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THE GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE
All of Savannah, and a large part of the
state, know that the Savannah Tribune is
deeply interested in Georgia State College
and the total welfare of the youth of our
great state, therefore it is very gratifying
to us to note that the new president of the
college is making a particularly fine im¬
pression upon our citizens. Mr. Colston’s
address at The Hub’s luncheon meeting
last Wednesday was calculated to win the
hearty support of that dynamic organiza¬
tion in the promotion of the program he
outlined. The hopes, nay the yearnings,
of our citizens for an opportunity to claim
the college as “our college,” and to share
in its loyalties, and to exult heartily in
its successes are about to be realized. Mr.
Colston believes, as we have
(ways believe d, that a college
n ’order to fulfill its true mission, must
not only achieve high academic goals, but
must also indentify itself with the activi¬
ties of the community, unselfishly offering
to it the kind of leadership and direction
that an efficient professional personnel
should be amply able to supply.
Our long cherished hope that Georgia
{■State College should become a well admin¬
istered A-grade college is already in the
process of realization. The president as¬
sures us that it is the intention of the
Board of Regents, and his as well to estab¬
lish strong courses in liberal arts, physical
education, and technical training, with
.rfc^sonable emphasis on health and athlet¬
ics. In addition to this, the long neglected
possibilities of an abundant and luxurious
fiatural setting, will be refined and de¬
veloped so that the campus will become one
the most beautiful in the country.
The Board of Regents, the president,
and the community, working together for
♦he best interests of Negro boys and girls,
•will be an unbeatable team. The Tribune
pledges its hearty cooperation.
A PROPHECY COME TRUE
^ United States District Judge Waring
* rendered a decision in favor of George El¬
* more, who took the South Carolina white
■ primary subterfuge to court to te^t its
*
* validity. The decision was not nnexpecl-
ed bv people in Georgia who opposed so
strenuously a similar law, the advocacy of
which was the main plank in the platform
upon which the late Eugene Talmadge bas¬
ed his campaign for the governorship.
His strong faith that such a law would
* * hold, was based upon what he interpreted
Judge Sibley to mean when he ruled that
l the party could conduct its primaries as
club affairs to get around a previous U. S.
Supreme Court decision rendered in the Tex¬
as case.
We have never understood how a private
club could set up rules to cover the elec-
j tion of public servants who are to admin-
i ister the affairs, not of a private club but
of all the citizens. The statement of Judge
] Waring is clear on this point. He said:
i 1 “To say that there is any material
t ! difference in the governance of the
t 1 Democratic party in this state prior to,
l : and subsequent to, 1944, is pure sophis¬
try ... I am of the opinion that the
present Democratic party in South Car¬
olina is acting for and on behalf of
the people of South Carolina; and that
b the primary held by it is the only
vi practical place where one can express
a choice in selecting federal and other
officials”
i,; But despite the decision of Judge War-
ing. die-hards in both South Carolina and
Georgia are looking to the U. S. Supreme
Gourt to which this decision will be appeal-
1 sd, to render a contrary opinion. One
Georgia citizen, high in councils of the de-
; 'eated wing of the party, thinks the South
Carolina decision will have no effect on
oublic opinion in Georgia. Another still
Relies ^ky’s decision on his in interpretation the Primus of King Judge case. Sib-
n We hope the Democratic ]>arty in South
"arolina will hasten its appeal to the U. S.
WRipreme Court so that a decision may be
j^ndered by it, which we believe will con-
jjj'rm voting Judge Waring’s issue and in thus the remove election Ne- of
ro as an
)48. An alternative hope is that the South
ill accept and work in agreement with
te spirit and intention of the following
atement of Judge Waring:
[ *the “Racial distinctions cannot exist in
machinery that selects the offi¬
cers and lawmakers of the United
fates; and that all citizens of this
j£ and country are entitled tc ba.“t
■A VANN AH TRIBUNl
a free and untrammeled ballot in our
elections, and if the only material and re¬
alistic elections are clothed with the name
‘primary’ they are equally entitled to
vote there.”
