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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-24

slbility OF Negroes voting In the
District was too rrpulsivc To those
whose presence In Congress de-
ponds In part ON disfranC basement
Of Negroes back home.
The pattern OF housing for most
Negroes IL still that OF Alums and
the ghetto. And despite the rel.
ativrly minor gains In federal en-
ployment, tho overall picturr of
employment OF Negroes remains
one ~ rank discrimination and
wocful lack OF opportunity Thus
no Negro gets q job operating
street cars or buses or "a a
switchboard operator for the tClc,
phone company. or as \ sales clerk
In most department stores, or. Tor
that matter. in most of the non
Negro companies or stores except
~ = messenger, elevator operator.
kitchen help, unskilled labor, or
similar low.paid worker Even In
the District government. employ.
msnt opportunities for Negroes
are mircd In segregation and dis.
elimination.
A vigorous double-prunEed at
tack 10 now under way on one Of
the most shameful aspects OF raci.
al discrimination In Washington
that Is, the exclusion ~ Ncgrncs
from public eating places. In the
summer OF 1880 a suit known as
the Thompson Restaurant case
was instituted TO obtain Judicial
support for two long unused civil
rights statutes enacted some
eighty years ago by the now eN.
tinct Legislative Assembly OF the
District of Columbia but somehow
omitted from the District Codes
OF 1901. 1929, and 1910. Under
these statutes the keeper or pro
prtetor OF certain places Of public
accommodation who refuses 10
serve any respectable well be.
hRved person" without rcgari 10
race Is subject 20 a 500 fine and
forfeiture Of license for one year.
In May, 1891, the Municipal
Court 81 Appeals by a two-to-onr
vote upheld the 1879 law. appl.
cable To restaurants. but declared
invalid, at least ~ far a. rNst.
aurants are concerned" the 1879
law. which applied 10 restaurants,
hotels, barberAhops and bath.
houses Cross-appcals took the
case 20 the United States Court
Of Appeals The widespread public
interest In the case was reflected
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-24

voters pointed out sparkmAn's
civil rights record and said that
In his home state the Democratic
ticket had White Supremacy"
printed ON ths ballot. In his speech
Dewey praised Gov. James Byrnes
a. the man who drove the Ku
KluH Khan from South Carolina.
Observers here In New York say
that his praise Of the DiKiecrAt
killed the harm ne could have
done 20 the Democrats Every Ne
gro in the Empire state who can
read or listen 20 the radio dsspiseS
Gov Byrnss and the things he
stands for no Negro Dursions this
year.
Negro newspaper publishers out
East here are pleased that mel
Their party this year have set up
Negro Divisions an was tho Gus
tom years ago. In Washington Of
course there is a section In each
party which concerns itself with
the Negro voters. On the COP
side and UNDERMINED apparently,
In n section headed by well pre-.
pared Valorea Washington, who
has a full-time year around job
with the National Republican Com
mittec. on the Democratic isdo
In skillfull aAtute William Dawson
Illinois Congressman. vics-Chair-
man Of the National Committee
and n policy maker lie has set
up u civil Rights Committee com
posed Of many of the top figures
from all over the country and his
committee seems 10 be doing an
effective job.
The press section Of this com
mittee which Is apparently being
advised by D0wdAI Davis ~ the
Kansas CITY CALL and John Dav-
IL OF OUR WORLD Magazine has
been doing a bang-up job on got.
tin the news Of the New Deal
Fair Deal candidates to the vRri-
Gus Negro newspapers.
In practically every Negro pap
or important or not display ads
sHtOlIinR tho virtues Of the re-
Hpective candidates have appeared
The Anti Discrimination Commit
tee Of the UAW-CIo has also ran
full page spreads In the larger
Negro papers,
This reporter has visited Illinois,
New York, New Jersey. Maryland,
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
and from what he can see In the
street it's going 10 be a close race
with Stevenson gaining every day
The Negro vote Ii from what this
correspondent has seen In safely
Stevenson with the possible OK
ccption Of New Jersey barring
unforeseen trends.
New Workers. all want 10 know
how Minnesota 10 going We tell
them that when we left home, II
looked like q close race with
Stevenson coming In ahead. We
still think We are right. Orville
Freeman has an outside chance
10 beat c. Elmer Anderson for tho
govSrnorship II the Democrats get
out and vote william Carlson has
a hard row TO hoe 10 upset Senator
Thye. nm Carlson ls u real liberal
but Thyc ls farmer. Thyr doesn't
have an unusually great record
and voted with the DiNiecratA ON
cloture but tho farmers we talked
10 In southern Minnesota seemed
sold on him. He IL the solid con
serVative type with a slight liberal
exposure some supporters claim
Carlson fought for a bill 10 outlaw
private hospital discrimination
while IN Legislature and Tor FEE
PC.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-24
He never VOTED FOR YOU-WY SHOULD YOU VOTE FOR HIM?
SELF RESPECTING NEGROES MUST STOP THIS BOGUS DEAL
A STACKED DECK
ntG CARDS ARE STACKED WHEN
SoVnRN DEAAocRATS PLAY INN
Gnu Rl6HTS GAME

