Memphis World Memphis World Publishing Co. 1951-04-17 Lewis O. Swingler MEMPHIS WORLD AMERICA'S STANDARD RACE JOURNAL The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper Published by MEMPHIS WORLD PUBLISHING CO. Every SATURDAY at 164 BEALE — Phone JA. 8-4030 Entered in the Post Office at Memphis, Tenn., as second-class mail under the Act of Congress, March 1, 1870 Member of SCOTT NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE W. A. Scott, II, Founder; C. A. Scott, General Manager LEWIS O. SWINGLER Editor A. G. SHIELDS, Advertising Manager The MEMPHIS WORLD is an independent newspaper — non-sectarian and non-partisan, printing news unbiasedly and supporting those things it believes to be of interest of its readers and opposing those things agaisnt the against the interest of its readers. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Year $5.00—6 Months $3.00—3Months $1.50 (In Advance) For any information concerning the distribution of THE WORLD, please contact one of your route supervisors, particularly the one in your respective district. A LITTLE MIND AT WORK IN S. C. Last week Governor Jimmie Byrnes of South Carolina said his state would abandon the public school system before letting colored and white children attend the same schools. The former U. S. Senator and U. S. Supreme Court member by his bigoted and prejudiced stand clearly indicated, why he is no longer in the inner circles of this great democratic country. He was also formerly in President Truman's cabinet as Secretary of State. He simply did not belong in a top role which called for more than he had to offer. Being a white supremist ot heart and therefore incapable of clear and straight thinking is perhaps the reason why he was dumped or why he "resigned" from the President's cabinet. One can have only pity for a man who has on important and responsible job and only o small immature mind to work with. Having been in the role ot a world statesman, a would appear that Governor Byrnes would have been sensible enough not to have said publicly what he fell privately. He cannot see that he has given added fuel to the Communist propaganda machine. All he is concerned about is maintaining white surpemacy in Soulh Carolina and the rest of the world can go to blazes. His ignorance of the world situation is plainly evident. To him it is not a matter of our democracy proving to the world it practices what it preaches to convince a doubtful world that we have the hest form of government despite what Communist propaganda says to the contrary. That is too much for his little brain to comprehend. Meanwhile, in North Carolina the trustees of the Greater University of North Carolina voted overwhelmingly to admit Negroes to its graduate and professional schools. Such action indicates that the minds that run the institution are aware that democracy's shortcomings have to be corrected if we are to morally lead the world. Those were no small minds that mode such a commendable decision Such positive action builds faith in the democratic concept throughout the world. We need more of the same elsewhere in the South. "The Judgment Is Reversed" For years and years to come, lawyers of the American Bar will make wide use of the unprecedented but perfectly logical decision handed down last Monday by the United States Supreme Court in the Groveland, Florida rape appeal, in which two Negroes were sentenced to death on charges of raping a white girl. The Court itself did not write an opinion in support of its reasoning in reversing the case. All it had to say was contained in four brief words: "The Judgment is reversed." The full meaning of these words is revealed only in the concurring opinion of Justices Jackson and Frankfurter. In words distinct and unequivocal, they spelled out the meaning and reasoning of the Court. This, they said, was not a fair trial, because they found evidences of discrimination in the selection of a jury that included no Negroes. The defendants, they said, had been pre-judged by the newspapers. The prejudice was cuch that the trial of the defendants turned out to be "only a legal gesture." Newspapers published as a fact, and then attributed the information to the sheriff that the defendants had confessed. No one repudiated the story, the Justices said, and "neither did the sheriff." Still, when the trial occurred the "confession" was not offered by the prosecution. Mobs roamed the countryside; homes of Negroes were burned, unreason and passion were in control. And, the concurring opinion ended with this significant statement: "All in all, the case presents one of the best examples of the worst menaces to American justice." Naturally enough, the decision does not please the State Attorney General J. W. Hunter. He complains that the Supreme Court failed to act on "the strength of the evidence of the fairness of the trial." From this case the press can learn its most important lesson Self-discipline We do not believe that any responsible newspaper would willingly and knowingly print and play, up as fact, evidence and plain neighborhood gossip unsupported by any official-pronouncement, as in this case. Alertt lawyers will never again sleep the opportunity to exploit this opinion in behalf of their clients. And newspapers, aside from providing fodder for the mill, have a personal and moral responsibility in permitting justice to be free to all until a court reaches a verdict. For this splendid departure from the established custom and practice The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People must have the sole credit. Every Negro in Florida and in the