The Negroes of South Carolina have
begun a drive for 100,000 voters This
is their response to the new situation cre¬
ated by their victory over the latest de¬
vice to be employed to keep them from
voting.
The decision of Judge Waring has im¬
portant implications for Negroes all over
the south and only the poll tax is left to
prevent Negroes from voting. Of course
it is to be expected that “our friends” will
look for some other device by which to
keep Negroes from voting. Some ingen¬
ious southern statesman will have a de¬
vice ready in the event poll tax as a re¬
quisite for voting is outlawed. This at
present is a remote possibility. As long
as the filibuster tactic is permitted to be
used in the U- S. Senate, and as long as
the South remains in the saddle (for it
seems not to have lost its influence over
the rest of the nation, politically, at least),
there will be no anti-poll tax legislation in
the Senate. Perhaps, this situation may
be remedied when the Negro voters in
pivotal states, recognize the necessity for
retiring Senators who will not find a way
to control filibustering. This action will
have to be undertaken without regard to
party affiliation. Of course, it must be
realized that the first concern of these vot¬
ers, very naturally, will be their immedi¬
ate needs and interests, yet there are enough
issues of national significance to challenge
the loyalty and spirit of sacrifice of every
Negro in the country, no matter where he
lives. Southern Negroes can help them¬
selves a great deal. In South Carolina
they have already begun to organize for a
drive to secure a large registration of Ne¬
gro voters. Georgia must do the same
thing. We should register 500,000 Ne¬
groes in Georgia, and the machinery should
be set up at once to accomplish this- We
are disappointed that a better organiza¬
tion of Negro voters in Chatham Coun¬
ty has not been achieved. At present the
precinct is the largest unit of organiza¬
tion a situation which encourages a dan¬
gerous decentralization of leadership, a
situation which, if not corrected, will tend
to vitiate the good effects attained as a
result of last summer’s upsurge of inter¬
est that was spontaneous.
We do not know why the leaders have
not taken organization beyond the precinct
stage. They must have good reason for
not having district and county organiza¬
tions. At any rate, whatever the organi¬
zation, the goal for 1948 should be 25,000
Negro voters in Chatham County. And a
larger task is that of instructing them in
the rudiments of government, in what con¬
stitutes intelligent voting, in the value of
voting to the voter himself and to the
community. The responsibility for ac¬
complishing these things, is upon the lead¬
ers. We hope they realize it.
The announcement bv Judge Houlihan
that the County Commissioners intend to
oreak up thuggery and hoodlumism in
the county outside the city limits, receives
the hearty commendation of all law-abid¬
ing citizens in the county. With the city
and. county officers together: i on the coriw
hiph ptil’pd^t* of making ’’drill keeping Sa¬
vannah and Chatham County a Safe and
celan place in which to live, there can be
no doubt that thugs and hoodlums will
find it an unsafe and unhealthy habitat in
which to ply their ugly trade-
The incident of the wanton attack upon
a couple near one of the highway night¬
spots, a few nights ago somehow or other
served to arouse law-enforcement officers
into much needed and too long delayed ac¬
tion- This incident is in a way a minor
thing, especially when it is remembered
that a respectable young colored woman
was murdered, some months ago, under
conditions Which bear the earmarks of the
work of thugs. This is an unsolved mur¬
der. There have been other cases, two
of which have not been given publicity be¬
cause it has been difficult to get the in¬
formation into the shape that would war¬
rant it- It happens that in these two
cases, as it often does where Negroes are
concerned, witnesses in one instance could
not testify for understandable reasons, and
in the other the witness suddenly left the
city. city
The Tribune is gratified that the
and county governments intend to make it
possible for citizens to be anywhere, any
time, without dread of attack by maraud¬
ing bands of thugs.
