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Evening star., 1949-06-24
Deplores Publicity
Drawing Attention 70 Communists
1sa the H,4ftay nf Ths RtAY

To the Editor Of The Star
1t is my opinion that you all are making
connlete fools of the United States and its
Government. Can't you see that all this pub
licity about Hiss and copion Is Just the
boost that Communists want? They can't
get publicity any other way.
Getting people stirred up won't do any
good. They'll start wondering about an
organization that could tempt Americans TO
destroy America. They may even investi-
gate. Can't you see this is what the Com
munists want? Please stop punlicizinf
them so much. BY 50 doing. you VIII fol
their attempt TO draw attention 70 them
selyes. HELEN g. CRACK.
Evening star., 1949-06-24

Senators Might Show sympathy
For Poor In Practical Manner
To the Editor of The Star:
Now that unemployment is increasing every
day, Senator'S can show their sympathy for
the poor and vote for the repeal OF the oleo-
margarine tax. A saving Of 10 cents
pound certainly will be appreciated by mil
lions. Seems strange that the butter lobby
list has so much influence with Congress. and
the door voters must trust to luck for their
welfare. JOHN RIGGLES.
Evening star., 1949-06-24
Not Hyxserieal AhSut -HystesiA"
Abost Csmmmnixss and SpSes
o. sa4. u.s8s@~ - Tr&~s Memst

N0f HyxtkfNM AbWut mysNM
Abest Csmmunists and spses
re the m6asos 81 Tss star
There's d lot of myxteria about this hys-
terra we hear about simply can't hnd
among nay acquaintances any one who ss
hysterirai about Communists or spses- !
am forced 10 conclude that The only cEes
Who are hyssers0aI are certain adnainistra-
ton otirsals who don't resish xhat ID oesrx
disclosed. certain columnisss xhc consist
ensly follow the administration line, and
few Communist sympathszeys who naFe
some,hinr 10 hide. rr ether words. tssoAe
VITO are hysteYical ere not very numerical.
Z. D. w.
Evening star., 1949-06-24

O. How many prins nEhtsFa dssd iast ysmr
M . result Of injuries received wia1le nKnksAa
In the rinR7-~I X. ".
A. In isse rms deaths nurnhesr6 IL, enan-
partng with In 1917 and III an isss
Evening star., 1949-09-28

Beautifully designed and constructed brought to you
at the grand saving Of $855 The double pedestal table
has two convenient drop leafs and acenter extension leaf
for added space The top is exquistely grained ma
hogany The graceful carved legs have brass
finished claw feet The smart chairs have broad curved
backrests simulated leather seats and stretcher bases
Evening star., 1949-09-28
Special Purchase!
Ihick-Flu
Chenille
B'EDSPR + !! ! RE / 7! ADS 1 |.
$ 80

What's the mark Of good bedspread? Why
thick, fluffy chenille closely tufted! These are
brought to you at grand saving, have lovely
multi-color designs on white backgrounds. Your
pick Of double Or twin sizes
Evening star., 1949-09-28
$o.o5 Colortul NON SKID
Loop Pile Cotton Rugs
4.95
5 !. J. 81 ~ =. 80

Fine loop pile rugs give such an attractive look to
your floors. These are heavily woven with non
skid backings to help prevent slipping. In gray
rose, gold red or green. s4x54-in. size.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Ethridge Preparing
To Go 10 Palestine

Arrangements are expected to be
completed at the State Department
today for Mark Ethridge, publisher
of the Louisville Courier-Journal
and Times, to 60 to Palestine as
q member of the United Nations
Cancellation Commission.
He succeeds Joseph B. keenan,
who resigned after q brief tenure
because Of the press of private bust
ness.
Mr.. Ethridge arrived here from
Louisville yesterday and was sched
uled to see Secretary of State Ache
son early today. The White House
formally announced his appoint
ment today and Mr.. Ethridge said
he would leave in about 10 days fol
an indefinite stay.
Authorities here said Mr.. Ethridge
was requested to take the assign
ment as matter of extreme
urgency.
Mr.. Ethridge formerly served as
American member of the United
Nations Balkan Commission which
Investigated help given Greek Com
munist troops by Yugoslavia, Al
baria and Bulgaria.
The other two members Of the
Palestine Commission are France
and Turkey. The commissions task
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Emmanuel D'Astier, q Communist
member Of parliament.

