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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
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NATIONAL
Goodbye, Harry!

Number Of Democrats who are
switching their allegiance to
Henry Wallace continues to
mount. Among Wallace followers
now are two prominent Negroes
who were elected to office as
Democrats Judge Joseph H.
Rainey of Philadelphia, who'll
run for Congress, and State Rep.
William Massingale of st. Louis,
Mo-, who'll seek reelection,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Artists in action

Arts for Wallace meets Friday,
May z, BIS pm, in the Woodrow
Wilson Room, "a E. Randolph.
Speakers: Ken Mckenzie, adver-
Using man and leader in AVG;
John Valley, wel1-known paint
er; and Dick Durham, newspaper
man and radio writer. Peggy
Kraft will give a chalk talk.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08

the Southern Negro Youth Con-
greSS.
After his arrest on disorderly
conduct charge, Taylor was SUBJ
jected to the indignity of finger
printing and search of his per-
son.
The arrest was denounced by
Henry Wallace.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08

Negro church. is blatant viola
ton of my constitutional rights"
SIX COPS showed Taylor off
a porch and struck him twice
when he attempted to enter the
Alliance Gospel Tabernacle thru
the "colored only" entrance. He
was to speak inside at a rally of
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
The new South

Down in Winston-Salem, N. c.,
more than 1000 Negroes and
whites gathered to found the new
party. Convention was held
appropriately, for a tobacco state
in tobacco warehouse. State
platform pledges fight against
discrimination and hits at ''Nazi-
like idea of a superior race" All
this in Southern state! Raleigh
IN. c. News-Observer admitted
that the delegates adopted "the
most liberal political platform
ever to come out of this state"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Visitor

David Haber. Yale University
law professor who has taken
sabbatical leave TO work for cleo
lion of Wallace and Taylor. will
appear at two forthcoming meet
irgs-FridaY. May 7. 8 PM. at
a gathering of the Slovene Amer
lean Council. 1857 S. Lawndale.
and Sunday, May 9. lao p.m.. at
the big rally in hyde Park High
School by South Side Committee
to Save Palestine.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Welcome home

Chicago's own Zal Garfield.
Progressive campaign director
here. is back from Harrisburg.
Pa. where he addressed the
school of politics conducted for
workers in that states Progress
sive Party.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Confident

PEORIA Reporters h e
have decided that Henry Wal
lace is confident that he's got
a fighting chance to win No.
vember's election.
He held his press conference
here in the Jefferson Hotels
Presidential Suite!
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
LOCAL
Write NOW!

That Mundt Bill, "Subversive
Control Act of 1948", has been
denounced by the executive board
of the Progressive Party of I'LL
nois as an attempt to outlaw the
Wallace. movement. under. the
guise of fighting communism. The
bill is unconstitutional" the
PPI declares-"a direct violation
of the spirit and substance of
Americanism." All Wallace sup
porters in Illinois were urged to
write to their Representatives and
Senators, urging the bills defeat.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Youth plan
petition
campaign

Youth and student groups sup
porting Wallace and Taylor thru
out the state will meet at Ida
Noyes Hall on the University of
Chicago campus, seth and Wood
lawn, Saturday and Sunday, May
80, at 1920 am. to coordinate
their activities in preparation for
the coming petition campaign.
A school of political action,
supplemented by round table
forums, folk songs, skits, movies,
and puppet shows, will be pre-
sented to the delegates.
Among the schools and other
groups epres n e d will be
Wright Junior College, Chicago
North Side, Chicago South Side,
University of Chicago, Roosevelt
College, Morgan Park, University
of Illinois, U. of I. Navy Pier
branch, North Central College,
Carbonate, Bradley University,
Knox College, and Waukegan.
George Cooley, Progressive
Party state board member, will
lead the two-day session.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Delegates to PhiIIy

PPI clubs have been asked. in
a letter from party headquarters.
TO name delegates TO go TO third
party national convention ar
Philadelphia July 24-2s. Illinois
is entitled to liz delegates. each
of whom will have half a vote.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Peoria narIeY

