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t= F. E. P. C. COUNCIL
[ Mrs. Anna Douglass, a representative of
the National Council For Permanent Fair
; employment Practice, visited Savannah
ast week for the purpose of arousing inter¬
est in organizing a council to work for the
Message of the act when it reaches the Con¬
gress. The local council will seek to mob-
lize sentiment towards that end. Mrs.
Douglas has a rather comprehensive under-
handing of the act and its purposes, and is
conversant with the procedure necessary for
Accomplishing the best results. She has
V i s i te d many Southern cities and is now on
her way up the coast. Her conference
here revealed her fitness for the task she
is undertaking. Councils have been organiz¬
ed in Winston-Salem, Charleston, New Or¬
leans and in several other key cities. The
councils which are inter-racial in composi¬
tion, will have the important and tremen¬
dous job of publicizing the real import of
the F E. P. C., and ^countering the false in¬
terpretation opponents are placing on the
net. Mrs. Douglass stresses the fact that
the effort of opponents of the
act to inject into it the “social equality”
issue, must be combatted. Steps will be
taken to set up a local council.
SAVANNAH'S FAIR NAME
Seme people are becoming alarmed lest
things going on in our city lead to bad times
Mtpcially among Negroes. Stories are be¬
ing passed about that are almost unbeliev¬
able. Three or four days ago this story
came to us: Three interested citizens were
in conversation which began when the
ridiWtneht tjheStion its to the effect of cut-back in em-
was having on business. As the
conversation progresed, it was' brought out
that the “number business” seemed not to
have felt the cut-back yet, for one of the
companies was having a take of more than
$50,000 per week- Another
could not net so much because of its
“immunity cut.” People are
imm 10c to three and four dollars a day,
the majority of whom are becoming daily
that much poorer. It is the economic and
moral effect upon the lives of the victims
of this game that is so alarming. The
tragic thing about it all is that nobody
wistott V> jlo anything about it; that it has
i allowed to saturate this community.
-Why isn’t it stopped?
Another story: An eyewitness, strolling
leisurely along a much traveled boulevard,
a few nights ago, stepped back up on the
curbing to avoid a big automobile that
Sffi came the up quietly and stopped near a store.
occupant engaged a white man in
tiicaif ^whispered appeared conversation. to be officer, The driver the of the
an so eye-
jjwitluxss ling e r e d. He conclude d
•gesticulating ^something was and about occasional to happen glances from of the the
•men across the street in the direction of a
•little music-box shop which was resonant
{with the music, and the chatter of the oc-
gcupants. After a few minutes the car
•drove off, and in less than fifteen minute's,
JJaroqnd the cornet; from another direction
•a •woman motorcycle dnovtf up near the store. A
came out, sjxike hurriedly and
•wheeled back to the store gesturing, and
•the music box stopped, lights went out, and
“chatter ceased. By the time the motorcycle
• was out of sight, a car load of men came
5up, looked at the place a moment or so, and
•moved on. The people in this neighbor¬
"hood hood are afraid to inform on this place,
•and believe it futuile to do so, for obvious
•reasons. t •'if
• 'these two stories do not add any lustre
•to the “fair name of ________„ our city. We cite
JlhAi because we are interested in having
•bavannah move up in the scale of cities
jpioted Jgroes lor perhaps public order the and decency. the citizenry Ne-
are part of
Syndicated •most immediately affected by the lapses
by these stories. This condition
a challenge to Negro leadership. Negro
^ministers, we are often told, are the real
•leaders of our people, then the responsibil¬
ity for initiating efforts to correct these
^conditions would seem to be theirs.
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* AGREEMENTS VS PRACTICE
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* it is reported that the Big Four have
nflgreed upon specific amendments to the
^Dumbarton he “equal rights Oaks proposals, peoples dealing with
• of and distinctions
Abased upon race, religion, language or sex.”
•It is nothing new in the _____________ making o of __ treaties
end ■P^**'* covenants vv> vimmo iViaf that iliov they uiv,' include mvimn likeeal liberal UDCl «i wt-rv pro- 4'-
^visions in regard to the rights of people.
*The problems arise when in actual prac-
*tice they fail of implementation. These
jagreemcriTs me nothing if those charged
a.with carrying them out fail-refuse m many
instances—to enforce them. In America,
if/the people were disposed to make them
functional, there are enough provisions
promising (guaranteeing) "... liberty and
the pursuit of happiness” in the Declaration
of Independence and the Constitution of
the United States, to last as long as the
country lives. Every citizen, naturalized or
native born, without regard to race, creed,
color, or religion could lie satisfied and be
without concern as to his citizenship, if the
spirit of the language of the founding fa¬
thers motivated American democracy. We
are sorry past experience makes us view
with suspicion any agreements, national or
international, which promise equal justice,
liberty, and privilege to colored peoples.
