NAACP. DIVIDED INTO S REGIONS IN 1947 CAMPAIGN
3 Point Program For Passage Of
Austin-Mahoney Bill Decided Upon
GOVERNOR THOMAS DEWEY
REQUESTED TO SEND
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO
LEGISLATURE ASKING FOR
IMMEDIATE ENACTMENT OF
BILL TO OUTLAW DISCRIM
INATION IN EDUCATION
IN THIS STATE
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Austin-Mahoney Bill outlawing
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day, January 31, at a meeting of
the State Committee Against Dis
crimination in Education, at the
offices of the American Jewish
Congress, 212 West 50th St., New
York City.
After hearing Assemblyman
Bernard Austin, co-sponsor of the
bill, describe the present status of
the bill, the representatives of
forty civic organizations at the
meeting, decided on the following
three steps:
(1) A wire to Governor Thom
as E. Dewey asking for a special
message to the Legislature endors
ing the Austin-Mahoney Bill and
requesting its enactment at this
session.
(2) Wires to the chairmen and
members of the Assembly Ways
and Means Committee and the Sen
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requesting a public hearing on the
Austin-Mahoney Bill.
(3) A declaration of February
16-23 as "Austin-Mahoney Week”
in which all members of the State
Legislature will be visited both at
their homes and in a delegation to
Albany to secure their endorse
ment of the bill. In addition, a
student delegation, composed of
senior students facing discrimin
ation in their applications for en
trance to professional schools for
next semester, will call on Gover
nor Dewey
Among persons present at last
week’s meeting were: Thurgood
Marshall, NAACP, John D. Con
nors, Director of Workers’ Educat
ional Bureau of AFL.. Will Mas
low and Leo Pfeffer of American
Jewish Congress, Rabbi Wm. F.
Rosenblum, President of Syna
gogue Council of America, Dr. Ab
raham Lefkowitz, President of the
Teachers Guild, Mr. David I. Ashe,
Chairman of Legislation Commit
tee of United Parents Assn., Mr.
Ed Saveth of American Jewish
Committee, Mrs. Julia Friedman,
of Anti-Defamation League, Mr.
Archie Greenberg, past National
Commander of Jewish War Veter
ans, Professor James H. Sheldon,
of NonSectarian Anti-Nazi League '
Edward Lewis of Urban League of
Greater New York, Dr. Bernard
Lander, aMyor’s Committee on
Unity, Dr. Curtis Flory of Physic
ians Forum.
The wire to Governor Dewey
which was signed by all of the fore
going, plus representatives of thir
ty other organizations present at
the meeting, read as follows:
At a meeting held today by the
New York State* Committee a
gainst discrimination in Educa
tion at 212 West 50th street in
New York City, the undersigned
joined in urging you to endorse
the Austin-Mahoney Bill (A I.—
7—S. I. 7) outlawing discrimin
ation in Education and in a spec
ial message to the Legislature
recommended that it be enacted
this year.
Dr. Alvin Johnson, Chairman of
the State Committee Against Dis
crimination in Education, offered
his resignation because of the pres
sure of his duties on the State Com
mission for a State University,
The selection of a new chairman
was left to the Executive Commit
tee.
Dr. Johnson said he would re
main as a member of the Commit
tee, actively supporting its cam
paign for enactment of the Austin
Mahoney Bill.
“I am an educator and therefore
have no faith in the slow process
of education”, Dr. Johnson continu
ed. “I believe that we will not
end discrimination in schools until
we have a law with teeth in it. I
arA confident that as soon as we
show teeth, the educators will fall
in line and end discrimination of
their own ‘free will’.
"I have no faith that we could
end prejudice by an educative pro
cess and thus eliminate discrimin
ation. Discrimination breeds pre
judice. When you prevent young
men and women from receiving an
education because of their race or
creed, you create a popular feeling
that these people ar second-class
citizens and should be discrimin
ated against. Discrimination there
fore constantly builds prejudice,”
Dr. Johnson concluded.
