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ihf Bnvmmh SHtowte. Established 1875 By J. H. DEVEAUX SOL C. JOHNSON________Editor and Publisher MISS W1LLA M. AYERS, Asst. U, Pub. & Manager '• * BUTLER -------------------- ASSO. Edaor hTwS !0°9 WEST BrSJSSt BROAD STREET Telephone, Dial 5338 _ — ~~ Subscription Rate in Advance One Year ............................$3.00 Six Months ..........................$2.00 Three Months ------------------------$1.50 Remittance must be made by Express, Post Office Money Order or Registered Mail. NEW CIRCUMVENTION Despite the fact that numerous pro¬ fessions are made to the effect that our section of the country is anxious to provide equal facilities in education for Negroes, devices for getting around do¬ ing so are always ready in the minds of those who have no intention of doing any such thing except at their pleasure. This is borne out by what has happen¬ ed in Georgia. The suit in the feder¬ al court filed by Atlanta Negro teach¬ ers for equal salaries has been denied because the teachers are alleged to have failed to exhaust their remedies in the local level. That is to say, they had failed to get their answer from the At¬ lanta Board of Education. This case has been dragging through the courts for eight years, and it is our under¬ standing that they did appeal to the Board of Education. They were direct¬ ed to make their |x*tition to the State Board of Education. It appears that their petition to said board was return¬ ed to them because it was not properly drawn. The petition of the Irwin Coun¬ ty Negroes was returned to them in or¬ der that they might petition their local board. There is the probability that neither of these petitions will be recog¬ nized as such; that they will be pigeon¬ holed; or that the old we-shall-do-some- thing-eventually answer will be given. This procedure may be legal, but it is also legal to provide equal facilities with¬ out the resort to the pressure of petition. That is, why should Negroes have to petition at all? In every case the needs are plain to see. So forcing Negroes to go into court is not a new circum¬ vention. To send them back to the lo¬ cal cimmunity is a new strategy on the part of defense lawyers. It emphasiz¬ es the injustice of the matter to force Negroes to go to the expense of suing for what ought to come to them as cit¬ izens. AROUND THE BEND This is the time in the year when many people think of taking stock, so to speak. It is difficult not to review the past year, at least, and use its experiences, good and bad, out of which to build plans for the future, the mysterious thing that it is. It is not amiss to use a little of the present trying to sort out the suc¬ cesses and failures of the past year and making them stepping stones to larger and better successes. The resolutions people are wont to make could well be formed on the basis of what happened to the resolutions made one year ago. To all other intents and purposes, how¬ ever, the past is dead and irrevocable. It Has gone into eternity. Those who live in the past will get behind. The important time is today, the present. This is so of everyday. The deeds, habits, and character we put into today are what count. Today is yesterday’s tomorrow and tomorrow’s yesterday. So we shall s o o n be making Union Charges Swift Company Discriminates CHICAGO-(ANP) Swift and Comanpy, one of the Big Four in the meat-packing industry, was accused of following a “de¬ liberate poliev of discrimina¬ tion in its hiring of new em- poves,” here Thursday by John Lewis, president of l.ocal 28. UPWA. CIO. Lewis claims that the packing irm had been.guilty of sale violations ... of our na tional master agreement which states: “ ‘The company agrees that! it will give fair and consideration to any applicant or employe regarde,ss of race. sejr, color, creed, nationality or membership in the union.” In support of the accusation, the union said the white wom- several months that Negro plicants. particularly women. are 'given no consideration at all. while white applicants were steadily being hired To test and establish the fact that discriminatory hiring practices were being used, the union sent two white women to apply or work. On the same day, the union said 13 Negro women had been told that no one was being hired. Oontvming their conwlaint. the union haid te white wom¬ en w'ere taken to a room in the rear of the emnlovment office, interviewed, hired and put to work. One of the women Eleanor Salkind. was asked by the foreman, William Cummings, if she knew any other "white girls” who would like to work at Swift. He is said to have ex¬ plained, “You see, we got a