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YOUR FAVORITE BIBLE VERSE
COD WISHES US TO BE HAPPY: "Tbat. thii«2« I
aato yM. tkat my joy might ramain in yen, and
*1^ ^»ar Jojr pnickt b« foil,—Jokn 15:11.
When coQt]pi^ fails, and faith burns low,
And men are timid thrown,
Bold fast thy loyalty, and know -
H>at Truth atill moyeth on.
^ F*r nnaaen mesBengers she hath
TV) work her will aad ways,
Aiul cYeD human scorn wrath
God tomettt to her praise. F. L. Hcsmer.
2 White Medics
To Address
NMAGonfab
w
ords Or
V''
isdom?
If tha tbousands «f graduates
•merging from our colleges heard
fach addresses as the one deliver
•d to Viitginia Union’s class of
1940 by Dr. A. Clfi)yton Powell
0r. pastor £meritus Aibyseinian
Baptist church. New York City,
they -vere richly blessed. From
his rich and ripe experience he
poured fortii his soul in a guxish-
ing atream of common sense and
philosophy that held a v^t audi-
en«e amaaed and sent them away
in ecstasy and wonderment. Un-
fwtfiny^aly, the Bapist denomina
tion bSLS no way of showing to
ootataading advantage its power
ful preachers, and whenever a
BMitist minister backs in the suU
light- of fame and popularity he
muat be good indeed. The Negro
MethodiBts have the great ad
vantage of their bishopric
titrough which their great preach
MB are automatically elevated in
to the limelight of public atten
tion. The Methodist bi^op has a
mighty oi^^ization behind him;
the great Baptist preacher has
Botimig behind him but his achi-
VMtnenta, an it is hard to make
thy world take note ^f grefdt
Baptist j^eachen.
One of the great objections to
Mordecai johnSon’s administra
tion at '.How^d univesity is this
aelf. same belief that Negro Bap-
t?a^; preachers are not great and
one of the clufarges against Dr.
Johnson has been he is just a
“Baptist preacher.” A Negro
bU^p would have been warmly
recaivad at Hoarard if not indeed
lic^plded afar. Dr. Clayton Powell
Br.r b*> of humane ser-
vic* and hard work brought him-
•clf into the forefront
of .the aiinistry of this geneation
his ripeness and peculiar
vaters^uiding peculiarly fit him
to ;t«lk with young Negro gra
in the fint pUce, Dr. Powell
Witil* no attempt at oratory or
rt^artr^ flourish. He spoke as
• »aaain#d sage about matters
•f eonunon interest. He made
not atlMBpt to befuddle those
y««ng likMls with a mystic wafcid
•C vovia^ but instead he sought,
if' dririag m a wedge of com-
mw, to spHt an opening
ttlMigli ‘^hich must ^ckle the
«4in>a(tnrtlu that mast save the
If tej^ed it is saved. He did
ai^' fk Mny vainly attempt to
4|||t a» opening through which
tMekic the soleinp truths
^ MMt save tlie race if
saved. He did not
vainly fiteupt to do mini-
'faet tba Negroes have
p>»Blilawa; for be says
in an
auiliBM^ Tm
VMM*
be climbed or tunnelled.” And
speaking further on the question
of race relations he made this
important observ^ion: “Next to
the problem of making a living
is the problem of living peace
ably and helpfully wit)i the white
people of this country.”
He harked back to the Booker
himself.” In discussion the sutb-
“the destiny of the white man a
inextricably interwined with the
destiny of the colored man. The
white man cannot keep the Ne
gro down without staying down
himself.” In discussion the sub
ject “Facing Our Profclems” the
distinguished ecclesastic pl^ed
greatest emphasis on the PRO
BLEM OF MAKING a LIVING
aivd strongly urged the necessity
of vocational education. Sjaid he
“Our schools should turn out a
thousand agricltuurists, bricklay
ers and carpenters for every
physician, teacher, and preacher
and social worker they gr^uate.
