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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-22
Judge Rules No
Segregation In NJ
Housing Project

NEWARK, n. ]. - (ANP) - At
tempts by the city of East Orange,
N. J. to segregate Negroes in
housing project were thwarted here
last week when Judge Alfred A.
Stein of Superior Court ruled in ia
vor of a group of nine Negro veter-
an families.
The judge restrained East Orange
from segregation of Negroes in its
new Slips, 900 development. He de-
clared: THE duties and responsible
ties of citizenship are discharged
alike by the White and Colored citi-
zens. Witness the effort made, the
blood shed and lives sacrificed On
common battlefields by citizens of all
kinds of color creed and race.
Mans sense of Justice, coupled
with an enlightened understanding
of our common humanity, would
dictate that if there be a segrega-
ton in the field of civic duty and
sacrifice there be none in the realm
of human dignity and equality"
Nine married Negro veterans
brought charges, declaring that they
could not get apartments in the pro-
ject unit soon to be completed be-
cause of their race. They claimed
that 33 completed units had been
leased, and 10 were to be rented to
White veterans.
City Counsel Walter c. Ellis of
East Orange argued that the segre-
CATION did not discriminate against
the colored veterans because they
would be admitted to a North Gin
ton street unit soon to be finished.
This unit, he said, would be of equal
quality with those of the Whites.
Judge Stein said that the state
was paying three fifths of the cost
of the project, and the state called
for explicit prohibition against dis
elimination because of race, creed
color, national origin or ancestry"
He added that East Orange practic-
ed an admitted policy of purpose"
of segregation.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-22
Sex Education
Heard Or flushed?

What shall it be parents? Reflect
ing over this question were the many
high school parents who listened
attentively on Monday night to a
panel on should Sex Education BE
Taught in the High SCHOOL, AS
moderator, and head of the Guild
ance Program, Mr.. David Simmons
re-emphasized the facts that since
it is during the high school period
that the adolescent problems, and
opposition become more acute, that
their minds become warped from
warped sexual information, that sex
ual crimes are more prevalent dur
ing this period definite guild
ance on Sex Education must be en-.
dorsed by the parents and worked
into our school curricula.
The following panel speakers eX-
pressed themselves thus:
l. I. Smedley. Dade County health
officer: Until the parents endorse
the idea of sex education and per-
NIT the program to be carried
through, The Board of Public In
struction cannot act upon the idea.
We must eliminate the "stork" leg
end, and realize that the truth is the
light"
2. Dr. Francis Mitchell, Labora.
tory operator at the Christian Hos
pital: This question of sex re-
minds me of our bad habits. We
know we possess these bad habits;
we know that they will eventually
harm us, but we just hate to kiss
them goodbye. Shall we let our
children interpret this problem of
sex their way or shall we interpret
1t to them the right way? l shall be
happy to teach 1t gratis"
3. DIR. Aubry w. Henry. Prectic-
ing Physician, City Health Dept:
The cycle of life dates back from
mans beginning. The question of
the sexual urge has been approach
ed with so much timidity and fear,
and rigid moral laws, that 1t has
been placed subordinate to all other
human urges.
Between the ages 3-12. our child
rem are given unsatisfactory answers
which will only stop their persistent
questions; at 1920, they are so con-
fused and have so little factual in
formation that their actions as n
result are denounced, and classed
as indecent. Who is responsible?
Call on us for any help you may
need"
4. Nurse T. Bayles Huston: You
would be surprised, our parents are
ignorant Of their own bodies"
s. Nurse J. w. Mann, public
Health nurse, Dade County, and Mr..
Forrest Reynolds, former PTA pres
ident: Sex Education Is a basis
for healthy, happy, home life"
6. Mrs. Beatrice Robinson, PTA
president MY four girls are very
young, but their questions are not.
Children must be taught right from
wrong first at home, then 1t Will not
depart from them"
Many parents asked whether 1t is
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-22

possible for an adult class in Sex
Education to be taught. Mr.. Sim
mons said that it too will be work
ed into the program.
After the panel, Mr.. Caleb Crosby
showed the film Human Growth"
which displayed the entire life
cycle of man. The picture verified
the fact that we need Sex Educa-
ton in our schools.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-22
Without Apology

