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Distinguished leaders of education *wil gather at Southern Univer
siity,

Baton Rouge, La., on December 4 and 5 when the Association of

Colleges and Secondary Schools holds its annua] session. Five leaders
of the organization are pictured here.

Says Governor

Admires

(SNS)
the inter
"TALLADBGA, Ala,
Vigorously attacking

ference of politicians. in education,
the president cf Talladega College,, in. his. diag for the

Kthe governor of ~the betes hey

tate of Georgia, a man principally
tinguished his appeal to
réejudice and ignorance, packed

fe State Board of Regents with

s own kept men, in order to
ee the dismissal of certain

foreign~ educators (i. e.,

Georgians) whe were alleged to be

} fess prejudiced and ignorant than
e.~
& The acflon of the State Library
Board in banning a score of books
is also taken as an indication that
the educational system of the
State of Georgia appears to he
On the way toward ~insurins the
purity of the doctrine as conceived
by its. politicians.~

ATTACKED SCHOOLS

~Backed by biased
Gaterins to racial prejudice, Governor Talmadge. hss Openly and dkpier ately attacked the integrity

f the University System of Geor
pe~ Dr, Gallderer continues.

t cannot be said that an edu
tional system, under such polici~* gal control, is free, one bright
hope in the Georgia | re is the
~ eontinuance of several private colfeges. which are not as readily
pndpble to aise maneuver
v

tale

e
a8

je

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non-,

and,

Hitler

madge is cited in DIE BEJEGUNG.
Nazj Student Publication, as ~obviously a very intelligent man~

~United Press dispatches from
Berlin on August 20, 1941; quoted
that Nazj paper o8 ering:
the to read 9 held rc ~tao
~ & sa very mags t iiurd
(EIN KA "seven. fh
inaiitany and political phalhd
Hitler may be more advenced than
Talmadge~ concedes. the Alabama
educator, ~but Hitler~s racial doctrines are mild when compared to
the actualities of the racial castr
structure which Southern demo
cracy espouses.

PRIVATE COLLEGE
IMPORTANT 6

Excoriating the Ambtican caste
System, and citing the tragic dif
ferentials in opportunities as be
tween Negroes and whites, Dr.
Gallagher says, ~ In such a setting,
the importance of the private col:
lege, free from political contro},
and dedicated to the proposition
that all men are created equal,. js
one possible guarantee of an emerging degree of life, liberty and property riehts for the submerged
caste. By its example and achieve.
ment, it stimulates the state controlled colleges, and jin times of
emergency it becomes the last
stronghold of intellectual integrity
The private college in any state
iS a guarantee of the freedom of
State schools es well; but this is

| Automobile ~Workers vnion,

P| Oe a le

Appeat Vote Barrier;

Ohio Workers
Walk Out After
Man Giver Job
Organizers Are

Rapped For Anti~Negro Statements. COLUMBUS Ohio ~ (SNS)~
Acting on reports that 5060.. United
(CIO
affiliate) workers walked out of
the Curtiss-Wright airplane manufacturing plant last week because
it is alleged that a Negro was employed there in the tool and die
department, the Nationa] Associa:
tion for the ~Advarcément of Colored People has asked R. J.
Thomas, president of the UAWCIO to come here immediately for
investigation and action in the
situation. ~

The, NAACP expressed anprecia
tion of. the uneouivocal stand which

Thomas and other CIO officials
tnok on-the race issue during the
Ford. Strike Jast. spring and confidence that: he will act promptly
and uncompromisingly in the pres:
ent situation

Reports. of the walk-out were
sent to the national office from
the Cclumbus:. branch NAACP
when.the. strike began~ to spread
from the tool end die division of
the plant to other departments,

~The original ~issue,~ the union
members. said, ~~~was not whether
Neeroes would /, be employed, but
how meny woilg be employed and
where they. would work.~

Carl Copeland and William Gibson, UAW..organizers. gor to the
daily press vith statements. that
someone in; the |. Curtiss-Wright
plant. must 'be ~in the pay of Hitler~ because; Negroes are now being emploved.

The. NACP letter to. Thomas
suggested. that he suspend Copeland for M7 eee and. others
said, (Rear)

} shoul@- sda RE

The NAACP has. has reported the Ry
to the President~s. Committee on
Fair.Employment Practice. and
strongly recommended that an of
ficial representative of the FEPC

De sent immediately to Cclumbus.

ATLANTA, Ga.~(SNS)~

November 19 commemorated two
wonderful svents-first, the day on
which the Lincoln~s Gettysburg was
délivered and the birthday of Dr.
Willis A. Sutton.

