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FAIR FEARLESS VQl7^—NO. VOTE JIM (ROW ENDED BY ALABAMA AS NEW BARRIER IS PUSHED MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 16 (ANP). One barrier to Negro voting was removed here by.the Alabama Democratic Executive committee and the creation of an other was sought as voters were urged to ratify an amendment to the state constitution at the next general election that would limit the ballot to those who “inter preted” the constitution to the sat isfaction of local election officials. However, if enough Negroes vote in the coming general election, the restrictive measure can be defeated, party leaders pointed out as they launched an intensive drive to get whites to pass the amendment. Elimination of the white primary is the result of the supreme court decision in the Texas case calling such primaries unconstitutional. A federal court in Georgia .has also upheld the right of Negroes to vote in Democratic primaries. “The federal law prevents out excluding Negroes from our prim aries and we must abide by it,” ex plained Gessner T. McCorvey of Mobile, committee chairman. How ever, he added, “White folks will run the state laws like they always have—and always will.” Only a few Negroes will vote in the primaries on May 7 “and they will be more intelligent Negroes,” he said. The Boswell amendment lists cer tain qualifications for voting. Among them is the ability to read, write and interpret the U. S. con stitution. Since local election offi cials would determine solely wheth er a prospective voter passed this test, few Negroes would be given the ballot. $4,000 FIRE DAMAGES JUNIOR COLLEGE TRENTON, S.C., Jan. 16 (ANP) Fire believed to have started from hot ashes left in a wooden box in one of the buildings at Bettis Junior college caused damage esti mated at around $4,000 to one structure and for a time threatened others. The blaze was discovered in the rear room of the grammar school building which housed 165 students. They were cleared from the prem ises in short order. Class rooms were undamaged and after the fire was extinguished the children re turned to their school work. 'tn,if* cfrHIt The 66oMj^-^ DAILY EXODUS FROM SOUTH LEADS TO (ITY HOUSING SHORTAGE, SURVEY REVEALS' WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (ANP) —The great Negro exodus from the south between World War I and World War II is now bursting the seams of urban areas above the Ma son and Dixon line, according to a national survey report here. One in every four city houses oc cupied by whites is substandard, while two out of every three occu pied by non-whites are substandard, the report discloses. “Boxtown,” a Negro section in the southeastern part of this city, looks like the old shantytowns of the depression per iod. At the end of World War I Ne groes concentrated in restricted areas in the oldest and most deter iorated areas in cities such as Phila delphia, East St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit and New York, But World War II, with its new migration of Negroes from all parts of the south, is responsible for bursting of the seams in the cities. No longer do all of New York’s Negroes live in Harlem. They are now in Washington Heights, the Bronx, Williamsbridge, overflowing into the adjacent towns of Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Yonkers. Across the river, their numbers in Brooklyn have increased and large numbers live in Jamaica, Cor ona and other sections of Long Island. There is little room for expansion in these cities, especially in New York. In Chicago, where 80 per cent of the city is covered by restrictive covenants, Negroes are compelled to live on the crowded South Side, where 250,000 persons live in prop erties designed to accommodate less than 150,000. Negroes form about 20 per cent of.the total population of Baltimore, yet they occupy only about two per cent of the residential district. Since thousands of Negroes mi grated to San Francisco, it has be come “restrictive covenant” consci ous. Before the war, Negroes lived pretty much where they pleased and where they could buy. New lines are drawn tightly and prescribed areas are designated for Negro homes. Los Angeles* **Little Tokyo,” a former Japanese settlement, has been turned over to Negroes. More than 30,000 persons are crammed into an area formerly occupied by 7,500. Bulletin ONE OF THE TWO ONLY NEGRO DAILIES 1 N THE WORLD 311 DAYTON, QHIo7wEDNESDAYTjANUARY~i6~T946 ^rice 3c WHITE PRIMARIES DEFEATED IN ALABAMA VETERANS SWAMPING TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE TUSKEGEE, Jan. 16 (ANP).— Veterans seeking admission to Tuskegee institute are literally “swamping” the facilities available here, according to Miss A. E. Cohn, registrar. Thus far 241 veterans have been taken in. Housing is the principal difficulty. Tuskegee has a record registration of girl stu dents more than ever before in its history. The return of men students who formerly composed two thirds of the school population added to veterans creates a great problem in available space. President Patterson is seeking to secure temporary governmental housing and the expectation is that 400 more veterans may be accom modated if the collapsible housing which would accommodate both married and single veterans is re ceived. HONOR VETERAN AGRICULTURIST UNVEIL BUST OF T. M. CAMPBELL TUSKEGEE, Jan. 16 (ANP).— High ranking agricultural officials, national and state, black and white, gathered here to honor T. M. Camp bell, pioneer Negro extension agent. Formal exercises yvere held in. the institute chapel during which a bust of Mr. Campbell was unveiled and presented to Tuskegee institute. These were followed by a banquet sponsored by the Alabama Negro County agent’s association. Among those who extolled Mr. Campbell’s career were H. H. Wil liamson, assistant director U. S. Extension service, Washington, D. C. P. O. Davis, director, Alabama State Extension service and Dr. L. N. Duncan, president of Auburn Polytechnic institute who had work ed with Campbell from the time he was appointed in 1906 as the first Negro extension agent in the na tion until 1936 when Dr. Duncan became head of the white state A. & M. school. Director Williamson, who brought a tribute from the head of the U. S. Extension service, Dr. M. L. Wilson, pointed out that Tom Campbell had been on the pay roll of the government longer than any other personin the far flung extension service. He called him the “dean of 10,000 county extension agents in 48 states.” CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRESSIVE RE-ENLISTS IN ARMY AFTER MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS OF SERVICE FORT RILEY, Kansas, Jan. 16— An old timer paid a visit to’ Fort Riley. He is Sgt. Nathon Pruitt, a veteran of more than 30 years army service who has seen action in two world wars and gained the acquaint ance and friendship of many prom inent military figures, including the late Gen. George S. Patton and Gen. Ben Lear. Sgt. Pruitt, whose home is in Junction City, Kansas, has just end ed a 90 day re-enlistment fulrough and was enroute to Fort Leaven worth, and re-assignment, when he stopped off at Fort Riley to view the surroundings he remembers from serving here with the 9th Cavalry for 10 years. It was with the 9th that he became acquainted with Gen. Patton, then a Colonel, for whom the Sargeant has nothing but praise. “As a man and as a soldier, Gen. Patton was one of the greatest the army has ever seen,” he remarked “He was truly an enlisted man’s friend.” Sgt. Pruitt says he has enjoyed every minute of his stay in the serv ice, from the time his army career began back in 1910, until the pres ent. He is eligible for retirement but says he “can’t see anything wrong with the army” and plans to stay “a while longer.” His decorations include, for three years service overseas during World War II, the ETO Ribbon with four 1 battle stars and an invasion arrow head, a Distinguished Unit Badge, a Bronze Star Medal, the American Defense and Theater Ribbons, the Good Conduct and the Victory Rib bons. For two years of overseas service during the first world war hold duties, to school, or to other pursuits, may feel that the card is no longer of value to them,” he said. “In many cases that will not be true. Many of these persons may re turn to covered employment in the near future, whether they now con template that action or not. The social security card identifies the account to which all past wages earned by the worker in covered employment have been credited and to which future wages will be cred ited. It may represent an insurance policy to dependents of the wage earner in event of tragedy.”