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nai aco» The savannah tribune Established 1875 *** By J. H. DEVEAUX BCNU C. JOHNSON........ Sditor and Publisher I. H BUTLER .................... Asso. Editor >11 189 WJLLA M. AYERS, Asst, to Pub. & Manager Published Every Thursday i-m 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5838 Subscription Rate in Advance *jJ5| One Six Months__________________ Year-------------------- £i.5<? $2.50 *«*. Remittance must be made by Express, Pott Office Money Order or Registered Mail. Entered at the Post Office at Savannah, (la. at Second Class Matter. THE WRECKING CREW Columnist Stokes gives a new the Wrecking Crew—to the Southern bloc “which represents a minority of the Na¬ tion, and even a minority of the people they are supposed to represent.” The Southern bloc opposes these parts of the president's program: the $25.00-a-week unemployment compensation bill, the * El < and the anti-poll tax bill. I he Southern bloc's opposition to the latter two items coiieern us greatly because they touch us at A point which has so much to do with our very existence. , We find it increasingly difficult to un- derstand the reason which the Southern bloc gives for opposing so persistently the FEl’C and the anti-poll tax bill in view of the faC that our country’s representatives have so recently committed it anew' to “faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women " ... . This is jut a reaffirmation of the of the founding fathers of this country. It ie repeating again the expression of the spirit which carried American soldiers :hitherto unheard of heights of heroism •and courage in order to crush for all time !( ?) those whose aim was to deny human •rights to all except a “master race.” 'purely narrow willing selfish reasons, these hamstring politi- Jcians are to continue to • the South’s progress- For every social [uml 'economic reason, there should be a per- jmanent FEPC. I The poll tax a a prerequisite for ds in conflict with the amendments which •were expiv - !y passed to give Negroes the Jright to vote, and yet the Southern block •calls a bill to remedy this error unconstitu* jtional. •might Moreover, conflict any with act to essential abridge ‘idfeal this is in that Jef democracy: government gets its right to [govesan from the consent of the governed, at is an obvious wrong to deprive any group •of citizens of the right to have a voice in their ... government. , Any group which , . , jiullifv an aim of democracy is indeed w r ell burned, a WRECKING CREW “THE STRATEGY OF DIVERSION ,,„Xhe most casual reader of “Negroes Succeed in Georgia" has looked upon it as a sort of smoke screen, or as diversion palliate, strategy, or.at least as serving to soothe or or to suggest to Negroes that things should are not so bad in Georgia; that they be contented. • It serves, too, to divert attention from tjhe unsatisfactory conditions at the State College. telling white readers something of Negroes t hey perhaps, would not otherwise know, •'•(ipears often to l>e a sort of autobio¬ graphy, that also seems calculated to divert, attention from other things. The ficular persons who have been subjects of Biis article may be pleased or appeased, •ut Jpegro they do not constitute news to most readers- No sensible persons wish deny that some colored people have made Commendable success in their chosen flf endeavor. No intelligent persons are •naware of what soil erosion, soil conser- Jutkm, and community cooperation %> people, white as well as colored, but •isist that erosion which affects the Ilt cation of Negro boys and girls, is a of very grave concern to us, and no Smoke screen is thick enough, no diversion Arategy is clever enough to turn us from •nr conviction that a thorough flon of the college is necessary, and the •miner the better- We do not intend Save our request for it ignored. We shall the line of authority. If the •f»t will not ask for it. we shall take the An do *obrt L. Ailord, mailman, nliygrt clasv 37 U IV O L "l * * 1 * 1 Birmiaghai n. Ala., is •vfc*w n at he took tl io tea which eaj- ’-Lai oflicers ra- tift he :•>. hold., .