Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-07-21
Why Not Mississippi?

Tn news item of the U. s. Treasury Department is s
.o, oaarad and released for publication through '
facilities of the Office OF War mIorao' w. Wr Pro-
n q It is stated that on behalf OF the :1;+ Ir+or
.or, Charles A. Mclean, Promotion opeelai'v, ~ 100
.I Section Treasury's War Finance DIVISION WIN WIS., lS
Summer Schools in ten southern states 70 Stan,ns
GRO Teachers Enroees and plan the W ar nd b;ah
saving program 10 pe "'i'
schools this fall
mn 80 ;+, states that the War Finance DIVISION
osnn+tiva will visit twenty colleges and universities
most of which have record teacher m ord that
summer sessions His trip mas oeei pa pa who arc
fret hand contact might be MADE WIFI PEI eo,e +;
a;+I resnonsible for the promotion OF war Bona ao'
+;s among the Negro school children OF the nauon. ~
A nonted out in the item the schools to De Vseu Wy
a. 1 re. Rluefield State Teachers College, Blue
"a w Vo West Virginia State College, INSTITUTE w.
Va kentucky State Industrial College rranklor n.y.
Tennessee A. and State Coege Nasnve eeenac Ct
College Jackson Tenn; Lincoln University Je11erson ivy
Mo :. Ianqston University, Langston, okla rh mm
smith College Little Rock, Ark A. M ana N GUe as
Pine Bluff Ark; Samuel Houston Colege' Aus' CO.
rouston College for Negroes Houston, leHas; whey O1
leoe Marshall Texas Louisiana n and Institute Gdai
Ing La; Southern University Scotlandville La foua
A. and NJ College, Tallahassee Fla; fiorloa ~ ,paa
Institute St Augustine, Fla; Georgia otate Cohese'
Savannah Georgia; Fort Valley College, Fort Vaiey ua
Prairie lew State College Prairie View Texas ana texas
College, Tyler, Texas. L.. e ,,4, f,oro
lima graduate of North Carolina College, State Norman
School and West Virginia State College along WIN SONY
other facts regarding his life and works tne i'eli PAM
ranks among group able Negroes contributing TO the
national war effort by working in government -
In looking over Mr. McLean's ltenlary 1t VIII pe W.
served that he is nowhere scheduled to stop IN MISSISSIPPI
although the reputed to have the largest Negro
population of any state in the United States ana
ing to national estimates based upon the most SCHOLARLY
research and study Negro population from the stand
pont of education and teracy is lowest among the STATES
and would therefore be the most need OF any kihu VI
service calculated to improve their knowledge ana uoer
standing especially with respect to SUCH an lHpoftah.
matter as that relating to the sale OF War Bonds ano
Stamps this fall as proposed by the u % treasury D
partment.
One can be fairly contain to that the great majority OF
the business men of the state convinced OF the eVtaDv
of widespread depression at least far reaching slump
in EMPLOYMENT following victory Japan woud IKE
to see everything done to cause the gnest amount pos
sbe of buying War Bonds by the Negroes OF the state VINO
represent of the states population IN order tha
such accumulated buying necessarily released our
np the post war depression might to offset the
affect of widespread unemployment the state and nation
change from wartime to peace time conditions
record breaking school also beng heid mere
at jackson College, with than 500 teachers enroueo
in each of it's two sessions
The question arises then why this War BONDS ana
Stamps sales promotion specialist OF the u s. treasury
Department coming to Mississippi The answer to
the be among other things that there Stl
large section of opinion in the state who thinks that the
way oneha Of the states people to get up by
keeping the other half down. and of there is the
time idea Of keeping the Negroes of the state immune
from outside influences
Before representative of department of the Govern
can to a state, regardless of his mission he
have the approval of the congressional representation
of that state the best to the question why
this War Bonds Stamps sales promotion expert not COM
ing the state will be found in the fact that somewhere
along the line his visit met the opposition of the Mssissi
ppi representation IN the. u s. Congress-