Despite the letter and spirit of Constitu¬
tional provisions, Negroes have bad to go
into the courts to secure favorable inter¬
pretation of them. This requirement places
a prodigious strain upon the economic abil¬
ity of Negroes, and discourages and frus¬
trates all but the comparatively small but
persistent group of them who have the
courage and the intelligence to fight on.
However, the opponents of "liberty and jus¬
tice for all” use this willingness to fight on
as ammunition for their opposition. They
call this group agitators for “social equali¬
ty” and predict dire events if by any chance
the group seems about to win a round.
This type of propaganda has its effect up¬
on their uninformed constituency. Agree¬
ments and practice are still too far apart.
NEGRO HIGH SCHOOLS
Our comment on accredited high schools
vvas based upon a release as of January this
/ear. It was an accounting of schools bas¬
ed upon “applicatons submitted and work
lone during the 1945-44 school term.” Ac¬
cording to list submitted, the following
schools were listed without deficiency: Bal¬
lard School, Macon; Boggs Academy, Cen¬
ter High School, Waycross; Douglas High
School, Thomasville; Gillespie-Selden Insti¬
tute, Cordele; Hazaril Training School,
bany; Moultrie High School,
Caine College High School, Augusta;
ley High School, Brunswick; W. H.
High School, Columbus; and on the list
deficiency were, Athens High School,
ens; Booker T. Washington High
Atlanta; Emery Street High School,
The following schools were placed on
list for the first time: Baxley
School, Baxley; Buford Colored High
Buford; George Carver Hi. School,
Monroe Colored High School, Monroe;
Todd High School, Darien. Hazard
School, Albany and Paine College
School, Augusta have been discontinued.
more recent release on accredited
schools had not reached us at the time
going to press. It shows two schools
the list under A classification and six on
list tinder B classifcation and three
from the list. The difference between
two releases is due to a revision based
new regulations governing the
ot high schools.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CONFERENCE
AND US
By Ruth Taylor
What is the San Franesco
What has a meeting of Statesmen to
with us? Isn’t it just another
al give and take?
The San Francisco Conference is the di¬
rect and immediate concern of every one
us. It is at this Conference that the
ter of the United Nations will be drawn
the Charter that is the working plan for the
brave new world in which there will he
and fair play for all men.
It is not another give-and-take Confer¬
ence with the best bargainer taking the
most. It is not an overnight panacea for
all the ills of the world.
In the words of our late President, Frank¬
lin Delano Roosevelt: “We are not fighting
for, and we shall not attain, a Utopia. In¬
deed. in our own land, the work to he done
is never finished. We have yet to realize
the full and equal enjoyment of our free¬
dom. So, in embarking on the building of
a world fellowship, we have set ourselves a
long and arduous task, a task which will
challenge our patience, our imagination, as
well as our faith.”
The San Francisco Conference is to set
tip the international organization which
will keep the peace our armies make- It
has the earnest prayers of all those who
believe in a better world, in a world where
men can work to live together as brothers.
Studied by the leaders of the three
great monotheistic faiths— the organiza¬
tions which they represent—Catholic, Pro-
1 testant and Jewish—have gone on record in
favor of the Charter of the United Nations,
They have made recommendations on yari-
cus points to help to implement it, that, the
Golden Rule may be made the basis of inter¬
national law.
Among their recommendations is one for
an international Bill of Rights, with provi¬
sion for a commission or commissions to
protect and further the rights and liberties
of the individual of racial, religious and
cultural groups, especially those uprooted
by war or oppression. They also ask that
the United Nations Organization acknowl¬
edge that the actions of States are subject
to the same moral principles as govern the
conduct of individuals.
Doesn’t that affect each and every one
us? •} Isn’t it the duty of all of us, to stip¬
P°ri this effort to the full?
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0ur _ President.
, new Harry S. Truman, in
* 1 ' s first speech in office said: “I appeal to
evp ry American, regardless of party, race,
crei *d or color, to support our efforts to
build a strong and lasting United Nation.'
organization.”
Let’s get behind him and help in every
'
way we can! a .