South, for that matter, ought be ashamed not to unite with an organization which is doing so much to help him without so much as a request for a donation from the recipients after the trial is over. We Go Along With Truman President Truman's explanation Wednesday night for removing General Douglas MacArthur is entirely satisfactory and acceptable to us. That explanation is pitched upon a broad outline, encompassing in its scope, not only the fighting in Korea but the peace of the world. He said we are trying to prevent a third World War, not start one." And then in assuring the Chinese Communists that the door is always open" to negotiations, he laid down three points by which this country and the United Nations will be guided. First, the fighting must stop Second, concrete steps must be taken to insure that the fighting will not break out again. And third, there must be an end to aggression. "We place the peace of the world," said President Truman "above any individual," and charged that the policies MacArthur advocated in the Korean conflict would mean a very grave risk of starting a general war, in a vast conflict on the continent of Asia." We are convinced that the American people as a whole prefer peace to war. We believe the nations belonging to the United Nations prefer peace to war. And we believe the soldiers prefer peace to war. But we cannot talk war in one breath and peace in the other and make any serious impression on the world. In this position, we go along with Mr. Truman. Dramatic Speech mustard gas and this left shoulder of mine is today a slip joint. That would have been a good joint if I had lot been a good American Negro. I served in a segre gated outfit as a citizen trying to save this country. "I would give up this life of mine to preserve this country and every American in it, white or black. "Deny to me, if you will, all that American citizenship stands for I will still fight for you, hoping that under the constitution of the United States all these restrictions will be removed and that we will move before the world as one people, American people, joined in a democracy toward all the world. "God didn't curse me when He made me black any more than He cursed you when He made you white. I say to you who claim to love America in this hour of its stress that the greatest argument the Soviet Union is using among the black peoples of the world to turn them against us is your treatment of me, me an American citizen. "I believe that the south is big enough for all ot us to live in together in peace and happiness if we can but have understanding. Kentucky torney for the Negro applicants, representing Curlee Brown on their behalf, commented: "I assume that both Fred Wilson and Henry Powell will apply for admission to Paducah Junior College either at the coming summer session or next September. And possibly there will be others who will seek to enroll next fall. "I'm not surprised at the Supreme court's decision. It is in accordance with the principles of democracy." Charles to risk heavyweight title against Maxim on May 30. Wife Of He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Daisy Pearl Brown, 514 Royal St., Hattiesburg, Miss.; a daughter, Pamela, aged two, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dudley Brown, also of Hattiesburg. The Navy Department had previously notified the National Urban League that Mrs. Brown would be coming through Atlanta Thursday, and members of the Urban League and Urban League Guild me on hand to greet her. Mrs. Brown flew, at Navy expense and landed at the Municipal Airport at 2:21 p. m. She was taken in hand by ladies of the Urban League Guild headquarters during tier five hour layover. During her stay she was enter tained with a luncheon at the home of Mrs. J. H. Sellers, vice president of the Guild. Ensign Brown was killed in Korea on December 5, when the young flyer was forced down behind enemy lines. The plane caught fire and Lt. Thomas J. Hudner, who previously tried to protect the wreckage from the air, landed in enemy territory and made a vain attempt to save Brown's life. The young widow has a twoyear-old daughter, Pamella, who resides with her in Mississippi. On hand to greet Mrs. Brown were: Mrs. Nelson Jackson; Mrs. Cassie Edwards; Mrs. Nell Blackshear, president of the Urban League Guild; Mrs. J. H. Sellers, vice president of the guild: and Mrs. Arthur Standard. Representing the National Urban League was George Edwards. Graham. Jackson also tame out and paid his respects to the visiting lady. Five Dead In Train Crash Five persons were killed last night in a train-car collision five miles South of Waco at Lorena. A notrhbound- Missouri-Kansastrain hit the car killing all the occupants about 5 p. m. The dead are: The driver, Arthur Denning and his life, both of Waco; Mrs. James Hay of Lorena, her 11 month old daughter Rita Alice and her mother, Mrs. Ethel McNeil, of Waco. Witnesses said a strong howling wind apparently drowned out the warning whistle from the train. One witness, R. A. Yates said there were no signal lights at the intersection. He said the train, the Texas special, hit the car when it bad almost cleared the track. Just Arrived! MADAM HAYDEN CHARACTER READER and BUSINESS ADVISOR If you are unhappy in your homo or unlucky in your business dealings — this message is for you! Madam Hayden is from New Orleans. She will tell your past as you alone know it; your present as it is; your future as it will be. . . and calls you by your name! Gives lucky days and lucky numbers. . . if you want guaranteed help, not promises, call and be convinced. Satisfaction, or your