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LAYMEN~S DEPARTMENT OF: CME CHURCH. ~ Shown here

are some of the several hundred
laymen who participated in the
assembly of CiiiE laymen held
each morning prior to the opening of the general conference
at Saint Louis, Prof, Henry J.
Carruthers, prominent Chicagoan,
is president of the Laymen~s

council. E. F. Durr, Birmingham, is general secretary of lay
activities, He was one of the
four CME general officers who
received the unanimous vote of
the entire conference for reelection for the 1946-1950 quadrennium,

_ Having welded themSelves into an articulate body, the lay-.men affected legislation favor
able to laymen ~ equalization
of lay representation in the annua! conference with that of the
clergymen; raising of the status
of the laymen council to recogni.
tion; and revision of the constitution of the department of lay
activities. The Laymen~s council

authorized George W. Holbert,

- SATURDAY, JUNE: 8, 1946

THE FLINT SPOKESMAN

BEATING THE GUN ~

Chicago, to publish the Laymen~s Journal.

In the annual conference the
laymen will hereafter have one
layman for each pastoral charge
in the annual conference whereas heretofore there have been
four laymen for each presiding
elder~s district, ~ ANP Photo,

~By ALVIN MOSES

~NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET... 77?~

NEW YCRK~(ANP)~Dan Parker, satirical and somewhat sarcastic sports head of the.N.Y. Daily Mirror, is at the
same time an erudite sort of writer and thinker. Brother ~Danyell~ said during the interim that we (ycu readers) haven't
talked with each other personal.y like we do, that JACKIE
ROBINSON, stormy petrel of organized baseball, has a chance
to make the big leagues next year.

Parker was not writing his opinion mind you. He was
recanting the meaty portion of a confab held between (hold
your lung-juice)~the Mississippi-born piiot of the Montreal
Club for whom. Robinson toils, and a capable judge of basebali matters. Manager Hopper (that~s his name) avows as
how the dark compiexioned kid who blazed a sport trail unfor8ettable during four years at UCLA has endeared himself to
sports mans ot all races wherever his tcam has played.

I have reams of admiration for white men~and women of
Mr. Hopper's status~believe me, dear readers. No such unAmerican institutions as the infamous KKK, Christian Fronters
etal have the slightest chance of survival if we can continue to
enlist on our side Americans like Montreal's Hopper whether
they hail from Mississippi or~Times Square, New York.

SHADES OF DISMOND AND WILLIAMS
Recently ~we devoted most of our column to extoliing the
cinder path accomplishments of the University of Illinois~. crack

Ku Klux Klan and _ the. race
baiters are working at fever
heat in Georgia to invalidate
the.claims of Negroes for~ parin the state Democratic primary.

A well known Auburn ave
nue~ man was asked to file in

the gubernatorial race by friends
of one of the ex-governor. candidates. He is now making a
jok> of the offer, There were
rumors: that another unknown
man was to be in the race for
state~ commissioner of labor in
opposition to Ben T, Huiett,
The worst type of this political
skulduggery was bared the day
of the closing of entries to the
state race, when two men, one
white and the other colored,
visited the home of Mrs, Nell
Hall Jackson. Only two hours
before the deadline, the men
persuaded Mrs, Jackson to file
for a post on the, Democratic
Executive committee from the
third ward, which has a~ preponderance of Negro electors.
Mrs, Jackson withdrew from
the race immediately after a

Klan. Race Baiters Busy
In Georgia Politics

-ATLANTA ~ ANP ~ The,

conference with Negro Democratic leaders.

