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I t I V k n . A N P I N g i l KKK WITH GOVERNOR DEWEY IN PHILADELPHIA IVi'tiaiMi'n Moat Model it Restaurant ROYAL PALM CAFE 337 N. W. Third Ave. at Flanders HOME COOKING A SPECIALTY Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Smith, Owners and Proprietors GEORGE OLSON’S BR0ADWILL PHARMACY Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Lunch at Our Fountain N. B R O A D W A Y A N D WILLIAM S Closed Sundays I-«*ft to rieht: Ernest T. Wright, Harry Battio, Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Bishop David H Sims, and Judge Hobson Reynolds. NEW YORK—Governor Thomas the fate of the little Negro re to her; that India must be given E. Dewey, Republican nominee for publics and kingdoms felt that the right to self-government; that president, has moved the case of their cause might be lost in any the Shanghai international settle the small nations of the world, in major maneuver for world power ment must be abolished and aban cluding Ethiopia, Liberia, Haiti among the four great nations. doned; and that the imperialistic and Santo Domingo, into the in practice which parades under the Governor Dewey asked Mr. Hull ternational spotlight as a result of label of “ bearing the white man’s his challenging the purpose of the that the construction of a durable burden” must be permanently dis four-power conference ut Dumbar peace be considered as a "task of carded. ton Oaks in Washington, to dis co-operation among equal and sov Governor Dewey’s view’s on the card any hidden intentions of the ( ereign nations.” The Governor United States, Russia, Great Brit voiced fears in his communication world situation had been criticized ain and China to rule the world with Mr. Hull concerning “ what by supporters of the New Deal be- j and to deny the smail nations a appeurs to be a cynical intention cause the governor had not declar voice in tulks for future world se that the four great Allied powers ed himself in favor of a certain should continue for all time to dom curity. kind of internationalism that would Hi8 appointment of John Foster inate the world by force and thru find a few big powers controlling Dulles, internationally known ex individual agreement as to spheres the world as in the past and thus pert on foreign relations, as his of influence.” • * | planting the seeds for -a future representative to discuss his atti The New Yorker governor was world war. His statement to Hull, tude and viewpoints with Secretary believed to have delivered an ex followed by his prompt naming of of State Cordell Hull, is being plicit warning that Great Britain Mr. Dulles as his spokesman, is viewed as a master move by thou must realize that she cannot con gainingnationwide favor as a mark sands of foreign-born Negroes in tinue to quell the desires of A fric of genuine statesmanship and also New York and elsewhere Without ans to rule their native land; that as a hard-hitting, straight-forward the calling of the card by the GOP Ethiopia’s outlets to the Dead Sea rebuttal of the soft-spoken policy nominee, many Negro observers of and Gulf of Aden must be returned of American “ dream diplomacy.” Open 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Williams Avenue Grille Hospitality Distinctive Atmosphere We specialize in Home-Cooked Meals SOFT DRINKS — MUSIC N. Williams Ave. at Weidler Mrs. M. S. Williams Sammy’s Shine Shop Headquarters for Negro Newspapers Pittsburgh Courier — Chicago Defender Portland Inquirer All Brands Hair Dressing — Expert Shoe Cleaning and Dyeing _ 220 North Broadwray W H E R E TH E YO U N G ER SET GATHERS BIRD’S Soft Drinks — Ice Cream — Sandwiches* — Music ARM Y ORDER BACKFIRSE NEW YORK— Last minute, fran tic attempts by the De socratic ad ministration through Oommander- in-Cliief of the Armed Forces F. D Roosevelt to do something concrete about mistreatment of Negroes in the armed services backfired last CIKvUI I JU D G E e. M ultnom ah County Pd A d v A E Whselock., Treat B A IN far JU O G E Committee week when, despite a July 8th or der banning discrimination on A r my posts, the Army itself set up a separate and segregated redistribu tion station at the Pershing Hotel in Chicago for Negro officers and enlisted men of the Army ground forces who have returned from overseas duty. The Pershing Hotel is in the middle of Chicago’s slum area. Overseas