New Leadership In 20 Years-Johnson DR. DU BOIS WRITES STIRRING BOOK About The 969th Washington - - H cent from the War Department the lighting done by thu Fuld Aitillery Baltaluiri togne Tile oattit, citnp.'.'i Ni gi >) enlisted i NIAN SATi r.DAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1946 PRICE FIVE CENTS 155-niillimete! Ilov. ;t/i ■ Uijght the enem\ jU the wav lrvm Ni>rm:ind to Bast^gne During th" strugelt- at Ba-'ouu . witn the German infant y so jk . that “motar bc^mo^ lell iik.’ Irur on the balln'.ien. the liyiiiir ; y0f*lh held tlieir giound and n ed push back the attack- i.-. W;'-i the t'Xceplion of the caiKi 'iii-i-: , the unit was for d to ti.lr a-; ;-i- faiitiymen. and succeeded .n 'ak in:, 3i) or 40 prisoneis. Casualties mounted high aiii'*".: the niei id Jinally came with the arrival supply pianos and ar:noi.-i . f. i.m the sriulh. whii-li ' i-'. .r. •! up" the score As part of the 2b;.i ’•'fan' •' Division, the battalion weiii ashore on Noi niandy July 9. aid ed the division at La Hay- Du Puits, took part in the flare-uji fiom the N'lrmandy p- ninsula and was active on the Bre:t pi-n- insttla. Dv Bois Book Is Challenge To Dumbarton Oak Confab NNPA Newsmen End African Tour BY P. BERNARD YOUNG JR Editor, Journal and Guide (WRh NNPA Conunifsion in We*l Africa) (Copyright. Keproaucuon Foroidden) \ew York—Tne spring publica- ^ t.on of a new book by Dr. W. E. B. DuBois. D.rector ot Special Re- 'i ..rch, NAACP is announced by Itarcoui t-Brace, publushei-s, as lollowsi 'This bocjk Weaves into thefao- -V- N. C. COLLEGE SPEAKER SEES BKIGHI FUTUHt -r. P:;... .pai Lyon Park School Durham and chair- o.irn Nigio DivLsionul Committee of the Bay flouts e. \., _ Sd\ (1 Beaver Awai'd for outstanding service 1 .'vr.'j Council is allowt-d one Silver Beaver for ; ve imi'-. There a;e 144 units in the Occoneechee ei.Tj. i '.-.1- . ounei] to two B-aver Awardn in 1944. .'ll .'.v. e.i jju-.vtnted to S. J. Huskelh, of San- 1- a. u\ 11: H. K. W.tnerspoon, past president of the vl'. e: Be tver lecipu lit. who is making the presenta- f. '.u n, .it, Paul BuJor, Southern Pines, Rev. C. K. eiit ot a t’ouncil and standing are past receivers a'.xuid .-^eouiei Senooier is the ciurd Negro in N. C. ... .lid. others Well' the late Dr. R. T. Weatherby of J Dr R. P Daniel. President of Shaw University, ei- Council leads C. in number of Negro units. Silver Beaver .Awaids and Scout Advancement. of a worlil peaci- lounded on ileinoe.acy several .seemingly sep- auite proolenis Tne first is that oi ihe vaiious coloniw and their colored fH.-opli, tiien come the pioblem.s of foreign investment 1 r profit; the question of the ex pansion of democratic govern- nienl tor the masses of men; the ■ lie of Russia and her ideology in le post-war world, and the feas- iContiniied on back pagei FDR Hints Peacetime Con scription May Exclude JC New York—In a letter to the NAACP, President Roosevelt has hinted that peacetime military conscr^lion may not be on a jim- crow segregated basis. The Chief Executive docs not make any promises, or any flat statemsnU, but writes, "iinaJ plans have not beer, crystallized.” “Mr. Roosevelt's letter was In ■'sponie to one from Roy Wil- Durham. N, C.—First vdi zenship witiim the nexi iweiuy years was predicted lai N>-groes and lower class while by Di. ,\Ior- decai W. Jonnson, president ot Howard Univeraily, here Sunday at North Carolina College. Dr. Johnson expressea the be lief that whereas 'tlie ten years ut ter the war will be a difueult one 'in racial relations ana spirilu-ui aflaii'A, the following ten years would see ' the revival of a real istic and powerful Christianity ^more aggressive and fear less Over Half Farm Families Ill-Housed Says Wickard .