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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-09

CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 9.
(ANP) = Australian citizens are
clamoring for an leasing Of the
country's 48-year-old white only"
policy, it was disclosed here re-
Gently. The policy, in force since
1901, is designed to "keep Aus
tralia safe for the white man."
Originally, the policy had been
designed for economic protection
aimed at prohibiting the admission
Of colored races to Australia on
the belief that their entrance
would lower both living and work
ing standards. For a long time,
Asiatic countries have protested
vigorously and issued threats of
reprisals against this policy.
The country, though a member
of the British dominion does not
permit blacks, yellows and browns
from other sections of the empire
to enter as citizens. 1t does, how
ever, allow Negro entertainers
from America to come in, but only
for certain specified times.
Some Australians, even those
who like the basic principle of the
white only" policy, are beginning
to see that the country is a small
white spot in a big yellow and
brown sea. Many are of the belief
that the policy should be "watered
down." This belief is based on two
points:
First, there is a widespread dis
like for the Interpretation of the
policy given by immigration Min
lister Arthur Calwell. Many think
Calwell's deportation action
Asiatics is all wrong. Some Asia
tics have married Australians and
deportation means breaking up Of
families. The idea prevalent among
average Australians that a hand
full of Asiatics could hardly upset
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-09
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01

Only abost 81. 600 persons IN China.
"a the basis Of examination records,
can be presumed to be qualified h
even the rediments of political econ
Huy
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
Miss. Soldiers
Completes Cook
ing School

PFC Eddie Lee Hinton, son OF
Eddy Hinton of lis 10th Ave.
Meridian, Mississippi, PFC Fred
B. Smith, son of Mr.. and Mrs
James Smith of 800 Maple, Nat
chez, Mississippi, and Corpora
John Bankhead, son of Mr.. ano
Mrs. Kufe Bankhead sof Column
bus, Mississippi, have just COM
pleted the Army's PROPORTIONAL ex-
animation for cooks. The exam
nation 7.art of the new career
guidance plan, designed to facil-
itate promotions within the en-
listed grades.
These men are assigned to the
path Infantry Regiment which i;
5art of tile Pacific famed 25tf
Infantry (Tropic Lightning) Div.
;s;on, commanded by MAJOR Gen
eral William B. Kean.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
Rev. A. r. Low
Dies; Friend OF
Negro Children
Originated Plan To Provide
Vermont Vacations For
Youngsters of Harlem

Burlington, VT, Dec. "a -
The Rev. A. Richie Low, forty
nine, who gainea national fame
through sponsorship of Vermont
vacations for Harlem Negro chill.
dren, died today in Mary Flet.
cher Hospital, where he had beer
a patienet since early in November
Mr.. Low originated his plan in
1914, when he was pastor at the
United Church, of Johnson, VT.
as part of what he called a pro.
gram of aggressive good will
and improvement of relations be-
tween racial and religious groups
The first summer, seventy-nine
children from Harlem were taken
to Vermont for two week vaca
tions. They were distributed a.
mong white families, chiefly
farmers of all faiths, in twenty
two towns in Vermont hill coun.
try.
The next summer there were
more children, but even more white
families asking to take them, anc
the idea spread to New Hampshire
Conn. and Ill.
"Good will has got to be more
than just talk" Mr.. Low said
ut must be aggressive. I am sym.
pathetic to the aspirations Of the
Negro people and thought
ought to do more than just talk
shout il"
Before beginning his program
he passed ten days in Harlem q.
a guest of the Asyssinian Baptist
Church, and invited Negroes as
guest speakers in his church in
Johnson.
Mr.. Low was born in Newcastle
England. He was educated in Aher-
deem, Scotland; Montreal and New
York City, and was ordained in
1928 in the Congregational Fellow
ship of Alliance Seminary, Nyack
N. Y.
He was pastor Of churches in
Montgomery Center and Colches
ter, N. H., and last September
became pastor of the eCongrega.
tional Church al Vergennes, vt
His wife survives.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
Princeton
Students Hear
Walter White