We should have 5000 skilled
workers for every architect, 20
printers for every journalist, 500
cooks, waiters, laundresses, ta,i-
lors and dressmakers for every
M. A. New York City lane has
^out 8000 te&chers on the wait
ing list, and one third of its
physicians do not make over $100
per month and many professi
onals s#e on relief.”
Dr. Powell continued “Four
years ago I received a letter
from the president of a southern
collgee for colored asking for
two teachers with M degree
from al northern college. He was
offering (50 per month with room
board and laundry. I hesitated-^to
make this announcemenl from
pnlpit but it was mafde after the
benediction and before the
cchoes of the postlude died, 24
men and women had come down
for the 'position. These had a
difficult time lo decide which two
should go.
A few weeks after th^ the
Abyssinian Employment bureau
was asked on Friday to find
seven colored carpenters to go
to work on the following MondKly
at |10 per day. This notice was
emphasized ^enonally by the
pastor before at le^ 600 peo
ple and no response was receiv
ed until two weeks later and this
was from at yo**ng graduate of
Tuskegee.” On thfai point he eon
eluded by saying “Let the uni
versities give us ( thousand men
and women every year like these
who are grtiduating today to
diaaeminate academic and religi
ous ideals; but by all mefiiis let
U)« schools give os (50,000 indus
trialists who will translate these
ideals into meat and bread.”
W0BO6 OP WISDOM I
HOUSTON, (ANP) — Whila
events in other paJrts qI the world
bring into relief the necessity
for cooperation belween the
citizens of America in the per
forming of all functions affect
ing the general wetare, it is
announced that the 4&th ann-ufJ
session of tfie National Medical
Hssociation will feature pidreues
by two leading white Texas
physicians o» subjects relating
to a general conference them of
“Cooperaition between physicians
of tha two races."
Meeting in heart of the deep
South, Houston, August 12 to
i6 inclusive, physicians from all
over the United States will hear
Dr. Holman Tjtylor, secretary of
the Tex^ Medical association,
white, and Dr. £. W. Bertner,
of Houston representing the
American Medical Association in
liberal dUcussion ot steps to
bring the physicians of the two
races together in working out
problems raised by disease, pestil
ence amd death.
Keynote talks on the general
1940 theme of cooperation will
be heard from Negro doctors who
will bring concrete suggestions
regarding efforts to achieve fur
ther unity between practicioners,
pRrUcuIarly in sections where
discriminatory custoiM make
such helpful cooperytlon ex
tremely difficult.
In »tt»»d«nce Ht the meeting cf the NMA
of the Ainericaa Medical aaaocia-
tion meeting in New York City
last week w^ AmA's executive
secretary John T. Givens, of
Norfolk, who discussed with lead
ers of the NiMA on this matter.
While tn New York this vital
matter. While in New York, Dr.
Given made arrangements with
exhibitors of scientific fiid medi
cal products to set up booths at
the NMA meetng in Houston in
August.
The addresses by the .white
Texas doctors were arranged by
Dr. Thelma Patton Laws of
Houston, active leader in local
medical circles and chairman of
the committee handling the en-
tertainmen of the national meet
.ing for the Lone Star Medical,
Dental and Pharmaceutical as
sociation, host to the convention.
Dr. Givens pointed out this
week, that through the coqscieno
tious efforts of the N^onal
Medical assoiatcion committee
on recognition of Ntgro pbyai*
cians by the AAM, grMt strides
have been made in behlf of coio-
led doctors and the way paved
for some constructive discussion
of cooperaaion between the races
as will feature the 1940 session.
Meeting in connection with
NMA in Houston will be the
National association, A^g. M
to 13, and the Women's auxiliu^
Only One Lily-
White Group
Wins At Confab
PHILAQEaUPHIA, (A N P) —
Fourteen hours debate settled
the fate of the contesting dele
gations ^hich arrived here seek
ing seats in the Republican Nfu-
tional convention. And the con
testing states included Florida,
South Carolina, Mississippi,
Louisiana ^ far as Negroes
were concerned. Bitter indeed
was the battle, and it was a
death struggle between the forces
which admit Negroes into their
dele^Jtions as arrayed against
the lily whites of Dixie.
