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TWO VETS HE M PUNE GMSH
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Gov. Opposes, Di. Graham Condones Assembly
VOLl .MK XXVI. Si), -r.
ii.AI.FiCti, NOK'I II CAIiOMNA \' KKK KN’DINC SATI IUDAY. DKrivMBER 15, 11)15
PRICK •■)(
PROTEST TO NAVY
Says World Biothesihood A Must
OR.
FAVORS STUDENT
ASSEMBLY VOTE
RALEIGH — The re.snlution in*
vitinjii Nc}{rn Collette Mudents to
atto!)d next yciir s mcctitiR of N. rrT.
C.irutiiiii Student A2!.scn)bly hu'
btuiJxht rrp(rcu.tions troni all an-
4le>.
Gowrr.or IJjPiJi: Ctirny, Monday
LT. ELLINGTON OF WINSTON-
SALEM ONE OF VETS KILLED
PROTEST BAR ON
Two Beauties and the Beast
'its a
FROM GARrilER
Tru-
Washington. DC
fi'fal of Navy otf.t . .
iji.ft carruT Cioatan to ai '.vv 1‘?
Nt'gro soldiers to com. ivniu- >0
that Vfs.sel, soJily In , 'Ir
vvtro not white, diew a si .1 i>
list lust \Mvk‘from ih. N'.AAf
to Sccritui y oi tiic Na‘-v. J..111
V. FoiTcslal
Citing an mtiaeni iioin W i-
War I, uiierc a Negiu vosi.-e. ’.
was bailed from rc*u:n*ng In ’.h
United Slates from Fianec b> .
battleship captain who :!i ciari-,.
Ntgroes had ni vei ridden texcep
as servants) on a battleship “air
never would, ihi- NAACH leli
“H is 27 yeari since 1918 and
^ despite tin* progress that has he. i
made in many ateas of human r*'
lationships. w. find th> Unit-
States Navy m hM.) n taru
ahead in :ts afitude than it -■
-•in i91«‘
Pointing ••.u i:iat
BIGOTRY MOST BE
REPLAOED SAYS
WAR SECRETARY
Port Kaltalion
Sends S32()T(i NAAt.P
NEW YORK 'ANP> — Thv bui--,
for . L'i.i., jx-itif will tie the soo-
►lUutior, of prejudic** rnd hate f o
world brothcrhoixl.
Tt). • fora Ip . f - pi niiiinctit wot id
peace was given here Tist week by
i-cr--!;.iy of AA'.ir Rol>ert P Patter
son during a dinner tribute t >
Basil O'Connor, lead, r rf a natioi al
• . lhi - ho'.d m ivetrenl. at the AVai-
dorf-A.-t'ri.j h->l'.*l and was «*chotd
by other prominmt ‘•peakers, 'ie
remarked that the w. rl-. lijoks to the
United States for celdance. •'be-
, vaese we pioneered the deinotxa-.
, iw. wav ol li«*
“Our armed strength and worid
organization will be ineffective for
peace." Pattc-rson -.lid. “if here .1; I
' nme and in our Vrfun relations
w. p«‘rn*it prejudice' and hale- I
New York — Memberships
and contributions in the
amount o! S326 have been re-
ct.»Ted by the NAACP from
the men of the Headquarters
company. SlOth Port Battel*
loe on the island of Tinian in
the Marianas.
The membership campaign
was asaisted by Seaman Le:
ler Coie ot the Sixth Con-
Slates Navy, who provided
slnicticn Brigade. United
the Army coniingent with N.
A. A. C. P. literature and cam-
paiqn material. The member
ship drive in th .^atalion was
olraeicd by lit bgt. James
Parrott. Joseph CampbelL and
fosMr W. Scott of the 2S0lh.
SlOlh. an^ 632nd Port com-
0 k Oa^.
Sprtngffcid, ilSnois. branch
the NAACP.
on hi» return from tbi confereiit'
if Souihf rn Govi-rnora in Now Or-
' IcaiiK, rcgistirod his opposition to
jro.'olution Tin- G-’vernor's op-
ipcs.tion according lo tne pre>s was
I bascii on tiic f illowing statement.
[ I don't brlicv.' ir u.'king jnyoni.
I to p:irticit’.-te in anything lik- tha'
unji's». they haw given indicatTan
th.it they want t*> So far as I ca
ditermir.e. the Negroes never havi
indicated any such intention ’
The Governor' publi.-hed -
ment has brought many inquires .
