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F riday. Ja n u a ry 4. 1946 PORTLAND INQUIRER Page Four PORTLAND INQUIRER Published Each Friday By Portland Inquirer Publishing Co. 1453 N. W . W illia m s A ve., T el. L A n c a sie r 1568 S en d m a il to P . O. B ox 3877, Z o n e 8 B. D. R o b in so n , M gr. C h e sle y E. C o rb e tt, E d ito r Member of the Associated Negro Press, Calvin’s Newspaper Service, Ted Yates Publications, lnc.t Independent Press Service. This newspaper reserves the right to print for publication all press dispatches, features and photos forwarded by these agencies or otherwise credited to them. N A T IO N A L A D V E R T IS IN G R E P R E S E N T A T IV E i n t r s t a t e U n ite d N e w s p a p e r s , I n c ., 545 F i f t h A v e n u e , N e w Y o rk C it y a n d C h ic a g o , ID. T e le p h o n e : M u r r a y H ill 2-5452 Rates by Mail: 6 m onth—$2.50 One Y ear—$5.00 in advance AID SEAL CAMPAIGN—Jim- in the fight against tuberculosis mie Lunceford, Lena Horne and by campaigning for sale of 1945 Rex Ingram gave a helping hand Christmas Seal. Alabama OK's Jewish School New Buildings Includes Negroes For Negro College In Sports Program NEW YORK (A NP) — Negro HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (A N P )— colleges w ill be included on Ye- The A labam a B oard of E ducation shiva u n iv ersity ’s sports program —i a w w n t r s d ,I» h 4 v e e k U w ^ -e v .p ^ ry d i- 4 » th e-4 * .> ta r * v —— — tu re o f $500,000 fo r new b u ild ings at th e A g ricu ltu ra l and M e chanical in stitu te for N egroes at Normal. A fter a visit to th e school W ed nesday, m em bers of th e board approved building a girls’ and boys’ dorm itory, expansion of hom e econom ics an d lib ra ry fa cilities and cottages for several teachers, now dom iciled in th e old hospital building. T he la t te r building w ill be renovated and restored to use as a hospital. B oard m em bers also plan a cen tral h eatin g p lan t for th e school. T-VBOR OLD C«W IPCNTIPy /g i T ype* o f Fi/PCtìDFT D uring the school’s 17th an n u al d in n er a t th e A stor hotel here last w eek, it w as revealed th a t Y eshiva’s cage schedule th is w in te r includes m eeting V irginia U n ion u n iv ersity at th e 15th R egi m ent arm o ry on Dec 22, a n d M organ S tate college at the O lym pia stadium in P hilad elp h ia on Dec. 27. In addition to b ask etb all games w ith th e tw o so u th ern schools, officials of th e Jew ish school d is closed th a t a w estern N egro col lege w ill also be included in Y eshiva’s 1 9 4 5-4 6 b asketball schedule. A WiSOOfJf/t/ M fp / $ 0 * * so il , S Ä T /A/ RF/ses sptTFp c n rp y OREGON FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION 1412 N. Williams Avenue CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON Ignores Threats of Vigilante Committee; Wife, Two Children Die PERMANENT FEPC IS IN SIGHT! In Mystery Fire, Husband Burned P ubic pressure appears to be breaking through th e stalem ate th a t for m any m onths has held up congressional action on P e r m anent FEPC. Soon after the issuance of our N ovem ber 23rd political analysis of the House deadlock and call for im m ediate Senate action to force th e issue, things began to happen: First, cam e the com m itm ent of a group of R epublican Senators to u n d ertak e an aggressive role to force the issue to th e floor of the S enate at th e first o p p o rtu n ity— aim ing for Senate action in Ja n u ary . This leadership group includes S enators W ayne Morse, O regon; Joseph Ball, M innesota; H. A lexander Sm ith, New Jersey ; M ilton R. Young, N orth D akota; W illiam F. K now land, C alifornia; C harles W. Tobey, New H am p shire; G eorge D. A iken, V erm ont. Second, cam e assurances from individual R epublican and Demo cratic S enators pledging support for S enate action soon a fter the Senate reconvenes in Jan u ary . Third, the H ousing R epublican leadership took to the Chicago m eeting of th e R epublican N a tional C om m ittee a proposed platform for th e 1946 cam paign incorporating the principle of FEPC. Fourth, last w eek House M in o rity L eader, Joseph M artin, told the N ational Council for a P e r m anent FEPC th a t as soon as possible a fte r th e H ouse holiday recess enough R epublicans w ill rign the petition to bring the bill to the floor of th e House. His estim ate