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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1M7
‘Charter of Human Freedom’...
Wh»t la thia document wfcirh President
Truman called "An Ainarlean charter of hu
man freedom in our time."?
Fraaldent Truman aet up the committee
laat December 6 to atudy how preMnt lawn
and governmental agtnclea may be “atrength-
It wa» drawn up by the orwndentlal corn* ^improved to aafeguard the eivll
mlttee on civil rlghta, headed by Prealdent HghU of the peopled
(“harlee K. WIleM of the Odneral Eleetiie
fh,, and makan aft recommendation* In the
field of civil tighu.
, It urgea the enactment of federal anti-
lynching, anti-poll tax, and fair employment
practice lawa, three iaauea which have tom
(’ongreaa with bitter atniycleJ
It recommenda that ('ongreaa and the
Rtate Lnglalaturea outlaw aegregatlon and
dlacrlmlnatlon baaed" on rice, color, creed,
or national origin, in auch place* m train*,
btmea, achohU, hoepltala, theater*, hotel*, res
taurant*. the armed aervieea, and private
employment. : T • L '
It propose* that the stile* outlaw "re
strictive covenant*" by which property own
ers bind themselves not to sell or lease to
"undesirables." <T
The 16-member committee said these
measures, and many others, are needed to
bring the nation nearer to full realization of
“the American way" of freedom and equality.
"Wd need to guarantee the same right#
to every person regardless of who he is,
where he lives, or what his racial, religious
or national origins are," the report said.
• It declared "the time is now," for three
.Ijfgsbns: moral, economic, and international.
. The committee’s view of the international
aspect was that “the United States is not so
strong, the final triumph of the Democratic
In tha group arc two Induatrialiata, two
labor loader*, two college presidents, four
church leaden, four lawyen, and the direc
tor of an educational fund.
Two of the lb memben live In the eouth 5
Frank P. Graham. President of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, and Mn. M. E. Tilly
of Atlanta, an official of the Women's So
ciety of Chrletian Service, Methodist Church.
Examples of what the committee consid
er* violations of civil rlghta were dlecueeed
at length: -
• Someof these were:
Six lynching* in 1946; police brutality;
"unfair" court trial* of persons from minor
ity groups; the wartime mans evacuation of
Japanese-Americans from the West Coast;
racial discrimination in the armed services;
barring of some alien groups from Ameri
can citizenship; denial of voting right*.
The report said all the recommendations
were a "general consensus" of the committee
except that on two matters where there was
a "substantial division of views," these were:
1. The committee recommended that the
Federal Gpvemment refuse to grant funds
to any state government or other agency—
for public housing or hospitnls, for example,
if there is to be segregation in the use of the
money.
| The Natioa Today
Aetor-Produeers Contempt Actions May Face
BuSfcUlb? ‘ ^ urate Hollywood Writers
’J I ‘ By MAX HALL 4*— —
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By BOB THOMAS
HOLLYWOOD -(#»- Many
•Un have bam badly burned by
■tUmptlng their own movie pro-
. birt ~ ‘
| WASHINGTON, -UK- This
week a group of Hollywood writara
have been charged with conumpt
of t onirrra* because they wouldn't
‘family
ond film, a comedy called
H»M,ymoon, N In Junuary.
Hob'a firet venture, "HeWntleae
wni happy fur two rauaonsi He wi
able to get color (a run item);
he got It Into Knglond before the
76 per cent tax wont Into effect.
Now bo'a eager fur mon M
InioreaUng note oboul Bob's cur.
rent opus. "Sitting Pretty, M Is
Ihut ho Miwr'ed to play the role
at Belvodtn, the ba»v sitter, Then
he found out the pert was going
te Clifton Webb, lob look tho
IPBfl
"I WI
pictures,
*et.
ductiona. but not Robert Yooag. i ftvo “yes or no" answer* to
He to planning to produce a ene-j quettion "are you a Communist?"
That maans a wort trial to poe-
sibla. Cltimatoly the rase may go
to the Supreme Court,
Already, in the yelling ah4
pounding of one of the notsleet
committee bearings ever held on
Capitol Hill, both sides are pre
paring (or this omirt trial
You ran seo H In the asking of
the questions by the committee St-
torney, Hotiert X, Rtilplln*, and In
the way the wttneesea reply,
What Is contempt of Congress?
a violation of a law which
Ab MacKenzie Sees It... •
.Idpal is not so inevitable that we can ignore , J . A nbaority of the commiUt^. whik> fav-
what the world thinks of us or our record,” . onn K
UN Has Failed, But No One
Dares Let Group Collapse
h* about his right under Urn eun-
•UtWien and the eemmittoe’s right
to qnk neb u question, and chair-
to*a I. Parwell Tbatnas would be
gin baainnc hie gavel and demand
ing a yee-or-no anewer.
