MAN HANGS SELF IN JAIL
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VOLUME XXVI, NO. 27 \\ KKK ENDIN'*! HA!) KDAV, JAN! AUV 1, 1017 HUH 17/;
SÈKS END OF IMPERIALSISM
Australian Anti-Negro
Propaganda Is Called
“Vicious Slander”
U. MAN HEADS
NEGRO BUSINESS
LEAGUE FOR ’47
CINCINNATI (NNPA > Men.
bers of she executive ; ■ of
the National Negro Business Le; -
sue, meeting at the Manse Hotel
recently. named Lynwood W
Brown of Richmond. Virginia. h>
CXvCI» < JV9 S-CCT*^*'![ , "' r -r! i ft* r*f tlv_i
league and decided, to hold the 1947
session in Tampa, Florida. July 29.
SO and 31.
Brown, who will be charged with
the task of organization work in
the United State:- will also edit -
the Journal of Negro Business. ,u;
implement of the league's general
action pr gram He is al present
the editor of the official journal of
the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity.
He is national > xecutive secretary
of that fraternity, md has a nation-!
wide acquaintainship which will
serve him in good stead j n his uev.
field
A. G. Gaston, Birmingham insur
ance tycoon, was named chairman
of a committee to arrange t> dele
gation to represent the Busmen-
League at the Liberian Content.r-d
next year and to arrange for an
other delegation exploring econo
mic opportunities in 'he Caribbean
1
5 Persons Die In
Holiday Violence !
NEW BERN Five persons me
tragic deaths in Cbristmas-day ac
cidents in New Bern. The dead arm
Harold N. Gaskins, Route 1, N- \v
Bern; Mrs, Arlie Ward, Streets
Ferry and her son. Tommie, age 2.
were drowned when the truck driv
en by Robert Had not . New Bern
white man; Alex Manley. ,j r ac
cidently shot when a gut: went oft
in : t:r room; ami George Thomti
Beet' n who was shot and killed in
an alleged aiiumpi to rob a sto--.
Hadnot is being held unde; SI,OOO
bond for a coroner's hearing in con
nection with the drowning accidjt.’
in which both Hadnot and Tull
Benton, white compaion ■ f Hadnot
were injured.
Coaslguardsmen of the local boat,
patrol dragged the Nucse river
from 9:00 Christmas night to 5:00
Thursfov morning, recovering the
bodaHl Mrs Ward met Mr. Gas
JjtfgSHrhey dragged the river again
and recovered ih»-
VA Hits Irregularities At
T uskegee Vetera n’s Hospital
BY JAMES L HICKS
NNPA Staff Writer
WASHINGTON. D. C <NNPA>
Tiie Veterans Administration is sup
pressing the report ot an investi
gation into charges of irregularities
at it 1 veterans' hospital at Tuake
gee. Alabama, it was learned here
last Monday.
Suppression of the report threat
ened to involve the agency in a lav.
:uit when Leon A. Ransom, attor
ney for Harold A. Godson, fortnei
utility trainee officer at Tuskegec.
who informally brought the charges
against the hospital said if the YA
continued to refuse to make the re
port public he would be forced 1 o
"take such legal steps as are neces
sary to ascertain what the investi
gation shows"
It was learned that early in Jan
nary Mr, Gadsen, who was employ
ed bv the VA in Washington. Was |
sent to the Tuskegec hospital as e
trainee for the job of utility offl
NKW YORK ‘ANPi ‘V ;
•la: w;e the term u.'/’d lasi
we by Verdi i md C. Smith, nr
liona! s<erotary f the Nada. o'
ALwitime yu.on :.-t America to d- ,
eribe anti-Negro pronaganda that
:-.>p .''red iTeeptly in ,i nowspapen
in Sydney. Australia. ..gainst ;\’«-
.‘■■i ..rti’i.rs
A mod '■< an eppcc.l ;t> llu etno
; lions of whit" Australians ugaii.-.'
ti .'end-hips ticlveer; Negro shoo
and white Australian girls, tile
articles m the November 2 i-su- if
Sn.it: ao A ufc: to .V
. ors as ••leering coons' ~nd desert •
“n .bp Vi iln ciris won imho oo
! admiring the sailors, as “Boon •
moils."
