Florence Morning News from Florence, South Carolina • 1

Mrs Waring Releases Blast Against White Supremacists mr a rT VCTAM II' I Waties Waring wife of the United States district judge for this district last night told the annual meeting of the Negro YWCA that time is at hand" for the Negroes to the fin al push now or She spoke of the white persons of the South as decadent "they are full of pride and complacency introverted morally weak and low You are building and creat About 150 persons attended a good many of them white Excerpts from Mrs talk follow: very dear friends it was of you to invite me to speak here and brave of all of you to come to hear me for the white that be' have done every thing underhanded in their power to keep me from speaking to you Negro people even to defaming Judge Waring's and my charac ter we only feel sorry for them for their stupidity as it will hurt them and not us for it is apparent to everyone what their real motive is In not wish ing me to speak fear of the judge and me We to them arc like the atom bomb which they are afraid we will use to destroy their selfish white supremacy way of life And they are quite correct That is exactly what the judge and I are doing and they know it and see the writing on the wall But you know and we know and they should know that there is another use of atomic energy and that is for building and heal ing and restoring a civilized way of life That is what the judge is trying to do for good of the white people down here as well as the Negro his famous opinion giving the right to vote to the Negroes in the primary elections in South Carolina my husband said is time to get in step It is time for South Carolina to rejoin the that is what he is urging the white supremacists to do of their own volition but when they resist only force will work "His wonderful opinions in the primary and injunction cases ring out in the clear call of the Liber ty Bell and only those who are afraid of real freedom for all of real democracy have any cause to fear us It is their guilty con sciousness that makes them fear Saying that making of speeches is Judge province Mrs Waring said will always be just simple heart to heart talk with you good friends of ours that is the only way I have to reach out to you except in your homes and mine at informal gath erings to share with you my ideas and Remarking that the YWCA is a great national organization for tne democracy Mrs Waring speaking of the 1946 national con vention said "I do think it would Le wise for all of you to inform yourselves on the stand they took against segregation and discrim ination nationally and unani mously Addressing herself to her sub ject the Great Achievement of the Negro she said: is increasing in its momentum in its spread and in its speed not only in the north where the Negro has more opportunity and where what prejudice remains is not backed by law as it is in the South but also right down here in (Sec Mrs Waring on page 3) MEDITATIONS Rv Alley 6MN BRAED iH PE 5K1LUET POS5UM IM DE PAH A BAAIN' WlD 5WEET 'TA16PS OH PIS PROMISE' LA A AH' is A if Rep Powell Threatens To Jam The Works WASHINGTON Repre senative Powell (D NY) told a veiling audience yesterday he will jam the legislative machinery in the House for the rest of this Congress if 'there is any double dealing on fair employ ment practices legislation Powell is author of an EPC bill aimed at preventing discrim ination in employment because of race creed or color This bill he told a national emergency civil rights mobiliza tion is due before the House next Monday unless Speaker Rayburn "breaks his word and publicly proclaims he be Powell said the speaker prom ised Chairman Lesinski (D Mich) of the House labor committee last Wednesday he would recognize Lesinski Monday to take up the EPC bill Powell told the mobilization that Congress do business unanimous consent to manv Banging his fist on stand he shouted: give you my sacred word it there is anv double' dealing Mon day on PC I will object to every single unanimous consent request for the balance of the 81st Officials of the mobilization re ported that more than 4000 dele gates from 33 states had register ed Leaders say the mobilization is anti communist and that they have thrown out some commun ists who tried to et in They re ported that 150 people from New York who tried to register some on the basis of ciedcntials had been turned down Delegations from the various states spent the morning and some of the afternoon buttonhol ing congressmen on the civil rights issue Then they i eturned to a government auditorium to report and listen to speeches By the time the speaking got under way delegates said that at least five Senators and 22 Rep resentatives definitely had prom ised to support EPC and Presi dent civil rights pro gram But they said others were strong against it or refused to commit themselves Many of the delegates are Ne groes Powell himself