«• a Navy- the Maaa Barracks m PeahrHarbur. He l a gradu. of two things: it will prove the rumors false and give the college a clean bill of health, or it will confirm their truthfulness and apply the needed remedy. A NEW DAY A new day is about to come for thousands of Negroes. This is ordinarily true for those who become of age every year, and who have their first experience at casting a ballot, but it is true also for those who [though well past their first voting age. will j ___ ____ _____ r _......... JJjJJ become voters without tax. It is the duty of every person who has reached the age of eighteen, and of every person beyond that age, to register and be prepared to vote when the way is clear to do so. It will be the accomplish¬ ment of a fine job—a big job—to get ten thousand colored people to register, but it | w jjj a bigger job to get them to remain Registered. Ten thousand new Voters on the lists will represent an awakening on the part of Negroes filled with potential promise for them, but they will at the same time confront our leaders with a huge J^ one that will challenge the best re is in them> The problem of control of these new voter s so that the arguments ()f those who have been, and are, opposed ^ granting them the right to vote to Ne- | | ea wJ .,j be prove( j without first foundation. will be .\ mong the necessary steps j that of educating them as to the elemental things voters must know. The immense i m o u n t of work this sort ot thing e n t a i 1 s should be in the mmos and planning of the leaders- Ten thousand un- j informed and politically illiterate voters be a menace to good government, ihe zeal for getting a large number of voters is only the beginning. They will have to be taught the machinery that is necessary effective participation in government, district, ward or 1 precinct, and county or- 'ganizttion; the intelligent tollowship an< leadership in them etc- It will take time. ! energy and patience, and unquestioned j dependability on the part of leaders o make these new voters the kind good citi- needs. The rewards aie worth a the time, labor and sacrifice that is pu into it. 1 It is the popular beliefs, and they only, j which ener directly into delations the casual .the me- be¬ ehanism 0 f interracial . held by white people rather than t y, ose held by Negroes are of primary im- portance. —Gunnar Myrdal >n a r ill nr art qnr it.;. .FREE SPEECH el. ‘|}jy Ruth Taylor Free speech is the life blood of the Re¬ .public of the United States. From the Bill of Ri ^ to the Four Freedoms, it has . been araymbol of democracy, so completely accepted as ia! right, that we haVe come to takeoit fon griinff'd. Without ffeo speech ijo man knows the ambitions ot Ideals mo¬ tivating his i ivdighbot. The abolition of free speech precedes by ditty a moment the enslavement of man. But how may we preserve free speech? If free speech is to be desired enough to fight for it and if its loss is one of the greatest a nation can suffer, we must cher¬ ish it and use it wisely—for free speech is a responsibility as w’ell as a right. Free speech must be true speech. Free speech must be fair speech. the Free speech means right to disagree and to state the reason for dissent without recourse to slanderous abuse. While we fight to protect freedom of speech, we should not employ that freedom and state the reason for dissent without re- No one group, whether it be of class, em¬ ployment, race, national origin or religion, should carry free speech to extremes. If one side abuses the right of free speech, the other side is not justified in following suit. Liberty must never degenerate into li¬ cense; freedom of assembly must never end in mob rule; and free speech must never lower itself to vituperative slander of those with whom we are not in accord or against any group of our population. Free speech can only be exercised by _a free people—free to study the facts, to weigh the source and to state its own po¬ sition clearly and calmly. Free men must be ready to listen as well as to speak, and to be tolerant of every argument, every point of view—except the arguments and point of view of intolerance. uate of Payne college and has been in the navy 21 months and overseas seven. His wife, Mrs. C a N. Alird and tavo children ine at 25P ’bci sd.cs- Hir. tSsile, Ala.