BY william Henry HUH for AMI
I wrote little poem once
Which said Don't go too far,
'Gainst which teacher-dunce
Put up a howl and bar;
But / was not deterr'd
BY what was said or done,
But happy that it stirr'd
A non.essential one.
Evening star., 1949-02-16

Griffith of the Washington Sena-
tors. Mr.. Griffith is learned
man, collector of rare porcelain.
an intimate of Presidents, and
great respecter of law and order.
but history does not record his
ever overpaying baseball player.
If the reserve clause does go out,
his players leave for greener pas
lures, and Mr.. Griffith has to
fill in at third base, I doubt If
he will be satisfied with the sal
ary he offers himself. Then we
would get truly lronical setup-
an owner holding out against him
self. And wouldn't be surprised
if, under such circumstances, Mr..
Griffith packed up and tried for
job with the Yankees or the
Red Sox.
1t would seem to me that the
only owners who have to worry
about the elimination of the re-
serve clause are those who know
that they have taken advantage
of it, and have masqueraded Big
Business behind the phrase ma
tional pastime" too long.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, 1nc)
Evening star., 1949-02-16
The Air Force Lobby
Even Truman Co.operates at Big Show
Designed to Prove His Policy Wrong

President again included in his
State of the Union message. Ap-
parently Mr.. Truman likes merely
to stay on the record; UNIT in
the present state of world affairs
Is a dead letter and his defense
advisers know it.
Hearings on the defense budget
have not begun, but last years
pattern seems due for repetition.
Secretary Forrestal will present
the official budget and the ap-
portionment between the three
services which gives the Air Force
SIS air groups. His subordinate,
Air Secretary Symington, will then
stick to his testimony before the
Finletter commission that 10
groups are the minimum neces-
sary for security. in his opinion.
Public Policy Question.
Congress gives every sign of
needing Mr.. Symington. There
will be members, however, who
are going to insist that Congress
also give some thought to the
questions of public policy in
volved in the unique position
which the aircraft industry oc-
cupies with respect to the
Treasury.
The industry obviously is al
most completely supported by the
taxpayers. but there are no legal
limitations on its profits. It is
organized into its own trade as
sociation and its principal compe-
tition, some members believe, is
that for the favor Of Air Force
officers. Not even the Navy In
the days of the great battleships
had a whole industry so COM
pletely at its mercy.
These are matters which some
of the statesmen want explored,
including those who will vote for
expanded air power.
Evening star., 1949-02-16
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. A-13


less. I am convinced they'll catch
airplanes.
Indeed, the exodus from such
cities as Washington, st. Louis
and Philadelphia should be along
the lines of the Oklahoma land
rush. Shortstops will vie with
pitchers for seats on planes and
trains, and outfielders and catch
erS will claw and scratch for ad-
mittance to the presence of such
owners as Yawkey, Wrigley,
Stoneham and Veeck. And why
shouldn't they?
True, Connie Mack is the most
venerable man in baseball, a great
manager, kind and thoughtful,
and an inspiring sight as he
peeks over the celluloid fence
that serves him as collar, but
name me a player who wouldn't
give up the privilege Of playing
for Connie for an $500 raise in
pay.
If his players leave him, Mr..
Mack can't cry that they ale
being disloyal to the city of Phila-
delphia and its fans, because every
time Mr.. Mack has put together
a club that brought a pennant to
Philadelphia, he has sold it off as
if the players all were Typhoid
Marys" or confirmed arSonists.
Griffith at Third Base?
The same is true of that snow
thatched neighbor of his, Clark
Evening star., 1949-02-16
.cLemore
Griffith Might Seek
Greener Pastures, Too
By Henry McLemore

