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m Second Class Matter.
The news that Xt are registering
in fairly large is very eneourag-
ing. They must >■;> up until we have
TEN THOUSAND "•■■ ■ ' ir !E- As
to whether they will i-e of IK•■/mcratic or
Republican affiliai 1 books. rn u
now. We want the-. ; ar < i le
We wish to urge tl to Ian lor
setting up cit >is so that these
new registrants ma) be informed, in gen¬
eral, what takes plan hm one appears tor
registration and lur one r.a t ; ■ t when
he presents himself at the polls to vote.
While there is no election n the near fu¬
ture, it can do no harm to get the people
well grounded in the thii ; that voter,
should know.
The Mayor's Committe< ■ u Unity of
which Charles E ITu hi . Ji . th> chair¬
man, has done an exemplary job in its
handling of the invest] ation into the in¬
cidents at the Benjamin Frani bn High
School in New York City. The recom¬
mendations in the repoi,, > .Mayor EaGinr-
dia were: “addition of Negro teac - i to
the faculty; the deiaiiinj o> onie Negro
policemen” to duty in tl ne.gle msood; in¬
crease of teacher pe: oj,: • 1; d< , jopnient
by the board o e.s <■ am
of human relation ; ' belt nj :n;< nts
by the board BS for hand) pu. lie . latioi:
and . , the . seeking ,
ot a coiile: mice ot publish-
ers ot at least thn papers to tad: with
them about news p a ,< in handling in-
cidents of this kind.’ The in aii nts at tie
.
school grew out of a f ■ hi etsveen a Ne¬
gro boy and a white b which some ele¬
ments in the school <•(•!),: lunity magnified
into a race controversy. The committee
looked carefully into every shred of evi¬
dence and came out with th > recommen¬
dations cited above-
Equal pay for equal work is receiving
new advocates, t he principle is sound.
If it works for women (white women) it
should wmrk for 1 Negro men and women.
WHAT IS THE RECORD?
It is interesting that no one has thought
to compile a statement of 1 le fields
useiul and outstanding endeavor of Ok*
graduates of Georgia State College. It
might not settle anything but it would, at
least, serve as a sort, of evaluation of the job
the college has dune in fill -five years 1 >
justify the money the stnt has put into
the institution. Such a r« rd should tell
how many students trained in agriculture'
have become farm* or te :hers of agri-
culture, how many who tr i d in carpentry
have become first class carpenters, draughts-
men. Followed U all th o courses
given at the college, such a ret ord would be
enlightening indeed. At various times the
college has emphasized education in the
trades, education in agr dure and in
courses allied to these. It has placed em-
phasis also on teacher traini- g. There are
those who believe the colEi ■ has done a
good job. but there are also those who bo-
lieve it has not done what i should have
done with tl(e facility | the t.-achin
personnel it has had, < t: ini within the
last 20 or 25 years. The turn over of
forty-eight or fifty in>trtK'oi*s in eight
ye«* 18 sufficient v • • •, q . r their belief,
This turn over would have F en larger but
the fact that some of the nstructorh who
remained, feared they < tild not make
in some other instil uti n where instrur-!
tors have to work. This s an open secret. !
Further-more, there wc< a feeling among i
some instructors, that any p ••• on who went
“beyond the sh requireme is” was a
trouble maker, i, ( le was ma iing trouble *
' for those who did
>t have tht ;!i po-blion
to work. For in t; ce, it is r< ported
an instructor made . >v < :■ • wt
nearby counties, with ; \ ' > relating:
his claassroom ins. n community [
life and needs, Tlii re. ived
favorable notice U,
ment of Education, tba- it
was made into a b die ! of!
other teachers. The •t,» be- ;
gan the development of a m o; (her-
gia resources which won iimr nidation
from the chancellor. BmP surveys
and the museum were allow o bt destroy-j
ed. This is the sort c ti •y vii. h ha-.
hindered progress at tin If good
.
work can be done ir this w. 1 atmosphere. i 1
then our thinking is all v.ro 1
For Drive
Lincoln
Many Reen!
Army
Chester. Pa., (AKP)—a eon-
IK.A*
“Twelve Thousand trained at Trade
School” not one of whom was a Negro.
