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25 1 I hi 4 til I' I orGrad of New York City ith just about every MiUhl it Howard I'ni hrt Magna rum a li in "Who's Who in (undent vertion), prosl wrul wiri' tie and win irhipVfHienl kev. She'a JW Howard's No. 1 co ed. ffORLB TODAY at Porge S. Schuyler fi'W falls short Fan memberships ft Wilberforce U.

Now Has 2 Presidents; Bitter Battle Looms a'ms around! haul XENJA, Ohio Trustees of Wilberforce University last day morning filed a petition in the Greene County Court of Common Pleas for a temporary re strainer against Dr. Charles H. Wesley, seeking to prohibit the opening and operation of the summer school of the State controlled College of Education and Industrial Arts, of which Dr. Wesley is still' serving as head. After service of the papers on Dr.

Wesley, the deposed president consulted the presiding judge of the court, and stated that he was told to enter a motion to dissolve the injunction, and was granted permission to open the summer sc'iool in the State supported school on Monday morning. At poon, Monday, students were registering in the College of Education and Industrial Arts. No reports were available on registrations in the church controlled College of liberal Arts. Dr. Wesley said he planned to consult Ohio's Attorney General Jenkins, before filing a crost petition against the board of trustees, who had asked that their petition be made permanent.

No date had. been fixed for hearings on the petition. Local Pressure rpcpnt.1 parently succumbing to local pre a dlsPrace tr IW A iii.r i il.dll ie AHow few r. Ne ft are.rho cannot spend $1 that way! 1 ltAca i'itea I toil By ALBERT DUNMORE (Courier Ohio Bureau) WILBERFORCE, Ohio The board of trustees of Wilberforce University last Wednesday sumrnarily discharged Dr. Charles H.

Wesley as president of the university and named Dr. Charles Leander Hill of Columbia, S. to succeed him. Dr. Hill assumed his duties last Friday.

The action, taking place at commencement time, the campus into a seething chaos of unrest and turbulence, and on Saturday, the trustees followed up their action by serving legal papers on Dr. Weslev. restraining him from use of the title of "president," or use of the name of "Wilberforce" in connection with the State ported College of Education and Industrial Arts. Negro Lawyer Eased Out of Bush Mob Case By A. 31.

RIVERA, JR. (Courier Staff Correspondent) RICH SQUARE, N. C. Ap mrc f'jiriwin Kusn. wnose Bensa tOitional escaDe from a lynch mob at tracted national attention recently.

NAACP counsel, and engaged a white lawver in this city to defend 'him. TCunh'a decision came as a complete surprise to Taylor wno learnea oi ii mruusu a.jr lu 1 hearings newspapers. CrrJ Senator! Bush recently left the State Pen! at rallinp. v.avv to at that thinks en tend the funeral' of his 66 year old rrri law iatner wno was sincaen wim o. i i.

in a yjouj me nean aiiacK wane nuiniiig 4iiit, cou farm last week. The accused had nr ine previously uwi ien such Square to defend him. 1 "iiNiana, it Tavlor, who holds a signed power of attorney from Bush, was not Urnn. permitted to talk tb the prisoner av P0 Wf (Continued on Page 5, Column 3) st had "0 JIM CHOW IN WASNIN6T0N 3 thrP ,1 mob named; but the white; Ask Yet Hospital at a i AJ youth to WASHINGTON, D. C.

(NNPA) AoiUAivr a wa A I K' Ce1' Senator Chapman Revercomb. Re flfilN ithr.lio di providine for the establishment of SLRescue 1 evi 1 publican of West Virginia, and ReD. Edith Nourse Roeers, Re publican of Massachusetts, intro duced enmnanion measures in the I IT 1 TKTAAvimmAm i.iW.naja jim crow veterans' hospitalAt the birthplace of Booker T. wasning Iton in Franklin County, Va. bama AAayor Praised siting Lynch Mob Ala.

A flood of congratulatory mea liindnn including three trans Atlantic calls Eh'v, have Poured in on 47 year old LL dill XI rv i at tv 1 June 1U KePt Junmy narns thriHer lynh mb' 7116 reada i 'i 1R ypar old Inf i It was OVer a umD the tre nd ''f had ended in a noose around the tremb p. in thelling boy's nick. A maddened mob Harris into the sky and the end (Continued on Page 6t Column Aieanwmie, as me muaaiea situation erew more and more con fused, the following developments had occurred in rapid nre order: 1. Dr. Wesley removed his per sonal property from the premises of the church supported part or the school, and announced tnat ne would remain "and fight this thing to the bitter end." 2.

