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TEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXII
y *hu Will Be
*94 3 Spingarn
Medalist ?
New Ycrlr, N. Y. .mmina-
tlons are now open ter the
1943 Spingarn nu.aal.st, il.j N
AAC? am.ounced this week.
Any one may submit the name
of a poison considered to be
worthy of recognition and send
it to i lie national office of the
NAACP, 69 Fifth Avenue, New
York 3, New York.
The Spingarn medal, instltut
ed by the late J. E. Spingarn in
1914, is a goldrr.edal "to be a-
warded for the highest and no
blest achievement by an Amer
ican Negro during the preceed-
ing year or years.’’ After the
death of Mr. Spingarn in 1939
a fund was set up in his will to
continue the award. Decision
on the 1943 nominees will be
made by a ccmittee of nine per
sons. The medal for 1941
went to A. Philip Randolph,
president of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car porter, and for
1942 to Judge William H. Has-
tie, for his work as civilian aide
to the secretary of war, prior to
his resignation in January,
1943.
DKKERSONS SCHOOL
CONSTRUCTION PLAN
Embraces Trade Shop
and Canning Plant
By Miss Annie A. Williams |
Under the leadership of Prin¬
cipal J. D. Dickerson, a big pro¬
gram is being launched at the
Dickerson Training school for
the construction of a trade
shop and canning plant. Due
to the large enrollment, the
shop that we now have is too
small to accommodate the # stu¬
dents. Many donations have
already been given amounting
to the sum of twelve hundred
) dollars. The building
is to be constructed of
will house both the shop
canning plant. Already
materiral is being placed on
the grounds.
It is hoped that this modern
plant will enable the boys in
this section of the state to
take the things that they are
best fitted for.
Under the leadership of the
efficient principal the Dickerson
Training school boasts of having
the best faculty, as a whole, in
the history of the school. The
teachers come from the leading
colleges of the state, namely:
Atlanta Universtiy, Spelman,
Morehouse, Morris Brown, Clark,
continued or. page eight
Lack of Employer-Hiring Ilaii Cooperation Given
As Main Cause of Afesenteisffi River Front Workers
That lack of co-operation be
tween the employers and the
hiring hall (headquarters or
the workmen i i s the primary]
cause for absenteeism among
workers on the river front, was
clearly brought out Sunday al
ternoon at a mass meeting at
St. Philip’s AME church.
Some Savannah Area \1tis Serving In U- S- Armed Forces
. ROBERT JACKSON,
son of Edward Jackson and the
late Mrs. Josephine Jackson,
of 38(1 West York sited. and
husband of Mrs. Naomi Rich¬
ardson Jackson of 819 Atlant c
Ave.. Atlantic City, N. J.. who
is serving in North Africa.
mn
Christie i s Carol
By Helene l/hillins
0 stricken world r.c v up and see ;
The God who diul upon a tree
Is born a laughin ' he.he again
To bring new hope tv weary men.
.1
Here is a legend never old — >
Neither the dial ru,r the bitter cold
Can stay ti u; earning once a year
To heal the sick and cast out fear.
Bring Him your hunger, bring your thirst
The blind and crippled sha'l be first,
The most dejected and forlorn
Shall lie upon His breast this morn.
The meeting was arranged
'’V the Citizens’ Committee on
.labor Problems and was par-
‘ cipated ir by. Mayor Thomas
Gamble, leaders of the Long¬
shoremen was that some of
-1 -citizens, ->nd ook on the
farm of an open forum.
A second reason given for
XH if WM f f '
m 1/.
SGT. EDWARD C. BYRD. Jr.
.-on of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Byrd
of Midway, Ga. who is station¬
ed in the Hawaiian islands.
He has just been promoted to
his present rank oi sergeant.
I absentee sm among the long-
shoremen v.as that some ot
the men do not have a proper
understanding cf tlie govern¬
ment' 29 per cent withholding
tax and therefore feci that
they are being taken advan¬
tage cf by the deduction of
this sum from their pay. This
SGT. WILLIAM ROUSE woo
has returned to his outfit at
Etaten Island. N. Y„ after
.-pending ten days with his
. r a iuJ brother. Ml'. Slid
Mrs. George Freeman, .Middleton, Miss
Mattie L. Mrs. Addie
Savage and Camiin Rouse, ail
of West Savannah.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THIRSD\Y, DEC 23, 1943
erroneous conception of the
withholding tax, it is said, has
brought about much dissatis¬
faction among those workers
who do not understand it prop
erly and cause them to feel
that they are being “cheated.”
(Continued on page 8 >
CPL. JAMES C. MOSLEY Is
stationed at Hondo army air
field where he is doing nicely.
1-le v.ii recently home \LiUng
In., mother, Mrs. Minnie Mur¬
phy of 503 Minis rteect and h o
wife, Mrs. Reida Mosley.
MISSOURI JIM CROW PROF
SCHOOLS A FAILURE
GOP Will Aid The
Who Wouldn't Vote For Him?
Mm
Little Charles Marks, Jr., won first pri'.o
in the baby contest held at St. James A. M
E. Church.
He is the 8 months old son of- Mr. And
Mrs. Charles Marks of 12 Ponder Ave.
ACCUSE SOUTHERN RAILROADS
OF SABOTAGING WAR EFFORT
BY REFUSING TO OBEY FEPC DIRECTIVE TO DIS¬ TWO SAVANNAHIANS DEATH CLAIMS MRS. IN
CONTINUE DISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT FT. BENNING RECEP- ELIZA DUNCAN HILL
Washington, D. C. Te defi¬
ance of 16 southern railroads
on the directive of the FEPC
that discrimination in the em¬
ployment of Negroes must be
ended was termed “sabotage of
the war effort little short ot
treason,” by the NAACP in a|
letter to President Roosevelt. :
The NAACP pointed out that
there wcie plainly in the
letter of the railroads to the
F’fFC “two thinly veiled 1
threats of mob violence” to
thwart the provisions of Exec
utive C:der934j prohibiting dis
crimination in war industries
and agencies on account of
rcc\ creed, color or national
origin.