veterans will now j come back from the war for free dom abroad to find “ for white on ly” signs on swank resort hotels in California and Florida. Reports also indicated that the Army plans to take over hotels in New York City, Detroit and else where in colored communities to house the returning Negro veterans and to avoid race mixing in hotels taken over in white neighborhoods. The Army is persisting in this vio lation of Adjutant General Ulio’s anti - discrimination memorandum of July 8th, although spokesmen for Negro groups had reminded the Army that it was discrimination it self in denying Negro veterans from overseas combat zones admis sion to the already established rest and recreational facilities which are scattered throughout the coun try. These redistribution c e n t e r s where tired combat soldiers under go a period of relaxation and re habilitation before they are reas signed for duty, had'been closed to Negro soldiers even at the time when the War Department, acting on last minute political pressure from the White House, sent out an order to Army posts, mostly in the h, to stop discriminating against South, to s t o p discriminating against Negroes. The all-Negro re- distribution center at Chicago’s Pershing Hotel is to be one of sev eral which will be scattered over the country. The Chicago Defender complain ed loudly in an editorial last week about the selection of the Pershing Hotel for a distribution center, de claring, “ Evidently the War De partment now is determined to ap pease Dixie once more and show it will uphold the doctrine of ‘white supremacy’ to the bitter end of the war.” The Defender points out that the location of the hotel will find the Negro overseas veteran coming from “ the muck and slime” o f bat tle to an area w’here kitchenette hovels abound on all sides, while' the white soldier, “ according to A r my announcements,” will come home to hotels in Miami, Lake Pla cid, Santa Barbara, California and Hot Springs, Ark. REPUBLICANS W IN M AIN E NEW YORK—The smashing Re publican victory in Maine last week is an accurate barometer of the temperature of the rest of the country, editorial research reports show. Although the state is a tradi tional Republican bailiwick, the Maine vote over the last twenty years has accurately shown the way the rest of the Nation would go whenever the Republican vote for Congress in September exceed 60 per cent. In these twenty years, whenever the Republicans went above 60 per cent, they always fol lowed through with a Republican Presidential victory in November. However, when the Republican 2013 NORTH W ILLIAM S A V E N U E CASH FOR YO U R CAR We Buy, Sell and Trade GEO. S. KOCH MOTOR COMPANY 2929 N. E. UNION AVE. Comer Morris St.’eet Clark County Residents Urged to Register Now A ll Clark County residents of six months or more are urged to resisted in order to vote in the election taking place in November. Clark County includes Bagley Downs, Ogden Meadows, Burton Homes, McLoughlin Heights and the Hud son House. Each of these projects have their own county ap pointed Registrars. Any information desired can be obtained from the Administration Building located in the project. In Bagley Downs, Mr. T. W . Kendrick is the Registrar. Anyone may register from 9:00 A.M . until 11:00 A .M . and from 3:00 P.M. until 1:00 P.M. 103 B W intler Drive South from 3 p. m. until 10 p. m. vote for Congress in Maine dropped below 60 per cent, the Democrats won the Presidential election in November. This happened in 1932, 1936 and in 1940, when Maine voted Republican for Congress re spectively 48, 51 and 59 per cent, and Mr. Roosevelt won the election in November. The Republican presi dents in 1920, 1924 and 1928, with the Maine GOP vote respectively 68, 61 and 70 per cent of the total, were elected in the November bal loting. New York for election as president in November. The returns from Maine showed the Republicans win ning in the first and second Con gressional district by 68 per cent, and in the third district by 77 per cent, for an average of 73.1 per cent. V Automobile rationing is now con fined to 1942 cars dnd 1941 cars driven less than 1,000 miles. The Septemter quota available for es sential drivers is 3,000 new cars — Returns from last week’s Maine election brighten the prospects of less than a third of one day’s sales Governor Thomas E. Dewey of in pre-war times.