Alunrmi, headed by Dr. Sylves ter Smith of Gary, Ind Alumni Association president, and Dr. Gra ham or Chicago and KODert nnn of Cleveland, Ohio, who represent the alumni on the trustee board, stormed the trustee meeting and angrily demanded that Dr. Wesley be returned to omce, and tnreai ened withdrawal of alumni financial support from the institution, and to send no more students to it. 3.

Hundreds of students met on the campus demanding the return of Dr. Wesley to office; graduat ing seniors voted to boycott the commencement exercises, and the students staged a demonstration, endine in a parade to the house of Bishop Reverdy Cassius Ran som, 86 year old chairman of the trustee board, where they burned in effigy. Bishop Ransom on his lawn. 4. A wave of protest stormed over the campus, where hundreds of alumni, friends and parents of graduates had begun to migrate on the eve of commencement.

5. Dr. Wesley met the senior class and requested that they go through with the commencement exercises. The 'seniors finally agreed to do this. 6.

Commencement speaker, Les ter B. Graneer of the National Urban Leaeue. revised his com' mencement address at the last minute, and attacked the unlver sitv Board for its action. 7. Former president, t.

ormona Walker. sharolv criticised Mr Granger afterwards, charging that Continued on page 4, col. 7) EXO JIM CROW IN WASHINGTON Detroit's Digit Baron Arrested DETROIT (ANP) Detroit po lice arrested Dave Battles. 33, and Allen Davis, 45, here last week in crackdown on the Policy racket. which followed seven oi investigation, aunng wnicn wme many hundreaa or ieei oi movies were taken as evidence' Battles was said to be the top policy baron of the city, with Davis act ins an nia denutv.

The syndicate AtlAfiredlv does an annual business of efght million dollars. END JIM CROW ill WAJNISSTIH New Trial Date Set for Pvt. Woods niTTROrr. Mich. Data for the new trial of Pvt.

Lemas Woods 23, sentenced to hang in the Philippines in May of last year after a three hour court martial. been set for July 21. This a nouncement was by the Woods Defense Committee following the re Mi or the soldier's attorney. Er nest Goodman, from Washington. PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1947 5.

I rV 'I 4 Tak es Dennis Contempt Case 9 ver Dr. Charles I Hill, Columbia (S. pastor, took over last Friday as president of Wilberforce University in Ohio, as confusion continued to reign at the AME institution. Named by the Trustees to succeed Dr. Charles H.

Wesley, observers say he was received coolly. BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Because Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel Matthews bad not received a certificate of oc cupancy from city building officials. Federal Jadee Clarence Munins dis missed their suit which sought to invalidate the local residential zon ing lavs forbidding them to live in tnelr new nome duui in a sec tion desienated "for whites only." In his decision Judge Mullins said the suit was "prematurely brouzht." and that the plaintiffs had no "present right of occupan cv or use oe cause or ineir non com nliance with the valid condi tions precedent to the existence of such rlgnt." Failure or tne Duuainsr inspector tn issue the certificate of occupan cy necessary before tney couia move in, formed the basis of their complaint against the jim crow nroviaions. '1H sun was bdou nrl bv the local branca or tne NAACP, with its attorney, Arthur D. Shores, handling xne ca. CND JIM CROW IH wash in i ILL1M0IS SQUTOI KILLS IH THAT WOCLB OUTLAWMCIAL TAG SPRINGFIELD, 111.

(NNPA.) Sn. wtmblah. Democrat, of Chicago, last Wednesday kilted bla own Nil which would bars proaiDitM bmbuob or rc. roliglon or aatlooal rfla la Mwtyapor crinio Btorioa. Labor Dixie To Court; Another Asked To Quit by Officials BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

Despite testimony offered by many leading Negro citizens at a hearing Defore the Jefferson County School Board on 3. Mrs. Ruby Jackson Gainer, spearhead of the fight for teachers' salary equality here, has (been dismissed from the teaching post she filled for twelve years. I Continued on Page k. Col.

S) Houston to Defend Red Party Secretary By LEM GRAVES Jr. (Pittsburgh Courier Press Service) WASHINGTON Atty. Charles H. Houston has been retained as chief counsel in the contempt proceedings brought by the House Committee on un American Activities against Eugene Dennis, national 'secretary of the Communist party of the United States, the Civil Rights Congress announced this week. I I I Milton general Loupie Darrea From New Home 3v tL Mr.

