H.S.T. SEES OMA DEMOCRACY
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MOVE TO END DRAFT BIAS DIES IN SENATE
FUNERAL HITES
CONDUCTED FOB
BISHOP TOOKES
NEW YORK (ANI>) - Bishop
Henry Young Toolc s of the AME
Church, who died here June 9 was
to be buried in Jacksonville, Fin..
Tuesday, June 15. Thousands of his
friends in Florida as well as chtircn
leaders from all over the country
were expected to attend the .ser
vices.
Bishop Tookes died in his New
York home after u short illness. He
became ill while on a preliminary
inspection tour of the Texas epi - •
copal district to which lie had ju.-t :
been assigned at the 1948 Quadrtn- !
nial AME Conference in Kansas i
City, Kansas.
When h<- tel! sick in Texas his ■
cJauihVer. Mbs Garrett, Took.es.
flew to Houston from Jacksonville.
Fla. and his wife came by train
from Jacksonville to see him. He
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Flood Disaster
Erases Race And
Color Barriers
By OLIVER E. SMITH
VAN-PORT. Ore, (ANP) —-Wh.T
it takes to make people forget
about thte color of a person’s
skin, or religion, or creed, or na
tional origin, was really demon
strated here when this commun
ity was alerted to the approach
ing of flood waters Sunday af
ternoon, May 30. Color ceased to
be of importance - both white
and colored joned in to help each
other escape and rescue others.
When disaster threatens, when
the chips aso down, all ra-i. are
equal. There is no thought of ra
cial lines, religious beliefs, or all
those other barriers that are used
to set one group of people apart
from another.
Southerners To Try
“Meddlers” Role In
Civil Rights Fight j
Richmond (ANP) Faced
with defeat on original plans
to present a Solid front from
Dixie to prevent the nomina
tion of President Truman at
the Philadelphia Democratic
convention, the South may
invade the North with pub
licity and propaganda to sell
its ideas on the civil rights
program in that section.
The possibility of such a
strategy developed here June
7 while Gov. Millard F.
Caldwell of Florida conferred
with Virginia's Governor
William M. Tuck at the exe
cutive mansion. Caldwell de
livered the commencement
address to the graduates of
the Medical College of Vir
ginia Tuesday night, June 8.
Gov. Caldwell talked with
reporters at Gov. Tucks of
fice and expressed the opin
km that "if we can get the
R.R. TO HIRE NEGROES
New York (ANP) Beth i
Negro and while help will be
employed in the dining and
grill cars of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford
railroad under an agreement
worked out by the .line, the
New York State Commission
Against discrimination and
the Massaehuiselts Fair Em
ployment Practice coramis
s’Cn, it was announced here
Me nd.ay.
In a joint statement, the
two commission* declared
Segregation To
En d Says Tex.
State Official
NEW ORLEANS -ANP) The J
reign ot segregation throughout ,
the south is just about at an end, \
according to Ally. Gen. Price Dan
iel of Texas here last week. Speak- 1
ins at the closing session of a 3-day ;
conference of southern attorneys;
general, he warned the south to give ;
Negroes equal higher educational
opportunities os- facts the ousting 1
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YOLI'ME XXVII, NO. 50
COLOR BAR FALLS IN FLOOD
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Churchmen Os 15 States Meet Here:
For instance, one white college
student, named Anderson, loaded
in his 1937 Ford a colored woman
and her six children, a white
i woman and her four children, an
other adult, and transported them
)t. the Denver Avenue dike, just
, seconds ahead of the rushing wa
ter.
Rescues Child
Eugene Howard, a colored man
who not only lost iris home but
his job. was fast asleep m his
.-.partr.ent when the flood cam?.
He awoke to see people running
past his house. One white woman
was dragging two children, who
were too heavy to carry. Run
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facts over to the north, the
thinking of people of that re
gion will be almost as much
opposed to the civil rights
program as we in the South."
He indicated that southern
governors might conduci a
dispassionate and factual pro
gram lo get information to
northerners on the basic
angles of the civil rights pro
gram for Negroes and what
such a program would entail
in the South.
Gov. Tuck's comment was
.that he thought such a pro
gram "wJuid certainly be a
fine thing."
The proposed strategy is a
direct reversal of the prev
ious southern stand that all
non-southern cril'cs of the
South's pattern of denial of
civil rights to Negroes were
"meddlers" and interlopers
‘ trying to "stir up trouble".
i that "crew personnel in the
dining services will be select
ed and allowed to exercise
their seniority rights in ac
cordance with their qualifi
cations under the terms of
the agreements by which
they are covered, uninflu
enced by race creed, color
ur national origin."