is floor action late in F eb ru ary or early in March. M eanw hile, the protest resigna tion from the P resid en t’s FEPC of A ttorney C harles H ouston m ade the country acutely consci ous of th e fu tility of a g o v ern m ent agency w hich m ust rely upon The E xecutive for enforce m ent pow ers, and em phasized the g reat need for a P erm an en t FEPC w ith full au th o rity to go to the courts for enforcem ent of its d i rectives. Strike Now—While Iron Is Hotl W ashington is m oving — but it w ill m ove only ju st so far as th e people of th e country w ant it to m ove. It is our job to m obilize all possible public opin ion to back up the congressional leaders w ho are m aking initiative, and to let th e others know th at THE COUNTRY W ANTS AC-1 TION NOW! These are the things th a t m ust be done—a t once. 1. Intensify th e cam paign of m essages calling for im m ediate FONTANA, Cal, (A N P)— Two also th e explosion causing the w eeks a fte r receiving a n o t e w alls to fall out.” In his re p o rt of vigilante th re a te n in g physical violence u n less he m oved his fam ily from th reats, S hort q uoted S utherland th e ir new ly acquired pro p erty j as statin g to him : “Mr. Short, I in a w hite section here, O’D ay H. d on’t m ean to frig h ten you or S hort w as critically bu rn ed anc( in su lt you, but th e vigilante com his w ife, H elen, and tw o chil m ittee had a m eeting on your dren, C arol A nn, 7, and B arry, case last night, and they a re a 9, w ere fatally seared in a m ys tough bunch to deal w ith. If I tery fire an d explosion at the w ere you, I’d get my fam ily off this property at once.” S hort hom e S unday evening. S h o rt re p o rte d these and other S hort said he th en asked th a t p e rtin e n t facts to th e Los An- j if he failed to do so did this geles S entinel in an exclusive m ean th a t physical v i o l e n c e interview th e n e x t day. ! w ould result. "H is reply,” S hort The sh eriff w ho investigated said, “w as ‘yes.’ ” th e fire, re p o rted th a t D eputy A bout Nov. 15, S hort, a refrig- C ornelison and D eputy G lines eration engineer, purchased five “on one or tw o occasions had acres of unim proved p roperty at talk ed to th is individual, Mr. R andall and P ep p er streets, Fon- Short, and told him th a t he w as tana, and began building a home o u t of his bounds and advised j for his fam ily. The deed on the him th a t he contact th e colored property, S hort pointed out, con- ch am b er of com m erce and get ; tained no restrictiv e clause, nor to g eth er w ith th e w h ite cham ber i w as he advised a t the tim e of of com m erce and see if a lot of th e purchase th a t th ere w ere any disagreeableness could n o t be pre- j restrictions or b ars against his re- v en ted .” siding there. A tty. Ivon Johnson of Los An- A lthough the building w as only geles, w hom S hort consulted aft- p artially com pleted, S hort m ov er receiving th e th reats, advised ed his fam ily into the new hom e th a t S hort, on his advice, get a few w eeks a fte r he paid over in touch w ith th e FB I, w ho told the $1,000 installm ent on th e pur- him to keep th em inform ed of chase price. any developm ents. F irst indication of opposition, Follow ing th e fire, Johnson S hort continued, cam e w hen he again contacted th e FB I and has received a visit from th e d eputy been advised th a t th ey have ask- | sheriff, w ho advised him th at ed W ashington for perm ission to some neighbors had com plained e n te r the case. G rounds for an about his presence there, and also FB I in vestigation are understood told him th a t an ag reem ent ex- to be th e alleged existence of a isting betw een th e F o n t a n a conspiracy on th e p a rt of tw o or C ham ber of C om m erce and prom - m ore persons to d ep riv e S hort I inent N egroes in th e com m unity of his constitu tio n al rights. Such provided th a t N egroes should live a conspiracy is considered a crim e only in the B aseline district. u n d er fed eral statutes. F o n tan a police stated th at, ac cording to S hort, th e explosion LOS A N G ELES (A N P)— A fter occurred w hen he w as filling a a conference T uesday afternoon, coal oil lan tern . C alifornia A tto rn ey G eneral R ob The sh e riff’s account declares: e rt W. K enney stated th a t his “S hort claim s th a t th ey had no office w ould cooperate