davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1948-02-03
.SmaII-Business Group
Opposes Rationing

Vigorous opposition to any re-
turn of rationing, wage controls, OF
price regulations was registered by
the Conference of American Small
Business Organizations today in
resolutions passed at their busi-
ness session in the Wardman Park
Hotel.
/ A resolution indorsing the Euro
pean Recovery Program was re-
turned to committee for revision
when the conference failed to agree
on a plan for administrative policy.
Any planned program of credit
control will be opposed by the Or
ganization, a resolution passed to-
day stated. The group approved a
Federalr budget figure of $32, $780,
O00, 900 for fiscal 1949. At the same
time the group asked that Federal
payrolls be cut by 100000 persons.
The group reaffirmed its opposi-
ton to passage of fair employment
practices commission act.
Chairman Hoffman of the House
Expenditures Committee addressed
the conference at noon today. At
its annual dinner tonight, House
Speaker Martin will speak on Pres
ervation of the American Economy y
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Venezuela Complaint
Brings FBI Probe Of
Two Missing Planes
BY the Assoeiaisd Prsss

The FBI is investigating the dis
appearance of two American planes
following Venezuelan complaint that
its capital, Caracas, may be the tar
get for a bombing raid.
In response to a series Of inquiries,
FBI said its agents are looking into:
The departure of two Phys dy-
ing boats from Augusta, Ga, on
January 26.
The subsequent discovery Of two
bombsights at Augusta.
In Augusta the Augusta Chron-
icle said that in addition to dis
covery of the bombsights, a Gas
cargo plane has been grounded
there by the CAA.)
The FBI said one of the planes
which left Augusta showed up tenn
porarily at Daytona Beach, Fla,
where it was spotted by Civil Aero
nautics Administration official as 1t
was taking off again.
The investigation Is to determine
fshe planes have been illegally
flown out of the United States.
At Sdl dCdo, NC1lC1uCAaAA SoASSAAs
Roniulo Betancourt protested to Mic
aragua that two planes had been
flown from the United States to
Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, last
week and loaded bombs with the
presumed objective of bombarding'
Caracas.
President Betancourt said the
planes. carried 27 armed, hostile
Venezuelans. He asserted there is
foreign plot" to prevent the
scheduled Inauguration of President
Elect Romulo Gallegos on Feb
ruary is,
The FBI refused to discuss pos
sible ownership of the planes which
disappeared from August pending
f,,rtI,a Investigation
Evening star., 1948-02-03

Friends of cats and dogs from
California to New Jersey are stalk
ing. Chairman Auchincloss of the
House District Home Rule Sub
committee because of his sponsor
ship of the pending city suffrage
plan.
Similarities in the big stack of
kilograms and letters he has re-
ceived in the last 10 days indi-
Gated an organized campaign, ac-
cusing him of wanting to turn pets
over to the hospitals for vivisec-
ton, he said.
Its all a mistake somewhere,
said the New Jersey Republican,
with sad shake of his head. THE
home rule bill has nothing to do
with vivisection. I love animals,
especially dogs"
1t all started, apparently, be-
cause his District reorganization
plan, in reshaping the sprawling
District agency framework, would
place the now independent pound
masters Office under the suggested
Evening star., 1948-02-03
police procedures since last sum-
Imer, Senate District Committee
leaders have indicated they will
q ha pdoy, the ororoSa1

