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lifts row* THE S A VANN A HT RIBUN Established 1875 By J. H. DEVEAUX BOL. C. JOHNSON........ Editor and Publisher , j. H. BUTLER .................... Asso. Editor yiss w rr.T.A M. AYERS, A sst, to Pub. & Manager . * Published Every Thursday 1008 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 J*" --- “ ” Subscription Hate in Advance One Year ....................$2.00 Six Months ................... mgr ' Remittance ----—— must be made by Express, - Post Office Money Order or Registered Mail. _ Entered at the Post Office at Savannah, Oa. as Second Class Matter, 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 £ vJV YORK. Get. 7 (ANPi— cat 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 *- 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 [[without ftRMV DOCTOR'S THE RIGHT PRESENT HAND. >: /high HER, of health * Damons standard Whe our soldiers,and gratifying PER - i WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE." THE ARMY NEEDS NURSES'-JOIN UP TO GET THE THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE I , ># f * k: 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 i 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 W- /sgv 1 1 ; j | j UNCOVERING WASHINGTON White House Correspondent Released through the Atlanta Daily World by the NNPA i.li 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 ..... =- ■— 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. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP --- Statement of ownership, agement, circulation, etc., quired by the acts of Congress of August 24, 1912, and March 1933, of The Savannah Tri- jbune. annah. published Ga„ for October, weekly at 1944. Sav- State of Georgia, Chatham county. Before me, a notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared Sol. C. Johnson who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the owner of The Savannah Tribune and that the following is, to the best of his and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended jby the Act of March 3, 1933, em¬ bodied in section 537, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, manag- ing editor, and business mana¬ gers are; Publisher, Sol. C. Johnson, Savannah, Ga; Editor, Sol. C. Johnson, Savannah, Ga.; Asso Editor, Jas. H. Butler, Sav¬ annah, Ga.; Business Manager, 'wilia Mae Ayers, Savannah, Ga. Sol. C. Johnson, Editor-Publisher-owner Sworn to and subscribed be¬ fore me this 30th day of Sep¬ tember, 1944. Notary public Wilia Mae Ayers. 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. ------- -------- 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. ■ on account of special duties! as bishop of his church. Hf A aS beloved by all of the brokers. n * * * 'J 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. _ The Populists cast a lafge v ote at the state election lgst week. The Democrats itad; a reduced majority,