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T.UE SAVANNAH
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PLANNING TO MEET POSTWAR
DIFFICULTIES
Now that the war in Europe has ended
and soldiers are beginning to come home,
concern for their readjustment to civilian
life is becoming keener on the part of those
who have given considerable thought to the
matter. To make the adjustment fairly
smooth and efficient they have assembled
a body of rules or suggestions to be carried
out by those who will have contact with
returned soldiers in redistribution centers,
at transfer points, at convalescent hospit¬
als, and at their home points among their
friends, relatives and fellow-workers. These
rules or suggestions are good and well
thought out, and are workable, but
are silent in certain areas that are fertile
soil for trouble for returned Negro soldiers.
This break down of areas has been
ed: (1) The area which embraces
portation services; (2) The area
embraces contact with law
officers; (3) The area which involves
attitude of the press; and (4) That
embraces the purchaser-salesman
ship. We believe that it is in these
where conflicts are most likely to
and in the interests of public order and
prevent a worsening of race
groups of responsible citizens should
a way of impressing upon those who
and enforce policies in the various
suggested, the importance of performing
worthwhile service to their
Of course, the underlying assumption
that these authorities will be receptive
the purpose of the matter. Whether
are is something to be; worked out, if
Readership agrees with this
there' Whethej is .‘fomerhiftg |hisj|proposal which is Negroes accepted must or
themselves. Our soldier boys are
Tiome with certain fixed notions about
^imagined new status which their experi¬
ences in the army have built up. These
■wore inducted into the army, and given
training and education, the army
they needed to make of them efficient
diers. They have performed with
■whatever needed to make of them
, soldiers. They have performed
• creditt whatever tasks were assigned
,3hem. They have given blood, limb
life to the .country's cause, by the side
.white boys, often in the same foxhole.
'.Four years of facing a common enemy
cheating a common death, have made
ern white boys and Negro boys oblivious
the minor differences of skin color.
relationship has given to both a new
tif view which will have a carry over when
they return to the ways of peace.
can bo little doubt but that it has done
something to them, but there is danger
all ot this has built up in our boys
tations which are almost certain to lead to
bitter disappointment and its serious
quences. Ibis seems to us sufficient reas¬
on for planning some sort of program for
guiding and directing their thinking
behavior.
’ To carry out the spirit of these proposals,
convnittee should be appointed to explore
the feasibility, and the means of making
the necessary contacts with transportation
Services, with the police authorities and
with the press. For obvious reasons, it
oxndd seem unwise to go into more detail
about this matter at this time. We believe
the new organization, The Hub, should find
in the suggestions offered certain concerns
which should claim its attention.
COMMENCEMENT
„ This is the commencement season.
• ^oung people who have accomplished cer¬
tain prescriptions are receiving certificates
and diplomas. To many these indices of
so many units, or semester hours, mean
also the end of forma! education. Rut to
all, who form the most democratic proces¬
sion in the world, the flurry, excitement
and" palpitations of these memorable days,
commencement is really not an ending but
a beginning—a beginning in the big school
—in a stern, sometimes callous and inexor¬
able institution that is life itself. In the
midst of the chorus and gavety of this the
most festive occasion in the lives of school
folk, is the baccalaureate speaker who gives
advice, encouragement and inspiration to
the young folk who are about to go out
from the protecting care of Alma Mater
who has tried, more or less cautiously and
wisely, to prepare them for the ways of
life outside the college walls.
' SENATOR
BILBO AND REV. SCOTT
t The other angle of this unpleasant mat¬
ter is that contributed by Manuscript,
Washington Letter. To begin with, the
average Negro, rightly or wrongly, dislikes,
to put it mildly, even the name Bilbo, and
any relationship with him is taboo. Cor¬
respondence with him that isn’t to protest
his inimical attitude to Negroes is, to say
the least, under suspicion. And yet we
must recognize the fact that any citizen
has the right to feel as he wishes about the
Senator and his well known attitude toward
Negroes. It is a foregone conclusion that;
he would make capital out of anything
which in any way could be construed as
agreement with him. It is inconceivable
that anything can pry him away from his
loyalty to anti-Negro ideals. The extent
to which he can carry his prejudices is de¬
termined only by his constituents to whom
alone he is responsible. Rev. Scott has de¬
nied that he “ . . was interested in and had
gone so far as to offer . . assistsance to
Senator Bilbo in proposing measures . . .
calculated to force Negroes to go back to
Africa.” We feel that Rev. Scott should
clear up the report of Manuscript as to his
attitude towards the FEPC, if he feels that
he should.
