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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-07-25
SOUTH CAROLINA POLICE
DENIES Binding NEGRO
WAR VETERAN

NEW YORK, July 25 CAMP y
Aiken, S. c., police issued blanket
denial to the binding of Isaac
Woodward, who had been dis
charged from the army only few
hours previously, the NAACP here
reported.
Aiken Police Chief Sprawls said
no word exists of the beating and
binding of Woodward on FEB. 13 by
two South Carolina troopers. Term
ing Sprawls statement mot in the
least surprising" Oliver Harring-
ton, NAACP spokesman, said, "it
would have been more surprising if
there had been a police record"
Woodward, now living with his
parents in the Bronx, charges his
eyes were gouged out with night
stick by the troopers shortly after
he was discharged from the army.
Harrington urged organizations Of
fering assistance in the case to sup
port with letters the NAACP's ap-
peal to the Justice department for
an immediate investigation.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-07-25
COURT BACKS BISHOPS
COUNCIL AGAINST
BISHOP sims

NEW YORK, July "a (ANP)-
A local court backed the recent de-
cision of the AME Bishops council
that placed Bishop R. R. Wright
Jr., as associate bishop of the New
York conference by denying Mon
day an injunction by Bishop David
H. Sims to remove him.
The court also ruled in the favor
of DR.. J. A. Portlock, pastor OF
the Bethel AME church, who was
transferred by Bishop Sims to
Freeport, L. I. Action to end the
long dispute in the New York con-
ference was taken during the three
day bishops council in Kansas City
in June. Bishop Wright was Sc
lected to serve as associate bishop
of the conference and sentiment
by the bishops was expressed in
favor of Rev. Portlock.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-07-25
LOUISVILLE EDITOR FIRST
winner OF NIEMAN AWARD

LOUISVILLE, July 25 (ANP)-
Fletcher Martin of Louisville be-
came the first Negro to be awarded
a Nieman fellowship for a year of
study at Haryard university.
Martin, 80, was war correspond
ent during World War II for the Ne
gro Newspaper Publishers associ-
alton. Assigned to the Pacific the
ater, he was cited for meritorious
reporting of the first engagement Of
Negro infantry troops with the en-
emy. After 22 months with Gen.
MacArthur's forces, he moved to
the Central Pacific and later to Sa-
mar, where he was stationed with
Filipino guerrillas.
A native of McMinnville, Tenn,
Martin attend public school here,
and is a graduate Of Louisville Mum
icipal college. He became city editor
of the Louisville Leader in 1899, and
later began work with the Defender
as feature writer. He has selected
American government, philosophy
and economics as his study subjects
at Harvard.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1946-07-25
n. Y. DEMOCRATS
CHOSE BUFFALO FOR
OCTOBER MEETING

ITHACA, n. Y, July % (ANP)
Delegates to the New York State
Colored Democratic league selected
Buffalo as their next meeting place
in October before adjourning their
meeting here.
Officers for the ensuing year
were elected, legislation was out
lined for the zoning of the state into
five districts for the purpose of or
ganizing administration and in
creased enrolment and several res
olutions were adopted.
A. Fay Bennett, Utica, was re-
elected president; J. Luther Syl-
vahan, Syracuse, 1st vice president
Miss Josephine Marshall, Jamaica,
L. l., End vice president; J. E.
Jones, Schenectady, 3rd vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Gilmore Martin, Bing-
hamton, 4th vice president; Charles
o. Wilson, Ithaca, secretary; Isaiah
Murray, Ithaca, assistant secre-
tary; Edward Bennett, Buffalo,
treasurer and Benjamin Niles, Uti-
ca, sgt-at-arms.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-30
Viewpoints .

THE destiny Of the Negro is in
extricably tied up with the destiny
of the poor man throughout this
country and the world" &C. FL
wood Boulware.
mo one anywhere should be dis
eliminated against because some
body doesn't like the color of his
skin, or the church he goes to, or
the country where his father or
grandfather was born" - Henry
Wallace.
Though we have been condi-
toned to believe otherwise, the real
way out Of this wilderness is for
colored leaders to tear their chances
away from the white mans poster
Tor.
They must look up and chart
their course by the same stars OBJ
served by Nehru, Gandhi, Madam
Sun Yat-sen, Stain and other great
leaders Of the disinherited. Harry
Keelan.
THE British Empire is making
war upon the Jews and it is not
pretty spectacle for the world,
and especially for minorities in
every land.
"The British are not making war
upon Jewish armies, navies and air
force units but upon Jewish men,
women and children. Some Of these
are the healthy Of Palestine, but
the vast majority are sick, MANNED,
starved, helpless victims Of Hitler
in Central Europe. Roy Wilkins.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-30
People Must Not Revert 10 Hvsterio

