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Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12
WOMEN BLAST
GEORGIA PRISON
SYSTEM
by Ray Lawrence

Atlanta (Atlas) - Although
the prison system Of the state Of
Georgia is supposed to have been
evamped and cleaned up it still
has its tbuses, and is perhaps just
as vicious as shacks and shackles
as it ever was, according to the
State League Of Women Voters
Georgia as done many things
in recent years to correct. the
more glaring evils Of her prison
system" said the Women's lea
que. But the very fact that
housing is better, that certain
glazing abuses have been lessen
ed make it possible for us to see
more clearly other abuses that
were less obvious but perhaps
Just as vicious shaclls and
shackles.''
The legislature was praised for
eliminating chains, stripes and
corporal punishment, and for
putting prisons under a consti-
tutlonal board, but the League
noted that the bill provided no
funds for carrying out a num-
Der Of rehabilitation moves. It
turned its members to work for
legislation which would improve
further the system of FURNISH
ment and rehabilitation. Espec-
tally was it specific in urging the
endorsement Of laws which
would create a statewide proba-
ton system prvided a statewide
system Of Juvenile courst and ex
tend the merit system Of all pris-
on employees.
The Women Voters noted that
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12
u. S. Supreme Court
Urged To Review
Jim Crow Project

Washington. - (Atlas-A pc
tition was filed with the U. S.
Supreme Court last week, urg-
ing review Of a N. Y. State Court
Of Appeals decision last July, up
holding the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company's racial dis
elimination policy in it's New
York City Stuyvesant Town
Housing project. The petition
was field by the American Jewish
Congress, the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement Of
Colored People and the American
Civil Liberties Union in behalf
Of three Negro war veterans who
had applied for apartments in
The project.
The petition requests interview
ton to prevent an attempt TO
corrupt legislative device for
sound community planning into
an instrument for enforcing ra-
ssesaI segregation
The New York court, in a 4-3
decision. held that the state Re-
development Companies Law,
under which the project was
built, did not contain a provision
barring discrimination. The three
groups, AJC, NAACP and
ACLU originally argued that the
state supported discrimination,
since construction would have
been impossible without state
and city financial aid, and a rs
year tax exemption.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12
Negro Warned To
Move Out Of
Residence

BIRMINHAM, Ala. 80 Atlas
Police here have been investiga-
ting a report that Pratt City
Negro received a telephone warn
ing that his home would be blown
to bits if he didn't vacant it.
Mr.. Louis People, 7l7 Carline
Avenue, Pratt City, tcld police
he received the warning cali just
before midnight last Sunday. He
said the warning dead line was
"a hours, at which time he must
move out.
People said he KIN w Of no
reason why anyone should want
him tc. move out. The house, oc-
cupied by he and his wife and
Anddew Williams and his wife,
is located in an area, zonsd for
Negro residential purposes.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12

Dorothy, told police that they a.
rose at about $50 a. m. and that
she went into the kitchen to pre-
pare breakfast. She and her sis
ter, Evelyn Bridges, listened to
the radio but neither recall hear
ing a shot.
When , Mrs. Dorsey went to
summon her husband t ohis meal
she found him dead. The note, left
IN the dresser, read:
Il can never live down what
happened to me. Forgive me, Do
rcthN. | love you'' Mrs. Dorsey
could not explain what it meant.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12

slight Improvement was cred
tied to inspections Of county
camps BY the Department Of
Corrections, but much more
could be done to improve them.
so long as the camps are
operated by the county commits
sioners with the sole purpose Of
making money for the country by
the use Of prison labor, only the
minimum is spent for the opera
ton Of the camps, and absolutely
no thought is given to the reha-
Utilization Of the pisoners, said
the league.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12
c. C. WIMBISH
SPONSORS NEW
VETERAN ORG.

