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?f / in*W'H?0 Jntfrwh, One othft-Negro
&#?* ' hhd^voted at the ward but shortly'
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at ward^xdne reported ahe* had.
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H. vVatk^nsi;trustee board chairman
. and Mirt^rt^JjVarren. Represolutives
were Resent from 58
colleges and? universities arid Jrom ;
fifteen edtfcationaV societies.
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orCity Fathers
tv/o council members *re to- he
chosen arid for whom nominations
were being votW -'fepesdey. "
Sent o? the Cttteeos Committee
which .Waa associated lh tb? court
|lg^ : ^?tost>' the torimajrjs and,
Which .-ihad urged citliana to regls*,?r
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1?ISTOR1DF CASE 4
Tfte <*urt fightagalttetrthe primary
actually .started In 1942 wh?n
some $3,600 ;yaa raised for this
purpose and the.-JBlteens Committee
^created: The Sooth Carolina
repeal of primary statutes in 1044,
summer' law students - at Columbia
Univei&Tty came up with an tpxs>er
frhtch the. NAACT used as
.speapljead of its .oourS attack.- ?
VTne casg, brought by OeoTge A,
theh^Rtaahd eoimtg'
Was handled in court by-1 attorney
Harold pt, Columbia
and attorney Thurgoe& iiarshall,
.chief of the NAACP/ naUonal. legal
staff.-.' Arrayed against them
was a nlrie-man battery df South
Carolina's best constitutional law
yers. >.
WUfelNCf yor
oerratlc leaders the first part ot the
weak* ft war not $lea* whether or
noC tba.deere* ordared Negroes*. lw
to party clubs, Conventions, etc.. or
rueidly gave them the right. Wheiv
a registered and qualified voter, to
^ote in party primaries.. Opinion
on this matter was almost evenly
teSlON MVttED . , h /T.^:'
1 Both Messrs. Htettw in* McCray
lauded the high cost's action. Mr.
||?toh ItffeM"We certainly tn
g-atedhl WarJng^of;J|i
by and So per' of the ^SfcHrcyit
ruHngs." He expressed the hojri*
Uiaf wtUte' pdrty iHUpbg^f wbeuE {
^^OlflrM^^the^^rty ^gefro *?*eiy%r?J
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Octrk^s
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Burned Out In - |
Torch-Tossing - C!HCAOO-(ANP>
tenalum
aiu^g uuue rnui't in
0ekin dlstrlpt frrea op Wpptwarth
A.V*., #t*een 26th and '3lst . Shw
mtjtiic'uKOT as huuuiunuf fiiain >11 - '"I
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Beginning last Sunday' the Im* to
proved . Bengrolen t ^wid ^Protective V
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v ^ Lodg S4i d jpri T
address over radio1 station WKIX :
relative to the w6?k'? program. Ai *1
educational director for the local A
lodg* Dr. Bawmgwrdoer fc askin#
all peowff who because-of ttaetr su- ??<
;V>^qy i^?ftw?ap? . (Q. ^
beak out and Old as nru*ny people b
m they cah to overcome th?5.handl- n
irS^ Back 1
City. M6. neict rhSvtfc. ? 1ffaaM ?
; rb^rteeVmianR have organised ?
and been ftmclionind -in the^'tti**'
^^ter?^C^ ^ead4?W ^
: Flos*'* b. Wilson, president. t>
Other ^^ers Include. Mrs. Zel- d
TSkid EZSk^iSSSm EZr J
say. "He hudaMhii *0* WtfL" !
The third reason fc "The church f
\n South Carolina *as endorsed ?
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tiWW WAl Jbdacd* ho We land- V
lortfa tetienle,^!^ momb^ ^
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tit. McCrfty, state
rtalttnah bf Progressive Democrats
'inr.-Toted in -ward three at z ap*
roxiiaately' 8:0i" a. m., flvfc mlntea
JMter iMls opened, fete fijiqtfP.
>tate supervisor t? ,foe Pfl>
NEW YORK, ft; Y.?-Disavowing
jjtvil disobedience as an affective
ichnlqqe for solvingiherace proem,"
Walter ' White, .goCretary' of
ie National. Absociatiorv ;fot iHe
dvancement of Colored People, e*ressed
the hope in a letter toSesw>r
Wayne Iforee "that sufficient
3ur?|^jjnn. be musterbd by the.tfosrnment
to tSo the simple tbfcil
hiCh >?iU make unnecessary "and
nthinkable - |iny * campaign of civil
la6bedienpe.. That siniple act is to
tpe out- segregation forthwith?.
Mr White's Ukter ofApHritwas
i response to a wire from Senator
Corse deploring what he deemed
SA40P "enco lragfttent" of the proosal
made Phillip Randolph
or.Incomplete noricPert^pipatlon . In
ny selective? service versa 1
UUtary training program which
oea w* apeclffcyrtly- prohibit-rfdal
HPtegatlom"-v"* c/y*' .
ars.sjvrie;
ex of tits NAfcCPbhafrd^f dirfcetdrt
emapdfcl to * WrtrtW- "how far Mr.
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thatU5?"<McOrJy^M^wS^1^
*yr tUb /first - South* Carolina Negrp
tb ?J*e imder the ruling, Mf.-Hln
States Position Of
Naaicp-ln -Clarifying I
Mote To -Sen. Mora?
