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. . : ae ; ee ae rae : . : ] c , ee te, cE teen “tresponsible for misdeeds of @ commmnity, in partioular, .. ; 4f they are supported by old traditions. Such ie the case *" with discrimination, Every right-minded person will be - PORES grateful to you for having united to fight this evil that: - So greviously injures the dignity and repute of our scuntry. | -Qaly by spreading education among 411 of our people can we approach the ideals ef Gemooracy, oe ss *Your fight 4s not easy, but in the end, you will eee - ' gucceed,! "tm December, the SCEF addressed an appeal to fov- . _ ernor JOHN §, BATTLE of Virginia, asking clemenoy for the ‘Martinsville Seven,' the seven Ne youths who were sub- sequentiy executed for raping & te woman. It was pointed | outs that in 13 Southern states during the period 1938-48, sixty-eight per cent ef those executed for murder were Negros Reh oOnt oto eens exeouted fox ree were ee aay et, acco g to census iguress groes made on 23.8 per cent of the population those states,. On that basis it was urged that ‘judicial bias and undue severity toward the Negro defendant might reasonably be deduced.' —s Braving the coldest weather ever recorded in South Carolina, 125 Southerners made @ pilgrimage to the Charles- ton home of federal suse J, WATIES WARING, WARING's firm action had ended the te primary in South Carolina, He and his wife also spoke out ageinst discrimination, despite tremendous pressure, "“SCEF President AUBREY WILLIAMS presented the jurist. with a citation which said: ‘It has been seen that many... another, in your place, has found it possible, before « obdurate prefudices and eustoms, te avoid the guidance of the noblest guarantees of our Constitution, Your own ee faithfulness in this field, despite environmental dis- ee eouragement others have bowed to, has been exemplary and... heartwarnming.'. oo . ot oo. ts a prt preception by the SCER honored Nasane. FAiATA ) LAS _? + hn RS Ee eee - » and Mrs, MARY MO LEO ‘ - Be pe ee mente ait TOA Fe tent ayn tne ira Pagetnene etga Sy » _ t a rr 2 ‘ ee | > ay aS” es © wei