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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-06-05

The local Negro Community, as
we'll as other sections of the state
as a result of unanimous opinions
heard over the weekend and dur
ing the early part of the week.
held firmly to its belief in the
complete innocence of Albert Lee'
despite his conviction and sentence
in the second trial of the case
completed before Judge Glllrsple
IN the Kinds County Circuit Court
here late last Friday afternoon
Albert Lee, the 16 year old son
If Rev Lee. a we'll known Baptis'
,,,inister was arrested during the
oor,v mart of the night by officers
investigating an ATTEMPTED entry
info a White residence in the ball
ev Avenue community OF North
west Jackson, early in June l94o'
r,hiIo he was returning to the
hor,a If his mother on West ASH
c+roat IN North Jackson near the
.oore Of the incident, just three
dovs after he had returned nome
after graduating from oou'he,"
christian Institute at Edwards
Mississippi, where he had pee"
model studnet for four years
After preliminary hearing IN the
ro,ice court he was charged WIN
assault and attempted rape In Vne
+riaI that followed nearly year
later the IS year old youth was
convicted and sentenced to elgh'eeh
Years in the state prison. =,
In the first trial as in the triai
concluded here Friday, the youth
+ooL +ba witness stand and testl-
f;od 70 his innocence and stated
that he did not sign any confession
orror otter he had been beaten and
threatened with further harm IL
bo continued to refuse to sign
statement of confession. :,
Tn the first trial as in the trial
concluded here Friday, Presioeh'
John Long of Southern Christian
Institute. and other persons wen
acnuainted with the youths family
and his fine personal qualities as
college youth testified in his de-
Tense as character witnesses.
Among other witnesses VINO
testified in behalf of the YOUTH
was Miss Alberta Parker, popular
waitress. then Night Manager OF
the Mill and Oakley Cafe, who IN
the first trial and in the trial con-
clpded testified that at the time OF
the reported incident the youth was
eating a sandwich in the Cafe,
fact which was verified by the ar
rest;o officer who brought the
youth back to the cafe snortiy
after they picked him up near the
Mill and Fertilization crossing
eroute to his home.
Tn the first trial as in the trial
concluded here Friday the young
White girl in the case declined to
identify the youth as her attempt
cd assaliant. The identy OF the
youth was established by an Of
ficer who testified that he recog-
nized the youth who he saw IN the
hack as be ran away from the
scene.
At the time of the incident
Negro resident of the community
testified that she saw a white man
r1nning down a nearby alley short
" after the incident took place.
Aroused by the conviction of the
splendid youth, in whose complete
innocence the local Negro COM
munity firmly believed the local
Branch of the NAACP took up the
defense of the youth after the
family funds had become exhaust
ed. The case was finally taken to
(CnDfiuled on Page 81
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-06-05
Howard Republicans
TO Contest Placing
Of Names Of Lilly
White Electors On
State Ballot For
Coming Election
Important Court
Battle Looms Beween
Two State Party
Factions

JACkSON, MISS. May 81. l.
Butler of Meridian, Secretary of
the Republican Party of Mississi-
ppi, headed by Perry W. Howard
National Republican Committee
man for the state, which received
the official call from the National
Committee, and which recently
elected delegates to the National
Convention in Philadelphia in June
and a full list of Presidential Elec-
tors to appear on the state ballot
for the November Election during
it's state convention held here, told
the Jackso Advocate Friday that
the Howard Group will contest the
right of the Independent Repub-
lican Party of Mississippi, Lilly
Whites, to place the names of
Presidential Electors on the Of
.ficial ballot of the state for the
forth coming election.
The statement of Mr.. Butler was
taken by POLITICAL observers here
as Indicating the coming Of a great
court battle between the two Re-
publican factions in tbs state.
The Lilly White Republicans,
headed by Ex-Governor Sheldon of
Nebraska, which recently came out
in full support Of Governor
Wrights anti-Civil Rights and
States rights Stand, and reaffirm-
ed its "Lilly White" policy, has
contested the seating Of the How
ard delegates to the National Con-
vention during the past three ma
tional conventions but has never
been recognized. The group has
however, succeeded in having ITS
slate of Presidential Electors plac-
ed on the official ballot of the
state. In the last presidential cleo
ton the Lilly Whites claimed that
the great majority of Republican
voters voted in favor of the Lilly
White Electors, although both fac
tons had electors listed on the bal
lot.
The Lilly White Republicans
recently held precinct, county and
state conventions and elected dele
gates to the National Convention,
and slate of Presidential EIec-
tors to appear ON the ballot.
In commenting on the plans for
court action to contest the placing
of the Lilly White Electors on
the ballot Mr.. Butler pointed out
that the Independent Republican
Party of Mississippi, Headed by
Ex-Governor Sheldon of Nebraska
was not party at all. Fer Butler
said that the group had never been
recognized by the National Re-
publican Convention and the Ma
tional Republican Committee He
said that such recognition was the
only way that a party could come
into being except by meeting the
requirement of state law for the
qualification of Political rarties.
Mr.. Butler said that neither had
been dine and that therefore under
the law the Lilly White Repubh-
can had no right legally to have
the name of electors placed on the
official state ballot.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-06-05
Albert Lee Still Believed NOT GUILTY


