FRONT COVER presents Frank L Stanley, editor of the Louisville Defender, and general chairman of the TwentyNint h General Convention, scheduled to be held in Louisville, Ky., December, 27-31, 1941
All five chapters of the Bluegrass State are co-operating to make the first convention in Kentucky the greatest ever
OCTOBER, 1941
General Chairman, 29th General Convention, Louisville, Ky.
RAYFORD W LOGAN President ROBERT P DANIEL Chairman, Budret Committee Howard University, Washington, D C Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina
BERT A MCDONALD First Vice-President
CHARLES H WESLEY Historian 319 East 48th St., Los Angeles, Calif Howard University, Washington, D C
ROGER F GORDON Second Vice-President JEWELS 1530 French Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania _ „ »«',« •
FERDINAND L ROUSSEVE Third Vice-President „ Dr - Henry A Calhs, 2306 E St., N E., Washington, D C.i Nathaniel 4636 Willow Street, New Orleans, La *• Murray, 150 You Street, N W., Washington, D C.i Vertner W
JOHN FLEMING Fourth Vice-President i\andy, 221 West 139th St., New York, N Y.; George B Kelly, l-113th 1532 Linn Street, Cincinnati Ohio st ™" ' JIoy - New York
JOSEPH H B EVANS General Secretary Charles H Chapman—»Roy H Ogle—Mames H Morton—'Deceased 101 S Street, N W., Washington, D C RFRintin niKiTTnue
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WESTERN JURISDICTION-Bert A™ M^onald, Vice-President; Tolly IFWI * n wmrfn t Frfitnr „f the *„hin, W ' ? arri5 ' 11 9 NGre™wood Street Tulsa Oklahoma; Walter M
LEWIS O SWINGLER Editor of the sphinx Booker, Pra rie View College, Prairie View Texas- Ulysses a 390toBeale Avenue, Memphis Tennessee Taylor, Samuel Huston College Austin Teia*: Bernard E Sauires
U COUNCILL TRENHOLM Director of Education 326 Railway Exchange, Seattle Washington*'James p Johnston' Alabama State College, Montgomery Ala 320 Twenty-Third Avenue, N.T Seattle Washington- Jack Terry'
BELFORD V LAWSON, JR General Counsel U627 Bandera Avenue, Los Angeles California 2001 11th N W., Washington, D C
SOUTHERN JURISDICTION—Ferdinand L Rousseve Vice-PresidentLAY MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Clinton L. Blake, 1415Beattie's Ford Road Charlotte Nortn CaroEdward W Brooke, 1262 Hamlin Street, N E., Washington, D C.i Una; Benjamin F Scott, MorehouseT College Atlanta Georgl^ Thomas Kelley, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio: James H Stenson E Broaddus, Kentucky State Collegf Frankfort Kentucky' Robinson 850 East Forty-Ninth Place, Los Angeles, California
EASTERN JURISDICTION—Roger F Gordon Vice-President- Sn M
BELFORD V LAWSON, JR Chairman, Chapter Housing Commission Moore, Virginia Union University, Richmond Vireinia- o A 2001 Uth St., N W., Washington, D C Galvin, 216 W State Street, Ithaca New York FrankMo'rri?' Jr '
HOWARD H LONG Chairman, Committee on Public Policy 1519 Page Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Willian? J Parks' Jr" 1112 Girard St., N W„ Washington, D C 1917 3rd Street, N w., WashingtonD> c la m JParks ' Jr -
M.G.FERGUSON Chairman Auditing Committee
MIDWESTERN JURISDICTION—John ' W' Fleming Vice PresidentCitizens Savings & Trust Co., Nashville, Tennessee John R Lawrence, Jr., 947 Iglehart Avenue St ' Paul Minnesota ^l^itT'Teacher s O^^^X ^ Z^ ^ ^r^Xr « iff ^
1 ALPHA—Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; President, 28 ALPHA ZETA—West Virginia State College Institute West Dr G A Galvin, 216 W State Street; Secretary, Dr Albert Va.; President, Lawrence N Jones; Secretary Garian R 11P Johnson 216 W State Street ston, West Va State College "' uar "» n « m
2 BETA—Howard University, Washington, D C ; President, 9 Q .i PH WT A II„„,„ TT „, ' ,<. _ Arthur F Carter; Secretary, N Alan Harris, 1917 3rd Street, Ja ' INXCTIV E University, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
3 GAMMA—Virginia Union University; Richmond, Va.; Presl- 30 - ALPHA THETA—University of Iowa, Iowa City Iowa- President, E D McCreary, Jr., Secretary, Percy Patricks, Virginia d,ent James Peoples; Secretary, A Low; C Secretary 'George Union B- Ragland, Jr., 818 South Dubuque Street
4 DELTA—Tillotson College, Austin Texas; President, Samuel 31 ALPHA IOTA—University of Colorado Denver Colo Presl Fuller; Secretary, Joseph B Bracy dent, Howard Jenkins, Jr., 3131 Gilpin St Secretar'v Tnhn
5 EPSILON—University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Presl- Wallar, 2606 Gilpin St secretary, jon n SrTTAaouL 0 Gle M St ' ; S6Cretary ' Pet6 r J ' 32 ' ne L™^sr^pTiiS^^Mas^n^ «" < ^ ^ T'
6 ZETA-Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; Pres Soriiignefd Coffegeg ' Massachusetts : Sec Eric fteadley, Sec Dr R S Fleming, 216 Dwight St , „ »,DnV»n , » ^ • T
7 ETA—Columbia Universitv, St Lawrence, Brooklyn, C C , 6i - S •*, ., * ,^",, 01tnw , e „} } University, Evanston, Illinois; St John University, Brooklyn, New York City; President, fo?n B ^ - Wl llla m B - P°»ard, Secretary William C Pyant, Mac C Davies, 79 St Nicholas Place, N Y C.; Secretary, 193 0 Brow n Avenue Lucius C Watson, 35 West 110th Street, N Y C 34 ALPHA NU—Iowa State College, Drake Universitv Des
8 THETA—University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; President, Moines, Iowa, Ames, Iowa; Pres S M Riley, Jr.; Sec Charles Robert W Harrison, 740 E Marquette Road; Secretary, Frank p - Howard, 515 Mulberry St., Des Moines Iowa A Banks, 740 E Marquette Road
35 ALFHA XI—University of Washington, Seattle 'Washington-
9 IOTA—Atlanta, Georgia; To be set up President, James P Johnson, 928 31st St., Seattle Wash-
18 KAPPA—Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; President, ington; Secretary, Robert B Pitts, 326 23rd Avenue ' North Fowler A Briggs; Secretary, Gerald G Haskell, 760 Mt 36 ALPHA OMICRON—Johnson C Smith University Charlotte Vernon, Columbus Ohio N C ; President, Horace Davenport; Secretary ' T Wilklns
11 MU—University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Davis, Johnson C Smith University President, John R Lawrence, 947 Iglehart Ave., St Paul, 37 ALPHA PI—LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL COLLEGE LouisMinn., Secretary, John M Patton, 954 St Anthony Ave., St ville Kentucky; President, Robert Crawford 2512 W Walnut ,„ £ a , ul v¥ mn - Street; Secretary, Julius L Greene, 1810 W Chestnut Street
12 NU—[Lincoln University Pa., President, Grant S Shockley; 38 ALPHA RHO—Morehouse College, Ga.; President Benjamin Secretary, Woodson Hopewell, Lincoln University Bullock, Secretary, Clarence Williams Morehouse College
13 XI—Wilberforce University, Ohio; President, Charles Splvey; 39 ALPHA SIGM-A—Wiley College, Bishop College Marshall Secretary, Thomas Kelley, Wilberforce University Texas; President, James C Wallace Jr Secretary Kerveri
14 OMICRON—Pittsburgh, Pa., President, Paul L Jones, 228 W Carter, Wiley College West 14th, Homestead, Pa.; Secretary McDonald Williams, 40 ALPHA TAU—University ofAkron Ohio- President Attor, ,, 201 Michigan Avenue, Betshoover, Pitts, Pa ney Artee Fleming, 22 West Market Street, Akron Ohio-
15 PI—Western Reserve, Cleveland Ohio; President, Samuel Secretary, Herbert T Bracken, 385 Wellington Wade, 2285 East 89th Street; Secretary, Joseph D Smith, 2813 41 ALPHA UPSILON—City College Detroit Detroit MichiganCentral Avenue, N 584 President Norman Tabor, 2001 Chestnut Street' C Secre-
16 RHO—Graduate Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pres tary, Lloyd G Richards, 6264 Epworth Dr W P Jerrick, 1843 Christian St.; C Sec Dr O Wilson
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ALPHA PHI—Clark University Atlanta Georgia- Pres EdWinters 28 Curren Arcade; F Sec Norristown, Pa.; F Sec ward McGowen; Sec John T Mims Clark Universitv Dr Percy I Bowser, 5344 Race St 43 ALPHA CHI—Fisk University, Nashville Tenn • President
17 SIGMA—Harvard University, Boston, Mass., President, John W Parker; Secretary Roscoe Brvan't " c ,1"•=",'• Thomas A Center 54 Mt Pleasant St., N Cambridge, 44 ALPHA PSI—Lincoln University, Jefferson Citv MissouriMass., Secretary, Julian C Branker, 11 Waumbeck St., Rox- President James Lee Hunt; Secretary James Jones Linbury, Mass coin University
18 TAU—University ofIllinois, Champaign-Urbana, 111.; Presi- 45
BETA ALPHA—Morgan College Baltimore Md • President dent, James J Seaberry; Secretary, Nathaniel B Green William T Cain, 1621 12th Street N W Washington r> O •' 1301 W Clark Street, Urbana Secretary Simon Carter, 515 N Shroede'r Street
19 UPSILON—University of Kansas, Kansas, State Teachers
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BETA BETA—University of Nebraska Creightori Universitv College, Emporia, Kansas; Kansas State College of Agricul- Municipal University, Lincoln Nebraska President Gaines ture & Applied Sciences, Manhattan, Kansas, Lawrence, T Braford, 1952 T Street, Lincoln Nebraska- Secretary Kansas: President, Ralph Rogers, Secretary, Cecil Florence Harold Biddiex, 2225 S Street Lincoln Nebraska on ll?-,1 Mississippi Street 47
BETA GAMMA—Virginia State College,' Ettrlck Va.- Presl-
20 PHI—Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; Pres John W Gasaway; dent Jefferson F Bryant: Secretary Sinclair Jeter Sec Walter B Allen 155 W Washington St 48
BETA DELTA—State College Orangeburg S C- President
21 CHI—Meharry Medical College Nashville, Tenn., President, Frank Llovd: Secretary M R Flint State College Waldense C Nixon; Secretary, Donald M Carey, 1613 Jef- 49
BETA EPSILON—Agricultural and Technical College Greensferson Street boro North Carolina: President, Clinton Etheridgp Secre-
22 PSI—University ofPennsylvania, Temple University, Phila- tarv Earl Holland A & T College ithenage becre delphia Pa.: President, Franklin Morris 1519 Page Street
BETA ZETA—Samuel Huston College Austin Texas- PresiWest: Secretary, Robert Poindexter, 2128 Christian Street dent Maceo D Pembroke; Secretar'v Weldon K Grove*
23 ALPHA ALPHA—Universitv of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Col- Samuel Huston College, Austin Texas' eluo n *" KjIovealege of Pharmacy, Miami University, Cincinnati, Ohio: Pres- 51
BETA ETA—Southern Illinois Teachers College Carbondale ident John W Fleming, 1532 Linn Street; Secretary, Saul 111. President, Charles E Jones 211 N Wall- Secrptarv' S Sanford, 747 Clark Street Gaffney Taylor, Colp, Illinois secretary,
24 ALPHA BETA—Talladega College, Talladega, Ala.; Presi- 52
BETA THETA—Blueneld State Teachers College Bluefield, dent, George E Lee; Secretary, Andrew B Randal!, Cor- W Va.: President Alonzo Deskins J r Secretary Eugene responding Secretary Erman W Edgecombe Talladega Field State Teachers College
25 ALPHA GAMMA—Brown University, Providence, Rhode Is-
IOTA—Western State Teachers College Kalamazoo, land: INACTIVE:—Address Joseph G LeCount, 42 Westmm- Michigan: Pres Hacklev E Woodford 114 N Park St : Sec , ^rSt John T Tadey 1331 W Michigan
.26 ALPHA DELTA—University of Southern California, Los An-
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BETA KAPPA—iLangston University Langston Oklahoma; geles Calir President, Henry Feltenberg, 1286 S Serrano; President James Hatchett; Secretavr, Hamilton Vaughan
„ ??"U ary - Edward York, 1286 S Serrano Avenue
55 BETA MU—Kentucky State College Frankford Ky • Presl-
i 1. ALPHA EPSILON—University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, Call- dent Sbeley Lynem, Secretary Nathaniel L Shields Ky lornia; Pres M Robinson Baker, 929 Magnolia Street Oak- State College land California; Secretary, George E Byas, 2844 Grant
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BETA NU—Florida A & M Cellege: President Oliver H Street; Cor Secretary, Melvin C Austin, 1518 Russell St Jones; Secretary, James M Young, Florida A & M
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
LEWIS O SWINGLER
3901/2 Beale Avenue Memphis, Tennessee
ASSISTANT EDITORS
HUGH M GLOSTER Morehouse College Atlanta, Georgia
BURT A. MAYBERRY 2446 Harrison Street Kansas City, Missouri
MILTON S J WRIGHT Wilberforce University Wilberforce, Ohio WILLIAM H. GRAY, JR. Southern
WHO'S
GEORGE B KELLEY Troy, New York
HISTORY
JAMES B BROWNING Miners Teachers College Ga Ave at Euclid and Fairmont, N W Washington, D C
FRAT FUN
DR O WILSON WINTERS 28 Curren Arcade Norristown, Pa
Please note chapter roster for
ART EDITORS
JAMES D PARKS Lincoln University Jeiferson City, Mo
DOWDAL H DAVIS, JR 2711 E 21st Street Kansas City, Missouri
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
KERMIT J. HALL Bluefield State College Bluefield, West Virginia
FRANK L STANLEY, JR 619 W Walnut Street Louisville, Kentucky
GRANT W HAWKINS 2627 Shriver Street Indianapolis, Indiana
REID E JACKSON 51E 11th Avenue Columbus, Ohio
SIDNEY A JONES, JR 5341 Maryland Chicago, Illinois
J EDWARD COTTON 390 V2 Beale Avenue Memphis, Tennessee
CIRCULATION
SPENCER M SMITH 390 Vz Beale Avenue Memphis, Tennessee
ADVERTISING
RICHARD HOBSON 390 Vi Beale Avenue Memphis, Tennessee
By FRANK L STANLEY General Chairman, 29th General Convention
Alpha Lambda Alpha Beta Lambda Gamma Beta Lambda
Alpha Pi Beta Mu
Five host chapters of the Bluegrass State of Kentucky are diligently preparing for the greatest convention in the history of Alpha. You already know of what we boast of most in Kentucky. Omitting the race horses for the moment, we promise an abundance of everything else Let us add, however, HOSPITALITY not only with a capital "H" but with genuine spirit
The theme of the 29th general convention is "The Negro In The New World Order." Never before has such an opportunity been presented us to re-dedicate our objectives to the development of the Negro in this fast changing world. It is our firm belief that Alpha at Louisville this December, fully cognizant of its fraternal task, will create and put into action a program unprecedented in the history of conventions
Well, well,—looks like Alpha men still have music in their souls
The Sphinx is pleased at the way Chapters all over the country are accepting our sons contest Chapter quartettes are being organized immediately and in some cases an official song leader has been selected
Our slogan for this vear's project is "A Singing Fraternity is a Happy Fraternity—Let's Sing!!"