In one instance only was the
liy white group successful in
put>ting over its program aqd'
this was in the Florida case
where the complete reversal of
fu Negro on the delegation aided
the case against a regularly con
stituted delegation which had
been formed by the due pro
cesses of the law under the
Florida code.
Only one vote won the decis
ion for this lily white group in
Florid/I, for the final count in
the executive session was >2i5. to
24 for (he J. Leonard Beplogie
group of lily whites, which used
J. Leonard Lewis, a youHfr I^e-
gro lawyer, as the alibi against
the .Accusation that it was a lily
white group.
“There is no Negro problem
in Florida” said Mr. Lewis,
whose testimony was to the ef
fect that Negroes participated
in all political activities in his
stdte. This statement was met
with cat calls, boos and jeers
from the crowded room, making
(he chairman, Mr. Bernard of
Michigan, warn against demonr
strations.
In this three way contest one
Joseph Q. Stokes, a Jacksonville
resident, who had been battling
for a position sis delegates at
large brought to the attention of
the committee several' startling
facts, one being that the delega
tion which sought to hold' its
seat hsid .been illegally appointed
under laws which had been
vnperseded in 19S9. He, as a Ne
gro, had experienced difficulty
in having name put on the ballot
for election but finally did so
and came to Philadelphia in an
effort to test the legality of the
former committee.
Declaring that the conte^ants
speeches were fill based on
"ante bejlum laws” Stokes flay
ed his opponents and especially
Lewis, who had done a compete
flip flop from one group to an-
otfaeh ^
Interesting indeed was the
BY DEAN CdtDOIf .HANCOCK position of ScDi Solomon, who
as an accredited member of
boith delegations refused his seat
when it was with the Reploglelily
white group. Mr. Solomon had
been a member of the Walker
faction, which included Samuel
D. McGill, noted attorney of
Jacksonville.
But when the abusrdity of the
situation dawned on Solomon,
he refused to t>e a part of it in
any way.
It seems th^t some time back,
Mr. Lewis, who is the grandson
of A. L. Lewis of the Afro-
American Life Insurance com
pany, had been definitely con
nected wHh that branch of the
party in Florida which seeks to
include tfll Republican voters in
its ranks. However, in a bitter
fight at that time, he won con-
siderabe renown as a speaker
because of certf4in things he had
done to put over their program.
With no warning at all, Mr.
Lewis Jumped from his firs4i
group to the second group which
had opposed him, and now finds
himself lined^jip -with the lily-
white group, which according to
one speaker, “seeks to perpetu-
fA.e itself in office in Florida
forever. '.
Later the committee ruled in
favor of the South Carolina
group headed by George Nor
wood and J. Bates Gerald. This
marked the first time in years
that Tieless Joe Talbot’s delega
tion was not seated, in the con
vention and the decision came as
p iblow to his prestige in the par
ty. For months, J. Bates Gerald
has been campaigning agafnat
Talbot and finally succeeded in
having his delegation unseated.
ARRANGEMENTS F(Mt
WILBERFORCE AIR i^CHpOL
Goldsboro
Women Hold
Seats OnNat^l
Methodist Board
S/r. LOUIS, (AWP) —History
from a feminine point of view
was made last week at the sess
ions of the First Central Jurisdic
tional conference of the Metho
dist rhurch, when, for the first
time, women of the rasial group
were elected ^ members of the
Board of Missions and churcb
Extension. ( .
Holders of this new honor are
Mesdames H. R. Hargis, wife of
the pastor of Wilmington, Del.,
church; D. D. Jones, wife of the
president of Bennett college,
Geenaboro, N. C.; N. W. Clair,
wife of Bishop M. W. Clair and
Mrs. Irm^ G. Jackson, Siireve-
port. La, who *has been doing
some organizational work in the
home mission field.
fThe Jurlsdi^Otional provisional
meeting for women was held in
^he Berean Presbyter^am church,
with Senior Bishop R. E. Jones
calling thf meeting. leading up
to the meeting, the women had
been directed by Mrs. Jones ar
chairman and Mrs. Clair fki
arsistant chairman, At the meet
ing, Mrs. Jones served as chtlr-
man with Mrs. G. W. Carter as
secretary. .'
