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é SATURDAY, SEPT EMBER 14, 1946.

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Leaders Seek to Unseat Senator
Bilbo in Radio Broadcast

WASHINGTON ~ NNPA ~
The denial of a seat in the
Fightieth Congress to Senator:
Th2odore G. Bilho, Democrat,
ct Mississipy was urged last
Thursday night.by four speakers over the Mutual Broadcasting System.. Time was ~made available be: the network for the four speak
ers to reply to Senator Bilbo,
who gave his views on ~whit
supremacy~ on a program over
the same metwork August 9.
~ Charles H. Houston, chairman
of the national legal committee
of. the National Association fc:
the Advancement of Colored
People, asserted that Pilbo~s
open confession over the radio
that he is a. member of the Ku.
Klux Klan disqualifies him from
taking the oath of office as
Senator. as
~As a Klansman,~ said Mr.y
Houston, ~he (Bilbo) took ari\
oath to be loyal to a_ secret,
invisible government founded
not upon equality but on _ inequclity betwe2n citizens,~ ad
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ference for Human Welfare,
who acted as moderator: for
the program. ~But suppose Bilbo is seated?~ he asked.

~Then we will have the satisfaction of knowing that we
made the fight for decent, democratic government; that we
~vied to mak2 the Senate a
law-making body which the
other peoples of the world will
trust and respect,~ replied Dr.
Mex Yergan, executive director of the National Negro Congress.

Thomas Richardson, interrrat10nal vice president of the United Public Workers of América
(CIO), pointed out that~

~Senator Bilbo, as a lawmak
port
hola

the Constitution and upthe law, but in the reMississippi primary elec~tion campaign, to assure his
nomination, h'2 openly advocated the suppression of #ie Negro vote by violence.

~Behind the

atorial immunity he has be2r

ding:

~He (Bilbo) cannot be loyvl to the Klan and to the Corrstitution of the United States
at the sam>z time.

~The Senate of the United
States will stultify itSelf in the
eyes of the entire world if it
seats an open professed Klans
man as one of its members.
True, Other Klansmen have
slipped into the Senate unnoticed. But Bilbo is out in
front. parading in his nightshirt.

~Furthermore, we maintain

that Senator Bilbo by. his app2als to violence and_ suppression of the Negro vote ir his
primary campaign prevented a
frc2 election by the qualified
voters of Mississippi, and that
unless the Senate of the United States places itself without
reservation on the side of free
elections in all parts of the
country, it makes a farce of
the American demand for free
elections in the occupied countries. of Europe.~

~If the Senate refuses. to
seat Senator Bilbo, democracy
in America will have won a
freat victory,~ commented Dr.
Joseph L. Johnson, dear of the
Howard Mdical School and
chairman of the Washington.tne leading spokesman for lyn~cn-law.

He is one of the chief

sxponents of the poll tax, which
1 tisfranchises ten million citizens of the South just becaus2
tiey are poor ~ seven millior
of them white and three million Negroes.

~Further, his program of terrorism is designed to. k2ep the
'vgorking people of the South
in a state of insecurity and
prevent them from obtaining
the security that is one of the
fruits of trade union organjzation.

~Bilbo aS a lawyer
resitate to encourage
the law to gain his ends. On
the ~Meet the Press~ program
over this station August 9, he
admitted that he had made
campaign speeches urging the

does not
breaking

~white people of Mississippi to

visit Negro voters at ~ their
homes the. night before~ the
election and tell them to stay
away from the polls.

~Senator Bilbo calls this ~diplomecy,~ but the Bilbo definition of diplomacy in Mississippi is intimidation and _ lynchlaw. He may not do the lynching with his owr hands, but
his speeches and activities give
courage and support to a lot

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PAPER

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Among the great galaxy of stars appearing in MGM~s technicolor ential ~~Till the Clouds
Roil By~ is lovely Lena Horne, the popu'ar songstress who is featured in three elaborate
~Till the Clouds Roll By~~ is based on incidents i in

'the life of famed composer Jerome Kern,

film.

