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PAGE FOUR ii -- %y $mmrmk SHtowe. Established 1875 By J. H. DEVEAUX SOL C, JOHNSON_________Editor and MISS WILLA M. AYERS. Asst, to Pub. & Manager f, H. BUTLER --------- Asso. 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 Subscription Bate in Advance One Year Six Months ........................—$2.00 Three Months Remittance must be made by Express, Post Office Money Order or Registered Mail. WHICH IS IT? Governor Talmadge campaigned vig¬ orously for a measure to halt “Negro bloc voting.” The legislature, after much planning and amending, came up with a law' that virtually wiped out the old registration list of 1,200,000 voters and set up a new registration procedure with restrictive limitations to comply with the governor’s desire to permit as many white people and as few' Negroes as possible to register. The legislature passed the law, and set dates for its be¬ coming effective. The new law ran into difficulties al¬ most at once. Few counties, the rich¬ er ones, put the machinery for registra¬ tion into operation without much ado, but many counties failed for various rea¬ sons to carry out the provisions for reg¬ istering their citizens. The people gen¬ erally did not appear very enthusiastic about the new law, and very few are registered to date. Despite the fact that every effort was made to have the new law court proof, by omitting any allusions to race or color, weaknesses have been found in it, and one test case has been taken to court and another is oh the way. Aside from the probability that the law will be declared unconsti¬ tutional in some vital respects, top lieu¬ tenants of the governor are feeling that the new law is not an unmixed blessing for the powers-that-be, and they are not so sure that they want the new law to replace the old law, that is, they “would seek an amendment merely to add the new voting list to the old one-instead of replacing the old list entirely.” It ap¬ pears that the old list may not “be scrapped” in favor of the new list. This sort of uncertainty about the registration law' leaves the people con¬ fused. The whole thing sums up to this:: legislation is not the way to stop bloc voting; and it is very difficult to make a court proof law in a democracy to deny bona fide citizens of their rights and liberties. We shall have to wait on action from the legislature before we oan know' which registration list will be accepted for determining who are qual¬ ified voters. The law makers will tell how to avoid confusion in the use of both lists. THE IRWIN COUNTY SCHOOL CASE The press carried recently an article telling of Roy Harris’ reaction to the school suit in Irwin county and to the attitude of Mr. Cook, the state law partment, and the State Board of Edu¬ cation to appeal of Irwin county school officials’ request for financial aid in fighting the suit brought by 18 citizens. These citizens are asking for educational facilities, for their children be made equal to those of white children. This advice from the Richmond Dispatch to the counties of Virginia appropriate for counties in Georgia. was given at the conclusion of the against King George county, Virginia: “Now that precedents have been set in this county, the other counties of Vir¬ ginia should be canvassing their school problems and planning to equalize fa¬ cilities as expeditiously as possiblr The obligation is there and must be Much better feeling will be throughout the State if the move to meet it of their own free will, instead of waiting for suits to be filed on behalf of their Negro children.” Several statements of Mr. Harris in¬ terest us very much, chiefly because makes them. We have heard of many objections to giving Negroes equal edu¬ cational facilities and opportunities, but we have not heard this one: “Georgia’s public school system will be if the state did not fight the suit of Ir¬ win county Negroes asking for educational opportunities. We do not know that it will lie wrecked, but we do know that there will be a whoAe lot more hone for democracy in Georgia if every child is given equal facility and oppor¬ tunity to benefit from public school ed¬ ucation. This is a new objection. Furthermore, he says, ‘The suit should be defended regardless of whether we have a chance to win or not. It should be defended as a delaying action if for nothing else, for the protection of white children in the state.” This statement implies a doubt that the state can win the suit. It also im¬ plies that something will be taken from white children, or that harm will come to them by dealing justly with Negro children. This ideal is not new. It lurks somewhere in the resentment shown to- Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post office at Savannah, Ga., under the Act of March 3, 1879 National Advertising Representative: Associated Publishers 562 Fifth Ave. New York 19, New York - J*** ' ward a Negro who has a new automobile, nice new house, or in some localities who has a good farm, or who desires good ac¬ commodation in public places. The same thing obtains as to good jobs, skilled work, equal pay. action To defend the suit as a delaying also means that a large and discouraging burden will be imposed