Recent in the southland has caused wave ~ in
By he NsSSs press SH d1nr Ta n:
against the SminSn snd a mot too much
aSs sS fss iS%%SnS citizens Ogn.d
The sOu.y pEDarsd with problem which Ons
ntsrst0nsl fTon nen O0' TAR to cause us en-
perform a n h!1 IKE o sA'is NE.o's north and south
Ss S. e4s T nos ssS1 Of defend
By the saG RaTS n causing ca incident, Which
Negro which distance q e. ' Ss.t in
paid C@ nS .e mot .S GS much attention ss should
writer's e tell southern Ns@r5 people . S easy enough for northern
mile: tension DO a Thsn they 4y
SS vicinity .s ESss constantly rs Sn that as
TAI there white p SGSiT Ss scS tn. fact
s san IN e.: 'i minority A, should
Ssrs s s another who either enemies or
few TS m: sy VII ' Z s 3 north and til. next
sSs 1 .Sa Sa H9R Re: S hsS
Negroes and their eSS P. na%s Or SStGSty
T9az na ' Ea RS A.
collectively and act &c S dt N %STSS S mot R
1dSS S and & Sss .n SGrSos policy
program designed 70 make influence people part OF the
as': i Ss::s SE
p: :s1R Rs e Sh: Sss
oT u labor unions business industry the orEand Tsf S
a. SSSi az form help Ss Hs s.. SF MsSG::
aS q ne race problem These people good viii should he sDc
a mats where the Negro he
Asrca ean A. no enlist them his for the Negro in
~ s C, OF members of the majority group nave
good public relations making fsnd
and collectively, will
me cay when an aroused make inbsrs dsP hasten
traits their dastardy coWardy deeds rS AFRAID TO Perpe-
~ si b.S.1 aEs waking Negro in Kan.a. City vote.
and are credited with causing Sssa o'iA' Slaughter
Frp voters are training their sights on Congressman ~
Mr.. William Rtenger A-o~r uN MT waiter Judd and
n unemployed dining West who ia father a uad
eonta oaing $4,000 concerns WILLING to Ne
Tour children at the time apparently one
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-30
Mrs. Lewis Visit
Social Worker Visits Prison
For Thirty-First Year

prom Prison Mirror. Saltwater, Mimi
Mrs. Frances Pierre Lewis again
visited inmates at this institution
last Friday, bringing her message
Of cheer and encouragement. She
first began her pilgrimages here
in 1915, and we believe since that
time, she has missed but one year,
when she was detained in Chicago
by the illness of a relative.
She terms herself a "lifer" and
expects to come each year and
bring sunshine and hope for a bet
ter future to the unfortunates who
reside behind these walls. We COM
mend her for her loyalty, love and
devotion to those who have erred.
She recognizes the fact that it is
human to err, but divine to for
give. We hope Mrs. Lewis may en-
joy many future anniversaries and
her life be filed with joy and hap
piness.
Editors Note; The Fannie Pierre Lewis
referred 10 above Is a native Of Minneapolis
who has for years brought cheer TO the
inmates at the state prison. She began her
work years ago when there were practically
no social workers in this ara Interested In
assisting the inmates Of penal institutions.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-30
Durr Praises Program Of
National Urban League;
Urges Attendance

