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i I i I i 8 it! lr 1 i I i. I fl i I i 'II 1 if! i .1 1 4 (Continued front Pag 1) late Franklin D. Roosevelt who poke of the "Four Freedoms" every one of which wu eon tplcloos by lt absence here Sunday afternoon! The Issue here Sunday after noon was a plain, cold demonatra tlon of violent hatred of a man who has consistently demanded the rights of 15,000,000 'American Negroes, be respected In accordance with the Constitution of the United States. Sun day was a challenge to the to peaceable assembly and freedom of speech and song Whatever else might be charged against the singer, one fact stands oat glaringly. Bobeson has vigorously contended that Negroes are American citizens NEW YORK In her daUy column, Mrs.

Franklin D. Roosevelt last Friday came to the defense of Singer Paul Robeson. Wrote Mrs. FDR: "It is well for tie to remember that Paul Robeson left this country and took his family to the USSR until the coming of the war. He wanted to find some thing h.e did not find herA He wan a brilliant law etudent and could not find a fob in any gootL 'Nexo York firm staffed for the most part by men and women of white race.

In other words, he could not become a lawyer, ao he became a singer a gain for art but perhaps there was some 'bitterness in his heart, brought about' by the fact lhat there was no equality of opportunity for educated men of his race. He did not want his boy to have the same experiences. Others might feel the same way." and should be treated like all other American cltlsens. regard less of race, creed or color. Fer baps thafs what offended the hoodlums disguised as "vets." What happened Sunday afternoon in that natural ampitheatre where the Old Hollow Golf Course once' resounded to the happy chatter of fun seeking Americans? 1 Robeson's concert was scheduled to begin at 2 P.

M. It went on as scheduled. About 30,000 Robeson followers showed up for the affair, with the influx of buses and cars beginning about 9 clock Sunday morning, Before concert "time, the Robeson followers formed a two thousand roan perimeter about one hundred yvrds from the road around the amphitheatre bowl on the golf 'course. There "was only one entrance Into the concert area. Yet, seconds before 1 o'clock Paul Bobeson.

appeared as If I Si ll (in: mm mm NAM! aDOUtt cmr r. HWTM AT ALL DRUG STOHSI from nowhere. How he got 1 without being reen Is still a mystery. On the stage Mr. Bobeson thanked I the master 'of cere monies for his kind Introduction and then began to sing.

Irt the first portion of the concert he sang "Old Man River. "Go Down and "Warsaw Ghetto." i 1 VCf. Ik Around the bowl the troopers and special deputies ordered to duty by; Governor Dewey had' set up their i positions just as if in a war time combat ope rtlon.N with a command post," a riot headquar ters," and other dispersed coor dinating segments. Overhead, a helicopter hung lazily" in tne sKy to maintain "spotter" contact with the police. But when the concert reached its end.

the complete col lapse of I and order came swift All morning, 'igroups of "vet claiming to represent the Associated Veterans Committee, had staged noisy, parades around the concert i area and along the highway! which had to be used by incoming concert aoers. None of the parades developed into much. however.1 since a larare crowd or veterans cxplcted from other sec tions of the; state didn't show up. It was women and children first with the booing, since approximately 85 per cent of those dem onstrating againftt Bobeson were women and children. Some of the "veterans" questioned by a Courier reporter denied 'that the "TOPS" STYLE The yerf (tip yw'v lwy wanted eew few prtet.

Wtl td yww om wMi gwrant "If yew don't lilt rvtvrn It for a MiM dy rfrfvMaV No. S54 (illustrated) LACE LACE LACE ntNTf.oii tCAirnrut uce flee MuMalwMnt tripe, GvrmnHei sea emd elor. A. Jwtabla tfrapt, beavtifttlfy mirie eed wndrf Rtalar Sixtt 32 ti 40 SfylUSi Sttitt 42 tt I PINK BLACK CAFITCL MIXL CZIIH CO CC3F tie Ucttlsrfsa. IXC tOHt STATf VH TO COVCt eQSTAOt AHDf HAMTOMtt 49 KKK had anything to do with this demonstration in which no crosses' were burned as In the previous disorder.

