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AN OLD CUSTOMER the
> Boledo (bolito) is with us again, so
report goes. In fact, the news was spread
around last Friday. We do not know what
has happened to bring this leech upon the
' earnings of the poor, the thriftless and
people of our community,
to plague us. We have prided our-
; (selves upon the fact that this evil had dc-
parted from our city forever, certainly
during the lifetime of those who fought
so persistently to get rid of it, and othei
forms of evil. To announce that it in¬
tends to resume operation, was a boldness
which challenges and defies the courts "which oi
our community and all the agencies
have joined together to ) attempt attempt to make
E---. bavannah a <cten P tltc J . , •
which to rear our children. Whatever Whatever dif- dll
fcrenccs white and black citizens may have
over political issues, they are one and to-
gether on the matter of keeping our city
clean and free of the things which would
tear tear uowii down character umiauw <*■■« and right j‘y, living V'iji" .
Due to the alleged >a< ing >
leads us to speculate that smnebody must
have given the go-ahead sign Jo the leeches.
Their uieir boldness Duiune. in choosing h this time to re-
oooreition would , to . lnuicfttc . ,
7 now ip\v their Lnon u^iouuh seem
as much. ,,
Furthermore. the runners could seive as ....
Wdnts for coralling registrants and voters,
jnasmuch as more of the masses and vic-
Hms of the game can b^ome a bloc t° lie
m heiPled into support of the owners ol bo-
* 1 1 ito Th i s"is"a*serious ..ur“,. matter Lo which serious all
* m people, »— , ......rr- white and black, must give
m 'f^2'Lji^ •, U "Urr • •„. „n tu
* agencies -newspapers, pastors S and s *i«l
* vfyirkers—in an effort to smash this evil,
• t Hj| vve call upon all good citizens to join in
* til battle, for such it will be. MluFJ
m * air decent people toi discourage «...
* who enough-to may b patronize e> thriftless tWa a perqtetou "d thoughtless . ban-
m their JjMjn. W.
m m dfy upon n-eager
m believe -ntollS^B a decent busiii^s and law-abiding citizenry
m out of Savannah.
Let’s do it. We shall betray our obligation
m to unborn children if we don t.
m our
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m wr A qv n vntTP ‘iTP'P
« ' v
m We address this caution to f the loaders leaders
m people.' thonaanda of them
• ^hTh.TOZ and 3 to the b»„"n,o- 7 oter.,-'-i;;r
m to
m calling
m m the the first urst time. ume. We vve have been - *“ ■*
• Idpjion over a nd ( i\ei^ o
m gation and responsibility upon
m m thp.se who have assumed ."‘7"‘‘ leadership r; in n Vp,, the
a drive for registration. Our concern j s
m lestthese , , ,, peop , e t .it „„„„ t! '
increasing Svs < al’ea • Is
« designing pohticians. justified, » are bale
■ at hand that our concern is
■ and sane leadership is developing .n Savan-
■
m ” 'allied"with any'anti-
■ afford to be
• can Wemurtbe
■ racial or anti-reli*jous groups.
• jfor good government, for good men, for a
• 2,pl|s £(#are deal and justice, for civic righteous-
:#on, and tail play in
in recreation
Klu bs and their clajm ^ t0 la P°P no^aritJ ularit y
n amongst + us._______
S’ CANDIDATES AND ISSUES
Si J Ln^issue^ The woods are filling un with candidates appeal-
■ Studio Nearly all of them are
•®11 race prejudice. They are setting
sorts of scarecrows to frighten
and - thoughtless - - • people. - It is • p| plain a j n
«• “ r
, . . a. . a. i*-*4.
■Jill be the order of the day. If it is pos-
•$ibk Syupt for politics to become any more cor-
than it has been during the years that
^JJeftroes have been one-third denied the of privilege the voting or
"population •^oting; if scarcely Tt
can gain control, control, it will will speak speak
Spoorly responsible for white for men who politics have always when-
*ever - corrupt
and wherever it has occurred.
