Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1950-06-13
Lewis O. Swingler

Memphis World
The South's Oldest and Leading Colored Semi-Weekly Newspaper
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Classmates Welcome Chase
John Saunders Chase, the first Negro to the admitted
to the University of Texas under the rulings of the United
States Supreme Court handed down last Monday, received
the glad hand of welcome from members of the class in architecture. 
Hugh McMath, director of the School of Architecture, 
introduced Chase to his 14 white classmates and news
accounts say that each of them shook hands with him, either
before or after the class session.
"I didn't attempt to make anything of it," Mr. McMath
said. "I did what would be done for any new student. He's
just one of the boys."
And that's how easy it is to make the adjustment of intelligent 
individuals of the Negro and white races, when and
if they are given an opportunity to exercise good sense and
calm. The politicians and the rabble rousers stand in the way of progress and interracial goodwill. They fan the fires
of prejudice and hatred for their personal fortunes and thus
retard the progress of the nation and give all America a
blackeye across the world.
What has and is happening in Texas is going to happen
in all states of the South, including Georgia. In higher education 
Negroes are going to have to be admitted to existing
institutions for training because it is an economic impossibility 
for the South, which is already behind the Nation in
per capita expenditure on education, to provide two expensive 
and separate system of schools.
Oklahoma and Texas have begun to effectuate the decisions. 
Kentucky did not wait for an order from the court.
In the Fall of 1951 it will open its doors to Negroes on the
higher education level. One by one, intelligent and enlightened 
white leadership of the South can, if they will, take i
steps to put into operation the decisions gradually and thus
avoid the expense and the trouble of a suit. Ranting politicians 
who preach hate and hurl threats are doing the most
to hasten suits from Negroes because they know they are
being denied their just constitutional rights.

Joseph Garretson
About Cincinnati


WHEN THE TERRACE PLAZA
Was under construction and when it
opened for business. I wrote more
than my share of articles on this
handsome new hotel, and when the
Hotel Gibson, not so long ago. completed 
a job of remolding and redecorating, 
I duly recorded that news
in these paragraphs. Now there's
another new hotel in Cincinnati
which is a credit to the city and to
the man whose enterprise, energy
and money made it possible
The Manse Hotel on chapel Street

is the finest hotel in the United
States owned and operated by Negroes, 
and it is quite likely that this
$500,000 project is the largest single
enterprise in the whole country
owned, operated and financed by
one Negro man. The owner is Horace
Sudduth, who has been in the real
estate business in Cincinnati for 40,
years.
Mr. Sudduth has owned and operated 
the Manse Hotel for 19 years.
When he acquired it. it was an 11room 
family home that had long
been a landmark in that part of
town Year by year he added to it,
until now it is a 108-room hotel, as
finely eqiupped and beautifully furnished 
as any of our downtown establishments, 
and Mr. Sudduth has
$500,000 of his own money invested
in the project..
THE MANSE held its formal open
ing last Sunday and more than
6.000 persons wandered through the
public rooms, living rooms and kit
chens 
of the new establishment.
THE MANSE has every facility
and every item of equipment of any
downtown big-city hotel, with one
exception-it does not have a bar or
own a liquor permit, and Mr. Sudduth 
has no intention of seeking a
permit. It does have the beautifully
appointed dining room (the Sweetbriar 
Room): plenty of private dining 
rooms: a spotless kitchen, boast
ing the latest and most expensive
kitchen equipment available, a
sparkling coffee shoppe, and hand
some, beautifully furnished lobbies,
foyers and public rooms. It also has
a ballroom lure enough to serve
400 persons at luncheon or dinner.
I inspected some of the typical
hotel rooms and suites, and I can
truthfully report that they are as
comfortable and furnished in as
good taste and with as good equipment 
as the rooms In any top-notch
downtown hotel. There is circulating
ice water and a combination tub
and shower in every room, and all of
the suites are equipped with radios.
THE patronage at The Manse of
course, will be almost exclusively
Negro, but Mr. Sudduth does envision 
it as a gathering place for various 
groups interested in interracial 
affairs .and several of these al
ready have gathered there for their
meetings. And one thing is certain
—they won't get a better meal any
place In town The chef at the Manse
is Fred Good, who was the chef at
the Broadway 20 years.
THE FACILITIES now available
at The Manse are certain to attract,
national meetings of Negro orpanizations 
which have never been able
to meet here before. For example,
three such meetings already have
been booked for this summer The
national union of Red Caps is meet
ing there; the Atlanta Life Insurance 
Company, one of the oldest
and the largest ($28 million worth
of assets) Negro life insurance companies, 
and the Supreme Liberty
Life Insurance Company, Chicago,
are holding their national conventions 
at The Manse.
Group such as these bring considerable 
money to the-city and
spend it here.

