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FAGE FOUR ihf $mmmh fri! Established 1875 By J. H. DEVEAUX SOL C. JOHNSON........Editor and Publisher W1LLA M. AYERS. Asst. V. Pub. A Manager i. H. BUTLE R....................Amo. Editor Published Every Thursday 1009 WEST BROAD STREET Telephone. Dial 5238 Subscription Rate In Advance One Year _______________ $3.00 She Months ___________________________$2.00 ------------------------$L50 Three Months Remittance must be made by Express, Post Office Money OTder or Registered MalL VOTE YES JUNE 7 It is as simple as that. After all is said, the issue seems to come to this: if we are to have the kind of schools our children need to receive, the sort of education other children receive in oth¬ er cities, if our schools are to have as good teachers as other cities have, we must vote for the increased millage ask¬ ed for by the Board of Education. This must be done. The election must be overwhelmingly in favor of the 11 mills increase. Some of those who oppose the increase base their opposition on the fact that a millage of 26 makes tax¬ es in the city higher than Jhat of many other cities of like size and importance. This argument appears to justify their opposition until it is revealed that the schools receive not one cent from the city. This argument appeals to those who do not stop to think about this. Of course, our schools must not be pen¬ alized, we must not take it out on our children, because we have allowed con¬ ditions to exist which make such a high rate of taxation possible. Let’s not mix up the thing. We are interested in this election in increasing the millage for schools only. Let’s not be confused by another misunderstanding: the schools’ problems are not solved by the sales tax, of which only one cent is to come to the schools. ' w 4 We feel that Negro voters ought to give hearty support in favor of in¬ creased millage. We have been asking for a number of the things, the increas¬ ed millage will make it possible of re¬ ceiving. We stand to gain as much as anybody else from the increased millage. In addition to these more or less selfish reasons, we maintain, as we always have, that every election gives us the opportunity to participate in govern¬ ment, to perform one of a citizen’s most important duties. Let’s perform that duty Thursday, June 7, Let’s make it a red- letter day for our children. Let’s get out and vote for 11 mills ourselves, and get our neighbors and friends to do so too. Two hundred more people could have heard Thurgood Marshall than did. On Friday night last, a fairly large audi¬ ence listened with rapt attention as Mr. Marshall recounted his recent experi¬ ences in the Far East, on a tour of in¬ vestigation into the treatment Negro GIs were receiving in Japan and Korea. Frequent reports of mistreatment and the case of (Lieut. Gilbert, caused the NAACP to send Mr. Marshall on this very important mission. The Ameri¬ can Negro soldier has received raw deals in every war, but for lack of Negro war correspondents and lack of access to re¬ cords, it has not been easy to get the real facts or the total picture in connec¬ tion with his participation in the coun¬ try’s conflicts. So instead of waiting for the end of the present fracas to get information, the NAACP has moved to get it first hand and while it is hot., it is well that such a man as Mr. Marshall was available for such a mission which required balance and judicial understand¬ ing. He blames most, if not all, of the evil treatment Negro soldiers undergo and have undergone in Korea, as well as in other wars, on the practice of segre¬ gation. He cited the difference between the Navy and Air Forces, and the Army in this regard. Mr. Marshall’s address consisted of cold, hard truth about what he saw in Korea. He placed the blame JUBILEE DAY JUNE 3 REV. R .M. GIIBERT, Speaker Sunday will be observed as Jubilee Day by Omar Temple No 21 A. E. A. O. N. M. S. Not only will the local temple but all temples, wherever dis- Entered as Second Class Matter at the Office at Savannah, Ga, under the Act March 3. 1879 National Advertising Representative: Associated Publishers 562 Fifth Ave. New York 19, New York upon whomever it belonged. When it was appropriate to do so, he blamed Ne¬ groes themselves for their obsequious complacency in many things. Mr. Mar¬ shall’s visit here with his first hand ac¬ count of the services which the NAACP has rendered and intends to continue to render, should be sufficient to arouse every worthwhile Negro to join the or¬ ganization. t The interview of Gen. MacArthur by Stanley Roberts reveals that the Gen¬ eral’s statements as regards Negro sol¬ diers do not agree with Thurgood Mar¬ shall’s observations of the situation in Korea and Japan. He was particularly critical of the fact that there no Negroes were assigned to positions at the disposal of the General. His statement about ‘white supremacy’ seems a little short of being conclusive. It