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THE OBLIGATIONS OF A GOOD
CITIZEN
The SfoMowinfr nine promises offered
by the American Heritage Foundation
have only what a good citizen should in¬
clude in his responsibility to his com¬
munity and his fellow-citizens. Each
of them represents a goal or an ideal for
which meli have fought for many years
to achieve. We wish every man and
woman in our country could get a copy
of these promises, and place them where
they could be pondered daily. They
are as follows:
“One. I will vote at all elections.
J will inform myself on candidates
and 'issues and will use my greatest
influence to see that honest and
capable officials are elected. I will
accept public office when I can
serve my country or my communi¬
ty thereby. jury
“Two. I ‘will serve on the
when asked.
“Three. I will respect and obey
the laws. I will assist public offi¬
cials in preventing crime and the
courts in giving evidence.
“Four. I will pay my taxes under¬
standing^. > but
“Five. I will work for peace
will dutifully accept my responsibil¬
ities in time of war and will respect
the flag. ' %
“Six. In thought, expression and
action, at home, at school and in all
my contacts, I will avoid any group
based on class, race or religion.
“Seven. I will support our system __
of free public education by doing ev¬
erything I can to improve the
schools in my community.
“Eight. I will try to make my
community a better place to live.
"Nine. I will practice and teach
the principles of good citizenship
right in my homo.”
A GOOD JOB
The stature of Prince Hall Masonry
is heightened in the regal'd in which
It is held in American life, by its pos¬
itive stand against Communism and for
democracy. The Grand Masters’ Confer¬
ence of Prince Hall Masons not only de¬
clared itself as unalterably opposed to
Communism but announced its intention
to reaffirm its absolute faith in democ¬
racy and its willingness to defend our
country against any and all efforts on
the part of any ism to influence Ne¬
gro citizens to the contrary. It is no
surprise to those who know the origin
of Prince Hall Masonry that the Grand
Masters’ Conference should take this
stand. Unwavering patriotism is a
natural heritage to them. Prince Hall,
the founder of Masonry among Negroes
in America was himself a compatriot
of John Hancock, and George Washing¬
ton. and who in 1787 on behalf of his.
lodge, “offered and pledged the ser¬
vices of his lodge as a military unit in
the maintenance of orderly govern-
BREAKS DOWN COLOR BAR
CHARLESTON. W. Va.. June
20—In a complete victory for
the Charleston branch and
West Virginia state Conference
of branches of the National
Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People. Federal
District Judge Ben Moore ruled
here this week that discrlmin-
ination against Negroes must
cease at the coffee shop and
restaurant at the Kanawha Air
Terminal.
PRIEST SAYS UNIONS
MUST OPEN DOORS TO
EVERYONE
NEW ORLEANS — "Negroes
must be organized into unions.
Present unions must take more
ef ft them in in and a d, wh where re thev thev are are
unorganized unions must be!
formed.” i
This is the conclusion reached 1
by Father Vincent J. O’Connell.,
local Catholic priest, of in the an city’s Ur- j
ban League survey
Negro life. !
"The glaring evidence of the |
difference in living conditions
for organized Negroes and those i
unorganized Is proof enough
of the need for organization' of 1
Negro workers generally.’ the
priest asserted. '
Entered as Second Class Matter at the
Office at Savannah, Ga, under the Act
March 3, 1879
National Advertising Representative:
Associated Publishers
582 Fifth Ave.
New York 19, New York
ment.” The Conference went farther.
It pledged itself to endorse to Prince
Hall Masons the request of other legiti¬
mate Masons to give the American flag
the place of importance the flag of our
country deserves in the program of Prince
Hall Masonry. This action fits into
the Americahism program of the Grand
Masters’ Conference, which received
highest commendation from many prom¬
inent Americans, including President
Truman. Prince Hall Masons, many
thousands strong, represented in 38
states, and in Liberia and Ontario, want
it known that no Negro citizen will be¬
come a Communist if it is in their pow¬
er to prevent it. We salute Prince
Hall Masons.