All divisions Of the state PPI
committee are tentatively sched-
uled toameet at Peoria May 1928
to tighten up organization for the
big petition drive. It'll be first
meeting of the executive commit
tee since PPI was founded April
10.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Inside USA

Wallace is making a flying
speaking four of Pacific and
Rocky Mountain states. while
Taylor speaks in New York. the
South. and the Midwest. They'll
speak together in TaYlor's home
state. Idaho. And watch for news
about the big Wallace Taylor
rally at NYC's Madison Square
Garden May IL.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
Robson VS.. xxx

Ku, Klux Klansmen who've
been trying to iiatimidate Pro-
gressives of Logan County, w.
Va, with encouragement of local
authorities, have learned that
'Progressives don't scare easily.
To show his contempt for the
xxx, Paul Robson spent week
end in the county, speech-making
and nothing happened.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
New party petition
drive opens Moy 9

Inc crucial battle to get the
Progressive Party of Illinois on
the ballot in the November cleo
ton will get underway this Sun
day, May 9, when the drive for
more than 100000 signatures will
open.
At least $4,000 petition sigma
lures will be sought in Chicago
and the rest of Cook County, ac-
cording to William Miller, state
organizational director.
mo one should have any illu-
sions about this campaign" Mil
Ter warned. IT'S going to be
tough job TO get on the ballot.
Everybody will have to pitch
in and do his utmost. The petit
ton drive will demand the most
active participation of every Wal
lace supporter in Illinois,"
SIXTEEN thousand petitions
enough for 100000 signatures
have been printed, Miller said.
In Chicago and the rest of Cook
County, PPI ward organizations
will be charged with the respon-
sibility of gathering the required
number of signatures.
Elsewhere the petition drive
will be organized by congressional
districts.
Outside of Cook County, petit
tons will be circulated in 26 con-
gressional districts, including SIS
counties.
UNDER state law, at least 200
signatures must be secured from
each of so counties, but Miller
pointed out that the Democratic
and the Republican parties would
make every effort to disquaIify
signatures in order to keep Henry
Wallace and Glen Taylor off the
ballot.
The petition drive will end July
%, the day before the national
third party convention opens in
Philadelphia.
Only registered voters who
have not participated in Demo-
cratic or G.. o. P. primary within
the past % months are eligible
to sign the PPI petitions.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08

Three of the five largest banks
in America are dominated by the
Morgan interests. They are the
National City Bank, the Guar
anty Trust Co., the Manufacture
ers Trust Co.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-05-08
HOW TO get ii

If you want your union or
Progressive club TO get copies of
that invaluable handbook. facts
to Fight With" tell il to order
from National Wallace for Presi-
dent Committee. SO Park av. New
York City Is. N. Y.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-27

make peace with Russia, and be-
cause we know that you can't
fight the economic theories of
Karl Marx with atom bombs.
IN THE PAST year I have adj
vanced a number of proposals
which I believe can contribute to
the establishment of a durable
peace.
The first step, of course, is to
call off the Truman doctrine,
which was the declaration of
'The Cold War" We must substi-
tute policies of genuine economic
aid through the United Nations.
This is only possible if we re-
move from office men whose pri-
vate interests cause them to adopt
policies which are contrary to the
interests of the people. I refer,
of course, to the bankers and the
Generals and Admirals who have
moved into so many key positions
in Washington. They aren't evil
men, but their personal interests
make it impossible for them to
serve us well.
Secondly, we must get interna-
tional control of Middle Eastern
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-27

oil and the other great reservoirs
of raw materials which private
firms have, exploited. They have
done it with the support of arms
and subsidies paid for by all the
people even though only a few
enjoy any profits. We can't af-
ford this kind of risk. We have
seen what it means in terms Of
Palestine and Greece.
THIRD. we must repair our
share of the damage done to the
United Nations-and our RESPONSE
bility is great even though the
Administration would like to shift
all the blame to others. Today
the United States shocked the
world by abandoning her support
of the United Nations decision to
partition Palestine.
The hour is late, but we can
still build up the United Nations
if we will bring our practices into
line with fundamental American
principles, if we will keep our
word and carry out decisions once
arrived at. If we aren't going to
(See page 10
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-27
: y TINS BE \
\ TREAsoM:::
Y for CommunE in IL
We chart