*; The newest appeal to prejudice is that of
•tflie latest entrant into the political scene,
”who charges that Negroes do not boar their
J just share of tax burdens. He proposes
**rsales tax as a means of accomplishing
:^VX 1 S “StS - S U n
t on
FANS MOURN THE
DEATH OF YOUNG
m
.i Loo Angeles ANP. - Not only
at Sports fans, but the coast com-
an unity in general was shock-
«*w*Jrhursdlay when it was
learned that Ceil. Thompson,
ground that it would be too much of a bur¬
den for the poor of the state to carry.
While we do not object to a sales tax, if
evenly applied, we a*e not so sure
such a proposal will be popular.
The purpose underlying this proposal is
to set up another barrier to the hopes and
aims of Negroes, and to attempt to justify
their disfranchisement. The plain truth
is Negroes have always paid taxes. Every
person who pays rent pays taxes, and
wherever merchants pay for a license to
operate their businesses, his patrons take
the cost of it. Negroes do not pay large
direct taxes because they have not been able
to accumulate large property holdings.
They have not accumulated large proper¬
ties because they have not been able to
earn the money with which to purchase
large projjerties. They have been limited
to menial .jobs and have received the wage
such jobs pay. They have not done poor¬
ly with what they have received. The ba¬
sis of anybody’s ability to pay taxes is in
economic justice. It is not fair to deprive
one of the opportunity to work and earn
and accumulate, and then expect him to be
as able to pay equally with those who
have no such handicaps.
Othei* candidates and issues will be bom¬
barding voters who will have to study them
carefully so as to vote into office the right
kind of men, and enact right issues into law.
Roscoe Murphy has proved again the age*
thesis that the stuff out of which he-
roes are made knows no color. We join all
other citizens in congratulating him upon
his alertness in recognizing a call to duty,
U P™ responsiveness 8 t0 to human ' need that
toum not wau -_
THE OTHER TEN THOUSAND
The registration will dose July 5th. If
are to get 20,000 names on the regis
tration lists every man and «"»»«»»» woman «,Vi. w’ho
one more
^ g0 (() t j ie court house and put his name
Qn the ligt Thig ig a job which ig hard
enough and takes time enough for ~ each ,
person to . get , , his . and, j if need , be, • take , ,
man
him to the court house and help him under-
’ stancl whal 10 do - 1 here are are many manv manv ail people neonle peoi>It -
who do not yet know what it is about.
There are sections of the > city J and county J
unreached . It ig a civ uty of ever
clti ^ n to see that every person over 18
. registered. This must be done
now. It will, U not <R> to. put it off. If we
th " c <» 1“"-
gor that W >11 not get registered.
' er A is colored a ll e gfcl Liu \\ to nan have who calls said: himself “I don’t a lead- care
whal Negroes ^ think. 1 don’t have to please
them ftg } satisfy ^ the white ^ folk.” Ti,
‘ = „“ ve toS'er with
^ underat andi,,.
0N pERFECTI0N
i By Ruth Taylor
^ 1 (lon —* ’^ if lcw how y° u about it, but
il’m * getting fled T up v with this talk about
, " “ You must
"
. when you went to school were you sup-
posed to be satisfied with getting just a
passing * grade? You were not! At least
if your* family were like mine, you , weren’t.
1 When vou have your watch fixed, what
\ V0U j ( j vo ‘„ think of the watch maker who
■ ^ a (lay
• ,'J ' * -nouirh’
, KUsillK peop , e for bei „ g
^te. or rude, or for putting expediency be-
fore, common loyalty. And I’m tired of
overlooking in groups or nations what
would be considered unforgiveable in indi-
j ' There is a phrase in Measure for Mea-
sure that I like. (What would one do with-
out Shakespeare?) It is “He was ever
j I precise I’d like in promise keeping.’’ people like thatl
to know some
tdn k \ h&t w J at this country needs is
p y or Reactlon ’ U 18 a ie ‘
fuiTimg to the old copy book slogan that
din » e / 1 int ° « l .r people, made of us a strong
honest nation.
