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The Phoenix index., 1941-04-26

ATLANTA, Ga-(SNS)-
Negroes in Iorty-Seven Georgia
towns were reached through the
activities of the NYA sponsored
Statewide Public Forum Project
for Negroes during the l940-194l
season which covered the period,
November through Februay, it has
been revealed by William H. Shell,
Georgia NYA administrative as
sistant on Negro affairs.
Further information released
relative to the Negro forum shows
that the fCrty-seven forum CEN
ters held 180 forums with total
attendance of 1861, an average of
i03 persons per meeting. Twelve
thousand of the individuals at
tending these forums were listed
as youths.
General topics discussed during
the season included subjects on
national defense, world affairs,
citizenship, economics, edutE ion,
pc1ltics, social problems AID mat
ters of current significance. In al
instances, the various centers in
dicated pronounced interest in the
discussion of subjects which affect
them directly in their community
life.
For speakers, the centers drew
upon Give, educational and profess
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ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-

Oc1ta Chaptes. Iota Phi Lambda
sorority will observe National Ne
sro Business Week, beginning to-
day and continuing through April
IS, with a series of contests, for
llms and public meeting. This
special week is designed for the
purpose of stimulating interest in
professional advancement among
Negroes generally, to aid in giving
professional status to large num-
ber of women who are galntully
employed in various occupations in
the field of business, and to ell
courage youth to secure spectre
training for those phases OF busl-
ness in which they are interested.
Mabel A. GateWood, registrar,
Atlanta University School of Social
Work, and Sarah A. Lewis, sec
retary to e. M. Martin, atlanta
Life Insurance Company, serve as
President and Chairman OF the
Program Committee respectively
They announce that Typewrlting
Contests in which prizes will be
awarded to the winners will be held
Monday and Tuesday at Booker
T. Washington High School, Nor
ris Brown College and Washing
ton High Evening School. Through
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I0taS Announce Natl
Business Week Plans

these contests the members Of the
Sorority hope tU encourage greater
proficiency on the part OF those
persons seeking training in type
writing, and to reward those who
show progress
Wednesday evening, April %, at
the Atlanta Life Insurance Com
pany Recreation Room meeting
tc which the public is invited will
be held, at 8 O'Clock. VIM. Henry
Shell, administrative assistant,
NYA of Georgia, will be the prin-
cipal speaker, using as his sub.
ject, "T'he National Defense Pro-
gram and Some of It's Local Prac-
tical Phases in Relation to the
Negro. .
Group meetings and discussions
on various phases of business prob
lem are also included in the pro-
gram for the week, which will he
closed Friday night with the .An.
nual Spring Dance Of the chapter.
The Iotas are grateful to those
who have cooperated with them in
the planning of a program which
they expect to be of benefit to the
community in gen0al, but espec :
Tally to those individuals and
groups interested in seeing more
progress made by Negroes IN the
business profession.
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We Must Practice What We Preach

AMERICAN NEGROES who plead and fight day after day
for justice and tolerance constantly strive for the maximum
practice Of these virtues dealings with our fellows To
these be added the of good Judgment the methods
employed attack evils about which find grounds for
plant.
As example Of what mean the Of dis
mas of attendants the Navy because the enlisted men,
having alleged grievances and evidences OF discrimination
articles the public which the Navy Department contends
violation of disciplinary regulations calculated break
down morale in the service.
In all fairness and patriotism, bound admit that
the contention has merit and deserves respectful consideration
That there discrimination in the Navy Department sensible
will dare deny But these evils be they
be attacked by the orderly and bv which
be akin nsubodnaon and destructive discipline which
to be tolerated than the things of which complain
Every Negro fully that in all Of experiences
there are white and who absolutely devoid OF
prejudice who would like all forms Of prejudice and dis
cnnaon destroyed who have fought all the battles
we have waged these follows then if to con-
ne the gains have through years. We
and increasingly exhibit the Justice fobearance and tolerance
which We are demanding in those whom contend lacking
these qualities In word into with clean
hands We cannot make wholesale and ndscmnate charges
but must present each case its merit
And rye must find the give credit those who have
stood with crusades that their hands with ours might
De strengthened tor continuance OF the battles we have
won complete victory.-The Star of Zion
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friendly, sportsmanlike, competl-
tive campaign, for officers, being
Waged. There was not the slight
est sign Of bitterness exhibited and
no interruption of meetings. One
could not have known there was a
campaign by the objective EVIL
derces. for there were none.
This convention was rich and
satisfying experience. 1t made me
wonder whether or not civilizatid,
had reached Tennessee Negroes ana
been embraced by them before it
got to Georgia. However, know
that this is not true for there are
multitudinous evidences of the
fact that Georgia Negroes are high
Iy civilized. They suffer by COM
rariSon though from the "illite-
rate" actions of their state teach
ers' organization.
This column extends congratula-
tlons to the teachers Of tennessee
and the officers CT their assorts
ticn. Special mention should V
made of President Joe Thomas,
Executive Secretary, DR.. George w.
Gore. Honorary President, w. j..
Halo and Executive COMMITTEES
Chairman. George w. Brooks.
There is working harmony be-
tween the State Department of
! Education of Tennessee and the
Negro teachers which is due. In
the main. to the philosophy of
race relations held by Mr.. w. E.
Turner, State Director of Negro
Education. Mr.. Turner is popular
j among the Negro teachers-very
much so-because he believes in
equal educational opportunities,
equal qualifications FOR teachers.
equal accommodations for students
] and equal salaries for teachers.
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Seeing and Saying By William Il. Fo''ks'

