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Indianapolis, Indiana, Jan. 29, 1955
Number 5
“Boot” Operators Beat Charge SELLS DOPE TO U.S. AGENT
Big Shot "Boot" Operators Freed; Others Arrested
By JIM CUMMINGS Alleged big shots in the lucrative bootleg cab racket "beat" contempt of court charges Wednesday while the little shot drivers continued to suffer the brunt of the attack aimed by officials at wiping out the million dollar-a-year business. The big shots, reportedly operating a dozen stations from which about 300 illegal taxis are dispatched to all parts of •he city, were freed of the contempt choroes bv Judge Lloyd D. Claycombe, Circuit Court. The ronterrpt charges were filed recently on the basis of the operators’ alleeed violations of an injunction issued lest Oct. 27 by Judge Claycombe. restraining the onerators from carrying on their alleged bootleg business. Six more men were arrested on charges of driving bootleg cabs last weekend, bringing the number of arrestc in the three-month-old war to 78. Arrested Jan. 21 were: Pobert RN’ms. 56. 352 W. 11th.' Mitchell Dixon. 34. 633 W. 13th.' Pobert Moore. 30. 1024 W. Ver-|
mont.
Walter Coleman, 26, 2960 Rook-, wood avenue. * Felix A. Allen. 46. 550 N. Senate avenue, and Robert M. Christi»n. 39, 750 N. California, w’ere arrested Jan. 22. Attorney Henry R. Wilson, w’ho has maneuvered adroitly through manv of the bootleg cab hearings,! effected the dismissal of the contempt ev>arges against the alleged | operators. THE TEMPORARY INJUNCTION had been issued on the j strength of a suit filed in Judge, Claycombe’s court by attorney i Frank R. Beckwith on behalf of! Safety Cab Co.. Inc., and 29 other licensed cab operators. In a brief filed in defense of Herbert Hawkins, reported baron of the illegal trade, Attorney Wilson contended that failure of the Ikensed operators to post a bond on the temporary injunction relieved the “boot” operators of any liability. Law requires that the plaintiff post a bond on the face of such an injunction. Named in the injunction besides Hawkins were Clarence Hatcher. 1405 E. 25th; Frank Williams, 835 Blake; Jewell Childers, 640 Indiana Avenue; Mary Elizabeth Ray, 2511 Northwestern avenue; How-| ard L. Bowles, 2706 Northwestern avenue; John Burnett. 2308 W. 10th; William Bailey, 1212 N. SenContinued on Pare 7 Ike Names Tackle Job WASHINGTON —- Presiden* Eisenhower, determined to effect his policy of eliminat’ng racial discrimination whenever and wherever possible, has named a new five-member committee to prevent discrimination against government workers because of race, color or creed in hiring and firing procedures. The new group replaces the Civil Service Commission’s Fair Employment Practice Board created by President Truman in July,
1948.
. A White House statement announcing the action Tuesday said, “The new committee, established at Presidential level, will have Increased stature over the former Fair Employment Board.” James C. Hagerty, White House
Ohio Gets Its First
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Negro Judge CLEVELAND (ANP)—A 57-year-old Harvard graduate became the fir«t Negro common p’eas Judge in this state's history last week. Charles W. White, a Republican and assistant Cleveland law director since 1933, was appointed to the post by Democratic Gov. Frank L. Lausche. White moved to Cleveland in 1924 after eraduating from the Harvard law school. White was named to serve ♦he remaining two years of the term of Frank J. Merrick, who won a probate court judgeship in the last November elections. A native of Nashville, Tenn., White’s first jobs in Cleveland were as a waiter in the Union Club and a part-time visitor for the old Associated Charities.
Booker T. Washington Memorial Bankrupt ROCKYMOUNT, Vs. — Assets of the Pook«*r T. Washington Memorial here will be sold Feb. 26 >to satisfy more than $125,000 indebtedness. The New York Times reported, S. J. Phillips, the founder. es assorting this week. Phillips is quoted as saying the shrin** went bankrupt because of the failure of Negroes
to support it.
“No prominent Negro ever visited the place unless we paid him,” Phillips declared. The founder asserted $94,670 was owed to promotional firms that tried to sell commemorative half-dollars at a do'lar each. Debts also included $35,000 owed on two farms comprising the 640 acres of the memorial site, honoring the memory of the world-famed leader and founder of Tuske-
gee Institute.
