Arizona sun., 1948-04-02
SEEN and HEARD
HERE and THERE
BY ALLEN j. JOHNSON
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I am writing my column Mon
day due to the fact I will be in
Tucson March 30th to April 1st, for
the second annual Town and Coun-
try Church leaders conference. All
sessions will be held in the First
Methodist Church, Oil E. Fourth
st. This conference is sponsored
jointly by the University of AriZo-
ma and The Arizona Council of
Churches. President of the Church
Council is DR.. Fred C. Holmes. The
conference there: "The Fields are
White Unto the Harvest" When
Harold 10y, of Glendale, blows his
cars horn for me at a. M, Tues
day, I hope my wife will have
served the coffee.
Phi Beta Sigma met Saturday
night with our Secretary Mr.. Will
liam Smith on East Broadway. The
meeting was we'll attended and a
lively program planned. New Off
GERS were elected. Mr.. L. B. Tay-
lor is the new president and the
vice president, Mr.. Dan Jackson.
You will be hearing from the Sig
mas.
The February report of the Ex-
ecutive Secretary's for the Phoenix
Urban League reveals quite an ac-
tive program. Reading between the
lines you know he is a busy man
and doing a good piece of work.
Seven speaking engagements filled.
The ugly side: only ten member
ships turned in for February. Let's
get busy-please.
President Truman speaking to
his neighbors at a country fair at
Caruthersville, Mo-, Oct. 8, 1915,
said, "We can't stand another glo-
bal war. We can't ever have an
other war unless it is total war and
that means the end of civilization
as we know it, we are not going to
do that" This statement is an ex-
cerpt. From the 1.-THE Holy Week
statement of the Fellowship of Re-
conciliation, March 26, 1948. Read
the report, it is good. q have a
couyO
Civil Rights made progress in
spite of the shouting. st. Johns
College in Annapolis saw its STU
dents vote 1928 to admit Negroes.
Dupont Theater opened on Wash
ington's swank Connecticut Ave-,
its 400 seats are available to movie
goers of all races. Federal Court in
West Virginia ordered the town of
Montgomery to admit Negroes to
it's swimming pool. The Governor
of Minnesota moved to ban segre-
cation in the State National Guard.
Greyhound Bus lines paid Chas.
Hauser of West Virginia State Col
lege $4,000, and Fred Hamlet of
Eaton, Ohio, $500 in Jim Crow
travel cases.
The National N.A.A.C.P. invited
"a civic business, church, labor, fra
ternal and professional organiza-
tions to assemble in Wilkie Build
ing, New York, N. Y, March 9th,
in non-partisan meeting where
they were to draw UP a "Declara-
ton of Rights to be presented to
all political parties and candidates.
Congress is about to approve
plan of ii states to pool money to
provide consolidated universities
and professional schools for Ne
groes. Example, all IA states would
contribute to upkeep of Meharry
Medical School in Nashville, and
send their Negro medical students
there, and thus get around Su-
preme Court rulings that State
Schools must not ban Negro STU
dents.
Fourteen ministers making their
annual reports to the Inter-De-
nominational Alliance this week
revealed the fact that less than
1000 attended all church services
Easter Sunday. % new members
were added to the Kingdom of God.
About $4,000 was reported as the
total offering.