saw to it that there was goodly number Of colored
representatives-in fact more than the money SUD-
scribed by colored citizens and companies have ever
rai4 for. Said he: They'll go and in grand style'
And, in grand style" they went to New York. WASH
ngton, Baltimore Annapolis. West Point, by train
by boat by bus And every time they moved the
coored patrol moved under the best of clrcum
stances and in the best Of spirit and its members
inspired. They stayed in the best hotels fo1
cCored and ate the best The captain used to boast
that Atlanta had more coored representatives than
any other CITY in the country including the greatest
cities of The East.
He ho,ioved in education of the adults, too.
Once he arranged safety parade for Auburn ave
rug and III, old Fourth Ward" His patrol Ooys
were there There were traffic department cars pear
rg cards with instructions of how to walk ana uiV
in traffic There were floats, wrecked cars ana am.
Ru,ances with traffic victims. Captain Jack oio
his best to call attention to the horrors liable in at
flc violations
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NYA Forums Reach AZ
Georgia Communities

sional leaders OF their commune
ties who served voluntarily, and
members Of the NYA division of
Negro affairs.
Since the inception OF this prof.
ect in November, 1888, it has
reached A, 1913 Georgia Negroes,
carrying 1872 forum meetings to
more than fifty towns and commu-
mites during the three four-month
forum seasons. This represents an
estimated average of ia persons
per meeting for the Georgia prof.
ect, while the average attendance
for the Nattorl- wide Federal Dem
CntraAon Forums, which were
sponsored by the U. S. Office of
Education in 1Ss6-1937, was ss per-
sons per meeting.
During the three years that the
projec$Nas ex.Ned, a numb T of
wholesome gains have peen at
tr.buted to its influences. Among
Cne gains are listing outstanding
developments in interracail rela-
tions, citizenship, education and
health
Mr.. Hendrix and Frank A. Dod-
son, of the NYA division of Negro
affairs, are responsible for the
promotion of the project. Dr. N.
P. Tillman, Morhouse College, is
a former director of the project.
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RTITEVED IN SELF-RESPECT

What he liked most of all was to talk about the
self respect he believed the patrol duties Instituted
in his boys. He believed that his young Officers
would grow up to be great men with hearts of help
funess and direction for their fellowmen He in
sisted on the same program for both white and col
ored patrol groups because he said they equally
nvc 7-ed in trQffic problems.
Those boys were grieved upon the captains death
the other day. Their floral among. if not, the
most beautiful of the large number at the bier They
formed an honorary escort during the liberalization
and burial. Yes the burial of officer in a town
where policemen are said to frequently commit bru-
talty towards individuals of the minority group
All because they loved and respected the genial
helpful personality of the
1t will be q long time before Atlanta produces
another "strai"h choong" officer like Captain NAL
II would do well to produce lot of men like
him. and to he really great city in the well
hein0 and general welfare cf its citizenry where ap
niration Of the law is concerned
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BETWEEN THE LINES
Getting Somewhere