Emmanuel D'Astier. q Communist
member Of parliament.
Speaks Through Translator.
Mr.. Kravchenko, speaking in Rus
sian, addressed the court through q
translator.
when I arrived in the United
States, my plan was to get out from
under the Soviet regime and fight
It," he said. II quit the Soviet to
tell the truth about a regime that
| is not of truth but of barbarism
The Kremlin rulers reduced the
Russian people to despair by impos-
ing on them q reign Of terror"
The trial, expected to last three
weeks, may develop into a propa-
ganda forum in the East-West cold
war.
Fifteen Soviet citizens have been
granted special permission to leave
Russia to testify against Mr.. Krav-
chenko, who renounced Commun-
ism while in the United States as
an oficial of q Soviet purchasing
mission.
Among them are Mr.. Krav-
chenko's former wife Zina, whom he
married when a student and di-
vorced six months later, and q
former girl friend named Trina.
About 80 Russians in exile, in.
cluding an unidentified hero of the
Red Army" are expected to testify
in Mr.. Kravchenko's behalf. They
are from Western Europe. Some
escaped from the Soviet zone.
The author charges the paper
libeled him in articles that ques-
toned Mr.. Kravchenko's veracity
and made other accusations Of q
personal nature against him.
Mr.. Kravchenkos book Is a story
of his life. 1t explains why he de-
cided to fight Communism. About
600, 900 copies have been sold In
France in the last two years. Since
the trial was announced 5000 copies
have been sold daily.
After Mr.. Kravchenko's split with
the Soviet he testified before the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities concerning Soviet espion-
age in the United States.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
kravchenko Testifies
KremIin Is Terror
OF Working Glass
BY the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, Jan. 24.-The author OF
II Choose Freedom" told a French
court today the Kremlin rulers
are the terror of the working class
and have ordered an unrelenting
assault on his book about life be-
hind the iron curtain.
AS the trial of Victor Krav-
chenko's libel suit against Les Let
tres Franchises. a pro-Communist
French newspaper, got under way
long list of witnesses was called
including many prominent in
French political lie. Among them
are Pierre Cot, member of Parlia.
ment who was Air Minister in the
Popular Front government of 1886;
Frederic Joliot -Curie, atomic scien-
tist and a devout Communist, and
Evening star., 1949-01-24
Truman Urged to Name
Neoro ice Member

President Truman was urged to-
day to appoint a Negro to the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. The
suggestion was made by Edgar G
Brown, director of the National
Negro Council, in a telegram he
said he had sent to the White House
Evening star., 1949-01-24

He recommended Col. Kenneth
Campbell, Chicago Democratic
leader, and said the appointment
would go far to expedite the elm
ination of discrimination and segre-
cation on the common carriers"
Evening star., 1949-01-24

| is to take over the peace-making
efforts now being conducted by the
U. N. acting mediator, DR.. Ralph
Bunche.
Evening star., 1949-01-24
ADVERTISEMENT
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any drug store.
The southern news., 1949-03-26
Former Slaves
Son, Now A
Business Head

'The great news in the South
today is that an increasing num-
Der of men of both races are
working together amicably for the
prosperity and well-being of all.
Throughout America my people
are maturing and prospering and
launching their own enterprises. !"
So declares Charles C. Spauiding,
writing on What This Country
Means to Me-" in the March
Readers Digest. His article is
condensed from The American
Magazine.
Son of former. slave, Mr..
Spaulding at "A is president of
the huge North r. glina Mutual
Life InsuraneeS ccI ksd of a bank
Efth SIS rrslliss. Lnssouroes. d.
hector OF sevelsi e ySpanies. trus-
tee of Howard University Shaw
University and North Carolina
College, and chairman of a large
hospital. He has been invited to
conferences at the White House.
THAT" he says, happened in
America in the American
Southland"
Born on small North Carolina
cotton farm 10 years after the
Emancipation, Spaulding attrib-
utes his success, in part, to the
example of his father. "At a time
when the Ku Klux Klan was rid
ing in the South" he says, my
father refused to hate any man
He lived to own prosperous
farm and to be a leader in his
community. His success story is
vastly more impressive than mine
because - starting with the En-.
ancipation - he had to work out
completely new pattern of ex-
istence."
Spaulding left his fathers farm
at 20 to complete an eighth-grade
e9r cation, because our country
school didn't go that high ;.
Studying spelling and arithmetic,
he washed dishes for $40 a month
in a Durham. n. c. hotel to earn
his way. The insurance COMPANY
he now heads was organized bv
himself and two other members
of his race.
The southern news., 1949-03-26

