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VRI/ONA TRIBUNE, Friday. December 26, 1958 Pace 2 ARIZONA TRIBUNE EDWARD BANKS, Publisher EIOISE BANKS, Assistant Editor 2137 E. BROADWAY BR S-230 I EDITORIAL Closing Chapter . As the twelfth month draws to an end, we begin to get weary of the old year, and its troubles and joys seem far distant. We muse for a while and remember some of the good and the not-so-good events of the past months. World wide, the news was predomina ted by satellite launchings, nationalistic uprisings in Africa, the reorganization of the French Republic and the cold war in Germany. Perhaps the most atten tion was focused on the Little Rock issue and Faubus. The racial disturbances in England received an ample share of world notice. In the United States, we lived through school closings in the South, integration in the border states, recession, Senate investigations of labor bosses, satellite launching failures, election of 30 odd Democratic governors and another Demo cratic controlled Congress. The stock market fell lower than ever in several years, companies were overstocked, and thousands were unemployed. Many clam ored for federal pump priming, but our country seemed to tighten its belt and pulled out without emergency aid Names in the news were Hoff a, Gold fine, Beck, Adams, Eisenhower, Faubus, King, von Braun and Dulles. Daily papers carried items on inflation, deflation, in tegration, segregation, farm subsidy, school bombings, politics, crime, sports, diplomatic intrigues, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Arizona news was highlighted by Glen Canyon Dam, solar energy house closing, bitter primary campaign, Republican upset in November, rising population and income for the state, and smog. Another serial is nearly over with this closing chapter to be completed in a few days. It was a year of blood, sweat, tears, and joys in assorted amounts for each per son and nation. We can sigh and look ; eagerly ahead to a new year. There is much to be done, much to be gained, and much to be lost if people do not believe their convictions and maintain a firm stand. The struggle for freedom and c equality can be won only through truth and justice. * OK TAVERN "Where Nice Fol'ks Gather" 1102 So. 7th Ave. ! nfi CLEANING WORKS I y|J since 1924 | DRIVE-IN SERVICE f PICK-UP & DEL.—NO EXTRA CHARGE J 11220 S.CENTRAL AL 3-6869 j i THE COW PALACE j! Milk, Butter Milk, Eggs, I: 901 So. 7th Ave. SIGHTS AND SOUNDS by Eloise Banks Christmas brought many joys to our household. Friends dropped in and folks called to wish us the best of the season. The duckling was delicious, and the pie and cake were tasty, too. Even without a Christmas tree, the gifts pleased us, and we felt joyful and happy. After several hours delay, we dialed long distance and talked to all the folk at home in Indian apolis, Indiana. My mother cooked a twenty-five pound tur key with all the trimmings, and she added that the house had been like Grand Central Station all day. A cousin would be arriv ing on the ten o'clock train to swell the crowded home. Snowy roads had kept some of the fam ily away, but all points had been heard from via Bell system. I chatted with my dear grand mother, who celebrates her birthday on Xmas Day. I asked her how old she was today, and she told me 83 years. She real ly laughd loud and long, when I answered that she had been 83 for about twenty years. Moni would have to have been born on Xmas, because she is such a wise and wonderful person. A true living angel with an almost visible halo. A familiar voice, gruff, but warm, reprimanded me for say ing "Merry Christmas, Racker." My grandfather, Who has been ailing for several weeks, told me to address him with more respect. I smiled and told him that he was still a gay guy, even if he was ill. We chatted awhile and he told Ed that he was plan ning to come out to Arizona in the spring. We talked, and then the whole clan said 'hello* and ‘good-bye.* My cousin told me he photo graphed Racker in his bright bathrobe we sent him and he would mail it soon. It was good to hear him, and know that his zest for life had not dimmed, though he had been experiencing severe pain for many days. Gangrene had infected his foot, and he suffered greatly, but never complained. Our neighbors came over, and we played a round of pinochle and spoke of the family and Racker. About half past eleven our neigh bors left, and we retired—a few minutes later—the shrill ring of a telephone in a darkened room had me leaping out of bed. The connection was made, and there was A pause, a deep breath, and my aunt stammeringly said: "Racker has passed." After a minute of silence—l relayed the message to my hus band. Harry Yateman, known to his ten children and seven grand children as Racker, died quiet ly and in his home. He lived his life full and to the hilt, and on his last Xmas Day, he was look ing to the future. Racker be queathed to all of us his love of life and a life of love. Paint Your Car for the New Year SEE WILLIAMSON 1929 So. Central AL 4-0307 ! I | A Prosperous | j New Year j | ' McCarty i : Real Estate j VIEWS, PREVIEWS & REVIEWS By Edward Banks The second living Negro who has shared in the rise of our race in America is Asa Phillip Randolph. He has fought for economic equality for many years and keeps a militant outlook. A Phillip Randolph is considered one of the greatest labor organ izers of all times. He was born in 1889 in Flor ida, and he began caring for his mother and family during early boyhood. He finished his high school training at Cookman Institute and later traveled north ward. Randolph enrolled in New City College and studied poli tical science and economics. In 1917, he became the co publisher of "The Messenger," a monthly magazine with the subtitle: "The Only Radical Negro Magazine In America." Because of the militant stand against World War I, he was ar rested in Cleveland in 1918 by the Department pf Justice, but was released after a few days of confinement. Randolph contributed to other publications; he became an in structor in the Rand School of Social Science in New York. In 1921 he was the Socialist candi date for Secretary of State in WEBBER’S Eastlake Mortuary Burial Plan Good Anywhere In,The World By Selective Life Insurance Co. i itirinnnrj John H. Webber, Mgr. Rose £• Webber, Asst. Mgr. *Curtis Gray* JOE GRIFFIN and the , G-BOYS COMBO Good Music for Dancing & Listening Sat. & Sun. every week Wm. H. PATTERSON Lodge No. 477 1007 S. 7th Avenue nj-Lrinj~nnry"n~yw~i—i— ——————‘ WISHING fN£W YSrfW? FROM DR. DAVID M. SOLOMON AND HIS SONS DAVID. JR. & JERRY 4 New York, and at other times, he has run for the Assembly and Congress. Until 1925, even though he had organized a union of elevator operators in New York City in 1917 and participa ted in organizational campaigns among motion picture operators and garment trade workers, 1 he still considered himself a writer and editor rather than a labor organizer. In August 1928, he and a small group of men met in a Harlem recreational hall to outline a campaign to organize sleeping car porters. Randolph was elec ted president and general organ izer . Shortly afterward the mast - head of "ITie Messenger’’ was changed to "The Official Organ Os The Brotherhood Os Sleeping Car Porters." By the end of 1928 the Brother hood, with more than half the porters and maids organized, was ready to threaten strike if the Pullman Company refused to negotiate. However, the strike was cancelled (Continued next week)