which have greater promise OF
economic and financial emolu-
ments.
At first it was the ministry;
later it was the physician and still
later it was the bootlegger during
prohibition days. Later it was the
teacher. Today the Negro under
taker is the financial man Of the
hour. But the undertaken is a bus
mess man and his successes only
indicate the possibilities in those
fields where Negroes, either be-
cause of race loyalty or segrega-
ton. can exploit the trading pos
sibilities of their race
Everything points to the con-
clusion that the hour has struck
for Negro business and if the cur
rent conference in washington
will serve no other purpose than
TO make us aware of this, it will
serve a mighty purpose
NEED DYNASTIES
We need a few Negro business
dynasties. Too often Negro gen.
ius arises and builds with marvellous
foresight and efficiency, but when
re dies his business dies with him.
This is a Wasteful tendency in the
business life of the race. When
man spends years of high class
business dealings he builds up
great reserve of good will which
Is worth at times more than his
stock of goods. Were these good
will possibilities exploited. it would
mean great financial gains for the
race. But too often the posslbili-
ties of business dynasty are
thrown away and so each Negro
business must begin anew on the
ground floor.
An illustration of hy thesis is
seen in what is taking place in
Chicago where the late Robert 8
Abbott built the great Chicago
Defender. It is most unfortunate
that the current litigations are
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BY DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK

1eopardizing this great enterprise.
The Pittsburgh Courier is exposed
to the same danger. 1t is fervent-
lv to be hoped that these great
enterprises may survive this ten
dency of Negro business to die
with the founders.
Unfol tmately many OF our best
minds leave no progeny and this
compIicates the matter. An at
tempt to build Negro business
dynasties is seen in the Journai
and Guide policies where Editor
Young has trained his sons as eX-
ecutives capable of perpetuating
this great paper. The Murphys are
doing the same for the Afro-Amer-
ican. The SCOTS in Atlanta give
another striking example of an at
tempt to build good business
DYNASTY in the Negro race.
GETTING SOMEWHERE
When we are able not only to
build a good business but also
to build it so that it will survive
me passing of its immediate found
ers. we are getting somewhere.
Furthermore we are getting some
where when a nationwide attempt
is being made to put Negro busi-
ness on it's feet. The coming
sphere for financial and economic
success for the Negro is the busi-
ness sphere.
The Negro race could well afford
10 sacrifice a few Ph.D.'s In eou-
cation for few A. BIS In busi-
ness. 1t is impossible to think of
Negro business without thinking OF
the doctrine of the "Double-Duty
Dollar" which in its last analysis
advocates that Negroes should
trade with Negroes or with the
whites who employ Negroes. This
doctrine will not downl
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here that the Augusta Gospel
Boomer" is going to conduct a
revival at a certain church
next week"
My friend, still on top Of the
desk, pointed out another article.
Look what 1t says here The Poo
pies Evangelist is scheduled to
be in charge of a two-week serv-
ice"
I'm not obiecting to these mon
ickers used by the gospel preach
ers, because frankly, do believe
all outstanding evangeliStS and
preachers should be known by some
highly descriptive, words. 1t gives
them a sort of hidden power and
makes them stand out, same as
prizefighterS," our friend confided
He got down off the desk, enc
without his asking, gave him the
price of a hot dog and cup OF cuf-
fee. 1 knew why he had come.
Like the preachers and prize
fighters with the famous mOn-
ickers, this diIapidated friend
of mine knows how to get what
he wants.
And although his idea about the
preachers was rather weak it gave
us a feeble thought for this column.
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The White Mans Burden

One OF the oldest stories has do with white mans bur-
den This burden radiona supposed represent his ob
gaon superior being TO lift the weaker and more back
ward races. But lately the story has taken meaning.
Currently the white fighting with his back to the wall
One half OF the white race enthusiastically endeavoring
terminate the other half while halves are desperately irving
TO be in at the finish TO pick the pieces scattering of black
men obviously participating in the general scuffle.
10 get the picture look We have
definitely committed ourselves side OF this struggle We
pledged to become the arsenal of the democracies But
do efforts 10? Every industry with defense
ders is hamstrg with strikes While millions of loyal Negro
wormen and de tisoya white workers saboaging the
whole defense program
What do The white workers won't work The black work
ers cant work Prejudice that So the white burden
turns out III the end be prejudice Within the framework the
labor struggle the of the
whole world White thoats of other white for the
spos that they have long since wreste the darker The
frt OF conflict always conflict The fruit of oppression
oppreSsica There be time for American white
learn Put will he:
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WALTER CHIVERS SAYS:

the cause of organized educational
effort among Negroes.
TALK TO ASSEMBLY
F. iday morning, l talked to the
general assembly on the topic
Education of Negroes for Living
in the Changing Social Order.
Immediately following me was the
address of DR.. Mordecai w. John
son, President of Howard Universe
ty and a native Tennessean. Dr..
Johnson's penet- ating analysis of
the qualities necessary for success
full teaching in secondary and ele-
mertary schools and his plea for
the professional interest in the
profession were appreciated and
discussed in the after session
groups.
The annual banquet address was
delivered by Mr.. j. E. Walker,
President of the Universal Life
Insurance Company and the Nat
ional Negro Business League. Mr.,
Walkers address was most effec-
tive because he was first teacher
and then business man. / was
told that he has constantly mani
tested an intelligent and material
interest in education for Negro
youth.
ADDED dignity was given to the
annual banquet by the "presenta-
ton Of persons eligible to receive
certificates of merit for 25 years
Of service in Negro schools in
Tennessee. The certificates have
standing and are highly valued by
the recipients.
NO BITTERNESS
In the midst of this full and in
tereSting program there was q
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Guard Farm independence

Addressing the Northeastern Dairy Conference. DR. H. C.
Byrd president of the University OF Virginia warned leaders Of
marketing cooperaves other organizations the dangers
of too much agricultural regulation bv government.
do not think the government should be used unity farm
efforts i'll direction, said DR. Byrd. "f such mcaton
lie achieved through farmers ovr<v voluntary efforts
Excessive regulation has made rubber
the and managers of many industries The thing
happen the farmer if lie looks Washington the cap
tails time problem presents itself Political power tends
always increase, never to lessen.
Farmers through such organizations the marketing COOP
eatves solve Of their problems themselves Govern
should be called only last resort Otherwise much
yaunted farm independence will gradually vanish.
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to the meaning of the law and their application has
never appealed to them. Like bad teachers, they
know the of the word don't" but little about
do Captain Jac+ was believer in letting the
public know what to do
To demonstrate his belief in TINS facVol 4e ~
canized through Andrew Lewis, the colored schooi-
bov patrol-young coored policemen with autilor1Ey
to stop start traffic to permit the flow OF schooi
children at dangerous intersections If you oon '
believe he had opposition, you've got two thougn's
coTning He reasoned and said. time and dsdlii'
The colored people of Atlanta constitute large
majority of the injured and fatalities every year
Why shouldn't they be taught in the schools ana on
the streets where and when to walk and driver
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Not only were there guest speak
ers for the general assemblies but
the various departments had guest
speakers of authority. On the Open
ing night the audience heard Har-
per Council Trenholm, president of
State Teachers College, Mont
gomery, Alabama and the non
salaried executive secretary of the
American Teachers Association
plead, as an evangelist, the cause
of Negro education and urge or
ganization as the vehicle for pro-
noting this cause. He is rapidly
becoming the human dynamo" OF
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PHENOMENAL ADVANCE

