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Editorials CfltOHpO Comments CbrCa Ctm^0 !i’£s^i5i U7 S. PmMj St DarkM^ Nortk Ow«ltM Mbitikad At Dukaai, N«rtk Okrotta* Brcrj 8*tanUjr by mi CABOLIMA TIMES PUBl5s1IING OO^, to*. Katerad •> aMoiid>clltaa naatUr ai the Ourhaia Poct«fiM, vndcr act of March SrO, 1879. PHONISi N-TISI J-7871 L E AUSTIN, PUBLISHER ‘ E. PHILIP ELLIS, MANAGING EOlTOIt WILLIAM A. TUCK, BUSINESS MANAGEK Far laforataiioB p^ru^imimy t« N«t'l AdvarUtioB Writ* t* T*4d and Todd, Adv. *«pree*el«tiire» l«3 W. laStk StTMt, ,Ro*m 18 NEW YORK Cl TY, NEW YORK /SATURDAY, MAY 6tk, 1»3» DUKE.4UNI VERSITY ] W« atood y«»t«r>morn on tne campu* of the irraat Duke Uni- Tanity, amaa«d at it« va«ui««a auu mAguuicmKe. w* ttkou(j;bt «f th« atupandoua «um of money apent by the, to mak« thia one of Am«rica’a Krvi|t«ift aducationAl inatitutionaj Wa thought of the tobaocu mdustry aud. iu ri'* to oa« of tha li^rgaat buainaaa .«iiUii)ria«a in tttu world. Wc tbought uf the t)|.oud of Negro men, women and suiidren iluti kttd g»ne into ttie buildings tu mwke up Duke Univar- ar>.>, ana we likened them unto th« bodiea ot 'Joiuaae i^avea iiiro-*a into tne Utuat V\all ol Liuua wbeu it waa erwcted. Like a great panoima, tbik tlirong ol our ’ turelathers p^aaed bc- for «r. •,• • • .some with stoopca ahoulders, bowed heada and finched browa made so in uTder, that a great inatitution of ]«arn- iBg might come into existence. Aa they trod their weary way, the •arth ahoek around ab«ut ua. ._^^We thought uf the great Uod w^o aitii in iudgament over the aSaira of mankind mnd thought of qutationing him aibd^t the juBtite of permitting the bioud to t>% aequeesad out of black feod- lea to build a univeraity ior white minda. . . .only while iH>nda— "M> i^oia what f morning.” iS wnite people have labori^d in the factoriea of the Americac tobacco industry for leas than enough on whi^ to lira, they have had the satisfaction of knowing that their children may reap the 'benelita in a t^hool that provides the very beat training. 11 »egroe« have done the same thing, it must pierce thau' haarta to^ know that Duke University haa. been built for avery athar race under tne bud but theirs, Chinese, Japanese, Uerrnana, Huaiiana or any other foreign race may be admitted to the achool; but tha JUnarican Negro atamia alone aa the luna human, being on eartln, t«o l«atbeome in the eyea of the American white man to fhare the benefit* of Duke UQiversity. ia thia the price of humbleness? la this the price of laith- fulneaa? Where ia juatice? Wheie is right? Whera is God? Wa left Duke Univeruty at high nouju Tba agn ita sanith and was casting its brilliant rays upon the achool’a masfk- iva buildiagi>. Everything was in contour and detail; but 'they tell ua the 2un want down and that there was darknesa—black darknaaa. My Lord, Vhat a night 1 Kelly Miller Writes MIAMI NEGROES AMD THE KKK In Miami, Florida the Ku Klux Klan, hoping to frighten Ne gro from ■voting in the city election by parading, in full regalia ■ in thair aection of the city and sending threatening letters to Negro^eaders, has again discovered that tha Negro w,ho waa frightened in the old days of the KJCJCv *• dead. Tha Klaa ha* ' diaeoYeraid tba| a new Negro has arrived on the acene and that it ^nnot intimidate him so easily. Latest news releases from the^ Florida, city disclope that more Ne groes Voted in the election than ever before in tha* hiatory of the city. Instead of becomittg intimidated the Negroes defied th« threata of the klan by voting in even larger numbers than that they would have had the klan not threatened them. Here in North Carolina, with no threata made aganist tiiem, Magrqea take little interest in voting, and uaually have to be begg ed and courted to get them to vote. It might be a good idea to have the Ku Klux Klan organize 'branchea in this ..state, s'! that Negroea may realize the importance of tojlo^'box. Negroea