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fid THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE Established 1875 My J. H. PEV SAUX MOL. C. JOHNSON L'.itor and Publisher ........ MISS WILLA M. AVERS, A fet. to Pub. Hi Manag er Published Every Thursday 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5*38 _ Subscription Rate in Advance One Year ------------- -------- Six Months.................. Remittance must be made by Express, Po*t Office Money Order or u ■ : ■-i . ail. . Entered at the Pc ( ..... ^ ■-»&, Oa 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 I ■ n-xL w * W m m’ few f 1 , ,,x 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. 5 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 - --- 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. ---- 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. -— 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. ^^t**** 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.