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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-12-03
BY Floyd Snelson

NEW YORK - EXCLUSIVE -
(CNS) - The name of Bill Robinson
has been synonymous with the
theatre for nearly half century.
About everybody in the nation has
been or heard Of the dancing magic
of the famous Negro actor. His
nickname, "Bojangles" means
Happy go lucky" and that, during
his tireless career of hard work and
success best fits him.
Bill always has great capacity
cor amusing with verbal inventions.
The outstanding word he has given
our language is 'copasetic" which
can be defined as couldn't be bet
teri or Sitting on top Of the world"
have known Bill Robinson many
years, more than a decade. we
often came in contact with one an
other on and off stage. l can never
forget one evening we had an argu-
ment, with difference of opinion,
and it grew SO hot that he ran me
out of his dressing room. He apollo
gized to me later and often gave me
advice in show business. Some
years later I ran into "Bojangles"
backstage at the old Downtown Cot
ton Club, 4Sth and Broadway, and
he said Hello Snelson, come on
with me. I'm going to buy you a
drink, but it amt what you think"
We stopped at a street corner foun-
tain and had a milkshake and while
standing there hundreds Of Broad
way fans lined up for his auto
graph.
"Bojangles" obviously Is the great
est performer Of his race OF this
generation and has no challengers
in his style Of precision dancing or
the glow Of his stage personality.
Notwithstanding the fact that he is
the most initiated and copied person
In show business.
Robinson was born in Richmond,
Va, and came up the hard way.
AS a boy, he trained to be Jockey.
But he had dancing bones" and,
before long, was touring the coun-
try at five dollars a week in a
gaudy spectacle '"The South Before
The War" His next step was vaud-
vile, IN company with George Cooper
who acted as his straight man. 1t
was as a single, however, billed as
the Dark Cloud Of Joy" that Bo-
jangles first began to show his gen.
ius as a dancer. He has never had
any formal training in the art, but
the experts have written many miles
of columns on his skill.
His famous stair routine has been
the objective Of every dancer but it
is generally agreed none approach
the grace and technique Of its Gre
ator. Broadway acclaimed him time
and again at the Palace, where the
Kings and Queens Of Vaude held
sway. Later, in "Blackbirds" in
$50 after he starred in Brown
uddies" he went to Hollywood,
pending "a long while in motion
lectures.
He again drew national attention
when he was teamed up with Shir-
ley Temple as her Uncle Bill" and
these films were some of Shlrley's
most successful vehicles. Returning
east he played the lead role in THE
Hot Mikado" that was quite sue
cessful on Broadway and the New
York Worlds Fair. Then he went
west again for the flicker stormy
Weather" and others. He also starr
ed on the west coast in Sid Grau.
mans Revue Born Happy" and his
last Broadway show was in John
Wildberg's musical Memphis
Bound" in 1945. Since then he has
continued in vaudeville.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-12-03
Delegates To ClAC
Named; To See Classic

TUSKEGEE INSTTTUTE-(ANP)
The annual meeting of the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic conference
will be held at the Booker T. Wash
ington High school in Miami, Fla,
December SO, it was announced
here last week by r. S. Darnaby.
secretary-treasurer. The conference
president is DR.. st. Elmo Brady of
Fisk university.
City officials and members of the
school board have Joined in the in
vitation to the conference to hold
this years meeting in Miami. The
conference members have been in
vited by Florida A and NJ college
to witness that schools annual foot
ball game with A and T College of
Greensboro, n. C. which will be
played in the orange bowl on Satur-
day, December 10. Other courtesies
will be extended the visiting college
athletic representatives while in
the city.
During the conference sessions the
coaches and athletic directors will
complete basketball schedules for
1949-5O, arrange baseball and foot
ball schedules for 1850 and make
the usual awards.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-03-15

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sive hauling charges at harvest, and all storage charges
Above all, it gives the farmer control of his grain at all
times. / would recommend Quonset buildings to grain
storage problems"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-03-15

Cyril Burney, Nebraska farmer says-
sour Quonset paid for itself last yeari Quonsets are
great buildings for storing crops, and it pays any farmer
to be able to store what he grows himself SO he can
sell at the time he wants to sell. We held our grain in
the building until February. The increase in grain prices
by that time paid for the Quonset- Without the building,
we'd have had to sell right away or pile it in the open
gith some loss,s
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-03-15
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When not in use for grain storage, your
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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-03-15

