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PAGE TWO Leans To Negro Farmers Discussed By Agriculture Experts 4 ifj m - I’v) ■ * ■’ ! < i ifcJiS If:. I st, I SH ~:M .4 | • ; s - I * j \ [**%' ' hpm m\ i - ih ■"§ i H t i,i ■ . t ' ' ' '■ U. S. D epartment of Agriculture’s Farm Security Administra tion called to Washington last week the heads of its Tenant- Pur chase force in four southern regions to study progress being made in mai { ' n S loans to Negro tenants and sharecroppers for the purpose of buyii l ® farms under the Bankhead-Jones Act. Figures show that 3»055 Neg.’’ oes have purchased farms under ther program end 1,000 more will bn v farms this fiscal year. They have 40 years in which to repay the Ic >an s. Representatives from the regions are Race Army Cadets Praised By Major TUSKEGEE. Ala.— (ANP) —Major James E. Ellison, commanding 1 officer of the 99th Pursuit squadron, addressed a group of students and citizens of Tuskegee institute in the lecture hall of the Trade "'A” building Monday. For his theme, Major Ellis/n chose the topic ‘‘Civilian and Military Aviation”. From his remarks, it was apparent that the ma inll firmly believes in the success of the 99th and the growth of opportunities for Negroes in civilian and military avia tion. Tliere are innumerable positions Which will be open to the Negro who has prepared himself by the proper training. Among these are list eri such positions has aerial ■cameraman, armorer, aero engine Fireman Passes FRANK SLAUGHTER . .for 20 years a member of the En gine Company 28, St. Louis, Mo., and a World War Veteran, who was buried Saturday, September 29. Mr. Slaughter, a native of St. Louis re tired from active duty in April. NAACP Student / Meet At Hampton NEW YORK —(SNS) With three full days of activity planned for delegates, the youth division of the NAACP has just issued its call to the third student conference of the Association to be held this year c.fc Hampton Institute, Virginia, Oc tober 31, and November 1 and 2. Principal speakers Edward C. Undeman, noted members of the faculty of the New York School of .Social Work; Malcolm S. Mac WOMEN, GIRLS 2-way Relief! Modern facts and a 61-year record of popularity invite your confidence in CARDTJI. ily Its ust thousands of undernourished •women have been helped in two important ways. Taken as a tonic by directions, it usually stimulates appetite and increases the flow of gastric juice. That’s probably the reason mechanic. athletic director, attor ney, civil engineer, physician, in the administrative set-up of the '■quadroon there will also be ings for women as, civil service clerks and stenographers. As for the most coveted position in the squadron, namely, that of flying officer, Major Ellison left no doubt that the attainment of this rant requires th e all-out effort o' the aspirant. The records of the U. S. Air corps show that in the ma jority of “as-outs”, the unfortu nate cadet lacked one or more of the following qualifications: ai 1 Inherent ability to fly. (2) Proper attitude toward flying or toward the service. (3) Sterling character required for offlcership. Is easily seen, therefore, why the lequire ments for the appointment as aj cadet are so strict and the life of , the cadet so vigorous Lean, president, of Hampton Insti tute; Walter White, executive sec retary of the NAACP and Dr. Flem-» j mie P. Kittrell, dean of women at ; Hampton, will develop the general conference theme. “Current Prob lems in America for Negro Youth. 1 ’ The subject for Dr. Ledeman’s keynote address is “Human Wel fare.” ADD NEW TEACHERS TAIiLADEGA, Ala. —On Septem ber 15 when classes began at Talla dega College, several distinguished new teachers were on hand to greet the student body. SO-GOOI) HAIR DRESSING MAY P.E JUST WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR. A GOOD DRESSING MIGHT BE WHAT YOU NEED. Will Help You To Dress Your Hair in the Latest Styles HAVE BEEN SOLD AND GIV EN SATISFACTION FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS TRY IT TODAY, 50c Per Box. SO-GOOD CHEMICAL CO. 745 Cherokee Ave., S. E. ATLANTA, GA. for the improved strength and en ergy and the relief of periodic functional distress of so many users. Another way such functional distress is relieved for many is by taking €ARDUI as directed, starting three days before “the time.” Why not try CARDTJI? flown conferring with Washington executives. Left to righ t they are: W. C. Davenport, Raleigh, N. C.l Giles A. Hubert, assistant to the director of FSA Rural Rehabilitation, who called the meeting! William E. Street of Tuskegee Institute, Ala., is shown checking some figures with Paul V. Maris, director of the Tenant-Purchase Division, behind them is T. B. Fatherree of Little Rock, Ark.; G. C. EMisor, Dallas, Texas; C. Carter Chase, Raleigh, N. C., and Joseph H. Dean, Jackson, Miss. (FSA photo.) Appointed Army Hostess . ■■%. . jjt. -'*■"{, •< • ''&)&¥*,■■ CHICAGO, 111.