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INV. Mrs. John L. Beatie. the only
surviving member of the original
group, Is still active in the church
life.
More Land Bought in 1911.
With the coming of the World
War the facilities of the church were
inadequate to accommodate all those
seeking worship. The Rev. Andrew
r. Bird, who came as pastor in 1911
and is the present minister, decided
to enlarge the building. The congre-
CATION purchased more land on the
present site and made plans to add
to the small church.
Plans were easy to make but put
ting them into effect was difficult.
Materials were hard to get. Help
was almost impossible to hire. The
first problem was solved by wrecking
an old structure at Fifth street and
New York avenue NV, which had
been given TO the church.
The second problem was solved
by the ingenuity of Mr.. Bird and
the willingness of all church mem
oers to pitch in and work. High
school boys and members dug the
foundation for the church additions.
Mr.. Bird noted one morning in the
papers that latherers and plasterers
we're on strike. He went to the
place where the men were gathered
and convinced them TO help by the
simple method of agreeing that his
members and himself would do much
of the hard work. AS result the
church was enlarged to $50 seats
through the gallery and addition
put up.
Dedicated in 1880.
The present building was con-
structed in 1929 and decidated the
following year.
For several years. starting in 1919,
Mr.. Bird carried to the country the
message that church facilities were
inadequate in the city where 1t
should be most complete. He was
aided in this project by Navy Chief
of Chaplains John B. Frazer, a
Methodist, who took over Mr.. Birds
preaching duties during the years
the latter was away.
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Vacation School
Ends Tomorrow

A program of dramatic skits, chora
reading, singing and worship vii
feature the closing session OF. thu
Community Daily Vacation Church
School, sponsored by the Nationa'
City Christian and Luther Place Me.
mortal Churches, at pm. tomorrow
at the National City Christian
Church social hall at 1908 Vermont
avenue NV, it was announced to-
day. There will also be display oi
handiwork at the meeting.
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Church, was so small criers on sight
seeing buses pointed to it as "the
smallest church in Washington. .
The little structure at what was
then Florida avenue. now Twenty
second street, and P street held 100
chairs. Its pastor was the Rev.
Harry w. Pratt of Petersburg, Va.
The church's present name was
taken in 1920.
This church. small as it was, came
out of a small group melting in 1908
at the home of DR.. Samuel S. Laws,
1888 @ street NV. The gathering
appealed for help in forming a
Presbyterian church in their part
of the District to the Presbytery of
Chesapeake and the Synod of
Virginia. The church was organized,
under the leadership of the Rev.
B. F. Beginger, the following year.
1t then called DR.. Pratt as pastor
and met in house at 2147 P street
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the eternal. The time came when
God had to assert His righteous au-
thority over man. The race must
be wiped out, and new beginning
made. The only saving remnant
was the righteous family of Noah.
So Noah was hidden to prepare the
ark of deliverance from the flood of
punishment.
This Book of Genesis is a record
of Gods dealings with men. 1t
proves the tendency of mortals to
break away from the Creators beau
tiful plans and to slump into sin.
Again and again the people have SO
defied Him that He has regretted
that He ever made them. But His
mercy endureth forever" His for
giveness is as ample as His justice.
Because He is a moral being,
author of law of human behaviour,
God cannot be indifferent to the
character and conduct of the men
and women whom He created for q
high and holy purpose. He is as in
terested in the behaviour of the
people OF l945 as He was in that OF
Noah's contemporaries. That is why
He has provided way of redemp-
ton through Christ.
Fascinating as is the story of the
food, its deeper. meaning for today
is more important. Man must reckon
with God, who deals with nations as
well as with individuals. Retribu-
tion follows disobedience. But mercy
crowns all: The rainbow promise
succeeds the deluge.
The Sunday school lesson for
July is, Mans Failure and
God,x Prounixe< v-Gen@six iii
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Dean Suter to Speak
AT the Cathedral

The Very Rev. John Wallace Suter
dean of Washington Cathedral. will
preach at the IL am. service tomor.
row at the Cathedral.
A special service, sponsored by thu
YWCA, will be held at 7:30 pm
Tuesday on the pilgrim steps of the
Cathedral There will be community
singing and special numbers. Tht
public is invited.
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Rev. John at Foundry
Methodist Tomorrow