THE CAROLINIAN a-kwiR if i>-
Governor or any -ithir state offi
cial had made .my ser.ous iXforl '
ascertain the inuntio.i or a.-po
tiotis of Negro studiTii A lo' g d
tanre te!t |)i on coil from AA'.;,
■ig’on. I) C. whire a North Car
.ii. i .tudent - -ow .ii'.. o.li 4 hoi •
•i.-'ed ih.it her 'ibstivilion of • •
-ituatMn in North Car-ilina. ..hiii-
'■ode .t here w;-- to il'e . Ifnt ••
hv I'i'.er.tion .iiu' ..vpr ition. a.-
c criung bir.ic al meeting i ad b»«
.uppres-a*d Shi called .ii'ei-i o -
puhb'heri .'t;.t*nent .»f D,
Kr.mk Gr.iha;-> •- the Unlwi-ily "T ■ »> •.'*
N'.ir'" Carobra. aa c*in;pared to tm peaceti-re r
ileiTce of the Negro a'^mmistrali .• r... ■■•d .
h'.id- 111 the fa . of the statemeu' Ha- le rtt ^ -i
I f Mr Thad Eiir.', wh' dwt..;- ' • > ■ I-= ' Scho I. ..t
that thi-y wi.uld advise .;guin.l ic- f ns f- >nitr.
leptmg tre irMtalion A'MU.A .Strday .ilteri.
While inquire* came to THF
CAROLINIAN from oot-oMhe-ciy
ie-t t-haw Univi-rsity stude.'-
invitee and listened to a
respucKient
Uow fhe AsscusWy
call H day of hope and salva-
ftfon. not only for North Carol.na
Filst I.ioiitfMijint.s IlicharrI W. Hall and SpurKPt’^*
X. KHinxrton. votoran coniiiat pilots of World War II,
woro Uillod Mondtt.v morning-. Dooombor 10. while on
:i ixjutino fro.s-i-eoiintry flig'^ht from Tuskojfeo Army Air
!'ipld whon the singto rnirin-' trainer plane In which
‘liov wf*r«‘ flyitiK era hod approximatoly 5 miios .-south
of f’tillejro I’ark, .Atlr.nta. G.i. Hotails of the crash are
not i.\;\ilnl*lo I’Ut a hoard of oualifiod officers ha.s been
appoii.io-l lo floti’i'inino th** 'au.-At‘ of the accident,
l.t. n.tll. ilf »u of Mr. and .Mr.g. Henry Hall.
.Merc er A\o., AUmny la. aiu! former student of Hump*
on liLstitule .sorted 11 months ovei-sea.s with the :5;i2nd
Kig'^htc*!' flroitp, where he earned the .Air Medal with 3
Oak Leaf ('lustei's. He was marri**d itj the former Mina
lima Liiyat). of Saxannah, (»a.
l.t. Kllinjflon. the* .'Win of Mrs. Kuna X. Ellinjfton.
L.o} \. Ilijrhland. Winsto»i-Salem. .X. (’., »erv'd 16
month' of tainbal cluiy witli the ;5:l2nd winninjf the
!)i.tinjfuished Flying ('ro.s.s and th** Air Medal wnth -1
Oak L»*at Clu.ster.s. He wa.s graduate Wnisioii-Saleni
•'eaviMTs Collejiv. ai»d was marro d to the former Miss
..■■Ii.e \. llav . . of ilo.sto'l, M.iSS.
Hastie Against
Conscription
V-'I’i
•h«-r •-
WiV-
!! prepared
,iid Ilaslic.
The n.xt w.ir. if w.y. will rmilt
ill the destructum *>f civilization.
“Coniiderin* the racial uspceli.'*
Publ*c Af- H:»atie continue. “I am opposed te
Pme Stn. t ci.mpuiiwry training because it is
.n He -ic- doubtful that it wnutd be csrnca on
hal compulsory mihu.y without scfregation. One yesr la a
.- ; would prove futle and fsderaUy sponsored system of seg-
ouid be harmful to raci.!] equality, regation would have a lar(% and
0(Mii Hiutie bared his opposlti-.iii serious effect on our youth and the
'jnd
THE CAROLINIAN )H» pffac«Ume conscription upon his principles of racial equally toward
*'txf^riedee V
LietHmsml Simeon .