The commissions further
staled that there will be im
mediate, tangible results, be
cause the line is placing ad
ditional grill cars in use.
lof segregation from (he south by
I the U S. Supreme Court.
“Under -a recent supreme court
| decision, ■’ be said, "Negroes must
!be given the same education as
j whiles, or They can and will apply
j for entry into white schools. The
; question before southern states as
: present is how can we maintain
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ATTEND CHURCH PARLEY
AT ST. AUGUSTINE'S Above
are blown some of the delegates
from 13 states and 20 Episcopal
dioceses who at ended the (tilth
annua! St. Augustine’s ( (inference
for Church Workers which was
held iast wet k on tile St. Aug
ustine’s campus. The conference,
devoted to problems of religious
education and the church and
the community, is sponsored an
nually by tne ;st. Augustine's Col
lege and tin- American Church
Ini utile for Negroes.
Hamlin Photo
DIXIE BAPTISTS
HELP NEGROES
MINISTERS AVER
Oklahoma City. (ANP) i
Southern baptists arc aeimitciy
m xavor >.<i improving the statu;
oc Negroes in we south, me Key. j
Guy jbellamy, head oi the Okla
homa Baptists, tOid iscutor Kos
coe JJunjee til the Black Dispatch >
in a conversation and letter iast
week.
Rev. Bellamy was supported in '
his stand by a letter to tne editor I
from the Rev Albert McClellan. !
editor of a report submitted to i
the recent Southern Baptist eon - I
vention in Memphis by a special ,
! committee on race relations.
Statements from these chore!, j
leaders came in protest to a news I
1 story which revealed that two I
| thirds of the delegates interview- j
• ed at the Memphis meeting were
j opposed to civil rights for Nt-
I pro os.
8 Point Plan.
i Both mu pointed out. a:; eight
point plan proposed by McClel j
j lan's committee to the conference.
This plan would require every
: minister and lay leader among i
' the Southern Baptist to recog J
i nize the rights of the Negro and :
| to respect them.
| McClellan also referred to the j
1 financial support of Southern ,
Baptists to Negro Baptists, their j
; churches and their institutions. ,
He said that his committee’s eight j
! point ,:j)an said nothing about re- j
I jetton of President Truman's civil ;
| rights program. 11 does not ad- j
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ANP Correspondent On
Presidential Special
Washington (ANP) Mrs.
Alice Dunnigeri, ANP's ,
Washington correspondent .is
aboard. President Truman's
westbound special. This is
the first time that a Negro
woman correspondent has ac
companied a President on a
tour.
Mrs, Bumugan will cover
both the political aspects and
women's angles for newspa
j pew receiving ANP Service.
Richmond Gets Ist Negro
Councilman In 50 Years
Richmond (ANP' Tt was the j
new awakening of Virginia Nt- j
grot's which gave Oliver W. Hill, j
iyoung attorney, victory in the!
• councilmanie -.'lection here June!
3. Hill won 9,087 votes to finish !
Ith in a field of 29 candidates for j
the new nine-man council.
Mr. Hill’s victory was all the j
mere significant since he edged j
out T. O. duCuenois. CIO mem • j
her of the slate of nine candidates j
selected and supp rted by the
! Richmond Citizens asociation
which infused to name a Negro !
candidate on its ticket, and to;
1 become thte city’s first Negro j
become the Lily’s first Negro |
The result of Negro campaign j
in other parts of the state was j
disappointing. In Norfolk Victor j
J. Ashe, popular attorney, was
defeated by the favored while 1
Ticks- composed of Councilman}
5 NEGRO POLICE ]
NAMED IN TENN, |
CHATTANOOGA. Term. - ANP) j
! Five uniformed Negro police- j
j men, the first in many years, were j
j named to the Chattanooga police j
force by Commisioner Roy Hyatt j
iast week.
Tfie new men, picked after very j
can fui screening, are Reuben D. !
Jones. 30; Arthur Heard, 30; Fred I
Reynolds, 31; Thomas W. Patterson, j
30. and Singer Ask ins, 31.
Push Plan For Greater
| Integration Os Race j
| In U. S., Air Force Setup
Washington (ANP) A plan
jto change the setup at Lock
} bourne Air Force base which can
change the status of (he Negro ci
1 the air forces is now being con
} sidered by aii chief in the Penta
gon building, n. was learned this
! week .