This school was made possible through a
$100,000 bond issue voted by Savannhh-
ians and a grant of *150,000 from the U. S.
Office of Education. Negroes voted in
the bond election and were made to feel
that they would share in the provision,
because a conference on the matter brought
out the U. S. government was concerned
with training citizens for work in defease
plants and would not countenance a provi¬
sion which would leave Negroes out. The
fear was expressed in the conference that
the government would not allocate funds
for the project if it appeared that Negroes
would not profit by it. The discussion
went so far as suggesting the possibility of
complying with the state law which has to
do with the two races receiving instruction
in the same building from the same instruc¬
tors.
Ot course, the whole thing is a matter
of history now, but it freshens an oid
scar every time vocational training for
defense is mentioned. It is just another
one of those things which tends to shake
our faith in the American sense of.fair play
and justice.
THE ATOMIC BOMB
It is amazing, not amusing, that there
is so much ado about the atomic bomb
and what it holds for the future. It is
puerile, perhaps, to suggest that there is
a much simpler way of easing,the excite¬
ment over it and what it portends for the
future of mankind than by spending so
much time and energy chasing all over
the world to find a way to keep the making
of the thing secret and under the control
of any one nation or group of nations. We
realize that a feeble voice like ours will
have little influence over the wise and
mighty, and yet we join with others whose
voices are scarcely more audible. This
little company believes the heart and spirit
of men to deal righteously, or unrighteous¬
ly, with each other is a more powerful
force than the atomic bomb. If men de¬
cide to deal justly with each other there
.need be no dread of the atomic bomb. If
they continue to withhold basic human
rights from disadvantaged people, nation-
a Jly or internationally, socially, economical-
ly, politically or educationally, it will make
little difference whether the bomb secret
is kept or not
Time Magazine carries this item in its
last issue: “Bookei* T. Waashington became
the first Negro ever elected to the Hall
of Fame. The onetime slave, pioneer in-
Negro education and autobiographer re¬
ceived more votes from the 93 Hall of
Fame electors than any of the other three
newcomers: Georgia-born Poet Sidney
Lanier, Revolutionary Pamphleteer Then
Paine, Yellow Fever Fighter Walter Reed.”
WHAT AUK THE NEW FRONTIERS?
By "Ruth Taylor
Is this the end? <Has civilization as we
know it come to it close and are the great
cycles of time, turning as relentlessly as
the tides of the ocean, about to swing into
n(>w orbits? Are the frontiers closed to
us? Is there no future?
Wrong—the only frontiers that have
been closed are those of geography. The
frontiers of the mind, of research and
knowledge, are virgin wilderness, marked
only by the footpaths of those intrepid ad-
venturers who dared to think ahead. Nev-
cr before has there been such an oppor
tunity to learn. There were never so many
things to study, so much to be found out.
Every day discoveries are made beside
which the conquests of Columbus or the
ancient voyagers pale into insignificance,
Each adventure in knowledge, each new dis-
c-overy paves the way for others far more
important to mankind—for each rests up-
<*n a broader, firmer base—and offers far
to the next inquiring
mind.
But* Youth says—‘‘We want to get ahead
—to make a living. We haven’t the op-
Jort unities to carve out a life for ourselves
'tint the pioneers had.”
Haven’t the opportunity? With our
dimensional lives opening up new
trades, new professions, new types of
work—or new ways to improve old ones?
are not the same opportunities—
and there are no easy jobs—but the pio-
neers to which they so glibly refer did not
have easy lives and their work was not
to which they were accustomed. They
to learn. Youth today has the oppor-
of going on from where the previous
generation left off, with the same initiu-
resourcefulness and adaptability. They
go further because of the efforts of
hose who preceded them,
Man’s opportunity is limited only by
knowledge and his ability to utilize
experience. There is always a place
the world for the learning individual—
who thinks—who wants to give his best
to make his work the means of helping
The frontiers are not closed. Beyond
lies a challenge to stir the courageous
heart and spirit—a challenge to do and
and to find out!
vi: rated campaign to secure
bn the erecting of a new
cti'inaiy building on the campus
umver ity will soon be
j. Pea Jesse Belmor^
fii. week*
' 1 r i per.cd • I * c -esrs
izzul. contributions toward the
I new building have been coming in
' Dr. Barber said, but at present the
fund fails far short of the $100,-
000 which must be raised before
building operations ran be start-
ed.
tcctwijing to the dean, the cam
paign has been delayed only be
had difficulty finding a compe
tent and qualified solicitor put
il into full operation.
