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Evening star., 1948-10-27

About IL Children were grouped
around the piano at the Christ Child
Farm, near Rockville, Md, the other
DAY, singing at the top of their
lungs.
Most of them were convalescing
from operations or illness. A few
were being built up in preparation
for surgery. Aside from crutches
supporting a few of them, you'd
never connect this group with sick
ness. Especially little Joe Ullman
But to Joe, life has been just one
operation after another. During
his nine years, he's been home
only once since he was 18 months
old. The rest of the time he has
spent at Providence Hospital and at
homes operated with Community
Chest funds.
Joe was born with an extrophy of
the bladder, which means the blad-
der was outside his body-a condi-
ton similar to the widely publicized
case of 22-month-old Pamela Lam
phere in Chicago recently. In ad-
dition, there were other ailments.
some of which had to be corrected
by surgery.
Faces New Operation.
When he was 18 months old, Joe
was taken to Providence for an op-
Grafton to correct the bladder condi-
ton. 1t was the nrst Of nine trips
q the hQepital, - last Of which
w. 14y 1946. ss.p.
Joe Is at the Ckfist Child F9FssE
now, awaiting another operation that
will remove the bladder entirely. He
needs special care. because as long
as the useless organ is present, doc
tors said. there is always a danger
of infection. He also Is being treated
for an eye infection. =.
Joe was in the hospital almost
constantly until February, 1941. when
he went to the Children's Country
Home, a Red Feather agency at
Eighteenth street and Bunker Hill
road NE, which cares for children
under years of age. He went to
the Christ Child Farm first in May,
l945-and only one child has stayed
there longer.
When officials at the home thought
Joe needed a change they sent him
home, in September, 1947. to stay
for year with his parents and seven
brothers and sisters. His father,
Joseph Ullman, operates q store
near Waldorf, Md.
The Christ Child Farm raises all
it's own vegetables and some of its
fruit during summers. Its children
live in five rooms Of the former
farmhouse and the surrounding
grounds have been converted into
play areas.
Deficit of 5000.
Mrs. Margaret w. Gardner, super
intendent of the farm, said 1t costs
about $4 day to care for each
child This is far below the cost If
the children had to be hospitalized
during periods when they weren't
ready to return home, she pointed
out. Increased costs, however, left
the home with a 5000 deficit un-
der the Community Chest Fedora
tion's ALLEGATION for this year, Mrs.
Gardner said. 1t was made up
partly by the Chest and partly by
the Ladies Board of the Christ
Child Society.
Each of the % children now at
the farm is tutored in special
groups for hour ur-and-a-half classes
on weekday mornings. In the aft
ernoons they have special hand
craft instruction, along with super
vised play.
The average stay at the farm is
72 days. To some children, like
Joe Ullman, the farm is more nearly
permanent home Mrs Gardner
Evening star., 1948-12-22
Droftees' and Veterans Guide
BY Moi. Thomos M. Niol-

Almost $175,000 worth of overpay-
|, ments from the VA to veterans was
waived completely in October. That
money for subsistence allowance,
compensation, etc. does not have to
be paid back, not dollar of it.
What do you have to do if you
are veteran who got an overpay-
ment to release yourself from the
obligation of paying the money back
to VA?
The VA sends out millions of
checks every month. Some OF these
are pension and compensation
checks, some are for subsistence al
loWance. Every once in a while the
regional Office making the payments
makes typographical error or gets
one name confused with another.
Then a veteran is likely to get an
overpayment. Or (and this often
happens) the VA is not notified that
veteran has left school and keeps
right on sending subsistence allow
ance checks.
Well, If an overpayment is made
don't you have to pay it back? Not
if you can prove that the overpay-
ment was absolutely not your fault,
and that you didn't realize your
check was, in fact, an overpayment.
In that case you stand good
chance to be released from the obli-
CATION.
An overpayment might go for
weeks or months before the VA
found out it had been made. AS
soon as it does, though, your
regional Office sends you a state
ment, or rather bill, explaining
what happened and asking you
please to refund the money. The
letter also explains that you can
appeal to the Committee of Waivers
for Forfeitures at your VA branch
office against repaying the over
payment.
If you don't appeal. you don t
have chance to get out Of making
the refund.
If you do appeal, and the COM
mittee decides either of these two
things, then you have a good chance
of keeping the overpayment:
l. That, as stated before, it was
not your fault the overpayment was
made.
2. That repaying the money would
put you in a bad financial hole
or, as the official regulation puts it,
that repaying would defeat the pur-
pose of the benefit under which you
got the overpayment.
Supposing you'd been going to
school for two years full time, and
had been getting your monthly al
lowance of $75. You had no de-
pendeEts.
Then one month your check is
made out for S105. You know that
s105 is the allowance for a student
with one dependent and you know
YOU have no dependents. You also
know, then, that the VA made q
mistake and you should have a
very good idea that you owe VA the
difference between $75 and $105.
Evening star., 1948-12-22

