Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 36]

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~ BATURDAY, ROVE ee 1946

Dramatists Join Move ti
Break Theatre Race Ban

WASHINGTON ~ ANB~Ad
dional pressure was applied to. local theaters here last week. when 33 noted dramatists joined the current movement to
break the jim crow ban against
Negroes.

~They agreed to sign contracts
for ~their plays to appear here
only if there is to be rfo race
segregation ~practiced on either side ~of the footlights.~ Ac
knowledging protests against
the barrnig of Negroes from
legitimate theaters hore, -they

said:

~We suprort this protest even
ifjitdesgs to the boycotting of
cS Own plays.~

T{:anwhile an economic boy=. ~ boing mapped against the
i: onal theater by. the Comrites: for Racial democracy following a reply from Marcus

t

F-imgn, New York lessee of |
the atiditorium where Walter!
Huston jis appearing in ~Apple

of H's Eye,~ that he could not
do any:hing about lifting
racial bars at the National.

the,

~We
tion,~ he wired the committe-,
~and we alone cannot remedy
it. It shouli be enang2od by
legislation or educat:on.~

employed
to crack

Sirategy
committee
against
~urchase blocks of *&
~App*>:of His Eye~ then
them over to a mixed grove
-O us?.: The theater has been re
fusing admission amd making
refunds, which has been admit-; costly,

wy

by

jim eére

rvont drive against
Nugrves from local theaters
weeks ago at tho
~Joan of Lorraine,~
duc

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ii Anderson pre
| rid Bergmen.
| "acer auditerium ~ fer

~ashing'on university.!
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ment 23a jim. crow..cpread |
to the National theater, with
prospects 1 may include local

f move housesy

One World Book Club
Selects ~Southern Exposure~

NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ What,

Stetsan> ~Kennedy has put between the covers of ~Southern
Exposgyre~ (Doubleday) is a
hard-hitting, dynamic ~- writing
job; ~devoid of preachment and
preachmen and blessed with a
southern accent that téls its
understandable fashion of the
anti-democratic forces that are
determined to ~keep the Negro
in his place.~

The volume _,recently published and given a rave by Walter Winchell, has been designated the November selection of
the One World Book club, the
organization which features
books by and about Negroes.

Perhaps one of the real virtues. in ~Southern Exposure~ is
that the statemertts contained in
it Are~ well documented and the
courses have in the majority of
instances, been southern files
and records. It is written by~ a
southerner whose grandfather
fought for the Confederacy, and
who has lived 30 years in Dixie..

What ~historical data there is
finds similar authertication, and
is tied in so. completely with
current happenings that -the
links.and inferences of an organized network is inescapable.

Kennedy~s discussion of the Ku
Kluk Klan, for example. g0es
back to its inception and comes
right down to today when the
state of Georgia is seeking to
curb the organization through
tax suits and charter revocation.

Names by the carload are a
part of the book and in many
instances serve to cauSe raised
eyebrows. ~Kennedy shows that
all that happens in the south
is not without some inspiration
and financial support trom
northern interests. He nevertheless considers that the south
is the nation~s. ~pathological~
problem No. 1.~

The author has assembled. a
mass of material exposing the
~economic, ~ political and_ social
enslavement of Negroes in the
south, all dorfe under ~modern~
techniqhés>"and using new labelss Beeause of th2 cycle effects of the whole system, he
calls it a ~misery go ~ round~.

~Southern Exposure,~ because
of its highly authenticated chararter, will stand well up on the
list of books dealing with
America~s treatment of its largest minority. It will be hard to

challenge.

Josephine Baker Gets Plenty Offers
For Marriage-But from 30 Yr. Olders

By Edgar A. Wiggins

PARIS ~ ANP ~ The quest
for an American Negro husband, gonducted by Miss Josephine,,Baker, celebrated - international singing-dancing _ star,
ahd the writer, brought a conside rable number of air mail
replies here last week. Though
all-'were interesting and impressive, the only catch was
that they were from men in
their 30~s and Miss Baker wants
to: marry a man not less than 40

years ~oid.

