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WENDELL WILLK1E
A distinguished citizen of the United
States, well known in international circles,
a friend of rulers, liked by the people of
other countries, a lover and advocate of de¬
cency in human relations whose passing
brings sorrow and a distinct sense of loss
to the world, Mr. Willkie was an earnest
champion of justiae to Negroes. Certainly
we feel the loss. He was the most outspok¬
en and courageous liberal in the country.
The following taken from a recent article
' in Collier’s is a sample of the way he fought:
“The Negro lives in our midst under dis¬
criminations which differ from the racial
discriminations practiced by the Nazis, only
in that ours are illegal and that we are free
—if we wish—to fight against them . . . .
Only the forthright pledge of a permanent
Fair Employment Practice Commission can
be said to meet realistically the need for
action which the issues demand. In his
discussion of the Army jim crow, he says,
“There is no question of the law. Section
4-A of the Selective Service Act reads: in
ihe selection and training of men under this
Act, and in the interpretation and execu¬
tion of the discrimination' provisioisn of this Act, ‘any' there
shall be no against per-
win on account , of , race or ___. color. , All A11 that
Kr'SSK r ,, r. ul . „ •,
in, Chief to enforce the law he is sworn to
uphold, and to pledge that if the present
Commander-in-Chief did not do so, their
candidate— „ if , electtnl—would , , , ,, do , so. „ r ln
deed Mr. \\ dlkie s passing is a distinct ) l () -s
to Negroes who so sorely need strong and
courageous friends. (
LAW BREAKING
Lawbreaking is bad business. The very
suspicion of it is bad. As long as there are
'law-breakers, white or black, in our city,
we are going to have a had name, a low rat-
ing on the scale of public order. The kill-
ing of Rawlerson by a policeman sever-
days ago, gives us excuse for repeating
jqi spirit if not in the actual words what we
Tftve said before on the matter of behavior
<>{ Negroes. In general we must find a way
s tb advise and influence those of our people
who, some how or other, remain out of
reach of ordinary, normal educational con¬
tacts. In Ihe main, these are the people
who just blunder into trouble. They are
the ones who crowd the police court daily
to answer for mostly small offenses. Oftener
than not these folk are used as a guage of
the rest of us. Of course the public cannot
escape a part of the blame for the behavior
of these very much disadvantaged people,
Poor housing, dark streets,
school (facilities, unsympathetic police re¬
lationships, and limited recreation provi¬
sion contribute largely to the undesirable
behavior these people exhibit. Whether it
is accepted or not, the responsibility for
counselling and educating these forgotten
citizens rests upon the public, specifically
upon churches, schools and welfare insti¬
tutions.
What are some of the things, the type of
people we are discussing, learn should know?
One thing they should is that they
must quit 'Admitting offenses against each
other and the public. They must get along
together in their homes and in their neigh-
* boyhood. They must learn that lawbreak-
*’iw must be handled by the law; that a po-
li®man is an officer of the law and should
not be resisted when he attempts to do his
duty; that resisting him is not the way to
establish innocence; that to resist when one
Mvguilty only adds to one’s trouble and
abuse, beating or a killing at the hands of
the police, which unfortunately some of
them are too ready to do. It happens that
•Negroes resent unnecessary rough hand-
70 P. C n: V
Chi. Negroes
For Roosevelt
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According to a recent survey
' conducted by Fortune
Negro voters in Chicago
.New York favor the re-election
pf President Roosevelt by 70.9
per cent. Twenty seven per
pent supported Gov. Thomas
43. Dewey and 2.1 per cent are
Undecided, the survey revealed.
Working under the firm of
Elmo Roper, it was learned that
the survey was begun in August
fey Negro interviewers. It dis¬
closes that S7 per cent of the
Negroes In these two northern
cities want the federal govern-
£& S
continue to exist as long as Negroes feel
that policemen are inherently unfriendly to
therri> ant ] as ] 0 ng as policemen fail to ap-
that one of their functions is to
han( j, ( , victims of arrest impersonally and
humanely. A colored woman double park¬
ed for only a minute and attempted to ex¬
plain why she did. Of course she violated
a traffic law. The officer’s duty was to
give her a ticket. He did, but garnished
it with a choice bit of profanity. This was
unnecessary. It was not fair. It did no
become an officer of the law. We do not
condone law-breaking. By and large, the
policeman is the most frequent and only
contact most Negroes have with the dignity
of the law and the courts.
