North Carolina Newspapers

L R lUUAft— E. HARGETT ST. RALEIGH ,_,N- Hastie Named Virs^in Island Governor YOUTH DEMAND EQUALITY FOR ALL SOTF: — Thr N'ationaJ t'rhan l/^ariif. Ihrniigli thr N^irro Prriw., |« plriisi'il lo prr'.rnl for fhr In tin'll of Aitirrirans throurhoiil (hr rouiitry. eKi-rrpl’ rrnm lhi rr|»orl of .AlPvandrr Mapp. I'rhan I.ruRur ripn -rir.;- Uvr to th^ World Voiilh confer* f‘nre, whlih met in l.tmdon in No- trmher of (hi' vear. ftrlievlnc miirh of the fieltt lo maint.iin di - mocrary nnil peare is tiring ma’Ir. iiid most hi* made, hv Ihr voiilli Ilf (tie world, and lonkiitg imv.ird ^•\p.•nc|■nI; its ailivitirs iiinnertrd with (he coiinseUnt: and trainiiii; Ilf Miiint.' priiplc, the I’rhan Lea- (Tur, in an unprerrdeiKcd move, sponsored Mapp's attendance at (he world youth meeting Recently returnrl, after six v.c. .'hroad. Mapp had sonw* significant comments to make on the work of the ennferencr. Thr I'rhan I.eaene helicvrs they make inspiring reading for a country still unea.sy though peace is sever al month.s old. .Mapp Is* director of the youth department of the Columbus Cr- han League. Coltimhus. Ohio. At ihe l.ondon meeting he served as chairman of the commisKion, on internntioTial travel, and present ed in one of ihe plenary sessions, the romhined reports of that eom- mis^ion and (hose of inlernallno* al sports and international cul tural exchange. He vm also flag learer at the opening session in Royal .Albert hall, meeting place of the conference, ALEXANDER MAPP FOR ANP I gol iny Sf'htpsl .lift and my l.lghos' hope from the United Slate.s delegation tn the World Youth conference. The group f'f 2i) — Jpw.s. Negroi'.s, .social work- er.s, students, trade unionists, tn- du.striallst.s — face.*, firmly the fact that tile rare problem in America wouldn't .Uand examin ation i>y the ifsl of the confer ence. Wc kn'-w that our own rat:e f iorblcm was one of the glaring axitics in our dcmociacy, and realized that our own platform for the meeting must meet the mat ter and hit hard. Consequently, in our resolutionti on "Ciitzenship and Dcinncracv ’ we staled that "As American ■ youth, We cannot expect our plea for a dcmocrati.' way of life lo f i- honored, aceplcd, and extend ed by pi‘op!es of the world unless wt practice and lake responsibil ity lo 'Icvelop democraev in our lown country. I Further in our resolution on international Kecurity, economic Iwclfare, self - determination of pmpli.i. social and erlucation.il welfare, and international youth cooperation and organization, .•specific references were made to equality of all peoples, and the indivtdual'.s right to freedom. Dominican DeUgataa Not Seated As for the conference itself, [there was never any doubt that Uie 600 delegates from 6 nations wanted the complete freedom of 'Continued on page eight) SALUTE MRS. ROOSEVELT THE CAROLINIAN Truman Signs Vet Medical Bill; Asks N'o Discrimination \-oi.r.\ii': .x.xvi. no. :',i KAI.HICil, NOKTM CAROLINA WKKKING KNDINC, SATUUDAV. .lANI'AKY 12, lillK PRICE LAW BAR TO UNO Victims of infantile paralysis saluted Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at a Victory Bond rally-dinner given recently by South Central .Associa tion at Hotel Stevens in Chicago. These youngsters are aided by Cook County Chapter of the National Toundatinn for Infantile Paralysis. Half of the contributions to the National Foundation's March of Dimes, January 14-31, remains with the local chapter to be u.scd for special **'Upment, hospitaiixation. transportation, treatment and care of polio Heats. The other half goes to the National Foundation for research, Bcation and emergency aid during epidemics. The late President I anktin D. Roosevelt founded the National Foundation for Infantile r.galysia. ^ Says ^North Making Fools Of The South ^ RACIAL JOB BIAS CAN BE CURED BY THE LAW I.'jnd'-iii -- Ll Comtlr. K.tvmond h Uollom. niir of two dfifgates whit t-amr here with an invitation for llu.