Democratic club officials declared that it. was a scheme of
demagogues to frighten white
voters over the state and probably influence them to support
the Ku Klux Klan candidates,

Race Union

Delegate to
All-White Town

PORTLAND, Ore. ~ ANP ~
For the first time in the history
of unionism in this city, a Negro has been elected by the Scalers, Painters, Decorators, and
Auto Painters of American
delegate to their state convention to be held in Astoria, beginning June 10,

as

The delegate, Chesley E, Cor- |,town to work.

bett, will probably be the only
Negro in Astoria during the
week of the convention. An allwhite town, Negroes are limited
to Tess than a dozen maids and

poriers who came from out of

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Elk Leader Accepts GOP Nomination
For New York Legislature

DANVILLE, Va, ~ ANP ~

Acceptance of the GOP nomination for a member of the
New York legislature was disclosed here last week by J, Finley Wilson, grand exalted ruler
of the Elks, before more than~
500 -Elks,

Wilson said that he will re.
sign his present office as head
of the order, which has about
250,000 members all over
United States, fhe West Indies,
South America, Hawaii, and
South Africa, if he wins the
election as state senator of the
23rd district of Manhattan, even
though he might be re-elected
at the Buffalo convention in August.

The grand exalted ~ ruler,
whose continuous service in that
post covers a period of nearly a
quarter of a century, spent three
days here atttending the annual

Arrangements
feat: been made for Corbett who
was unanimously elected, to stay
lat the Elliott hotel. A- union
member, Corbett also is editor
of the Portand Inquirer,~

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Virginia. State convention of
Elks on: May 20, 21, 22 and 23,
at the:home ~of. the. Morning
Star Lodge, No, 189. He was
accompaniéd by Judge William
Ce Hueston~ of ~Washington, D.
C., grand. commissioner ~of Elks
education and district deputy of

northern Virginia.... and..R... J,
Terrell,
Dr, I. J. McGuffin, South

Boston, Va., was elected to represent, the state association at
the Buffalo. grand.lodge convention. More than 25..lodges attended the four-day, state convention here and.were. represented by 84 delegates. Suffolk
was selected as the convention
site for the Virginia State convention~ next..year.

HEAD OF BUSINESS
ARRANGEMENT ~
COMMITTEE

West Indian quartermiler. One has to recall the pristine greatness of Dr. Binga Dismond when he was coholder with Ted
Meredith, white, U. of P., of the 440-yd. record (around one
turn) of 47,and 2-5 seconds. ~fclipsing the time of the immortal J. B. Taylor, Binga Dismond and others, came the era that
produced such as Arlhie Williams, greatest ofthem all in the
opinion of many;.Long John Woodruff, now a school teacher
in New York City; Phil Edwards (quarter and 880 specialist);
Jimmy (the great) Herbert, Johnny Borican ~could run a sizzling quarter also-, Cecil Cooke, Syracuse strongman,.that Phi
Beta Kappa key quartermiler (from a Califronia ~ college)
whose name | just do not recall, very fair-skinned, and a ~~running foo.~ if ever I saw one; and Elmore Harris, present national 600 and 500 yard Ihampion from Shore Road A.C. fromerly
~of Morgan Col.ege. I confidently feel that the 46 second flat
quarter-miler might hop along any time during the next 12
months in this atomic age of surprises and speed technologists
in all fields of endeavor~honest injun.

EZZARD CHARLES RISES AGAIN

During the past fortnight the fictic stock of one Ezzard
Charles, Cincinnati, and jolting Jersey Joe Walcott. Camden,
N.J., skyrocketed to the top of the column. Charies, rated a
few seasons back a sure-fire 175 pound champion, fell by the
wayside in the interim and no one figured he'd do much along
the fistic highways. His recent victory over Archie Moore, a
great fighter measured by any and all standards, shoots young
Ezzard right up there with Billy-Fox as frontline contenders for
Gus. Lesnevich's crown.:

Walcott, whose Christian name is Arnold (whipping)
Cream,~beat the highly touted Lee Oma, a ~white Russian~
by way of Detroit, into a state bordering collapse Friday, May
24, at Madison Square Garden before an $88,000 house. [| got

a kick out of the white (and some colored) writers who em
MATTHEW BURGESS, Chicago,
Illinois, Chairman of Business
Arrangement Committee for the
Meeting of the National Sunday
School and Baptist Training Union Congress to meet in the Windy City, June 17th to 23, 1946

Mr. Burgess who is also - treas-.

uret of the congress states that
everything is in readiness for
this mammoth. gathering of
Baptists, oes ee

ployed virtually my very own words in praise of Walcott.