—Appointment of Mrs. Carrie Lee McClain (above), Chicago, as junior at Fort Custer, Mich., home of ISth Field Artillery, was announced by Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Cum mins, commanding Sixth Corps Area. The 184th Field Artillery is an all Negro regiment. (ACME) Episcopalians Os Nine States Set Ready For Charlotte Meet Rev. Satterwhite of LaGrange To Respond to Welcome Address CHARLOTTE. N. C.— •ANP)-- The 15th conference of Episcopal church workers among colored people in the province ot Sewanee BRIGHTER LIGHTER SKIN IS PRETTIER iJSS 1 OMt light ar, brighter. , /^jpj§§g lovelier under. •kin. Sold on %■, - \>gas money back ‘ guarantee. 25# «m*u toy. DR. FRED Jl PALMER’S yw WHlTEHElllr^A^p^ql THE PHOENIX INDEX. PHOENIX, ARIZONA T ’ will open with services at St. Michael and All Angels’ church on Tuesday, Oct. 14. The address of welcome will be delivered by the Rt. Rev. E. A. Penick, bishop of the diocese of North Carolina. The Rev. J. K. Satterwhite, vicar of St. Elizabeth’s LaGrange, Ga.. will respond. The conference sermon will be preach ed by the Rev. Robert J. Johnson, vicar of All Saints Church, War renton, N. C. For the next two days papers will be presented and discussions held ! for the purpose of making the church more vital and dynamic in the communities where her minis try is to be had. The conference covers nine states in the south east from North Caro lina to the southeastern boundary of the United States and southwest to the states of Arkansas and Texas. There is a membership of more than 10.000 included in this area which comprises fourteen dioceses Seven of the nine institutions that are under the auspices of the American Church Institute for Ne- Elks Grand Ruler Reverses Self On Lindbergh Issue Terms Him A Proven Enemy Os The People Comes Out For FDR’s Foreign Policy Stand WASHINGTON, D. C.—<SNS>)- Reversing a previously announced intention to lead a Nef?ro wing ol the anti-administraticri America First Committee, J. Finley Wilson j exalted ruler of 500,000 colored Elks ! thi s week branded Ex-Col. Charles Lindbergh as the proven “enemy ol all oppressed peoples, including orn own colored people who are farther est down.” Just where this left, Perry W. Howard, another Republican big wig who was to serve as co-chair man of the Negro America First committee, was not made clear Since the announcement of the for mation of the jim-crow unit of tin Lindbergh faction, much criticism had been heaped on the heads of both Wilson and Howard by the majority of Negro leaders, who are openly hostile to the isolationist group. Mr. Wilson made th e statement in connection vrith his announce ment of the publication of “The Colored Elks add National Defense,’ a fifteen-page pamphlet, which out lines the broad program his organ ization will follow regarding the ful) participation of th e colored people in the national defense program Written by himself, the pamphlet {represents an extension of a speech made by the noted colored Ell leader at the sixty-first convention of che National Baptist Convention Inc., held in Cleveland recently. It contains a foreword by Grand ! Daughter Ruler Elizabeth Gordon ; leader of 75,000 women in the Elk 1 organization. I J Expressing his clearcut, apposition to those wh Q regard Lindbergh as a patriot, the ncted Elk leader said “Wg colored people can see clear through Lindbergh and all his kind. I remember w - ell when a fine young colored man, James Allen, a member of our organization, found his dead child in the New Jersey woods. Lindbergh didn’t lift a finger to give even decent recognition to what Brother Allen had done. What i s worse, he deliberately had Allen fired from a circus where he had i gotten a job because he had no money and was trying t 0 support his wife and a large family. That’s all I ever heard of Lindbergh’s re lation to my people. H e has done his best to bar the door of hope to the colored brother, and to keep thumbs down on Allen who found his baby. “I am for America first in Nation al Defense and for everything that will make the world safe for democ racy and all her people including the unbleached Americans of my group