- United .Nation Organiza tion to Its headquarter.-. i*i Vliginia, .sni.l, "we were luld th I'm mug Vi.g.nia lias a ‘Jim 1 cniil/; not b'* rnnsid- et* d 'Third Major Appointment Of A Negro By Truman Washington — I’ne^dtmt 3it'4’ ,.a Wiiba TYiim iiH.' ippoinl>’a wdliam Haslie, den of Howard UniversUy Xaiw School, Wa.shington, D. C., lo the post of Lioveinor ot the Viigin Islands. Ch-is. G- Rusi, piTjis .si'i-iTt.ii y, marie the an- noimremenl la-t Saturday fro.u the White House. The appuinu* niei t i'cquiie.-i .S«*nate conhimu- tion .Mr Reiss .stated, and will be sent lo the Senate when it con vene.' Janunrv 14th. ftom Haivsvd Ujiiversity. Cnm- bi .ogi-, Muss. He Wits aamiU-.'d V.i '.lu- Bar in the District ot Co- iuml)ia m iDal and i.x a niemb t ,r Jhi- fuiTi of H'/ii'ton and Hous ton I p'te. reromm' n'I.Tti'.n of Wal ter Whi*'*, ♦-xeciitiv secretary of III Naiionai A.-soeialmn ftar the Adeaner-ment of t.’olor'x-d 1’ ople. .Ml w,i.; appointed /V'Sisl- n; ,;oi •; the l.'ni!. l .stat' . I'-pr ’leai -if :ii.' Interi'.H', which Birmingliam (ANP) - Th**- narth is .still m.aking fonl.s out .f lee ? -iilh," declared Dr. .Marshall S.'iephard, recorder of deeds for Washington, D. C-. at the F.man eipation day celebraHon held Tiii-sday night at the Sixteenth .''ireel Bapti.t* church. Hr .-aid that the "nortli own.s ; im .S(»ulh but let.s the north iw' bo.ss. manage and hold the Negic- down. .HO brng a.s they send the money up north.” Dr, Shephard, who has .served | 1') years a.s pastor of Olivet flap- ‘ iairchurea, PniiadeipLtii, who wan , ■i membt.T of the Pennsylvania i. pi.slaturr for three term.s, was B.s.si.s(ant treasurer of Philadel phia, used a.s his subject, 'Rare : H. lalion.' in an Aiotnic Age" Th« spiakei .said that "our •etchings .md planing must be ined'* iToin th* world-wi'le pom'- , of view " He asserted that the Ne- i.iu inu't coiu.id'a' the neds "f‘ ll' poor white people. Ask Appointment on School Board New York — Mayor William O'Dw-.'er has baen asked by telegram to appoint a Negro to the vacancy on the New York School Board made vacant by the resignation of Daniel Higgins- The ielcgram was signed by ropresentaiives of 40 civic, labor, social and political organisations in Harlam and representing every segment of the cilisenry of New York. The mayor has also been asked by Edward S. Lewis, execu tive secretary of the Urban L* gue and hairman of the com mittee, to grant the committee i bearing that they may present more compeUing reasons for th appointment of a Negro on the Board. Mr. Lewis stated that Negroes serve on the school boards in Cleveland. Chicago. Washington, Louisville and other citirs and that at one lime a Negro served on the New York School Board. He stated, however, that no Negroes served during the administration of Mayor LaGuardia. Mr. nii'tom, a Newport News PubJi.Hlicr, m-'de the slalemem NKW YORK 'ANPi R.inal Job lb' N'''"" ' ."i , .a rjiarriminiition rnn bp “ndeqiiafplv , a. were fcblv- cured by Ihe present Ives-Qiniu, Ihlorniall.v hy l.NO inleimi TOhi- antidlscriinintaion law. said Her* niittpf nicmber. Friday. They ai- C. Turner, chairman of the New f'ved in London too lale '-> -I?'' York Stale Commis,slon Auuinsl dis. their >ase at Ihc formal hcar.ns . ,1m,nat. a,, last week, »■"’ lK at,nn I A total of IRA casef has r»>mc be- Referring to the Jiiii Ltow law. fore Ihe 'ommi.Hsiiin. Turner said. Wr. Bottom said. If under an.v >nd 140 >•{ these have been seMle**:, cirrun^tance;; yiigiiua could as- I -vjih Ihe pending. No form-it sure the United Natnin Organiza ;jiearingR have been resorted to, * CommiUee that Ihc added, and "not one had failed "'en* hr removed, then th-' Inf settbmeni in the conciliation and tecommend t.iat *conf««icc stage," However, he add- the W.liiasburgh site be co^id ed. -he iommi.