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BIAS COMPLAINT BRINGS
DISi#ISSAL FROM LIBRARY

__NEW YORK ~ ANP ~ In aj
Case believed to*be without pre-|;,~edent in New York state, Victor
~, Grant Backus has filed action
_~, With the State Commission
Against discrimination against
~the.Breoklyn Public library,._gharging dismissal from the library~s employ because he
_ brought to SCAD~s attention discriminatory practices by the B.
BI:" Mr. Backus who, although. white,
~attended -a southern Negro college
- in connection with his sociological
~; Studies, complained to SCAD last
' February that he had been questioned at length regarding his
prior to beihg hired on a
e-anbstitute basis and again when
~be onplied for permanent appointio ment.;
~+s His complaint also alleged seg-. ~regation cf Negro personnel in
ae ~ ~branches located in Negro neigh-.borhood and pointed out that the
~library employed not a single Ne~gro graduate librarian, whereas
the New York Public Library, a
separate system, has numerous
~~Negro libarians in all categories
in its employ, including branch

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On April 18 SCAD sustained
Mr. Backus~.complaint, after

thorough investigation, charging
#~Bolation of the law on various
sounts. The library was ordered
prcen, $A change the wording on its
tmployment application forms, to
instruct its hiring executives to, tomply fully with the state law
* ~against discrimination, and to
peek; actively~ qualified prospects~ for al lemployment categories, without regard to race,
creed or national origin.

The library answered SCAD~s
orders after consultation with its
board of trustees and with the
local advice of Paul Windels,
former city corporation counsel
and a library trustee, by firing
Mr. Backus on May 23 without
notice on the grounds that he is
a S~trouble-maker.~

_: Complaints have been filed with
* SCAD and Mayor William O~~- ~Dwyer has heen notified of the
library~s action. The NAACP has
expressed ~extreme interest in
the case~ and is expected, together ~with other organizations,
to press~ for immediate action. '

Mr. Backus said,.*~ I-saw a GI
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bus, Ga. and I saw a veteran,
hardly out of his teens, killed in
cold blocd by an Atlanta streetcar conductor because he had slipped by without pawing his far>
But I consider these infamous
deeds no more criminal and harm
ful to orderly society than the
lnily lynching that takes place
in th2 north against Negroes an<
advocates of full democracy by
soactionary employers and gouging landlords who, if they could
would transplant southern culture patterns to the. north for
their own evil advanage,~

Mr. Backus emphaz3ized that h:had nothing personal to = gain
~belonging to no minority but th:
that practices democracy,~
but that he felt a ~social obligation~ to press. for a through house
cleaning in the administration of
of the Brooklyn Public library.

Mr. Backus, who is 25 years old
resides in the Stuyvesant section
of Brooklyn. He is the nephew
of President Roosevelt~s wartime
special envoy, C. G.. McDavitt,
and son of the international financier of the same name.

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Visual Inefficiencies

Visual inefficiencies increase with
age. 20 per cent of teenagers (17 and
18 years) have pronounced visual
shortcomings. 39 per cent of 30 -year-olds have visual problems. 48
per cent of 40-year-olds have visual
problems. 71 per cent of 50-yearolds have visual problems. 80 per
cent. of 60-year-olds have. visual
\problems. 90 to 95 per cent of visual
inefficiencies which develop as age
increases can be compensated for

Still Halicates
Song To
School Mate

William Grant Still, whom Leo
pold Stokowski calls sone of |

position entitled, ~~*Those
Wait,~ to an old school mava
his wife, Mr.
Allen.

Reasons for selecting Mr. and |
Mrs. Nimrod B. Allen, Still said, |
ore Allen~s 28 years of service in|

Fontiers club of America,

~ng as secretary
Wheatley Home for Girls. Still
and Allen attended Wilberforce~
university together.

The composer,
important commis:ions from the

the New York Wefld~s fair, Paul

well known composer. Still won
the 1944 prize offered by the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra for
the best overture to ceyelrate its
jubilee season.

First performance of ~Those
Who Wait~ is slated to be given
soon by Stokowski.

Youngest Hero
" Pfc. dacklyn H. Lucas, 17 years
~old, is the youngest man ever to receive the Congressional Medal of

through professional services.

Honor.

American Red Cross To Hold
Nat~l Aquatic School At A. and T.

