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Plough, Inc., Honors Two Race
Workers with Testimonial Dinner

_Memphis, Tenn. ~ One of the

most -unusual events of its kind
ever ~*héld in the South was the
of 200 persons, including 150 Negro employes of
Piough,: Inc., at a testimonial
dinner at Booker T. Washington
High School the night of Sept.
26, to honor two Negroes whc
have been with the Plough Co.
more than 25 years.

Center of interest durimg the
dinner and program were War.
a Plough
employe 29 years, and Wil;
Simpson, with 27 years~ service.
Flanked by their fellow workers,..th2 honored gu2sts sat at
tsble of honor with their
wives, Prof. Blair T. Hunt, whe
is am ordained minister. ano
rrineipal of Booker T. Washington Schook, and Prof..Nat
Williams, faculty member anc
Memphis newspaperman.

Ceremonizs were directed by
company officials and top executives of Plough, Inc., Memph's
manufacturers of the famous
Black and White Beauty -Crcations, St. Joseph Aspirin and
other household favorites. The
dinn: r marked enrollment of
the two employes as members
of the company~s newly-formed
25 year Club.

~You have many great leaders
to point to,~ said Hardwig Peres,
Memphis philanthropist, humanitarian and a leading Memphis
citizen, who was the principal
speaker, ~and it is significant indeed that we gather here tonight in this. fine, moderm building, dedicated as a monument of
the late great Booker T. Washington.~ Mr. Peres also.eulogized: the Scientific works for mankind -of Negro scientists. ~Man
to be truly mart must walk in
the image of God,~ said Mr.
Peres,.~~and everyone of you have
the opportunity to be worthy of
the ~heritage given to you by
your many leaders.~

Abe Plough, president of.Plough, Inc., who founded the

company 38 years ago in one
room and has seen its~ sales
and: operations extend throughout the United States and into
foreigt~ countries, lauded the two
honored guests as follows:.

~J -regard both of you as an
examiple to all of our employes,
and to me you symbolize the
true meaning of success.~ Then
Mr. Plough presented each of:
the two with the company~s gift
of a wrist watch, duplicate of

~the watch that he wore as a

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charter member of the 25-Year
Club.

The guests were brought closer to the life of Booker T. Washimgton with th2;emarks of Joel
Chandler Harris, Jr., a special
guest from Atlanta, son of th2
late, famous writer of Southern
folkyore stories, who told how
he fondly remembered the vsits and ~talkg of the gr2at eiueator with his father. H> said
that one of his most prized possessions. was a book, written
and autographed by the educator and given to the elder HarF758.

Ressonding on behalf of th?

Plough employes present, the
Rev. C. J. Barton, who works
~n the company~s laboratory,
~agiled the company-employe
linnes as the first event of its
~ind in the South. ~You have
et an example that we have
seen ~waiting for,~ said Rev.

3arton, a minister of the Gospel for 25 years. He paid tribute to the past and present deeds
of the Negro race in building
for ~the nation~s progress.

Prof. Nat Williams inspired
the event~s farzwell touch as
he led the honored guests and
their fellow workers in a spontaneous rhythmic cheer for Mr.
Plough. It was a fitting climax
to an evening dedicated to per
sonal recognition for individual!:. * ~rights of Negro and other mi
achievement, good fellowship
and understandirg of obligations between employer and employe.

Harry B. Solmson, vice pr2si-.
dent of Plough, Inc., was toasi
~masSter. He briefly sketched the '
career of Mr. Plough and ~also|

noted the many kind deeds of
the prirrcipal speaker, Mr. Peres,
who is nearly 90 years old.
The sumptuous dinner was
cooked at Booker T. Washington

High School, under direction of

Mrs. Hattie Lawrence, director
of- Home Economies~ Department, aided by 12 of her senior
girl students. The menu inrcluded fried chicken, sweet potatoes,
green peas, fruit cocktail, tomato salad, ice cream and cake.
It was served by girl students.
Music was by the school~s orchestra, *diréctéd by Mr. W. T.
MeDaniels, bandmaster for Memphis~ senior Negro high schools.
Miss Jeanette Ayers, senior student, sang. The tables were decorated with flowers by = Mrs.
Flora Churchville, well-known
Memphis florist.

