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AN ALTERNATIVE
The States rights Democrats have made
public a four point program of action to
be followed at the Democratic national
convention which repeats their intentions
as regards the President’s program of
civil rights It also re-affirms their atti¬
tude towards having Negroes enjoy the j
rights and privileges under democratic
government. Their stubborn fnWmm resistant
to any propositions for the federal govern¬
ment to guarantee those rights and priv¬
ileges upon the grounds that to do so would j
be an invasion of states rights is notorious. |
They proclaim vigorously their right to
be left to handle such matters within the
frame of Southern tradition. If they are
sincere about it, why have they failed to
set in motion a program to remedy the
evils complained of, comparable with the
program to resist the President’s recom¬
mendations. Rights
The evils upon which the Civil
Committee based their findings \ and mom- ....... ,1
mendations are known to be genera ;
throughout the South. ‘ > u '\ c.m <
have been the basis for calling conventions
either --------- on — state ------ or - regional level to devise
and means for relieving . v Nejnoes. T . *u n
ways handicaps and
vDrst sufferers, of the w-!
justices which Southern tradition
es upon them.
Judging by the conduct of some hUU* , , .
it seems lair to cond.tde thatthey do l
not intend to make conditions an> bittu.
The governor 01 Mississippi has told Nt-
state groes that who they expect had equal betUi citizen go s ly|) ni hi;
• •
Court as to Negroes right to vote in
maries. We are not *0 sure that Georgia
SA3 bas given up the search tor a similaj <. S -
small wonder that such a thing was
tempted, when a likely candidate tor th ■
governorship says he believed "it propri
for registrars to bar Negroes from voting
while allowing illiterate whites to vote.”
The same man said, “1 believe that 80 or
90 per cent of our white citizens should
vote. I don’t think more than lO^or 1>
. . vote.’
per cent of our Negroes should
The Committee on Civil Rights, speaking
of the Boswell Amendment, calls it a la-
miliar Southern phenomenon,” and say ;
further. ‘‘The tradition is to ignore such
test with respect to white voters but to
apply them to Negroes—literally, where
of eliminating _
there is any possibility fraudulently, where
them under the test;
they meet the test.”
The list of infractions against basic hu¬
man rights, say nothing of civil rights, is
a long one much of which has been going
on while the Southern governors were in¬
veighing against the President’s Ch'* 1
Rights Program; while they were vocifer¬
ously proclaiming their ability to b o
their problems satisfactorily, and while
they were broadcasting to the v >vld now
•rood racial relations are in their states,
and how well Negroes are being treated
We propose as an alternative to berm ,
the Democratic party, as far as the t a a
Rights Program is concerned, mat tne
Southern governors draw a Program
solemnly proclaiming their intention to
abolish the poll tax. to put teeth into then
laws against lynching, to abolish the
Refuses To Admit Negro
To Society
LOUISVILLE (ANP) — Mem¬
bers of the Jefferson County
Medical Society here turned
down an amendment to their
constitution which would call
for the admission of Negro
medics to the society in a iwo-
heur session this week
Dr. Joseph C Be’.:, president,
said a large number of members
voted for the amendment. Ear¬
lier this year in January, the
group had voted to admit Ne
groes. but officers ruled the
vote illegal because of a tech¬
nicality in the by-laws which
says that no amendment can
be vated upor* an the same day
it is introduced.
Accbrding to Dr. Hart Hagar.
chairman of the public
of segregation, to work for 1 fab*’employ¬
tices, ,
ment prac apd to correct all wliich other
forms of injustice and inequalities of
Negroes ate victims,
WATCH YOUR .STEP! '
The old saying that '‘the woods is full
of them” may be literally the gospel truth
about <he political situation in Savannah
and Chatham county in the next few days.
! There are three parties now on the scene,
and there is a probability that a fourth
may be developed soon. The upshot of
the whole thing is that the Negro vote will
be the target of all of them with the result
that it may be hopelessly split to pieces
Such an event will ruin its effectiveness
This must not be. There is only one way
to prevent this from happening. Our lead¬
ership must become united; personal am-
Oition must be sacrificed..............- If it can rise to
high level of unselfishness which the
situation __________ demands, ____________, _______ it will achieve ________ a glory
which unborn ^ generations will acclaim. Out*
wjtJ? a tremendoU8 n> .
eponsibility. It It confronts confronts a a ...________ sober challenge.