These "vets" said "we chased the KKK out of reeksklll twelve years ago." The speakers were about 21 years old, which, The Courier reporter decided, meant that they were only nine years old when they "chased the KKK out of Peekskill." Spokesmen for the Catholic War Veterans said they didn't protest Robeson's singing, but "his ad vocacy of the overthrow of the United States Government by vio lence." which they said was illegal. The Bobesonites were prepared for troubled some of them carrying baseball although no game was scheduled. Police took these weapons." COPS JOIN. MELEE When the fighting broke out po lice officers joined lit the melee with clubs swinging. It was care fully noted that these clubs never landed on the bodies or heads of any persons other than the follow ers of Mr.

Robeson, among whom were a large number or persons wearing, military service caps and all obviously old enough to have actually been in the armed forces during! World. Wsr II in contrast with the clean faced youngsters who made up the demonstrators. Included among the 1,200 police men' were noted at least four Ne gro officers, two from New Roehelle, and one each from. Yon kers and Westchester County. The police clubs spared no Robesonltes.

Adding to the confusion was strike of bus drivers who had driv en the many buses which brought Robesonltes to the affair. They re fused to drive the concertgoers back to New York and it was nec essary to Impress volunteer drivers into service to get the busloads back to New York. It was at this time that the riot ing reached its peak. For miles along the route of the i buses back to New York from Peekskill to Yonkers antl Bobeson rioters lined the highway and the streets of. towns In between.

When busea would pass through their lines they would thrown stones, bottles and other kinds of missiles at the buses and ears. Twenty five Bobesonltea were hospitalised as a result of Injuries suffered In this fashion Three were hurt seriously. 8tate troopers were observed to be just as vicious tui the so called "veterans" inv attacking Robeson ltes. Once more, as on the previous occasion, cars were overturned, ef forts were made to burn some of them, and Inside the buses the Robesonltes took the seat cushions to form shields at the windows to protect their eyes from the mis siles and flying glass. One of the most callous Insults was hurled' at Mr.

Robeson him self. A state trooper looking into the car in which the singer was riding, saw. Mr. Robeson sitting in the front seat with the driver. In in infuriated swing, this troop er took his nightstick and smashed the glass windows of the Robeson car.

Mr. Robeson smiled and said nothing. Aftermath of the wild rioting and hand to hand fighting which came when Bobesonites tried to LOS ANGELES Paul Robeson will be presented in concert and will be the' feature speaker at a rally celebration at Wrigley Field here Sept. 30. protect themselves from the police and "veterans" found fourteen veterans" and spectators arrested with no charges being filed against them.

One "veteran" had a hunting knife strapped to his leg. One Bobesonite was jailed for carrying a gun. Sixteen Robesonltes were arraigned in Croton on the Hudson and charged with reckless driving and using offensive language, although every Robesonite returning to New York had to run a gaunt PITTSBURGH Determined to test the "tolerance" of this industrial metropolis, a lnr.nl rum. will be a demonstration aaainst the Peekskill attack, as well as for the right of Robeson or any other 'American cittten to speak freely and unmolested," the committee said. mrrt Th lmr(.

Hull lk. I Harlem chapter was to benefit froi i I bridge. the concert, instructed its attorneys to proceed at once with civil and criminal actions against leaders of the outrages on behalf of a number of the victims of the assaults. In addition to suits for property damage, bodily Injury, and invasion or civu rignts, court action is contemplated against Peekskill and state officials who "were remiss in providing protection for those who attended the meetine." the Con gress said. The NAACP stepped Into the picture with a demand that Governor Dewey order an, Investigation by the New York State Attorney General.