NOTHING SooO FoR MESRoES CAN
N1 coME RON a UNsnED STATES SElI-
An PRESIDED own AND CONTROLLED
rDGhaocRATS from ALABAMA. eEoR.
ca AND SoUTH CAROLINA
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-24


Perhaps the biggest lift 10 the
Stevenson campaign came last
week when Mary Mcleod Bethune
best loved OF American Negro
women announced through Con.
ErcssmRn William Dawson. vice
chairman Of the Democratic Ma.
uonRl Committee her support for
Adlai Stevenson.
Mrs. Bethune wrote letters 10
the principal dailies Of the nation
telling why she supported steven.
son. She even praised Senator
Sparkman. Mrs. Bsthuns u ire
mendous personality have wide in.
fluence with many OF the leading
white people Of the country.
Tuesday In New York abe told
reporters that not q single out
Negro. who II not In
politics had endorsed General
who shs said was q
fine but that she thought Steven
Don would make the best presi-
lent.
Dewey Attacks spArkmAn
Governor Tom Dewsy's attack
Evening star., 1952-06-05
Cab Driver Fined $50
I'm Alexandra Court

A taxi driver who could have
forfeited $40 collateral, was fined
$50 and given a 30-day suspended
jail sentence in Federal Court
Alexandria, yesterday for violating
hack regulations at the Washing
ton National Airport.
Norman L. Pulliam. 80, of 1905
Oliver street, Hyattsville, Md, was
charged with soliciting passengers
lat the airport last December S
Airport regulations prohibit any
taxicab but those authorized by
the administrator from soliciting
business there.
/ Mr.. Pulliam drives for the
Black & White Cab Co.. Of Wash
ington. Only Airport Transport,
Inc, which has a contract with
the airport, is permitted to pick
up passengers there.
Mr.. Pulliam denied that he was
soliciting business. He said he
had taken a passenger to a build
ing adjacent to the airport and
was on his way back to Washing
ton when airport police stopped
him.
Airport police said Mr.. Pulliam
stopped his cab several times at
airport entrances. He had not
picked up any passenger when
they stopped him, they said.
Mr.. Pulliam's attorneys. Dennis
Ayers and Leon L. Sclawy, noted
an appeal. The case was prose-
|cuted by Wilma p. Woolls. jr.,
special assistant to the United
States Attorney.
Evening star., 1952-06-05
Suspended Policeman Held
On Store Lootinq CHARGES

Suspended Police Pvt. Doctor
M. Green today was being held
under $1,000 bond for action of
the grand jury on charges he
robbed two stores on his beat.
Green waived preliminary hear
ing before United States Commits
sioner Cyril S. Lawrence yesterday
on housebreaking and grand
larceny charges.
He is accused Of looting the
Food Fair Market at 1919 Michi-
gan avenue NE. and the Dickey
Dry Cleaning Shop, at 1924
Twelfth street NE.
The hearing, originally set for
tomorrow, was held yesterday.
after defense counsel indicated he
would waive the proceedings,
Commissioner Lawrence said. He
agreed to reduce bond by $l,5OO
because Green had been in Jail
unable to post the earlier $6,500
total.
However. he had not posted the
reduced figure by yesterday after.
noon.
Evening star., 1952-06-05