“Its slander against the Negro
people in an attempt to stereotypy
all Negro seamen as leering, drunk.
• and sex-crazed, it- unsurpassed
Smiths let ft-; to N. ■!. O. Maicir..
Au-ar-ilian ambasKatim ■ the iJnP
cd States, said.
A resolution attains the m-ws
i paper's attack on the Negro sailor;
was adopted by the c; w of (he S
;S. Whistles -uii Newer:>bn: 10, and
forwarded to Smith's weekly. Rep
resenting many nationalities, cn c h
and colors, the crew reminded t‘
■editors that "the Neg o has f us : :
on all the war fronts of the world
and ’sailed (he seven seas' in th
war just concluded
“Many base given ‘heir lives and
sacrificed h great deal in the strug
gle .Mains' German Ni.z:srid
- f'nr-.'ifiimrj ■-*> >■ I- r.a:'C '
b dy of she infant.
Becton was killed when he al
u—ji- . —i .. i . -..
t, ,1., l l .J.UIJ *«, jt . V,.. t. i M -t.il!
of -Joe Abicti. Syrian, after hr
and another man were rough’ in
side the sf.ort early on the ironm.
of December 25 in an alleged rob
bery attempt. Ablen -a,, xont-ra
t d of the shooting on the groiia ..
that it was justifiable lv mi?id«
Charles Jenkins i« being bold in
jail pending investigation of the ac
cidental shooting Manley
KV GI GETS FIFE SENTENCE
FOR MURDER
TOKVO i NNPAi The Eight.'
Army last Monday handed down a
life prison sen fence to Private John
Smith, 33, of Louisville- Ken
tucky. for the knife-murder f
i rivat< Nathaniel Whitehead. 34, of
Now York City, in a Tokyo night
club brawl on the night of Novem
ber 16.
cei there.
In April, it was learned.
Gadsen left. Tuskegec and made a
trip to VA headquarters hot ••
where hr informed lop VA offi
cials teat al! wa- not well at Tus
kegee. Mr. Gadsen, it was learned
was careful not to make speci
fic charges against any official at
the hospital but urged an investi
gation by top VA officials.
Upon nis return to Tuskegec, M".
Gad-on was permitted to resume
his duties fc a short time and was
then tired. The reasons given for
his dismissal were that he was in
competent and inefficient.
He then returned to Washington
and indicated to VA officials hire
that he felt that his dismissal was
a result of information he had giv
en the agency on his previous trip
to Washington.
On August 14, Mr. Gadsen was
given a hearing at VA headquar
ters where he aired all his com
(Continued on page eight)
% B&fir PBfIPIiO
20 nftufc bnJwi o
PUN fliilT FOE
I’M o!"«rc
?5 tU illK* i« i V
WASHINGTON !) < CNNI'A'
A conference of ■ ; .>! organ -
iz.'ifions have iegislativ.' represent::-
tive.s in Washinyton sis |..
!' Mend;.;- to in ip i>inr.: f , ;h-
Uetli C<*n£r£-ss.
DonLi! of -i Sen-i’c •<*:! in So- •
tor Bilbo, deluging 1 House Rule
Si. ’o ih- h th" CoiTimilt' C Cip
!T o Ark:at) .scli vitae and changes
h the rules to nr<*vt>nt fiu
hi'utrr- w«rc* dis-iur.**'* by \ho fe&« -
VO iC&e&|lUv*s.
