported that his s70,-
600 bid was accepted"
Mr.. O'Donnell's announcement
came only a short time after the
public auction on the terrace of
"Chetwode" at which Auctioneer
Gustave j. S. White knocked down
Mr.. Astor's 1884 honeymoon home
to Antonio F. Rote.li, a Providence,
r. l., liquor and ice dealer.
Mr.. Whites office said that Mr..
Rotelli withdrew his bid which Mr..
Rotelli told newsmen he made with
out bothering to look inside "Chet-
wode"
Mr.. Rotelli said he thought the
mansion could be used CONNER
cially," but that he learned Newport
coming laws prohibit its use for
anything but residential purposes. +"
The French language grew from
the colloquial Latin of Caesar q
legions combined with Celtic, Ger
manic and Gallo words. It was not
called French" until the 11th CEN
tury, when 1t took its name from
the small kingdom Of France around
Paris and Orleans.
Evening star., 1948-07-18
to remain determined to resist to

to remain determined to resist TO
the end.
Sees Room For Both Races.
AS most of Alabama knows, I
have never been one Of those who
fomented hatred between the two
races. There Is room for both, sep
arate and apart. Segregation is our
way Of life, essential to peace and
good will. There are many Negroes
among us completely worthy OF full
citizenship, honest, decent, self-re-
specting and God-fearing people.
They are being given the vote; they
live their own lives, leaders among
their own. They wish no forced
association with white people; they
know its consequences In bitterness
and terror. They, as we, are victims
Of the political situation in the
doubtful States, where Republican
and Democrat alike offer US rs the
mess of pottage with which elections
are to be purchased-cynically be-
traying their own blood and heritage
Ior polltlcal SpollS.
We are faced by facts, not theories,
eshave worked out q way Of life.
in difficult circumstances, between
the two races. The Negro race has
progressed further in threescore
years than any race In history. It
has progressed because It has had
the sympathetic help of the South
ern white people Of good will. It
can continue to progress only with
q continuance Of that sympathetic
help. That assistance is based on
segregation, on keeping the races
apart, q system necessary for white
as well as blacks. Destroy 1t and
chaos will result.
The question is continually asked
What can we do? Where are we
going?" This is what the conven-
ton is here to decide. We have
several possible courses of action.
I will mention only two. We can
name a candidate for President and
Vice President and recommend to
the people Of the several States that
they elect electors pledged to those
nominees. It is thought by some
that this is the proper method of
procedure. Another route which
can be followed Is to suggest to the
various Southern States the selec.
ton OF free electors.
Used In Alabama.
This is the system that we have
followed in Alabama, and at the
time we originated it, we planned
that the electors from Alabama
should, after the general elections
In November, meet with the electors
from the other Southern States and
agree upon q candidate for whom
their votes should be cast. This was
the system which was planned by
the founding fathers of this re-
public, and this is the system which
we in Alabama have determined to
follow, but we are willing to defer
of course to the needs and neces-
stiles of the other Southern States.
We are willing to go to any length
to secure unanimity of action.
Should this be a Republican year
then, of course, we will have ac-
complished nothing, save to enforce
our demands for recognition in the
Democratic Party. Should the party
Evening star., 1948-07-18
Italy
CONTINUED From First Page. }

IN Milan achieved a partial victory
In their demands when the city's
food union announced a workers
council of management" had been
recognized by the owners. It will
direct production of the plant. The
factory, strikebound for so days, was
the scene of recent violence
Italians, meanwhile, began to look
more coldly at the havoc of the
last three days.
Sixteen persons are dead and 206
wounded. Several thousand demon
strators are in jail.
Loss to the national economy by
tnA 36-hour Communist GEN
sral strike was calculated in press
dispatches at about seventy billion
lire $104 100000 This does not
include the material destruction to
party headquarters and other ofices
IN Italy.
The Communists were fighting to
preserve the unity of the italian
General Confederation of Labor
until now the single 7,O00, ,00O-s strong
union of Italian workers.
Group Threatens to Quit.
But there was a strong movement
within the Christian Democrat part
OF the confederation to pull out, be-
cause of what it claimed was the
political use of it's ranks.
Togliatti apparently knew nothing
Jet of the threat to the confedera-
tion.
He asked for newspapers today
and was told they would not be good
for him considering his condition
To that he replied he only wanted
to know how countrywide bicycle
race in France is going.
Many Italians said the great in
tsrest shown by Italians in their
countryman, Gino Bartali takins
first place in the race weighed heay-
lily In calming passions here.
Evening star., 1948-07-18
Headquarters SET Up
For Wallace Party
Sessions This Week
BY the A,seeioisd Press