"It Is our opinion that the county and local officers cannot conduct an Impartial lnveslgatlon to determine all the facts." Boy WUIdns, acting NAACP secretary, wired Governor Dewey. Threats were reported against a local NAACP member who sent a letter of protest to a local daily about Inflamed editorials prior: to the two riots. Meanwhile, the Civil Rights Con press urged that demands be mad Skeelder All Aroead Fearfcer Carls ftn Srtt? tes nmt et ttesn wTt eurl Calfaee CUaseer rmqe rnra Mtlrt sm4 CluMfr tt eurta In front. ltM tn bark. 0 irnen S10.M JL PAUL, ROBESON stoned, nearly mobbed Mr.

Robinson. Governor Dewey and Mr. IJe. all stating that they would be busy elsewhere at the time. Federal Judge John W.

Clancy let of club swinging policemen and earlier had refused to grant a re stone th rowing "veterans" in order strainer injunction sought by nr to reach the city. A flyinsr rock reaencK uotuieb ana Shanes knocked a hole in one state troop Rothenberg of the Peekskill Law er's head1 during: the melee. When and Order Committee, to prevent the police and "veterans" srot the veterans from staging their through with a large portion of the parade Sunday. The judge called concertgoers, they were left bleed their request "cheeky," although ing and pleading, to run the gaunt the two ha pointed out that the let of hostile spectators from paraae "might cause trouoie Peekskill to Yonkers. These spec which it did.

The committee had tators hurled rocks at the passing invited Robeson to return for the buses and cars from atop houses concert. and hlrh places which lind th Later reports showed at least road and Leon Strauss. International vice president of the CIO Fjur and Leatherworkers Union, and a Robeson supporter, was detained temporarily. In the barbaric display, the Innocent and guilty suffered alike. Two busloads of Negro visitors returning from the Franklin D.

Roosevelt Memorial at nearby Hyde Park were also stoned. Everybody who seemed to be a Negro was automatically taken as a Bobesonite and received the full weight of the Joint attack of the police and "veterans." Repercussions were promised by several large organizations which have joined in the protests against the treatment accorded Mr. Robe one hundred and fourteen persons wers injured. A dozen were treated in Peekskill; twenty six went to hospitals in New York City, fifteen at Mohegan Lake and the 1 other thirty one were treated at places not far from the scene of the rioting. Had Been Threatened Sheriff White expressed belief It was a case of premedlatated murder, since he was still Investigating an Incident of last May, when Riles' house was riddled with bullets fired from an unidentified automobile after he had attempted to keep several white men from fishing In his pond.

A coroner's jury, which conduct led an inquest by flashlight Friday night, found that Riles came to his death "Inflicted by unknown I pasties." Jess Gordon. 52. who accompanied Riles to his pond, known as a fish ing: paradise, was a witness to the shooting. He told Sheriff White that he And the farm owner went to the pond Friday after noon. Gordon planned to fish Riles carried his shotgun, having feared for some months' hia life was in danger.

SAW GUNS upon approaching the pond, Riles and Gordon saw two white of your local Congressman that men under a tree, their ne initiate and suDoort a Con. mem. At pona gressional investigation of the use tney tw0 other wMt m'n of the Lerion VFW. th. rth.

PM wnora had a string of fish ollc WirVftimni w.J Riles told the white men the Veterans as fronts for fascist ac P9te they must tlvities and mob action." It also iner areiyonr or pay ror me pnvi demanded th removal tm lege of fishing. One of the men of Westchester County Clerk Rob av" the nsh to Gordon after com ert A. Field and Asst. District Atty. Know me Leonard Rubenfeld, whom It de pond waj Psted nd Promised to scribed as "two of the leaders of onc" the fascist terrorists." Both helped organize the veterans for the first incident on Saturday, Aug.

27. It was disclosed that Invitations to attend the affair Sunday had been sent to Mrs. Franklin D. Boosevelt, Joe Louis. Jackie i Robinson.

Governor Dewey, Trygve Lie, and commanders of the American Legion and the VFW. Prompt declining of the. bids came from Mrs. Boosevelt, Pea eiajrer $1.71 FXXI NYLOKS WITH EACH OfcSXX AU Over Wl Full e. Cmtn emir ke.