fee refunded. Located 18 miles north of Memphis City limits on Highway 51 (4 miles north of Millington Air Base in Upton County on Covington Road) look for Hand Sign. HERO'S WIDOW VISITS ATLANTA — Mrs. Daisy Brown, widow of Ensign Jesse L. Brown, who attended the United Slates Naval Academy at Annapolis where he received a commission, stopped over in Atlanta enroute to Washington, D. C. to attend ceremonies for a congressional medal of honor ceremony. Greeting Mrs. Brown at the Atlanta Airport were (left to right) Mrs. Nelson Jackson, Mrs. Cassie; Edwards, Graham Jackson, Mrs. Nell Blackshear; Mrs. Brown, Mrs. J. H. Sellers, Mrs. Arthur Standard and George Edwards. —(Adair Photo) Fire Destroys Davis' Paper Co. In Honolulu Fire of unetennined origin, in the midst of one of the worst tropical storms in Hawaiian history, completely destroyed the warehouse occupied by Oahu Papers, the company owned and operated by Prank Marshall Davis, poet and former contributing editor of The Associated Negro Press. The building of medal and concrete, was leased from the Territory of Hawaii by Island Express from whom Davis sub-leased. The equipment and other effects owned and warehoused by Island Express were a total loss along, with the stock and business records of Oahu Papers. Oahu Papers has been in operation since. February, 1950, supplying printing paper, writing and duplicating paper and office supplies to a steady increasing number of customers including small printing plants, stores, o. ces, churches schools and the city, and county government. Since the fire. Davis re lated, many of his customers, particularly those or Chinese and Japanes ancestry, have offered cooperation in every way. Cost of replacing the stock is about 75 percent covered by insurance. With the increasing shortages in the paper field and shipping time. Davis estimates it will take, at least six months to replenish his stock. Make it a occasion! Enjoy Old Sunny Brook BRAND KENTUCKY WHISKEY —A BLEND The same smooth, fine-tasting Sunny Brook that you've enjoyed for years! BOTH 93 PROOF KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY No finer straight bourbon was ever bottled under this great name. Try it today! 93 PROOF OLD SUNNY BROOK BRAND KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS Atomic Spy Goes To Death House Convicted, atomic spy Mrs. Ethel Rosenberg was transferred Wednesday-from New York's Women's House of Detention to the death house at Sing Sing prison. The 35-year-old mother of two young children, and the wife of Julius Rosenberg, also sentenced to die for betraying atomic secrets to Russia, declared the move was "unnecessary and vindictive." A federal court convicted the pair along with Morton Sobell two weeks ago. The husband and wife were given the death penalty. Sobell got 30 years. Mrs. Rosenberg's attorney, Emanuel Bloch, said he would take legal action protesting the transfer. Negroes Make tegration or races freely in the same units, they, however, would want Negroes to measure up to the best or better in rifle companies and other combat units from which they have in the main been excluded in the past. One tiling which they don't believe will the leadership of these mixed units. Commanding officers, they believe, will be white—for social reasons and for the fallacious thought that they possess superior educational backgrounds. NEW ORDNANCE About $500,000,000 of the Navy's funds for this year will be spent for ordnance equipment–guns, shells, missies and other, weapons including new and deadly types of torpedoes for anti-submarine warrare, according to Rear Admiral M. F. Schoeffel, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. United Nations is able to check disease in Korea. REVIEWING THE NEWS BY WILLIAM GORDON The President of the United States has proclaimed April as "Cancer Month" ot which time, Americans of every race and nationality are being asked to throw support behind a movement to defeat Cancer, ft is without question that cancer has become a growing menace in this country and takes, its in lives and human suffering annually. The plague, like all others, knows no color line. Whites, Negroes and other races die from its crippling effects and will continue to do so until medical research can find a solution to menace. The American Cancer Society, together with local groups throughout the country, have adopted a sensible approach to the problem of how to save lives from a disease whose cause is still unknown. One of the most effective methods is that of a education program, designed to acquaint people everywhere with the deadly symptoms of cancer. These symptoms are as follows: (1) Any sore that does not heal, (2) a lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere, (3). Unusual bleeding or discharge, (4) any change in a wart or mole, (5) persistent indigestion or difficulty in swallowing, {6) persistent hoarseness or cough and (7) any change in normal physical habits. It is generally conceded that to a certain degree all human beings possess a gambling spirit. Those who support the cancer program, both on a national or local basis are not making a gamble, even though there may be a feeling of such a spirit. On this very logical premise, cancer research is no gamble — it is a long term investment with a precious dividend of life itself. Along the many avenues of research which may lead to f a discovery of cancer's cause and cure, science is finding new techniques of cancer control which may some day save your life, or that of someone most-dear to you. The 1951 Cancer crusade of the American Cancer Society and the local