The Rev. Ralph c. John, new as
sistant minister at Foundry Metho-
dist Church, will be presented to the
congregation at the IL am. service
tomorrow by DR.. Frederick Brown
Harris, pastor of the church.
Mr.. John. who is being trans
ferred to the Baltimore Conference
from the West Virginia Conference
is a graduate of Berea College. He
took his theological work at Duke
University and Boston University
He also served as acting pastor at
the North Salem IN. H. Methodist
Church while completing his theo-
logical work at Boston University
the past two years.
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Divine worship
This power is
what sets mar
apart from all
the rest of crea :
tion. Because ne
is made in the
| m a g e Of his
eternal Father
he is free to houi
and forsake his
ParenG.
Only a father
with a broken
heart can under
stand the grief
that flial DISC
bedience caused
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War Heroes Honored
Al BrookIand Church
Memorial Services

Ensign James T. Hagan, jr, anc
Corpl william G. Yeatman, whos'
deaths in action were made public
recently, will be honored at memo
rial services at II am. tomorrow a.
the Brookland Baptist Church, Six.
teenth and Monroe streets NE, tht
Rev. DR.. Gaye L. McGlothlen, pas.
tor, announced today.
Chaplain William T. Kennedy
u. S. N, now at the AnacoStia Nava
Reserve Station, will speak at The
service on God, Our Great Com.
forter."
The two youths were members Of
the church at the time they entered
the armed forces, Corpl. Yeatmar
serving as a deacon. Ensign Hagan
%, Of 1921 Hamlin street NE, was
torpedo bomber pilot who wa;
killed in action on May IL, 1945, or
the U. S. S. Bunker Hill in the Pa
ciflc. A native of Washington, he
was q graduate of Mckinley High
School and was employed at the
Navy Yard here at the time he en-
listed in September, 1912
Ensign Hagan went overseas ir
February. 1943. He participated in
flights over Tokyo and over I've
Jima and was the holder of the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross, Air MEDIA
with four oak leaf clusters, Purple
Heart and ASiatic- Pacific campaign
ribbon. He was buried at sea. His
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Ha-
gan, live at the Hamlin street ad-
dress. Mrs. Hagan is a member OF
the Brookland Baptist Church.
Corpl. Yeatman, 80, of l04l8 Lo-
rain avenue, Silver Spring, Md, was
also native of Washington. He
was a graduate of the University of
Colorado and was employed here in
the Washington Loan g. Trust Co.
at the time he entered the service
in July, l943. Corpl. Yeatman, who
landed on New Caledonia on June
S, 1914, was killed on Okinawa, where
he is buried. A brother law, 1t.
T.>W. Orme, U. S. N. r., wrote home
recently that he had seen Corpl
Yeatman'S grave on that island
Corpl, Yeatman's widow, Mrs.
Helen Yeatman, and 5-year-old
daughter, Mary Diane Yeatman. live
at the Lorain avenue address. Mrs.
Yeatman is member of the Brook
land Baptist Church.
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Senior Cruz to Speak

Senior Florencio Pagan Cruz OF
the University of Puerto Rico fac
ulty will address the Training
Union of the Luther Rice Memorial
Baptist Church at 6:45 pm. at the
church, Concord avenue and North
Capitol street, it was announced to-
day. Senior Cruz will speak on THE
Christian Movement in Puerto Rico. "
Evening star., 1945-07-07

w a S n l n gton' S
m os t beautiful
churches. Behind
the white stones
making up the
attractive build
ing lies a history
of devotion and
determination by
congregation and
pastor.
The first build
ing occupied by
the congregation
in 1904, then
known as the
Second Southern
. c hUf o rian
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A Lesson
For the Week
BY WILLIAM 7. ELLIS.

1t is the divine right of every man
to go to hell--or to heaven.
Awesome is the capacity for choice.
which in every mortal is the sign Of
Evening star., 1945-07-07
BY CASPER NAMES.

Standing on a slight eminence at
Twenty-Second and P streets is the
Church of the Pilgrims, one of
Evening star., 1945-07-07

The Sunday school lesson for
July is, Mans Failure and
Gods Promises."-Genesis, Ills
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CALVARY

tI59-63 Columbia Road NV.
Or. ORRIS GRAVENOR ROBINSON
:00 a.m.-"'The Troubler of Israel
Sermon by the Minister.
500 p.m.-"Unto the Hills"-Silent
Film.
ZOO pm-Youth Meetings
frVE2v ONE wET COME
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LEWIS MEMORIAL

Kansas Ave. and 4th st. NV.
Rev. G. Custer Cromwell, Minister.
11:00 a.m.--Morning Worship.
g:45 am.-Church School
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Asbury Methodist Church
llth and K Streets NV.

