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Decide That Bishop Sims Must Go

WASHINGTON ~ At a spec-}

jal session of ~the Bishops~
Council of the AME Church,
held here: last Thursday the deligates voted 9 to 5 to remove
Bishop~ Sims from the supervision of the New York Annual
Conference, The meeting was
- called in order to clarify the
-action taken~ in Kansas City,
Misscuri last June when by a
vote of 13 to 3, Bishop Sims
was relieved of authority over
the New York Annual Conference and Bishop R R. Wright
was asSigned with full authority
to act in the New York Conference. This action was quéstioned by Bishop Sims in a Series of suits; the issues of
which remain unsettled, Bishop Sims must appear in Court
on September 23rd in order to
establish his right to preside
over the New York Annual
Conference. The Bishop whose
authority Bishop Sims had
flaunted are determined. to
have a_show-down with him,
They were called into the New
York situation in 1945 ~through
the request of Bishop Sims
himself, when he was served
with a warrant for appeardnce

in the New York Courts while |

attending a meeting in Washington of th. Church Exten
many of the churches are on the
of declaring themselves
independent of the AME Church:
Your reporter has been informed that since Bishop Sims has
New
constant
state of unrest has existed and
thousands of members have left
Portlock,. ai

verge

been preSiding over the

York Conference, ~a

the connéction, Dr

former minister of Bethe

AME Church of New York has
just led- more than a thousand

~members to form a new So
ciety. The good Doctor,
askec for a_ stat?ment,
~Under no
work under Bishop Sims.~
few years ago. Dr,
led more than 1800 persons ou

of Emanuel AME Church, form
ing a new congregation,

In an, inverview

he declared that the sentimen

of the people of Bethel AME

of Buffalo is dfinitely agains

raising or sending any money

to the New York Annual Con.

ference as long as Bishop ~Sims
remains its bishop. He further
declared that in his opinion, a
two-third vote is not necessary

to remove a conference from
the sup~rvision of a_ bishop,
That provision of law dealt

oot
See

when
Said,
condition will we}.
A
Lawrence

with ~Dr,
Walker of Buffalo, former president of Wilberforce university,

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THE FLINT SPOKESMAN _

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1946

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SENTENCE
SERMONS -

By Rev, Frank Clarence Lowry

for ANP
1, The world doesn~t need
people who draw flies, but

those who~ can life mén to the
skies.

2. For every -person who is
full of evil, God needs~ one
who tries to reach His elevél,

3. We are all Slowly learning that the only real way to
live is to freely serve and
constantly give.

4. Everything we do should
not be for~ pay; one must learn
that some of the most priceless things are not gained that
wiy,

hi My

Opinion

RUEBEN SENSLEY

HAUT

CAN WE AS AMERICANS
AFFORD TO WAIT FOR TIME
Being a Wegro myself and
realizing the conditions under
which we have lived in our
country (United States of Amer-~
ica) ~ feel proud of my -zace for
loyalty, peacefulness and progessiveness. I also realize that
we have faults that we must
correct before we can expect

yery much. of- a change in the
condition under which we do
not like to lives.

The Negro has
been willing to
for his

along
of the
white man who
= has deprived
phim of many of
| the privileg2s |.
(he is entitled
sto. under the
Constitution of
h is ~-couztiry
which shows
that he is loyal. to his country
although he treated _ worse
than an alien, Looking at these
facts no one can hardly call
the Negro a coward because
he does not fight back w'ten
members of ig race are lynched without regard to his right
to 2 trial for tne act he is accused of,

Te add to the
times the body of
pulled thrcugh the
Negro neighbovho-.-:; I do not
know the reason for these acts}:
but whateva: the -eason it is
very dangerous to all that live
in the. United States reguardless to race or color. No one
can say just when these things
will be the downfall of the
country but it is enevitable,
Every American must ~realize
that he must put forth an effort to do-his or her part toward the solving of this préblem. before it will be too late,
We have a great country and
I know all love our country but

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Third Party

South Urged ~

To Form

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. A
plan for the Solid South to
gain the balance of national
political power in the Présidential ~and Congressional election of 1948 will be offered
to the State -Democratic Convention when it meets here
September 6, Its sponsor is the
Democratic Committee of Phillips County, of which Helena
is th. seat,

In essence, the proposal
would form the ~Democratic
organizations of the twelve
Southern. States into a third

party, to be called somthing
like the Democratic party off
the South.~

In national. affairs, it would
throw its weight to either the
Republican or Democratic party as it considered the igterests
of the South to indicate,

While the movement probably has as little chance of suc
~WHITE PRIMARY..,.
FACING CHANGE

its first
tendéd

Court rulings on constitutional
prerogatives of Negroes in Sourhern elections, ae ih oF

cess as that of the Texas Regu-s
lars of 1944, it is symptomatic,
of: the hard car? of extreme
conserva ism which lies behind

Democratic.erganizat i o-n s
throughout the South,:
There appears to be little

chance for some years that a
new political generation will
work into political leadership
~in this part of the country,
where practical politics has always been the domain of the
experienced expert, with carefully-built alliances.
COMPLAINS OF
NATIONAL PARTY