is a Negro Rayburn gave his word last week Powell said that the EPC bill would be called up for a vote next Monday But since then he said certain things have happen ed: () The Texas he said went to Rayburn and with him for hours Then he said the rules commit tee voted to change House rules will require House in an attempt to block EI It the bill can' be gotten to the House fluor Monday however this proposed rules change will be too late to block it HEART IS SL'Tl'RLD ORANGEBURG A pa tient at Tri County Hospital was on the road to recovery yesterday after a stab wound in the heait of a type which usually proves fatal An Orangeburg surgeon who declined to be identified perform ed the operation late Saturday night opening up the heart sac which surrounds the vital organ and taking two stitches in the heart itself it was disclosed Mon day The stabbing victim was identi fied as Ben Jyles a 26 ear old Negro of Bamberg GAS LINE BREAKS DUMAS Texas iPi A natural gas line running from El Paso to Chicago broke with a roar near here last night shooting flames high into the sky No casualties were reported The break occurred about a mile from booster station of the El Paso Natural Gas Company seven miles southwest of here RATE SAME CHANC? WASHINGTON The Army ordered Its top commanders yesterday to give Negroes the same chance white soldiers now have to fill vacancies requiring special skills Secretary of the Army Gray is sued the orders Officials said it was a further step toward carrying cut President Truman's July 26 1948 demand for equal treatment and opportunity In the armed ser vices DAILY SUNDAY WEEKLY 30c The Richest arm Area In The Palmetto State Published In The Heart Of The Pee Dee Section LORENCE TUESDAY MORNING JANUARY 17 1950 VOL NO 280 DAILY AND Plaudits Are Many or James Byrnes SPARTANBURG James Byrnes' precedent shattering announcement that he a former national political leader would reek the governorship of his home state brought of mes of good wishes Byrnes and Mrs Byrnes were kept busy late Sunday night an swering telephone calls Telegrams poured in from all sections of the state Daily newspapers in South Car olina played the announcement as their story Sunday morning At least two added their endorse ment of his candidacy to others made when Byrnes said last fall he was considering running New York and Washington newspapers along with others all over the country played the an nouncement of Page One Local and national radio commentators gave large attention to the story In good spirits Monday Byrnes said it was that many of the messages came from average am deeply he said His announcement was made here Saturday to newsmen indivi dually instead of in a press con ference 7 6 I I I I 4 I MB sp 1 1IIPI MINER RESCUED ATER 40 HOUR Weary and begrimed rescuers carry Joseph Burda 30 of Morea on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance after freeing him from the caved in section of an independent coal mine at Mahonoy ('it The dramatic pre dawn rescue ended 40 hours of entombment for Burda Officials at hospital where Burda was taken following his rescue said he was in good condition Doctors said he suffered front shock (AP Wirephoto) 'Certainly I'll Run Comments On Marcus A Stone lorence and Dillon lumberman yesterday said he still was planning to run for governor of South Car olina this year Stone was asked by the lorence Morning News to comment on James announcement that he would be a candidate Bvrnes is a former United States secretary of state Supreme Court justice "assistant sen ator and representative Slone said he would be in the race "until the last votes are His statement follows: "It appears as though the gen eral opinion is to the effect that since Mr Byrnes announced for governor all other candidates for that job ought to withdraw from the race that his announcement just settled it all I know whether it settled it all or not seem to think Mr Byrnes is sure to be elected If he is it will be on bis piestige and not on his achievements attitude toward labor no doubt cost him the viceprcsidcncy of the United States and resigning from office in the midst of his term when a secretary of state was so much needed did not do this nation any good of how well he fits in the political saddle I think any candidate in this race for governor will discover he has more to do than merely announce his candi dacy and prepare the inauguration Crash Of Plane Is Unconfirmed By Shaw ield COLUMBIA The crash of a 26 bomber near Shaw ield in Sumter county was reported to the Associated Press here last night by a telephone caller de clining to identify himself Attempts to reach the public information office at Shaw Air orce Base by telephone resulted in unofficial confirmation then had been a crash The State Highway Patrol and other similar sources had no ic port on a crash The public information offiicr at Shaw ield could not be locat ed immediately The State