THE POST WAR WORLD
We are hearing so much about the post
war world, there is so much realistic about
it and so much confusing about the discus
sions of it, that the average man seems be¬
wildered, and is inclined to think it is the
business of statesmen only. But he must
not be mistaken nor must he be complacent
about it. The statesmen are talking, think¬
ing and planning about it because of him,
because they know he is not thinking about
what is going to happen to him. The big
questions are, aside from what kind of
peace will we have, what kind of jobs will
he have, if indeed he will have one? How
much money will he get for the job? Will
the returning soldier he substituted for re¬
claim his job? How much of the war
money has he put away ? These and many
other questions confront him now. They
will be stern realities after the war is over.
Just as everybody is touched in some way
by the war, so everybody will be touched by
the consequences that will follow' the war.
LET’S FACE FACTS
By Ruth Taylor
Let’s face facts. We know that a great
many people have an entirely wrong im-
take P^ion of considering of Negroes them They as a make group, the ot mis not
e
treating them individuals . ., . and , of . not ,
as „
That is a great fault of the majority to¬
I ward all minorities. But the minority can
do a great deal to correct this situation.
. How? First—what contributes to the
false ideas of the majority? Mostly it is
p e() pj e they hear who claim to speak for
[noise. j^e minority -those who make the loudest
Now you know as I do, that as a rule
those are not the real leaders, not the real
representatives of the people, The vocal
'arc never the most effective. Agitators al
ways exaggerate for effect. Tt’s part
the technique. But the outsider doesn’t
.know for what to discount. Don’t blame peo-
pie judging you by the wrong person,
if you don’t specify who our leaders are.
One of; the men T consider a real leader
of the Negroes and for whom I have the
greatest admiration, is one of the quietest,
most unassuming men I’ve ever met. But
whenever he speaks, he says something and
he does it with such unimpassioned logic
that people listen. No, I’m not going to
tell you who he is Figure it out for your-
sc ll. All 1 11 say is that he is an editor—
and you all know him.
Second—Another stumbling block is the
silence on the part of Negroes themselves
concerning „ those — ---------------„___ members of a group whose I
actions would be not just a discredit to their
but to any group. Instead of defend-*
ing their members, regardless of their
duct, minority groups should do all they can
to keep the conduct of all their members'
on such a level that it combats, rather than !
contribute to, prejudices against them.
by its social approvals and recog-
nition can do much to discipline its own
members.
I was speaking once at a Negro Universi¬
ty on Public Relations. I brought up this
point, just as 1 do in labor groups, and when
I finished the president mentioned this and
said he’d bring it home by. pointing out some
of the noisy actions of his own students.
He then asked the student body if they
would like to all be classed by the actions
of a few. From the reaction he had, I ra¬
ther fancy the over-exuberant were prompt¬
ly sqelched by their fellow students.
Third—Don’t make the same mistake the
majority does and judge others by groups.
If we can learn to treat others as individ¬
uals and act as individuals ourselves—we
will come a lot nearer solving our problems
and making America the democracy we all
majority or minority—want it to be.
, meat to create more opportu- the!
1 nities for Negroes during
next four years. At At te.*t least 22.6 m a
percent (of -5.5 percent of the
| total Chicago-New York Ne¬
gro populationi would be wil-
. ling to switch their votes to
I Dewey if, by the end of the
J campaign, willing than Dewey Roosevelt seemed to hiore
cre-
<' te these opportunities. On
other hand. 6.1 per cent ot
the " total " would * J switch from
Dewey to Roosevelt for a simi
lar reason.
SCOTTSBORO PAROLEE
IN TROUBLE AGAIN
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MONTGOMERY, ALA , * ANP
After nearly nine months on on
parole, Clarence Norris, one of
the nine principals in the fa-
mous Scottsboro case, was re-
turneri t0 P rison last w eek when
he left his job at a local laun-
ber firm, according to Alex
Smith, Alabama pardon-parole
board chairman.
Originally sentenced to die
for his part in the 1931 frameup
case. Norris' death sentence was
commuted to life imprisonment.
months ago he was
from prison on parole and
found work with the Montgom
ery Lumber firm, after parole
authorities in several states
declined to accept him for
idence. employment and super
vision. According to Judge
Smith, the parole board
tried to get Norris work He
picked up and returned to
prison on charge of being a
role role Hpiinm.ent delinquent whnr, when he h* left left
Iris job.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
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/high HER, of health *
Damons standard
Whe our soldiers,and
gratifying PER -
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THE ARMY NEEDS NURSES'-JOIN UP
TO GET THE THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE
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Past Master C. C. Smith deft' of Pythagoras lodge No. 11 and
Past Master Ivy Weaver of Mt. Moriah lodge, No. 15, who will
leave Saturday for Atlanta, where they will reveive the thirty
third degree in Masonry,
Conference
With Pres,
Helps Dems.