'Pusher' Pushes Luck Too Far In $150 Dope Sale Two alleged oope peddlers were trapped with a large quantity of heroin early Wednesday morning when one of the men sold the drugs to a federal narcotics agent. Four other persons were arrested by local police early last Saturday morning on state narcotics charges.
BEING A COMMUNIST IS A CRIME: Claude Lightfoot, 44, was convicted by a jury in Federal Court in Chicago Wednesday of belonging to the Communist Party while knowing it advocated the overthrow of the U. S. government by violence. It was recognized as a test case under the Smith Act and the first of its kind in the country. Another Negro, James B. Parsons had charge of the government's case. Lightfoot, who faces a 10year prison term and a $10,000 fine, admitted he was executive secretary of the Illinois'Communist Party. The
case is practically certain to be appealed.
Mrs. Irene Gaines Women's Leader
WOMEN FIGHT MAU MAU: More than a score Kikuyu women of Kenya, British African colony, have formed their own home guard to fight beside their men, in ridding their country of Mau Mau terrorism. In this scene, the Kenya women drill under their director, Chief Benedetto. At right is the captain of the women's guard, Esther Wangui, a woman terrorist who surrendered after being forced into the Mau Mau cult. (Newspress Photo)
Two Held On Shakedown Charge Face Grand Jury
T^o young V/estside men, ar- made by four white men. ! rested recently on charges of stop- Moore, 27, also of 511 N. Illinois,
ping white motorists in Negro areas apt. 6, was arrested with them around the designated area
and shaking them down for money but later was released.
C. a ft er posing as polbe officers, were THE WHITE MEN said thev were jeven injured By wars bound over to the grand jury iriving on Indiana avenue and In Arrirl^nfq T 'f esday ,^ on char g es of impei-son- bad stopped for a red light at in weeKena AACCiaenrS in tin& officers :Vermont street when a man came
(to the side of their car and of-
fered to procure women for them. They chose four women from a stack of nude pictures flashed by the solicitor and were directed to a house in the 500 block of N. West street, where they were supposed to meet
the women.
; William F. Frown, .54. 2115 | Howard, and Robert Hatcher. Jr., 27, 1508 N. Arsenal, were nabbed : in the 300 block of N. Capitol : avenue when Brown made a sale to Wilbeii. C. Penberthy, local U. S. narcotics agent. Penberthy reportedly purchased .a half-ounce of heroin from Brown for $150. The stuff, when cut and placed into capsule form, is said to have a retail va lve V* around $500. . iiatcheu was arrested when a ^**Triarijuana cigarette was found in iiis possession. I hiLOWN TOLD OFFICERS he was an addict and had been using ' dope for 22 years. He peddles narcotics to other addicts in an attempt to gain enough money to maintain his drug habit, according
to police.
His arrest turned up the largest quantity of uncut heroin taken here by authorities in some time. The trap was a well laid one, with Penberthy w'orking in unison with the local narcotics men. Det. Sgts. Samuel Gibbs, Anthony Watkins and Robert Keithly. Det. Sgts. Charles E. Byrn.es and Richard A. Jones also were in on
the arrest,
i Penberthy made contact with
Brown and they arranged the time lying the structure of human reSol and place. lationships between you and your The other officers were stationed neighbors will be eloquently ex-
plained by Mrs. Irene McCoy
LEADER Membership In A 'Violence' Group Adjudged Crime CHICAGO — Claude Lightfoot, the first person in America to be tried for membership in the Communist Party, was convicted of "informed membership" by a jury in Federal Court here Wednesday. The cose that drew national attention provided the first test of the Smith Act provision that membership in an organizortion, with knowledge it advocates the overthrow of the U.S. government by violence, is o : pun'shable crime.
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! Judge Philip L. Sullivan, conjscious of the far-reaching effects of the verdict and the certainty of an ultimate appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court, permitted Lightj foot, secretary of the Illinois Communist Party, to remain free under $30,000 bond. A defense motion for a new trial will be heard Feb. 15 by the judge. Heading the prosecution was another Negro, James B. Parsons, assistant U. S. District Attorney, who Presented the case with such skill and thoroughness as to win wide ac-
claim.
The law provides a maximum sentence upon conviction — if it stands before the high court—of 10 years in prison and $10,000
fine.