On-the-farm storage saves you money!
Ouonsets adapted to store wheat and other
grains, save you transportation costs -.
the cost of the storage itself -. and IA
you dockage on ground-stored grain. Many
farmers have paid the full cost of their,
Ouonset in one season, just from the saw
ings on storage alone!
Then, too, when your grain is stored on
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keting of your crop. Without exception.
farmers who have used Quonsets for grain
Evening star., 1949-03-11
Thin Margin of Victory
Congress Mavericks Like Sims Give
Truman Program Chance of Passage

ern colleagues in the coalition
with Republicans in the fashion
that almost has become tradi-
tional.
This was Representative Sims,
Democrat, of South Carolina, who
symbolizes the newer generation
in the South which reflects the
gradually increasing progressivism
of that section. as well as the
viewpoint Of the generation that
fought the last war. Representa-
tive Sims. who is 27 years of age.
had a notable war record as a
paratrooper with the 101st Air
borne Division in Europe. win
ming several decorations. Enlist
ing as private, he rose to
captain.
After the war he engaged in
newspaper work with his father
at Orangeburg. S. c., for a time.
He was elected to the State Leg
islature and went to law school
at the University OF South Caro-
lima at Columbia. the capital,
while serving as a legislator. In
his campaign for the House. in
which he defeated the conserva-
tive incumbent, Representative
John J. Riley. he began months
ahead Of time and conducted
virtually a house-to-house can
vass Of his district. the second
district. in middle South Caro-
lima and the largest and most
populous in the State. 1t is about
half industrial and half rural.
Won Concessions.
Holding the balance OF power
in the committee, he won a couple
Of concessions from the admin
istration leadership on the COM
mittee-exemption Of agricultural
workers from the measure and the
right to offer an amendment on
the floor for a graduated increase
to IS cents in two years. begin
ming with IS cents at the outset.
But his support. with these
concessions, contrasted with the
opposition of his three Southern
Democratic colleagues - Repre-
sentatives Barden of North Caro-
lima, Wood of Georgia and Lucas
of Texas. He was. moreover,
bombarded by small industries in
his district as we'll as farmers
against the bill.
There are a number of Hugo
Sims in the House of the 8lst
Congress, some from the South,
some even among Republicans.
and they are likely to supply a
thin margin Of victory on numer-
Gus Truman proposals, first in
committee and later in the House
itself. Representative Sims pres
ence on this key committee, which
also will have jurisdiction over
labor and health legislation, in
dicates the wisdom of the personal
pressure brought by President
Truman on his House leadership
at the outset of this Congress to
infiltrate key committees with
more progressive members to Off
set the conservative Southerners
and Republicans.
Evening star., 1949-03-11

pSoSS oo 1OoAAAA
has turned out to be, the Soviet
Grooming Commission would have
to choose a boy. not a man. be-
cause Stain did not achieve his
stature overnight. He has been
working at it for over half a CEN
tury, ever since he was 16 or II
years old.
1t wouldn't make much sense to
have Molotov exiled to Siberia for
Is years or so, and yet that
would be required if Molotov were
to follow in his masters footsteps.
AS a young man, Stain was in
and out of Siberia so much that
to this day he hates to 60 up and
down steppes.
Officer Purge Cited.
Another thing that the Soviet
Grooming Commission is going to
have to worry about is where to
find enough generals and other
high officers for Molotov to tor
ture and execute as did Stain on
one of his playful week ends not
too many years ago. Being as
belligerent as she is today, Russia
probably would hate to lose bat
talon or so Of her most capable
officers.
Yes, sir, the Grooming Commis-
sion has lot of problems.
Consider the death by famine
that Stain imposed on mil
lions of Russians some years back.
There is a chance that even Molo-
TOW, undelightful character that
Evening star., 1949-03-11
Civil Rights Struggle
Truman Assurance to Negro Leaders
That He's in Fight to Stay Is Reported