Terming herself as ~an old
woman, and the ulgiest one: in
the world~ (which is, of course,
far from true), she
her delight in learrfing that so
many good and serious men in
America are so quick and willing to marry her.~ She plans

to amswer évery candidate~s
letter, if possible.
However, she is still await-}

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ATLANTA ANP ~

expressed~

Clark Howell Foreman, president of the Southern Conference
for Human. welfare, told~ the
Hungry club of Butler Street
YMCA last week that ~the
south is not the economic problem number one of the nation
beeause of natural resources or
because of inferior
but because the people of -the
south have never been allowed
to come together and work out
their: problems.~

Speaking on ~The White Group
In. The South,~ Dr. Foreman
pictured the white child of the
south as being subjected to such
confusions of thofight that it is
almost impossible for him to

grow up sane~ and rational about:

the Negro race. Foreman said
that white people seem to forget that since some 80 per cent
of Negroes have white blood in
the south, ~some of us are kindred people.~:

The speaker pointed out that
a large. perceniaga of white
children receive nursing by Ne
groes, some being suckled by
them, but as soon as they are
old enough to be taught anything, they are instructed that
there is a difference in home
environment of the races. Taught
Curistianity, the white child

goes to church to find no Negroes there. Taught democracy,
they are sent to war to fight
for something, but return home
to find that it does not exist
|and that the Negro ~must be
kept in his placc.~

Even inferior working conditions are accepted by white
workers rather

mixed workers, Dr.

conditions,

SAYS SOUTH NOT
ALLOWED TO
SOLVE PROBLEMS

it had been decided that the

than tolerate |

-the meeting of a mixed group.

Foreman} be a human being.~

said. ~Society, from the beginning of the child born in the
south, does everything to warp
and distort his mind about, the
true picture of human problems,~ the speaker asserted.
The Welfare Conference head
said that as an Atlanta boy he
had to go to London before
knowing about the Interracial
Commission which was_ started
here and had been going for a}
number of years. It was there
that Dr. Foreman decided this
was the group he wanted to
work with. He said further that
~T always like to talk of things
as related to human beings rather than racial, for the other
group so often uses the racial
angle as an excuse for its fail-| -
ure: to~dorsomethirg~ that: wouta| ~
better conditions for all.~ f
Pointing to the first meeting
of the Southern Conference for
Human welfare, Foreman said
mecting would have no segregation, but when 1,500 people
from all over the south met,
Birmingham city officials brought
cut some old ordiances against

He said,
ference

however, that. the consince has held meetings for eighty years and ir every meeting, no matter where
held, there has never beer any
segregation and that there are
Negro and white officers in all
State organizations throughout
the south. Quite often the conference or those working with
it are labeled communists, Dr.
Foreman poinfed out, but.addfd that to be ~called a communist in the south usually
means that you are trying to

James Baskett Sup reme

In ~ Song of The South~

ATLANTA ANP~ ~ Walt;

Disney's ~Song of the South~
was hailed hera last week as
bringing a new spirit of tolerance and undertaking between
the races in America~s tense
melting pot

Some 5,000 persons who
crowded the Fox theatre for
the world premier November 12
sang the priises of James Baskett, who played the part. of
Uncle Remus, the character immortalized by the pen of Joel
Chandler Harris.

Although the story was laid
in a southern plantation, antiquated locale somewhat obnoxious to the aspirations of a people getting away from slavery
time, setting~the film brought
tears and laughter alike from
Negroes and whites who thril~led to the surperb performance
of Baskett and other stars, together with Disrfey~s animations.

Baskett was supreme. Although not invited to the premiere, as were the other principal stars of the first~ livé-action feature, Baskett was there

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in the film. The knowledge of
his not being asked to participate in the premier and receive
the glories attached to a first
night. showing disgusted many
Atlantans of both races. However, Baskett got the glory and
recognition as soon as his bearded and glowing brown face was
first shone On the Screen. He
took possession of Jowl Chartdler Harris~ home spun tales and
told them with such delightfulness to the accompaniment of
Disney~s animations that the
previewers of color forgot mo
mentarily the inference of an
outmoded dialect and ~old south |

way of life.

Brer Rabbit and the scheming-hungry fox came to life un
der Baskett~s vocalization and].

Dissey~s animations. The audience virtually rolled into the
isles as. Brer Rabbit outsmarted
the fox and his partners, Brer
Bear. @

The film climax brougnt tears
to Atlanta~s previewing audience. Mayor William B. Hartsfield, presiding at star presentation,said he would be bitterly

disappointed if Baskett failed
to get a Moton Picture Acade- |
my award for his portrayal p ~|
Uncle Remus. His view =f

City Offical

2

~ATLANTA ~ ANP ~< ~ ~The
Fulton County Commission last
week fired John Cramer, white
head of the County Sanitary
department, ort charges of ~usurious practices with Negro employes..

