Subtle discrimination debate at Columbia University
New York City Council hearing probes charges that Columbia imposes admissions quotas on Jews Negroes Catholics and Italians to preserve tax exemptions. Rabbi Wise states the university hides discrimination while facts show Jewish enrollment in the College of Physicians and Surgeons fell from 46.92 percent in 1920 to 6.4 percent in 1940 and unofficial reports indicate larger declines for other groups. The piece portrays Columbia as defending a quota system while facing a potential loss of city tax relief and hints at broader political struggle.
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New York
Eugene P. Connolly
Columbia University
Connolly
College of Physicians and Surgeons
American Jewish Congress
Morningside Heights University
Cosmopolite
Wise
Stephen S. Wise
Dr. Wise
Columbia
Nicholas Murray Butler
City of
Old Columbia
ACTION FOR FREEDOM PICKET LINE DEMANDS EQUALITY
An article praises Boston NAACP Youth Council for a diverse picket in Post Office Square protesting the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company for discriminatory hiring. It links civil rights heritage from Frederick Douglass to William Monroe Trotter and frames all Negroes as radicals against Jim Crow, urging abolition of Jim Crow and lynching.
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Frederick Douglass
William Monroe Trotter
Boston Naacp Youth Council
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
Post Office Square
Flight from America: Wright's exile robs Negro struggle leader
The piece condemns Richard Wright's self-imposed exile to France as a loss for the Negro American movement. It notes his absence from critical struggles, questions his future impact, and contrasts him with Gertrude Stein while praising his past works Native Son and Black Boy as protests against racial prejudice.
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Richard Wright
France
Africa
Asia
West Indies
Gertrude Stein
Wright
Opposition to Truman anti labor bill sparks voter call
The letter urges Massachusetts voters to contact Senators Leverett Saltonstall and David I. Walsh to oppose H. R. 6578. It argues the bill harms labor rights, empowers Klan opposition, and jeopardizes the status of Negro citizens, urging widespread voter registration and action.
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Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
David I. Walsh
Senate
Washington, DC
National CIO United Transport Service Employees Convention
Delegates representing 000 red caps will hold a convention on June 4 at 3520 South State Street. A feature will be the formal dedication of the union's new home at 3452 South State Street, formerly the Binga State Bank, highlighting the union's service and building dedication.
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Din- Pullman
Ihe
Vention
CIO
United Transport Service Employees of America
South State Street
Union
South State St
Binga State Bank
Review of Ingersoll book on wartime politics and British aims
The critique notes Top Secret by Ralph Ingersoll revealing British manipulation of Allied strategy from 1942 onward. It argues Churchill pressed for Africa and Italy to delay the Channel invasion, hampering Allied progress while Soviet forces bore heavy losses. Ingersoll claims postwar policy seeks Western Europe influence, with Britain and Labour attempting to curb Russia, aided by powerful U.S. interests and anti-Soviet press sentiment.
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New York
Butcher
Omar Bradley
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Ingersoll
Europe
Balkans
Churchill
Europa
Axis
Gen. Devers
London
France
Roosevelt
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
U. S
O. K
Mediterranean
Trieste
Ralph Ingersoll
Harcourt, Brace
Anzio
Cassino
Bradley
Germany
Ussr
Western
Russia
Soviet Union
Byrnes
Price of segregation debated in Survey Graphic piece
Former University of Missouri faculty member reviews R I Brigham’s May Survey Graphic article on segregated education in the deep south and border states. It cites Gaines v Missouri cases, regional college ideas, and Missouri’s costly maintenance of separate schools, noting lack of Negro presence in curricula and public events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Missouri
Brigham
Deep South
John Q
Herman M. Sweatt
Texas
Lincoln University
Gaines
Missouri
U. of Mo
Anti-Russian influence on American policy sparks warning
A quotation warns that efforts to shape U S policy toward Russia could drag the United States into a third world war. The speaker argues that failure would empower Russia and insists the country will oppose any Russian aims by all means if conflict arises.
The Negro in Latin America: Strife on Banana Plantations
A Costa Rica based bulletin from the Confederation of Latin American Labor accuses United Fruit Co. of abusive labor practices on Caribbean banana plantations. It alleges blacklists, arbitrary wage cuts, coercive housing, inflated store prices, and illegal indemnity tactics. The letter warns of inevitable strikes if grievances are not resolved and notes alleged injuries to dockworkers and unequal wage scales between company and non company railways.
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Caribbean
Confederation of Latin American Labor
San Jose
Costa Rica
United Fruit Co
Samuel Zemurray
Boston
Costa Rican Federation of Labor
CTCR
United Fruit
E. H. Hamer
CTCA
Tef
CTOR
Jose M. Mendez
Mendez
Government Board of Arbitration
Rodolfo Fernando Aguilar
Victor Cordero
Missouri's Higher Education Segregation Costs Exposed
The report notes Lincoln as a symbol of the push for a separate Negro college system and contrasts per capita spending: $697 for Black students versus $229 for white students. It criticizes the added taxpayer burden for separate professional and graduate schools and calls the effort a tragedy that upholds a contradictory principle.
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Tors of
Lincoln
Missouri
New People's Palace Spotlight of Black Composer Mr Ferguson
Boston May 28. C A Franklin, president of the People's Improvement Association, Roxbury, hails a Black songwriter and engineer in Washington and Black as a notable public servant. He praises Mr Ferguson for years of service and wishes for a new People's Palace to honor achievers. The note questions why Black talent is often hidden from recognition.
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Boston
People's Palace
Washington
Ferguson
C. A. Franklin Pres
People's Improvement Association
Roxbury
Massachusetts
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Flight
United States
House of Representatives
Organized Labor Movement
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Ku Klux Klan
Book Review
Mussolini
Samuel P. Perry, Jr
R. I. Brigham
Survey Graphic
Latin America
Harold Preece
Banana Coast
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