THX SAVANNAH TK1MJM
SIGNING NON-SEGREGATION SCHOOL BILL
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SIGNING NON-SEGREGATION
SCHOOL BILL— Governor
Dwight H- Green and State
Rep. Charles M. Skyles signing
House Eill No. 139 which bar.;
segregation in schools through
Issues Call For Non-Partisan
Political Meeting In Macon
To tlie Colored Citizens of Georgia
Greetings!
My Dear Fellow Citizens:
I am hereby calling a public
Non-Partisan meeting of our
group to be held at Macon, Geor¬
gia, Thursday, November 29, 1945.
This meeting will be held at Stew¬
ard Chapel A, M. E, Church, Cot¬
ton Avenue, Rev. Allen R. Cooper.
Pastor, and will tie called to order
promptly at high Noon.
OBJECT
The repeal of the Poll tax in
Georgia as a prerequisite for vot¬
ing and the recent opinion of the
Federal Court at Macon, concern¬
ing the White Primary law in
Georgia, are events of vast im¬
portance to the more than one mil¬
lion Negro citizens of this state.
Barriers are going to lie remov¬
ed so that Negro citizens, who may
qualify, are going to be allowed
to exercise the franchise of cl
zenship again. The Negro is on-
titled to this right as a citizen
and should do every honorable
thing in his power to help bring
it to pass as speedily as possible, j
Upon the advice of several out-
standing members of our group. I
am calling the Negro leaders of
all walks and classes of life to
meet with us for this one-day
meeting to perfect a state-wide;
Non-Partisan Civic organization I
for the purpose of helping the Ne-
gro citizens of Georgia both eco-1
nomieally and politically.
The Negroes of Georgia are go-
ing to need help and sound advice
in the trying days ahead. They
will need to be advised about the
good white people of our state
whose numbers are ever increas¬
ing', and who desire to see the
Negro become a First Glass Citi¬
zen.
Maj. Wright To Loan
Negro Air Transport
Philadelphia (ANP)—Maj. R. R.
Wright, president of the t iti/.ci
and Southern Bank and •Trust
company, announced Inst week
that he is attempting to arrange
a loan of $400,000 for the West
Indian Flying Service Inc.,
through the National City bank
of Philadelphia to equip the com-
puny with planes, an airfield and
mechanical equipment.
I he company, whose main .
t'ices are in New York, will fly
commercial transport planes over
South America.
Tho company has been grante ;
concessions to establish a
mercinl airline in the republic of
Ecuador for the transportation ot |
passengers, mail and other cargo j
betvvten various cities of the coun-
try. The service will include the
cities of Quito, Guayaquil, Es-
meraidas, Bahia. Manta, Salinas.
Loja, Cuenca, Riobamba. Vinces,
Quevedo and other places which
may he mutually agreed upon.
The West Indies Flying Serv¬
ice. Inc., was organized a few
months ago and incorporated in the
state of Deiewafe. Executive of¬
ficers of the company arc quali¬
fied through training and prac¬
tical experience to successfully
operate a project of such far-
reaching importance. Capt. 11. E.
Roliii.ison, former 1 S. Ai " y Air
Force- pilot, is president of
company; Marcisco Basso Jr., I
of the Parks Air college i
out Illinois. Originally ap¬
plying only to cities with a pop
uiaticn ol 500, CO or more, the
revi ed bill now makes a clean
’.veep, of all towns and villages
in the state, regardless of size.
It will be the purpose of this
organization to help the Negro in
his struggle for his rights and at
the same time to advise him to
work in peace and harmony with
the white majority group of our
state.
COLLABORATORS
Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert, Pas¬
tor, Fir -1 African Baptist Church,
Savannah, Ga. and President of
the State NAACP Convention, Mr.
