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> The United States ~Senate it:
~ self will be on trial instead of
Sénator Theodore G. Bilbo,
when the. 80th Congress con/ yenes in January, acccording to
| Walter White, Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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nicer * being conducted in Sock,
son, Miss. Negro witnessés testified before the
paign Investigating Committee
Monday that Senator Bilbo appealed to violence and intimidation. in white supremacy
speeches to prevent Negroes
from voting in last summer~s
State Democratic Primary.

One witness, Etoy Fletcher,
a young Negro war _ veteran,
told the five-man committee
that he was disrobed lashed and
beaten by a group of six or seven white men ~because he attempted to register.

PERCY GREEN. TESTIFIES

In a statement to the investigating committee, Percy
Green, militant editor of the
Jackson Advocate, and T. B.
Wilson, Jackson real eState operator, charged that ~ Bilbo~s
speeches aggravated the. white
supremacy feelings in the state
and had corttributed to the low
Negro registration and voting.

Green further stated that he
could produce witnesses who
could testify about being refused registration but they would

See~Mississippi~Page 8

Senate Cam--

AL BOXERS TO DO, Bill Eddy Takes on Chu.

Cho Ruiz at I. M. A. Auditorium
Monday Night, December 9th

Bill Eddy, Flint~s top ranking lightweight, meets Chu Cho

~Ruiz, Mexican knockout artist,;

Monday night Dec. 9, at the IMA
Auditorium, but two other lo
cal battlers, Eddie Garland and

Fred McLaurin are expected to

steal a part of the thunder on:

Promoter Tommy Cussan~s 82 -round fight card.

Garland, fast stepping Negro
lightweight, has apparently hit
his stride and will be trying for
his fourth straight win wher
he meets Joey Fox of Detroit
in a four-round battle. The
flashy Flint battler appeared
headed for a promising boxing
career early this year, only to
suffer a broken jaw at the hands
vf Johnny Jackson of Detroit.

Now in perfect condition and
eonfident of his ability, Garland should give a good account of himself. However, he
will have to be at his best Monday night, as Promoter Cussans

has picked an able opponent |

for him in Fox, who has scored
four wins ir his last five starts
in Flint.

McLaurin, also a local Negro lightweight, is expected to
have his hands full Monday

when. he meets Augie Sovey of
| Detroit: In his. Joné 2 9. }
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hete,~""Sovey~ gave an exce
account of himself by krrocking out Danny Boy Woods in
the first round. McLaurin, an
excellent boxer and one of
Flint~s most promising yourg
fighters, will be trying for a
~win to push his fighting stock
upon the ladder.

Still another local boy who
will be closely watched in Monday~s card tis Jay Watkins, a
welterweight, who is being man
aged by Clare James, one of.

Flirtt~s best known _ trainers.
James says Watkins is one of
the most promising boys he has
seen tin a long time. Cussans has
Watkins lined up to meet Roy
Amo of Detroit.

In the top semi-final, Promoter Cussans has lined up Adric Floronoy, Detroit Negro,
and Eduardo~ Serratos, Mexico
City lightwe eight. This is really a main go fight anywhere as
both boys have headlined cards
in Detroit and Toledo..Floronoy, regarded by many
as the most promising lightweight in Michigan, is well
known in Flint, especially at
the FICC gymnasium, where he
appeared as a sparing mate and
companion for Willie Anderson

And Raise Living Standards ss

ATLANTIC CITY ~ ANP ~
A_vow to crack jim crow against
Negro workers in the south and
a pledge to wage an all-out fight

| for higher living standards for

southern whites and Negroes
were made here last, week during the eighth CIO Constitutional convention.

Sweepirg resolutionsa imed to
back the democratic rights of
Negroes and other~ minorities
were adopted and the convention
voted for an expanded committee against discrimination that
will meet four times a year to
take up all phases of jim crow

in plants operating umder CIO
collective. bargaining agreements.