is: “Far from being an advocate of white supremacy, I know and understand the needs of the colored peo¬ ples throughout the world . . perhaps more than any living American. More about this later. lRWINTON, CLARENDON , OUACHITA Of the three counties in three differ¬ ent southern states in which suits have been filed to end segregation in schools of secondai’y level, Clarendon County, S. C. gets the call to win a niche in the history of a long struggle for human rights. The city, the site of the trial, is already famous as a city where other important decisions have been made. Nearly 90 years ago such a decision was made there. The main characters tak¬ ing part in the case include two federal judges who are not strangers to suits involving the race issue, and a Coterie of NAACP lawyers led by Thurgood Mar¬ shall, one of the country’s outstanding lawyers. The case attracts a little more than the usual interest because of the international reputation of South Carolina’s governor. James F. Byrnes, who hopes to cite that the $75,000,000 construction program (of the state) is designed to equalize schools for both races.” The state bases its defense on the 50 year old doctrine, “separate but equal” that has never been carried out. The condition of Negro schools in South Carolina and Georgia, and in most other southern states does not bolster our faith that even with 75 or 180 mil¬ lion dollars much change will occur with¬ out considerable delay and inconven¬ ience. We know this. The frequent¬ ly repeated threat that, for instance, “School district trustees were authoriz¬ ed to lease or sell school property as ... a way to let churches or other private groups banned,” run justifies the^ schools doubt if segregation is “separate our that the hut equal” doctrine will be¬ come tangible fact, will become operative with reasonable promptness in meeting the needs of Negro children. If the southern states had kept faith with their own law and with Negroes, there would be no necessity for suits to ban seg¬ regation. Everybody knows this. The decision of the Clarendon County case will be watched for with a great deal of interest. Of course it will not be final. The Supreme Court o$, the Unit¬ ed States will render the final decision which may not come soon, which may be softened by a show of sincerity on' the part ol the states to make the “separate but equal” doctrine real. persed over the domain, will be holding ceremonies, The local program begins at 4 p. m. The principal speaker for the occasion will be Dr. Ralph M. Gilbert, pastor of First A B Church. The affair will fea- ture a special ceremony con¬ ducted by Illustrious Potentate Geo. L. Smith and his staff of officers which will be colorful in nature. A large number of nobles, will be in attendance together 1 with the Daughters of Isis of Omar Court No. 91. headed by Mrs. Henrietta Washington, Other members of the Masonic family as well as Weldon Lodge! of Elks and other fraternal bodies will be guests. The services will be held at the Masonic Tem(ple. NEGRO TRACK STAR GETS CATHOLIC AWARD NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y. — j Ted year Holliday, at Iona star College in track here, this re¬ ceived the tract award at the annual College Awards Dinner. The college is conducted under Catholic auspices by the Christ¬ ian Brothers of Ireland. BETWEEN THE LINES ANOTHER OLD SOLDIER FADES: Oscar DePriest passes on. Well might the nation mourn. A great moral hero retires from the lists of life covered with glory. Whether it is generally admitted or not, this nation in general and the Negro race in particular, owe a great debt of gratitude to Oscar DePriest. He was the leader in the political renais¬ sance of the Negroes of this country. Since 1 reconstruction days Negroes had not fig-i ured in any great way in the political fates and fortunes of the country. Aside from the fact Negroes were incurably republican and slavishly devoted their political repub¬ ener- gi.-s to lurtnering the fortunes of the lican party, the Negro race had become po¬ litically inoccuous and “harmless.' istgroes were tolerated by the republi¬ can., and spurned by the democrats and were consigned to a kind of political or¬ phanage. Their political history was “an¬ cient’’ history; their political present was a nonenity and their political future was as chimera in the desert. In fact, the Negro race had politically settled down to a hum¬ drum ol supporting patronizing white re¬ publicans who offered no more than a sop ior the support of millions of Negroes. The coming of Oscar DePriest changed the political complexion almost completely. When DePriest went to congress from Illi¬ nois he fired the imagination qf the nation ana Negroes became vibrant with hope, and inspiration. His coming to the polit¬ ical front amounted to a political transfu¬ sion which produced a revival of the Ne¬ gro’s political life. There was an upsurge of political pride and ambition