Some candidates have already announc¬
ed. We know their. records. The issues
they espouse and the platform upon which
they stand will be available soon, in ample
time, to be weighed and analyzed before
any commitments are made. We can not
urge too strongly that the voters keep
themselves informed as the situation de¬
velops further, so that they may be able
to vote intelligently, and for the best inter¬
est of our community. We must remem¬
ber that carelessness and indifference and
complacency can lose for us all we have
gained. We must so keep ourselves that
we can hold our leaders responsible for
whatever wnaiever their meir leadership ieauei brings us to.
yy x Yfni YOUR STEP!
It may be difficult for all of tljose who
have received subpoenas to be present at
j.j 1t Municipal Auditorium on Monday to
confirm their registration, but every
run should he there to prove his ^ iRnl
to vote. with Go the to registrars the Auditorium in their and effort cooper- to.
ate
get a true registration list of voters. Many
who receive subpoenas will need some urg¬
ing to attend the meeting. The churches
can render a real service in this matter.
We believe they will.
It must be gratifying to the African
Methodists, especially in Georgia, that there
, ir( , v ,yji an t and courageous laymen in the
, hureh |;| mwho who haVe have tho the interest interest of of the de-
nomination at heart. However well inten-
p^med pj u > attempt to secure separate incor-
u ration for the connection in Georgia, the
wh() 1)( ,jj eve( i to the contrary mov¬
>.| promptly ' and succeeded in having the
. )plk . ation withdrawn. A sapipljng file^gy , of
)inion HmonK ,, yth laymen and .the
' membership
, t( , iMlk . att , tha , t he m
„ ,,, rra j W aKa j nH t the idea 'of. separate in.
( . ir(5orali ,m which they regarded as an ef-
fort to separate them from t,he general
.evrmjn FT FCTION'’ '
^ * f ‘ (1 £ wj \ liJitc J ia i hwijcd “ftfch-
Kl. ction” was clipped from ,t
V.rtjln* .late, Jan,: .2,
The election of a Negro citizen, to
the new City Council of Richmond,
Va., is a good omen for the South and
the Negro, who is over 30 per cent
of the population of the City of Rich¬
mond. That the candidate is an edu¬
cated person and a young man is especial¬
ly important, for, from the age of thir¬
ty-one, he can look forward to long
years of service to his people and to
his community as a whole. It is sig¬
nificant that he ran ahead of seventeen
white candidates in some of the white
neighborhoods that were included in
his district. This condition points of to
a getting away from the fears
"black domination,” and from the
evils of “self-determination” and “bal¬
ance of power” by the Negro popula¬
tion, the fears that precipitated the
worst years following the Civil \N ar.
Other Southern communities have
turned away from the old ways in the
post-war years, in the fields of educa¬
tion. public office and police protection.
Nansemond ( ounty, \ a., has a Negio
member of the Hoard of Supervisors,
and Negroes are already members of
the c tv government in two cities of
North ‘ Carolina. Nashville, which
turned to the employment of Negroes
for the police force, has apparently
bestowed upon them full police pow-
ers. These are small beginnings, but
the general direction is good for the
whole nation.
ions committee,
ed against the amendment d d
o on two founts: 1. Since seg¬
regation still exists in schools
and churches and public insti¬
tutions in Louisville the society
is “not quite ready” to admit
'■oloreri members. 2. It would
not be right to force Negro
membership on the state society
uutil it could meet and make
a decison for itself. The state
group has not met since the Ne-
jro question arose-
Those against segregation ar¬
gued that the society wanted to
aid other members of the med¬
ical profession in advance in
scientific _________ knowledge. _________„ Dr - - Ha -
gan added that many members
Negro medical men to
be invited to the society meet
ings. Bell
It was pointed out by Dr.
_______
hat before the war colored phy-
sicians had attended the
group's meeting!? when th*>y
were held j at n t- noMorol General Virtcniidl hospital,
but none had been invited since
the war. Since the w.n
society has held its meetings
at the Pendennis club.
ANP Correspondent
On President's Special
WASHINGTON (ANPi— Mrs
Alice Dunnigan, ANP's Wash¬
ington correspondent, is aboard
President Truman’s west bound
special. This is the first time
that a Negro woman corres¬
pondent has accompanied a
President on a tour
Mrs Dunnigan will cover both
the political aspects and wom¬
en's angles for newspapers re¬
ceiving ANP service.
