Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-10-09
State Wide Veterans Mass Meeting
Outstanding Success
Veterans Administration Says Negro
Group Can Create 80 Billion Dollar
Estate In This Generation
Urge veteras To Renew National
Service Life Insurance
State Veterans Told To Join Veterans
Organization

The Statewide Veterans Mass
Meeting held at Central Methodist
Church here at o'clock Sunday
was an outstanding success. One
of the largest crowds of Veterans
ever to assemble here from all
parts of the State representing
Training Schools, Colleges, Civic
Groups, and Veteran Organiza-
tons attended the meeting.
The Statewide Meeting was
called by group of Veterans of
both wars to receive Hon. Joseph
T. Albright, Special Assistant to
the Director of the Veterans Adj
ministration in his first official
visit to Mississippi to observe
conditions as they affect the
Negro Veterans in the State in OBJ
tanning benefits under the G.. I.
Bill, Compensation for disability,
disqualification, Rehabilitation,
Dependency Benefits, and other
benefits provided by Law.
In his address which was the
main feature of the Mass Meeting,
Mr. Albright said that as a result
of laws already in existence
Negro Veterans can create for
the race in this one generation an
estate of 80 Billion dollars, and
urge all Veterans to renew and
keep paid up their National Ser
vice Life Insurance, which would
create such as estate that would
mean more than any other thing
In the future progress of the race.
Pointing to the lack of know
ledge and entellegint assistants
as the greatest cause for so many
benefits to which they are en-
titled being lost to Negro Veter-
ans, he urged the Veterans of
Mississippi to seek membership
In the existing Veterans organi-
cations of their choice.
you must have a Veterans
home, just as you have church
home, a Lodge Home or a Civic
Home. Join Veterans Organiza-
tions!!" He said.
Hammering away at the theme
of good Citizenship, Albright said,
The Negro Veterans should be
in the vanguard of the march to-
ward full Citizenship" be he
sternly warned that bull Citizen
ship invilves the acceptance of
the full sponsibilities that go
with such a condition. The best
contribution you, as a veteran,
could possibly make in that di-
rection is to become a thrifty,
self-respecting, solid, substantial
citizen of your community. Every.
body respects the man, who re-
spects himself" (,
Albright, one of the most popu-
lar Negro Federal officials ever
to come out of Washington, show
ed why he is so highly respect
ed by white and colored every
where by the craftsmanship of
his stirring address. II have
nothing but scorn for a Negro
who would charge all white peo-
pie with injustice. The Negro is
no more worthy of consideration
that someone who stupidity
charges all Negroes with immoral
and criminal intent.
What America needs today is
less racial and class castightioH,
and more sincere, christian effort
at understanding. And don't you
think for one moment that there
are not thousands of fine white
people, all over this blessed coun-
try of ours, who are not striving
for a better understanding of our
hopes and desires"
Albright made several other ap-
pearances during his visit. He
left the City singing the praises of
the Citizens for the cordial re-
ception rendered him during /
stay. $