The charges. were preferred
and prosecuted by Commissioner J. H. Aldredge. Aldredge, a
mew commissioner) hatred
Crase with signing names of
Negro employes to the ~county
pavrcll, signing their names to
their pay checks, cashing the
checks,deducting morey lent
py im at 20 per cent and larging interest, giving them the
remainder.

Aldredge said he believed
Cremer was a victim of circumstances and understood that
ein when he became head

the _.departm

Te sath depart!
formerly. followed...

In his attempted psp innintiog,
Crane, long-time. county employe and. former. policeman,
said he lertt money to Negro em
ployes, but that he charged in
terest only when~he had to get
them out of jail. H eadmitted
that he signed their names to
checks, but said he did so only
because the Negroes couldn~t
write.

Later in the hearing, however, evidence was produced
to show that at least one of the

employes whose name Crane
admitted signing was able to
write.

Crame said further We had at
the present approximately $800
outstanding im loans to employes.

Aldredge reported ~that other employes of the ~sanitary gdepartment: also engaged: in) money,

| lending.

Commissiqner Ellis Barrett
stated he thought the: investigation explained why the sanitary
department had $0 much~ ~difficulty keeping employes.

~The probe grew out of. alleged discrepancies found, by.
County Auditor Jarnes~L.' en
in demands for ~

pension fund and. units cred
~ited to employes~ of ee sarfitary

department in that fund.~ The
findings were turned over to
Commissioner pects who in
turn sought Q

county police and Got
Harold Sheats.

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echoed around the south which
seems pleased with the picture.

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Cver 30,000 |
Protested |
aa 3

inom ce Massacre

ATLANTA ~ANP~ Azcord~ng to Turnér-R. Smith; chief
of the Civil Rights section of
the U. S. Depariment of justice,
c:tizess from every section of the
nation sent over 30,000 telegrams and letters in protest
Walton county m-ssacre
last July and demanded that
f deral action be taker against.
thos: respons~ble. Th's was the
larg:st number of protess ever
r epived by the~ d=partm>nt of
justice in reecn; years, hn: said.
As principai

guest sptakérs

of the Southern Reg:ona! coun
cil. which was held at Ailan~a

univers~ty, Atty. Smith, a native
of: Albany, Ga., explained his
past inte2rest
but said that the civil rights
statutes were to protect rights

tions rather than by individuals. |
He declared, however, ~if we;
~}sit idly by and let organized
groups take the law in.
~}own hands, we don~t know who
they will get next.~

In answer to a question in
reference to Negroes being denied the right to vote in primagries where there are no state
laws governing them, Mr. Smith
said there would probably be no
criminal prosecution until after
the courts have established the
law,

Participating in the council
meeting were President Paul D.
Williams, of Richmond, Va., who
presided and gave a report on~
council activities and aims;
Guy B. Johnson, who gave a
review of the year~s work; H.
L. Trigg, associate executive
director, who spoke on ~Looking
Ahead~; Mrs. M. E. Tilly and
Mrs. Henry Heavens, field secretaries; George S. Mitchell, director of the veterans service
project, ir. Rufus E.Clement,
president of Atlanta university,
and Marion A.- Wright.

~Williams continued as _president of the council,..while P. B.
Young of Norfolk, Frank W:
ypencer, of Savannah, and Carter~ Wesley, of Houston, continue
as vice presidents. |

Butts Head
Against Jail

Wall: Dies

ATLANTA ~ ANP ~ Apparently haunted by the memories of the woman he slew
recently, Frank Lowe, 32 reportedly butted his head against
the wall in his cell at the Atlanta Police station Inst week
and died of gthe injuries.

A police station inmate tala
officers that. he heard the | vietim butting his head azainst
the wall and sexclaiming. that
Miss Margaret..Bates, the girl
he killed last month, was in the
cell with him. Lowe allegedly
shot the Batés woman with a
shotgun after they got into~ an
agrument over.,another womav.
He had claimed originally that:
the decéased started ~tovrard
him with a knife.

Presented in

7 PARIRIE VIEW. Tex. ~ANP
liowing. its annual custom
of ~pres~nting an outstanding
ug Of Prairie View Colbefore. the student and
faculty of tne ~school, the local
pe club presented Mrs.
Mamie Reed Lee, class. of ~39,
in a song recital here last Sun
ee,

4 diy. The alumni is headed by
e| Dr. E. M.: Norris.

Mrs. Lee, who was rated dur
her school years with the
t, gave offerings in French,
English, Spanish, and German.