THE SPORTS REALM

MARTY SERVO never was a
champion. No. man is a champion if he ducks his opposition.
The boxing commission Scored
with the big bell wher they
stripped him of his crown. What
better way
a titleholder that he must be
worthy of the crown that he
represents?

sRAY ~SUGAR~ ROBINSON
ind George Gainsford have announced that they will claim
the welterweight title after the

is there~to warn!

By Ralph Campbell
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RAY ~SUGAR~ ROBINSON official weigh-in, but it most
THE UNCROWNED likely will not be authentic. If
CHAMPION eliminatioy tournaments have

been conducted befOre in simiiar situations, then why change
now?

NO ONE doubts that ~Sugar~
is the rightful king. He is a
~reat publist, classing with Joe
Gans, Benny Leormard, and Harry Armstrong. Never has_ he
ducked an opponent, and always has he performed like a
champion. Only when you ~have
seen him, can you realize how
great a fighter he really is.

IF AN elimirfation tournament

is conducted, the chances are 99
out of 100 that Ray will emerge
victorious. Then, a_ real king
will sit upon the. throne!
SERVO is a good pug, but
certainly not the peer of his
class, as long as Ray ~Sugar~
is around. ale
SPORT JOLTS
WILLIE PEP, the great little
featherweight king, forgot his

friendship for Walter Kolby last}.

Wednesday; amd scored by a
TKO in the 5th round.-It was
a good fight while it lasted and
much credit must be given to
the game Blasdell youth for his
courageous stand against one of
the best litthe men in the game.
Pep, Ray Robinson, and Joe
Louis are the ~Big Three~ of
boximg, far beyond anything in
their division: Kolby. is still a

j ~asy, boys.)

BRIMM~S 2 ioend KO of Pittsburgh~s ART HARDY was
Surprising to many, but not to
us. When Henry settled~down to
punching, he changed the tide
of battke and forced Hardy to
match him~or else. Brimm is a
good boxer, but a better puncher. Purnchers don~t necessarily
have to g2t pounded around. In
the case if ~Hammerin~~ Henry,,.
he is clever enough to defend

~himself while he scores his own.

Tf and when Henry ever decides
to become a ~fighter,~ and not
strictly a boxer, ther Tony
Zale, and Rocky Graziano will
have a new ~ and dangerous
threat to reckon with... Hard
hitting ALLEN FAULKNER
chalked up another win on the
same card when he outpointed
BEN FRANKLIN of Pittsburgh.
Hitting like a mule -with both
hands, he forced the fight, but
could not KO his fast-moving
opponent. CLEARENCE
JONES, local heavyweight contender, who has been fighting
throughout the country, has settled down to training at Jack
Singer~s Gym We'd like to see
him go against either JOE,or
PHIL MUSCATO. BOB

DAUGHTERY~S entry into pro
basketball has set yours truly
to wondering. What has_happentd. to basketballers like
~BOOTS~ BROWN, JOHN SAVAGE, EDDIE THOMAS, MELVIN WELLS and ELGELEE
DOCKETT? Of course, there are
others, but because I know the
ability of these particular men,
I pick on them. Are you going
to let us ~ the public ~watch
you drift into oblivion, when. -
your field of sport has offered
you a future? (Ouch, take _ it

Chicistmas Rose

Legend aays that a young shepherd girl was weeping bitterly as
she watched the wise men on their
way to take gifts to the Christ child.
An angel appeared, and after ascertaining why the young girl was crying, she waved her wand, and instantly the ground was carpeted
with glistening white Christmas
racae Tha waung girl quickly gathered some blooms. When she pre
smiled, and as his fingegs touched
the white flowers the petals became

good actual defeat... HENRY

tinged with pink.

and gouge out eyes.~
Summing up the
Dr. Johnson said:

discussion,
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enacted to abolish lynching, the
poll-tax and assure fair employment practices and a reasonable minimum wage.

~The fight against Bilboism
will go on _ until democracy
really lives. We urge our listeners, throughout the nation ~ to
join the fight. We may lose
a few battles, but we will not
lose the war for decency and
democracy.~

Post Office

To Receive
Overseas Parcels

CHICAGO ~ ANP ~ The
Post Office department in cooperation with the War and
Navy départments, including the
marines, and the Coast Guard,
announced here this week that
arrangements have been completed for the acceptance~ of
Christmas parcels for~ members
of the armed forces serving outside - the continental United
States. The arfnouncement stated parcels must be mailed during the period starting October 15 and ending November 15.
Parcels destined for delivery in
China, India, the Middle East,
and the islands in the Pacific
should be mailed as early as possible during the above period,
in order to insure delivery by
Christmas.

