The Ohio Daily-Express, 1947-11-18

Mr. ^Mosely has passed oh some interesting comments and impres impressions - sions impressions of his nine months in north northern - ern northern Europe. The thing that has im impressed - pressed impressed him the most is the hos hostile - tile hostile attitude of the Swedish peo people - ple people against any suggestion of a matt influx of laborers (who are urgently needed) from countries whose racial stock is non-nordic. They whole-heartedly welcome a few engineers and students from o&er racial groups, concluding, no doubt, that with only a few "inferiors" in their midst their racial purity will not be seriously tainted by the blood of "lesser" peoples. It is with this condescend condescending - ing condescending spirit that Mr. Mosely has been "accepted."

Trotter "defied President Wil Wilson - son Wilson when the latter instituted seg segregation - regation segregation of Negroes employed in offices of the federal government in Washington," the author says and adds "He threw down the gauntlet against racial discrimin discrimination - ation discrimination on a world scale when he interviewed at the Versailles Peace conference in 1919, surmounting huge obstacles to attend in per person." - son." person." (Mr. Trotter was denied a pass port by the State department. But not to be outdone, he secured a job as second cook on a trans transatlantic - atlantic transatlantic ship and worked his way across under disguise and peti petitioned - tioned petitioned the conference to act against racial discrimination.)

economic effects of crowding and testified that: "On August 24, this year, a bureau of census report on the whole metropiltan district of hCicago revealed that an eight per cent non-white population oc occupied - cupied occupied 36 per cent o fthe sub standard as well as 36 per cent of the over-crowded housing in the district. "Yet the same report revealed a higher percentage of non-white families paying rents of $50 and above than white families, who on the whole occupy dwellings 98 per cent in standard condition." He mentioned as a case in point the Ohio street tenement house, re recent - cent recent scene of a death dealing fire, where Negro families pay $78 monthly rents for flats formerly renting for $11 to $13 a month.

Semper, a former report anal analyst - yst analyst for the Office of the Housing Housingexpediter, - expediter, Housingexpediter, offered his strongly stronglyworded - worded stronglyworded testimony in behalf of the Chicago branch of the NAACP, of whose housing committee he is a member. He reiterate dthe Chi Chicago - cago Chicago branch support of the Taft TaftEllender-Wagner - Ellender-Wagner TaftEllender-Wagner long range hous housing - ing housing legislation, including its pub lie housing provisions, but called for amendments to protect the rights of Negroes to enjoy fed federally - erally federally financied or influenced housing.

LONDON, Nov. 18. (ANP)— C. S. M. Otu, a native of Aduk Adukron - ron Adukron in the Gold Coast, has arrived in London for his appearance be before - fore before the war office selection board here. A graduate of Abetifi sen senior - ior senior school and Achimota college, he enlisted during the war and served in the middle east. He has been instructing in the West Afri African - can African School of Infantry. He plays tennis, football and cricket and his hobby is carpentry.

During the summer, according to Mr. Mosely, who was an en engineer - gineer engineer at the field, a Swedish journalists female, wrote an ar article - ticle article in her Stockholm newspaper asking that no more Negro stu dents be allowed to come to Sweden. Mr. Mosely wrote a very bristling answer in Stockholm's most liberal newspaper which touched off quite an explosion The affair culminated in a per per(continued - (continued per(continued on page 4)