Young College Graduate Arrested On
Charge Of Attempt Rape Three Days After
Receiving Diploma From SCI At Edwards
Convicted In Second Trial
Continued Effort To Aid In Defense OF
Youth Seen Throughout State
Case Set For New Appeal To u. S Supreme
Court
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-29
OP Apparently Wants To Defer Any Reorganization OF The Party
Republican Groups Regard The Changing
OF Leadership As A Painful Process

politics there. Besides driving
both of the famous brothers in
to private life Young Bob"
and "Phill'-- he was largely re-
sponslble for the election Of a
Republican Governor, two Re-
publican members of the Senate
and a solid Republican delega-
ton in the House.
ORGANIZATION: Mr.. John
son became a national political
figure as Harold E. Stassen's
campaign manager in the Wis
consin presidential primary last
spring. Although the Minnesotan
had Governor Thomas E. Dew
ey and General Douglas A. Mac
Arthur as his opponents, Mr..
Stassen picked up nineteen dele
gates to eight for the hero of
Bataan and none for the New
Yorker.
Governor Dewey recognized
his abilities by drafting him for
work at Albany after the Phila-
delphia convention. An easy-go-
ing, god natured individual
who holds no grudges, "Vic"
made friends with most Of the
party higher-ups.
His talent for organization a.
long practical. precinct lines is
regarded as the party's prime
need because of the G. o. P.'s
unbelievably poor showing a
gainst Democratic machine
torn by internal strife and the
Wallace and Thurmond Wright
rebellions.
LIB E RAJ: Senator Taft's
friends decry attacks upon him
on the ground that he is the
symbol and spokesman Of the
reactionary principles which
contributed to November defeat.
In his own opinion, he is far
more liberal and broad-minded
than many of his detractors on
Capitol Hill.
The basis for the argument a.
gainst him is his authorship with
Representative Fred A. Hartley
Jr. of New Jersey of the labor
management bill which bears
their names.
Mr.. Taft, however, contends
that labor disputes in key indus
tries necessitated this legisla-
ton, and he still regards 1t as
a constructive piece of work. He
notes that the original House
version was far more stringent
than the statute which emerged
from the Senate.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-29

Just what kind of m a n is
Joseph Stain, and what does he
ready think and want?
Is he a kindly, pipesmoking,
good old Joe? Or is he the cold
and crafty brain behind every
thing Soviet Russia does?
He's talked to outsiders just a
few times, in interviews. Every
time he did, and sounded at all
friendly, this question arose:
Did he mean it? Or was that
just a shift in tactics of little
propaganda to blind the world
to his real intentions?
Although his talks with foreign
ers have been few, there's one
way of finding out what he's
really shooting at:
That's by checking with ut
most care everything he's writ
ten since becoming a top man
in Russia's Communist party.
That's been done now in the
magazine "Foreign- Affair" s"-b
a writer who uses only the PEN
name 'Historicus."
(Time Magazine says that,
according to Washington gos-
SIP" Historicus is George A.
Morgan, first secretary in tn
U. S. Embassy in Moscow.)
Historicus has carefully check
ed everything Stain has written
since 1919 and summed it up in
long study, Stain on Revolu-
tion."
Many experts on Russia share
this view of Stain which His :
toricus has pieced together:
Stain has dedicated his life to
victory for -Communisn through
out the world. That's his goal.
1t never changes.
So when Stain talks of peace
full cooperation with a capitalist
country like ours, he's just shift
ing tactics. His real goal is un-
changed.
Any agreement Stain makes
with a capitalist country must
be only temporary thing.
Can't a capitalist state like this
and Communist state like Rus
STA live side by side peacefully
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-29
Marlow's Picture OF Stain Comes
From ''Historicus7 And His Studies