Don't overlook the fact that any chapter or individual member may submit as many compositions as he wishes Sign up for two numbers and start perfecting your idea now
Remember, the Sphinx is now anxious to get pictures of individual and quartettes interested in the contest With fifty chapter quartettes attending the Louisville Convention this year, the sessions will surely "hum."
The title of our first march song entrant (the composer doesn't mind letting it out) is "Hail to Alpha" and comes from Beta Lambda chapter in Kansas City Thanks, brother!
Fill out the entry blank right now statins to the Sphinx your intention to cooperate, and mail
Please enter my name in SPHINX original song contest
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ganization of a quartette to represent the chapter at the Louisville Convention
Our meetings will be held in America's oldest city college, the University of Louisville. No other Negro group has ever held a convention at this institution before. We believe it to be very significant that our first College Fraternity will meet at the Nation's first Municipal University with Alpha's first graduate chapter and for the first time in Kentucky We are expecting full representation of your chapter
Final Copy for the Pre-Convention Edition must reach Sphinx office not later than Monday, November 10th It is necessary to adhere to this deadline in order to get copies out before convention time
LEWIS O SWINGLFR, Editor, Sphinx Magazine
390^4 Beale Avenue, Memphis, Tenn.
AN Alpha convention is always pleasant to anticipate and it is easily imaginable that at this time the uppermost thought of every chapter is the Twenty-ninth General session in Louisville a few weeks hence This department of our beloved organization has observed with satisfaction that the strain and stress of world disorder have not dampened the spirit for renewed fellowship that comes with every Alpha "get together."
It should be reassuring to every brother to know that our host chapters in Louisville and Kentucky at large are proceeding, in spite of changing conditions, with the titanic task of entertaining the convention in keeping with the high standard set by Alpha hosts of previous years Fortunate indeed are we to have this glittering example of steadfastness in the storm.
Alpha men have been summoned for military service from the rank and file of many chapters the nation over. Others no doubt will have been encamped ere the session convenes this December Their welfare alone not to mention the multitude of other pressing problems that face Alphadom in its role of leader of racial and national opinion.... would suffice to give added weight to the approaching session
Our theme, "The Negro In The New World Order", is a timely one It aptly applies to the young men of our race who have given up the comforts of their homes and left behind the company of families and friends with the expectation that this New Order will be truly expressive of social and economic justice for all mankind. The Alpha convention in Louisville should and will offer splendid opportunity-for us to take considered judgment upon practical plans of procedure for participation in this new
order of things, and out of the.?e discussions should evolve a program for concerted action. As an organization with a broadening social program, Alpha Phi Alpha must consider this task its inescapable duty. It is a responsibility that falls on every man within our circle... the civilian and soldier alike
Lighter moments of the session will not be lessened by full consideration of the pressing issues that challenge this fraternity and similar organizations at the present. It must simply be a matter of partaking of a balanced convention ration
Louisville, traditionally noted for its beautiful ladies, fast race horses and sparkling drinks, will undoubtedly take full care of the entertainment phases of the convention Achievement of fundamental objectives, however, will be largely left to visiting delegates
By Sidney A Jones, Jr Contributing Editor
NOW that the United States is again attempting to make the world safe for democracy by bringing about the defeat and destruction of Nazi Germany, it is interesting to note the status of democracy in this country The fact is that democracy does not exist in this country for Negroes who comprise one-tenth of the total population There can be no sound or complete democracy in this country until Negroes take their rightful and permanent place both in the political and economic life of the country and in the public life of the community in general
Where democracy is lacking in this country and the possibilities of it's becoming real to Negroes will be here discussed
One of the main branches of the Government is the Navy In fact, in the present war, the Navy is assuming the leading role Billions of dollars of the taxpayers' money is being spent to build, equip and maintain the Navy But to the discredit of our country there is no place for Negro citizens in the Navy except as servants In the Naval Academy at Annapolis, maintained by the United States, no Negro is enrolled And the Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox, has shown an utter disregard for the rights of Negroes and has bluntly stated that there is at present no place in the Navy for colored citizens If Germany sinks the entire American Navy, no Negro mother will mourn for a lost son If such a catastrophe occurred, it would be necessary to build a complete new Navy, and maybe then Negro Americans would get a chance.
The United States Marines is another lilly-white, jim-crow department of the armed forces of this country It is as bad as the Navy As long as the present condition in the Navy and Marines exists, democracy in this country will be a mockery.
In Chicago, the Federal Government recently invested millions of dollars in the erection of factories for Buick Motors Company to produce defense materials The Government sponsored a training course for about one thousand young men who were to be employed at this plant A group of Negroes took the course, including some members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fra-
ternity These Negroes were at the top of their class when the course was completed but not one single Negro was hired because it is Buick's policy not to employ Negroes
The Training course was given by the Illinois Institute of Technology Brother Albert R George took the course, but was refused employment solely on account of his race A new Defense Training Course is being given by the same school The purpose of the course is to provide training for positions as Inspectors of Ordnance Material Brother George has been appointed as one of the teachers at a salary double the amount he would have earned had Buick employed him
Neal Simeon, another Alpha Brother in Chicago, is a graduate of Armour Institute of Technology, and formerly an instructor in aviation mechanics at Tuskegee He recently took a United States Civil Service examination for a position paying $2600.00 per year with the War Department He passed the examination and was called to the job, but was told by the head of the office that his services could not be used because he was a Negro
In addition to the above unfavorable pictures, it is well known that Negro soldiers in the South have in recent months been subjected to many brutalities and injustices by the civilians of the southern communities But in spite of the above mentioned unfavorable conditions, there are many
trends which seem favorable to the Negro and which give cause for optimism In spite of all the darkness, there seems to be a dawn trying to break through, and it is my belief that the Negro will, as a result of the present war, share greater in the blessings of democracy in the future than ever before I will now discuss the reasons for such belief
The United States Army Air Force had no Negroes in any capacity before the recent defense program began But the air force is no longer lily-white, and a beginning has been made toward the inclusion of Negroes in this branch of the service A jim-crow set up has been established for colored Army aviators, which is not the most desirable arrangement The Army will never be truly democratic until all citizens are integrated into the service, without regard to race or color But the Army is now training Negro Aviators and Mechanics; who otherwise would not have had the opportunity The Air Force's 99th Pursuit Squadron will soon become the first Negro flying, outfit. Its permanent home will be near Tuskegee, Alabama Its new field, built at a cost of $2,000,000 by a Negro contracting firm, consists of 1,642 acres and will have 42 buildings when it is completed It will have accommodations for 2,000 men, including 400 pilots It is understood that the Air Forces will have more Negro squadrons of the same kind. From top to bottom these outfits will be all Negro To service the 99th's planes, guns and instruments, the Army is training 278 Negro mechanics at Illinois' Chanute Field
In spite of the unpleasant experiences some colored soldiers have had in the South, there are other more pleasant pictures There are many thousands of Negro soldiers in many southern communities who have had no grounds for complaint The all Negro 184th Field Artillery, entirely officered by Negroes, went from Fort Custer, Michigan, to the deep South and participated in the maneuvers and war games with thousands of white soldiers, and had no trouble at all And in addition to this, the government is attempting to stop injustices in the army and is attempting to take definite action to correct any offenses against colored soldiers The War Department has appointed as Civilian Aide to the Secretary of War an outstanding Ne-
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By LOUIS
Reprinted by Courtesy
ECENTLY, those charged with the leadership of the Negro masses have become seriously concerned over the integration of Negroes into the technical phase of American industry Negro newspapers and periodicals as well as editorials in white papers have demanded that Negro labor be used to its best advantage At the 1940 convention of a national Negro social fraternity, a voluminous report was made which showed in no uncertain terms how well the Negro worker has been left out of the production phase of industry by nationally known firms in all parts of the United States The report also showed that wherever the Negro was employed, his status largely was that of janitor or, if skilled, in the factory's distasteful occupations
Today, thanks to Hitler and other forces of aggression, the Negro is sharing in producing for national defense His opportunity for obtaining his rightful place as an American worker is better today than ever before The question arises, to what extent is he availing himself to put forth his best talents and industry to be a reliable, dependable, and intelligent source of skilled labor?