PHILADELPHIA, July 17.-phil-
adelphia, still sweeping away the
debris Of two national political con-
ventions, rolled out the welcome mat
today for the third and last con-
clave Of this presidential year o.
the vanguard of Henry A. Wal.
lace's new party" began arriving
for next weeks session.
Their convention will oficially
get underway July 23 but party
leaders already were setting ur
headquarters in the Bellevue -Strat.
ford Hotel.
Platform meetings, starting Wed.
nesday. are expected to provide tn,
center of interest since there is NJ
question about the nomination O.
Mr.. Wallace for President ant
1daho's Senator Taylor for Vic,
President. DR.. Rexford Guy Tug.
well, professor at the University o.
Chicago and former New Dealer, will
head the Platform Committee.
Stand On Russia Awaited.
There has been considerable spec.
ulation on how far the Wallaceitel
will go in a plank rendering tn.
olive branch to Russia. Observer
also were awaiting with keen in.
terest the party's stand on thu
atomic bomb issue.
Feature of the convention will b<
. rally at Shibe Park next Satur.
day at which Mr. Wallace and Sen.
ator Taylor will make their &C.
eeptance speeches.
The earlier Democratic and Re.
publican conventions were free te
all who could get tickets.
Wallace hackers will charge ad.
mission to the Shibe Park rally with
tickets running from 64 cents te
$3.50 for the $4,000 seats. ,
Name to Be Adopted.
An official name for the party IL
to be adopted, Friday after c. B
Baldwin, campaign manager, make.
his organizational report.
Ed Mayer, convention manager
described the party as being neither
labor movement nor left-wins
group. He said it takes in al
classes and nationalities where thu
people are interested in Wallace!
plea for peace and for economic jus.
tice through the Nation"
Luke w. Wilson, assistant conven.
ton manager, said the exact number
Of delegates and alternates who will
participate in the convention "isn'
known yet"
He said, however, the nationa
wallace for President Committe,
has issued our convention cal
'broadside' for 4,248 delegates ant
S31 alternates"
keynote Talk Friday.
The keynote address will be de
livered Friday night by Charles
Howard of Des Moines. Negro attor
ney and publisher. The Wallac
spokesman said Mr.. Howard ha
been a Republican leader in low;
for Is years.
Mr.. Wallace is scheduled to ar
rive here late Thursday or early Fri
day after addressing a dinner O
independent businessmen in Ne,
York Thursday night. Senator Tay
. lor also Is expected Thursday O
Friday.
Sunday the convention will ador
the party platform and elect a ma
tional committee and Sunday nigh
. youth convention will get under
way, continuing through Monday.
Evening star., 1948-07-18

Bees can distinguish between dif-
ferent degrees OF brightness OF q
given color, but are blind to red.
Evening star., 1948-12-17

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Evening star., 1948-12-17
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Evening star., 1948-12-17

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Evening star., 1948-12-17

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Evening star., 1948-12-15
Prince
Continued From First Page0

named the child Bonnie Prince
Charlie" Lord Beaverbrook's Daily
Express noted 'he may be King
Charles III"
The historic Bonnie Prince
Charles" was q grandson of King
Charles lis brother. James II, and
q pretender to the throne. He came
from French exile in 1745 and led
Scottish Highlanders in vain fight
for the crown of George II.
His father before him, Charles I,
was beheaded by Cromwell in 1649.
Charles II claimed the throne the
same year. but was recognized as
monarch only by Scotland, parts Of
Ireland and the Channel islands.
He was not crowned King Of Brit
ain until 1861. He died in 1885.
Name Parents Choice.
The name of Charles, reporters of
the royal court were told, was the
personal choice of both Princess
Elizabeth and Prince Philip. 1t will
be his family name. It also is the
family name of the baby's great
ereat-uncle. King Haakon of Nor
way. one of the eight sponsors of
the christening.
Besides King Haakon,~ the other
sponsors were the King; the
great-grandmother Queen Mary.
the aunt. Princess Margaret; a
sreat-uncle on the fathers side,
Prince George OF Greece; the pa
ternal sreat-grandmother. the dow
ager Marchioness of Milford Ha-
ven. Lady Brabourne, and the Hon.
David Bowes-Lyon, maternal
great.uncle.
Evening star., 1948-12-15
School Board Adopts
Rezoning Neutrality