* particularly true of the college
whose students are Negroes, in a
section where racial caste attitudes
tend frequently to dominate political prectice.~

With the General Education
Board and the Julius Rosenwal~
Fund about to liquidate and withdraw from. the field of education,
Dr. Gellacher claims that. unless
mew. sources of support are found,
there is grave peril that political
pressure will set the powers of white
supremacy and race prejudice in
the saddle, and permaneltly cripple the work for freedom and
racial democracy.

s Georgia Baptist Secretary

HUGH
gtaduate of the Atlanta University
School of Social Work, has been
appointed Executive Secretary, Colored Branch YMCA, Charlotte,
North Carolina. He is also a graduate of Virginia State Caleee

RAVANE HILE, 1941

Ousted Dean

Declares

ed dean of the
~ation~ of. the

terly false.

days ago, Governor

the board,

Cocking
thes, sue

said,
gestions

additions. or
wrong impressions.

Statements By

Talmadge Not
True--Cocking

Utterly False,

ATHENS, Ga. ~ (SNS)~
Dr. Waiter. D. partie ae
hoo edu
aiverobir oleae
Georgia, charged. "Friday that
charges made against him in

recent advertisements of
Governor Talmadge are ut
In paid advertisements several

Talmadge

charged that Dr. Cocking advocated coeducation of the white
Negro races in Georgia. Negro emploves in the office of the Board
of Regents and a Negro member of

and

In a letter to President Harmon
Caldwell, of the University, Dr
~Most _ definitely
and proposals
were not. my opinions or suggestions.~. He said that the. transcript
gf the minutes of an educational
conference at Athens in May, 1938,
vatied in some, particulars from
the transcrint furnikhed him at
the time of the meeting by the
same stenographer and said that
omissions

created

Dr. Cocking now has a high
Government post in Washington.

dey Secretary of State
Colonies George Hall,

West African troops

ya, Bast Africa,

PREJUDICE IS DENOUNCED
LONDON~(A N P)~Labor Un
for the
appearing

before the House of Commons here
recently, declared that he and Lord
Moyne, colonial secretary,
~wery alarmed and much concerned~ over the report bar

were

against

from _ the

Gold Coast and Nigerja, now stationed at Nairobi, capital of Ken
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tes

a ees Seehes 2 Fee sot

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au nat go of

at
mf ones oad eed
re Yes i eoo>

A ee hee ee FF.

To Vote Before
Supreme Court

|} day to reverse a decision of

~|a@ registered voter in Alabams.

Negro~s Right

Wants Decision
Of Lower Ala.
Courts Reversed

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, ~(SNS) ~
A colored citizen mu ask the Ala
bama Supreme urt next Tues

lower courts which refused to pzés
upon his qualifications to become

The Board of Regents refused to

register Anim

The-éase is is that of, William Boswell vs. Rufus Bethea, chajrman
of the Board; Sterling~ J, Foster
and Herman ~A. Whisenett, members of the Board who were appointed by. Governor Dixon, on an
appeal from the dismissal of fie
case on demurrer,

The case will not be argued but
the lawyers are ~submitting on
brief,~ which means the. Supreme
Court will decide the case from
arguments. presented in the briefs.

In the case which was
demurred by the Solicitor of Jefferson County, the judge ruled, according to the brief submitted by
the Attorney General, that the peitioner ~did not state facts sufficient to entitle him to registra:
tion.~

The state is arguing that when
the petitioner ~refused
to. amend or plead further,~ to the
demurrer that the judge was correct in dismissing teh case. The petitioner. claims that the judge erred
inasmuch as such a petition cannot
be demurred under Alabama law.

The case based upon the Codes
of Alabama-1940, title 17, section 35
was dismissed January 31, 1940.

In his initial arguments, Attorney A. D, Shores, represen the

petitioner, ~there was a conof the Board of
entf Negroes from -

registered voters.~ He ~contended
further that the petitioner met all
the qualifications of an elector and
made ~proper application.

It, was observed that the brief for.
the. petitioner. laid a predicate for
carrying the case to the U. S. Supreme Court.

Attorney. General Thomas 8S.
(Buster) Lawson and Assistant Atpests General Jolin Ww. ardman

the |.

i~

neuver area. Shown left to ~ight (at table) Ser~e ibe Booth, Forsyth, Georgia, and Ser
arlie

Company L, 24th Infantry.~SIGNAL PHOTO., Georgia, and
par cteteat Georgia, all of

War Dep~t Morale Unit Says
It Wants To Solve Problems

WASHINGTON, D. C. ~(SNS)~
The War Department~s. Morale
Branch is fot only-anxious to ~remain alert to the problems of the
Negro soldier,~ but ~eager to gain

the benefit~ of the working experi
ence and ~special familiarity and
insight: into his problems,~ which
organized groups among the Negrc
people can bring to bear in helping
the. Morale Branch of the army tc
solve these problems,

This..was the attitude expressed
by the War Department in a special
message sent. to the National - Negro Congress, setting forth the policy of the Morale Branch. The state
are presenting the Board of Resistrars.

If the ~case reversed, that means
it will be sent back to the lower

courts must be. tried upon. ita
fe per ha ic

Under Alabama law, an applicant for registration who is of
good character and employed, provided. he meets age and residence
qualifications, is eligible to become
an elector if he can read and write
any portion of the constitution, or
owns $300 worth of taxable property. He one of the two conditions
is sufficient.