BUSINESS FACTS

'. By S. Edward Gilbert, Director

of Bigger and Better Business,
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.,
For ANP

INFORMATION NEEDED TO
RUN A GOOD CREDIT
BUSINESS"

It was the intention of your
columnist last week to give you
certain facpertinent to the operation of a profitable credit system. To that end we.wrote.

Today we seck to call to your
atterition certain information
nezded it your endeavor. Each
retainer should make up his
mipg-(1) as to whether he wants
to do~any chargz business ~ at
all ~avd. (2) if 52 what proportion of his business he~ wants on
a charge basis. This canmot be
planned to the penny, however,
but with a little effort a general idea can be gained.

Do you want ~as few as pos
_ sible,~ or do you want half or

even more of your customers to
be charge customers?

The type of neighborhood ir
which the business is located,
the capital available to handle

_ credit, and the store~s recent ex
perienc?s with credit customers
are all factors in determining
the store~s policy.

Consideration of these racivurs

will indicate the plam tu be fol- |

lowed...

~After the decision if mad3,. the
retatler, knowing what he wants,
should see that he gets it, He
can do this if he plans his program, checks results, and remeThat is what is
meant by ~controlled credit,~
Records are a part of that control. |;

Record keeping is essential. to
a crédit store. It is the means
of determining the trend of
charge business. It is increasing? How much? How _ fast?
Knowing fhe answer to these
questions is ome important: factor in controlling credit ard

&

making more profits.:

~~How much can my _ business
stand in charge accounts?~ If
you would ask yourself that
question and give a definite anmany credit difficulties
would be eliminated. Clear think
ing will show that the amount
of credit you can grant to others is limited by the amount
of your own capital.
not lend a dollar if you do not
have the dollar~and there is
little difference lending money
and sclling. goods on credit.

A dollar~s worth of goods (at
cost) sold means that a dollar~s
worth (at cost) must be replaced, put baek on the shelves. If
the customer leaves no money
and the goods are to be recorded. you must ~have additional
credit with your wholesaler or
get additional money from some
other source. If you have no additional money and can get none,
and you have already reached
your maximum credit with your
wholesaler, then you cannot reorder. Therefore, it is necessary
for you to know how much
eredit you are in a position to
offer.

At frequent intervals you
should total the amount owed
by customers and compare this
total to the amount set as the
limit your business can starrd.

swer,

You. can

You cannot dco this without

record.

Record keeping is not a remedy for bad crédit practices, but
record keeping can provide the
information that will warn the
rétailer in time if his credit bus
iness is gettirfg out of control.
Record keeping cannot run a

credit busines, but a credit business cannot Be run without record keeping.

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~Inited Negro and Allied veterAmerica will shortly
~aunch a nationwide driv?
ngainst ~w'Gespread discrim~nation ogainst Negro veterans seeking homes in which to live,~ it
was announced hére followirg
1 meeting of the national coun~il of the organization.

Th2 national council meeting

discussed a wide varszety of orgarizational problems, but cen
ars GE

tered its attention on what it
termed ~a scandalous housing
situation without parallel in

our nation~s history.~
In a speech to the council

meting, Natiorfal Commander
Kenneth C.- Kennedy attacked
the ~iniquitous discriminatory

practices in the renting and selling of homes and real estate.~

He charged that. Negro v2terans were the special victims of
this discrimination in housing,
and pledged his organization to
an all-out fight against it.

The UNAVA National council
reaffirmed its stipport. of the
Wagner-Ellender-Taft housing
bill; but. warned that special
protective measures~ must also
be enacted to safeguard the

nority peoples.