lot Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post oifice at Savannah, Oa, under the Act of .March 3 1879 ^ 'National " Advertising RepresentatWe: Associated Publishers 562 Fifth Ave. N ew York 19 New York ~ _ - resolutions, making words perhaps, which will need carrying out tomorrow. The new year will be hap¬ py in proportion as our good resolutions are carried out. That is as far around the bend as we can see. The present is ours to use. “Trust no Future how-e’er pleasant! lad. the dead Past bury its dead! Act—act in the living Present Heart within, and God o’er head THE CHALLENGE OF THE EMANCIPATION Come January 1, 1951, it will be 88 years since the signing of the Emanci¬ pation Proclamation by President Lin¬ coln. The day marked the end of a great deal of importunity—from those who favored it for the president to sign it, and from those who opposed it for the President not to issue it. Mr. Lin¬ coln bore the condemnation of propo¬ nents as well as opponents not all of whom were from the South or slave¬ holding states. His final action had been a matter of doubt from such aboli¬ tion stalwarts as Beecher, Phillips and Garrison. * After much useless persuasion from both sides, the President on the designat¬ ed day, January 1, 18G8, signed the pro¬ clamation, saying as he did so, “l nev¬ er in my life, felt more certain that I was doing right, than I do in signing this paper . . .” Negroes the country over set aside the first of January as a day on which to pronounce their loy¬ i alty to Abraham Lincoln and celebrate | a most important event in their history i on the American continent. The cele¬ bration will be largely in words glorify¬ I ing the past and extolling the virtues I of Lincoln. Much as the tribute will i be deserved, we have the feeling that greater tribute and appreciation can be shown by justifying Lincoln’s act in accomplishing in deeds rather in words, the things which he and his supporters hoped would be the outcome of eman¬ cipation. Our accomplishments of 88 years have not been unworthy. In¬ deed they have been remarkable, in the light of the hamlicaiKs and obstructions we have had to deal with. To give too much time and thought to these ac¬ complishments will tend to make us contented and satisfied. The fact is, the mosses of Negroes have grown care¬ less and forgetful of what Lincoln and Sumner, and Beecher and Phillips hoped for them. The admonitions of the or¬ ators of the day, and the resolutions of Negro citizens should serve to make our civic duties and responsibilities, pas¬ sions and obsessions. This must be done | to justify the faith the Great Emancipa¬ I tor had in us. Even now the Eman¬ ! cipation Proclamation is a challenge to us. Our wish for a Happy New Year in¬ cludes a wish for a deeper appreciation 1 < f the duties of citizenship and for a of them. ; ol colored people here during the war and now we can't get rid of them.” A spokesman for Swift, how¬ ever, denied that there was any discrimination In its hiring policy. He said the company | definitely has no policy of dis¬ crimination in employment. The official also said that I while no records are kept of | the number of employes by the race, plant that force more is colored. than half There of) are no Negroes employed in the offices as clerks or typists, however. The union announced that with the failure to have this: { ievance corrected through normal plant procedures, it was referring the matter to tho international union for further j action. NAACP .... Wins Fight vJn r\ n. Birth > ot t vi Nation ,• SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 21 Following protest by the Na¬ tional Association for tho Advancement of Colored Peonle and the San Francisco Minis¬ terial Alliance. Paramount Pic¬ tures has withdrawn the ob¬ jectionable film Birth of a Nation” from exhibition in this city. The film, an o.d ... picture which presents a vivious stereo- type of the Negro American and a the same time glorifies the Ku K’ux Kian and atempts to justify its existence, was with- drawn after NAACP West Coast Regional Director Franklin H. Williams asserted that its "nub- lie presentation L odiou- to a decent community.’ ^egregaiicn gp ffr pp a »; nn I in n DOUin South On Way Out RICHMOND, Va , Dec, 26- Special A prominent Catho¬ lic leader of Richmond, Paul Williams, has advised Catho¬ lic school teachers of the South to “condition" their students to the abolition of ra¬ cial segregation in schools. The advice came during a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the secondary de¬ part me at. Southern Regional Unit of the National Catholic Educational Association. Mr. Williams said that in; view of recent United State* Supreme Court decisions deal¬ ing with segregation. Southern, white children should be “con¬ ditioned, from the elementary grades through high school, to the abolition of segregation. He suggested also that Cath¬ olic Negroes be invited to ail Catholic educational meetings. The Southern Regional Unit Includes 11 Southern States. Observations Bv VVilla HAPPY NEW YEAR and | thanks to all of you nice read- I ers who remembered our ill mother as well as Wiila during the holidays with cards, flowers. . ' gifts, prayers, etc. It is evident that you understand the reason whv this column has not ap- peared tor several months Keen reading the Tribune We ap- , preciate those prompt sub¬ | senption renewals as well as 'keep i the new subscriptions Thev our "chin up." HAPPY NEW YEAR To EY- ERYONE. THE SAVANNAH TKIBUN1 BETWEEN THE LINES By DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK for ANP POLITICS AS MILLSTONES A DISASTROUS VICTORY President Truman has fought gamely, but the cards stacked against him. It is becoming more and more apparent that his traducers and hecklers have succeeded in putting him on the defensive. The an¬ ti-Truman forces have rallied behind the dixiecrats and led by Robert Taft the re¬ actionary republicans and their abetters' have made common cause in the general defeat of Truman. Even a casual observer need no longer doubt that Truman’s presidential sun is in eclipse, that promises to be total ere the coming of 1952. Truman has tried hard and to his credit it must be said he is not a quitter; but the battle he was fighting was a losing one. He dared to stand up and be counted as favoring the civil rights of Negroes and this speiled his political doom. Truman is one of the world’s great mar¬ tyrs! He died politically for a principle that will distinguish or destroy our coun¬ try. He took his constitution seriously and herein lay his downfall. Had ho been a political two-timer and turn-coat! and opportunist, his way would not at present be so rocky. There can be little doubt left that those who are seeking his political life are about to gain their sordid objective. The once confident and courageous Tru¬ man is definitely nervous and irritable as his occasional verbal outbursts so deiinite- ly indicate. But his real friends v/ill un¬ derstand. They will not hold his present embarrassment as of his own making. He tried bravely to stem the tide but it is run¬ ning too strong against him. His great crime was his stand on civil rights as thev pertained to Negroes. Demanding civil rights for the Koreans and the Indo-Chinese would have been perfectly safe or even for the Germans our erst-while enemies. But when it comes to civil rights for Ne¬ groes this nation will have none of it. It must be said in fairness, however, that the/ nation showed how it, felt on the matter when it voted him into office in 1948. But when the dixiecrats and reactionary repub¬ lican congressmen went into a huddle, the goose was cooked forthwith. Their victory over Truman is about com¬ plete. They have succeeded in generat- YOUR HEALTH UY. 1)U. GOSHEA BLIND TO OUR FAULTS Eoiru one has said that na- *ure could not make us per- feet so she did the next, best thing—she made us blind to our faults. It is strange how easy it is to find fault in others, yet how bard it is to see them in ourselves. The poet, Whittaker, hag said ‘‘Search thine own heart, what paineth thee in others, in. thyself may be.” Perhaps that is wise, for i7 is always the truth in a re¬ proach that hurts. We are sometimes so close to the mountains that we do not gel a true perspective of it, like-* wise our own acts are so much a part of us that we are un¬ able to clearly analyze selves, and thus are blind to On the other hand, manv I flaws in human conduct may I be charged to ill health. When 1 some one displays ill temper, < he is put down as a crack to i be ignored or his outbursts are answered in kind and either Course is hard on the emotion¬ al makeup of those involved. Chiropractors have a deeper knowledg oof health and emo¬ tional problems and seek to correct the cause of disease rather than to treat the ef- fects. Chiropractors hold that; sickness is due in a large mea-, sure to some disturbance to the nervous system which blocks nerve channels and thus 1 lowers resistance. Disease na- t.urnlly attacks a wbekened condition But people are usually blind also to what causes a nerve disturbance and, subsequently ill health or an irritable disposition. As a result they waste time taking something to kill pain or to act upon the effect in a tem¬ porary manner. Chiropractors trace the cause