in Miami have dembniitrated a fjreA amount of cour age. ^Unlike that of tfi^ northern Negroea who for "the mo»t pwt .ight the,race iasue in the soutl» from afar, they have daliberatcly itmatni their fist in “the fae«*HB4»»tbe klan and told them to go to i.c-11. ihia is thr”kind '*of'‘elKjii^e~^t in worth more than all Hp fcwivice that is usually given on racial conditiona in the south THE EXTREME ACl OF GiOlNER AND DEWEY John N. Gamer, 71, a n d Tboroaa £. Dewey, 87, are now forging to tha .front aa candid* ater for the Prasidei)cy on tha eonsarvativa Democratic k n d Ka^ublican tickets, in 1940. By tha time of tha inaugutation *n Iftl-l,* Gferntir and Dewey would ra^priaant respectively 'tha old est and tba youngaat of all tha Preaidants of tha United Statea during tha past ISO years. In the avant of hia election Dewey would be acarcaly above tha minimum age of S6, bJt by the Constitution, while Garner woald exceed tha Scriptual apan of life, three score and ten years. Bqi^h inatancaa would in volve risks juatifiWbla onl;^ by party desperation. Laying a- aide all oMer elements f con siderations itself, constitutes an important factor in the availa bility -which no party can pru dently ignore. • - ^th piarties alwftya present ed candidates between the Con stitutional and Scriptual age limits. Our youngest Pretidents at tha time of inauguration were Roosevelt 42, and Cleve land, 47. The volume and com plexity of our national interest require a maturity of Judgment and experience far beyond that contemplated when the Consti tution was adopted. Tha tuccess of a political tyro without rain ing or ezperienca in Adminia- stritive^ tasks would be a mir acle of precocity iH>on which the American people will rely onjy at thair own riaka. On the otherhand, John N. Garner with adequate . political experience and Xet^^dative train ing, haa paaaad> beyond the age limit whicfi the government has set as the effective age for pa- blic servants. All military and civic servants must retire on or before reaching the age of se venty. Bven the august Justices of the Supreme Court, whose term is constitutionaUy' unlimi- tfble, are parmittad and induc ed to retire at tha statutory age. j John N. Garner ii now 71 jraara of age and will be 78 at the time of hla inauguration, and 77 at the end of( hia term if choaen by the alectorata in LMO,._,jQeorge Washington retir- Rendering aid to the “daati- tuta regardlaa* of race, color or araad”.„.]^£ SMAliLS MEDIC- AjL AID FTJND,' Ina. Non-Slaata^ ian." A Jaw in Dea Moines, la,, doing more for helplaaa Chris- ■*d from the preaidency it than any Chriatian thara John Adama at 6S, Tlionaa Jefferson at 68, Zachary Taylor at 66, James Buchai^an ' at S9 and Woodrow Wllaon at Q4 all othvr Praaidenta have ratirad from the Preaidency under aiz- ty years., of age. Mr. Gamer would be 77, or six yaara older than any other Preaident at the time of retirement, and would be the only aeptuagenarian aver elected to tha Presidencv. The risk of electing an elder ly man to the Presidency is seen in ease of William Henry Harrison, 68 and Zacharr Tay- Ira 64, who died in office. An- ^i)r9W.,Jackson aarvived Ilia se cond term by nine yaaxa but '*01d Hickery” prove^ the ex ception rather than tha rule. The Democratic Party nomina ted Henry Davia for tha Vice Presidency at the advanced age of 82 in 1904, but the cto- genarian died before his term of office would have txplred. The Republican Party, in 198*2, nominated Vice Preaiden# ‘Char les Curtis 72, to iiueceed hfln- self. But the distinguished Kansasian^ died before tha ex piration of the term fpr which he was nominated. Our entire national' history warns against the nsk of choos ing an elderly candidate for the Presidency especial!]^ n tha later years when this datiea of the office have become so' on erous and eay'cting. To rely up on tha continueiKe of the pro- sent state of health and degree of vigor of a aeptuagenarian candi}ate Is but gamble againat the calender. 