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
(Fill ONE OF THE 2,100 MANUFACTURING ESSENTIAL
JOBS IN 50 WAR PLANTS
ROCKETS. THESE NEW WEAPONS, WHICH
ARE HASTENING VICTORY, ARE NEEDED
IN FAR GREATER QUANTITIES. QUANTITIES. . ■
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VICTORY*
Report Re¬
futes Charge
Absenteeism
AS USED AGAINST EM-
PLOYING NEGROES
NEW YORK, May 14 In the
Industrial Relations News
ter, the first number ol which
was released last week, the Na
tional Urban League
the theory that Negro war work
ers are guilty of an excessive
amount of absenteeism. ,
The News letter based on da¬
ta gathered in all parts of the
country and over 500 industrial
management reports,
that in a current study of ,300
war plants “only 68 reports
listed absenteeism as a special
problem among these workers.”
(Tire newness of the worker, his
insecurity on the job and trans¬
portation problems were found
to be important factors relat¬
ing to absenteeism in these 63
reports.
“The failure of ma'hy com¬
panies to provide training Snd
upgrading opportunities for Ne-
igroes is the most
cause of poor job
aid Julius A. Thomas, direct¬
or of the league’s department
of industrial relations. “We
found that absenteeism is no
great factor when Negro em-
ploees are upgraded, and given
a chance to work at their high-
est skills.”
Numerous complaints
the work habits of Negro women
faded into thin air when ac¬
tual evidence was sought. One
industry which employs 5000
Negro women reports no diffi¬
culty. But analysis of working
conditions in another plant in
which 200 of the 500 women
employees are of Negro race,
showed that good personnel
practices had not kept pace
with the rapid expansion of the
plant.
The facts presented in the
News Letter emphasized the
grave danger of looking at job
attendance on the basis of race
without analysizing all the im-
Pfc. Christopher Wiggins
who is now serving in Germany,
is the brother of Mrs. Theresa
Smells of 729 Waters avenue
Mrs. Ethel Adkins Miami. Fla.,
Mrs. Geneva Emails ol 908 W. (
toth street and Miss Essie V» i& J
gins.
portant contributing factors.
The service of field workers'
from its national office
from some fifty afiliates of the
Urban League makes
tion and personnel problems a-
vailable to more than 300 war
plants now cooperating in the
Industrial Relations Laborato¬
ry. At the same time, the im¬
portance of good work habits
and regular job attendance are
urged upon Negro employees in
these plants.
MANY ATTEND THE FUNER-)
AL OF PHILLIP LEE
DOTHAN,, Ala.—Funeral ser¬
vices for Philip Lee were large¬
ly attended Sunday, May 6, at
the First Baptist church, the
Rev. C. T. Hayes, pastor, and
Rev. T. L. Lewis officating.
The program was impressive
and was as follows Procession;
selection, choir; invocation,
Rev. V. E. Hilsman; scripture
reading, Rev. C. T. Hayes; se¬
lection, “Asleep in Jesus,”
choir; remarks, J. Hall, white;
and T. E. Stafford; reading oi
telegrams, Marion Hawk; obit¬
uary, Mrs. Mabel S. Pritchett;
eulogy, Rev. T. E. Lewis; selec¬
tion, “The Uncluody Day,” (his
favorite song); recessional.
The pallbearers were Walter
Gilford, F. L. Warren, Fletcher
Smith, W. H. Harris, Theo Dan-
iels and Hansel Drinkard.
Mr. Lee was he brother of
Mrs. Berdia L. Burke of Sav-
nah, Ga. He was stricken Fri-
day evening, April 26, and rush-
|t*d to a physician. Saturday
{morning he arose and was
walking around the house,
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jqquietly About three o’clock he slipped
away without a strug¬
gle.
Mr. Lee was born in Haw-
kinsville, Ala., and was one of
the best known farmers in the
south. He was a member of
Hopewill Baptist church, and
owned a large farm here on
which he was living. He was
highly respected by both races
He was the son of the late Phil-
Lee, Sr., pioneer of Virginia,
who lived to the age of 103
years.
In addition to his daughter,
Mrs. Burke, he is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Nettie C. Lee
of Dothan; four daughters, 1
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Cpl. Cleveland Bmvton, son
of Mrs. Laura Bride of 207 East
Broad street, -ho has been in
the service 25 months and has
been overseas fourteen months.
He reports that he is okey.
Mrs. Malissa L. Williams, Mrs.
Julia V. Craddock and Miss
Carrie B. Lee, all of Newark,
N. J. and Mrs. Otha L. Shivers
Jacksonville, Fla.; three sons,
William H. and Phillip Lee of
Dothan, and Major Lee of New-
ark, N. J.; one adopted
son, Jesse L. Lee of Dothan;
two sons in law, Edwin W.