WHY WERE THE SAINTS, SAINTS?
By Ruth Taylor
“Why were the saints, saints? Because
they were cheerful when it was difficult
to be patient, and because they pushed on
when they wanted to stand still, and kept
silent when they wanted to be disagreeable.
That was all- It was quite simple and al¬
ways will be.”
This motto hangs over my desk and is
a daily reminder when things pile up and
my temper begins to fray at the edges.
Fbr the days of the saints are not past.
The need for saintly people was never
greater than it is today.
Today we need cheerful people—those
who can be cheerful when it is difficult tc
be so, who are more interested in bringing
happiness and prosperity to others than
in getting what they themselves want.
Today we need patient people—those
_yh.j cS— pider c__ Y-l- &:
_ SINGER ,
saying that _ "THEY . NEVER,
tried to Disprove the old CAME
COME BACK' —THE FORMER LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION
OUT OF A 4-VEAR RETIREMENT TO TRY*TO REGAIN H/S
LOST LIGHTWEIGHT LAURELS.
Amateur’s Handbook, by
A. Frederick Collins
This is a complete and prac¬
guide to radio construction
repair. The simple langu¬
of this book assumes that
amateur knows very little
radio,
GALLERY, edited by
Ellery Queen
This is a basic anthology of
stories, and the first of
kind, a crook story is “de¬
in reverse ” The theme
this anthology is CRIME not
These thirty-two
by various well known
are of great criminals
moden fiction with an as¬
of murders, confidence
pickpockets, card sharp¬
racketeers and highwayv
The famous Ellery Queen
serves as a piqu¬
sauce to each, criminal
WASTELAND, by Jo Sinclair
The hardships and poverty
this author, Miss Sinclair,
known helped her to write
her first novel, with sym¬
and deep understanding.
the year that she wrote
the Harper prize
for 1946, she lived on ten
not need to rush through to the end, who
do not have to have everything happen at
once just as they want it.
Today we need persevering people—those
who will push on when they are so tired
they want to stand still, who will carry
through the task before them even when
heart and body fail, who do not give up
under fire or criticism or complaint.
1 odav we need thoughtful people as
well as those who know when to talk and
when to be still. We need agreeable peo¬
ple—those who are trained in the
habit of being kind and courteous even
when tempted to be disagreeable- We
need self controlled people—those who will
not fall into the traps of hatred toward
any group, whether it be of class or creed
or color.
( all them saints if you will, it is those
kind of people we need today, and it is the
kind of sainthood that is within reach of
every one of us. It is a daily task, a
daily problem. Try it for one day, and the
next, and the next. You may fail every
now and then. I do. Well all do—but, if
we keep on trying, the effort will become
a habit and we will find our problems solv¬
ing themselves.
Why were the saints, saints? Because
they kept on living w’hat they believed.
It was quite simple and it always will be.
XPORTSJ3F A FATS A ANDjDILSjP£B^AMiiY^Og^
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FAB CHURCH, WHERE THE ELKS REGIONAL ORATORICAL CONTEST WILL HELD
MONDAY NIGHT
PULLMAN PORTERS
GET NEW BOSS
WILMINGTON (ANP )— Thir¬
ty-six thousand workers have
a new boss now that the old
Pullman company they knew is
no more. The new boss, who
says that nearly all of the
workers will be retained in their
foriner capacities, is the group
of 57 railroads that bought out
the sleeping car business when
a federal agency ruled that the
Pullman folk had to give up
some part of their far flung
empire.
Begun in 1859 when George
Pullman put one sleeping car
on the old Alton railroad, the
organization was incorporated
eight years later in 1867.
The company extended oper¬
ations until 1900 when it had
absorbed into the Pullman com¬
pany, the last of the separately
owned and operated sleeping
car companies.
The Pullman pod system of
sleeping car service in 1946 op¬
erated about 6,500 sleeping cars
on nearly 1,400 lines extending
over the nation’s entire rail¬
road network.