upon the limited financial resources of Negroes who are willing to make the sacrifice to go into court to fight for the rights which they should enjoy because they are entitled to them under the Supreme Law of the land. Again, Mjr. Harris says, ‘“any reason¬ able/ federal judge would give the state a reasonable number of years to provide equal educational facilities for Negroes,” and he puts the cost to do this at $150,- 000,000. This is another admission that the cause of the Irwin county Ne¬ groes is just. Why, then, not save the state the cost of fighting the suit? Why not advise the state and counties to begin now to correct a wrong of long standing? The fact that it will take this tremendous sum to equalize facili¬ ties indicates that inequalities have been allowed to run for a long time. For instance, the value of school property per pupil enrolled in Georgia 1945-46 was $200 for whites and $41 for Negroes. To equalize in this area alone would re¬ quire $41,198,649. It would be so much cheaper and pleasanter for competent persons to sit dow r n and seek just settle¬ ment in the matter of educational fa¬ cility and opportunity. “CHANGE OF ADDRESS” “Change of Address” is the title of the second printed report of the Hous¬ ing Authority of Savannah. The report, pamphlet in form, is a work of art. Ap¬ propriate pictures, photographs of real houses and people, give emphasis to the message which the Housing Authority gives to all who are interested in Savan¬ nah’s becoming a city which hopes to provide adequate and comfortable hous¬ ing to thousands of people w'ho have never lived outside of blighted and con¬ gested areas. The rejxirt gives in simple but strong and readable language, the high cost of poor housing and its effect upon public order and public health. Samples of the punch the context of the report contain are the following: “Third-rate housing usually produces only second-rate citi¬ zens at best . . . the slums also produce the greatest share of sickness and crime . . And in return for these heavy burdens on the city, Savannah’s slums produce the smallest yield of taxes.” “Wherever bad housing is replaced with good hous¬ ing, there is a sharp drop in the disease rate. But the Health Department can¬ not force people out of bad housing when there is no place for them to go. It is our opinion that much of the hous¬ ing in Savannah is beyond repair . . It has been estimated that nearly 10,000 dwellings have outside toilets.” “Slums exact a heavy toll from business and industry . . Every merchant in Savan¬ nah is losing trade because of the slums. Rents from slum properties often take too large a share of the tenant’s income and almost always exceed the true value of the miserable shelter. Money that goes to the slum landlord cannot be spent for shoes and soap, bread and meat . . . The slum landlord spends less for main¬ tenance than any other property own¬ er . . In short. Savannah’s slums rob the tenants, the merchants, the employees and the entire city. They contribute nothing but evil and they charge an out¬ rageously high price for that.” “Change of Address” tells how well the Housing Authority has tried to achieve the purposes of low-rent and slum clearance housing. It answers many questions as to the over-all cost to those who live in the projects in op¬ eration. as to the permanence of con¬ struction. as to their cost and contribu¬ tion to the city. Perhaps one of the most important features of the report is that dealing with the need for urban redevelopment and the method of accomplishing it. One primary need in this connection appears to be to make the citizens and the city government aware of the need and im¬ portance of urban redevelopment. The Housing Authority makes clear on page 88 of the pamphlet the steps that must be taken before anything can be done about redevelopment. We hope whatever is necessary to taking these steps will be done. IBB SAVANNAH WtIBUWW BETWEEN THE LINES By Dean Gordon B lancock for ANP Tin news that Russia has the atomic bomb need not occasion great surprise'. Even casual students of human affairs could not discount the way the Russians 'have been “talking back” to the western powers. A defenseless nation would not evince such doggedness as Russia has evinced without knowing how to protept itself, in case war ensued. Instead of our frenzy of jitters, it is quite probable that Russia’s possession of the atom bomb will contribute to the peace of the world. In fact, the peace of the world may be appreciably nearer, sii\ce the atomic mo¬ nopoly in which white supremacists irusted so implicitly is ended. When a man’s op¬ ponent is armed in kind, there is less chance of a fight to <a finish. Nobody in a given situation will easily resort tto deadly means if the opponent also has those same means. And herein lies the hope of the world; and what a futile hope it: is, depending upon the caprice of human nature which is in¬ herently capricious. Down through the ages nations have dared in the face of such facts as herein related, to attack other nations and history is replete with their rude awak¬ ening and their utter destruction. The tragic mistake was made whdn atomic fury was “Practiced” against hapless Nagasaki