types Of jobs. This deprives them
Of the only means by which they
can lift themselves out Of their
predieament.
And IL has been well said that
when the fright-wig Of social equal
Ity Is discarded the real problem
turns out to be not nearly SO for
mIdable as was supposed. All 1t
amounts to is that q man may work
at any job for which he is qualified.
IS that bad? OF course not. 1t is
an American truism. 1t is the king
pin and ringbolt Of the American
creed. We all believe it, and to
deny its truth and its righteous
ness is TO deny everything we be-
Iieve about America.
With some pathological exeep-
tons, all Americans wish to prac-
tice this faith, this creed. Why,
then, should it be so difficult? Main
ly because we haven't learned how.
Old taboos, however unsubstantial
they may be in actuality, have
seemed sufficiently real to many of
us-so real in fact that they have
governed in an economic held in
which they have least validity. Re-
move them from an area of our So
ciety in which they have no bust
ness, and the decision is not a hard
one for any white citizen to make.
In some states, legislation de-
signed expressly to remove preju-
dice from the field Of earning a hv-
ing will strengthen wavering indi-
vidual courage. What remains is
merely to learn how to make the
changeover as easy and as friction
less as is humanity possible. There
will be some rubs, Of course, per-
haps some bad ones, but many of
these can be avoided through use of
reliable techniques for migrating
colored people into our economic
system, which have already been
developed and tested.
Most of these successful tech
niques have been worked out by the
Urban League, a name which is
anything but descriptive of the
leagues activities. 1t was founded
thirty-fve years ago, at the time
Va SAA@ AZ ~ N2AONho VI NOAOANA PNO-
pie from the South, and its purpose
was simply to teach rural colored
people how to live in northern
cities. Since then its functions
have changed as the old needs dis
appeared and new ones were born.
The objective of the present-day
Urban League movement is to i'm
prove the economic position of col
ored people.
This includes introducing colored
people into areas of employment
where they have not previously
been given an opportunity to prove
themselves; it includes improved
health and medical services for col
ored people; better housing, and
the amelioration or removal Of sit
uations which produce racial ten
sions-the soft, smooth phrase So
biologists use now in place Of an
uglier One-race riots.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-30

Services, bringing the total jobs in
that agency to ITO. Out of the first
300 jobs passed out by the agency
colored veterans did not get one.
The agency claims no colOred vet
eran applied. Get your application
in to Perry Faulkner, chief, Vet
Grams Employment Services, Wash
ington, d. c., and then send US q
card saying that you have applied.
There is an official here in the
Labor Department who is inter-
ested in seeing what happens to
your application.
Attention all disabled veterans!
The new law just passed stating
that an on-the-job trainee's salary
plus his subsistence allowance can
not exceed 5000 a month does not
apply to you. Willard Rice, your
national legislative representative,
took the matter up with General
Bradley last Friday and General
Bradley made it plain that the law
did not apply to you.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-30

"Any government that was really
interested in protecting the rights
Of the Negro people would begin
by cleaning up its own house.
William Bohannon.
""""the practice Of segregation has
grown so deep and widespread in
America that anything wrong done
by an individual Negro is charged
against all Negroes. And, Of course,
there are Negroes who take the
same attitude about white people"
Iowa Bystander.
"The Negroes Of the U. s. who
made sacrifices equal to those Of
heir fellow Americans certainly
have the right to expect equal jus
tice under the law. If we are to
expect them to continue to have
loyalty equal to that of their fel-
low Americans, we must see that
they are accorded not only protec-
ton from wanton murder but that
they are also afforded equal oppor-
tunity to receive the benefits Of our
country for which so many Of them
fought so valiantly."-Rep. Michael
]. Bradley, of Pennsylvania.
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okldhomq's immortality and sbqms

0mnmk
Leo Sesney, Nowata bror,h.
onI Sno INTO the world resulting his ntmscy ;,b 49,
ne worshipped and honored
would have been nothing incident other th. AZ
on eyes up on the banks Of Big Cabin creek. Int ia
1oSenI ne met black whom he
lovely Womanhood and feminine sweetneSs Tor MIR ~
ne d not want to his carnal Inst unon Ii
ne nerea ner his name and his eompanionship Tor ifs
put the state Of Oklahoma would not eountsnSnsa t
pand morality While merely raising eyebros s fso Sesneys
49, me when white and Negro women are aenssS q,
SQUIRT o. having occupied
onSe that Ted Seey Committed felony on
3 Ias black woman and white
o. the Holy Writ; Marriage honorable In ali
assume the folk who enacted Oklahomas
nave never read and do respect DIM
raul (Heb lSA and they perhaps less eonenaS
Is expoundsd when Miriam objected the mSrSSs ~ on
"a Ethiopian woman All white people on earth shouS "a, 49,
ton % Numbers 18th chapter entire is
tns ehapter OF the Bible that Miriano vaS ai
because she objected to Moses marrying out al h 49,
the Bible is to be believed Lord eame down IN az
Pa ne cloud 70 put personal okay nterraS
tFary Notwithstanding ~ "sO'ou "A 70 'he con-
So because he married black woman Ted sesney and hi. v
~ white telons while IN prison. mudorerN and 49,
mad broken all Of the ten
ne had followed moral law ala dow
~ uoa himself Every Of these white had peThanS
some time gaSed with eomoineS ~ aors h
woman but their seconazed brute training TAUGHT Them n ooS
upon black woman AZ looks at cattle and dogs ~ w
goAce black
q Justice Oklahoma rests In the fact that white are todsS
black people just e at time unit Of white people treated
aot aa one examines history he discovers that develop
lar thinking History that before acquired sSiins
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-30
Washington
Spotlight
BY Louis LAutier