*«n realizes hat the‘^''od He slatt^ lh»‘. the r.* •. *. irafi** ILue fof otlwi locdtions hf number of cnmplaii.ts iS no index |, WASHINGTON fANPl — Im mediately after singing the ron- IroverslgJ bill removing top ranking physsciana nf (he Vet- eraas aminiatratlon from civil service. President Truman last week wrute Gen .Omar Bradley, veterans administrator, directing him to give Job priority to qual- Ifln.l veterana and provide against racial or religious dts- crlmlnatlon in carrying oat tlw bill's provfslorv. The measure. Intended to get 1,500 Or more physirlans by of- fermlng more stirs-live posi tions snl terras, creates (he post of eehfi medical dlreotor at a salary of SI2.00A per year, a dnpty at 111.500 and eight u- alstanL*! at $11,000. 2 Negroes Dead: .3 Hurl ill Train Wreek SEGREGATION STILL lof the amount of discrimination now ' present in the State." While the enmiasinn has the pow er fo hold hrarlnRs, subpoena wii- • nesses, rompel fhoir attendance, art- ■ minister naths and to require the' ■ production of any books or papei-s' ‘‘relating to any matter under in- vestignt-on," Mr. Turner feels that, lo meet the prohI«-tn of discrimin-i- tdw thr Mason and Dixon line. iCunt.miied on p(*ge eight) BI.A' PY. R. r. (ANPl — A 22 year old mother and her daughter are dead and elghi other Negroes injured as (he remilt of a train aocldent Wed nesday In which ihr Heaboard ■ Air Line railroad New York (e Florida fast train was derailed two miles north of here. Caoea of Ihe mishap Is unknown. The dead are Helm Wilson ef Winiamaburg, W. Va.. and h«r four months old daughter. The injured are Charles E. Norman, Nathaniel Jackson. Keiin«41i Wright. E. V. Thomas and WU- Itam Walker. Waabhigton: Mae> lew Gunter and J. B. Morri«a«k New Yerk and ' MO'ir MardnLsville, Vt. Utere were also ilx whites bijnrdl. School Board Hires Negro To Advise Counselors ijr lyegro oy i rumuii ItUU) h.l.' fippoilU'u a,. Hiwiic, doan of Howard University Law School. Washington, D, C., lo the post of Governor of Ihv Virgin islands. Chas. G. Ross, pt‘PSR .si’firlai y, made the an- nounrenicnl la.'t .Su'urday from thr Whit*- House, Tht: appoint- nirnt i'(quiir.s Senate coiilirma tion. Mr Roit staled, and will be sent lo Ihe Senalt; when it con- venr.H January 14th. Mr. Ha.stir is the firs' Negro to he appointed Governor of the Vifjin island.s and serves at the pleasure ot th- presi'lent. He sut- c(*ed.s Charles Hurts ood, nf New York, why svjis appointed hy In:* late PM’-.id‘ nt Kianklm D. Rousi - veH Mr. Haslie's appointment lh l!*'- third niajiir appnin'.nuni lu given In Negroi-s aim- PiL-sidenl Truman ninvod mtn Ih- Whit ■ House. Th*- nih* i twn wei« ii ■ mg f. Molli.ion, of Chicagn, lo l* • Jud ;i ‘li Hie I'nii'-d ( 'uun of t ii.siom al New York, and hH aui. untment la.-;t ss-t-ek, of R O - H.i » Lanier, of Winston Salem, Ihe pci.il inini;iii'i r. H,i.:'ie 1.