Conference Of

and intrastate passengers To all intents 
and purposes, segregation in
transportation is ended. We therefore 
believe that Negro Americans in
their travel should insist on their
right not to be segregated in any
from or fashion."
Mr. Marshall called attention to
the large number of attorneys from
all parts of the country who cooperated 
on these cases from their inception 
Working with him on the
Sweatt and McLaurin cases were N.
A. A. C. P. Assistant Special Counsel 
Robert L. Carter, P. J. Durham
of Dallas, and Amos T. Hall of Tulsa, 
all of whom assisted in arguing
the cases In addition, James M Nabritt, 
Jr., of Washington, W. Robert 
Ming, Jr., of Chicago, Dean
George Johnson of Howard University 
Law School, Loren Miller of Los,
Angeles, Spottswood W Robinson,
III, of Richmond, and many other
NAACP lawyers, gave unselfishly
of their time and efforts in the
preparation, trial, and appeal of
these cases. In charge of the Henderson 
case was a legal staff of
the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity,
headed by Belford V Lawson of
Washington and Jawn Sandifer of
New York.

MANY LAWYERS ASSIST
IN CASE

and intrastate passengers To all intents 
and purposes, segregation in
transportation is ended. We therefore 
believe that Negro Americans in
their travel should insist on their
right not to be segregated in any
from or fashion."
Mr. Marshall called attention to
the large number of attorneys from
all parts of the country who cooperated 
on these cases from their inception 
Working with him on the
Sweatt and McLaurin cases were N.
A. A. C. P. Assistant Special Counsel 
Robert L. Carter, P. J. Durham
of Dallas, and Amos T. Hall of Tulsa, 
all of whom assisted in arguing
the cases In addition, James M Nabritt, 
Jr., of Washington, W. Robert 
Ming, Jr., of Chicago, Dean
George Johnson of Howard University 
Law School, Loren Miller of Los,
Angeles, Spottswood W Robinson,
III, of Richmond, and many other
NAACP lawyers, gave unselfishly
of their time and efforts in the
preparation, trial, and appeal of
these cases. In charge of the Henderson 
case was a legal staff of
the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity,
headed by Belford V Lawson of
Washington and Jawn Sandifer of
New York.

Retirement For

many years. His death in 1944
brought to a close a beautiful com
pionship between him and his wife
but Mrs. Irving continued to carry
on as a teacher and head of her
stately home on St. Paul Avenue.
The ties between her and Dr. Irving 
were so binding that she almost 
speaks of him now in the present 
tease. Mrs. Irving s home life
is shared with an aunt, and a cousin. 
Miss Isabelle Greenlee, teacher 
at Porter School.
Mrs. Irving Is a native Memphian,
daughter of the Late Mr. and Mrs.
Wiley Jones. She was educated in
the Memphis Public Schools, and
did college work at LeMoyne Normal 
Institute, LeMoyne College and
A. and I. State College. She taught
in Payette County, Dyers, and Shelby 
County at Manassas School before 
coming to Carnes. At Carnes
Mrs. Irving served under three principals. 
Profs. Alonzo Love. J. L.
Buckner, and Edwin C. Jones.
She was married to Dr. Irving,
at the early age" of 15. Dr. Irving,
who came to Memphis with his family 
from Circleville. Ohio became
the first Negro physician to be appointed 
as a School Physician, a
position he held for many years
During the early days of their marriage, 
the E. W. Irvings were host
and hostess to many resplendent
affairs Identified with. their church,
civic, and social life. Their well-appointed 
home was setting for many
church activities sponsored by Emmanuel 
Episcopal Church where
they both were communicants. Mrs.
Irving is-still active at Emmanuel,
and in the Phyllis Wheatley Social
Club. She has lived at present ad
dres 
since 1903, over forty-seven
years.
Mrs. Irving and her aunt, and
cousin are lovers of flowers Now
that she has retired from the task
of cultivating the minds of young
people." I will devote much of my
time cultivating these plants yon
see here."
The charming school matron was
showing a variety of plants in her
yard to a World reporter, who ended 
his Interview with a pot of grape
frut plant to take to his own house.

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CAPACITY AUDIENCE EXPEGED
TO HEAR DR. ROBERT G. LEE AT
WASHINGTON HIGH JUNE 18th
Dr. Robert O Lee's famous sermon: 
"PAY-DAY-SOMEDAY," will
draw a capacity audience to Booker 
T. Washington High School on
Sunday, June 18, confidently predicts 
J. A. DeWalt, publicity director
for the sponsoring organizations, Mt
Olive CME Church and The Good
Samaritan and Crusaders Club.
President of the Southern Baptist 
Convention, one of the largest
religious denominations in the
world. Dr. Lee has become a national 
figure as a forceful, eloquent
pulpiteer He has served for many
years as pastor of Bellevue Baptist
Church and his election for a third
term as head of the great Southern
Baptist Convention was precedentbreaking. 

Mr. DeWalt is urging the public
to come early as seats will be at a
premium. Services will open at 3
p. m., he stated.
Serving as master of ceremonies
will be Prof. Blair T. Hunt, principal 
of Booker T. Washington high
school and pastor of Miss. Boulevard 
Christian Church. Dr. J. E.
Walker, insurance and banking
executive, will present the speaker.
A number of leading pastors, including 
Dr. H. H. Jones of Centenary 
Methodist Church, will be present. 
Although majority of the Baptist 
ministers will be away attending 
the Sunday School and B. T. U.
Congress in Louisville, many of
them are making arrangements for
their churches to be represented at
the service.
Dr. Lee has preached his classic
sermon 387 times, but will be appear
ing before an all-colored audience
the first time. No admission will be
charged.
Atom defense blueprint will be
ready for Governors by Sept.
Real civil-defense plan for U. S.
before 1052 Is doubted.
Coal consumption a poor third
in the fuel field race.

