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VOLUME LX 11
NEGRO WAR AIMS SET
BEFORE PRESilDENT
CLEAR CUT, STRAIGHT FORWARD STATEMENT ISSUED EY NEGRO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS IN
3 : MINUTE CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE
Washington, D. C„ Feb. 5
On beha.f of the millions of
colored Americans patriot!-
cally supporting Americas war
effort on the home and fight-
ing fronts, the Negro Newspa-
per Puuiisheis Association con-
ferred today today with President
Roosevelt ’ the White House
at
and laid belore him a twenty-
one point statement of the
race a war aims and postwar
aspirations. _ __________
It was the first time in this
country’s history that a Presi¬
dent had formally received rep
resentatives of the Negro press
as an organized group.
In the delegation acting on
behalf of the association and
as spokesmen for Negro
Americans and advocates ot
their fuller citizenship were 13
editors and publishers from
nine states and the District of
Columbia.
The President talked with
and listened, to the delegation
for thirty-five minutes in the
executive office at the
House.
The remarks of the
Executive were off the record
but the statement of the
aims were well received by
President and he spoke frank-
ly and at length about the
ters presented to him.
The delegation of pubUshers
consisted Of Carter Wesley, edi
tor of the Houston .Tex.
former; William O. Walker,
tor of the Cleveland (Ohio,
Call-Post; Alexander
manager of the
(D. c.. Tribune; Tribune; Howard D.
Murphy, NNPA secretary
business manager of the Afro-
American, Baltimore. Md.; C.
Scott, editor of the Atlanta
(Ga.) Daily World; P. Bernard
Boilermakers
Urged To Ban
Auxiliaries
New York, Feb. 2—Twenty-
five national Negro leaders ap
pealed today to the Boilermak-
ers International Union, now
in convention at Kansas City,
to end its jim crow
and adopt a policy of "integra-
ting all members equally
the regular locals of the u-
nion.” Edward E. Strong, ex
ecutive secreatry of the Ne-
tional Negro Congress announc
(Contlnuedon paee elehti
CALLED TO
SECOND BAP.
HIP (
The puoiic is invited to wor-
sip with the congregation
i 'hc Second Baptist church on
( which time the
111 day at
(.(Jewis L. Scott, formerly pastor
,of the First Baptist church of
Columbia. Tennessee, will con¬
duct the services. Rev. Scott
has accepted the call to the
pastorate of the Second Baptist
church and will hold his first
communion service here as pas
tor at 4:30 p. m.
auannah Snbuur
Young Jr., editor, and Thomas
Young, business manager u
th , Joarnal and Guide. Nor
* 0l “' Va " Dl - ’ pu
lsher N oWj °f Nevv lh e Yo1 Aitiste^am * a bcai- w s
' ‘ '
’ ■
Pfes.dent, and P. L. Prattis ex
ecutive editor ef the Pitts-
burgh iPa. i Courier; Louis K.|
Martin, editor of the Michigan j
Chronicle, Detroit; and Johnj
Segstacke, general manager,
and Charles P Browning, na-J
tional representative of IhCj
Chicago dll.» Defender. i
Also present was Ted Poston 1
of the Office of War Informa¬
tion.
Mr. Sengstacke, president of
the publishers association, in-
traduced the delegation and
the President shook hands
: with each of the conteraes ’ ac ~
knowledging the individual in¬
troductions with typical Roose-
veltian charm and cordiality.
Then the Chief Executive
,". ^ minutes
before listening to the spokes¬
man of the group. Afterwards
he commented at length upon
the summation of aims and as
| pira ti ° n t.
T , f y” PA includes in its
11 membership newspapers from .
twenty-five states and the as¬
• " nct of Colurnlwa - The mem-
j ber papers represent 95 percent
of the circulation of all Negro
, lar ub ., nations,
secu P |
The u inteview with Mr ’ Roose
j velt climaxed , a series of confer
ences held by the publishers
association with high govern-
ment offlclals in the past sev ~
eral months, during which
they have advocated greater
j justice for the utilization of
i colored , . . in the war
(Continued on page 8)
Voorhees Jr.
C o 11 e g e Is
Accredited
Denmark, S. c„ Feb. 7 Voor¬
hees Junior College was noti¬
fied recently that the school
| had been approved by the
J Southern and Association Secondary of schools Col-
leges
| w ith a class B rating at the De-
cember meeting 0 f the Associa
1
tion.