- 41 ye;ii-.s old .md ttive of Knoxville. T* nil. He ua'ed f|i«m Amlier.st t'oihg-’ 'h- digit *' of A D in 1923. h..)ds both Ll.R and SGD fiom FUrvacd -UauttTaity. Cam- biirtgc, Mass. He waa admitted to tin- Bar in the District of Co lumbia in 19J1 and is a niemb-r «;f Ihc film of UoiLslon and Hous- lon. llpon recomm'‘ndali»»n of Wal ter White, executive .si-rretaiy of lie- National A.'socialion for the Ads'ancemi nt of Colorm-d 1’'opIe, Mr. Ha.stif w:m appointed Assist- ;n! .Snlieilnr "f the Unit'd States L.'* pai im-nl *if th*' Interior, which 'position he held until IDJ? wh*-n I he WHS appointed by the 1 ,t I e ! I’rt sidi-nt Franklin Roosevelt '.ludge of the Virgin I.slands, Mi Haslie's appointn'cnt was the first I tune a N«’gio iiad b«-''n -ipix.unte l Ijudgi' of tip- Federal Coiiits. In ID.'i!) .Mr. Ha:-;lie re.-iigned the post of Fi-dcral .ludge lo bi'Come D« jin of Howard University'.-; Law 'SttiooK H’- .servcl in tnic eapo- .-tc until HMO -Inn ho wa.s ehos- I ri a.s Civ'lnin Aide to liie ;>*''■ lei.'jiv o' War. Ml. H,*..||C. Whr* W;u. oil-' Ol tlie iiu rnh.-rs of 'he f.. gal ..taff of th • NAACP, f'HitKl Ihe .iciviee.-? pf Ci'.'iltan Aide 'o the Seeretary -f Will ineonipatible n-itii Hi*- prin- tipl*;; i-f die oi'gani/alion and his p. i.onal beliel and K-.ugned ‘o vag'- a i*'l"nll*‘'.s w.ir ngain.sl Hi-* Army.. •.Jim Ciow" polic-y. Ih- ha.i loiiti'd tl -oiin(i v .'P' akjp-, 'Uon'itiiied on page 8i Gov. Disputes Dictionary On Lynching Definition 1 Ilaha-ssoe, Kha lANP) —fio,- about .such ease.s; Ml ird Campbell challeng 'd "The ordeal of bringing a young Wc (lers diclmnary on tiie def- ;,ikI innot-i-nl \ it»ini ot i.ap- in'i inn tn of •lynching'' here la.st open eourt and .subjecting her in wc : m denyin g that Je.sse .las. tiLtailed cro.s.s-exriniin:iiion hy de- Pa> le, a Negro farmhL.nd, was f* n.se coim.sel could easily be i.s lyn* led la.st year. gn at an injury as the original ' A kod by R. B. Eh-azer of th • }„. told El* azer Mi-tf odisl CliuiTh ernrral Board p|.„halil> am.unl.s fni' of Educaliim, Na.shvillc, about mmiiM-r of killing.-* nr lynchingfi Payre's murder. Caldwe I said; v^pjeh might otherwise he avoid- ■■’'’hether or not the killing of governor continued, "So- Ji-Si- - Payne was a lynching mu.si cjjty found a .solution to d* p'nd upon one's definition of prohKni tha* term. My pcjsfinal opninio.i is ' at the crime did not come . w:t;.n any recogi zed definition down, 30 long a.s they send me money up north.” Dr. Shephard, who has served -19 ynnrs' as pastor of Olivet Bap- tin.-^chureu, Pihladelphia, who was (a member of the Pennsylvania ; 1. pislature for three terms, wa-, a.ssLsIant treasurer «>f Philadel phia, used a.s his subject, "Race K. Ialion.' in an Atomic Age." 'The .speaker said that "our 'cachings and planing must be made from the wnrld-wuh- point- lOf-viow." He asserted that the Ne gro must coiusid*;r the needs 'f the poor white people. [ He urged teachers, preachcr.s end doclor.s to identify themselves '.viih the ma.sses. He told teach- ! r.s that they were only workers, [and like workers, might bi‘tl“r |ih*-ir cnn*litions by joining lahor i.nmns. He encouraged the niini- jst'y to a.s.siiii trade unionists in their struggles. j 'I wi.sh our southern whije 1-iother.^ would lift their hori/oi and vUion and sec how Ameri- t.'in treatinenl of Negroes hamp- •ci's our stalc.':men." h*- said, He ic-'ea Hir embaira.s.sTnenl of State iSt-ey. Ryrne.s in advocating de- ii’'-*'ra(y abroad while being chid- ;(il by fhe Rus.-:ian.v on Ihc brand I in South Carolina. I The politician - pn-acher iia.d I'Ui* h*' had warn'’d a Demo 'alic ’.senator that "if wc don’t pa,-> Ihe KUrC bill. Negro' g.'iiu. to vote for u.s." He said that lu H-minoi-rl that senator that iml*-;- fii Demnrrat.-, did .sonn-thing alii 111 It ;n *;ongr*.’