1 ■ KELLY MIliLEIJ THE DEED OF A JEW By WILUAM PICK1N8 Start Drive For Mural To Miss Anderson cash and tha costa, for tha rendered. He makea -all REFLECTIONS S. Wyeliffe (^rlington Ip doing. Ha haa a atora, Just a business. But with tha monay ha earns ha diapanaea charity to aU who nead It and who coma witHln hia reach. Ua is superria ad by state law in Iowa, and licenaad under bond. All ha does >1 to pay tha billa and give hia energiea and time to a uni que work of charity and human k>va,....aa vniqua as anythin|r I have ever met face to fice. He has a "committea” of 14 prominent names, a set of three ‘legal adviaers,’ li2 good' doetora on ‘a ‘medical adviaory board,' and aix on an advisory board. All ha doea, ha the Jaw, ia to pay out tha money, tha aid tha money in his store. It is ali his; he could keep it. From the immeasurable list of Choae whom ha has aided, have selaeetd 40 cases, but I will give you only a few of them. Dates are not important, but these are among hia ^nost racent caaes. Look at them, a few of them: Sant wheel ehalr to a woman, •8 yiiars of age, who weighs 00 pounds has poison of tha body. ' ■*' ■ Pa^d for blood tranfiision to man of 20, with amputated arm. ^ Pair of crutches to hoj of I'B, who was hit iby car. , Hoq>ital bed and back rest, woman 77,'heart trouble a’ri'd dropsy. I Blood tranfusiona; boy of 10, typhoid; man of 30, diabetes; man 4ffi, ruptured appendix; man, 62, pneumonia, and so on. i Wheel chair; lady 66, arthri tic; man, 62, weak spine; nMin 6i2, infantile paralysis; girl 10, I infantile paralysis; boy 12, tame And many othe^ii. hi^re gotten, will still get the same sweet charity, as long as Smalls lives, WASHINGTON, D. C.—An being borne by tha apousors, appeal to young people An d every cent contributed by the otfaara who are intarasta* to aclibol children and young pao- aontributa panaiea, ni^ala and I pla of tha country will be uaad dimaa or a mural depicting Mar-[ solely for tha pnrpoaea of hav- lan Andarsan's- Eaater "oscart ^ tog tha mural executed and was iasnad^ra laat waak follow ' inatalled. ing oiyanliation of tha Marian I Members of tha apoasoring Anderson Mural Fund Com-1 tommittaa include Senator W. mittea under chairmanahip . Austin, United States Senator; Edward Bruca, chief of t h a | Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Section of Pine Arta, Treaaury Department, Procurement Divis ion. The committee, composed of mraoibera of both racea, w a a National Youth Adminiftration; Miaa Mary Brady, Vice Chairman of tha Mariari Ailderaon Cit- isena’ Committee; • Miaa Ifary Brady, Director, Hannon Foun- organised by Mr. Bruce for tha , dation. New Yerk City; Edward parposa of raising ^>faaJa^ to Bruce, Crief. of Saction of Fine commemorate that event. ...Fl^t- | A r t a. Treasury Department; ed to serve with Mr.‘firuca aa Hon. Oscar L. ChapmaA, Aaaia*-^ officera of tha committee ’ wera ^ tant, Secretary of Interior, Mra. Professor J. Vernon Herring, Raymond Clapper, Washington; head of the art department at John P. Davia, Secretary of tha Howard University, secretary; National Negro Congress; Fra- and Jasaa H. Mitchell, president' darie A. Delane, Chairman Na> of the Industrial Bank of .Wash- tional Capitol Park and Plann- WHITE‘METHODIST UNIONISM ll.r unnSng of the"W*t6tni tiranches of tha ^whitr MethOdiat^ cauiciicr inio one great Ibodiy of Methodism is an act worthy of commendation. Such a union brings into existenca ana af the moBt powerful protastant, religious organizations in tha world.