;uid'lhe N«rci. bat for Ih. nipr,J»- , to
with the segregated sy*- which we have been working. "Ka*-
ur.-Amencan polkie* of tie resigned in lM3 a^ civilbn aid
i.,vtih>mtat sel-up while aerv- i© the Secretary of War in protest
• Cemtinued on i
what be termed out-right
ination against Negroes In
r^rognftt of the
A ll durtOK the war, pretty junior [ ami older volumeors help service attitude- toward th-,c
hosu-.'isos Jean Stovall .-vmi! ni«-ii a*- w. ]l as s^-rvlcc men s wives . _ j, . dcx.-lop the earth
Ro»a Walker (abo.8> h,.lr«l i™:,.|.hro..cl. the prc.enl Hlfflcull and [...judiee and hate, the
ees-.lurlnB their shore have tn>m;ie.I.«. «,.M)n.ierin| l„a , di.t.lr ■!,. t t.,lit.,nan rincit
ili.i.' V.-y.l Tr-Mi-.--‘. .%-fail** 'h- N.Pit-nul 1 »\ t..A IS _
Poll Shows Public
“Strange” No Negroes
Won Medal Of Honor
Say.s Crisis Editor
iiatll'-ship 'af;
NAACF ivti
N» gro*; iVi'l ni l
fa- wi ••'.mis) .in
K-v*.- would. 1
deejared-
“B is 27 year* *.iK-e 1918 an-
despit*- thv propr»-ss that h'--
pi; d: ill many
laL'iriships.
Navy
StQt-
a’l* ad
in ;9l« "
Puintinj, o.i!
Ni'p: ■ t g.’’inc
id Irum !)■ -t ii *h'
opran '.h- :
than N:iv.\ in
pl( li ly wiiJi'm
rin.i ti.i
' iiiiin ii
'.'nltrd States for Biddanci
r.-use w piomared the demoura-
;iw- wav of Uia,
•Our i,rmi-d strength and world
. organiziitiiin will hi* ini-ffertive for
the Negro, but tor thi t
(.'oiitiiiiied on pAge 8>
la
-irli than It ■
>f a a:
•h'-ii-an.l •
hn : ■ '.U- Ii
i!;. ad Ku!
a.;-,
■np'. . .
gati'in.
■ N..'
pl( 1 ..
Vwilkin. 1.1 '.''-I
■ li Ti-inai'-nil unl.v
to say t" 'h-v.- nvn ‘ha’ •
could r.iU lo'iiir cm .1 Navy
btcaii.s- of Ih ir If li;
L'r.itod S'ai. -c Navy 'u to Ivav
a final m- moty in thv mind'
Ni pro .-Anv- r, su’d: 1 I'm-
tfi-: the htftcr ihojighf ''..i'
cau.se tl’.cy are n it wi'i*-- th'-y ■
not roce vr at the hands of Ih. i
country'•• Navi- I'ni
A I^Ldurlnrlhe pretty junior
hosh'.sses J an S'.ivall nnd
Rosa Walker (sbov«) helped Iraiii-
ees—iluriiig their siinre leave from
the r.rrat l.rfik‘-s .Naval Trainme
St.atlim—trade their sea lees for a
roilirking gallop un hnrselixck li
seem-i iinnere.-sarj' top-inf out that
the :iv.alry division of (he Wati-
kegan. III.. CSO club was on»- of
the molt popular land aiiivi ies
with ihe marine-minded (ontinRont
of »iiir armi'd forr.-i.
Th- iroporlam thinp Just now is
fbni young mlssos like Jean snd
Rosn are still on the job. Artiially,
hof-i-haek riding is only one of th--
couoll«MS wsys junior hostesses
and older volunteers help service
men .1' W-Il as service men's #ives
ihroiich the pres-nt ritfllcuH and
resth-ss waiting p-r.od.
Ileranse ih- National YAA'C.A Is
th-- r.so m* nih.'r agenry jininurily
1 with women, many of
tlo f. niiiiine-il.inted projects fall
iriliirally >mil-i Its wing. Today,
for ex.impl'-. volunii*era nr- weicom-
ing Ih- }1 wife who comes to visit
her h'-'pii.aUted hiisband; running
I,ally ch-'tks for %-islilng mothers;
and Inviling reunited service nu-n's
families into UdOs fo. a home-
-o-iked dinner. Tromoting belter
ra-- re:.iilon« is an tinderlylng
theme m all A'-W.C.A. »ctlvllic».
n! :.;
oth-
foiivht
Will jiu'iin.'t Hill
birii ■*'on. Thi-
Ul-on ’.'III :r» ;
c.'iinmiiP-i r.s o'
iiig iii-d to I t III
I'nitfd Sfnf''
Ri-iil •; ;is fhfdii
to rnre or color
•1 .