There are many instances of Negroes and
white people working together in the same
place without trouble. This is happening
in occupations that have hitherto been con¬
sidered those in which white people held
the monopoly. Negroes and white men are
members of the same union and working
side by side in some industries, without
conflict. The claim that a law to insure
Negroes the opportunity to work wherever
work needs to be done, will mean the worse¬
ning of his condition as a worker, and that
there will be serious racial trouble as a re¬
sult of it, is a means of intimidation both
to Negroes, to employers who believe that it
is through a law that the right of .all Amer¬
ican citizens to earn a living is vouchsafed.
A permanent. FEPC does not seek to en¬
courage social equality. Why should a law
to prevent discrimination by employers
make social equality more of a fact than it
is in case where employers now use both
races in the same plant, in the same build-
ding? All white people who work in the
same employment do not consider them¬
selves social equals. A fact which white
people seem not to understand is that Ne¬
groes are not interested in social equality
in the sense in which the term is common¬
ly used. They want the opportunity to
work at any jobs, American citizens are
employed to do and they protest against
making color the measure of qualification
for doing the job.
GAMBLING
All games of chance is gambling, wheth¬
er with cards, dice, slot machine, pin ball,
especially boledo. A certain element among
us is beset with mania for gambling. T^is
is true of certain of our women who spend
their earnings and that of their husbands,
given them to pay for household goods,
The boledo man generally reaps in the coin.
This game should be broken up. It is nefa¬
rious as policy playing of a half century ago.
This was broken up. It was done by Solici¬
tor General Fleming G. DuBignon. He did
it single handed. A Fleming DuBignon can
break up boledo playing. In fact any offi¬
cer with a mind to enforce the laws can do
so.. It is true that certain higher ups are
entrenched and able to carry on in the face
ol the law. The officials of Savannah can
apprehend these higher ups as did the offi¬
cers in Atlanta. The Atlanta officials did.
not stop by catching a few minnow viola¬
tors, but they aimed at the big ones, and
succeeded. Like Savannah boledo playing
was entrenched in Atlanta. Several of the
higher ups were apprehended and are now
serving time. We are appealing to our city
officials to clear the escutcheon of Savan¬
nah. All honor to Judge Atkinson and the
recent grand jury of the Superior Court.
May the crusade against gambling continue.
A VICTORY DAY PRAYER
By Ruth Taylor
We thank Thee, O God. for the great vic¬
tory that Thou has vouchsafed to the forces
who fought in Thy name. Thine is the
Glory, Thine is the Honour. We praise
Thy Holy Name.
We kneel in gratitude for the manifold
mercies Thou hast bestowed upon us. and
we humbly beg for greater favors to come.
Let us not in this hour of triumph forget
our sins of pride, selfishness, indifference
and prejudice which led us down the path
oi sorrow. Teach us to overcome ourselves
as surely as by Thy help we have overcome
the enemy.
Grant us the courage to put aside our
personal ambitions and prejudices, our care¬
lessness in compromising with evil, our de¬
sire for isolation from the troubles of our
brothers. Make us more sensitive to our
brother’s needs.
Cleanse our hearts of hatred. Help us to
understand our fellow men of different
faiths and nationalities. Teach us to be
.;ust, rather than charitable; fair rather
lhan self-seeking; patient rather than in¬
different.
Give unto us the wisdom to make a peace
fair and just to all the people of all the
earth; to accept willingly the burden of
carrying high the torch of freedom to men
of other creeds than ours.