- it .ta an example that should 'be followed by other denominationa that are split up into many (branches,, in roost cases on account petty reasons. * ^sigro Methodist, who have been quibbling albout uniting for several dacadea, ought to pattern after their white bretberen, iong enough t,o Spring together the several Negro Met^iodist churchaa. ■ The realization of such a dream would »lrva‘_to leasen the - coat of operation and make -it possible to operate morai sucicesaf ull}. Unlike the white Methodist churchea Jhat ?.plit on account of alavary and other questions, the Nagro Methodiat churchaa have sever sp!ft for the simple reason they hava navar bean to- "kether. Certainly if white chriftians can lay aaide their prejudicea • agaiaaL the Neg^o long enough tp iH^ing together their chur^ihaa, Negroea who have ho such^ issues should do likewise. Wa believe the laymen;'who pay the ralariaa of the many high officiala of these churches, can force the uniting of tha Negro liUtho».:st if they stop paying their money to maintain the three ~ BMiB .branchaa a* tbay now stand. They should, demand that thair churches unite, and see to it that the machinery is set i* motion to do so. They cannot depend on the ministers to perfect such an organization becaiise many of them are dasireus of ,aAir taining one of the'^many Jobs taisde posa&la by keeping the branches aeparatcJ, or they are, prohibited from encouraging the uniting by high officials who ara afraid that thay will l^a thair joba if fuch takea place. There are aeveral church achools in various psrta of tha^coun^ try, operated by the African Methodist Bpisaopal, tha Africaui Methodirt Epiacopal Zion and tha Color«d Methodiat Episcopal >UCht to Im ck«e4. into ona ^>chool. , nouaads and hundreds of thousands dollars are being fooliably } ®Pi™* unrtjiM. VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE “Vocational Guidance is or ganized common sense used to >>e]p each individual mane the mollE"-$f hia abilities and op portunities.” I use tha term in evitable in referring to vocat- iuii, fwi' it is an established fact that you must make your own way through the world. Society will not feed you. ....“Tha Negro youth in parti cular is discouraged aa iegardi occupational possibilities and to needs guidance and anlighteii- ment to remove thia dark ahad- dow, and to let him know just what fields are open to him and what fiel^s«wiUj)bring him the la(ge‘st rc^rn in money and happinesa,' QUAX^IFlpATIONS FOR SELECTING A VOCATION' ; . Ajij^thing 80 vital as life’s work should not ba snatched at hastily, but jthould ba given aommon aense and prayer. How aver for you who are still turn ing over tha possfbilities of how to aam a living, a safe rula to follow in choosing a career is to chooaa ona in which y iU have interest; one in which yoa have .special skill; ona for which you ara especially adapted; one which offers opportunities for entrance and advancement, ona^ which will be of benefit to so ciety in general and to your self. Your interest in a '>articu lar field in something which you alone can honestly judge. Like wise you can judge your abili ties Jn a particulkr line.- Qualifications of a career for your choice are mainly person al. You can discover your inter est, you , can detarmine your abilitiea and y^>u can keep be fore you an ideal of social use- fulneta. There are, howa^ver, t w a other phases of. ^lunlification.... namely opportunity and bene fit to the individual. To a cer tain degree we can judge op portunities in various occupa tion, but the fact remains that Negro youth ia decaivtstf as to Most of oujL aal la:bor, domestic aarvice, hotel or r restaurant Joba. Thus the prdbtem of informinjr ' Negro youth of its true opportunitia^ is idoubtably the greatest one confronting ug today. OVERCROWDED PROFESSIONAL FIELDS General professional fields are overcrowded. We have to day more than enough is not l secret. We are not producinir to many prof&Kaional people to sup ply our needs but merely too many for our pockett>ooks to support. Yet, teaching preaching and might say medicine, ara three moat crowded profctiaional.. fields. ...._> In apite of all you have heard to. tha conttaty, fieUU open to the Negro which are not ‘crowded and which taa Ne gro