Young Ga. Demos Discuss
Negro Part In Forums
I>ence.'' Pntlerson '.aid. if here ni
> ar.it- .and in our f- -"vn relations,
we perrril prejudice- and hat-*- In
warp our attitude toward th—^e
who po'.;i .-v- and rip\.-lnp the earth
--.ilh us Pri-jiidire and hi.le. the
ingredients the t ifalit.iri.an g.angs
lers used in their eff n t lo subvert
fl-.- world, mist be eliminated if we
•are to rebuild it.
"Intoleianre. failure 'a rrcogni/e
lhat 'if me Mtaid an- all natioti.s of
men,' will promote another wave
of the I riit:il .>nd degraded raci-m
Ih.il in-tiired the '-xis co-- pirney
:uio*hf r w. rid war whose ‘luteo ne
mav well h- Ihe end --f eivdiratlon.'’
The wa u-crelary's nh-a for
, wr-rlri Ijrolherhtiod wi hacked by
Rf.-ir A.lm Lewis 1. Sirait-s The
advent of 'he aiomir bomb pre.sent-
rd ‘'.in immediate ehallrnge lo
statesmenship and to -ririlual le.ad-
(-••'■111 .1 I'hallenC' 'viih riviliri-
(ioo .l■.•'f a-: the nii-.' -if folur- '•
Poll Shows Public
Believes Tan GI’s Good
“Strange” No Negroes
Won Medal Of Honor
Says Crisis Editor
I e
Chicago (ANP) - Miv-t Amuri-
c in.-. g.i.' -ni -' --f iK-h-'v
'■ • I gn--; v- 'l go.id .vnl-ia •
•n World Wai H
In the Nei’.ro Die ' jioM fo • f)e-
c* orhi r, a iMiphn-. of ihe pnpula-
■ L.-n in C'l 1- i'o 'he n iiion ui
I'l. aled tha' ' 1 - N- ».r" ildu '
while not held *he highest esie. ni
in 'ome tirt i- . ha.s .‘.■*11 miK h atl-
I .ration f-.. id- W’.at r-i 'T'!.
] . ir, •!-, ; n pe:
sen . ol ' •'•Ih N' gi' i and '.s In''
OI-. -I.- 'oi". '. . .-\l' .S' kiO, (i ■
diet were mo-tiv Dixa insni'-d >• e.l
Smifhern whitc.s on the •the. air.^n.* w
henti felt the Ne jro would m 1 | .di w r-
r'luul up undi 1' fir* ttnd shtiuH he
rcl.gatecl t> sepaiaU' batlal 'ii-. N Dn
Mi,nv .p.ikc- th.- -,b»rt n . -tru' -.yi st
, I t|,.. q2iid division tir "that eol- f>(>iitn
Italy." Risult.s
N'w York — E)eclaijng that
Prv.siJent Truman has awarded
eanva.s.si'd in the
Ye-- No Undecided
KPL n"! 19G
7.')^: R'i 2!^
nO'; 5R': 12*^
Na
HEAVY DEMAND FOR
NAACP CHRISTMAS SEALS
19-} .
r
■dr.
New York —• Heavy de
mand for Christmas seals of
the NAACP, especially front
southern states indicates that
the total sales may reach ono
million, it was announced
here. More than 900,000 seals
had been distributed as of
December 1.
had ''loi
forum,
'I'.a!
a-keit lo parlicipa'--
ihiit th»'y W'-re free
iiri hoM forums it
r-d .m l that it a
. diM'u.'S any quu
O'Connor, lauded for pu.'hinH th"
hroth'-rh .nd movi menl. '.vas p'-*-
rT.led .. srroll in graeful r.-co-'nl-
• iM' «.f .1 lif dedita' d *•• ihe vel
. • the N.!-
'...I .1 Conf' lenct of i'»u -'ti.-io'- ••lod
T. IJ. '. ii'.- OM-. idei - of the lo-
Full-H-eifin ' ir Tnfan
• ! . o ' .. ni.in ••'■ Tie .^mer-
r i fv,.- . ,1 !*• . Rfd Cr' !«
I. . Vo;:-! ■•! •^-•^•f•^l■n'^. :i>
u-.'li !•' member of the Natlnnal
C-uiferenee of Christi'tns and Jcwf,
•ridiei
Report Shows Mortality
30-40%Higher Than White
N. ilh
\v -t
IS' iilh
1 Th
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NV
L'nil-'tiHt- i
: iT'k
in-:
f.i-
i i.'