—(Navy photogaph) ?d trgraph' Joseph B. Semper, seaman class, 4945 Vincennes Ave., Chicago, is shown (standing) a quettion >n an ex animation being tak n by a to discover his pro¬ gress in the navy’s educational program at Pearl Har Dear Reader: M A N U S C R IPT proudly an¬ nounces that one of its editors, Harry McAlpin, is now touring the Pacific Naval bases. For the six weeks he will poke his inquisi¬ tive nose into Pearl Harbor, the Phjlippnes, New Hebrides, the Admiralty Islands, Guam, the Mariannas, two Jima, Okinawa, even into the homeland of Jap¬ an itself. He is chock-full of antitoxins for everything from jungle fever to cow pox. But as the only Ne¬ gro accredited by Navy as a .war correspondent in a uniform ’^dec¬ orated with a Lt. Commander’s Collar insignia. And incidentally, this Vnsignia, the highest worn by any Negro in the Navy, has been the object of some curiosity land even consternation on the pact of naval officers and enlisted ber- sonnel on Washingtoh streets! Upon his return, and even soon¬ er, you will have the benefit of : his incomparable experiences. Until then, bear with us. ) t National Council for FEPC is concerned over the latest legislative maneuvers. It is con¬ vinced that the proposal of Rep. Vito Marcantonio, staunch friend of FEPC, to tie the FEPC bill on to the Full Employment Bill as an amendment, is a sincere effort to force consideration for a perman¬ ent FEPC. On the other hand, it is equal¬ ly convinced that a similar pro¬ posal by Senator Robert Taft, Re¬ publican of Ohio, is a sincere ef¬ fort to discredit FEPC, and pos¬ sibly force its eventual defeat. It could also hamper passage of the Full Employment Blil. It is re¬ called that Sen. Taft was able to muster sufficient strength to de¬ feat a Federal Aid to Education Bill by tacking op a state-adminis¬ tration amendment. Meanwhile the National cil knowing as House Leader Joe Martin says, that a lot of business men oppose FEPC REGISTER AND QUALIFY TO VOTE Get every member of your family 18 years and older to regi.ftr. Get every member of your organization to regis¬ ter at mice No back taxes re¬ quired. ■. THE SAVANNAH TWBB 1 B cause of a distorted version of the intent and scope, is hiring a pub¬ lic relations director. He is Nathan Zotkin, the man who further pop¬ ularized the lowly hot dog by wide distribution of a photograph show¬ ing Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt serv¬ ing them to Queen Marie of Ru¬ mania. * # * Railroads are faced with un-. precedented competition from the air lines in the post war. They are accepting the challenge and preparing to meet it. They cannot compete with air travel speed, and they are not too optimistic tljat they can win in a pfree WaY. Th'gy pl'an to fight on ^dunci* of The rm.- present _________ ,______ lounge and parlor pullman cars will be supplanted by a post war counterpart sport¬ ing such attractive features as dance floors, modernistic cocktail lounges, children’s nursery cars and movie theaters. This raises the interest^ 'AilfoadfS dhrii 1 jefture of just whaft the 1 intend to do about' “stpatafF btrtJ equal” accommodations lb’ H'At'eY where the laws so require. Will Negro passengers be allowed to share the dance floors, barber shops, and nursery cars, or will minature replicas be provided for them? This is ■ a race problem with federal implications. Now, added to the legal milit¬ ancy of Negro passengers who have forced southern railroads to allow them in Pullman sleeper cars and diners, is a new head¬ ache for the railroads. President Gordon Persons of the Alabama Public Service Commission has opened inquiry dPto complaints charging tailrcfcldfc in Alabama with failure to'separate white and Negro passengers. Chief com¬ plaint isArom a"white Mobile busi¬ ness man, W. H. Jernigan. who says he witnessed Negroes allow¬ ed to ride in a pullman car “which was occupied primarily by Penning his first letter, this (seated) who has learn¬ to read and write in classes of ti*’ special framing unit of ths Navy'- educational pro¬ at Pearl Harbor, gets a help from Maurice East- Forrrtrr sihool teachers and lollege men teach sailors who have had les^ than a fourth Si‘ ade education. Before enlist ir.g in the Navy. Semper was a field representative for the War Manpower Commission.— (Offocial U. S. Navy photo¬ graph). land, motor mach'nisCs mate, first class, 58? Jefferson avenue, Briioklyn, N. Y Eastland is one of the former teachers i?no* or. duty il the training uiut.