The letter asserted that the
railroads had the "temerity”
to blam e violence which they
are attempting to stir up upon
the President.
W
H
PVT. JAMES H. ANDREWS,
son of the late James H. An¬
drews, Sr., and Mrs.. Sarah B.
Andrei . ol 740 East
licet, and nephew oj Mrs.
Sarah Andrews Adams, who is
with the 92nd Signal Co, Fort
Huachucu, Arizona.
Asserting that tire inaccura- j
cies jfi the document, drafted,
by experienced accidental” lawyers, the NAACP "can- j
not te
points out that the Southeast¬
ern carriers agreement was a
joint contract and that the FE
PC hearings in September “vir
lually established a conspiracy !
by railway companies and u-
nions against the employment
of Negibes.”
Blasting the statement ot
the companies that “condi¬
tions of choas” will result if Ne
groes arc employed, the letter
States that this idea is b-elrig
planted deliberately in the
minds of the traveling public
“for sinister and undemocratic
purposes.” 1
The President is urged to
ineeo vigorously and unequivo
fTnntlnuprl on nnffp Rpvon
CPL. HAROLD L. BROWN
who sent word last week to his
wife, Mrs. Izet L. Brown, that
lie p.id arriv'd safely in NorKi
Africa. Cpl. Brown is the son
of Rev. and Mrs. J. Henry
Brown of Fort Valley, formerly
ot Savannah.
RACE Lfe.4Z)£k\S
uuutfi DOUBT WISDOM yvibuuiri ' ■
Of Negroes Support
ing The Party j j
IN FACE OF PAST RE'
PUBLICAN ACTION
New York, N Y. "The Re¬
publican patty will again .un¬
dertake its historic task of
working lor the betterment of
the Negro people” after the de- j
feat ol the New Deal in 1944,
is the op.nion of Harrison E.
Spangler, chairman of the Re
publican National Committee. •
This statement, contained in
CP secretary, was sharply dial
lenged by White who pointed
out that the present record of
the Republicans in Congress
has caused "thoughful Negroes
tain very.e41.anMof-es KT enter- ETA i j
the United States to
.... tain ------ very real doubts” -<■ of such!
action. White emphasized
the Hoover administra¬
particularly, as well as the
of Harding
Coo. Age convinced Ne¬
th.it the GOP was not
"working ior the betterment of
Negro people.”
The continued alliance in!
present and recent'
of conservative nor;
Republicans and south-
I
Reception center soldiers at Hi.
Ga., are being as ■ -
the Armed Forces Induction
under command of Capt.
L. Turbyfill, to matte up what
being converted into an all-
personnel to handle indue-
procedures for Negro drat-
They are replacing white
men who arc being re-
to fill other assignments, i
C'arefully selected on the basis
their educational -backgrounds,
new assignees have chance
to employ their training in
section of the induction
was pointed out. The
of these men are col-
graduates and have already
gained considerable experience
working in the classification
other sections of the Recrp-
CPI. Johnnie Hall. Jr., who
was home on furlough from El
cajon. California. He is the
.on of Hn lat< Mr and Mrs.
Johnnie? Iiall, Sr.; grandson of
Mrs. Serena Hall of White
Bluff anti brother of William
Half and Pvt. Freddie Hall.
NUMBER 1«
TO DISCONTINUE THE
SCHOOLS OF LAW AND
JOURNALISM
Because of Lack of
Attendance
VENWRE CAST STATh qtatp
0NE _ F0URTH Minton
DOLLARS
—
Jefferson City, Mo. Th A ' sr g
legated schools of law and
journalism, setup by the state
of Missouri as a part of Lin¬
coln university, its state col-,
lege for Negroes, to get around
the historic Lloyd Gaines deei
Sion by the United States su-
preme coul t. have been closed'
fQr , ack of runds and jack of
attendance.
T p e dec ) S ion on the failure-
th is jim crow graduate
training was made five yCars, -
a j mos t to the date, from the
0 p dl j 0n 0 f the supreme court
m lhe Gaines case. The high
pst cour t than ruled that Nc
g rops were entitled to gradu-
ate aim and professional training
jn ,. tate supported institutions
and m u S t be given this train¬
ing -either in existing institu¬
tions or in newly organized
schools equal to existing
schools.
In a formal statement after
its meeting of December IV the
Board of Curators of Lincoln
university issued a statement
saying: ■ ■ , j
Because no students were ,-en
ro u ed in the School of Law--to-,
cated in St. Louis, -during-U,'
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Continued on page 4_'
ThJ lWna Mr , E M
H ‘“ «* hekl ****
(Wednesday) from Dae
Congregational church.
services were conduct -d
thp R , v a. c Curtriglit,
W h 0 delivered a most
eulogy on the life of
Jhp deccased . Interment was
Jn Laure j Grove cemetery, the
Monrof , Funeral Directors be-
^ jn charge of the funeral,
Hrs Hill.died; pmiday ai'ter-
noon a t a local hospital. She
])ad been in failing health Ifc
number of months,
a native of Charleston. S.
c., she came to Savannah
w nen quite a child. She at-
tended Beach Institute and
completed her education at
Georgia State college and
Clark university, specializing
m music at the latter institu-
PVT. DORCAS HARRIS who
is stationed at the hospital at
f-Ort Jackson, South Carolina,
and was home during last week
visiting her mother and family
at 629 East Anderson street, ^