Gt.iv r discussion' were held or.
eh- jusij-.g the House Rules- to i -
:’s ■- . ?• • r number of .-.itpiaHivei
ot‘ •• di.v Vo ,•;« petition..No mentioa
w as made -if fair employment prac
■ cc legislation
.Representative:' of more th. a:
twenty-five organza bom- ,j(i( nci.-ri
d‘c confnccc called winNy by a
National Association fur Ihe Ad-
S'l.'S os nl of Colored People arid
■s- Southern Conference for Hr
map vVc'faip
M W S( OUT 1IKAI) Pictur
ed above ia >1 s JniuiMin of
Charleston > t., who has just
been appointed field scout execu
tive of the C oastal Carolina Cuu»-
cil of the Boy Scout-- of Ameri
ca mtl who established headquai
trr at Durham on January 3 Mr.
Johnson is i member <•! the Onir
jfa Psi I’lii Fraternity and hus
band of Mr- \fin L. Johnson of
th< Scie o! of Library Science at
North Carolina f'oi.ctr
WOMAN - EXPLORER
RET!RNS TO CONGO
NEW YORK, N. Y fGlobal)
Mir Mary I. Jobe Aketey. explor
er and widow of Carl Akeley, iefi
the city Ins! Friday for the Bel
Rian Congo. She hopes to trek
again over many of the trails which
she and her husband followed b
cotier.l specimens for tne Ameri
can Museum of Natural History.
Commission end 'by the Belgian
Government, Mrs. Aketcv flew fii
to Leopoldville to inaugurate a scr
ies of survey trips to pr< vide com
plete data on the wild-life sanc
tuaries and national jjarks. She
hope- to visit her hinlmrnt'c grave
at the peak of Mt. Mikeno He died
or; November 2S. i92S at Kabab.
i Uganda
re .
RM.t fGI! DFLTAS I'l \N
LIBRARY P.ROJFCT
r'.ome embers «>' Mpha
T.H.i Sigma fiiapter ol TJetCa
Si-ma Th’C:< Sorority ;»r" ?.!'<nvn
above They arc fseated left to
right Sorors Grace 1 sne, Blon
nir Brewingtcn Itob-rta l.iglst
ncr. Rosalie Hill. Ptn-ifieml Ktta
llumi, am' Christine Toole.
Stanfliaf; are Snrori Margaret
ITugg. Annelle Keid. H;/*■! ( lurk .
N’dlii- L; <• . Mahl< f r y csi
Mary Cr.He; Sever;)!
CITIZENS COMMITTEE CMrm
TO HOLD PUBLIC T r Tvm
*if n & i non
MASS MEETING :
j: i.! u',!! r ■ -Ire*l iw »
RALEIGH Tile em i J m-toi
!it;g .rs the Raleigh Citizcni <' rr<
; ir-itb c will Us h* U i‘. i.lii- ;VI
j Sireci Rapt is! t 'burcii irid.iy ;o
! h'Jnv > •»< '.in let:
' _ W. Wil
, ■ n’i.-, president, announcer- M.n
day night.
The program will includt a di.- •
: mission of the pros and cor;: of the
; city manager form of goveriififH.n.f
ias compiued with ill’ ■ .".uni.- :m
: form of government under which
. tin. Cr y of Raleigh iis now opt-r-U
--! tag hkili will b< led by C. D
Hailiburton, dean of St, Au«u tine'.-•
j College and tnrtnb' •of till erii
torial staff of THE CARGO .INIAIN
| Tin .principal add res will be
! made by VV l. Groer.e, well-known
local oh:inn- I and executive see-
I rotary <0 ts, R. ,!h CT pal in a Teach
jer r Asseriiitiis!), who wij; ou’li r
I the ami- and objcctiv of the Com
! mil tec.
| Mr. Greene’s spree a r- expected
|ln ' rvit-T around di-i us don of p
; p-og.-,im ppos: d to '.he forme’-
:'i tide of seeking imnroveipon: li
I tern's of race or part;.- line: flu
I -triedve covenant and rcgulalion
; and planning of growing Raleigh
: : maiUtiitie:- a- to width and depths
i of residential lot .