.', he r*>ulfl ; >' df. anything on the platform m ,-;u. l.i- Negro vole lor th*- Deni- tot laLs, j Dctining wliat the Negro wants, 'Di. Sh*‘phard said that it was full a-jualily, the same kind of cqual- it> that any other sane American Uniztn wants. He ventured the '(pillion that the Negro will get ,ii because "God is speaking thru the atomic bomb.' He added tht Continued oh back Dane) liv* secniary of the Urban Leagua and chairman of tho com- mitioo, io grant the committee -i btsaring that they may present more eempeU*nq reasons for th . *tppQlntinanl of a Negro on tha Boord. Mr. IkOwis stated that Negroes serve on the school boards in Cleveland. Chicago. Washington. Louisville and other cities end that at one time a Negro served on the New York School Board. He stated, however, that no Negroes served during the administration of Mayor LaGuardia. I he added, and "not one had failed [of settlement in the conciliation and i conference stage." However, he add SEGREGATION STILL RULE IN ARMY CAMPS led. Ihe t'lmmlH.'ion realises-‘hat the ' I number of ci^mplaints is "no inde* I of the amount of discrimination now ' present in the Slate." ^ I While the comistlon has the pow-- !er to hold hrarlngs. subpoena wlt-j inesses. r'>mpel their attendance, ad-] minister oaths and t*- require the! ! producH'»n of any bfmks or papers' [■‘relating to any matter under in-, ' veatigatiiin." Mr. Turner feels Ih-Tl i ' lo meet the probli*m of discrimlna- | 1 tion fully, the education il work tn be done by the commifsion is of ] (Contiiitird on page eight) meni couict tw removen, xnt-n in- i committee would recommend that | the Williasburgh site be enneid . rred." Hr staled thnt, the Rwr-’ j uetd true for othei locattooi be-1 low the Mason and Dixon line. ' 'Continued on page eight) Wright. E. r. Thomas and Itsm Walkar, Waabtngtan; Wa^ lene Ooirter and J. B. Mortiaank N**w Tarir ami G'-drge MartinLsville. Va. “niere went sl«(o six white* InJurelJ, School Board Hires Negro of To Advise Counselors WASHINGTON. D C. - Segre- gation is fill ihi- rule >n many army camps, acenring tn a report sub mitted to Secretary nf War Rnb- erl P. Patterson on December .11, by the NAACP Out of fifteen camps vi:dled by Je.sse O Dedmon. .Ir. KPcrelary of veienn'.x affairs for tha NAACP. more than half were found to be ignoring War Department Memor andum No. 07, which prohibits seg regation. Only Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland got a clean bill *>f health. Of this post Ihe re P*'rt .said "All facilities, both rec- ■i • 1 ' I *lh'r;.. ss'cie found to Im- open.lo all mm stationed at fhn post regardless nf race, creed or color." Fori 'll N C and Fort Ben- n ng. Oil., were f iind lo have a piiliry of '‘complete segregation.'* Ft Dix. N J.. had separle barracks and mess quarters and separate sep aration facilities. Al Pope Field, near Fort Brag, not only were iicparate facilities found, but Negro '•oldiers were being used in menial servants job and those working in ■ iffiier.s' clubs were not being paid ihr rompensuloin required by regu lations. Al Fort Benning Negro .soldiers about to be shipped overseas were j placed in a .stockade t*t keep them i from goifig Al'OL, but no such I treaipienl was accorded white sol-' diers. ! Complele ;ercgalion was found at Camp Mabry ant! Camp Gordon i Johiisrn, Fla. Al the latter camp.! civilians in the post exchange re- i fused to serve Negro soldiers until ■ all white.s had heeri served. Negroes JOB WHISPERING CAM PAIGN STARTS AGAINST NEGROES ttffieers were not permitted to eat in j r live in officers’' the offi*-' (piartprs. ' At Marnill Fieid. Fla., enhst.