10000 ungraded workers who
missed out on this back pay.
= \ 4 4
FOREST SERVICE-Employes
in Agriculture Departments For
est Service headquarters here are
justifiably proud of the current
article in Newsweek Magazine, de-
failing the excellent job the agency
does in safeguarding the Nations
forests from fire.
MEETING-The National Asso-
citation of Retired Civil Employees
holds its monthly meeting at 2
pm. Saturday in the National
Museum. 10th street and Consti-
tuition avenue NV.
X -
NAVY-Nine Naval Gun Fac
tory, employees. each with 20 to
40 years of Navy service, have
been cited for outstanding serv-
ice. Thomas j. Morgan, a 4O-year
employe. was presented a special
letter of commendation by Navy
Secretary Kimball. Mr.. Morgan is
chief of the distribution section.
The eight others were presented
with length-of-service pins by
Rear Admiral George H. Fort,
commandant Of the Potomac
River Naval Command. They
are Clarence p. Plumb, Yorke
Flynn. Abraham Nebelkoff, For
rest v. Plunkett. Andrew r.
Aitcheson, Henry A. Banks, Alvin
A. Beckwith and Norman w. Lear.
4 X \ +
REELECTED - Representative
Miller, Democrat, of California.
second ranking member of the
House Civil Service Committee, has
won both the Republican and
Democratic primaries in his bid
for reelection. This means that
Mr.. Miller will be automatically
reelected in November. Mr.. Miller
is one Of the best friends Federal
have on Capitol Hill.
Evening star., 1952-06-05
Specini Session Pushed

"a move to hold a special ses-
sion of the Virginia General
Assembly to consider re-apportion-
|ment of it's own legislative dis
trictS today had the Endorsement
of State Senator Harry F. Byrd
jr., of Winchester.
Mr.. Byrd told the Associated
Press he believed the special ses-
sion should be called in 1852 and
pledged his Corporation in
bringing about a fair and reason
able re-apportionment of legisla-
tive seats as required by the con-
Stitution.''
Northern Virginia, which earlier
this year obtained the States new
10th congressional district, stands
to gain more representation under
any re-apportionment plan based
on population gains.
Evening star., 1952-06-05
Truman Won't Say if He
will Veto Recorder Bill

President Truman refused to
say at his news conference today
whether he would sign or veto
legislation transferring the ap-
pointment of the District recorder
of deeds from the President to the
Commissioners.
The President told a questioner
that the measure had not yet
reached his desk.
The legislation was passed after
Congress had baked the Presi-
dents long effort to give the job
to Earl Wayne Beck. q Kansas
CITY friend.
Evening star., 1952-06-05
House Candidates Agree

Democratic and Republican
candidates for Congress from
Maryland's 5th district agree on
as many issues almost as much as
they disagree.
Meeting In debate last night
for the first time, Democrat Rich
ard E. Lankford Of Annapolis and
Republican Frank Small. jr.. of
Clinton expressed similar views
on several topics.
Neither attacked the other nor
raised any issues apt to SNOWFALL
through the campaign. Each was
courteous and friendly to the
other. They spoke before the
Langley Park Civic Association.
Evening star., 1952-06-05
Fires Cost $4,000 Domoqe

Fires causing damage totaling
more than $4,000 yesterday
burned through a Bethesda auto
body shop and the American
Legion Clubhouse at Damascus,
Md.
A three-alarm blaze at the Rein
Body Works. 4760 Elm street,
Bethesda, accounted for $1O,0 900
of the damages. The legion fire
was started by q bolt of lightning.
Evening star., 1952-06-05
Pastor Faces Charge
|Of Contempt in Talk
|0n Arlington Ruling

An Arlington Unitarian minis
ter is facing q contempt-of court
hearing for his attack on Circuit
Judge Walter T. McCarthy's de-
cision banning Federal employees
from the County Board.
The charge against the minister,
the Rev. Ross Allen Weston, will
be heard by Circuit Judge Lyttle-
ton Waddell. of Charlottesville,
on June 20. in Arlington.
Also at that time, the chairman
OF the Arlington County Board,
Robert w. Cox. faces similar
hearing before the same judge. 3
Disqualify Themselves.
Judge Mccarthy and the other
Arlington Circuit judge. william
D. Medley, disqualified themselves
from hearing the case.
Commemorative Attorney Will
liam J. Hassan has asked that he
be excused from participating as
counsel in the hearing of the Cox
case. Court officials said that they
expect Judge Waddel will appoint
a substitute prosecutor.
Mr.. Weston, minister of the
Unitarian Church at 4451 South
First place, was cited for his SER
mon May Is, reported in news,
papers the next day.
Attorney John Locke Green who
had asked that Mr.. Cox be or
dered to show cause why he
should not be held in contempt
made a similar request in pre-
senting to Judge Mccarthy q
newspaper account of the sermon
Ruling Made on May S.
Judge Mccarthy on May S up-
held a suit filed by Mr.. Green
contending that Board Member
Alan L. Dean should be ouSted
because he is a Federal employe
County attorneys have appealed
the decision to the State Supreme
Court which will hear the case
next Tuesday.
II Judge McCarthy's decision
is upheld, attorneys agree that
Mr.. Cox and Daniel A. Dugan,
who was a Government worker
when he was reelected also will
be ouSted.
Mr.. Weston told his congrega-
ton that Judge McCarthy's de-
cision conceded with the interests
of the State organization headed
by Senator Byrd. This organi-
zation dominates the Legislature
which appointed Judge Mccarthy,
the minister said.
Mr.. Weston questioned, "Is the
Judge who creates the vacancies
BY his ruling the man who should
fill those vacancies? I do not
think So"
Evening star., 1952-06-05
East West Tug Of War
Goes on in Berlin With
Frontier incidents
BY the Associutsd Press