Vice President will say April IL.
In his intensive campaign last
fall, which many give the lions
share of credit for the Demo-
cratic successes, Mr.. Barkley never
trimmed once on any issue relat-
ing to the South. civil rights or
tidelands oil. A Kentuckian, he
has also resisted the temptation
to indulge in "I'm a Southerner
myself" oratory.
AS for his ruling. he has done
patient, painstaking homework on
it. He takes the Senate seriously.
1t has been his life work, and he
does not want to let it down now
for political expediency. So he
has reworked and restudied the
whole question.
His Birmingham speech will be
important historically to his party.
And Senator Hills campaign will
be, according to the signs and
portents, atomic.
Evening star., 1949-03-11

social reform measures on the
Truman program. for its provi-
sions for increasing the number
of workers benefited and raising
the rate from 40 cents an hour
to a fat IS cents which the COM
mittee approved are highly con-
troversial and were vigorously
challenged by a great variety Of
businesses affected.
Once again. in this instance.
there appeared the old familiar
coalition of Republicans and
Southern Democrats which for
nearly 10 years has played such
havoc with New Deal proposals,
first when offered by President
Roosevelt and more recently by
President Truman. But this time
the coalition that had been so
successful in the Education and
Labor Committee could not pull
off the trick.
Three Southern Democrats
Joined with the nine Republicans
on the committee But they were
outvoted, though narrowly. by
13 Democrats, who we're able to
put over a bill that achieved most
of the administration detectives.
Some few concessions were neces-
sary. 1t was quite substantial
victory, however. because it ap-
peared a few days ago that the
administration might get only a
token measure limited largely to
a fiat increase in the rate from
40 to IS cents an hour without
extending coverage to additional
workers.
Southerner Gave Margin.
Most significant was the fact
that the margin of victory for the
administration was furnished by
a Southern Democrat who refused
to go along with his three South
Evening star., 1949-03-11
This Changing World
Severest of State Departments Critics
Reported Satisfied With Alliance Draft

such an act in the same light as
we would an attempt to take
Hawaii.
American and foreign diplo-
mats, fully aware of the deep
meaning of the pact, point out
that If the United States had
been willing to take the same step
before World War II. that conflict
could have been avoided. Neither
Hitler, TOTO nor Mussolini would
have pressed their programs to
the point Of armed conflict If
they had been put openly on no.
tice that America would not toll
crate their ambitions for world
domination.
Our attitude toward a world
conflict in the few years which
preceded the Nazi attack on
Poland was nebulous and lent it
self to speculations which were
successfully exploited by the Axis
propagandists to allay fears in
the minds of their peoples as to
what America would do in the
war.
People Know What to Expect.
The top Axis leaders themselves
believed that because of the tradi-
tional American policy against en-
tanglement in foreign alliances
there was no real danger that the
American people would support
intervention abroad.
The situation will become very
clear now, however, as soon as
the Senate has discussed and ap-
proved the text of the Atlantic
alliance. Would-be aggressors-
that is to say. the U. s. s. r., the
only nation which has any ag-
gressive capabilities-will be OPEN
ly informed that the era of ex-
pansion toward the West must
end or they must suffer the con-
sequences. These consequences
will be unmistakably indicated in
the Atlantic pact.
While some observers fear that
the result of the ratification of
such an agreement and its subse-
quent implementation-by provid-
ing weapons for defense to the
members of the pact-may compel
the Kremlin to start the ball roll
ing" others believe that it will act
as a deterrent to Soviet expan-
sionist plans.
In any event, the American peo-
pie will not be subjected to any
surprises" and will know exactly
what to expect after the Senate
ratifes the agreement.
Evening star., 1949-03-11

pr0Val.
Our international agreements of
the last 10 years, and particularly
those concluded during World
War II, were all shrouded in mys-
terry, and the public learned their
contents on the installment plan,
through both intentional and un-
intentional disclosures by those
who knew about them.
Even the best of those agree
ments, the Atlantic Charter
which began as a dual arrange
ment between the United States
and Britain and eventually en-
braced all the nations which were
fighting the Axis-Was conceived
in deepest secrecy and, because it
had no treaty value under our
constitutional system. eventually
could be declared only a signpost
of a general policy.
Nothing Secret in Pact.
There is nothing secret in the
North Atlantic pact. despite the
fact that for the first time in
our relationship with foreign ma
tions, the agreement is said to
provide that the United States,
together with the other sigma
tories, will consider armed attack
on any one Of them an attack
against all.
This means. for instance. that
if the U. S. S. R. decides to en-
croach with armed force on the
territory of Norway. the United
States will consider it in the same
way as we would an attack on
Alaska or New York. Or if. for
instance, the U. S. S. r. should
decide to establish itself by force
in Spitzbergen we would consider
Evening star., 1949-03-11