police procedures since last sum-
inner, Senate District Committee
leaders have indicated they will
abandon the proposal.
Mr.. Stone gave qualified indorse-
ment of the formula included in the
charter bill to regulate the size OF
the Federal payment toward Ma
tional Capital costs. He had some
questions about the formula, which
would use as its major base the cal
culation of 8711a per cent of the Dis
trict real estate tax rate against the
appraised value of Federal proper
ties here, but concluded the Budget
Bureau so far had not found any
better plan.
Satisfactory Formula Elusive.
One of his questions over this for
mula was that the use of tax on
Federal property, as a basis OF cal
culation of Federal share, might
conceivably encourage Maryland and
Virginia, or other States, to seek a
similar Federal payment formula.
But he added: The search for a
fully satisfactory formula for Fed
eral contributions to the District has
proved so elusive that the goal now
should be to agree on the best avail
able solution. ,-.- ra
Among changes in the measure,
Mr.. Stone suggested that the Ma
tional Capital Park. and Planning
Commission be allowed to keep its
function of land purchases for the
city, that the Planning Commission
be delegated the powers OF planning
aspects of zoning instead of setting
up zorring advisory board.
He also held that the District
should be required to pay a part
of the cost of the Zoo, instead of
transferring it entirely to the Gov
ernment. He suggested study might
be given to the thought of trans
ferring the Zoo control to the Dis
trict.
Mr.. Stone also took issue with
provisions of the bill which would
make the National Guard entirely a
Federal responsibility, relieving the
District of any of its cost. If the
District is relieved of this financial
liability to the Guard, he warned,
this might serve as precedent for
any of the States to seek the same
treatment.
Tomorrow's Witnesses.
Mrs. Katharine H. Stone, first
vice president of the National
League of Women Voters was to
have testified today in support of
the home-rule plan but was not
called because of debate over other
testimony.
Mrs. Stone, c. Melvin Sharpe,
representing the committee of 100 on
the Federal city; and w. L. Ellis,
assistant to Controller General
Lindsay and c. Warren are to be
heard tomorrow.
Tomorows session will begin at
$50 am.
Evening star., 1948-02-03

The early ringing of a dairy
workers alarm clock today was
credited with preventing possible
loss of life in a two-alarm fire at
1912 Eighth street NE.
One man was rescued by firemen
from second-story porch roof and
three other persons were forced to
flee into the cold because of the
fire, which burned out the attic
and roof.
The blaze in the two-and-a-h half
story home occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Emmett Good was discovered shortly
after S o'clock, when Mr.. Good
awoke to find the house filled with
smoke, firemen reported. He aroused
his wife and two roomers, George
Baker, %, and his brother, Robert
Baker, 81, both students at Cath
olic University.
George Baker, believing the Sec
ond floor to be ablaze, crawled out
Evening star., 1948-02-03
uitiion
Continued From First Page.)

dents enrolled in good faith, beliey-
ing they would not have to pay tut
ton If they enrolled before July 25
He said the new Beall-Sasscer pro-
posal will clarity the legislation
and legalize what has been a very
embarrassing situation"
Montgomery Faces More Crowding.
Meanwhile, Montgomery County
officials forecast complications in
their already overcrowded schools as
a result of the expulsion of the nom
residents who do not pay tuition
fees.
At the same time, Central High
School reported that the president
of its student council asd one of its
football stars are included among
Evening star., 1948-02-03

that a great social avalanche is
about to take place"
Ellender Sees Political Move.
But Senator Morse added: II am
much more interested in what ac-
tually will be enacted into law be-
fore or after the presidential elec-
ton"
Senator Ellender, Democrat, OF
Louisiana, often a filibusterer in the
past, told reporter:
"The whole message smells more
of politics than an effort to assist
a minority group"
Senator Ellender made it plain
Southern Democrats will talk at
length against any of the Presi-
dents main proposals.
Praise for the Presidents program
came from James 3. Carey. secre-
tary- treasurer of the CIO. He said
the CIO fully supports" the pro-
gram.
Walter White, secretary Of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, hailed
the proposals as "courageous" steps
toward making democracy living
reality" -r~r ssor s
Passage of FEPC Bill Urged.
The National Council for Fair
Employment Practices issued a
statement here, through its secre-
tary, Elmer w. Henderson, urging
Congress to pass a pending FEPC
bill which would meet the Pres
ident's recommendation perfectly"
1T Is not up to the Republican
majority in Congress to follow
through and pass this law and take
a bold step toward removing dis
elimination from our national life,'
the council stated. I'VE also feel
that President Truman must back
up his recommendations by insist
ing that members of his party in
Congress, both from the South and
North, vote to make them into
law"
Republican congressional comment
was not optimistic as to chances of
enactment of most of the proposals.
Senator Wherry of Nebraska, acting
COP leader, said anti-lynching legis-
lation might be carried out by Con-
gress 'if we can break a Democratic
f1libuster."
Other Proposals Outlined.
Other specific proposals of the
President were:
Establishment of permanent
Commission on Civil Rights, Joint
Congressional Committee on Civil
Rights, and a Civil Rights Division
in the Justice Department.
Strengthening present civil rights
statutes, especially for the safe
guarding of United States residents
who are not citizens and for clearer
legislative definitions of protection
of individuals against deprivation of
their rights by public officers.
Providing Statehood for Hawaii
and Alaska and a greater measure
of self-government for island pos
sessions.
Home rule and suffrage in Presi-
dental elections for residents of the
District.
Settling the evacuation claims of
Japanese Americans.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Bearded Bondit Takes
S21 900 Coin Collection
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