The mix-- ns Commi:toe hr been
instrumental ir- securing r.l.rip light'
_ SIXLYNCHINGS IN ’46
TUSKKGEE. Ala. - - Six Negroes
in three southern states large !
number in recent year' lost their
li i -,-s th. ; year an a -vault of lynch
tags. Dr F. D. Patterson, president
of Turk- rr livditut* riumiuncci!
in the 33rd annual Synching re
port eunpiled by tth- Tu-i-vuiee In
stitute 3J#jpnrfmem of Records here
7*’ i’ if? i \ .
Suite- in which ivnrhings ot -
cune;l v/rre; Geoi'gfa, 4: Mbuisipp)
I; .jiivl Louisiana, 1. One victim in
Louisiana latct regained consciou.
i • -r.ri escaped from the mob
"The peak ye.tu for lynching)..'
iJr. a t lv:! - said, "was to * -
'lowing the Civi* War when 231 per
arc ; i,hvn
!n eoofM-!'. tion wish the ■ i; l l.'-
ii ii lirarv projeei i!:-- Sorority
th,- Iwi: / bajit. i ii is h ,i :i)ii pi *n T *
f i tin (icfudiiii- of iv- 1 nH
•i! hooks *.i the !•>< :l -I,;, >:.ic-,l
cir Deal sc:', filin'* 5 i«• pin.; - el
is under tic ohair'.'v'i'stiijt of
'•!rs. Nelli • H vie. it! iIV-tI'UCtOf .it
th<- school.
In January the group will <-ele
i-,rat<- f .rurKlcrs IR.y ivHii a ti.m
--: ■at‘ he j o.n: Airs 1 hi'i
tine TiOlher -oTwnreiv and
n- i h.-iVf In fro ■; on n
'I y !>> 'V:Of). Ml’/* ! A ti-'-l-I ti ”
■• ■ 11. o■ i 1 liro- ■ ■ rrj •*
• i ■ .rh<>;.! childi” n in * <•>••• -
u si if i.: >1 .lU! ! ' C’n k
i'■ 11 /,/•■ GomnuUce -».-'o»'k d
on i.!! Ui in', d rove ;at;-!U it/;,
■ jcj •i i if. j.t Chavis Park baying
*-i! nun .:>!> if . U'ilhifion
•.if i.igids and other imp-ovemeht::
' ;,-i r;(*caUßP of i's agitatkit
■ 1 -rning the d'-plov-iblr- condi
iior.r it Washington High School
Ob-.-ilin School. Lucille Hun ; r-
School and Cr-sby C3'."fn-l* ; Sche"
I hat nip! ijV(-m::nl w a;; > idr- • n in”
Ral* i;;h Negro p n;i* -t-iu.-ob ci ;i
in:' the pm” summer.
c arommax >»;s: on i i\n>
It A! lift PltObfiAM
The radio p*••.>)• rain Tin Ne
Sri> \i v. of i|u- VV! ■'k. ',.ou
*"rnl If TIM CAB&I IX! AN
Itadio Stair.n ’VU •*»!. has
been tcfUjior;;i iH disrnr<ti)ivi{*ii.
THI r UMiUMaN invites
opinions from i<- /•rudely on
lh” siispensiiin of t!:r 1-rature.
foil lio readers, v\ils determine
the time lapse ir: ‘r' program
by dropping lids paper a letter
as (o you! desire it> this pro
gram n Ih'li h *cl a continuity of
over three years over Radio
StaUnp WltA!..
rams (»!• white !tnd |fit: Xei»i
hr- - their lives "
H( .Aid thr gri-a'/.-sl number of
lynch in;; ••.•corded since Tu.skegw
' ■'"its i-nrual compil;. - uki.'> w,;
in tbif) -.v hers ) t> NcgTotv .• io scon
’’- 1 iwere !: iTtf’H hv mnh ;iet|ri,
- pc' listed figures for the oast four
year- tolloWW \‘H2. 5; lfi43. 3;
1 r»44. 2: and 1P45. i.
