Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 45]

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SATURD AY, JANUARY 25. 1947 -

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BURIES
PET DOG

STREET Gait

ALIVE

WILMINGTON, N. C.~ ANP
~ William Henry, 64, will have
Six-months of hard labor on
public roads here to cont~émplate
his mistake of burying a pet
dog- alive while in a drunken
fit. of anger.

According to Henry's testimony after he had been arrested
last Saturday night. he had been
mad.with his dog ~~~because he
hed ben ste aling chickens.~
_ H7 admitted burying the dog
alive.

mebolice found ie helpless animI" in Henry's, back yard, the
front,part of the dog~s bod:
covered with sand which chock
ed.chis mouth and throat Th:

Pubiicity for Herald Pictures.
~ne..and her secretary,
lacy, siart the publicity camvaign on ~Boy! What A Girl!~~,
irst of the twelve All-Star pro-,OU SWARZ, director of Negro}

Wanda |

ductions to be made by Herald
Pictures and now ready for release. Lou is.a talented actress
and will probably appear in
some of the pictures she publici
dog's: ~body bor2 no marks of:
blew- and was: still warm |

taken from the hole. Arrest

officers testified that airy | M AY SUE FOR.

was perceptibly under the in- |

Thithée* of whiskey when ar- | CHICAGO ~ = ANP ~ Top!

arrested. _ | Urban League officials here face

ook es: {damage suits on the ousting of
~ aoe A. L. oster, former executive

secretary of the local branch of
the Urban league, last summér.
Grounds for the suit are being
studied now by his attorneys,
Foster revealed last week.

Those to be involved are Earl
Earl B. Dickerson. president of
~he local Urban league branch;
Miss Sara Southail, Joel
Hunter, Dr.

framed the report that resulted
in Foster~s ouster, representatives of the Community fund,
Council of Social agencies and
Association of Commerce.
Foster denied a local newspaper story that said hea sought
| reinstatement as executive secretary of th2 _Urban ~League
branch here, ~I have formally

P. |
McMillen, the Uni- |
versity of Chicago educator who |

-QUSTED ) URBAN LEAGUE HEAD

DAMAGES

asked those organizations s~eeking a reorganization of the league~s board of directors to refrain from al lactivities which
~could be construed to ~mean I
am seekng reinstatement,~, he
said.

A member ~of the board of di
_|rectors of the Supreme Liberty.

Life Insurance company, the
former Urbarr League executive
secretary is now conected with
the National Investors corporation of which Col. Richard
~Dick~ Jones is vice president
and general manager.

Foster was am insurance salesman before becoming an Urban
league executive. In. Columbus,
O., he organized the Adelphi
Loan and Savings comparty and
and was part owner of the
Favorite Music shop which distributed Pace phonograph rec
ords.

"soins ror? vatuey rac.| International Workers Order Opens

ULTY: Announcement has been
made by President C. V. Troup
of the- appointment of Dr. Hillard~wA:: Bowen as registrar of
the Fort Valley State College.
A graduate of Wilberforce, Dr.
Bowen received ~the M. A. and
Ph.D. degrees from Ohio State
university. A native of Oklahoma he has served as instructor
in education, dean of men and
director of personnel at Langston university. He succeeds Harold ~Alexander, acting registrar,
who will emter Iowa State university: for graduate study.

Community House

By Gladys P. Graham

~NEW!: YORK~- ANP ~ The
International Workers order under the guidance of Samuel Patterson, chapter president, opened Sclidarity house, here this
week. It is the first center to
be established in a pNegr 9 community in the United States by
an interracial fraternal sccicty.

The order is a ~rogressive,
fraternal benefit socicty of Ne4gru and white membership dedicated.to the cause of equality,
security, democracy and interracial unity, Mr. Patterson toid
ths reporter. It also provides its
membership with low-cost, _ co|operative life insurance and
sick benefits. It is operated. by
Harlem Lodge 691 for the benefit of its members, their children
and the community at large.

The buidirg houses a huge
| auditorium, cafe, office facilities
and club rooms for its 1,590
members, The center according
to Mr. Patterson will be devoted to social, cultural, recreational and community welfare.