Princeton, N. J. Dec. Is. = RAJ
cial discrimination and segreaa-
ton is seriously mpairing our ma
tional prestige in foreign lands,
Walter White, NAACP secretary
told 400 students attending a meet
ing of the Princeton Liberal I'm
ion here today.
The Union, which is CONDUCTING
an active campaign to encourage
enrolment Of Negro Students in
Princeton University, was COM
mended by Mr.. White for its con-
sistent work in breaking down
the barriers which formerly ex-
Guided Negroes. The Union has
sent letters to 1000 high school
principals inviting them to en-
courage the application of quail
flied Negroes for admission to the
University.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
Husband OF
Estranged Wife
Shot 10 Death
As proWler

A husband whose estranged
but undivorced wife was living
in the home of another man was
shot to death here Monday Night
The victim, the side of whose
face was nearly blown away by
a shotgun blast is Joe Harvey
Hulitt. He is the son Of Alonzo
Hulitt, well known Cab Driver
Of the Big Four Taxi Company.
The body of Hulitt was found
near the home of Jewel Sibley,
sos West Ash Street, In whose
home his wife is reported to have
been staying since there estrange-
ment. Upon finding the body po-
lice arrested Sibley who told the
officers that he shot Hulitt as
a prowler after calling to him to
halt number OF times before
firing the fatal shot. Sibley is
also reported to have told the
officers that the dead mans wife
had told him that she was afraid
OF her husband who had follow
ed her around on several occas-
ions, and that he would not leave
here alone.
According to reports Hulitt
was recently put under a peace
bond after he followed his wife
to the Siblcy home and threw
several bricks in the house.
Early this week no charge had
been placed against Sibley pend
ing preliminary hearing.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
John 7. Risher
Distinguished
Miss. Resident OF
Washington Is
Death Victim

Washington, D. G. Dec. IS
John T. Risher, distinguished
Washington Businessman died
here Saturday Night following a
short illness.
A Native of Jackson, Miss,
M. Risher came to Washington
a few years before the beginning
of the First World War. He en-
tered government service as a
clerk in the Navy department
and won distinction and citation
for working out plan which en-
able the department to locate
men and shups at sea any time.
Taking every advantage of the
business opportunity offered in
the nations capitol city he soon
arose to prominence in business
circles his main activities being
in real estate in which he is Gre
dited with having successfully
promoted some of the largest real
estate deals in the city. He was
regarded as among the most
wealty Washington residents.
Always actively interested in
politics he was life long Re-
publican and during the year
1913 won further distinction in
the service of the government by
becoming the first Negro to be
appointed Chief Investigator
of Senate Committee when he
was appointed Chief Investigator
for the Civil Service Committee.
Under this appointment he con-
lucted Investigations in the Post
offices at Memphis, Jackson, New
Orleans, and number of other
places, to determine the extent
of discrimination against Negroes
in Post Office Employment.
Returning to his native state
of Mississippi last year to take
part in the Republican Party or
ganization headed by Perry w.
Howard, he was elected a Dele
National Convention.
He is survived by his wife and
several grown children.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
COMIC MURDERERS STILL AT LARGE
White Man Charg.
ed With Rape OF
Is Year Old Men
tai Hospital Pt.

Annapolis, Md. Dec. 27 Will
lam Viles Webb, a 35 year ole
white carpenter was ordered held
for grand jury action after he
was accused of raping Is year
old imbecille, a patient at the
Brownsville State Hospital for Ne
groes last Wednesday.
A rs year old Negro patient
said Webb seduced night-gown-
ed Negro girl who had been lock-
ed in seclusion call for mis-
behavior.
II tiptoed down the corridor
and saw Them" he testified.
DR.. Jacob Morgenstern, superin-
tendent, described the witness as
a mental deficient with the mind
of an 8 year old. He had been
acting as carpenters helper I'M
der an occupational therapy pro-
gram.
The girl remained almost mute
during repeated questioning by
trial Magistrate Samuel J. Maxal-
uso, a nurse and two doctors. She
is an imbecile with a mental age
Of 6 or 8 years, DR.. Hans Meyer
testified.
II never touched her." Webb
said. He said the girl sat in a
rocking chair smoking a cigarette
he had given her while he fixed
radiator. X
She was taken out of her Sc
clusion room by a nurse when
Webb and his helper arrived to fix
the radiator at am. on Dec
ember 10. Webb said he led the
girl into another room Is feet
down the hall while he checked
the radiator There, leaving the
other. men at work in the first
room.
The helper said he failed to men,
ton the incident until later in
the day because 81 didn't want to
get myself into trouble"
-. The hospital superintendent, after
. staff investigation called in
Anne Arundel County authorities
that night and notified the hos
pitfalls board Of managers and the
State Board Of Mental Hygiene.
"It is fy ease to investigate
an ycase Of brutality or maltreat-
ment referrer to me- Morgenstern
said in a statement. "I investi-
gated until I found that this case
could not be solved by my actions
and ! felt that / had to turn it
over to the Stae's attorney" he
said.
Horgenstern said the hospital
ut Brownsville had a standing or
der that male employees must have
female employees present when
working in any of he female wards.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
Columbia
Students Seek Ban
On Fraternity Bias

