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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 _ - “ r Edu. Committee Votes To Bon Jim Crow Mo. Schools . 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 i Continued on Page JJ officers l::al naacp youth council j ' ] i r . 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 _____ 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 | ! gr,t,‘e/KT,tf%°t 1 t LC S ° . b i (Continuer) on Pa.ee 3' 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 .tC'ontmuedon page eight) 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 _ 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 .— .. — — - •- ■ - - - - — ■ —*— i ! 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 • 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 __ i j j j I 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', - - (OnnfbniPd mi naae vn ; A. PHILIP RANDOLPH TO SPEAK HERE FRIDAY NIGHT i 1 A Philip Randolph, president J '• f th f Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Poiteis, will speak at »St. church Saturday j W * ’ 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 Continued on Page i V 4 1 i ./U;; LUX 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 (Continued on Page 3i 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,