II. C. Dudley, Undertaker and
prominent business man of Dublin,
Dr. Thos. H. Brewer, Sr., Chair¬
man Citizens Committee of Co¬
lumbus, and quite a few others
join with me in this Call. Dr.
Brewer promises to bring Rev.
Primus King, recent winner of
ti, Federal Court decision at Ma¬
con. They need our help to con-
tinue their fight, We must help
them,
WHAT YOU CAN DO
We want you to help us spread
*'’,<• news about this meeting in
Macon on November 29th. Tell
every Negro preacher, school
teacher, business man and far-
mer in every county of the state,
them to sacrifice one day for
the race's welfare and come to Ma-
If they can’t come tell them
to help send a representative from
their county. We want every
county to be represented if pos-
We will explain our motives and
objectives after which we hope to
a strong Non-Partisan State
Organization for the protection
and advancement of the Negro citi¬
zens of Georgia.
Sincerely yours,
John Wesley Dobbs,
President
Atlanta Civic-
Political League
for air transport pilots, is vie?
] j president; and A. 1». Mesa, secre-
tavy. Flying personnel of the
company includes pilots and me-
jehanies and will he made up of
. former members of the 99th Pur-
.suit squadron and "32nd Fighter
group, who won their wings at
Tuskegee Army Air Field and
who won their postgraduate de¬
grees in flying while fighting the
vaunted Nazi Air forces.
The terms of the Ecuadorian
concession is 10 years and equal
terms with other air transporta-
i ion companies are guaranteed,
including, but not limited to int-
posts, taxes, duties and use of
public utilities. It is required by
t- Ecuadorian government that
the company invest a minimum of
of $750,000 in planes, instruments
and installations. When this in-
vestment has been certified to the
government, it will consider loans
to the company if necessary.
A second concession embodied
in a separate decree, extends the
• i nice of the company to the sec¬
tions of the country lying to the
south and southwest beyond the
Andes ranges.
The concession was granted
July 14 and the same day the
minister of national defense of
Ecuador made’ a contract with the
company for the transportation by
- if military personnel and
equipment within Ecuador. Prior
to the award of the concession,
Capt. Roh(sen and Mrs. Basso had
made a special study in Ecuador
of that country’s needs and prob¬
lems in the field of air trans¬
portation. This study was facili-
{tated by the Ecuadorian govern¬
ment and was made by the com¬
pany at its own expense for the
purpose of securing concessions to
meet these needs.
The estimated cost of establish-
ment and operating the company
are: airport buildings and equip¬
ment, $75,000; aircraft (four),
$400,000; conversion to 1100 rap,
$100,000; supplies and spare parts
$125,000; maintenance and repair
shops, $50,000; organizing and
transportation, $50,000; and work¬
ing capital, $150,000. These totai
.$1,000,000.
Workers
Throw Race
Bias Aside
IN CONTENDING FOR
NO DIFFERENTIALS
Charleston, S. C. (ANP)—One
thousand white and Negro to¬
bacco workers tossed race preju¬
dice out of the window here last
week when they walked out of the
largest of the American Tobac¬
co company’^ cigar factories to¬
gether and into Shaw center a
Negro USO, to hold the first mass
membership meeting of Local 15,
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and
Allied Workers union of America.
CIO.
The tobacco strike here follow¬
ed by a week a similar strike by
Local 186 in Philadelphia, and pro¬
ceeded by three days the walkout
of tobacco workers at Trenton, N.
J., to make the shutdown of all the
American Tobacco company’s cigar
plants complete, in the CIO’s
fight “for the elimination of the
north-south wage differential and
recognition of the right of south¬
ern workers to a decent standard
of living.”
Frank Green, regional director,
FTA-CIO, for Virginia, North
Carolina, and South Carolina, told
:obacco employes at a mass meet¬
ing that southern workers were
not even considered second-class
.’itizens.
The mass meeting of white and
Negro workers was compared to
the South Carolina Constitutional
convention of 1868 by Osceola E
McKaine, associate editor of the
Lighthouse and Informer, Colum¬
bia, and a candidate for U. S. sen¬
ator in the 1944 South Carolina
elections.