RAY ROBINSON HONORED AT
BOXING WRITERS’ DINNER
New York (CNS) Welterweight
Champion Ray Sugar Robinson
was honored this week at the Box
ing Writers’ Association dinner at
Ruppert’s. Presented with a gold
belt by Nat Fleischer, publishler of
Ring Magazine, Ray was told that
no wthat he had finally won the
crown, it was hoped he would be a
fighting champion.
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New York City (CNS) The Vik
ing Press, publishers for Dr. W. E.
DuBois, have announced Jan. 27th
as the date of publication for the
scholar s newest book “The World
and Africa.” It is an interpreta
tion of the part Africa has played
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The elimination of discrimin
ation against minority groups by
Columbia University and other lo
cal educational institutions in our
target,” it was announced last
Thursday night at a meeting of
representatives of Columbia Uni
versity’s major student groups at
the offices of the Intercollegiate
Unity Council Against Discrimin
ation, 212 West 50th Street.
The Columbia University group
decided to join with students of
New York University, Brooklyn
College, City College, Queens Col
lege and Hunter College in a “Cav
-alcade to Albany” on March 1st,
to urge Governor Thomas E. Dew
ey and the Legislature to enact
the Austin-Mahoney Bill to end
discrimination in New York State
educational institutions.
Prior to March 1st, the joint
committee will conduct a write-in
campaign, distribute petitions and
solicit support from the Columbia
University faculty.
Among the Columbia student
groups which were represented at
last Thursday’s meeting were the
American Veterans Committee, the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, the
Student League for Industrial De
mocracy, the AYD and the YC
PAC.
DR. MATTHEW WALKER
PASSES SURGERY BOARD
WITH DISTINCTION
The American Board of Surgery
has announced that Dr. Matthew
Walker, chairman of the Depart
ment of Surgery at Meharry Medi
cal College, has successfully pass
ed the examination of the Board
and has been awarded its diploma
In becoming a diplomate of the
American Board of Surgery, ®r.
Walker made a remarkable record.
He was rated as one of the two
best candidates in the final exam
inations. Since a total of 88 can
didates from all parts of Jhe coun
try, were in this group, his achieve
ment was the subject of much fa
vorable comment.
The first part of the examinat
ion, written test, was given in
Washington, DC., about one year a
go. After having been notified of
his success in this part, arrange
ments were made for an examiner
to observe his operative technique
in his own hospital. The examiner
nominated for this task was Dr.
Harrison H. Shoulders, president
of the American Medical Associa
tion and an eminent surgeon in his
own right. Under Dr. Shoulder’s
exacting scruting, Dr. Walker
came through with flying colors
and was recommended for the third
part of the examinations. This
was held in November at Johns
Hopkins University at Baltimore.
Dr. Walker is a native of New
Orleans, Louisiana and received his
OMAHA LOCAL IN
REGION FOUR
New York, Jan. 31—In its 1947
campaign for a million members
the NAACP has divided the entire
nation into five regions, each un
der the special supervision of a re
gional coordinator who will con
duct an “on-the-spot” drive for
new members from April to June.
Top responsibility for the gigan
tic task of almost doubling pres
ent NAACP membership rests on
the shoulders of Gloster B. Cur
rent, director of branches. In ad
dition to handling the national
drive, rM- Current, with the aid of
the resident staff of the National
Office, will take charge of the cam
paign in Region 2, which embraces
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Virginia and Washington, DC, with
a goal of 216,85z members. Field
secretaries, with the assistance of
volunteer state membership chair
men in each of the forty-four stat
es in which there are NAACP
branches, will be stationed in cen
trally located cities within the var
ious regions, directing the drive
locally.
From San Francisco, Noah Grif
fin, will direct the campaign in
Region 1, comprising Arizona,
California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon
Utah, Washington and Honolulu,
T. H., with a total goal of 55,000.
Region 3 will be handled from
Cincinnati by Donald Jones. It is
made up of the states of Michigan,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Vir
ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Wisconsin, with a goal set at 158 -
800.
From Kansas City, Mo., Leroy
Carter is in charge of the drive in
Region 4, which covers Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ark
ansas, Texas, Louisiana, New Mex
ico, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Minnesota, and
has a goal of 157,700.
Region 5 will be directed from
Atlanta, Ga., by Rufus Smith. It
includes the southern states of
Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Geo
rgia, South Carolina and North
Carolina and sets its goal at 130,
000.