THREE NEGRO LEADERS
TALK WITH F. D. R.
by Ernest E. Johnson
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WASHINGTON, Oct. The. 1
visit of three Negro
with President Roosevelt
morning despite Walter
assertion that it was
“strictly non-political,” is bound
t0 have an advantageous at-
upon Democratic
the group with Mr. White
were Mrs. Mary McLeod Be-
and Dr. Channing H. To¬
There are probably two sound
reasons why this meeting
a welcome one from the
of both sides. One was
that it served as a denial to the
frequent charge of
bility that is leveled at the
President by Negroes.
other is that it afforded
„ Wf PVuP „ r ,..« n ,, rt nf hi .
political ]ml party t an onuortunitv
to personally expound his
on questions vital to Negro peo-
pie.
The war, no doubt, has
sumed much of the
time, nevertheless, he has found
occasion to welcome the
men of other groups. Even
were this not so, there is hardly
a group of any
racial or otherwise, that is
able to obtain the ear of the
president unless it be the
gro who holds almost no high
administration post that would
make such a link.
As it is, almost invariably the
recurring case for Negro people
its way to the de ^k of^ Jon
athan Daniels, one of the White
House assistants with a passion
I° r anonymith. Mt. Daniel
am ' a bk*. conscientious and close
t0 President, but hardly xep
resents a reasonable facsimile
of a Ne 8 ro ' accent ^withstand
in 8-
^ I" 015 * ong been the feeling
among Negro Democratic
that they should be
ed the right entree 'to the Pres-
ident more often than has been
possible. Presumably this
has been recognized, since
was made clear to party lead¬
ers shortly before Rep. William
L. Dawson .was named assistant
chairman of the Democratic
national committee.
On the other point, a hasty
perusal of the Negro plank in
the platforms of both parties
clearly shows that the Demo-
party isn’t even on a com
pet/itive basis with Republican
party. The reasons for this
of course, are pretty
known, by now. If, how-
ever, the Democrats intended
to make any real appeal among
Negroes, it became fairly obvi-
that somebody of substance
the party would have to
do something elucidating and
amplifying.
This the President has done.
He is for a permanent FEPC
now - protection of men in the
armed forces, and abandonment
o{ the segregation policy at
least in the army redistribution
cen ters. He told the delega-
* !on he !a v ’ ort ‘ c ' a perma-
nent agency for fi e htin S dis '
crimination in employment,
using ,he wolds ’ 1 invented it.
He wants to see the senate ap-
Unit
unlform _ and inci . p eople will go far to hold
dentally man in it pushed the party much of the vote that
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WASHINGTON
White House Correspondent Released
through the Atlanta Daily World
by the NNPA
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By Harry S. McAIpin
Now that the army has offi-
j ! daily announced operation its reversal of its of
policy in the
redistribution centers, elimina-
ting the jim crow features,
some of the inside story and the
j general significance of The the
move can now be tola.
'NNPA scooped the world on the
details of this new plan last
week.
The very fact that the army,
steeped in segregation and run
by a hierarchy of southern gen-
tlemen, was forced to change
its stand shows that Negroes
need not feel it a hopeless
even when the obstacles seem
insurmountable. This shows
what can be done by sane, in-
sistent and persistent effort
jwhen And the cause put it is down right. that
j [the obstacles you which were now faced
in this matter* were no mere
pebbles in the road. They
were mountains-mountains
prejudice, bigotry, lying
'subterfuge.
You can see what you're up
a g a i ns t when you know that
the President sent word directly
to the army that he wanted
this redistribution-venter mess
cleared up. with jimcrow feature
eliminated— and, despite that
the brass hats and gold braids
I used every conceivable method
to retain segregation in the
program disguised in every
aginable form.
j They tried to get the Presi-
dent to support their jim crow
proposals by writing him a
memorandum requesting that
he stand behind the army poli-
C y of segregation. But
truth is that the army has
policy. While it is steeped
a tradition of segregation, it
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used to be in the Democratic
ic pocket. To be sure, there
have been and will continue to
ibe defections which are not
j^ent be regained. ^sevelt'has How much do“ne“to
re
capture lost votes will only be
known on election day.
ARMY TO RETURN
14 YEAR OLD BOY
TG HIS MOTHER
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7 ( ANPl-
The story of “James Thomas”
who enlisted in the army as an
18 year oldster, was
changed when his mother, Mrs.