The;were least 17 instances
m Which lynehings were prevented
lie said. i 4 by officers of die Liw
atid three by' individuals. AH bus,
• rie -'. ere in a cithern states and in
volved 21 Negroes and one white
person
Ofs
PHI! ADM I i'HIA AND'
ri,-. r J ■,i c.' ■■•• I sacj -i-yj .'.,,
.... ■ v. ich : l.s : Hi - •■ ■ U.c
1f• III: ' 111 I l.ily I 'mid iron: lip p:,l He
cii CMar. t '-mi: Tin- mling wa .
ic.-.ci' !,. -1n.!.-.. C'h:i-■ i■ "iii.l. i- in
••iph.i-' court
Ti c? Funk will made a gift of hc-t
o m Inst,; .doiL Her m -it of
I ’ vll.ini': Mil'll' 'TP < ‘our* Th n *
the b-i.ups; wo; vmd for itidcfihili
: till - i'i- n -v,- licit.y plan
n-d t Ihr Delias include the
esMstribotbm <*s annual -ehslar
h•-- -s i- tie cw : n g s{«(denb from
■!- .\ I lii's'"sil V s ! . C;irt: fifie'v
> . ,n>! St Agnes Hospital
’.m tlnnation of s!- to the
1.i.-i’.ird r, ,rr. •• i i!w "ry . ob
• ;.r ~! \|iy U.'ei. .Tti the
or niaiioii <>i Sir- I .tiler T
Shic.s ;;t the Sh-"-'- >ni vet-nil y
V. >}»rr Services and sponsoring
on invitational dance at Memo
r.ni Atniiioriußt May '*■ ■
I l: ■I: v.-n: ..it;, v|'“
I;;. ”:A|.ip !il folly :;'•: ,
, * i p. ,
'<<■<■ uo ' ■ I
■-,! li !•, .Inn ;
, .-in ,
li t.h< .' i ■ l
f. A ■ ’• : s-h, fir • s
py. .i.-.iU.A, a U; .hitiuary 10
ar? rimiom en'is u c*:i being per -
;•'. V i' ]r - v ooi'i ol S iitr *
p- .e. Servir” fioieigh I
i: • '■ -<.tt;- rw.iv at '
i !'«.>: Ivli'!id :nnrrun.v. .vim I
r.y Dr > ! *
’' . •'■■■■; Br ; 5
r V \j Blrfle 1. P'.” rid'. O: !
i T CuiJege: N" 1 : Verne Stan- ;
I- i 11,.; S ■"■ Hi.Vl': i Jol’Kinsi l'r - ■
. !i.;i ; ’ I B,y • r D.MI t
nf VRi-icuburand ci- f
on'lnin '.! or! hack pages
African Group Seeks End
Os Imperialism In Country
t.Kii'M: citizens
COMMITTEE SPiIAKi It
>.)'!■ \KEic— Vt f. Greene, CAR
OUXI.VN columnist untl execu
tivc secretary
-of the North
Carolina Teach
• ers' Association
• *- jjfe will he (he prin
|a: '■& ripal speaker at
Jfe. u,e annual
® meeting of the
* if Raleigh Citizens
/■MM&tik ' y.bjf . CoauHirtte at
the Martir St.
' Ba l , “ fit Church
S« n day after*
(ireene w h o
>TK. GREENE raid Monday he
• ill from an outline, will
outline the aims of the Committee
n«t is expected to dismiss com
munity improvement.