Robert Moten WilIioms, Minister
$40 a.m.-Church School at Center
and Church.
HOO a.m.-'ReIigious Experience
Through Nature"
500 p.m.-"Followins a VisioB.~
Sermon to Pullman
Porters, DIR. Williams,
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RHODE ISLAND AVENUE

Rhode Island Ave. and First st. NV.
EDGAR A. SExSMITH, DID,. Minister
$40 s.m.-Church School
900 s.m.-"Has Man Failed"
500 pm.-"Living in a Friendless
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DUMBARTON AVE.

1888 pumbarton Ave. NV.
Mother or Methodism in Washington
DIR. CHAUNCEY c. DAY. Minister.
1l:00 a.m.-"Christ Re-making
Modern Men,"
S.lf1 n m --ssVeaveuiur
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Chr MrthnhtHf Ghurth
BROoKLAkD

ith and Lawrence SITS. NE.
RAYMOND w. WHITE. d. D.. Minister
IL 100 s.m.-"When Good Deeds are
Wrong"
500 p.m.-Vaeation Bible School
Program
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TRINITY

5th and Seward Square Sc.
Rev. Daniel W. Justice. d. D.. Minister
$40 a.m.-Church School for All
Ages.
1900 am.-"Darr We Be Christians
Now"
7:30 p.m.-Gospel Hymn Sing.
Guest Speaker,
Milton Allen.
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ELDBRooKE

Take Car 80 (Friendship Hgts.)
REV. r. PAUL HARRIS, Minister.
9:30 a.m.--Church School.
1l:00 a.m.---Morning Worship.
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BRIGHTWOoD PARK
ST PAUL

Eighth and jefferson SITS. NV.
REV; ROBERT X. NEviTT: Minister.
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EPWORTH

18th st. and North Carolina Ave. NE.
JAMES ALLEN DUDLEY, Minister.
100 a.m.-"0ne's Thirst for God"
7:3o p.m.-Evenlng Worship. Com
bined with Young Peo-
pies. "The Christian
Receiving and Impart-
ing"
Daily Vacation Bible School throush
Ir,l 1 9th
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Ghriattan UhmrrhrH (DtHrtplrH)
MT. RAINIER

33rd 81. and Bunker Hill Rd.
REV. CHARLES H. FRICk.
e:30 am.-Bible School.
l0:45 am.-Rev. VIM. HI. Erskine, re-
turned Missionary from
Japan, Guest Speaker.
7:3o m.-Christian Endeavor.
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4soa 18th st. NV.
WILLIAM JAMES ELLIOTT, Minister.
$50 a.m.-Church School.
LOO a.m.-"The symbol Of Gods
Wisdom and Power"
SUNDAY evening and Wednesday
evening services discontinued through
IiIlH and August
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Branch Ave. and 8 Sc. g.K.
TAT Penn. Ave.)
Q. LEWIS ROBSON, Minister.
9:46 a.m.-Church School.
IL 100 am.-"Salvation Of q Jailer."
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6I0o GeorEia Ave. NV.
EDGAR C. BEEkY. D. D., Minister.
$40 a.m.-Church School.
l1.00 0am-Sermon. "An UnAveiA-
.hl.
Evening star., 1945-12-09
FOR The FIRST CHRISTMAS IN MANY YEARS..
FOLKS WILL GIVE, AND GET,
new G-E AUTOMATIC BLANKETS

cEvERAL thousand happy people are on
- the lists for this years crop of ''elec-
trically.warm' C.E Blankets.
For C-E Blankets are being made again
after four years of turning out Electrically
warm" fying clothes exclusively for our
Air Forces.
Lamb-soft, and light as single regular
blanket, the new C.E Blanket can be as
srarm as three.
Plugs into any ordinary socket. A special
bedside control keeps bed temperature land
sleepcrs) ''just right" all night long, adjusts
automatically to normal weather changes.
. With this superb new sleeping help, chilly
beds can be pre-uurn'ed before sleepers
climb into them. And ''cold spots" will
Evening star., 1945-12-09

Sometimes he saw her in frame, like an
old miniature. Against a blue green back
ground, sea-colored, Myra would then come
alive. Small, fog damp curls clung to her fore
head where, above darker brows. there was
memorable wave, a golden gesture Her eyes
were surprising blue. In this picture her dress
was also blue, and about her bare neck and
throat was some gauzy material, scarcely de-
fined like sea mist Dof didn't put it that way;
he hadn't the words, but that was what it
added up to -.
Now, after months at sea, he meant to find
her.
How you aiming to 60 about it," Scobe
quizzed him.
Dolf didn't know, except he hoped it would
be without Scobie. But you couldn't shake the
cook. He was like that The boys all gathered
at the rail and shouted advice to Dolf. They
were betting odds against his finding her. They
grinned and waved, leaning brawny tattooed
forearms on the rail- Scobie didn't grin. His
face was dead-pan. He just tailed along.
lHEY cleared the sheds, crossed a maze of
tracks and came to truck-shaken pavements
and narrow street leading up into the city.
Fog was beginning to roll in through the narrow
streets 1t excited Dolf. 1t was like an omen.
He strode on; but always when he looked back
there was Scobie. That dead-pan face was like
something that haunted you, from which you
could not escape. Dolf thought: He figures
there isn't any girl, maybe All right, I'll show
him. He was counting on three things - one
or all of them: The little shop where the woman
TW-I2-9-4S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-06
Macarthur Cancels
Pacific Redep|oymen1
or Three Divisions