Hade vttlt nh on (14 aMdlt. Shortly afterwards, Gordon said he heard shots and stood up to see four or five men shooting at Kile as he ran across a clearing. The farmer did not return their fire, Gordon said. Two more shots were heard about five min utes after the first shots, Gordon aald. The witness said he watched two cars drive away.

The lioense plate or one of the vehicles was covered NYLON STOCKINGS $3.11 Desbie Carl Pete S3.U ACT NOW! Fer a llin Ittd tint esly. a bexiKtlfel pclr of $2X3 myUm fock lags wTJ cjlvtn FKI2 with exich order sbowa. Sesid 'tempi of hatr for porftcf neteb. C. O.

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Pajf Rev. E. D. Smallwood. Lillle Hogue and E.

H. Cooper. Friday, Sept. 9, this group will render a special concert for benefit of the laymens convention at the McCoy Memorial Baptist Church, where layman sessions are held. vThe Rev.

E. A. Anderson nd James E. Gayle. 'executive secre tary, were responsible for the program'.

MRS. BURROUGHS PRESIDING Mirs Nannie H. Burroughs is pre siding over Lvmb Yokes (Special to The Courier the women's auxilary feiirmeir BAINBRIDGE. Ga. The body of 53 year old Hollis Riles, well to do 200 acre farm owner, lay in the morgue of miffee has invited Paut Robeson a local undertaker Sunday as sheriffs investigators and GBI to mane an appearance her on agents launched a probe into his slaying that had all the 15.

This meeting of thou Lrr 1 4 rviies was tnoi vy nve wnue mtn whom he had ordered off his fish pond, according to reports to Decatur County Sheriff A. E. White. His body was found Friday ntvVit Ttrnnnt itn inlnit tree Union has urged U. S.

Attorney where he had staggered after being General J. Howard McRmth to or nil wun thirteen nucKsnot. ine der a Federal investigation of both soot of the murder scene is In ex rioU and "take such action as may trema Northeast Decatur County, be appropriate under. Federal law." The Civil BighU Congress, whose moout ccording to Gordon, i Gordon said he did not; know the white men! and 'felt sure they were not from that section of Decatur County. DEAD ONE HOUR Alter running a.

half mile to Riles' house, Gordon returned later to Che scene with Sheriff White and Mrs. Riles. They found the farmer in a sitting position against tree. Estimates were he had been dead jmore than an hour. Sheriff White found three shot gun, shells, wadding and a tree thar had been pierced by a rifle bullet.

Riles' gun was not found. Pellets in the dead man's body were of buckshot, A county: road scraper had erased all tire tracks leading to the mur der scene between the time the killers drove away and Sheriff White reached the scene. The sheriff asked FBI agents to aid in the murder probe. HllP FURNISH N'XON NOME 'Fathef Not To Be Father PHILADELPHIA Father Divine last! week let his followers know that he Is not about to become a father, aa rumors would have It. "My marriage to my spotless virgin bride is aa holy today a the day we 'legally united, but we are without sin.

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NeC atkarta. fay SdD.dD By B. H. LOGAN (Courier Religious Editor) TrR ANnKL.ES Nearlv 20JOOO delegates for the parent bod.yj. from every section of the country are meeting here this week in the sixty ninth annual session of the National aapiisi conven tion of the! U.S.A..

Inc. Dr. David v. jemison, uie xvevs E. W.

Perry, Thomas S. Harten and J. H. Jackson presided on sessions Auxiliaries of the convention, in cluding the laymen, women de partment and the young people, are meeting in different locations. The delegation lsjso large that no one buildlag can house the whole con vention.

The parent body is meeting at Shrine Auditorium on West Jeffer son Boulevard, the women at Second Baptist Church, the laymen, in McCoy Memorial Church, and ne young people in St. Paul Baptist Church. 1,000 VOICE CHOIR On Tuesday night a pre conven tlon program wss held in Shrine Auditorium which wss packed to its capacity. A mass choir it neany 1.000 voices sang and welcome ad dresses were' made. One of the1 highlights of the iay mens convention the singing, featuring Walter.

