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Above is the picture of the late Rev. E. W.
Dixon making a War Rond purchase. Always
interested in civic affairs and supporter of
every good cause for the betterment of the
country.
ARTICLES ABOUT
DEPARTMENT TO
To Re Written Bv Miss Marv
L. Bristol.
Our local welfare department is
an organization which strives to
better the living conditions of
those in our city who are in need
of assistance.
Many people are not acquainted
with the work that is done by the
Welfare Department. therefore
this paper, realizing the need for
enlightenment, has decided to pub
lish a series of articles concerning
the aid that can be received
through the Welfare Department.
Following is an analysis of the
articles that will appear:
1. Old Age Assistance.
2. Aid to Dependent Children.
3. Aid to the Blind.
4. General Relief.
5. Child Welfare Division, which
includes Adoptions. Foster Home
care, Juvenile Courts. Domestic
Relations Court. Child Placement.
6. Work Permits.
We hope these articles by Miss
Bristol will familiarize you with
our Welfare Department of this
County.
Frankfort. Ky. (Special)— The
office of the Dean of Students.
Kentucky State College, recently
made public a letter received from
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky,
regarding the admission of Negro
students. Addressed to Mrs. Ann
Jackson Heartwell. Dean of Stu
dents, the letter read: "As you are
undoubtedly aware, the Kentucky
Legislature by amending the Day-
Law' has made it possible for Ne
gro students once again to enter
Berea College, subject to the ap
proval of the -Boaut of Trustees,
which we feel sure) will be forth
coming.”
The letter continued, “Majors in
the following fields, not offered at
Kentucky State, are offered at
Berea: Nursing, Psychology, Re
ligion, Physics, Philosophy, Geol
ogy, and Geography, Art, Political
Science, Ancient Languages, Span
ish, and German. We the members
of the Berea Chapter of Students
for Democratic Atioon, would ap
preciate it very much if you would
inform any qualified students who
would be interested in entering
Berea this coming fall.”
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Africa Needs
More Education,
Bishop Stales
| WASHINGTON—Africa is a land
of reliigious peace, free from rac
ial friction, but in dire need of
more education, according to the
Most Rev. Joseph Kiwaunka, bish
op and vica apostolic of the Cen
tral Africa British protectorate,
j The 50-year-old Roman Catho
) lie bishop of Masaka, Uganda, is
I visiting the United States for the
first time. His chief mission here
jis to obtain funds for the con
struction of a seminary in Uganda
where native students might be
trained for the priesthood.
I The African bishop left his na
|tive. land last summer and spent
a short time in Rome and Eng
land. He arrived in Canada about
three months ago where he had
the privilege of meeting the pre-
I miere of Quebec, Maurice Duples
( sis. While there he made a tour
of the Maritime provinces and the
Province of Quebec speaking to
thousands of people.
Has Accompanist
Bishop Kiwaunka came to
Washington last week from the
White Fathers seminary in Frank
lin, pa., and will be accompanied
on the rest of his United States
tour by the Rev. Alfred Richard,
provincial of the White Fathers
in this country.
\His excellency- was consecrated
bishop 10 years ago by Pope Pius
XII at Rome, thus becoming the
first and only native African to
be raised to the episcopacy by the
present Holy Father. (Since his
episcopacy 15.000 adult native
have been converted to Catholic
ism.
Out of a total population of
385,000 people in his diocese, the
Bishop said around 137,000 are
Catholics, almost equaling the
140,000 pagans in the country.
Besides these, there are some 37,-
000 protestants and members of
other Christian sects, and about
30,000 Moslems.
There is no strife between the
Christians and the pagans, he said.
In fact many Catholics have par
ents who are still pagans and
with whom they get along as well
as ever.
RITES FOR JAMES LEE, JR.
—o—
Funeral services for James Lee,
Jr„ age three, of 5 Ralph Street,
will be held at the Allen-Birchette
Funeral Home, 350 Southside Ave.,
Sunday, April 16, 1950 at one o'-
clock. Rev. Grant officiating. Bur
ial at the Sunset Cemetery. Surviv
ing: Mother. Father, maternal and
paternal grandparents.
RENEW IT TODAY
DR. BUNCHE SAYS AMERICA
MUST DEMONSTRATE DEMOCRACY
By JAMES It. I.AFOI'ItVHE
NEW ORLEANS Suave tr... |
erudite Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, di
rector of the U. N. trusteeship di
vision and former mediator of the!
Palestine dispute, told more than |
2500 persons here lasi week at !
Temple Sinai, "that America must j
not fail to demonstrate to the rest j
of the world. the virility and |
workability of the democratic way I
of life."
Dr. Bunche sponsored by thei
New Orleans Committee on Race
Relations, is the second of two
speakers to come here under the'
auspices of the NOCRL.. within
the past several months, to warn I
America, and particularly thej
south, that estranged race rela-1
tions are dangerously impairing j
the prestige of our country a
aboad. The former speaker was
Editor Ralph McGill, of the At
lanta Constitution.