/ been lost with the Mayor and the
Knoxville General Hospital Staff
when DR.. Lennon suggested to the
Negro physicians that they seek
other avenues by which to reach
their goal, which was the right to
treat and operate on their pa
tients who enter the Knoxville
General Hospital, a public hos
pital. supported by the taxes of
all the people of the City of Knox
vile.
He suggested that the Negro
Doctors go back to the East Ten
nessee Hospital Association. This
is the Association in which the
Negro Unit was born. At the next
meeting of the Association, DR..
Lennon made a. motion that they
carry their case to court, for in
the first place they had nothing to
lose. because they did not have
anything, but had all to gain If
they won their suit, which they
did. They turned their case over
TO an eXpesienced lawyer OF our
race, and when the case was tried,
the Chancellor decided in favor of
the Negro Doctors. In rendering
his opinion, he made the follow
ing statement, Amy Doctor who
has satisfied the State Board of
Tennessee is equal to any other
doctor in Tennessee who has done
likewise" Therefore, the Courts
decree gave Negro Doctors equal
rights to practice or to operate in
the Negro Unit at the said Knox
vile General Hospital.
Thus, upon the motion of DR.. E.
F. Lennon. the Negro Doctors and
the East Tennessee Hospital Asso-
citation have prepared the way for
the Negro boys and girls, who fin
ishe medicine and nurse training,
to practice their profession and to
serve the people in the Negro
Unit at the Knoxville General Hos
pital, all of which grew out of the
Helen Mae Lennon Hospital.
When DR.. Lennon thinks of his
life's work, it is great pleasure
for him to know that he has done
something to elevate his people by
giving them the best service with
in him.
The southern news., 1949-03-26
The Government
Power Program

AS was expected, the President
has requested very large appnopria-
tions for public. power, rechma-
ton projects. and rural electrifica-
ton. In the State of the Union
speech, these requests were nat
urally couched in general terms.
From now on, every socialistically
inclined group in the country will
be urging Congress to Immediately
adopt it's own pet scheme. If these
groups have their way, the tax
payers will be assessed billions for
generating plants and transmission
lines, and the private power in
dustry. which is one of the coun-
try's largest and most dependable
taxpayers, ultimately will be de-
stroyed.
1.-THE concern of Congress must be
whether this ptogaatn, w;lach il, III
line with the current British activ-
ity in socializing industry, is either
necessary or desirable. At the pres
ent time, the private electric in
dustry is advancing new power
development faster than ever be-
fore, with special attention being
given to the requirements of agri-
culture and the national defense.
If the government doesn't spend a
single penny for socialized power,
the Job of electrifying all rural
America will be practically COM
pleted sometime in 1851. and in
every part of the country there
will be a safe margin of generat-
ing capacity over anticipated de-
mand.
SO far as the government gen.
Grating plants are concerned, the
private utilities are prefectly able
to distribute the power if given a
chance, on terms favorable to the
government and the consumer
alike. This is now being done in
some areas, and the only pepole
who seem to be dissatisfied are
the out-and-out socialists. What
defensible reason can there be for
the government building costly dis
tribution lines which simply dupli-
cate lines already in existence?
Finally, if specialization of power
is a good thing, so is specialization
of any kind of enterprise. The
theory that any nation can ex-
ist part free and part totalitarian
has long been exploded. The pro-
posed power program, with all its
ramifications, would take us a long
way along the road to the dicta-
torship that England is now fol-
lowing.
The southern news., 1949-03-26
Filibusier Curb
Urged In NAA(P
Pamphlet.

