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rpfi itoJK ^ SAVANNAH Established 3875 By J. H. UEVEAUX (SOL c. JOHNSON........ Bditor and Publisher t. H. BUTLER ....................Asso. Editor HlISS WILL/*. M A ERS, A sst, to Pub- & Manager , (l Published Every Thursday 1009 WEST BROAD STREET ,'ui Telephone. Dial 5S1S3 _____ Subscription Rate In Advance One Year ____________________42-50 Six Moulin $1.5V Remittance must be made by Express, Pest Office Money Order or Registered Mail. Entered at the Post Office at Savannah. Ga is Second C.t.- - ' ' >• According to Hr. Clyde R. Miller dangerous and fatal delusions which many Americans have been persuaded to accept are: “One. That one’s church, cult, sect, or group alone exp! -sses God’s will. Two. TlTaT one’s race is superior. Three. That oije’i| class is superior. Four. That one group can obtain more for itself if it de- nifcs advantages to other groups. LbYAL TKACH MRS DOING THEIR PAR'J ’ It is encouraging to note that there are some teacher., who , are loyal , , , to their . pro- „ fijsswn pwtuntty and ova,I themselves themseheo of profess,on- every op- to improve eLroijntv "the h!.....liV'nf their superior ^ucational 5JJ.wt rJh'J a(hiint;iges lit, andjn 1 v 1 ' 1 ptvrinc it ’.....'■ into *! lese ivanitT' , fh.,1 it i, is ■» in •" or ^rnuniW Rurtheimore, fs ™yM gratifying ; it is to know that they are putting new life into their organization. We feared at one time that tjiey had about decided to let their ation die, because unfortunately, there arc &mong then 1 some* teachers who are f^rent to the benefits to come from organi- zation. It is our hope that the teachers viill strengthen their organization because, come the first of the year, many new chub leftiges will confront them. The new laws relating to edixalion will pose new prob- JeOns to the school administrators who require the assistance of the class room tqaehers in solving them. For the benefit of considerable the children, teachers will need to tHe state tlKiiiuvit to t%nfw to bring about, new laws are sure ilt ought to be interesting to teachers, tHat'-'onb of the backwashes of fhe 3S * i what v.li t hub ■:i* \ happened to education m •'Hf'/ v *»■ The closing of high Pay g jobs.to h^egroes, naturally excluded. educated Ne- gmrs, so that wh.le the state wd save money on white teachers, t will Jose n Ifttil XitSJSt oioimb!.; wd! ifssams as vhP.cs. This M Jtf fife tol om»i# * Ls 1 tiSally nBcracy to suit themselves, or they inter.- pSinly misinterpret them, or they are just stupid. They use some of the m»t damaging arguments to their cause. shaker Young Democrats objected to “the who, from press reports, favor, rawal social equality and who has been in- toSsay vifcd to “speak to us. . . ” and they go on that “certainly the issuing of in- vifctions to the colored people to attend th* meeting is not in conformity with the prfiiciples of the Democratic party in Gear- gi» nor with the intent of our forefathers, wfi founded, fou< ht and died for this great p ; »1iv." Doth Mrs. Roosevelt and the foanding fathers are on the same side, the reigning Young Democrats don’t know' it. EUdently the New York Tribune Forum dcSsn’t agree with the Young Democrats, R»Rt thinking American citizens must ha*e been thrilled Monday night when they listened to thr, e illustrious citizens—Mrs. General G^prge Ogtlen Reed, Paul Robeson and C. Marshall present with deep feel in#; sajjto what the spirit of democracy would the people of the world. Paul Robe- soiff spoke the lines of Norman Corwin with revived inoDmparable artistry which the audience with apparent genertous appreci-• atSjn. We doubt that anybody winced at beag in that august audience. I . ____ 1 JJ RACE RELATIONSHIP j l£pce relationshi]) is so inescapable in the South. It seems that there is no issue, no aspect of life in this section of the country tha| 1s free from its influence. It may be an exaggeration to say that the South’s pol¬ fae1>that icy $.s regards it Negroes called the accounts nation’s for the is No. 1 ecoifiimic problem. The cotton monopoly in agriculture farm labor, and its attendant exploit;. lion .t)f