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TEARS OP
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXII
J^N-COVERINQ
WASHINGTON
0^ 1*3' Harry S. Me AI pin
White House Co; respondent
Released through the
Atlanta Daily World
by the NNPA
Whet The
resident's
onnrence
id Like
TliUt . _ie next, question most
interested persons have ash¬
ed aft.r Lading out first
'‘how ;hey treat” me. concern¬
ing my atten-a-ice at these
conLreaces in the White
House since February 8th.
To fully appreciate the at¬
mosphere cf tne conference it¬
self, it is necessary to have
some cf the pielmiinary back¬
ground.
Gathered in the west or ex¬
ecutive wing of the nation’s
No. 1 mansion, each Tuesday
afterncoon and Friday
ing, are some of the top-notch
newsmen and radio broadcast
ers of the world. They start
drifting in about 10 or 15
utes ahead of the scheduled
time, though from years of
perience they know the con-
ference wili not start until
or ?C minutes after the set
hour.
In the center of the.
tion hall is a massive table,
top of which looks like a solid
piece of wood hewn out of the
don tinned on page eigm
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Edu. Committee Votes To
Bon Jim Crow Mo. Schools
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DOVE SUCCEEDS FARLEY AS
DIRECTOR, 36TH STREET {/SO
SIBERT DOVE
Robert J. Farley has left for
New York to serve in a super¬
visory capacity for NCCS-USO
Clubs. Mr. Farley has been
succeeded by Sebert Dove. Mr
Dove seems to have a very
pleasing personality and dispo¬ taken
sition. He has already
a great interest in minute de¬
tails and in having a
atmosphere in and around the
Win WORKERS FILE SUIT MKT
FOR REFUSING TO
\ PERMIT THEM
—
To Occupy Detroit .
Gov. Houses
1 l,r^ WITHOUT
QUATE HOUSING
Detroit, Mich.—’ Suit was
ed here February 28 in the
eral court against the
Housing Agency, the
Public Housing Authority
g-herwood Reeder, local
_tor, by Howard Flowers.
Mb ar worker, in behalf of
^ated. >Welf and others similarly
J’he case is an action
'■‘declaratory judgment and
injunction restraining the
fendants, their agents and
presentatives 'from
qualified Negro applicants
right to lease any unit in
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officers l::al naacp youth council
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The above are the newly
elected officers of , the ,. Sayan-
main NAA^P Youth Council,
They are, Ra^ieldJohveL top. (reading left to
- ; *-* * ' "*■••• chair- * •
:
ia ?' °* finance; Norman L.
Gadson, president; Henry Lock
hart, vice-president; second
row, Alice Freeman, treasurer;
Walker, second assist-
R. J. F ARLEY
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During the many entertain-
merits . given 1 , j lst , week . . .
or p ^f! of e d Mr^Iarley.^Mr h i s Dove l° in ex-
citizens „ . or Savannah in their
splendid efforts to keep
the ffiBifsEr morale of our men in
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NAME LIST OF MKERS
| FDD BED LISS CAMPAIGN
WILL SOLICIT
BUTIONS IN DRIVE
j Have you made your
bution to the Red Cross
fund? Do you know that
vannah has been asked
raise s238.0r.3 for this
What part of this fund will
1 colored people raise?
questions are uppermost in
I minds of a host of people.
one can say with
what our contribution will be
but every one can say that
Red Cross drive should go
the top. Colored people
Chatham county have not
asked to raise any
amount but we will be
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ant secretary; Mrs. S. J
Reeves, adviser;
Freeman ’ chairman of
dnH mi rtl if'» • noise 'E"Ir\ic«n TD i 11i *-» -*
chairman of labor and
try; bottom row.Euris
chairman o! program and re-
seach: Pam.il Mines,
ry, and Carzadean
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CONSTITUTION
Killed By A Vote
of 9 to 8
APPROVAL OF MEA¬
SURE UP TO VOTERS
Jefferson City, Mo. <A_NP.
—The education committee of
i the Constitutional convention
: voted Wednesday night - to
| abandon Missouri’s policy of re
: quiring separate schools for
Negroes and that no mention
; of Jim < row schools be made in
, the new constitution.
Action the _
j on part of the
committee means that the
I State has eliminated a policy
which has been rigidly adher-
] Prior ed to to since the Civil Civil war days
i war, Missou-
j ri, as a slave or state, statutory gave no recog-
j ni *j° n to Ne ?J.° education.
| The committees action, how
'
ever, did not come about with-
ou( . g rea j- arguments and leng-
I, discussions. Delegate
Sikeston
said that elimination of
that 95 per cent C .he
of Southeast Missouri, which
has a large Negro
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! Russell Wants
BY REFUSING IT ANY
j FURTHER FUNDS
Rep. Delaney Okeys
: The Agency
by Harry McAlphin
White House Correspondent
1 (Released thru Atlanta
1 Daily World by NNPA)
Washington, D. C. A move to
j abolish the President’s ' ommit
tee on Fair Employment Prac-
I (ConUnuedon page eight)
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY MARCH 9, 1944
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Those appointed officers not•
I appearing on picture are Louis
r-»:. Rivers Jr -r.. , chairman ... ;...... of .• educa! . *
tion; Thelma Perry, chairman ‘
j of membership; Mildred Perry,
chairman of entertainment,
i and Wendell Wiley, chaiman ot
'• Crisis. I
would vote against adopting
the enstitution becousa of this
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Released by U. S. War Dfriartment, Bureau of Public Relations
PARACHUTE WINGS are pinned on the first Negro paratroopers to graduate from the Parachute
School, Fort Benning, Georgia, by Captain William V. Johnson. These airborne troops, first in the
United States Army, are members of the 555th Parachute Infantry Company. Sergeant Roger S.