can enter upoa oroitabty with thecooperation of his fel- lews. , ' ; V J OPPORTUNITIES IN NON-CROWDED FIELDS i^sinesa ia a 'field the possi- bjijties of which you all know, ^ut it takes plenty of training, common sanse, businesa jnae, salesmanship, coojperation and nerva to. withstand tha keen togsietitioitHtilet^iFill be part of the merchant’s lif^. Agriculture otten m»ny' esr- eers open to Negroes. The United State government, , re cognizing that somefK^ing had ie be done about conditions among tenant farmera in the South and rural population in general, took steps. Immediate- iy opportunities ,jwere open to Negroes to serve aa rural techni ciarr and aocial engineera. What tha government had to face and still acing is a pitiful lack of men trained in thei>e directions. So I say to you ^you who would be rural techniciana, aocial egineers, managers, farm fuper- and prospers, in hia store. If I were in Germany, Adolf . Interior Building in Hitler would hang me for sailing * Ju^^al will that this Jew ia the equal of any Christian I have ever met, and the superior of all h e dictators put together. We hon or such a man as Smalls, not be cause he is a Jew, but at ha says in his charitiifi; regardless of that non relevant or of any other. For the same reason our president appointed a Jew, "1 Felijf Frankfurter, to supreisie j court. That’s why Hitler thinks we are orai^y, and that's why wa know. Hitler ia craay. • ington, treaaurar. ■*> “We have undertaken thia project,” the chairman said, *t>ecauae Miaa Anderaon’s con cert in front of the Unaoln Memorial waa ona of the aignifi cant occaaiona in^ our aational cultural development. It^aerved to foeua attentian upon h e enduring qualftiea and geniiine elementa in our democracy. The committee be1ieve»»'that the beauty, aolemnlfy, grandeur and challenge of that occrsion WM of such iinportance that the scene deaerres to be preserved for future generationa.” Tha appeal is being made primarily to the youth of Amer ica, Mr. Bruca aaaerted, because Miaa An.deraon both aa an artiat and aa a paOToa aaiVMwnta what can be done in thia country despite discrimination and other handicaps. “Her triumph is worthy at emulation *nd ahould be a source of encouragement to all young people,” he said. Harold L. Ickea, Secretary of the Interior, who ia a 'nember of. the committee, ha^ given aaaurance that the mural, when completed, ..will be aceeotoa apd installed in the Department Washing- be execut ed iby the winner of a national anonymous* competition open to all American artists «and conduet ed by the Section of Finu Arts, Treasury D^artment. Young people are urged to send contribulionll' through their organizations or schools lo the treasurer of the Fund, Jesse H. Mitchell, President, Indus trial Bank 0 f Washington, Washington, D. C. As ^lie ex- ing ComHiiaaion; Todd Aaaiatant Profeaaor, School of Muaic; Mrs. Blmhriat, New York; Dorothy Ferebee; Mra. Force, Director of Mvaaum of Art; Duncan, H^ard Leonard Doctor Juliana the Whitney Dr. Erneat Graaning, Director of the/ Div. of ^tarrftorlM and laland Poaaa- eaaions, I^ept. of Interior; Ro land Haya, Boatoiu Mau.; J. Vernon. Herring,^^ad of Art Department, Howard Univeiaity, Charlea H. Houaton, Chairman of the Marian Anderson Citi- bena’ Committee; Hon. Harold L. Ickea, Secretary of tha In terior; Hob. Kent E. Keller, Chairman, Library Committee of the House; Jonas lie. Presi dent of tha National Academy; Jesse H. Mitch^r - , Preaident, Induatrial Bank of Washington, Mra. Henry Morgenthan, ‘ Ad; Waahin^on, D.. Gl; Carl 'Huf- phy. Editor AfroiAmerican Bal- tintore^ Maryland; Hon. Frank H. Murphy, Attorney General; Mrs. Caroline O’Day, United Statea Congreaa; |te||r Admiral Christian Joy Peoples, Director of Procurement; Duncan Phil ips, Washingi^on; Doctor C. C. Spaulding, North Carolina Mu- Yuial Life Insurance Company, Durham;. Nathan Straus, Ad ministrator, U. S. Housing Au