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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
No Mention Is
Made OF Power
To Issue Orders
Government Heads
Requested To
Examine Personnel

Observation-Disclosures Pres
ident Truman Thursday directed
che Fair Employment Practice
Committee to continue to perform
until June 30th the duties imposed
upon it by previous executive or
ders creating the agency and de-
filming its powers.
No mention is made in the new
order of any power to issue dlrec-
tives but it is believed that under
previous executive orders the
agency retains authority to take
appropriate steps to obtain elimlna-
tion of discrimination against
minority grownups in employment
by federal agencies and establish
ments having government con-
tracts. President Truman also sent
to the heads of all government
agencies request that they exam
inc their personnel practices in or
der to bring them into accord with
national law and policy"
Besides the duties imposed upon
FEPC by previous executive or
ders, Mr.. Truman also instructed
that agency to investigate, make
findings and recommendations, and
report" to him with respect to dis
crmination in industries producing
military supplies and reconverting
to a peace time economy.
SOUTHERN OPPOSITION
Nov we have Az open break.
with Truman), FIST like with the
late President Roosevelt" stated
Representative Gibson democrat
Georgia) as he criticized Truman
actions for such legislation as FEPC,
full employment bill, the status of
USES
Some of the southern Democrats
expressed themselves as seeing little
hope for improvement in the rela-
lions now existing between them
and the Chief Executive.
The three specific actions re-
sponsible for expression of the dis
cord Thursday were:
/. Mr.. Truman told news reporters
in a news conference that he would
soon express himself on the return
ing of United States Employment |
Service (USES) to the individual |
states within 100 days.
2. In letters from the President,
released to key congressman Thu
man described the House substitute |
for the full employment" bill as
unacceptable The Senate has
passed the bill |
3. The extension of Fair Employ
ment Practice Committee (FEPC)
until June 80, 1896
The last action PARTICULARLY vex-
ed the southerners as they have
fought all legislation for
the FEPC. They went
so far as to assert that this direc-
tive may call forth immediate effort
to abolish the agency. In both
houses of congress there are bills
designed to establish the agency on
1 permanent basis.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
A Little Skylight

When truth we fail
To venerate
Heat, not light,
We generate.
IF. j. Earl
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
Dept. Of Veterans Education
Created At Jackson College

mathematics, and general educa-
ton. A certificate of high school
graduation will be given to those
veterans who complete this course.
SPECIAL SHOP COURSES
The Department Of Veterans Edu-
cation will include two specialized
courses in Vocational Work. ID
Practical Carpentery CD Interior
decorating and house painting. A
limited number of veterans will be
enrolled in these two courses. In
structions will be practical and
under the direction of competent
tradeSmen. Some instructions will
be given in PRACTICAL theory such
as mathematics for mechanics,
drawing and blue print reading.
Veterans will be admitted to these
courses regardless of their pre-
vious educational training.
COMMERCIAL COURSE
The Department of Veteran Edu-
cation will also include a two year
SOtii DC III SOlIlillCi Cidl SuDlcCUS. lie
work of this course will have two
detectives. To prepare practical
typists and stenographers. To pre-
pare veterans to operate small
businesses. No attempt will be
made to give college courses in
these subjects other than those
required in the teacher education
curriculum Of the college. The
courses will consist mainly of typiny
shorthand, accounting and filing.
Students who enroll in these
course on a high school or college
of practical work in the offices
and auxiliary businesses of the COL
lege. Veterans who have the APP
pitude will be admitted to this
course on a high school of college
level. A certificate will be given
Continued ON Page -
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
Ferqusons Gives Xmas
Cheer Club $4,000

churches and other organizations.
Ferguson's is one of the largest
retail stores in the city which
sells a high class line of men and
women's clothing, furniture, fur
niture, jewelry and household ap-
pliance.
The manager of the store says
that the donations made by the
store for the causes of the colored
people of the city and state in
just one way of extending its SER
vices and expressing appreciation
for its large volume of colored
patronage.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
Regional College
Proposal Opposed

