Thursday, May 4, 1930
Methodists Vote to Work for
Integration of Churches
CLEVELAND, O. (ANP). A
resolution calling for work to
wards the complete integration of
Negro members and Negro
churches into the Methodist move
ment was passed here Friday by
the Assembly of the Methodist
Woman’s Society of Christian
Service.
This resolution passed the as
APA Speaker
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DR. A. WAYMAN WARD
Dr. A. Wayman Ward of Chi
ago will be the speaker when
Beta Beta chapter of Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity observes its
23rd anniversary Sunday. May
7. High point of the occasion will
be a public program to be held
in Love Library auditorium on
the university campus at 3 p. m.
The chapter was organized in
1927 and has operated continu
ously since then except for a
time during World War II. John
C. Foster, president of the group,
says that a good crowd is ex
pected on the occasion.
Dr. Ward attended the Uni
versity of Depver from 1907-11,
where he won his A.B. degree.
The following three years he
spent at Wilberforce university,
Wilberforce. O., where he be
came a member of the fraternity
and where he received his B.D.
degree in 1914. Then he attended
Yale in 1914 and in 1915 was
awarded his S.T.M. In 1926,
Wilberforce awarded him his
D. D. degree.
Long a leading figure in the
AME church, Dr. Ward began
his ministry in our neighboring
state of Colorado and was active
in organizing the NAACP there.
He is a charter member of the
Colorado Springs Y.M.C.A. In
Chicago he is the director of the
Church Federation of Greater
Chicago and is active in civic af
fairs there. Sunday he will talk
on the subject, “World Minded.”
Dr. Ward will also deliver the
sermon at Quinn Chapel AME
church, 9th and C streets at 11
a. m. Sunday.
- Honor Roll
The following are some of those who
are New Subscribers or have renewed
their subscription to THE VOICE.
Rev. Stevens Davis, Fairview,
Kas.
Mrs. Leona Brown, Sprinflied,
Mass.
Mrs. Elsa Anderson.
Mrs. L. Corrol Unland.
Mrs. Lenorab Letcher.
Mrs. Woody Cooper.
Mrs. M. B. Denton.
Mrs. Vera Gimblin.
Mr. McKinley Tarpley, sr.
Alfonso Pearson Dies
Alfonso Pearson, 55, of 2235 T, died
Monday. Surviving are a son, M J. of
Los Angeles and a daughter, Mrs. Lois
Hamilton of St. Joseph, Mo. Umbergers*
| sembly of the whole after certain
Negro elements voiced their opin
ions that the ending of the Negro
jurisdiction in the church meant
the end of Negro influence in the
church.
The largest of five discussion
sections presented it to the whole
group after three days of discus
sion in the meeting held at the
Music hall. The resolution called
upon “Methodist women to work
with forthright conviction and
courage” on the following points.
1. Increase efforts in the plan
ning of programs, institutes, dis
cussions, studies, and other activi
ties on the local level to bring
Methodist women of various races
and cultural backgrounds together
for work on common problems
and needs, and by building a
sound basis for friendship and.
Christian fellowship in our own
community on the local level.
2. Continuing with greater em
phasis the sharing of district con- i
ferences and jurisdictional leader
ship training opportunities across ;
racial lines in conference and
jurisdictions.
3. Adoption of memorials and
resolutions by jurisdiction, con
ference, district, and local groups
that will call upon the general
conference of the Methodist
church to work with greater speed
to rid itself of the sin of segrega
tion in its total organizational
structure. v
4. Ask women locally to send in
recommendations to the general1
conference meeting in 1952 at San
Francisco.
Courier First
Negro Sponsor
Of Town Meet
By Mildren Jovien
PITTSBURGH. (ANP). One
of the most historic “Town Meet
ing of the Air” programs was
held last week on the topic,
“What effect do our race rela
tions have on our foreign rela
tion?” It was historic because for
the first time in the program’s
existence, a Negro organization,
the Pittsburgh Courier, sponsored
it.
Among persons present to wel
come the show were Mayor Da
vid L. Lawrence, Mrs. Robert L.
Vann, president and publisher of
the Courier and general chair
man of the event, and other
local leaders of both races.
Dr. Charles S. Johnson, presi
dent of Fisk university, discussed
the problem from the viewpoint
that America was not moving
fast enough toward equal rights
for all, and Rep. Brooks Hays, of
Arkansas, said the nation is sin
cerely working to remedy the
situation. He said they differed
in the degree of improvement
desired.
As usual George V. Denny, jr.,
originator of the program, mod
erated. After the program Denny
gave a short talk in which he
said, “We must keep our minds
free of prejudice, intolerance and
personal bias. We must cultivate
the habit of listening to both
sides of the problem. And each
of us must become active in his
own Community and serve with
integrity.
“The greatest mobilization wc
need today is in the war against
ignorance and prejudice.’*
; (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1.)
A Guarantee Justice
Says Harvard Law Dean
DR. RALPH BUNCHE
Bundle’s Bust
To NCF; Here
On May 8tli
By Gladys P. Graham.