and indefinitely?
Stain, like Lenin before him,
condiders that 'unthinkable."
One of Stalin's favorite quota
tions from Lenin is this:
"In the end, either one of the
other will conquer. Until that
end comes, a series of terrible
collisions between the Soviet Re-
public and the bourgeois states
is inevitable"
Stain figures Russia needs a.
mother Is or 20 years to gather
strength for the final showdown.
But even in those years Com
munism and its leaders must
grab every opportunity to spread
and create the opportunity for
spreading.
Stain thinks capitalist states
like ours have within themselves
the seeds of their own destruc-
ton: depressions; wide unem-
ployment, sooner or later; in
ternal struggles, such as between
workers and bosses; and wars
between the capitalist states
Themselves for power.
But Stain doesn't expect the
capitalist states to collapse
steadily. Their fortunes will
ebb and flow. Right now, for
instance, after World War I cap
italism is at an ebb and Com
munisn is pushing in Asia and
Eastern Europe.
Capitalism in time may regain
a flow period, for while, but
the ebb will come again.
eample, through local xCommu-
mist parties in each country
must do what it can to sink cap
talism.
The Communists in each coun-
try must be ready to take over
a revolution. Without such lead
ership, Stain thinks, a revo-
luton may fail.
So long as Russia stands
strong, Communism everywhere
will have a base, a starting
point, a sense of direction, and
help. And eentually, inv Sta
Inns view-force ready to step
in and topple the last capitalist
states.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-29
PegIer Lauds Rhode Island Bishop For His Honest
Frontal Attack On Slowdowns By Building Unions

BILE sin, - he declared.
''Rhode Island bricklayers
(and Massachusetts and New
York bricklayers and union
bricklayers all over, Ed are
now laying only 400 brick a day
in comparison with 1900 or 900
laid by their predecessors, he
said. Meanwhile, the wage
scale has largely increased"
He exaggerated. They are
supposed to lay 400 but now 300
is the average.
"'And it isn't because he isn't
as strong as his father Bishop
Mckinney said. 1t is because
there are too many drones and
lazy loafers that don't want to
do more. And. if another man
gives an honest days work he
is spoilin the job.
Recently, Bishop Mckinney
told the A.F. of L. state conven-
ton that some of the members
had shot crap while being paid
50 so an hour while working on
church building projects.
This disrelputable condition
reflects on all of you, on all la
bor,' he said. They are dis
crediting organized labor and
organized labor may live to
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-29

regret it
The speaker stressed that on
diocesan building projects the
showdown artist wasn't stealing
from me- but rather from the
hard-working people of Rhode
Island whose contributions to the
church make the construction
possible. The church has a
number of projects in view and
he would like to feel that these
are started the men will give an
honest days work.
81 maintain that that is
wrong; very wrong; that is un-
just; that is not being fair. l
have knowledge of other faults
that are even more gross but !
think l will not mention them
now. But we do know that on
some building jobs we are being
fleeced by workmen who do not
have a correct conscience.
HE contended that the a.
buses of the capitalistic system
had been in great part correct
ed.
l hope the same structures run
against larceny from the indi-
vidual spelvins of the U.S.A.
who are trying to build littl e
homes.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-29