tenantry and sharecrop¬ ping contributed largely to the South’s present socio-economic status. Its policy of segregation for generations is respons- I ible «for the poor schools, poor health safe JlllfCLEERS RETURN Williams hand and rweiveil TO STATES were .lungtccM’s attired m ___ amoufliKtod ,. Thw Jungkcrs ne.I t( f'a! '-named fornisj on Got - after 1 received years'* service ■ in Pacific and ! toys in the iinmejatoly 1 many | The orchestra their ft'ietui- ir, ius i ness prance, in World had e*tert;tiii<-(! i Pacific Enriipe orgaai'/,e.t ha-I k Sergeant I S bi MM- Reeves, today’s ___ f , uar j s> unequal economic opportunity and political disfranchisement of eleven million | of its citizens. Some changes have been made. They had i to be made. There are others that will be i made, but it is difficult to see how the more significant changes can be made if |the citizens South desire insists that that the conditions “most thoughtful of Ne¬ groes in the South be bettered socially and economically in so far as such may be pos¬ sible within the frame work of the South’s traditional policy in regard to racial rela¬ tionship.” If we understand at all what the “traditional policy” of the South has been in regard to Negroes, we have serious misgiving as to what the desired better so¬ cial and economic conditions will be. NAVY—VR TORY DAY Navy-Victory Day will be by no means remembered as one of the pleasantest ex- periences resulting from this war. It was not a big day for Savannah Negroes. The colored committee suffered some embar- rassment. In the first place, the organi- nation of the committee could have been different. We have no objection to the person who was made chairman by the Mayor, but we do offer this suggestion: a better response will be received from the -Ycgio population il they are permitted to select their chairmen or leaders on such oc- f Moreover, following this range*, eav( , , h „ chain,,,* selected in the ^ way „„ |mlc em , )arraBsmcnt . The !f K “' »gf "™ e*'i' efheS Xree (lor suggestion is made in the most kindly ,p i'Ple ir it. We are always anxious that our to well in such matters, and gr.nt- “T 1h “ opportunity to setup them own committees will stimulate them to do their )est cneertul >. i I ^‘ S1 <H K N L Several issues a#o, 1 he Inbune entered its anniversary edition. It was in Eighteen Seventy-Five when its first edition was is- | sued. It has ever been a true exponent "I the race and has never betrayed its 1rus ^ N° °^ u ' r jocular publication in Die has maintained its Jecori. Its fur- progress is mainly letaidiHl by Lick °i loyal help. Hus will be loi icom- mg and then future progress will be noted. MEM AL DI KivbbiEi , UTT n n IMr 1AG i y -7, lay * 01 ’ l he greatest _ task we have now that has come, is iiot the destruction of what is bud in the vvoild, but the intioduc- , constructive task 0 re builclin^. This is the most dif- ^ tasks of reconstruction, \ be cleared of the rubble of battle-grounds the grass will :.'IW. »Kai". «j- cm,. be rebmW new , j, cl ^ ed or so ftened bv the kind Then; lives will have to be bmlt UP» their . ^ raised, so that once more they can waJk atone, free men m a tree Dymld. 1 his nquiu.s understanding, pa- ' ieil t e alK ! sym l ,a y ombined wiith an ability . . to inspire. We must make , the ,, on e conquered leuhze that, while we a t ij to help, we are not trying to sap their own courage and initiative by charity that we believe m their own ability to make a place ! i0 ^ themselves. Second, and lar more ditiiculi, wi oe j*be , reconstruction of the minds ot t iose "bo served and lived under the bannei oi the aggressor. We cannot say that we "’id have sympathy to give to those wnosi beliefs are diametncaliy opposed to out faith, who made a cult ot cruelty and a fetish of laise superiority. \\e i.innot sa\ that vve can condone those who saved n-en JW1 | skins nt the cost ot their honoi. e Dnd it difficult to have patience with those whose only creed was that ot might, am .whose only faith was in orute loice. ' n order to make the world a sn e puice ^ain, we will have to begin at the begm- n i n g. We have to teach moiaitv, tu