In seeking the answer to that question, I worked at Winchester's, a factory working on huge orders for national defense Machines of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, now a division of Western Cartridge Company, hum night and day turning out guns and ammunition My job was that of tending a machine, and was classed as semi-skilled labor I worked the night shift from eleven to seven in the morning The personnel department at Winchester, under the direction of Mr Alfred Snyder, is trying, out a new experiment in seeking to find a dependable source of labor in the Negro worker To that end, he has appointed a Negro assistant personnel director in charge of Negro personnel He is Mr James L Mitchell, whose long and enviable employment record with Western Cartridge is exemplary for all employees
Prior to March of 1941, there were less than one hundred Nergoes employed at Winchester Since that time, the company has expanded its factory and personnel Mr Mitchell, at the time, was the only Negro shop foreman and through his efforts, was sue-
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cessful in persuading the management to employ Negroes in larger numbers and in the skilled jobs Today the factory employs some twelve thousand workers, more than seven hundred and thirty of whom are Negroes
At the inception of the program, the factory management had the characteristic fear complex that Negro and white workers would not work side Inside in harmony Thus, they were reluctant to give colored workers jobs that involved close association with white workers However the experience of work relationship of colored and white employees, fortified by my own experience of working in harmony with white workers, has blasted the theory that Negroes and whites cannot work together in peace At times when work was dull, I had occasion to fraternize with white machine operators who gladly explained the operation of their machine and invited me to gauge shells along with them as the shells came out of the machine On occasion, different workers told me to ask the shop foreman for assignment as machine operator "where you really make the money."
Negro and white workers lunched together, and it was a common occurrence for some few especially friendly colored and white employees to share their lunch During smoking periods, we smoked together and shared cigarettes This harmonious relationship
ran the length of the factory personnel. White women workers worked together with Negro male helpers, and colored and white women operators worked in pleasant association. Colored girl operators said they received fine co-operation from the white workers and, coming new on a job, reported having received helpful hints from white girls already working on the job To be sure, all is not "sweetness and light" between the two races of workers One personnel manager told me there was some little opposition by white women workers when it was announced that the management contemplated employing colored women, but that the opposition vanished by when the management took the firm stand of "work together, or else " The little unpleasantness that did occur from time to time is hardly worth mentioning Suffice it to say that the bi-racial relationship is normal as one can find among workers that make up the class of factory employees
When the program of integrating the Negro into the plant personnel began at Winchester, few colored workers were hired on the skilled jobs Today the complexion of the skilled worker at the plant is slowly but gradually changing Of course, most of the colored workers hired are doing unskilled work, that is, as laborers and truckers From the standpoint of a plant using mass production methods, the factory organization is poor For instance, trucks loaded down with shells as heavily as nine hundred to a thousand pounds per truck are pulled to be processed somewhere else That means those trucks are Negroes Likewise, there are a large number of Negro workers who are hired on jobs in varying degrees of semi-skilled and unskilled work, such as helpers, tumblers, etc
Looking to their absorption as skilled workers, Negroes in greater numbers are being used in the rolling mills and casting shops But on these jobs even though of a skilled nature, most of the work is heavy and hot Some Negroes are being used as washers, a semi-skilled job tending huge tubs in which shells are washed in hot water, strong soap, and acid solutions Again, by its nature, the work is not pleasant and not particularly healthful A few colored girls have been hired as shell inspectors, and a few machine adjusters are Negro men There is one Negro watch engineer These latter (Turn to Page 9)
Banquet Address delivered by Brother Raymond Pace Alexander, Esquire, Philadelphia, at Twenty-eighth General Convention, Kansas City, Mo., December 31st. First Installment of this message February, 1941
published in Convention Edition of the Sphinx,
I am alarmed that, in a Race making up so large a percentage of the nations unemployed, there being close to two and one-half million of Negroes without permanent employment status, a Race rapidly removing the shackles of illiteracy from their minds, still place their greatest emphasis upon training in liberal arts, and social sciences in a nation and world begging and offering premium for these technically and scientifically trained
We still train Bachelors of Arts and teachers by the thousands and they make up many thousand of the unemployed, yet I know not a single highly trained Negro technician, engineer, expert machinist, tool maker, die stamper, optical or surgical instrument worker who is unemployed or who cannot obtain employment in the growing industrial revival in the United States But I do know—statistically of course —two and one half-million Negro unskil.ed laborers, domestic workers, unskilled itinerant farm workers who have not been able to find work enough to keep body and soul together continually for the last ten years
I am particularly alarmed in my own field—the law I view with much concern the fact that in the great cities of the East and West, particularly, New York, the thickly populated cities of New Jersey, the great manufacturing and industrial city of Philadelphia, with a quarter of a million Negroes; Pittsburgh, and the large cities of middle Pennsylvania; Cleveland, Detroit and Indianapolis, the number of Negro men and women entering the legal profession has steadily declined during the last ten years or more Even more dangerous than this is the fact that there are less Negroes enrolled in the Class A law schools of the country than there were in 1930, and a few who do graduate from these schools show an unwillingness to undertake the rigorous work and make the sacrifices necessary by beginning their practice in the laboratory workshop, so to speak, of an experienced attorney's office, without, as one succinctly addressed me, "some guarantee of adequate, and at a later date, substantial compensation." This attitude is of itself bad enough, but could be understood if the new graduate lawyer already had plans to set up his own
practice in a certain favorable location that one was asking him to forego But such has not been the case Indeed, of the number of men and women that it has been my experience to interview on this subject, considerably more than half had no definite plans for future practice either as to time or place; and many of the best of the students in the better law schools indicated strong preference for a political appointment to some legal or clerical job in the State or Federal Government. Their explanation or excuse for this course is that, "I have been so long without any definite income, I want to take this job as a start in order to accumulate something, and then I intend to enter the field of general practice." The obvious answer is that once you get a soft political sinecure paying fairly good money in very easy work, at short hours, the old initiative and ambition quickly bogs down and you become one of a large mass of men and women, highly trained technicians and professionals, hundreds of whom you and I count among our own friends, who are in "government service" for life—or find themselves suddenly out of it, upon the change of administration, or at the whim of their political sponsors They are then without a job, their easily earned money well spent, savings gone, and unprepared in their mental attitude and experience to meet the sacrifices necessary at that age to undertake private practice
In speaking of a nation-wide preparedness program for the future of the Negro in America, I cannot place too much emphasis on the necessity for his widescale training in the profes-' sional fields—especially the field ot law Either we must make the sacrifices necessary to undertake this difficult course of study and become highly trained men and women to carry on the work of guaranteeing and safeguarding the rights, privileges and immunities guaranteed the Negro in the Federal Constitution, or we must surrender our security to some committee or committees, well meaning though they be, of "civil liberties for the underprivileged."
There can be no security without sacrifice We must face the fact that the American Negro, much like his white brother, has softened up in the
last ten years and our job here as a body of Negro college men, seven thousand strong, is to toughen up ourselves for the security of our children and our children's children—the born and the unborn, for the tough road that lies ahead for all of us This applies to each one of us—from our general President down to the most recent initiate and pledgee in Alpha Phi Alpha. It means political, personal, and economic sacrifice For if the comfortable will sacrifice nothing that lessens their comfort, they will soon find themselves most uncomfortable
Ours is a tough job There is no other phrase that more nearly expresses the true situation To live above the barest minimum economic level in America as a Negro, and attain some measure of success and accomplish and acquire something, is itself a tough assignment And how many of us are willing to make such a sacrifice or help others in their efforts to attain a goal of achievement for the race either by personal assistance or mere passive encouragement?
As a practicing attorney myself, I am loath to speak of the accomplishments of a number of courageous members of our profession in their efforts to perpetuate in the law of America those guaranties in our Federal Constitution which were placed there for the protection of the life, liberty, and property of each one of us assembled here today—and thirteen and a half million other American Negroes But I feel a compulsion to do so because of the dread that I have that the Negro youth—yes and their parents as well, many sitting right here, are softening up and miserably failing to recognize our duties and responsibilities to protect these guaranties of life, liberty and property for the Negro masses in America, and the countless unborn millions that will follow us, for whom we must plan long after we have made our last bow on life's dramatic stage.
Life to the doctor means the physical existence of the human body His contribution to society is keeping alive that human body in the best possible manner, with the least possible ills and pains—in short, saving life If he keeps you well and alive and prolongs life, he is satisfied To the lawyer Life means much more Life means much more than merely to exist Let us turn for a moment to the manner in which Life is referred in the fundamental law of this country and the
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individual states therein and see how Life is entwined with other concepts synonymous with and wrapped up with Life, and we begin to draw a picture of Life and its interpretations in the great Courts of law in America At the same instant we can appreciate the enormous and staggering responsibility of the Negro lawyer in America to see that the prayers of thirteen and a half million Negroes in America shall be answered to the plea of "Let my People 'Live."
" We hold these truths to be selfevident ; that all men are created free and equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
(Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, upon the basis of which our entire American government and the subsequent United States Constitution was formed.)
" No state shall deprive any person of Life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law " (14th Amendment to the United States Constitution)
It is equally significant to note that every State Constitution in America, and this includes the Southern states from Virginia to Texas inclusive, emphasize in its preamble the right of the American citizen to enjoy life and liberty, with the means of acquiring ana possessing property and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Life is more than living Life is more than meat, even though Life without food dies. We do not live in order to earn a living One who spends all of
his time earning a living never really lives Life is the fullest, most complete enjoyment of the possibilities oi human existence
Time will not permit a review of the cases that have been argued in the Federal Supreme Court during the last decade that have been appealed to this Court from the various state and Federal Courts on the question of the interpretation of this all-important equalitarian provision in the Federal Constitution and subsequent statutes enacted by the various states guaranteeing civic rights It is significant to mention that during the last decade an entirely new and different interpretation of what life means to the Negro and how important life is to the Negro has been made by the Courts of the land, especially the Federal Supreme Court These favorable decisions and interpretations, which have been of immeasurable value for the sustenance and security of the Negro race, are the direct results of Negro lawyers conceiving, formulating and planning and carrying into effect the steps necessary to guarantee and obtain for the Negro citizen ot every walk of life in America the right to acquire, possess and enjoy property to the fullest extent, the right to work, the right to be safe on his job, and the right to vote, the right to serve as Jurors, the right to a fair and impartial trial and the right to acquire an education equal to other citizens of the state in which he resides Equally interesting and significant is the fact that within the last decade, as distinguished from those cases argued in the Supreme Court prior to 1930, each and every one of these momentous results obtained through the Supreme Court was obtained by Negro lawyers who argued the cases before this great tribunal It is he who is the guardian of the safety of Life and the enjoyment of Life in an ever increasing way It is he who protects the liberty that the Constitution of our state and nation guarantees to us It is the Negro lawyer whose duty and responsibility it is to see that these various rights which are re-emphasized as being the foundation stone upon which not only Democracy in America rests, but the enjoyment of these rights is the weathervane by which Democracy is tested in this country
Life without food dies, but Life with food only is empty and meaningless How much is each one of us willing
to sacrifice to make life more safe, certain and secure for the mass of Negroes whom you will never know? How much are you willing to sacrifice in this program of national preparedness for the future security of your fellow man? How much sacrifice are you willing to undergo for the purpose of toughening up the youth of America to shoulder the heavy responsibilities that the shadows which are everywhere about us forecast?
Perhaps a brief review of the results gained by a number of able and courageous Xegro attorneys in the last few years might challenge many of niy listeners in others fields of activity to assume a bolder and stronger approach to the problem of preparing Negroes of every generation for the future that lies ahead The earlier Supreme Court decisions treated mainly the subject of the Negro's right to vote We were more interested, after emancipation, in exercising our suffrage than in other equally important civic rights One of the earlier decisions on the subject, clarifying the 15th Amendment, which gave us our suffrage, was Guinn and Beale vs U S., decided in June, 1915 This decision struck down the famous grandfather clause so familiar in practically all the southern states restricting the free use of the ballot by Negroes in those states The Supreme Court invalidated the attempt of any state io abridge or deny the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of color As a result of this decision the States devised divers spurious ways to prevent the Negro from exercising his right to vote at the polls The most culpable state in this effort was the state of Texas, and in the famous Texas white primary case, Nixon vs Herndon, decided in March, 1927, argued by that famous crusader, now deceased, Richard D Evans, of Waco, Texas, the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes nullified this effort of the State of Texas to prevent Negroes from registering and voting in the Democratic primary. The second Texas primary case, decided in May of 1932,was a decision in which the late great Justice Benjamin D. Cardoza stated that the 14th amendment placed a plain duty before the Court to level the barriers of color designed to prevent the Negro citizen from voting in the primaries of the South; and through his opinion the Supreme Court again struck down
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gro to help integrate the Negro into the army and see to it that the Negro is given equality of treatment Dean William II. llastie, who was given this job, is former Federal Judge of the Virgin Islands He is aide, independent and courageous, and the Secretary of War deserves much credit for making the appointment Another reason for feeling that the War will result in more democracy for Negroes is that the entire country and world is now becoming more conscious of the rights of individuals and human beings of all races England has even promised more democracy to India This discussion of freedom and liberty certainly tends to make democracy possible and it is my belief that all races in this country will benefit
The President of the United States has on more than one occasion in recent months shown his desire In give Negroes more justice and equality in the defense program
On June 25, 1941, President Roosevelt created the Committee on Fair Employment Practices lor the prevention of discrimination in the filling ot national defense jobs and in programs for vocational training
The executive order establishing this agency in the Office of Production Management stated 'it is the policy of the United States to encourage full participation in the national defense program by all citizens of the United States, regardless of race, creed, color, or national origin, in the firm belief that the democratic way of life within the Nation can be defended successfully only with the help and support of all groups within Its borders.'