New York, March 10.-Terming
the Senate filibuster "a national
new pamphlet pub
lished by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People entitled Look at the Fill
buster" explains the current Sem
ate controversy over Senate Rule
Xxi on Cloture and urges back
ers of the Presidents Civil Rights
program to press persistently for
adoption of a rule providing for
cloture by majority vote.
Senate Rule XXI did not
scotch the filibuster," the ,NAACP
pamphlet points out. Even under
rule XXI, minority of one third
plus one of the Senate retains the
power to block cloture and veto
any legislation whether it be an
appropriation for the national de.
Tense, bill to change the tax laws,
an enactment of civil rights mea-
srres Never has cloture been
INVOKED on civil rights issue"
Urging voters to let their voices
be heard in demand for an effec-
tive cloture rule, the pamphlet as
serts, In the 194S election
the people voted for. civil rights.
:. To surrender tc the shameful
demands of the shoddy and dis
credited Dixiecrats is TO repudiate
the peoples mandate"
An urgent appeal for funds to
assist the NAACP in it's vigorous
anti-filibuster fight was made this
week by Walter White, the Asso-
cations secretary, as he expressed
appreciation for the $507 contri-
button raised for this purpose by
the. Denver NAACP branch at a
recent mass meeting. Political
freedom is not achieved without
cost" declared the NAACP secre-
tary 1T takes money to carry on
the fight to curb the filibuster.'
Referring to expenses incurred
by travel, communication, confer
ences, literature, and other activ-
tiles, Mr.. White stated IF we are
to mobilize our full resources, we
need the gcherousl financial sup
port of all persons and groups in
terested in achieving national
civil rights program. We cannot
afford to lose this vital struggle
through want of sufficient funds
The NAACP national office an
nounced that approximately $500
was raised at a Fortieth Anniver-
sary Ball given by the Manhattan
Committee for the NAACP on
February 21. Branches in Hill
burn, N. Y; Kingsvilie, Texas;
Three Rivers. Mich; Clarion, Pa;
and klamath Falls, Ore, have also
made contribr tions to the Associa-
tion's Fortieth Anniversary Fund
The southern news., 1949-03-26
PAIR TO SERVE SENTENCES
FOR SEGREGATION VIOLATION

New York, March 2As- - Two
men convicted of Violating North
Carolina's transportation segrega-
ton law left today for Hillsboro.
n c., where they said they would
surrender to serve 30-day sent
ences. Bayard Rusgin, 34-year-old
Negro secretary of the Fellowship
of Reconciliation, Congress of Ra-
cial Equality. and~ Igan Rooden-
ko, 50. said they would be joined
at Hillsboro by Joseph Felmet, Of
Asheville, N. c.. and Andrew
Johnson of Cincinnati.
Rustjn and Roodenko said the
four were arrested iii April, 1947,
during brs trip hrough the
South to determine whether
| Southern states We're adhering tc
1916 Supreme Court decision
banning segregation of Negroes in
interstate travel
Rustin and johnson. also a Ne
The southern news., 1949-03-26

sro. seated themselves in the
whito section of bus the others
took seats in the Negro section.
Rustin said all refused to move
when ordered to do so by police,
were arrested, convicted and SEN
fenced to serve 80 days each.
Their appeals were rejected by
the Supreme Court of North Caro-
lima. Rustin. said, but they decided
to forego an appeal to the u. S.
Supreme Court ito avoid prejudic-
ing another case which is coming
before the Supreme Court and
which is considered a better con
stitutional test of the state jim
Grow laws
Rustin said the case involve;
Howard \. Lee, Negro member O.
the L. S. Olympic boxing team
who, he said, was charged Will
refusing to sit in the Negro sec
ton of a train.
The southern news., 1949-03-26
ALABAMA GOVERNOR Sees ADVENT
civil RIGHTS IN THE SOUTH SAYS
NO THREAT TO SOUTHERN CULTURE

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Especially
- Exactly one week after a three
judge federal tribunal ruled in
Mobile that Alabama's Boswell
amendment was Unconstitutional"
another attempt 0 b Negroes
from voting cropped up. Satur-
day, Jan is, Atty. Horace Wilkin-
son, q state political leader an
nounced he was drafting a pro-
tirely from the Democratic party
in Alabama"
Meanwhile, former Gov. Chaun-
cey NJ. Sparks startled political
circles in Montgomery when he
issued a formal statement declar-
ing that civil rights program for
Negroes is coming and the south
might as we'll get ready for it."
Both Negroes and whites alike
were surprised, since Sparks had
long been an outspoken advocate
of segregation and separation, al
though he also contended for
equality"
From the viewpoint of the Mont
gomery Advertiser, local daily, the
statement was arresting because
of him who uttered it." The state
ment will alarm or offend a formi-
dable element in this state.
Its editorial comment on Jan. is,
continued: But it comes from q
thoughtful man. 1t comes from a
man who was known for a gen.
GRAFTON as the Barbour County
Bourbon And it comes from a
man who is planning to ask the
people of this state to re-elect him
governor of Alabama presently.
HE apparently believes that
Alabamaians are aware or can be
made aware t h a t the so-called
threat to southern civilization was
always fraud, and that changes
are in progress the same as they
The southern news., 1949-03-26
His Motto: 'Not For Self But For Others"