Outstanding Clown Players

CJLUMBUS, Ohio~(APNS)
REESE (Goose) TATUM, the
fancy fielding first baseman returns to Red Bird Stadium on
Thursday, June. 6, when the
Clowns battle the Havana LaPatomas. Buster Haywood is expected to be back in action for
the Clowns,

WOMAN DIES
IN YARD

About 11:45 p. m, May 27,
Nora Blackwell, 906 Mt. Ver
non Avenue, while_in the rear of
332 N. Monroe Ave., fell in the
yard, she was dead when No. 1
Inhalator Squad arrived. Death
apparently was ~ from natural
causes, The body was removed:
to the Whittaker Funeral Home.

oo8 BUSTER HAYWOOD

The only thing I saw out of focus was the fact I had my
say in pre-battle fashion which took some little amount of

|| courage considering Lee Oma is the nominated ~standin~ for

both Conn and Louis. Few fighters punch with the authority
the Camden veteran does and if you doubt this, find Lee Oma
and he'll convince you pronto. Father of six children, ranking official in his community church, Walcott was making his
first Garden appearance and incidentally,~receiving his first
chance to make some important money.

Like Elmer Ray, |a tough slugger whom Walcott has faced
once, Tami Mauriello'wanted no part of the Jersey jolter who

ed Joe Baksi, Jimmy Bivins and Lee Oma. Only Conn and Louis
remain and it~s 20 to one that the Jersey demon won't get
either one until he has cleaned up Jack Dempsey~s Elmer Ray
(once more); Mauriello, Bivins, again, etc.,etc.~ad infinitum.
What boxing really needs is a few courageous as well as fair
minded solons.

|Joe Louis Gives $200 to Save
Man From Georgia Chaingang

By Irvine I. Turner ~this innocent man,~ he comPOMPTON LAKES, N, J. ~| mented. He informed her ~that
ANP ~ Joe Louis, world heavy- | he was from Alabama, the state
weight boxing champion, took | adjoining Georgia, and knew a-.| time out here last week to enter | bout southern hostility against
the fight to block the extradition | Negroes. He promised to enlist
of Herman Powell to a Georgia | the aid of Mrs, Roosevelt and
chaingang by presenting Pow-|the NAACP to save: her hus
SECRETARY

REV, H. T. SIMS,
Wichita, Kansas
Secretary National Sunday
School and Baptist Training Un.
jon Congress, convening in Chicago, June 17th-23rd, is appealing to Presidents, superintendents and Delegates to fill registration blanks before leaving
home and file them immediately

on arrival in Chicago at -the
Registration Desk to avoid congestion,

pitt

ell~s wife with a $200 check. | banda.
Georgia authorities are seeking} ~] hope this check will help
to return Powell to Georgia on| you,~ he told her. ~I shall be
a charge which he claims innocence, Mrs, Powell, introduc.
ed to Joe.at his training camp
here by Jimmie Smith, a local
sports writer, trembled as she
held. the champion~s hand. Real-)
izing her nervousness, Joe assured the little. woman, who
stands scarcely five feet, two
inches, that ~I won~t hurt you,
I'll help you,~

He listened attentively to her
story.and read a letter she had
from his mother, suggesting that
Cet contact. the campion for

help. Gazing sympathetically, he

wrote the check for $200 and assured her she had a great cause
~ to fight for,
Everybody should help save

any rally or affair of any nature
to help raise the necessary funds
to fight your battle, I admire
your courage to fight in the face
of such odds.~

The New~ Jersey Supreme
Court recently rejected Powell~s
application against extradition,
His defense committee, headed
by Fred R. Clark, and Irvine
R, Turner, has already filed application to the court of: errors
and appeals through the defense
lawyer, Atty. Thomas Potter,
Princeton, N. J., who ~entered
the case two years ago after the
NAACP had declined to act on
the grounds Powell~s case lacked
merits for adequate defense. -

once was Louis~ sparmate. Now Walcott has decisively thrash-.

defeat him when he runs into

glad to get out and appear at
BOOK READING
By William Henry Huff for ANP

We used to sit down by the brooks
When work was done, to read our books~
Such books as we could get,
Then, books for those like us were few
And old, and ragged, seldom new,
Which. fact we still regret

Because today we would know more,
Be further upward, to the fore,

If at that early start 3

We could have had the very best

To make us apt and smart,.