home territory. April II next,
none other than the Vice Presi-
dent, key figure Of the present
battle, will make the Jefferson
Jackson Day dinner address in Bir-
mingham. Ala.
Perhaps Mr.. Barkley was think
ing of that coming engagement
as we'll as Of the immediate Sen
ate fracas when he chatted yester-
day with friends about the ap-
proach Of his controversial ruling.
As usual, it reminded him Of a
Story.
He felt, he said, like the man
who had been tarred and feath-
cred by some Klansmen and was
about to be ridden out Of town on
a rail. His captors asked their
victim If he had anything he
cared to say. Well" said the
unfortunate man, I'll say this:
If it weren't for the honor in
volved, I'd just as soon walk"
Never Shrank From Task.
The Vice President, however. was
never one to shrink from a task
imposed by his party, which is
one reason his victory last No
vember was even more popular in
Washington than President Tru-
mans. The President asked him
to take the administration stand
ard into Alabama and Mr.. Barkley
consented.
Immediately sensible Of what
his appearance involved, Alabama
States Fighters. including State
Chairman McCorvey and National
Committeeman Rushton, are boy
cotting the dinner. Principally
responsible for the arrangements
is Mayor Meighan Of Gadsden.
one of the few members Of the
Alabama delegation at Philadel-
phia last summer who refused to
join the walkout.
1t is understood that Senators
Hill and Sparkman will accom-
pany the Vice President to the
dinner. In fact, the dinner in a
sense represents the launching Of
Senator Hills campaign for re-
election in 1850 under the regular
Democratic banner.
The irony is, Of course. that both
Senators will be fresh from sup
port of the filibuster. The stu
alton in the State seems to COM
mand that loyalty. though their
otherwise pristine New Deal rec
ords indicate that at the least they
would like to consider civil rights
legislation on it's merits.
Administration to Aid Hill.
The States Fighters are reported
searching for a strong candidate
to oppose Senator Hill, who has
always had an uphill fight against
the conservative factions of his
party. He will get all the help the
administration can give him: a
former whip Of the Senate, he Is
we'll regarded here and would have
been leading contender for ma
jority leader this year had not his
States bolt and general intransi-
gence not injured his national
status.
No one can predict what the
Evening star., 1949-03-11
Labor Party Wins Election;
Maintains 4-Year Record
BY the Asseeietsd Press

LONDON, Mar. 1.-The Labor
Party has maintained It's four
year record Of not losing any OF
its seats in Parliament to the
Conservative opposition.
The Laborites retained their
seat from the st. Pancras district
in an election Wednesday. Ken
meth Robinson, Labor, got 16.185
votes: N. S. Shields. Conservative,
11,118, and John Mahon, Com
munist, 854.
The Labor Party has kept 81
seats in Parliament in special
elections since 1945. Conserva-
tives have held on to II and
gained three from independents
or minor parties.
The ballot totals in the st. Pan
cras test showed decline of 553
votes from Labor's 1878 in 1945.
The Conservatives received 2,0l0
more votes than in l945. There
was no Communist candidate in
the previous election.
Evening star., 1949-03-11
he Is, wouldn't like to do that

he is, wouldn't like to do that
Consider also the difficulties of
training a man to be as ruthless
with the church, as dishonorable
in his pledges and callous in his
feelings toward all men of good
will as Stain.
Started Too Late.
To my way Of thinking, the
Grooming Commission is doomed
to failure. It started little bit
too late.
The only man who could have
filed the bill Is gone. He died, to
the best of every ones knowledge,
in a Berlin bunker, and his name
was Adolf Hitler. Had the Rus
slams captured Hitler, they would
have the man who could have
stepped into Stalin's shoes with
out rattling.
The Russians are said to be still
looking for Hitler. Now we under
stand why.
They don't want revenge-they
Evening star., 1949-03-11

direct his lead
ers. Nobody is
ready to antici-
pate what this
i m p Ii e S until
the fate of Vice
President Bark
ley's ruling on
c lot ture is
known.
But admins
tration pl la n S
are alre a d y
made to carry
the fight to the
States Right
erS in their
Evening star., 1949-03-11