“When T see white women anc:
Negro women and white men and
black men who have come here foi
s common cause, my mind take?
me back to the time when black
nen and white men got together
to bring a democratic government
;o South Carolina,” he said. He
criticized Negro leaders for iso-
ating themselves and their people
by distrusting all white leadership.
More than 800 white and Negro
strikers resolved to hold put un¬
til they win the three-plant north-
louth blanket contract from the
American Tobacco company during
the mass meeting at Morriv
Street Baptist church, which in¬
cludes a 25-cent per hour wage
ncrease, a 65-cent per hour mini¬
mum, six days sick leave with
pay and a union shop.
A telegram from 12,000 work¬
ers of Local 22, FTA-CIO in Wins-
on-Saleni, N. C., said:
“We are with you all the way.”
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
GRANTED FULL
MEMBERSHIP
Chicago. (ANP)—Full member¬
ship in the Chicago Catholic lea¬
gue was granted St. Elizabeth’s
High school, which has an all-
Negro enrollment and is the only
Catholic high school in the city,
last week during a regular month¬
ly meeting of Catholic football
league officials.
The admittance of St. Eliza¬
beth’s grid team to the Catholic
league was voted upon without in¬
cident along with other routine
league problems.
MICH. GRID STAR
RETURNS TO CLASSES
Ann Arbor, Mich., (ANP)—-Jul¬
ius F ranks, great All-American
guard on the University of Michi¬
gan football team, enrolled in the
dental school here Thursday after j
winning a 15-month battle against!
tuberculosis at the university hos- !
pital.
Tom Kuzma, Gary, hid., white
ami another star member of the |
JVolverine grid team, has also re¬
turned to hi: classes. Frank- and
Kuzma were confined at the same
time iu the university hospital.
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Masonic - Eastern Star Notes
A session full of interest was
held East Saiurday by Omar
Temple. No. 21. Mystic Shrine.
The riobles were out in force.
Noble McNeil and his commit¬
tee rendered a glowing report
about the anniversary ball.
(So elated was the committee
over its -ucess, it was rec¬
ommended that a complimen¬
tary ball be given at Coconut
Grove around the holidays.
This met popular accord
was approved. The temple will
visit Nabbor Temple ot Atlanta
next week, on the occasion ot
its cabaret Wednesday night.
About a hal hundred of
nobles and female friends
make the trip, leaving via the
Central railway at 7:15
arriving in Atlanta at 3:12
the afternoon; returning Thurs
day night at 11 o’clock. A
special coach will be used.
The accommodati on will be un-
usual with pleasing attention
of. those who v/ill be in charge,
A football game Thursday will
be a pleading feature. Ilhis-
trious Potentate Jas. J.
wardi is making his
administration a glorious one.
» * * «
Grand Master Dobbs visited
the Grand Lodge of Alabama
last week. Numerically
financially this grand lodge is
about the leader. However, it
takes more for real Masonry,
Secretary-Treasurer of
MRA Joseph Crawford and
the Grand Master were visitors
o Albany. Moultrie, Thomas-
ville and Bainbridge this week,
At Bainbridge he is to set
another Eastern Star chapter.
Hazel Scott Refuses To
Flay At Press Club
Washington,, D. C. (NNPA) —
Hazel Scott, pianist, whose sched-
uled appearance at the National
Press Club on November 13 was,
protested by newspaper men here
as inconsistent with the protest
against her exclusion from Con-
stitution Hall, has cancelled the I
engagement. |
In a telegram, made public here:
last Saturday, she wired the Na- j
tional Press Club as follows: j
“It has just been brought to my i
attention by a member of the Ne- !
gi o Press Club of Washington, I). :
C., that the Negro Press Club has
’> rotes ted my appearance at the
annual dinner of the
Press Club in honor of our Presi-
lent Harry A. Truman.
"I regret that these gentlemen
lid not contact me before making
r public statement.
“There are two precedents which
hinder me from appearing:
“1. The fact that the National
Press Club excludes journalists
iven he American though they Newspaper are members Guild, of j
I
whose membership consists of both
white and Negro coi’respondents.
“2. As you know, Negro journal¬
ists have been excluded from the
Press Galleries of the House and
Senate.