Owners of baseball clubs are
acting these days in a manner
remindful of Southern plantation
owners just before Lincoln freed
Evening star., 1949-02-16
This Changing World
Kremlin Seen Signing With Relief Over
Senator's Stand on Atlantic Alliance

moments notice. All this was
known to the chancelleries of the
Western and Northern European
states.
However, the statements made
by Senators Connally and Vanden-
berg may have devastating effect
on the public opinion of Western
European nations. The man-in-
the-street in Paris, Rome, London
and Oslo knows nothing about
the American Constitution, except
that it is a fine document.
Newspaper headlines saying
America Refuses to Be Drawn Into
Another War" may have a drastic
effect on the morale of those
peoples, particularly since Com
munist propagandists already have
started to shout that America
wants to fight Russia to the last
drop of European blood.
Called Bait for War.
Nobody in Europe believes that
any one country has the slightest
chance of stopping a Soviet attack.
Most of them have a longer men,
ory than their politicians and re-
member that neither World War
I nor World War II could have
been won by the Western democ-
racies without the help of the
United States.
For months Soviet propagan-
diSts have been telling the French
and Italians that the Marshall
Plan was only bait to lure them
into a preventive war against the
U. S. S. r., with the United States
delivering some war materials
while Western Europeans once
more would deliver the flower of
their youth
The Atlantic pact. as envisaged
by its trainers, was intended
among other things to allay the
fears of those people who were
prone to listen to the voices from
Moscow. Whatever official reports
by officials of the European Re-
covery Program may say. it is ad-
mitted off f-the-record by most of
our observers that so long as there
is no security there is little chance
for the Marshall Plan to make any
substantial forward strides.
Neither Senator Connally nor
Senator Vandenberg believes that
if Russia makes an armed attack
against Western Europe we could
afford to stand aside and await
developments. Senator Connally
later explained that he meant the
American Congress would retain
it's right to decide when and how
this country shall intervene. But
the original statement at this time
has created a feeling of detection
among Europeans and is being
used extensively by the Reds to
show that America is bent on
sacrificing European masses
rather than helping them.
Evening star., 1949-02-16

a capital K, too.
AS you doubtless know, the re-
serve clause binds a player to one
club, making it impossible for him
to offer his services to the highest
bidder. Once player signs a
contract with a club, that club
owns him body and soul, and he
must stay with it until the own
ers decide to sell or trade him.
The owners feel that when and
if the clause is removed players
who think they are underpaid
will catch the first bus out of
town and head for the offices Of
richer teams, thereby causing a
stampede at the headquarters of
the Yankees, Tigers, Indians, Red
Sox, Cubs and Giants.
They'll Catch Airplanes.
I think the owners fear that
many of the players will catch
buses to seek richer fields is base
Evening star., 1949-02-16

throughout the world.
The cold shower which these
two leading Senators turned on
the countries of Western Europe
is likely to dispel, for a time at
least, the most serious headache
Moscow has suffered since the
end of the war-despite Senator
Connally's later efforts to clarity
the situation.
The Western nations decision
to create a defense force against
aggression from the East had be-
come a problem for the Russians,
not because they were afraid such
a force might challenge their
military might, but because they
had to decide in the near future
whether to continue the cold war
or to prevent by force the crea-
ton of the defensive coalition.
The North Atlantic Pact is
predicated exclusively on the idea
that the United States and Can
ada will join the European coun-
tries outside the iron curtain.
1t is not merely a question of OBJ
tanning war materials from this
country, but also of getting some
pledge that if the Reds begin
their onslaught against Western
Europe we will not hesitate to
come to its rescue.
Safeguards Necessary.
The statements of the two Sem
ate leaders do not change in fact
the fundamental position Of this
country. The Western European
governments are fully aware that
no administration can obtain from
Congress carte blanche to put us
into war whenever the Chief Exec
utive wants to do so.
The Western European govern
ments have been told that the
North Atlantic Pact, when sub
mitted to Congress, will have to
contain safeguards against the
idea that the manpower and ma
terials of this country will be
thrown across the Atlantic at a
Evening star., 1949-02-16
SubversiveS in South
Klan Still Flourishes Under New Name
Clark and Snyder Urged to Take Action