This new scheme, submitted by
! James C. Evans, special assistant
! secretary to Defense Se< v. James
iV. Forres;.d, will de-emphasize
j the Lockbourne base, and de cen-
I trali/e the all-Negro units now
! concentrated at this base. The
; aim of this plan is to put into
1 effect some of the recommends -
lions of the Giilern report calling
| for more integration of Negroes
f m (he air forces.
} The plan calls for the sending
of Col B. O. Davis Jr., post, com
mander and also commander of
the 332nd Fighter wing, to study
iGeorge B. Abbott and C. V. Grif
i fin. It was Ashe's second defeat
; it..- the city council and he al- >
! lost in last August's primary
I when he ran for nomination for
I a seat in the Virginia House of
! Delegates.
| Theodore Nash, running on the
| Republican ticket for the city
| council in Portsmouth was de
j h ated by his white opponent.
I Frank Nash Bilisoly, who van on
into Democratic tickc-t. Bilisoly
drew 475 votes in Jefferson ward
lo 93 vote:; for Nash L. Young, a
i second aspirant for the Ports
j mouth City council was defeated.
Charles- K. Coleman, who ran
| some time ago for the city coun
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Nape Raps Mundt-Nixon
Rill, Backs Rights Bill
Indianapolis (ANP) Resolu
j t. .ns opposing the Mundt-Nixon
bill, favoring the FEPC, anti-poll
trx and anti-lynch legislation,
and seeking a pay raise for postal .
workers, were adopted by 51 del- :
egates attending the sixth district ;
convention of the National Al
liance of Postal employes in Sen
ate Ave. YMCA hero last week.
The delegates wore drawn from
j the states of Indiana, Ohio, West- j
! ern Pennsylvania and Northern
I M ichigan.
The convention also laid plans
at the command and staff school j
;if the air university at Maxwell j
Field, Ala,; the abolishment of j
the jimerow air base, giving Col. j
Davis and othei Negro officers .
opportunities for new commands, |
and giving junior officers an cl j
jioneoms a chance to serve under ;
• other officers.
Immediate integration of No- j
frees is not believed probable. It j
k believed that Negro units j
rather than individuals will be,
mixed with all white units as a !
first step towards integration.
It v felt that group integration j
may hold Negro officers down j
md keep them from getting d«- j
'served promotions or limit pro-j
motions.
If Col. Dpvis chooses to leave
Lockbotirne immediately the post j
; .nay be beaded by a white officer j
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PRICE 10 y |
I
CLERICS ATTEND
CHURCH PARLEY
AT SAINT AUG.
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15 States and 20 diocese of the
Episcopal Church were 1 1 presented
by delegates at the 30th St. Augus- :
tine's Conference for Church Work
ers. The Conference, sponsored an- !
nually by St. Augustine’s College j
and the American Church Institute j
for Negroes in co-operation, was {
held on the campus June 7-1 i. This j
year’s central theme was, "The ;
Challege of Evangelism."
Included among the teachers and ,
leaders were: The Rev. C. Rankin
Barnes, D. D„ secretary of the Na- I
tional Council of the Episcopal ;
Church: Rev. J. W. Nicholson, Pit. :
D. of the faculty of Bishop Payne
Divinity School. Petersburg, Va.; ,
Rev. Theodore J. Jones. St Philips •
Church, Washington, u. C.; Rev. W.
Paul Thompson. Christ Church, :
Reading, Pa.; Prof. Theodore C.
Mavo, director of music, St. Augus
tine's and Mrs. Naomi R. Mackey,
president of the Woman's Auxiliary,
Triennial Conference of Charleston,:
S. C.
RECREATION
Recreational activity and train
ing were conducted by Rev. Thomas ;
S. Logan. St. Michael and All An
gels' Church, Philadelphia. PA, and .
the crafts workshop by Miss Iris L.
King also of Charleston.
Among the special features of the
conference were vesper and assem
bly addresses by Bishop Edwin A.
Penick, Rev Tollie L Caution, D.
D.. general secretary for Negro
work. Rev. Kenneth DeP Hughes,
St. Bartholomew's Church. Cam-!
bridge. Mass.. Rev. James Mc-
Keown. St. Luke’s Church, Boone,;
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for individuals to go in groups of
three or four to public utilities,-
apply for jobs and immediately j
record the fact with the local .
NAACP branch, in order to give |
! that organization documentary !