The new owners have not
indicated whether the cars will
continue to be operated under
the name Pullman, nor have
they stated whether they in¬
tend to operate the cars thru
a new company or individually.
Although the majority of
Pullman porters in the past
have been Negroes, and their
organization is one of the
strongest unions, recently Fili¬
pinos have begun filtering into
the service and are on some of
the runs that were formerly
regarded as the best runs.
What happens now to the
Pullman porters remains with
the new owners who have not
indicated any policy, either to
employers or passengers.
FIGHT COP BRUTALITY
IN CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND, Cal. (ANPj—As
the newly foriqed Committee
Against Police Brutality, opened
its campaign demanding ait that
an official city commission be
established to investigate police
treatment of minority people, a
new case of mistreatment was
brought to light.
Louis J. Wilson, a member of
the CIO United Railroad work¬
ers, who works as a freight
handler on the Southern Pa¬
cific railroad, was arrested on
the job May 22 by two Oakland
plain clothes police inspectors.
He was taken to the Oakland
hall jail, locked up and held
for five days without bail and
no formal charges brought
against him.
Police termed it a routine
investigation. Wilson has no
police record.
He was refused permission
to call his wife and it was not
until four days later that he
was permitted to talk to any¬
He had no idea why he
was being held until the FBI
him with a man who
told them Wilson had given
a gun he allegedly possess-
The gun was government
and was said to have
stolen from freight in the
Pacific yards. This
was merely conjecture
both Wilson and his ac¬
had worked in the yards
the same time.
It was not until Wilson’s
wife eventually contact¬
the law-firm of Edises, Treu-
and Condon that the de-
was finally released
the action of
dollars a week contributed by
a benefactor. Confused, derelict
Jake Brown changed his name
to John, tried to withdraw
from his home, his family and
his race- With the doctor’s aid
he began to talk—talk of fa¬
ther and mother, who had nev¬
er seemed like parents, talk of
Laura, whom he had thought
he loved, talk of photography,
of his job- Jake’s wasteland was
left behind him as he talked —
a wasteland not very different
from the one most people
know at one time or another,
the torment and doubt, the
hidden fears which change and
color all our lives.
The Big Sky, by A- B. Guthrie
Jr.
Mr. Guthrie, the author of
this novel, was born in Indi¬
ana, reared in Montana and is
now a newspaperman in Ken¬
tucky. With his knowledge of
these three sections of the
country, he has placed the ac¬
tion of this lusty, brutal fron¬
tier story there. In defiance
of his father, seventeen-year-
old Boone Caucil left his home
in the Kentucky mountains,
escaped in the wild, fur-trap-
ping country of the upper Mis¬
souri river and took an Indian,
girl for a wife. He became
more savage than the Indians
themselves.
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1947 '
Lodges And Chapters Note*
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Twelve candidates named re¬
cently in Atlanta. The brother^
in the Capitol City are bestir¬
ring themselves.
Plaudits were given the Eas¬
tern Stars of Atlanta for the
prominent parts taken in
Brunswick at the Grand Chap¬
ter- They majored in the
crowning of the queen. Thi;
required study and application
Masonic Masters Visitors
Grand Master Cornelian R
Richardson of Indiana, presi¬
dent of the Grand Masters Con¬
ference of Prince Hall Masons
and Grand Master J. Weslej
Dobbs of Georgia, secretary o‘
the Grand Masters Conference
honored Cincinnati by thei
presence Thursday afternoor
while en route to Richmond
Indiana. Wilberforce and Co¬
lumbus. At Dabney’s office for
Robert Truehaft.