THE SAVANNAH XAUntins
THE AMERICAN WAY
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Miamian First Nesrro GOP
Delegate From Florida
MIAMI r ANP' David A
Douglas, manager cf the Miami
district of lice of the Atlanta
Life Insurance company, vvv
notified here last week by the
secretary of state for Florida
he had been named as
at large to the R pub-
Mean National convention w ear,
convenes convene , June Jlllle 21 21 In m Philadel- 1
phia . Qne of foHr chos ■en frem
a field of thirteen, Dougias hn
ished In second place and be
comes the first Nagrc to fa
such a coveted honor in a C J
primary election in Florida
is chairman of ,.a
RECEIVE HONORARY DE¬
GREES Honorary degrees o f
doctor of divinity were confer-
red on two prominent Baptis'
c ierg v men, Drs. Guy Bellamy.
» '
Perry . by
whitc and E w . *
klah0I na school of religion,
Langston, Okla., during its
spring o> , > .. rMr convocation recently.
The degrees were bestowed up¬
on the ministers ior their work
in festering goodwill and um
derstanding between white ant
Negro Baptists in the state, as
well as leading the fight fo:
unity among both races through
out the south. Dr. Perry Is
ALPHAS SCHOLARSHIP
DANCE FRl. NIGHT
The annual scholarship dance
sponsored bv Beta Phi Lambda
chapter. Alpha Phi Alpha fra-
ternitv. will be held this Fri-
jday night, June 18 at Coconut
Negro Republican club of Dade
county; member of the advis-
iry comm tire of the American
I* J Civ; :'. National Negro In-
uui’.cc A expiation, Adelpfiian
11 Association of Business
md Profession;.1 Men of Miami,
aid en dm 13-man advisory
’omniitce cf the city comm s-
ion of M ami, and is financial
cretary of the Eienezir Meth-
'dist church,
GOP delegates were voted up-
11 through 07 counties cl the
ate during the May 4 GOP
oastor of Tabernacle Baptist
•hurch, Oklahoma City, form-
rly headed the Oklahoma State
Baptist convention, and is vice
.rtsidem-at-largo of the Na-
ioxal Baptist Convention of
’ S A Inc. and Fraternal
Council of Negro Churches of
Christ in America D*. Bel¬
lamy is superintendent of mis¬
sions in Oklahoma county for
the state* Baptist General con¬
dition, and serves with the
ii sion be ard of the Southern
Baptist convention. He is the
first white person to receive
n honorary degree from the
, -hocl. (ANP *
Grove.
Due to an error in previous
announcements regarding tnis
entertainment, those persons
having secured tickets dated
June 25 will be admitted. Tick¬
ets may be secuured from any
of the local Alpha men or ar
the door.
V_ rfr VA
■
to stup: in california-
Mrs. Willie Grant Edwards,
principal of Fmrance School,
left on Saturday for Los Ange-
•les. California, and other points
n the west. Mrs. Edwards, while
away plans to do work toward
a doctor's degree in educatio.:
at the University of California
f he will be away until August
returning ny way of Chicago
„o visit relatives and friends-
Mrs. Edwards wos accompanied
as far as New Orleans by Miss
Georgetta Green.
Star Notes :
Masonic-Eastern !
June 24 will be St.
Day. Sunday will be the
to it- That day will be cele-
brated. All of the local lodges
will join in the celebration. Th
sisters cf the Eastern Star will
do so in a body The lodges
will gather at the- Temple on
Gwinnett street and march in
a body to St. Philip Monumen¬
tal church, Hull street, where
the observance will be held
Past Master Geo. H. Hayes wdl
be in charge of the occasion.
The cttndance is expected to
be large.
The Grand Chapter, order of
Eastern Star will meet in Ma-
’on beginning Monday night,
lune 28, lasting unt'l wsdnes-
it ? Y YEARS AGO
S tic Hi munah
irttiMii*
JUNE 11, 1838
Grand Master M. C. Parker
:f Rome, of the G. U O. of O
F.,t. visited (he city and cntcr-
a ned by the local lodges.
Represent;' lives from Chat¬
ham, Bryan and Tattnall coun¬
ties met at Groveland, where
the Interdenominational Sun¬
day School Convention was or¬
ganized.
Sunday School Chautaqua
held at Hinesville last week.
Instead of buying a new site
ior colored cemetery, the com¬
mittee on health decided to
grade the adjoining part of
laurel Grove for that purpose.