A policy Of neutrality toward re-
zonings Of land In Prince Georges
County was adopted yesterday by
the Board Of Education.
The board, however, agreed 1t
wants consideration given to school
sites when requests are made for
rezoning of land which will result
in additions to the school popula-
ton"
School Supt. G.. Gardner shu-
gart explained that the subject was
brought up at q closed session of
the board in connection with a pro-
posal to rezone a tract of land for
a housing development. The. pro-
posal contained q provision that a
site be set aside for a school.
Meetings. In Upper Marlboro, the
school board also approved appoint
ment OF the following teachers:
Page Lewis, Fairmont Heights;
Myra Mcdowell, Hyattsville Ele-
mentary; Florence Wells, Oxon Hill
Elementary; Ada Murphy and
Kathryn Ortenzio, University Park
Elementary; Lillian Adler, Fort
Washington Elementary: Elnora
Chase, Douglass Elementary, and
Herbert Nettles, Gwynn Park High.
Transfer of Victor Parker from a
teachers position at Riverdale
Elementary to a post as principal
of Ardmore School was announced
by Mr.. Shugart.
The board appointed Roland
Brownlee as a trustee of the Glen
Arden Elementary School as a re-
placement for the late Mrs. jose
phine Smith, deceased,
Evening star., 1948-12-15
Hicks Begins 4-Year Term
For Jury 1ampering
BY the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 15.-Rob-
ert Lee Hicks, Richmond attorney,
surrendered to Deputy Marshal
James A. Braithwaite yesterday to
start service of a four-year prison
term imposed for jury tampering.
Hicks was removed to the Federal
reformatory at Petersburg.
He had been free under a stay of
execution granted by Federal Judge
Sterling Hutcheson after the court
declined to continue bond pending
the outcome of an appeal.
Hicks was convicted of attempting
to influence a juror in the first
trial of the Fredericksburg bank
case. which grew out of the mis-
application of more than $435, 900
from the Farmers and Merchants
State Bank of Fredericksburg.
Evening star., 1948-12-15
Auto SuIes
Continued From First PaeeD

were placed. No deposits being
taken in any of the "a cases.
Mr.. Redden then began call
ing witnesses who had bought or
attempted to buy cars from the
Cherner firms.
The first group told of placing de-
posits of $25 or $50 with the Chern-
er companies only to wait two years
or more without getting deliveries
The first of these was Lawrence G.
White, a manufacturers representa-
tive living at 2644 South Veitch
street, Arlington. He said that, while
he was still in the armed services
his wife made $25 deposit with the
Florida avenue Cherner Company
in December, 1945.
Mr.. White said he was given
stories of delays from time to time
and finally, last October, Leon
Cherner, company vice president,
offered him $50 for the trade-in
of Mr.. Whites Plymouth. He did
not give the year or model of the
car. The witness said he didn't
want that deal and gave up trying
to get a new car there.
, Charles Herbert Oxley, Chesa-
peake & Potomac Co. employe, Of
5315 Manning place NV, told Of
a similar experience He said he
had made a $25 deposit with the
Florida avenue company on March
26, 1916. He said he was prom
ised delivery in about six months,
but encountered delays. In Janu-
ary, 1947, for instance. he said, he
was told deliveries were slow be-
cause transportation. was iced up"
Mr.. Oxley said he had appealed
to a regional Ford Motor Co. rep
resentative. who called up Leon
Cherner and addressed him as you
old funny-face."
Wrote to Factory.
The witness said he got no action
then, so he wrote to the Ford Motor
Co. He said he still had no new
Evening star., 1948-12-15
BY me Asseeiaisd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. l5.-A Green
belt man who got . Reno divorce
and was later convicted Of bigamy
complained yesterday that it Is un-
constitutional for Maryland to let
juries act as judges Of both fact
and law.
This provision in the State con-
stitution makes . Judge "a mere
figurehead," his lawyers told the
Court of Appeals. "A town moder-
ator" or the jury foreman could
perform all the functions OF the
judge under such q SYSTEM they
added.
Attorney General Hall Hammond
said II this claim is upheld, then all
criminal convictions in Maryland
for the last 80 years would be void
and this State must be plunged
into chaos"
MARYLAND is one of two, or three
Evening star., 1948-12-15
Hoffman Reaches Korea
For Economic Survey

SEOUL. Dec. IS lP,.-ECA Admin
istrator Paul Hoffman arrived by
plane today for a brief survey of
this fielding republic s economic con-
ditions.
His arrival conceded with wide
spread celebration of the United Ma
tion's recognition of the republic of
Korea, established last summer in
American-occupied South Korea un-
der U. N. auspices.
Mr.. Hoffman was welcomed by
American Ambassador. John J.
Muccio and many Korean officials.
He plans to leave for Tokyo Friday
after a round OF conferences with
President Syngman Rhee and men,
bers of the Americana mission to
Korea.
Seoul's streets were crowded with
marchers and truckloads of singing
Koreans as o national holiday was
proclaimed. After the parade, a
mass meeting filled Seoul stadium
There some $4,000 stood for two
hours in the cold to hear speeches
by Or. Ri1ee and other officials.
DR.. Rhee called upon Koreans te
lead O new, fresh life" and built
q new nation.
Evening star., 1948-12-15
Chang
Continued Prom First Page1