But I cannot, at a tim e like this, do anything that will give aid and comfort to the twin brutes ol Europe: Hitler and Mussolini, by dropping a monkey wrench into the President’s machinery for National Defense. “Col. Lindbergh displayed his fine Italiad hand when he grabbed the opportunity, after the Presi dent’s defense speech September 11, to speak out against the Jewish people. When he did this he proved himself to be an enemy to all op pressed people, including our own colored people who are fartherest down.” groes are in this province. More prominent laymen will take an active part in this conference than have done so in the past several years. The vicar of the host church is the Rev. John W. Herritage. Officers of the conference are The Revs. J. K. Satterwhite, presi dent; St. Julian A. Simpkins, Charleston, S. C., vice-pres. Henry J. C. Bowden, Atlanta, Ga., secre tary; and Eugene L. Avery, Ruther fordton, N. C., necrologist; H. L. Bell, Charleston, S. C., treasurer. BOWELS SLUGGISH? • Feeling like you lost your best friend headachy dull pepless all because of sluggish bowels? Why put up with such misery? Chew modern FEEN-A-MINT, the pleasant-tasting chewing gum laxative. Chew FEEN-A-MINT tonight at bedtime. Next morning thorough, gentle relief, helping you feel swell again, full of your normal pep. Millions of folks rely on FEEN-A-MINT. Just chew it like your favorite gum. Tastes «ood. Try FEEN-A-MINT-a whole family The Whiskers Are Definitely On The Taboo Two of Lincoln (Mo.) University’s enticing coeds look on worshipfully as Captain Robert Cobb of the school’s stalwart grid team obeys his coach’s ruling that no member of (his year’s squad cculd support a hairy epidermis. That included mus State Surprised To Find s $317,500 School Surplus Tenn. State President Is Praised by Governor Cooper NASHVILLE—(ANP)— Budget Director VV. M. Duggan, in an incomplete audit of accounts of State Agricultural and Industrial College lor Negroes here, reported, that the school had a surplus of $317,500. This fund was discovered by the auditors in a routine check of the institution’s financial structure made at the request of Education Commissioner B. 0. Duggan. I Gov. Cooper declared, “President W. J Hale is to be congratulated on accumulation of this fine sur plus. I am pleased that the dis-, cussion over A. and I. is about a I surplus and not a deficit.” The chief executive said he did not know what disposition would be made of; the excess amount, but he intimated j that he would like to see it spent; in expansion of the school. Finan- 1 cial disposition of the fund, how ever, which has been set up as a special account in the state treas-. The Globe Trotter . bv cuff Mackay The Great God Jim Crow THE MOST ILLOGICAL, unreasonable, hypo critical and nonsensical thing in American life is the great God James Crow. Truthfully he can boast more worshippers than the Lord Jesus Christ, for there are many professing to be Christians who do not find it difficult to also pay homage to their idol ‘Jim.’ No single thing contributes quite so much na tional and racial disunity as does this hapless fel low. within whose shadow falls those other twins of dissension, WMWWT discrimination and prejudice. * Have you ever sat down andj f[ J|p -fjgj tried to ascribe a reason to somef f of the customs of “keeping thej rates separate” in fyff JgK rious communities? And these practices are by no means Ii m to purely Southern localities. | UTTERLY RIDICULOUS Some are so ridiculous, if it ’*** j were not for the tragically humili- MACK AY sting effect they have upon a whole race, they would be funny. In Atlanta Negroes are allowed to enter street cars through the front door with other passengers, but under city ordinance are forbidden to make their exit that way. No matter how near the front of the car you are seated, if your facie is black, you must walk the length of the car and depart through the rear door. Are there any laws of logic that could be applied to this peculiar procedure to make it have reason? The Fulton County (Ga.) Courthouse in the same city, erected with taxpayers money and dedicated to the proposition of meting impartial justice to all. has four elevators One ot these elevators bears the sign, “For Col ored Only.” Yet, NegTo witnesses and others who have business to transact on the upper floors of the building oftimes cannot find room on this lone car dedicated to the cuestionable ideals of Mr. James Crow; so crowded is it with white passengers, who do not believe in signs. NEGROES REBUFFED Negroes, however, who seek to ride the three other elevators are loudly rebuffed and embarrassed by the plainly hostile white operators. The most humorous worship of the God Jim Crow was observed the other day by the writer, while watching a crew of workmen repairing a stretch of track. Conveniently placed on the repair truck was a water barrel. One side of the barrel was painted white, the other black. 