Odom. Odette Carter. Bobbie Butler, the Rev. Earl. Pleasant, W.

J. Webber, the Mrs. Etta Versa assisted by Miss Primrose Funches, are pervising the young people's con vention. I J. C.

secretary of foreign trade, and the Bev. S. L. Spear of Pittsburgh', were two of the first to arrive for the meeting. Others to arrive a week In advance the Be vs.

Sandy Roy of Brooklyn, N. the Bev. "Bless My Bones" Chambers of Dallas. J. C.

Davis. Detroit, and D. M. Byrd of Buffalo, N. Y.

Miss Lucy Campbell of Memphis, Tenn.i wss also an early arriver. Dr. Ben Perkins of Cleveland. Ohio, and Memnhis. Tenn deliv ANNUAL MESSAGE HEARD President Jemison annual message wa delivered on Wednesday afternoon.

The weftomg program, Wednes day morning, featured James Roosevelt. Mayor Fletcher Bowron, Supervisors Leonard J. Roach and Raymond V. DarbyJ Sheriff Eugene Biscialuz, Dr. Ralph L.

Mayberry, Los Angeles City Mission Society; Atty. Lorert Miller, Negro Press; Atty. Charles Matthews, Laughston Law Club; Atty. Thomas L. Grif fith.

NAACP; the Rev. W. P. Car ter, president, Western Baptist State Convention; The Rev. B.

Ross, president. Medical. Dental and Pharmaceutical Society; the Rev. IjK. Curtis, president, Los Angeles Baptist Minis ters Union, and the Rev.

S. H. Marion, president.) Interdenominational Minister's Alliance. Dr. Thomas S.

Horten of N. responded to the wel come I HELP FURNISH MIX0M NOME The World certainly be! a West Indies! Today (Continued from Page I) World War II land with the World War I debt now owe American taxpayers sixteen billion dollars. Of course this will never be paid except by said taxpayers and Victory bondholders, u. S. should make a deal, takme the en tire West Indies and the Gui anas in exchange for this hard American! cash.

It would break for the PAUL fresh from the triumph of his five minute stay during the three hour Peek skill battle, announces that he will now deliver his song speeches everywhere Including Georgia and Mississippi. When he gets to Dublin, Ga. and Water Valley, Miss. j. this I want to aee! SATURDAY THE ITTS BU GH COURIER 'ft Ckace Vets Los Angeles Swamped Face Bias Aft Coimfab PHILADELPHIA I man bias," a veteran of both week long sessions.

The grizzled campaigner ed In dispelling the aura of r.r erhood" that had prevailed in the hosts of delegates began lo wing Into the city of "brotherly lov: at the start of the convention. After the Tom Towell lot "7 I drum and bugle corps of St. Louis was ousted from quartrro set aside for It In the rhi Kappa i Sigma Fraternity house at 3 i3l Locust Street, and Xegroe wore not placed on any of the im portant Leglonalre eomniitt such aa housing and public relations, "Delegate Bia rr.ll.il up his sleeves and went to work. 1 Stopping by the Rellevue t. ford Hotel, where a lunrhenn i sponsored" by the lpi I i general, wun me repniun cr, tion of Judge Herbert Millep.

not inv'ited to the function. r.ne if the hiph spot of the ron'ab. He al.v saw to it that Mr. it i Mrs. Leroy White of retroir.

wh had come to Philadelphia to at'. i the convention. were hai'red fin. enjoying reservations th" made at the Plaza Hotel. 32 ii nut Street.

HELP FURNISH NIXON HOME 1 i Oemtiist SoicocOe (Special to The Courier) MACON, Coroner Los ter H. Chapman announce; last week that' Dr. J. ley, dentist son ot the cx president of Albany College and controversial fig ure in state educational circles, committed suicide oy hanging himself. I The dentists hody, report wss found crumpled nesioe a with a amall rope around his n.

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