That's case in which you would
have a tough time proving the over
payment was not your fault. Be-
cause all you have to do is notify
the VA and wait for their bill asking
you to refund the balance. Even if
you didn't write the VA and they
didn't send you a statement asking
for the balance for three or four
months, you'd still have a tough
time avoiding making the refund.
But if you had just started schcoD
and could reasonably be expected
not to know exactly how much al
lowance you rated and then got
overpaid for thr~o c" ro',- months.
you'd st'.-.d g.. ~Doeal
to the committee /, III a
waiver.
Right now about 100000 veterans
owe the VA $52,0OO,OOO for overpay-
ments. Chances are many of these
could obtain waivers and be allowed
to keep the money, especially If it
already has been spent.
From Associated Press Newsfeatures)
Evening star., 1948-12-22

Wilkinson, chairman of the county
legislative delegation, and G. Gard
ner Shugart, county school super
intendent.
Sponsored by the Prince Georges
County Committee on Education,
the meeting also will be shown a
film on school building needs which
was prepared by the League of
Women Voters.
Evening star., 1948-12-22
2 Prince Georges Officials
To Speak on School Needs

Two Prince Georges County off,
cials will be among speakers on
a panel which will discuss legisla-
tion necessary to meet county
school needs at $50 o'clock tonight
at the Hyattsville Elementary
School.
The panel will include Perry 0.
Evening star., 1948-12-22
-Four Commerce Employees
Honored on Retirement

Four Commerce Department en-
ployes, whose total aggregate serv-
ice adds up to 146 years. were to
receive a farwell message from
Secretary Sawyer this afternoon,
as they prepared to retire from
Government.
They are Thomas Patrick, Ia
borer, As years with the Weather
Bureau; Miss Julia r. Sikken, ad-
ministrative assistant in the Patent
Office. 44la years; Mrs. Emma
Barry, clerk in the Census Bureau,
80 years. and Mrs. Elsie B. May,
Census Bureau, 251a years.
The four will retire December 81
Evening star., 1948-12-22

Nearly 100000 acres of forest
areas in Japan are now in need of
Ireforestation.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22
MEMPHIS TO TRY
NEGRO POLICE

MEMPHIS AMP 1.-The use Of
Negro policemen for Negro dis
tricts in the city is to be given a
trial. according to City Commits
sioner Boyle. Boyle said the po-
lice department would begin taxi
ing applications Immediately" in
order to select qualified men for
training.
The decision to experiment with
the use of Negro policemen fol-
lowed a double-barrelled cam
paign on the part of the CONNER
cial Appeal, local white daily, and
Negro leaders in the city. The
latter had petitioned the mayor
and police commissioner for the
employment of colored patrolmen
after series of incidents involv-
ing Negroes and white policemen
and eliminating in the killing Of
a man several weeks ago.
Boyle, who conferred with May
or Peasants on the move. said
thata he will personally make a
tour of representative cities in the
south now using Negro officers to
study their methods of supervi-
sion and to check on the Com
mercial Appeals reports that their
usage was contributing a good
deal toward law and order.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22
N. c. DRIVES TO
REGISTER 100000
FOR VOTE

CHARLOTTE, N. c. = (ANP)-
A drive to get 100000 Negroes
to register to vote in North Caro-
lima was launched last week. Plans
for the registration were announ-
ced Sept. 7 by Kelly NJ. Alexander,
president of the state NAACP.
1t was estimated that about
$4,000 Negro voters were already
registered in North Carolina.
Keen interest is being manifest
ed in all parts of the state among
Negroes in the coming November
elections. Wallace's recent visit
in the state heightened interest
in politics.
President Truman's civil rights
program has also spurred interest
among Negroes in civic affairs,
Alexander reported.
The drive to register voters is
a non-partisan effort. No particu-
lar candidate will be given any
pledge, officials said.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22
ASSISTANT DEMOCRATIC
CHAIRMAN AGAINST
CIVIL RIGHTS