of most disease to the spinet because all nerve trunks are dis¬ tributed therefrom, and nerve disturbance can more easily [ occur in the spine than any-: where else. The reason for this is the fact leave that the all spinal nerve 1 j bundles must i cord and pass out of the neu- l ral canal through little grooves between the vertebrae. Na- THIS •HANDSOME.CULTURED BROWN MAN HAD BUT TO POKE A WHITE-G-LOVED HAND THRU THE CURTAINS _ & TO SEND AUDIENCES MIRTH/ INTO G-ALES ok FRENZIED BE WAS BORN 1075" IN THE WEST INDIES AND | CAME.TO CALIFORNIA WHILE i STILL A BOV. HE AND GEOROE WALKER MET, TEAMED, AND I 1 TOGETHER TOOK AMERICA AND THE BRITISH ISLES BV STORM/.' THO BERT WAS A I '‘BLACK-FACE” COMEDIAN HIS WORK WAS ALWAYS QUIET CLEVER AND, ABOVE ALL, CLEAN/ HIS RECORDINGS (IF VOU CAN FIND THEM) ARE. COLLECTORS C-EMS TJ0DAV./ BERT WILLIAMS AMERICA'S GREATEST COMEDIAN Continental F«»ntn- ing a wave of unpopularity for gallant Har¬ ry Truman that he will be powerless to ov¬ ercome. He and his supporters will have to be content with the consolation of know¬ ing that he tried valiantly; but the tides were against him. The anti-Negro elements in Congress were too powerful to be denied. But their vic¬ tory is proving to be a disastrous one. While kiiling off Truman attention was being di¬ verted from the threat of communism. So it has come about that disaster is facing our gallant boys in bloody Korea whicn disaster might have been averted had our congressmen concentrated on the Russians and communists as they concentrated on' hapless Harry Truman and the Negroes. Killing Harry Truman was the best way | to kill off the civil rights program he had protected and espoused so manfully. 1'he real stao was at the Negro and the slaugh¬ ter of Truman was incidental. But what a price the nation is being called upon to pay for the political recklessness that even- uated into the political destruction of Har¬ ry Truma.i and the retardation of the Negro in his struggle against a second rate citi¬ zenship. The moral disaster here at home is equal¬ ly as distressing as on military disaster abroad. The ration not only is unprepar¬ ed. but it is divided. Everybody is com¬ ing forward with bitter criticism of the Truman administration. They are not only willing tc kiii Truman but they want to ‘‘kiil him dead ” Taft and company will never cooperate for all-out against the Rus¬ sians for fear the Truman administration, will get the credit. It is just as well for us to know that while they are busy killing Truman they are exposing our great nation to irreparable disaster. This writer has said many times before that this country cannot hold the Negro down with one hand and hold the Russians back with the other. Beating 1 back Russians and their communism is a two-handed task the sooner this nation wakes up to this solemn fact the sooner are we ready for that all-out mobilization without which we are doomed. The dix¬ iecrats and their Taft-led collaborators should be warned that it is later than they think. Their victory could be disastrous. gpir* - trally, accidents, and fails sometime displace vertebrae sIl Shtly. When this occur, the nerve channels are block- >d in a measure and the nerve has pressure upon them. The result is much the same as grounding an electric wire— the flow of energy is disturbed, resistance is lowered, health is impaired and the disposition upset. Chiropractors are trained to locate and adjust this cause of disease. When nature’s forces are set free, she begins a process of repairs, and soon function is normal again, life takes on a brighter hue, the disposition is improved, and all is well. It never pays to be blind to vour faults or to the basic cause of disease. “Know the truth for the earth will make you free.” No system of health is more certain of satisfactory results than Chiropractic. Give it a trial and be convinced. Bl \( HE sees pope VATICAN CITY, Dec.- -Spe- cial—Ralph J. Bunche, win- ner of the 1950 Nobel peace award, was received in special audience by Pius XII. Mr. Bunch was accompanied by his wife. Formerly acting UN mediator in Palestine, the col- ored scholar is now director of trusteeship in the UN secreta- riat. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE SUMMARY FOR WEEK ENDING DEC. 18 Measles For the current week 3,507 new cases of measles were re¬ ported, as Compared with 3,-) 008 for the previous week, and 1.774 for the same week last year. Nearly one-third of the cases for the current week (1,105) occurred in the East, North Central spates. Other Diseases For th,e current week 27 cases of infectious encephalitis | were reported. 