NEW YORK. (ANP). The cycle
of sculptured stone likenesses of
12 distinguished Negro Americans,
begun two years ago by Sculp
tress Ruth Brail, was completed
here recently when the life bust
of Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche, di
rector of the UN trusteeship divi
sion, was unveiled at ceremonies
honoring the intrepid mediator of
the Arab-Israeli conflict. Miss
Brail’s project of fashioning in
stone the likenesses of prominent
Negroes was a personal contribu
tion against bias in democracy.
The bust was formerly pre
sented to the United Negro col
lege fund by Dr. Reginald E.
Gillmore, vice president of Sperry
corporation. Dr. Bunche told the
interracial audience gathered for
the ceremonies that he was
“greatly impressed with the fore
sight of the individuals making
the presentation possible.” He
said further that UNCF was per
forming a “great service to make
opportunities possible for those
of the population denied because
of discriminatory practices in a
democracy.”
Receiving the bust for the fund
was William Trent.
Dr. Bunche will be speaker at
a convocation to be held at the
University of Nebraska on May
8, according to a recent announce
ment.
Negro Statistics
On The Voice Of
America B’cast
NEW YORK. (ANP). The Voice
of America is' using the positive
side of American race relations to
influence other nations, particu
larly in Africa. One recent pro
gram pointed out that 80,000 or
almost 10 percent of all govern
ment employees are Negroes rep
resenting the national population
percentages—55,000 Negroes are
teachers—25,000 are ministers—
nearly 4,000 are doctors—6,000 are
nurses—1,200 are lawyers and
judges—91 Negroes are listed in
“Who’s Who in America”—“Amer
ican Men of Science” lists 77—26
have been elected to congress—
two are in congress today—33 are
members of state legislatures.
Dr. Roscoe Pound, dean of the Harvard Law school
and one of Lincoln’s most distinguished native sons,
returned last week to his home town to deliver a series of
lectures at the University of Nebraska, where he once
headed the Law college. At a luncheon sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce public affairs committee, Tuesday,
Dean Pound said that until the world has developed an
atmosphere in which its people have an understanding of
what civilized life demands, we cannot expect to develop a
universal political organization
with a world constitution and
world law. Here in the United
States, he pointed out, there are
states where some of the people
are not given their civil liberties
which are guaranteed by our con
stitution. “When these people go
to the courts,” he said, “they are
not given their guaranteed rights.
He called for “improvement” in
those regions which would make
up a world government.
“We need an atmosphere of hu
mans united in common under
standing and a feeling of justice.
If there is not general agreement
on justice as the end of the law,
the law proves futile.
At the luncheon, Dr. Pound was
presented with an honorary life
membership in the Chamber of
Commerce, which was presented
by Earl Cline, master of cere
monies.
Lift Racial Bar
! HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (TP). The
! F 1 o r i d a Medical association
changed its by-laws Wednesday to
permit Negro members for the
first time in the 76-year history of
the medical group.
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FREDDIE POWELL.
Freddie Powell, daughter of the
j Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Powell, re
■ ceived honors Tuesday, at the
University of Nebraska’s Twenty
second annual honors convocation.
Miss Powell is a student nurse at
the University School of Nursing
in Omaha.
Kentucky Schools Dropping
Race Bars, L.M.C. to Close;
NCHE Moves to End Biases
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ANP). The University of Louis
ville will admit Negroes to all graduate divisions during the
1950-’51 school year, and to all schools, graduate and un
dergraduate, the following year.
The school’s board of trustees voted unanimously to
take this action last week. It also voted to close Louisville
Municipal College, its all-Negro adjunct after the 1950-’51
school year. It has notified the members of the faculty that
their services are no longer needed.
Given Permit
For Parade
Willard Townsend, democratic
county chairman, was given per
mission by the city council Mon
day to stage a parade here next
Monday in honor of the coming of
President Truman. The parade
will wind up at the Burlington
station at 4:45 p. m. in ample
time to arrange proper formation
before the presidential train
comes to a stop at 5:05 p. m.
The parade will form, Town
send said, in 15th street, moving
into O and west along the main
thorofare to 9th, thence north to
Q and west to the Burlington. It
will consist, the chairman said,
of bands and dignitaries.
“Contrary to printed word,
this will be the president’s first
major speech on the trip,’* he
said.
Townsend was asked to confer
with Public Safety Director Ray
Osborn and Police Chief Joseph
Carroll over parade details.
—Courtesy Lincoln State Journal.
In taking this action, the uni
versity added its name to the
growing list of Kentucky colleges
opening their doors to colored
students since the amending of
the state’s Day law to allow Ne
groes to attend college with whites.
Other schools already having
taken this action include Berea
College ad three Catholic col
leges, Nazareth and Ursuline Col
leges for girls, and Bellarmine
College for boys, which will ad
mit Negroes to all departments.
The state school has ten Negro
students enrolled in its graduate
departments, and one under
graduate who is taking a course
not taught at th6 Jim Crow Ken
tucky State College for Negroes.
CHICAGO. (ANP). A resolu
tion demanding “positive steps
be taken to eradicate racial bar
riers” to college education was
passed here last week by the
fifth annual National Conference
on Higher Education, meeting at
the Congress hotel.
More than fifty Negro dele
gates were among the 850 per
sons attending.