thority; Dr. John W. Stude- baker, Commissioner of Educa tion, Department of the Inter ior; Hon. R^ert F. Wagner, United State| Senators; Doctor Rtfbert C. Weaver, '^^^ial As- ais^nt to - the Administrator, United States Housing Author ity, Department of Interior; and Walter Whi£e Secretary of the National Association for 'the Advancement of Colored Pteo. panses of adniniatratlon are, pie. , , young people feel that they to ei»fata tber^ schools belnw standard when one or'^^ pj-each. They » i: Ctiarlie Spears ’Em «p TO KEEP YOU OUT OF TROUBLE " PERSONS ARE EITHKR LIVING OR DEAD with refer ence to their civil righta. Or dinarily a person is entitled to exercise all civil righta secured to him by the lawa under which he lives...but...when he has loat those rights he ia regarded aa civilly dead, although ha may be ia full possession of all his na tural facultiaa. OUHiAWS AND INFAMOUS PERSONIS ara aa a general rule regarded as being civHlr dead. Thus a person convicted of fel ony and sentenced to the state priaon for life under certain atatutea in force in sen>* atatea is -not entitled te exerciaa tha civil righta enjoyed by ether ^tisena. STTBICTX.Y SPEAKING the term outlaw, neana oaa whotta iput out af the protection or aid of the laTf.Jbut In a looaer'aewrt' it refers to riotoua or diaordac- ly peraon- who is- a habitual vio lator of tha law. BLASPHSniY hai Ibag been reoegnicad aa a erima by tha courts of this country. While it » true that in thia country no man ia braiulfd aa apparentiy tsriminaft . beeauaa ha ditteri^ from the majority of mankind visors, social organizers, health experts, teadhara of agricultural methoda, and foreatere—gfl. to it! There are placea for you! ' S0€IAL WOBX^With only ona social worker to each 11, 466 Negroes, vou^ muat reoo«. ,1,^, ,r con- nize a great, dearth. It inter-J 4^,'sutoJebt of rali- estlng to note that social 01 Large Amount ef Food Distributed By State Agency BtALEIQH—^Tha commodity j Thia r^resenta an increaae diatribution division af tha ef . 14,80^,502 pound or 181 State B*oard of Charities and ! percent in amount of, nroduce Public Wflfare handled almost 1 l&ndled or an estimated |962, 16 million pounds more food in | 668.84 or. 272 percent ncreasa montha ended in tha eatimated value of pro- the fiacal nine March 81, 1999 aama Una ol , the preceding year and with an increawd ^t to of ojJy 20 percent, Arthur B. Langaton, State Di rector of eommo'idity dUtribu- tion aaid thia week. An estimated retail valua of fl,808,246.40 was plaesd on the 22,790,2142 pounda of com- moditiea diatrlbuted throughout^ the State in the three quartera f thia fiscal year, in comoaviaon. with an estimate of fitfO,677.06 than in the ! ducts distributed, Lanjj^on said. While tha coxt to the State in diatribnting thtoe cemmoditiea to North Carolina’a relief clienta for nine month of fracal 19i39 was 1*28,079.71, it haa jumped to only 133,900.70 for the cor- responding period of fiscal 1989 an increaae of o«riy 20 percent in the coat of distribution, ha pointed out. Tha 22 million pounds diatr'- buted ao far thia year w ould . *d at aa average weight of 80, ^omestiii aerviae buted 1988. in nine montha of fiacal ing anything calculated and in tended to inault tha feelinga and deepest Migious cbnvio- tlona of the great majority of the persona among whom wa live may ba found guilty of a criminal charge. We n^u«l not fto thinga that ara outrageous to the general feeding of pro priety among persona among whom we live. Blaaphemy ia not tolerated any more than is tolerated. Do 000 pounda each. Since 100 oara would make a longernhau aver age train, Langaton pointed I out that the amount of food distributed in this state up to tha firat of A()ril would take more th*n seven and a half trains to bri?