ITouston iE3RAiuts utbt kiws Uo'efor In Advertising, Circulation cm News wam and notwsivt sec retary of the Civil Rights Con gress in New York City, stated: This wul mark the first occasion in the of the country when a Negro law yer has defended one of the leading fig ures or a political party Charles M. Houston has handled some of the most impor tant civil rights cases that organ izations or the people have controlled Civil Rights Con jrress feels that Mr. Dennis' case is in extremely able bands." Despite a gen erous fund for the defense of Eu gene Dennis, some of the best lawyers in the East turned down the opportunity to aeiena mm. ine announcement that Mr. Houston (Continued on Page 4, Col.

t) END JIM CROW IN WASHINGTON Early Action on Mob BiH Urged by CIO WASHINGTON. D. NNPA) Immediate Congressional hear ing on antHynching legislation were called for last Tuesday by the Congress of Industrial Organiza tions. Remember, your erudenest may hurt others. nr ir PRICE TWELVE CENTS Id A 1 Leader Lashes Senator at Three Day Hearing By LOi GRAVES Jr.

(Pittsburgh Courier Press Service) WASHINGTON Persistent warnings that America's moral leadership in world affairs is being undermined by its (iiscriminatory practices at home featured the three day hearings on job discrimination (FEPC) legislation before a Senate Labor Subcommittee here last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The first three days of hearings, devoted to testimony by proponents of the Ives Chavez Anti Discrimination bill. S. 984, found Senator Allen J. Ellender Louisiana), carrying the ball for the Dixie white supremacy advocates and consistently brow beating witnesses with questions on inter marriage, educational equality, social equality, and joint use of "toilets." Teacher Fired in Pay Fight CIO to Carry Dismissal 1 1 1 High spot in Senator Ellender' sade against racial progress came late Wednesday when A.

Philip Randolph, chairman of the Na tional Council for a Permanent FEPC, lashed back after the Loui siana Senator bad constantly re ferred to him as "Randolph." VERBAL, CLASH After the fourth such reference. Mr. Randolph, suddenly stopped his testimony ana toia senator der: "You do not know me well enough to call me Randolph." The Senator replied. "You don't expect me to call you Mr. Randolph, do you?" Mr.

Randolph told the LoulslanA solon that he felt it was below the digTdty of a United States Senator to refer to a witness without using the customary title of respect. A heated discussion between the two persons ensued while Senator Forest C. DonneU (R Mo.) strove to maintain order. Senator Ellender declared that he would, continue to refer to the wit ness without use of a title, where upon Mr. Randolph insisted that his objections to that usaee be in corporated into the records of the hearings.

Immediately Senator El lender moved that the objections of Mr. Randolph be stricken from the record. The witness demanded ruling from the chair and Senator DonneU overruled Senator Ellen der and permitted Air. Randolph's oojecnons to Decome part or the record. While he overruled the race ing ixmlsiana solon.

Senator Don neu aeienaea in the ex change, pointing out that "Senator Ellender is biehlv respected in the Senate. He comes from a section where certain forms are not ob 1 served. When JMlender later referred to the witness as "Randolph." the wit ness again pointed out that he re sented that usage for the benefit or tne record. OPPOSED TO BILL Of the five man sub committ oniy senators Ellender and Don (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) Riot Trials Expensive! COLUMBIA, Tenn.

(ANP) It cost the State of Tennessee $12,500 to provide for special prosecution counsel to handle the investigation and bring to trial the twenty five Negroes, allegedly the ringleaders in the "Mink Slide" rioting at Law renceburg early last according to a report made here this week. The money, drawn from Governor McCord's emergency fund, went to pay Atty. Hugh T. Shelton of Columbia for i is part in making investigation and aiding in the prosecution of the defendants. The report shows that on last May 27, Sbelton was paid with an earlier expenditure of $6,000 being maae last uec.

is. END JIM CROW IN WASHINGTON Publishers Hold 8th Annual Meet LOUISVILLE. Ky. (NNPA) The eighth annual convention of the Negro Newspaper Publishers Association will be held in Detroit this Thursday, Friday and Also meeting at the same time will be associated societies edi torial, circulation and advertising. A joint meeting of the publishers with the associated groups will be held on the final day of the con vention.