National Guard air bate at Congarcc some 12 miles from here in the direction of Shaw ield which is about 35 miles cast of Columbia reported a plai had flown low over it shortly before the reported crash I URM AN GETS $5000 GREENVILLE unnan University here was left $5000 and Connie Maxwell Orphanage at Greenwood $4000 by the will of the late Mrs Charlotte Smith Mallard of Greenville The will was filed Monday' COLON'LL PRATT SPEAKS GREENVILLE Colonel Walter Pratt of Boston Massa chusetts governor general of the Society of Mayflower Descendants spoke al a luncheon of the South Carolina society of the organiza tion hcie yesterday He was accompanied by Mrs Pratt and by Burnham Colburn of Asheville a former May flower governor BOSTON STA'ILIK ROBBED BOSTON Three deft robbers masked with paper bags and netting whisked through the Hotel Statler Monday and vanish ed with $48000 tn cash and fhecks Tn hotel said $26000 of the loot was cash the balance check some of which could tec cashed The trio brandishing pistols slugged an unarmed hotel police man then cowed the staff in the mezzanine floor office while they gathered up the week end receipts Byrnes' Entry Asks 3 Billion Budget Slash By RANCIS LEMAY WASHINGTON A top Democrat called yesterday for a $3000000000 slash In President budget and Republicans launched a drive for a bill to cut excise taxes by over $600000000 a year Simultaneously House GOP leader Martin charged that a of confusion" among the tax advisers had de layed transmittal of administration tax boosting plans to Congress The proposal lor a reduction in Mr $42439000000 bud get came from Chairman George (D Ga) of the Senate finance committee He called for govern ment economy to erase over one half of the anticipated $5000000 000 deficit next year A new delay in Mr tax message to Congress caused wide speculation on Capitol Hill Charles Ross the president's press secretary said this morning the tax message probably would be sent to Capitol Hill late this week Previously it had been indi cated the message might be ready early in the week Representative Martin told newsmen: sorry there is a state of confusion in the administration It is delaying business because the people are holding off buying until the excise taxes arc reduced "I want a bill to cut the excises right now Then we can take up other tax problems Mr Truman has indicated he favors a reduction in excie levies which cover such things as furs luggage jewelry light bulbs transportation and communica and a increase in revenues by raising other taxes His program has been greeted in Congress with bi partisan cries for less spending and low er taxes Seasoned onlookers doubt how ever that Congress actually will slash the budget deeply There have been cries for economy in previous years with no great result ACL Train Hits Pickup Truck Driver Escapes LAKE A fast pa senger through train of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company struck pickup truck at a cross ing in Lake City last night seconds before its driver jumped out of the truck and clear of the tracks Lake City police reported Cuiry Brunson Negro said he was driving a pickup truck own ed bv the Lake City Transfer Company west across the double tracks when the motor stalled When he saw the train approaching he jumped from the truck just in time he told police men The truck was demolished and knocked across the south track at the Acline Sheet crossing Engineer of the train was Thomas of lorence Its conductor was Leon Mason also of lor ence The train was bound from Miami to New York and was not scheduled to stop at Lake City Police at Lake City reported the collision happened about 10:05 Engineer Thomas said he had slowed down the train for Lake City and was not going fast when the truck was hit He said the nose plate of the pilot was bont in some The train was detained about 30 minutes Lake City Policemen A Hinds and A Ja McGee investi gated the collision GOP Demo Coalition Whips Truman To air Deal Defense Legislature Enters 2nd Week As Thurmond Prepares Talk His Policy Soviet Bloc Takes Walk for a Are In Mail Weather Henry 500000 Yet Dividends HIS NUMBER AS One of the first lorence veterans to get government insurance dividend her ks was James (Budd)) Cornwell above who yesterday received $SX6 Cornwell Mid that the money will so toward the down payment of a linuse to be built In the Countrj Club Estates He onnected with the Massey Hite Grocery company His air corps serial which decided who should jet paid first was 31651001 Veterans whose serial number ends in 000 are among the first to rert ive their refunds fhe system was hit upon as a non disrrimlnalory method Cornwell was caught by the camera after drill last night with Company I of the II Mh Infantry at the National Guard armory Photo by Karl Rogers) to business uMn to re the checks for foieuble DRIVE AND WALK SAELY lorence County traffic deaths as compiled by tha Stats High way