Mrs. Jones proceeded with
words of greeting after which
the introduced the visiting
national officers. During the
counting of the ballots, with Mrs
W. H. C. Goode ^ the principal
speaker, a seminar was condnct>
ed, the women of the national
women’s organisations, Women
Home and Foreign Mission socie
ties, ei^h speaking on different
phase of the oi^niiation of the
new set up.
A^ letter of greetings from Mn
Bessie Garrison, one of the
missionaries was read. J. D.
Bragg served as chafirman of the
seminar period, and directed the
answering of questions from the
floor. ,
The intial meeting of the Board
of Missions and Church Elcten-
sion will be held in Chicago with
In the next few weeks ^ which
time plans for the general wo
men’s activities will be outlined
and programs mapped out to be
carried out by the women in the
various areah and conferences of
all of the jurisdictions of the
Methodist church.
Civil Service
Presents Exams
WASHINGTON, (ANP) —The
United States Civil Service com
mission this, week announced
open conn>etition examinations
for the following positions:
Gr^uate nurse, Panama Canal
service only, entrance salary
$168.7i5 monthly with promotion
at various intervals. Closing for
ftceipt of applications July 2*2
and 25. .... ~
IRuf^ sociologist, $3,800 a
year; associate $3,200 a year;
senior $4,600 a year. Closing
date July 22, 2/5.
AlpMibetic card punch opera
tor, |1,260 a year; under card-
punch operator, $1,'260 a year.
Closing dates July 15 and 18.
Instructor, aar corps training
school, $3,800 a year; associate,
$3,200 a year; assistant, $2,600
a year; junior , $2,000 ^ year.
Employment it in the army corps
war department, Chanute field,
Rantoul, 111.; Scott field, Belle
ville, Ind., and Lowry field, Den
ver, Ool. Closing dates August
]i3 to ItQ.
Junior farmer, $2,000 p year;
Bureau of Prisons, department
of justice. Optional branches are
dairying and truck gjal^dening.
Closing dates July 22, 25.
Sound recording technician,
$2,600 a).year, signal service at
large, war department. Closing
dates Jul^ 22 and 26.
Mechanical engineer (indus
trial production), $3,800 a
aesoci,£lte $3,200 a year; assist
ant, $2,600 a year; war depart
ment and navy dep^tment. Ap-
rlicatione to be rated as received
until June 30.
Chemist and Chemical Techno
logists; Closing dates extended
to July 15 to 18.
Applic;Bitions may be had from
the Civil Service commission at
Washingrton or from local post-,
offices. The latter closing datee
in each instance is for the follow
ing states: Alrtxona, Califiornia,
Colorado, I'd a h o, Montana,
Nevade, New Mexico, Oregon,
Utah, Washington, and Wyom
ing. The e^lier date applies to
all other states.
Warns About
Fake Scottsboiro
Boys Fund
Wj!l4BEIRFOitpE, (ANF) Dr.
D. Ormonde Walker, president
of Wilberforce university, an
nounced Monday that arrange
ments were completed withr the
Civil Aeronautics authority for
the training of pilots at the Ohio
institution. The work will begin
with the opening of the fall
term of the university in Sept,
Fifteen students will be as
signed and will be trained in
connection wi^ students of
Wittenberg College, Springfield,
O., and the University of Day
ton, Ohio> Wilberforce has been
training students in avijtJtion
ground work sinee the spring
quarter of the 1939-40 scholastic
NEW YORK — The public is
warned to be on its guard
against fakers who alre making
appearances and appealing for
funds cMling themselves “Scotts
boro Boys.” ,
The Scofctsboro Defense Com/-
mittee, which is the only official
group handling the real 'Scotts-
boro case, issued >the following
statement here this week:
“It has come to attention of
the Scottsboro Defense Com
mittee that a young colored meJn
going by the name of Rex, Willie
Wright is going about the coun
try making speeches in Negro
churqj^es representing himself
l^s one of the Scootsboro boys,
and collecting funds for his per
sonal use. There is np Scottsiboro
boy by the name of Willie
Wright. The m^ is an impostor,
playing upon the sympathies of
people for the Scott«A>oro boys.