and the Ne¬ gro found himself once more alive to hij political possibilities. DePriest was no scholar of great erudi¬ tion and scholastic finesse; he was no statesmen of swaggering eminence; he made no pretenses to being a headline seek¬ er. He was just an honest-to-goodness, hard-hitting; hardheaded politician ana udovc all a man. He was as honest as the days were long. He became a living sym¬ bol of the Negro’s political future and the embodiment of a race's political ambition. the baccalaureate address day for the schools of Early County at the Washington high school in Blakely, this being the home of Rev. Powell. On last Friday night he delivered the address to the graduates of Wayne County Training School in Jesup. The trustee rally which came off Sunday night was not completed and will on Sunday night, June 10. We are happy to have with us for a few days Mrs. Annie Lee James of Moorestown, N. J„ a former member of Bethel. Tremont Temple Tremont Temple Usher Beard No. 2 held its regular meeting at the church May 23 with ! Churches ! Bethel AME Church Sunday school at Bethel opened at 9:30 a. m. with the superintendent in charge. The senior class presented a ouiz which was very interesting. Tiie commencement program for the Sunday school will be held Sunday, June 10 at the Jr. church hour. The annual kmo 1 and queen contest is being sponsored as usual by the S. S. The present king is Lawrence Hutchins, Jr., and the queen is Minnie Pearl Hobbs. Pastor A. D. Powell preached two in¬ spiring sermons during the day. The baby contest was very successful. Babv Marvin Ward. Jr., sponsored by Mrs. Cora Roberts, raised the highest amount. $75.00- Joan Hodge second with $50.78; Harrell. 3rd, $40.(F; Beverlv Harrington. 4th. *17.00. Janice Jackson. 5 th. $7.00- $190.63. Rev. Powell delivered THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE \ DORM COUNCILS bers 0 f women's and Dorn ‘ Lr - Councils pose a i° int meeting. Left to right: o. Brown, Henry ham, Helen McCutchen, Henry He spear-headed the current political re¬ naissance which has brought Negroes to thei political forefront and promises to sub¬ stantially integrate them into the political life of the nation. The Negro s political renaissance has been a decided benefit to the country as well as! to the Negro race. The outlook of the people has been broadened and white Amer¬ ica is fast becoming conscious of the Ne¬ gro’s active citizenship instead of a merely passive one This is good for the nation. DePriest was at first a curiosity but he soon showed congress that he was no cipher representative He made himself feit in many ways about Washington The ’■gentlemen” from the deep south could not frighten Oscar DePriest. When they threat¬ ened to throw him out of the restaurant, he defied them and got away with it and proved them to be the cowards they actu¬ ally were. In other words great old Oscar DePriest was the very kind of man it took for those times and he was preparing the way for Dawson and Powell even as they are preparing a way for others. DePriest begat in the Negro race a vote-' consciousness it had not had since recon¬ struction times and this in itself was a rare contribution to a race’s advancement. Ne¬ groes everywhere should utter a prayer of thanksgiving to God for Oscar DePriest; for he verily served his day and generation. In. very truth he was a pioneer and a trail- blazer. It is so e^sy to forget heroes of yester-i day in the acclaim of those of the hour. Within recent years we have not heard much from DePriest but this column has never failed at sundry times to make mention of the great old warrier. More than once have we extolled him as one of the nation’s truly great characters. If the current Negro political aspirant can add to DePriest’s courage the ameni¬ ties of larger learning, there are endless pos¬ sibilities waiting to be explored. DePriest was a political patriarch and as such has merited the great inspiration to the hard- pressed Negroes in their fight for fuller freedom. An revior to our valiant knight! i Routine Pres. Ben business Wright was SS transact j ed. Pres. Albert Jackson of i Union was guest speaker. Next meeting June 6 when all mem- bers are asked to be present, Ben Wright, president, and Johnnie B. Taylor, reporter. -- c f TKnmae 1 nomas IJehovc usne " s The meeting of S’t. Thomas Usher Board was held at the home of the president, Sis. Johnson, 709 W. 52 St. Much business was aransacted. The next meeting will be at the home of Sis. R. Williams, 312 W. 46 St. Pres., E. Johnson, Sect. A. L. Denbgall, reporter, I. Holmes. M. Brown. Henrietta Jones. Ruth Pelzer (sealed' William Murphy. John C. Barr. This is one of the many administrative agencies found among the stu¬ dents of Clafhn University, Orangeburg, S. C. Women’s Day At Friendship Woman’s day at Friendship Baptist church, 611 W. Duffy St., will be observed Sunday with an interesting program arranged by the young people for Sunday