Evening star., 1948-10-11
for I.
In WaI|aceite
Continued
a Face Lottery Count;
5 Liquor Charges
Also to Be Heard

Hearings were continued today for
seven persons charged with opera
ting lottery or with illegal sale of
in connection with a gath
ering of white and colored support
ers of Henry Wallace which police
raided yesterday.
The raid was staged by "a police
men and a policewoman early yes
terday at Laborers' Hall, 525 New
Jersey avenue NV, where a dance
sponsored by the United Negro
Allied Veterans of America was in
progress.
All $50 persons at the dance were
questioned by police. Seventeen
we're taken to police headquarters
when they refused to identify them
selves. After they gave their names
they were released.
Foreman Protests Raid.
Clark Foreman, chairman of Mr..
Wallace's Progressive Party of the
District, Immediately protested the
raid as a "fagrant abuse of civil
rights"
Mr. Foreman said this was the
second time within 10 days that the
police have broken up parties at
tended by both white and colored
apparently on the theory that any
such party is Subversive."
Four of those arrested were held
on lottery charges, and were ar
raigned before United States Com
missioner Cyril S. Lawrence today.
They are Winston Carl Edwards.
30, colored, 1900 block of Sherman
avenue NV; Sidney Goldreich, IS,
of the $500 block of Florence drive,
Alexandria; Edmund Stephan Maj
chrzyk, "a, of the 500 block of Sec
ond street NV, and Frank E. Trus-
clair, 27, colored, of the 1900 block
of Sherman avenue NV. Edwards
and Goldreich also wlre charged
with illegal sale of whisky. All four
were released on $500 bond each
by Commissioner Lawrence.
The hearings for all four will be
held october 20.
Edwards was described by police
as national chairman of United
Negro Allied Veterans of America
and Goldreich as acting chairman
of Veterans for Wallace.
The other three arrested on liquor
charges were Walter Edward White,
%, colored, of the 1900 block Of
Forty-ninth street NE; |Windfield
Shirley, %, colored, of the 1900 block
OF Virginia avenue NV, and Ber-
nard c. Campbell, 20, Of the 1000
block of Fifteenth street Sc.
With Edwards and Goldreich they
appeared in Municipal Court and
were placed under $500 bond each
for keeping and selling. liquor,
Liquor Hearings Set Oct. 10.
Hearings for these five. were con-
tinued by Judge Nadine L. Gallagher
until October 10.
Capt. Howard v. Covell of the
First Precinct said he had no idea
OF politics in connection with the
raid. He said he was informed last
Friday night that a party was to
be held where liquor was to be sold
without license and that a rattle
vas scheduled.
Before the raid, he said, six
police-including one woman and
five men-went to the dance and
bought liquor. One of them, Pvt.
Frank Manthos, who has been de-
scribed as the one-man vice squad
OF the First Precinct, ordered a
double drink, poured it into g. can
for evidence and went of to get q
warrant, Capt. Covell said.
Police Delayed by Singing.
Armed with the warrant from
Commissioner Lawrence, IS police
led by Capt. Covell and 1t. Roy Blick
OF the vice squad entered the hall.
As the police arrived, the band
struck up a patriotic air. Capt.
Covell said he stood at the door
during the singing, but had his men
cover the exits.
Then he went to the stage, an
nounced the raid and asked the
operators of the dance to step for!
ward and the dancers to line up and
identify themselves. According to
the police account, nothing hap
pened. Capt. Covell said the re-
quest had to be repeated twice.
Finally. he said, the dancers started
lining up.
All those who gave their names,
except the operators of the dance.
were released. Capt. Covell said he
took the others TO the precinct sta
tion when they said they were stand
ing on their Constitutional rights
and would not identify themselves.
Later. he said. a representative Of
the Civil Rights Congress came to
the precinct and advised them to
give their names. After that, they
were released.
Police said the lottery charge was
based on the raffling of two bottles
of whisky for rs cents a chance.
Only about one case of whisky and
one of beer was seized at the place,
it was said.
One policeman said 50-cent ad-
mission charge was m de at the
door and that Wallace buttons were
passed out to each ticketholder.
Mr.. Foreman said the board of the
Progressive Party here would meet
today to draft a telegram of protest
to President Truman.
In his statement, Mr.. Foreman
declared:
I'VE call upon President Truman
to show his advocacy of civil rights
by taking immediate measures to
correct this new wave Of intimida-
tion on the part of the District Of
Columbia police"
AssaiIs Police Action.
He said it was clear from the
actions of the police that their real
reason for breaking up the party
was their disapproval Of the politi-,
cal views which they attributed to-
those at the party including men,
oers of both races"
Meanwhile. Inspector John r. JEFF
fries is investigating arrests last
week in an apartment in the 500
block of Second street NV. A re-
port should be ready late today or
Early this week, Acting Police Supt.
Robert S. Bryant said.
The investigation was ordered by
Police Supt. Robert j. Barrett when