The President also declared that 'it is the duty of employers and of labor organizations in furtherance of said policy and of this order, to provide for the full and equitable participation of all workers in defense industries, without discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin';
" 'And it is hereby ordered as follows:
1 "'All departments and agencies of the Government of the United States concerned with vocational and training programs for defense production shall take special measures appropriate to assure that such programs are administered without discrimination because of race, color, creed or national origin
2 "'All contracting agencies of the Government of the United States shall include in all defense contracts hereafter negotiated by them a provision obligating the contractor not to discriminate against any worker because of race, creed, color, or national origin
3 "'There is established in the Office of Production Management a Committee on Pair Employment Practice, which
Three of the young ladies who appeared in the Bathing Beauty Contest at Atlantic Beach and sponsored by the 77th Coast Artillery Regiment under direction of Brother H A Robinson Chaplain of the Regiment Left to right, they are Dorris Forrest, Charleston, S C.; Lidell Gaddy, Conwav, S C.; and Sue Nicken, Washington They were first-prize winners in the contest
shall consist of a chairman and four other members to be appointed by the President The chairman and members of the committee shall serve as such without compensation, but shall be entitled to actual and necessary transportation, subsistence and other expenses incidental to performance of their duties The committee shall receive and investigate complaints of discrimination in violation of the provisions of this order and shall take appropriate steps to redress grievances which It finds to be valid The Committee shall also recommend to the several departments and agencies of the Government of the United States and to the President all measures which may be deemed by it necessary or proper to effectuate the provisions of this order.'"
Alderman Earl B Dickerson of Chicago, and Mr Milton P Webster, Vice President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, were made members of the Committee on Fair Em-
ployment Practice, and other Negroe" have been employed Truman K Gibson, a young Chicago attorney, was appointed to a position on the committee at a salary of $5600.00 per year
On September 8, 1941, President Roosevelt issued a further order calling for an end of racial discrimination in the employment of Negroes in the Federal Service and in the National Defense Program The President sent the following .letter to Mack Ethridge Chairman of the Committee on Fair Employment Practice and to the heads of all government departments:
"It has come to my attention that there is in the Federal establishment a lack of uniformity and possibly some lack of sympathetic attitude toward the problems of minority groups, particularly those relating to the employment
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jobs are the more desirable from the standpoint of pleasant and healthful working conditions However, the general inclusion and plant-wide acceptance of Negroes on these jobs has been very slow
I saw no Negroes working at such highly skilled jobs as shell making operators These are the jobs where factory working conditions are best and where the employees make the highest wage because the job is conducted on a piece work basis. I talked to one white boy who was hired as a machine operator For the three weeks prior to my talking to him he said that he averaged forty-eight dollars per week, twice my weekly wage He said he was eighteen years old, had just graduated from a classical high school in June, had never worked in a factory before, and had never attended a trade school nor did he possess a trade The chances for Negroes to get such jobs are slight, for the present at least
All of which raises the question why the program of integrating the Negro worker in the more highly skilled trades is not faster and on a wider scale We are all too familiar with the well-known cry of discrimination Whereas I am not discounting the fact that prejudice does take its toll in thwarting the ambitions of Negro workers, let us look at the Negro worker on the job
In normal times, the small colored community that New Haven possesses lies dormant, in the summer, in smug complacency nestled beneath ancient elms and in the shadow of Yale University However, with the huge defense program going full blast, the community's Dixwell Avenue area is alive with taverns and prostitutes, raucous Negroes and second-hand cars Even as I write, one Negro shot another to death in coldblood and almost in the broad daylight But the question of moral turpitude in New Haven is another story in itself Nevertheless, Negroes have flocked in from almost everywhere, but more especially by way of New York City By the same token, they are of all types It was interesting to watch and distinguish the occupational types of Negroes working at Winchester as they passed in and out during the shift changes Many of them were domestics, formerly, never having worked in a factory before; some men with straightened hair indicated they
F. D. STUBBS
Brother Frederick D Stubbs, whose life's work was the topic for the article— "Servant of All"—again merits the acclaim of Alpha men for his part in the current campaign to increase Hospital Facilities for Negroes in Philadelphia Dr Hubley Owen, Director of Public Health for Philadelphia, and Chairman of the Campaign, authored a pamphlet for distribution in this drive with Brother Stubbs pictured on the front-piece performing a Thoracoplasty Operation He is nationally recognized for his work in chest surgery and tuberculosis
might have been "pimps" or actors in times past; others with white shirts and black bow ties said all of their past work experience had been as waiters. One fellow worker, in spare moments, instead of watching the operation of machines in order to equip himself better for possible advancement, in variably picked up the handiest broom and started to sweep He said most of his past work experience had been as janitor Few had past experience as shop workers
There were a certain number of colored workers who were unreliable Some stayed off from work on the average of two nights a week. Others on pay night came in to get their cheek from the foreman and immediately claimed illness and signed out for the night Not infrequently fellow workers admitted they "clowned" all day
and just could not stay awake on the job All too often the shop's clown was a Negro Several colored employees on our shift were known only as a source of a good laugh for the white workers No one took them seriously
It is quite true that the above represent isolated instances, yet their repetition may be replete a hundred-fold in other factories throughout the nation where Xegro workers are being given an opportunity to work Likewise, as isolated instances, they perhaps could be multiplied many times by improper work attitudes of white workers. As practiced by any work group, they represent an indictment But can the Negro worker, on trial in the shop, stand on an indictment?
There is little question but what the Negro worker can work in harmony
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By W. Elbert Johnston, Jr.
Richard Cohen and Jimmie McDaniel, Xavier University, New Orleans, La., national doubles champions 1939 and 1941— two outstanding sons of Alpha who rule the world in Negro tennis.
Jimmie has won the national men's singles championship three years in succession, and Cohen has been runner-up two years in succession, 1940-41. Brother Cohen won the intercollegiate championship in 1938 and Jimmie copped similar honors the following three years 1939-41.
Charles Hare, left end, noted British English Davis Cup player, and Jimmie McDaniel, national singles and doubles champion of the American Tennis Association, pictured after their one-set exhibition match at the Silver Jubilee of the A T A held at Tuskegee August 18-23rd
During the summer of 1940 Jimmie played Donald Budge, one of the greatest tennis players ever developed in this country, met in a friendly match game on the courts of the Cosmopolitan tennis club in New York City before 2,000 interested fans Brother McDaniel was defeated 6-1, 6-2, because he was unable to play his best game but he was good enough to put an edge on Budge's game in order that the spectators saw in him the making of a great star
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"With a view to improving the situation, it is my desire that all departments and independent establishments in the Federal Government make a thorough examination of their personnel policies and practices to the end that they may be able to assure me that in the Federal service the doors of employment are open to all loyal and qualified workers regardless of creed, race or national origin
"It is imperative that we deal with this problem speedily and effectively I shall look for immediate steps to be taken by all departments and independent establishments of the Government to facilitate and put into effect this policy of nondiscrimination in Federal employment."
It should be encouraging to Negroes to see the President take the position he has with regard to discrimination in the Government departments The actions of the President serve as a new impetus to the Negro people to join more wholeheartedly in the procession tow;ard national unity and the ultimate destruction of Fascism both in the United States and abroad
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with white employees, less question but what he could be as good a factory employee as the white worker The big question, it seems, is whether or not the colored employee is going to capture this crucial moment to put his best foot forward to prove that he is a reliable and conscientious worker This seems to be a challenge that black workers, seeking plant-wide acceptance in American industry, might quickly accept,
DR. O.WILSON FRA T FU N WINTERS EDITOR
Carroll—"Tell me the story of the police raiding your fraternity."
Robinson—"Oh, that's a closed chapter now."
Visitor (to host's little girl) : "How do you know it is the first of the month?"
Child: "Cause all daddy's letters have got front windows in them."
Roy: "Darling, my love for you cannot be denied."
Joy: "I'll say it can't! I keep every one of your letters!"
He: "Let's sit this one out; no one will be the wiser."
She: "Oh, yes; you will."
Falling Leaves
Latest fashion note: Flash They're wearing the same things in brassiers this season
Sally: "Does your boss pace up and down the floor when he's giving dictation?"
Dora: "Gosh, no! I'd fall off his lap!"
Professor—Define "abnegation."
Freshman girl: "Abnegation?" "Everytiling that I really like to do is either illegal, immoral or fattening."
Bookkeeper: "If I take this castor oil, do you think I'll be well enough to get up in the morning?"
Druggist: "Yes,—long before morning."
Conductor: "That kid's over six years old You'll have to pay the fare."
Mother: "Why conductor, I've been married only five years."
Conductor: "All right madam—I wont tell, I just want the kid's fare."
Removing his shoes he climbed the stairs, opened the door of the room, entered, and closed it after him without being detected
Just as he was about to get into bed his wife half aroused from slumber
turned and sleepily said, "Fido! Is that you Fido?"
For once in his life he had real presence of mind He licked her hand
Assorted Nuts
The father of eleven waited in the hospital for the twelfth to be born, and being unable to restrain his anxiety rushed pell mell into the delivery room where he was stopped by a nurse, severe and important in spotless white, exuding that familiar ether odor. "You can't come in here" she said "You're not sterilized!" To which the father replied: "You're telling me?"
A reporter asked a colored soldier whose term of enlistment was almost over just what he was going to do first when he was discharged
"I'm goin' to bust the second lieutenant right on the nose" he replied without hesitation
"Oh, no you ain't," said a nearby comrade "Youse going' to wait in line and take your turn."
A young freshman was telling his father of his love for a college widow whose charms were proverbial "Father," he said, "I love her She's an angel I adore her, and I wont let you breathe a word against her." Certainly not," his father said mildly, "certainly not Why I adored her myself^-when I was your age."
When the lady heard of this she explained to the boy's father that she was riot trying to mislead his son "Why," she said, our love is only platonic "Yes," said the father slyly, 'play' for him; but 'tonic' to you."
An old colored mammy who had just ibeen divorced by her husband came down the court house steps shaking her head and talking to herself "Dar ain't no jestice in dis world," she said "Dat good for nothing- old husband of mine, he got his divorce, he got de house, got de money, got my three chillun, and dar ain't none of 'em his'n."
bition officer to get permission to buysome sacramental wine
"O K." said the officer "What kind do you want, white or red?"
"Well, suh" said the preacher, my congregation took a vote and they decided on gin."
A gentleman with dramatic aspirations was given a part in an amateur production which required him to speak four words, "The queen has swooned."
When his big moment came he opened his mouth and out came, "The swoon has queened."
He tried again, "The sween has quooned."
"Come off you fool," the director yelled from the wings. "You'll ruin the show
But the aspiring actor was not to be denied He tried a last time: "The quoon has sweened."
'Twas a fine bright moonlit evening in late September as they sped through the pretty countryside in his smart new Clipper coupe The scent of ripening fruit wafted by as the following cryptic conversation took place
Some night!
Yes, it is
Some moon! '
Yes, it is
Some car!
Yes, it is.
Arriving at a deserted grove, he parked his car, got out and runnning his fingers thru the grass at his feet said, "Some dew! She replied, "yes, but I don't."