New York, Dec % - In a
letter to President Dwight De-
Eisenhower of Columbia Univer-
sity, members of the Columbia
chapter of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People this week request
ed that fraternities discriminat-
ing against students for racial or
religious reasons be banned from
the campus.
Columbia with her widely in
ternational, interracial and in
ter denominational student popu-
lation is morally and civilly OBJ
ligated to guarantee to all who
study here equality of opportuni-
ty in all spheres of student life,"
wrote Alfred E. Cain, president
of the campus NAACP chapter,
to Gen. Eisenhower.
Mr.. Cain asserted that the sus-
pension of the Amherst College
chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi
fraternity because of that chap
ter's decision to pledge a Negro
student has forced all colleges
and universities "to examine and
either confirm or deny
their loyalty to the concept OF de-
mocratic freedom"
"No student meeting the re-
quirements for admission to Co
lumbia should be denied admis-
| sion to university fraternities OF
any other nondenominational
clubs because of his nationality
race, or religious convictions
continued Mr.. Cain, urging thai
the university administration in
sist on the inclusion of an anti
discriminatory clause in the chap
ter of each fraternity recognized
by Columbia
In the absence of Gen. Eisen
hover, Mr.. Gains letter was an
swered by University Provost Al
bert c. Jacobs, who expressed
assurance that "the liberal ira
ditions of Columbia and of thu
nation are Of basic Importance
to Columbia's president.
you will agree, am sure'
wrote Provost Jacobs that Pre-
sident Eisenhower's concern fol
liberal traditions and the prin.
ciples of democracy have beer
expressed in a lifetime of actions
which transcend words and state
ments. General Eisenhower will
take prompt action at any time
which he deems wise in the in
terests of the University, its ira
ditions and its Students"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
AIeorn Tops
WiIbeforce j.
1888

The Alcorn A. & M. College
Cagemen bounced back into the
winning column by beating trick
ey WHEREFORE University five
1888 there Tuesday night, Decem-
Der IA, to even the count in Ohio
after losing to Wiloe,-ferce State.
The Braves will head homeward
co Kentucky where they will meet
a powerful Kentucky State and
Louisville Municipal before end
ing their pre-holiday tour.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01

We Stand With The
People, By The People
and For The People.
No One Is Sofe Until
We All Are Soved.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
Miss. Soldiers
In Tokyo

Private Robert Caldwell, and
Private Robert e. Brown Of the
933rd Antia1rcraft Artillery Au.
omatic Weapons Battalion, unit
bf the 18Th Antiaircraft Ar
Killery group in Yoghoma, Japan,
has been placed on temporary
uty with the Quartermast Depot,
Tokyo, japan to guard important
rmy installations on that post.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
| w. c. Baskin
funeral Held In
koscuisko

Koscuisko, Miss. Dec. u -
Funeral service was held here
Monlay for w. C. Baskin, a for
mer resident of Jackson, Miss,
and the husband of Mrs. Bea'
trice Baskin, who is member OF
a prominent local family.
Mr.. Baskin died in Brooklyn
N. Y, Monday, December 2otn
following a short illness. He Is
a native Mississippian whose
family is well known in Lee
County and the eastern section
of the state.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
Finding Of Body In Pond Here Sun
day Reveal Comic Victim OF
Brutal Robbery-MWder
Hundreds Join In Mourning At
Funeral For Prominent Citizen
Local Citizens Plan 70 Add 70
Defender Reward