Phine is the Victory. Guide us O Lord,
that we may with head bloody but unbow¬
ed. fulfill our responsibilities so that .this
peace may endure in a world made free for¬
evermore.
In the name of the Prince of Peace we,
Thy children, ask this. ’
Amen.
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BACCALAUREATE
SPEAKER
Dr. John W. Haywood, presi-
dent of Gammon Theological
Seminary, who delivered the
baccalaureate address Sunday
at Dillard university. The
commencement day, May 30,
speaker was Dr. Truman
Douglass, executive
dent of the Board of Home
Missions of the Congregational
and Christian churches.
SEABEES SEND $4,331
TO NAACP
NEW YORK, May 28— Evi.
dence that the NAACP nation _
wide campaign for 600.000 new
members is not being confined
to the homefront, came in the
form of a report from, the 382d
Seabeas now stationed in the
India Burma theatre of operai
tions. The campaign for 2,000
exceeded all expectations,
bringing in a net total of
'$4,331.50 in paid memberships
placing the unit first in this
area of the Pacific recently vis
ited by Walter White, executive
secretary of the association.
Major R. R. Wright who was
guest of honor at a luncheon
given by E. V. Erick, vice presi- j
dent and cashier of the Arneri-j
can Trust Co., in San Francis-
co, Calif. The occasion also
celebrated the Major’s 91st.
birthday and he was surprised
by his host with a birthday
aL the eud of the Iuach ‘
eon which was held at the Pal
LEADERS HONOR
dr. McClendon
DETROIT, Mich., May 28-
Three hundred civic and com-'
munity leaders from all walks I
of life paid tribute May 23d to
the leadership of Dr. James J.
McClendon, president, Detroit
NAACP, at a testimonal i
dinner given at the Lucy Thur
man YWCA. Judge I. W. Jayne
presiding judge ol' the Circuit
Court, was toastmaster, and
Walter White, executive secreta
ry of the NAACP was the prin¬
cipal speaker.
Among those who extolled
contributions of Dr. McClen¬
don, and brought greetings
from civic, community, medical,
j intercultural, Jewish, church
and laibor groups wlere; Hon.
John Ballenger, police commis.
sioner; L. C. Blount, president,
Booker T. Washington Trade
Association, and general chair_
man of the banquet commit,
tee; Dr. Robert Greenidge, Mrs.
G. Starrett, public welfare
commission; Judge J. I. Ell-
1 man, Jewish Community Coun
cil of Detroit; Rev. B. Bradby,
Second Baptist church; Alex
Barbour, Michigan CIO war re
lief, representing R. J. Thom,
as. Wires were received from
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Sena . 1
tor Capper, William H. Hastie,
Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, 1
Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Ar. j
thur B. Spingarn and Mary!
White Ovington.
Under the leadership of Dr.]
McClendon, the Detroit branch
NAACP grew from a member¬
ship of 3,000 to 24,000 and now
ranks first among the associa¬
tion units.
Christmas can be brighter
and gayer this year. War Pro
duction Board has lifted ban on
manufacture' of Christmas tree
lights.
ace hotel.
At the luncheon were Dr.
PhilipH. H. Pierson, D. E. Koch-
land. John Piper, Fred
burgh dove. P. Courier L Prattis of the Rayford Pitts-j
and Dr. <
Logan, professor of history at j
Howard university.
Major Wright flew to San i
Francisco to be an official ob-' I
server at UNCIO.—iANP photo!
REV. SCOTT RESIGNS
NAACP CHAIRMANSHIP
At a meet 4ng 01 the execu-
tive board ot the local branch
the NAACP the resignation
of Rev. L. L. Scott as chairman
the legal redress committee
of that organization Was re¬
ceivcd and accepted.
