Evening star., 1948-09-10
6. o. Out 10 Wreck
Security Plan, Ewing
Tells Urban League
By the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 10-A
Republican victory in November
would lead to "the worst period of
reaction which this country has ever
witnessed" Oscar r. Ewing, Federal
Security Administrator, said here
last night.
1.-The broad social security pro-
gram which two Democratic admin
istrations have fought for will be
reduced to a shambles" if the Re-
publicans win, Mr.. Ewing told dele
gates to the annual convention Of
the National Urban League.
"The leadership Of the Repub-
lican-controlled Eightieth Congress
has made 1t crystal clear that the
Republican Party Is out to sabotage
and destroy as much of this pro-
gram as 1t thinks it can get away
with" he added.
Calls Dewey Intellectual.
What Dewey may say or do will
be wholly Intellectual. The Republi-
can congressional leaders-Taft,
Taber, Martin and Halleck-will
continue to destroy every possible
law that benefits plain people
white and Negro alike-in order to
pile up more profits for the masters
of the Republican Party"
The basic economic policies of the
COP, Mr.. Ewing told members of
the Negro organization at Virginia
Union University, will lead to an
intensification of the boom and bust
cycle. AS result we shall inevitably
once more be plunged into the midst
Of nationwide depression and mass
unemployment"
Mr.. Ewing urged the Urban
League to rally every possible sup
port to President Truman for re-
election. He said the Negro vote
could have "a crucial effect" espe-
cially in the urban areas of the
North.
Sees Threat to Negroes.
"A Democratic defeat" he de-
clared, will wipe out every vestige
Of social and economic progress
which the American Negro has made
during the past decade and half"
President Truman's appointment
of committee of Is to determine
whether the civil rights of Ameri-
cans can be improved and safe
guarded was described by Mrs. Sadie
T. M. Alexander, Philadelphia law
yer and secretary of the National
Urban League Executive Board. She
is member of the committee.
Some of the committees recon-
mendations, she said, were elimina-
ton of segregation in the armed
forces; elevation of the civil rights
section of the Justice Department
to full divisional status; establish
ment in the FBI of a special unit
of investigators trained in civil
rights work; appointment of a per-
manent commission of civil rights
work; appointment of permanent
commission on civil rights to keep
the Executive branch of the Gov
ernment advised; elimination of
discrimination and segregation in
employment and appointments un-
der the control of the Executive.
Vocational Adjustment Stressed.
Ann Tanneyhill, director of voca-
tional guidance for the league, told
the league that part of the solution
of "the Negro problem" lies in voca-
tional adjustment.
She said that if young Negroes
are given good, basic elementary
education; complete and realistic
vocational guidance and counseling;
equality of opportunity. for addi-
tional and necessary education and
training, and equality Of opportunity
for employment commensurate with
their vocational preparation-occu-
Ipational satisfaction will result and
a great portion of the so-called Ne
gro problem will be solved"