Jackson, Miss. Dec. q (DSN)-
The finding of the body Of ]. E.
Comic, widely known and pro-
minent Jackson Business Man, in
pond on the property of the
Jackson Brick Company on low
er West Lynch Street here last
Sunday revealed that he had been
the victim of the most brutal
and ruthless murder and rob
berry in the criminal history Of
the city. The body which had been
in the pond since Friday Night
when he was first reported as
missing from his home more than
week before the finding of the
body bore six pistol shot wounds.
Five of the wounds were in the
breast around the heart area.
Another was in the lower right
side. The holy also bore the
sign of a foot print in the side
where the murderers evidently
had to struggle with the body
in getting it into the pond All
of the pockets in the trousers
were turned inside out showing
that the murderers had rifled
the pockets after firing six pis-
! tolls shots into his body.
While the criminals were still
at large early this week police
authorities are confident of the
ilenity of at least one who is re-
garded as the principal in the
case. Early this week, according
| to reports the local office of the
| Federal Bureau of Investigation
has already entered the case and
| are reported to have found some
| empty shells from a % calibre
| pistol on the bank of the pand
where the body was found. A
% caliber pistol was the weapon
used in the brutal robbery-mur-
| der. While the police department
| has not revealed the names of
those under suspicion it is gen.
orally understood that the strong
est suspicion points to a Wash
ington Addition youth of about
! eighteen in the neighborhood of
whose sisters house the Comic,
car was found in Chicago We'd
nesday following his disappear
ance. Police are also reported to
have the identity of a young girl
who left Jackson in the car go-
ing to Chicago.
| The brutal AMI ruthless crime
which has aroused more concern
among Negro citizens than any
other crime in the his tory of
the city saw local groups meet
ing at Pearl Street Church Tues
day Night to determine the use
of more than 500 which has
been raised for the purpose of
aiding in the arrest of the cr;-
minals. Meanwhile the Chicago
Defender, for which Mr.. Comic
had been the local distributor
for more than 20 years has of
fered a reward of $500 for anv
information leading to the ar
rest of those responsible for the
crime.
Hundreds of Citizens from All
walks of life joined in mourn
Ing the death of man who was
regarded as one of the finest
examples of an honest and nm
right man and citizen at the
funeral services which wera
held at Christ Temple Church
where he had been an officer for
many years and one of tho
churches leading members. Bisbon
CONTINUED to mage ~
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
Garner Street
Woman Injured In
Accident

Mrs. Lizzie Dalla, so, of 1922
Garner Street sustained bruises
about the body and face when
she was hit by car at the cor
ner of Capitol and Gallatin SITS.
Monday.
The car was diven by B. l..
Hyde of 200 Bradley Street.
The injuries of Mrs. Dallas
while painful were not regarded
as serious.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
Federal Judges
Study Boswell
Amendment
FINAL RULING TO HAVE
AREA SIGNIFICANCE

hoOliC, Aid. lie DOSW6Il Amend
ment's legality is under study by
three-judge Federal Court fol-
lowing the petition of 20 Negro
plaintiffs to declare it uncon-
stutional because it is a weapon
of white supremacy"
The eventual ruling will have
Southwide significance as similar
devices to restrict Negro voting
are being studied in Georgia and
North Carolina.
The core of the attack upon the
Boswell Amendment stemmed from
letters mailed by State Democra-
tic Chairman Gessner T. McCor-
vey to Alabama party leaders
which warned that the voter quail
ification law was "all-important."
McCorvey said: eve are going
TO see our polls flooded with
thousands = tiers he have M
yet fitted themselves to paritci-
ate in ~. government I'M
less registration laws are tighten
ed"
He continued in his letter
There are any number OF coun-
tries in the black belt where I'M
less we do something to tighten
up our registration laws, we will
very likely, IN few years, have
only colorei county officials, as
in many Of these black belt coun-
ties the Negroes cutnumber the
white people from five to one to
ten to one.
ADOPTED IN REFERENDUM
The amendment was adopted in
a 1916 referendum. Result of the
balloting revealed that the rural
districts rejected the proposal but
the big city vote in Birmingham,
Mobile and Montgomery gave it
the majority for adoption.
Almost since it's adoption the
measure has been under attack
by Negro leaders who contend
that a clause which requires
"voters to understand and explain
the u. S. Constitution to he sails
facion of local registrars" has
virtually disfranchised them.
A dozen more cases are still
pending in Alabama on the val
idity Of the act.
A court decision on the case
will be returned at latter date.
Arguing for the retention of the
act, Assistant General Silas c.
Garrett asked the judges mot
to strike down the Boswell Amend
ment" because of tn ealleged ad-
ministration of Officials acting
under it."
He said the closing arguments
that the amendment was enacted
only to ensure that 'only quail
fled citizens become electors"
George L. Leighton's action for
the 10 petitioners called on the
court to declare the amendment un-
constitutional.
He asked a restraining order a
gainst the Mobile County Board
of Registrars which would bar
acts allegedly infringing on the
plaintiffs constitutional rights.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
Federal Judge Over Rules Motion
To Dismiss Equal Teachers
Salary Suit
See Early Victory For Mrs. Gladys
Noel Bates