A non-discrimination resolution, proposed by Van Bittner.
director of the CIO~s southern
orgarizational drive, streSsed in
creasing: injustices. and brutalities imposed on Negroes, especially in the south, and labelléd congress a forum for unAmerican hate declarations.
Urging special vigilance to
protest and expand the doctrines
of democracy, the resolution
specifically called on the U. S.
attorney general to prosecute
all Taw officers and mobs who
engage in terroristic acts against
any American and who seek to
deprive any group of basic
rights. The same resolution demanded federal, state and local
FEPC legislation, a federal antilynch bill and representation
for the District of Columbia.
Another resolution called on
the Republican congress to make

~good its campaign promises, de
martded abolition of the infamSee~CIO Vows~Page 8

in his state featherweight cam| paign, Floronoy is not only a; good puncher and boxer but
one of the most aggressive battlers in Detrait.

Serratos will be well remem~-pered here as the boy who
nocked uot Frankie Gerard of, Toledo. Be~ause of his sensational victory over Gerrard,
Clem Custer has refused to
meet Serratos, which led Promover Cussans to match the
Mexican boy against Floronoy.

In the other six-round battle,
Harold Jones, who holds a win
over Garland, will meet Lenny
Howard, up and coming Detroit
Negro lightweight.

At present, betting is about
even on the Eddy-Ruiz match.
Several who have watched the
Mexican in his sensatiorral
string of victories here, believe
he is too tough and rugged for
the Flint battler. They look for
Ruiz to give Eddy one of his
worst ring beatings and then
point to ~Ruiz~s enviabie knockout record in support of their
stand.

On the other hand,~ Eddy has
a reputation for doing his best

ep eee tes
shape,~ ~Pufther,
boxer and his left handed stance
may trouble Ruiz, should the
Mexican dedide to forsake his
slugging tactics for the more
conventional~ boxing styles.

Both Ruiz and Eddy are
working regularly for Monday's
match at the FICC gymnasium.

Tickets are now on sale at
St. John Street Pharmacy as
well as at the I. M. A. ~box office, Crawford & Zimmermans,
the Stein, Flip~s and Joe Burke~s
Bar.

DAVID H. SIMS
FOUNDS NEW
CHURCH

NEW YORK~(ANP)~ A new
church body, the Independent
AME church, was organized here
last week by David H. Sims,
recently removed from his post
as bishop of the first episcopal
district of the African Methodist Episcopal church.

Sims wag removed from his
post and expelled from the
church by a special conference
in Little Rock, November 20-22

~, | by a vote of 999 to 35.

CIO Vows to Crack Dixie Jim Crow

The new church is said to
have been orgarfized by a conference of 1,000 lay delegates
from the former bishop's aa
diction,

FBI Probes
Beating of
Prisoner

COLUMBIA, S. C. ~ ANP ~
A federal probe into the reported beating of a Saluda county
chainggang prisoner by county
and state officers was reported
underway here this week.

John H.: McCray, editor of
the: Lighthousé and Informer
here to whom white residents
im the county made the report
a few weeks ago, said he had
been advised by the~justice department that the case was under study.

The complaint filed with the

See~FBI Probes~Page 8

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fighting in Flint. What is eit

he is 5 sharp.

MINATE FIGHT CARI

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~Mrs. Warren Todd of Ore
gon Avenue, charming
northside socialite, has embarked upon a course in millinery design. She is taking. her course from an institution in Chicago. Upon completing her course in early
Spring, she will open show
in our thriving metropolis.

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@to the Hurley Hospital

Stab Vili!
Reported to
Be Improving

Preceding the Thanksgiving
Thursday night,
Dick Watkins was stabbed in
the neck by Ozzie Williams of

Michigan Avenue. This occur
with two women one being the
wife. ~No ~ words
came between Watkins and

_| Williams, therefore giving no

reason for this attempt on Watkin~s life.. Watkins was taken
and
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last reports were
and he is now home at
Pingree.

The Fiint Police Department is on the lookout for Williams and expect to have him
into custody within the next
24 hours.

All Flint citizens are rilled
up at the unscrupulous behavior of our young men and _ it
seems that our only way to stop
this lawlessness is to catch the
guilty persons and _ prosecute

} law.

