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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1948
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'Laws Will Not Solve Problem,' CORE Secretary Comments
By JIM ROBINSON
Laws making discrimination illegal will not solve America's race problem, the Rev. George Houser, executive secretary of the Congress of Racial Equality, told a University Daily Kansan reporter Thursday. Mr. Houser said direct action is needed.
"Kansas has a civil rights law, yet in every community, public places continue to violate it. This is true?"
"Kansas has a great continue to violate it. This is true in every one of the 18 states that have similar laws." he added.
"Corrective legislation will help, but community pressure to enforce the law and make discrimination unpopular is necessary. People must learn to fight segregation." Recommends Amendment
The Rev. Mr. Houser recommended that the Kansas civil rights law be amended to block present cochleates. He also suggested a Fair Employment Practices act for Kansas similar to the New York state law.
Community action through groups such as CO.RE, and the recent state-civil rights convention are essential to make the public aware of the dangers of race hatred, he said.
"C.O.R.E. activities are always above board through the direct action method. It is too bad that the University of Kansas does not recognize the necessity of C.O.R.E. like other schools such as Chicago university," the secretary said.
The Rev. Mr. Houser has been emphasizing the cost of segregation and its international implications of his present speaking tour of the Midwest. He has visited community groups in Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas. Supreme Court Decision
"Because of the Gaines decision of the supreme court in 1938, Missouri had to spend three million dollars to set up a separate law school. They are now spending thousands of dollars annually to maintain 13 law students and three journalism students in secreated schools," he said.
Commenting on progress against race hatred, the Rev. Mr. Houser mentioned the recent supreme court decision in the Sipulue case in Oklahoma and the Swett case in Texas. These decisions give Negroes the right to equal educational facilities in states where schools are segregated.
"There are only one recorded lynching last year," he continued. "And lots of them were stopped by
THE REV. GEORGE HOUSER
prompt action. Local officials in the South are becoming aware that they can't ignore lynching."
The C.O.R.E. official last year organized a Journey of Reconciliation which toured southern states testing the Irene Morgan decision of the supreme court which makes segregation on interstate buses and trains unconstitutional. Jim Crow Laws
"Tew Negroes in the South are using the Irene Morgan privileges. This is due to fear, which still exists in Negroes, and bus companies which still insist on a policy of segregation although Jim Crow laws are not valid," he said.
The Rev. Mr. Houser believes that the report of President Truman's civil rights commission is a landmark in the campaign which he is advocating. He has his doubts about the willingness of congress to put the commission's recommendations into practice.
"President Truman will probably send a message to congress asking for action this session. The Republicans may push legislation through the house in an effort to capture the Negro vote, but it will die in the senate," he predicted.
Here Is What Supreme Court Means In Oklahoma Case
Washington.—(UP)—Here is what the supreme court means when it says Negro and white citizens are entitled to equal opportunity for higher education within a state:
A state can open its schools to both Negro and white students. Or it can maintain separate school systems, segregating white and Negro students.
If specialized training—like law or medicine, is available for white persons, Negroes, too, must be afforded equal training.
A state cannot postpone its obligation by promising to open a school for Negroes tomorrow, next week or next year. If a white student can get that education now, the Negro must be given a chance for an equal education now.
An out-of-state tuition does not fulfill the state's obligation to the Negro student, when a white student can get the desired schooling within the home state.
The supreme court outlined those commands in 1938. It reiterated them more curtly in the case of Ada Lloyd Sipuel who seeks a law school education in Oklahoma. The court's comments were drawn from the language of the judgment to the constitution which assures the protection of the laws to all citizens.
The circumstances of the Sipule case were identical with those of the Gaines case of 1938, and the court referred Oklahoma to the 1938 opinion. But it went one step further. It said the state is obliged to provide Miss Sipule with a law training "as soon" as it does for any white applicant.
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'Racism Loses Prestige For US
Ultra-Violet Rays Used To Fight Colds In Pooring
America's racism is the result of the segregation pattern and causes the United States to "lose face" in international relations, the Rev. George Houser, executive secretary of the Congress on Racial Equality, said Thursday.
Peoria, IL—(UP)—A Peoria grammar school is fighting common colds with ultra violet rays.
Under the plan, reproduced paintings of such famed masters as René Randt, Van Gogh, Gainsborough and Grant Wood are available to the students for use in their dormitories at less than a cent a day. The originality of the rent plan, however, is surpassed by the novel way the paintings are distributed. "exhibition, usually the last in line, have first choice, while the upper classman wait on the sidelines for "second choices" and the faculty walk off with "leftovers."
John Dunlap, principal of Louks school, said the rays work. They're supposed to eliminate germs from the air.
"Two-thirds of the world's population is colored—brown, black, or yellow. They are more concerned with America's racism than with United States and Russian differentials. I told a meeting of the V. M. C. A., W. C. American Veteran's committee, and Negro Students association.
Dunlop installed several ray lamps in a first grade class room. He said tests showed the lamps cut absenteeism due to colds by at least 25 per cent.
The Rev. Mr. Houser said that race education in a segregated environment will not furnish a solution because prejudice is the result of segregation and not the cause.
"For the rest of the world, the test of American democracy lies in a solution of racism," he warned his audience.
"To educate people we must put them in an environment where segregation does not exit. We will have control as we have segregation," he said.
The Rev. Mr. Houser attributed America's attitude of "white supremacy" to the need to justify slavery.
Kansas City, Kan., is one of the largest railroad centers in the United States.
A student climbing up Fourteenth street this morning was heard to sav:
"My feet are so cold I've lost contact with them. How are you two down there?"
A deep voice replied, "we're feeling mighty low."
Yanks Fined $500 For HS Signing
New York, Jan. 16—(UP)—The New York Yankees, who probably will be able to dig up the money somewhere, were tagged with a $500 fine today by Commissioner A. B. "Happy" Chandler, who made it plain that he means business in his program to protect high school players from high pressure scouting.
Chandler fined the Yankees because they signed up Harry Nicholas, a former high school student at High school on Long Island, while he still had scholastic eligibility.
The Yankees said that the young-
ter had been signed through a mis-
understanding and that they had no
lesire whatever to violate Chand-
er's edict against signing high school
players.
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Don Johnson, freshman basketball prospect from Wyandotte high school, received a fractured wrist during basketball practice Thursday. Johnson will probably be unable to play anymore this season, Dr. Robert A. Jordan, athletic physician said today.
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