’ proof for use in its light against
job discrimination. |
District President Curtis C. j
Garvin of Cleveland called the j
convention to order. The welcome ■
address was given by Postmaster
I Adolph Seidensticker, who made \
a promise to name a Negro cus* j
; todial foreman for Indianapolis j
, within a week. : :
Other speakers included L. E. ;
Ernest, seventh district superin- i
! tendent of the fifth division and
| Thomas P. Bomar, assistant su
i perintendent at large, both of tire
j railway mail service; State Sen. j
! Robert Lee Brokenburr, Mrs. ;
! Louise T. Bat ties, executive sec- j
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jjNEGRQ LEADS"ARMY
j TRAINING GLASS i
Fort East is, Va. (ANP)
A Nogra officer, Ist Lt. Jas. j
E. McGee Jr., a native of San
Antonio, Texas, ranked first
among 33 officers graduating j
from the transportation
school's basic asseteiaie trans
portation corps officers' class
No. five, recently,
Lt. McGee averaged five
points ahead cf his nearest
rival as he became the out- j
standing graduate of the
I class. He is a veteran of ;
three years service with the
351st Field artillery. He holds
a bronze star for meritorious
service. He is new back in
the First army awaiting as
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PACE SETTER Ha/cl Scot,,
brilliant pianist and wife of Con
gressman Adam Clayton Pi well
kicked oif the Urban League Up
per Manhattan fund campaign
last week with a check for SI,OOO.
The gift, largest contribution to
the I rban League program by a
Negro individual in this or pre
vious campaign years, was made
at a rtcen, testimonial dinner at
Small’s Restaurant for. Dr. C. R.
President Sees
Democracy At
Work On lour
4 Am er ica n * R eser vet I
For Fantasia ns Only
Washington The Treas
ury Department's practice of
reserving the designation,
'American', for white citizens
alone has been challenged by
Leslie Perry of the NAACP
Washington bureau in a let
ter Sc John W. Synder, Secre
tary of the Treasury.
The Department's Bureau
of Customs has sent out the
following instructions for
forms required of all Amer
icans seeking passage for for
eign travel:
"Native-born citizens of
the United States of ail
Caucasian or white races, de
parting for permanent, resi
dence in a fereign country,
should be recorded by race
as 'American'. Other native
born citizens of the United
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Senate Defeats
Move To Outlaw
Draft Jimerow
WASHINGTON (ANP) Led by;
| Sen. Chan Gurney iR.. S D ), who j
stated that the move to abolish jim J
i crow in the army was not “germane
•to the draft,' - the senate voted hero
| last week 67-1 against an amend
jment to the draft bill which would
: have eliminated all forms of tsegre
j; fatten and discrimination from the
i armed services. The vote followed
' u motion b.v Gurney to table the
| first of eight civil rights amend
-1 ments offered by Sen. William
| Ganger <R.. N. D.».
| Not only did the senate kill this
i amendment, but it also defeated fcy
I a voice vote a second amendment
which would have prohibited seg
regation of members of the armed
forces while traveling on interstate.
Powell, editor and president of
the New York Amsterdam Newt,
and Mr. T. O. Thaekrey. eo-edi
tot and publisher of the New
York Post. Congressman Powell
served as master of ceremonies.
The vivacious young artist was
the first among the more than
:'Oo persons presen. to make her
eontirbution, which was followed
by $1,200 from the National l rban
League Guild and other donations
reaching S7.COC:.
By ALICE A, DUNNIG AN
Ereroute on the Presidential
Special
OMAHA (ANP) President
Truman might have visualized a
better America as he sat on the
reviewing stand at Omaha and
watched the panorama of future
democracy pass before him, in
the form of a parade.
The several integrated high
school oands and the democratic
Boys’ Town band were indica
tions of better race relations for
the future generation. Negro and
white boys marching together in
ihe high school ROTC might have
served as a reminder to the chief
executive of the expediency and
workability of an integrated
army.
Thy whirlwind pace at. which
the President moved on his brief
stay in Omaha, Saturday, enabled
him to participate in many and
i varied activities. The number of
: public appearances which he
made gave every citizen of that
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; railroad trains, planes or buses, and
| ignored Langer's plea for a record
I vote.
Main antagonist to the civil rights
amendments was Sen. Wayne Morse
iR.. Ore.) who prides himself or
his liberal reputation. He told the
senate. “Neither the people nor the
congress are ready for these amend
ments. Some day civil rights leg
islation of the sort presented by
the Langer amendments will be
enacted.
“But 1 don't know whether I
shall live so long as to see pm into
effect legislation eliminating dis
crimination for race, color or creed."'
HOPELESS FIGHT
He urged Hanger to "reeotgsiize
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