J. Henry Highsmith, secre¬
tary of the committee on ap¬
proval of Negro schools in his
formal notification to J. E.
Blanton, principal of Voorhees,
said “our committee
the hope that this recognition
(class B rating as a junior col¬
lege) will serve as an incentive
to even greater efforts to pro¬
vide adequate educational op¬
portunities for the boys and
girls of your community.’”
Voorhees institute was found
I ed in 1897 by Miss E. E. Wright
a graduate of Tuskegce, as the
Denmark Industrial school at
! Sato, S. C.
| After a few months at Sato
they moved to the present site
of 400 acres which was pur¬
chased one mile from Den¬
mark. The name was chang-
ed to Voorhees Normal and In¬
dustrial school in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Vorhees who
gave in a period of approxi¬
mately 20 years around $400,-
0C0 for land and equipment.
Follownig the death cf Mr.
j voorhees in 1920, the scttbol be
C ame heavily in debt, had six
j principals in the period, 1906-
1922 , when J. E. Blanton
came principal and succeeded
in getting aid from the Episco-
pal church of America and
now operating under a
cial trustee board in coopera-
tion with thc American
Institute, New York city,
.(Continued on Page S)
Hot Springs National Park,
Jan. 31 lor the past
three quite a few promi-
nent Masons 0 f the Prince Hail
i amdy bave been in conlerence
a t Hot Springs. The gather-
was sponsored by the Inter
national Conference of Grand
Masters, Grand Secretaries,
etc., with J 110 . Wesley Dobbs,
0 as president,
On Thursday, Jan. 27, the
Sovereign Lodge of Arkansas, 1
F. and A. M., was called togeth-j
er in a one day session at Hot
Springs by Grandmaster Ellis
U. Reed cf Little Rock, By
way of court, sy and felicita-'
tion to the prominent visiting 1
Masons cf the conference, a
public reception was held at
Roanoke Baptist church. Rev.
R. C. Woods, pastor. Thurs-
day night following the recep-
tion, a banquet was held in the
basement of the church. Par
ticipants at the public recep-
tion were Mayor Leo P. Me-1
Laughlin E. S. Stevenson for the for municipality; the j
Negro,
Civic League; Miss Margaret
Long for the colored schools,
and Hon. J. Webb for the Ma¬
sons and churches.
Response was made by the
president of the conference,
Jno. Wesley Dobbs, grandmas¬
ter of Georgia. Dr. Jno. W.
Moore, grandmaster of Michi¬
gan, rendered two solos.
In recounting the achieve-
Ai. J. BODY ASKS
RACE EQUALIZATION
Trenton, N. J. The New Jer
sey Goodwill Commission, an of
ficial body of the state of New
Jersey, has ttransmitted to
Edge and to leaders of both
parties in the state senate and
assembly, a program for consti
tutional and legislative chang¬
es, prepared by the NAACP le¬
gal staff at the request of in .
ter-racial groups and the com¬
mission.
Among the changes request¬
ed are the following: That a
special civil rights unit be set
up in the attorney general’s of
fice to be charged with the du-
ty of enforcing civil rights
^ws; a constitutional ...... provi-
sion that there shall be no ra-
cial or religious discrimination
/Contlnuedon page eight)
Some Savnnah Area Men In U. S Armed Forces
j
• IN THE SERVICE
b rqxherS
uc “' c ons of Mr and
46th street. James is
burg, Va.. and was recently
to coxswain. He was
is stationed at Tompkinsvilie,
man.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, FEB.
Final Appeal
For Soldiers
CONVICTED OF CRIMI¬
NAL ATTACK ON
WOMAN
In The New Caledonia
Area
Washington, D. C.—Hear¬
ings in the cases of two Negro
soldiers. Privates Frank Fish¬
er, Jr., and Edward R. Lowry,
now serving life sentences at
McNeil Island federal prison
on conviction of rape in New
Caledonia by general court
j | martial eluded February June 15, 3343, before were Col. con
3 .
| Philip J. McCook of the war de
jartment.
Representing the soldiers at
the hearings were C'ongress-
man Vito Macantonio, Judge
William II. Hastie and Leslie
Continued from Page 5
ments of the conference Grand
Master Doobs called attention
to the splendid support given
the nation during tne war by
the Negro Masonic orgamza-
tions, and individual members.
