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“Self-government is more than a right.
It places greater responsibility upon the
individual than any other form of gov¬
ernment. With a ballot in hand, each of
us becomes directly responsible for the
kind of government we have—it is only
as good as we make it.”
BOLEDO
We confess our over-optimism goes un¬
rewarded. We believed some months ago
that bolcdo was on the way out. We based
our belief on what we understood the peo¬
ple of Savannah wanted. We believed they
wanted a clean- city. The efforts of suc¬
cessive Grand Junes gave us hope that
the desires of right thinking citizens would
be realized. We have been disillusioned,
for more experienced citizens have warn¬
ed us that unless the law enforcement end
of the city government keeps up with the
recommendations of the Grand Jury not
much will be accomplished toward wiping
out boledo and other forms of vice in the
city. opposed
The Tribune has always been
to boledo, clearing house, and the running
of “books" on dog racing, horse racing, and
on athletic games. We have been inform¬
ed that all these forms of gambling are
going on in Savannah.
After more or less desultory and preten¬
tious efforts to cope with boledo, the poor
people of the city, mainly Negroes espe¬
cially those who live in congested areas,
are still the easy prey of boledo hucksters
and bootleggers. There is evidence that
these parasites are determined to ply their
trade, play hide and seek with the police,
and flaunt the law. On at least two oc¬
casions, boledo runners with a charge
. pending against them are bold enough
while under bond, to continue their traf¬
fic.
Poor people and those who want some¬
thing for nothing are not the only ones
who are affected by these evils. Merch¬
ants, doctors, insurance companies, and all
others who sell goods or services should
be concerned, because the money spent
by the superstitious and easily misled
people can not buy groceries, shoes,
clothes, medicine nor shelter for them, but
it does buy the best looking automobiles
owned by Negroes, the nicest, houses, and
builds up large bank deposits for the run¬
ners and owners of boledo.
It is bard to understand why the poor
men and women v/ho play boledo and en¬
gage in other vices and violations of the
law, continue to patronize something in
* which the odds are so greatly against
them. They ought to see how fast they
are getting nowhere, and how fast the bo¬
ledo' man gets the tilings he wants. They
ought to see how apparently easy it is for
them to pay fines, hire lawyers and secure
bondsmen who post high bonds.
We wonder if the inability to cope with
boledo is a cause or an effect of what is
taking place in City Hall. It could be that
boledo peddlers, and other vendors of
vice, are taking advantage of the dissen¬
sion current in the present city govern¬
ment. Our concern is for thousands of
easily misled people in our city who need
to be saved from their own ignorance and
thriftlessness.
THE ROAD TO HEALTH
One of my patients, a diabetic
in his late sixties, came to my of¬
fice recently accompanied by his
15-year-old gr; nddaughter. He in¬
troduced me to her and *-aid she
had offered to come along and keep
him company there and back.
Julie waited in the receptior
room while her grandfather hat
his check-up. Inside. Mr. Daniel
told me he lived with Julie and hei
parents, and things had been hap
py and peaceful until recently
Julie had learned to bake pies and
cakes at cooking class in high
school and was doing all the bak-
ing for the family. But almost
every night ;.t dinner, Julie woub
be very hurt, sometimes breaking
into tears, when her grandfathei
turned down her pies and cakes
The old gentleman’s protests about
his diabetes made little impression
because Julie thought “a little des¬
sert would do no harm.”
I told Mr. Daniels he was right
to refuse the desserts and I con¬
gratulated him for keeping to his
diet, taking his insulin regularly,
and getting sufficient rest. Mr.
Daniels was mv last patient that
evening and 1 walked out w ith him
to the reception room where Julie
sat reading a magazine.
When I asked Julie what had her
so ! interested, she showed me
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THE TRIAL OF ELEVEN COMMUNISTS
At last, after 39 weeks, conviction comes
to eleven Communists who were charged
with teaching the overthrow of the United
States government. The trial was famous
as one of the longest in the country’s his¬
tory. It was notorious for the antics of
the Communists and their lawyers who
almost daily tried the patience of the pre¬
siding judge, who took advantage of the
very democracy they were accused of try¬
ing to destroy. They employed every de¬
vice and subterfuge the mentality and
philosophy of Communists could conceive
to defeat the ends of justice.