1 learned there was nothing in the bar tachcs, goatees and whiskers. Captain Cobb sadly bids goodbye to the chin decoration that last year gave him that distinctly foreig nlook. Well Jules are | rules and they must be obeyed. ury, would have to await the audi - 1 ! tor’s findings as to the source of the money. ! In addition to the accumulated surplus, it was said that SIOO,OOO appropriated for the fiscal year end ed June 30, 1941, had not been ex [ pended and was returned to the j state treasury, together with ap ! proximately $25,000 which had been impounded from the previous fiscal year’s appropriation. President Hale declined to com id's interior to divide the water. Yet Negro work men under the asinine ruling of Jim Crow must draw their drinking water from the spigot on the side painted black, while white workmen drank the same water, but drew it from the side painted white THE ARMY FAILS TOO And il‘ you think that is silly, a young man em ployed at the Fourth Corps Area quartermaster de pot told the writer of a practice that even surpass ed the above in idiocy. How far some officers of the United States Army have fallen beneath the siren call of this strange god, Jim Crow, was divulged by this young, intelligent worker, who asked this very puzzled writer for a possible reason. It seems that the quatermaster’s office at At lanta provides buckets of water for thirsty workmen and each bucket has two dippers, one for white, an other for colored —thereby satisfying the duo-racial requirements of Jim Cfow. But the ioker here is that workmen of both races dip and drink from the same bucket. Equally as silly to this writer's way of think ing is the ruling of the American Red Cross that no blood of Negroes can be used for deposit in the “blood banks” being built up for transfusions m the event this country enters the war. ‘PSYCHOLOGICAL’ REASONS Army and Navy Medical officers, according to Red Cross officials, are responsible for the ruling barring for ‘psychological’’ reasons the acceptance of any blood from Negro donors, though wide appeal is being made for persons to donate this precious life’s fluid. The “psychological reason," of course, is just an other and more subtle way of stating this widespread deference to James Crow. Inconsistent is the plan to use this ‘white” blood for transfusion for Negro soldiers, while at the same time holding it terribly wrong to use “Negro blood ’ for white transfusions And just as inconsistent is this entire business of Jim Crow. One just can’t ascribe any rhyme or reason for it. Though its workings are for the most part stupid and illogical, one who all his life has been a victim of it. cannot fail to see the sinister motive for lts creation and maintenance. Clearly it is an asinine and clumsy, yet ex tremely effective design of the majority group to embarrass, humiliate and harrass the less fortunate and often politically powerless minority. Born in the morass of discrimination and raised in the distorted atmosphere of prejudice, the great gc'd Jim Crow today is unquestionably the chief bot tleneck in the path of national unity and security. The quicker its utterly senseless practices are removed from the American scene, the sooner can America settle down to its great task of proving to die remainder of a rapidly disbelieving world that democracy is the practical, workable and only hope of life. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 194? ment on the findings of the audi tors other than to say “The audit will speak for itself when it is com ipleted and 1 feel that our record will be excellent.” In the meantime. Commissioner Duggan disclosed plans of the state board of education to expand the institution to t'he standards of the Univesity of Tennessee in both un dergraduate and graduate work for Negroes. SOLDIERS FORCED TO \ LEAVE FORT BRAGG. N. C.—(ANP) In the small town of St. Paul, N. C., a city ordinance was passed or dering soldiers off the city streets by 9 o’clock p. m. Negro soldiers said the rule was enforced only when Negro soldiers were seen. However the town has a population of 2.000 and only about 500 Ne groes.