and Hiroshima. This was the; tragedy of tragedies. Here we are today suggesting an atomic race which gets no¬ body anywhere except to national bank¬ ruptcy or swift destruction. Here we are shaken with jitters all because we first prac¬ ticed human destruction with the atom bomb. This is a shame and a stain that) can never bo erased from the pages of history. More¬ over, the fact that the bomb was tried out on a darker people was double significance. If the bomb was to be pressed into service why was it used on the Japanese instead of the Germans who were in the midst of slaughtery millions of luckless Jews? Why was the bomb not dropped on the Germans who were repeaters in engulfing the nations in world wars? In the first place the bomb should never have been tuitped to human destruction, un¬ less it had been turned upon the world’s most dangerous nation, which most cer¬ tainly was Germany, the most ruthless and dabolical ol all the nations of history. The THE ROAD TO HEALTH By W. Roderick Brown, >1. D of Pittsburgh, Pa., for ANP DIET AND TB Jim Raymond looked reliev ed when I told him, iollowing his physical exam nation ana chest X-ray, that his pains meant indigestion. I was cer¬ tain that the correction oi some eating hab.t that was not agreeing with him would re¬ lieve his discomfort. But, for some reason J m seemed to hold back when I questioned him about ins diet. * Finally he told me that he had been “downing” t'hree or four raw eggs a day for the past few weeks and had taken very little food outside of that.’ In amazement, I asked him why. “Well, doctor,’ Jim looked at the floor as he answered me, "my grandmother died of tu¬ berculosis and I've always been afraid I'd .nherit it. When I got a bad cough recently,that had me really scared. I once heard tuat raw £ggs cured TB. so I startad taking them in :ase I was getting the disease.” Jim had good reason to avo d my eyes. Despite our friend¬ ship. he “just d.dn’t believe in doctor I had often warned Jim against his bad hab.t of "prescribing" for himself when he felt ill, and neglecting phy- s.cal examinations. But I felt now that he was embarrassed because he was beginning to suspect he was at fault. “You were wrong on several counts. Jim,” I told him. “First of all. no one inherits tubercu¬ losis The disease is caused by a germ wh.ch is spread from person to person. Of course, if sordid fact remains that the pouring out of the vial of wrath upon Japanese was a part of while supremacy picture. Even in met¬ ing out destruction upon mankind whites were to be “preferred.” But to all intents and purposes the atomic bomb as an instru¬ ment of human destruction for the eternal- ization of white supremacy is working in j reverse and herein lies the hopes of man¬ I kind, Unless sad brotherhood as it seems. regins the , atomic de- J struct.on of manakind is a certainty. It al! harks back to the teachings of Jesus Chr.st which formed the basis of he question which formed the basis of the quotation from the address I made before the Baptist World Alliance in Atlanta in 1939 when I observed “Men must be brotherized or they will be brutalized.” No machlnization of white .supremacists can make void the truth implied in t ie brotherhood teachings of the Son of God. In the final analysis it is white supremacy or Christ! Fortunately the socalled 'white nations are divided among themselves. This was divinely decreed even as was She ednfusion of tongues of Babel and human salvation resides in the brothcrization of mankind, which white su¬ premacy seeks to evade and avoid. It is hardly probable that the two titans among the nations will be so heedless and so rash as to involve the world in a warfare that easily may mean the extermination of mankind from the face of the earth. Yet the deepseated race prejudice of the Twen¬ tieth Century world poses a serious threat, even a super-threat, to the peace of the world, with its ldng evinsioned brotherhood among thq sons of men. It is fervently to be hoped that the leaders among the nations will take stock of the deadly implications inherent in the expressed or implied doc¬ trine of white Supremacy. Neither must the peoples of the earth be blinded to the Underlying fact of the dangerous interna¬ tional scenes. The real trouble that com¬ plicates world issues is white supremacy whose advocates are committed to the hell¬ ish and damnable doctrine that the end jusificu the means. Such doctrine invites atomic warfare and human destruction to the uttermost. The Western bloc is white, the Russians are white. When vVhite threat¬ ens white maybe Christ and Peace have a chance. you had been in close contact with your grandmother at any time, you may have taken in some of her tuberculosis germs. Fortunately, the tes‘s I gave you and your chest X-ray sttow that you did not have tuber¬ culosis. “In the second place, Jim, if you had a cough that wor- r.ed you, you should have come to me immediately. By delay¬ ing your visit, you might have let some serious illness get the better pf you. Your third mis¬ take was your raw-egg d et. No single food item gives a per¬ son all the nourishment need¬ ed by t'ne human body and it certainly cannot cure a ser ous chronic disease." Jim seemed