Department: This year to date 0 Last year to data 0 :1 Os? Governor's Address Is Wednesday COLUMBIA Except Governor Thurmond's annual mes sage Wednesday the South Caro lina General second week starting today should be much like its first The House of Representatives will keep on talking about money It is engaged now in debate on a general appropriations bill for 1950 51 that has grown to a nearly $100000000 total The Senate can choose from a variety of bills already on its calendar They range from one to ci eate a state game eummis'sion to another that would permit pari mutuel betting on horse and dog races at incorporated seashore resorts Indications are however that nothing much in the way of state wide legislation will clear the Senate this week It started its 1950 session like a House afiie but the blaze apparently died Thurmond's final annual mes sage to the General Assemble is set for Wednesday at noon In it he is expected to plug for approval of the state governmjut reorgan ization commission Plan 2 among other things lorence radio station WJMX will carry the broadcast of Gov ernor Thurmond's address from 12 noon Wednesday until 12:45 nv The plan proposes merging sev eral fiscal agencies into one state budget and control board headed by the governor The commission says it would save money for the state from $2000000 to $6000 000 a vear through a central purchasing agency alone for example 1 four year term as governor expires this year he I would have only a short time as head of the hoard if it is approved by the assembly The governor's speech can be counted on to draw comment pro and con on and off the legislative floors Coloring that comment will be the expec ed Democratic pri mary fight between Thurmond Olin Johnston for the United States Senate scat Johns ton holds ormer Secietary of James announcement for Democratic nomination in the gov race also should cause plenty of talk in the legislature 'Parson' Poyner Named Mullins Citizen Of '49 The Reverend Poynor rector of Christ Episcopal Church was named citizen of the year at a dinner here last night held by the Lions Club He has resided in Mullins for about three years and lived in lorence before coming here Reverend Poyner affectionately called was rector of St John's in lorence for 28 years He1 is called upon frequently to address church and civic groups in his foiiner home city NY Court Orders Return To SC Of Negro ugitive NEW YORK The Appel late division of the New York State Supreme Court yesterday ordered the return of James Wil son 29 ycir old Negro to a South Carolina prison work gang Wilson escaped last March 7 while sol ving a life term fur mur der He was arrested May 7 in the home of a i dative In the Bronx Supreme Court Justice John McGeelian last November dismiss ed a writ of habeas corpus which would have pi evented Wilson's extradition The appellate division gave no opinion In upholding Mc Gcchan's ruling Monday Wilson was sentenced originally for killing Paul Rivers also a Ne gro because Rivers allegedly mo lested Mrs Wilson The Sumter fugitive pleaded before McGeehan: am not afraid of a life sentence afraid of getting soma bullets tn my GI insurance divi WASHINGTON 617 The ederal Government mailed an estimated $87500000 to 500000 World War 11 veterans Monday as a start in the payment of the $2 800000000 rl This was moie than twice the anticipated daily mailing rate of 200000 checks It icpiescnted an accumulation of several days of advance preparations The government hopes to com plete the dividend payment for th' most part by next June 30 The Treasury Department which rends nut the checks esti mated the first day mailing at 500000 The government is urging vete rans to invest the dividend in savings bonds It ha warned them and business men generally to guard against fergenes mail box thefts and the like The Veterans Administration said it already ha submitted to the Ticasury Department 1000 000 voucher authorizing payment of an estimated total of $15 000000 It added that the cir cumstances aie favorable for maintaining the goal of 200000 checks a day Of 1600000 policy holders about 14250000 have applied for dividends The dividend of vete ran who failed to apply will re main in the Treaury but with out interest The dividend not subject to Income tax The Veterans Admin istration said that since many veteran asked that the check be mulled dnectly firm it felt called mind yeteian that can not be attached nnvment of debts The dividend 'represents an ac cumulation of a surplu in the National Service Life Insurance fund for eight years through the policy anniversary date in 1048 A soon as the current $2800 000000 payment Is completed the Veterans Administration will be faced with the necesrity of mak ing another dividend payment for time elapsed since 1948 The agncy hop eventually to get the dividend on an annual pay ment basis Cool And Rain or Tomorrow I LORENC AND PEE DEE Data from the