Jackson, Miss. Dec. 27 (DSN)
- Stating that cit is not open
to argument that a school board
has no authority to pay Negro
School teachers less salary than
those of the white race, all
other qualifications being equal",
Federal Judge Sidney G. Mize
overrulled a motion to dismiss
mississippi first teachers sal
aries equalization suit in an OPP
inion rendered here last Monday.
MFs. Gladys Noel Bates, a tea
cher in Smith Robinson Public
School here filed the salary equ-
alization suit here last March on
behalf of herself and other tea
cheers and principals against the
School Board and officials of
the Jackson School District.
The State Legislature then in
session reacting to the Bates
suit appropriated $4,000 for use
of the school district in defense
of the suit.
On May 5th Attorneys for the
School District filed a motion to
dismiss the suit. On November 2
the Attorney General of Miss
issippi filel a brief supporting
this motion The brief commended
that the State of Mississippi
should be Joined as a defendant,
that the State cannot be sued
without its consent, which con-
sent it had refused, and that the
plaintiffs, had not exhausted all
administrative remedies.
The opinion OF Judge Mize al
30 stated that certainly there
can be no discrimination and if
the defendants are discriminate
ing because of race then the
plaintiff are entitled to relief
either through an yadministra-
tive remedy or throughthecourts
In the original complaint
Mrs. Bares sets forth that all
administrative remedies were
exhausted before filing the suit"
With every legal question pos
sibls to raise in such suits hav-
ing been decided in cases of the
same nature by the United States
Supreme Court in all of which
the rights of equal salaries was
upheld, observes of the case see
in the opinion of Judge Mize
here Monday an early victory
for Mrs. Bates without taking
the ease to the United States Su-
preme Court. These observers
point too and based their opin-
ion on the recent Georgia case,
Wnen Federal Judge Alexander is
sued a Declaratory Judgement
equalizing the teachers salaries,
anil see indications Of possible
similar action in a remark by
Judge Mize in which he said it
was probable that after the an
swsr by defendants was made a
summary Judgement directed to
the administrative remedy" part
alone would determine the issue
one way or the other.
Ub oVerruling the motion to
dismiss the suit the Judge gave
the boarl twenty days in which
TO file an answer. Which an
swer should be filed sometime
1uring the second week in JAN
larry, 1949.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-01-01
Halt Aid TO Dutch
Walter White
Urges

New York, Dec. % - Immed-
late withdrawal of Marshall Plan
aid from the government of The
Netherlands in protest against
the Dutch attack upon the young
Republic of Indonesia was urged
today by the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People, in a telegram sent
to Economic Cooperation Admin
istrator Paul G. Hoffman by Wal
ter White, NAACP secretary.
"The American people cannot
afford to finance or aid in any
manner the Dutch attack upon
the Indonesian Republic in vio-
lation of a previously arranged
truce" stated Mr.. White in the
telegram. "This desperate attempt
of The Netherlands governments
to re-establish prewar imperial
ism in the East Indies cannot be
sustained without American aid
In the interest of humanity and
the extension of democratic ideals
throughout the Orient we urge
the immediate cessation of all
such aid"