Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-12-29

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gave before the KosfRuvrr COM
mittoo Of the United States son
ate. Jones was called from Next
90 10 give hia information, and
Roe from his home here In Chi.
CaEo.
Although the policy rackSt may
be rccling . bit because Of the
koefauver action. Il hasn't fallen
people arr Still playing policy on
the aouthside where most bf Chi
Cages Negroes live this week,
In the meantime two white
policy rackstecrn wvnt FRYE n
they refused to testify before tho
Koefauvrr committee and states
Atty Boyle brought the charges
against them.
Jones and Roe ara being chArE-
cd with the technical violation Of
the city ordinance which malsns
II illegal TO operate n policy
wheel. Conviction could bring
about prison terms Of one 10 five
yeara,
Here are the facts revealed In
the sensational testimony given
out by Roe and Jones,
Profits from tllcir Maine.
IdAho-O Ohio wheel duFinR tho
past five years have totAIed
nearly SB.OO0, 900.
A. least 30 wheels operate at
all times on the Bouthaide. with
about 10 Of 10 solid whsels max.
ing regular profits all the time,
Negroes do not own all the
policy wheels, and they possibly
do not own most Of them.
- m tfWo1es -tus~rcssry Tnssee ~
not tied In with politics In Chi-
cagO
because OF these key facts re-
vsaIed In this situation, many oh.
servers have been asking the
following questions:
Il racial prejudice involved IN
the arrest Of Jones and Roa1
rested during kocfauvsr hearings,
They're the only two persons ar.
although q humber Of top racket.
GERS have been interviewed by ths
committee.
Why did sJOnes come all tho
way from Mexico city 10 talk ?
Why did he and Roe talk %
much ? DID they tell AL" bscaune
of some kigd Of deal with sith4
the local II federal governmsnts
How doef chicaEo's policy rec
ket ut In Adth tho Ro-callsd m.
tlonaI crime syndicate run by the
descendAnta of the Al Capono
bootleEginR prohibition dRysH
Here In what are supposed 10
he the best answers for ths ques-
tons above.
Aaron Payne. attorney for
Jones. brought up the question OF
racial anti eonism In court Tor q
hearing on q writ Of hAbeaA cor-
pus for his client lie claimed that
only the two Negroes were ar
rested whIr the whites were VI
go. 3,
Payne rompIAlnnd out Of
court tiiat BOyte personally
acted n fbe oas.s Of Jones and
RSs. Win two whites. Pat
Manning (AIlas MAhnOD and
Pete TreYont. escsped s"rr Ar.
rest.
Speaking, for the states attor.
nsy's 0fflct Joseph Atwsii, as'
sistAnt Ststs's attorney and a
Negro, safd, NO racial motive 10
involved Here. ThSrs was no other
choice for M but 20 arrest Jones'
and Roe after uhs things they re-
Vealsd."
AtWeIl nbtsd that the white
Witnesses s1tuAlly Fsvealed very
little or nhlng about thsir con-
nsctions in the policy racket.
lie termed THE rsad angie 81
mare "Strsst talk" S..
Ab6ut Jtnss return ts Chicago
--hsrss tlr score. Zones II stiIi
an Ainericbn citizen. lie was sub
peOnasd uadrr federal order In
MexIco 0tk and had % return 10
Chicago. VI left thsS,.wfndy city
q few yearD ago after hs had been
kidnapped bor q reported 500. 900.
There aEe numerous theories ~
10 why tis Negro policy kings
told 20 mn h about their business.
LSwis A. r. Caldwell. author Of
The Poli King" . sociological
report On the rAckst In Chicago.
haa this say about II: ~
4 King tglksd 10 that
ny couI proIOng npsiE 4ls a
business sfOTs ths bl9
rAokstssrs m0ye n. ThSse ls "
deal with ths bShos These men