THE TRENTON SIX
Three years ago six Negroes, at
Trenton, New Jersey, were charged, tried
convicted and sentenced to death as
robbers and murderers of a 72-year.old
shopkeeper. The case aroused consid¬
erable national and international in¬
terest not onjv because of its nature
but also because of the nature of the ev¬
idence, and because of the laxity of
counsel appoinited to represent these
hapless men. In the face of proven
circumstances which established perfect
alibis for some of the men, they were rail¬
roaded to death sentences, and would
have died but for the timely interven¬
tion of interested and competent coun¬
sel. It is reported that politics had an
important but sinister effect on the
case with near fatal consequences for
the accused. A new trial was secured
and through the intercession of the N.
A .A. C. P., four of the accused men were
freed. Two were convicted and sen¬
tenced to life imprisonment at hard la->
bor. They may apply for parole after
15 years, with time off for good behav¬
ior. The case proves that misicarriiage
of justice may cause the punishment of
innocent persons. What a fearful re¬
sponsibility rests upon the shoulders of
those who sit in judgment upon others.
It is unbelievable that the men who
visited the city jail last Thursday
night in their unholy venture were the
firist to make such a visit. If it was
their first’time, how did they know to
go to the jaH on such a mission. It
was unfortunate for them that they ap¬
proached the wrong women who could
not be bought or scared into submis¬
sion. If the men felt that Negro wo¬
men prisoners could not or would not
stand by their word or that they would
be afraid to identify their assailants,
they were wrong. These women talk¬
ed out and exhibited unusual courage
and a sense of a woman’s right to re¬
sist such unwelcomed advances. Their
stand would seem to justify the opin¬
ion that previous reports of such visits,
though unproved for obvious reasons,
were true. We hope the exposure by
these women will mean the end of
such rotten business.
Jud^e Moore’s order
’hat the refusal of Skv Chefs,
Inc., who run the restaurants,
to serve Negroes, “insofar as
such refusal is predicaed solely
upon race or color." violates
equal protection clause of
Fourteenth Amendment to
U. S. Constitution. The
ants were permanentlv
strained from denying
the right to be served when
restaurant and coffee shop
open for public use. Judge
CATHOLIC WHWL-GRAdT:
ATES NEGROES
SAN ANTON1 ° ~ NearI y
participated in
calaureate and
exercises at St Peter
aca demy and elementary
pere conducted under
aus pices. Diplomas and
were bestowed upon 52
school graduates and 44
a t, PS 0 f t he elementary school
—
When you J want to know
the race, read a Negro news
paper. « _
also ordered the defendants
pay the costs involved in
logal proceeding.
T. G. Nuttor. president of
charleston NAACP branch
the West Virginia State
ference. and a member of
association’s national
committee, handled the case
the NAACP. He was
l-ited bv NAACP Special
Thurgood Marshall, for
splendid victory in a long
ef victories."
FIRST 2 NEGROES
HOCTOR’S DEGREE AT
ST. LOUIS UNIVE.
ST LOUIS—The first two
groes to receive doctor of
osoohv degrees from St.
t '2SJS-
j Graduated at the
133rd commencement in
auditorium here
i Dr. studies Stewart, for while the
1 doctorate
chemistry, has also been
member of the university
I ult J’ since August 1949 as
instructor in chemistry and
search associate to the
of the department.
Dr. Kirk. 27. a sociology
or is the first Negro to
1 all his studies at the
since it began admitting
groes in 1944.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
CRABBERS AND BLABBERS-MESSAGE
Aside from being erroneously captioned,
the story of the Prodigal Son is one of the
most beautiful representations of God’s love'
to man. When the Son of God gave this
representation of His Father to humankind,
he wrought one of his noblest master-pieces
of parabolic discussions of which he wa*
the world’s most consummate master. As
a matter of fact, the Prodigal Son was nob
the hero of the occasion as he has been
cast, bv writers sacred and secular.
The Prodigal’s father representing God
and his attitude toward sinners is the herrv
cf the parable. The Prodigal's brother
rightly belongs next in thp order of im-
po-tance. He staved home and raised
fatted calves to be killed upon the prodi¬
gal’s return and he rightly murmured when
the prodigal got all the attention at the
celebration This writer has always sym¬
pathized with the Prodigal’s brother and
has spurned in a way the Prodigal’s prof¬
fers of contrition.