M 0 trial I. held, the defendants,
Mgtog by thair ueUmaay tbto
week, will rngue that the qaeeUea
“•H yea a sommunist?" to un-
•mMitoltoaal and the consmittoa
baAno rtobt u> aak it. They have
tnaiitod that their civil righto, ore
InvMMl by un Inquiry into their
poltttoul boitofs.
iMN hove been several Jtory
conrlrtiono fur roatomyt at Con-
Btoto, None at them hue yet tooth
ed tho Supreme Court
summoned M
tare unyway. Hto phllesophyi
want to be aseoetotod with Mod
turn, no matter rwhat roto 1
/
B-tty Qnblt'. m ronmet wlU, “>
th-Kox to u lulu. It !> o oovon- ^
a person who hue been
• witness before •
il fomnuttw Ignores
tho eumtuoM or "refuaes to answer
! CoTioeming sqgregatlon, the separation
of a minority from other people, the commit-
tee said the "separate but equal" idea, as
when a state has one school system for white
persons and another for negroes, "is one of
the outstanding myths of American history”
because:
"/( w almost always tr>t* that while
• imbed separate, these facilities are far
yfrom equal."
:i The committee criticized, without nam
ing names, what it called "irresponsible op
portunist* whb make it a practice to attack
•very person or group with whom they dls-
i ijjfee as Torajminista,' M
It bald "we rannot let theae abuses deter
us from the legitimate *x|m*tn| of rsal Com- ,
miiplele and reel hWMs,' 1 and added that
"th<> xpine end" muet Im shown In defending
otir Momocrsr) against one group as against
(liiotitor.
The,co!timiitpo ssld "puhlle sxcltemsnl
hkiout Tiimmunlats'" Ita* guns far beyond.
goinl jinlgmeut anil calmness, and " a state
of near-hysterla now thrsgten* to Inhibit the
freedom, of genuine Democrats,"
Uc»n<yrnlng Federal umnkiyes, the com-
n)lttee .aid the government ha* a duhrto dis
miss dUl^yal workers, hut their civil right*
must be protected, and procedures should
be worked out for this protection.
an end of segregation as an “ultimate
goal,” opposed making this a requirement for
the giving of funds.
2. The committee recommended that the
states enact laws banning discrimination in
admitting students to the public and private
schools. Church-supported schools would be
exempted. A "subsUntiar minority of the
committee was opposed to such laws.
The committee said federal and state
laws should be enacted to prohibit discrimin
ation in employment.
Concerning poll taxes, the committee Mid
the seven remaining states which require
their payment before a person can vote ought
to alioliah such taxes themselves, but If they
don’t do It "promptly," thi federal govern
ment should paea a national law,
Thu poll tax states gN Alaktams, Arkan-
zaa, Mississippi, Houth Carolina, Tenneaage,
Texas and Virginia.
Each section of the nation can find In
thia charter a blow at |irelud!o«Hi ranqiant in
are etrongly attached. They are under at
tack because we have failed to "clean Houle"
In our own communities. However-miny
section* of this report may anger Texan*,
snger Is not and never ha* been a solution
to a problem. We have a hard job to do,
but thia "charter of freedom" tndlcatee that
It muet be done.
The mood of those who an con-4-
corned with the welfare of the Uni
ted Natioas to one of iscreasiag
fear that our Peace Organization,
which was to unite mankind into
one world of friendship, already is
an irrevocably tragic failure aa the
result of the
fierce conflict
between the
Communists and
the Democrac
ies.
One strives
eagerly let
vainly to recall
some greater
accomplishment
by the U.N. than
that of last
Monday wlpi
the political
committee, *f
tor a long and bitter battle, finally
achieved unanimity. It adopted
resolution condemning all forms of
propaganda likely to provoke or
eneourage any threat to peace
Well, It'e good to find our peace
oraanisstion at least agreeing that
it is against war! Apropos of this
one is yominded of the story about
the late President Calvin Coolidge
and the Bundsy sermon. I've for
got t#n who first related the tale
Ifttt suspect It was Mrs. Coolidfe
bei self who twill of asking 0*1,
upon hi# return ftom church, what
the minister preached about.