CIO Transport Service
Employees Meet
In Chicago
Delegates representing 
eighty locals will assemble
in Chicago on June 19 for a three
day convention of the CIO United
Transport Service Employees, according 
to Willard S. Townsend,
UTSE, President.
Townsend explained that the union 
holds its conventions every two
years. The forthcoming confab will
be the group's seventh.
In the fourteen years of its. existence 
the Transport Service Employees 
has grown from an organization 
comprising three small units
to one representing red caps, dining
car employees, train porters, Pullman 
laundry workers, airline sky
caps, tobacco and fertilizers workers 
in thirty states. Railroads and
other plants under contract to the
UTSE pay the highest wages in their
respective industries.
The Seventh Biennial Convention
will be called upon to decide many
momentous issues of an economic,
social and legislative nature. It Is
expected to go on record as favoring
many of the Pair Deal measures including, 
Taft-Hartley repeal and
civil rights. In line with its previous
policy of strong support for political
action, observers look forward to a
strong policy statement in support
CIO-PAC endorsed candidates

for public Office.
A galaxy of top flight speakers is
scheduled to address the convention
including U. S. Senator Paul Douglas; 
research chemist Dr. Percy
Julian, 1949 Spingarn Medal winner;
CIO Secretary James B. Carey;
Michael J. Quill., President of the
CIO Transport Workers Union; and
CIO Vice President S. Haywood.

Three Graduate
From Okla. U.
For

the first time in its history the
University of Oklahoma had Negroes 
in its graduating class last
week when three colored students
earned graduate degrees.
Mrs. Mauderie Hancock Wilson,
Miss Ela Mae Reynolds and Malcolm 
Smith Whitby, all of Oklahoma
City, were awarded Master's decrees
in education, Miss Reynolds plans
to work for a doctorate decree in
psychology.
They are among more than 25
students who were enrolled at
Oklahoma as a result of a U. S.
Supreme court decision two years
ago.
Japan's rising shipbuilding threatens 
to top U. S. output.
Chandler sent Saigh a lengthy
telegram outlining his reasons for
banning the, introduction of Sunday 
night baseball in the Majors.
He said that playing a game during 
Sunday night church services
"would not be in the best interessts
of baseball." The commissioner concluded: 

"You are hereby ordered to cancel
At mice any plans for playing this
game."
Saigh's defiance to the orders came
in the form of a tele gram to the
commissioner, who now is in New
York. The St Louis owner stated
flatly that we Hull prepare to
play the game as scheduled,"
Chandler then said, "Let him go
ahead and play " The commissioner 
was asked what action ht would
take if his order was ignored
"No comment." he said, "bat it's
in the book,"
He referred to baseball regulations 
which give him the power to
handle such situations.
The controversy stemmed from
the Cardinals' scheduling a split
doubleheader of afternoon and
night games with the Dodgers on
Sunday, July 16.

TABS IN SPORTS
If
pitching is supposed to be 75% of
a baseball club's power, the rest of
the League better take a Deep at
Lip Durocher's chuckers, Dave Koslo, 
Lary Jansen, Monte Kenned,
and Sheldon Jones look like a pretty
hefty bunch to be reckoned with by
other contenders. This does'nt mean
however that the giants will be head
ing for the top spot in the NL but
they may be a manace to those who
have developed well set designs
Hunk Tnompson looked mighty
good here driving in four runs,
sparked by a 396 ft homer Hi looked 
like himself at the beginning of
the season, slated to stick around
3rd base.
This is June, when Jake LaMotta
and Rocky Graziano will fight to
decide, the third best middleweight
in the country . . . Ha Ha, "Down,
down, down," said Ray Robinson,
"that isn't my way of punching but
what can you do when you're in
there with a sawed-off runt?
This is the day after the deadline
for signing of IBC matches by
members of the Managers Guild,
However, Tex Sullivan solved his
problem He look the return of Lea
Oma's Chicago IBC bout with Bob
Satter-fiald out of the venue . .Tuso
Portuguez's Montreal match with
Laurest Douthuille is postponed
from June 6, now set for June 16 .
. . . . Kid Gavilan will open the
Dexter Park session next Thursday
against Mike Koballa of Pittsburgh.
The worn here in Bean town still
echoes persistently that in order to
win a pennant, you must beat toe
Dodgers, even without Newcombe.
The Dodgers have so much reserve
and spunk that even with a shittered 
mound staff, Jackie Robinson,
Duke Snider and Roy Campanella
are too much for the national League 
contenders . . . This combination 
is a mighty formidable barrier 
to crash . . . To give you an
idea of this Dodger organization, As
of Memorial Day, 17 of the Dodgers'
farm clubs were in first division of
their respective leagues