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-(SNS) The
regional college proposal OF Deans
of Southern Graduate Schools was
denounced at a symposium held re-
Gently in Fisk University. De-
nouncement came from Thurgood
Marshall of New York, legal counsel
for NAACP; Carter w. Wesley,
head of the Southern Negro Con-
ference for Equalization OF Educa-
tional Opportunities, and Dean
Charles H. Thompson OF Howard
University, Washington. d. c.
The regional college de a was
construed as Numerically opposed
to the Lloyd Gaines U. S. Supreme
Court decision.
The subject of the symposium,
which was the first of five meeting
to be held between Southern grad
uate deans and colored educators
and leaders, was What Should Be
Our Position Toward the Current
Alternative Proposals for the Pro-
vision of Graduate and Profession
al Education of Negroes by South
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
Federation Members
I'm Bond Contest

According TO an announcement
by Mrs Ruby E. Suits Lyells, pres
ident of the Mississippi state Fed
Grafton of Colored Women's Clubs
Inc, club women over the state
are participating in the National
Victory Bond Selling Contest. The
contest was initiated by the Inter-
racial section, War Finance Di-
vision, Treasury Department.
The contest, originally set to
close December Is, has been ex-
tended through December 81 The
contestant reporting the highest
number of bonds sold to date is
Mrs. A. B. johnson of Canton.
Miss.
All persons taking part in the
contest have been asked by Mrs.
Lyells to send in their names and
addresses Immediately, in order
that they may be registered in
Washington. Two national prizes
each a $5O0-bond will be given to
the contestant reporting the high
est number of individuals to
whom bonds have been sold and
the contestant reporting the great
est amount in cash (maturity
value of the bondS)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
New Workers
Seek First
Radio Station
Bandleaders And
Boxer Forming
Combination

NEW YORK (ANPl - Band
leaders Lucky MillindeT, Erskln
Hawkins and Ceatie Williams, boxer
Ray Robinson snd Kat Cole, leader
Of the sensational King Cole Trio,
are forming combination intend
ing to give Harlem its long looked
for radio station.
While planning IS still in the
preliminary stages the group has
met three times already for explora-
tory conferences. Planning has ad-
vanced to the point of making over
lures to several men to fill key
positions in the operational setup
of the proposed station.
REAPING PROFITS
Millinder HakWins and Williams
are aware that their many hit re-
cordings have been the foundation
of the success of many radio sta
lions just as have the recordings
of their contributions, others have
leaders They reason that in spite
of their contributions, ohter have
reaped the profits created by those
record broadcastS.
Even more important than the
profit motive is the firm conviction
on the part of all involved that a
radio station can render a real SER
vice to Americas largest Negro
community. In addition it will offer
a real outlet for Negro artists to
display their talents.
TO MEET SOON
It is expected that three fourcns
of the men in the combination VIII
be meeting regularly while all are in
New York Williams in headlining
the show at the Zanzibar mite clup
on Broadway; Hawkins is featured
at the savoy, while Millinder is
taking brief rest following MS
long coast TO coast tour. Robinson
is convaleScing from a recent ill
ness and will remain in the metro
politan area to prepare for his BID
for the welterweight boxing cham
pionship this spring.
Cole is on swing around the
country but is in constant contact
with the other men both for his re-
concentrations and in order TO be
kept informed of the status of the
ambitious project.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29

President Jacob L. Reddix of
Jackson College here announced
last week the establishment of a
Department of Veterans Education
at the college to provide educa-
tional opportunities for returning
veterans under the Veterans Re-
Mobilization Act and the G.. I. Bill
of Rights for Veterans. The pres
ident stated that the new depart
men would be under the direction
of an experienced Staff Member,
who is himself veteran and that
the entire staff and teaching fac
ulty of the college will strive to
adapt all academic work TO the
specialized needs of veterans. The
president stated further that no
mass education In connection with
the department of Veterans Edu-
cation will be attempted but each
veterans case viii be teated in ac-
cordance with the individual need.
ADULT HIGH SCHOOL
FOR VETERANS
The college has organized an
adult high school for Veterans to
suit the needs of those who de-
sire a more formal education and
for those who want to complete
high school training in as short a
period as possible. The college will
accept only those who have COM
pleted the eighth grade or its
equivalent in the adult high school
course. All work in the adult high
school will be individualized and
adapted to the special needs OF
veterans. All fads and frills will be
set aside, and it should be poss-
ible for veterans to complete the
full high school course in two
years, by attending summer sess-
ions. All instructions will be CIV
en- by specialist in the field of So
cial science, language arts, science
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
k.KA's End
Busy Year