SPOKESMAN. FRIENDS: AN Pr

that we haven~ t ~been act
enough; as yet, to -be Ssly
known~ to the public. The name
of our organization is. the
Sportsmen Sodial Society. We
are an all boy~s club, and made
up of young athletes of Flint.
We aré trying our hardest to
be a credit to our race. Our
aim is to build up, be active,
and to keep a colored and good
representative in the year around ~sports world. We think
this is an appropriate time to
tell you our motto, which is:
~Always Aggressive.~ We are
progressive with the greatest
approval, and hope to be known
as one of the finest clubs of the
day. All we ask ~is your morale
' support in our coming activities. We intend to.do our utmost
to provide entertainment for
young and old throughout the
coming years. Without your sup
Youthful Boys~ Club Makes
Debut to Flint Citizenry

port, naturally, we canmot come
Our

by everyonte in whom we come
in contact with. Active members of the Club are: President
and sponsor, John Caldwell;
Secretary, Jesse Thomas; Treasurer, Boyce. Buckner; Publicity
Manager, Johnnie Tucker;
Camerman, James Caril and Al
Johnsor, Harold Jones, Pete
Johnson; Willie Brown; Richard
Watkins; Willie Elzy; Square
Stinson; Marcus Woodward;
Jimmy Ennis; James Gates; Art
and Oscar Ingram; Vincent Var
Hurley; Howard Bannister;
James Buckner; Alfonso Calahan; Barry Tillage and Sylves~ter Moore. Lloyd Callahan is an
honorary member as he is now
in the armed service.

We will be looking for your
kind cooperation. ui
S. E. Stinson, SSS.

ATHENS, Ga. ~ With United
States District Judge P. Hoyt
Davis presiding, a Federal
grand jury with two Negro
members was empaneled Monday, in preparation to question
nearly 100 witnesses about the
iynching of four Negroes jast
Juiy in nearby Walton county.
The mass lynching was so dastardly that it -shockéed the entire nation. Two men and two
women died at the hands ot
Georgia~s mob-thirsty Negrchaters; =

Because - ~major vidlation of
this band of Georgia hoodlums
fall within the jurisdiction of
state courts, federal courts are
rendered almost helpless in
finding, and ferreting out the
guilty party or parties who
committed this crime of national shame. Even in the face of
this handicap Judge Davis
charged the grand jury that
~there still might be violation
of certair United States criminal statutes.~

-The little town of Mdiicte is
veritably covered with FBI
agents, who have questioned
more than 2,500 residents of

Federal Grand Jury Probes
Monroe, Georgia Lynchings

Monroe, and Walton County
since the two Negro. men arfd
their wives were shot-gunned
See~Federal Grand~Page 8

Don McKenzie
New Manager of

Richard Theatre

The interest of Northside
theater-goers was greatly
heightened over the change of
management at the Richard
Theater on Leith Street. Mr.
McKenzie has been in business
in Flint for some years. He is
manager of the Star Theater
and former owner of an inter|prise on North Saginaw Street.

On taking over the Richard
Theater, Mr. McKenzie added
four Negroes to his staff. The
Flint Spokesman most heartily
welcomes Mr. McKenzie to our
community and highly ap
proves the equitable manner in
which he does business. _

His patronizing attitude toward the race will gain for his
theater the staunch support of
the community.

red while walking up the street |

grounds of his affiliations and

fication of its members and by

them to the full extent of the;

Move Hinted to Bar Rankin~s New ee ~3
York Foe From H HouseSeat |

WASHINGTON ~

move to bar Rep. Vito geet ee
tonio of New York, a bitter
enemy of Mississippi's Rep. John
E. Rankin, from a seat in the
house of ithe 80th cortgress was
reported last week to be underway.