The folowing memorandum
was sent Rev. Scott hi accepting
his resignation:
Savannah, Ga. May 21, 1345
Rev. L. L. Scott, chairman,
Legal Redress Committee,
Savannaji Branch NAACP,
2508 Harden Street.
My dear Rev. Scott:
In reply to your mem¬
orandum of May 28, which
consisted of your statement
concerning the exchange of
correspondence between
you and Senator Bilbo, re¬
corded in the Congression¬
al Record of May 10th,
pages 4474 and 4475, and
your resignation as chair¬
man of the legal . redress
committee:
We thank you for your
efforts locally in behalf of
our legal redress program
and regret that your posi¬
tion as regards methods of
the race problems in gen¬
eral are not congruent with
the established policies of
the NAACP either nation¬
ally or locally. And, spe¬
cifically we feel that any
officer in our branch does
his representation a gross
injustice by a stand in op¬
position to a permanent
FEPC and by his support of
Senator Bilbo’s measure to
encourage NEGROES to
"voluntarily” leave America
for any other land.
We, therefore, accept
your resignation.
Very truly yours,
The Executive Committee,
C. W. Alexander,
First Vice-President
WOODVILLE CITIZENS
LOYAL TO VETERANS
Celebration Decora¬
tion Day A Success
Mr. Peter Jackson is Through] the first,
citizen of Woodville.
his effort the memory of the he- j
roes of the wars was honored j
and their graves decorated on
Wednesday. j j
The Boy Scouts, St. Philip Be-
nevolent Association, Golden
Link Society, Daughters of So- 1
Clubs and Pansy Blossom j ]
Club joined in the ob-
with Mr. Sam Grant,] Rev.]
of the occasion.
F. W. Bagby delivered the ad-J
An appropriate program
carried out. Woodville put
shame on the veteran or-
of Savannah and pa-
citizens in failing to hon. ]
those heroes who fought thei in j
Civil War and that of
American and World
One.
Negrerians in Africa have call
Mother Britain’s hand on
to invite any of them to
Francisco as observers at,
They represent one-'
of the British Empire,, ex
of India.
While House Correspondent Released
through through the the Atlanta Atlanta Daily Daily World World |
m b y the NNPA
By Harry S. McAlpin
Last week I had a rare ex-
perience I wish I could
have shared with those who
doubt the capabilities of
groes, those w ho are inclined to
look upon the Negro as differ¬
ent from everyone else, but all
alike within the group.
Unfortunately the people
who should see the collection of
talented and educated men who
make up the Army Air Base at
Tuskegee will never do so.
They will not profit by the les¬
son that the Tuskegee Air Base
could teach. They will hold
tenaciously to the custom and:
practice of separation of the
race on the ground that
the Negro is something differ¬
ent and cannot be integrated
into the warp and woof of A-
meiican life.
That one big justification for
the existence of this separate
Negro training center is de¬
stroyed by the fact that its les¬
son will not reach those !
need to learn it.
But what a lesson there isi
I was flown to the air base
by a pilot who had been train¬
ed at Tuskegee. 'We rode in
a B-25 bomber from Washing¬
ton to the base in 3 hours and
15 minutes. I sat beside him
in the co-pilot’s seat; had the
opportunity to observe his han¬
dling of that power-house -in
the air. He did it with the
skill and poise that my daugh¬
ter shows in riding her bicycle
The 122 dials, keys, and instru¬
ments on Hie panel and sur¬
rounding his seat, were as sim¬
ple and clear to him as the
ABCs are to me. He lifted the
plane into the air with the ease
that I would pick up a book.
He sat it down in a night land¬
ing at Tuskegee as lightly and
smoothly as a mother would
tuck her weeks-old babe into a
crib.
Coming back, another pilot,
flying a routine cross- country
flight in another B-25 gave me
not a moment’s anxiety. Over
Georgia's red clay over moun¬
tains draped in broccoli-looking
trees, over cities that looked
like models in a toy electric
train set, we zoomed along 7000
feet overhead at 220 miles an
hour. General Doolittle could
not have performed the job
more safely nor more smooth¬
ly-
But the flying was not the
main point of interest in my ex
perience. Meeting the men
who make up the official staff
and the pilots was even more
enlightening. Actually, at Tus
kegee Army Air Field are the
top notch young men of Negro
America. They are alert, com
petent, skillful young men.