~General Osborne

Issues Statement

To Negro Congress

ment, signed by Brigadier General
Frederick H. Osborn, chief of the
Morale Branch, was read at a national board meeting of. fne er
e
text
of the statement follows in part:
~The Morale Branch is very happy to receive consideration of its
National
Negro Congress. We hope you will
convey to. the groups and communities you represent something of
the nature of these probléms and
the Sones that ~civilians can

gress held here Sunday ~ at
Twelfth Street YMCA. The

varied problems.by the

ter. Lie their dior, religion, or
~origin. All soldiers, as time, lot
tion and. military. tdgenies fi

will be provided the opportunity for
effective use and development of
their special interests, training. and
aptitudes.

~In the stress of present uncertainty and probably increased: future sacrifice, old sensativities may
be aggravated: These invariably~ reflect in. shifts in Army morale Irritation incites ~nothing c~

~

The Morale Branch ~will |
-~ bbencahe ye
er.

make bi
~The full development of. each
soldier's aptitude into inte
grated team work is the
of the training program.

Any interference arising from
or without

speed
with which the Army can attain
this objective. Soldiers endure the
same hardships and risks, no mat
whatever motives, wi
the Army, will lessen

jective

and fulfill the Bill of
does not mean

mean duty to. e
but the duty of every man to "i

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The Globe Trotter

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By Cliff Mackay

writer could see eye to eye with

in the nation~s legislature for the
ot. Negroes.

There ate many things which
Mr. Mitchell has done which have
drawn our stern disapproval. Thi
writer has censured him for his toc
obvious attempts to ~appease~ and
to play up to fellow Congressiona:;
members from that section of the
nation, which has so stubborn);
fought most of our attempts to secure ful] citizenship.

His private feud with the National Association for the Ad
struck Us as something ho one holdindulge in.:
CASE OF POOR TIMING

of his own, were other moves which
ant taste in. this writer~s mouth.

down our alley.

A Matter Of Einshinsis

~IT HAS BEEN only on rare oceasions that this

sentative in Congress, Arthur W. Mitchell, who has
on repeated occasions refused the title worn by Oscar DePriest, his predecessor, as official spokesman
thirteen millions

vancement of Colored People, too,

ing a real interest in the progress of the race would

His chastisement of Negro newspapers, which of
course, ~included us; his undercover opposition to
the anti-lynching bill sponsored by the NAACP,
which led him with poor timing to introduce one

But last week, Mr, Mitchell speaking. before the
Louisiana Colored Teachers~ Association, on ~Education, Democracy, National Defense,~ came right

our lone repre
lives.~

~MACKAY

left an barra

around.

sae tg

upon inventions.

GET RIGHT PERSPECTIVE

But the need is not for Dr. Du Bois to reverse
himself. The real need is for those entrusted with/
the sacred charge of preparing Negro children for
life. to. get the. right perspective.

Both the classical and the vocational fypes of,
education are needed. Under the influence of the.
outcome of that tragic debate of three decades ago,
the emphasis has been placed on the
and less on the vocational. Realizing that the classi _
cal is by far the cheapest, the great foundations
state boards of education quickly fell in step with men

NEED SKILLED ARTISANS

and write and to understand mathematics, but along
with that, we must be taught to repair machinery,
to build machinery, to construct great edifices and
to manufacture furnishings for these edifices,

~We must be taught to invent and to-impfoveAny system of education in this
country which does not emphasize the dignity and
importance of labor is unworthy of the name, and
will in the end prove worthless, if not injurious to
those whom such training is imparted and who permit it to become the governing force in ~their

How correct Mr. Mitchell-is today and Booker
~T. Washington was three decades ago, has never
been. brought home to us more foroébly than our
present predicament in the midst of this emer-}
gency. The nation calls for trained artisans; there
are precious few of our group who can answer:

The greatest tragedy that ever befell a group
was the division of opinion that split Negro thinking during the historic clash between Dr. W. EB. B
DuBois and the late Booker T. Washington over
classical vs. industrial education.

Dr. DuBois won and today we are Paying a
>| heavy price for that victory. Just the other day
Dr. DuBois speaking before the conference of Presidents of Land Grant Colleges in Chicago, let fall!
words that could be interpreted to mean that even
he has at last seen the value of this practical type |,
of vocationa] training for the large majority.

He urged his fellow educators to ~train men
and women for jobs which you know they. can fill
and for jobs which may not even be existent but)
which they can acquit themselves capably in whenever they do open.~

One must admit that that is coming a long ai;

classical, less |

and

neighbor.

Monday at
just comple
coast

Fort Monroe, a ma

ime SeceeD Bare
DEVENS, Mass~(A N P)
gy Wiliam Hastie,
the secretary of war,
wed (riba oft tome inpit when he visited the
ment on November 13th.:
Col. HD. Queen
regiment

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407 N. 17th Street
Birmingham, Alabama