In addition to a_ stronglyworded statement on discriminatory policies in effeet in onthe-job training programs, supporting a federal bonus for veterans, cOmmanding Henry Wallace for his stand on foreign
policy which led to his dismissal from President Truman~s cabinet.

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Tuskegee |
Welcomes Largest
Student
Enrollment

TUSKEGEE ~ ANP ~ ~College graduates who ~fail. do not
do so because they are not prepared, but because they are unable effectivzly to adjust themselves in relation to their fellowmen,~ said Dr. F. D. Patterson,
presidertt~ of Tuskegee institute,
in his address of welcome to the
2,551 students enrolled here this

year.

Dr. Patterson sees a continuing trend in overflow enrollments in -colleges and universitizs and hails the present consideration of problems of veteran~s education on the part of
fisderal and state agencies as evidence that our country has come
to recognize that m?~n ~who are
good enough for war, can, thru
proper education, become a
souree of strength in peace.~

~Sympathetic understanding of

the problems and attitudes of|,

our fellowmen and better use
of leisure time~ are rated by
Dr. Patterson as fundamental in
a sourid educational -program.
Such a program will he said,
hasten the day whert ~America
will remove all barriers to the
free and highest development of
the individual. sy

~Dr. Patterson reminded the
new students that at Tuskeg2e

Work with the hands has -equal

status with intellectual labors
and that the institute ~stands
for the highest ideals of democracy.~

The 1946 énrollmertt is ~an
all-time high in Tusk~gee~s history,~ said Mrs. -A. N. Cohen,
registrar, and her assertion. was
supported by former registrars.
J. H. Palmer and A. J. Neely.

Of the 2,551 students enrolled,
1724 are men and $27 are womeh. Veterans number 1,094,
most of ~whom ave assigned in
trades and industries. Freshmen,
925; ~pre-veterinary medicine
and v%terinary medicine, 58;
commercial dietetics and institutional management, 205; home
ecorromics, 348; education, 216;
and agriculture, 206. Students
from foreign countries, 22.

Since registration books were
closed on Aug. 15. more than
1,000 additional vetergns have
applied unsuccessfully for admission.

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through @ leaky roof spreads out out un

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FAREWELL DINNER FOR |
COLONEL PARRISH ~Officials

hospital and Moton fizld, recently honored Col. Noel F. Parrish
former commanding officer at
Tuskegee Army Air fi2ld with
a dinner at Dorothy hall. Col.

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| Parrish was deeply moved by

the felicitations and expressions
of appreciation extended to him
aifd responded with assurances
of his confidence that the
gro in his struggle for integration on the basis of individual
merit~ is a worthy objective
whith is rapidly gaining support

of Tuskegee institute, Veteran~s|

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from an inecbasiayl Sgumber of
sympathetic, liberal- Americans.

Front row ~(s3ated- ~left to
right: Br." -J., Wa; ~Chenault,
rector, Infantile Paralysis center; T. M. Campbéll, ~agrieulture
extension leader; Lt.-Col: H. A.
Barrows, new PMS --arid T at
the institute; Col. Parrish;.A.
L. Holsey. assistant to the pr?sident and toastmaster; LL. 7H.
Foster Jr., treasurer; Dr. G..C
Branche, U. S$. Veteran~s hospital; L. A. Potts, diréetor school
of agriculture.

Back row ~ stané linge = left
to right: David W.. Hazel, school

Pierssseee

UNAVA. URGES
VETERAN~

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ The
local chapter of the United Negro ard Allied Veterans of
America is seeking, through a
Washington law firm, to have
charges of alleged violation of
the United States civil code dismissed against on2 of its mem
bers, Bill Siler, white veteran
of New York City.
Siler, a former second Lt.

with two years~ service overseas
in the army air corps, was -arrest?d and held under a $500
bail as a result of his participation in the Emergertcy Crusade
to End lynching which was~~staged in. Washington on Monday,

CHARGES AGAINST WHITE

~under bail by the- FBI." -

DISMISSAL. OF

Sept. 23. He was. the only one}

of some 200 veterans in urfiform to be. picked -up--
Released by the Provost ~ ~marshal the same day, ~after fio army
regulations: were found: to. have
been violated, Siler | ~was held