-d i mm stated that German pri.sonprs [ of war had directed them to sit in) certain places in the mess hall or' they could not be served. I N«‘gro donors and nurses al Camp ' Livingstone. La., could not treat I other than Negro patients and, I could not use either the officers'! cliih or mess. Negro and'white prl-| soners in the stockade were separ i ated. Walter White, NAACP secretary 1 urged Secretary Paterson to make a prompt investigation and take ■ "vigorous steps” to correct the con-' ditinns. Washington (ANP)—Soulh- orn white worker* are being encouraged to advocate Jim crow later unteoi in a datar* mined "union busting" drive, labor loader* charged here last weak. Vicious anti-Negro whUparlng campaign* ara go ing on in union halts whara frightened white workers era told "tharo ara not enough jobs for lham and tha 'nig gers' too." CIO officials have baen wrestling with complaints that their unions have tole rated employer discrimina tion against Negro workers, saicl a spokesman for the CIO Commitlea to Abolish dis crimination. whose organiza tion has waged an all-out fight against racial bias. The Kansas City Urban league has charged that the United Auto Workers. CIO. permit ted downgrading and senior ity cuts for Negro workers in General Motors plants before the GM strikes. Hartford. Conn. (AND — A youthful Negio educator has been named advisor Lo 40 school coun selors here hy Ihe Hartford beard of education. Hi.s name Is Thoma? L. Borders, a native of Maton. Ga., and a graduate of Morehouse college and the University of Hawaii. Working under the office of Las- rence W. Wheelock at the hoard of education. Borders advises school rounsrlor.' how lo handle Btudent problem.^ at Ihe various public schools. He frequently laiki to the .students himseh when the local counselor runs into ' trouble. "I think that the city admini stration of the board o( education ;ha.s a very sound philosophy to- .wiirds education." he said. "They eive m tht r :are definitely progrw ; ideas.” He divides his time between t school board and the 111 mon old North End Community ce :t.er which colored and white use [under the supervision of a mixed staff. His job of molding good- iv/ill is a newly created pcjsition in the local board of education and marks the first time a Negro has held such an estei-med po- n'lion in the public school system I here. I Recalling his experience* in iHawaii, where hs worked at ni^t- jwith the navy department ana 'attended school in the days, he 'said that the people there axe inow against each other, where- ;as before the war the different ipt'ples lived in harmony. George Bernard Shaw Drops Bomb Shell Into Racial Discussions 'My cotv.mt-nt on the oa.se in Continued on pago eight) of lynching.” Elt-azor explained lo the guv- , ernor that he made the inquiry ] because he had been asked to pre pare a 1945 report for .he Encl\'- ■ clopedia yearbook. According •ol Weosler’s New International di.-- * lionary, the verb “lynch" means' to in/lict punishment, especially death, upon, without the forms of j low, as when a mob captures and; hang.s a suspected person.” j Payn*' was removed from his j jail ooll by a mob and shot to ^ death after being charged with Taping a five-year-old white girl. He was not convicted of any [ crime. Gov. Caldwell explained that he , did not take actum to suspend Sht riff Lonnie T. Davis .charged ; with leaving the jail unguarded. berau.