-\boul two-tliird;. ►; liu- iia- construction and repairs .'s fuiiii ium.hvs are hl-huus* d. would contribut-* gre .y to na- Nearly half of die inadequate lional employmei.l and general i»ous*s are oeyonu I'epaii, " Ueclar- activity ui the years af- Secielai-y of Agriculture war. • . Cl..iide R. Wicka.d tel wedk bg- lore tl>e Si'iiate SubconimilUje on Jjy6ic4iinay be Uken to telp eolw Housing and Urban Redevelop- nbus“>8 Sec- jjjejjt reta^ Wickard, said, "Before ev- Takes Issue With Separate Veterans Hospital Plan ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ T Tune In Station WRAL ^ Friday at 7:30 p.m. ^ Listen To ^ “THE NEGRO NEWS J OF THE WEEK” A Weekly Feature of THE CAKOLIMAN CHARLES A, RAY Announcer ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ iNavy Has IVo Policy ... I M. Washington. D. C.—A protest agaizKM the announced plan of the Veteran’s Administration to con- istraci aepapate hospital facilities I tor J^iagroes, was voiced by Les- lie JL Perry of the Washington BuriM NAlACP in a letter tnis to Brigadier General Frank Administrator of the Administration. In re- concern over the atti- tudj^ of the Vet Administration. Ptovy podnted to Hines' own tes- tiisoay before the Appropriations CdtUcwhM of &e House of Repre- regardmg appropria- ienb tou 1M5, which he said: , “we are going to bkve a prob lem undoubtedly of providing an- lother Tuskesee hosoital or a so- kins, acting stxiretary of the NA- ACP, setting forth the apprehen sion of colored people over the iContinuod on back page. ENUGU, East Provinces, Nigeria—By Airmail In r*. sponse to the increasing advocacy of mass education for Africans, the government ot Great Britain has issued a Col onial Uttice white paper on “mass tducaUon in Atricaa a tor accomplishment or a meaturaoie approximation ot th* 1 laeal. } N. Y. Charters First Negro Life Insurance Co. NEW YORK — What was former ly the United Mutual Benefit As sociation now becomes a mutual alfaii-s, the following ten ^'ars ssould see "the revival of a real istic and powerful Christianity ai,are aggressive and fear less than any in the country's history.” ‘ In his adih'ess Sunday, which was followed by a concluding message at noon Monday, the dis tinguished educator and minister praised the Russians fur evolving a type of democracy and Chiisl- lanity which he said would tie with attitudes m the West for the aflc-ction of the woi'ld. And while he praised tlie Rus sians, he castigated the Germans for propagating doctrines of raci al superiority and inferiority. Such doctrines may have a fe.v more innings, but "intellectually a id spiritually" they arc done for. i'r. Johnson said. Referring to Russia’s rise after tlie war as “a supreme fact." Dr. Johnson said, "If America is to occupy a position of leadership in post-war spirtual affairs, this country must compete with Rus sia whose broad program embrac es the whole gamut of human col or and culfure.” Improved race relations in America will be part of an iniei - nationi.' revival of remocracy and Christianity, the educator opined. He predicted that within twenty vears in the United States, "a new leadership imbued with the ideas of democracy and Christianity" 1 .. . . - . ^ . -r- - fore the Senate Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Redevelop- '^^f Sec- retary Wickard, said, "Before ev- Conlinuing tlie Secretary said, VO'thing else, it seems to ifR "Slums usually are associated {f f««sary to recognize that with cities, yet the average level programs, m themselves, ol farm housing is far below dial fiver will be enough to solve the of the cilv dwellings. This Ls true housmg problem. Generally oi what miglit bl termed U»c fpeakmg. the farm families with settled farm families. Housing'"comes and the p^r- tondilioiis for most migrant farm prosf^ts of increasing their V.ork.-ns au on an even lower live m the woi;st houses. jyvejL We are dealing with a long- ■ Adc-quab.