The leaves are gone the trees are bare Their limbs are stripped and naked in the breeze
No wonder that the corn is shocked
On to Louisville—blue grass, fine whiskey, fast horses and fair women! O Wilson Winters
Brother Emmett J Scott, announced recently that the Tower of the Belgian Friendship Building currently being erected on the Campus of Virginia Union University will be reerected with the building to honor the memory of the late Brother Robert L Vann
Brother Scott, who heads the Sponsoring Committee has set the commitgoal at $25,000 to cover the cost of leveling the tower, transporting it to Richmond, and re-erecting the lower as a part of the completed project Many distinguished persons are connected with the movement Honorary Chairman of the Committee, include: Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Count Van Der Straten-Porthoz, and Governor James H Price of Virginia Many well known Alpha men arc actively engaged on the committee of thirty-three Some of the Brothers aiding Brother Scott are: C H Tobias, Eugene K Jones, Herbert T Miller, Charles S Johnson, P B Young, and others
The campaign makes a worthy appeal to Negro America because of the ideals of International Friendship, Interracial Good-Will and Negro education back of the movement and especially because it will memorialize the exemplatory life of an outstanding Negro leader, American citizen, and Alpha man—Robert L Vann In describing Brother Vann as a servant of the People," a publication by the committee pays him the following tribute:
"How should the service of Robert L Vann to race and nation be weighed? And measured? In terms of puny labels? Orator? Business man? Publisher? Lawyer? Editor? Politician? Statesman? Such labels are scarcely enough Would greatness court a man who was only an orator? Or only a business man? Or only a publisher? Or only a lawyer? Or only an editor? Or only a politician? Or only a statesman? You know many such who are not great They have not been great because they have not served, given of themselves and their talents to their fellow-man The time-enduring symbol for Robert L. Vann is more than a label, it is a carefully chiseled sculpture of service
"What was behind these labels in the record of service of the full and complete and true nian, Vann ? It is
of record that he was born of poor parents in the backwoods of North Carolina, that his youthful outlook was conditioned somewhat as a houseboy for his mother's employers and by the rigorous work required of him on his stepfather's farm Education, the kind that is in books, played truant with him until he had reached his teens and even tlhen he was required to walk many miles to and fro each day for book to meet his hand
"He attended the school of that remarkable teacher and preacher, the late Calvin S Brown He listened to the leaders of his race He asked questions He pursued his course to Union University where he gave himself to the influence of Professor Joshua B Simpson, a great maker of men
"As a boy, he heard the prophetic George White, colored congressman from North Carolina, the last one, speak After the speech, Vann pressed his way through the crowd to question the great man
"What shall I do?" asked Vann "What shall I do with my life?"
"There are no people who pay more for service than Negroes," replied the congressman. "Serve your race."
That was SOyears before death took Vann But he never forgot it
Fifteen years later, Vann was to enter the University of Pittsburgh
The registrar regarded his complexion and features.
"You could pass for an Indian," the registrar told him, his tone and manner implying it might be better for him to be an Indian rather than a Negro student
Vann remembered the words of Congressman White: "No people pay more for service than Negroes."
He studied law as a Negro student and finished at the head of his class.
He was thirty years old in December, 1909, when he opened his law office.
He had used up thirty years of his life removing obstacles so that he could get to the place where he might serve
"A Negro newspaper, he saw, was a product and a force by, of and for Negroes It need not truckle to the tradewinds of expediency if it served its people well The Pittsburgh Courier had been built into a powerful and financially independent agency That being so, here was the opportunity to serve At various times in his life Mr Vann had held conspicuous public office, but when his newspaper became independent, he removed himself from office If he were going to serve his people politically, his race and not the other fellow must pay him. If he were to serve his nation, he must detach himself from all those who might attempt to stand between him and the truth as he saw it
"If you get this picture, you see the real man "No people pay more for service than Negroes," Congressman White had told him "I have a newspaper of great power," he told himself "If I serve my people well, they will pay me well. I will devote this newspaper to their service." But more He knew also that he had developed the power to function politically On the wall of his home there hung the photograph of a Presidnet of the United States who called him friend Senators. Congressmen, Governors. Mayors sought his advice To none was he obligated He could speak clearly, decisively, without any qualm of conscience His people were paying him for service Thus he elected to play the role of service in political activity. This made him independent. This made his position valuable whether he spoke for his race or his nation."
Brothers and chapters interested in contributing to this program should write the Robert L. Vann. Memorial Tower Fund: Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia or Brother Emmett J Scott 1711 S Street, N W., Washington, D C
By James B. Browning History Editor
Wesley
Brother Dr Charles H Wesley's "The Negro in the Organization of Abolition" appeared in the Phylon, Social Science periodical, published in April 1941, at Atlanta University
The paper which was read at the Fifty-fifth Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association shows painstaking research on the author s part Brother Wesley points out that "Free Negroes were associated with the organizers of immediate abolition ; and that "The Comprehensive and definite treatment of the history of abolition requires attention to its origins and support by Negroes."
Of general concern to Alpha Phi Alpha aside from the great literary value of this scholarly article is the fact that the paper was read at American Historical Association's annual meeting, which was addressed in the New York meeting last Christmas by Brothers Wesley, Logan, and others It marked the first time Negroes had ever addressed a meeting of the Association The article appeared in the first issue of the Phylon, a new Social Science quarterly to be published at Atlanta University
The Guidance Guild recently released its initial publication "Directory of Negro College Graduates Seeking Employment" from its offices in Omaha, Nebraska The Collegiate Personnel Center, which is sponsored by this group, received special mention in the last issue of the Sphinx
The Plan-O-Scope published by Brother Andrew E McDonald of New Orleans, is designed to enable one to
find a useful vocational career, occupation or business pursuit. Rrother McDonald is currently running a syndicated article on Vocational-Guidance in the Negro press
Brother W«n H Gray is preparing a publication on Guidance and Personnel Practices in Negro Colleges His research was undertaken on a fellowship grant by the Fraternity
CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Logan
"The Crisis of Democracy in the Western Hemisphere" by Brother Kayford W Logan, Professor of History at Howard University and General President of Alpha Phi Alpha appeared in the Tenth Anniversary Yearbook number of the Journal of Negro Education
Brother Logan sees the real crisis of Democracy lying in the fact that we have failed to recognize the reality that we have no real democracy, but merely a half-democratic Western Hemisphere and he concludes that "unless the American people believe sincerely that they are fighting for real democracy instead of merely against authoritarian principles, the half-democratic nations of the Western world may be doomed to a defeat which they would well deserve."
Brother Charles S Johnson noted Fisk scholar contributed an article dealing with "The Negro and the Present Crisis" to the yearbook number of the Journal Brother Charles H Thompson Editor of the Journal of Negro Education wrote a pointed preface to the yearbook edition on the subject Racial Minorities and The
Present International Crisis Other outstanding scholars writing in this issue of the journal included Frank H.Knight. Charles E Merriam, Brother W E B DuBois, William Y Elliott, Robert Hutchins, Buell G. Gallogher and Horace Mann Bond o
By Brother Peter W Clark Beta Tau Chapter I
There goes a man of high impulse, Of princely mien and grace— There goes a man of humble faith, A credit to his race!
II
There goes a man of conscience vast With will to reach his goal—
There goes a man of lordly rank Of hero's stock and soul!
Ill
There goes a man of noble cast— Whom hardship cannot break—
There goes a man in merit clad, Whom duty won't forsake1
IV
There goes a man in culture versed Who holds a sportsman's creed—
There goes a man too vigilant
To bow to lust or greed1
V
There goes a man whose life is spent In service and not scorn—
There goes a man whose majesty Shines like a Maytime morn!
VI
There goes a man who is a friend
To beauty, love and truth—
There goes a man to help uplift
The lives of wholesome youth!
VII
There goes a man with industry
And faith at his command—
There goes the best man in or out
For he's an Alpha Man!
Seven members of the Beta Lambda chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity spent a week-end in Louisville as guests of Alpha Lambda chapter which with the other four chapters in Kentucky will be hosts to the general convention of the fraternity next December.
The Kansas City men were invited to meet with the Kentuckians to relate their experiences in planning for the conventions held in Kansas City last Christmas The convention here was considered such a success and so well planned that the 1941 hosts sought advice and suggestions from Beta Lambda men
The Kansas City men who made the trip were Brothers J R Lillard, president of Beta Lambda; Paul L Mobiley, vice-president; Dowdal H Davis, Jr., recording secretary; Dan Lewis, Charles M Toms, Lloyd Hughes and A O Thurman
The meeting, held at the Beecher Housing Project, was attended by representatives from the five Kentucky chapters and from chapters in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Atlanta
The Kansas City group visited the offices of the Louisville Defender, witnessed races at the famous Churchill Downs and were guests at an informal gathering and dance given Saturday evening by the women's auxiliary of Alpha Lambda chapter Later, they were entertained at the home of Frank L Stanley, chairman of the convention planning committee
The Louisville chapter has secured the use of the Little Theatre on the campus of Louisville University for the convention session
Kansas City Call, May 23, 1941
Negro teachers from 11 different cities in Missouri held a conference
Saturday morning, May 17, with Lloyd W King, state superintendent of schools, on the organization of teachers' salaries
Facts about the inequalities which exist between white and Negro schools in rural Missouri were presented to the superintendent who seemed greatly impressed by the meeting and said that he would make a written statement concerning it soon.
The conference, sponsored by the Missouri State Association of Negro Teachers, was attended by representatives of 17 educational organizations throughout the state Brothers John A Clair, Burt A Maybcrry, and John L Howell were members of the committee waiting on the superintendent —Kansas City Call , ci
It isn't every man who enjoys the privilege that marked the P.-T A.sp.msored celebration of John A Hodge's twenty-fifth anniversary as principal of Sumner high school Tuesday night in the high school auditorium—that of having said to his face all the good and seldom-expressed tributes that are usually remembered to be paid only after a man is dead and can't hear and weigh them
A large crowd was present to pay' its compliments to the man, who was characterized in the remarks of F L Schlagle, superintendent of Kansas City, Kansas, public schools, as "a dean of the high schools of this city."
Mrs T H Reynolds, mistress of ceremonies, introduced speakers who gave brief testimonials of Brother Hodge as: "A Religious Man," "A Friend," "A Civic Leader," "A Principal" and "An Educator."
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Brother Lloyd Hughes, head of the high school division of Western University, Quindaro, has been awarded $1,500 from the committee on fellowships of the Rosenwald Fund to spend a year's study in the field of history at the University of California, Berkeley
Mr Hughes received word of the award April 14 He said his research subject in history is "The Negro in New Spain." He will begin study in September
Brother Hughes is teaching at Western U. for the third year. He holds the A B and M A degrees from the University of California where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa fraternity During 1937-38 he studied on the doctor of philosophy degree at the University of Kansas
The young man's home is in San Francisco He is the son of Rev and Mrs Fred A Hughes of St James A. M. E. Church in St. Louis. His wife is Mrs Jesuita Hughes, senior honor student at Lincoln University, Jefferson City
—From Kansas City Call, April 25, 1941
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Once again honors come to Ambler
This time it is Dr S B Smith, D D S'., with offices at the corner of Main and Butler, who put Ambler on top Well known for his skill in the dental profession, the Doctor was singled out as the man desired to lecture before the Palmetto Medical Association of Columbia, South Carolina, on April 22-25
It is a great honor to be invited to speak before this, one of the oldest medical associations in that section of the country
Accepting the invitation Dr Smith left for the South this week and will speak on the most important subject, "Precision in Denture Construction." Fifty or more models will be used to illustrate the steps in technic and the many varied designs possible to solve the problem at hand
The News heartily congratulates Dr Smith on his elevation to lofty heights in the profession and the town folks should be proud of its distinguished doctor
—From Page I, Ambler White Daily Newspaper
Brother Taylor C D Hayes of Memphis was re-elected president of the Progressive Negro Funeral Directors Association at the annual meeting held in Galveston, Texas, in August.
Brother Hayes has launched a progressive "Four-point" program which
he states as follows:
1 Change the name of the National Association to THE NATIONAL NEGRO FUNERAL DIRECTORS OF AMERICA
2 All members must belong, to their State organization before becoming a member of the National Association
3 Each State be given two electoral votes at the National Convention
4 Create an office of public research that will function the year around on such problems as: Embalming, Funeral Management, Merchandising, Salesmanship Insurance, Rolling Stock, Staff Personnel and Public Relations
Brother O Wilson Winters, staunch member of Rho cbapter, perennial Frat Fun Editor of the Sphinx, and between times, an outstanding dentist in suburban Philadelphia, made a note worthy contribution as Clinician at the Seventy-eighth Annual Session of the Alumni Society of the Temple University School of Dentistry
Dr Winters, who graduated from Temple's School of Dentistry in 1919 is the first colored alumnus to ever give a table clinic for these annual sessions He performed on silver alloy inlays o
The Commencement address to the Summer School graduating class at the Alabama A and M College, Normal, Alabama, was delivered recently by Brother Dr Milton S J Wright, Professor of Economics and Political Science, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio Dr Wright spoke from the subject, "The Negro In America's New Order."