\ri'iving in New Orleans on aj
bleak afternoon l>> plane from j
Now Vor'k. the internationally-j
famous figure went to the home
of Dr. Albert W. Dent, president
of Dillard university, where a
press conference was held
Following the news confab. Dr.
Bunche was whirled away to the
city hall where Mayor doLessepa
S. Morrision presented him with
the keys of the city and made him
welcome to the “Gateway City to
Latin American.”
In his evening address at Tem
ple Sinai. Dr. Bunche made it very
clear that war on a very large
scale had been averted only be
cause of the procedure resorted,
to by UN undertaking which in
volved eonsistant consultation un
til the desired objective had been
reached.
The peace in Palestine was a
ehieved alter perfecting the basis
of a compromise which required
intensive work, said he.
Imperialism, Dr. Bunche related
is now in its twilight age. He said
that in the Caribbean, it is only
a question of time until the colon
ial powers of the once maritime
• nations will have disappeared com
pletely. Haiti and the Dominican
Republic are both members of thej
UN, and their political and eeon
RACE RELATIONS LEADERS
URGE FAIR EMPLOYMENT LAW
PHILADELPHIA The policy
of "fair employment” should be
spelled out and written into the
new charter for the city- of Phila
delphia, G. James Fleming, secre
tary for race relations of the
American Friends Service commit
tee, the City Charter commission
here last Tuesday, as he testified
at a public hearing. If adopted
the new charter will replace one
written in 1919.
The present fair e-mployment
practice law is not enough because
it may be repealed at anytime;
neither is it "as basic a symbol
and instrument of public policy
as is a charter,” Fleming ex
plained. On the other hand, he
said, a charter is more fundamen
tal and remains in existence for
years, sometimes for generations.
Philadelphia has had a fair
employment practice law since
March, 1948 and its acceptance,
according to Fleming, “has dem
onstrated that the substantial part
of the people of the city believes
in fair employment practices as
public policy, backed by law.”
Because of this favorable ac
ceptance, Fleming believes that
the new city charter can take sev
eral adlitional steps. As he sees
it, the new city charter should
contain three specific stipulations:
(1) reaffirming the policy con
tained in the Fair Employment
Practice Commission Ordinance of
March, 1948, to the effect that
fair e.mplloyment is a right to
which the City feels bound to pro
tect and insure for the general
welfare. .
(2) binding the City and all its
agents to a policy of employment
and upgrading of workers on the
basis of merit, without discrimina
tion based on their race, religious
creed, color or national origin;
and
(3) obligating all persons per
forming contracts for the city
that, in the performance of such
contracts, they shall employ
workers without discrimination
based on their race. religious
color or national origin.
In justifying his proposals
Fleming said that "in the minds
of most people, the present hair
Employment Practice law is
chiefly applicable to private em
ployers, unions and so on. One
might say that the law does not
convincingly enough either invite
through its officials and agents,
to a policy of employing and ut
ilizing workers without discrim
ination based on their race, re
ligious creed, color, etc.
-We hold that, within the
frame work of a merit system
and other recognized Civil Serv
ice safe-guards and even with
some special favors to veterans,
we need to have it stated in the
charter that our City is pledged
to follow fair employment prac
tices.”
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THE SOUTHLAND ADVOCATE
mic future will be greatly bene
fited as the result of this mem
bership. he said.
Colonial possessions which have
graduated into independent state
hood. according to Dr. Bunche,
are the Philippines, India, Burma,
Indonesia, Lebanon, Syria and Lib
ya, the latter to become fully in
dependent within two years.
These indications said Dr.
Bunche, prove conclusively that
the UN is making marked prog
j l-ess toward the solution of some
!of the gravest problems now con
fronting a troubled world. As a
I result of the growing number of
independent states. the colonial
; population of the world has dwin
■ died from 600 to 700 millions in
1 1945. to 200 million in 1949.
I Dr. Bunche said that many of
j the colonies are not prepared po
litically and economically for this
progress and will need a period of
j tutelage and assistance before they
j can be permitted to carry on an
i independent status.
Relative to housecleaning, Dr.
! Bunche stated that; "None of the
| U. Xj members have clean hands
| in living up to the aspects of the
charter for world harmony.
"We weaken our resources by
I group conflicts, animosity, suspic
ions. —-
"Poor race relations may under
mine tile democratic ideal of life,”
he pointed out. “and prevent de
mocracy from working. Since the
whole world looks to the United
States to achieve world democracy,
it is this nation’s obligation to
work towards the brotherhood of
man’s ideal and to emphasize the
human dignity of the individual.”
On Wednesday of lust week. Dr.