BY the Associated Press.
The War Department has decided
to send to the Pacific only three
Of six combat divisions alerted to 60.
Acting on the recommendation of
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, the de-
partment Cancelled redeployment or
ders for the I'd, 9th and 95th In
fantry Divisions.
Gen. Macarthur specified the seth
and 9th Infantry Divisions and the
18th Airborne Division as the COM
bat groups to be redeployed. The
infantry units are at sea en- route
to Japan. Members Of the 18th are
on furlough and will assemble early
in October at Fort Bragg, N. C.
All of the enlisted men in the
18th, with As discharge points as of
May IL, those 81 years of age and
those "a to So, inclusive, with year
of service will be screened out be-
fore departure.
Won't Affect Requirements.
The department emphasized that
cancellation of orders for the move
ment of divisions as such will not
affect the flow of low-point replace
ments to relieve long time veterans
in the Pacific.
Many of these requirements, the
department added, will necessarily
come from the ranks of divisions
whose orders for overseas service
have been Cancelled.
Soldiers in both the seth and 95th
Divisions had protested they were
being "shanghaied" into Pacific
service after combat duty in Europe.
Some of the protests reached Con-
gress and the White House.
The 18th Airborne left the United
States last January for Europe. The
War Department said that only one
of it's regiments had been committed
to combat in Europe. This was
identified as the 517th Parachute
Infantry Regiment which joined the
division after it's arrival overseas.
The 18th is now commanded by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-06

Maj. Gen. Elbridge G. Chapman, a
native of Denver.
Protest Has Effect.
Meanwhile, Representative john
son. Democrat. of Texas disclosed
that lib bemedaled war veterans at
Fort Dix, N. j., who signed Pc
tition protesting their retention in
the Army ito pick up cigarette
butts" will be released before the
end of the month.
Mr.. johnson, who transmitted
their petition to the War Depart
ment, said he received a letter from
Undersecretary of War Robert P
Patterson asserting the point-laden
men would be discharged promptly
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Open Letter
CONTINUED from page y

CONTINUED from page y
mocracy must rest with the Super
intendent and Board
Again, the Superintendent and
Board must be aware that their pol
icy is without legal sanction. When
ever the question of segregation has
been presented properly to the
courts, for adjucation, the answer
has been that Negroes cannot thus
be deprived of their rights under
the law. An entire system of Negro
schools has grown up in Dayton
simply because no legal contest has
developed over it.
Ordinarily, we Negroes are
peace-loving people. We do not en-
gage in conflict if we can avoid it.
We are passive and this contributes
to easy disregard of our fundamen-
tai rights as citizens. Perhaps the
fact that Negroes in Dayton have
never revolted against the abroga-
ton Of their constitutional rights
has led to the conviction that no le-
gal action will be taken in opposition
to another Negro school. Indeed the
Superintendent and Board may con-
slider that the addition of a few
more teachers and a new principal
ship will more than compensate for
the denial Of citizenship and allay
any unrest that may be engendered
thereby.
1t seems not to nave been enter
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-14
SAYS CONFERENCE MEET
AIDED international
FRIENDSHIP