so uncomfortable about the raw eggs that I tr.ed to make him feel easier by telling him there were others who had strong notions about tuberculos s, including the “cure” with raw eggs or with other foods. I expla ned that while raw eggs were certainly not (harmful, they were satis¬ fying his appetite without) “leaving room” for other kinds of foods that were also neces¬ sary to sound health. I told him* that :f he did contract tuberculosis, the best and only way to fight it was with rest under medical sup -1 ervision in a sanatorium. There under professional medical j care and a routine des gned he to j j help him regain 'his health, would have the best chance of cure. Before Jim left, I wrote him j out a diet of nourish ng ioods in the r ght proportion. When I met him the following week, his indigestion had cleared up. Although his illness had not been too serious, he had taken a chance in failing to check on what he thought might be a ser.ous disease like tuberculo¬ sis. There are some people, who, | tacking correct knowledge ! about illness and disease, i be h- lieve the strange notions or : outmoded ideas which they hear. These misconceptions are the more dangerous when! they have like to tuberculosis. do w.th a serious j disease Tuberculosis still kills close to 50.000 Amer cans each year. The toll would not be so high if more people learned tne ■ facts about tuberculosis and used them intelligently toward I the pro'ection of their health and their lives. Sound inior-j mat on on the disease can be obtained at the local health de¬ partment and from your (tu¬ berculosis associat.on. This article is co-sponsored by the National Medical Asso- c.at on and the National Tu¬ berculos s Association in the interest of better health of the people. “PREJUDICE” TO HAVE ITS FIRST SHOWING OCTOBER 17 “Prejudice,” the first mot on picture ever produced in this country under exclusively relig¬ ious auspices to achieve enm- merc al theatrical distribution will be launched with simul¬ taneous premieres in more than 109 c.ties in the United States and Canada, as well as in London, England, on Octo¬ ber 17, it was announced by Paul F. Heard, executive secre¬ tary, Protestant Film Commis¬ sion- Already tested in thea¬ tres of several major cities in the east, the October 17 date' will mark the beginn ng of si¬ multaneous distribution bo to in 35mm for theatres and 16 mm for churches, schools, factor.es, civic and fraternal organ za- tions, labor unions, clubs and similar groups. City and State Councils of Churches Will sponsor the premiere. IT’S YOUR VOTE! WANT IT? Unless you re-register the elections of next year will find you voteless. The re-registration office is at the -northwest corner of Oglethorpe Avenue and. Bar¬ nard streets. Re-registration doesn’t take much time now. but when the last minute rush comes it may | take more time than man y I people will be willing to give, Such people will become vote- less and have no voice in se¬ lecting governmental officials. The thing to do is to REGISTER and DOIT NOW! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 194S HOME EDUCATION MORE FRIENDS • Helen Gregg Green “The Child’* First School is the Fam ly”—P'roebel (Issued by the National Kin¬ dergarten Association, 8 West 40th street, New York c.ty. These articles are appearing weekly in our columns. ) Some time after Happy, w’ho, as he rays, is “eight, goin’ on nine,” had entered a new school, the third grade held an eiqct.on for Gass president Happy was nominated, but fail¬ ed to win the honor his child¬ ish heart craved. “I guess I’ll just have to make more fr ends, Mommie,” Happy confided to his mother. The making of inends is an important factor in every cl* id's 1 fe. Your son or daugh¬ ter and ours should both be given freedom to know, and to 1 ke, boys and girls having va¬ ried types of backgrounds; and we should encourage the appreciation of all natural dif¬ ferences- School to the child is an ad¬ venture ,n Irving. The must helpful lessons will parallel ev¬ eryday experiences. Making friends, learning to adjust to others, is a v.tal part of char¬ acter-building. Children 1 ke to feel wanted in the homes ot their friends. One tawny-eyed youngster told a pal’s mother, “I like to come here! We pi’.ay all over your hou e. At home Mom doesn’t let me have the boys anywhere but in my room.” Your ch Id’s friends appre¬ ciate genuine, warm hosp tali- ty. While the living room cer¬ tainly isn't the place for a game oi tag, there should be times when every member of (the /jam 1 y may take friends to any of the rooms .n the house. In books on social rela’ion- ships unpopular youngsters are '■■ften called “isolated” or “neg- lectees” — serious sounding names. The socially malad¬ justed child needs help and un- Statement of the Ownership, Management Circulation etc. Required by the Act of Con¬ gress of August 24, 1812, as Amended by thd Acts, of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946. Of The Savannah Tribune, published weekly at Savannah. Georgia, lor October 1, 1949. County of Chatham: Before me ,a notary public in and for te State and coun¬ ty aforesaid, personally appear¬ ed Sol C. Johnson, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is tire