MERIDIAN, Conn, Feb. S.-A
heavily-bearded gunman today rob-
bed Gerhardt Hintz, 80, of Bristol
of a briefcase containing rare coins
and stamps which Mr.. Hintz valued
at 21,100
The holdup occurred as Mr.. Hintz
walked from a parking lot to the
Meriden railroad station. The gun
man fed with a companion who had
remained in an automobile.
Mr.. Hintz, who was en- route to
New York to assign the collection
for auction, described the coins as
"all rarities."
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Boys Cry Saves Family
or 7 in MARYLAND Fire

The calls of boy saved family
of seven early today when fire dam
aged their frame home at 514 Sew
enty-fourth place, Carmody Hills,
Md.
Charles Carter, 9, was awakened
by the smoke and called his par
ents. His father, German c. Carter
27, a cab driver, rushed into the
room where his five children were
sleeping and carried out the four
younger ones.
The blaze, believed started in a
defective flue, caused $700 damage.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
AuchincIoss Busy Explaining
Bill Doesn't Foster Vivisection

department of safety dncluding
police, fire, etc.
Actually, he explained, the home
rule bill has nothing to do with
dogs, cats or vivisection.
Nevertheless his staff is busy an
swering more than 120 kilograms
and letters from the District and
points from coast to coast, many de-
nouncing him for wanting to turn
the dogs and cats over to the hos
pitals for vivisection."
How would you like to be vivi-
sected?" one person wrote.
Another, writing from New Jersey,
said: IT never was more surprised
in my life when I read that you had
sponsored a bill giving animals to
the laboratories. 8. 1t will be
such a disgrace to New Jersey for us
to know that the man we elected
could do such a cruel thing to help
less animals. *". Maybe you don't
believe in God"
Mr.. Auchincloss is responding po-
litely to his irate correspondents
that they have been misinformed.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08
Pamphlet On
Segregation Released

-"Segrega-
ton in Washington" a 96-page
booklet containing a summary of
research findings of the National
Committee on Segregation in the
Nations capital, has just been pub
lished and is ready for distribution,
it was announced here last week.
The study was conducted by a re-
search subcommittee of noted So
cial scientists under instruction to
investigate conditions and causes Of
segregation and discrimination in
Washington.
A staff of Investigators and re-
search analysts prepared the basic
monographs after eight months Of
intensive field work. Presentation
of the findings were prepared by
Kenesaw M. Lands, we'll known
columnist. The booklet, which car
ries chart and graph illustrations,
may be secured from committee
headquarters at 1901 Ellis avenue,
Chicago.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08
Amherst College Spemheuds
Democracy In United States
By RAY LAWRENCE

AMHERST, Mass. = (ANS) -
Stirring about the quiet of this
great pillow of education in the
heart of New England; listening to
some Of the members Of the Phi
Psi fraternity which initiated
Thomas W.. Gibbs, the 19-year-old
honor student from Evanston, ILL.,,
one encounters a real, but full sense
of freedom - the sort Of justified
freedom which comes when there is
security in ones self. Strangely
enough, there is a complete alb
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08
To Discuss Christmas
Music In Schools

Observation-Disclosures
will discuss the subject, "Should
Christmas Carols and Chanukah
Chants be Taught in our Public
Schools" Dec. 9 at a clown Hall"
meeting sponsored by the Chicago
division of the American Jewish
congress and the Covenant club.
The meeting will be held in the
ballroom of the Covenant club in
downtown Chicago.
Leo Lowitz, former president of
the congress, will be moderator. DIR.
Rachel Davis Dubois of New York
will speak on the affirmative, and
DR.. Samuel Blumenfield of Chicago
will take the negative stand.
DR.. Dubois is the director of the
Workshop for Cultural Democracy
and has written several books on in
tercultural and in~terracial prob
lens. DR.. Blumenfield is the super
intendent of schools of the Board of
Jewish Education and the president
Of the College of Jewish Studies.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08