who have seen
the draft of the
North Atlantic
Alliance say
nothing is con-
cealed, t er e
are no jokers
and there is no
ambiguous Ian
G u a G e in it.
The text will be
fully publlclzed
before it is pre-
Sented to the
Senate for dis
cussion and ap-
Evening star., 1949-03-11

t he rece n t
shake-up in the
Russian h | G h
c o m m a n d
brought for t h
the speculation
by diplo mats
that this was
just what was
being planned
for Vyacheslav
Molotov.
To develop as
complete an in
ternatiOnal dis
turber of the
Evening star., 1949-03-11

offers a good
ca Sc history Of
the situat ton of
President Tru-
man and his
program in the
81st Congress,
and 1t appears
more encourag-
ing than some
r e C e mt pessi-
mistic analyses
would indicate.
This measure
provides a good
test generally
Evening star., 1949-03-11
Bv Thomas L. Stokes

What happened in the House
Education and Labor Committee
on the expanded wage-hour bill
sought by the administration
Evening star., 1949-03-11
By Doris FIeeson

President Truman has assured
Negro leaders within the last "a
hours that he is in the civil rights
fight to stay and that he will so
Evening star., 1949-03-11
.cLemore-
Hitler Would Make
Best Stain Understudy
By Henry McLemors

How would you 60 about groom
ing a man to take Joseph Stalin's
place?
This has puzzled me ever since
Evening star., 1949-03-11
Bv Constantine Br0,pn

Dy = UUSTUWTTUE DTUUU
For the first time in many years
the State Department is being
given a good mark by it's most
severe critics. Those Senators
Evening star., 1949-03-11
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. A
H.

want a capable understudy in tho -
wings of the Kremlin.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate. rnc.)
Evening star., 1949-08-18
CeHerOffersDeuI
ToGet Tickets to
Army-NoWG Game
By the Associated Press

my Dear Colleagues" Repre-
sentative Celler. Democrat. OF
New York. wrote other House
members, II would deeply appre-
ciate the opportunity of exchang-
ing agriculture yearbocks or
farmers bulletins for tickets to
the Army-Navy footbalD game
this fall"
Each member of Congress gets a
quota of football tickets to the
game and also quota of farm lit
erature. both in demand by con-
stituents.
In my constituency" Mr.. Gel
Ter wrote, the demand for Army
Navy tickets Is overwhelming, end
1 am hopeful tina. this offer OF
exchange may alleviate the prob
lem"
Each member of Congress may
buy a total of Is Army Navy
tickets-eight from each Of the
Academy Athletic Associations
They cost Sc apiece. but the mill
tary academies give a 81 discount
on each of two tickets for per-
sonal use by a member of Con-
greSS.
Evening star., 1949-08-18
By the Assoeiuied Press

Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia
picked up new reinforcements to
carry on his fight with Moscow
today with assurance from the
United States that he can buy
an American steel mill.
After months of consideration,
the administration granted the
Yugoslav government an export
license which it needed before
placing the order for the plant.
President Truman said today
that it was on his orders that
the Government granted the per-
mission for purchase of the steel
mill.
He told news conference that
the National Security Council
studied the matter and recon-
mended letting Yugoslavia have
the mill. Then, he said. he per-
sonally ordered that it be sent.
The American decision repre-
sents the strongest and most risky
move taken by the American Gov
ernment to help the Yugoslav
dictator since he split with Mos
COW nearly IA months ago.
1t also settled a long standing
Evening star., 1949-08-18
Two Air Force Fighters
Collide at 5000 feet
By the Assoeioted Press

SAG HARBOR, N. Y, Aug. 1S.-
Two Air Force twin-engine fighter
planes collided at 5000 feet near
here today. One man was seen
to parachute.
State police said they had, an
unconfirmed report that two
bodies had been recovered near
the scene on the north shore Of
Long Island about 100 miles east
of New York City.
Mitchell Field authorities said
the all-weather Mustang planes
F-82s-carried crews of two men
each. They were on a training
mission as part of the Air Force
SD All-Weather Group based at
Mitchell Field.
One plane plunged into little
Peconic Bay, Air Force authori-
ties said. Police and volunteers
hunted the countryside for the
other.
An Air Force spokesman said
no names would be disclosed until
relatives had been notified.