15 of which oc- curred in California. A to- 1 tal of 368 cases of polimyeliti j I was reported, which represents a 23 percent decrease since the nrevious week. The curnula- i ftive totol for the “disease” year is 31.710 as compared with 41.094 for the same period | last year. Report Of Epidemics i Influenza Dr. J R. Enright, Department of Health, Hawaii, has report^ ed information on “Influenza Incidence” in the South Pa¬ cific Islands which he receiv- ed from the South Pacific I Health Service, Suva, Fiji., The latest figures available are 1 those for October which are. as follows in, the various is^ land groups: Cock Islands, in- ) elusive Min- Niue Mnro (1C30 cases); —-- 1 . w,- Fi¬ ji <94i; Gilbert and Fllice Is¬ lands (Prevalent); Nauru Is¬ lands (366); New Gpinea (Netherlands) (28); New He¬ brides (69i; New Caledonia (4); Oceania (French) (496); Papua (New Guinea) (47); Western Samoa (68»; Pastern Samoa (41): British Solomon Island (4); Tonga. This report states that an epidemic of influenza follow¬ ed a visit bv a naval vessel toi Oceania Island which lies be¬ tween the Gilberts and Nauru, The nature of the virus caus¬ ing the outbreak is being in¬ vestigated by Dr. Burnet of Melbourne. Australia. (Note: An outbreak of an upper respiratory infection in Canton Island in June 1950, and an epidemic of influenza in Hawaii, were reported in the Communicable Disease Summary for the week ended November 19. 1950.) Gastro-enteritis Dr. V. A. Getting Commis- sioner of Public Health. Mas- sachusetts, has reported that gastro-enteritis is epidemic in iting and diarrhea. Aveerage es are mild with nausea, vom¬ iting. nd diarrhea. Average duration of symptoms is 24 hours. WANTS NEGRO ON CALIF. IND. COMMISH SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 21— Appointment of a qualified egro trade unionist to the State Industrial Accident Commission was requested this week of Governor Earl Warren bv Franklin H Williams, West Coast Regional Director of the National Assoch tion f(>r the Advancement of Colored People. Mr. Williams informed Gov- ernor IWarren that his office had received complaints from Negro c} izens who felt that j the commission had not been properly concerned with their welfare. Appointment of an active Negro leader in the trade qnion movement to fill a cur¬ rent vacancy on the commission would be helpiul to this large group of citizens who are af¬ fected by the commission’s policies and actions, the NAACP executive said. HOME EDUCATION Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th Street, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly in our columns. “THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY”—Froebel “NIP IT IN THE BUD” Alary Sarck Keer The tragedy of a young girl shooting her twin sister was being discussed, and Mrs. Bird said, “There must have been something wrong in the rela¬ tionship between those girls for many years, and the parents should have seen it and nipped it in the bud.” “The mother says the family never favored one child more than the other,” said Mrs. Will- ing, “so it could not have been their fault if the girl was jeal- ous.” “It may be they were not partial,” said Mrs. Wise, “but evidently they were lacking in discernment. Thev did not ob- serve the chidren closely enough to detect the beginnings of trouble and nip them in the bud, as Mrs. Bird suggests. Alice was a quiet child. She may have felt slighted. Child- ren often misinterpret the act- ions of their elders and think they are being slighted when there is no such intention.” “I have noticed that.” said Mrs Willing. “Some children find it difficult to themselves and readily become self-conscious They need extra attention in order they may not feel leftt out when others who are naturally more active and asser ive are around. Jeal- ousv and even hatred can eastlv begin when the ext"a attention thev crave has not been given to them ” “How easy it is for to take root I have seen it veloping even in very young children” said M)s. Wise. “I remember the case of one little bov who was not quite two always years old An aunt of his had held him dn her lap when they were out rding. Then her and" his wife "with their baby the came to town and soon Of ’ 6lh Revision “The Negro Biblio¬ graphy” Published NEW YORK— (ANP)— Publi¬ cation of te sixth revision of “The Negro, A Selected Biblio- graphv,” was announced here recently by the New York Pub- lie library, the The booklet compiled by adult department s’aff of the 135th street branch library, list: books whicn are in the branch- Schomburg Collection °i Negro literature which may be used for study, review and dis- cugsion on Negroes by students, study groups and reading