WASHINGTON-(ANP) = One
of the assistants to the chairman
of the Democratic National COM
mittee is against President Tru-
mans civil rights program, 1t was
revealed here last week.
The assistant, a native OF Ala
bama, is w. j. Primm Jr. He said
he was against the program in
May when he was appointed chief
aide to Chairman ]. Howard Nc
Grath. OF his attitude Of todey, he
said, 81 haven't changed"
A confirmed states rights man,
he said. under the constitution
they should be handled by the
of the several states
rather than through congress.
81 am opposed to the poll tax
as a prerequisite for voting, but
| strongly believe it's abolition is
up to the people within the states
and their legislatures"
Although his stand puts him in
opposition to his chief, Sen. Nc
Grath and the President, he said.
.They knew how l felt when
was appointed"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22
WALTER WHITE
TO TAKE LEAVE

NEW YORK-(A NP)-Because
of his health, Walter White, exec
utive secretary of the NAACP,
will take a years leave with pay,
beginning Dec. /, it was announc-
ed here this week.
White is now serving in Paris
as a consultant on race problems
to the United States delegation to
the General Assembly of the
United Nations.
When he returns to America,
Nov. 1, he will orient Roy Wilk-
ms, the NAACP assistant secre-
tary, with office routine. The
NAACP board appointed wilkins
to serve in place of White during
his leave of absence.
The NAACP announcement said
that Whites personal physician
asked that he be relieved of his
duties at this time. It said that
White "has worked to the detri-
ment of his health for several
years without sufficient rest"
White has worked with the
NAACP since 1918 after leaving
the Atlanta Life Insurance Com
pany. wilkins started working
for the NAACP after leaving the
Kansas City Call in 1881. In 1884
he became editor of the Crisis, the
NAACP magazine. when Dr.. w E.
B. Dubois resigned.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22
JACKSON ST. COM. COUNCIL SPONSORS
End ANNUAL COMMUNITY CHEST KICKOFF

More than so volunteer workers
for the 1949 Community Chest
campaign in the Jackson Street
area will hear L. A. (BilD VIII
liams, campaign chairman for the
Seattle-King County area, on
Thursday, September 23r at the
districts second annual kickoff
dinner which will be held at King
Fur Cafe, 7O9h King Street, at
$3.50 pm.
The guest list includes every
one working on the campaign
solicitors, captains, lieutenant col
onels, the colonel, lieutenant-gen-
eral, and the commander-in-chief
himself. Anyone who has not yet
been contacted, but who would
like to help in this years effort
to raise funds for the 40 essential
Red Feather services in Seattle,
is also invited.
Entertainment will be provided
by Miss Anne Blackburn, soloist,
who will be accompanied by Mrs.
Merle B. Eide. R. A. Pomeroy.
colonel for the district, will act
as master of ceremonies The din
ner will be $1.25 per plate.
The campaign organization has
progressed rapidly during the last
week. according to an announce
ment by ]. r. Adams, 1t. General
for the South Business district.
Mrs. David Luke has been regis
tered as a Northumberland. Mrs.
Alder Boutte, Nat Kuznetz, Yer
non Baker, and Alex Bishop have
agreed to work as captain under
Charles F. Hadd. Walter Rutley
has signed up Hiro Hasegawa
Mrs. Melvina Squires, ]. r. Mac
Farling, Mrs. Adde'S Booth, and
Rabbi Penner of the Herzl Con
gregation, as captain in his area.
The team headed by 1t. Col.
Seiichi Hara includes Y. Handa,
S. Arase, S. Hoshida, Iwao Mat
sushita, Frank Hattori, DR.. S. Flu
kuda, Yoshio Urakawa, Tad Yama-
guchi, T. Ikeda, Genii Mihara. H.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22

MADISON, Wis. = CAMP =
After one year of tagging him.
self as "colored" the Rev. Kenneth
L. Patton, 37-year-old pastor Of
the Uniterian society, is not sorry
he made the change and plans
to continue the whole thing. Rev.
Patton decided upon the expert
ment after having read Sinclair
Lewis novel, "Kingsblood Royal,
which tells of man who discover
ed he was part Negro, and OF
the inconvenience and humiliation
following the disclosure.
In the minister's case, however,
nothing has happened as far as
members of his former race are
concerned. The only change in at
titude came from Negroes, who
as a result of his adopted race,
warmed toward him.
Explaining the unchanged at
titude of his white neighbors, Rev.
Patton said, you've got to under
stand Madison, though, to under
stand why. Every crackpot in the
country comes to Madison. Makes
it the most liberal city in the
noi tn"
He said no one had bothered
to ostracize him, nor his wife and
four children. He still is member
of the Lions club. which bans
N7g oes, and still Ewes in the
same house.
He had only one opportunity
to declare himself 80 "colored'
That was whea he filled out an
application for clergyman's rail
road pass.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22
C. 0. P. LEADERS
TO GREET DEWEY

