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L IT’S COMING NOVEMBER 20 - NEW COMIC 'SMOOTHIE WILLIAMS” j
CHICAGO-TUSKEGEEANS HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES
A'jROSi
THE TABLE
By WILLIAM HENRY HUFF
Politics and
Common Sense
The campaign now is over
And few still grave in clover;
Few is the' proper word—
The Nation will not crumble.
Her towers will not tumble
No matter what we’ve heard.
(Huff)
Sensible people do not lose
friendship ovejr politics. They
play the game, of course, if they
desire to do so. But when the
game is over the opposing sides
snaae n a n,,a s
forget and con
tin u e to be
friends. That if
as it should be
Politics slioulc
be played on
high ground
There should be
no mud sling
ing, no name
calling. and no
undue advant
ages taken,!
There snouia ne ... Uii„
no low roar- AttV Huff.
hack surprises — everything
should he open and above board.
T have known falsifying, cheap
politicans to set up over night,
hatching up rotten lies to spring
on the oppositio nt hemorning of
election, at a time when there
could be no answer forthcoming.
This is hitting below the belt—
downright demagoguery! Henry
Clay, uttered my sentiments when
he said, “I’d rather be right tha
(president,’* al|hou|h, “he was
neither right nor president,’’ to
quote Bkooer T. Washington.
Negroes are not to be censur
ed for dividing their votes among
the parties. One’s neighbor has
as much right to vote for the
Democratic Party candidates as
one has to vote the Republican
or Socialist Party candidates.
Just as the one party system has
kept the South in the political
gutter all these yea’s. so h°s the
religious devotion of the Negro
pf'-'Je to the Republican Party
k; them in political quagmre.
Let us vote for whom we please.
bi.it let us vote.
Tmmortal Frederick Douglass
said. “The Republican Party is
the ship; all else is the sea.’’
Even if we agree with him, we
must inquire whether it is our
duty to prevent others from
jumping into the sea f they de
sire so to do. 1 think not.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall
therein; and he that rolleth a
stone, it wil return upon im.
,...NApeaivpMlpm?IDENT ETAO
Escape from punishment is
not in accordance with God’ts
government, since justice is the
handmaid cf mercy.
CLOSE TIES OF cooperation between the IBPO
of Elks of the World and the National Urban
League were discussed in New York last week
when officials of the two organizations met to
map plans. Pictured here are Dr. J. Finley Wil
son (third from left), Grand Exalted Ruler of
the Elks, Lester B. Granger, (extreme right), ex
ecutive Secretary of th National Urban Lague,
j Judge William C. Hueston (second from left),
Elks’ Grand Commissioner of Education, and
Harvey L. Harris, Elks’ Grand Commissioner of
Shrines. The leaders of the two organizations
are reviewing a copy 0f the proclamation issued
by Dr. Wilson calling upon his froternal body to
cooperate with the National Urban League. The
proclamation followed official action taken by
the Elks at their 1948 Annual Convention held !
in Cincinnati.—David Hawkins photo.
World to Feature
New Comic Strip
Starting November 20, the
I Chicago World will present to its
I readers, “Smoothie Williams,’
long awaited innovation in Ne
, gro comics.
i The strip features Smoothie
i Williams, Harlem private detec
: tive, suave, dobonaire, two fisted
I soldier in the eternal war against
■ the ruthless army of organized
crime.
Geored to the special interest
of family readership, Smoothie
: and his best friend vout Jones,
the Harlem playboy, carry you
,*hi ufe'li igrip^rig adventure
yai .is, and graphic human intei
est stories, with touches of hu
mo. from Pinky Brown, quick
wit ed newspaper columnist.
REMEMBER! NOVEMBER 20,
1PJI 1 AITA'PPU TrP I
Practical Marriage
Course to Be Taught
C HAM RETRS BORG, Pa.—Plans
are now being completed at Wil
son college for the teaching of
a course to be known as Marri
age and the Family which will
be given its initial try next
semester.
1 The new course will deal with
the factors of day by day living
that promotes success ^n marri
age and the students will he al
lowed to decide the topics for
consideration and to present
questions for detailed-discussion
The truest and surest way in
which we can serve our fellow
men is not so much to do any
thing for them, sa to be the
very truest, purest, noblest be
ing we know how.