Dr. Lafayette Back
In City
Dr. A. S. LaFayette, who has
been out of the city for sever¬
al days attending the dental
eminar at the School of Den-
,.i d y of' Howard university
and witnessing the graduation
exercises at the university, re¬
turned to the city early this
week.
Willie Reed, Star
Modern Farmer
The State New Farmers o'.
America coniorer.ee convened
at Camp John Hope, near Fort
Valley, May 8 and 9, where 85
schools met to compete in the
annual contests.
Students from the Woodville
high school at Savannah par¬
ticipated in the various con¬
tests. The school was repre¬
sented by the following pupils:
Quuartet singing, Alvin Modest,
George Stewart, Jacob Wallace
and Curtis Cooper; Dublic
speaking, James Janihette; stai
tnocVirn fadmer and dairying
Willie Reed.
The most exciting mcmem
to the Woodville representation
was when Willje Reed was
awarded first place as star
modern farmer of Georgia, and
second place in public speak¬
ing and quartet singing.
The boys were accompanied
by their adviser. Jame^, £ lu-
ten. Mrs. 6. M Tompkins is
principal of the Woodville
sch ° o1 - _____I liill
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RETURNS HOME—Miss Geor¬
getta Green has returned home
after spending several months
visiting her god-parents, Mr.
ar.d Mrs. James J Edwards of i
East Henry street. Miss Green !
served as transcript clerk in the
office of the registrar at Geor¬ I
gia State College while in Sa¬
vannah. Miss Green’s pleasing
personality and congenial smile
gained for her many frhnds
among the younger set. Sev¬
eral of her friends called on
Friday to wish her a pleasant j
journey. Miss Green left Sat¬
urday morning for New Orleans.
dav, the 30 h. The chapters
be largely in ev.derwe.
The Grand Ledge Communi-
, cation at Columbus was a-1 that
coll ] c j be eX pected_ The repre¬
sentatives left with the inten¬
tion of making the coming year
the best of them all. ;
All of the brothers were in-
spired to greet Bro. K. H. Terry |
son of the lamented Grand
Master W. E Terry. All of us
are proud of this son of a
grand master. No other son i
cf a grand master has meas¬
ured up to him by showing his
interest in the order. For years
; he was faithful as a member
and officer of Lewis Hayden
Lodge No 6 at Columbus. CLh-
sens should do likewise.
1938 Beach
Class Reunion
The ten-year reunion of the
Beach-Cuyier June class ot
1938 was symbolized by ihe pre¬
sentation of a fifty dollar schcl-
an.nip to Charles Moultrie,
highest ranking boy in the
June, 1948, graduation class.
This .presentation was made by
Benjamin Lew s.
This ciass is organized un¬
der the name, Les Reunion, The
el.iicers are: Howard McKin¬
ney; Mrs. Nellie Hart McKin¬
ney, secretary; Benjamin Lew¬
is, treasurer and business
manager; Mrs. Evelyn Eobs
May, organizer and correspond¬
ing secretary. The active mem¬
bers arc Miss Melissa E. Lewis,
Mrs- Mamie Moore Hart, Mrs.
Burnetta Porter Davis, Mrs.
Jennie Emails Alexander, Mrs.
Janie Johnson Green, Mrs.
Gladys Bryant Huff, Mrs. Ame¬
lia Washington Howard, Chas.
McIntosh, George B. White, Eu¬
gene Eason, James Green and
Julian Nagle.
Because of the many accom¬
plishments made by the mem¬
bers of the class the club wO
celebrate with a banquet in the
private dining hall of Cate
Lincoln Inn July 3. All class
i members who are interested
are asked to be present June
! is at th home of Mrs. Mamie
Moore Hart, West 38th street.
PATTON POST
ELECTS DELEGATES
At the regular meeting of
the Geo. S. Patton Post, Amer¬
ican Legion, which was field
at the West Broad St. YMCA
Friday night, June 11, and
which is under the leadership
of Commander Joseph s. Riv¬
ers, the following delegates to
the State Convention of the
American Legion to be held in
Atlanta June 24-28. were elect¬
ed; Joseph s. Rivers, com¬
mander; Owen H. Brown, ser¬ |
vice offlaer; William E|yant.
Duncan J. Scott, finance offi- j
ccmmander: William Wilder;
•
cer; Robert Deloach, senior vice
command tr; /William Wildet:
alternates. McGee Brown, Rob¬
ert Mitchell and William An¬ |
derson.