SAN FRAN CISCO, June ID
(ANP).-Clarence L. Simpson, vice
president of Liberia and chairman
of the Liberian delegation to the
United Nations peace conference de-
clared that the deliberations at the
conference have done more to Gre
ate mutual understanding and good
will among races and nations than
any previous world conference Of
similar magnitude.
Mr.. Simpson expressed great con-
fidence that every representative at
the peace conference would return
to his respective country with de-
termination to see to it that the con-
ference's formula for lasting peace
would become reality.
The vice presidents talk was
made before members and guests
of the Cosmos International Social
club at the San Francisco Interna-
tional institute.
Pointing to the great rubber in
dustry of Liberia, Mr.. Simpson said
that the republic has furnished
more rubber to the United States
during this war than has any other
source.
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Such an action is forced upon us
because the Superintendent and
Board have given public proof that
their major concern is in preserv-
ing way of life, inconsistent with
democracy as interpreted by it's alb
lest exponents. Naturally all Ne
groes will not agree. Some will pre-
fer collaboration with the officials
who are committed to segregation
as the present device for survival.
Some may even welcome this in
crease in job opportunities without
examining the effect upon the total
community, Negro and white.
The bulk Of the Negro population
must resist this latest projection of
segregation. The issue is not the
personnel of Wogaman. The issue is
jim north Of the Mason
Dixon line, practiced by public
agency with public funds in disre-
gard of law 1t is essential to good
race relations that we have clarity
at this point. Only court action can
settle it. Of necessity the entire edu-
cational program affecting Negroes
will be included. This is regrettable
and could have been avoided if the
Superintendent and Board had
deigned to listen to the actual voice
of the Negro in Dayton as it be-
came articulate through its chosen
spokesmen. Failure to heed the con-
sidered judgment of the responsible
elements in the community has made
continued controversy inevitable.
For unless the Negroes in Dayton
act now, the time will come when
the doors Of schools in Dayton will
not be open to Negro children. He
who seeks equality in education for
his child will be considered traitor
and will be treated with contempt.
Even now Negro children are being
steered into Negro schools by the
transfer policy of the Superin-
tendent's office. Many parents have
had to send their children to Negro
schools when neither the parents
nor children wanted it. Others have
removed their children out of the
system and are sending them to
Catholic school to avoid the evils
of segregation. That number is
growing.
1t is plain that segregation will
continue unless it is met by the
resolution Of Negro citizens. Those
who resist it will be abused. They
will lose prestige with the Superin-
tendent and Board. Yet it is the only
way to end the intolerable humila-
ton Of Negroes. The ranks must be
closed and as one man, we must
use the democratic process to Sc
cure our inalienable rights as Amer
ican citizens. If this be treason, let
men make the most of it.
(Signed) The Citizens Committee
By:
Matral Reese,
Acting Chairman
Mary Robinson
Rev. H. Laurence Mcneil
Rev. Granville w. Reed, Jr.
Laura Robinson Jones
DR.. NJ. R. Clarke
Miley o. Williamson
Charles j. Robinson
G.. William Dunn III
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tanned that Negro citizens would
oppose this new restriction. If so,
it did not count sufficiently to ar
rest you from extra-legal activity.
Yet, it would be ironical to witness
the Superintendent and Board in
court defending segregation as dem
ocratic. The irony of it in country
committed to freedom must be ap-
parent Even so, with full under
standing the Board and Superin-
tendent acted. They must have done
so only because they felt that they
could get away with it.
AS no public Interpretation is
forthcoming, it seems fair assump-
ton that the Superintendent and
Board believe that segregation is in
the best interest of the whole COM
muniy. AS a personal belief, it is
their inherent right to think this
but as public officials they have no
right to make it the basis of edu-
cational policy. To make segrega-
ton the basis of our educational
system is to violate the spirit of
democracy and to deprive citizens of
their rights guaranteed by law. For
this act, the liability must rest with
the Superintendent and Board.
1t is sad commentary on the in
telligence Of the Superintendent and
Board that they seek to operate
public school system in democracy
with race difference as criterion
rather than democratic ideals. They
seem to have learned nothing from
the countless millions, dead, precise
ly because men who should have
known better yielded to worship of
race. All the world groans in pain
because they hearkened to the voice
of race batter and watched the
shameless degradation Of human be-
ings without protest. 1t is too late,
much too late for anybody in edu-
cation to make casualties of free
dom and justice because they harbor
race hate in their hearts.
A truly democratic society is i'm
possible so long as race difference
counts more than democratic ideals
of regard for personal worth and the
dignity of man. Our educational sys-
TEN must be geared to make democ-
racy work here in America or it
will die. 1t will die because we rem
der only lip service to it and fondle
the serpent Of race prejudice in our
bosom. 1t is most criminal now to
continue to follow the way Of de-
struction by employing segregation
as a tool to maintain "our way of
life"
Our officials will protest that they
are realists. So were the fascists in
Europe. 1t is not that we expect
righteousness from them
but to them have been given "the
keys of the kingdom" and they have
the moral obligation Of correcting
the errors in the system which they
Instead they are perpet-
uating the mistakes of the past and
the problem of building
a relatively free and reasonably
just society. In no decision affecting
Negroes have the Superintendent
and Board used a higher norm than
that of race. This is fatal not only
to Negroes but to all other citizens
in Dayton.
The responsible Negro leadership
in Dayton has no choice but to ap-
peal to the courts for review of
the policy of the Board of Educa-
t;on and Of the Superintendent, |