sence of regret filling the atmos-
phere of this bastion Of liberal edu-
cation. Instead, there is a strong
determination rather, a rebellious
notion against the National fra
ternity body for suspension of
their chapter for what it considered
"unfraternal conduct" for admit
ting a Negro.
This incident Of suspension Of the
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at AM
herst college, happening as it did, is
not only a sign Of better under
standing among Negro and White
students, but it is an indication of
a more fundamental fraternalism
"a fraternalism, which is growing
rapidly. And what is more signifi-
cant, it is powerful enough to tran
scend religion, and even crack color
and national origin lines.
There is every reason to believe
that the action of the local Phi Psi
chapter, exemplifies the true demo-
cratic spirit that prevails at this
placid institution of higher learn
ing. The faculty, from President
Cole on down, must be praised for
this spirit Of vigor in defending the
rights of these students who are
demonstrating to the world that
true democracy can work here in
the United States. 1t is such action
that must be taken at the Colleges
and Universities, otherwise, our in
situations of higher learning will
lose their significance, and will not
be able to meet the forces of a new
pattern of human relationship in a
confused world.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08
Philadelphia
Has
b4+h Bir+hdoy

PHILADELPHIA = amp =
The Philadelphia Tribune, one of
the nations oldest Negro news
papers, observed it's Gath anniver-
sary last week.
Founded Nov. 90, 1864 by the late
Chris J. Perry, the Tribune has
been a weekly, a semi-weekly and a
daily. Today, it out every
Tuesday and Friday.
Perry was the papers editor un-
til he died in 1921. 1t was first pub
lished in its present office at 524-
26 S. 18th street in 1910.
Starting out as a weekly, it be-
came a daily in 1907. This expert
ment lasted for only a short while,
and the Tribune became a weekly
and finally a semi-weekly in 1916.
Editors of the paper since Perry
have been Grant Williams, E.
Washington Rhodes and Eustace
Gay, the present editor. Rhodes is
the papers publisher and treasurer.
Other officers of the paper in
clude Mrs. Bertha P. Rhodes,
daughter of the founder and wife
of the publisher, secretary; Mrs.
Beatrice P. Hodge, also a daughter
of the founder, president; Ed R.
Harris, managing editor, and John
Boyle, general manager.
The son of the founder, Chris
Perry, Jr., died this summer, and
his son, Chris Perry, III, is COM
posing foreman.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08
TURN 70 COP.
NEGROES TO DENIS

progress in the liberal development
in the Democratic party was dur
ing the administration of President
Roosevelt.
But Negro voters had begun to
sense the Importance of voting the
Democratic ticket some years be-
fore Mr.. Roosevelt became Presi-
dent. Negro voters in Dixie over two
decades ago began to realize the i'm
portance of local and state elections
and began to put o value on
their participation in these home
elections in contrast to the recon-
struction custom Of voting only dur
ing the election years for president.
Negro voters in South Carolina,
Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina
and a few other southern states are
currently as devoted to support of
the Democratic party as a matter of
expediency as their forefathers
we're to the Republican party for
e~xpediency. Roosevelt and Truman
have greatly accelerated the trend
toward solid Democratic voting of
southern Negro voters.
In Virginia Negro Democrats are
busily organizing to consolidate
their gains and to win others next
year and especially when important
local, state and national elections
are held. A similar program is de-
veloping in Georgia and South Caro-
lima. Leaders are expecting the
Continued on Page 81
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08

ATLANTA = CAMP - While
white Democrats in the south are
turning Republican under the force
Of President Truman's civil rights
program for Negroes, another de-
velopment is being accelerated in
the south in the opposite direction.
1t is the shift of Negro voters to-
ward the Democratic party.
Southern Negroes have for some
time been turning Democrats. The
average Negro voter below the Ma
son and Dixon line is no longer obi
gated to support the party of Abra-
ham Lincoln despite the party's his
torical role in the emancipation
movement. Conditions have changed
and parties have greatly changed.
Two forces have brought about
the change i'm allegiance of southern
Negroes to the COP. One was the
victories of the NAACP in fighting
against lily-white Democratic pri-
maries in the south and the other
was the liberal development in the
Democratic party. The greatest
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08
Dr.. Bunche Asks UN
TO Admit Israel