Horse trading « is all au right—but ngnpui wooden
business.
a « to do right. There is no reason why
v ' e ^ould accept the shoddy m life an\
m, ' u ' t ; au l " dre r s
In this Sunday’s Herald-Tribune there
was an article on “America’s New- World
b y. Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi,
which whlth I r wish everyone can read. I can t
reprint it in full, but I kuote from it: “No
civilization can survive that places happi-
m>ss above perfection or ranks pleasure be-
toPe duty* 1 ' It we do not restore the su-
primacy of character over intelligence, our
civilization is doomed. And in our brilliant
Inventions such as airplanes and atomic
Uombs we have the instruments to hasten
i ve -rfdd. of a world that haa
ost its moral balance.
world over as Young Jack
known in boxing circles the
Thompson, had died suddenly
at Georgia Street Receiving
hospital The two-time world
welterweight champion was the
victim of a heart attack.
Thompson, only 40, first won
the crown May 9, 1930, when he
decisioned Jackie Fields ir^
15-round bout at Detroit.
But alter losing his title to
Tommy Freeman in 15 rounds
at Cleveland in September.
1930. he came back the
year to knock out Freeman in
the 12th round and regain the
crown which he later lost
decision to Lou Brouillard.
PERIODIC CANCER
examinations
.. - eji
riv : • • ’
Ye^boll khoui the truth <ind
the truth shall hiake y»ufre«~
THE BOV Mm REFUSED TO ALLOW TO PLAY
HERE STEALS IRE OPENING SHOW IN JERSEY
Jackie Robinson, the Negro
second baseman of the Mon¬
treal International League
team, whom Savannah refused
to allow to play in Grayson
stadium Saturday before last,
in a mixed game, stole the
show Friday night in Jersey
City when the Montreal Royals
defeated Jersey City, 14 to 1.
Here is what Gene Ward of the
New York News says about the
extraordinary diamond ex¬
ploits of Robinson in the first
game a Negro has ever played
in organized baseball:
ROBINSON GETS HR. 3 SIN¬
GLES AS ROYALS WIN
“Jersey City, N. J., Apr. 19.—
Mayor Hague opened Jersey
City’s 1946 baseball season with
all his typical fol-derol and
flourish before 25,000 consti¬
tuents in neat, bunting-draped
Roosevelt Stadium yesterday,
tout a young Negro ball player
named Jackie Robinson stole
the show!
“Making modern diamond
history with this debut for his
race in organized baseball, Rob¬
inson performed prodigious
feats as he led last year’s flag-
winning Dodger club from
Montreal to a 14-1 triumph.
Smacks 335-Ft. Homer.
“Seldom has a ball player
found himself in such a spot,
or in such a spotlight, but the
cool colored lad who first rose
to athletic prominence as foot¬
ball star at USC was the sen¬
sation of the day, his feats at
bat and on the baselines as
brilliant as the sunshine which
flooded the industrial meadows
of Jersey.
“Robinson poled a 335-foot
homer, stole two bases, forced
a Jersey pitcher into a balk
and wound up with a four-for-
five at bat. He had a hand in
seven of the Royals’ 14 runs,
scoring four himself and bat¬
ting in four, including his
third frame homer which
NEXT DOOR NEIO HBORS DO NOT
OBJECT. BUT OTHERS DO
Los Angeles »t.ANP)—“If the
neighbors next door ctont ob¬
ject to colored residents, then
why should other whites?,”
reasoned Judge Henry Willis
of Superior Court last week.
Hence through this techni¬
cality. involving the authen¬
ticity of the plaintiffs’ signa¬
tures a suit to enforce a re¬
strictive covenant on the
Joughin tract, located in the
vicinity of Arlington and West
Adams, was expected to
thrown out of court when it
comes to trial.