Perhaps, it makes little difference
whether the Communist Party goes under¬
ground as a result of the conviction of
these arrogant agents of the Kremlin,
they know whether they admit it that in
America, prisoners can have a fair trial
in a regular court. They also know that
if they were proved guilty either in would a summary have
court in Russia, they
faced a firing squad or be sent off to a
labor camp to work in some mipe or other.
Their trial proves to their comrades that
the very government they would destroy
guarantees that persons accused of crime,
even against the government, will have
opportunity to be heard in their own de¬
fense, before a jury of their peers, in an
actual trial, even if it takes 39 weeks. Of
course the Moscow line calls the convicted
Communists, martyrs to the cause of the
worker, in the land of a “capitalistic-im¬ peoples.”
perialist” foe of “democratic free
In spite of their contemptuous behavior,
they had the opportunity to prove their
innocence in an American court. This
should be proof to them and their com¬
rades that the United States is the citadel
of democracy.
TWO HOUSING REPORTS
Last week we commented on the report
of the Housing Authority of Savannah.
We wish to add that the brochure issued
by the Housing Authority contains infor¬
mation on every phase of the housing pro¬
gram, that it has secured in ten years, and
shows that the Housing Authority has
amassed experience which makes it fully
competent to carry through on the plans
contained in the government’s program slum
for building 810,000 units to provide
clearance, low-rent housing and re-devel¬
opment building. housing
The other report is that of the
committee of the Savannah Chamber of
Commerce, recently submitted to the
Chamber. The statement of Mr. Wessels
about this report ought to be sufficient to
convince Savannahians that the Housing
Authority, as now set up, has the experi¬
ence and information, and the know-how
to do a good job in providing Savannah’s
housing needs. those who inter¬
We recommend to are
ested in seeing the very bad housing sit¬
uation in Savannah corrected, that they
read the statement of Mr. Wessels (Morn¬
ing News, October 15th) criticizing the
action of the Chamber of Commerce. We
recommend also that they read the re¬
port of the Housing Authority, titled.
Change of Address.
_
B. E. Howell, M.D. of Dallas. Tex
(For AXP)
Article on cooking , . m the
* told her 1 had heard of her cook-
ng classes in high- school, and
hat seemed to remind her of her
;randfather’s “stubbornness.”
“Doctor, grandfather refuses
lat my pies and cakes, and say
•ou told him he Shouldn’t, sne he
aid. “Couldn t he have some, now
nd then, since he s taking insulin,
anyhow.’
I wish I could say yes, Julie, ’
“AN F. E. P. C. IS NEEDED NOW '
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BETWEEN THE LINES
By Dear Gordon B lancock for ANP
IT TAKES PRAYER PLUS
must keep to his diet, as well as
his insulin, if he is to keep his
illness under control. Insulin is
an aid in treating diabetes, not a
cure for the disease, nor does it
always fill all the needs of a dia¬
betic person. In most cases, as
with your grandfather, a diabetic
has to skip starches and sugars as
well as take insulin.”
I tolll Julie that the body ordi¬
narily converts sugar into the
warmth and energy which it needs,
but in diabetics, sugar is not used
properly and is thrown off in the
blood stream or in the patient’s
urine. This happens because the
pancreas gland of a diabetic fails
to perform its function of manu¬
facturing a substance called in¬
sulin which prepares the sugar for
its proper use by the body. To
help offset this, the diabetic is giv¬
en insulin taken from the pancreas
of animals. But usually a special
'jbet,' with insulin injections, is
i necessary to control the diabetic
' condition.
„^ ulie thoughtfully.
When t I paused, she hastily assur-
| ed me that she lowd her grand .
! j father very much and never meant hei
to endanger his health. I told
1 understood how proud she must
be of her cooking, which Mr.
Daniels said Julie’s parent- prais-
* ed It seemed to console ber to
.
learn that my patient had told me
of ber parents' appreciation,
Satisfied also with my explana-
tion of her grandfather’s diet, 1
tHE SAVANNAH 9KIBUNI
Another world’s service is ended and like
•most of those that went before* it, ended
in favor of the American league entries. As
an insurable National league rooter, I am
absorbing my annual humiliation and cha¬
grin. The bister dose is served every au¬
tumn and I am forced to drink to the very
drags. The devotees of the National league
may as well face the fact, the American
league plays better baseball and he is ex¬
ceedingly rash who seeks to minimize this,
fact.