no way of keeping out Of its en-
ploy members of the Association
of Georgia Klans." The Attorney
Generals list is used as guide in
Federal employment. r'"
Complimenting the Justice De-
partment on the manner in
which it has handled threats to
our democracy from the totalitar-
ians of both the right and the
left" Mr.. Harrison said. "We
trust, however, that the depart
ment in its necessary concern
over Communists does not forget
that We face a real danger from
the extreme right"
Documentary Evidence.
How true this is in the case Of
the Klan, by whatever name, is
revealed in the catalogue of depre-
dations submitted by Lester
Fercells of the Atlanta Chapter of
AVG. They include burning ct
crosses at several places in Georgia
to frighten Negroes and keep
them away from the polls: fog
ging of both whites and Negroes
for alleged infringement Of self
ordained Klan code of morals; in
timidation to prevent Negroes
from joining labor unions.
Evidence shows that the Klan
has made little pretense even to
put on a new front. DR.. Samuel
Green of Atlanta. Grand Dragon
Of Georgia of the previous Ku
KluX Klan, is also Grand Dragon
Iof the Association of Georgia
Klans. Under its new name, the
order uses the old application
blanks, the same insignia and re-
gala, the same books.
Evening star., 1949-02-16
By Doris FIeeson

The Air Force has now shown
this hardened Capital a new apex
in lobbying.
It has produced the President
Evening star., 1949-02-16

Ku Klux Klan Thomas L. stokes.
still lives under the different title
of Association of Georgia KlanS,
and still rides on its missions OF
terrorism and intimidation under
the banner of white supremacy, :"
as press reports from the South
show. It's continued existence and
spread are matters of common
knowledge in the South.
Letters to Clark, Snyder.
A few weeks ago Gilbert Harri-
son, American Veterans Commit
tee national chairman, wrote to
Attorney General Clark and urged
that the Association Of Georgia
Klans be put on the subversive
list.
At the same time he wrote to
Treasury Secretary Snyder and
asked that the Internal Revenue
Bureau reopen against the Associ-
alton of Georgia Klans the tax
case it had brought-and dropped
against the Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan, Inc.
No action has come from either
department.
In his letter to the Attorney
General, Mr.. Harrison referred to
a directive by the Civil Service
Commissions Loyalty Review
Board to loyalty boards of all
Federal agencies to "conf1ne their
consideration and assessment Of
derogatory information to organ
izations on the Attorney Generals
list"
Since the Association of Georgia
Klans, the new name under which
the Klan operates, is not on the
list, the AVG chairmen pointed
out that "the Government has
Evening star., 1949-02-16

IL. ms is prOD- Dorh E'eesoh.
ably the first time in history that
the President has co-operated
with a lobby against bis own
policy.
1t was solemnly announced by
the Air Force that Chairman
Vinson of the House Armed Serv-
ices Committee had asked it to
stage the show for the benefit
of those responsible for passing
on national security matters. a
select list embracing the Armed
Services and Appropriations Com
mittees of both houses. How .
ever, none of the platoons of the
very best brass who hovered So
licitously over the distinguished
visitors showed bandaged wrists
or betrayed other marks that
physical persuasion had to be
applied to them.
Congress a Pushover.
Less influential air power en-
thusiasts who could not get into
the carefully guarded Andrews
Field show could walk into the
lobby of one of the Washington
hotels where the aviation industry
was spreading its wares in happy
anticipation Of Air Force pros
perity. One simple statistic shows
what it means to the industry
According to the Finletter report,
95 per cent of the output of the
aircraft industry is taken by the
United States Air Force.
Actually Congress is increas-
ingly a pushover for air power.
Besides its own obviously powerful
merits. air power takes the legis-
lators off the hook on universal
training, which elected
officials detest and which the
Evening star., 1949-02-16

SASS o4S wv
T h ~ are
Wailing to all
who will listen
that if outfeld-
er Danny Gar
della W in S his
100000 dam
age suit against
organized base
ball, and thus
puts an end to
the eSe r v e
clause in base
ball contracts,
all will b e
chaos. and with
Evening star., 1949-02-16

ana most OF
his cabinet, in
Guiding its own
boss. Secretary
Forrestal, at a
tremendous air
show here de-
signed to prove
to Con G r e S S
that the Air
Force n e e d S
more CO m b a t
groups t n a n
t he Truman
Forrestal budg-
ct allotted to
Evening star., 1949-02-16

that committee
in the 8 O t h
Congress, that
they would op-
pose a ny kind
of automatic
CO m m j t ment
for the United
States to go to
war under the
projected A t.
lantlc Alliance
was sweet mu-
sic to tn e
Kremlin a n d
its Communist
Evening star., 1949-02-16

