Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-11-10
ALBRIGHT BOWS OUT =
SOME DO QUIT

bright, top Veterans Administra-
lion race relations man, with the
title of assistant to the administra-
tor, is quitting Washington for
greener pastures. Joe is leaving
his $4,000 vets post for stab at
more money in the open market.
In deserving Washington's upper
bracket, Albright enters the ranks
of the few top paid Negro govern
mental workers to leave Uncle
Sans stable. For the most part,
they just don't leave Washington,
once they are here. know one
such person who came here twelve
years ago, he admits, to stay thirty
days. He's still here.
Notable among those that have
served and gone on to other en-
deavors is Truman Gibson, Jr., the
youthful Chicago attorney, who
left the Pentagon for back home
law practice. Earlier Bill HASTE
quit the Defense organization in
protest over what he called the
clipped wings" of our boys.
Very recently, Marshall Shepard,
Roosevelt appointee to the office
of d. c. Recorder of Deeds, re-
signed the Washington scene to
run for the recorder post in his
adopted hometown, Philadelphia
The Rev. Shepard never gave up
his Philly pulpit. Gibson has wax
ed well and as secretary of the new
International Boxing Club is a top
promoter.
The HASTE story is we'll known.
His resignation sat the nation a
ENTHUSIASTICALLY it packed
lot of respect for HASTE. 1t can
now be ventured that the then
civilian aide preferred being re-
spected to being liked. Tan Yanks
got more wings. HASTE soon went
back to the Virgin Islands as gov
ernor. Now he is a federal circuit
judge.
The late Charles Houston tore
up his wartime FEPC commission.
Lem Foster left the War Depart
ment for a skit with New York's
r. H. Macy Company in personnel,
later. going for his own at public
relations in the Big City. He's now
back in the capital carrying on
where Dean William Pickens left
off at U. S. Savings.
The return of Mrs. Mary Nc
Leod Iethune to Washington the
other day for the annual conven-
ion of the National Council of
Negro Women brings to mind the
fact that Dean Pickens was one
of the last of the regulars still on
the Washington scene from the
Roosevelt-vanguard of New Deal
ers. He came in 1912, near the
twilight of the ND rule.
Early corners were DIR. Roscoe
Brown, U. S. Health Service, 1882,
and 1t. Lawrence Oxley, Depart
ment of Labor, 1884, who are
and still here. Jesse @.
Thomas came about 1914 or as to
sell war bonds. He moved over to
the American Red Cross and re-
Gently walked back across the Dis
trict to the Office of Price Stabili
zation.
Lady Bethune came in 1895 for
The National Youth Administration
and soon had the spare key to the
White House, and she has probably
not yet turned it in. Her first love
being to Bethune-C Goodman and her
daughters, the Council formed
oy her about 1885, she returned
20 private life in 1913.
Since then the Grand Lady has
served her country in many adj
visory capacities. She aided the
Secretary of War in selecting
for the WAC. was an
official State Department observer
at the founding meetings of the
United Nations in San Francisco,
etc. Now she is the nations only
ady head of a legal reserve insur-
ance company.
You may be able to name host
who have left the Washington
scene and others that will not de-
part D. c. and should not. IT'S
good to serve ones nation. AS for
Albright, he isn't setting any rec
,rd, but he is showing some cour-
lge that too few would show in
Washington, 1851.
Joe came out of Minnesota where
lie worked in city and state govern
nents. After World War III, he
,ook up stay in Washington and
moved into vets ahead of many of
he brass boys who thought they
lad the edge because of the brass.
lie has seen government service
Up through the ranks.
He has the shortest bio in Who's
Who in Colored Notwithstanding
ust four and third lines in the
at that. Same is quite
i'd for the best. self-public rela-
ions man in Washington, who
axes off for Chicago, come Nov
,mber %. Best of luck, Joe.