He meiftloned the fact that
most of the 36 Negro Masonic
grand lodges in the J. S. have
invested thousands of dollars
in war bonds, and he urged
them to continue this type of
support to the government
Dr. J. E. Walker, Memphis,
Tenn. president of the Negro
National Business League, and
designated by Secretary of the
Treasury Morganthau as spec-
i&l director of Negro bond sales
in the United States, was pres-
ent and urged our racial group
to buy bonds with their sur-
plus cash and thereby aid in
winning the war.
Among the prominent Ma-
sons attending the conference
were Ellis U. Reed, grandmas-
ter of Arkansas Jno. L. Webb,
grandmaster of Mississippi;
Louis Fair, Jr., grandmaster of
New York; Charles F. Caster-
man, grandmaster cf Ohio; Dr.
Jno. W. Moore grandmaster of
Michigan; R. W. Stewart of
Ohio, C. R. Richardson, grand
master of Indiana; Jno. G. Lew
is, Jr., grandmaster of Louisl-i secre-!
ana; R. u. Clark, grand
tary* of Louisiana; Jno. w. 1
Barnes, past grandmaster of!
(Continued on page 2>
NO LAUNDRY WORK
FOR W A C S
1
Washington, D. C. The War
Department, it was revealed)
this week, has issued an order!
wac?4 1
duties in camp laundries ex¬
cept in administrative posi¬
tions. The directive was sign
ed by General George C.
shall, chief of staff.
Last and June six colored MLss Viola WACs V. Ves-j sta-
sup j
tioned at Camp Breckenridge,
Kentucky were discharged.
from the service because they j
refused to accept a menial as-j
signment in the laundry there.)
The NAACP Washington Bu-
reau protested the assignment'
of the WACs to this type of
work.
GOP Warned
Soldier
W
COALITION WITH
DISTASTEFUL TO
warning that Negro voters
were taking note of the fact
that Northern Republicans are
supporting \ southern poll tax-
ers and , backing 1 the soldier
vote bill of the notorious Con¬
gressman John E. Rankin of
Mississippi, was sent to Repre¬
sentative Joseph W. Martin
House Minority leader by the
NAACP February 2.
The NAACP also wired Con- I j
gressman Martin that Mississ-!
ippi Senator Eastland’s speech
boldly boldly asserting asserting the the states' states’,
rights so idier vote bill was for
the purpose of maintaining!
white supremacy removes any
to
support this type of
either in the House or Senate.
To Senator Wallace White, 1
acting minority leader, the as-,
sociation cnpicmnn wired wirbrt its ire support «mmmrr, nr of
the Green-Lucas bill and said:
“We believe entire country
shocked at disgraceful political
manipulation on soldier vote
bill and Negro citizens particu
larly angered and dismayed at
collaboration of Republicans
with Eastland-Rankin bloc.”
On January 31 Senator East-
land, of Mississippi, tore the
mask from the debate on the
soldier vote bill by asserting
that he spoke for “hundreds of
Casen deft) and Her-
_ Henry casen of 1001 West
at Camp Perry, Williams-
from seaman first H.r
home on furlough. Herbert
N. Y. He is a first class sea¬
SEAMAN 1-c DAVID E. CHAM
PHERS who is now stationed
at Hingham, Massachusetts,
from where he writes that he is
doing fine. He Is the son ol
Mrs. Luciie Champherg Of 410
34th street,
Retailed by U. S. War Department. Bureau of Public Relationa
THEY KEEP ’EM FLYING AT TAAF—Left to right: Second Lieutenant Herbert Harris, of
Philadelphia, Pa.; Technical Sergeant Hurold Garibaldi, of Los Angeles, Calif., and First Lieutenant
Cassius A. Harris, III, of Philadelphia, are pictured on final check-up of a trainer plane at Tuskege<
Army Air Field, Alabama. The ground crews, engineering officers and test pilots have established an
inviable record in keeping Uncle Sam’s planes in the air for student pilots and aviation cadets of the
jkmy Air Forces Training Command. (Photo by AAF Training Command.), Wi'iii
ASK REVIEW IN CASE OF
DISCHARGED SEABEES
BECAUSE THEY COMPLAINED OF DISCRIM¬
INATORY TREATMENT BY NAVY
Actions On
Bill Being
DEMOCRATS
SUPPORTERS
thousands of young men from
Mississippi and the South who
today wear the uniform of
their country (and who. de¬
sire to see white supremacy
maintained.