to th e electricity down th e rrf to use*~/or fulleM e x te n t w ith San B e rn a r ligh tin g and it w as necessary to dino county au th o rities in c a rry use coal oil lan te rn s; th a t one ing on a thorough investigation of these la n te rn s had ru n o u t of into th e fire th a t caused the oil and he w as at th e door at d eath s of Mrs. H elen S hort, and th e back of th e house, on the h er tw o children, C arol A nn and south side, filling th is lan tern B arry, on S unday night. w ith coal oil, and th a t it e x He im m ediately dispatched an ploded, thro w in g th e oil all over assistant from his office to F on him and th e fam ily and to all tana. The d ep u ty left im m e p a rts of th e house. d iately w ith Mrs. C arrie M orri “T h at th e w hole th in g h a p p en son, sister of the deceased, and ed so q uickly and the flam es a new spaper photographer. They, w ere so heavy th a t th ey w ere to gether, w ith d istrict a tto rn ey of unable to get o u t of th e house S an B ernardino county, w ould a t w ith o u t being severely b u rn e d .” tem p t to obtain an interview w ith R um ors w ere w idespread in the O. H. S hort, now in the hospital colored com m unity th a t S h o rt’s in a serious condition. house w as bom bed by v igilante Christ's Temple w hites who objected to Negroes The d istrict a tto rn ey of San | Sunday Services as Follows living in th e South F o n tan a area. B ernardino county has also p ledg S.S. 10:00 A. M.—Service 11:45 Carol Ann, th e y ounger child, ed his full cooperation in th e in E vening Service 7:45 received th e w orst burns. She vestigation. Week Day Service Wednesday is learn ed to have died a t about and Friday 7:45 P. M. A ttending the conference w ith 6:20 p. m. a t th e S o u th ern P er- —A ll A re W elcom e— m an en te hospital, ap p ro x im ately K enney, in ad d itio n to Mrs. M or Rev. M. Jefferies, Pastor rison, w ere Leon H. W ashington 2139 S. E. 9th A»*., cor. Grant 15 m in u tes a fte r she w as a d m it LA. 0488 Res. TR. 4723 ted. The boy, B arry, died at 2:10 Jr., publisher of th e Los A ngeles a. m. on Monday, and th e m o S entinel, and A tty. L oren M il th e r ab o u t 11:00 a. m. th e sam e ler. day. Short, whose w orst b u rn s w ere understood to be aro u n d th e face and head w as g i v e n a 50-50 chance to survive by atten d in g physician, Dr. Normc* H augen. One of S h o rt’s w h ite neighbors, Boyd G ilpin, sta te d to a rep o rter th a t he saw th e fire sta rt in the e arly evening. He said th a t it was at one side of th e house and th a t he th o u g h t it w as a tra sh fire and th erefo re d id n ’t in v esti gate im m ediately. A p ictu re of th e lan te rn , a l legedly to have been th e cause of the fire, w hich w as ta k e n at th e scene of th e ru in e d home, show ed th a t th e la n te rn was m ore or less intact. The sh eriff's rep o rt on th e fire stated fu rth e r: “Upon investiga tion, w e found th a t th e outside w alls of th e house had all fa l len to th e outside and th a t e v e ry th in g in th e house had a p p aren tly ignited a t th e sam e tim e. "The conclusions w ere th a t this man w as ap p a re n tly using some kind of gasoline o r coal stove to cook on an d th a t th is had exploded, settin g th e sm all house afire practically all at one tim e. FEPC RALLY HELD (C ontinued from Page 1) St. Jam es Baptist C hurch S unday School 10:30 A. M. Serm on 11:30 A. M. E vening Service 7:30 P. M. A ll A re C ordially W elcome 120 N. E. Russell St. Rev. J. S. Ferguson. Pastor Sister Naomi Williams, Sec. izens of P o rtlan d a re urged to w rite P resid en t T rum an, W hite House, W ashington, D. C., S en ators A lbin B arkaley, and W al lace W hite, S enate B uilding. W ashington, D. C., asking them to do all possible to brin g the bill to a successful vote in the I MT. ZION CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST senate. L etters of encouragem ent 1 0 8 K . E . R u s s e l l S t. and praise should be w ritte n to O R D E R O r SE R V IC E S enator W ayne M orse w ho is one S u n d a y S c h o o l— 9 :4 5 A . M. M o r n in g S e r v ic e — 1 1 :3 0 A. M. of the leaders of th e FEPC fight ! E v e n i n g S e r v ic e — 8 :0 0 P . M. in W ashington. Y .P .W .W .