t, kindliness, tolerance, respect toi tuman bte and reverence tor the ie‘igmus tiu-i s 'd all. these are concepts tie enemies o °ur way of hie have kept iom n> you .1 of their nation. These, we have to remem- ber, have never been taught to their young. We have to teach them and it will dutw upon our faith and our intelligence to the utmost. it took centuries to evolve our standards of morality. What we have imperfectly learned slowly we know we have to teach rapidly—for the rebuilding of the interna¬ tional order will depend upon the accept¬ ance of a common code of ethics, a free flow 7 of truth to all the world and the reestab¬ lishment of confidence in the efficacy of our beliefs in democracy—in the broth- < rhood of man under the Fatherhood of God. culls from the 1 Negro mum* orchestras, including’ by the jt'ah Calloway, Noble Sissle, Don their ti-opical 1 Rixlmon, Lionel Hampton and Kach of the | Count l’asie. personali- The Jung leers arc officially des¬ outfits from ignated the 21)tHh Army Ground Forces Band and is now attached back to j to thc YU Corps, Ft. Oui. Gali- 1. when Jim foruiu. However, they have been hi, \V4‘j |-lylRHV 11 j Dll D' thtll \'lil t I'.C ' the countr Die; 1 -ed .hem a'loss be i • i!J play an active pact m the btb aggregation TOT SAVANNAH TRIBUM DOUGLAS NEGRO CHAMBEROF COMMERCE FORMED Under guidance President C. R. Hudson, and Executive Secretary R. Reed with State Vice J. T. McLean of Douglas a Chamber of Commerce became reality on October 16th. Top row, standing, left to A. E. McLean, John -lowers, 0. Hall, Robert Richardson, Prof. A. Kimbrough, Mrs. G. M. Florida Officer Knock Out Soldier’s Eye Jacksonville, Fla. (ANP) Pvt. Joe Suggs, patient at Battery Gen¬ eral hospital in Rome, Ga., lost his left eye as a result of a blow deal: him with a pistol butt on July 28 by Constable Roy Duncan of Micanopy, Fla., after an alleged misunderstanding between the sol¬ dier and a white civilian, it was revealed here last week. Suggs, a native of Texas and veteran of ."> 1-2 years Army serv¬ ice, 13 months overseas, was on a •onvalescont furlough, recuperat¬ ing from a broken foot incurred ; n Normandy. The army reportedly is investi¬ gating the occurrence. According to Suggs, the _whole thing began when he entered a general store in Micanopy to pur¬ chase some candy for the children of a cousin he was about to visit. lie said lie was standing at the '•OMiiter when an apparently drunk white man approached him and mid there was a soldier in the store disturbing the peace and for Sugg to make him quiet down. Suggs said he would do his best, but looking around the store -saw no other soldier. He left the store without further ado for his cousin’s home. The soldier returned to the same store about five .hours later with the husband of his cousin to pur¬ chase some groceries. He noticed that the white man was still in the store, this time drinking a bottle of beer. The white ✓ man, named Brown, was quoted as saying, ’’Let’s talk, soldier.” ‘‘What do you want to alk about?” Suggs asked, both aiking pleasantly. “Oh,” said Brown ‘Let’s talk about the good times you boys had overseas. “ Tm trying to forget what hap - pened overseas, let’s talk a bout something else,” Suggs replied. “What the hell’s the matter with you?” Brown inquired, “Ain’t no barm in talking, is there?” Jury Says “Unknown Persons” Responsible For Man’s Lynching Madison, Fla. (ANP) — Jesse lames Payne, who was taken from .he county jail here recently and ,hot “came to his death at the hands of unknown, ’ ac¬ persons cording to a coroner’s jury verdict returned after a closed session. Madison County Judge J. R- Kel- ; y presided at the inquest which j re ,,, saiu c.ij.i the un. xix man jury of farm- j , rs and business men had request- \ id to be closed under an option al- I Bowron of Los Angeles. 