Heretofore, prose'ut ens a^am.st ^ommunists have been brou&ht
against groups that advocated and/or taught adherence to the
dea of overthrow of the government by force or violence. IF THE MOTION for a new trial
is denied Feb. 15, Judge Sullivan will impose sentence, leaving it
up to the defense to file an appeal
WASHINGTON. D. C. (CNS) - to a higher federal court - the Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, who Circuit Court of Appeals : started the whole bugaboo over ; heading Defense Attorney John
McCarthy Irked By Mrs. Moss' O.K.
|Mrs. Annie Moss, is greatly dis- Abt, New York, and George~~W*
A* VMS* A CiiMJ<%m>l reSS c ed °* ver h ? r rA nal cl ^T ance . Crockett, Negro. Detroit, told V lYll A \lSnnrtV,^, Secretary of Defense Charles newsmen they were sure to appeal Ml I I IVH jyilVIUf {Wilson. . 1. Ito the highest court in the land
l . In fact, McCarthy labeled it a ii necessary to overturn the guilty
ridiculous solution because she verdict.
was restored to a “non-sensitive” Piosecutor Parsons sought to P° sition - • convince the jury that Lightfoot, “To snv she isn’t good enough 44.years old, was a Communist— to handle classified material but which Lightfoot was reported to to give her a job where she rubs have admitted openly auring his elbows with others who do handle career—and that the Communist j {classified material is rather a ridic- 1 part y advocates overthrow of the ulous position to take,” comment- government by force, which Lighted the brash Senator from Wis- loot knew, advocated and furjtonsin, who above all would like thered in his speeches and activij to see continued the persecution ties a s a Communist,
of Mrs. Moss.
MRS. IRENE M. GAINES An interesting philosophy under-
“She is either a good security! ;jrisk or a bad one. The Pentagon should have been mode definite in its decision.” declared McCarthy. I Meanwhile. Mrs. Moss returned : : to her Pentagon post working as a typist in the Army Accounting I Office at a $3.335-a-year salary. She was fired from her govern-! ment job early last year after Senator McCarthy accused her of having belonged to a Communist
organization.
The mere fact that Lightfoot was a Communist was not sufficient for conviction, in c judje toiu tlie jury. The government must prove, to the satisfaction of the jury,, that Lightfoot was a member of the Communist Party, mat the Communist Party advocated overthrow of the government by violence and that
Lightfoot knew it.
If the conviction of Lightfoot
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Gaines at the Senate Avenue YMCA’s Monster Meeting Sunday
afternoon at 3:30.
A pregnant woman was among seven persons in lured in auto accidents on local streets last week-
end.
Mrs. Mary Artis, 36, 1212 N. Pershing, expecting a baby in two months, was rushed to General hospital Saturday for treatment of shock and internal injuries following a two-car collision at St. Clair
and West streets. apartment Monday night She was a passenger in a car! week on the. basis of a
driven by her 49-year-old husband,
Theodore Roosevelt Artis.
The Artis ear, headed east on St. Clair, was struck by a vehicle operated north on W r est by Clarence Edmonds, 26. 2515 North-
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ating officers
Henry Watson, 26, 511 N. Illinois, apt. 6, and Merrial Warfield, 20, 928 Fayette, were hound over by Judge Patrick J. Barton, Municipal Court 3. Watson was ordered held in .jail under $5,000 bond while a $1,500 bond was placed
against Warfield.
They were arrested at Watson’s
President of the National Asso-
Inc., Mrs. Gaines has a wealth
WASHINGTON (ANP)
Presi- ~
Frown showed up with Hatcher. Penberthy and Brown went a short distance away
from Hatcher to transact their r-t-smem. »,» me deal. Penberthy received the c iation of Colored Women’s Clubs. iden t Eisenhower’s magnificent per-
heroin, paid Brown with marked bills, th<*n clamped the
handcuffs on him.
The passing of the money was
sonal plane, the “Columbine,’
of experience in social work and touched down at Washington Mili-
community organization in Chicago, as well as varied academic
the signal for Gibbs. Watkins and preparation at Fisk and Loyola the other officers to converge on universities and the University of
the scene. Chicago
Brown and Hatcher were placed Her subject v ill be: “Human Reunder $1,000 bond each and their lations on Your Street.”
President Of Haiti Arrives For US Visit
tary Airport Jan. 26, bearing as its honored passengers, Haitian President Paul Magloire and Mrs.
Magloire.