(AIsz Rivera. former Washington news
man, now q residsnt Of Durham. NoTtl
Carolina, and . member Of The PittsburEl
Courier star, writes = guest eoiumn.J
In the last few weeks / have hAC
the opportunity Of taxing a cursoTy
inventory OF the naLIOn's raclaI
SUCK from the midwest back JC
the east, and again IN the south
and IA ike 70 tell you mere anG
now that the person VINO described
TINS country as The Great Melt
ing Pot" was as wrong as the
author Of Never the Twain Shall
meet"
You would think that with travel
restrictions lItUed and emDargoes
on gas and tires gone the way OF
OJneT bad dreams OF the war Just
past, TINS lazy friendly season we
call summer would De the nap
pest ever. Well, Daniel CUPID saved
June as the perennial month Tor
maunR, families tIed their cOlIec-
1--WE locks back and enjoyed the
seashOre; college, cnums ana cOus-
ms exchanged visits, out the aDan-
don ana marty one would expect
70 see after a victorious war sOTJa
missed nre.
Everywhere | went some race
was beng castigaJed by the other.
IN some areas II was the people
OF Ponsh extraction, IN others the
Jew and lJaIlRn, ana OF course
universally the Negro. Here IN the
south it's either TINS or that, black
or white. Inc sum total OF the
equation simply put, you either Is
or you amt. When / heard third
and fourth generation Americans
refer TO themselves as French, Eng
Lsn, Greek and sometimes as q
combination OF foreign strains, the
picture came into clear focus that
instead OF melting pot" we have
present IN the United States a
DOllIng pot. A pot boiling with
racial insolubles, q substance when
heated sometimes boils over and
sometimes ignltes but never fuses
into n composite mass.
As Travelled through northern
cities l was bOmbarded with the
question, Why do you live in
the SOUTH" and on the same
breath comes, Il couldn't stand
IT,"
Well, ! know why | live in the
south. am paid to report the
southern scene just as thousands
OF reporters were paid to cover
the war zone, but wonder why do
others continue TO live in the south.
Recently have heard many ex-
plantations from friends, foes and
FOOLS. Since most of them touch
on present conditions in this Sec
ton and since the evaluation is
made by southerners, I'll pass it
on to you.
As get the answer from vary
ing degrees of literate and litter
ate, l am convinced that this is
truly the section Of the Free and
The Brave"-the free white and
the brave Negro. The section which
seeded from the Union in 1851 and
never rejoined in principle. The
section that only admitted the north
was superior in might not right.
The more erudite explain that
the United States IL in a death
struggle against Fascism and the
pains are more apparent In the
south where the body polite Is
weakest. They are quick TO point
to Portland, Oregon, California,
Detroit, and New York to prove
that the revolution is nationwide,
and to run away from their her.
itage, their roots Cthe SOUTH, to
northern cities where their broth
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-30
By ROBERT DURR
For the NNPA News Service
The TIrhau I A Uuaga Mas Has,