Walden, of Detroit, Michigan, is the paratrooper receiving his wings from Captain Johnson. (Photo
by U. S. Army Signal Corps.)
Some Savnnah Area Men In U S Armed Forces
CPL. CHARLES
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. Spaulding and husband
Mrs. Marian L. Spaulding,
is now serving overseas
, the U. S. fighting force.
finding things okey .so far.
TO USE NEGRO OFFICERS
WITH COMBAT UNITS
JIM HIGH SCHOOL CITV WIDE SPELLING ‘
MATCH TO BE STAGED FRIDAY NIGHT
REPLACING WHITE
PERSONNEL
Concession Made As
Result
CRITICISM OF STIM-
SON'S OPPOSITION
TO PLACING
IN COMBAT UNITS
by Harry McAlphin
White House Correspondent
(Released thru Atlanta
Daily World by NNPA)
Washington, D. C.
field . ,, olficers of , grades , as , , .
fnst ffrJ 1C f time U i Cnant will , be ° nt placed !' f ? r in .
unit of the army in
mnnd ot colored combat
now the command
white rs ’ Secretary
„ ai Stimson revealed
week.
The ••qualified" officers
much maligned 930th
931st Field Artillary
was formed _ front the
where a! they tlie will diVi
officers who are at
assigned to those units,
LllC “xhlf Sv-CfGt31 cmmLlon,' V
made in
midst of widespread
over the secretary’s
of last week to Rep.
ton Fish iR> of New York ' crit
k-i sine the effieipiicv n f n •
as combat troops is
g curded as a step forward
the Negro's army status.
CLAUSE ™ IN „ agP 8l
CORPORAL LEVIRN COPE¬
LAND. the orothcr of Mrs. Al¬
lied Bell of 714 Waters avenue,
who Is stationed somewhere in
England with the U. S. forces.
He writes that he likes it there
very much.
AMONG JUNIOR HIGH
STUDENTS
At St. Philip AME
Church
Seventh grade pupils of <'uy-1
her Junior high school, Haven I
Home have shown and Wcodville great enthusiasm schools j
in at the their spelling school.; last contests Friday held a/-1 j
ternoon. Winners are now I
j getting pete for in (he readiness couty-wide to com-I prize!
j Friday night, March 10. at 8:30
j at st PhWp AME chU rch. |
The w inners in the school
r0 ntests were as follows: Quav! Guv-
er< Eleanor Coade, Mary
tlebaum and Marguerite Pry-
' Knight* {jilla™ 1 E rn esUnc’Vl Evan?lS alL^Wood-i
.
Robinson and William Harris.
W muslial’S-l
bers by ---| the Boys and Girls',
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(OnnfbniPd mi naae vn
; A. PHILIP RANDOLPH
TO SPEAK HERE
FRIDAY NIGHT i
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A Philip Randolph, president J '•
f th f Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Poiteis, will speak at »St.
church Saturday j
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PVT. WILL W. HILL who
stationed at Tndiantowp
Pa lie is the husband of
Ruby Hill and the son oi
and Mrs. A B. Fountain of
Chester. He writes that
thing is okey.
NEWLY ELECTED GRAND BASILEUS
college for In Houston, Beta Alpha Texas, chapter her] j
F'riday, February 25, at,
university in Scot-;
Technicians Radio]
PLACED IN UBOR
BATTALIONS
Say German Prisoners
Better Treated
New York, N. Y. In line
with Secretary Etimson’s ad¬
that the Army has a
of converting Negro com
bat troops and technicians into
service troops, is the revelation
that a group of Negro radio
operators and technicians has
recently changed over into a
labor battalion
The information came to the
NAA'P in a letter from a Ne¬
gro sergeant.
The irony of the situation
was heightened by the fact
that German war prisoners sta
tioned nsar the Negro troops
are said by the sergeant to be
receiving better treatment
than United States Negro sol¬
diers.
The letter declares:
‘ When the division was slvp
to ---, we were left in
-— later we learned
that we were coming to this
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PVT. JAMES WASHINGTON
who w?$g recently ho nr? on fur-
lough visiting his wife, Mrs.
Bessie Washington of 1213 At¬
lantic avenue. He is stationed
at Fort Knox, Ky., where Mis.
Washington will soon join him
NVMMB M
week in March. • •
Mrs. Harrison Is toaWacr , of
a
English at the Jack Yates high
school, Houston.
T0
Wilson P. Hubert, director of
the Soldiers’. Social Service of
Savanngh, Negro division, i s to
attend the National Recreation
Association Conference in Rich
mond, Va , March 12-14.
Mr. Hubert in his work at
the SS8S has demonstrated his
excellent ability in providing
recreational activities for our
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PVT. EDWARD LEW IP, the
son of Mrs. Mildred Lev 13 of
238 Houston street, who • i v-
ing overseas, where o ias
been for the past vert
months. He writes that he's
getting along fine and likes it,