United States Weather Bureau at lorence for the 21 hour period ending 7:30 last night Temperatures: Highest jear ago 7L Lowest year ago 14 Menn year ngo 58 7:30 am pm 53 Rain year ago 0 Sunrise today 7:25 sunkct 5:34 I'urri at Cloudy and cooler with oc casional light rain todav Wednes day cloudy and continued cool with rain High today 55 (AP) President Truman may make a public statement this week in an effort to ward off a death blow to his air Deal program in Congress it was reported Monday Mr Truman dis by a southern Democrat ic Republican coalition coup to seize control in the House was said to have called on his legis lative chieftains to fight the move vigorously The president met with con gressional leaders as the House buzzed ith behind the scenes strategy loading to a vote on a proposal to restore to the rules committee its old power to kill off legislation without letting the House act Mmv Truman bills stand a chance with Republicans and Southerner sticking together mi the committee it is believed They voted 9 to 2 riday to ask the House to kick out the year old rule which allows the rules committee to be hypasicd after it has sat on a ulll for 21 days President Truman is said to have been among those suggesting the picsent rule which adminis tration lenders put across in 1949 to upset the Dixie GOP coalition which had been swinging the axe effectively on a lot of Truman measures The showdown may come late this month Chairman Saba th (D ill) of the rules committee who opposes the change can wait 10 legislative days before calling It The coalition voicing confi dence of wanning out is expected to fono the House to meet every day to bring the decision as soon as posdblc A legislative day oc curs cnly when the House 1 in Mr Truman may speak eot publicly at hi Thursday news I conference I House Speaker Rayburn was understood to have told the pres ident the vote may be extremely close Some administration Democrats sav privately that White House help may be necessary to save the situation Anticipating a bitter struggle Representative Comer (D Miss) one of the southern Democrats leading the demand for a rules change said he looks for pres sure from labor groups the ad ministration so called Pro gressives and the left He piedicled victory and an other southerner Representative Rankin (D Miss) foiecast a po sible majority of two to one A gioup of administration Dem ocrats met yesterday called to gether bv Representative bcr hartcr (Pa) to discuss strategy They were said to have talked about ways to organize resistance They were leader in the original fight to write the present rule Eberhnrter Invited Sabath and Rcpicscntatives Holifield (Cal) Granger (Utah) Carmllf (Col) Kirwnn (Ohio) and Mansfield (Mont) Buddy Cornwell Among irst Here To Receive GI Refunds Jam (Buddy) Cornwell 307 TV a a time rst'ft di it I Mlr of the first lorence veterans to receive hi GI insurance divi dends He said last night that the $268 will go toward the down payment on a house to be built in the Country Club estates on Highland Drive Cornwell 1s associated with the Masrey lhtc Grocery Company He was contacted last night at drill In the armory where he keeps in touch with Army Ufa with Company I of the 118th In fantry of the National Guaid Hi sei lai nuinber from the Air Corps is 34651004 with the last three numbers being the key Men whose last three number begin with'zero gel checks first Cornwell was one ot about 100 men who post offiie officials esti mated received cheek in lor ence yesterday MULLIGAN A bllClDE APALACHIOLA la (4'i A coroner's jury found yesterday that the pistol death of William Mulllcan 27 of Macon Ga near here riday was suicide Mulllcsn was found in the front scat of his car a bullt in hi heart just off the highway 13 miles from here Saturday And Serves Boycott Note By I'RANCIS CARPENTER LAKE SUCCESS The Soviet bloc walked out of three United Nations committees Monday and damped a general boycott on all meetings of the UN anywhere in the world as long as nationalist China is represented Persons in high authority in the UN do not feel however that the Russians are planning to pull out of the UN in spite of their walks from the security council last week and from the three groups Monday They predict the Rus sians will merely take a vacation until the Chinese issue is settled The Russians have carefully put up the argument that they alone are protecting the UN charter: that the nationalist China delegation represents nobody and is illegal and that they won't sit at the same table with an illegal delegation Nationalist China's top delegate hcie Tsiang was in high spirits over the Soviet rage the re ported success of the Chinese air forces at home and the United States decision to pull American officials out of Red China I a mhk A zV aA n't 3 sb Xtt I Xialit pmooey kwa toucmoown'A I JUST GOT ONE GOAL MINO I that's to join tx MARCH DIMES AN' win THE against polio A 6 rd.