New Church to
Be Opened In
Robbins Sunday
There will be a new church
opened in Robbins, 111. next
Sunday, November 14, at 13458
Hamlin ave., namely the Great
Wesley Chapel Independent
Christian Church of America
Installation of officers will be
at 3:30 p. m. The public is in.
vited. Refreshments will be ser
ved free. Speakers of Chicago
and near cities will include:
Judge Wendell Green of Chi
cago, Mayor Reeves of Robbins,
Rev. R. P. Alexander, D. D., pas
tor; Right Rev. Wesley L. Sled
ge, ’ Rev. Adell, assistant pastor,
presiding from Chicago and
and California.
MILWAUKEE
MAN HELD IN
FATAL SHOOTING
Fires Bullet Through
Woman’s Neck
During Fight
By DAN TRAVIS
MILWAUKEE, Wis—A 58
year.old Milwaukee man has been
changed with second degree
murder in the fatal shooting of !
Leona Mattie Carver of 830-A!
W. Sommers st.
Police identified the man as j
Shelly Nolden, 58, of 1442 N. 9th ]
st„ and said he fired a bullet
through the woman’s neck dur- |
ing an altercation at Ninth and
Vliet sts., shortly after midnight
Saturday morning, November 6.
Leona Carter died at County
General hospital November S'—
on her 26th birthday.
She is survived by her mother,
Louise Carter, an da son, Paul.
Funeral arrangements were not
completed immediately.
Atty. Huff Guest
Speaker In Michigan
The Van Buren County, Mich
igan 'Branch of the National As
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People had Atty.
William Henry Huff of Chicago
as its guest speaker atxa mass
meeting in Covert, Mich., Sun
day, October 17. The meeting
was staged to arouse the civic
consciousness of the colored
citizens of the county, many of
whom had not heretofore taken
The attorney pointed out the
the trouble to register and vote,
dangers and pitfalls that flow
ioi iii such apathy.
He, his wife, and daughter,
Suzette, were week-end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Crosby at
Hartford, Mich. Mr. Crosby is
president of the Van Buren Pro
gressive Association, and is wrell
known as America’s number one
Negro mink farm king.
A thing is never too often re
peated which is never suffici
ently learned.
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Second Ranking Democrat to Hon.
John W. McCormick On Imporant
Executive Expenditures Committee
The re-election of William L. Dawson of Illinois to the House
of Representative of Congress for his fourth term places Dawson
as a second ranking Democrat on the Executive Expenditures
Committee. Dawson is second to the Honorable John W. McCor
mick of Massachusetts, but Rep. McCormick will return to his job
as the majority floor leader of the House of Representatives and
the majority leader does not have any committee assignments; the
j majority leader never has carried the burden of a major chairman
ship. Therefore as a matter of routine, Dawson becomes the
Time Forces The
Philippines to
Build New Schools
MANILA—Although tlhe Phil
ippines Government had intend
ed using the $1.20,000,000 grant
ed them in 1946 by the Congress
of the United States to restore
wai wrecked property, for build
ing a new eapitol inQuezon City,
time or fate has forced them to j
decide to erect 3,500 rural j
schools instead.
This change of plans was
brought about because the limit
on use of the loan was set for
June 30, 1950 and the engineers
picked to build the new eapitol !
estimatied that it wtould take:
five years to complete it which !
would mean loss of most of the
loan. :
Now, in order To utilize all of
the loan the Philippine Govern
ment will use $6,500,000 for
speedily erected frame rural
schools, $1,000,000 for eapitol J
planning, and $5,000,000 "to re- j
Greater Bethesda
Church Planning
Anniversary Tea
, i
A committee of 100 ladies of I
Greater Bethesda have organiz. j
ed to sponsor the eleventh anni- !
versary tea of pastor and
church, Sunday, November 28.
This will be one of the sea
son’s greatest events of the sea
son and you cannot afford to
miss it.
Mrs. Eva Myrant, chairman;
Mrs. Geraldine Hardwick, col
chairman and Mrs. Elnora E.
Claytor, reporter.
USO Will Function
Again for Military
WASHINGTON. D. Secre.
tary of Defense James Forrestal
announced in a statement last
week that a revival of the Unit- j
ed Service Organization pro_ |
gram which provided recreation !
for service men in World War \
II. will he completed soon, and
will function near peace-time
military bases in 36 communi
ties.