FOOTBALL PROSPECTS
BRIGHT AT P.V.
By W. Hilliard
PRAIRIE VIBW, Tex.
~Coach Billie Nicks and assistants Lee and Bynum _ b2 -gan work with the 1946 edition
of ~he Panthers Tuesday, September 2. Twelve former lett2rmen will head the squad~ of 60
odd men. They are Alvin Anderson, Horace Beasley, Sammie
Briscoe, Samuel Haynes, Isaiah
Heard, Mitchell Jackson, Bennie
Landers, Isaiah McNeil, Willie
McDz2de, Osby Mitchell, George
Willizms and James Rhodes. In
cddition to these, some former

~ANP

an array of some of the best
high school material of 1945 will
wear the purple and gold this
year. The coaching staff is quite
elated over the prospects.

Le Banks Buy Bonds
By 1942 more than half of the as| sets~ of member banks of the Fed| eral Reserve System were governmetit securities as contrasted with
~ pruportion of less than 11 per cent
In 1929.

Panthers who did not letter and

New York School Give Students

One Year of Apprenticeship
Before Issuing Diplemas

NEW. YORK, N. Y. ~ GNS~
Students of the Combination
Busirress School are always
sure to be a credit to the Institution because the President
and Founder, Prof. N. F. Roach
~never issues a Diploma to
any student until he or she
nas satisfactorily completed a
year working with or for some
susiness House.,

During the year that studerts
are working regular check-ups
are made and conferences are
crranged with the Employers.
Thus, giving the School and
the students the opportunity to
improve or add necessary success pointers.

At the graduatior exercises
last month over 50 students
from all over the country were
giver. certificates which made
them eligible for Apprenticeship with Employers, Among

them were: Alice Bright, Hallie
RB. Johnson, Olive Lynch, Mar-! 4
garet Baker, William. Greene,
Julia Duncan, Ruth Stafford,
William Corfigan, Louise Evans,
Eloise Grant, Houston Keeter,
Virginia Watkins, Sarah: Belton, Mae Pryor, James Sledge,
Jesse Young, Ernestine Morris,
Merrie Lee, Sarah E. Anthony,
@dna J. Bourne from Montreal, Canada; and the following from BWI: Elsie Beard,
Cynthia I. Mason, Muriel Simpson, Phyllis Watkins, Gloria
Watkins, Agnes Philpotts.
With the CBS being a Chartered member of the Natiorral
3usiness Council, the Staff of
the School sees to it that the
best is at all times given to
its students. Miss Edline Walker is the vice president to Prof.
Roach, and Miss Frances Woods

is another, Assistartt.

Veterans Seek Equal! Educational

and Economical Opportunities

JACKSON, Tenn. ~ANP ~
Before the close of its first annual convention here last week
the Tennessee Veterans association selected for its objectives
those of equal educational and
economic opportunities and better living conditions.

The only statewide association
of Negroes in the entire south,
also voted to press for a: ~work
ing realization of the GI Bill of
Rights for all veterans regardless of race, color or creed.~

The meet closed with their
pledge to work for friendly relations between all peoples, com
|radship and brotherhood among

sll veterans and preservation of
liberty, peace and security for
the country as a whole.

Working Toward
More Housing
~or Negroes

NEW YORK ~ ANP
ly 3,000 Negro families
accomodated in new
apartments when two projects
for Negroes sponsored by the
city are completed. One, the
Abraham Lincoln homes at 132
end Fifth avénue to 135 street
will accomodate 1,286 families
and the James Weldon Johnson
homes on Park avenue from
112 to 115 street will accomodate 1,310 families. The latter
should be ready for. occupancy
the latter part of 1947. But bids
are just being asked on the LincelIn houses. Just.acroSs the
street from the Lincoln homes
are the Riverton homes being

~Near
will be
modern

built by the Metropolitan Life
insurance company for Negro
tenants. While the city owned
are for low rentals, the Riverton
are not. The Riverton -is being
built it is said to keep Negro
tenants out of other projects b~ing built in other parts of the
city by the same company.