finity for Communists in Russia.
We cannot chart course for
America on blind hate or blind
love for what the Russians do.
This word communism" is a
much greater menace than the
Communists. The word has been
applied to every idea slightly to
the left of slavery. I am sure that
1 could take long passages from
the works of Jefferson and Lin
coin and get them banned from
the classrooms on the grounds
that they are too radical. This
is the sort of nonsense which
threatens everything we have built
here in America.
If we want peace, we must
challenge everyone who uses
the word Communist" We must
demand that he define exactly
what he is talking about. We
shall find. am sure, that if is
used most often by men who
are afraid TO discuss an issue on
its merits.
1T IS NOT Russia but Ameri-
can democracy which is the in
tended victim of the first attack.
1t won't work. Housewives may
forget the grocery bill for a little
while, if the menace is built up
to huge proportions, but sooner or
later they want to know what
happened to their dollars while
someone was crying Red" Vet
Grams can't be fooled for very long
by those who say we can produce
anything necessary for war, in
Guiding barracks for army camps,
but that we can't produce homes.
Trade union members know that
every strike for decent conditions
and every demand for a living
wage has been called Communist
inspired" They aren't fooled.
The cry of Communist" is used
against us because we are attack
ing entrenched interests, because
we believe that it is possible to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-27

is to terrorize our own people and
people abroad.
GET so many letters-lots OF
them unsigned-from people who
ask me to fight back. They say
that they don't dare open their
mouths for peace or they will
lose their jobs. Speech isn't free
when it costs a man his livelihood.
In this past year I have chal-
lenged Mr.. Truman and his BIZ
partisan supporters to show a
single American principle or sin
gle American public interest which
would have to be sacrificed to
make peace with Russia.
In hundred speeches during
the past year have affirmed my
faith in my country and its in
situations. I have stated my con-
viction that we are being led to
slaughter by men who put prop
erty and profit above human
needs, who put their own i'm
mediate interests above the gen
eral welfare.
THE only answer they give is to
cry Communist" which is a COM
pletely demagogic response from
men who have responsible posi-
tons OF leadership.
am both a businessman and a
farmer. I like to make a reason
able profit from the developments
I have made in agricultural sci
ence. And I would like to see
our American system work so well
that all independent businessmen
and farmers and workers can en-
joy the benefits of the very full
production which is possible.
But l am an opponent of mo-
nopolies and cartels, which profit
at the expense of the general well
fare. / don't like the way they
stifle small business; the way they
fight labor unions; the way they
try to shift the blame for high
prices to farmers and workers.
Above all, don't like to see them
use their powerful organs - both
press and radio-in an effort to
dominate the lives of millions of
Americans. They have called OPP
position to monopoly "communis-
TIC" call it fundamental AIneri-
canisTn.
get the impression these days
that the people who are most
dominated by the Kremlin - by
Moscow - are those who oppose
everything the Russians do, wheth-
er it is good or bad or incense
quential. By their actions they
have convinced me that they are
more responsive to Moscow than
the American Communists with
their SniTit11a1 and idaolooicaI af-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-27
The speech
Chicago was
forbidden
TO hear

Here is the text of Henry A.
Wallace's speech over the Mu-
tual network last Friday eve
ming which Col. Mccormick
WGN refused TO carry on a To-
cal outlet.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-27

rescue of the old royalist crowd.
Now in this year since the Tru-
man doctrine was proclaimed with
the blessing of the leaders of both
old parties, I have said repeatedly
that the only purpose it can serve
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-03-27
BY HENRY A. WALLACE