I---——*— ;
NEGRO CONGRESSMEN
ARE RE-ELECTED
: NEW YORK—Adam C. Powell
; of New York City a ad Congress
man Dawson of Chicago, the
j only two Negroes in Congress
were re-elected in the topsy
turvy Democratic Senatorial
landslide. Both are Democrats.
i SOUTH SIDE CHRISTIAN
j SINGERS PRESENT CONCERT
j The South Side Christian
Singers will render their month
ly program at Greater Bethesda
Runda, at 3:30 p. m. instead of |
7:30 p. m. Prof. J. E. Williams, !
director.
“If the greatest phiosopher in J
i the world finds himself upon a i
plank wider than actually nces- !
ssary, but hanging over a pre
cipice, his imaginatoni will pre- ;
vail, though his reason convice !
him of his safety. , .’»■ I
chairman of this key committee on executive
expenditures when the 81st Congress is or
ganized in December.
The expenditure committee has brought
authority to look into all the executive de
partments of the government. Its jurisdiction
■
I
PLAN MEMORIAL
|
Wamash “Y” Head
To Address Group
Sunday
Memorial services 'honoring
the 34th Anniversary of the
passing of Dr. Booker T. Wash
ington, noted educator and
Founder of Tuskegee Institute,
will be presented by the Chicago
Tuskegee Club, Sunday, Novem
ber 14, 4 p. m. it was announc
ed this week. Chairman of the
affair, Theodore T. Greene,
stated that O. 'O. Morris, Secre
tary of the Wabash YMCA and
widely known civic leader, will
be the principal speaker for the
occasion.
Chairman Greene stated fur
ther that a unique musical pro
gram would be presented which
will feature a number of out
standing local artists. Other
speakers on the program in ad
dition to Mr. 'Morris will in
clude Claude Barnett, a trus
tee of Tuskegee, one of the or
ganizers of the club, and direc
tor of the Associated Negro
Press; Dr. G. Norman Adamson
former r’ub r,resident ar l Presi
dent-elect of the County Phy
sicians Association; B. J. Brox
ton, chairman of the club hoard
of directors; Ellen Brazleton
Smith, who lived in Dr. Wash
ington's home while a student
at Tuskegee during tho educa
tor’s lifetime; John A. Bynes.
former faculty member; Cal.
Wm. H. Walctott, former Com
mandant at the Alabama insti
tution
The chairman stated also
that arrangements are being
made to accomodate an unusu
ally large gathering for the
event since the general public
is invited to participate in the
services.
Designer Due Home
Sometime Soon
NEW YORK—L’Tanva, fam
ous designer from Hollywood,
who won he last Rosenwald Fel
lowship to study in Paris, is
scheduled to return to the
states sometime this month. In
terruption of her studies is due
to an ulcer condition for which
she must undergo treatment.
She is awaiting passage on the
S. S. America.
covers any activity involving
the spending of Federal money.
The Chicago Tribune, and
WILLIAM L. DAWSON
various other newspapers thru
out the nation have raised the
question as to whether or not
Dawson will be honored with
the chairmanship of this import
ant committee or side-tracked
because of his race.
The Chicago World answers
this question by stating that the
Democratic leaders in Congress
will be liappy to honor Dawson
with the chairmanship because
the Democratic party is indebted
to Dawson as it is to few other
leaders in the party.
As conservative estimates
place the Negroes who voted
Tor President Truman and the
Democratic party at three nnl
| lion, eight hundred thousand,
! the number of the Negro vote be
1 comes of importance when one
considers the states of the Na
on influenced by this vote in
Illinois.
President Truman had a ma
jority of less than 60,000. in
the .black belt -of Chicago alone
120,00.0 straight Democratic bal
lots were cast. President Tru
man carried California by levis
ban 60,000 votes in the 14tli
Congressional district which re
turned the Honorable Helen
*GaHagan Douglas with a total
of 60 000 Democratic vote, to
gether with the 27,000 votes in
the bay area of San Francisco,
Oakland, and Sacramento, would
easily account tor t ie P | s;
dent’s purality in California, in
I Ohio the 2 million, eight hundred
: thousand Negroes °i Cleveland
1 voting almost 3 to 1 for the
| r ;-:necratic ticket and furnish
ed sufficient votes to turn the
tide in the Buckeye state.
Should the • Negro vote in
New York, Indiana, Michigan,
Kentucky, Missouri, and the.
othern northern and border
states, where they hold the bal
ance of power be discounted? It
v See DAWSON, Page 3