All told, there are about 19
city owned low cost housing
projects going up in_ various;
parts of New York, including
Brooklyn. In some of them,
there will be mixed tenants, that
is white and colored. Others are
solely for Negro occupancy.

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aluminous abrasives, iron ore redue
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Football Schedule fe

BATON ROUGE, La. ~ ANP
With the best home schedule
of its history as a_ stimulus,
Southern University~s Cats -wili,

Ist when Head Coach A. W.
Mumford and his staff blow
the -- whistles.
Mumford, the guy whose philosophy is to play the ~big
timers~ because they teach you
mor? and are too busy playing
the game to be thinking about
leg-tw'sting is really practicing
what he preaches this year. And
he is doing it mostly right. in
his own back yard.

~The home schedule on the
South?rn *. campus calls for
Grarubling'. college:on: ~Oct. 5;
Samuel Houston on: Oct. - 12;

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begin practiee on Sept?mber}.

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~State at Pine Bluff on Oct. 19;

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State as die~ i Bindi attraction on Nov. 9-and- Florida
A. & M. on Nov. 23. we
~Houston college. engages~ the
~Cats~ at Houston September
and they play Arkansas

Texas. college at Tyler Nov. 3;
Wiley at Houston on Nov. 16,
and Prairie View on Nov: 30.
Southern~s crafty coach won't
commit himself on ~his future
prospects The only definite
~thing he would: say!:/is ~ that
~during the war when Southern
took football rather lightly;: the
majority of the. other: schools
~were: building up.a reserve with
available men and; now - they

~}not only have these -but. -their

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Langston on: Oct. 26; Tennessee

ekcaee ex-service Men. 4:

2 COLORED STARS TRY
FOR NYU TEAM

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ Two
colored stars. will accompany th
New York University football
squad to training camp, at Lake
Sebago thids week.

Fred Burgess, flashy back:
from.Morgan Stat2 college has
senrolled at the | Hall of Fame.
school as has Georg? Starke, an
end from Johnson C.. Smith.
Both men are classy performcrs and. Burgess was one of

war period. Every opportunity
vill be given thes? two lads to
make good and ~follow in the
footsteps of Ted. Bolden, Dave
Myers, Chuck Jones, Guy Fultzall of whom were~ starred~ with
sh2 Violets in years gone by.

May Move
Against DC:

Discrimination: ~:::

WASHINGTON ~ ANP ~
~Equity, the actors~ association,
has appointed a committee~ to
~consider~ the feasibility of
taking action against~ the theaters that discriminate~
Negro~ theater-goers, it is report-~
ed here. The Natior~al~ theater
in Washington~ is ~specifically
named. he

According to the piaey such a
program is in the taking stage,
although it ~is understood that
it has Léen proposed: thdt managers shovld be asked not to
book a theater unless the prac
~ite of refusing to~ self: tickets
to Negro patrons is discontinued. But there is some. question
whether Equity is in: a position
to make such a demand.~

afer in Washingtén which presents road shows.. Frequently
attractions with Negroes in the
cast, are booked, But in no instance are Negroes permitted to

Belasco theater was a rival of
the National and in the days pe
~|fore World. War _I, Negroes Ate}.

tending these houses - were ~rele-}
Zatd to the galleries, Prior to

in any part of the house, _

It is an established | ~js
around Washington~ that the

to stand in the lobby and point
out light skinned ~Negroés~whd
attempted to ~pagsi~. White~ the
Story persists in Washington, no

though. several persons hads.a
legedly been~ ih the ~theater ~eni_
ploy: in. this particular job.

~The last time the National}.
capital was embarrassed
when Thomas, Bomar, secibtary!
of the National; Alliance ~Of Pos-.
tal employes" woh pe Abe Lincoln look-like concert, The management had no-idea the wifiner
was a Negro and when he:showed up, all plans were knocked
~nto a eocked: hat.