From their vantage points"” in
large cities in each region, the re
gional coordinators will aid the
branches in planning meetings and
rallies, supply them with literatur
es and speakers and work with
them in every way necessary to
make the 1947 campaign a history
making one to attain the goal of
one million members.
premedical training at New Or
leans University. He graduated
from Meharry in 1934, interned at
George W. Hubbard hospital. Win
ning the coveted surgical residency
he went on to fill out an extensive
post graduate program which in
cluded two years in anatomy, three
years in physiology and one year
in pathology. Graduate work in
surgery was done in Washington
under the tutelage of Dr. Edward
Howes, he did research in wound
.«.l j*ieharry his research has led
him to investigate, among other
things, the collarterial circulation
in limbs, the causes of morbidity
and mortality in appendicitis and
the intraperitoneal use of penicil
lin.
An active worker in the field of
organized medicine, he is a mem
ber of his local, state and national
bodies, holding important offices
and committee assignments in
each.
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CITY COUNCIL PASSES
HISTORY WEEK RESOLUTION
IVew York City—The Council of
the City of New York has passed
a resolution designating February
9th to the 15th as History Week to
be devoted to the study of history
of such people as Crispus Attucks,
the first man to give his life for the
establishment of this great re
public.
Every member of the council, ex
cept councilman Edward Rager,
Manhattan Republican , voted for
the passage of the resolution which
was introduced by councilman Ben
jamin Davis- The objector said in
part after Mr. Davis’ resolution
had been reported out by the rules
committee: “Why not have weeks
for all races and all creeds, why
just for Negroes?”
Councilman Peter V. Cacchione
of Brooklyn replied: “We are all
Americans, true, but America is
great because it was settled by
people of all lands. Their culture
blended into a great American cul
ture. Davis introduced his resolu
tion because he is a member of the
Negro race; theirs is a special de
velopment in America. They were
brought over here in .galleys as
chattal slaves, they were sold in
bondage, they were an issue in a
war which ripped our country a
part, they are still disenfranchised
still lynched and still barred from
first class citizenship.”
“Who can say that Negroes do
not represent a special problem:
The history of the Negro people
has not been depicted correctly,
not by our school books, not by our
radio, not by our movies, not by’
our Press. The Negro contribu
tion to American culture is great,
if not greater, than any other!
group. But the people are still not
aware of it. Davis’ resolution is
an effort to make the population
understand more fully the Negro
role in America. $t is aimed at
building a better city and a better
America.”
The passage of the History Week
Resolution is the second passed
this vear, the first was the Carver
Day Resolution last Fall which was
suggested by the National Equal
Rights League, Governor Thomas
Dewey, aMyor William L ^wyer
Governor Robert F- Bradford of
Mass., all issued Carver Day. Jan.
15th. Rev. Gentral L. Mack is
President of the NERL and Solo
mon Harper, Science Editor of Cal
vin’s News Service, implemented
the resolutions in both instances.
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Writer Cites
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. NEW YORK, Jan. 28_An excit
mg article written by Bert An
drews for the January 18th issue
of the New York Herald Tribune
which compared the repective mer
its of two Mississippi senators one
Theodore Bilbo and the other a
former slave, Blanche K. Bruce
(1875 to 1881), was cited by Wal
ter White, executive secretary of
the NAACP, as being, ‘ the kind of
informative article so desperately
needed during these times when
our basic democratic ideals are be
ing threatened.”
Mr. Andrews of the Tribune's
Washington bureau, writes, ‘‘The
newly elected Senator from Missi
ssippi—a Negro—was ready to
take the oath of office.
‘‘He waited at the back of the
Senate chamber for an escort to
take him down the center aisle to
the rostrum.
“There was a pause and then an
embarrassing silence, for the sen
ior Senator from Mississippi_ a
white man..had refused to con
form to the custom of accompany
ing a junior colleague to the Vice
President’s desk.
"At that moment the senior Sen
ator from New York walked up to
the newly elected Senator from
Mississippi, offered his arm and
escorted him to the rostrum.