, -in'-
I-,- . •itofiK soutii Ml •.’■'•iiU't .111*1 N'-
Yi r.. - /{. p. iaM--, However, the tiia-
Jr ii-- ill whUi - III !h.- N*i- lh t. '•!:
i) tiy intifh f-ir grantu-d th • i;o -I
o! the N-«io in unifurm,
■ tcli liiut attack- 'in the N. fii'o -iul-
i(*i over till-
fEPC NEEDED TO
Hon. Thad Eure Makes Statement To
Carolinian on Student Assembly Position
PREVENT RACIAL
CLASH ON COAST
NEGRO MEDICS
CNREO GROSS
HEALTH BCARO
BV t HAS. i. IRVING
iSperUI To Tllft ('AKtH.IMAN '
-(Ju.U..
■V. -pajic-
Ni-qr.i
puhli-.h> rs.
RALEIGH
It Nvgio
Ju.idor.-. of 1
number • t die i.i'c -.'1 h lo u.* u "
me or buili. up re.-eiitnieut aga.iul ^
mic a.s a juibhc' .'Civant. .ui .U'* I
ctiuose. Ill the leceni Suident L«' 1 • .
laiive Asst-mbly. to ex,u•e.'^ m-.- ji* - J]
K. nal coiiv'ctioii. . '.liein that ih,. >•
arc attemplii.g t> .-n:eur or build a;:
rc*cntmciU against -me • i then pe-l (
friends.'' i«'i'larcvi Hoiv able Th.-1
Eure, .Sei'M.'iary of Sdiu, ai t- •■
conclu.sion of .ai luiur'' iuieiv'*'.v 1 1
hi- offic. Til.-d.IV The.'.- .-nu-ai- g.
and rc.'i'i'.tn.i lit.-, tl'. -ein-laiy sail u
would tuit engL-udv: in him -ii - \
scintilla 'if hate, .iiiri that he \v->u-d tt
go on in the yc.ii.- lhal he.- ahi-a-i p
just a- he na.' iloin- in Itie pa-l.
Cl inq till that he roiild t•lr .dl '-t the 1
people, irn>|i>'et se of r.iee. in h,
ualiv
''..••n,' .md tutu:
tin
It" : but an 1
'iidncn t.irn b
iri'c
i-
. \KH il ** Gl'l
ni'j
Ml' Eure
naui'
de>pite tin- laet tiiat h. h.id pre
viously told Mr I'.iul Jiivav, pi.t> ,
lisher ot THE C'HO! th t-
he would not III- ipiiiii'd .aid that 11
uid I
'Uitemenl r ii-
1: I . I,. - 11 •.un.iiU'ini'.iv.
' Eiae ..%•• .nil l^u^1ra-
of the iiie -.M-rk i.f Dr. Jam*--
K Si;-;• .Jal Dili'. .iT and the F III-
U' ‘ ■.vhirh he had aecorr.jtliMi-
fd so m».-' He called Dr Slupaia
. .•i.,r. and avei.-I
ti.e ill- h.id d'tiiu much in tiu '.-.'ay
• .hi. , ••I’.ie;.'.. .. .il fiieililii .•
fur hi- tare He -.in! that these pn -
p.. -.r 1:. a-Jiich Hide-;! of the N -
t'.iu . -ee had rcreived In’eaiisc f t.;-
d.p'n.if Dr Sh.-pard
itieir hail fitted them for the ecu-
iiomie I-pniiMbilitM';. of life ami
ki'.'ii. tlietii eili/.eii.'hi|) llier-cby iii.ik-
114; diein a jiiii of the machine y
of !h.' 'tale He Ihuuuht that leeug-
t itnni should come i.’ractuallv and
I, , . .'uie. •- I.f i-.-p u'ibihly K...