Later in the debate Eastland
declared "So far as the state
Mississippi is concerned.
we will protect and preserve
white supremacy
eternity. __* I shall vY» ' ,!‘uEi not cast
vote for any bl which ........ would 1-1
to the least extent teai down
those r--------” safeguards. T I am plac- ;
lng 1)Iy opposition to this .. . bill
011 ground. I will stand
there until doomsday.
Zp' is ” under attack by
ciai organizations which
attempting to strike down
voting laws. .... I cannot give
an inch when we ar e
ing such a fundamental
tion.....I cannot go in that
gate (vote for the Lucas-Green
bill 1 - J cannot take one
which would endanger the ra r
cial integrity of the South.”
In a lengthy speech
William Ganger of North
ta challenged Senator East-
land and Senator Overton, of
Louisiana charging that they
(Continued on naep 3,
New York, N. Y. - Navy Sec¬
retary Frank Knox lias receiv
td a new protest on the dis¬
charge of fifteen Negro Sea-
bees last October.
The men were called In to a
meeting by their immediate su
perior officer and told that
everything was “off the red-
ord” and that the officers were
anxious to smooth out some
difficulties which had arisen.
The men talked freely about
conditions affecting Negro en¬
listed men and the atmosphere
friendly And cooperative.
However, the next aay the
commanding officer ordered
a p 0 f m en up before him,
threatened them with couit
mar n a j and immediately start
ed proceedings leading up to
n wieir le [ r discharge uiscnarge without honor
,
from the navy.
j n a recen t letter to the NA-
! AGP Secretary Knox
| “When men do not fit into
j tary life or adapt.'themselves
to necessary navy regulations,
[jiey are released from duty at
thc discretlon of thelr com -
. manding officers.....such
discharge . s are in n0 way af .
fp C ted by race or color but are
basq^.^ely on efficient per-
refinance q of military duties.”
n new protest Thurgood
Marshall, NAACP special coun¬
sel, pointed out that the abili-
w f ,| je men ( 0 perform their
duMes had n , ver been| ques .
tione d .that they were ail effl-
cient in their specialized duties
and r ba r many of them w:?re
• college graduates. •
CPL. UEORGE W. GOSHEA,
son of Mrs. Della G. Jackson,
Isle of Hope, is stationed at
Gamp Phillip, Kansas. He has
^ jn the servlce ^ monlhs
and Ls a clerk-typist at this
camp.
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PVT. ROBERT EARL RIV-
ERS, the nephew of Miss Rosa
Fivers of 242 Eagle street.
who is now at Camp Upton.
Y.. where he is getting along
well and doing fine.
"There are certain facts
which should be considered.’’
the letter said, “• <l) these men
did not make any complaints—
they only discussed the matter
when called in by their imme¬
diate superior officers for an
off-the-record .conference; (2>
they were never given An offi¬
cial hearing; (3) thaii* ability
to do the work required at
them has never been ques¬
tioned. / V if
“At the conference w.lth'their
Superior officer, at his request,
the men discussed such), prob¬
lems as the fact that Negroes
were not promoted to the rank
of petty officer, segregation in
navy stores and other facili-
jtj es , barber shops arid chow
lines and the fact that^pumsh
ment for breaking regulations
was uniformly more severe for
Negroes than for white men.
“Your letter does not touch
at all upon circumstances lead
ing to the release of these men.
We therefore urge a reconsider
ation of the release of these
men in Order that they may
not be penalized by dishonors
ble discharge.”
LOCAL NAACP TO
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
Members and friends of the
local branch of the NAACP are
urged to attend the annual
meeting of the organization
which will be held at the First
African Baptist church on Fri¬
day evening, February 11 at
8:30 o’clock. The president,
Rev. Ralph Mark Gilbert, will
preside.
Some of the things to be con
sidered by the body are; re¬
ports and election of officers, a
program from the AKA soron
ty relative to the establish¬
ment of the orphanage provid
edvby the will of Mrs. Adelaide
Graham, and endorsed by
the Negro churches of Savan¬
nah; reports on the Lonnie
Jackson defense fund, and re¬
ports on new members.
Special music will be provid
ed by the program committee.
All self-respecting Negroes
should make a special effort to
attend this meeting and, if you
arc- not already a member ot
this organization, you should
prepare to join at this meeting.
PFC. SAM’L. HILLS lw
CANCELED
Because of army j
tions, the piano recite 1
Samuel W. Hill, whi j
tcheduled for (Friday e
February 11, at tlje t
gregational church, w*
canceled.