Wilson had somehow manag¬
ed to get word to his wife to
get in touch with the attorneys-
Federal District Judge Louis
Goodman last week dismissed
all charges against Wilson and
severely unbraided the FBI foi
bringing the case into court
since no evidence had been
presented-
When the Committee Against
Police Brutality petitions th<
city council for a full dress in¬
vestigation of police behavior
will have the case of Lou¬
is J. Wilson, among scores oj
others, to back up their de¬
mands.
VETS MAY RE-INSTATE
INS. UNTIL JAN. 1
William G. Cann, manager
sub-regional office
of the Veterans Administration
stated that the following, moh
important communication in
to reinstatement of Na¬
tional Services Life Insurance
was eceiverd by him recently
communication was dated
July 10, 1947, and was issued
by the Central Office of the
Veterans Administration, oi
D. C-:
“Veterans Administration to¬
announced that the liberal
privileges now in
for National Service Life
will be extended to
1, 1948. Until this an¬
nouncement was made, World
H veterans who had let
war time NSLI term pol¬
lapse for a period of more
three months had only to
i to reinstate them
generally having tc
a physical examination.
“The deadline was extended
give former policyholders
time in which to take ad¬
of picking up his gov¬
insurance by simply
that he is in as good
as he was at the time
lapse, and executing the re¬
application. Only two
premiums must accom¬
an application for rein¬
of term insurance.
“The deadline was extended
February to August 1. 1947.
the past five months
than £ 00.000 veterans
reinstated policies offer¬
upwards of three and one-
billion dollars of insurance
Mr. Cann. however, suggests
all veterans who have al-
their National service
Insurance to lapse, mu-
several hours, there was a molt
interesting exchange of wit,
wisdom, felicitations, congratu¬
lations, a veritable “feast f>f
reason and flow of soul.”
Then to the dinner at the
Mense, where the “THR 2,
GRACES” took a chance, aft ir
giving the delicious menu a
a glance. Sir Dobbs is a mopt
brilliant representative of Geor¬
gia, was mail clerk for many
years, a politician who raised
the colored voting registration
from 500 to 25,000! He is tlj
proud father of six daughter
who, like his wife, are highly
educated and linguistically add
pilgrimagistically, are at horde
in every part of the world ex¬
cept Africa.—Dabney in Cid-
cinnati Union.
Those in the knowing only
wish that they were membefs
of the party. j
state it immediately in order ♦
that they and their dependents {
will have the protection recognteed of thjs
insurance which is
by all insurance underwritfets
as the best insurance buy that
can be purchased today. !
ROCKETS SIGN
ANOTHER NEGRO
CHICAGO (AMP) James
Shephard, halfback from Texas,
■ollege, is the newest sepia acj-
lition to the Chicago Rockets
pro football roster. The Rock¬
ets open their training seasop.
his week in Two Rivers, Wid,
mder Coach. James Crowley
ind three assistants. Included
n the group are outstanding
wh’te players from various
southern institutions.
HOWARD HAS LARGEST
1UMMER SCHOOL
WASHINGTON, D. O. (ANHi
Howard university lias trie
largest enrollment this yeafr
that it has had in the histoi^
Df its 24 years of summer school,
according to Dr. Frank Snow¬
den, director. Of the 2,235 stu¬
dents enrolled, 1,195 are veter¬
ans.
Mrs. Janie write has been ill
or the last two weeks, but is
p to the delight of her many
riends.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
Files of The S» Ttaasii
Tribune
JULY 17, 1897
City conference on mortality |
planned in May by Rev. Thom- (
as G. Hazel of the First Con¬
gregational church, was Baptist belli
Tuesday at Second
church- Its o/fficeris wfrte
elected. Dr. Alice Woodby Mc-
Kane was made president; Mrs-
S. J. Butler, vice president; M.igj
C Emma Lewis, secretary.
Rev. A. L- DeMond tp
preach Sunday at the congre¬
gational church.
Prof. Nathan B- Young reap*-
teacher at Georgifi
State College.
It is reported that a colored
was elected worshipful
master of a white Masonic
lodge in New’ Jersey