The Beta Delta Omega chapter
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
closed a busy year Xmas Eve Day
when it rallied off 2 five pound
bags of sugar to the persons hold
ing the lucky numbers. Money col
Sected from the sale of chances Will
go into the budget of the Chapter
which contributes TO local and ma
tional projects.
Among the agencies which bene-
fitted from AKA charities are the
local community chest, the MisSlS-
Sippi State federation of Colored
Women'S Clubs the William John
son Bethlehem Cente-:, the Xmas
Cheer Fund The National Sorority
sponsors a nea'th clinic in the Mis-
SiSsippi Delta each Suoiner ana a
non-partiSan council in Washington
which seeks the interests of Ne
groes in connection with national
legislation.
Soror F. o. Alexander (Jackson)
heads the local chapter Members
of the Chapters are Zenobia Cole
man, Dorothy Gordon, Annie Davis
(Tougaloo) Sorors Jane Watts
Lovelace, Doris Comic, Claire Col
Inns, and Ruby E. Stunts Lyells
(Jackson.) Soror Helen Battle par
ticipates in the activities of the
local chapter.
The final meeting of the year
was held at Tougaloo College last
week Among other items of bust
ness attended to was the unanI-
nous vote to give scholarship
next year to a high school graduate
who meets the standards set by the
sorority. Students viii be consIGetea
from the following high schools
which are rated by the Southern
Association of Colleges ana Second
ay Schools: ianier I!gh School
(Jackson) Southern Christian Insti-
tute (Edwards,) Tougaloo High
School (Tougaloo,) and Alcorn High
School (Alcorn College.)
The most outstanding social event
of the year was banquet last
April at Tougaloo College honoring
Soror Lyells upon her election as
president Of the Mississippi State
Federation of Colored Women's
Clubs and her appointment as Spe-
eial Library Assistant, Iowa State
College, Ames, Iowa.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
DISCUSSION PARTICIPANTS
ern States?'

DISCUSSION PARTICIPANTS
Participants in the discussion
were President Rufus E. Clement of
Atlanta University, Georgia; D. O.
Holmes of Morgan State College,
Baltimore, Md; and F. D. Patter-
son of Tuskegee Institute, Ala
bama; Dean A. O. Scruggs, white,
Of Louisiana State University, Bat
on Rouge. who is representative of
Southern Graduate School Deans;
Dean Thompson, Attorney Marshall
and Carter Wesley
In discussing regional SCHOOLS,
Dean Thompson and Messrs Mar
shall and Wesley held that state
funds should provide within each
Southern State equal educational
opportunities for Negroes with
those provided by the State and
the State funds for whites.
All participants on the panel
Continued on Page A.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
Police Stay Kilby
Escape In Bessemer

BESSEMER, Ala. -(SNS)-- Two
unnamed policemen shot to death
Henry Hurd, Alias Wilbur Davis
escaped Kilby convict. here Dec. 81
Police Chief Lacey Alexander said
that the two patrolmen doing the
fatal shooting said they trapped the
slain man hiding in a store with
his hands on his hips. The Chief
said that no gun was found on the
dead ex-conyict.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
FATHER CRITICALLY INJURED

FATHER CRITICALLY INJURED
Authorities report, the accident
happened with amazing rapidity in
the Short home at Randall and
Pepper streets III Fon5ara, about
eco p. NJ. Sunday evening according
to some reports, Short, the
only survivor of the tragedy, said
the explosion occurred when he at
tempted to light his lamp. The
family was gathered around watch
ing him when oil thrown by the
force of the explosion spewed over
them and ignited.
THREE ARE VICTIMS
Those dead included the mother,
Mrs. Helen Short, daughter, Car
81, and a son, Barry, 7. Neighbors
reported the four persons fled the
house in flames. Some authorities
appeared bit skeptical about how
the explosion occurred, and the fact
were unable to escape the flames.
Attorney Ivan j. johnson III,
who had been retained by 0. II.
Short a few days earlier to repre-
sent him in suit to enforce speci-
tic performance in the escrow deal
involving the purchase of the five
acre plot upon which he was erect
ing dwelling, with his law part
ner Atty Loren Miller, Immediately
caused machinery to be put in mo-
ton which would bring about an
investigation.
Atty. Johnson said. he was ask
ing for the investigation because
of certain salient factors which
backgrounded the case of the WHIP
ed out family, from the start. The
lawyer said he was ready for filing
on behalf of his client Short, an
action calling for specific perfor-
nance of conditions of a contract
to purchase the site of his home,
which the sellers were trying to
avoid.
He said one of the parties to the
seller side of the escrow Mrs. Helf-
Continued on Page A.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29