Rankin said it is probable a
resolution will be offered when
congress ~reconvenes on Jan. 3
to deny the American Labor
party member his seat on

activities. According to the constitution, each branch of congress may determine the quali
a majority vote can deny 2
member-elect- his seat for any
reason. There is no appeal if
the house should vote t9 bar
Marcarttonio. |

Al of ~Rankin Republicans~~ in denouncing the southern Democratic-northers Republican cdal
ition.;
Harmigan, in his campaign
speeches, expressed his ambi
tion to defeat Marcantonio because he is the mouthpiece in

communist

eongress for the

forces in this country.

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An investigation is reported to
be underway into Marcantonio~s
recent electior with the intention of linking him to the fatal beating of a Republican poll
worker, who was seeking votes

~for Marcantonio~s opponent. The
{Nem York ~congressmen's foes

hold the poll worker's. death
was part of a plan to intimidate voters. ~

Marcarttonio. won both the
atic and American La
cantonio, corttinued to oppose
the representative in the Nov.
5 election. Marcantonio, regarded as the champion of minority
group rights as well as a strong
defender of rights for Negroes,
became known for his coirfage

Law School
In The Offing

For Texas

AUSTIN, Texas ~ ANP ~
Sefenty years ago, a provision
was written into the Texas cortstitution approving a Negro university, but it took an order by
District Judge Roy C. Archer
last June 17 to make the state
officials swing into action. Archer gave the state six months

to provide equal educational op-.

portunities and facilities for
Marior Sweatt, Houston letter
carrier and honor college graduate,to study or allow him to
enter the all-white University
of Texas.

On November 23, Governor
Stevenson announced that he
would provide a deficiency appropriation of $50,000 for a temporary law school. The only
questiom that no wremains is the
location of the school. Since
1939, Texas has been spending
$25,000 annually to send Neégro
graduate students to out-ofstate schools. Last: year the legislature changed the name of
Prairie View college to ~~Prairie
View University~ but failed to
provide funds for courses of
university rark. Sweatt~s case
was sponsored by the NAACP.

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By Frank L. Gillespie

~MOUEAOUOUOUESOUUCOUNAOGEOOOUSUOEOOOEEOOUTEAEAYWhat Is The Answer?

When the above question is

~asked in connection with ex
isting conditions among Negroes of the community, it~ is
indeed a ptrplexing one. The
condition that I am referring
to, is i jhe Negro~s tendency to- __
ward lawléssness and criminal- ~ ~
ity. Hoodlumism is playing

far too great a part in our ~v
eryday life and it is bound
boomerang upon ye
community. |

and worst of all, cuttings on St.
John Street most certainly puts
a black eye on the community. ~

lf we were to ask for special
police protection for the Negro community everyone would
be up in arms. If some long
fought for blessing was denied
us upon the strength of our
lawlessness and criminality our
protest would rise to high heaven. It is not fair for a few irresponsible people of hood--.
lums to besmirch the decency of the whole neighborhood;
so again we ask, What is the
~answer? We certainly do not
know.

It should be borne in mind
that when the Royal Gardens
was first opened it was a place
of great decency. There is no
liquor sold there and it was
one place where the colored
youth could ~go and spend a
pleasant evening. Parents of
~the community rejoiced that
their children at last had a decent place to go. Not that
management has canged from
their original intent, but, that
the clientele has changed.

~ It should be borne in mind
that The Flint Spokesman is
not crusading. We are just trying to tell the truth. We are
calling an ax an ax, and a hatchet a hatchet. Gather~ with:
both of them and letting the
chips fall where they may, but i
it is time that the parents of
the neighborhood take the situation in hand and try and
protect these long-fought-for
gains that have come: to us |
for our decency in the past. 1

What is the answer?

Minister Dragged from Pulpit,
Thrown Out Doors by Flock

LOS ANGELES
Members of his flock are mets
of the social error of dragging
him from his pulpit to the

-lchurch door, all the while beat
ing and kicking him, the Rev.
Don C. Stephenson, pastor of
the First Church of the Deliver
ance, charged in a suit for bat
tery im Superior court.

Only the arrival of the police
at the door saved him from further annoyance, Stephenson says
in his charges against six members of the congregation, asking
$50,100 damages.

What had aroused their wrath,
be did not specify.