"The foregoing is not a fanciful
forecast of what the future may
bring in Mississippi as a result of
the tactics of Theodore G. Bilbo,
who was reelected to the United
States Senate but has not-yet been
seated.
"It is, instead, a factual account
of the davs when Mississippi did
have a Negro Senator days when
Senator’s eloouent anneal for fair
ness in election" wn" spread upon
the record of Congr""s to supply
a ."trance eo-itra-t ¥~1th the doc- !
trine of ‘white supremacy’ preach-1
-Molently nowadays by Mr. Bil- j
bo.”
Resorting to a uniciue journalis- !
tic technique In comparing the |
philosophies of the Negro, ardent j
champion of democracv. p^d the |
rabid, race-baiting, present day
demogogue, Mr. Andrews submit
ted direct quotes from the two Sen 1
ators of which the following is an
MRS. ANNIE^WALLER
Mother Of Noted Prisoner
Loses Home In Fire
SUROSA,W. VA.—Word that the home of Mrs. Annie Waller,
mother of Odell Waller, had been destroyed by fire, led to a contri
bution by the Workers Defense League to Mrs. Waller , now living
with caol-mining relatives in Surosa, West Virginia. The Odell Wal
ler case, handled by WDL attorneys, involved a Negro sharecropper
legally murdered by Virginia in 1942 for the self-defense shooting of
his landlord and highlighted the South’s pressing economic problems
which give rise to bigotry and violence.
Odell Waller most recently came before the public when his dying
statement was reprinted in the newly published “Great Prisoners”,
an anthology of literature of social protest written behind bare.
Those wishing to lend a hand to Mrs. Wallerr in her latest mis
fortune may send checks directly to her in Surosa, West Virginia.
I
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went these two USO-Camp Shows girls followed Picture shows
Mrs. Maurice T. Moore, (center) Chairman of National USO Council,
examining gold belts and bracelets given to Edwina Eustis (right) and
Marion Carley (left) by Turkish citizens of Istanbul. Edwina is a singer;
Marion plays piano and organ. They were one of many USO-Camp
Shows units which will continue entertaining the armed forces with funds
contributed this fall by people of the United States. ,
Complete Organization For 1947
Douglas County Red Cross Campaign
une organization for the iy47
Douglas County Red Cross Camp
aign was completed this week with
the appointment of Mrs. Myrtle
Mason and C. D. Gietzen as chair
men of the residential and rural
sections, respectively. Mr. Giet
sen named R. C. Pratt as his as
sistant chairman. Other assistant
chairmen whose names have been
announced are: E. G. Mortensen,
small businesses; Robert Thur
mond, special groups; Mrs. J. V.
Thorndike Jr., women’s activities;
Lee Huey, speakers bureau and
Ted Emerson, special events.
At a luncheon meeting Wednes
day, of chairmen and assistant
chairmen, E. C. Schmidt, county
campaign chairman, butlined the
duties of each section’s officials.
Vincent C. Hascall, county Red
Cross hairman, and W L. Wilcox,
former county campaign chairman,
voiced the necessity of expanding
the campaign organization so that
all county residents will have the
chance to contribute.
MRS. MYRTLE MASON
....- . -
example:
"Senator Bruce: ‘But If it can
be shown that we have used the
ballot either to abridge the rights
of our fellow citizens or to oppress
them; if it shall appear that we
have ever used our newly acquir
ed power as a sword of attack and
not as a shield of defense, then we
may with some show of propriety
be charged with incapacity, dis
honesty or tyranny. But even
then, I submit that the corrective
is in the hands of the people, and
not of a favored class, and the rem
edy is in the honest exercise of the
ballot and not in fraud and viol
ence-'
(Senator-elect Bilbo: ‘I "aid the
best time to keep a nigger away
from a white primary in Mississip
pi was to see him the night be
fore.’)
Senator Bruce was born a slave,
near Farmville. Edward County,
Va., and was tutored by his mas
ter’s son. He left his master after
the Civil War to teach school in
Hannibal, Mo. leaving this post to
study at Oberlin College Ohio. Be
fore being elected to the Senate he
led a distinguished life as a plant
er and state official. Mr. Bruce
digd in 1898 in Washington, DC.