The president, Brother, J F Drake, conferred degrees and gave certificates to forty-two graduates o
Brother I T Anderson, Educational advisor CCC Company No 1817 of Wetumka, Okla., addressed nearly two hundred mothers, fathers and friends visiting the eighth CCC Camp
A D V Crosby, left, president of Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter, Columbus Ohio; Frank O Shearer, who served as Master of Ceremonies of the Columbus Community Forum; and Barbee William Durham, general chairman of the Forum
The project was initiated four years ago by brothers of Ohio's capitol city, and has gained significance of wide proportion One forum drew more than six hundred persons when the subject, "The Housing Situation in Columbus," was discussed
Anniversary celebration recently Brother Anderson also conducted the tours through the camp
News of the celebration was reported in the Wetumka Times Democrat
Brother Dr D A French, president of Beta Epsilon Lambda Chapter recently visited the Mayo Brothers Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, where he attended one of his patients.
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The Housing Committee of Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Al-
pha Fraternity entertained more than a hundred brothers, their wives and sweethearts at one of the most elaborate and exclusive banquets listed on the year's social calendar of the Monumental city, April 22
The affair, given in Odd Fellows' Hall, which had been gayly decorated with national colors, was in place of the annual formal dance given by the chapter, and served this year, to introduce the drive to secure an Alpha Home in this city
Brother Myles A. Paige, judge in the Court of Special Sessions of New York City, was guest speaker The banquet was also attended by numerous national officers, including Brother Rayford Logan of Howard University, general president; Brother Joseph H B Evans, general secretary; and Brother Belford Lawson,
Washington attorney, legal advisor
Other brothers from out of the city attending including: Brother Vertner Tandy of New York City, founder and designer of the Alpha pin; O Wilson Winters and Walter Jerricks of Philadelphia, Pa., and Wilmington, Del., the first life members of the fraternity
Brother Ro y S Bond, Baltimore lawyer, served as toastmaster, having been presented by Brother Thomas Hawkins, chairman of the committee which arranged the affair Brother Paige was introduced by Brother Walter T Dixon, and the response was made by Brother Rufus E Hackctt, president of the chapter
Brother David Whitfield, who has been promoted to a managerial post in the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, which still takes him to Pittsburgh, Pa., was presented a plaque in token of his services to the chapter Mr Whitfield, who has served as secretary of the chapter, has also been editor of the chapter's publication
The committee which was in charge of the banquet included Thomas Hawkins, Walter T Dixon, Elson lligginbothain, Rufus Hackctt, David Whitfield, Robert I, Young, Dr Fred Adams, Dr Berkley Butler, Dr Douglass Sheppers and Howard Murphy
Before the close of the banquet, Brother Murphy told the group of plans for a home, and had cards filled, pledging subscriptions toward the project
The work of the Youth Council in a gigantic clean-up campaign for Tulsa has been widely applauded by citizens of the Oklahoma metropolis
Brother Julius Moran has been the backbone of the Tulsa Youth Council; and the clean-up, paint-up campaign came as a tribute to his leadership
Brother Cole was sponsor of the Carver Junior High School's Penny Carnival which proved quite successful
Alpha Tau Lambda Chapter held its annual Citizenship program with Brother H S Hughes as director The program laid emphasis on the Negro in National Defense and Vocational Guidance as phases of the general citizenship program
All of these items merited publication in the Oklahoma Eagle Representative to N. E. A.
Brother M C Spears was chosen to serve as representative of the Summer-Northwest Teachers Council to the meeting of the National Educa-
Negro organizations of national import count among their leaders scores of Alpha men. Two such leaders were caught in the above pose at the National Negro Business League Convention in Memphis this past August Left to right:—Dr F 1) Patterson, president of Tuskegee Institute, and chairman of the powerful Steering Committee of the League; and A. Maceo Smith, Southwest Regional Director, USHA, with headquarters in Dallas, Texas, and one of the regional vice-presidents of the League
Brother Patterson, member of Alpha Nu Lambda Chapter, was responsible for one of the army planes of the 99th Pursuit Squadron flying to the Bluff City as a good will gesture toward the business organization Brother Smith was panel discussion leader on the topic, "Are Our School Giving Sufficient Emphasis on Vocational EduE2i^j[ 0 L-?L !l i !oaa l Defense ?"
tion Association held in Boston in August
—Kansas City Call Brother Evans Delivers
Brother Joseph H. B. Evans, general secretary and consultant on Negro Affairs, N Y A., under the Federal Security Agency, made the annual commencement address to the graduating class of the Kansas Vocational school at Topeka on May 25
Brother Samuel P Madden, field supervisor of Negro adult education for Virginia WPA, said today that some 800 Negroes and 500 white men at the fort would be taught to count, read and write under a program inaugurated for the 'benefit of the illiterates in the service there The in-
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struction is under the general direction of Miss Virginia Gregory, State WPA supervisor of adult education. Because they can't read names on the buildings and sign posts, many of the Negro men at Fort Belvoir get lost on the reservation, and because they are unable to lit into engineering work until they at least know how to read and write they get the annual labor assignments
—From Richmond (Va.) News Leader
Brothers Patterson, Bell and Har rison played important roles in the recent annual meeting of the National Negro Business League held in Memphis
Brother Patterson, as president of Tuskegee, carries on this work inspired by Booker T Washington as chairman of the steering committee Brother Bell of Alcorn served as chairman of an important panel discussion and summarized the general convention proceedings for the body Brother Harrison, president of Langston, headed the active Oklahoma delegation which barely lost the attendance trophy this year
The Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity made a contribution to the Business League meeting in the form of a publication exalting Bigger and Better Business by Lynwood W Brown, director of their national project
New Member of the national staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is Brother Randall Tyus, who was appointed to be an assistant field secretary at the September meeting of the Association's board of directors
The Association stated that Brother Tyus came highly recommended, being a graduate of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, with majors in economics and business administration For eight years he served as national sales representative for the Rumford Chemical works, operating in fourteen states.
He also worked two years as field secretary to Fisk University, raising money for the school, doing student solicitation and organization of Fisk Clubs Brother Tyus is 37 years of age and is acquainted with key people in nearly every large city in the country
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this second and last effort of the State of Texas to prevent Negroes from voting in the Democratic primary
A more recent, far-reaching case is that of Lane vs. Wilson, decided in May, 1939 This was argued by a Negro lawyer, Charles Chandler, Esquire of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Mr. Justice Frankfurter in his opinion, said, "This is another attempt on the part of the State of Oklahoma to disfranchise the Negro voter," and by his decision declared the Oklahoma statute unconstitutional, strongly criticising the "sophisticated as well as the very simple modes of discrimination against the Negro."
Cases may be cited at great length dealing with equal justice before the law, the right of a defendant in a criminal case to have a fair and impartial trial, free from abuse, threats, and a trial in every respect that is fair and not merely a form. One of the leading cases on this subject is the Elaine, Arkansas case, Moore vs Dempsey, decided in 1923. This was a case in which a number of farmers met in a Negro church in Elaine to determine the best method of obtaining a better price for their product The church was suddenly raided and fired into, as the result of which some whites were killed Seventy-nine Negroes were arrested and tried for murder, and were given merely the barest form of a trial while on the outside mob violence was threatened, and on the inside troopers stood with drawn guns As a result, twelve Negroes were sentenced to death and sixty-seven to long terms in prison, from twenty years to life The late great Mr Justice Holmes allowed a writ of habeas corpus to the Supreme Court, reversing these convictions on the ground that this was a mere form of a trial, and that the constitutional guaranties of clue process of law had been violated A similar decision was reached in Brown vs Mississippi in February, 1936, when the Supreme Court, speaking through its Chief Justice, Mr Hughes, reversed the Supreme Court, of Mississippi, which sustained the death sentence for three Negroes who were unmercifully beaten into making confessions as a result of which they were sentenced to death
The Birmingham News-Age Herald accorded Brother Xyabongo an unusual honor Sunday, ilav 18, and Sunday June 1, 1941, by devoting four full pages of their magazine section to a series of two feature articles concerning Prince Nyabongo's Life in the Kingdom African of Toro James Childers, Saxon author of the articles, indicates a great admiration for Brothcr Nyabongo's background and training and the general program of the State Teachers College at Montgomery, where he is now serving his second year as visiting, professor
The articles give an interesting and detailed account of Brother Nyabongo's early boyhood in Africa, the activities of his people, his education and quotes at length from several of tlie African Scholar's books
The picture accompanying the article was provided by the Sphinx and is reproduced lure with the accompanying lines for the benefit of Brothers everywhere who join in acclaiming Brother Xyabongo for being first in breaking another barrier between the better side of Negro life and the white press
AFRICAN PRINCE—In this photograph, made in Africa, Prince Nyabongo, of the Kingdom of Toro, Uganda, East Africa, is wearing the robes of state, the robes he as an African prince, wears on formal occasions in his native kingdom "There are numerous ceremonies at which the court must array itself in formal attire" Prince Nyabongo said when interviewed recently in Montgomery, where he is now lecturing at State Teachers' College "The robes shown in the photograph above were worn by me at the time my brother, the king, received an official of the English government."
Most of us are familiar with the decisions in the last half dozen years surrounding the question of the right of Negroes to serve on both the grand jury and the petit jury in their respective states. The leading case on this subject is Holland vs Oklahoma, decided in 193S, in which case Holland
was sentenced to death on a charge of rape Two Negro attorneys, Charles H Houston and Leon A Ransom of the District of Columbia argued this case before the Supreme Court on behalf of the National Association, for the Advancement of Colored People and won a reversal, when it was shown (Turn to Page 23)
By J O Hopson
Alpha Eta Lambda Chapter is proud of the achievements of Brother Dr Edward Bertram Evans and his recent appointment as Director of Extension work at Prairie View State Oojlege but recalls the increasing honors that have been heaped upon him since joining the official family of the Texas school
Brother Evans is a native of Kansas City, Missouri and completed his early education in the public schools there He is a graduate of lowa Slate College with degrees in animal husbandry and veterinary medicine
Inducted into Alpha Phi Alpha in 1924 Brother Evans has been a staunch worker for the cause ever since He is a charter member of Alpha Eta Lambda Chapter and has served as its Treasurer for the past twelve years
Since coming to Prairie View Brother Evans has served as acting Director of Agriculture, acting Director of the Division of Arts and Science, acting Registrar, acting Principal, Director of Athletics, Coordinator of Instruction, Chairman of Summer School Committee As Director of the Veterinary Hospital he has worked with the people from rural centers for 23 years With his new position as State Leader of the Extension Service he will have still greater opportunity of serving the masses of people
Brother Evans has a charming wife and daughter and a son who is already making a name for himself in Collegiate tennis circles
A type of brother of whom all Alpha should be proud—such is Brother Evans
With Beta's doctorate candidate Arthur Carter in the chair, Howard's Chapter of Alpha opened the current school year in a spirituous meeting at the Frat House on September 18th
The Brothers, just returning from their varied summer vacations, came out in large numbers, bringing several visiting Brothers enrolled in the graduate schools Plans were discussed Und formulated for the year, with the emphasis on joining the campus-wide crusade for more Howard spirit So pronounced was the brotherly spirit that the nun declined to break-up after adjournment, preferring to make rounds of the dormitories to fill the cool night with the vocalizations of Alphadom Earlier in the week Brother Andrew "Andy" Howard, Beta's first Student Council in many years, assumed his duties with such a show of competence and enthusiasm that has the entire campus filled with "Jtoward" spirit He and his roomie, Brother Tommy Allen, have inaugurated the overall pants fad here In addition to his time consuming duties as Council Prexy, "Andy" also serves as the Chairman of our Rushing Committee, whose function is to supervise pledge club activities
The Student Council also claims Brother Lorenzo Harris and Pledge Brother Sirgil Caves in its membership
Preparation for the Annual Installation Banquet is under way and we would like to have as many of you as possible come over this way for it Just drop me a few lines of reservation November 17th is the date Beta is "spreading its wings" this year and wants to keep in touch with all of you
The banquet will witness the installation of the new Beta officers for the ensuing fiscal year Elections will be held in October
The Dynamo of Alpha Manhood Brother Billy Jones from Beta Omicron was present at our meeting of September 18 We had heard considerable of his fine work at Tennessee State College and were glad to wel-
come him into our folds He is a student in the law school
Brothers Bruce Thalley and Robert Smith went with the draft during the summer We miss them Brother Allen Anderson went to Camp Devins this summer where he is in officer training
Brother Bill Patrick
On July 18th, Alpha Omicrpn Lambdo Chapter with its many friends enjoyed a most pleasant day at North Park, one of Allegheny County's most picturesque Parks, at its Annual Picnic Although a severe rain storm descended upon us in the evening, yet we did not let the storm dampen our enthusiasm, and as the saying goes "a good time was had by all."