Kiangsu and in the Anhwei front
where the bulk of Nationalist forces
are encircled. But the overall pic
ture Of Communist domination is
strengthened by the immediate
threat to Peiping and failure of the
trapped troops to break out south
ward to Nationalist lines.
The visit to China of Paul Hoff =
man, American economic oo-opera-
ton administrator, did not revive
hope among Chinese officials that
extensive military aid would be
forthcoming.
1t appeared that Mr.. Hoffman
made 1t clear, both in public state
n1ents and In private conferences
with Gen. Chang, that his mission
was to investigate the administra-
tion of the ECA program. rather
than recommend expansion of
American aid.
Before leaving by plane for
Shanghai and Korea late today,
Mr.. Hoffman said he considered
Gen. Chang without doubt a very
great man." He added that they
had little chance to discuss busi-
ness"
Evening star., 1948-12-15
Maryland Jury Ruling on Law
Held dUnconstitutionulin in Divorce

States where juries rule on the law
involved as well as the facts. As a
result, judges have long refrained
from instructing juries as to the
law in criminal cases.
Jack Slansky, 20, of Greenbelt,
Nd, was sentenced to Is months last
June when q Prince Georges County
Circuit Court jury found him guilty
Of bigamy. The Maryland jury ruled
in effect that Slansky's Nevada
divorce was no good.
After six weeks residence in Reno,
Slansky was granted an uncontested,
absolute divorce on April 20, 1916,
from his first wife, Mrs. Sima Lerma
Slansky of Alexandria. Va. Six days
later he was married to Juliet War
mack, n, at Hyattsville. He was
arrested and indicted in April, 1913.
on bigamy charges brought by his
first wife.
Slansky is free under $1,000 bond
pending the high courts decision.
Evening star., 1948-12-15
u. S. Marine Contingent
Due in Shonohoi Tomorrow

SHANGHAI, Dec. Is (P.-The
first United States Marines in
Shanghai since 1941 will arrive to-
morrow aboard the Navy transport
Bayfield,. This was announced to-
day by Consul General John Cabot.
They are coming from Tsingtao.
A total of sos Leathernecks are
coming with the knowledge and
consent of Chinese authorities, Mr..
Cabot said, Ito protect United States
citizens in case of emergency"
Vice Admiral Oscar w. Badger,
commander of American naval
forces in the Western Pacific, told
newsmen here last week that Marines
would be brought to Shanghai. He
said they would protect American
nationals and give consideration
to protection of American activities.
This was taken to mean the Ma
rines would guard American inter-
ests as we'll as lives, ...,.- S.,
The Marines viii remain afioat,
aboard the Bayfield,. except for rou-
tine shore patrol and liberty parties.
Rear Admiral g. C.. Crawford said
the contingent included two compa- =
nies and service force.
The detachment is from the Third
Marine Division, which fought at
Bougainville, Guam and Two Jima
during the war. 1t will carry the
normal arms of two infantry COM
panies.
Mr.. Cabot underlined that the
Marines will not move into the old
International Settlement nor to
maintain public order: that they
will carefully respect Chinese sover-
eighty and will remain no longer
than the emergency requires. The
strength of the detachment will not
be increased. the consul general
said. :. esa@
The last Marines stationed in
Shanghai-the old 4th Regiment
left in the autumn of 194l and later
fought on LuZon.
Evening star., 1948-12-15
Improvement District
In West Lanham Hills
Enlarged by County.

The Prince Georges Board OF
County Commissioners yesterday
adopted ordinances enlarging Spe-
cial Improvement District No. II in
West Lanham Hills and providing
for street Improvements in Special
improvement District No. 80 in
Deanwood Park.
No opposition was expressed to
the two measures at hearings at
the regular weekly meeting at Upper
Marlboro.
A request of the Beaver Heights
Citizens Association that the county
take over maintenance of r street
in section one of Beaver Heights
was rejected by the commissioners,
The street. according to petition
signed by IS Beaver Heights resi-
dents, is the only thoroughfare in
the community not maintained by
the county.
The commissioners voted against
requesting the Bureau of Business
and Economic Research of the Uni
versity of Maryland to make a study
Of the county. The Prince Georges
League Of Women Voters had writ
ten the commissioners asking for
support for the survey. A similar
study has been completed in Anne
Arundel County, the league said.
There is no need for the survey
at this time, the commissioners
declared. ... .7
Resignation of II. Clay Whiteford
as a member of the County Board
of Public Welfare was approved
with reget' by the commissions
ers. Mr.. Whiteford, who is chair
man of the board, asked that the
resignation be effective not, later
than January 10. He gave pressure
of other business as the reason for
the resignation.
An exemption from taxes for a
lot at 1909 Thirty fifth street,
Mount Rainier. now owned by the
Mount Rainier Methodist Church,
was granted by the commissioners.