We now could meet life's every test.

Two Buckeye Stalwarts

PARNELL WOODS
COLUMBUS, Ohio, ~ (APNS)
PARNELL WOODS and EU
GENE BREMER will be seen in
action at Red Bird Stadium,

Monday, June 100, when the
Cleveland. and ~Buckeyes play
the Kansas City Monarchs in an
official Negro American League
game, Woods is a third baseman
and Bremer a pitcher,

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EUGENE BREMER

GREENWOOD LAKE. N, H.~
ANP ~ Billy Conn~s Irish temper and big mouth again may

Joe Louis in Yankee Stadium
on the night of June 19,

At his training camp, Billy
told reporters that he would
like te ~jump, out of the ring
after I knock Louis out and hit
that big-mouthed Tunney right
on the whiskers.~

Billy is mad at Gene. And
his references to Tunney were
in the nature of un-Sunday
School language. Billy said for
example, ~he~s a fine (censored)
stuffed shirt to be calling me a
joke of a challenger, That big
(censored) has gotta lotta guts

calling anybody a joke, when

Billy Conn Wants to
Whip Ex-Champ, Gene Tunney |

everybody in the fight game
knows his background, And how
he won the title from old Jack
Dempsey, who~d been outta the
ring more~n three years; and
how he kept the title on a fluke
~on a long count, Maybe the
four-flushin~ (censored) got jealous because people said somebody besides him was a good
boxer. Well, ~he~s lookin~ for
trouble and he~ll get it,~

Then Billy~s manager got in
a few choice words on the
matter of the referee winding up
with the admonition that if the
ref pulled Billys arms, touched
hin. or ~something like that,~
he would ~step out of the corner and punch that referee right
in the nose.~

Youth of National

CHICAGO, Idd. ~ The National Baptist Sunday School and
BTU Congress convening in
Chicago, June 17th to- 23, will

observe its traditional Booker
T. Washington Night, Friday,
June 21st,;

Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson,

President of Howard University,
Washington, D. C., will bring
the message to the youth of the
denomination at the Coliseum
where the general sessions are
being held,

Other inspirational
on program for the week are:
Rev. G. W. Dudley, Forrest City,
Arkansas, alternate, Rev. P. E,
Henderson, Dayton, ~Ohie; Rev.
P. J. Hubbard, Oakland, California, alternate, Rev. A. E, Hagins, Savannah, Georgia; Dr, D.
A. Jackson, Knoxville, Tenn,, alternate, Rev, S, A. Fairly, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Rev. C, A,
Weaver, Jacksonville, Florida,
alternate, Rev. D. E, Johnson,
Texarkana, Texas; Rev, Wm,

speakers

Tapscott, Baltimore, Md., alter
Dr. Mordecai Johnson To Address

Bapt. S.S., B.T.U.

nate, Rev. C. A, Sanders, Port
Arthur, Texas;, Summation of
addresses, Dr. E. ~C, Smith,
Washington, D,.C, ~ alternate,
Rev, John F; Williams, New Orleans, La.:

The Lecal Entertainment

| Committee of the Congress is as

follows: Rev, Louis Rawls, Gen-s
eral Chairman, Dr. J. C, Austin,
Co-Chairman. Rev, A. A, Watts,
~Secretary; Rev. S.A, Grayson,
Assistant Secretary; Rev. Wm.
McDowell, Treasurer; Rev, W.
J, Hamilton, Auditor; Rev. C. V.
Jonrson, Publicity Chairman;
Rev. J. Howard Gibson, Music
Chairman; Rev. J. C. Austin,
Congress Solicitation; Mrs, Willa
Jones, Prof, Theo. Frye~ and
George Guillat, Music Directors;
Rev. O. W. Williams, Housing
Chairman; Rev. W. R. Jackson,
Housing Co-Chairman; Rev. I,
A, Thomas, Transportation;
Maithew Burgess, Chairman ArTangements; Dr. J, H. Jackson,
Chairman Budget, Attorney J.
C, Oliver, Co-Chairman Arrangements, ';

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