UNAVA interprets | th. action

di- |

of eduealion: the Rev.'C. W.
Kelly, Pastor, Greenwood Baptist Church; E. W. Rams:y,.director, commercial dieteics; R
R. Moten Jr., purchasing agent;
Lt. Cecil White, ROTC; Dr.-J.
A. Kennedy, Vets hospital and
Local NAACP, G. L. Washington, former manzgger of Motor
field; G. B. Love. Phi Beta Sigma frat?rnity; Charles C, Dawson, artist; Capt. A. J. Neely,
alumni association; J. J. Flood,
pérsonne]l director; Dr. Joseph
H. Berry, Vets hosp! tal and, N.
A. A. GC: P.~ and T. W. Jones,
acting director, school of me
ehanical ~iwdustries. ~ ANP.

"Let Contract
|For Harlem
Houses

NEW. YORK ~- ANP ~ Construction of the seventh of New
York~s permanent housing projects this year was assured
when,.~last we2k; four contracts
were awarded for the Abraham

of the federal authorities. ~to be!
an attempt to discourage any
sympathetic
white and Negro veterans who
are fightivmg the scourage of
lynching,~ and is asking. that
contributions in defense of -Siler
be sent to 2143 Ave., New York
City.

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HOLLYWOOD ~ ANP ~Citation of the United Nation~s
charter against racial discrimination was the basic argument
here last weck by three promin2@nt vradio,. screen and stage
stars in a restrictive cuvenant
fight before the State Supreme
Court.

Moving to block eviction from
their ~sugar hill~ homes, Hattie

McDaniel, Louise Beavers and
Ethel. Wat2?rs were joined by
more than 30 Negro. property

owners in petitionirg the court
not to reverse a/ lower court
ruling in their favor on Dec. 7,
1945, by Judge Thurmond Clark.
Judge Clark ruled that the racial claus? in deeds was unconstitutional.

Entertainers Cite UN Charter in
Restrictive Covenant Fight

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Their lawyer, Loren~ Miller,
said ~the UN charter is a trea~ty which has. the~ effect of Jaw.~:
Kenneth Kearney. representing
eight white property owners,
contertded that the restrictive
covenant was. constitutional because it was based ~ on tradition
and the right of private ~contract.

The ~sugar hill~ aren here is
the West Adams district, once a
highly exclusive rés.dential vicinity which boasts of inary luxurious miarions,. and has bécome the home in reeent ~yeurs
for many prorminent~ Negro - cit~zens. Pie ~suprente~ court took
the case under submission afte:

solidarity. between |, erected in Harlem.

| ward went to the H. R. H..|Struction company,~

Lincoln houses, 14 building, low,income project of. the New York

City Housing authority to be. The contracts amount to a
total of $9,130,250. Th2 project,
which will house 1,286 families,
will be located between Fifth
and Park avenues and between
132nd and 135th streets. The
site has already ben cleared.

The general construction aConwhich~/ was
the low~ bidder at $7,296,000.
Two corttracts, one for heating
and. ventilating at $461,677 and
for: plumbing at $1,048,573, were
awarded to Parobo ~Brothers.
Electrical works will be by the
Are Electric company and their
contract was for $324,000.

The four contracts comprise
most of the construction costs of
the project.

The houses are ~supposed to
be ready for occupancy in 1947.