The chapter meetings were suspended for the summer but on Thursday. September 11, the Chapter met at the home of Attorney Theron B Hamilton, who, together with our president, W Wendell Stanton, acted as hosts to the chapter A very interesting meeting was held after which Brother R Maurice Moss, Executive Secretary of the Pittsburgh Urban League and a member of our chapter, entertained by showing moving pictures of various vocational opportunities as offered by the various industries in and about the City of Pittsburgh It was indeed surprising to know the various types of work in which Negroes are engaged audi it should be a source of encouragement to the youth of our City to see these pictures Our membership is increasing and we hope to initiate several new members during the month erf November
Fraternally yours,
JOSEPH W GIVENS, Associate Sphinx
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Chapter Letters reaching Sphinx office too late for this edition will appear in the November Edition Send your news in at once for Pre-Convention Number This edition will go to press not later than November 15th 390y2 Beale Avenue Memphis, Tenn
Front row, left to right:—Dr. E B Burroughs, graduate of Clafton College, and Boston University, Medical College, M D Brother Burroughs was made into the fraternity by Sigma in 1916 His speciality is Pediatrics His favorite sport is football— his hobby is horticulture He is married and has three daughters
Rev Matthew W Davis He is a graduate of Lincoln University, Pa., and the Philadelphia Divinity School, A B., Th B He was made by Nu chapter in 1928. His specialty is history of religion His favorite sport is football and he considers working among young people his greatest hobby Brother Davis is married and has two sons He is rector of St Mark's P E Church
Dr F G Haynes, S C A graduate of Fisk University and Meharry Medical College, D D S Brother Haynes was made in Alpha Chi in 1929. His favorite sports are football and basketball He is chairman of the entertainment committee
Dr. A. G. Purvis, graduate of Wesleyan University and University of Michigan, A B., M D He is a charter member of Epsilon chapter, 1909 Brother Purvis considers baseball his favorite sport His hobby is fishing He is president of the chapter and is married He is also medical examiner for the selective service
Dr W Thorne, graduate of Yale University, Ph B and University of Michigan, M D Brother Thome was made in Epsilon in 1908. He likes all outdoor sports but fishing and hunting are his favorites He is married and has two daughters and a son Brother Thorne is treasurer of the chapter
C Irving Young, teacher in the city school system of Charleston, is a graduate of Talladega, A B., and plans to do graduate work at Columbia University His field is science, and he regards debating as his hobby Brother Young was made by Alpha Beta Chapter, Talladega
Second row, left to right:—William A Clement, graduate of Talladega, A B Brother Clement was made by AJpha Beta His field is life insurance, and his specialty is Agency Problems He is manager of the Charleston's District Office of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. Tennis is his favorite sport He plans to further his studies in life insurance and business administration at Pennsylvania University He is a widower and has a daughter
Dr C T Holloway, graduate of Lincoln University, Pa., A B., and Meharry Medical College, M D., was made into Alphadom by Nu chapter in 1927. His hobby is reading. He enjoys all the sports and is a member
of several local organizations He is not married
Dr W W Jones, Morris Brown College graduate, and holds the D. D. S from Meharry Medical College Brother Jones was made into the fraternity by Chi chapter in 1922 His favorite sport is football, and reading is his hobby He is married
Dr L T Purvis, proprietor of one of the city's drug stores, is a graduate of Hampton Institute and Meharry -Medical College, Ph C He was made by Chi in 1928 Football is his major sport interest He is active in several organizations of Charleston. Brother Purvis is married and has a son
James Frasier, graduate of Iowa State College, first saw the light in 1923 when he crossed the "burning sands" through Alpha Nu chapter, 1923 His field is Automotive Science. Ile enjoys all sports, particularly boxing Psychology is his hobby He is married and has three sons and a daughter Brother Frasier is vice-president of the chapter
Dr Thomas C McFall, surgeon, is a graduate of Lincoln University, Pa., A B.; and Michigan University, M D He was initiated into the fraternity by Nu chapter, 1927. His specialty is surgery and his favorite sport is tennis Brother McFall is one of the examining physicians for the selec-
live service He is married and has tW O Slllls
Frank A DeCosta, graduate of Lincoln University, Pa., A. I'... and Columbia University, Al A., was made at Nil in 192X Mis field is education and he has been principal of Avery Institute for the past five years Brother DeCosta plans to study on his Doctorate at Pennsylvania University this fall, and while in Pennsylvania will teach at Lincoln llis specialty is Mathematics I lis favorite sport is tropical fish and plants He is married and lias a daughter and a son Brother DeCosta lias served as secretary of the chapter
Arthur D Greene, principal of the largest grammar school in the city, is a graduate of South Carolina State A .X: Al College, 1'. S lie was made into the fraternity by Beta Delta chapter in 1931 His field is Education Brother Greene leans to football as his favorite sport and his hobby is music, fie plans to continue bis studies for a higher degree, lie is married and has a daughter
Brother Leroj Anderson, teacher in the Junior High school, was called to Port Bragg for military training before his picture was made He is not married
Brothers :
It is the sincere wish of Psi that you've all enjoyed a well spent summer Some of us have had the good chance to squeeze in a few days' vacation despite national defense, and that insatiable lust for work
Many of us have bad a gay vacation (fibers have sought the solitude of mountains the lull of the lake or the simplicity of the farm Wherever you have been this summer .von verj frequently found your mind focused on role Upha is to play during the coming months on this national stage
It is very apparent to me as well as other members of Psi Chapter that Alpha Phi Alpha, like every other Negro organization, has a very definite task before it After every war there is a let-up on stress placed on ideas of racial superiority and differences; consequently during the years following, great strides politically, economically, and socially are made by minority groups
The Negro was in possession of a rather rich share of the fruit of the Versailles Treaty, but these fruits were in the form of opportunities which the Negro was not prepared to recognize The result was that the Negro's gain was a mere "drop in the bucket" when one visualizes the clear-cut and vast opportunities which came into being as a result of a relaxation of econom-
ic and political restrictions based on rare and color This gain was not greater because the race was totally unprepared to grasp the existing opportunities and make the best of them The result is that the race is lagging far behind in business; especially production and enterprise in general
Then it is the duty of every Negro who can see the deep seated logic that lies in such preparedness, to exhaust bis every energy and to leave nothing undone towards making his race ready for the big tests that are certain to come after the war To use it is more than a duty It is a challenge, and this challenge echoes itself throughout the domain of Alpha Phi Alpha We promise that, here, it shall be answered!
Brothers, let us make ready to answer this challenge as a unit, an organization, a brotherhood I Let preparedness he our battle cry Let it burst forth from the lips of every Alpha man and resound within the walls of each chapter meeting Yes, now is the time to begin a systematic study of the problem, discuss it and to permit that discussion to crystalize into immediate action Now is the time to embark upon a national campaign and let the world know that Alpha is preparing the Negro for victory, no matter how the decision goes that is handed down by the lords of war Brothers, how it thrills to speak this word—to hear this word that binds men together into a block of solidarity For this word is a Hag—a symbol of all the solidarity of mind, of body and of spirit that crystalizes into that to which I, proudly, refer as the "Alpha Purpose." Yes, brothers, it is good to sec, again the wheel of Alpha, spinning after a long and pleasant summer intermission And what is more we all know where it will stop It will find its place of rest where hearts are stoutest, where minds are purest and spirits firmest—somewhere in that vast infinity of fellowship that is Alphadom
EDWIN CAMPBELL, Associate Editor to the
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Brothers in Alpha Phi Alpha: Greetings:
I deem it my duty to acquaint Alphadom with the activities of Gamma Chapter, the Chapter which is out to do great things this year and the num-
ber one undergraduate chapter of 194142
The Chapter, although numerically smaller than the one of last year, is animated by the spirit that has made Alpha the guiding light on the campus at Virginia Union University through the years
Gamma has the most helpful and constructive program on foot now that it lias had in the last five years With the re-erection of the Belgian Building on our Campus, a channel of constructive work has fallen in our midst Gamma's contributions to this cause was larger than any other single organisation on the campus last year and we hope to do even greater things this year
Though around ten members are lost to Gamma this year, we're gratified to know that those present are imbued with the true Alpha Spirit and plan to emulate that intended by the founders of this great Fraternity
We are also gratified to know that former Gamma Men returned to their Alma Alatcr in key positions Our hats are off to the President of this Institution Brother Doctor J M Ellison,—the Dean of the College, Brother Thomas Henderson who was former Vice-President of the National Organization of Alpha and the most recent appointment of Brother Lawerence I'. Robinson as Professor of Physics
Of those who won't be back in a year or two—are Brothers James "Tito" Robinson and Henry A Wise I know wherever they may be they aregood soldiers
Gamma is ready for work with all of the officers returning with the exception of our Treasurer We are now making plans for the State Convention which will convene in Richmond around the first of November
Fraternally yours,
CHARLES RILEY McCREARY
Associate Sphinx Editor
Alpha Sigma Chapter wishes to take this opportunity to extend its good wishes to all other chapters for a most successful fall season
We are indeed looking forward to making this season one of the best in Alpha Sigma history A good start has already been experienced in that eighteen brothers have returned Compliments are still being paid us for the Western Regional Convention
held here last May; however, we are striving to achieve new and larger endeavors
The officers of this chapter for the year 1941-42 are Oliver W Sprott, President; Laverne Sweatt, vice-president, Keren Carter, secretary; Maxie Sprott, treasurer; Sim Seymour, parlimentarian; Fred J Finch, sergeant at arms; and Frederick D Smith, editor to the Sphinx
This fall season finds several of the brothers and little brothers participating on Wiley College's Football Team, and they are reported to be doing a fine job
Our Sphinx Club for this year will probably be one of the best that we have had, for there will be quite a few new members initiated into the Club
Alpha Sigma Chapter is planning this year to gain a closer relationship with Gamma Alpha Chapter at Texas College We feel that, through such a relationship, the two cliapters should be able to put over a most efficient and extensive program for the year In fact, we feel that there should be a closer bond between all the Chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Until next time, we bid all of you good by, and may we state again our wishes to you for a most successful season
Fraternally yours,
FREDERICK D SMITH, Associate Editor o
Gamma Gamma Lambda speaks for the first time as an official affiliate of Alpha Phi Alpha Irrespective of the youth of our Chapter and the numerical status of our membership, we shall not hesitate to dignify our existence and render this arm of our fraternity the merit of distinction among the ranking file of all Alpha Phi Alpha affiliates
To this section of the state, this segment of our fraternity brings a most powerful and intrinsic heritage which for many, many years the upper Piedmont area has not been privileged to enjoy Gamma Gamma Lambda coming into being Sunday, August 24, 1941, is destined to guide aright the steps of its members as well as its potential membership and symbolize the true spirit of brotherhood about us In our strides to perpetuate the ideals and standards upon which our great fraternity was founded and by which it has survived, the bond of dear Alpha
LAWERENCE B ROBINSON
Brother Lawerence 1! Robinson, former member of Gamma Chapter at Virginia Union University has returned to his Alma Mater as an instructor He was an "Honor Student" his entire four years at Union and was active in extra-curricular activities He was a member of the Kappa Gamma Chi Debating, and Literary Society of the Varsity Debating team for four years He graduated from Virginia Union in 1939 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics He graduated with the highest honor—summa cum laude In the fall of 1939 he entered 1larvard University to do work towards his Master's degree in Chemistry He was awarded the Master of Arts Degree in June 1941,specializing in Physical Chemistry While attending Harvard he was a member of The Association of Harvard Chemists, and the Electrochemical Society, Incorporated. Union welcomes him back as Instructor in the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Phi Alpha will abide with us all through the endless ages
From Beta Nu Lambda, Charlotte, North Carolina came Brother Clinton L Blake, Regional Director, who conducted the ceremony With him were two of his chapter associates, Brothers G F Woodson, Jr and Maynard L Wilson Throughout the ceremony and informal get-together which followed, the blissful air of Alpha Phi Alpha prevailed
Officers elected for the fiscal year follows: Brothers R W Anderson, President; Dr H S Smiley, Vice President; C A Williams, Jr., Secretary; Dr. L. W. Long, Financial Secretary; D W Greene, Treasurer; Roscoe Singleton, Associate Editor to the Sphinx
and Chaplain; Jiles R Edwards, Sergeant at Anns
We regret to learn that Brother Edwards has been recently called for Selective Service Duty, lie was scheduled to report Thursday September 18 He has our cordial good wishes. Now, that we have come to realize another milestone readied in the wake of our chapter and as we see about us, potent avenues of chapter expansion Gamma Gamma Lambda's accomplishments will prevail as time marches on
Fraternally yours,
ROSCOE SINGLETON, Associate Editor
Nu Chapter wishes to preface its report by wishing all the chapters the maximum of success in all of their endeavors this current year.