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through the house. As a mat¬
ter of fact, he is understood to
haVe said the particular bill
(doesn't go far enough. As for
the redistribution centers, he
was definitely opposed to the
segregation policy from the ve-,
ry beginning, and laid a hot let
ter in the hands of Gen. Bre
hen Somervell, commanding
general of army service forces,
to this effect
Now the President campaigner) has al-;
ways been a good
among Negroes/ The
charm — is — what does - it. His •
sonal assurances now on vital ,
in the minds of
MASONIC-EASTERN STAR NOTES
Grand Master Dobbs attended
a Masonic conference in Phil-
adelphia Sunday last at Scot¬
tish Rite Cathedral. Repre¬
sentatives of the northern and
southern jurisdictions 'were
there. It will prove of interest
when information is given out.
The 58th annual session ° {
United Supreme Council of
the thirty third and last
0 ^ Ancient and Accepted
Scott ish Rite of Freemasonry
for the Southern Jurisdiction of
the United States ^aues will win be oe held new
in £ tlanta next w ^ ek - beginning
the memorial service Sun-
ni £ht when Dr. William
Borders, 33 degree, will
preach the sermon. Soverign
Grand Commander Willard W.
Allen of Baltimore will preside.
The regular session begins Mon¬
day morning. At 4:30 p. m.
the honorary 33d degree will be
conferred on a large number of
Sublime Princes, with a
quet at night. The session
Tuesday will be participated in
by the active 33 degree mem¬
bers. It is expected to be the
best session of recent years.
The oldest Mason in Georgia
passed from “labor to refresh-
ment” on Monday, Bishop Jo-
~
seph S. Flipper. The bishop
had been ill for the past several
years, but persevered because of
hi* indomitable will power.
While pastoring at Darien. Ga.,
he was made a Mason and re-
mained in good and active ser-
vice for nearly sixty years.
served depijt.y grand mas-
ter and would have succeeded
Grand Master W. E. Terry, but
could not be at the grand
THURSDAY, OCT. M, ISM
trains its officers in
classes; it integrates its wound-
ed in the same hospitals, plac-
ing whites and Negroes in beds
side by side; it has begun to in-
tegrate its nurses in certain
northern hospitals; it trains
many of its air force speaial-
ists in mixed classes. It even
has integrated redistribution
i centers, under the Air Force.
But those things happened
under men who were willing to
j have the term‘'democracy” be
an all-inclusive term. There
are some such men in the ar-
and the war department
who think only of a white face
when they think of democracy,
What else can one believe
when one hears that Lieut. Gen.
Br e hon Somervell, chief, of the
army service forces—who was
the fly in the ointment of get
this change of policy through
said in a meeting on the sib- sub
when asked what should
be done with th e returning Ne-
gro servicmen: “I’d like to
throw the coons into the middle
of the desert.”
That is the kind of obstacle
which is faced in the Negro's
effort to enjoy a full citizenship
status with all the rights, priv-
ileg e s and immunities attached
thereto, even in the agency that
demands that he give up his
hf e without question. >
But the army was licked in
this case, It can be licked in
others. J1 .3
And right now is not too soon
to begin working on the eilmi-
j nation of segregation entirely
in the armed forces of our.coun
try through trahfmglinbeinghtdj£b*ce corwfrolRory
the [hat
training program
is likely to come after this ar.
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j j with, Cora the Dorsey, interfered And
aid of a birth certifi-
cate proved that her boy wafc 14
old James Woodrow Bitts,
Betts who 'served less than
two months at Ft. Francis^E
Warren, Cheyenne, Wyorflfng,
was about to be transferred to
another post, just as "Moiii’s”
envelope with the birth officials certifi¬
cate was sent military
Mrs. Dorsey said the boy gradu¬
ated from grade school just last
June, and that without her jeon
sent he signed voluntary papers
his draft board in July find
was inducted the next month.
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on account of special duties! as
bishop of his church. Hf A aS
beloved by all of the brokers. n
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Past Grand Matron M. h t Ay Ay¬
ers visited several chapters', the in
state. She found gis-
alive and interested in (the
workings of the Eastern Star.
These visits mean much for the
progress of the order. |
Files of The Savannah
Tribune
FIFTY YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 13, 1894.
The Tribune made plba
an additional public school.
First anniversary of Mt. Ta¬
bor Baptist church, East Brqad
pjnd Anderson Sunday, streets, will N.jH. jbe
Rev.
Whitmire, pastor. I
Mrs. L. E. LaFayette and ivlrs.
A. C. Middleton, teachers of the
East Broad street school,
signed.
Judge L. B. Toomer aiq!
little son - while returning.;
circus had a narrow
by the breaking of a
wire - Jt, occurred at
and West Broad streets,
| Dr _ TyleFi w ^ as a ^ ’*
cist at the Parlor Dnl
diec j recently.
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The Populists cast a lafge
v ote at the state election lgst
week. The Democrats itad; a
reduced majority,