The Yankees won because they are the
bebt team in the world; alnd it was almost
a minor misfortune that they were matched
with the hapless' Brooklyn Dodgers. Of
course Brooklyn won something far more
important than a world series and that is
the approbation of mankind. When they
entered a team boasting of three Negro base¬
ball celebrites,* they struck a mighty blow
for democracy In a world that is drunk
with race prejudice and bigotry. , The
world series was above all else a dramati¬
zation of the fact that the things of the
spirit are the eternal verities of life.
It is difficult to conceive of a better way
to dramatize the new spirit that is abroad
In the world than by the spirit exhibited
In the integration of Negroes into the great
American pastirpe, so wonderfully exempli¬
fied in the world's series just ended. Even
more dramatic than Joe Louis bursting
the* beak of some white man, proving his
pugalistic prowess for the entertainment of
mob-minded thousands. While Joe Louis
is on exhibition once in a great while the
Negro baseball players are on exhibition
daily and before millions including millions
of children who will not forget, even though
their elders would have them forget.
The impression of a Jackie Rcjbinsoni
cavorting around second, or the matchless
Campanella showing baseball
catching at its best or. a Don Newcombo
pitching his heart out with only -two hits
to help him lose a heartbreaker in the se¬
ries opener- will last as it were, forever!
The w r orld watched with bated breath while
what is perhaps the greatest twentieth cein-
tury drama unfolded before our astonish¬
ed gaze.
But most important for this Release j/jj
the fact that with three Negroes in ita
line up, and with millions praying for a
Brooklyn victory, the Plat Bush entry fail¬
ed utterly to stand up before the onslaught
of the Yankee team tfhat played minus Ne¬
groes and without the stimulus of knowing
that it was doing a big and godly thing.
There was never a world’s series where mil¬
heard her tell him, as they left,
that she was now learning the
proper way to cook vegetables,
which she was certain he could
eat.
This article is co-sponsored by
the National Medical Association
and the National Tuberculosis As-
■=ociat'ion in the interest of hotter
health of the people.
Movie Shows Aid
To Ga. Employment
Insurance Law
As an aid to employer, em¬
ployee and general public under¬
standing of the Georgia Unemploy¬
ment Insurance Law, the Georgia
Department of Labor has develop¬
ed a 16 mm sound movie entitled
“Unemployment Insurance and
You,” depicting the operations of
job insurance and the Georgia
State Employment Service.
The movie, which runs 22
lions were pulling with more ardour and
prayer than that of the current series when
not only baseball was being played but the
finer spirits of mankind were being stirred.
But all the same the Dodgers went down
and the Yankees went up. Tne whole af¬
fair goes to show that it takes more than
prayer to achieve our objective as Negroes.
Prayer did not carry these Negroes to their
place of importance and fame and fortune.
Negroes went into their first world’s series!
because they could play baseball. Prayer
doubtless had its place but prayer without
skill is limited unmercif ully.
The prayer of 15 million Negroes could not
turn the tide,, when the Yankee bats began
ringing cD Uhe Brooklyn pitching. Strange¬
ly enough the first game was lost to Brook¬
lyn on one home run; yet the next day
Brooklyn got three home runs and could not
win. That seemed a little curious but the
fact remained those Yanks were something
terrible to behold.
Prayer lhas Its place but it cannot take
the place of competence and ability. It is
just as well for us as Negroes to ever bear
this in mind. The way toward our citizen¬
ship goal is tedious and tortuous—although
prayer will at times stand us in good stead;
but fine skills and preparation must hot
be overlooked or minimized. When Napo-*
Icon said that God was usually on the side
with the finest artillery, he hardly meant
more than that thorough preparation
is a major factor in success. Being a Ne¬
gro and being on the right side does not
insure victory or the realization of our
dreams. We must be able to outstrip our
opponents if we would win the prize. The
prayers of 15 million Negroes could not ov¬
ercome the potency of these terrible Yan¬
kees. Prayer wins, but not always victory
for our favored team when said team faces
those Yankees. It takes prayer plus to
beat the Yankees! The Brooklyn Dodgers
did not have that “plus,” let us be sure we
have.
