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TEAKS 0? CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME I^n-cjverinb ac WASHINGTON Vhitt 1 House Correspondent Released through the Atlanta Daily World NNPA Ity Harry S. McAlpin The Office of Civilian De¬ fense is practically a nonentity today. It could have been one of the most potent demo¬ cratic influences in the lives of Americans. It muffed that chance because of fear—fear that some bigoted demagogues j | would show tneir resentment by curtailing appropriations and “chopping off heads.” Therein lies a lesson, which we wonder whether othsr from President Roosevelt down uown to to the lowliest section chief have missed. There is really no winning percentage in appease ment at the expense of right and justice—whether its pose is to gain political support, | or agency appropriations. The OCD was in a position to give America a practical dem- , I onstration cf democracy-in-ac tion. Will coinage^ it^ coin have proved, without stepping on any one’s toes, that the con glomerate makeup of America ould and slumc woik oge , c ~ j (Continued on page 8) PROMISE FAIR HEARING ON FEPC BUDGET £& SSmmS's New Xoi&, N. Y.— Leading inember s of the Senate have promised the NAACP to give fair and impartial considera¬ tion to the application of the Fair Employment Practice Commission for its $525,000 budget. Following the introduction of an amendment to the Inde¬ pendent Offices Bill by Sena¬ tor Russell of Georgia, which he announced to the press as 1 an attempt to “wipe out the Fair Employment Practice Commission,” the NAACP wrote letter to every Senator asking his views on the continu ation of the FEPC. Senator Guy M. Gillette of Iowa writes that while he is in full accord with the princi¬ ple (of prohibiting the trans¬ fer of funds appropriated for one purpose to another i “I am strongly in favor of the pur- pose and objectives of the FE PC.” Senator Robert M. Jr., of Wisconsin, writes ‘if it ■ (Continuedon page eight) Some Savannah Area Men Serving In U. S. Armed Forces SGT. gLbERT KEMP and Mrs. Mary Kemp of 570 Maple army ana navy iCopeciivaj vice two years, nine months, enlisted one year, five guatutah SHhinr. FT. VALLEY STATE COLLEGE RADIO SERIES WINS NATL AWARD FOR MACON STATION The Alfred I. Dupont award for distinctive programming, radio’s most coveted prize, has been awarded in the 5000 watt class to Station W. w. M.AZ in «. Ma con, which sponsored the week ly Fort Valley College radio se ries during 1943. The award citation leads: “for complete- in constructive aid to ed- ( ucation, public service, and triotic morale building. | Station WLW in Cincinnati received the Dupont award for 50>0W) watt sta tions, and mond Q ra m Swing, news com-j men £ a j. or , rece i ved an award for public service in his field. 1 Each xjai,n award ttwftiu consisted tuuouicu of ui a a. cita' )j on accompanied with a check SI,030. I Red Cross Workers To Be Dined Saturday Night The drive for funds for the Red Cross war activities among the colored population oi ‘ Chatham county ls assuming an encouraging proportion i President B. F. Hubert, general chairman of the colored divi¬ sion, states that he expects the j drive to bs a success. He is announcing a dinner to be servi ed at the SSSS center on Ogee! chee road and 37th St. for all persons working in the drive 8 p. m. Monday, March 27. AU captains are urged to notify their workers. The purpose of the meeting is to plan for a successful termination of the drive. The following report sub¬ mitted by Edward L. Maxwell director of colored division does not give a true picture ot, the contributions of the ous divisions because there been some coverage of persons of certain divisions by (Continued on page 3i Sic AARON KEMP, sons ot street, who are serving in the Sgt. Kemp has been m the .ser¬ and Seaman First Class Kemp ago. Both are overseas. in announcing the award Fort Valley, WMAZ stated that the selection of station from among 900 America America is is merely merely a a of the hard work, jpiendid cooperation given us by Fort Valiey. We like to it j S your effort that is rewarded thru this recognition.” The Fort Va]ley radio has had a wide range, includ- mg Margaret Walker, Robert Brllaire, Far e rn corrcspsndent; Smedley, China’s revolutionary correspondent; F. D. president ijimmcui of ui Tuskegee i uon.c & cc insti- maui- lute: musical by the Fort Valley choir, Wallace Ad¬ dresses Negro Newsmen By Harry McAlpin