NASHVILLE ~ ANP ~tThe
American Red Cross~ Aquatic
school for Negroes of the southeast area will be held again this
year at the Tennessee A. and I.
July 3. Th dse of this school
State colfl from June 23 until
is to traih/ selected Negro men
and women, to teach courses in

Red Cross first aid, water safety,

and accident prevention in their

~communities.

~SSubjects covered will include
swimming and diving, life saving
and water safety, c4noeing: and
boating, and first aid and acci
dent prevention. Seminars will
be conducted during evening
hours for all students.:

Men-and women,18 years of age
and older, are eligible to apply
for enrollment, provided they are
in good health and sound physical condition. Applications. may
be obtained from local Red Cross
chapter offices or from the area
office.

The fee for the school will be
$25; payable on arrival. This fee
will cover board and lodging for
the'10-day period, text-books, materials, and insignia earned.

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America~s great:st composers, has;
dedicated his latest choral. com-!.
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race relations at the Columous,
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EXERCISES

Commencement sonics this
year at Tuskegee institute was A.
Philip Randolph, left, president of.
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, shown ~in academic robes
with Dr. Frederick D. oe

Tuskegee president, on the campus just prior te the annual ceremonies, Randolph told the graduating class that ~the United
States cannot stop. communism
anywhere by preaching democracy abroad and not practicing it at
home. ~(ANP) ~

ATLANTA ~ ANP ~ As fast
as they are discharged from the
ermy at Fort Benning, colored
soldiers leave the section. post
haste for parts of the country
where jim crow and segregation
are not part of the general patten condoned and supported by
the federal government.

One soldier, recently released
from service, revealed that the
government is preparing to spend
$2,000.000 to completely segregate
and jim-crow colored troops at
the Benning installation. Already
$6,000 has been spent for the installation of lights at the baseball
field'i:used by the 25th Infantry
teams.

Even the baseball team~ must
play colored teams and are not
permitted to belong to the leagues composed of white teams
from units stationed at the post.

Another incident which indicates the recent trend in spite of
Marcus Ray~s statements and visit is the denial of a stat ~in the
post theater to Chaplain Andrew
L. Johnson ~ who had been accustomed to gitting whrre hq

~| pleased ~..as had all. others of

the colored contingent attending
the theatre. An usher requested
this colored officer th move to a
segregated section of the post
theatre, especially reserved for
colored patrons. This new attitude bespeaks the general attitude toward the colored units.and
officers now stationed at the post.
Tt is also a part of the complete
segregation proposed on the post.
It has been decreed that no colored officers will be given homes
of the permanent type on~ the
main post and colored Officers
lose their quarters~ allowance
and in lieu do not get quarters
that compensate for~ this -loss.
Every act indicates that the
commander of the post is determined that the laws of Georgia
shall prevail on-this federal reservation. Many minor annoyances
harrass colored officers at every
turn. For instance, they have no
colored barbershop, but are forced to patronize the same one used
by the colored enlisted men unless they go eight miles into Columbus and run the risk of having
all kinds of insults hurled at
them dring the trip and. being
forced to suffer. indignities not in
keeping with the uniform they

JIM CROW VICIOUS AND
ON THE MARCH AT BENNING ~

power at Benning, this siete!
ed veteran who vows ~never
again~ says that only a company
or at best a company and a half
of the 25th Infantry is ever used
for.demonstration purposes: and
by the same token, only. one~ battery of the two battalions of the
571st and 999th Field artillery
are ever used.

Liberal white: officers wh> are
attending the schools say the post
is run according to the laws of
Georgia and not army regula.
tions..Several foreign officers are
known to have commented; that |'
colored. troops. are treated little
better, than serfs.and slaves; and
Kgyptian and Brazilian. officers
have openly and frequently commented on the absence of colored. officers from post functions.
It is felt. that Col. Ray~s visit and
his remarks have not helped colored soldiers at Benning, but
have been a tacit endorsement of
the jim-crowism which prevails

wear and the rank they -hold.

in spite of the high sounding
Gillem report, which now apparenily has been tossed into the
tresh can, z
If Maj. Gen. OtDaniel, post
commander and commandant of
the infantry school, told Col, Ray
that he had no _ intention of |
changing the sst-up atid that the
colored soldiers were happy under the administration, he did not | ~~
know the real temper of ~ the
charges. It is reliably reported
that the general said he felt Fort,|;*
Benning ~owed.. something~ to
Columbus, ~Ga. It has sbeen pointed out that the general's wife is
a native of Columbus.
Hospital facilitiesfor tolored
officers, men, and ghéi~wives are
on a strict: segregated, basis:on the
post and if there, al plaints'|

or any~ objections 9 ar tae part, Off tice s-aae b

officers, they- m..
diémissed from the~ ~hospi
out regard ~te thei if hy, ce
dition. ~Eee
Members~ of: ~the. ~el of
stationed at ~Benning te. performing the majority. of the
~housework~ at the post, serial
detachments being used: for demonstration purposes and the re
mainder ~as ~flunkies and nurge+{~

maids.~ (This has also beén the
practice at West Point where a
cavalry detachment of colored en-_
listed men waited on the whites
training as officers). -e