Burke of Savannah, Ga. and
Osie Shivers, U. S. army; two
sisters, Mr. Mariah Thomas ot
Dothan and Mrs. I^urinda
Owen of Cairo, Ga.; three
brothers, Major Lee of Atlan-
ta, Ga.; William Lee of Dothan
and Dr, T. J. Lee of Eufauia;
and two sisters in law, Mrs. Su¬
sie Lee of Atlanta, Ga., and
Mrs. Mary C. Lee of Dothan;
and two brothers in law. C.
B. Thomas, of Dothan, and Ro¬
bert Owens of Cairo, Ga.;sister
in law, Mrs. Nina Lee; alsoa
brother, George Lee of Newark,
j N. J.
j The funeral was in charge of
Hawk on Son, morticians.
BEACH-CUYLER MUSI¬
CAL A SUCCESS
A capacity audience witness¬
ed the music festival given by
the Beach-Cuyler high school
last Friday evening in the main
auditorium of the First African
Baptist church.
The program included num¬
bers by the senior high chorus,
the junior high chorus and the
high school orchestra from the
works of Tschaikovsky, Schu¬
bert, Victor Herbert, Listz, Gou
nod, Rachmaninof and other
famous composers, under the
direction of Prof. Peter Smalls,
Miss Jane Parker and Prof. W.
B. Brooks, respectively. A fine
spirit of cooperation was mani¬
fested when the combined cho¬
ruses sang, accompanied by
Miss Parker at the Steinway
Grand and Mr. Smalls at the
Hammond organ. The tone qual
ity of the singers was excep¬
tionally good.
The one year old orchestra
produced harmony that would
be an asset to any high school
as well a good team work train
for the students.
W. Dickerson Donnelly was
general chairman of the pro¬
gram with the following sub¬
chairman; Miss Eunice Leake,
patrons; Miss Dorothy I. Ury,
publicity, and Miss M. E. Shi-
very, decorations. Prof. M. G.
Haynes is principal of the
school and Mrs. J. B. Horne is
supervisor of music
With no exception, this was
finest musical program ever pre
sented by the high school and
it is hoped that it will be made
an annual affair.
SNOOKUM RUSSELL
HERE THURSDAY
Snookum Russell, the Blitz- j
of swing, and his orches
tra will play a dance engage _
ment Thursday night. May 24,
at the Masonic Temple. This
widely known and famous baud
is being brought to Savannah
by the Friendly Eight Sport
club.
THURSDAY, MAY 17, lMJf
NAACP URGES GUARANTEES FOR EFFECTIVE 4 * 4 MM
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COLONIAL TRUSTEESHIP
SAN RRANCISCO, (Calif. —
In a wire to Edward R.
Stettinius, chairman of the
World Security conference,
NAACP Consultants Walter
White, Mrs. Mary Bethune and
Dr. W. E. B. DuBois pointed otit
the virtual omission of any reafi
protection for Colonials against
discrimination and failure of
the American proposal on trus¬
teeship to carry out the stated
objective to Colonials insuring
their eventual freedom through
training for self government.
The American deegation was
vigorously urged to support
changes recommended by the
Consultants to safeguard the
rights of the 725 millions or
more affected.
Citing the negligible atten¬
tion given the preservation ol
human rights, the wire declar¬
ed:
“It has been agreed by four
of the Great Powers that one
of the purposes of the interna¬
tional organization is ‘promo¬
tion and encouragement of re¬
spect for human rights and
fundamental freedom for all
without distinction as to race,
language, religion or sex’ but
the agreement also provides
in case discrimination does oc¬
cur the organization has no
right to intervene within’ the
domestic jurisdiction of the
state concerned. This means
that the international organi-
tion cannot :interfere in colo¬
affairs; ; “and it also may
nial
make impossible any attempt
to safeguard the rights of any
nation; for instance, it could
not combat the race and
religious persecution of another
Hitler.
“The declaration in Chapter
I. Parapraph 3, is encouraging
as far as it places the interna¬
tional organization on the side
of justice and non discrimina¬
tion but it is especially danger¬
ous in leaving out the mass of
people living in colonies a-
gainst whom discrimination
customary and unjustifiable.
We believe that a declaration
should lay down the principle
and implement it so as to pro¬
vide for the transition of, all
peoples from colonial status to
such autonomy as they desire.
The eventual disappearance of
the colonial system is the best
insurance of peace. This dem
oeratje principle, the interna¬
tional organization has not rec¬
ognized.”