The Urban Leagues Know How
The National Urban Leagues
1916 annual conference is meeting
in st. Louis-half North and half
South-September 1923, with the
them m "A mer lean Teamwork
Works."
Civic = minded leaders represent
ing a cross section Of Negro life in
every community should, II possible,
attend or follow closely the findings
Of this extraordinarily important
conference. Such leaders should be
especially interested in the work.
shop sessions Of this meeting which
will be designed to develop tech
niques with which to solve the ra-
cial and economic problems in local
communities.
In view Of the rise Of tension and
the transition taking place in the
deep South, both Of which seem
sure to be accelerated, resulting in
increased migration from the rural
areas to urban centers North and
South, the National Urban Leagues
annual conference becomes the most
important meeting Of its kind held
or to be held this year.
II we are to deal effectively with
situations confronting US in in
creasingly explosive proportions,
we must have a plan and we must
work that plan to deal with the
total situation.
1t is my hope that the current
fund raising effort Of the National
Urban League will be successful be-
cause, in addition to the work being
done in fifty-four cities in which
colOred people are concentrated, the
organization should, it seems to me,
institute a community work pro-
gram in cities not having branches
at the present time. In states like
Mississippi, with no large cities,
there should be state program op-
Grating on a public relations basis
to achieve the ends for which the
national organization strives.
Men everywhere choose their
friends and their social life, and
social equality, that venerable bug
aboo, is not involved in the question
or economic opportunity. But for
Americans to stand with their
heads up in the world today and as
it is being organized for tomorrow,
they have to give colored Amer
leans the economic justice implicit
in our great document of freedom.
the American Constitution, and
promised every man regardless of
race, creed or color.
Little has been done about this
so far, which means that the few
are carrying the economic load. A
sick colored man is not a working
man. A badly housed colored per-
son is not as efficient a worker as
one well housed. An ignorant COL
ored man is not as good a workman
as one who can read correctly or
understand and follow instructions.
additionally, colored people have
been given only the lowest paying
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The Foundation OF
Our Brave New World
Is Race Hatred

will, but my will be done, OH Lord.
Thoroughly disciplined, superbly
trained to obey mechanically with
out reasoning, the army can easily
be converted into the greatest mob
OF all. Arrogant, strong minded men
who desire to. boss the world, direct
the army to main, injure and to
kill in the name of a better world
in which to live.
Even the law of the command.
ment which says, Thou shalt not
kill" is suspended in difference to
greater efficiency of the mob. The
great force Of Christian believers
who chant piously and pray fer
vently for the life everlasting are
properly aRhast when the mob kills,
but they are never more articulate
They have surrendered to the neg
alive philosophy Of the moral cow
ard. There are Christian men in
Georgia and Mississippi, and Ten.
nessee; there are Christian men in
the British Army, there are Chris.
tan men in the government Of the
United States, but they have
neither the power nor the will, born
OF righteous anger, to stop the mob
You say you are not brighten
ed; but do you really know? You
are numbed by the chilling terror
Of reality. The imminent effect
Of prolonged and growing hatred
Is perhaps too close to you for
you TO examine il Collectively.
You think that because the mob
has not called for you or yours
In the dead Of the night, or be-
cause you are on the side Of the
mob either by omission or COM
mission, that II can only happen
TO someone else, but brother, rs
the country preacher used TO say,
1T Is upon you"
Hatred is one destructive force
that is not easily satisfied, nor Is Il
a respecter Of persons. II runs
amuck and finally DESTROYS them
that foster it. 1t is in the august
halls where the peace is being con.
sidered, it roams about the halls
where the United Nations meet and
deliberate; II is represented in the
United States Senate by the KleaRls
Of the Ku Klux Khan from Missis.
sippi, 1t is in your neighborhood and
It will be in your heart before the
day is done. II is the password Of
the new world order; il is the begin.
ming Of the end.
Every time a Jew is slaughtered
or a Negro is lynched, stop where
you are and tremble, for you are
next. II may take a little while
to get to you, but doubt it not, youI
turn will come. It's either the moi
or you.
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Page st. Paul Recorder
Friday, August 80, 1916


after all other candidates with
drew in his favor. The unanimity
behind his nomination surprised
many observers who fOresaw the
possibility Of q sharp clash, be.
cause Weir, q middle-Of-the-rOad
progressive, has had his tussles
with the extreme left
Quiet continues to prevail on THE
statewide political front with only
an occasional shot being fired. Har-
old H. Barker, DFL nominee for
governor, speaking in Duluth, de-
clared that, THE Stassen-Thye ma
chine, while laying down a smoke
screen of high-sounding phrases
about good government is gam
bling desperately on the chance the
voters will neglect to inform them
selves about the real issues" He
assailed Stassen's claim to being
a liberal as a myth" declaring the
DFL is the party Of liberalism in
Minnesota. Meanwhile, Luther
Youngdahl, the COP nominee, APP
pealed for the support Of youth in
helping "to restore good admins
tration to the national government
and to elect Harold Stassen Presi-
dent in 194S."