- slaps to improve neeleeM probleni whose roots term housing woSl.l advance toe ‘'“'f h.alU., happTncs,s, a.id general et- J'”' “"‘J' broad permanent sohi- lecliveness ot millions ot people. Also, Uie resnlting vol-ame stable imd ^equate —■ 'farm mcome and f'ull and contm- 'umg industrial employment. Bet- tei housing for farm people de pends largely on better opportun ities in agriculture or outside of ,il. We must have no more indus- iiial depressions that drive peo- jple back to the land in tarpaper l.^hacks.” Among the direct approaches 643 ivliLLiON LBS. FOOD TO y. S. ^44 INavy Has No Policy Against Using Negro Nurses Says Adm. Agnew !u the problem of farm housing, ('untiiuied on back page) WASHINGTON — Rear Ad miral William J. f. Agnew. Act ing Chief of the Bureau of Med icine and Surgery, United .Statea Navy Medical Corps. is.sued the following statement Saturday. January 27. 1945. "There is no policy in the -Navy prohibiting Ihe appoint ment of .Negro women In the Na\-y Nurse Corps or in the .Navy Nurse Corps Reserve. Every appliraiion reaching the Bureau of Medicine and Rur- geiy for appolnimeni In the .Navy Nurse Corps or the Navy •Nurse Corps Resene Is given full consldemtlnn, provl !ed the applicant meet the physical, pro fessional. military rilliess and other requirements for appoint ment." Ihe proposal Hales through out the "coopetaiion ot me Airican hunseu. ' and reminas tne aavocaies ot mass eaucanon that the resources ot Ine b.oion- lai biave.opment buna, creaied m response to neeat m mose parts ot tne conuuent coturou- eo ny ihe empue are not suen as to tinonce any complete pro gram tor wiaeS||/reaa vuuvaAtwn. 'tne wnue paper goes turtner and ados: wrtAi m INVOLVED "iuncans ihcmseives must be the mam agents tn unprov- mg iurican me. 'mat paniCbpa- lion mvoivcs the traimng ot all the Atricans who are to taifo a share in tne work. "tiiougii It IS the Central point ii uuvuiice, the cooperation ot tne aauii is csseniiai. It loiiows uiat uie caucaiion oi me aouii is not less impoiidn;, uio-jga m uk tuny uuys oi euucai.wnui uevtiop- nicht It may noi setm su uigciu. Lc/b.! la c/tLs.ri'uvtA •q^uoimg uiv o.i.e.di documea.. Tne one Uuni^ uie Wiu.e ^dpe. nas not uedii wim is iiic cost a. tills iiUge luass euucauuiiai urivi*. hcnoois ana textuouKs aiune will be very expensive and u is od- vious mat most of me dependen cies (coiomes, protectorates, ana .nandaies) can provide little of •lie money required. “Appeals to Ihe Colonial De- velopenl and Welfarii Fund mignt bear truit but me amount reuiredq would, one imaginec, leaves little m the Und. "the Britisn taxpayer wDl probapiy have to provide a great deal 01 the money and he will want to know wnat me scheme will cost and wnat will oe ex pected ot him.” /iFhiCANS VIEWS Ihe vocalized Airican opin ion is that It is not the sole nor. necessarily, the pr.m0 tunc-ton of the Airican tci linance ♦a.s program direciiy. in bis pret»nt economic conoinon. inasmuch as he produces cheapiy tor the hritish government and puhbc vast amouius ot diamonds, go.d, and oihvr mmerais. louos. truns, cocoa, paim oils, and oiher pro- duc.s wmcn. sold on tne world mariCBAS at a i.i^h px.cd. iidv« ackutt.uxa.ed a t»Sarvdi/ oi o.u- .su w.ditxi m -...kk... taud ..... . . . iitoi .nu p«.. q.* g...., *1 C/, b._x , .. p.dp.V Oi A..lgd.u .to A.U.ltto. .... htea.dr poti.on ui tuu soi.ti.be. Ml least, unit, me uay woon xna Airican has been permitted to achieve a stature in wealth grtoi resources to enable him to un derwrite bis own education, 'ove .V£.waAi..N. Wge Two) Ark. Planter Charged Wit) Usury In Four Lawsuits HELENA. Ark — An Arkansas -.Ahtcr was today chaiged with .sury in four lawsuits fUtd in the Cross County Circuit Court by K. r. Sutton of Helena, Ark., Attor ney for the Southern Tenant Farm ers Union. - usury cases are gyiw* gir. quarters in M.riiph.s. ^iatoa, it common practice for cotton p.i tation owners to collect 10 cent c_ the dollar lor crop advances made to tenants and sharecroppers. The /muly interest