Pecan Fillings, Poor filling of pecans usually is
flue to damage from insects or Jiseases of. both. Frequently, however, |
huts on~lower branches aré not as
Well developed as those on other
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Rev. Clayton Powell Jr. and
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Rockwell Kent, noted artist and
Albert E. Kahn, author and IWO
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Solidarity huuse takes part in
all efforts to impreve the health housing and gerferal welfare
of Harlzm and jons in the campaign of IWO for health and
social security legislation and
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iy addition to Mr. Patterson,
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' Capi ial Interracial Group Says The

~Church Lags Behind Popular

WALH NGTIN ~. ANP ~
ehurch tiat Awl.
Christianity Into daily
chureh wh:ra all can com2, not
on'y es visitors but as members |
of one family; a church where
no one will fzel sirang-2 or cons>-cusus~~ is tie goal of a smal]
but determined interracial group
of Washirngton citizens.

On the first Sunday in March
of last yest, the group held its
initia] ~chur rch~? service at the
Friendly Cooperative house
where meetings have been held
since because of the fact that
they have no building of their
own. Thus far, no white church
has allowed them the use of its
facilities for afternoon services.

Undaunted is spirit, they beiieve that their ~~church without
bars~~ is a step in the right direction. ~~Since we all seek the
same thing, there is no reason
for bars,~~ stated. a member of
the group. ~This is the way the
church should ~have been all
along. We are almost 2,000 years
late, but we have made the
right start.~~

The-idea for the church came
life almost two years ago
when a committee called upon

Iving;

~Thinking in Stand on Segregation
| ~A Mr. Ulin? to protest the segr2 -translate | gztion policies
4a arena.

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long as the church2s and schoois
practi ion segregat: ion in the
District of Columbia, he saw no
reason why plec:s of amusement should rot do the same.
He argued that if segregation
xf the races were an evil, then,
by exampls, th echurches should
take the lead in correcting it.
As long as the churches contin
ted to uphold the policy of s2g--

regation, he told the committee,
he felt justified in doing hk2 -wise.

Although an intérracial, interchurch. fellowship service was
5eing held monthly ~by members of Protestant churches, the
group decided that there was
need for an intergroup church
as well. ~If God is truth,~ said
one member, ~~we thing alike
as we.think toward God. If we
think alike, there is no_ difference. Race does rot matter. Nationalism does not exist. If we

think toward truth, we must).

arrive at the same point;
cannot worship separately
truth.~

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ilk Leader Says Illiteracy
Among Race Over 25 Stands
At An Alarmingly High Rate

WASHINGTON ~ ANP

Figures taken from a recent na
| tionwide
ithe.Elks reveal that functional

~law standards of living,

survey condutted by

among adult Negroes
sterds at an alarmingly high
rate, and unless something is
done immediately to affect a
change toward literacy, Negroes
wil be unable to cope with the
advanced age of civilization.
This statement was made_ by
Judge William C, Hueston, Elks~
grand commissioner of educa
illiteracy

| tion, here Wedrresday.