owner of The Savannah Tribune and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of The ownership- management (and if a daily, weekly, semi- weekly or tri-weekly newspaper te circulation) etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above cap¬ tion, required by the act of Au- gust 24, 1912, amended q by as the acts of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946. (section 537 Pos- tal Laws and Regulations) printed on the reverse side of this form, to wit: L, That the names of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, Sol C. Savannah. Ga. Editor, Sol C. Johnson, vannah, Ga. Associate Editor, J. H. Butler, Savannah. Ga. Assistant to Publisher and Manager. Willa Mae Ayers, Sa¬ vannah, Ga. 2. That the owner is: (if ownqi by a corporation, its name and address must be stat -1 ed and also immediately there- under the names and addresses of the stockholders owning or holding one percent or more not' of total amount of stock. If ownevi by a corporation, the j names and addresses of the in- dividual owners must be given.! If owned by a firm, compafciy or other unincorporated concern iSs name and address, as well as those of each individual member, must be given). Sol C. Jonsqn, Savannah. Ga. C. Johnson, Savannah, Ga. 3. That the known bond¬ holders, mortgages, and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of i total amount of bonds, mort- gages or other securities are 1 : (If there are none, so state:' None. 4. That the two paragraphs, above giving the names of derstanding If he is to be led to develop so as to enjoy a nor¬ mal, happy life. Children should never be made to feel self-conocious about their friends. In the ma¬ jority of cases, parents should set an example in loyalty by d scuss.ng only the beM char¬ acteristics of the boys and girls brought to their notice. If, however, the new chum is nob the right type of playmate, careful thought a,nd finess must be used in d ssolv ng the friendship. But—should the problem be yours—don't forget to give the child you have suc¬ cessfully brought up, thus far, some credit for good sense. In other words, don’t jump to tragic conclusions. My neighbor, J mmy, startled his mother by say ng “Mike wants to teach me thieving!” Much perturbed, the mother discussed the situation with a psycholog st, Who advised her to afford Jimmy the opportu- n.ty of voluntarily giving up any intimacy with Mike. When she went home she said to her son, “What was it you told met, Mike wants to teach you?” j\. 1 “Thieving, Mother.” “Do you want to learn thiev- ng?” .he asked?” “No, of course not,” he ans¬ wered. “I told h : m I liked my freedom. And I said ‘anyway, what would I want with a lot of things that don’t belong to me?” “What d d he say?” “He said there was something m that- I told him f he was going to steal, he’d better not come around became I have three fr’ends who are grown¬ up policemen.” “Do you bke Mike?” “Oh, so-so. I 1 ke John and Philip better. Bat M ke doesn't have anybody to tell him any¬ thing, and he’s not very smart. Think of ivs wanting to teach me to steal? Wasn’t that tun¬ ny?” Jimmy’s mother d dn’t think it was funny, but she was re¬ lieved, and a little ashamed, too. the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any conthin not only the list of stockhold¬ ers and security holders as they appear on the books of the company, but’ also, in cases where the stockholders or se¬ curity holder appear upon the books of the company as trus¬ tees or in any other fiduciary rotation, the name of the per¬ son or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two para¬ graphs contain stataments em¬ bracing affiant’s full knowi- bracing affiant’s full knowledge and belief as to the circum¬ stances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon (Jhe books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securi¬ ties in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and tha(( this affiant has no rea¬ son to believe that any other person, Rvioen, association Mooooiu vion U1 or corpora¬ CUi ]JU. tion has any interest direct) or indirect in the said stock, bonds or other securities than as so, “ stated by him. ’ 'J 5 . That te average number T of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed through the mails or otherwise to paid subscribers during the twelve months preceding the da t e shown above is 3229. SOL c JOHNSON Edit or and Publisher, Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 29th day of September. 1949. WILLA MAE AYERS Notary Public (My commission expires Jan. 26, 1951). ---- “tlAj 7frT » c KNolALL ivtctai I OFFICERS The Alpha Theta Zeta chap- ter of Zel - a Phi Beta sorority -ield its first meeting of the year at the W st Broad Street YMCA. The following new of- ficers were elected and install¬ ed in a s.mple but impressive ceremony. Basil ms, Soror Es¬ ther Warrick, Anti-Basileus, Soror Anita Stripling; Record¬ ing Secretary, Soror Luretha Pr.rve; Financial Secretary, Soror Jessie G.bbs; Treasurer, Soror Rosamae Pirrn; Report- er, Soror Madeline G Harrison; Parliamentarian, Soror Ola B. Dingle. Plans for the chap- ters acitvit es have not been completed yet, but the sorors hone that this will be one of their best years.