rate often-runs ak mmmmmmm other Tuskegee hospital, or a so- p Ud colored hospital probably iL**”' - more in the Mississippi-Alabama area. There are a laive numher behalf of Will ones, John Alien of colored troops from that area Jones, and Jessie Car- The Wd R ..udyin* aU of toa, j Da CHARL«, H. «JRD ' ; ’Zo In resitonae to Hines' statement I ‘b* 1»-, Pl««a>lon In is« DvUvfiy ol food and other ag-1 nciiUuial piuducu :oi' tihipinvnt I lo Put'Z'tu Rico and the Virgin I Islands during 1944 totaled t)43, 965,79.t pouiu:-;. Uu- War Food .Auininiitia'.ion iuis announced. i-ooti s.i.piiicnD to Puerto Rico ui.d ihe Vug.n islands are made I Perry said, “The racial attitudes land practices of the Veterans Ad- nunistraiion is a matter of deep concern to the Association as well as to thousands of thought- ' ful white and color^ people- tliroughout the nation. We must express o'orselves as being irre vocably opposed to the extension of Jim Crowism by the Veterans Administration, whether under the guise of so-called “solid col- oied hospitals' or otherwise. We ugam must urge that Negro em ployees be integrated in the Vet erans Administration at their pro per skills and levels, and that Ne gro patients be hospitalized in your facilities on the basis of medical need and not of color. (Continued on back page) In making the announcement. H. (X)MMISSION BEGINS HOMEWARD TREK By VINCENT TUBBS Afro-American Correspondent Touring Africa with NNPA Commission) LEOPOLDVILLE, IP WOMEN URGENTL YNEEDED IN ARMY GENERAL HOSPITALS typical—native village Poto Poto deck red holiday so all within boundaries inigh. see if not aitcnu our reception by "notables evolues". I fcvolulionary group Africans who at- BELGIAN tained colonial citizenship through CONGO (By Cable)—Four colonial personal accomplishments, governors, president republic en-' Present were all persons in of- itrtain and provided unlimited fa- statificalion from. Governor ciiities members this commission — General Bayerdelle to Poto Poto's first Negro newsmen ever to exe- Mayor Jean Hilare Aubame— and ' ern Tenant Farmers Union retains cute overseas assignment with time towns history col-! attorneys the year round to fight for presidential backing. onlal bigwigs ever came in such , the legal rights of all types of As conclude tour and Belgian' *a‘‘8e numbers. Hundreds of people'farm labor and while the service homeward journey burdened both outside and were electrified! is primarily for Union members, mentally and physically with emerged from the build- all tenants, sharecroppers, or farm wealth, information on West Afri- ^^*5* waved, shouted, saying laborers who believe they are being social and political situation, yocally and by facial expression, defrauded on crop settlements, ■'You give us hopie and inspiration, wage accounts, and deprived of (See NNPA. Page Two) (Continued on back page) to tenants and sharecroppers. The TMUU.^ileiul rate oft^- * ef " ef^UnTfClf laws _ the charging of Hleggl InttMei rates by plantation owners enforc ed. The Arkansas law provides that -0 per cent per annum m.iy charged on contract and In the opin ion of our attorney, a flat 10 cent on the dollar interest rate consti tutes usur>'. If Fallas Is convicted of usury, the entire principal and interest charged in these cases will be void and he will be forced to pay double the amount back to the -iharecroppers he defrauded." Mitchell continued by saying th'it hese cases arc of utmost Impor- .nnee to all southern sharccreppers. f the practice of ch.Tging s fist '0 cent on the dollar as Interest held to be usury by Arkanst .'ourts. then millions of dollars wi be -aved by the little people on th. cotton plantation each year through enforcement of the laws. Mitchell sslo said that the South- ii ... , —— * A J vv, toO" Appr .-xiniately 30.0QQ wounded Building. Raleigh will rise in South" to o.