MASONIC-EASTERN STAR NOTES
The Mystic Shrine will ob_
serve Sunday as Jubilee
In common with the occasion,
Omar Temple, No 21, will
serve it at their mosque at
o’clock. Illustrious Potentate
Jas. J. Edwards and his
will carry through an im¬
pressive ceremony on the oc¬
casion. This will be joined
in by brothers of the blue
lodge especially the prospec
tive candidates. It is open to
the P ubllc - The wives of ail
nobl ^ s and ladies of the East-
ern ® tai are mvitecl to attend.
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We are glad to note the im_
provement of Worshipful Mas_
ter C. Smith of Pythagoras
lodge. This lodge initiated a
number of candidates Monday
night. Bro. Smith will invite
the Grand Master and visiting
grand lodge officials to visit
his communication June 11.
• • •
All of the applicants for the
degrees and that of the
Shrine are asked to be
Sunday afternoon at 4
It Will be of interest
them.
The brethren in Savannah
be honored by the presence
the elective officers of the
Lodge. The .members
the Board of the Masonic
Association, the trustees
the Prince Hall, Home and \
auditors of the Grand /
will be present. Let ihel
Their being in this one piaeb of^p ,
accentuates the high caliber
the group. But the value ot"
this segregation as a lesson to
those who need it is lost. It
serves, instead, to embitter ma¬
ny of the boys. No tentency is
shown to integrate Negroes in¬
to the Army Air Forces as their
merit justifies.
It may be true that we would
not have had the 99th Pursuit
Squadron had it not been for
the separate training center at
Tuskegee. Nor would we have
uad the 332nd Fighter Group,
nor the 477th Bombardier
Group. We would not have had
hundreds of our boys in avia¬
tion as pilots, mechanics, pho¬
tographers, supply officers,
etc. Their outstanding perfor¬
mances may have been hidden
from view had they been scat¬
tered throughout the Air
Forces. .
We have those things now,
however. And they have prov
ed beyond any doubt that the
Negro can master the intricate
secrets of flying and main¬
tain planes. There is no long¬
er any justification for those
who said ‘we must experiment’
in a manner to give the Negro
a chance to prove he can do it:
nor for those who say “we must
take what we can get in order
to make an entering wedge.”
Both the experiment and the
entrance have been made. And
both have been a star studded
success.
The Tuskegee Army Air Base
is a beautiful thing to “look
upon.” ’Tis time now for us
to look forward.
CARGO BEAUTY SCH’OL
TO HOLD COMMENCE -
MENT JUNE LOTH
Arrangements are now being
perfected for the commeji
ment exercises of the
1,945 graduating class of the
Cargo National School of Beau¬
ty Culture, which will be held
Sunday morning, June 10, elev¬
en o’clock at St. John Baptist
church, Rev. E. O. S, Cleveland,
pastor.
The class will consist of fifty-
five members, Full details
of the program will be publish¬
in next week’s issue of The
Tribune. Madam Carrie Car¬
go McGlockton, well known
master beautician, is head of
the school.
Negro veterans cannot get ra
dio engineering training in
Washing.Only one school. has
been approved—and it is for
‘‘hite only.”
Savannah Masons join in giv.
j ing them a real Masonic wcl-
come,
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Are you a real Mason? Show
1 it by action and endeavor to be
one upon whom the public can
look and receive inspiration.
Files of The Savannah
Tribune
FIFTY YEARS AGO
JUNE 1, 1895
The recent bazaar 0 ) n lc j.j rs t
Congregational church netted
$450.00.
Sam Moody was arrested be¬
cause of the death of Willie
Morrell who was an excursionist
to Beut.fort on the steamer
Saffold.
Bishop W. J, Gaines will
preach the baccalaureate ser¬
mon at the college.
Nineteen hundred pc
went to Beaufort Wednesd?
night on the Decoration day
excursion.
Messrs. King and Smith, the
colored contractors, will have
the colored building at the
Cotton States Exposition in At-
lanta ready for for the the opening
in three months,