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association, in supporting Mr. Jtan[
doy s^glon^ beoSp^gB or tilt.
going ta support . to * any degree
whatsoever Mr. Randolph's civil
dts&bedtenoe program, I servo notice
oofy that XafcaJJ <Hi*oci*te my- I
self from the board of directors of
s/rregatten Hit ^
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Asserting that- "we have not counseled
, Negroes - to Vefttse to-??W
their country,white concluded:
'We would, be less than holiest
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?K<I fl-ilrrf . kr??4 .Mr A?*?""" h
fouifch whlUf Mr. Ingram #li S ^
fifth.
j Heaviest;, Negro voting was done'
tographer -Oeorge - A. Elmore 'who ^
brought the suit agaihst Richland 4
Democrats which1 resulted to the 1
victor^* t It w%s \t*lc*n Jjlft itfter ".
Mfite'threg men at the rigtitr fead A
cast their ballots- In ward*bin#,- * 1
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necessary
o
' He cited injusticea" and *>
di?JriAilnfttions endured., by Negrfr a
troops in the last lyarand charged 11
thwtv'the ubnecessary and. danger- r
ous empnasis. ony racial aepi ration e
broadens the chasm of antagonism H
between Negro and white Americans
because the Army and , Navy Jabk b
the courage to abolish a?gfedauon. 0
This: practice has caused the 1
-pflt-flptt < ejte bgkqj tjiifwyh d
united ' States ?. to be ridiculed
throughout the wc.-"-\ particularly,
roffg the two-third* tlw people e
the. earth who are ooWred.JV- s d
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Not only has Congress failed to
to- fake effective , steps 'towards a
eliminating -isCgregatpn in the arm- ;a
efcl services, Mr. VftvM maintained. 1
tint hat also engaged id *the cheap- i
esft of politics" with regrad to a I
mlulmum .cJvtfrights program. 'It
li openly reported," he said, '"the- i
the. Republicans aYf debating how |
little ihey can do on UfeTrfvll
ddhU^progfram Add ?U1 ?l$
tevor ^iT^is^ttated antl-gochtog i
litldn of the polF-tax and freedom tO
secure ^Jobs on mfcrit through a fed-f u
eral fair employment prattle* law, i
.l&Uevtag thar theJSLegro. vote .can be j
purchased by passage *f one amasu- n
lated bill. Orv the other side the A
alAle there is little difference ?*?& ?|q
titude." " I
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Predict Higgins
Move To Bench South
Carolina A ME toiSHHH
Wi?lc prrciicUd>ys^opiic^<^ ^
church's !
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NAACP Re
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lonal Association fcm tbe Advanc
xttrnt of,. Colored People" Ba^ird
announced **eipt. of- . a total
15,853.50 for the defense of Id
tosa Lee Ingram and her ?ti
een-age sons convicted of a lei
lefcnse alay<"g hf ?\n " 'v*"* f
y In AmericuVOebrtfa. ?
Tile 8Ui"A -repreaebts the toi
mount received by tlie nation
ffioeand: does not include fan
ent- to the Americus.^Georpr
ranch. TFtte - bulk of the
ame frojn -117 r NAACP branch
rhlch contributed $13,09425. Thi
y-two' organizations .ctviC, socii
ibor, religious and political?co:
nbuted $1,083.78. From church
11 doer the country -came $fe00.]
?he rertiaimng $87529 was" conti
uted hy individuals.
JQOidugh thh death sentenc
Irst ibiposed on the Ingrams ha
een vacated, they still face 11
nprlsonnaent. Edward R. Dudk
ssistant special counsel for
tfaybank Quiet On
'rimary Ruling
"No word by Tuesday night hi
ame from TJ. S. Senator Burnet i
faybank on the supreme cour
iiling -Monday which killed X
I I *biaa?n A*
l*lon strayed. , ;
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jity Voting
?^aSfeii5?8
ftet Tuesday., April ,20, ?qu& u
twse In. :a. second prlmw^T. Yqr
atmclliftan, Whtoh Would' be he
lay A, If necessary being ?
ered by party leuders late rue
life' ?
Attorney Sidney, puncaft; V a d
fficial of 4he partyjHold The Lig
ouse and informer tome- -dou
b to eligibility of pefsons qua''*
rig alter April 20 to vpte; In t
un-off primary was b*1?1* e*pra
d. However, he emphasized v t\\
> wae "not an official" opirtloj
The May A second primary wot
?.held in the event oec .'tkLmc
t the two men to .be nominat
ailed to get . a majority In
ay's balloting.
The aduioe to tfegroe?, wis
ualify for the city - primary arly
as possible and jtoL^jfgt!
a}& newspapers To* What eWFfl
l&fcfii may be reached on the >ssi
' Persons holdings -city cer^fical
nd who Voted TuesdayMgoutrt
hie to vote also Ugay 4, .howevc
Haaberry's Ballot
' , member
be aV Benedict nolle
SsHM^i?0
Late-Tuesday afternoon, jw .1
ras about to pafet Ws .bagoW J
vhite man walked tip arttt-nrMe
y challenge. Asked his complal
he man ts quoted as saying, I
ust don'-t think it's sight." J
The ballot was place* la an ?
relope and held aside, The nan
and addresses of botkt^that tm
ifasMara 2&
>r*y the canvassing domtn|Htt
k?m0 believed it may be an i
Ht b) take the tepie back
nua-lwtn pnad* tn try tn Inf
mce, th^ Negro votes In ward nl
lewtfeSa for .the" entire ct^ H
i,. a. ..... .a,k iio.a/ Npao.e,
;>rimj?y, to. which he pledged 01
ilenr?. Praett^alVr ell of the stai
totes wUl go to president Higgi
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