He returned to his father because he had
run out and had nowhere else to go. He
was ragged and hungry and barefooted
and friendless and broke. That he took a
chance on returning to his father does not
merit the credit he has received. What?
he was fomed to do almost any ordinary
man would have done and lust why he
has been glamorized is something this writ¬
er has never been able to comprehend.
The Prodigal’s brother affords motivation
for this release because he stayed home and
itook care of the humdrum duties of the
farm and had calves ready for the slaugh¬
ter upon his brother’s return. His was the
greater glory, or at least, so it seems to
this writer. If some oriental college was
going to confer a degree upon one of the
bovs we wonder who would get the honors.
Negroes of Richmond recently broke into
one of the finest residential sections of the
city even as Negroes in Detroit and Chicago
and St. Louis have done in past years. Al¬
though in many cases they are paying fab-i
ulous prices for these properties, they are
reallv enjoying some of the finest housing?
in the city, and this with an air of exclu¬
siveness that is satisfying. One of the fin¬
est apartment houses in this exclusive area
was bought by Richmond’s crab man, that
is the man who made his money walking
the streets selling crabs.
Up and down Richmond’s streets by day
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DISCLSSED NDA’S CARIBBEAN
TOUR—Plans for the National
Dental Association's Caribbean
tor" were discussed recently by
this cheerful group in the home
of Dr. and Mrs. Charles M.
Thompson of Chicago. (Dr.
Thompson is seated second from
left and his wife second from
right.l The happy guests are
members of the Lincoln Dental
Society and their friends. Dr.
Thompson, who is director of
TO NEGRO GRADUATES 1951
and night the crab man’s voice could bd
heard with its plaintive cries “Crabs ! At
any rate, when this fine apartment was of¬
fered for sale the crab man took over. Now
there is a rush by Richmond’s elite to get
one of the fine apartments—for they repre¬
sent the last word in comfort and conven¬
ience. The writer is among those scramb¬
ling to get accommodations. The crab man
sells crabs for a living and the others whey
are trying to get an apartment are selling
blab for a living. talk-a lot ot .
■ Blab” in Webster means the.
talk etc. Reduced to its last analysis
blabbers must de,pend upon the crabbers
for succor in the housing crisis. The blab¬
bers are of course degreed persons steeped
in philosophic lore and march in academic
processions with stately stride, smothered
the while with hoods and fussy gowns, while.,
the crab man is downtown crying “Crabs! ’
But when the procession ends and the blab¬
bers must have a place to live they turn
the crab man. the>
This is neither a disparagement of
blab man nor of the crab man. It is am
appreciation of the opportunity that thei
everyday man has to serve his fellowman.
It is a stern rebuke in advance for the col¬
lege graduate who feels “a little bit better”
than the fellow who has not been to coG
lege; who fails to realize that many people
who have never been to college are superior
to many who have gone; that the man who
sells crabs is just as important as the man)
who sells blab.
The Young Negro graduate who lets his'
degree go to his head and forgets that af¬
ter all character is more important than de¬
grees, is in for some sad disillousionment in,
the near future, The crabber who has a
shelter for the blabber is like the prodigal’s
brother who stayed home and raised fatted
calves for the feast. Crabbing can be just
as ennobling as blabbing. Today the de¬
mand for crabbers is more pressing than
the demand for blabbers.
DECORATION
By William Henry Huff For AUP
This soldier brown was truly brave,
That’s why we lay upon his grave
This wreath of roses red,
He gave his life for you and me
And that thing we call liberty,
To mortal sense he’s dead.
public relations of the National
Dental Association, said
purpose of the Caribbean
which will include Puerto Rico,
the Dominican Republic. Repub-
lie of Haiti. Jamaica and Cuba.
is to exchange cultural relations
and demonstrate American
tal techniques with fellow den-
tists in the Caribbean area. It
is sehduled to follow the organ-
ization's national convention in
August. _
i Dr. M. L. Walton of Thomas-
j ville, Ga., who is president of
| j "commodore” the NDA. will be trip. the official
of the Among
the other dentists making the
I trip will be Dr. W. D. Giles of
! Chicago, the association s for-
mer president. Dr. Charles E.