Cclored officers and men.in
general are discouraged and have

_ Discussing the waste of man-! nothing~ but the harshest words

) ~Annual Confah

| pepRorr-<--ANB-~-ioeal 4n
surance~ men. r:vealed last week~
eated preparation for the 1947.
inrual National Negro Insurance |
association from: June. 24, to 27...
Lil2 Tasurance, of the agsociax|
ion~3 member companies total~
nore than a billicn dollars, said
A. P. Benticy, NNLA secretary,
dding that approximately a

| hird of the Negro population jis

aumbered among. companies of |
-ho National -N2gro: Insurance asagrigtion. ee Ty

ar recent guiwey showed, Bent~y said; that one out of every |
eight persons insured was able to,
complete his education from the.
proceeds of an insurance policy;
shat ond~ out ox ~évery~ 45~ omes
was saved; or the mortgage was
materially ~reduced from the!
same source and ~that one out of
~gvery fiye mothers was permitted ip
to remain at ~home to give a
mother~s Rare to Ray | ene
ren due A

Total so AAly a NNUAss member companies dast year was $50,+ |
900,000;. total, disbursements $26,
000,000 and net..ineome was $14,
000,000, the NINIA secretary: discloged. Reserves, other liabilities,
capital and, gy! tataled,$B5;+

900,000, he said. About. 11,000
trained insurance, men engaged in
a drive to bpeak the 1946 record
during. National..Negro Insuance
week, which..was from May 12 to17, ~but results, will not be known} -
before. _the,., annual; convention
héte on June 24. 4

pee Officials |
Yold Meeting ~

NEW. YORK ~ ANP ~ High
officials of the AME Church ' were
scheduled to meet here this week
(June. $)..to hear: and: act on the
annual report..to be submitted~
by.,L.. L. Berry, secretary-treasurer.of the ~board: of. hisses and
FOreigR missions.. -;

~The offe day ~en Bt

1J une. 16, sponsored by the Wash-; the National theatre.

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~LYPTLE ROCK! Ark)<='ANP&:, park, and to: silence: whites who ~
Jonly by double faxation will 10+! back the idea. ~The ~Little Rock ~
eal Estate board~ _aectitied last

veal~ Negroes. have -a park, ~unless'
they ~purchase ~the eld~ Philand:
Smith college site for $200,00~; Negroes are not alicwad to en%e:
any ~of the ~~ity~s public: i park
which~ their ~tax dollars: Support.
Qppcs~ticn to *47:n the:Philan
der Smith college:site for a'~Negr~
park was registeréd last week t
members of ~the cif~ council by -, roup ~of whites who ~liv~ in~ thr; area. A Negro. park. in their~ com:'
munity would deteriorate proper
ty values, cauSe friction on. pub.
dic;conveyanges ~between | white:
and Negroes en aauterio tie park
yand ceveaté ridise and: ~disagree,
able: incidents~ attendent ori: park
operations, they claimed.: si
Backed --by -a petition beating:
360 names, whites inthe Philan-,
der Smith. ieollege. area~ threaten-,

Meanwhile a laid big ot
whites ' is ~ holding~ ~daily~ meetings~
to block any move to provide &
~park for Negroes: They are promoting anti-Negro hostility~ to. intimidate Negro~ agitation | for a

SATURDAY, JUK ~JUNE 7, 1947

groes.

to explore additional sites for the }
Negro park, particularly thé~large

~elt road, which is accessible from

be adequate: for:the: ~development |
of.

back * purctiage of'
~Smith~ college for~ an! estimated: |
$200,000, fo provide~ Negrges with..
~one of the ~City-whed perks ~
which ~they: ~hele ~Support~ BY~ taxAtion.:

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~eek to ~comment ~on the: park
~yestion, but W. EB.~ ~Porteptield,
chairman, said the park ~question |

~or Negroes is closely Me:
2 for Ne
the problem. _of ae be
Under~: pbeahire; ~Aad r
Pranklini E: Loy madeia>motion

indeveloped ~area sauth! afsRoose
Roig cnn

-rearby Negro housing~ centers.