1 hey pro¬ ceeded East to serenade Mayor La Guardia in New York, thus com¬ pleting a coast-to-coast wooing of city officials. GET8 HONORABLE I (S( U MU.t pci. Rich-vd ItH ', son of Rogers Love of 5C3 \V. W.tld- burg street and husband ’ of Mrs Dorothy Love of 1011 Ia)vp sU'cet, was honorably discharg¬ ed from the army Oet. 10 at Camp Livingston, La. 1 Wc claim to have moic broth¬ erly love, culture and education but even m high " fc I,. - r pinii example, bria; b* 'ia hein.'clvcs unseemly and give race ' Mrs. Thelma Rowells, Dr. J. C. i Crawford, Mrs. J. C. Crawford, i Mrs. J. 1. McLean, Mrs. Rozella Bouyer, Mrs. Mary Daniels. Sec¬ ond row seated, left to right: Mr K. R. Reed, State Executive Secre¬ tary, Georgia State Negro Cham¬ ber of Commerce, Mr. C. R. Hud¬ son, State President, Mr. J. T. McLean, State Vice President. Front row standing, left to Suggs said, “and I don’t think there’s any harm in not talking either.” The white man left Suggs and walked over to the doorway of the store where a number of handles were on display. When Suggs and his companion had ished purchasing groceries, left the counter to leave by the door where Brown wqs standing, As they passed, Brown shouted to Suggs, “wait there boy.” “What do you want?” Suggs asked. want to try this G — d— ax handle on you,” the white replied, ening and brandishing with a handle taken from the rack. Suggs succeeded in making the white man place the handle in its rack and continued with his cousin homeward, noticing, ever, that Brown was him with his hands in his pockets as if concealing something. Suggs stopped and grasped Brown by shoulders and suggested that he stop following him and his cousin as he did not want to become volved in any trouble. Brown said that he was going home and that he was not looking for any trouble either. However, instead of going home, Brown notified Constable Roy Duncan of his quarrel with Suggs. Suggs and his cousin were al¬ most at home when he was stop¬ ped by the constable’s shout for him to stop. He said he stopped immediately, not knowing the con¬ stable’s intentions and wanting to be on the right side of the law. “What do you want with me?” Suggs asked the constable, who retorted: “You’d better come here, you won t be able , , to come. „ The or j officor meanwhile drew his and waved it menacingly. Suggs left his companion to see what J constable few feet wanted. before he He walked attacked. only a was fl>s eye was virtually torn from the socket and he was knocked un- cansoous. lowed by Florida law. Payne had been accused of at¬ tacking a five-year-old white girl and transmitting a veneral disease to her. The mob which entered the coun¬ ty jail used a key to enter the jail Sheriff Lonnie ted that he was “on the spot” be- cause he had the only keys' to the jail and that the girl in allegedly molested was his niece. T * > 1111 . mmm URL M W! W CU Oct 26 — Alov. -I right: Rev. Berry Phillips, Miss Vera Hall, Mr. Guy Bryant, Mr. George Harold, Mrs. Ruby Dar¬ den, Mr. Frank Tucker, Mr. Mil- ton Brown. Mr. J. T. McLean, a Mortician was elected president; Mrs. Rozella Bowyer, a Beautician, Executive Secretary and Mrs. Thelma Row¬ ells, Hotel operator, Treasurer. Capitol | Spotlight I; By LOUIS LAUTIER For the NNI’A News Service i Presidential press conference- little in form regardless of whom the White House ineumben' j \ is. The questions change from conference to conference as the public interest shifts from one is. ( sue to another. A President like late Franklin D. Roosevelt may 'add pungency to these conference? by presenting an Iron Cross to p j newspaperman like John O’Donnell | of The New York Daily News or by telling some reporter to put a <lunce cap and g0 and sit in | j a corner The idea that Harry Me Alp in was the first colored newspaper man to be admitted to White H 0U g e pi-gss conferences is errone- ous . When Calvin Collidge was president, C. Bascom Slernp, his secretary, arranged for the admis- sion _of the first one—C. Lucian Skinner. Skinner attended the j conferences for awhile and later 1 j joined him. Rules for admission to White House press conferences in those days were virtually the same as they are now and virtually the same as those governing the Sen¬ ate and House Press Galleries. Skinner was not a bona fide news¬ paper man, and when the White House Correspondents’ Associa¬ tion wanted to get rid of Skinner. , it simply invoked the rules, with !which I neither of us absolute iy CO m- plie(L , At the time, George Durne, (a correspondent for the Interna . tional NeWg Se ^ jce was the presi _ den# of the assoeiation Durne . - jn thc Army and now a maj or , wag : assigned to handle pub i ic re]a . . ions for President Rooseve!t on his visit to Africa, which included a stopover in Liberia. 