"K!n M , replied the ever laeunlc
CiHilltlge
"What line did he Ukef H perato-
ted Mn, 0.
“He’s against it, said the Presi
dent
So the fruit of weanr months of
fighting it a resolution condemn
ing war. And having passed this
they have returned to the wrangl
ing. Small wonder that Mn. Ptank-
lin D. Roosevelt a couple of days
ago expressed a hope and a prayer
in the U.N. for a "gradual increase
the U. N. for a "gradual increase
of good will here rather than this
continued back-and-forth of our
telling each other what doge we
are.”
The xyay it looks from this col
umn’s Observation poet, the U. N.
to being kept going largely be
cause of stark fear among member
nations of what would happen if
the organisation collapsed. The re
sults of a breakdown are too terri
ble to contemplate.
There are those who are wish
10th
year, no-option deal which report
edly will gross Betty 98,600,000. It
calls for two films a year, no out
side pictures and no stage work
The blonde beauty to very happy
about it, as who wouldn’t be.;
Dennis Morgan was asked If
another “Two Guy
wae planned for
Carson. "Over my dead body," he
answered “unless it was a straight
story ©r one with a good corned
angle," still, the series is box-o:
flee gold .. .
A
Nora Eddington Flynn may not
know it yet, but her role in "Don
Juaif’ will be hbout 30 seconds snd
she’ll get no billing. Shell play
her husband’s last amour In the
Ragtotrar K. L Heston sad hto
etotont Ray (1, Perryman toft f«r
attend a
i of Tea-
yifWMi ley Q. Perryman toft far v
Fed Wnrik yesterday to attend a .
of the Riztotow
guilty of • mmesmesnor. I
He can be fined 11^00 snd jailed
for one year. . ,
A subcommittee of the Houee
un American Aetlrittoa Committee,
in clung John Howard Lawson,
Samuel Ornlts» and otheke for con-
uy. From filmjl h “ that they
lew.
Now, if tho full committee, then
the House of Bspresmtatives, and
finally a Federal Gnutd Jury all
agree with this view, the case will
go to trial in the Federal District
Court here.H
If this happens, the jury must
decide the issue at whether these
men legally did “refuse” to answer.
The witnesses haven't admitted
They will retun Saturday after-
iMDIto I
picture, and Errol indicates that | they “refused." Some have insisted
each to the real-life case ... i they weren’t refusing, they only
Tony Martin joins the parade to wanted to answer in their own way.
England. After "OaSbah,” he plans | Each witaeas would begin talk
to make a film in the Isles, whence
comes half of hto fan mail He’s
aleo being mentioned for "Song
of Norway" . . . Every big-name
band or singer to spending nights
in recording studios. They’re re
cording everything in sight, pre
paring for the big disc drought!
Sweden's latest gift to Holly
wood is Marta Thoren, a dark-hair-
fully thinking, that perhaps the beauty who is playing tha Body
anxiously awaited meeting of the Lomarr role in “Caabeh." She came
big four foreign mintoters in Lon
in i
develop eome-
e strained eit-
don next month may
thing to alleviate th
uation.
That conference to primarily to
try once more to write a dermal
peace treaty aver which thus far
the former allies have bean unablq
to agree,
No, this isn’t a good time to al
low th# U, N. to collapse, As re-
rnerhud to the writer by an official
attached to one of ihr defeKatioasi
"W« are wallowing In the bottom
of a nave, and w«> arc shipping
water, hut we xrenl ready Is aif
m|t that we are shipwrecked,"
from the seme dramatic academy
that produced Garbo, Bergman,
Hasso and Lindfors.
Let’s Make a ‘Sully’ Award...
Letters are *till coming in. as answers to ported themselves with honor under trying
*. our plea for them. circumstances. There must be a wealth of
Here is one frpm Phillip Goode, of the such stories somewhere. The BetUlion would
perform a real service in digging them up.
Perhaps a contest could be sponsored and an
award given to the student presenting the
beet true account of an incident illustrating
Ut Family (to lluNgry
Supers Peddling Ducats
For TU-SMII at $75 Pair
Winner* of Cadet
Review Named
Winners ef
lltiMi at the
the leu lbs 11
were am
department .
First pUi«
Business and Accounting Department
★
. “1 cannot indorse too heartily your recent
editorial, "Soldier, Statesman, Knightly
Gentleman." I read it to all of my friends,
many of my students and finally pinned it
on the office wall.