—Official U. S. Navy photo graph. GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY: T« the Superior Court of Chatham Count? and To HON. DAVID S. ATKINSON, Judge thereof: The petition of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star for the Sta/le of Georgia and Jurisdiction respectfully sbowa: 1. That your petitioner was in¬ corporated under wal’d name as body corporate on August tilth. V.HH •J. That oaud churter was by this Court for a period of twen- ty ypars from «ui<l date on Septem¬ ber let fa 1824. 3. That Maid renewal expired on August It* fa 1844. 4. i'bat on June 27th 1844 at a regular meeting of the members •mid corporation a resolution was was adopted authorizing the hereinafter for *he renewal of petitioners char- o7 B °tfa. tto ".^°o au ^mo^ the change change of the name of £ petition¬ er to “The l’rince Ilall Grand Chap¬ ter of the Order of 'the Eastern fitar for the State of Georgia and Juris¬ diction,*' a copy of said resolution certfc&d by the Secretary of the Ut loner b»<ii»g hereto attached at) :Kxhiidt A“ and made a part hereof. 5. That said committee is compos ed of Sol. Johnson, Mary L. Ayers, Minnie I)eVaughn of Chatham Fulton Coun¬ ty, John Wesley Dobbs of Fulton '.mmy " na ( “‘" rK, ‘ " • 81,1 * 11 l,f ,il - vl “ 1 < WHBKEFOKB, petitioner prays I hat cnarier of wiiii corporation be amended aa hereinabove set and that the name be revived and renewed for a period of thirty-five (35) years from August 1(5, 1U44, with all of the powers, rights and priv- lieges as the said corporatiou now enjoys. Sol C. Johnson Mary L. Ayers ■Minnie DeVaughn a. W. liohhhs Geo. W. Smith Committee WILLIAM S. JACKSON Attorney for Petitioner UK IT ItHSOLVED by The Grand Chapter of tho Order of the Eastern Svar for the State of Georgia and Jutttsdictioa fn regular session assembled at Macon, Georgia on the 27th day of June, 1U44, that ihe Charter of tails corporation which will ex Id re on Augugt 10, 1844 lie renew¬ ed and that a petition for such re¬ newal should be mod in the .tupe- rior Court of Chatham County, Geor¬ gia by the committee. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVE!' that • he Millie of this corporation shall he changed from Its present name to The Prince iiau Grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star the Stute of Georgia anil Jurisdiction. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a committee composed of Sol C. John- son, Mary L. Ayers, Minnie De- Vaughn, of Chatham county, John ft w* 6 ‘smith may is hereby authorized and directed to take the necessary steps to renew the charter and change the name the corporation as aforesaid. I the undersigned Secretary of The Grand Chapter of the Order of (he iwld‘ e Jurisdiction ‘do ^‘hereby G certlfv that ait a regular iueetng ot this poratfcon held in Macon, Georgia on June 27th 15)44 the foregoing resold ti0 "ivT u“er m ^ y ed ifgnature Given under my omcW official signature nnj id iijie seal of the corporation tW» «t xri ’tfiiy (tdSepteiubber, lilfu. 1'HOEBE C. SIMMONS Secretary Corporate SBOtJ ' ' ------ — •EXHIBIT A” The Gram] : v. Chapter ot the oojjy the Etuftem Rtar for the Georgia and Jurisdiction. Application ito revive, renew and amend charter. The foregoing petition of The Grand chapter of fthe Order of the Star for the State uf Georgia ami J,iri isdiciou to revival renew and apieipi if* charter' In the particulars there- lwSftitoii hw'tleen ifiadc fit accrtriiimce glu. h amf* (ttVihe reqn<rmn*eut rof* WCHucb oa*«w prarifdfed have been It is hereiiy considered, ordered, judged and decreed that all of the I»ruyerg of said petition are granted, the said charter is hereby revived and renewed for a peritod or thirty-five (35) years trom August 1944, and that the charter of corporation is hereby amended to change its name to “The Prince Hall Grand Chapter of itbe Order of the Eastern Star for the State of Geor : gia and Jurisdiction.” In open Court this li)th day of Sep¬ tember, 1945. DAVID S. ATKINSON Judge of Superior Court of Chatham County, Ga. WILLIAM B. SCOTT Clerk S. C., C. C. Ga. Petition and Order thereon filed in office September 19th, 1945 William B. Scott, Clerk, S. C. C. C. Ga set up for playing cards, had ice brought for drinks, and used the same toilet facilities' as white pas¬ sengers. This is in effect a stab from the rear, because Commissioner Per¬ sons has asked the railroads for a statement of policy and has cited