Chief Republican candidates on
the state ticket will be on the
platform at King Street Station
the evening of September q to
greet Thomas e. Dewey on his
arrival here for major campaign
address.
State Senator Harry Wall, state
campaign manager for the Repub-
lican presidential candidate, an
nounced last week that Dewey
would arrive by special train at
$50 O'Clock.
His address, to be broadcast
through the IL Western states, will
begin at $3.50 o'clock in the Civic
Auditorium. Doors will open at z
O'Clock, Wall said.
The Colored Republican club
president urges all to hear the
governor when he comes to Seat
tie.
Dewey will be in Seattle until 1
o'clock the next morning, when
his train leaves for Spokane,
where he will make a noon APP
pearance.
Dewey will make a platform APP
pearance at Tacoma en- route from
Portland, Ore, to Seattle.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22
81 }. a. lJaekl johnson


We are in hearty accord with
the adage-Let the dead rest in
peace" And since ex-governor
Clarence D. Martin is now politi-
eally dead this is the last time
we shall publicly mention his
name unless the gentleman should
again seek public office. In such
case if we are still around we
will still oppose his candidacy.
We take this means to thank
the many who called and wrote
in to compliment our brief review
of the ten year old Barry Lawson
murder and the shameful pardons
granted to his killers.
We likewise pity the very few
who attempted to defend the ex-
governor by claiming that great
pressure was brought to bear by
both white and Negro leaders, a
thing that they themselves can
not prove.
Abuse of power is a dangerous
precedent to establish in the lives
of any people: The officers who
killed Barry Lawson for no good
reason whatever abused their
power as policemen. The governor
who pardoned them with knowl-
edge of their certain guilt abused
his power as governor. We have
just as much respect for the
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22

The largest delegation from the
State OF Washington ever to at
tend a National Baptist conven-
tion was present at the Sixty
Eighth Annual Meeting of that
body recently held In Houston,
Texas. The delegation was headed
by DIR. Fountain w. Penick, vice
moderator of the General Baptist
Association of Washington. DR..
Emmett B. Reed, the moderator.
was not present. In addition to
DR.. Penick, others present We're:
DR.. F. Benjamin Davis, Reverends,
&. Bayard Wilson, Judson Swancy
and Mrs. Vivienne L. Penick, Mrs.
Edna Woodson, Mrs. Allie Wilson.
Mrs. Carrie Wright. Mrs. v. M.
Christian, Mrs. Mable Harris and
Mrs. Rilla Drake Coleman.
Members Of the Washington
delegation were elected or ap-
pointed to several important posi-
tions: DIR. Penick to the powerful
Sunday School Publishing Board,
DR.. Davis to the Foreign Mission
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22
NACW DELEGATES ROYALTY FETED BY
MRS. ]. CHARLES AND MISS |. FAIRBANKS

With Mrs. Juanita Charles as
hostess and Miss Lulu M. Fair
banks, as guide, both of Seattle,
a group of eight delegates from
Iowa and Illinois to the National
Association of Colorder Women
convention, enjoyed a trip to Sc
attle's famous markets and water
front during the week.
To Seattleites who are used to
seeing fresh fruit and vegetables
on the stands the year round, it
takes the admiring glances and
glowing remarks of enthusiasm by
those who do not have such con-
veniences to make them fully APP
preciate their blessings. The pic
turesque arrangement of TIL 9
beans. peas and sweet corn; the
curled crispy leaves of lettuce
which resembled small cabbages;
bright red currants and berries of
all kinds; punches of bright red
radishes and blood red beets;
STALKS of dill for cpcumbers which
are ready to pickle; and gorgeous
shiny tomatoes were some of the
foods that make Seattle's death
rate the lowest in the nation
which are found in fascinating dis
plays in the famous Pike Place
Market.
Every Day is Market Day
Then there are shrimp, scraggy
red crabs, salmon eggs, halibut
steaks, smelt, red snapper
prawns, fresh tuna, oysters, butter
clans and other delectable sea
foods in stall after stall, fresf
from the salty sea. In the meal
markets are juicy steaks, the
makings of OK tail soups, tongues
bacon, hams, red roosters galore
and every other choice meat fol
the wife's shopping bag to say
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22
COLORED PEOPLE FARE WELL in
COUNTY-CITY EMPLOYMENT