This is expected to be one
of the largest state conventions
in the history of the organiza¬
tion. *
IT PAYS TO
ADVERTISE IN
THE TRIBUNE ,
Bainbridge Church
Gets A Musical
Tower
Nelson Chapel AME church
of Bainbridge observed a Fel-
liwship Week, June 7-13, in
which five churches were in¬
vited to participate, including
Arnett Chapel AME church of
Quincy, Fla. Under the, pas¬
torate of the Rev. A. H Arm-
ster, the members have just
completed a $24,000 building
program in which a modern
heating plant was installed and
the seating capacity of the
church doubled. Jackson and
Jackson contractors of Bain¬
bridge, and Oren Smith, archi¬
tect cf Columbus, were respon¬
sible for the work.
Last Sunday was Hy.necom-
ing Sunday with a special ded¬
ication service. Dr. and Mrs.
J. H. Griffin, members of.ithe
church, presented a public -tid-
dress system and a music ’tdw-
cr with Carillion Chimes In
memory of their parents, the
late Dr. and Mrs. J. W F. John¬
son and Robert Griffin, Sr-,
and in honor of Mrs. Mary E.
Griffin, who still lives. The
dedicatory sermon was deliver¬
ed by the Rev. H Vernon Green,
presiding elder of the Bain¬
bridge district.
The members of Nelson Chap-
el in thanking Dr. and Mrs.
for their foresightedness
and love for their dear ones and
comrades stated that their for¬
mal acceptance of these beauti¬
ful gifts would serve as a me¬
morial to remind them that
good lives will be remembered
and cherished-
Dr. and Mrs. J. H Griffin
own and operate the Johnson
Memorial Hospital, 319 Water
street, in Bainbridge. One of Dr.
Griffin's brothers, Dr. David
Griffin, is associated with him.
Another brother, E- W Griffin,
lives at 620 1-2 West 36th St.,
! n Savannah.
Si. John Eapiist
To Honor Fathers
Honoring fathers yesterday
and today, the members of ,St.
John Baptist church will spon¬
sor an interesting Father’s (jay
program at the morning ser¬
vices Sunday, June 20. The
public is invited to witness this
program which will begin .at
11:15 o’clock and will feature
talks by T. H. Hamilton, presi¬
dent of the and Cosmopolitan .Em¬
•fit Society O L. Dougras, igres,
principal pro tern of the Beach-
Cuyler high school.
The pregram in its entirety
is as follows: Master of cere¬
monies, Benjamin Lewis; org|tn
voluntary, church organist; pro¬
cessional, church choir; “Praise
God From Whom All Blessings
Flow,” congregation; lOpth
Psalm, congregation; invoca¬
tion, Dea. W. A. Flournoy; Con¬
gregational chant, Sweet. Fatlilrs HBur
of Prayer; processional,
of Today, selection, choir; sljfrt
talk, T. H. Hamilton; vocal
sole, John Berrien; selection,
Mayflower quartet; short talk,
C. L. Douglas; solo, Dea wfljlie
Robinson; sermon, Rev. E>0.
S. Cleveland, pastor; invoca¬
tion, Dea. Robert Denmark; se¬
lection, choir; offertory, an¬
nouncements, benediction.
Assigned To L. A. V«. Vi
College Staff
DCF ANGELES (ANP)—Ar¬
chie A. Hairston became* jthe
:econd Negro to be added to the
?teU of the East Lcs Anp.Ses
junior college last week vVben
was appointed employment di¬
rector of the school. *
v
A former piano teacher &nd
vocational educational counsel¬
lor at Jefferson High, he S*as
personnel assistant of the -Los
Angeles city schools. He Se®ed
five years as a personnel diagc-
tor in the army.
On his new job he will place
students in technical and scfM-
technical permanent or part-
time jobs- He lives with Tils
wife, Helen. if
PFAS 3 CANS FOR 33c;
NOT 33c PER CAN
In the June 3rd issue of The
Savannah Tribune, an adygr-
tisement was puublished •'for
Milbob’s Market, corner West
Broad and Waldburg streets,' in
which Early June No 2 Can
Peas were listed at 33 cerjU a
can. This was an error ^ape
by the publisher. This vege^Sble
should have been listed as 3
can for 33 cents. The manage¬
ment of Milbob’s wishes _his
customers to know that ,his
prices are always fair and du¬
ally cheaper than found else¬
where. Read his advertisenffent
weekly on page 8 of this pdfter.