WHEN PEOPLE CLAIM TO HATE YOU
By William Henry Huff for ANP
When people claim to hate you
But fail to tell you why
They wish to underrate you—
At least they’ wish to try
To make your world misjudge you
And look you in a groove.
The truth is, t/hey begrudge you,
Which is not hard to prove.
utes, has been shown to various |
employers, workers, and civic
groups, and its “Now reception that has have been j
very favorable. we
completed the preview period or-I of
the film and it has proven inf
mative and helpful to those who j
have seen it, we are making the
film available, without charge or
obligation, to interested employee,
employer, or civic groups,” Ben
T. Huiet, Georgia Commissioner
of Labor, stated.
Arrangements . for , the movie can
. be made , , by writing ... to . r. Ben T. T
,, Huiet, Commissioner, _ . . Georgia De- ,,
partment of Labor. State Office
Building, Atlanta 3, Georgia, or 1
by contacting the manager of your
local Georgia State Employment■
loaned, Service office. the The Department film will will be |
or |
furnish projection equipment, oper¬
ator. and person to answer ques¬
tions in connection with the pro¬ j
gram. I
j School may secure the
the Film Library, State De-
partment of Education, State Of-
fice Building, Atlanta, Georgia.
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BOARD TABLES PLEA
Tnr\ 1/UoI /'||TQT WUITIT W Ml 11
^ EW YORK 0ct 13 The
board of. directors of the
National Associat on for the
Advancement of Colored People
voted to table a recommend¬
ation from the executive com-
mittee of the New York branch
to request and accept the
‘
res gnation of Mr. Walter
Whlte and make the
P l 'bH c their action,
This act on, taken bv the
board at ^ regular month ,* y
m on 0otober 10 . ]eaves
unchanged Mr. White’s status
as NAACP secretary-on-leave
Tne recommendation of the New
York branch is the only such
request received by the board
White’s leave terminates on
May 31, 1950.
THURSDAY, OCT. 20, 1940
HOME EDUCATION
BERING OUT THEIR BEST
Helen Gregg Green
“The Child’s First School is
the Family”— Froebel
Issued by the National Kin¬
dergarten Association, 8 West
40th Street* New York City.
These articles are appearing
weekly in our columns.
I often wonder about the
early experiences of a certain
person whom I know well. He
has an excellent mind, charm
of manner, and a dry wit. He’s
well informed, too—a librarian
calls him “cine of our best read¬
ers.” But how he does hide
his light under a bushel! His
lack of participation in intel¬
lectual conversation doesn’t
make sense.
But what can be done now,
after all these years He’s a
grown man. His wife shouldn’t
attempt to correct the outcomes
of his upbringing—not if she
wants to keep him for a hus¬
band!—and who else would
think of taking such a liberty?
But, without doubt, there I
are lots and lots of youngsters
in the world today who are liv- j
ing very much the same* kind
of an existence* that this time
man did when he was a little
boy. Let us help them, now.
If no special effort is made to
draw out these sensitive, ret-
icent one’s, to encourage them
to talk about their dreams— j
what they are doing, thinking,.
and feeling—they are likely
never to be able to step up
on occasionally, the stage as and it ‘ is take fit over and J j
proper for everyone at times to I
cl °' - :
Children of this type have
usually been made the way they i
are by having at least one par- j
tlit who is aggressive—a person j
who is apt to dominate any
group or family. A friend of
mine has a brilliant mother. 1
fhe daughter is poised, lovelyi 1
to look at, and so versatile that
she qualified with to '
ease
teach on many subjects. Yet.
when the mother and daughter , 1
appear together, the mother
alone shines, and she keeps
herself in the limelight so com- .