morning beginning at li a m. Mrs. Mattie Shorter of St. Luke Baptist church will be the sneaker. At 8 o’clock 'here wil be a program with Mrs. Mary R, Heyward of Beth¬ lehem Baptist church as speak¬ er. All members are asked to be present and pay $1.00 at ®ither of these services. Rev. D D. Henderson is pastor of the church. Central Bant. Church Cor Hull and McAlister Sts. R«w. Wm. Dfoiols. pastor. Sun- 4av the services at Centra.' Rcprist churrh will be dedicated death and suffering of CH-ist. iu 10:3a the Sundav ‘"’bool will be directed bv the suoe r }pt e n,dent. The morning "”0 evening messages will be delivered bv Pastor Da-riels T’he rompa’' o-oeTorn r ende-eO each 1 st Sunday bv the clmir will be held at 8 o m. with the rno Stf' T * of f’PrpniGHjoc; |-*pino Wir». Brown At this writ- ine our sick members are much improved. C ' thot rrts TO opp;x AVOTuyg ri\Tii; pr-riTT "NT"), Or®.—A Catholic neighborhood recreational and social center will be opened hP r e in Job®, it has been an- Pounced. The renter vd 11 v®® p hrnn°h of thp FVi^^fi cV iip dopco movement and will be staffed by Negro and white Catholics who work full time without pay. FriendshiD House has branches also in New York Citv. Chicago, and Washington. D. C. The Army oueht to be able to use any American who is well enough to held down a steady job. HOME EDUCATION Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th Street, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly l a our columns. “THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY”—Froebei THE CHILDREN’S BIRTHRIGHT Henry Turner Bailey All children ought to be fa¬ miliar with the open country. They should nkow the joy of plaving in healthful mud, of paddling in clean water, of hearing roosters call up the sun and birds singing praises to God for the new day. They should have the vision of pure skies enriched at dawn and sunset with unspeakable glory; of dew-drenched morn¬ ings flashings with priceless gems; of grain fields and wood¬ lands yielding to the feet of the wind; of the vast night sky “all throbbing and panting with stars.” Th®v should feel the jov of seedtime and harvest, of dazz- i ling summer noons, and of creaking, glittering winter nights. They should live with flowers and butterflies, and with the wild things that have made possbile the world of fable. They should experience the thrill of going barefoot, of being out in the rain without brellas and rubbercoats and overshoes, of riding a birch, of slinding down pine boughs, of climbing ledges and tall trees, of diving head first into a transparent pool. They ought to know ffni smell ri wet parth, of i.tw-mown hay; of the blossoming wild crane and eglantine; of an anple orchard in May and of a pine forest in Julv; of the crushed leaves of wax mvrtle sweet fern, mint and fir; of ‘he breath of cattle and of fog blown inland from the sea. Thev should hear the an¬ swer the trees make to the rain and to the wind: the sound of ripplm® and falling water: the muffled roar of the sea in a. -‘■o-m. and its lisping and laughing and clapping of hands m a stif fbreeze. Thev should know the sound of the bees in a nlum tree i-< May. of frogs in a bog in April, of grasshoppers along the roadsides In .Tune' of crickets out in the dark in Sep¬ tember. Thev should hear a ’enfless ash tree hum. a pine tree sigh, old trees groan in the "orest, and the floating ice In --- ----- — .■ ..... .. ? Negroes On New York r ancer Board 1 NEW YORK—For the .first o-no m Vie history of thp New Tr ork r'ri Cancer Committee, ’bre® Negroes were elected to b® board of direo'ors. which 'its the nnlicy and does the w®r-al1 nlanning for *he Cancer 'ommittpe Anomineement of "heir election was made this vnpk'jhv General John Reed T Hlnarti®, president of the ’®mmjtfe° Tiie New York Citv "oncer Commute® is a division "f ‘bo American C°ncer Society Tbn threo pr® Mrs. Ftnah R fRo’Ute, oharmarist: Dr John Mosetpv. ®hi®f radiologist at ^edoohsm hosnital. and Dr. Roots T Wright.. surtHeal di- -ertor of Harlem hospital. Mrs. Foutt® received her "rpininv j n nharmaev. science and art at Columbia Ttniversitv ’”4 cturtrip at th® HniversUv ®f Paris. She is a trained meri- : "a.l worker, having studied at ,v,n Npw Yori< School of Social Wow - and the Post-Graduate hospital wherp she was medi- "al social worker for twelve •oars. Mrs. BouttP is associated pharmacist to her husband. Dr M v. Routte. proprietor of Routte 4nothecary in New York City. She was administrative secretary for the Harlem Divis¬ ion of the New York City Can- "er Committee f® r four years and medical soi*al consultant "o the American Cancer Society "o- two and one-half vears. Dr. Moselv is a graduate of harvard College and the medi¬ al school of the University of "bicago He is a radiologist on ‘bp staffs of Mt. Sinai and Sv- -tpnham hospitals and is ' a sopcialist in cancer prevention and detection. He is also a member of the New York State Tuberculosis CommMJee. Dr. Moselv is the first and onlv Negro member of the New York Roontgcn Society. Dr. Wright, a praduate of Harvard Medical School, is a f ai]ow of the International Col¬ lege of Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Medimi Assoeation. He is also chairman of the board of directors of the Na- tinal Association fr the Ad¬ vancement of Colored People. Dr. Wright is also on the ad- visrv council of the New York Department of Hospitals. SECOND NEGRO WINS SEAT IN NASHVILLE NASHVILLE—(ANPl— Nash¬ ville has named a second Ne¬ gro to its 21-member city council. Robert Lillard, attorney and retired city fireman, defeated incumbent Councilman Charles Castleman. 