\tend jon a cash sale basis -under agree- nation-wide drive to interest \»'eeks in the Medical Depart- soldiers are ret'amin^ from basic human rights to men rc- iiit-nt.s with th* Wai Food Ad- vv^uuen to serve in Army General irenl Enlisted Technician Schxil seas each month in dMDerat»nc^ gardless of color or creed.” iiiinistration, the Department of Hc«pilals to care for the war (WAC). After completion of this of hospital care" Set He spoke enthusiastically oi Interitoi' uiij lii.- Llon.l govern-I woundixi has been launched the training, Wacs receive one month’s dared “It is the *resDonaihilitv Russia’s respect for the dignilv ments. .first of Febr-fer>-," announced on-ihe-job iraming in a general of qualified women to^f^ht m of the human personality, and cit- Monthly delivonf.v vaiiod but Sgt .Marian L. Radder of the lo- hospital. Assignment may also be this Battle of America " ^ ed that country's constitution ! the general average foi the year'ca' WAC Recruiting Office. made to administrative duties in For additional information rail punishing as a crime discnn.ina-.was a hiile ov r 53 million pounds • .Many qualified colored women ihe hospital, if the applicant qual- 3-2637 or stop at the Rex-nuHni tion on account of race. 'per monili. t'l'e needed to serve at the Eng- *fi«- Office, Roorn 304 Post Of^e In his concluding message on; Lowest 1944 dehverie.s wue iniland General Hospital, Atlantic' "Annr,,vir..tei..u.-inonA ....... uuiice Monday, Dr. Johnson stressed the 'June, when oniy 15, 426, 278 City. N, J., and the Gardiner Gen- individual Negros responsibility'pounds ol food-stu:t were deliver- t'ral Hospital, Chicago. ILL ‘To in rising in a society in which the .t-d. Peak shipments were in May, 'quality for enlistment a woman odds are three to one against him. June, when only 15. 426.273 must have attained her 20ih birth- Historicall, economic, social and 54n pounds. day but not her 50th birthday, political factors in the South have Foodstuffs delivered for ship- must have had at least 2 years Wt.rke'd lo the disadvantage of the ne. nl included 41,810.155 pounds ol high school, must have no chil- Negro. thus depriving him of the of dairj* and poultry product;; dren under 14 years of age un- oppoi't'jnity to develop competen- n.eat and moat produets, 65. 727, Itss she has become legally di- cies to compete in a complex mod- 786 pounds of which 28,556,980 vested of their care, and musi ern society on a basis of equality, pounds were cured p..: k and 35,- nieet physical sundaes. ,of the race-baiting film Birth Of vigorously" pro”t^'"^hiwh\£'*'of ^ from ‘ Kappa Alpha Sorority achiev- he assorted. yt)1.88o pounds were lard; fats Birth of a Nation under any pre-; kets, their farm goods to paternal anothe. victory this week Birth of a Nation ” Showing By Museum of Modern Arts Protested _ . New York—The NAACP has said; "National Association for and musi demanded immolate withdrawal Advancement of Colored People We look back on what doubtless swiftest most intense and precedent smashing 25,000 mile tour in his tory. Bui neither honor and enjoy ment of trip nor educational value amassed information that impress ed this writer. It’s been people and their reactions. Our visit fFom Sierraleones famous Freetown thru black Republic Liberia and beyond bight of Benin, • Where few come out though many go in", indigenous people welcomed us and literally heralded us Messiahs bringing glad ! tidings from land of opportunity. I Officially and secretly they told ihe story of Africa’s colonial prob-' lema, dug deep into their collec- AKA Council Aids In Provisions of Draft Nurses Bill Washington, D. C., January 27, live pockets to entertain us as roy-^1945—^The National Non-Partisan “"4 Counciron Public AKairs of Al- solicited our aid in matters ranging '“"u pgonbs ' w'rJ n.ately 3'months which includes the New Virk Mu^iMot MidcS teir'wha-ts^^^'i^iV.' Thu'fUm was I adoption. Pa'rem b'J'yTs “te anti-discrimination pri" sMP.,.kri!l.n and cereal_ pr^ucts, ® , to. In__a wire protesting use of Oldered withdratra by City of, In, alms with note addreS.