Found Dead In
Lee Jail Cell
SAJVrOKD Chi'D'lio Mar:>h, >•(■
y*■;;;•»old Sxnfcid youffi t way fount*
Fmmi to death in hr ceil in Uo
Lac- ( HiinJy : .ii! O ro-inia:' tnr.j-n
iug. j.iil .it.uboi iMc have : Toil '!
Kberil'ff A (tlr-m. Bophaomi. u.-
vpsligatitiy offic. i, sa.d Marsh vv:p
--; rested • -;iri; in ih evening che
d-'.y bci ■re by dow-t-t-nwn police
ior buna drunk and dteorderly on
■-;■<• i.ircnt. and that, he bad been
confined alone- ;u c f, ll
') HnHoi's. jailer, well! into
the cell .- hr-M he heard no.se .erf
fooijp. M:-.:rsb pii pi'nieing (o it:-
blonkct. iround hi:- neck He said
i true s’d si! blanket» from th ■
ci']! nud ...;■; Moi.-h into the bed.
:-hii-rf iy aft i i'words two trusty?
iviler! H Idcr shorijy after Mttr-r
hp-i - I no-, ci his belt and hung
'm —if 1 1 i: |. Dr .] Ii Kyr-rly,
Lv County ccrow?!' said he had
been dead mfy ■ lew rnijiuics when
v..jttd No irioucM wa;, necessary
BISHOP CLA WORN
TAKES OVER IN
NORTH CAROLINA
AlT'hßKi.!, C< ij.l i .(, K Bish‘>i>
. -ill. !•" J;r,. Ci- \ Pori! of l.i!Jh Rock.
.. ! ... .. iiiuicd his f.cv, posit tot!
P.’(-sirin'., bisiv p nl th" Second
d rjist • let ol t:ir: A ‘VI E
. . urcri itnl with 'he full support
T ;ii ii os r.r.d layancn »f K.t
: L Coll• no, h-..: b;:ci: given full
jn uncovering and ironing on'
ih ' tremendous irregv.luritiss at th
-ho .. L>r J X Mill--. nroinirn'M
ir in -hysic-'an, said last week
Dr. Mil!. - i. - u.wrniried »>
upp'.i Bisl. n hiy effort
! f h di 'rict a:; well as Kit •
{"t> : gc ;> -st.?' said th&i
•‘t sitsU oof fai!".
One the :k.!c if iTc.-.-i'cd. Bishop
. i.. p "
. o c.'.r.'.i'eigt; *o rats" ftmds
•ii id. ••»•?•.-•!)> an-, standardirx
rr- Mili who s.-ifi he is tbor
■.i-;!,i.v iiivin,—d fhai t.h( laymen
■ i tic dr,- .innrdi t: -tumid know
oimil tbr it!«ldc affairs of
-! .-01. vdd h<» is ure the lay
ip-n ill jvp th* bishop th'-ir sup-
Hi..- . ...lie if Ihe trust pcs of
Noted Educator
To Speak Here
3
Mr. I sther J*i»prl Sit air. a teach
rs im th- Francis lunior High
.-■( lurni H.'slmigtmi f * < . anil
known )h<- i.oimtir »vci fm her :
-"lmlarslup .lUainments. ami for
v ’ On*",, be 11.- ;:in H jvak- ■
• .ii. :r puiilic irweting stuiriMirCfl
ii\ tbr Mnjoitrm I Ti utb Rrwiu'b
Voting Women' Christian Aswi
elation, und a j aitornnon. hnu
arj 12. JiH7 First Baptist Church,
at 4.,tii o’clock.
Jo addition to her itutic as a
Southeast Ssettlemcnt House trus
r Board member, a VWf’A
Camp t ommitjee member, Na
tional Association < Kegc Worti
c: -ccivtaiy i- on the ••ditoria!
sL'tfi of intiumcrablc publications,
has contributed reviews, articles
and verses m several magazines
aud j'.urnats is author ot a po()
lilar book Os, verse uid is listed
in every edition of “American
Women" since !S!!9.