« it into North Carolina all tn one shipment. , * . TI gion yet any person malicioualy other- nuisance Pleas* t turn to page five reviling God or religion «r de-be good ftntil next weekl HIGH OR LOW TmgyjirTTj. END IN RUIN* Woa to ihe« that call evil good, and good evil; thiat prt darknaaa for light and Tl^l for darknaaa; that put bitter for aweet and ■waat for bitter.—Iw. 8;80, Recreation Piograni Beneficial WASHINGTON, D. C.—Ne groea all ovar the country will benefit thia apring and auuniar from tha extanaive racraatioa program undertaken by the Works Prograaa Administration. Of particular importance are the reported advancea madae dor ing recant montha in rearaation caatera for Negroes in a ^great number of Southern csmmani- tlM where the population for the Race ia denaaat and delin- qunecy and poor health condi tiona are generally tha moat pre valent. • Hie recreation program in Montgomery, Alabama is ahow- ing marked progreaa. Thorough organisation, which includaa a variety of survised activity on the playground and an in aer- vice training school for leadera, accounta largely for the succeaa of- leiaure time program in the Alabama city. . , Six of Montgomery’a play areaa for Negroea ara located on aa many achool grounda. The number of auparviaed recrea tion centera now operated in the Alabama city totala sev'en. In addition to aeveral choral groupa organized in theie lei- aura time oMitara for regular city wide community aings, one group, the Nathaniel Dett Chor al Singara, has regular programs over Mon^mery’a^.^radio stat ions WSFA and WCOV. Other tn>ea of activities ar- riad on at the playgrounda in clude art, woodcraft, handicraft folk . dancing, group and team . gamea, atory houra, natura atdy hofcfcy grotups and harmmjca'* bandtr There ia a definite time In a day acheduled for work in each activity. The well trained rprpa of recreation leadera on the rolia of the "WPA are f^Uy pre pared to direct the leiauie acti- vitiea of the participanta inta wholeaome and healthful ihan- nela. t Aa in the case of many recrea tion programs of the WPA, Montgomery*! work in the * au- pervised uaa of laiaur^ Waa brought into c.ommunitiea which never before enjoyed the bene- fita of recreation aervice. Acllva CoMBcila N*cMMU-y An Adviaory Council compoa- ad of alert church, educatioa and civic organizationa, as well as group of individuals, is the backbone of the program in Montgomery. On this Advisory Council ia a representative from the Department of Education, churches. Parent Teachers As- sociationa, the Women’a Club, lodgea, welfare organizationa and achoola. The ctiairmau o|| the Council is Mrs. F. M. Gibba, preaident of the Federated Wo- men’a Cl««b, who is active in many welfare erganizations. The Council. is . divided into th# Cenpwlng 4onuiipMi Play- ” ground, publicity and>^ finance, was very ac^fve during the mon th of December in seeing that every playground had a Chriat- maa tree and that everj^ child received a g3t. Ita latest work has been ia helping to build basketball an? volley ball crurta on tha playgrounda. Plana for the aumater, work ed out by the Council with tha help of the City Commissioner, include new tennia Murta and tha'^rapair of old ' ones, the building outdoor ptnjr pong tablea and tha oonatroction of outdoor firaplacea in tha aaven playgrounds. (Ano^hef...no table inatanc* of aa enrichment of ootnm unity life ia te.be found in the WPA Reorei^ioa Program operated for Negreee ia North Carolina. Faced with a Race jtopitlatioa oi about onl million cit:zene largely' engaged in agriaulture, work, ^forth Carolina’s^ifficult problem in recreation develop ment had the added burden of 1(99,106 illiterates .to be coa-" aidei;ed in the leisure time pro gram. ‘ Prior to 19iS6, there were onlj^, ,tlir,ee communities wiih organised } recreation pr>->gtama for Negroea.. Tha WPA iuitiat- ad leisure time activities in the State during a Is^—racrsation efc4> and has since increased theae programa, (broadened an >. intenalfied leadership Irainlng" and increased recreation fncili- PlsMe turn to page fiva