The, Helena committee in the
resolution which it will present to the State convention,
complained that there was ne
national political party which
sponsors policies agreeable to
~a great majority of southern
white people.~ The Democratic
party,~ bérn in the South was
now treading the ~sophisticated
promise political. path,~ vin ~the}
words of the reSolution,

~It enjoys and participates,~
the resolution said, ~in~ the -society of, and associates~ with,
the Communists, pink Social+

sion Board. A~ committee con- only with removing the bishop/s:. ad ae tething conten
sisting - of Bishops Ransom, from the entire district, Mr, Ese who live cay thef caat inl oo eae
~Wright. Davis; Nichols and| O-. H Thomas, the chairman of LEGEND F d 7 Ce eee outside and try to be tough, a apn
Baber, was apopinted, - Thesa| the Stewards~ Board of Bethel: ae = re reiereepgrais wel T. - Washington Bi:th- chould not forget they are re- ~ ny. aes enemy ah make
Pelseoy: cart! in New ~York (City AME Church of Buffalo when a i ie Ov art: seated, Con- place Memorial, Mr, John Me flecting some of their poor in- great rsa of the conditions that: asked for a statement said.| 8~~éssman Compton I, White| Bride Clerk, Coinage, Welghis,, side stuff. exist In the United States towir Bishop Sims and the men ~Were it not for the love aie (Idaho) Chairman, Coinage,| and Measures Committee, and day therefore we can not feel
vena had served the warrant on have for dur pastor, we would, Weights, and Measures Com-|S, J, Phillips, President, Book- 6, Just such mean people whc| secure until all citizens are
him,. After hearing the com- this day remove Bethel Church| Mitiee; standing, left to right:|er T. Washington Birthplace | barter their souls to satisfy hate| treated alike as long as they
plaint, Ransom, Wright, Nich- from the.AME Connection~.| Dr. Emmett J, Scott, Secretary,| Memorial,;, ate responsible when the whole! geserve to be treated alike. A
-. and Baber recommended] ~.. 4 he, ~I have been an Afri- St mn ~ g& world meets with ill fate. national race riot can be the
at a new bishop be assigned;: aa ROCKY MOUNT VA, ~ On| Birthplace Memorial, ~ siat: downfall of the country beto preside over that session. | ~?~ Methodist all of my life, Tuesday, August 7, President} thé funds made available thru| 7 Just so oi will hell~s esuse. the cif = b
at tie New York Pitiicnee. but I shall no sess follow Truman signed. a bill author-| this bill will help to make pos ireags of decent: and _distruc- nese. ars iia wou.;
Bishop Davis _ alone, disented. ef ti nana ys izing the coinage of five mil-| sible a program of industr ait tion seem to be ~at close range, os enemy, In Scdee tor he
When the matter was revealed] Mr, Alex Harrison. the chair- lion 50cents pieces honoring] training~ for thousands of Ne- yall Aa pou: dae real safety -of the country to be in* to the Senior Bishop, William] man of the Trustee Board said,| Booker T, Washington. In at-| groes b2low high school and glimpse of Christian charact- sured there must be infty
Alfred Fountain, he ruled that] ~I am ready under the chart-|taciing his signature to the| colloge levels, and thus help inj ~ Leet eT Pa among the citizens and the conthe committee was merely ad-| ered rights of the First African| bill, Mr. Truman said: ~~Book-| carrying out Booker T. Wash- change, tinuation ~of the present convisory and had no authority tc| Methodist Society in Buffalo | er T.~ Washington was a great| ington~s idea of helping the 8. Thus will the atmosphere| ditions certainly will not bring
act, Had this recommendation] which is now Bethel AME| American, and I am happy to| man farthest down, of this cold old. world begin | about unity, A Negro should
been accepted, Bishop Sims| Church, to withdraw entirely| approve this bill.~ ~Such a program, says Mr.| yop, inivgorating to app2ar | be no more ashamed of being
woulé not be today in the di-| from the connection if Bishop| ~. W. Phillips, President o!| Phillips, ~will be beneficial to}..q men then of every color|a Negro than a person feel
Jemma that he is in, and the| Sims remains as the Bishop,~| the Booker TT, Washington! Negroes in particular and. ashamed of being the victim!
Bishops~ Council would not] Mr. Rudolph Lane, a decendant of a burglar, Being the victim
Eo forced. te protect itS auth-| of one of the very old families e America in general, since in-| of a burglar doesn~t make you
orty by going into the courts.} of Bethel AME Church, and State President of Elks Boosts Plan creasing the. earning capacities] fee] ike Betis a burglar rie
~Thee Iw aute nave done| sid f te anes wl 20t1T Honor Jane Edna Hunt Scolte @ ottaogges| eae
much harm to the AME church} straighten this matter out, and ~0) onor an ~ te na un er a direct influence upon Ameri- |
in New York, Te New ~York| remove Bishop Sims, I am re- COLUMBUS, Ohio, ~ APNS, ce:ve security if noused at The} can life,~ and creed will begin to banish
Conference has coOntinuously| moving Bethel AME Church} Everyone throughout the Unit- Phillis Wheatley A-<sociation, Fizopke from all. over the| fear.:
deteriorated from the very in-| from the New York Annual] ed States interested in improv- I pledge. to do ol! humanly} country are.already sending} 9. Prejudice, selfishness and
ception of these suits, The peo-} Conference, We will accept|ing the condition of the under-} pcssible *o honor cae who has for these coins. Officials of the| our American shores~ must deple are tired, the ministers are| Bishop Wright whom we believe | privileged woman and girl should! given. her life for Negro wo: organization are inviting the| part, and in my heart and yours
tired, and it is reported that would give uS a square deal,~| participate in the event honor-| manhood, public to send all inquiries rel-| must come that earnest start,
eoeseaeneeetoaoaoeo epee tonongon deena ooontoadonotentoezonteoetpedeceetoabotee | ae Jane Edna Hunter, founder ative to the securing of these 10. The beautiful scenery of
and executive secretary of The coins to the Booker T. Wash-| this world cannot be improved
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ists, and other fellow travelers
| who. revel in their hatred. of
the South, and who, have by
every means in their power,
through magazines, the public
press, the radio and motion
pictures pursued a persistent
and determined policy of ~un
dermining all the things ~ the
South holds sacred,~!
The s@ctional and dacial im
plicziions of tte resolution appeal to.:that.Javge: segment of
Sovinern public opinion which
fears and mistrusts Federal enactment of many proposals.
Among these are the Fair Employment. Practice Commission,
anti-lynching laws, prohibition
of poll taxes and Federal Court
~interference with segregation of