Veterans Of World Wars | and
ii, who are interested in securing
better living conditions which in
clude jobs, better housing, en-
forcement Of protection for your
loved ones when in public, to
realize the full measure Of your
citizenship and welfare assisting
in general, are hereby extended an
invitation TO become members Of
growing and powerful organi-
zation sponsored BY Senator G. G.
Wimbish, Of the Third Ward Reg
ular Democratic organization.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12
LAW GROUP TO STUDY
TRIAL OF II COMMUNISTS

Detroit-(Atlas - The Law
yers Guild executive board and
the Wolverine Bar Association.
which is the Negro attorneys or
anization will set up commit
tees to study the trial Of the II
Communists, convicted Of plot
ting to overthrow the Govern
ment.
Action Of the two legal groups
will make known their report
next week.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12
League Protests
are Hike

Hike in. Streetcar and Ele-
waited fares will work a distinct
hardship on the low income citi-
zens who are the most frequent
users Of these means Of transport
tation," said Sidney Williams,
Executive Secretary Of the Chi
cago Urban League. I'm con-
sidering the increasingly large
lay offs Of personnel employed in
plants and factories"
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12
OFFICER Stays SELF
WITH OWN REVOLVER

A coroner's jury returned a YER
dict Of suicide while temporarily
insane" in the death Of police
officer Ewdard Dorsey, % of
1897 Prairie avenue who took his
life last Saturday after leaving
a mysterious note.
Dorsey was found on the floor
in his home with his service pis-
tol by his side. Dorsey's wife,
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12
PUBLIC NOTICE

We are going to carry a
complete Curoh Section in
this newspaper. This esection
will cover all Church news,
Minister'S columns, coming
programs, and complete
Church Directory, giving the
location Of all Churches.
Rev Mack is on Church
Editor and We are asking all
Churches to- list themselves in
our directory 50, that the pub
lie will be better informed
about Church activities. Our
representatives are calling on
all churches now to cooperate
with US in this program. We
also want press releases sent
to our office at 118 East 35th
Street or call vi Glory 2-5S85.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12

ATTRACTIVE Miss Patricia
Rae Marshall oopened the con-
cert season at Tennessee State
college in Nashville, Tenn. with
brilliant recital recently. "A
graduate Of Oberlin college,
Miss Marshall teaches piano at
the college, Included OF. her
program were works Of Beet
hoven, Chopin, Charles Critics
and List.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12
Native Meat Bought
In South Africa

Cape Town, South Africa -
(Atlas) - South African house
wives are now buying legs Of
Kudu, Gland seaks or impala
chops since, there is a shortage
Of beef. Butchers are turning to
the country's native antelope
herds for meat, and the steaks
are fine and delicious in taste.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12

CHURCH LEADERS Of the Chuch Of God in
Christ received an official welcome from Mayor
Watkins Overton of Memphis last week to bring
thier 43rd Annual Holy Convocation to the city
Nov rs. Special feature Of the convention, which
will be held at Mason's Temple, will be Bishop
Mason's day honoring the founder Of the Church
of God in Christ, Elder Charles Il. Mason. Shown
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12

Inc Sn77aso World is in no way
responsible for the ideas or opinions
OF It's co 'rnnists or writers. The
World exE ressly repudiates any La
blilty or sponsibiIity which may be
incurred trough articles written by
contributors.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-12
WHY NOT REGISTER NOW?