Bunche was presented the Drexel
award, an honor conferred on him
by Xavier university for his meri
torious service to mankind. The
presentation services were high
lighted by Archbishop Joseph F.
Rum.mel, eulogized the
much publicized mediator. The in
cident marked the second time
that the Drexel award has been
given. Previously, Dr. Mary Beth
| une was recipient of the coveted
award.
Fleming continued: "If the city
or any city, for that mat
ter can establish standards
as to the equality of steel
which a contractor may use, or
the heat content of coal, which
it buys, it can, and should, set
employment practices which a
contractor follows.
Fleming, (formerly regional di
tnittei; {Employment
Practice, was lifter questioned by
several of they commission mem
bers. Frederick D. Carman, pres
ident of /the city council and
chairman of the commission, pre
sided. Os the 15 members of the
commission, two are Negroes, Mu
nicipal Judge Herbert E. Millen
and Tanner G. Duckrey, assistant
to the board of school superinten
dents.
IT S A VERY NEW HOUSECOAT
TBE NEWEST housecoats and
at-home wear designed for this
Spring and Summer are so pretty,
and so unusual, that many girls
and women will give them double
duty as dresses, for street and
party wear. This trend in play
cottons and unusual chintzes for
at-home wear was launched by
St. Marys Robes as featured fa
vorites in their showings of sheer
woolens, nylons, cottons and ray
on fashions.
This long-skirt housecoat has a
shirtmaker top of play cotton,
with a gay chintz skirt. The top is
cut with the popular bat sleeves,
MRS. MARY E. DIXON
Mrs. Mary E. Dixon, wife
of tire late Rev. E. W. Dixon,
is an ardent supporter of the
Southland Advocate. Mrs.
Dixon is very active in civic
activities here in the city and
interested in the growth of
Negro businesses.
Wj} VbdqhbifiA
By Bill Paulson
“Socialism is the Bureaucrats’
mule and like with all mules every
where all it begets is ... nothin'!"
TRAO^i
BLOW
YOUR OWN HORN
V* Th» Adv«rti»ing Columns
OF THIS NEWSPAPER
St. Marys Robes
young collar and wide cuffs in
pale pink, aqua or soft yellow. The
skirt, gracefully full, is zippered
down the front and made of a de
lightful fruit-and-butterfly pat
tern in beautiful natural colors on
white, beige, pale yellow or grey
ground.
Put it on in the morning to
serve breakfast to your favorite
husband. Or put it on at noon, to
serve a tray luncheon on the porch
or in the dinette. And you can
wear it dancing in the evening, or
to a neighbor’s buffet party. These
cottons are preshrunk and washa
ble; only the skirt needs ironing.
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
637,679
Lgjggg “A93 . 43833
DISEASES OF CANCER ACCIDENTS NEPHRITIS PNEUMONIA TUBERCULOSIS
HEART AND
BtOOD VESSELS
The statistics illustrated in this
’•art give the number of people
h.o died in a single year from each
I' the country’s six leading causes
f death. They make it clear why
tr. Leonard A. Scheele, Surgeon
Dene.al of the United States Public
Health Service, has termed heart
disease the most challenging prob
lem in public health today.
As the chart indicates, heart and
blood vessel diseases top every one
of tiie next five causes by a big mar
gin. These official figures for 1948,
the latest available from the Na
tional Office of Vital Statistics, show
that diseases of the heart and cir
culation actually strike down more
people than the next five causes
combined.
South Wants Light-1, ued Cars
With the possible exception of Florida, the southeastern states cur
rently are showing a definite preference for lighter colors in automo
biles, according to color preference surveys recently completed by the
General Motors Styling Section in Detroit. Florida car buyers, alone,
tend toward darker hues in this area of the country The sectional map
shown is updated regularly on the basis of sales reports, and GM styl
ists keep constantly alert to color likes and dislikes of its customers.
The wide varianre of color preference throughout regional areas m
the U S was revealed in a series of exhihits at the GM "Mid-Century
Motorama" in New York.
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It’s A Blessing Fall On Me
Jesus Is The Only One Mahalia Jackson
My Eternal Home We Sure to Need Him Now
The Pilgrim Travelers Yield Not To Temptation
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There Must Be a Heaven Some- Los Angeles. California
where Sitting by the Window
Just Jesus Lost in a Dream
This Same Jesus My Foolish Heart
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SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 195 fr
Serious as the heart diseases are,
there is increasing hope that they
can be controlled. The American
Heart Association is attacking heart
disease on a triple front of research,
education and community service.
The 1950 Heart Campaign, which
the Association is conducting all
during February, is seeking a goal
of $6,000,000 to expand and inten
sify this attack.
The Association’s program has a
single aim: to reduce the stagger
ing toll of death and disability due
to heart disease. The slogan of the
1950 Heart Campaign is an ap
peal to every American to—OPEN
YOUR HEART GIVE TO FIGHT
HEART DISEASE.
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