IL Broadcasting system for this
time to answer the attack made
the night before last on those who
join me in the belief that there
is no reason to speak for war and
that there is every reason to work
for peace.
We who speak up for peace were
accused of dividing the people for
evil purposes. But whatever he
may call it, stand with millions
of my fellow Americans in OPP
posing Mr.. Truman's plans to mill
tarize our country.
We don't want our country led
down the road to war.
We don't want young America
in uniform at a time when no ma
ton in the world offers any phys
ical threat to our security.
We don't want our fine young
men sent overseas to defend the
interests of private oil firms and
cartels.
+
IF THIS be treason, spare us
the kind of patriotism which in
sists that might makes right.
When he attempted to brand as
communists" those who support
our fight for peace, Mr.. Truman
appealed to prejudice because he
could not answer us with reason.
He was trying to give the i'm
preston that it is only the COM
munists, who disapprove of his
policies of supporting fascists,
kings and reactionaries around the
world, that it is only the COM
munists who stand for reputation
of the Truman doctrine, that it
is only the communists who fight
his plans to draft our young men
and militarize the country.
BUT millions of Americans who
stand firmly opposed to his poll
cies know that they are not COM
munists and they will not be
frightened into accepting mill
tarism because someone calls them
Communists"
Mr.. Truman has done what
other professional politicians
have done before him-he has
given the communists credit for
all the decent ideas which are
advocated in this land of ours.
don't like to have the Presi-
dent give them credit for ideas
that come from Isaiah and Christ,
from Jefferson and Lincoln. We
all remember the many times
Franklin Roosevelt was charged
with Communism" Like those
who used this tactic against Roose-
welt, he presents no evidence that
I have ever advocated a single
policy inconsistent with the most
fundamental American concepts of
freedom. Either the communists
are better folks than we have been
told to believe or Mr.. Truman is
giving them such reputation.
*S*
WHAT is it that I have said
in opposing the Truman doctrine
which gives rise to such attacks?
First, I have said that a policy
which seeks to fight ideas with
guns is doomed to failure. I said
a year ago that the Truman doc
trine would not bring peace but
would bring us closer to war. Mr..
Truman admitted that in both of
his speeches on Wednesday. Only
yesterday the very conservative
New York Herald Tribune report
ed that mass executions political
executions - are going on in
Greece. The situation there is far
worse today than it was a year
ago when Mr.. Truman went to the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-16
Senator Smith Tried Twice to Fore,
Easy Divorce" Laws in Montana


Sherm Smith has for years advo-
Gated "easy divorce laws for Mon
tana. During the 1889 session, while
he was a member of the House of
Representatives, he introduced H. B.
No. SO, which was dubbed by his fell
low house members the Smith easy
divorce bill" This bill passed both
house and senate but was vetoed by
Governor Ayers. After he became a
senator he introduced S. B. No 22-I
another easy divorce bill during the
1915 session. This time the Smith
bill was repugnant to the majority in
the senate and it died with its diaper
on.
1t is hard to understand what makes
Senator Smith so anxious to place an
easy divorce" law in the statute book |
OF Montana. Does he want to make
Montana rival for the unsavory re-
putation now held by Nevada? Neva-
da attorneys who IDEAL" in "easy di-
vorces" are said to be reaping a fl
nancial harvest while acting as legal
representatives for people who want
e-you-wait-machine
recent report states that out of
state big-time gamblers and non-profit
club operators are securing options on
desirable sites on the shores of beauti-
full Flathead Lake. If true, does this
mean that large gambling casinos and
a luxurious "easy divorce" mill will
be located in that part of the state?
These business establishments thrive
together in Nevada.
IT Senator Smith wins the nomina-
ton and election as lieutenant gov
ernor on the Republican ticket will
be continue his efforts to make "easy
divorces" obtainable in Montana and
the number of non-profit
clubs in the state?
In closing, we wish to state that
not all non-profit clubs are operating
OFF color but most of them are sup
porting and boosting the candidacy of
Senator Smith according to reports
in the state If he wins
the Republican nomination July 20, it
VIII mean that a majority of the mem
1ers OF the Republican party approve
lis stand for easy divorces" and non
Profit clubs.-Mitchell Newsletter.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-07-16
WILL STATE COP
BACK SHERMAN
SMITH TUESDAY,?