WASHINGTON: Dec. % Re-
organization of the Republican
leadership of Congress and the
National Committee threatens to
be such painful process that
G. o. P. bigwigs prefer to defer
anv action until the recrimina-
tions and reverberations of the
November 2 upset have died "a
way.
Their tentative decision
which will come up for formal
consideration at committee
meeting late in January, has
been hastened by the attitude of
the two men involved in any
change of policy and personal
ity National Chairman Hugh
D. Scott Jr. of Pennsylvania and
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio,
chairman of the party's Policy
Committee in the upper cham
ber.
Neither the Pennsylvania nor
the Ohioan is willing to step
down and out gracefully. More
over, there appears to be no de-
mand for their scalps within the
committee itself, which is still a
conservative body of men.
Agitation for revision of prin-
ciples and personalities along
more liberal lines has been voic-
ed principally by members of
the Senate. who possess no real
influence in partisan councils.
POSTS: The chief objection to
retention of Mr.. Scott is that his
membership in Congress may
not permit him sufficient time to
engage in the kind of grass
roots" organization on which fu-
ture victories can be built, es-
pecially in the Middle and Far
West. His critics maintain that
he cannot fill both posts salts
factorily. He has said that he
does not plan to resign from the
House.
In view of the need for full
time incumbent who can plug
the holes torn in the party front
in normally Republican areas
last election day, it has been
proposed that the committee
give Chairman Scott a well-paid
assistant. In this connection
Victor Johnston Of Wisconsin has
been mentioned because of his
successful work of rebuilding
the organization in that state.
He took over in Wisconsin af-
ter years in which La Toilette
Progressives h ad dominated
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-29

Every Individual requires some relaxation; the
trouble is that some people don't know how to get
it.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-29
Pitching Horseshoes

gossip that the harassed studio
bosses had raised 100000 to
drive the deal happy duo out
of town.
Next, our high flying hero
became an aviation enthusiast,
and when the wal came along,
he took over a patch of mesquite
in Arizona and built the famous
Thunde.bird Field where the Air
Corps trained thousands Of its
top pilots.
Between times, Leland was
seen in the fashionable chop
houses of N. Y. ard L. A. with
series Of firecracker femmes
including Katharine Hepburn
and the Great Gsrbo Herself,
but when it came to the LIDO
business he crossed up the col
umnists by getting hitched to the
adorable Margaret Sullivan.
Out of this union came three OF
the cutest kids who ever put
spoon to Pablum and when Le-
land and Maggie called 1t a day
not long ago. sob-sisters around
the country dampened their lac
lest hankies.
Since the war, Leland has
been keeping company with
three irl friends. Two Of them
are old sweeties, aviation and
agenting. but the third-the leg
itimate theatre--is a new play
mate, and judging by the way
they're getting along, hope he
marries the gal.
Here's a run down Of his
Broadway box score: /. "A Bell
For Adano" (rar a year,: 2.
estate of gthe Union" (two-
years.; 3. "Mr. Roberts" (pre-
sumably forever): 4. "Anne Of
the Thousand Davs" (try to buy
a seat). Next on his agenda Is
the Rodgers Hammerstein mu-
sical. 'Tales of The South Paci-
fic," and betting against it Is
like bettin aainst Notre Dame.
How come Leland has hit 50
hard so fast? Well fer openers,
he has a feel for the tinkle Of
words and beaucoup respert for
the gents VIII. write them.
Next he scems to be abae %
charm an. within charming
distan'a, d ''s ....trical KAN
ner usu-llv features a toe sssr.
Fredric March in "Adono,"
Henry Fonda in Roberts" Rex
Harrison in "Anne," and Enzio
Pima and Mary Martin for
"South Pacific"
Third. he mounts his shows as
if he had never heard of a
comptometer the gag around
his office is that he won't buy
two of anything II he can make
four do.
I don't know what Leland's fu.
ture plans are chances are he
doesn't know then, himself-but
his record shows that he n
knock the ball over any fence
he chooses And as an old MEM
ber Of the Two On The Aisle
Club. I'm hoping that he keeps
aiming for that iron fence n
Shubert Alley.
For my dough, as Of right
now. Hayward is the only pro-
ducer on Broadway who has thu
feel of the old time greats.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-29