This IS why I am continuing the hight Tor
registration and voting BY the Negro, Sc that
it's benefits may be seen throughout the world.
lust think of what happened in Natchez, Miss
issippi, when Jefferson Military College turned
down $5OOOOOO0 grant provided that the school
teach it's pupils white supremacJ" This was a
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to be very, very different. I am
going to be lord and master in the
good cid 19th-century way. may
even grow a walrus mustache so
that it can Dristle in the approved
fashion when things don't 60 exact
ly to suit me.
Do you realize the kind of thing
that has happened to me up until
now? It's nothing short of dis
graceful but I'll tell you. I've
hoped. skipped, dashed and run,
for one thing. Look, honey, just
hop over to the store and get us a
loaf Of bread" And this, too:
Henry, while you aren't doing any
thing just skip upstairs and get my
scissors for me-" Darling, will you
please dash over to the Post Office
and get me some stamps?" Oar
ling would you mind running down
to the garage and turning off the
washing machine?"
Life With "Leftovers."
The sucker I've been! For some
reason the idea of these fast means
of locomotion-hop, skip, dash and
run-have gotten me onto my feet
and into action But no more. If
I ever weaken enough to go to the
store for another loaf of bread, I'm
definitely going to stroll, saunter,
meander or scuff up my shoes by
kicking a stone in front Of me the
whole way.
Another thing that I am going
to be adamant about is the kind
of food that Is served around this
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had a majority. the Foreign Rela-
tons Commute was practically pow
erless. The members met and dis
cussed matters with each other
Neither Democratic nor Republican
members knew much about what
was going on behind the scenes.
All attempts to obtain clarifica-
ton of rumored executive agree
rlents with foreign countries were
futile because, the legislators were
told, such revelations might be
harmful to the war effort.
Policy for Five Years.
Later, when Republicans won con-
troll of Congress and organized the
Foreign Relations Committee, the
COP leadership dealt fairly with
the opposition and was satisfied with
a majority Of one. But the biparti-
san foreign policy sponsored by the
Democratic administration for the
last five years was generally &C
cepted and followed.
In spite of its many shortcomings
which were known to Congress as
well as the public, the State Depart
,f1aent was never molested by the
Foreign Relations Committee, which
was headed and ruled with an iron
hand by Senator Vandenberg. It
was in the Appropriations Commit
tee, headed by Senator Bridges, that
the departments personnel and poll
cies underwent severe scrutiny and
frequently serious criticism.
During the two years that the Re
publicans were In control. Senators
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early and having written my column.
She asked me to let her copyread
it for me, but after she had gone
into the kitchen she came back
with another idea. Henry boy, why
don't you scoot over to the grocery
store and get us some cream. We
haven't any for breakfast and you
can send your column at the same
time"
I am now about to scoot. I can
think of nothing nicer than not to
have Jean read this column till It
appears in the papers a few days
from now. Not that I'm not going
to stick to everything I've said.
Me, I'm a man of iron but Just
the same I have to 60 now and
get the cream and, also, I am
told, some greens for salad for
lunch and a can of tuna fish so
that we can have tuna fish "a la"
something to go along with our
salad.
Distributed by McNausht Syndicate. Ine)
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object to that committee being
weighted more heavily with Demo-
Gratis but his own, which deals with
taxes. was different.
Senator George said he had all
the members he wanted on Finance.
He could have added that he had
almost exactly whom he wanted,
too, from both parties. The fact is
that the committee is so heavily
weighted with conservatives that
only beginning could now be made
to fit it into the Truman pattern.
Thus 1t does not matter too much
in Finance what party the chair
man belongs to; the end product OF
the committees deliberations will
be about the same.
Safe Majority Of Eight.
When work began on new COM
mittee assignments the Finance
bedrock included its chairman, and
Senators Connally, Byrd, johnson
of Colorado and Lucas, Democrats,
and Millikin, Taft, Butler, Brewster
and Martin, Republicans. OF this
group only Senators Connally and
Lucas would assuredly 60 along with
the President in real fight, leaving
Chairman George a safe majority
Of eight before any vacancies were
filled.
The administration made a tenta-
tive beginning at altering the trend.
They added Senator Hoey Of North
Carolina, an administration sup
porter but hardly a New Dealer,
and Senator McGrath, who is both
national chairman and a New Deal
er, presumably on everything in
Guiding fiscal policy. The Republi-
cans still have to add their sixth
member but he is unlikely to be
radical in any respect.
trade agreements, keystone Of the
administration peace policy, which
the President has asked to have
freed of 80th Congress restrictions
and extended for three years. Be-
cause the South sells its cotton on
a world market the Southerners are
internationalists in trade as in most
other ways, so that their conserva-
tivism does not represent a hazard
to that part of the Truman pro-
gram. Most Republican conserva-
tives are isolationists, which was
the hurdle the trade agreements
could not surmount last session.
Some Of the irKed Republicans
who are attacking the changed
Foreign Relations ratio as an omin-
GUS threat to bi-partisanship in for
'eign policy, argue that Senator
Georges success at the barbados
proves that Senator Connally, For
eign Relations chairman, did not
put up a real fight to hold his
committee at TO.
George Respected.
It is improbable, however, that
any serious party questions were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
Rock of Conservatism
George Resists Efforts to Change
Ratio of Senate Finance Committee
z COnnittee