pletely that you’d forget the ■
daughter was present if it were
not for her glowing dark beau- 1
I
(
The less aggressive child
should be encouraged to make
his own particular contribution
to the group. And, while this
is in progress, it is most desir¬
able that he should not be al¬
lowed to remain so far In the (
Opening of Catholic Schools
To a “Rumor”
WASHINGTON, (ANP) — A
statement to the effect that Cath- •
olic schools in the Washington
archdiocese have been told to open
their doors to Negroes was dis-
credited and labelled a “rumor”
here last week by the Interracial |
Council of Washington. Not only j
that, the council also discounted j
a statement trio” that touring a Catholic the country “fly- j
ing was j
working for the betterment of ■
racial relations. |
The two statements were made j
recently by the Rev. Fr. Joseph F. |
Cantillon, assistant dean, St. Pet-J |
er’s college, Jersey City, during an
address before an interracial j
forum here The minister, who i
said he was speaking as a
Bennett Graduate
Arrives In Japan
GREENSBORO, N. C. — Miss
Kathryn M. Davenport, a grad¬
uate of Bennett College, recently
arrived in Japan aboard the USAT
General H. F. Hodges to serve as
recreational director with the
Eighth Army Special Services, ac¬
cording to a release from Yoko¬
hama received here.
Daughter of Mrs. J. M. Daven¬
port, Norristown, Pa., the former
Bennett student will serve as a
member of the Staff of Service
Club No. 8 at the Quartermaster
Depot, Tokyo.
Miss Davenport was president of
the Bennett College Student Sen¬
ate, 1943-’44 and was valedictori-
an of her graduating class in 1944. I
For several months before accept¬
ing this overseas assignment, she
sefved as a case worker with the
Salvation Army Family Service in j
Brooklyn, N. Y. and was employ- !
e d by the New York State Chari-
tie* Aid Society.
A graduate of Eisenhower High
School in Norristown, >he received
the M.S.S. degree from Columbia
University’s School of Social
background that no one hears
of him or of his contribution.
There is too much evidence
that the greater number of
parents bring up the self-asser¬
tive child and the retiring Sen¬
sitive one in the same general
way.
Speaking of the sensitive
child, Agnes E. Benedict, in an
article which appeared in the
June. 1947. National Parent-
Teacher, says: “He is quicker
to become hopeless about him¬
self. to think that what he
wants to do doesn’t matter,
that he doesn’t count. What
is even more serious, he is*
quicker to think that people
don’t like him. Undoubtedly
for this reason he is more in¬
clined to be flustered than is
his studier brother or sister,
more inclined to become con¬
fused, baffled. overwhelmed
and afraid.”
My neighbor’s nine-year-dld
Anne loves to talk, play, sing,
recite, or do almost anything
to attract attention whenever
anyone* calls. Anne’s mott» ally -
has difficulty in having conversation
companionable
her friends because lof
Anne’s aggressive tendencies,
Thin behavior Anne’s—this*
desire to snow off—needs, it is
plain, to be redirected. C*n the
other hand, there is Anne’si
elder brother. He is an intel-
ligent boy, but oversensitive,
aad so shy it is most difficult
tor him to converse at length,
even with members of the
family.
« Da( j an d i are working on
this p ro bi e m” the mother of
t;iese two children told me.
“We have talked the matter
over with Ted’s teachers, and
a concerted eifort is being
roade to help him to overcome
bis sensitiveness. We arc show-
ing him, by giving him oppor-
tunities to observe that if he
allows his diffidency to con-
tinue to develop it will be a
barrier to his successful ad-
j -istment in practically all aetiv
ities. A weak muscle can be
strengthened wild exercise.
but it must be done gradually.
And, we realize, the strengthen-
ing of confidence on the part
of sensitive boys and girls musS
be pursued with patience*.”
“What . aoout . , Anne?” . „„ _ I aslced. , ,
“We are trying to teach her
not only to permit others the
limelight, but to encourage po-
tentialities in her brother and
in acquaintances who are of a
retiring nature. With the right
guidance, I believe she will be-
come a cooperative adult.”
her of a “flying trio,” touring the
country in a private plane to lcc-
tuve against discrimination, said
the archbishop of the Washington
diocese had called in “certain pco-
pie” and the segregation matter
was thrashed out.
He opened his statement by say-
ing authorities at one of the
schools had said qualified Negroes
had never applied for admission,
Fellow members of the “flykur
trio” group are Archibald F.
or, Negro civil engineer, N*w
York city department of public
service; and Julian Reiss, white
businessman of Lake Placie, N. Y.
The Reiss plane is the one being
used on the tour,
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
niuch time now. but when the
last minute rush comes it may
take more time than many
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!