Abyssinia is the most isolated
outpost of the Italian Empire. is a
vast and difficult country. 1t IS
more than three and half times
the size of the United Kingdom.
The speed Of the advance will be
recognized as the greatest feat in
military history. From January 10
of this year, when the Emperor
Halle Selassie returned to his ma
tive land to lead his army of Brit
ish-trained Patriots, right up to the
occupation of Adds Ababa, the
advance was acceleraed with light
ming rapidity.
Big thrusts were made by The
South Africans from Somaliland
by patriots from Dolo, in the ex-
treme south, by the Sudanese de-
fense force and Free Belgians
from the Congo from the west.
Earliest signs of the begin
ming of the astoundin" campaign
came with the recapture of Moy-
ale, on the Konya border, which
the Kings African Rifles had
evacuated in July, 1910, but the
! advance in earnest did not begin
until the fall of Kurmuk on Feb
ruary IA, when the last Italians
were driven out of Egypt, Konya
and the Sudan.
Events since then, as Imperial
and Allied forces drove deep in
to the heart of the country from
all sides, make a crowded diary.
Principal stages in the campaign,
marked by the fall of towns and
strongs, eliminating in the occu-
patton of the capital. are shown
on maps which have been appear
ing in all the London newspap-
ers. Mussolini's armies began the
invasion of Abyssini on October
8, 1885, and Italians entered Ad-
dis Ababa on Nav 5, 1886. South
African troops who occupied Ad-
dis Ababa April 6, crossed the
frontier from Somaliand on
March 7 last, and have covered
the 700 miles in exactly four
weeks.
OCCUPATION OF ADOWA
Adowa was occupied by troops
moving south from Eritrea. 1t
was at Adowa that the Italian
Army was routed in February
1896 in Italy's first invasion of
Abyssini. Three divisions, each
5000 strong, advanced on the
town, which was defended by
100000 natives. The Italians lost
5000 men in the battle, and
were forced to recognise the
complete independence of Abys-
sinia.
That disaster ranked in italian
memory for thirty-nine years un.
til Adowa was captured by the
Italians in 1885 with tanks, air.
planes and machine guns. Rome
went into frenzy of joy ever
the victory. A monument record
ing the fact that the 1896 dis
aster had been avenged war un.
vieled at Adowa at great mill
tary parade.
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OMEEAS TO CONFER

WASHINGTON, n. Clamp
The roll that college trained ~;ner
and students can play in the ma
tiopal defense program is the theme
Of several annual conferences held
by the various districts of the
Omega Psi Phi fraternity which be-
rims April 18, in Detroit when the
Tenth District conference opens
with Corneff Taylor, Chicago
with the Tenth District conference
presiding.
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Flush Poisons From
Kidneys and Stop
Getting Up Nights
-
Be Healthier. Happier-Sleen BETTER

Be Healthier, Happier-Sleep Better
When you can get for 35 cents an
efficient and harmless stimulant and
diuretic that should flush from your
kidneys the waste matter, poisons and
acid that are now doing you harm,
why continue to break your restful
sleep by getting up thru the night?
Don't be an EASY MARK and ac-
cept substitute-Get Gold Medal
HARLEM Oil Capsules - the original
and genuine. Look for the Gold Medal
on the box - IS cents.
Other symptoms of weak kidneys
and irritated bladder may be back.
ache, puffy eyes, shifting pains. burD
ing or scanty passage.
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A Comparison
By WALTER CHIYERS

! WAS THE GUEST last week
Of the Tennessee Negro Teachers
Association and the A. and l
State teachers annual meeting. II
was well organized, orderly and
intensely interesting. at least 95
per cent of the time was devoted
to treatment of the convention
theme, Education for Living. The
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He WAS CRITICIZED

Criticism upon criticism hit Captain Jacks broad
shoulders when the little Negro boys wearing White
patrol belts and blowing whistles took the streets
the school buildings where reeular city police
should have been stationed in the first place, but
he orinned and boasted of how proud his boys were
and Of the good job they were doing.
Whenever the patrol to receive its yearly
tour to New York and other centers for inspiration
ard as a reward for faithful service Captain Jack
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WHILE THIS IS being written
Negro business men are gathering
in Washington for parley on
Negro business. This conference is
long overdue. The very fact the
government is taking into account
the important matter of Negro
business is doubly significant. If
this conference diverts the atten-
ton Of the Negro race from the
purely academic pursuits ana CEN
ters them on the great possibili-
ties in the field of business it will
make a substantial contribution
to the welfare and progress Of the
race.
For a long time this area of Ne
gro lift has been ObScured by the
stampede into the field of educa-
ton. Our colleges have failed to
emphasize this pressing need for
Negro business. In the early stages
of our racial development the Ne
gro of high degrees was assured OF
the cream" of everything and es-
pecially was he given precedence
in the matter of salaries and live
/ lihood How changed today.
Without effort we can meet daily
Negroes boasting Of degrees from
our best colleges and universities
and yet without the necessities of
life Recently young white man
was pointed out to me at filling
station. as holding a PHI D. degree
from one of our most famous Eas-
tern universities. This indicates
that the field of academic pursuits
is being saturated and this situra-
ton is being felt among Negroes
as among whites.
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general sessions
and department
t a | meetings
were exceeding
ly we'll attended.
The Tennessee
teachers have
been inspired by
dynamic, coura-
geous and sim
cere leadership
to take the pro-
fession of teach
ing seriously.