— 6 :3 0 P . M. S en ato r A rth u r C apper of K an sas and S enator R obert W agner of New Y ork a re h o norary c h a ir men of th e N ational C ouncil for a P erm an en t FEPC. T he C oun cil’s address is 930 F S treet, NW. W ashington, D. C. Mrs. A nna A rnold H edgem an, w ho visited | P o rtlan d last May is executive secretary. Capt. Jo h nson-R oundtree m ay be contacted th ro u g h th e P o rt land Council of C hurches, YMCA B uilding and th e U rban L eague, 6 SW 6th A venue. ) S enate action, to: P resid en t H arry S. T rum an, T he W htie H ouse; M ajority L ead e r A lben S. B arkley, U n i t e d States S enate; M inority L eader W allace H. W hite, Jr., U n i t e d S tates S enate; Mr. H e r b e r t B row nell, R epublican N ational C om m ittee, W ashington. 2. Intensify th e cam paign of m essage to Senators, calling for support of im m ediate S enate ac tion and closure on S. 101. 3. C o ngratulate the R epublican Senators listed on page 1 on th e ir leadership, and le t them know the co u n try is w ith them . . Intensify the cam paign for p e titio n signatures. As announced in the N ovem ber 23rd bulletin, a revised list of those w ho have not yet signed is enclosed. 5. C ongratulate M inority L ead e r Joseph W. M artin, J r . (ad dress him at the H ouse of R ep re sentatives) on his in tention to tak e leadership in securing R e publican sig n atu res in th e House. Take Advantage of Recess Congress w ill recess for th e C hristm as holiday this w eek, to reconvene about the m iddle of Jan u ary . T his is your o p p o rtu n ity, w hile y o u r R epresentatives and Senators are a t home, to have delegations call upon them and urge then- su p p o rt for im m ediate congressional action. Push Ahead Mass Meetings Public concern is a t its height, We m ust solidify and channel this concern—and mass m eetings are th e in stru m en ts of th e people. All the mass m eetings scheduled for Ja n u a ry should be big enough to dem o n strate solid public b ack ing for th e a ttem p ts congressional leaders should be m aking at th a t tim e to en act FEPC IN HOUSE AND SENATE. T he circu m stances a re unique. The tim e is ripe. MAKE T H E MOST OF IT! “T he accelerated program of th e N ational Council for a P e r m anent FE PC needs m o n e y . M aintenance of th e W ashington h ead q u arters, and the eig h t re gional rep resen tativ es n o w at w ork in th e areas w here R epre sen tativ es have not yet signed, tak es m oney. P lease, please ac cele rate y o u r m oney-m aking ac tivities and sta rt th e funds ro ll ing in. We need it now , if we are to serv e you effectively,” states Mrs. H edgem an, executive secretary. THE MT. OLIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST O n ild s D a k .— 4312 N . W . 41 O rt. ORDER OF S E R V IC E S u n d a y S c h o o l— 8 :4 5 A. M . M o r n in g S e r v ic e — 1 1 :4 5 A . M. Y .P .W .W .— 4 :0 0 P . M. K v e n ln g S e r v i c e — 7 :3 0 P . M. T u e . S e r . 1 1 :0 0 A. M . & 7 :3 0 P . M. T h u r . & F r l . E v e .— 7 :3 0 P . M. A ll I n v i t e d — R * v . H . D . W illia m s , P a sto r WILLIAMS AVE. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST E lder C laud L. L am pkin, P astor 2504 N. W illiam s Ave. ORDER O F SERV ICES: M onday an d F rid ay : E vange- listical Services 7:30. W ednesday Bible Band 8:00. S unday, S unday School 10, M orning Service at 11:30. Y. P. W. W., 6:30. E vening Services :45. Come One! Come All! Mrs. L am pkin, R eporter. AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH 2007 N. Williams Ave. Rev. J. F. Smith, Pastor CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST T u e . 8 :00 P . M .— E v a n g . S e r v ic e T h u r . P r a y e r & B ib le B a n d — 8 :0 0 F r i . H e a l i n g S e r v ic e — 8 :0 0 P . M. O v e r s e e r W . L. M c K in n e y . P a s t o r E ld . B . T . W e lls , A s s t . P a s t o r 1207 S. W. Front Ave. R egular C hurch Services B roadcast E ach S unday K W JJ a t 8 A. M. Rev. B. M. McSwain. Pastor CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 338 N. W. 5th Ave. S unday School 10 30 A. M. Serm on 12 Noon Y.P.W.W. 6:30 P. M. E vening Service 8 P. M. Other Meetings Tue.. F ri. E venings 8 P. M. Bible B and Wed. Eve. 8 P. M. REV. J. C. LEW IS, P asto r Cor. 99th and S. E. Ash Sts. W eek Services—T uesday and F rid ay 8 P. M. SUNDAY SERV ICES S unday School 9:45 A. M. Serm on 11:30 A. M. Y.P.W.W. 7:00 P. M. E vening Service 8:00 P. M. ELD. T. W. RUSSAW , P asto r