BERLIN. June 5.-The East
West tug Of war in Red-ringed
Berlin continued unabated today
after a night of frontier kidnap-
ings and shootings.
The Russians slapped back
their ban on American patrols
operating on the superhighway
from Berlin to West Germany and
the Communist press threatened
Ia further tightening Of the Red
squeeze on the city.
The Red papers spoke omi-
nouSly Of direct blows"
West Berlin police increased
protective measures along the
perilous frontier areas bordering
the surrounding Russian zone aft
er two women were grabbed last
night by Russian soldiers and Ger
man Communist police.
The Westerners doubled to 800
the number Of alarm boxes scat
tered along the perimeter for use
In quickly Summoning police.
Radio Siege Continues.
In the British sector, British
troops and German police con-
tinued their anybody out but no
body in" siege of Russian operated
Radio Berlin into the third day.
The radio, stated by German
Communists and guarded by 20
Red Army tommy -gunners, stayed
on the air, broadcasting its custo-
mary anti-Western diatribes.
Red army guards turned back
patrols at both ends of the Berlin
Superhighway, one of the city's
principal lifelines to the West.
Other traffic was normal, how
ever.
The Russians had let an Amer
lean military police jeep slip
through to the highway yesterday
for the first time in 10 days. Ap-
parently it was just a mistake.
Russians Trigger-Happy
Trigger-happy Russian soldiers
in the divided city resorted to
gunplay at least twice yesterday.
A United States military police
man. Pvt. Wilfred r. Chenevert Of
North Grafton, Mass, was scared
on the left leg by a bullet fired
by an East German border guard
as the American turned his jeep
near the frontier.
In a letter to Sergei Dengin,
Soviet political chief in Berlin,
United States commandant, Mai.
Gen. Lemuel Mathewson de-
manded punishment Of the Ger
man guard and assurances that
such deplorable incidents will not
occur in the future"
Russian soldiers also fired warn
ing shots into the air to drive a
detail Of West Berlin police from
disputed cemetery on the French
sector border.
The Russians agreed to submit
the dispute to the Big Four COM
manders in the city when French
police moved up.
Evening star., 1952-06-05
Maryland
and
Virginia
Commission Recommends
Local Law Possoqe
News in Brief

Maryland cities should make
their own laws instead of the Cen
eral Assembly, according to the
States Sobeloff Commission.
In its second report since It's
activation in 1861, the commission
recommended that the General
Assembly be prohibited from pass
ing local laws relating to cities
and towns or the powers and du-
ties of the % counties.
Such practice would give legis-
latorS more time to consider i'm
portant matters of Statewide in
terest and would free them from
excess concern over purely local
matters" the report stated.
The commission, named for its
chairman, Simon Sobeloff, said
the measure would palce respon-
sibility for local matters on local
officials rather than on the county
delegations in the State Legisla-
ture. &
Evening star., 1952-06-05
Largest RoTc Unit

NEW YORK (P.-The Reserve
Officers Training Corps at the City
College Of New York has more
than $500 members and is the
largest voluntary ROTC unit in
the country. Col. Malcolm r
Kammerer is chairman of the
military science department.
Evening star., 1952-06-05
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

land a little cooler tonight, low Of
55-62 degrees. Tomorrow. fair
and warm.
Wind Cat National Airport)-
North by northwest, 10 miles an
hour, at 11:11 am.
Evening star., 1952-06-05
|Fuirf0x May Buy Park

Negotiations are under way by
the Fairfax County Park Au-
thority to buy old Great Falls
Park on the Virginia side Of the
Potomac River.
The board was authorized
yesterday to purchase the nearly
17-acre tract which is owned by
Evening star., 1952-06-05
Prosecution CHARGE
May Be Completed
Today Abortion Trial