Correspon¬ dent ADW and NNPA Washington, D. C.. March 18; —Vice President Henry A. Wal-j lace, speaking at a luncheon of I the Capital Press Club, eom-J posed of the Washington cor- : j respondents of the Negro press this week pledged himself and; those “who look forward to a 1 double victory” that winning to the determi-1 the nation war, abroad must also mean winn-j ing the war at home against 1 bigotry and prejudice, against; lack of understanding and^ lack of opportunity.” He declared that “those who fight for us in this war belong (Continued on page 4) SERGEANT HENRY KING husba»d of Mrs. Florine King, of 133 Yamacraw Village anu son of Ms. Rena Jenkins of 16 West Boundary street, who is stationed at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, where he everything okey. THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1944 DON’T THINK ON RACE QUESTION AS DO MEMBERS OF STATE LEGISLATURE Columbia, S. C., Mar. 20— iANPi—W eary of racial bigot¬ ry and propaganda and, as one of the authors declared, “to let our colored citizens know that the better element of white people of South Caroli¬ na do not think or feel as the house of representatives” that adopted a “white supremacy resolution” two week s ago twenty of the state’s most in¬ fluential white citizens issued a collective appeal Wednesday, asking white South Carolini¬ ans for a “drastic revision in our attitude toward our colored citizens.” Titled “A statement o' 1 the race problem in South Caroli¬ na,” the appeal denounced a- like segregation eveils inflicted upon the Ne ~ r0 „ uostles 0 f -social eoualitv a«d support¬ ers of “white supremacy.” Asserting that chattel slav¬ ery set the Negro off from whites in an ecnomic and so¬ cial status and, that the politi¬ cal aspect was added to the Ne gro’s problems upon his eman cipatioi', the statement said that “wherever the Negro has congregated in sufficient num¬ bers" separation barriers have been erected, resulting in j j t be f 0 n 0 wing disadvantages to Negroes: U Denial of equal opportu¬ j ed by the college Players and other varied features have built up a wide audience j pt c t U red above are (upper lev 1( members 0 f Ft. Valley j choir; (lower leveh i to r Dea w w glanchet, script writer and g. enera i production mana- ger ( j nset , Peggy Muse, so- ( p rano soloist Annie Pearl Mil- j Jer soloist; William P. Foster, j director of music; Frances Ta- • k° r . soloist; President Horace Mann Bond, script-writer and announcer; Callia L. Lewis, soloist; Anthony D. Watson, di rector of spirituals; Alma W Stone, pianist; Willis L. James of Spelman college, who helped initiate the series as guest pro Con tinned on page eight % t '*'■ Released by U. S. War Department Bureau ot Publio Relations AT NAVIGATORS’ RECEPTION—The assistant Secretary of War, the Honorable John J. McCloy, has some interested auditors as he addresses a humorous remark to Navigation Cadet Walter A. Arrington, on the occasion of the Hondo Army Air Field Navigators’ visit to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the 4th War Loan Drive at which Mr. McCloy was the principal speaker. Pictured, left tc right, seated: Colonel Lucius MckCrumbine, district commander of the Third Service Command; Mr. McCloy, and Lieutenant George F. Mclnerney, commander of the first class of Negro navigation cadets. Standing, from left: Cadets George Prioleau, Arrington, and Wardell A. Polk (now second lieutenants) and Major Rubin L. Faseler, commander of navigation officers at Hondo Army Air Field, (Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps.) ~ LUCIUS BRYANT, JA. S2c, who was recently home on fur- lough visiting his relatives and friends- 1R is the son oi Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Bryant, Sr., oi 317 Lorch street. He is sta- tioned at Great Lakes, Illinois. S. C. Liberals Denounce nity. 2. Retarded economic advancement. 3. Fixed stat us as a servant and menial. 4. Short changed in industrial pro visions. 5. Often denied jus tice in court despite efforts of many judges. 6 Short chang ed i u civic improvements, “in¬ cluding play grounds and gen eral recreational faculties. 