neither Should the Negro want
to pass for white because of the
treatment he gets from _ the
white man. The habit of disrespecting the rights of others
is a habit no healthy and normal person will cherish, The
Negro having been loyal to his
country and his employers during and after slavery days
nursing and caring for his master~s children with as mutch
care as if they were his and
doing everything. he could to
make. him (his master). com-}|
fortable and satisfied, I can. see
no reason for any Negro to

Negroes and insistence on their
voting rights,

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Arkansas has just gone thru
~white primary~ in-.
to conform to Federal

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As it turned out, prifnariés,

for the Staté and local nomjnations, which were held...sepaz--
ately, two weeks after the primaries for the Federal offices,
were anything but. ~white.~

In the heat of political com-'

petition, some of the candidates~
who had
obtainjng legislative enactment
of the
found
Negro votes and
idea went by default,
pected the law will be repealed at the next Session of the
Igislature.

been most active in

~white primary~ law~
thems2lves in need oi
the whole.
It is. ex
The Arkans ns plan embodied~
roughly what Eugene~ Talmadge
and Senator Theodore G. Bilbo: advocated for the votes of
Georgia and Mississippi.

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In all three states, however,

Negroes voted in the, Democrat
ic primaries in_ considerable
numbers without noticeably affecting the results, and, without provoking the violence,
which had been predicted by
various campaign - orators.

ECONOMIC PICKUP
IN THE STATE

A condition which may operate against preservation of the,
extreme conservatism of the
Arkansas Democrats is the accelerating chance in the State~s
economic life, featured ~largely
by an influx of small industry
and by the substitution of livestock for cotton as the State's
leading agricultural crop, The
CIO is attempting to organize
the workers in the new indus
feel ashamed of being a: Negro,

hospital,

tries while the AFL has not
become particularly active as
yet, 4

The workers in the oil, glass
and aluminum industries: care
fairly solidly enrolled in the
appropriate ~ cIO unigns,. ~while
the~ AFL -is~ sii ~repregentad
Only in the skilled crafts, especially the,. building,, trades,

According to figures just feleased by H, E, Thompson, Collector of Internal Revenue, Fed. -
eral income tax collections in
ArkansaS are up about 4 per
cent over the same period of
last year, wile the collections
in the country as a whole ar~
down 7 per cent, He made no
effon: to xssign causes for this
trend in Arkansas, ~.

Local analysts are inclined
to credit this to the establishment of more than enough new
small industries in the State to
offset the shutting down of its
war plants.

TRUCK TURNS OVER;.
TRAILER LANDS ON TOP
OF MAN

COLUMBUS OQOhio~APNS~.
~ Jemes A, Scott, 26, 496 N.
Fulton St. was thrown from
a Chevrolet truck, and_ the
trailer attached landed on him,
an an auto accident about 9:20
a, m. August 23. on Thurman
Avenue, police said. Scott was.
riding with William T, Grady
of. 258 N, 20th St. east on
Thurman Ave, when. they were.
struck by Eugene C. Colburn,~
driving a Plymouth--sedan:- Po
lice said the streets were dry:
and had no obstructions, Scott:
-was treated for ~injury ~to~ ~the.
right hip, lefts ~ shoulder; left:
wrist, chin laceration, and ig,
held ~for X-rays in St, Francis~

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