Loy advocated constuuction of: a
psmall levees if neegssary,) A. Protect the 10. to 15,acres~ whi

Park Supt W.-K: Amo.saidwould ~
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a~. swimming -pegk.,,;pienic
grounds: and other recreational:

ed suit. against~ the city::if) the | facilities, 2 joriod-.zrioT
abate sists in grantin er.
ission nis the i be rent The largest | pete the
in their community. They, offered News 5 muita os eg sg
financial, aid. for, ~the; Nera -park| ait.
project if the site is. paved | to | jectured: Seas ork
t. another area, by protestiy whités, Hore by
Oe 6 14né Little~ Wk * Cer} fi who |

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_.WASHINGTON ~ (ANP) ~.
Tickets for the Henry. A. Wallace. rally, h ere at. Watergate on

ington committee of, the. Southern Conference for Human Welfare, will remind the bearers ot
the struggle. to crack jimcrow at

~This ticket is transferrable and
is sold subject | to compliance, with
the known policy. of the constitution and the declaration of independence that all men are created equal, ~ reads a rubber~ stamped. inscription, ~The SCHW_ condemns_ di scrimination | in all
forms.~

A rubber-stamped

inscription!

Tickets For Wallace Meet.
Theatre Policy

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on tickets ntl by. ~the, National theatre to; discourage ~Negroes
from seeking, pdmission. }

~This ticket is not tran erable
and is sald. subject. to, compliance ~
with the. known. policy of. the
theatre as to. persons entitled to
admission, Aft presented by. any

rerson not conforming to this

policy, admission, will be amg?

and no refund made. _ i ere
Appearing at the Wallace

will be~ sake tee raped
stage and Séreen stat, 10 is
known for his sharp ditch sa.
tire. Mostel, was. star. of the NBC
~Chamber Music. Society. iof, Lower ~Basin Street~ show.

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held at the board's headqua
~and Bishop J. A. ~Gregg, presi dent
was expected to preside, ees
Besides the important financial
report. to be made ~by Dr. Berry,
questions relating:,4o the, AME's
church agtivjties.in foreign: fields,
PPE the workin Canada
and South. Asian tid be | discussed,

Nationwide attention was focused
on the meeting bécause of strife
among gome officials of the

chureh during the past year.

for the army.-With ~the: war emerwey" "ended! "pr ee sD nd te
ve Eh ia apd 1 and the
r68 s,~for air of~ the high
a askin ~ reports ises by* ide At heads and |;
gir own. arta VES. aie g0 -mee ~ tniug hag tying "eg gery
itheir~ -téu here i

~phe date ~30 ution es the io
lem is the: rem Oval of the post
from~ its prbset ~Tocatian, or ~the
~assignment of wlored teeops

ler, permanens, Satins swhe:
Hm-crowism: ~is not the local

officers aswell 2 en, ~

in-line with atmy! policy of kee}

-gdlored froops in the spr
forees to sar've is~Servants't

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them feel inferian, |

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agklnlegg on
We. Condi exe~ form et
army men believe ~the Tot of phe
Colored enlisted men will not ~be

improved and & w e and
more difficitt 4
t obtain advancement ~in the

armed forces ~as. lone as presprit if
policies prevail. ~ si:4

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} Spay teat.CINCINNATI - a ANS a - Work- |

ored children~ broke all: ~money
raising précedents ~in a 10-day:
drive concluded ~here last ' week.
They exceeded the goal of $25,000 set by the, campaign.and are
now. lopking forward to a, building fund of ~$200, 1,000 for. new. dormitories. Horace Sudduth. associate general chairman, announced
at the Victory dinner.
Sudduth, believed that this drive

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combination, will fly 5,500 mil
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nated for fhe,; Occasion~ ir
Meare Ray, movie, com oe:

Chief. Frank,, Cusing,,, the of
man to jump ~from San Frang~
co~s Golden te bridge and live,
and 'sky fads.
More than 106, 000 sv2ctators are
exvected to see the ~Go For,

Bék2~~catnival diiting~ the faur, |

day celebration. The 442nd Vet.
erans club is ~composed of Japanese, who were among the most

highly decorated group at World

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$10, 009. raised. in, preliminary
campaign,~ the ~ten day! total of

$27,099.17, brings,'the amount {9 ~

mcre than $40, 009.

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