Vice-President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles were out at the airport
Group to Jim Crow press secretary, told newsmen the increased stature—wider powers of operation—will result from the committee’s reporting directly to the President. The Chief Executive who staunchly advocates elimination of second-class citizenship in American democracy, has been dissatisfied with the failure of the former committee to achieve satisfactory results. IT IS generally known that he so far has not given support to a compulsory FEPC through enactment by Congress. It is his belief that fair play in employment may be achieved through persuasion and public education in the matter of the innate dignity that should ad- j here to all human beings. Eisenhower appointed Maxwell Abell, Chicago lawyer, as chairman of the new committee. Archibald J. Carey, Jr., a Negro and a Chicago alderman, was desigContinucd on Page 7
After parking a while in front ;^ses continued when they ap-1 JOINING IN EFFORTS to se- to greet the president. After a of last of the house with no contact with Reared before Judge Patrick J. cure a large audience to hear this parade through Washington, and report Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 7 | Continued on Page 2 la ceremony in which Magloire was 1
presented with the keys to the
: r itv. President and Mrs. Eisen- ; bovver met President and Mrs. t
j Mag’oire at the White House. Scheduled to r pend Wednesday at the White House, Magloire is to make an extensive tour of the city as well as visit the Department of State where he will ink important
! agreements between the Unit- ,
ed States and Haiti.
Magloire has also scheduled a !
Eastside Center Channels Attitudes, Energies of Youths, Adults to Worthy Goals
By JIM CUMMINGS
The Eastside Christian Center,
organized 10 years ago but until ,,,
recently practically unknown out- sp 060 * 1 before the joint houses of
side the immediate area it serves,:,,, . ,
is doing a herculean work in an ., Fanlights of Magloire s underdeveloped, needy community. 1 three-day visit to Washington w-ill Lo ated at 1547 N. Arsenal ave-; a to the American nue, it is the hub of social, chari-! . ^ ro ^ s headquarters and ® retable and recreational activity in {eeption by the National Council of a bustling neighborhood which ^ e § ro Women for Mrs. Magloire. only a few years ago was blind SATURDAY, Magloire will visit to its obligation's and overrun w r ith j West Point and then go to New juvenile delinquents and adult York. On Sunday he will be hon-
criminals.
PRESIDENT MAGLOIRE
a luncheon by the Chicago Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as a general tour of Chi-
The center furnishes recreation and religious education to almost 1,900 children and teenagers a week. It serves as a meeting place for the parents’ clubs and distributes food and clothing whenever possible to distressed families.
. k u- ^ fi ^ • cago. The president will visit Johnored b> ft ,s Excellency Francis | son p u 5 i s hi n g Company, Provident C ardinal Spellman, who will hold ( ^ it j ^ other points of inI a luncheon for the president Feb. >»
7. Columbia University will present Magloire with an honorary
doctor of laws degree.
The following day. Magloire will
terest in Chicago's “Bronzeville.’ PRESIDENT and Mme. Magloire go to Poston Feb. 6 after which ! they will fiy to Ottawa, Canada.
ine lonowing uay, magioire will , ' Canada, the president and have lunch with the mayor of New r * : Jr in To ^ his party will fly to Kingston, JaYork. After his four-day visit in / nd then visit the Domini-
before returning
OUTSTANDING SOCIAL' WORKER IN ACTION: Mrs. Edna Martin, outstanding director of the Eastside Christian Center, instructs a. class in handicrafts at the center. Members of the class (left to
right) are Carolyn Walker, Patricia Seats, Patricia Drew, Joy Flack, Armelda Bell, Eleanor Drew, Jeanne Flack, Marva Hutchens and Naomi Grimstead. (Recorder Photo by Jim Cummings)
in
Mrs. Edna Martin, a modest. New York, Magloire will' fly to R hl i hard-working woman who is “real-1 Nashville w’here he will be bon- n P
izine a lifelong dream coming ored at a Fisk University convo- norne - M StarUdTw yea “".‘la “THE MAYOR „ f NashviHe and !
Having been tnrough the area a special representative of the gov- invitation from President manv times and seen the poor ernor of Tennessee will meet the bower. He is the third head of a conditions and the underprivileged president at the airport. ; colored country to visit this counchildren loafing on street corners,! After a one-day stay in Nash-1 “T within a year. Mrs. Martin got off a trolley at ville, Magloire will fly to Chicago. Emperor Haile Selassie of
15th and Martindale one day in | His journey to the Windy City will Continued on Page 3 include a reception by the mayor.
Ethiopia came here in May,
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