the state laws compelling “separ¬ ate but equal” accommodations. It apparently points to separate pull¬ man cars for white and Negro passengers or construction of spe¬ cially partitioned ones. The rail¬ roads appear to be caught square¬ ly between the legal efforts of Negroes for “equal” facilities and pressure from white southerners for “separate” ones. A third al¬ ternative if, of course, abolition of Jim Crow laws. Note: The W. H. Jernigan men¬ tioned above is not Rex’. W. H. Jernagin, Director of the Fra¬ ternal Council of Negro Churches, who is a Negro, ahd whp strange¬ ly enough is suing a southern rail¬ road for ousting him from his first class accommodations. * * « * The anti-fedeml housing ban in Birmingham, Ala., also has federal implications. Last Spring the Jefferson Coun¬ ty (Birmingham) delegation slip¬ ped the anti-federal housing ban through the biennial Legislature. This delegation was influenced by State Senator Janies Simpson, who opposed U. S. Senator Lister Hill in the 1944 senatorial elections. The avowed purpose of this ban was to remote the federal govern- ment from the field of competi- tive housing, and to encourage pri- housing enterprise. Imrnedi- MIMUI »»• » • » < lll l **** * * I Masonic - Eastern Star Notes The invitations and tickets are out for the Shriner’s Cabaret cabaret , , on On Thanksgiving ThanksglVin^, eve in the ‘ Sky Room” of the Atlanta City Auditorium. There will be attendants from all parts. Savannah will be well represented. Noble Geo. I! Smith is arranging for the local j _ r"7! __ d From ' reports number of ladies will 3. be in the party. For ample accommodation, names should be given at once. • I District meeting was held __________ _____ w " ! . T I-#drane olinudy. There was a large attendance of 1 brothers in that section. The . Grand Master was present i * ” * I lne Scottish &colll sn ±ute Ritp SuDTeme ^upie * Council Will meet in don, W. Va., October 14. Let us do everything possible to encourage the young mem¬ bers. Teach them the way so that they can take our places when we are gone. The older brothers must not Stand in the Way of the yOUP.g- er ones. The latter must make themselves proficient so as to fill in. Failing to do so the older ones will have to fill the breach. Mrs. Mary L- Ayers was thor¬ oughly surprised when she re- turned home last Monday even ing and found about twenty members of Prince Hall Chap- n lCer „ r Nn JN0 ' n U e, h b o at w “ €r ‘ • - ' home. These ladies greeted *er by singing “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here ” and “It Isn’t . m TrOllblg , , «JllSt T To Coop^T” „ | ate.” When the honoree be- came sufficiently composed, ^ he WES P resented a beautiful j Crystal perfume Set from the — 1 wh ' te P e0 P le '” He objected par- singers, six in number had tables ticularly because the colored pas- ate protest followed passing of the |l?>n, and it proved justified. Pri- 1 f«jr.ihpproximately $29,000,000 in Federal '’ederal housing funds made by | county and city governments have i^een v , held , , due , to the . ban. up j Birmingham’s legal lights, after 9^6 j,,-, study _____ now characterize , . . the hit' as “unconstitutional.” State Mark Hodo, himself a big | real estate man, has noted the g^thiring wave of protests and 'now calls it a “political blunder.” Commissioner Henry Sweet says now the ban is head- A a court test . by the . corn- bined municipal governments and tne county, The Navy is suffering the grow¬ ing pains to be expected in one so recently come of age in good race relations. It is full of little back¬ washes and eddies. When a lot of the segregation by race was ordered abandoned at the Great Lakes Naval station, the white officer in charge -of the “Ne¬ gro Classification Unit,” became jittery over prospect of those col¬ ored lads, all of them college men, interviewing white illiterates. At his instigation, the unit was trans¬ ferred to Camp Peary in Williams¬ burg, Virginia. But now the boys report in their own words: “We have been here since the 19th of July and have yet to interview the first Negro. All the men we have interviewed have been white, Mexi- can, Central and South Americans and Chinese.” Similarly, in Pensacola, Florida, in spite of dire predictions con¬ cerning the consequences of white and colored men using the same swimming pool, Spc. 2-c