^To "''ich toey had propjaed the problems of the modern world 461 6U1.334 pounds, of 262,682,9!)8 Des Moines, Iowa, and for medi- the film banned 30 years ago. New York in 1015 and haa been i m? stefalher" 'rteMren With a new and sustained serious- oounds vvi»rft riro -inH QR non cal and surieio»l teehnirians fi Rg.v Willrina A/-«ina Cat.e%e.e.4.,to.. i .r‘crtein.,ae4 —. • i,... . . ciop^en. with a new and sustained serious- pounds were rice and 96,538*000 cal and surgical technicians ness, coupled with a dotermina- were white flour; cIiv beans to- tion to rise to new levels of real tared 46.374.700 po-ands, and there accomplishment thru uns-.verving were 9.013,062 pounrls of garban- devotion to intellectual and mora'l zos, a small pea-bean. Potatoes discipline. 'Continufu bact pago .were included in the Draft Nurs- 8 Hoy tVilkins, Acting Secretary I 'Continued on* back page)' i Final'engagemim'French Africa biU as introduced by Congres- — Rogers, R.. ^ MemorlalServiceForSt. Aug. Grads I GRANGER COMPARES POST-WAR ERA TO DAYS FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR I ♦woman Edith Norse I Moss. I "Usually anti-discrimin* tion provisions must be added as amendments to the bill from ti.’ floor of Congress, rather than be ing part of the bill itself,” Mrs. Thomasina Walker Johnson stat' federal health legislation passed which benefits the masses. The Council is remembered lor its suc- cessiul fight to include anti-dis- ergmination provsions in the Na tional Nurses Cadet BUL This wna the only anti - discrimination amendment which passed both houses in the last session of Con gress. Because of this amendment many hospitals are now training Negro nurses who did not train tiiem before and about ^,000,000. will go to Negro nurses instead of a possible $2^00,000. DRAFT 4-r't BILL The National Non-Partisan Ccuncil on Pub.ic Affairs o. i Hampton Intitule, Va.--Draw- 'tute, Mr. Granger, who is a trust- Founder’s Day exercises, spread mterest m race reiation5 > j .. . • • J v ^ w,.to..wu uu ^-uouc miairs o. i involuntary servitude. The Rev eer\uce. POR TERS NOT DRUNK—TIRED! LouisvUle, Ky.,-speaking ,be, 'T^c pert^ ere handling .top nri^rh^ToSgTe'erin^Sed^ tion provisions in the bill itself." I The Counrl is still opposed to the drafting of nurses, but the an- i tidiscrimination provisions were cil further placed in the bill as safeguards ,nothiSe si '■ in the event the bill is passed. (beings and if th^ ara ti^KA^n’ The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sor- ^!!lgen industry •itv Hao irvnx Kaan . *' mdusiry, capitaL 8nd m u- -c wu juuAt. Moves, luierpreung me a; «,KV brSrs Pcf JaTo^'jote f-,'r originally and Innginga of Negro citizena. fore one of k s^riea’of'meOtoi. land'bottSm'to^drSncrmDteSuA';- “'Management n^iaVL'aftei The alter wa3tede„w,to^,or. .,on an;. SSgeVSte iJr^ea o^^eSn’ ^-ifltef l&e^S^ iHsfli mmmB Mr. Johnson, rendered appropri- RK'ky Mount and Miss Anne wj-cMled^^as^r-rare^^^^ ^ was^also paid on Simday morning on the part of porters encounter-1dition to the hundred* nf thm,. ate m”i«c. Johnson, a student at Saint Aug- - - llcfinra'o r’ATlA/*A , - ' -o -w- wuaa.g JItCU IWf ■n of his country, but still another to draft men for prl- vate industry. This statement was sent to the Sgt Johnson was a graduate of ustine’s College. 1 tecat ek K p p , 6 0^d^aSfn^'-TSeiroi^^ffie^f: S'cm.^!ifee°U’ay Inlxpduced by PresKlent Ralph,hyared a sermon in. Memoria! te laid ^to toe that Jte by mdivtouafpay roll deduc: Instrumental in helping to get iCoatinwCd on bick {wgn ■P. BriJffman of Hampton Instl-iChui^ preceding the formal Icheers,” but to dog-tiredneM.

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