cancer groups, give everyone the privilege of joining a national and local volunteer agency. It is now left to us to help save ourselves and those most dear to us. It is left to us to help science and at the same time help others, let's help build the greatest security in the world through organized efforts of fighting diseases in America and the world. Remember, that all diseases, including cancer, know no color line. They strike, not on the basis of race, creed or color, but on the fact that you may be a human being. Let's fight cancer and win. Let's do it through our local cancer organizations. Cancer Knows No Color Line BY WILLIAM GORDON The President of the United States has proclaimed April as "Cancer Month" ot which time, Americans of every race and nationality are being asked to throw support behind a movement to defeat Cancer, ft is without question that cancer has become a growing menace in this country and takes, its in lives and human suffering annually. The plague, like all others, knows no color line. Whites, Negroes and other races die from its crippling effects and will continue to do so until medical research can find a solution to menace. The American Cancer Society, together with local groups throughout the country, have adopted a sensible approach to the problem of how to save lives from a disease whose cause is still unknown. One of the most effective methods is that of a education program, designed to acquaint people everywhere with the deadly symptoms of cancer. These symptoms are as follows: (1) Any sore that does not heal, (2) a lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere, (3). Unusual bleeding or discharge, (4) any change in a wart or mole, (5) persistent indigestion or difficulty in swallowing, {6) persistent hoarseness or cough and (7) any change in normal physical habits. It is generally conceded that to a certain degree all human beings possess a gambling spirit. Those who support the cancer program, both on a national or local basis are not making a gamble, even though there may be a feeling of such a spirit. On this very logical premise, cancer research is no gamble — it is a long term investment with a precious dividend of life itself. Along the many avenues of research which may lead to f a discovery of cancer's cause and cure, science is finding new techniques of cancer control which may some day save your life, or that of someone most-dear to you. The 1951 Cancer crusade of the American Cancer Society and the local cancer groups, give everyone the privilege of joining a national and local volunteer agency. It is now left to us to help save ourselves and those most dear to us. It is left to us to help science and at the same time help others, let's help build the greatest security in the world through organized efforts of fighting diseases in America and the world. Remember, that all diseases, including cancer, know no color line. They strike, not on the basis of race, creed or color, but on the fact that you may be a human being. Let's fight cancer and win. Let's do it through our local cancer organizations. West Indian Sugar Workers Win 25 Per Cent Wage Hike The fierce fierce dispute between sugar workers and plantation owners ended in a peaceful settlement here Thursday with bothmale and female employes receiving a 25 percent wage increase. The settlement came at the end of a 21 day truce, which had been preceded by three weeks of general striking, rioting and asserted clashes. As a result of the rioting, cane crops and property were damaged to the extent of $500,000. In reaching an agreement, the plantation owners bowed to the demand for higher pay retroactive to Jan. 1. This docs not include the three week srtike preceding the truce period. In exchange, the workers agreed to "give a fair day's work for a fair day's pay." Prince also won the 880 yard run and the one mile run by dazzling the field with some spectactular foot work. Savannah's Joe Turner won in the 100 yards run, 220 yards run and the 440 yards run. Arthur Davis, Albany State, blazed from behind to defeat Johnny White of Savannah State in the two mile run. Team points were as follows, Savannah State (63); Albany State (31); Florida Normal (15): Paine College (11); and Claflin College (6). Casey Stengel Wonders If Yankees Are Coming Apart Casey Stengel must be wondering these days if his world champion New York Yankees are beginning to come apart at the seams. Casey is a wise old Cookie who never has any illusions about himself or anybody else. He likes to kid others but he never kids himself. And so in the back of his mind he must have the thought that some of his aged stars are showing distinct signs of being over the hill. Casey was able once to win a pennant despite a record number of injuries. But a man's luck can go just so far and it is doubtfu that he can repeat that performance if misfortune continues to dog his stars. The loss of one star pitcher could easily change a prospective pennant winner into an also-ran The loss of two could wreck a club. Reynolds has a bone-chipped elbow and Page a bad shoulder and hip. It is true that Page was not much help to the Yanks last year but he Mas been extremely good every other year and Casey counted on him for many relief jobs this season. On top of all that misfortune Phil Rizzuto, the best shortstop baseball, has pulled some muscles hi has side. The Yanks talk., bravely about their strong infield replacements but shortstop for any length of time they could kiss their penna chances good-bye. And so it would seem that Cay will have to be a miracle man in spades if he can win this time.