A couple of years back,
wrote a column in which l be-
moaned the disappearance from
Broadway of the great tinsel and
thunder merchants of the past
the Ziegfeld, Belascos. Thomp
sons and Dundees, and Morris
Gests.
l said that, by some footlight
magic, the wonder of their own
lives used to spill over on the
stage; that their shows didn't
succeed or fail - they eXpood
ed over the clouds or went down
like the Titanic; that the current
crop of producers may be smart
and competent, but no psychia-
trist would give them a second
glance; that the Inverness cape
and beaver collar of the old days
have been replaced by the add
ing machine, bankers gray and
the worried look -.
Re-reading the piece, there's
nothing I'd want to change ex-
cept a split infinitive or two.
Sure, there are fine producers
in New York-Oscar Hammer :
stein and Richard Rodgers, for
example - but, with one eXcep-
ton, none of the present crop
has the frenzy and fire which
trademarked the inspired Nutsy
Fagins of the past.
Did l say there was an excep-
ton? Yes, l did and, what's
more, I'd like to introduce him
to you. Step right up, ladies and
gentlemen, and meet the tall,
decorative gent with the crew
haircut-Leland Hayward
Mons. Hayward, as the drama
pages have been telling you,
currently has his name on two
of Broadway's most distinguish
ed successes -" "Mr. Roberts"
and Anne of the Thousand
Days" But and I think the
"but" is more important than
the two hits - he's the only m
pressario around today on whom
Belasco's turned around collar
and Ziegfeld's Technicolor shirt
would look good.
Before getting down to cases,
let's first case his case history.
Leland, was born two score
and a few years ago with an i'm
pressive array of silver GU. :
lery in his mouth. AS the son of
one of our best families. he had
the best care, was taught by the
best teachers, and eventually
was thrown out of one Of our
best schools - Princeton.
On the prowl for little pcck-
ct money. our hero took fast
crack at being several things
a newspaperman. press agent,
a talent scout and a Hollywood
movie producer.
When he found there wa
more money in selling than sign
in stars. he opened a bookir
agency with Myron Seiznick. the
greatest ten percenter of them
all, and by a series OF katzen.
jammer stunts the pair mapag.
ed to wrangle salary increases
for their clients until their com,
missions amounted to more
take-hon.e money than they hac
home for for.
At one tint It was Hollywood
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-29
Copyright. 1913, King Fea-
lures Syndicate, Inc.)

Unfortunately, most OF tn e
clergy who try to take a voice
in union relations permit them
selves to be Iured into gaseous
discussions of economies. and as
far away as the Haymarket riots
and the mournful sweetness of
Eugene V. Debs, a durable
fraud whose faults have been
painted out by layers of cosme-
tic propaganda which was allow
ed to lie because nobody has a
special mission to keep the re-
cord straight. That takes work,
determination and a stout con-
tempt for the proposition that
we must give myth head start
of ten, twenty or fifty years
out of respect for death.
On the whole, the reverends
have been a nuisance because,
like volunteer firemen, they like
to act brave and get noticed
while the professionals, who
really know, have lacked the
moral gumption to tell them to
stand back and learn something.
With this ingratiating flourish
l salute the Most Rev Russell
]. Mckinney, Bishop of Provi-
dence, RI, a cleric who has
kept in mind the fact that lar
ceny is a truly democratic trait,
more often found in poor than
rich because there are more of
them, and will not concede that
cheating practised by a group of
bricklayers entails only an acad-
emic impersonal guilt. Bishop
Mckinney is a real good man.
He may be enveloped in fog but
he isn't lost. The fog is.
In recent weeks, he has gone
before the state convention of
the AF. of L. and soon after
ward the state convention of
the Clio, and told them to
their teeth, shaming the paltry
counterfeits of the national gov
ernment and the eager apple
sinners of both parties who have
been telling such buns how fine
they are and how high their
motives. 1t may be hoped that
among the Catholic clergy, at
least, the mistaken tolerance of
personal cheating as fair con-
duct in a class war will now be
lifted.
1 herewith lift some text from
the Brooklyn tablet:
Providence, Dec 5-Most
Rev. Russell j. Mckinney,
Bishop of Providence, criticized
the showdown in the build
ing trades yesterday and char
acterized its perpetrators as
drones and racketeers.
And the back of me hand to
you, Carmody, with your whine
that ooh, your back is hur-r-rted.
Before 300 delegates to the
18th annual state convention of
the Rhole Island CLIO, the pre-
late charged that the man who
dogs the job on a hospital, an
orphange, or an old folks home
is Stealing from the poor, the
needy, the sick and the infirm, %
Yes, and the chair will put in
that the dirty thief is stealing
also from the decent citizen who
has the charity to donate hun
dred dollars to the hospital. That
is robbing the tambourine and it
is done every day all over the
country under the sign of the
AF. of L. through the showdown
and featherbedding rules.
II think it is an unforgiva-