"1 regret it will be impossible
for me to be with you on the eve¬
ning of the 13th. I would like to
Soldiers Need Presidential
Pardon, Clear Records
Washington, (ANP)—Only a
Rrcsidential pardon is needed now
to completely close the army rec-
ords of Barnard B. James, Chicago
and George E. Gayles, Evanson,
111., two of the 18 soldiers con¬
victed in a mass court martial
trial in England in May, 1944, fol¬
lowing a War department order
last week for them to report to
rehabilitation centers for restora¬
tion to duty.
The 18 soldiers were removed
to the United States and confined
in the federal prison at Terre
Haute, Ind,, after their conviction
by the army court, which accepted
the testimony of their Dixie white
captain as the basis for convict¬
ion. Both James and Gayles were
sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Last Tuesday, the war depart¬
ment ordered that James report
next week to the Fort Knox, Ky„
rehabilitation center, the war de
part ment disclosed. Aaron Smith
Atty. Gen. OK
Removal Of
Sheriff
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Birmingham, (ANP) — A tty.
J. Tom Watson of Florida
THTRSDAT, NOV. IS, 1945 -
As Masons we should be
proud. We must always put
the order forward and never
P erm it anything eUe to lead,
Files of l'be Savannah
Tribune
FIFTY YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 16, 18fl5
Prof. James Porter, the first
principal of a colored public
school in Savannah, died in
New York Sept. 26. His re¬
mains were brought to Savan-
nah early lad Friday mcen-
and buried in Laurel
Grove cemetery.
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Prof. S. B. Morse favored The
Tribune with an informing ar-
* ic,e about him. This article
makes fine reading and will
he published at the first oppor-
tunity.
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A meeting was called for
Monday at The Tribune office
for those who are interested in
(he establishing of a colored
hospital.
t-* -
Dr. S. Palmer Lloyd was se-
lccted to deliver the Emanci-
pation day address in January.
The Baptists have settled dif-
ference between Beth-Eden
an( i second Baptist churches,
^ tempts being made to settle
ot jj ei . differences.
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have played for you and for Pre.si-
dent Truman. 1 cancelled a profit-
able engagement in Columbus,
0hi< ’’ in onler to acce f )t J' 011 ” in-
vitation to appear in Washing-
ton ' I am sure you will understand
n W position,
“I trust that the day will soon
come when qualified journalists oF
my race accepted without
distinction.”
At the Capital Press Club's
luncheon meeting last Wednesday
a of storm members broke out over the executivi^^ actior^l
two of the
committee in sending out a protest
against Miss Scott’s appearance
the National Press Club with-
out committee sanction.
According to Alfred E. Smith,
of the club, the matter
was smoothed out in a. special ex¬
ecutive committee meeting follow¬
ing the club’s regular meeting.
John H. Young of the Pitts¬
burgh Courier raised the issue,
it was bad journalism
have issued the statement of
without first consulting
Scott.
Of a seven-member executive
three members, Hugo
Mrs. Mabel Alston and
Sweeney, said they knew noth¬
about the release until after
was issued. A fourth member,
Ferguson, was out of the
and Henry Davis, both serving 13-
I year sentences along with James
11 , n GayleS , ’ wH1 ... rcport to Fort
S1 °cum also.
The sweeping re-examination of
the 18 convictions by the war de¬
partment will affect the cases of
Pfc. George L. Washington, Chi¬
cago, and James Felders, Cali¬
fornia. W ashington was serving a
10-year sentence and Felders wag
sentenced to 13 years.. Felders
tiansfer to active duty has been
approved and is awaiting his letter
of application.
The rest of the 18 convicted, in¬
cluding Sgt. William F. Fristee of
Chicago, were restored to active
duty some time ago but all need
a Presidential pardon to erase the
marks of conviction that are still i
against their service records. Leon
M. Despres, James’ Chicago law-
a Presidential is preparing pardon. bis petition for i
has forwarded to the Southern
Negro Youth congress a copy of a
report to Gov. Millard F. Caldwell
in which he recommends the sus¬
pension r?f Sheriff Lonnie Davis
who was involved in the Oct. 11,
Madison county lynching of Jesse
James Payne and calls for a
special grand jury to conduct, the
investigation of the case.