--e "he was n'-verLhele-u? th choice of the people. Stupidity' and ineptitude arc not sufficient i grounds for removal of an elected ' (fficial by the govi-inoi,’’ he said . Here is how Gov. Caldwell fooial GIs PROTEST WORD "NIG GER" IN ARMY NEWS Selatle, Wash. (ANP) — Use of the word "nigger" was protested last week by 16 members of the famed second battalion of tha 464th Infan- try. The word was used by an unnamed marine radio news aruiouncer when telling about Cab Calloway's Kansas City jim crow fracas. The broad cast came from a San Fran cisco station. "We feel that the word 'nig ger' is not the proper word to describe the activifes of Negroes." they said, "and we further feel that anyone per mitted to broadcast in the name of Ifae Armed forces should be intelligent enough to understand IhU." They asked "for a fair and just account of the news." Cohimbus. Ohio. — Dr. C. C. Spaulding, prc-sidcnt, North Caro lina Mutual Life Insurance Co., and Ally, W. Ellis Stewart, vice- picsidcnt of the Supreme Libi-r- ty Life Insurance Co., wer*'- ov.ardcd the Laurel Wreath, the highest honor of the Kappa Ai- jpl.j- P.si Fraternity, at it.s .TSth 'annual Grand Chapter meeting [which clused here Saturday at the [Masonic Templ.e I Both men. members of the fra il* inity. were cited "for distin- IguLsheti achievement.” in the 'lit'ids of business, as civic lead- and as leaders both in the I Negro race and for the improvt • ment of the race relations. Stew- [art is a native of Columbus and |was born h e in 1892. Dr. Spaulding and Stewart b-- 'c.ime the tenth and eleventh hold ers of the Laurel Wreath in the ; 35-year-old history of the nation- ial fraternity, it was announced iby Atty. Augustus G. Parker, ]pre.';,ident of the fraternity and ■ Cleveland councilman. I The fraternity ohosc New York tnc an .0 iUs principal nfficer.s, led by Ally. Augustus G. Parker, Cleve I.'ind City councilman, national pnlemarch. Three members were named tn fhe Grand Board of Director.i: Dr R. Eugene Clarke, Cincinnati, r*--(dcctrd; Dr. Henry H. Walker. Meharry Medical College; Fred C. F(>i'd. University of lIlinoLs and Dr, Ezra D. Alexander, Indian apolis. The Columbus Alumni and Zeta Chapters were hosts. Jerc B. Stan- fit.d, teacher at Champion Jun ior High school, and Charles Jus tice. Ohio State University .stu dent, arc local leaders of the Kap pas. Spaulding Financiar Dr. Spaulding. 71, is nationally Known as president of the largest finance institution operated by Negroes. In addition, he is a men-- ber of the board of trustees or officer of the Southern Education Foundation, Howard University. Slate Medical and Hospital Cara Commission of N. C. War Fund campaign. He ha;; previnus- Jy been lecognizcd with the Har mon Award and the Spingarn Medal. Ally. Stewart, graduate nf the University of Illinois, is a mem Ih;!' and former vice-president of th( National Council of YMCA's of Ihc United States, member of th* Chicago Plan Commis-sion. ,board of dircctons. USO Council of Chicago, and a past National j.iesident of the Kappa Alplia Psi iFraternity and for fifteen years j( hairman of the fraternity’s houi- ling '’onimission. F»c«s National Problems hLsi) v**ted In aid the anti-poll ’ tax campaign. Another action pledged the fra il inity to use every effort to out- ,lfew residential covenants whicii p:event Negroes from moving in to impir/ved housing, thu.s con- d* mning Negroes lo slums and -al so tending to keep adequate hous ing oxp*‘naivo to Negroes because of scarcity. The fraternity condemned the extension of sogrejgated vetera*is facilities and voted lo join other n;ganizations to change “present discriminatory policies” of tho veterans adminL-itration which ate based on "race, religion or coi- nv VERNA