~The real breakdown is that
41 per cent of all Negroes over
25 years old are functionally illiterate.~ said Judge Hueston.
~~~Appalling! It must be correct
~ed~ We had betted ~stop all/ of

our othér efforts and look after
this, for it is now known that
one ~cannot te functionally. illiterate and protect oneself in
this. civilization.~~

He pointed out that the term
~functiorval litcracy~~ does not
mz2an just the ability to read
and write one~s*own rfame, but
rather it embraces having a
thorough rudimentary education
which fits a person to-understand and cope with problems of

local, national and international!;

significance affecting the individual in any way or degree

~~Adult education is a deep
concern of IBPOE of W,~~ the declared. ~*The two out o fevery
five adult Negroes who cannot
read~ an dwrite well enough to
function ash members of out
compléx, -modern_ society, -retard the progress of all Negroes toward,, freedom, equality,
and justice. [literate adults usually have jobs with little pay,
little
voice in community affairs and
no vote in government,

~So the Elks~ department of
education, realizing that information for adults in our group
~s a must, is turning its whole
set-up in an effort to overcome
this greatest of ~handicaps so

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far as our race
he continued.

is concern-d,~

Judge Hueston is one of the
outstanding lawyers of the fast

generation, a lecture at the
Terrell Law school, and _ top
flight - Republican counsellor.

Under his directior, the educational department of the 6lks
has developed to such a- scope
that it has transformed public
opinion regarding the organization. Formerly a_ playboy,
rather sporty aggregation, it has
now become one of the strong
and vigorous fraterrial. groups,
and especially in the educational
field, has blossomed forth into
national prominence by its programs of granting aces
to Negro youths preparing for
careers in-divers fields pf endeavor. i

A two-prong program to combat adult illiteracy has been
evolved by Judge Hueston and
the educational department, One
part, designed to promote interest among people in the adult
education classes, has each lodge
and temple engaged in a 4-point
campaign of information, This
provides that adults can learn
whatever they -need to know;
new methods of teaching which
enable adults to acquire writing, readiyg and figuring skills
in a few months; future employment will reuire at least
rudimentary knowledge of the
three ~~R~s'~; and the best time.to learn is when an individual

|Special staff meeting

feels the need for education~

age.

-Educatior committees of~ lod>
ges and temples take the other
end of the program to discuss
needs for an adult literacy program with city and school officials, labor and community leaders. In addition, such things as
when classes -are already organized, the committees will undertake to encourage adult students

to attend; where they are not, to|

develop a program of action

_| with otner organizations in the |.

community and work up classes to begin im the fall of 1947.
Committees will check literacy

figures of each individual. city

and use findings a8 a basis for
ther operations.

11,581Job Seekers

Interviewed
CHICAGO ~ ANP ~ Sta
of the
Chicago Urban league here last
week, L. V. Williams reported
that 11,581 job seekers were in
terview2d at the league in 1946..

Williams pointed out that 6,741 job opportunities. were offered and that 6,345 persons
were referred to prospective employers.

Watch Humidity.

Several gallons of water a day

can and should be evaporated in the

typical house or apartment, Ex
tremely dzy air is bad for any furniture.

Rea: contended that as |

tice some of the. goodwill and

~training peple in public speak
sissippi~s Negro~ school children

whether. at 16. or 60 years of

SUCCESSFUL REALTOR:~Mrs. {A resident of Gary for ~eta past
Erma Hardaway, Gary, Indiana,|18 years, the wife of Wilbur
who recentiy was ~elected.a| Hardaway, widely known ~pomimber cf the Gary R2al Estate | litical leader,~ a native of Pittsboard, the first time a worhan! burgh, and the mother of two
and the first time a colored children, Mrs. Hardaway mainperson had even ~been named 'tains offices in the Roosevelt
by the 32 year old~ -organization. j theater building.

Detroit's Wayne University Holds
Classes to Fight Racism

DETROIT ~ ANP ~ In~ an;munity.None served to relieve
effort to put into actual prac- | the racial tension prevalent here
because it was not. attacked.at
its source.

Frequent requests, according
to the committee, had been~ sent
in by citizens all over the city
for some definite action-.along
the line of better récidl~ reTa
Minority group relations which
they have on paper, the Mayor's
Interracial committee is sponsoring educational classes at Wayne
university. here in cooperation
with the. adult education. divi
Sion of.the,.city schools, tions. Here the effort to train
The purpos> of the classes is;leaders in current methods in
to provide an opportunity for|intergroup relations and_ tech
niques in public speaking and
group discussion which can be
carried right to the heart of the
various sections of the city in
intergroup meetings.

group discussion of problems of
minor:ty group relations and the

ing and discussion -}l2adership.
Heretofore the work of tie inerracial committee has been,
im. the: main, making surveys,
drawing up reports and isSuing|direction of regular instructors
public statements on the state|of Wayne university and are