7. Barred from service in his own government in southern states. “Some of this discrimina¬ tion has been more or less inev itable” the statement declared but unless changed it will be blameworthy enough.” “In spite of these restrictions and handicaps)” the appeal continues, “the Negroes of A- merica, three generations re¬ moved from slavery, have made a phenomenal pogress which is a source of pride to them and should be a source of gratification to the whites,” Pointing to Negro accomplish¬ ments in several fields, the statement said, “The pride that they feel in these attain¬ ments necssarily makes them restive under the restraints that are imposed upon them.” It then exploded the “social equality” myth. “Social equality,” the state¬ ment said, “is not a part of the (Continued on page 31 WILLIAM E. WALLACE. S2c the son of Mrs. Bertha Harris pother of Pvt Marie Wallace Round*ree of Ft. Bragg, N. C. and Miss Bertha Wallace oi New York, who is stationed at Camp Robert Smalls, Great Lakes, Illinois. GEORGE ROGERS, S3c, who was home on furlough after fin thing his boot training at Bainbridge, Md. He is the son of Mrs. Katie Kogsrs ot (104 E. Anderson street and is now stationed at San Diego California. Want President To Veto Soldier Vote Bill by Harry McAlpin White House Correspondent (Released thru Atlanta Daily by the NNPA) The soldier vote issue is still a burning one. President Roosevelt has put it up to the governors of the 48 states to tell him whether federal bal¬ lots will be available to service men by authorization of the state as required in the so-cal¬ led compromise measure pars¬ ed by both houses of Cpngress last week. On the answers he receives and their indication of the a- vailability of the ballot to ser¬ vicemen under the proposed law, will depend the presi¬ dent’s action in signing or veto ing the bill. He had indicated in a recent press conference that the crux of the whole thing was whether more ser¬ vicemen would be enabled to vote under the compromise measure or under the existing 1942 soldier vote law. Regardless of the trend of the telegraphic replies of the governors, however, political observers here point to the fact that the “compromise” bill is still a fraud and will ef¬ fectively deprive most Negro of an opportunity vote. They base their opinion on the fact that the proposed law leaves the whole question of sending ballots to service¬ men and accepting those from servicemen, up to the states. This, in effect, makes inopera¬ tive the waiver of poll tax and Contlnued on page Seven of Sol¬ dier To Be Probed SLAIN WHILE IN CUS¬ TODY OF OFFICERS Birmingham, Ala., Mar. 20 — <ANPi—- .A complete investiga¬ tion into the fatal shooting of a soldier from nearby Camp Si bert, charged with alleged rape of a Gadsden white woman, was pledged Wednesday by of¬ ficials of the camp in a tele¬ phonic communication with an Associated Negro Press cor¬ respondent. The soldier was slain Satur¬ day by an escort of Gadsden and Etowah county peace of¬ ficers, who were transferring the suspect from Anniston to Birmingham for “safekeeping.’ Lt. Jordan A. Hodgkins, act¬ ing adjutant of the army ser- (Continued on Paee 3) CPL CLINTON ZEIGLER and SEAMAN 2ND. CLASiJ .....>< STEIN N. ZEIGLER, O ons of Mr. and Mrs. Horace - J - at 214 West Part avenue lane. Clinton L, servi at U, S. Forces somewhere in the South PacLfitf br-w-s ----- ~nct Warsteen is stationed at Nor-folk, .Virginia, ,Mti gVSffctt 23 W. B. USO PRESENTS SGT . REDDICK The West Broad Street USO will present Sgt. Jesse Reddick in song recital Sunday after¬ noon March 26, at 5 o’clock. Sgt. Reddick is at present in the quartermaster department, at Hunter Field. This occasion promises to be a musical treat and many mu¬ sic lovers in Savannah who have heard this talented sing¬ er on other occasions look for¬ ward with much anticipation to Sunday’s recital. Sgt. Red dick will be accompanied' by Miss Willa Mae Ayers. Sgt. Reddick is a native I 4W Negro Soldier Film Ready For Theatres Washington, D, C."—’the offi¬ cial War Department film, "The Negro SoidiM,” is now ready for distribution to thea¬ tres and all persons wbi> wish it shown in their cities should ask individual theatre mana¬ gers to book it, according to an nouncement here this week. The film is regarded as the best screening of the Negro in American life that has ever been made, with emphasis on the Negro in World War 11. The major film companies have announced that prints are available and that distribu tors can secure them upon ap¬ plication. It was also announced that 16 mm. versions of the film will be available in May for distribution to clubs, schools, colleges, and other organiza¬ tions. Applications should be sent to the Bureau of Public Relations, War Department, Washington, D. C. Use cut