The sirt is against Thomas
P. Gordon and the
is filed in the names of
Edna Mae Barrow and
Kdlvis, neighbors of Gordon.
Mrs Kolvia. who lives
door to Gordon, declared
neither she nor her
had signed the covenant,
any papers connected with
of him.
“Mayor Hague, who sold
51,872 tickets for the grand op¬
ening, had tumblers, bands,
gals in scanties and all sorts
of razzle-dazzle, but Robinson
was better than the whole sjie-
bang put together. When he
first stepped to the plate, the
mayor himself led the
round of applause, and when
he came trotting home after
his circuit clout, his teammates
were right there to mitt him
with the customary congratu¬
lations.
Afield at his second base po¬
sition, Jackie handled five
chances with one error, the
miscue coming when he hur¬
ried his throw while attempt¬
ing to pivot on a double play.
But he redeemed hiimself an
inning later by touching off a
twin killing.
“Highlight of his afternoon’s
play was his base running ia
the fifth inning. With a blaze
of speed, he beat out a bunt;
then stole second, and went to
third on a play at first. Making
a break down the chalk strip
from the hot corner, he fore-
e d Jersey City’s Phil Oates into
a balk and was waved across
the plate.
“Again in the seventh, the
speedy colored boy stole a base,
gaining second after a smash¬
ing single and romping in on
a triple by John Jorgenson. In
the eighth he came up to the
plate with two on, bunted
again for a base hit that scor-
ed Stan Breard, and finally
came on another balk for his
fourth counter of the game.
“The Jersey Giants’ only run
came in the fifth when Clifton
Ray, who got aboard via Rob¬
inson's error, scored on Nor¬
man Jaeger’s fly to left. Right¬
hander Barney De Forge, for¬
mer Jersey City boy, went the
distance on the mound for the
hits.
suit, and thar furthnrmore,
they were perfectly content
with Gordon as a neibhbor.
Repeated attempts at coer-
sion had been made of herself
and her husband, Mrs. Kolvis
said, some of them by one
tonio Kravchyk, an official of
the Arlington Heights Property
Owners Association.
‘ Rather than lower the val¬
ue of the property, Gordon has
improved it,” Mrs. Kolvis said,
“at a cost of several thousand
dollars.’’
Paradoxically another wom¬
an admitting that she did sign
the covenant and is a whole¬
hearted plaintiff in the case
was Mrs. Vinton Barrows, who
lives across from Gordon.
Mrs. Barrows said “Negroes
are objectionable wherever
they are not wanted,” and said
they were not wanted in her
neighborhood.
IOTAS TO SPONSOR
NEGRO BUSINESS
WEEK PROGRAM
In celebration of National
Negro Business Week, Nu chap¬
ter of Iota Phi Lambda sorority
will present Madame J. M.
Walker, one of Savannah’s
most successful business wom¬
en, who will give the main ad¬
dress The program is sched¬
uled for 6 o’clock Sunday eve¬
ning in MeMr’ra Auditorium at
Georgia State College, There
will be special musical selec¬
tions rendered by accomplish¬
ed members of the group.
The sorority is composed of
professional women, and
nually s nee its origin in 1929
has made definite contribu¬
tions to America through its
program for increasing profes¬
sionally trained Negroes, par¬
ticularly in the field of busi¬
ness.
The public is cordially
ed to join in this
of bigger and better
business.
Capital
Spotlight
By Louis Lautier for NNPA
The office of chief of the
minority groups sect on of the
United States Employment
Service was origirfally fet up
in the War Manpower Corm-
mission. Bob Weaver, who
served under Nationali 'Sidney Del HMlmarj Ad
in the 1 erase
visory Committee;. * was;» i .th
first ehief >>of/!the section. Hi.
appointment i «wa8 iWaded soiel;
on merit. He 4s a first-rat
economist and proved his abil¬
ity under Hillman.