"The Scottsboro Defense Com
mittee asks that any informa
tion concerning this man’s real
idetity and wherejlbouts be sent
promptly to the office of the
Committee, 112 East 19th St.
Any information received will
treated confidentially in an ef
fort to stop his unlawful opera
tions. All persons and orgsmiza-
tions are warned not to recognise
any persons posing as a repre
sentative of the Scott^oro De
fense Committee or one of the
Pens Open Letter
To President
F. D. Roosevelt
TAiiiJUKASSia:, fu. (am>>
In a stirring message, address-
Cil to President Roosevelt in the
form of an open letter, William
H. Bell, director of physical
educ&lion at Florida A and M
college last week called attention
ef the Nation’s chief executive
to the necessity for including
more Negroes in his enlarged
American defense program.
In his varsity days Bell w^
an outstanding tackle on the
Ohio i^ate University Eleven,
received “All Am^ri^^” honor
able mention after p^al^ing two
years. His open letter says, in
part: „
'My work in athletics takes
me not only throughout the
iState of Florida but fiao over the
South and into many parts of
the North. Since the beginning
of the present European confict
I have discussed its far reaching
effects upon o»r nation as well
as its effects upon the Negro,
with many of my people In all
walks of life cUtiens as yon
know who are not able to ahare
in full or enjoy the true demo-
cratlc privileges of our free a(vd
beautiful America. Still these are
citizens who ai'* not embittered
by their lot; they are citizens
who are loyal to the American
WS.V of lifci and who dedicate
their lives to help (preserve all
that Is American.”
“History reveaU that the
American Negro has always been
loy^ to America. We will con
tinue being loyal. We have
never commiMed treason and
never will. We do not think that
this is ft “white” America in
whose institutions we cannot
fully partici^e, and who now
iself has to defend “white”
America. This is our America
which we all love and for which
we want to do oor part in de
fending.” ..
“For some reason or other it
seems th|R in the past we hav*
largely been the “forgotten men'
of our army and' navy. It has
been demonstrated thaA we make
only good soldiers but loyal onss.
Tb« Negro will serve with credit
in ^liy phase of our defens*
pro^am. on the ground, in the
air, or on the sea, and in any
capacity for which he is trained.
What we need now, Mr. Presi
dent, is all oppontunity and an
early ene. In framing our gigan
tic American defense program,
understood that
shall be give an
serve in svenp
please have it
the black mAi
opportunity to
phase of It.”
“Tliere Is strength and prtf
in our twelve million hiacks;
there is ingenuity, and most of
all there ie loyalty and they
will grant tha lakt drop of oor
blood to continue democracx*
and the American way of life.
North State
Medical Society
Holds Meeting:
released boys without credeni-
tials signed by Dr. Allsin Knight
Chalmers, chairman o^ the Com
mittee.”
“The Scottsboro Defense Com
mittee is endeavoring to effect
the release of one or more of
the remaining five boyj^ through
action by the Alabalma Pardon
Board, which indicated that it
would act on individual cases at
the time it refused to ^t on the
group as a whole. If individual
pardons cannot be secured, a
public campaign will he under
taken to bring the issue ^ain
before the public with the ut
most possible pressure upon the
Alabama authorities.
“The orj^ani^ti^ns composing
the Scottsboro Defense Com
mittee are determined not to let
the matter rest until the lant in
nocent victim of this tragic mis
carriage of justice is freed.”
“This statement is made on
behalf of the cooperating or-
ganizfiitions: American Civil
Liberties Union, Brotherhood o|
Sleeping Oar Porters, Church
League for Industrial Demo
cracy, Fellowship of Reconcilia
tion, International Labor De
fense, Let^e for Industrial De
mocracy, Mathodist Federation
of Social Service, National As
sociation for Adrnncement of
Colored People, Unitarian
Fellowship for Social Jnitlte."
GRBEiNSBORO — The Old
North State Medical, Dental,
Pharmaceutical Society, N. C.