Brotherhood
Movement
Under Study
STUDENTS DISCUSS RACE
PREJUDICES AND WORLD
GOVERNMENT AT MEETINGS
(This article is taken from the
TECH HIGH NEWS, issue of
January 31, 1947)
(DH)—For a long time the
world has been suffering from rac
ial prejudices. Groups have been
organized among adults and some
pressure has been put on the sub
ject in the Omaha high schools.
Never before have the students
participated in a national body or
ganized to discuss problems of
racial discrimination, Atomic pow
er, World Government, This kind
of group is vitally necessary if the
nations of the world are to keep
peace with one another.
Through the help of the World
Government House in New York,
Norih High has organized a Stu
dent Federalist group. The stud
ents became interested after five
girls attended the Youth Confer
ence at William Penn College in
Oskaloosa.; Iowa, the first week in
July. The girls. Mildred DeHart,
Shirley Alberti, Nora Hazard,
Jean Bressler, and Joyce Buck
were five of the seven needed to ,
start this organization. Now over
50 pupils are interested in becom
ing members The dues are a dol
lar a month and they meet twice a
month under the leadership of
David Willy, 11B, and their spon
sor Miss Nona Robinson of the
English department. They will
probably be in contact with groups
all over the world as there are or
ganizations not only in the United
States, but Holland, France, and
Britain.
To organize a group of this sort
the World Government House in
New York should be consulted.
Membership, however, is limited to
juniors and seniors.
PUT or PIT
(BY RUTH TAYLOR)
“Put” or “Pit”—which do you
do ?
The other day I was typing, in a
hurry as usual, and when I read
over what I had written, there it
was—“pit” instead of “put.”
patient people are too often doing
Unfortunately that is what im
They pit their energies against
suspected opposition, wasting pre
cious time and strength, rather
than put their energies to work
to achieve their desired ends. They
strive so hard in fighting off at
tacks. both real and imaginary,
that they never drive ahead.
I do not mean that we should
follow the line of least resistance,
that we should compromise or ac
cept as perfect, half-measures. No
indeed! Compromise usually leave
both sides discontented and leave
please no one. We should struggle
hard to establish the things in
which we believe, but we should
do it positively by working, rather
than negatively by fighting.
We should put all our efforts
into constructive work, into labor
which will build up upon a firm
basis and we should not spend our
strength by pitting it against for- i
ces that are too often created out
of our own minds or by our own ^
prejudices. Half the troubles we
dread never happen. Half the op
position we deplorfe exists only iiv
our own thinking.
“Put” is constructive—it is mo
tion forward. "Pit” is negative—
It is placing against. "Put" 1s pro
ductive—it is action ahead. ‘‘Pit’''
is static—it is only opposition
What we need is a lot more put
ting forth and a lot less pitting
against.
Put it together—and put it
across!
Put the facts, not the fancies,
together, fitting them in logically
and harmoniously, not just letting
them jut out into thin air. Put
your energies to constructive use,
working with your fellow laborers
in the vineyard. Don’t pit your
strength in senseless competition,
hoping to beat someone else, try
ing to get things for your own.
group and not for all the people.
Put it together and put it
across. Don’t waste time arguing
but see through whatever you
start to do. Argument is good
when the plans are under consid
eration and we have yet to deter
mine what we shall do—but when
the plans are laid, we should not
pit ourselves against the will of
the majority. We should work to
gether to put it across.
Put or pit—which do you do?
tfo?i}i€r>oM &y£:
11 succeed!
It’s a young world, and sanity
has not yet had time to produce
completely satisfactory results.
So the world right now is full
j of people who want to try in
: sanity.
I*
They want to try it in art; they
want to abandon beauty and try
ugliness.
They want to try it in music;
they want to abandon harmony
and try dissonance.
They want to try insanity in
politics and economics. They
want to throw away democracy
and normal human instincts and
try screwball controls from
ivory-towers full of ivory heads.
Since sane methods are still in
a process of evolution, the crack
pots say “Throw them out” and
then they prescribe cockeyed
courses—the crazier the better.
Since sanity is still only trying,
■hall we abandon it for lunacy?
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