Nu Brothers, those who escaped the draft, no sooner landed on the campus than they began making preparations for the yearly activities. This year our annual dance is to be held in the Fall instead of the Spring To keep in the Spirit of Harvest it has definitely been decided that the dance shall be a Barn Dance, a corn and calico affair, something that has never graced over verdant and railing campus
The Fall initiation is pressing us bard Steps are being made for the arrangement of a True Alpha Induction. The Teo. M. Selden Medal will again be presented this year to the Freshman who last year made the highest scholastic record of the year
Nu Chapter, as a rule, observes the Anniversary of the incorporation of Alpha Phi Alpha in November To alleviate the financial burdens on the Brothers and a conglomeration of its affairs, the banquet will be postponed until the Spring of 1942 The Annual Banquet will be as illustrious as it has been in past years with the return of the Brothers made at Nu
Consideration and attention has and is being given to the establishment and maintenance of a local and worthy project to be of some benefit to the community of which we are a part With the Blessings of God we of Nu Chapter hope to break the soil for a project that will perpetuate the noble principles of Alpha
Fraternally yours,
HAROLD L WOODS
Brother Dr Charles II Wesley, fraternity historian and past president, was guest at a good ole' Southern broiled chicken dinner "with all the trimmings" during his visit to Southern University, Scotlandville, La., this past summer as commencement speaker Members of Beta Sigma and Beta Iota Lambda were hosts
Left to right, first row:—Brothers William H Gray, Jr., Sphinx staff member; Samuel Goodloe, R M Ampey, secretary
New officers elected for the unexpired terms of the following offices are: Brother Byrd Rosborough, Corresponding Secretary; Brother Evans Crawford, Sergeant-at-arms, Brother James Dixon, Associate Editor of the Sphinx
The chapter is very proud of the fact that for the first time in several years the football team will have two brothers representing the chapter, namely, Brother Ernest Dixon, center, and Brother James Dixon, Co-captain and quarter-back
One activity has already been held, the annual Sphinx Smoker This affair was a success, being held in the
of Beta Iota Lambda, Harris Wesley dent of Southern Dr F G Clark, presi-
Others seen in first, second, and third row of picture are Brothers Yerby, Harrington, J K Rowley, Emmitte Bashful, A II Davis, Brown, Junes, Langston, E, Scott, Gilbert Cruter, Turner, Charles Covington, I J Stevenson, C Scott, Ilailey, James, E Jones, Ulis Shelton, Austin, Lawless, L Clark, and Hurst
Y M C A Lounge which was tastefully decorated in black and gold The activities for the month of October will be the Sphinx Dance and one of
a series of panel discussions on "th Negro in National Defense."
Fraternally yours, JAMES DIXON
Greetings, Alphadom:—
With the advent of the fall season, members of Beta Mu, one of the host chapters to the approaching Twenty-Ninth General Convention, mapped out their schedule for the next nine months It is as follows:
I)<tober 31st—Fall Initiation Banquet December 7th—Founder's Day Program December 26-30—Joint Host to the National Convention April 29-May 4—Observance of Citizenship Week June 1st—Commencement "Get Together."
The annual Smoker for new students was held September 29th There are also various other minor activities and projects on the chapter's calendar which will round out our program for the current school year
Fraternally yours,
JOSEPH 11 TAYLOR, Associate Editor
(From Page 17) that Negroes had been systematically denied the right to serve on juries in the State of Oklahoma A subsequent case, Hale vs Kentucky, argued by the same Negro attorneys in 1938 won a per curiam decision reversing the State of Kentucky because of its systematic refusal to allow Negroes to serve on petit or grand juries
M,,st of us are also familiar with the cases involving the segregation ordinances designed to prevent Negroes from moving into so-called white neighborhoods A wave of segregation swept the United States during the vears 1920 to 1930 Ordinances from cities such as Baltimore, Dallas, Richmond, St Louis, Louisville, and other southern cities were tested in our Supreme Court The leading case is Buchanan vs Warley, decided in 1917. Mr. Justice Day, speaking for the Supreme Court reviewing the decision from the Kentucky Court of Appeals, said, "The attempt to prevent the sale and transfer of property to a Negro was not a legitimate use ot the police P-wer of the State and was a direct violation of the 14th Amendment to the Federal Constitution, lbe Court declared the ordinance unconstitutional There were many other attempts to create new ordinances m new language, which were brought be{„y, the Court, such as the .New Orlean s and Richmond segregation casea of 1930 Both of these were reversed by the Supreme Court and declared to be direct violations of the , lu , process clause of the Federal Constitution
A more recent case involves restrictive covenants on the part of property owners designed to prevent sale to Negroes, argued by a group of Negro lawyers, led by Earl B Dickerson and C Francis Stradford, of Chicago, the case of Hansberry vs Lee, decided in November of 1940, which was a case adversely decided by the Supreme Court of Illinois, was struck down by the Federal Supreme Court as another unwarranted encroachment upon the Constitutional guaranties of the Negro's right to buy and enjoy property without restriction because of his color
In addition to the foregoing there is a single case in another field, hitherto not attacked, in regard to the Negro's effort to demand employment by
peaceful picketing urging Negroes to boycott businesses owned by whites which refused to employ them but operated in districts where all the trade comes from Negroes was the case of New Negro Alliance vs Sanitary Grocery Company brought under the Wagner Labor Act and argued successfully by Belford V Lawson of Washington, D C
Finally there arose perhaps the most important series of cases to the Negro that have ever been heard by our Federal Supreme Court The equal educational oportunity cases and the cases involving equal salaries to teachers in Negro Schools in the Southern States
The first of these cases was Murray vs University of Maryland, the famous Maryland Law School Case instituted by Negro lawyers in Baltimore and signally won in the Maryland Supreme Court, which court ordered the University of Maryland to open its doors to Negro students This case was handled by Messrs W A C Hughes, Tlmrgood Marshall and Chas H Houston for the N A A C P
Quickly following this victory were other cases—notably and particularly the famous Gaines vs University of Missouri (Gaines vs Canada et al)— decided by the Supreme Court in December, 1938 and argued by two distinguished Negro lawyers, Charles H Houston of the District of Columbia and Sidney R Redmond, of St Louis, Missouri In this case Mr Chief Justice Hughes stated that, "The question here is not the duty of the State to supply legal training or of a quality of the training which it does supply—but a question of its duty when it does provide such training to furnish it to the residents of the State upon the basis of an equality of right without discrimination or refusal to any class of its citizens because of color or race."
These words, this decision, the strongest declaration of policy on the question of the duty of the state to furnish educational opportunity to all races on an equal basis is the foundation stone for the Negroes' assurance of improved educational opportunities in the future
As a direct consequence of this decision a dozen Southern States have taken immediate steps to prepare bills for grants for increased facilities for Negro education within their borders, or grants for training their Negro citizens in other states.
The cases in the field of equal pay
for teachers in Negro Schools in Southern States have been uniformly successful in all cases from Maryland to Florida and particularly sweeping was the recent decision handed down by the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in the Virginia Case prepared and argued by two young Negro lawyers of Petersburg, Virginia, both Howard" University Law Graduates.
These decisions, the benefits of which are beyond our immediate appreciation, can be traced to the determination of a very small class, an incredibly small group of courageous and hard fighting Negro professionals
Let us call them a group of specialists, technicians or just a group of courageous, energetic, able and far-sighted Negro citizens. Could anything be more satisfying to you assembled here today—if our race in a hundred other phases of human activities in our social, economic and political life could set itself to similar tasks by a national preparedness program for the Negro, beginning with the dawn of the New Year just a few minutes hence
Just as the philosophy of our Supreme Court has within two years changed from the vigorous and uncompromising philosophy of the conservative and reactionary majority to the spirit of liberalism and tolerance for the cause of the underprivileged, we as a race of people must recognize that the concepts and theories of pioneer days have passed and that our entire scope of life is organized and interpreted on a different basis The whole struggle in the Supreme Court between the conservatives on the one hand and the liberals on the other, really was the struggle to establish the fact so often recited by the great liberals that the frontier days of the United States had passed from those of territorial frontiers to those of economic frontiers The Negro American has had a great and vital part, perhaps the greatest part of all to cause America and the world to come to understand that law is not static and that the constitution is not fixed and rigid and most important of all that no man can bind the future with mere words For the words of the hostile conservative majority that for so many decades ruled against the Negro would have forever sealed his doom in this country Be it ever to the credit of the Negro that he is the weathervane in the course of the great American ship on the present dangerously dis(Turn to Page 24)
By the same token—that the constitution is a beacon illuminating our nation's faith and its goal, let us as American Negro college men, men of a small and privileged class understand that though we may differ on which road we should take to progress and advancement of the race, we must never lose sight of the objective Let us make short shift of those within outranks who prefer the policy of surrender to the interest of appeasement and reaction Let us make haste to rid ourselves of the appeasers within our group Let there develop among us an army of free thinkers who will approach the problems of the future with disarming candor, so necessary in an age when the whole world is gripped in a struggle for freedom Let us bind ourselves to give the stoutest cooperation to the many excellent proposals that we have had offered to us at this convention in planning for the future of the Negro minority, particularly the passage of Federal Legislation to compel the great American Labor Unions to lift the color bar to Negro workers; the demand that all industries working on defense contracts employ Negro workers and technicians in substantial numbers without discrimination and this refers particularly to the shipping and aircraft industries, to establish aircraft training schools and bases for training army pilots in substantial numbers at several Negro colleges with large grants for such purposes; establish larger and greater support to Negro land grant colleges and to Howard University; demand the opening of the doors of the Naval Academy to Negro trainees and the doors of both the Army and Navy to enlistments of Negroes in every arm of the service; continue the persistent and unabated demands for a Negro Judge in our Federal Supreme Court, Circuit and District Courts in the several districts of the United States where at present not one Negro is among the 316 Federal Judges in these courts and finally the creation of a National Lobby Council for the Negro at the seat of our great government and let APA sponsor such an undertaking with a substantial and
Brother Dr John Hope Franklin, right end, and Mrs Franklin were guests of Sphinx Editor Lewis 0 Swingler in Memphis, Tenn this summer during a brief stop in the Bluff City while enroute to their home in Raleigh, N C
Brothers Franklin and Swingler are high school products of the public school system of Tulsa, Okla
Botli Dr Franklin and his wife are members of the faculty staff at St Augustines College '
outright gift of money collected from its graduate members of five years or more
Finally let each one of us with the gift of a mind and heart with which God has favored us to be lifted above the level of so many millions of our race less fortunate, govern our own personal life with a high and enduring moral purpose and submerge self in the pursuit of an ideal, and be ready to spend oneself without measure, Prodigally, for something that each one of us will comprehend as a truly great and noble purpose for a happier and more secure order of social existence For, "the price at which God sells us all good things is labor."
/ passed a billboard yesterday And saw a huge sign there; The man was dressed in the stars and stripes
With a shock of hoary white hair; He pointed his finger at me
And said, "I WANT YOU."
My eyes read on and glowed with pride, But soon that glow had burned and died.
They told me at the sergeant's desk, And laughed as though it were a jest. I dropped my head moved on a pace, Almost ashamed to show my face; Awee small voice within me said, "Don't worry, lad, it's not for you; You're black, you know Your fight is never through."
J. C. Simpson.
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