clubs Aim of the booklet is to pro- vi,de easy reference to works by and about Negroes. In the fore¬ word, the authors set forth its purpose as: •Since ^ th Ve is ho natural aver on 0 f oi e race or creed tc bother we believe sincerely tbat books can be used a a ef- fective weapons against prej- udi intolerance and lack of unders ending. We are con- vinced further that ihey may with dignity and truth develop democratic attitudes. “This • six revision ... is . . offered as a weapon to help de¬ feat one phase of bigotrv in American life, to inform -...... those -—- who do rot know, to strive to convince those who will not believe and tp develop pride, and self-(respect in those toward whom diserimina ion and prej- udices are directed.” The listings are broken down under the headings “African Biography,” both collective • Folklore,” "American Historl,” •Bevond Our Shoves,” "Econom¬ ic Outlook,” “Social and Cul¬ tural Life,” “Race Relations," Bocgraphy,” both collective and individual,” Literature,” "Drama,” "Poetry,” and “Music and Art.” Among the authors whose works are listed are Arna Bon- temps, W. E. B. Dubois, Carter G. Woodson, H. Courlanded, B. G. Brawley, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, G. James Fleming, m ; •• 4 r THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1950 wife and husband were, oThc both working, — so " the grandmother had to take care of the baby. Of course, when they went out she had to hold her grandchild instead of her nephew. The little fellow, who in Iked unusually wel! for a child of his age. several times said, ‘Aunt Uffie doesn't like xzo' Another aunt and his motner i saw the danger and at once i went to work to change the i child’s thought.” j “How did they do it?” asked j Mrs. Willig. “They spoke freouently and at length about how many people little Charles had to love him. They would mention Mother and Daddy, different aunts and uncles, and would especially dwell upon the af- fection of the aunt who had the ittje grandson.” “It sounds easy,” said Mrs. Bird. “That was not all,” continued Mrs. Wise. “They interested Cha'rles in babies. They brounht out not only his own baby oic- tues but also those of his fatn- i er, his mother, and his aunts I and uncles. It, was explained to that everyone was once a 1 baby and that those who are no .• longer babies help the little t ones to grow up. They talked j | about the fun that Charles and Billy would \e-y soon have to- i gether and made Charles feel : superior to but very kindly toward the younrr child.” ! “I can see how that would J counteract jealously,” said Mrs. Bird. “How important it is to notice children’s reactions, in, j order to know when there is -need to change their attitudes.” i “Yes,” answered Mrs. Wise, j “We must be watchful and keep , love alive in the hearts of our j children at all times. Thac does much to nip jealously, oyivy, j and hate in the bud and so • revents untold future misery.” Mbonu Ojike, Horace Cavton, Moon Buc.klin, Florence Mur- poho t C. Weaver, F L, Brownlee, St. Clair Drn e. Ed¬ win R. Ernbree, Claude or. Peniamin K. Mays. Roi, Ott- ley, Haywood Pat erson, Lillian Rmith. Richard Wright, hurl'd'- langr,- ton Hughes, Dr. C S. Johnson, Countee Cullen. Gwendo'vn P oaks, Owen Dodson, Alden Bland, Plodding barter, Roland Haves. Alain Locke and Howard Thurman. In the biographical are.,such ^ames as Utils Armstrong, "fniamin Bnnekor, George V.a ington . Carve', rcdeii-k ,, I Pougms. Paul -.awrei.iv i-’.m- bar. W. C. Hand”. Ma tn .- Hen- ton, -Tames Vet ■ -i . o.msnn, - T ^ Adam Clayton Pow- ell, Bill Robin ton. Sojourns Truth, Harriott Tubman, Book¬ er T. Washington. P h ill is Wheatley, Waiter White. " the publications Copies of the li¬ may be procured from brary at nominal cost. Leroy Palmer Now ' PvL Palmer LFPOY P4TMFR NOW PVT. Leroy Henry Palmer, son of Karl Palmer, 21,38 Jones street, Savannah, has recently been promoted from Recruit to Priv¬ ate, upon successful completion of his 14 week training evde w p b Company B. 28th Infantry Reigment, of the famed 38th infantry Division, lort Jack- son, g, C. private Palmer was inducted into the Regular Armv on Aug. 29, 1950. at Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to entering t.hc service, he attended Beach High school, Savannah, and was later em¬ ployed by the Savannah Golf Club. If there’s a stale taste in your ice cubes, it’s probably because the refrig- erator and icc cube trays are harboring food odors. Once a week you should wash down the refrigerator and trays with soda and wane, water, about three tablespoons of soda to a quart of water. Then your ice cubes are sure to be sweet and fresh.