Horace E. Belmear, a colored swimming ex¬ pert from Washington, D. C., teaches white gobs how to swim and otherwise survive when the nearest land is straight down. naval M_ an _y officers. °« ; h,s __ students are w h • t e Appointment of Republican Sen- ator Harold Burton of Ohio to Supreme Court, by President man, caught colored citizens un- prepared. Opinion as to his lib- era! or conservative tendencies seems somewhat divided, due no doubt to a Senate voting record which shows spotty liberalism where domestic issues are con- cerned. Consultation of the N A A C P “Congress Voting Record on Maj¬ or Legislation” (something, inci¬ dentally, without which you can ill afford to be discloses that Bur¬ ton voted against the confirma¬ tion of Henry A. Wallace, against the confirmation of Aubrey Wil¬ liams, against efforts to kill the vicious “work or jail” bill, and THURSDAY, CCT. 1. IMS chapter by the matron, Mrs* Matilda Washington who was the instigator of the affair, Indivdual gifts were also given and refreshments served. Prince Hall Chapter honored itself by showing appreciation to oae order w ho has all done over so Georgia. much for It tjp. is regretted that the hundreds of admirers ot r*ast vjrana Matron Ayers were not aware of it so that they could join In the oc- casion and extend their appreci ation. We can not do too much in giving honor to this noble character. Files of The Savannah Tribune FIFTY YEARS AGO OCTOBER 5, 1895 John B. Savage, old and re¬ spected citizen died Wednesday. Buried from St. Benedict’s church. Rev. James Porter died in New York last week. He was the first principal of the West Broad Street School. It is un¬ derstood that the remains will be brought to Savannah for burial next month. Mr. F. A. Curtright paid us a visit on Monday. Rev. L. B. Maxwell visited Darien this week on account of the illness of his mother. The three Baptist National Conventions have been united with Rev. E. C. Morris as pres- ++*4 1 — • against efforts to hold prices down regardless of profits. But he did vote for the anti-poll tax bill, the FEPC appropriations and Federal Aid to Education. ■ Incidentally, just the day he was appointed to the ~ Benc^he was about to prepare a constmP tional amendment for the tax, which would have been monkey-wrench in machine Fy working to pass the bill. It ap¬ pears therefore, that his appoint¬ ment has already benefited the underprivileged in the poll tax states. Si Truman K. Gibson, Jr.’s citation by the President and award ,of the Medal for Merit for Civilians, de¬ serve applause. In what was one of the war’s most difficult civili- an roles, as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War, he was actual adviser on Army’s most ticklish problem, the Negro soldier. He was also on the spot—he couldn’t win. Frequently he squirmed as the Press screamed some partial- fact or half-truth headline, while ponderous “military seer e c y” would not permit an acceptably ex¬ planation. He just had to take it. The percentage of error and bkd judgment in his excellent record of accomplishment, is far smaller than that of most of Army’s top civilian and military personnel. The War Department is fully aware of this. Assistant Secretary of War, John J. McCloy, has been the force ehind _ P Gibson. More than once ae ^ as su PPorted him in the face of determined and outspoken op¬ position from army brass hats. Mc¬ Cloy has won the esteem of the lowly and those who cherish tol¬ erance and liberality. Gibson knows McCloy plans to resign as soon as he can do so gracefully. Gibson'also On the plans’to“re- day he does sign and to return t0 private laW in Chicago, where he is a Director of the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, the Su¬ preme Service Company, an3 member of the Cook County Bar Association . incidentally, Gibson’s res j gnation wag ret urned to him by the then Under Secretary o£ War Robert p p attersonj when some months ago he desired to leave to accept a position .yc^h FEPC. For Patterson as the new Sec- retary, Gibson has high praise, and expresses a belief that he will con* tinue the office of Civilian Aide. As to a successor for himself io the job first held by Judge Wil¬ liam Hastie, he predicts that Pat¬ terson will insist on a Negro Army officer with field experience. “Civi¬ lian Aide” will become merely “Aide.” .