1 In the days of Coolidge, the i only credentials necessary for ad- ' mission to the White House press conference was a letter from the i secretary to the President. Now- 1 adays after your application is ! submitted and approved by the I President’s press secretary, the Secret Service checks you. When you are told to pick up your cre¬ dentials, you are fingerprinted. [ * * * Of course, to get into the White House ,f f ound *: y0U must present j j your White r House puss at the outer gate. You present it again , at the door . of - the ,. „ Executive 1 outer * offices. The newspaper and radio reporters—they’re the cream of the profession—gather in the lobby and chatter until they're told the President is ready. As you go into the President’s office, you must show your pass twice. ❖ * * There is now none of the leg¬ erdemain of the Harding and Cool¬ idge Administrations when no statement was to be attributed to the President but statements of the President had to be attributed to a ghost, commonly referred to in the newspapers o: those days as “A White House spokesman.” Nor do questions now have to he submitted in writing prior to the conference with the President I exercising his privilege of answer- ling or ignoring then! entirely. The j President answers or sidesteps it, isa lie chouses. THURSDAY, NOV. 1, M4* Masonic - Eastern Star Notes Fri. night, Nov. 2, a . f all o! the live loral lodges v .11 be 1 eid at the tempie for the purpose of arnnf.'ng fer t'.e ob-snanco of St. John’s Day ; tne instal.ation of newly elected ; Dicer?. The grand secretary nas sent out blanks to the lodges for the rendering il-grand la- re¬ ports. Those reports must be made by Dec. 1, 1945 * * * * It is inspiring to note the renewed interest being taken in the work of the Ea-tern Star. Not only that -ome of the nembers are endeavoring to improve themselves ritualisti- .•ally, but efforts are being made to reinstate old chapters and get in new ones. * * • A pageant depicting past ma- trns and past patrons night was presented Tuesday night ast at Masonic temple by Prince Hall Chapter, No. 253, 3. E- S. It was largely at¬ tended necessitating many ex¬ tra seats. The patrons of ■riRce Hall chapter are always anxious to attend its af¬ fairs. This one was no excep- loh-Because it »s reported as Kdig among the best. Other hapters are vie ug with Prince l-Ia'l as being among the enter- pr-xJ.ng ones ot the state. • « « Omar Temple, Mystic Shrine, viI: honor itself by taking a pedal coach x 7 Atlinta Nov. U. The occasion is the caba- d of Nabbor Temple in the ’ky room of the city auditorium Wednesday night. Next day Ml who take the trip will be President Truman answers ques- ions without any hesitation. Some of his well wishers fear that this nay get him into difficulties. The mpression he gives is one qf hftn- isty and sincerity. A studied an¬ swer might be more tactful, but he American people are entitled o know just what goes on in their government and newspaper folks ippreciate an executive who does lot hedge. U.S. Oppose Reparations fo Ethiopia Washington. (ANP)—The Unit¬ 'd States government is opposed o granting reparations to Ethiopia n answer to the latter’s claims igainst the defeated Italian peo- le. This was made clear on Wed lesday by Sec’y of State James Byrnes when asked at a news con erence what the official attitude vas of this government. Apart from the territorial claims nade against It,aly by Haile Sel- isfcie, large financial reparation? lave been sought. Those figures, is. yet undisclosed, were under- ; too A to have been handed to the hjefs United of missions for Fiance. Rus- ■ia, Kingdom and the Unit- d States more than six weeks ago. ■According to Byrnes, the direc- ive proposed and agreed upon at he Council of Foreign Ministers va.s that there