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EARL B. DICKERSON ~ President of the National Bar Asso- |
its -annual~ meeting will be held in
Detroit, Nov. 29-Dec. 1. Maesures to secure a strong antilynch bill, a permanent fair

employment practice act and an
anti-poll tax law while fight
ing restrictive covenants are
among the issues the: association

which~ ineludes most, of ~the
nation~s Negro! lawyers, ~will
discuss. d Ais

Alabama~s Old Governor

Backs Southern Jim Crow

~MONTGOMERY, Ala. ANP ~
Southern. anti-Negro jim crow
was wholeheartedly backed ~by
Gov. Chauncey. Sparks, outgoing. chief-executive gf the ~state,
Monday in -reply,;, to questions }
by white newspapermerm,...).
~ ~Absolute > segregatiio ni nie
whites and Ne grogs,.is_esse
tial in the outh, 42 GeCH
and elaimed Alabama's new, Voting restrictions would. prevent
political strife between ~a Negro and a white party.~ ~

Sparks, soon to be replaced
by. Gov.-elect Jim Folsom, said,
~any effort from outside or inside the: south to propagandize
one race against the other on
the basis of false issues, uwnobtairrable statutes; and. undesirable relationship will always be;
harmful.

~Tolerance does not mean
that we will accept any people
unconditionally and~in every as~On
the other hand; tolerance means,
and I hope some day will be
recognized by our northern
friends (if we can call them
friends), as am agreeément to a

realistic: basis of adjustment of
things that God and nature
have made so different.

~The white man can be the
friend of the Negro, and vice
versa. He can live beside the
Negro, he can encourage the
Negro, and vice versa. He can
see that he gets justice, education, better health, home life,
environméntal conditions, and}
yet not be dubbed an intolerant
because he recognizes the necéssity of segregation and of no social equality, and a careful protection of our electoral franchise. If these things be intolerance, then intolerance becomes |
the greatest shield of seit

fense.~

In New York, Walter White,
executive secretary.,of:the..N,
AAKC.P., saidsi.:~ ~iiv: j
~ ~No intelligent 4 person | reither
neice or: fears there will. be

- ~Negro: political | blog~ exdépt -
ion. issues: hes Hate bere ah anti
Pkt bee Ragusa: sprigs

who would deny. even~ rudimentary justice: to iggrigse ~because
they dre Negroes.?):) sl sain
Sparks also par opposition
from Hermart G. Canady; professor of~ psychology: ~at~ West
Virginia State college, in an
open letter the following day.
Canady challenged the part of
the governor~s letter that said
~Negroes and whiies can liv2
together peacefully and harmoniously only if they récogriize
that ~absolute segregation~ is the
~first essential of | ~a workable
racial ~society.~: a
~The American Negro will
never accept. absolute.or any
other degree ~of segregation,~
Canady wrote, ~and you either
know or ought to know that.
right is more _ pracious than
peace. He will fight along with
others: for the.. thing. carried
nearest the hearts of all Americans ~ the realization of the.
dream of our founding fathers;
~the dream of a land in which
life should be better and riché
er and fuller for every~ man,
with opportunity ~for.each ae
cording to his_., ability. and
achievement; ~the dréam of a
social order in which ~dach than
and each woman shall be able
to attain the fullest stature of
which they.:are innately capabls, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of race,color, or~ treed.~

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Lawyers~ Wives
To Visit..
Ford Village.

DETROIT ~ ANP.~ A. visit
to Greenfield village city of
Henry Ford in Dearborri, will
be on the tourimg list of the
Detroit lawyers~ wives of.the
National Bar association.

Many women who accompany
their husbands.to the national
bar meeting November 29, 30,
amd December 1, will be entertained by the: wives of: the local lawyers~ organizations,. Final plans were mz deat the home
- Friday
as follows:

Ist day. Wives ~and Fictds of
visiting lawyers will. leave at
12:30 p.m. for Greenfield village: ~There will be a~ cocktail
party at the Omega house in

~chairman of

ry

Detroit, from 5~ pam, ~to 7 p.m.

~and: day." A bridge patty-ahd
luncheon will be given. at the *
Nacrieme ~lub from~ 1- p.m: ~to

9:30. There will be reception
at the Kappa ~Alpha [Psi house
eginning at 9.
Mrs.. Irene. Graves is chair
man of the women. She is assisted by Mrs. Ralph Osborne,

~bridge committee, Mrs. Allen
Bibb, Mrs.. Consuelo Smit _ orf
tours, - Mrs.- Rudella Smith,

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Atty. Jeanne Cole has been
liasion officer between the
association and ~ the ~wom
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