II I on In- tliough! Ur Shepa*'l
wo'.ld - .u-inn-i ii He made i.*i
-lalinn-iit a- to the basis for hi.-
a'iii.liiiiu li on paxc hi
Uii.iafio lAN'Pj Fna' iinunl of
- Imiural fair . inplnyment prar-
Lc rommi.v'i'.n law by conj'rv.'t
is lu-edi'd lo previ-Pt laeial out-
ou ak.s i.n till w»-sl roa.sl, accorrl-
ir.K to Uaicy .McWillianvs la>l
v ick.
McWnl-ains, author and luctui'-
. i' i.n race rulatii.ns, said in Ihu
f.Die. Ill 'ill* Ann rKaii f'ouncil on
l\:.ic K-lation.-i luie that racial
t'a.-ihv.- ar- like ly on the v.-c s t
to; St unle.-s FEPC Jugi.slatiun -a
p i.'Si'd.
Ip ••xpr".'.sinc ho'.v unfort in.t-c
It I.- th;it tiic icdcral guvcinmrnl
i' "al •i.calina" its rcspon.-ibilitt ■.'
ii'.inii!croups at a Lm.-
' l.cn tlni i is gr.-atrst nc'-d f-r
} I'l t. cli'jit ol hou.sinc and job op-
rioiiunitii-.s. .he ciu-d a curi'cn;
trove Id u-turn the employim-ni
.service *0 the sluti-s.
H - .ilso mentioned the immia
ml elo.sinc of tlu- War Relocation
ii.ithorilv and ftiiluiv of C'lnifre-.'
If establish a fair employnun*
piaelic-'.- lommis-ion as aclditiiri
;-] pr-of of how the gi-vernmtn’
li;r' r -i-.iken niinority B'bup l- -
spiiiusibililies
V.'a.'-hinplon, D. C. - Th-- ao
pniiitm. nl of t-.vo Neyrt. physi
(i. ns and a Nepro nurse to ;m At!
'vi.'r*ry D'larfl on IletiUh Si-rvit"'-"
I'l cu'ordin;-;.- aeti-'llius '»f th
li'.nu-rictin R- d Cress in the hc;iUit
fuld lias been announced by Ba-'-
il O'Connor, national Red Cro.ss
,'l.;tirm:'n.
T -i- two men a.i. William Refi
ll rek Brown, Jr., .M. D.. of Pi'.V*
L’jrgh, Pa., an*! .loim W. Chi-n-
M. D., 0: TuskiHOe, .-Mfi The
iinan is Mr. Marion B Se\-
'I'.i-ur. a.s.'isla'it directtir of nur.s -s.
'EV. edmen'.s Ho.spitul, Washingt-in.
D. C.
■ The cominiilee ei)nsi.sl.s of 100
n.en and women from 2.‘> sl..te.-'
ImkI th. District of Cfilumbia re-
jiMS'-nting every .specialty in th -
fi« 1(1 of health. In .iddition t-)
f.I.v sician.' and_ nui.se.s. dent's'-,
liciilth educators, medical and
p.-ychiatric .social workers, ho-spi-
ta! adminislialors, medical pub
licists. nuti'itionLsIs, pediatricians,
public health administrators, and
.sanitary vnijineerj have been in-
cluded-
Th(* n-.-w jfiiiup was appoin'ed
as a I'c.'Ult of ;i lecomm-n falion
r.-iiie bv a Spicial Medical 'iri'!
ill alth .Survi-y CommPtee which
• Mr. O'C iniu r named m October,
i (('oiitiiiueil .III pai^v 81
V.'ashmgton (ANP/
f’r a'.h r.it.' among Negiocs i.s !tb to
4 i p'-t ('-nl hi|dt*''' than .-imor.
Ill- p'■•.sons and Negro lib ( ;--
pKtaniy is 10 to 12 years shorn-,
Titi.-.e Were amoni! t!ie shockin.-,
f.icis on he.ntlli on- hitin.- amon.-j
l.-,i- N(-‘i'o j)t ople givi n m an a-.i
di-.'.- ‘v Dr, Ptiul R. Comely ol
Howaid'univursilj to uelcgate.s of
th ' International Work -rs order at
a ronfeiunci on social scrurjiy
;>nci heallh held in Wtisliinglnn
hist we. k.
Olhe. facts n-vi-aied by Dr
C '.I nely .-ire ti at:
L Twice as many Negrois di
of pneumonia and influenza than
whiU-i.