Williams, also of Chicago, chair-
man of the national body's
board of directors, and Dr. Wm.
Springer, Cincinnati,
elect.—(ANP) .
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“THE CHILD’S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY”—Froebel
THE LITTLE INDIAN CANOE
Florence Fairman Stookey
"Oh, Uncle Henry,” cried a
small boy, “where did you get
that little boat? Isn’t it a fine
one?”
“That came from up North,
Donald,” said Uncle Henry.
“It's an Indian canoe, and I
saw the Indian who made it.”
“Oh. Uncle Henry, did you
reallv?”
“Yes, indeed,” replied his
uncle, “and it took a great deal
of skill to make it. Every Indian
boy is ambitious to learn how
to make a good canoe. How
would you like to own this one,
Donald?”
“Own it? I own that canoe?”
gasped Donald, pleased and
surprised at so generous an
offer.
“Certainly. That very canoe.
Why not?”
“Oh, oh, Uncle—”
“If you will cut the grass in
my yard, and do it well, I'll pay
you by giving you this canoe.”
“Where’s your lawn mower?”
asked Donald egaerly. “I’ll begin
this minute.”
“It's in the tool house,” an¬
swered his uncle.
So Donald ran off to the tool
Freeman Crawley’s
Death Breaks Up
Haointon Quartet
HAMPTON, Va. — Death of
Dreams n W. Crawley here last
week “broke uo” one of Hamo-
ton Institute’s . famous “first
quartettes.”
Crawley, a charter member
-f thp Ouarier-Oenturv Hub of
IT-irrmton Institute emnloveps,
’■etirod. was living at, 4f) E Tvler
street, Tlamnton. when hp died
-n Wednesday June 13. Funeral
services were held at the St.
Cyprian’s church in Hamnton
”ti June 15, with tmrial follow-
pt fpr. Pssset.tp cerneterv.
The Rev. Lloyd Alexander, rec-
‘o’ - conducted the funeral ser¬
.
vices.
T b'> “first quartette” for
which OrawlC” was lead teuor
from 1897 to 1924 was so called
because it was a nrofessional
nuartette of graduates and
former students which assisted
’o fnnd-reising campaigns,
traveling all over the count,rv
sod sinemg before the crowmed
heads of Eprope There was also
a student "second quartette.”
Members 0 f the “first
tet” with Crawlev included
Alonzo H. Meeks, ’04, an
'ater tute employee at Tuskeree for Institute many years, j
and |
m the real estate husiness in
Indiana; Dr. S A. Thomas, ’06,
mw a Newport, News. Va., den¬
tist; and John H. Wainwright.
88. retired Hamnton employee
now living in Phoebus.
Survivors include Mrs. Craw
ley, the former Lizzie Ann Sa¬
vage, Hampton, ’08: a son, Wm.
R. Crawley, Richmond, Va., pub¬
lic school music teacher and
1950 Hampton grad; and three
daughters, Mrs. Rose A. Satis-
field, Miss Mary E. Crawley,
and Miss Sarah Crawley, all
residents of the Virginia Lower
Peninsula.
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The tremendous strides made
during the past eleven months in
strengthening against the threats America’s of defenses
our enemies
is a tribute to the basic strength
and patriotism of American in¬
dustry and labor. It is an achieve¬
ment of which they may well be
proud and one that should give
the American public renewed con¬
fidence and trust in our free en¬
terprise system.
However, at the same time,
there is a growing attitude of
apathy, in some sections of our
country, towards this country’s
present crisis-the result, no doubt,
of the splendid military achieve¬
ments in Korea. This apathy has
cauged such mobilization leaders
as Charles Wilson and Eric John¬
ston to voice their concern.
Bernard Baruch also has recently
called attention to this situation.