Ferguson's Furniture Store, To-
Gated in the heart of downtown
Parish Street, again this year
topped all donors to the Negro
Christmas Cheer Club with a dona-
ton of $4,000.
The management Of the store
at the corner of Parish and Amite
Street has proven to be liberal
donor to all movements having for
their purpose the welfare of and
betterment of Negro life both in
jackson and in other sections OF
the state having. given literally
this year to Negro colleges,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-12-29
Mother Children
Fatally Scared;
Covenant BIan. d
Husband Critically Burned;
Warnings Had Been Given To
Residents On Housing Writ

SAN BERNARDINA, CALIF.-(NPB)-Thre Persons,
a mother children dead here Monday follow
ing an explosion that gned their clothing when the hus
band and father repeatedly attempted to light ordinary
kerosene lamp in their partially completed home recently
purchased in nearby Fotana The husband and father o.
H. Short, was critically i'll from shock and burns in
hospital operated by the Kaiser steel company hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-23
SOCIAL WORKERS
Continued from Rage One)

Continued from rage One)
flats, like. those ordinarily resi-
dent in a neighborhood, may be
able to help! the. newly formed
communities ito eueyelup I'd COM
munity sense and lto widen their
experience So that they may pro-
vide themselves. With a full, rich
and varied social life.
To-day the, opportunities for
different groups ITO meet spon-
taneously in common fellowship
are continually increasing. but
none can deny that there is still
much mutual misunderstanding
and ignorance. The settlement of
today provides a bridge which
should do much to lessen the
gap which must disappear if 4
classics good fellowship and
helpful national society are - TO
evolve"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-23
HOW FAR CAN THE U. s.
GO IN REHABILITATING
THE WORLD?

Conditions in the Philippines
are ''indescribable," according to
Senator Willard E. Tydings, Of
Maryland, who recently returned
from mission of inquiry to the
islands to make a report to Presi-
dent Truman.
The Senator was greatly inn
pressed by the ruin and devasta-
ton in the islands, where condi-
lions are so bad that no sugar
crops can be expected for three
years. Manila is almost complete
ly wrecked, with hardly a hab-
liable house, without water,
without transportation, without
food and with almost nothing
with which to look after a suffer
ing population.
The Senator says that there
are 100000 people in Manila now
being fed and clothed by the
Army, but that thousands of
troops are arriving and the Army
needs all materials at hand for
fighting men. Consequently, he
advocates an extensive policy of
generous treatment, with large
scale. public-purpose loan and
general Federal aid to the islands
Tor permanent reconstruction
work.
The report of the Senator, de-
conditions that he wit
messed first-hand, poses an in
teresting problem for this coun-
try. 1t duplicates to a large ex-
tent the destruction and suffer-
ing now going on in Western
Europe and other parts of the
world.
There is widespread sympathy
in this country for the Filipinos
and for other victims of the war,
in Europe and elsewhere, but
the question is how far the ma
ton can go in an effort to finance
The rehabilitation of peoples ad-
versely affected by current war
fare.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-23
LEO M'MAHON, JR.
*"rf is GIVEN AWARD