Louis Backs
USO Drive

NEW YORK.~ ANP -- USO

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national, headquarters has ~just

Jj released a statement from cham
pion, Joe Lowis in which he
Hives his support to the current $19,000,000 - appeal. The
statement reads: -
~T~ve had: many big fights in

alon2. That~s the fight that every

| Americar? must make to pre
serve the peace and to build a
better world. We must all get in
the fight together to keep the
USO going for our boys still in
Service.. We. must. all fight to
k#ep our Community chests filléd so that our boys and girls
and their families will have a
better way of life. Let~s - keep
slugging to. -get the USO. its money and to fill the Community
chests.~: oo

In. most cities, Community
~chests are ingliding USO in
their appeal for local health and
welfare agencies. In cities where
USO is not included in the
chests, and throughout rural sectiotig ~of. thé couiitry, USO is
eonducting its owh fund-raising
campaigns,

The seientific ingenuity, patience
and skill of the Chinese were re.
vealed _ahew on @ receit yovernment mission to the Orient. If ~ visit to a Chinesé ~ity ftainvis the jast
2,000 years for brine wells, Chinese
were seen drilling dee; wells ~ror
rag afi fatiral gas. Taé interest

aspect is that. they. have 6
trated to depths of 3,500 to 4, 000 fees
willibut ~ afiy metal equipment except
the cutting edge of a dri. They are
asing and have used, for hundreds

of years, drilling methods dévéloped
independently in America..

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Textbook Bias Hit by Educators:

| | At Annual Meet; Ask Revi

WASH NGTON ~ ~AN
requisit? _ for creating 2 world
place is the Fevision of~ textiene and other teaching materials used in schools. and collepes throughout the world. acescding to the National Commis-:
sion on Educational, Sci i2mtific
and Cultural cooperation, at the
close of its four-day meet here,
recently. Attended by educational, stientific ~afid cultural
leaders of the country, the com
| niscion -askid. that a conference

' Nations

ke ealled im 1947 by the United,
Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural organization, to go}
into the entire textbook iob-.
lern.

"This is the ~first time definite

~laction has béén taken toward

revising textbooks, though other | of
educational pedics~ ~fiave~ portdered the. question previously. The
commission. proposes that com
mitiees be. set up to prepare;.

model. t2xtbooks.. and:
school~ matérialg~ that would
meet the international - ~riteria
established by UNESCO. Toward
this end, thé commission has
directed the U. S. delegation to
~UNESCO. meeting in, Paris. Nov.
19, to take ~prompt and. decis-; ti
ive stéps~ to. cairy out the. revision pla, _

~The educators deetaver that
many. textbooks used in school
systems throughout.. the world
are nationalistic, biased and exhort the militaristic and. war
spirit.. According to Dr Alexander J Stoddard, superintendent

"of schools in Philadelphia, from

40 to 75 per cent of 'the material im Japanese textbooks had
to be deleted by the U S. army
while those of other lands were

the ring and I~ve won. But there |; 1i8 a fight that Gannot be won

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The * andlysis~'a ion of
textbooks would sot,. limited
to history, imaftuals, Se would
includ: all subjects, ~particularly
geography, civics, foreign language and literature. ~Positive
action~ to encoprage production
of books acceptable all over the
world shotiid~ actompatiy attempts to eradicate war spirit
and national bias ~material from
the books.:

At the same tity: the commissions recommended, that a
committee of experts be set up
to study means. of improving
education. as an, aid in developing international understanding.
First hand observation _in the
peachinig fiéid to~ ascertain the
actual processes whereby minds

of ~hildren aid ddults aré turned toward war dr peace, would
be the primary meee of the
experts:
Among othe. ~ prOgratt that

ths commission utged. be handled uy UNESCO was ~~ forme
ddsivation ~dnd ofte is teaching
of! interrfational relatidns. at ufiversity level for | 1947, together
and evalua
with the exchang?
other sons to

moting | eace
ward this hg UNESC
promote ~scientific. ~education ~at
an adequate ~level. in all eountries. and all sciences. 8;
schools, colleges. anid universities were urged to~ participate in
the program of /stiontifie~ stydy
in devastated areas. This would
develdp ifective international
couperation ~hetween ~Scientists
and_.all teachers of seignge, acbisiead to the comment,

Hampton Recruits Four to Help
With Largest Enrollment in Hiecy~

HAMPTON mondo ~
ANP ~ To ease the. load of the
largest student enrollmertt in its
history, Hampton institute has
added four new associate professors to its faculty, it was announced here last week. The
fall _ term, opened with an enrollment of more, than I 1900
Studertts.