On another occasion, Dutton

vastation~ in ~Holland. When ~he
presented himself at,~the* window, the ticket seller tooks éne
look at Dutton~ s brown face and
refused to sell him a ticket.~

have to call the Embassy?~ and:het ~was the open sesame~ -the
ignerant white girl thought Dutchman and sold hima ticket.
Numbers of Negro~s in Wash
> eS

thes downtown section ~and
gulible management anh nks

| DODGERS WANT ~ROBINSON;

Coach Hunt~s stars during the

"against!

The National is the only thé |
attend the shows. Formerly:: the;
that, Negroes had.ocoupjcd~ seats|~

~ Ner|
tional theater, employed a Negro! class.received; a; belt { fronr<the

name -has*ever been taled- @ie 7~

| MAGISTRATE, RAINEY'S

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Ferguson ~visited a mévié' to Sée'
some films of the German-de~1

ton asked in a hurt voice, ~Do 1;

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SO DOES MONTREAL. ~~.
NEW YORK ~ ~ANP ~ With
Jackie Robinson, first Negro to
play in organized haseball be>
ing _gonsidered as the rage ~of:
the International circuit, the
Montreal Royals of which Robinson is a member, jis, having
a little trouble keeping him in
their line-up~ what with the
parent club, Brooklyn Dodgers
desiring his services, during the
~coming September ~ flag~ ~chase.
The Dodgers are still struggling for the National~ league
first plac2 and would. like to
get their hands on Jackie to
~present an additional threat for
the pennont race to~ other leading National league ~clubs. Manager Hooper of this Montreal
club, however, plang to use ~his
newest star for~ the Shaughnessy playoff and the ~Junior World
~Series against the American Association play-off~ winner, ~to be
{held at Parkway Field, Louis
* t; * tenet + wert rte aren me
ville. Ge a

The Canadjan, club, ~clinche ed
the International League penrant last Sunday with a -90 -win and 4l-loss ~record, just
yearl8 1-2 games ahead of their
+ nearest competitor. The Royals
have their eyes set on a 100 -win mark.

~MIKE JACOBS SEEKS~

|} JUNIOR WELTER - TITLE

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ With

~the idea -of promoting four
championship bouts = duringSeptember, Promoter Mike Ja
cobs has off2red the 140 ~pound:
welterweight title holder, Tippy ~Larkin; $15,000! to~ risk ~his
trick crown in a 15 round bout
at Madison Square garden
-against~ Willie Joyce of Gary,

~1 Ind., on Sept. 13.

Jacobs has Already - lined up
ithrée ~title bouts for S2ptember.. On the 6th, Welterweight
Ray Robinson faces Marty Servo; Joe Louis ts Hamb Mauriello, on the 18th for the
vheavyweight.):titht;~ ~and: ~Tony~
Zale_and Rocky -Graziano | BSS
L for the middleweight ~title -o
the 27th. All. three. bouts. wil
be fought ~atthe ~ * $ta~dium: *

~The title ~héld? ie! fakin is
not recognized by the N. Y.

ing commission, but the
champion ~of ~the trick 140 Ib.

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Massachusetts commission. The
F titlé~édme to~Him~as a result of
phis~ win over ~Joyce in Boston
last April.

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Slejely giazelefers fie

je PHILADELPHIA.

~+ \~Phieveg broke intd Teed ad,

Lot Magistrate Joseph H. Rainey
{-2arly' Saturday(: ipsa? and
Stole over $200. 2 ose.

pl The thieves. pained entrance
by breaking ~open a cellar door. ~
Police said~ that-2af. additional

$370, had beert taken home the
night before by the magistrate~s

secretary, Mrs; Alpértg @hfisto-:

her who deposited it in the
best Saturday a siete

Tho... stolen. money.
getlected By Raimes Tora
AA.E.P., polig2, said. Two daggers given~ the~: magistrate by
-veterans also were taken. Sev
~Dut-|éh ~hishdred Gallas elsewhere in

the office lay untouched, it was
said

they are white. They can't aff.1;.. to attempt to discriminate
for fear they might ridki/ fhe
theater liable to a suit by som2

wh Tson -they ht-. ve
~take for a? eee.

happen.