After the USES was trans¬
ferred to the WMC by execu¬
tive order the section became
efqrt Bk
; a
thority uAtll he quit d: 5-
guest. laiM
Ben Wilson, an Indiana
yer, was appointed sometime
after Bob resigned. ^ He re-
peatedly asserted he was
never given the authority
promised him by Paul V. Mc¬
Nutt, former chairman of the
WMC, who appointed Wilson
to the job with one eye on the
White House. For that reason
Wilson also quit.
The WMC was abolished on
September 19, 1945. and the
USES was transferred to the
Labor Department. A few days
ago a bill was approved by the
senate Labor Committee to
return the USES to the states,
effective next January 1.
The interest of colored peo¬
ple in the USES centers prii-
marily in the contribution it is
able to make in maintaining
a high level of employment of
colored workers.
Strong political pressure is
being exerted in behalf of one
of the applicants for the job,
although the position is un¬
der the classified civil service.
Merit appears to be a secon¬
dary consideration. Politicians
evidently learned little from
experience. The Pauley ap¬
pointment should have taught
them that political debts and
their payment by appointment
to public office sometimes con¬
flict with the public interest.
Unless a competent person is
selected to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of
Wilson and is given adequate
authority to do the job, from
now on very little if anything,
may be expected of the USES
in promoting the efficient use
of colored labor.
The Fair Employment Prac¬
tice Committee is folding at
the end of this month. The
abolition of race and religious
discrimination was basic in
President Roosevelt’s program
and has been carried forward
by President Truman, who ask¬
ed for definite legislation from
tiie Seventy-ninth Congress.
Reactionaries in Congress
blocked action on this ; lesisia- legisia-
tion and made certain the
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Lodges And Chapters Notes
unit i:,
Sunday afternoon several of
the brothers from the city vis¬
ited Burroughs, where a for¬
mer lodge was located. Past
Master D. Thomas kindly used
his car in taking some of the
brothers. The deputy’s car
was also used. The brothers
at Burroughs seem determined
to have the lodge restored and
in addition secure a number
of young men in order to have
a strong lodge. Another con¬
ference will be held with them
on the third Sunday in May.
Grand Treasurer D. Pringle
has been spending much time
in Alanta at the bedside of
Mrs. Pringle, who has been se¬
riously ill for a number of
weeks.
• * •
The call for the 47th annual
session of the Prince Hall
Grand Chapter, Order of East¬
ern Star, has been issued. It
will be held in Atlanta, Tues¬
day, June 25. Arrangements
have been made for a success-
ful session. It will be held at,
the Mason : c Temple on Au-
burn avenue. The public cxer- ^
else will be at Wheat Street
death of the agency by halving
its appropriation.
In these circumstances, it
appears that the person se¬
lected to succeed Wilson should
be one who is informed on em¬
ployment opportunities fpr
colored workers in various in¬
dustries and occupations, the
opportunities fbr advancement
in principal industries, indus¬
tries and occupations that are
shrinking and those that are
expanding, and the number
and characteristics of unem¬
ployed colored workers. In
short, the appointee should
know the labor market.
But neither framing nor ex¬
perience will be the determin¬
ing factor in selecting Wilson’s
Muyv/VUMUI successor. . Under waiUV/1 the l/tiv spoils O^UilO
s^stfem, the party chairman of
tBe"party in power controls
federal patronage. Bob Han-
negan, chairman of the Demo-
cratis national committee, is
said to be backing for the post
an employee of the Democratic
headquarters in the last presi¬
dential election. His recom¬
mendation will be controlling.
Areas of vi iwviiu federal P patronage ai/ivuaf,p
include the diplomatic service!
— ambassadors and ministers—'
postmasterships, United States'
attorneys and assistant attor¬
neys, United States marshals
and deputy marshals, and
ternal revenue collectors. Why
do not the politicians distrib¬
ute some of these pajtroriage
jobs within the cont’nental
United States to colored party
workers and win votes?