In commenting on the merit
of the American proposal as a-
gainst the British, and the fail
ure of any provision in either
for provision ol native repre¬
sentation and eventual freedom
from imperialistic encroach¬
ment, the NAACP said:
“The American proposal is
that only such territory or
parts of territories where stra¬
tegic considerations are of
paramount importance should
be designated as strategic; oth¬
er parts and populations should
be under trusteeship system.
The British proposal on the
other hand would not recognize
MASONIC-EASTERN STAR NOTES
The grand secretary will is¬
sue a proclamation next week,
postponing the session of the
grand chapter in Atlanta the
last Tuesday in June, until
1946. This is in compliance
with the request of the govern¬
ment. As patriotic citizens
the ladies of the Eastern Star
are doing their bit.
• • •
Every moment of the session
of Omar Temple was full of in¬
terest last Sunday. The nobles
were out in large number.
Plans were made for the Jubi¬
lee, Sunday, June 3, at 5:30
o’clock. The nobles exhibited
themselves by carrying out the
charitable phase of the order.
Several liberal donations were
made.
* • •
“Can there be such a thing
as perfection?” Let us attempt
our best.
There will be a meeting of
members of the class for high¬
er degrees Sunday afternoon
June 3, at 4 o'clock. All appli¬
cants and prospective ones are
asked to be present.
This seems to be an off
month for the local lodges. It
may mean a lull before the rush
of candidates to receive the de¬
grees.
• • •
There is never a lull with
Past Master Hooks and his
school of instruction. It is
encouraging to know of the
the feasibility of separating
strategic areas from other trus¬
tee areas, and would permitiKttB*-
operation of strategic controls
the interest of security in
any territory or part thereof..
This, as it seems to us, is a pos-
ible encroachment of military
tions considerations of humanity. upon consiac^ ' ™ *
“With regard to the/
mandates distributed after the
first world war, and to territo¬
ries taken by the United Na¬
tions after this war, there: is
proposed a trusteeship admin¬
istered by the nations who hold
the mandates and by other in¬
terested nations. But there its
no provision for native repre¬
sentation. This failure to in¬
clude natives in the governing
council does not carry out the
stated objectives of the propo¬
sal to train natives for ‘pro¬
gressive development toward
self-government.’ Neither is
there provision for native rep¬
resentation in territories vol¬
untarily put under the trus¬
teeship.
“It is unthinkable that the
mandated colonies distributed
after ‘the First World War
should be returned to the posi¬
tion of colonies owned by other
countries or that the terms up¬
on which they were then
mandated should not be sub¬
ject to revision.
“All this refers to a co lonia l
population of not more th|fH!&
million. This of colonial leaves at inhabi- least j 1
725 millions
tants concerning whom nothing 1
is said except that some of j
these territories may voluntari- j
ly be placed under the trustee j
ship by the countries control¬
ling them.”
TRIBUNE COMM ENDED
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Somewhere in France,
May 2, 1945.
The Savannah Tribune,
1009 West Broad Street,
Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir:
I wish to express msy most
sincere appreciation for your
prompt actidn in reference to
my recent subscription. 4
Being a Sqygnnahian and a ul
ex-carrier of your paper, when
in high school, I have two~good*
reasons to be proud of
vannah Tribune. Your_ re¬
markable progress, especially
during recent years, is not only
a compliment for your imt»c-
diate staff but increases our; de¬
sire to retur% s and. joiu in
your relentless fi
the Four Freedoms oceafe
Although the
us, we realize that the jj
home is one of our r
comrades, fighting, as wej to ;
prove that we are worthy^bf a
place in the sun.
To “Vive la America” may wc
add “Vive la Press.”
“‘Bonne chance,”
Cpl. LeRoy DeEastcrn
349058)91,
581st Port Co, APO 562,
cr New York, N. Y.
number of the brothers who
are anxious to improve them¬
selves in Masonry.
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Electa chapter made quite a
spurt at its last meeting, ana
Moriah chapter initiated
number of candidates.
V*V1«*W**M£X*S1MC«***%
Files or The Savannah
Tribune
FIFTY YEARS AGO
MA1Y 18, 1895 J
Novelty Bazaar of the First'
Congregational (church _\erj^
successful. Mrs. Addie Henr-
don, elocutionist, main fea-j
j
Lieut. C. B. Satterlee, acting
inspector-general of Georgia,
the companies of the
Battalion last week.
Dr. C. McKane and Mrs. Mc-
Kane left Friday for Liberia,
I
Monday. the Fifteenth An
mendment to the Constitution
the U. S. will be celebrated
the military parading.
Mr. Emile G. Pollard died
night (brother of the
L M. Pollard and Mrs. C,
M. Pollard and Mrs. C. C. Dc-
Devcauxi.