Headquarters will be at the Goth am Hotel and the Urban League isuucunjr. 4 one man. irrelevant, rear guard cru I 3' A i lof lr I Mrs. Marva Trotter Louis smiles proudly as she yJ I holds Joe Louis son of the world's heavyweight champion. Born in Mexico City, young Joe failed to smile for cameramen, and the photographers Immediately labeled him "dead pan" like his illustrious dad.

who will see him for the first time in July. Acme Telephoto. Wallace Tells Courier 'Liberal Forces Are Expanding' By LEM GRAVES Jr. (Pittsburgh Courier Press Service) WASHINGTON "You canlt write off the resurging liberal sentiments in the South." Henry A. Wallace, here for an address before an open air, crowd at the Watergste on Monday of this week, made this statement to The Pittsburgh Courier in an Interview at the National Press Club, Sunday afternoon.

i Asked to comment on the senti ment in the South, through which Mr. Wallace recently passed on his Nation wide lecture tour, the former U. S. Vice President said that "Reactions to my discussions of the publems of race discrimination iri the South were much more favorable than the reaction to these discussions in the North." SEES PROGRESS "The atmosphere was generally marvelous wherever I spoke." he said. "The outbreak of violence indicates that the forces of hatred are intensifying, but I was surprised to find that the forces of liberalism are expanding just as rapidly.

Liberal sentiment on racial matters, which 1 discussed at every stop, is increasing to a 1 ing degree." Asked how he thought the impasse betwet these strong forces would be resolved, he answered, "I don't know. But we can't lose faith." Mr. Wallace Mr. Wallace told reporters that the smear campaign conducted by the House Un American Activi ties Committee against himself and against the Southern Conference or Human Welfare which sponsored his appearance here had served a useful purpose in helping to build the crowd which attended the meeting. FOREMAN WARNS Chairman for the meeting was Dr.

Joseph L. Johnson, dean of the Medfcal School at Howard Uni Continued on Page Col. 5) Klan Legally Dead Gov. Hastie To Succeed Dr. Bunche Named by Truman To United States Caribbean Body WASHINGTON Governor William H.

Hastie of the Virgin Islands, was named by President Truman, Saturday, as a United States Commissioner, of the Caribbean Commission. Governor Hastie. fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr. Ralph J. Bunchs who relinquished the post to beepme a director of the trusteeship division of the United Nations Secretariat.

Dr. Bunche's resignation was accepted by President Truman in a letter dated June 9. The Caribbean Commission has the purposeof coordinating the economic activities of the region. Mr. Hastie's position as Governor will not be affected by his acceptance of the commission post.

JIM CROW IN WASNINSTON BATES COLLEGE AWARDS NOMOHUY DE6KEE TO BR. KHJAM1H HATS LEWISTON. Mt. Twnty Tca raars after hi ETadnattoa from Batoa CotTye her. Dr.

Benjamin I. Maya, praeioaat of Uorehousa Colles Atlanta, and Puta burrh Courier coiumnlat. awarded tM honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by his alma mater. Georgia KKK Body Goes Underground By Special Correspondent ATLANTA, Ga. The national Ku Klux Klan is eoinsr underground and Grand Dragon Samuel Green said the Associated Klans of Georgia would continue to function, despite voluntary surrender of the Klan charter on June 13, putting a legal end to its existence.

Tne surrender climaxed the State's suit to dissolve the Klan. Morgan S. Belser. attorney for tne K.KJV, saia that surrender or. the charter had been motivated byl reports that the group which later became the "Columbiana" had considered a charter in the name of the Ku Klux Klan, and that Klans men resented the "character of these people." LEGALLY DEAD Former Georgia Assistant Attorney General Dan Duke pointed oat that although the Klan is legally dead in this State, and that Georgia can no longer be called the home of the Ku Klux Klan, there is an Incorporated Klan group in Alabama, and an unincorporated body called the "Klan" in Indiana.

Grand Dragon Green said that (Continued on Paae 4. CoL MJ Would Be Lynchers Train Them Young COLUMBIA, 8. (ANP) A 12 year old white boy was a member of the SOO maa cltisen pose last week that engaged la a Negro manhunt, following a white woman's claim that the Negra man had slashed her during a fight in her Eartewood heme In a second rape attempt. The lad was armed with a shotgun nearly as tall as he. The woman's charge, that aha was attacked by a Negro man several days ago, produced eo eld era bie racial taaatam JMrof IS4.