DIR. f. F. Lennon owned and
operated the first Negro Hospital
in East Tennessee with a nurse
training school recognized by the
Committee on Standardization of
Hospitals in Tennessee as an a.
Class Hospital.
DR.. Lennon graduated from Me-
harry Medical College in the year
of 1917, and on November 8, 1917,
he opened his office at 1913 West
Vine Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee,
where he is still located.
DIR. Lennon saw the need for a
Hospital in Knoxville for his peo-
pie in order that they might re-
ceive the best medical and surgical
care. At the same time he was we'll
aware of the fact that a Hospital
would not be an asset as to fl
nance. but liability.
In 1922, DR.. Lennon purchased
building located at 800 e. Clinch
Avenue; remodeled it and estab-
lished the Helen Mae Lennon Hos
pitaf therein. The Helen Mae
Lennon Hospital was the first
chartered, registered, "A" class
Negro Hospital in East Tennessee
with nurse training school whose
nurses were permitted to take the
examinations given by the State
Board of Examiners of Nurses in
Tennessee. He operated the Helen
Mae Lennon Hospital successfully
until 1929, at which time the Ne
gro Unit of the Knoxville General
Hospital was completed and ready
to receive patients. All of the Ne
gro doctors of Knoxville were on
the Courtesy Staff at the Knox
vile General Hospital. which in
fact did not mean much to the
Negro Doctors.
The Negro physicians got to-
gether in the Knoxville Medical
Society and formulated a commit
tee to interview the Mayor of the
City of Knoxville and the physi-
clans who constituted the Knox
vile General Hospital Staff. The
Committee held conferences with
said Mayor and Hospital Staff or
their representatives for more than
two years without any satisfactory
results. All hopes seemed to have
The southern news., 1949-03-26
Young Negro
Finds, Returns
Wallet, Cash

MOSCOW, Tenn. March 10 -
B. F. league, an electrical appli-
ance service man who received a
postal in the mails saying "get in
touch with me at once, this is a
matter of Importance" got his wal
let and cash back today.
The finder was a young Negro,
15-year-old Frank Watkins, son of
the principal of the Germantown,
Tenn, Negro School.
When league answered the mes
sage, young Watkins turned over
the wallet and 1852 in cash and
checks. From the roll of $3.50 in
bills, league peeled off $40 as a
reward.
You are one in a thousand to
return this wallet" said league,
You and your parents should be
complimented."
The southern news., 1949-03-26
Negro Hero Dies
In Baltimore

Baltimore, March 20. - Allain
Johns died hero's death in a
Baltimore hospital today.
The 30-year-old Negro has been
lying on a hospital bed near death
since March 13 the day he
snatched five persons from the
second floor of a flaming house.
He stood on a burning porch
roof in suburban Essex and lifted
his wife, his father-in- n-law, two
women and a boy to safety. Then
the porch roof collapsed plummet-
ing him into the flames.
His life-saving efforts cost him
fractured skull and first, second
and third degree burns over his
entire body. He had been given
only the slimmest chance of re-
cOVerY
The southern news., 1949-03-26
A Guide To
Fire Safely

w. f. Mallalieu, general mana
ger of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters, recently announced
that the 1949 edition of that ox-
ganization's national building code
has come off the press. It is to be
distributed to municipalities, build
ing officials, schools, libraries, and
so on. The first code appeared in
1905, and this marks the sixth re-
vision.
The purpose of the code is to
make our buildings safe, and il js
a composite of the views and en-
perience of fire protection eng1-
neers, the building industry, and
others. In Mr. Mallalieu's words
1T is practical approach to the
building code problem because IL
will encourage a large amount of
standardization; approved Ameri-
can standards and nationally rec
ognized standards of trade associa-
tions have been widely used
The chief advance included in
the 1949 code is an article reuuir-
ing all existing huildings-no less
than those to be built in the f1t-
ture-to conform to certain mini
mum requirements for safety TO
life. This is a direct outgrowth
of the lessons learned by the ter
rible hotel fires occurring in 1916
A code which d does n OF affect
buildings erected prior to its adop-
tion is seriously inadequate from
the safety point of view.
No community can afford TO be
without the most modern building
code possible-and that code mug
be backed up by rigid, impartial
enforcement. The National Boards
new code is the best obtainahse
guide.