Now that State Senator Sherman
Smith of Helena, is a candidate fol
the Republican nomination as 1ieuten
ant governor at the primary election
July 20, 194S, he is reported to be
trying hard to convince the members
Eagles, Moose, Elks, American Lee
of these fraternal organizations =
gion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and
Amvets-that he is their friend and
benefactor
Among the remarks now used by
Senator Smith in his efforts to con-
vince the members of these organiza-
tons of his interest in the welfare
of their fraternal order are the follow
ing excerpts from one of his recent
campaign letters:
1T must be apparent to everyone
that at the next session of the Mon
tana state legislature, the question of
whether slot machines shall longer be
licensed and allowed in the state will
be definite issue:
unless fraternal organizations are
vigilant, and protect this important
legislation that so vitality affects them,
they may easily lose their right to
have slot machines;
II am in favor of 1egalizing slot |
machines for fraternal organizations" |
Senator Smith Internationally for
got to mention in his campaign let
tiers to the above mentioned fraternal
organizations that he was one of the
strongest advocates for the adoption
of H. B. No. 251-which provided for
issuing slot machine licenses to non
profit clubs.
When this bill was up for final pas
sage in the senate during the 1947
session, Senator Smith played lead
ing part in urging the senators to
adopt this measure. If any member
If the senate questioned the wisdom
Of adopting the amendment, said
member became the target for the
1arts of sarcasm and ridicule hurled
so expertly by Senator Smith We
we're In the senate gallery-directly
above Senator Smith when he was
doing his stuff
Senator Smith was not present in
-he senate chamber when the vote
was called on Sub. H. B. 26S-licens-
ng punch boards. Would you also
lave voted in favor of this BILL Sen
tor Smith?
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-07-30

It is against all of these
old and traditional ~institu-
tions that besmirch the dig
nifty of man, and scourage
the souls of human beings,
that the National Associa-,
ton for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP)
is opposed. The NAACP is
constitutionally and matter
ably opposed to segregation
in any form, and in any walk
of life and more especially
in any ~governmentally con-
ceived institution. We are
cognizant Of the fact that in
the Army as such, soldiers
and officers take orders, and
must 80 where they are as
signed; but we are cogni-
zant also that the Army as
such, is merely a creation
Concluded from page 81
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-07-30

old and additionally colored
outfit be. migrated, it
would be SO only on the Of
ficer level, and there would
be none or fewer places for
colored officers in the unit.
To this we say that the
desired goal is Indignation
ON all levels. To this we say,
that as we seek Indignation
in the low places, we must
be willing to yield to inte-
grafton in the high places,
regardless Of the purported
loss to those favored few,
who profit from a segrega-
ted system. To this we say
that the doctrine of white
supremacy" the separate
but equal myth" the Ku
Klux Khan, and numbers of
other Jim crow policies, are
also old and traditional
within these United States.
The white primary of the
south was an old and tradi-
tional institution; the re-
strictive covenant was an old
and traditional institution ;
the poll tax is still an old
and traditional institution ;
separate educational facili-
ties are an old and tradi-
tional institution.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-07-30
Letter To-
Gee Included from page y

Gee Included from page u
the armed forces; provided,
of course, that he is sincere
in his declarations. Such
statements and orders as
above, are merely a further
ance of the "separte but
equal myth" that so per-
vades our social and sivic
structure.
Locally those who would
appease the situation, and
those of the colored popula-
ton, who are willing to be
appeased, are using the trite
argument, that the contem-
plated unit will constitute a
rifle company in the old
372d Infantry regiment. 1t
is stated by these persons,
that the 372d has been ira
ditionally soldiered and Of
ficered by colored men, and
that we should be proud to
of a part of it.. and to have
it within our community.
They argue that should this