"I believe even’ student wants to be
proud of his school and every graduate, his
Alma Mater, but unless he knows of the true
traditions of courage, integrity and courtesy,
he may find himself in the predicament of
the little boy who Wants to express his un
swerving confidence in his family, but can
think of nothing better to do than throw a
handful of sand and say. ‘My daddy can whip
iMor daddy-V A
Hfkv it was extremely gratifying to
to see that the Battalion intends to keep 'this
description of Sully Ross .. . before the Ag
gie* all semester.'
"Why not all year and every year for the
benefit of each succeeding generation of atu-
dtnta! A dedication to right principlea hardly
can be too of tan reiterated.
"It seems jto me it should be an essential
duty of college publications to Inform the
.gtudent* of the real tradition* of the achool—
real life incidents when studtnta, graduates
and even faculty thembera (If poaalbla) de-
this phrase, or if you do not care to delve into
the archives, history can be started from this
date by offering an Oscar to the Aggie who
best typifies this appelation for the year-
only it would be a Sully instead of an Oscar.
"Just a couple of suggestions. I’m sure
you have many such ideas to carry oUt your
plans of keeping this description before jhe
Aggies, but if you should run out, see me.
I’ve got a million.” . ‘
★
The matter of presenting a "Sully" award
every year will be considered seriously. There
are many awards now, for military profi
ciency, scholarship, and other matters. There
should be a place for encouraging conduct
reflects the beat traditiona of the A. &
Hy WILLIAM C. BARNARD 4-
DALLAS, Tex., Oct 31 i#» —
Thin*# have como U> * pretty pas*
when a reporter has to advertise
to get tickets to a football frame,
namely the SMU-Texas affair here
tomorrow.
We ran the ad in desperation be
cause Lester Jordan, Busineu Man
ager of Athtotica at Southern
Methodist, to hacked up against a
wall by one thousand war veteran
student* who want tickets for their
wives and there to no way to
reach him for a quick talk. The
last we saw of Jordan, he looked
terrible—frayed at the edges and
baggy around the eyes and hto
voice was a croaking whisper that
kept repeating "no tickets, no tick
ets.”
Of course he to wrong. W’e learn
ed from our ad that there are at
least 329 tickets available, and two
of which ran bo had if you are the
kind of fellow who would lot your
family go hungry Una winter.
The sad tnitb to that the SMU-
Texas game has made scalpers out
of a lot of honest people and if the
weather continues nice the scalp
ing to going to amount to a mas-
marching compo
rt itwiew hold at
RTt.W
J torezy,
ur tho First Regi
ment was takqn by "C Infantryt
fust place. Mnnrt Beglmont, “I"
Fisltl Artillery! first plare, Third
Rlgimenl, M A rt Air Fm-foi first
place, Fourth itegtmrnt, "A" (tom-
K it*I and first place, Freshmen
tlment, Company a,
LET AN
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WASHING
WAXING l
POLISHING
STOP AT THE
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Two ads got jammed together In the
Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald and read this
wny:' ,
"LOST -4- Thuraday night, white-faced
man bull, weight 1400 Ibe. probably dowft-
'town or on Lincoln Park bus."
Thd fcllslton,
of Oolldgo Btattofi,
tftetnoon, osceft .1
sd'Weoklr,
The Battalion
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News •oattlkuunn* may bo made by telephone (4-14441, or at tho odltorlal office, Roam lot, flood-
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of the Associated Preao
Tho Aseoetotod Pres# to snUtlod exclusively to tho wo
K to it ur not otherwise credited la tho papor end local
hto of rtpublication of all
for ftpublttplion of all new.
sows of spontaneous origin
•acre. And with friends deaccndiqx
on Dallas from all directions and
wiring ua to “plcaM arrange tick
ets" wt are aM to be in on the
wrong end of the massacre. Apt to
a-mild word.
Tickotholdan are asking aa much
as 30 each for end-sone ducats. The
30-yard lint kind are priced at
from |36 up. The original price of
the tickets was $3 but that was
before the SMU-Texas game began
to look like the hottest event since
the Chicago fire.
"I have two good tickets," one
caller said gently, "and I have in
mind a good suit of clothes—say
a $76 suit of clothes. Do you bite,
friend?"
We didn’t
“Thia is just plain robbery." an
other fellow said, and be was so
amused he could not restrain hto
giggles. “1 feel just like a bandit,
but I’m asking $25 apiece for the
worst seats in the ( otton Bowl.
Just how bad do you want to go?”
Not that had.
“1 hoar tickets are selling for
(See SCALPING on Page 4)
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