The prosecution was expected to
finish presenting evidence today
In the District Court trial of DR.,
Henry L. Peckham. jr., a, on
abortion charges.
The physician is accused by a
26-year-old former woman Ma
rine Of performing two illegal op-
erations on her. one in May, 1851,
and another last January.
The trial yesterday again was
highlighted by verbal clashes be-
tween Judge Alexander Holtzofi
and Defense Attorney Dorsey K.
Ofutt. The case is being heard
by q jury Of 10 men and two
women.
At one point. Judge fIoltzoff
warned the defense counsel: "You
must not cause any commotion
Mr.. Offutt. You must behave
yourself"
The warning came after Attor-
|ney Offutt had turned and called
attention to the 26-year-old COM
|plainant sitting in the courtroom
while her mother was in the wit
ness chair. Mr.. Offutt contended
the daughter was looking at her
mother and shaking her head
while the parent testified.
Is Defense Witness.
The mother, who is from Erie,
Pa, had been called, as a defense
witness and was asked questions
regarding correspondence and
conversation with her daughter.
She apparently shed no particu-
lar light on the case on trial. The
mother was allowed to take the
stand as a defense witness, before
additional Government witnesses
testified. SO she could return to
her home.
A key Government witness yes
terday was DR.. John T. Fitzpatrick.
who testified the former woman
Marine was treated at Mount Alto
Hospital last winter shortly after
DR.. Peckham is accused of having
performed a second illegal opera
ton.
Under crosS-examination by At
torney Offutt, DR.. Fitzpatrick tes-
titled the woman first said she had
taken medicine in an effort to
bring about a miscarriage.
DR.. Fitzpatrick testified the
young woman was treated for
peritonitis and that it became
necessary for a physician at the
hospital to perform an operation.
Witness Is Heard.
Another Government witness
was George A. Christensen, %, a
friend of the complainant, who
said he talked to DR.. Peckham
about performing an abortion on
the young woman last year. Chris
tenson said he later informed the
physician he was not in favor of
an abortion.
The witness said the young
woman also had a miscarriage
last year in a downtown hotel and
that DR.. Peckham had gone there
to see her.
Christensen has been serving al
jail term on check charges.
At one point in the trial, Judge
Holtzof said certain medical
records Of the complainant. ap-
parently obtained from Mount
Alto Hospital by defense counsel
should not have been given out,
unless consented to by the COM
plainant or ordered by the court.
DR.. Peckhan, who lives in the
600 block Of Princeton place NV.
is being prosecuted by Assistant
United States Attorney Arthur j..
Mclaughlin. The trial began last
week.
Evening star., 1952-06-05

District and vicinity-Mostly
sunny and less humid with high
about 50 this afternoon; fair with
low around 81 tonight. Tomor-
row. partly cloudy and warm.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair
Evening star., 1952-06-05
Congress in Brief
By the Assoeioied Press

SENATE:
Continues debate on bill to ex-
tend price. wage, rent and credit
control.
House:
Votes on bill to extend CT Bill
Of Rights to Korea veterans, also
supplemental appropriation bill
containing funds for postal pay
raise.
Evening star., 1952-06-05
Summer School Rolls Rise

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, June
5 (SpeciaD An enrolment of 80
was reported at Martinsburg High
School Summer Term today as
the lists for work were closed. It
is slightly higher than in recent
years. ,e
Evening star., 1952-06-05

.gf -
ment. He said his committees
special investigating unit has in
vestigated the leave situation
thoroughly and has found that
the rider would not save anything
but would cost the Government
money.
"Such legislation would seri-
ously hamper Government opera
ti0nS during the national emer-
gency, would necessarily cost mil
Hons OF dollars in overtime pay
ments and would have an ex-
tremely harmful effect on the
morale of our Federal working
force" Senator Johnston declared.
"In brief" Senator Johnston
continued, "our subcommittee's
study shows that the rider would
have just the opposite effect from
which was intended by its spon-
sors in the House"
***
REGULATIONS, - The Civil
Service Commission will issue a
series Of new important changes
in Government personnel oper-
'ations as soon as the third sup
Elemental money bill is signed
into law.
Among the directives already
prepared by the commission are
those dealing with the new pro-
motion policy, reduction-in- force
changes. and placing of the
postal service on a permanent
appointment basis.
The third supplemental bill
contains the new modified Whit
ten rider dealing with promotions
and appointments, and the COM
mission has waited until the bill
becomes law before issuing its
regulations.
+ k*
PAYDAYS - The House and
Senate today are expected to give
final approval to the third sup
Elemental bill, which also contains
funds for Federal employe pay
days between now and June 30
White House approval will be-
forthcoming in a matter Of hours
after Congress completes action.
Il * **
BACK PAY-The third supple
mental bill also contains funds to
pay the retroactive portion Of last
years Federal pay raise to about