Golden Gate
Four Balks
Newton, Kans. fANPi-Thc
popular Golden Gate quartet,
of nation wide fame, staged a
sijt-down strike here recently
and echoes sounded throughout
the nation. This small mid-
western Kansas town will nev¬
er forget the lesson it taught.
The police department here
had booked the popular group I
for a concert engagement and
the crowd was waiting in the
city auditorium. But no Gol¬
den Gate.
The reason: Golden Gate’s
version is that they were dis¬
criminated against when they
went in the popular Fred Har¬
vey restaurant to toe served in
the diiner which was open for
patrons and were asked to sit
at the counter. They refused
as they desired table service
and there was plenty of room.
They also refused to sing that
night and the disappointed
police department of this town
of some 10.000 had no concert.
The Golden Gate told an Asso¬
ciated Negro Press reporter
that their contract forbid dis¬
crimination and that they were
simply going according to
Hoyle.
In an interview with W. A.
Kennedy, manager of the res¬
taurant chaim, which is known
for its liberal policies for all
patrons, he said the waitress
simply seated the group and
that all patrons of the restau¬
rant recognize this as the duty
of jr red Harvey employes. He
S fjated that he himself ___ had of
l ^ ked to fiit at ihe
Baptist church.
• • * *
Graxid Lecturer P. B. Eichel-
visited recently. the Chatf^: l^Bcral at
from the nearby chap¬
ters were present. As usual,
Mrs. E chelberger made a last¬
ing all present, impression who for join good in highly upjm
commending her. v> i
The Rev. Bto. W. A. Tinker
of Fitzgerald made a trip to
the city last Saturday in in¬
terest of Englewood Lodge No.
399. Bro. Tucker is an ardent
Mason and interested in his
lodge. ' >i
Grand Master Dobbs is on
the constant go in restoring
lodges and reinstating brothers
who fell by the wayside., .He
will be able to render a glowing
report to the Grand Lodge.
A number of the Shriners
are inclined to hold monthly
rather than bi-monthty’ ges-
sions. No doubt, this JSL" be
considered at the next g.
The Eastern Star Chapters
are bestiring themselves.
counter. He added tlifiShey malfi
serve sometimes as as
190 colored persons per fday
and never before was thefe a
complaint.
DELIVERS ALUMNI
ADDRESS
Tuskegee - *-* Institute, ----- ’ ~ ,
Homer M - Griffin delivered tie
alumni address on the occasion
of the 20th anniversary ' feuft
ton of the class of 1’926' at
special exercises which weye
in the institute chajrnl
Saturday evening. Thq^cxcr-
cises are held annually lit con¬
nection with the activities
commemorating the life afld
work of Booker T. Washington,
founder of Tuskegee Institute.
V,; |n *
IMr. Griffin is pronrriejit
civic affairs in Washington
and js a leader in Tuskcgie
alumni activities at the ca$-
tal. ■ -'i i
m »
At the conclusion of his ad¬
dress, Mr. Griffin presented
president Patterson with la
substantial contribution whiflh
caane from the members of the
class as an expression of thqir
interest in and their love fbr
their alma mater and for the
service than the school is ren¬
dering the Negro and tlie n4-
tion.
t 1 I I H I *
Files of The Savannah
Tribune
FIFTY YEARS AGO
APRIL 18, 1896 •> i
Knox Presbytery met at EJs»a
Presbyterian church last weeji.
Committee chase where appointed to pur¬
lot Ezra churoh
now stands. *
v
• * *
Revival at Second unabat¬ BapUit
church continues with
ed interest.
Robert W. Spaulding
Sarogox-a Royall married aL,tl
bride's residence near Thun
bolt Monday evening.
Presbyterian Rev. H. B. Wilson at-*fc^fl- of tl^e
church
rick died on Tuesday night, i
• * • • •
Lone Star Cadets celebrated
its anniversary by parade lalt
Monday.
Capt. E. A. Williams of tine .1
Forest City Light Infantry nJ-
s:gned. !