of race relations in the com-!open to the public. ~

Negro Education Hit Hardest
By Mississippi Jim Crow

CHICAGO ~ ANP ~ South- Yearly salary differentials. of
ern Negroes must accept. groSs; Negro and white teachers show
educational irfequalities, but Mis-| an average of $1,349 for whites
and $895 for Negroes. But the
widest gap jim salaries) of _white

The elasses will be -under the

aré the hardest hit.

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Harvard~ Ui

CAMBRIDGE, Masé=_ ANP~
~n an interview with spokesmen
for two liberal student organizations, W. J. Bender, Harvard
un.versity counseHor for veterans, stated that his office had
never discriminated against Negro appicants for admission to
Harvard. Although Mr. Bender
is~ responsible for veteran admissions only, and _ therefore
could not make no official -
statement on thé university ~admissions policy as\a whole,~ he
expressed complete * \ confdence
that there was no quot | i a
operating at Harvard.

When pressed for an pbs
tion of the very low numbér
Negro students: at Harvard, ' Mr.
Bender pointed out that very
few Negroes apply for admissién. This he attributed to the
existing social~ and economic
position of the ~Negro yee in
America,

The two students who interviewed ~ Mr:.Benter;- ~Harold
Bachman of the American ~Veteran. committee ~and (Harry
M=ndélsohn* of ~the Harvard~ Liberal union. are now drawing up
proposals to: ~present, to Aheir
dganizations ~dé coneéte measPures to raise ~the numbér of Negro. studerrts - Harvard.

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GREENSBORO, N. C. ~Be
cause of the increased opportinities now open. to Negroes in the
writing craft and field of jour
~nalism, the En lish Emphasis
Committee 4f*/ @nd~,? it cdllege, Greensbote: - 4 iQ! a> dats st

week announced several contests designated to stimulate interest in creative writing on the
part of students 6f the-~ollege.

Two hundred. dollars will b2
awarded in jBiesy

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and Negro. teachers is..in.~Mis-.'.
sissippi where the Negro bah
er receives a mere $343 ayexage!,
yeirly salary agalrist $1,107~ for
whites.

-Recent statistics on education
in the United States, based on
a biennial survey of the~U. &.
Office of Education for the
years of 1942-1944, constitute
a general indictment against the
jim crow educational system of
17 southern~ states, but a particular indictment - against the
state of Mississippi.

None of Ahe 2,827:565, Negro
schoo] children in th2 17 southern states listed in the biennial
report ~emjoy. educational opportunities with the 8,915, 305 white
children, Nor do the 66,553 Negro: teachers receive the same
annual pay as the 245,629 white
teachers, the survey disclosed.

a ems gos ae

Mississippi Negro schoo? children constittte 51.5 per tent of
the state~s school ~population: between the ages of five and 17
y2ars old, but must* get along
with less teachers than are supplied whites, which compose
the 48.5 per cent. According to~
~th record, 9,188 teachers. are
assigned to teach 296,961 white
children compared to 6,499. teach
ers for the 314,787 Negro students.

Based on days, the pebles
school term for Negro. chi
in the 17 southern states is
against 178.5 for whites.
Siss ppi again leads in this type
of discrimination by alloting a
130-day term for.Negroes and a
165.5-day term to white~ children..;;

-*-| The scale of racial discrimin| atiort~ shdws* that Georgia, Ark
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Congress~ Lawyer
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_ NRW YOR ANP ~ A
Salute to~ ~ President Roa: -velt
~is ~to ~be ~héld by = the * Peo)
Radio foundation in the Ville
}% commemorative: documentary
tribute written shortly afier his
death which tells of the fight
for democracy. Along with it
will be the presentation of the
~Four Freedoms,~ narrated by
Gordon Heath, youthful dramatic star. of. *Degp., Are, the
Roots.~~ sein:

Old Fats Waller
Recording Cut ~
By Victor~.

Victor has finally been able
to wangle thé rights of recording of Ain't. Missbehavin~ made
for the 20th Century Fox troupe,
~Stormy Weather,~ by the late
great Fats Waller and~a group
of stars. It~s available now on
a 12 inch platter and its shows

~amsas and South Carolina bring
up the vanguard~ Georgia pays
white. teachers $1,123 but pays
Negro teachers. only $515, year>ly; Arkangas~ 5 annual? ~te

salaries shows $924 | for whites
against~ $555 for Negroes, whilé~
South Carolia pays white teachers. a yearly salary of $1,203
compared to $61~ for Negroes.

A steady climb. toward equal

educational _ opportunities for: ~| scutherr~ Negrues was, noted in
Miss Pauli Murray a member of the | the gradual extension of the
ieaal ee vce Commission on Law | average school term within the

ah Action e American | past 2 Fr. i
chp Congress, won the 1946 Made- seid in reise fa renal
iselle Merit Bite for signal ~ scnoo.

pe ievement in A graduate of | term in a7 southern - states ~

lengthened to ~33'- ~days in 1943"
and 1944. Ascording, to the sur-?
vey, Statistids beheve the gouth~s
claim that Negro childrem can
receive equal educational opportunities in a -~ _cTrow school
system. ~op i

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~oward University nag school and recipient of a Rosenwald Felavenip.
Miss Murray was temporary De
Attorney General for the State of Cali.
fornia before joining the staff. of the
American Jewish Congress to aid in its |
campaign against racial disctimination.

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