A release of state employees by
Arthur Dixon. Tacoma, prompts
the following release by Dean e.
Hart prior to his resignation
from our local Urban League.
While the release is at present
incomplete, we are assured that
racial relations have not reacted
to our detriment in the civil serv-
ice and other employment depart
ments.
Heading the list are Attorney
John e. Prim, deputy prosecutor
in the office of Pros. Atty. Lloyd
Shorett. and Capt. Wendell Norris,
in Sheriff Galatians office.
State Health Department nurs-
es and clerks.
City Transit, OPERATORS and
steno clerk.
Water Dept, clerk.
Engineers Dept, clerk.
Building Dept, juior engineer.
Police Dept, clerk and three
patrolmen.
Carpenter department, park de-
partment.
City Traffic Court, bailiff.
City schools, three teachers,
clerk and secretary.
Street department.
City Hall, janitors, under coun-
ty commissioners.
Public housing, clerks and la
borers.
Telephone, grocery store clerks.
Laundry employees. men and
women, especially Convey Laundry.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22
SEATTLE SOCIALS
BY
Mrs.
H. c.
Thompson
Phone
EA61ga

the city and British Columbia.
A one act drama, Are You
On the Christian Highway" will
be presented by the Christian
Endeayors, under direction of Mrs.
M. II. Young, Sunday, Sept. 26
at Zion A. NJ. E. church, 23rd
and e. Olive, beginning at 400
o'clock in the afternoon. No adj
mission. A free will offering will
be taken. The public is invited.
Mesdames e. Hubbard, N. Nc
Gale and R. Acane, jointly, gave
surprise birthday party, Tues
day evening. honoring Mrs. Fay
Nichols at her apartments, S06
Adelphia. The affair proved a real
surprise with many beautiful gifts
and a most enjoyable evening to
all. The honored lady was ex-
ceptionally well pleased and hopes
to be remembered in the same
way when the time rolls by, and
many, many thanks for a real
surprise.
Mrs. Katherine Anderson has as
her house guest, Mrs. Bobbie l..
Watkins, Indianapolis, Ind. She is
life long friend of both Mrs.
Anderson and her sister, Mrs.
Mary s. Martin. The visitor is
being royalty entertained about
Continued on Page ~
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22
VA. NEGROES FORM
TRUMAN GROUP

RICHMOND-(ANP) - A state.
wide organization was established
here Sunday. Sept. 16. by Virginia
Negroes to get out the vote for
President Harry s. Truman on
November 2.
The primary object of the vir-
ginia Committee for the Re-elec-
tion Of President Truman will be
to interprete the true purpose
of his civil rights program to the
public. The spokesman said a
major objective in establishing a
committee was to attempt to fill
the breach created by the defec-
tion OF the States Rights Demo
Gratis from the regular party"
The main speaker at the Tru-
man meeting held at Ebenezer
Baptist church Sept. ~, Raymond
Pace Alexander. Philadelphia law
yer, told the mass meeting that
Mr.. Truman took his political
life and his future in his own
hands, an act requiring great pol
itical courage"
II Negroes do not support Presi-
dent Truman" Alexander said, mo
white man In high political office
or government position will feel
that he can risk his fortunes in
the future in such issues, even
when a question of morals is up
permost."
DIR. Harry T. Penn of Roanoke,
was elected chairman Of the state
The dentist is one of
the most active Negroes in Vir-
ginia politics and Is a member Of
the school board in his city. He
was elected by a group of about
30 persons at a planning session
prior to the mass meeting.
Other officers named were DR..
Thomas H. Henderson, dean at
Virginia Union university. Rich
vice chairman; Miss Sue
R. C. Byrd. of Petersburg, secre-
tary, and DR.. Leon A. Reid, Of
Richmond, treasurer. Mrs. Ruth G.
Cooley, of Petersburg. was APP
pointed publicity chairman.
The organization agreed upon a
$50, 900 campaign fund goal to be
raised through contributions from
all Virginia supporters of Mr..
Truman.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-09-22

BARRY LAWSON AVENGED; NEGRO
VOTERS SHUN FORMER GOV. c. D. MARTIN

three killers as We have for the
now ex-governor. The sum total
OF which is none, absolutely
NONE.
The time is at hand when Negro
people must stop pulling punches
in favor of public officials who
show no respect for our rights
and feelings. Time that we. take
much more interest in public af-
fairs. Time that we study the
background of those who seek our
suffrage and vote for those who
pledge themselves to accord us
fair and impartial treatment.
The most important election of
our lifetime is near at hand. The
opportunity to gain the civil
rights for which we have worked
and prayed for nearly one hundred
years is before us.
1t can be ours If we work in
diligently to gain it. Intelligent
voting in this campaign will do
the job
For those who are not regis
tered and yet desire to vote in
the final election November 2, the
registration books will again be
open for your convenience from
October to October IA. We
again urge that you be ready by
being registered.