In the face of this dangerous
lethargy, the it is refreshing to find
organized forces of industry
ar.d labor assuming an increasing
share of the burden of responsi¬
bility of these times. They have
sent their top men to assist in un¬
raveling the tangled problems of
inflation, increased production,
military needs, prices and eco¬
nomic stabilization. They have
helped step up America’s in¬
dustrial output. They have ac¬
cepted and are deeply aware of
their responsibility to the public,
ar.d they have unselfishly given of
their time and talents in an en¬
THURSDAY. JUNE 21, 1931 ”
house and soon returned with
the lawn mower. For over an
hour he pushed it up and down
the yard: then he ran into the
house and called, “Uncle Henry,
please bring me the canoe. I’m
all through.”
“Oh, are you?” asked his
uncle in great surprise. "There’s
a patch over there by the gar¬
den—and another by the kit¬
chen walk that don’t look as
though they had been touched
since last week. Of course, if
you’d rather not finish your
job, I’ll pay you fifteen cents
for what yo.u’ve done. But that
little canoe—you see It’s made
of real birch bark and by a
genuine Indian—and well made, and'
too, sewed and bound firmly
neatly. It wouldn’t be right 'for
me to give you that unless ”ou
had done the whole job, Donald,
but and I done can’t it do properly. it.” I’m K sorry!
ald. Back “I’ll to try the it yard again, wentijion- hJfeaid.
’
For half-an-hour long® thelWn he
cut and trimmed, till
was as smooth as a green rug.
Then he brought Uncle Henry
out to inspect the job. “All
right, my boy,” said Uncle
Henry. “Here is your canoe.”
Another son, Freeman Craw¬
ley, Jr., Hampton ’40, died in
1941.
HAMPTON GRAD TO
STUDY IN FRANCE
HAMPTON Va. — Hermon S.
Os vis. Jr 1Q47 Hamnton insti¬
tute graduate in architectural
next fcp „,ji) st,orlv with
the famous architect and U. N.
Consultant. T.e Corbusier, under
” ouibright Scholarship in Paris,
France.
Davis received the Mas-
tor of Architecture Dn(r r p e
the Universitv of Illinois in
afternoon sessions while work¬
ing under Le Corbusier in the
mornintrs.
The son of Prineina] H. S.
Davis nf the Marv Potter School
at Oxfnrri. n. c he has already
laoan doine work in civil en¬
gineering including city plan¬
ning at the University of Wis¬
consin
At Hamnton Davis nartici-
nated in the band, the Student
Christian Association, and other
activities and was a scholar-
shin student. His experience to
date has included teaching and
statistical drafting for the Na-
Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics (Langlev Field
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NEGRO CATHOLICS INCREASE
mmiNG LATE CARDINAL’S
TERM
PHILADELPHIA — The death
of Denis Cardinal Dougherty,
Catholic Archbishop of Phila¬
delphia, brings to mind the
extraordinary increase in num¬
ber of Negro Catholics in the
Philadelphia area since he was
named to the see in Y)18. At
present there are two Catholic
churches in Philadelphia with
predominant Negro member¬
ships and a number of other
churches have large Negro rep-
resentation.
deavor to arouse the public to the
urgency of the present crisis. j
A particularly noteworthy in¬
stance of this awareness on the
part of industry may be found in
a sored current advertisement, spon¬
by Seagram-Distillcrs Cor¬
poration, titled “WORK MUST
COME FIRST,” a message which
is appearing in newspapers all
over the country.
The basic theme of the message
is that—“this is a time for work.
A time when your arms must arm
America—a time when your pro¬
duction lines must give us a firing
line able to withstand any attack
against our way of life. So that
your children will grow up in a
world where freedom rings , . •
everywhere.
has "Only after the day’s job is done
a man the right to the luxury
of whiskey . . . and then only in
moderation.”
Seagram’s is to be corgrrtu¬
la ted for this timely message and
for putting America’s basic inte~-
ests ahead of any temporary sales
interest.
But, as a matter of record, this
advertisement is al§o an act of
should self-preservation, as we see it. For
there cease to be any free
enterprise system-should America
ever cease to be the land we know
and love, there could no longer be
any successful industries and com¬
panies such as Seagram’s.
G. D. REEDE ,