or will be raised about Finance. A
politician just naturally hates to
vote for more taxes and the scheme
Of letting the conservatives run
the tax committee is rarely under
serious fire. 1t is true that Presi-
dent Roosevelt tried once to purge
Senator George as too conservative
but he has never been unpopular
with his colleagues.
They respect him both for his
ability and his personal qualities.
The sad part Of the George story
is that he arrived on the Washing
ton scene too late in history for
his talents to get the great rewards
to which he might fairly have
aspired and which have often gone
to lesser men. His party gained
control-but the control rested with
that faction whose economic and
social ideas take q modern form
to which the Senator could not sub
scribe and so he fought them. He
beat the Roosevelt purge but not
the Roosevelt philosophy; his power
rests solely now in the Finance
post.
Eventually, Of course, the ques-
ton will have to be fought out of
recmciling fiscal policy to the
spending era but the politicians, as
evidenced anew, will stave it off as
long as possible.
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This Changing World
G. O.P. Sees Itself Outmaneuvered
In Senate Foreign Relations Group

Vandenberg and Lodge were con-
suited regularly by the. foreign poll
cy trainers. But both men, who were
guiding lights in the committee,
were so loyal and sincerely devoted
to the bipartisan policy that they
considered ii unpatriotic to oppose
any Of the major issues presented to
them by the administration rep
resentatives.
Although there were many Re-
publican Senators who did not like
the idea of the Truman Doctrine,
on the ground that it was gamble
of which they could not see the end,
they approved 1t, thanks to the
prestige of Senator Vandenberg,
who was chairman OF the COM
mittee.
Silence of Italy Treaty.
The same thing applied to ratifl-
cation Of the peace treaty with
Italy. An important group Of Re-
publican Senators opposed 1t as being
unfair to a country which became
our associate in the fight against
the Nazis as far back as 1914. The
rebels were silenced by the strenuous
efforts Of Senator Vandenberg, who
piloted the treaty through the Sen
ate.
While large number of Repub-
lican Senators were skeptical Of the
wisdom of approving the Marshall
Plan, which they believed eventually
would become just another UNRRA,
Senator Vandenberg's prestige and
hard work in the cloak room carried
the day.
1t is understandable that, after
having rendered such service to the
administration. Senator Vanden-
berg and his Republican colleagues
feel badly let down by the Demo-
cratic decision to pack" the Foreign
Relations Committee. Under the
8-to-5 ratio the Democrats would
still have a majority even if one
member swung over to the Repub-
lican side.
Republican Senators see in this
packing" a very clear indication
that they had been taken advantage
of in the past and fear that the BIZ
partisan policy will become exclu-
sively Fair Deal policy. They
expect that although they will be
permitted to make speeches in COM
mittee and on the Senate floor,
their views will remain at pest con-
sultative.
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D,
FRIDAY JANUARY T. 194s,

house. I know what I like but I
don't often get it. To me a nice
snack for lunch is some fried pork
chops, hominy grits, sweet potatoes,
turnip green's, hot biscuits and a
silver of pie Of some sort. Instead,
what do usually get? Something
"a la" something with green salad
on the side. And if not that I get
leftovers. I strongly suspect that
Jean goes out and buys "leftovers. "
It's always the same song and dance
We'll, now, today we've got to eat
up that little leftover beef, lamb,
veal, raccoon, skunk or white MICE"
Anyway, we live on leftovers. That
is till today when I am going to
put my foot down.
Jeanne Is still asleep, it's only
seven in the morning, but I can
hardly wait for her to get up so
that I can get this new regime
into action. She's going to be
mighty surprised when I lay down
the law to her. No more hop, skip,
run, green salads or jellied con-
somme. No, stree! Things are going
to be mighty different when I take
over today. Maybe III have sweet
potatoes, white potatoes, rice, grits
and macaroni with cheese all at
the same time for lunch. Who
knows?
Pretty Silly, Heb?
When I look back I think I was
pretty silly not to make my stand
before now. Do you know that I,
master of this house, have even
gone so far as to eat in the kitchen
while bridge-luncheon party was
going on in the front part Of the
house? Why didn't I think of all
this before?
Jean just came downstairs and
complimented me on being up so
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VA Reports 5 Million
Saved on Text Books