669 to 450, in a run¬ off election this week. In municpal elections last Mav 10 Atty. Z. Alexander Looby was elected city council- mar. over Coyness L. Ennis, another Negro attorney. Lillard and Looby were elected from districts predominantly Negro. _ THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1951 a brock making its incompara¬ ble music beneath the frozen crystal roof of some flooded glade. They should have a chance to chase butterflies, to catch fish, to ride on a load of hay, to camp ut, to cookover an open fire, to tramp thrugh new country, and to sleep under the open sky. They should have the fun of driving a horse, paddling a canoe, and sailing a boat, and of discovering that Nature will honor the humblest seed they plant.. Things that children can do in cities are not to be com¬ pared with such country activ¬ ities. Out of the country and its experiences will has come, and always come, the most stimulating and healthful art of the world. One cannot appro* ciate and enjoy to the full nature books, novels, histories, poems, pictures, or even id, cal compositions, who has had i-i h>s youth the bie contact with the world of ture. i do not forget what cities have done for us, and nlwavs do; but one can eet all best a citv has to yield by visiting it, whereas one cannot rean all the harvests of thte count.rv except, bv living there *n chlidhood. And T feel some¬ how' that such a lif® in the countrv i« tb® birthright of every child. There is Ib-uth in Cowper’s statement that God made the country and man made the town. I believe that every child of God has a right to see the eountry—the house h>s Heapen- lv Father mad® for him—unob¬ structed by brick walls, un- soofled bv citv dirt, and un- rimmed by smok®. And one of these davs. in some way, all children bnrn into the world will be given a chance to en- ioy to the full their inspiring pa'rimony. Living in the ®ounHy jn childhood “th® voic® of the lord God. walking jn th® warden in the cool of the day” is more likelv to hp heard; ^”1. being heard, that Voice will be an- swered more frequently and with warmer love. . ...-- • --- — Mt. Hermon Bapt. Church At Mount Hermon Baptist church, 545 West York street, Sunday school was held at the usual hour led by Dea. Shep¬ herd. Night service was in charge of Rev. J. B. Bates. Sunday wil lbe rommunion day. Rev. J. H. Ford is pastor. Virginia AFL Passes Anti-Jimcrow Resolution (VSFL> last week approved a resolution calling for the end of segregation in unions. The VSLP, state affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, then assured member unions that the resolution was not mandatory as far ks mem¬ ber groups are concerned. Approved by the VSFL at its annual meeting was a state¬ ment which declared the group opposed to “racial and reli¬ gious segregation and discrim¬ ination.” It further declared the state group would be pledg¬ ed: "To participate in the sup-: port the actions of the Ameri¬ can Federation of Labor to the end that racial, religious and economic discrimination be abolished.” announcement « Following the installll of this action, newly President tive of ’ Jack Buckroe s. Smith, Beach, a ifal- an¬ nounced to his unions: “It doesn’t necessarily place a mandate on those locals that have segregated charters. It requests cooperation with the policy of VSFL. “The federation doesen’t have' mandatory power over the lo¬ cals affiliated with it. Their affiliation and participation are strictly voluntary.” NEW ORLEANS—La rrv Will¬ iams of this city, a 1956 honor graduate of Xavier University, has won a. Fulbright scholar¬ ship for stpdv at the Sorbonne in France. He will continue work for his doctoral degree in French. He will receive a master’s decree at Fordham University. New York Citv, in June. Xavier University is con¬ ducted under Catholic aus¬ pices. AMERICAN NUNS SAIL FOR AFRICAN POSTS NEW YORK — Four voung Catholic Sisters, all Americans, sailed for Africa last we®k where they will receive a year of riJractival training oicr going to the mission field. Tlio Sisters, who will devote their lives to service of native Afri¬ cans. belong to a congregation known as the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa. SEE PAUL and ANDY For Ignition. Starters, Generators and Carburetors _ _ Phone 2-0221 •