The new appointzes were Mrs.
Hariett E. Hale,. business; _Dr.
Helen B.. Goetsch, home econo
mics; Miss Carol Blanton. music, and Dr. Fritz C. Neumann,
history.

Mrs. Hale, a native of 'Nashville, is a magna eum laude
graduate of Fisk university, holder of ay M. A. degree from
Columbia university, and has
done advanced graduate work at
Columbia Teachers~ college and
the New School.-for Social research, New York. She taught
at A. and I. State college, NaShville,~ for 31 years, and is the
widow of the late president.

The associate~ professor. in
home economics,Dr. Goetsch, is
a cum laude graduate of Whitewater Teachers~ colleg2?. She received an M. A, degree from
Marquette university and a Ph.
D. from Columbia urtiversity in
educational ~ economics. Under
scholarship grants. she participatid in workshops at Harvard.
and Chicago universities, and is
a contributor to the Journal of
the National Educational association amd other professional publications. Dr. Goetsch formerly
taught at Rufus King High
school, -Malwaukee, Wis:, ~. i:
_ An European_ Ph, _D., degree,
summa, cum laude, ~is held by
Dr. Neumann, who studied a
the Universities of Kiel, Jena anc

man of the department,

ithe road.

~cilities throu;

and chairman of the eonimunication center; Dr. William W.
S. Claytor, professor of mathematics; Dr. Emile N. Hooker,
professor of agricultural ~econo?
mics and agronomy; ~and ~ Dr.
Edward R.~ Miller, associate prof
essor of ~ applied religion~ and

~the social st*+~ices;~ afid~* ciei?
bay

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Builds $50,000
Hotel for ~
Race Visitors.

MERIDIAN, Miss.: ~ ~ANP: ~
A new 30-rdonr Negro hotel has
been built by E. F. Young, Jr.,
cosmetic manufacturer, at | ~a cost
of $100,060 | to accomodate visitors to this city of approximately 18,000.

~While this. may. not. be- a:
large hotel, it~s about:the most
modern of its ~kind in the cotfh
Hrs

try,~ said Youttg/ ~I ~have~ trav
eled extensively: and have many
representatives of ~my~ manufaeturing ~* etre, on

~Being familiar ith the -

adequate h oe

[ thogght Jt would. gh ys
tical idea to build: a~ nod
tel+ in ty own,.home town s
that.any one Visiting. Metidian
might enjoy the. last, ~word | in
comfort and convenience at th?
Young hetel.~ an

Private Vaths; ' télephones,~ ta
dios.gnd hot and cold water are

ee of the 80 ~rooms. Mrs.
Young Jt, directs the
Young Beauty school with the

Hamburg. Author of the article| assistance of her daughter, Lois.

~About the~ Collapse | of, the,
French Republic~ which ~
ed in the Moderh Languag3 jour
nal, he formerly taught in the}
University of Hamburg and other institutions of higher education in this country, coming 10
Hampton from ~ North. Shote
-Courttry Day school, Winnetka,
Ill.

Spelman college graduate Car-:
61 Blanton, holds the distinction~

of bing the first person qualify~ing for an M. ~. degree from
the Institute of Musical Art of
the Julliard School of Music,
New York. Since 1936;. she ~has
been a member of, Dillard universitv~s faculty.She purSudd

private piano study after réceiv-|~

ing her M. S. degree in 1940.

Previously,.Hempton | institute}:
added other faculty members in; J

anticipation of 4 record enrollment. These
Hawkins, deart of men; Dr. Hugh

M. Gloster, professor of Englist

inéluded ~Thomas!~

| mat, &
Levolent association's *
the Meridiar Echo,

newspaper.

a weekly
a park, swimming
pool, churches, night~ clubs and
a number of other Negro business establishments, }

oe

fow through the electrie light os
a lamp table.

$7.50 Profit? |