WITH THE 2874TH ENGINEER
DREDGE CREW IN MANILA,
Philippines. June %. - Since
joining the Organization in
March, 1914, S-Sgt. Leo Mcmahon
Jr., has been very efficient
worker and has been a willing
worker.
Sgt. Mcmahon was employed
on the dredge boat that he is
now assigned to in the armed
forces for approximately S years
in civilian life. He has said many
times that he feels at home when
working as he is familiar with
the dredge. He is now acting in
the position as an assistant en-
gineer which same job he held
before being indicted in October
1943.
Sgt. Mcmahon was awarded
the Purple Heart for injuries re-
ceived while in the line of duty
while engaged in action on
Leyte Province, Philippine, ISL
ands. on 4 November 1914. The
Purple Heart was awarded to
him on the 26 April 1945.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-23

provement of navigation in New
York and other harbors.
The IVA chairman says that
the total investment for the pro-
duction of electric power is about
$3.50, 100000. In the last fiscal
year, this yielded a gross income
of $40.000,000 and net income,
after taxes, of more than $I8,-
100000. He estimates that this
return will repay the total cost
of power facilities in thirty years.
MIR. Lilienthal is unable to un-
derstand why distinguished
American business leaders favor
the extnsion of long-term credits
and chronological assistance to
Russia, China and Latin America
for the development of their re-
sources and yet bitterly fight
measures that could encourage
the industrial development OF
MisSc-4ri. Tennessee, Iowa, Ar
kansas, Kansas and Oklahoma.
- He asks: why is it good
business and good policy to risk
our money on the Volga, and the
Dneiper and the Amazon, but
wasteful and extravagant to de.
velop the Missouri Valley. the
Arkansas, the Savannah ana the
I Coumu.4.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-23
WALKERS BAN ON
ESQUIRE LIFTED
BY THE COURTS

The decision of Postmaster
General Walker revoking second
class mailing privileges for the
magazine Esquire has been re-
versed by the United States
Court of Appeals which, in the
unanimous decision of its three
judges, denied the theory of that
public official that he should de-
eide what is good for the public
to read. - Uni - tn. a'..
Opinions may differ as to the
contents of Esquire, but there
should be no serious Disagree
ment with the opinion of Justice
Thurman w. Arnold, who denies
the contention of Mr.. Walker
that the second-class mailing
privilege is IAN award for re-
sisting the temptation to publish
material which offends people of
refinement" as determined by
the Postmaster General.
Mr.. Walker, commenting on
the opinion, says that it "forbids
the Postmaster General to con-
slider the contribution a publica-
ton makes to the public good or
welfare in the granting or revok-
ing OF the permit" Obviously, he
thinks that he should have the
power to determine whether q
publication is entitled to a second
class mailing permit.
The second-class permit, as the
reader understands, gives prefer.
entail rates to publications and
according to the Postmaster.
General, permits publications te
use the mail at a charge that is
approximately Sle8,O00, less
than would be the case if there
were no second-class rate. In The
case of Esquire magazine, it i:
stated that use of fourth-class
with its higher rates, amounted
to an additional charge of $500,
900 a year.
We are perfectly willing to con
slider the question whether tn,
people of the United States re
ceive a benefit of 100000, OO(
in connection with the grantinl
of preferential rates to newspa.
pers, magazines and other pub
locations. Certainly, in the cas-
of Esquire, it is debatabls
whether the public is served t.
the tune of 100000 a year.
This question, however, ha:
nothing whatever to do with the
assertion by the Postmaster Gen
eral that he has the right to bal
publications from second-clas.
privileges according to his opin
ion as to whether their content:
are for the public good.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-23
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the many
friends for their kindness toward
us during our recent bereave-
ment. in the loss of our loved
one, Samuel c. Gates. We espec-
tally thank Mrs. Elmer Davis of
the Convalescent Home in
Miami, and those who gave the
use of cars for the funeral, and
for floral offerings. We assure
one and all that their kind deeds
will always be remembered.
G23-1D THE FAMILY
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-23
MOST CRUEL

Lost Angeles.--In asking for .
divorce from her husband ana
of her automobile,
Mrs. Katherine Straw, 70, tessi-
field that her husband. William
Straw. a merchant mariner. TOOK
her ration book, used So gallons
of her gasoline allotment In one
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-06-23
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Mrs, Sadie Orr Dunbar of Port
land, Ore, noted club leader, born
Granger, Mo, IS years ago.
Mary Livingston, actress, radio
star, born.
Judge F. Ryan Duffy of Mil
waukee, federal jurist, born Fond
du Lac, Wis, 81 years ago.
The Duke of Windsor, born 81
years ago.