AUX hldQ, Inc.
The organ
ization no long
er exists under
that name. 1t
was disbanded
as such in 1914
when it faced
an income tax
d e Ii n q ue n C y
case by the In
ternal Revenue
Bureau, which
t h e r e u p o n
d op pc d the
case. But the
Evening star., 1949-02-16
BY Constantine Br0.cn

Mondays statements by Chair
man Connally of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee and
Senator Vandenberg, chairman of
Evening star., 1949-02-16
Bv Thomas L. Stokes

On the list of so-called sub
versive organizations compiled
and maintained by the Justice De-
partment is the knights of the Ku
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
Committee Votes
TO Keep Curbs On
The Sale of OIeo

Washington (LPA)-By a fast
maneuver, the supporters of lift
ing federal restrictions on the sale
of oleomargarine were licked in
the House Agriculture Committee
last week.
Both AFL and CIO spokesmen
appearing before the committee
had supported a measure which
would have lifted federal taxes on
margarine. Bitterly opposed by
dairy interests and Congressman
from the butter producing areas,
the bill was replaced in committee
by a measure which in addition to
lifting the tax prohibits the inter-
state shipment of colored margar-
inc.
Thirty states permit the sale Of
yellow margarine, but colored mar
garine plants are located in only
II of them. This means that, in the
other states, housewives will still
have the tedious task of home coll
oring, if the bill as reported by the
committee finally becomes law.
A hard floor fight is predicted,
with a close vote.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
DC UNIONS JOIN
YMPHONY ASSN

Washington (LPA) = For the
first time since it was set up in
1888, unions in the District of
Columbia are participating in the
Embarrassing program of the Natl
Symphony Orchestra.
Under the leadership of the Am
erican Federation of Musicians
AFL, local labor leaders from
AFL, CIO and independent unions
have joined the symphony associa-
tion and several unions have made
financial contributions to the asso-
ciation's work.
Sylvia Altman, chairman of the
Labor Unions Committee of the
National Symphony Assn, points
out that the symphony SHOULD be
an institution of all the people" !"
Other civic groups have been rep
resented on it for years.
Local 161 of the musicians here
has already joined. For the first
time the local has something more
than the employer-employe rela-
tionship with the symphony. One
of the aims of union representa-
tives in the group is to see that
there are more neighborhood con-
certs held in the future.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
Rules Closed Shop
Strike Illegal In
West Coast Strike

Washington (LPA)-In a final
ruling this week on one of the first
major cases filed under the Taft
Hartley Act, the National Labor
Relations Board has said that
strikes by unions and their mem
bers to obtain a closed shop con-
tract are illegal
The Board ruling was against
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen-AFL and its
Local 421, of Los Angeles, which
had struck against IL stores of
the A & P in Los Angeles.
The union had been charged
with an unfair labor practice after
as butchers left their A & p jobs
in 1947 during a strike that lasted
several months to get inclusion of
a closed-shop clause in their con-
tract with the stores.
The NLRB Trial Examiner in
the case, William E. Spencer, had
held in his decision that the union
did not violate the closed shop
clause Of the TIL act by merely
striking for inclusion of that
clause. He argued that 'discrimin-
atom as defined in the TIL Act,
meant an 'act' against some indi-
vidual or group of individuals, and
the union had not practiced such
discrimination. His ruling was re-
versed by the Board, which held
that even attempts at causing an
employer to discriminate against
anyone not a union member must
also be violation of the Act.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
Puerto Ricans Strike Mills

San Juan, P. r. (LPA)-Thirty
two out of 35 sugar mills were
closed last week as a result of a
strike Of 10000 field and factory
workers here. Seeking a 50c-an-
hour minimum wage for field labor
and 75c for factory workers, the
unions involved called out their
members after the Sugar Produc-
ers' Assn offered a half-cent-an-
hour increase for skilled labor and
none for field hands. To union de-
mands of $1,000 individual insur-
ance, with premiums paid by the
company management offered $500.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-17
Plane Stewards Win Pay Hike

Chicago (LPA)-Pay increases
of 60796 for domestic runs and
1861 for overseas flights were
won last week by the Airline
Stewards & Stewardesses Associa-
tion-AFL in an agreement with
Chicago G Southern Air Lines.
improvements in vacations, meal
allowances and hours were also
mediated in the first renewal of
basic contract between the COM
pany and the union, ASSA ann
ounced.