2. The numbi-r of Negro phys -
cians has .'iecreased by five per
rit.t in Ihe nation although th.
total numbi r of ph.V'Sicians in the
I ni'erl Stales as a whole ha.s in •
eic:,M'd 12 per cent. Though e
ratio r,f one doctor for every 1,50-)
persons is considered e.ssi-ntial to
safeguard h'-alth, in a slat, like
Mis.si.s.sippi there i.s one Negro doc
tor for every iK..')27 persons air.l
in South Carolina, the ratio is (.n*-
to 12,512.
3, In HH2, 45.7 per ei nt of Ne
gro liv'.- births Wv-re delivertd hi'
widwives compared to only 2.2
pir cent for while mothers.
While de.iling parlicularlv with
lh( deplorable conditions anuma
t ie Ni^fiio people, th.- physi'-ian
p-iinled out th.'*t Ni-Kro health
pM-hlein.s may be considered as
i-Micly evaiigerations of Ihe pii-
tur' of *iie eoinmi'"'ty .-u. a
v.hole.''
Passage of thi Wagni i-Munay-
Dingi 11 National Health act f.'^-
’f.OU) and Ihe Social Security bill
S-IOSO). said Dr Ce “ly to th'-
t.'uf' ence, ronv- neci . mnbiliz
'M.ppiirl f"i thi.se measures, ''will
do much to improve the heai'*'
't.iUi.s of .very ritDen of th-
I'liiled Si.ile.s,
th, Congressiona! Mt*dal of Hcin-
.ir "hte-ally in batches” to whita
: ■ lOb of the war. The C'-isis mag-
;: ;nc remarks editorially that it
sums ‘‘.strange to Negro Atrerl-
rans” that nut one out of neail/
million of their men in the sei-
:vtres .should have won the nu-
•linn's highest honor. The pdl'or-
;ial m tlic December issue en'it-
iled. "Not One Out of a Million."
follows;
‘Brave -white heroes in our
aimed serviees have be* n award-
.d the nation's highest dccoi-d-
tion, the Congressional Medal of
Honor, literally in batches by
President Truman. The Crisw
v-iuld not take one ounce of cre
dit tmm 'iicse men who.se cita-
t'.'.rs suggest that the honor they
hdvc won, high a-s it is. l.s no* ade
quate thanks for their sacrifi'.es
and heroism. Yet it does S''oro
Strang-- lo Negro Amerirarw tha*
out ot the nt irly one million of
U.« ir men in the armed .services
not one .should have performed in
sueh u manner as to be cited for
tltc Congressional Medal of Hon-
19 NEGRO POLICEMEN PASS
EXAMINATION FOR
DETECTIVE
REV. S. F DALY
REV. CHARLES JOHNSO.N
Phil.-idelphia (ANP) — Tiu- po-
.sibilit' thill Ihe number of eolo.
rd (detectives on the local p>li-
foice might be inrren.sed early 10
tl'.f New Year was seen r- Uet
\.-fik with the posting of the ’’e- '
suit of an examination for detec
tives held last Septombe;- 7
There are presently approxi-
luiitely 70U detectives, of w-heo.
i.lH)ut 10 are colored, holding th ■
rank of deU-elive first graJe. Th ’
l:^t rhoW‘‘ that of ‘he f'OO -.ui’rol-
n.en who complet(‘d. 19 eolured
nu n (|iiitlifjed out >jf il total of 41il.
EXCHANGING PULPITS
APEX~Thc First Ii..ptiit ''hurch
of this city .mnounres two b;-ecial
dev-ices far the holidays, according
to the officers.
A special New Year s service will
be at eleven A. M. the first Sunday
in January, ut which time The Rev.
Chas. Johnson, white, a graduate ot
.^-b»l''^ C(.!li g-. Wilmore. Ky., and
of the MtHiical Department, Uni-
v.'rsHy of lii*tialia. IndiunapoUs,
ind. .tiid at pie-w-nl ngisit-red lu
..he eriidu.no l.>epartmrnt of Drew
I Ur versity, Madison. N. J.. will de
liver the morning sermon.
At the same service, The Rev.
Alfonso Llor(Jd. white, of Bogota.
Colombia. South Ar -ri'-a. will
peak on his country peopli.
Hev. Llored is a graduate of Prince
ton Un.versity, Princeton. N, J.. ani
registcretl now In the graduate D«-
piirtmern of Drew University.
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