IS V REONARI) If BEI-.li
t NEW YORK. N. Y. ( GLOBAL.
I An appeal the United Nations
with Memorandum, which was
submitted to the firs! General As>-
-rinbly of (he United Nations on
N'ovcmbis 12 by the African Aca
demy of Arts and Research. Inc., of
T> West 42nd Street, has been re
ceived by Secretary-General Lie
who. according :o Mr. K Ozu rnba
Mbadiwe President, of the Afric m
A'ademj. acknowledged reeeipi of
both in a letter to Mr. Mbadiwe dat
ed December 5, and released Thurs
day by the Academy President.
The Resolution, which is signed
by the Rev. James H Robinson
Chairman of the African Academy
Board. President K. Ozuombr
Mdadiwc. and %tecutivo Direct;” -
Mbor,” Ojikc, ac Delegater of the
Acadetny. contends that “the
achievement of universal peace, the
progress of mankind and the pro
TAi MADGE ReTES
mu HIS LIFE
.' r ! NT'. A quartet
:<t the funoi.l >f C vern.Oir-
Kuf>(; <• Talmud®* last, warn*
• S * 1 1l .1 !h- choice of ms fav»
•i/H: 11*n.i ... v- i‘- revealed the ?tu
■ :it.> »t ms life sjjci ! >;i ugitat
{<■' wh-J.r supn-rn;>cy,
T vero N< Vi'".: sirHM'g those
v. ho -ii'iaii out-ode the church to
. Tnln.adge while the quartet
tle.lde SMI"; n.e Old !'{! iVL] -Hi CtOSS
When Tis RlrtM T!v :a Golden
801 l ” set ■ 'BeautiJul I 1<? of Son«e
--a!.".c."
They irii.'.'hl haw been '.he choFe
! : , ;11',• i; >;<- v - ~ "s crowd,
'Continued bse’e png-
the • i.iii.o!
Ri an '-i. : :■ r ij ]vs of Haiti
!,-or Md . former hirhop o.f the
Second Episcopal District, was i.-us~
pended until February. 1947. fol
lowing the General Conference at
L.U'lf Roc!'.. MM'-., laid October
when Fushop Dave- U Mrrr- of Phil
adelphia. 1‘ i . and Bishop E H.
; Ci.ir:". ate rusted from office, and
discipljnasy action was taken a
« .!• Bishop William .A Fountain
of ''; ■•! a s red Bishop Davis
Bishop Ciaybom who is bishop
o' Oklahoma is now uiso bead of
the Second Episi: pal District, which
comp-ises ih> Virginia, Western N.
' i North Carolina Conference
a the African Met-iwifisd; Church,
at-.- ,iiifit; to ref fable sources, It itr
no; r: whethe* thr Bishop.*:
C an. ii which meet:- at Columbia,
S ;n February will re-assign
Bishop Davi. to U»' District, and
Bi-hop Cla.v born who at preseat
lives at. Little Rock, Ail; . had made
ix, visible efforts to • lahlish reri•
n e ot ;i more mitral location.
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Tfrarm-i
ill,
u .lion of fundamental freedoms foi
.ill are the primary concern of the
P- -icc-loving people of the world
without distinction as to race, sex, •
religion, economic or political or
gtmiaztion.”
it charge. s that "the African peo
ples in various colonics thus estab
lished by these imperialistic Euro
pean powers have been and con
tinue to he oppressed, subjugated
degraded, discriminated against, and
denied -he m st, elementary human
iahts and fundamental freedoms,
including the right to govern theme
scivvs, to piaii and develop then
own education, commerce and in
dustry," and warns that “the con
tinuaiion of colonialism and im
rerialism ; ri Africa constitutes the
most complete negation o i the no
ble aims of the United Nations aiiJ
greatly euuaugt-i e> the effort© 0 f the (
peace-loving peoples of the world
to establish an enduring peace. . ,