June 11, 12. 13, in conjunction
with the State Medical Society.
Those in attendance from Char
lotte were Mrs. William Pethel,
Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Russell, Dr.
and Mrs. R. H. Greene, Dr. and
Edison E. Blackman, Dr. and
Mrs. J, Eugene Alexander, Dr.
and Mrs Thomaa Watkins and
son Thomas Jr, Dr. Sterling Ho
gans, Dr. Rudolph Wyche, Dr.
Lemerd Yancey and Dr. A. J.
Williams.
iMrs. J. Eugene Alexander was
reelect^ President o.f the Wo
mens’ State MedicaH Auxiliary in
her address to the public audi
ence to the public adt nlrel M M
ence of the convention. Mrs.
Alexander etpphasized the follow
ing Kchievements made by the
auxili^y during its short dura
tion of 12 months the member
ship has expanded from. 34 of
last June, to 96. These women
represent 16 counties ~in North
Carolina. They have stressed in
their programs for the year,
Sociall Hygiene Day over local
stations to thousands of people,
thousands of school children
heard special programs and some
colleges were given literature in
keeping with Social H|[giene
Daty. Ten beds were contributed
to Whispering Pines Camp. Dona
tions were msde to organizations,
literature was given to nurses
and numerous other beneficial
things, including ^id in local
civic projects.
The state organtzation will
sponeor sending eight girls to
Whispering Pines Camp for a
week of camp life, including
counselor in the person of Mrs.
Walker of Winston Salem, aelect
ed from the aHixiliary.
A student loan fund has been
set a>ide for some worthy young
man entering Medical School,
available for 1941 and 1042.
Mrs. Alexatnder closed her re
marks with the hope that what
ever organized groups are func
tioning, that you turn your at
tention to the men and women
of our race, pairticularly the
youth of our race; seek to ac
quaint them ' with the many
avenUes now created by the
government for 'j the people, and
let us not forget that the fast
turning wheels of progress m^ikes
It more necessary that we our
selves, Negroes seek to create
new fields by which absorjttion
of these ready and prtfiared
people can take pUee.
The Greenboro Medical Avxili
ary put forth every eonceivabls
effort to make the visitors in
their city enJoy a pleasant stay..
Tuesday night; a deHi^tful recep
tion at the citv home of Dr. and
Mrs. Stewart, it was followed
Wednesdfor afternoon wftfc
bridge and luncheon at the
Nurses Home on Benbow road.
Wednesday night three clubs. I..
D. K. of the city entertained at
the YMCA with games. Thuxadny
morning the meeting w«s held aft
the palatial country estate of
Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Stewart Mira ‘
Jones, wife of the ]»e«dent ad
dress the women, stressinv le«l-
ership Appetizers were served,
followed with dinner on the cakn-
pus. An executive meeting was
held in Phieffer Hall, the conven
tion closed w4th every one merri
ly dancing at the A and T Coll
ege Gymnasium.
Prot Aids
Edncatton
Problems
COLUMBUS, O., (AiNiP) — A
workshop on the problems of
teacher education in Ohio is to
be held at Ohio State university
this summer. Schools jtfeid coll
eges of the stats are to partici
pate with one Wilberforce ediica
tor on the advisory group.
Dr. Gilbert H. Jones, dean of
the college of education at Wil
berforce university, hib been
invited to Join with the leading
educators of Ohio to formulate n
new pro[^m of teacher training
for the state. Sixty schools and
colleges in Ohio will .^e part.
Work sessions are to begin on
July 29 and will close August li8.
A staff group representing 40
schools is to formulate a pro
gram to be submitted to tlie
larger advisory group which de
vote three days of intensive
study to the progr^lm formulat
ed. ^ ......
The purpose of the workahop
will be to prepare a statement
concerning the latjger problems
in teaching education and to
formulate desirable policies for
the solution of these problen>~ iu
the tedching field in Ohio.
Dr. Gilbert H. Jones is an eut-
standing educator of extens .«
training and wide and varn 4 ex;-
perienee. He was edncatcd in
Ameri^ uid Snrop«. He ^iTend-
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