should be no rep ■.rations from Italy other than the nachinery and equipment which was in existence, then. He said that under the armistice reaty certain essentia! machinery ■ould be taken and others left, usuable only for peaceful purposes. This would be alloted among the Allies and Italy. Jones To Leave Fisk Presidency Nashville. (ANP)—The resigna¬ tion of Dr. Thomas E. Jones as president of Fisk university is ex¬ pected to be officially announced soon. The famous educator, who has piloteil this institution of high¬ er learning for the past doxen years, may be called to assume the headship of his own alma mater. Earlham college, at Richmond, Ind. There will he general regret he<-e and throughout the country because of President Jones' leav¬ ing He has not only kept Fisk in van of Negro colleges hut has been an important factor in the program of race relations ! hroiigiiout the country. U*' ha been one of the most active force 1 ! permitted to attend the foaL-, ball game between Clark u«*i- versity and Morris Brown col¬ lege at Ponce DeLeon imprqjpl) ^pai'k. Special coach and ac¬ commodations to all. • S 1 Y. Files of The Savannah Tribune FIFTY YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 2, 1895 BJU Mis-es Anna Foster, Julia , Williams and Mrs. Dolly Jack- son were the missionary ladies from the F. B. B. church at the state convention in Columbus ast week. Dr. W. C. Blackman is occu¬ pying Dr. C. McKane’s office at Montgomery and Liberty streets. Dr. W. H- Dwelle, reelected ‘president of thc State Baptist convention in Columbus last week. In a letter from Liberia, Dr. C. McKane is advocating thc presence of many farmers in that country. General Reginald R. A. Sher¬ man of Liberia died in Liver¬ pool August 6. The general was a native of Savannah and son cf a carpenter. He mi¬ grated 35 years ago. He was buried with Masonic honors. in the United Negro College fund drive. Earlham college, to which Dr. Jones may go as president, was founded by the Quakers. Located in, the heart A>f Indiana, a state sometimes classed as rebel, Earl¬ ham has for years turned out dis¬ tinguished graduates, noted for tolerance and understanding. Springing from a Quake back¬ ground, President Jones will be a fitting successor to those who have carried on the work at the well ejujo.wed iqstitntjon. Subversiv Group Backs School Row .•vjs- 'il ---- —. Chicago, Hi¬ -Contrary to the stories in the daily papers, 7 the school strikes in Gary, Ind., , and Chicago give real evidence of be¬ ing fomented by an organized group or groups, according to on- the-spot investigations made by Miss Noma Jensen of the NAACP New York office. “In Gary not only former known Bundists are active hut also 5 ’-fol¬ lowers of Father Coughlin, Gerald L. K. Smith and members of the Klu-Klux Klan,” Miss Jensen tout. “All have a stake in this Froebel school strike and they are acting accordingly,” she emphasized., The school strikes started on September 18 at Froebel h i g h school in Gary, where Negroes and whites have gone to school-* together for over twenty years. Miss Jensen’s report continues: “The school strikes in Chicago are undoubtedly the result of,' mounting group antagonisms. These antagonisms can he tijai^ijA to the community’s failure to al¬ leviate over-crowding in housing, discrimination in employment anil in the lack of success of various civic groups to reform the city’s school system.” SINATRA HITS New York—Frank Sinatra, of radio fame, condemned racial and religious intolerance in a speech here to several thousand students at Benjamin Franklin high sehook October 23. The high school was the scene everal weeks ago of disturbances between Negro and white teen* * groups, some students in*t,ib ichoel and some hoys in the neigh¬ borhood. Sinatra told the awfi- 3 ™ »nce not to “go around calling names or indicating your racial preference.” He asked the stu¬ dents to act as “neighborhood emissaries of racial good-will.” At both assemblies he sang “Aren't you Glad You’re You?” Sinatra’s appearance was ar¬ ranged by the national office of ^lie NAA* 1’ with Dr. Leonard Co- icllu, President of th^achuol. wrv;