The Veterans Administrat ton has
saved 100000 by taking textbooks
declared surplus by the armed
forces and distributing them to ed
ucational institutions for possible use
by veteran students, the agency
declared.
About 2,oo0,0 900 surplus books were
sent to 2,036 schools during the year
and five months the project was in
operation. OF these, 100000 were
said to have been issued as required
textbooks, which otherwise would
have been purchased at an average
cost Of "a per volume. Instead the
books cost VA Sc cents each.
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ness community Dorothy Thompson.
than many of Roosevelt's speeches
Conspicuously absent from it was
class appeal.
My impression was that the Presi-
dents proposals to combat imitation,
and the order in which he listed
the various measures, were reason
able and designed to use as far as
possible automatic and unbureau-
cratic controls, prominently over
consumer and bank credit, with al
locations and price ceilings only in
short commodities.
Policies Reaffirmed.
The fiscal policy proposed could
have been offered by Senator Taft.
The question remains whether that
policy is compatible with other
measures which the President de-
manded.
Increased taxation was anticipated
on the corporate and high income
level.
Despite rumors and trial balloons
launched by some of the Presidents
associates and campaign advisers,
that the election gave him a man
date" to alter American foreign and
military policy. there was no hint
of any such thing In his address
Rather, there was clear reaffir-
nation of the policies Of his first ad-
ministration, including a renewed
demand for universal military train
ing-which is by no means popular
with the rank and file of his fol-
lowers or the American people.
If organized labor thinks it was
chiefly or exclusively responsible
for the reelection Of Mr.. Truman,
the President himself does not ap-
pear to think so. He directed an
exceptionally large portion Of his
speech to the farm community.
going into detail over parity and
supported prices, revival of the
Commodity Credit Corp, rural cleo
trification and housing, apparently
aware that the break which put
him back in the White House came
in Iowa and the farm belt. And
what he said about the repeal of the
Taft-Hartley Act and the revival
of modified Wagner Act certainly
is not abject equalization to the
most fanatical labor leaders.
No Comfort to Reds.
I do not see how the Communists
or Wallaceites can get any comfort
whatever out Of the Presidents adj
dress, either domestically or in
foreign policy, except that all ex-
banded Government activities give
them chance to chisel into bureau
cracies which need to be more vigi-
liant against such purposeful infil-
trations than they were under
F: D. r.
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NSN OAA4
ment hould
only follow q
close perusal of
the text, and
time to think
about it.
1t proposed a
New Deal pro-
g r a m, as it
should, for the
President W a S
elected on such
a platform. But
it showed far
more good will
toward the buSi-
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guess. I could
hardly call my
self an author
ity on the sub
ject because the
older I get the
more I realize
that my Jeanne
runs this roost
(by tn a t, I
mean our Vine
clad cot t a 6 e.
and me with
a p p a rently no
effort at all.
However, be-
ginning toda y
thitadc ara onifan
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Georgia resisted
the not very seri-
Gus efforts of
the Democratic
Steering Com
mittee to change
the ratio of his
group from TO
to 8-5 in order
to help accom-
modate the new
members on i'm
pOrGaQG commit
tees. The Geor-
gian, who is also
ranking member
of Foreign Re-
lations, did not
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On the Record
Glass Appeal Was Conspicuously Absent
From Truman's Message to CONGRESS

The President is committed to an
expansion of cheaper medical serv-
ices to the people of this Nation
with which this column is in agree
ment. He also, unfortunately, COM
mitted himself to a demand for uni
versal prepaid assurances and a
panel system as a means of achiev-
ing it.
On this subject we have written
before and will write again. 1t is
odd that in regretting the lack of
availability of medical science" to
large masses of the people, he
should make a proposal rejected al
most unanimously by medical
science. We suggest that before
Congress passes any bill, it hold
thorough hearings, call expert wit
nesses from countries with long
experience of such systems (for in
stance, New Zealand, and make an
extensive study of the matter.
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Gratis and hve
Republicans, the
Republican lead
ership is begin
ming to realize
that bipartisan
ship in foreign
affairs was in
tended to b e
based on the Re-
publicans' &C.
ceptance of the
Democratic ad-
m | n / S tration's
foreign policies.
Throug hout
the war, when
he Democrats