Evening star., 1950-02-24
Per|man Sees Victory
For Truman Program
On Civil Liberties

on Civil Liberties continues to-
day, high lighted by Solicitor
General Philip B. Perlman's S
statement that President Tru-
mans civil rights measures un-
doubtedly will be enacted into
law.
Mr.. Perlman spoke last night at
a conference dinner, held in the
Hotel 2400. During the evening,
Herbert Block, cartoonist for the
Washington Post, and Ted Poston,
reporter for the New York Post,
received the 9th annual Haywood
Broun Award of the CIO Ameri-
can Newspaper Guild, for out
standing journalistic achievement
in 1949, in "the spirit" of Mr..
Broun. the late liberal columnist
and first president of the guild.
| The contest over civil rights
now is approaching a climax, Mr..
Perlman told those present.
Delay Possible.
"TheSe measures have met the
most determined sort of opposi-
ton but I have no doubt
they will be enacted into law" !"
he said. "They are approved by
majority of the American people
as expressed by. their votes in the
presidential election of 1948. The
measures embody a fair program
and a realistic one. Perhaps we
shall have to wait until the cleo
ton in November of this year in
order completely to overcome the
opposition which these measures
have encountered in Congress.
But there cannot be any doubt
whatsoever as to their intimate
enactment"
In discussing President Tru-
mans statements on civil rights,
the solicitor general said this new
concept carries enormous i'm
plications, the scope of which has
not yet been fully realized"
The conference, which closes
today. is the third sponsored by
the National Civil Liberties Clear
ing House.
Awards Given Newspapermen.
The Haywood Broun award
carrying with it $500 cash to each
winner. was given by Alan Barth
OF the Washington Post, a judge
who did not participate in bal
loting on Mr.. Block. The guild
one OF more than rs national or
ganizations participating in the
conference, also was represented
at the dinner by Philip Price of
The Star, regional ANG president
and Ward Melody, administrative
officer of the unions Washington
local.
Other award entrants receiving
special attention from the judges
included Newbold Noyes, jr., OF
The Star. for his coverage of the
Dorothy Bailey loyalty case: Les
ter Grant, New York Herald
Tribune: Robert Estabrook, Wash
ington Post: John G. Blair, Cleve-
land Plain Dealer; Victor Cohn
Minneapolis Tribune; Jack Steele,
New York Herald Tribune; Roy
j. Harris, st. Louis Post-Dispatch; :;
Thomas brennan. Chicago Sun
Times; I. F. Stone, New York
Compass; Irving billiard, st. Louis
Post-Dispatch; Edwin o. Guth-
man, Seattle Times and Seymour
Marks. Long Island Press.
| In yesterdays Star story an
nouncing the winners of the
Broun awards inadvertently re-
ferred to the dinner as having
been held on Wednesday night
Biddle to Speak.
Today's conference program
was to include an address by
Francis Biddle. former United
States Attorney General, on
Loyalty Tests in Government and
Education" Many others promi-
nent in civil rights education and
legislation also were slated to
speak.
President Truman. in his mes
sage to the conference, said he
sent 1t in the sincere hope the
meeting will be fruitful of wise
counsels and constructive action