PARIS-(ANP)-Dr. Ralph J.
Bunche, acting United Nations me-
diator in Palestine, requested the
United Nations to admit the new
nation of Israeli to the organiza-
ton. He also asked the UN to re-
quest the Jews and Arabs to confer
with one another and end the Pal
estine war.
Declaring it was possible that the
Arabs might be willing to negotiate
he said there was a likelihood "that
the Palestine conflict may be quick
ly dissolved and reasonably settled
Speaking before the political COM
mittee Of the General Assembly, he
pleaded to the Arabs representa-
tives to act either through the UN
or directly with the Israeli If the
UN, he added, keeps the situation in
check, war in the Holy land is not
likely to break out.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08

The Classic Gardens, billed as
Dayton's only "Black and Tan"
Night club, seems each week to ex
coed itself iii drawing some first
rate entertainment to Dayton. Hav-
ing served on it's platter Of enter
tainment such delectable luminaries
as Slam Stewart and Eddie Hey
wood, now its offers US none other
than Cabell Galloway, the Third,
and his seven Cab Jivers.
The King Of Hi-De-Ho will start
a weeks engagement at the West
Fifth Street Night spot this Fri
day, December 10.
With Cab and the Seven Jivers
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08
Prize Winners

The drawing of the Jolly Matron's
Club was held December 3rd at 311
So. William street. First prize was a
hog won by Mrs. Maude H~ightower
of 1116 Germantown street, and
second prize was a turkey won by
James Crosby of Oil Danner ave-
nue..
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08
CAB AT
CLASSIC GARDENS FRIDAY

will be Mary Louise, a pert vocal
list, who will c~ollaborate with Cab
on several of his musical novelties.
Walter Winchell refers to her as
"Black Magic"
The personnel of the Cab Jivers
reveals some topnotch musicians.
1t will be just as if Cab was play
ing with his full complement of
men. Incidentally, he wants it
known that he is just working with
the combo for a limited length of
time. He intends to return to the
big band as soon as he has rested
from the rigors Of the one night
(Consinued On Page A
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-08
The Labor View

By George F. McCray for AMP
Is There Too Much Talk About
Job Discrimination?
Philip Murray, president of the
CLIO, and his good friend Willard S.
Townsend, president Of the United
Transport Service Employees union,
rose to unusual heights during their
annual discussion of race discrim-
nation at the annual convention of
the CLIO which met this year in Oak
land, Calf.
According to newspaper reports
Townsend is supposed to have ar
gued that somebody is doing too
much talking about racial discrim-
ination and that communists are ex-
plotting the issue. I haven't had a
chance to check reports with brother
Townsend as to what he really said,
but if he argued that more direct
action is needed, literally hundreds
of thousands of workers in the CLIO
would shout "Amen!"
Continued on Page q
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-05-29

may not interfere with your fu-
ture programs, then forget all
about it and concentrate upon
making such a success in the fu-
ture as to wipe out all memories
Of the past failure. Try to build
success upon the ashes of past
failures. All of your performances
cannot be up to yuor standard. A
ball player does not make a hit
every time he goes to bat. Only a
percentage of business and profess
sional ventures is successful. Get
your mind off the failures. Forget
the unpleasant past and face the
future with hope and determina-
ton
Admirers of the distinguished
stage, film and radio actor, Canada
Lee, can tune in Sunday May 80,
over CHS (2:200-2;30 PM, EDST)
when he plays the role of Tous-
saint L'0uverture, the great mili-
tary genius who led the decade
long Haitian slave revolt against
Napoleonic domination at the turn
of the 18th century. The broad
cast is on Columbia networks
"You Are There" presentation Of
'Toussaint L'ouvertureN Liberates
Haiti"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-05-29

house without regard to race
creed, class or name.
We honor them when we
SPEAK up for our fellow Ameri-
cans who are DETAINED or dis
eliminated against because OF
their race or religion n. when
we refuse to spread cunning or
evil rumors against any man be-
cause his country of origin OF
religion is different from ours.
We honor these immortal
claaplains best when we oppose
and help overcome those divisiye
forces, still in our midst, which
seek to disunite America by set
ting race against race, religion
against religion, class against
class.
We honor these men the
priest, the rabbi, the ministers
by remembering that they
died, as we must live, for Ameri-
cans Of every faith, every race.
That's being AMERICAN.