ARVEY Calvin's News Service EXCLUSIVE With his traditional outspoken- TORS. George Bernard Shaw ha.s written in less than forty words what muy well pr*ve lo be a b'jmlishcll in racial discussions. When this renowned playwright was asked for a slatemenJ on min- inity problerrs. he sent a postcard on which he had written; "The col or question is not one of my sub- cct.R. ueyond a notion that the next great civilization may i>e a black one I have nothing to say worth publishing. The heroine of my most Turning to national problem.s •tht- Kappas, by resolution, aulhor- i..cd its officers to use al) the in- Ifiuence of the organization, to ei- tLblish federal law and a com- Imission or fair employment prac- itifcc, and directed renewed ap [peal to the President, and the Con gress. 'The sum of $100 was also jvc'tcd to the National Council on iPair Employment Practice to sup port the FEPC campaign. $100 was The fraternity unanimously votei to "continue its activities I in the field of inter,-acial r(‘la- Itienships in order to establish real {biotherhood among men." I The purchase of a chapter • house in Nashville, Tcnn.. was ■ approved by the Grand Chapter jto make a total of six houses own ed by the fraternity. ' (Continued on page eight) GOVERNOR NAMES NEW WINSTONVILLE OFFICIALS IN DISPUTE Winsloaville, Miss. (ANP) — The all-Negro town of Winstogville had e temporary set of officials last week, but its governmenlal troubles ap parently were not over. Gov. Thomas L. Bailey named a slate ef officials to succeed those recalled in an election Dec. 15 and to serve until another election can be held. But the efficiaU whom the elector* voted 26 to 7 lo recall have announced they wlM not surrender their posts. John T. Smith, attorney for the electors, said, however, he did not believe they would mainatin this stand. The temoprary ofiicials named are Mack Williams, nrayor Reed Causey. WUl Coleman and WIU Byndum. alderman; Nick Christmas, marshaL and Webter Jackson. Jr.* treasurer. i popiiler tale is n NearcM.” Mr. Shaw, who is now in hU ninetieth year, has been said to have "achieved a legendary fame while btilt alive." in contrast to most greet men, who "are long dead before their names acquire a crust ot I legend and fable.” It is true that his fame rests ns much upon his .ready wit and on his willingness to ■ay whta he thinks regardless of c.omicqucnces sr on his plays. He has startled pacple, delighted them [or annoyed them — but they realise always that there is truth behind I everyone of his barbed remarks. A4 j his advanced age he has managed fo [ add to, rather than subtract froi4. c the tremendous powers of penetra- ] tion that were his as « young mSn. i Now he has seen the mcergeno* ■ of colored people all over the world; I he has noted the gradual formation ! of a new race that is the product of much inter-racial mixing, despite all I the efforts of bigoted people to stop [ it. Correctly, he deduces that tIRs I IS inevitable, and he interprets I not as something to be avoided, but I as .something to anticipate. I A few years ngo Mr. Shaw spent part of every weer. al his business {offices in London, and part in 1 Saint Lawrence, a quiet little vM , lage where he could work unintw jruptedly. He has now given up cB ;life entirely and stays in (he cow, j try the week ‘round, working on • new comedy to be presented at the I resumed Malvern Festival next year. 1 Some of his many plays are “Pyg malion.” "Major Barbara” and "Caw- sar and Cleopatra" (all of wh^ I have been filmed) as well as * I Apple Cart.” "In Good King Cbai I Golden Days,” and othera.